"He wants to repair the Xinzheng Railway?"

"Yes, this is a telegram he sent to the Ministry of Transportation, requesting that the Pinghan Railway Bureau send him some experts to evaluate the manpower and material resources required to repair the railway and the construction plan."

"What is Minister Yu Qiaofeng's opinion?"

"The central government may not be able to provide this money to repair the Xinzheng Railway. If Leng Guoguang is determined to repair this railway, he may have to raise funds by himself. Moreover, the Yellow River Railway Bridge in Zhengzhou was just blown up in February this year. If it is repaired at this time, once northern Henan falls, it will still be bombed again. Wouldn't this be useless and financial losses?" said Wang Shihe, secretary of Chiang Kai-shek.

"Mr. Bu Lei, what do you think?"

"I think that if repairing this railway can bring enough benefits, then there will be no problem in spending money to repair it. But if it is repaired, it is useless and even disasters will occur, then there is no need to repair it." Chen Bulei thought for a while and said slowly.

When Lao Jiang heard this, he said, "It's not that I haven't said that the railway is restored and transportation will be smooth. Not only people, but also materials are also convenient. This is naturally beneficial."

But the question is, how long can the railway be maintained after it is repaired, how long can the Leng Front stay in northern Henan, or is it more convenient to connect northern Henan and Zhengzhou just to make it easier?

"Maybe he wants to transport food and coal outside, which are scarce resources now?"

Not only Lao Chiang, but also the government and the people of the State Administration, who knew that Leng Feng had the intention to repair the "Xinzheng" railway were speculating on his ideas and intentions.

"Well, northern Henan is an important grain-producing area, as well as anthracite and steelmaking raw materials. As long as it is mined, there is no need to worry about no one. It seems that Leng Guoguang plans to stay in northern Henan and not leave."

"Northern Henan is a plain area and there are coal resources coveted by the Japanese. I am afraid that the Japanese will not let go of this piece of fat. At that time, I am afraid that the war will be launched..."

"As soon as this railway is restored, it will bring a lot of business opportunities, and there are still many good things in northern Henan..."

"The Xinzheng Railway has been demolished and broken. How to repair it? Where did the rails come from? Where did the sleepers come from? Leng Guoguang, a yellow-mouthed child, know how to build a railway?"

"Repair within two months is impossible."

Suspicion and doubts continued to spread within a month or two.

However, Leng Feng wanted to repair the Xinzheng Railway, but he didn't spend the national currency. The central government of the State Government had no reason to object. If the repair was completed, it would not only benefit from northern Henan. The high-quality coal from northern Henan could be continuously transported through this railway. This is actually a win-win situation.

The problem eventually came to the hands of Minister of Transportation Yu Qiaofeng. He has always adhered to Chiang Kai-shek's will to do things. Chiang Kai-shek did not say support, but did not say he did not say he did not support it.

He thought about it. Logically, this is a good thing. The Ministry of Transport should support it and does not occupy the funds for the Ministry of Transportation’s road construction. If it is repaired, it is also his political achievement.

So he thought about it and decided to send a team of experts to check it out first. If it can be repaired in the short term, then it will be done. The Ministry of Transportation will not cost much money to provide repair plans and technical guidance.

If the construction period is too long and the repair funds and materials are insufficient, there is no need, so that even if you oppose it, you can find reasons to stand firm.

Three days later, Leng Feng received a reply from the Ministry of Transportation and would send an expert team to Xinxiang, with seven or eight people, and railway expert Mr. Hou Jiayuan personally led the team.

(This is a later story, let's press it first and not to mention it)

On the 11th, Mr. Jiang took the Meiling special plane to Zhengzhou Airport. Although the battle was in a stalemate, he still came with ambitiousness. Cheng Songyun, commander of the First War Zone, personally went to the airport to welcome Lao Jiang and his party.

Subsequently, the military conference on the Battle of Guide in the First War Zone was held in Zhengzhou. Those who attended the meeting were all important members of the Party and State in the First War Zone.

The topic of discussion is how to replicate the victory of Taierzhuang in Guide.

Mr. Jiang was very angry, but he obviously misjudged the situation. When the generals below saw that Chairman Jiang never drank, why did he seem to be drinking too much today?

This is a big favourite problem that has been dealt with again.

When Lao Jiang saw that the Japanese army in Guide was not surrounded by the Kuomintang army. Although Xue Boling made a mistake in command, he did not cause much loss. At least the main force of the Doihara Division was already at the end of his journey.

The most embarrassing thing is Liu Weizhang, director of the Operations Department of the Military Commission, as a accompanying entourage and one of the people who know a lot about the current situation.

