"The war on the Jinpu Road has reached its last moment, and the enemy army in Juancheng is in front of us. If we persist in the last five minutes, the victory will be in our hands. If we win this battle, our people will be confident and the Japanese army will inevitably be frightened. The people in their country will oppose the current government's policies and the possibility of concessions to me is very high." Chiang Kai-shek's telegram encouraged Zhuang Jihua to persevere, and on the other hand, told him the huge political interests after the victory.

"The Japanese army in Suxian has become a tired army after a long battle. If you put it into the main force, you can go down in one go, and you can adjust the twenty army to go south, recover Suxian, eliminate Nakadao, and persevere until the final victory." Bai Chongxi's telegram clearly pointed out that you, Zhuang Jihua, still have the strength to continue to fight. Although Suxian is lost, Nakadao's strength consumes a lot. Continuous long-distance marching and continuous combat have made them less combat power. As long as they are determined, they can regain the initiative on the battlefield.

Zhuang Jihua received two telegrams and was indecent to say. In Su County, would the Japanese army not reinforce Su County? The eastern front has actually been broken. Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Pang Bingxun's 40th Army have lost more than half. Tang Enbo's 20th Army is not inferior to Zhang Zizhong and others. Zhang Zhen's troops have been defeated. The retreat from the canal area is entirely due to the hard battles of the other three. These three army also suffer more than half. Sun Liren escaped the Japanese encirclement by luck, and his losses are relatively small, reaching one-third. More importantly, neither Nishio Suzuo nor Hata Shunrok would not see the power of the sword stabbed by Nakajima, so they could completely draw troops from the eastern front to go south, and the fifth war zone has no strength to stop them.

"Commander, what do you think?" Gong Chu frowned, his face as deep as water. The origin of these two telegrams was too big, and he dared not express his opinions easily.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head tiredly. He even sent out the war zone guards and commanders. He had no power except the twenty army. What's more, he didn't want to fight at all. More importantly, he didn't want to fight. More than 600,000 people and dozens of troops participated in the war in the fifth theater, almost every army suffered heavy losses. However, he firmly believed that the Japanese army's losses were also considerable, but he also believed that the Japanese army's supplement was faster than him.

"Fuchang, just say it happily, don't. Hesitate." Zhuang Jihua pressed his temple with both hands. The severe lack of sleep made his face look pale due to the lack of blood. Gong Xiuhua shook his head gently and brought a cup of coffee in front of him. Smelling the aroma of coffee, Zhuang Jihua's spirit seemed to be cheering up a little, but his reaction was still so keen.

Gong Chu smiled bitterly, and he touched the dirty shirt on his neck. He felt extremely uncomfortable without taking a bath for more than 20 days. He didn't know what Zhuang Jihua felt. He also didn't take a bath for more than 20 days. He looked quite clean and never seemed to worry about lice.

"Director Gong, military and politics should be distinguished clearly, what is military and what is politics."

Before Gong Chu could speak, Zhuang Jihua reminded him first. Gong Chu was in his heart. He sighed. Of course he knew military and politics, but if you really wanted to separate, it would be so easy to separate.

"I agree with the commander's opinion and should retreat immediately. The 20th Army cannot be used for the southern line, and the 74th Army that is chasing should not be used for the Suxian direction. I suggest that the new 22nd Division be allowed to be Suxian." Gong Chu calmed down and said: "In addition, the retreat route for the entire theater troops must be formulated immediately. Once the Xihe River is broken, the retreat will begin immediately."

Zhuang Jihua did not answer, and Wang Xiaoshan suddenly came in and handed the folder in his hand to Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua opened it, and felt heartbroken. He smiled bitterly, "I am really afraid of anything and made a secret report on Gao's support. Nishio Suzuo had ordered Yamashita Fengwen to lead the 7th Division to reinforce Suxian. This was a coordinated action between the north and south lines. The Japanese army south of the Yuhe River will temporarily stop attacking. After Yamashita Fengwen arrives at Suxian, we will encircle and annihilate our army in the front of the Yuhe River.

The telegram was too timely. After Zhuang Jihua signed the document, he handed over the document to Gong Xiuhua. Gong Xiuhua put it away without saying anything. Gong Chu looked at their series of actions and asked nothing. Soon after he arrived here, he understood that Wang Xiaoshan and Gong Xiuhua controlled Zhuang Jihua's secret documents. No one could care about the matters of both of them, and no one could read Wang Xiaoshan's documents except Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said to Gong Xiuhua: "Forward the Chairman."

Gong Xiuhua nodded slightly, then picked up the folder and was about to go out. Zhuang Jihua called her again. Gong Xiuhua turned around and looked at him. Zhuang Jihua hesitated for a while before saying: "Reiterate our opinions and ask for a retreat preparation immediately. In addition, we can fight for two to three days. After this time, the southern and eastern lines may collapse completely."

As soon as he said this, Gong Chu understood. Zhuang Jihua had made up his mind and was about to leave Xuzhou. Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua raised his head and said to him: "You should immediately draw up a plan of a comprehensive retreat and hand it over to me tonight, especially the southern line, and go to Jiangsu for two troops."

The management office did not ask why he had to transfer two troops to Jiangsu, but since Zhuang Jihua had given the order, he would do whatever he wanted.

