Gu Shoufu chose Xinxiang as the battlefield mainly because of the terrain here. Xinxiang has two rivers, Dasha River, Wei River and Meng Jiangnu River. Although these three rivers are not as dangerous as the Yellow River, they are the only defensive barriers in northern Henan.

Just as China understands the Japanese military strength, Tani Shouo also understands the Chinese military strength status on the south bank of the Yellow River: the total strength of the Chinese military strength team on the south bank of the Yellow River is close to 400,000. He knows that there are two strongest armies in China on the south bank of the Yellow River: the Forty-Ninth Army and the Fifth Army.

These two armies are the Chinese troops he is most concerned about, and there is also a 31st army. The total strength of this army is as high as 140,000, and there are four armies, all of which are the Central Army, well-equipped and strong combat power.

Tansuo learned from the lessons of the Battle of Northern Hubei and Shandong, and decided to lead the "China" team to the vicinity of Xinxiang, personally led the main force here to fight the Chinese army on the existing positions.

In order to achieve this small tree, he recruited all residents in Xinxiang City, turning the neighborhood of Xinxiang into a large construction site. Within a month, Xinxiang became a hedgehog covered with densely packed bunkers, trenches and covered with sharp thorns.

The outer defense line is centered on Qiliying, and the front defense line is located in Balishu south of Qiliying, to Yanwangzhuang and then to Niutun on the east side of Pinghan Line, where the Ao Division is responsible for the defense.

On the west side of the Pinghan Line, from Guosi to Shawo and then to Guanzhuang, this section is controlled by the Wanshi Division, and the core is located in Taishan.

Going eastward from the Eight Willow Trees, along the north bank of the East Mengjiangnu River to Xiaotai, the old division is responsible for the defense.

Tani Suo set up three divisions on the periphery, and the city was controlled by the seventh person from the old mixed brigade.

The sword division with the strongest combat effectiveness was placed by him on Zhaipo on the north bank of the Ximen Jiangnu River. On the one hand, this position can protect the entire army's rear route and act as a battle reserve.

Further north, "The First Mixed Brigade Group is placed in Anyang. Tani Shouo felt that Anyang was still a little far away from Xinxiang, so he asked Okamura Yanji to move the First Mixed Brigade Group to Qi County" and the main force was placed in Tangyin.

Before Okamura Yanji could reply, the team of "Chi" started the attack. Tanisuo was unfavorable in the first battle, so he quickly gave up most of the north bank and retreated to the existing position, waiting for the battle.

〖China〗** team was not slow, and on the day of the resumption of the attack, they searched the Japanese peripheral defense line. "At sunset, the troops did not launch an attack, but retreated. The 107th Division, the vanguard of the East Road (the previous text was wrong, the 106th Division in the 101st Army) used the night to build fortifications. On the contrary, the 23rd Division of the vanguard of the West Road was a little relaxed and was raided by the Japanese army at night. Half of the regiment was dispersed. By dawn, the troops were gathered and found that the losses reached 300 people. Tang Enbo was furious when he received the report and ordered the shooting of the front line regiment commander, and the division commander Li Chuying was removed from office.

The next day, Tang Enbo was about to order an attack, when Zhuang Jihua's telegram arrived, order him to stop the attack, build fortifications on the spot, and confront the Japanese army.

"Danisuo set up a dignified array, and thought I would be less stupid than playing according to his routine." Zhuang Jihua took Ritakanosuke's information and said to Xu Zuyi and He Wei: "Okamura's Nishiji's work is even bigger." Some strategic ideas are somewhat."

Ritsukonosuke's intelligence came in time, the battle became more and more intense, and he spent less and less time at the headquarters," and the number of times the intelligence lag was lagging.

In his latest information, Tanishou's plan was explained in detail. "And Okamura Yasuji expanded this plan again. He secretly ordered the Shanxi First Army to assemble two divisions and a mixed brigade in Jincheng, with 40,000 people. For this reason, he did not hesitate to hand over all northwest, southern and central Jin to the puppet army. In the vast Suiyuan, Shanxi, there was only one division and a mixed brigade left, with a total force of less than 20,000 people.

Okamura Yanji's plan was to let Tani Suoo attract the attack of the team of Shin-South, then break out from Jincheng, cross the narrow area between Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and pass through Jiaozuo, and attack Tang Enbo's troops directly on the flanks, defeat the crossing forces in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the situation to cross the river to completely eliminate the attack of Shin-South team of Shin-South.

"The Japanese army has not yet been assembled in Jincheng. Our army will fight, and it seems that it is not moving like this..." Xu Zuyi frowned and wanted to speak but stopped.

"It's not that we can't attack, but the existing positions of the Japanese were too serious and it was not cost-effective to attack. Gu Shoufu set up a dignified formation and wanted us to fight him. It was beautiful. I think it would be a way to swallow this force group in one bite, so that the North China problem would be basically solved." Zhuang Jihua thought.

The conquering Jining and Xuzhou gave Zhuang Jihua great confidence. Now, unlike the days ago, the troops were scattered on various fronts, and the forces of the Fiftyth Army and the Second Army were liberated. In addition, the 22nd Army led by Sun Zhen had arrived at the battlefield, and the 24th Army led by Yang Sen could also arrive in Xuzhou tomorrow. In this way, all 800,000 troops gathered in the area from the bank of the Yellow River to Linyi. By the way, the 47th Army and the newly formed 12th Army led by Guan Linzheng captured Linyi and wiped out the defenders before attacking Xuzhou.