He knew Chiang Kai-shek, but he was not a little bit bad in military strategy. At least, he was still not very clear-headed now, and with the previous series of victories, he was a little hot-headed.

It's nothing, it's normal for Chiang Kai-shek to win again, but he is not an ordinary person, but the commander of the army, and he is still the helmsman of the country. He can't be as emotional as the people, and that's what he's done.

After unfolding the maps of the First War Zone and the Fifth War Zone in front of Lao Jiang, the red and blue on it was compared, Lao Jiang suddenly felt a cold sweat coming from the back of his neck.

Although the victory was a lot, the overall situation was quite unfavorable to the National Army. The Japanese army advanced step by step, and there were not many places left in the Fifth War Zone.

"Commissioner, Mr. Song, just received a telegram from Chief Li that Taierzhuang was lost."

It only took several days to win the Taierzhuang victory, less than a month later. A month later, this small canal town carrying the high hopes of the Chinese people eventually fell under the iron hoof of the Japanese invaders.

Once Taierzhuang is lost, Xuzhou will be in danger, and it will be a matter of time before it is captured by the Japanese army.

In the conference room where the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone was silence.

"After meeting!"

Lao Jiang knew that there was no point in continuing this supervision meeting, so he might as well announce the end of the meeting directly and consider how to deal with the current situation.

This is like pouring a basin of cold water on the hot forehead. The expectations are too high, and sometimes the greater the disappointment.

Lao Jiang was staying in the dormitory No. 24 of the Longhai Railway Bureau in Zhengzhou. He had no appetite at noon. He summoned Yan Xunpu, Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the First War Zone.

If the Japanese army occupied Xuzhou, the next step would be to advance west along the Longhai Railway, with the goal being the Pinghan Railway, the artery.

What is connected to the Pinghan Railway? It is connected to Wuhan. Wuhan is now the capital of the war of resistance, military and political institutions, educational institutions, industrial and mining enterprises, etc. Most of China's essence is gathered here.

If Wuhan is to be occupied by the Japanese, then most of China will be gone. To protect the Pinghan line is to protect Wuhan.

Since the war situation may develop in the worst direction, we must make the worst plan. We have already planned it before. Once the battle in Xuzhou fails, the Japanese army will advance west along Longhai Road. In order to protect the Zhengzhou plain and Pinghan Line, we will use the method of digging the Yellow River, replacing the troops with water, and stopping the Japanese army.

As early as the 24th year of the Republic of China, when Yan Xunpu was the chief of staff of the Wuhan camp, he made such suggestions to Chiang Kai-shek. Later, many people made similar suggestions, including Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted German adviser, Falkenhausen.

"The last front is the Yellow River, and it is advisable to flood planned artificially to increase its defense."

When the Japanese army occupied northern Henan, Chen Guofu suggested that the dike breaking in the Wuzhi area on the north bank of the Yellow River to prevent the Japanese army from heading south. There was another one. He was even more worried that the Japanese army might use the dike breaking method to deal with GJ, but Chiang Kai-shek did not accept this suggestion in the end.

There was also Yao Cong, deputy director of the General Office of the Military Commission, who, through the advice of Xiong Bin, the Deputy Director of the Military Command, suggested that the dam break in the estuary of Liuzhuang, Zhukou and other rivers east of Lanfeng...

Chen Cixiu also had such suggestions.

Jiang was also unsure whether to delay the Japanese attack by killing one thousand enemies and losing 800 themselves. Once this decision was made, the final plan would be to hit him.

But in this position, he has to face such a choice. Can there be better avoidance?

If the Japanese army could be blocked, they would not need to do so. But the problem is that the Japanese army continues to increase their troops, and there are more than ten Japanese divisions near Xuzhou alone.

The newly formed divisions have been continuously entering China. Apart from the Kwantung Army, the two main Japanese troops in North China and Central China have exceeded 600,000 troops.

Faced with such a powerful force, Lao Jiang felt a lot of pressure.

After meeting Yan Xunpu, Chiang Kai-shek's mood became much heavier. He then asked someone to call Xue Boling's command center and talk to Xue Boling in person.

I asked a question, when will Guide be able to win?

Xue Boling was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone and did not answer. In fact, he could not answer this question at all. He answered less and did not dare to issue a military order. If he answered too much, he might have already arrived before he could wait. This was equivalent to saying big talk, and he was responsible for military responsibility.

Xue Boling, a tiger general, was not sure, which was enough to show that this battle was not easy to fight. One wrong step was wrong, and every step was wrong. The Japanese army now captured Guide and nailed it there tightly, and no matter how many people died, they would retreat.

Kenji Doihara caught this life-saving straw. This old Japanese really wanted to defend Guide, and you really had no choice but to deal with him.

