Xuzhou, commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone.

"Report"

"Come in" Li Delin is in a good mood these days. Leng Feng has given him a lot of surprises. The strength of the fifth war zone has been enhanced unknowingly.

Although Leng Feng sold weapons in a semi-public manner, he still bought those miscellaneous soldiers, but the weapons in the hands of these people still increased his own strength.

This is very beneficial for the upcoming battle.

What he didn't expect was that Leng Feng was already moving. In such a short time, he established a stronghold in Weishan Lake and obtained information on the secret surveying and mapping of the Japanese.

The Japanese secret surveying team was actually moving underground in their eyes and nose, while the chief intelligence team had no news at all.

While feeling glad, he called several team leaders of the intelligence team to him and scolded him hard.

Why can others get such top-secret information by simply going out for a walk? They also dug up an intelligence team from the Japanese in Lincheng?

What about the intelligence team of the chief department? In addition to catching the Japanese plainclothes team, what outstanding achievements have?

The latest surveying and mapping maps of the Japanese are also extremely useful for the Fifth War Zone. The Japanese are typical of doing things seriously. Many details on the map are marked. However, in China, their level is limited, their funds are limited, and their work is not serious. In this comparison, I found that many places on their military map were marked incorrectly.

When Li Delin received this news, he was furious. If he hadn't been afraid of leaking the secret, he would have arrested all the people who were working on military maps in the rear and threw them into prison.

If there is a problem with the military map, it will not be one or two people who die. In severe cases, it will lose a battle and hundreds of people will die.

There are too many examples of the battles that lost due to errors in the map. There are too many examples of roads marked with roads. As a result, the troops rushed over and couldn't walk. They went around again, and the time was delayed, the soldiers were exhausted, and they did not catch up according to the prescribed time, and the battle was over.

If there is a river, mark no river

There are also differences in spring and summer seasons, such as flood seasons and dry seasons. If you make a little mistake, the commander will have big problems if you don’t think about it.

Why did the Japanese send surveying and mapping teams to sneak in before the war and remark and map some important places?

They knew that they were not familiar with this land. Once they entered, the importance of the map was self-evident. They treated everything carefully. The terrain could be changed artificially, so the previous map might not be able to be used directly. But we, relying on our own masters on this land, everything will be fine.

Just for this, Li Delin felt that he had dereliction of duty. He didn't even consider such an important matter, and now he is even more grateful to Leng Feng.

Leng Feng's information simply saved him from his work in this regard. Of course, the Japanese map also needs to be verified and cannot be easily believed.

Just print these maps and verify them, this is not difficult to do.

"Report to Chief Li, our intelligence personnel on the periphery of Zou County sent back the news. Yesterday at noon, the Japanese military and police suddenly took to the streets to block the intersections in and out of Zou County. It seemed that something big happened. However, after a few hours, the martial law was suddenly lifted. This situation was very strange, so they reported it immediately." He Yizhi, the leader of the first intelligence group directly under the chief department, reported.

"But the Japanese army has taken action."

"It's not very similar. Yesterday, no Japanese troops entered Zoucheng, and no big shot came. The military and police went out to the streets and seemed to be looking for someone. As for the sudden withdrawal later, they probably found it." He Yizhi, "I thought it was strange, so I reported it immediately."

"Well, pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army in Zoucheng and report them as soon as there is any news." Li Delin ordered.

"yes"

"Sir Li, I just received a secret telegram from the Eagle." Confidential secretary Huang Xuecun knocked on the door and came in.

Li Deling took it, just glanced at it and showed a hint of shock: "Just He Yizhi reported just now that the Japanese army in Zoucheng suddenly had martial law yesterday. Now it seems that the reason has been found."

"What" Huang Xuecun didn't understand, how could he see another thing from such a telegram?

"Geng Guangci's eldest son stayed in Teng County for three days. Although there were telegrams every day, there was no news about Commander Leng in these three days. At first, I didn't think anything. After all, Commander Geng Guang was the chief officer this time, but now I understand that Commander Leng was not in Teng County for the past three days, so he went to Zoucheng."

"What, Commander Leng went to Zoucheng"

"They left Tengxian only this morning. Calculate the time. If they left Zoucheng yesterday morning, it would be entirely possible." Li Delin analyzed.

"What did Commander Leng do, making the Japanese move such a big move"

"I don't know the specifics yet, but I guess it should be related to their actions on Weishan Island, those surveying and mapping equipment and maps." Li Delin's mind flashed and suddenly seemed to have caught something.

"I understand, Leng Guoguang is so scheming," Li Delin shouted.

Huang Xuecun was confused and confused when he heard it, and he didn't know what his chief was talking about.

"Don't tell anyone about this." Li Delin immediately warned Huang Xuecun. He didn't know what Leng Feng did. Anyway, he would know it sooner or later on the way back.

Leng Feng does things that harm the Japanese devils, and Li Delin will support him to the end.

As for Leng Feng not asking for instructions or reporting, it is understandable. After all, this matter is too confidential. Unlike marching and fighting, he can distinguish the priorities.

At least Leng Feng did not conceal what happened in Zhang Mazi Island and Weishan Island, which shows that Leng Feng still trusted him, Chief Li.

"clear"

"Go and do things, the alert will increase in the Xiaolou side." Li Delin ordered.

Leng Feng is still in Xuzhou on the surface. Japanese spies in the city are very frequent in the past two days. The Xuzhou Security Command has cracked several cases of attacks on Xiaolou.

The Japanese obviously wanted to get rid of the enemy "Leng Feng".