"Bang!" Zhuang Jihua and Xu Zuyi turned their heads and looked at him with some surprise, but Cai Tingcuo excitedly pushed the door in. After entering the door, Cai Tingcuo did not disturb the apology of the three of them at all. He opened his voice and shouted: "It's better to fight. Twelve years ago, in Shanghai, I fought for several months, and even a prisoner was not caught. Even if there was only one left, this Japanese devil had to resist to the end. Now, Wencao, I went to see it just now, there were more than three thousand prisoners, and there were never before, more than three thousand prisoners, and a total of three thousand seven hundred and twenty-six people."

Seeing Cai Tingcuo's excited look, Zhuang Jihua and Xu Zuyi couldn't help but be happy. Cai Tingcuo just went to see the prisoners of war. The prisoners captured by Jining and Xuzhou did not dare to stay in the local area. They wanted to stay in the local area, especially Xuzhou, and they had to be beaten to death by local people. Therefore, Zhuang Jihua ordered Song Xilian and Du Yuming to send all the prisoners to Shangqiu for exhibition, so that journalists from all over the world could see them.

After conquering Xuzhou and Yanzhou, Zhuang Jihua did not continue to attack. On the contrary, he was allowed to move the troops into repairs. What bothered him was not the troops or morale. On the contrary, the morale was high, and both officers and soldiers asked to continue the attack. What bothers him was logistics. The troops advanced rapidly, from south to north, from west to east, and fought hundreds of miles, restoring most of the Huaihe River basin. The reserved ammunition and medicine were almost at the bottom. In addition, Zhuang Jihua did not want to chew the Taishan defense line, so he ordered the troops to stop first, repair and renovate, summarize the experience and lessons. The chief officers at all levels of the troops returned to the battlefield and summarized the battlefield, with exceptions from the 22nd Army and the 24th Army.

"Wencao, I have an idea. Last time we attacked the north of the north of the world, this time we attacked the north of the east of the world, and transferred the 22nd and 24th Army to the north of the Yellow River. Look, Xu Zuyi grabbed the map and pointed to Puyang and said, "Cross the river from Heze, attack Puyang, and then penetrated directly into Tangyin and Anyang."

As he said that, Xu Zuyi put his hands together on the map, and the center point was Xinxiang.

"I think it's OK." He Wei immediately expressed his support: "Danosou is a lunatic. The 80,000 troops gathered together. He thought that this would force our army to fight him in a decisive battle. It's a joke. How did he get promoted to Lieutenant General? "What's wrong with Japan?" Okamura Yasuji even approved it? I think this guy has no ability either."

Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "You may have underestimated Okamura Nagaji and Tani Suo. This is a last resort. They lacked enough troops. If they defended everywhere, it would be empty everywhere and defeated by our army. So they simply gathered together. Okamura Nagaji and Tani Suo believed that our army did not have the ability to annihilate their heavy army group."

"But in the Battle of Hubei, we annihilated four of their divisions." Xu Zuyi was a little unbelievable. After the Battle of Hubei, Okamura Yasuji still didn't believe that the "Zhong" team had the ability to annihilate its heavy army group.

"It's not wrong." Zhuang Jihua shook his head, feeling a little funny: "The Battle of Hubei and Northern Hubei were also defeated by each one. Okamura Yasuji must have analyzed our battle examples. Except for the Battle of Hubei and Northern Hubei, the largest group we defeated was Yucheng counterattack. The three divisions and the others were eaten bite by bite. So Okamura Yasuji had such a judgment."

"However, he made a mistake." Zhuang Jihua's tone became cold, and the smile on his face remained: "Now we are fully capable of annihilation of his heavy army."

"However, Chief Xu's plan is still not feasible." After hearing this, Xu Zuyi and He Wei were a little puzzled and didn't understand. Zhuang Jihua added: "There is a mixed brigade of the Japanese army in Anyang. Moreover, even if our army surrounds Xinxiang, Tani Shouo can stick to Xinxiang, and Okamura Yanji can also implement his plan."

Xu Zuyi thought about it and nodded. Gu Shoufu set up defenses on all sides, obviously he made up his mind to defend himself. He Wei thought about it and suggested: "Since that's the case, then we should just attack Shandong as planned. It's better to cross the river and first defeat the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, bypass the Taishan defense line, and attack Jinan from the north. In addition, Guan Linzheng can attack Zhucheng, Ju County and detour the Jiaodong Peninsula. This route is the base of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Zha Division and the New Fourth Army, and the Divisions are all active in this area."

"I think so. Although the Japanese army promoted a Taishan defense line, Matsui Ishigen was not as confident as Tani Shouo after losing the Kou Division and the Sixty Division." Cai Tingsuo said.

This is very practical. Matsui Ishigen is now weak in his troops. He only has three mixed brigades under his command. He can only defend Pingyin and Tai'an to Laiwu. The defense south of Laiwu is relatively empty. There is only one mixed brigade Zhuang Jihua did not answer. He turned around and looked at the map. Seeing this, Xu Zuyi winked at He Wei, and the three of them quietly left Zhuang Jihua's office.

After a while, Gong Xiuhua pushed the door open and saw Zhuang Jihua staring at the map intently, took Zhuang Jihua's teacup, replaced the tea in it, and then sorted out Zhuang Jihua's table.

"Wencao, huāchun report, said that Weber, Forman, and Bai Xiude hope to conduct a joint interview with you."

Zhuang Jihua nodded slowly, then shook his head firmly: "Forget it, there is no need for an exclusive interview. Please invite them to have a tea when the time comes."
Chapter completed!