At least the National Army did not have enough heavy weapons and did not have air supremacy, which made it very difficult to fight. The Japanese army was originally fighting defensively, and casualties were disproportionately disproportionately.

Kenji Doihara is now a piece of smelly meat, and the surrounding national army is just a group of flies, buzzing. He wants to swallow it in one bite, but he can't eat it, so he can only chew it bit by bit, but when will it be the end?

"How many troops do you need? You can choose the troops that have been withdrawn from the Five War Zones and give them to your command. Can you take Guide?"

Xue Boling still didn't say anything. These troops were exhausted from fighting. Even if they were elite troops, they would not have much combat power when they retreated at this time.

These troops need rest and then let them fight. That is simply a tactic of adding fuel to the people and using them to use them. Then the Japanese army had long been driven out of China?

Is it useful?

If Chairman Jiang can transfer the New Army, he can take Guide in three days. The question is, is it possible?

Of course, Leng Feng could not come. Northern Henan was also very important. The war on his side was not over, and the Japanese army could not let him go, a huge threatening enemy.

"Boling, I will give you the New 38th Division to command. Can I take down Guide?" asked Lao Jiang.

"I want the New First Army's heavy artillery brigade and armored brigade, as well as their new weapons for tanks." Xue Boling spoke. If he spoke to Leng Feng, Leng Feng would probably agree, but in this way, he would owe a favor.

Now that Chiang Kai-shek spoke, how to satisfy Leng Feng is the business of Chiang Kai-shek. He doesn't need to owe favors, but this is equivalent to making a military order.

If Chiang Kai-shek brought these to him, if Xue Boling failed to solve Guide's Tukaihara Division, he would be in trouble.

"What is the new weapon for fighting tanks?" Old Jiang was also a little confused. Why didn't he hear about this? What weapon can fight tanks?

Why no one told him about such important information? The intelligence department is too dereliction of duty.

"I have never seen it, but it is said that it is very powerful. It is accurate to deal with Japanese tanks." Xue Boling said. He was not considered betrayal of Leng Feng. Anyway, the news of the "rocket" was not revealed to him by Leng Feng.

After thinking about it, Leng Feng's stubborn temper was really hard to deal with. Don't hurry to respond, so as not to get out of Taiwan at the moment.

The New 38th Division is easy to adjust, but the New First Army's troops are really difficult to adjust. This is not a matter of order. The key is whether the reasons are sufficient or not.

More than 100,000 troops besieged more than 10,000 people, and fought for four or five days, with 20,000 or 30,000 casualties. There was no progress. I just walked a little into the periphery for a kilometer or two, which was almost like scratching the itch through the shoe.

Now that the person has suddenly changed, the person who has changed is unhappy, and the person who is working is not happy. Isn’t this here to grab the merit?

Just as the person who was replaced took Guide down, wouldn’t these people be so embarrassed before?

Besides, more than 100,000 troops surrounded Guide and were unable to escape. Where did they come in and who gave up their position, this also requires coordination.

The new 38th Division is besieging Caozhou. Toshima Yataro still has less than 3,000 remaining soldiers in Caozhou City. He came out and died, so he could only trap beasts in Caozhou City and still fight.

According to Leng Feng's instructions, Luo Yufeng obviously did not want to rush to the muddy waters of Guide, so he used five or six points to fight Caozhou, and was consuming it with Toshima Yataro. Anyway, he was the one who won the final victory.

The heavy artillery brigade and the armored brigade also disappeared, for fear of being discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance planes and being taken away in one fell swoop, which would be a disaster.

Leng Feng has always been concerned about the battle situation in Guide. Sometimes, he really can't stand aside and watch the show. He still understands the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold.

After the Sichuan Army retreated west to Juancheng for rest, Leng Feng transferred the New 37th Brigade to Dan County and Yutai in Jinxiang to deploy defenses to ensure the safety of the western Shandong passage. At the same time, he also prepared for the Japanese army to occupy Xuzhou.

Once the Japanese army advanced west along the Longhai Line, they would inevitably go deep into northern Jiangsu and western Shandong. He would ensure the transfer of materials and personnel from Yutai and Jinxiang to northern Henan.

There is also GJ who finally retreated from Xuzhou, and when necessary, he must also go westward to the western Shandong Channel.

In fact, Leng Feng really wanted to transfer the new 37th Brigade back to northern Henan and control the big place in northern Henan. The troops in his hands were too thin, and what he wanted to do next must be supported by strong force.

However, the Kuomintang army fought in eastern Henan so badly that he did not dare to pull the troops back at this time, which made him feel very uncomfortable and felt like he could not use his hands and feet.

(To be continued.)
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