Then Zhuang Jihua called Hua Chun and Yang Yuchun again, and Yang Yuchun was outside and came in immediately.

"Liu Qing, are you interested in leading troops?" Zhuang Jihua asked straight to the point.

Yang Yuchun had a hint of excitement on his face. He had always wanted to lead the army directly, but he had the gcd stain on his body and gave him a high salary. Now he still enjoyed the treatment of a lieutenant general, but no one dared to appoint him as the military chief and had always served as a staff position such as senator and staff. Zhuang Jihua asked him to lead the troops directly, which really suited his wish.

"Of course I do." Yang Yuchun blurted out without hesitation.

"Okay, I will appoint you as the commander of the Sulu Guerrilla Detachment of the Fifth War Zone, Sulu Guerrilla Detachment, and the rank of Major General. You go to northern Jiangsu, but I can only give you one battalion, and transfer one battalion from the direct regiment to you. The rest depends on you to develop by yourself. How about it? Do you dare to go?"

"Okay, when will we set off?" Yang Yuchun nodded immediately. Although there was only one battalion, Zhuang Jihua gave him an unlimited space. The guerrilla detachment could be large or small, and if it was large, it could be expanded to a division.

"Listen," Zhuang Jihua stood up and walked up to him and looked at him seriously: "You have stayed on the GCD side and knew their strengths and weaknesses. I hope you can adopt their strengths and weaknesses and not look at them at the floods and beasts. Shandong, southern and northern Jiangsu will soon become enemy-occupied areas. If you want to persevere, you must first have a base. If you have a base, you must have a government. If you have a base, you must establish a government, reduce rent and interest rates, and mobilize the masses fully. Don't be afraid. I will support you later. In addition, I will send you a deputy captain, who is your political instructor."

Yang Yuchun looked at Zhuang Jihua and nodded after a long time: "Yes, please don't worry, sir."

"I'm not at ease. The most important thing in behind enemy lines is to gain the support of the people. Only by gaining the support of the people can you persevere. GCD has a lot of successful experience in this area. I hope you can learn from their experience." Zhuang Jihua said.

"Please rest assured, I will definitely take advantage of my strengths and abandon my weaknesses, and never mislead my country's major affairs with personal affairs." Yang Yuchun said loudly, and Zhuang Jihua nodded with satisfaction. He was about to let Yang Yuchun go out, but Yang Yuchun suddenly said: "Commander, former mayor of Qingdao Chen Honglie is operating in the southern part of Shandong. It is said that there are thousands of people under his command. Can you assign this army to me?"

Yang Yuchun has always been concerned about combat behind enemy lines and is very concerned about the troops fighting behind enemy lines. Several troops active behind enemy lines are in his mind.

"Okay, that's it. Remember, it's very dangerous to be behind enemy lines. In addition to the Japanese, you will also have gcd in the future. Be careful. Don't fight against the enemy at any time."

Zhuang Jihua was still a little worried and repeatedly reminded that the Kuomintang lacked experience in grassroots work. Once the army failed, it would fail completely. On the contrary, GCD could rely on mass work and grassroots organizations to persevere. Therefore, persisting behind enemy lines is not the top priority, but grassroots regimes are.

After Yang Yuchun left, Zhuang Jihua began to think about who to send to partner with Yang Yuchun. After thinking about it, he chose Zhuo Lang, the former captain of the Hechuan work team of the Southwest Development Team. This person graduated from Huangpu Phase 5 and is currently responsible for mobilizing the masses to support him in the People's Mobilization Office of the War Zone. He has been working at the grassroots level for a long time and knows the grassroots level very well. The only problem he is not in Xuzhou now.

After Hua Chun came in, Zhuang Jihua looked at him blankly for two minutes, making Hua Chun feel terrified.

"Commander, please give an order if you have any questions, I promise to complete it." Hua Chun was uneasy, not knowing what Zhuang Jihua meant.

"I heard you were sick." Zhuang Jihua asked coldly: "Is that true?"

"Who is talking nonsense?" Hua Chun quickly shouted: "This is not the case at all."

"Hmph. Flies do not bite seamless eggs, be careful, remember, what did you do in the past, don't forget the confidentiality." Zhuang Jihua was still stern, Hua Chun was sweating profusely. During this period, he fought with the beautiful female soldier who came from the Propaganda Department in a hot period, but in fact, the relationship between the two was not as others imagined, and they were only dating more than others. Judging from his understanding of women, the female soldier was very energetic and most people looked down upon him. He seemed to have a little backstage and was not a good dealer.

"You go find a few pens and write a few articles. The content should be aimed at not counting the gains and losses of one city and one place, insisting on the long-term war of resistance, focusing on promoting our recent victory, and making some public opinion preparations for abandoning Xuzhou's retreat."

"We want to give up Xuzhou?" Hua Chun was a little surprised. His publicity tone recently was a bit high, and the change was a bit too fast.

"Yes, the eastern front has retreated, and Suxian in the southern front has been lost. If you continue to fight, I'm afraid you will really be able to make the Japanese a fortune." Zhuang Jihua said, waved his hand and asked Hua Chun to find someone quickly. He added: "Leave it to me after the article is written."
Chapter completed!