Of course, Li Delin didn't know that at Mingguang, under Leng Feng's instruction, Zhang Fengxiang secretly contacted the Japanese army and exchanged the Japanese expatriates for a large amount of medicines and first aid supplies.

Even if Leng Feng knew that the Japanese were secretly planning an attack on Xiaolou, he would not order Zhang Fengxiang to stop doing such exchanges with the Japanese army. The medicines he exchanged for could bring in the number of injured soldiers' lives. The attack on him was simply insignificant, and the hostile relationship between the two sides would not change at all.

Of course, such private exchanges have certain political risks and will be misunderstood, but Leng Feng will not care about this. As long as he can save the lives of more subordinates, it doesn’t matter if he has some misunderstandings in his mind. Time will prove everything.

With Leng Feng and others' abilities, it is still very easy to get two cars. Of course, this is not considered stealing, it can only be said to be "buying" in disguise.

They left the mule cart, and left a sum of money, enough to buy two cars.

It is easy to lose your direction when it is dark. For ordinary people, for well-trained soldiers, as long as they are not in the deep mountains and forests, it is not difficult for them.

Walk along the road, as long as you are in the right direction, how can you get lost?

In order to hurry, they can rest in the car and then drive in turn, which greatly increases the speed of return.

After passing Yi County, you can already smell the smell of gunpowder in the air.

Leng Feng and the others encountered a check, but with the pass, they all passed smoothly. Li Delin issued an order to the troops in the Fifth War Zone in advance, and the checkpoint had received a notice long ago, so naturally they would not be embarrassed.

However, their whereabouts were quickly reported to the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone.

When I passed by Lancheng, it was already dawn.

Have a bite of hot rice in Lancheng and continue on the road.

At nine o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Taierzhuang.

A few days ago, the military meeting decided that Zhang Xiuchen's 59th Army would guard Linyi and Ju County, but Zhang's troops were still in Huaibei and were on the way to come. Ju County and Linyi were stationed in a regiment of local security guards, Shen Honglie's Marine Corps and a so-called guerrillas.

Linyi goes south and is Taierzhuang, the gateway to northeast of Xuzhou.

Taierzhuang is more than 70 miles from Xuzhou, located on the north bank of the Grand Canal, and was built in the Ming Dynasty.

Surrounded by a thick wall, there are six gates.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the water and land transportation are convenient and the commerce is prosperous, but it is still a not-famous ordinary town, no different from an ordinary county town.

But now, its geographical location is highlighted because, in the next Xuzhou Battle, it will become the focus of the competition between the two Chinese and Japanese armies.

To the west and south of Taierzhuang are canals. To the west, the Grand Canal directly connects Hanzhuang and to the south, the canal connects Jiangsu, northwest, and Zaozhuang, the railway circulation lane. Although it is a branch line, it can directly lead to Jinpu and northeast, and a highway directly leads to Linyi and extends to Weifang and Qingdao. Such a road-rail and water transportation hub must be economically gathered, and militaryally will inevitably become the focus of competition.

It seems a little quiet now, and more than a thousand households in the city have not yet felt that the war is approaching.

The walls of Taierzhuang are made of bricks and stones, and there are coal mines nearby, and there are coking plants outside the city. They look like a vibrant place with many stones in the local area. The people not only use them to pave the roads, but also like to stack stone walls. The streets paved with bluestone slabs are not wide, so there is no problem for single cars to pass through.

This is a small stone city, although not big, but very strong, and it can be turned into a military fortress. If it were in the era of cold weapons, such a small city would not be easily broken even if it had the disadvantage of "fighting against the water", unless the commander and soldiers were too incompetent.

"Guoguang, what do you think?"

"Taierzhuang is not easy to defend. Even if there is a force, it cannot be opened. This small town can only place one regiment, but one regiment cannot withstand the Japanese planes and cannons." Leng Feng thought for a while, "From Zaozhuang to Yixian and then to Taierzhuang, they are all flat and suitable for mechanized corps movement. If I were a Japanese army, I would definitely choose to detour from Taierzhuang to attack Xuzhou. I can be sure that the final battlefield is north of the canal and south of the Linzao Railway."

"If Taierzhuang is handed over to you, how can you defend?" Yang Jie asked Leng Feng a problem. In fact, Li Delin had such considerations before this.

If the principle of defensive operations is followed, the terrain of Heyang in Taierzhuang should give up defending the city and move to the south bank of the canal to set up defenses. Relying on the canal barrier, the Japanese army can be blocked on the north bank.

However, the south bank of the canal is even more flat and there is no danger to defend. Once the Japanese army breaks through, the east gate of Xuzhou will be opened, and the entire front will be shaken. All Taierzhuang must be defended.

"If time permits, I will dig a large number of trenches on the periphery of Taierzhuang, use camouflage to build underground firepower castles, bury anti-tank mines, and bury as much as possible."

“What about the specific battle?”

"The Japanese army has always been arrogant. They can take advantage of this and give him a head-on strike first. If they can destroy their tank cluster, the defense operations below will be much easier to fight. For specific situations, and specific analysis, this is not easy to fight in a back-to-water battle." Leng Feng said, "It would be great if we had anti-tank weapons."

"I heard that you invented an anti-tank weapon when you were in Nanjing. What's the name?"

"That's a local solution when there is no way. If there are flat-fire cannons and anti-tank cannons, who will use them?" Leng Feng sighed, "This is the life that man is fighting."

“At least effective”

"If the Japanese tanks and infantry charge together, the effect will not be great. If it is street fighting, it may have a better destructive effect." Leng Feng said.

To be continued.

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