Chongqing and Tokyo were nervously paying attention to the progress of the Battle of Pingjin. Chiang Kai-shek sent several telegrams on this day, asking about the progress of the war and instructing the battle. The atmosphere inside the headquarters was tense, and the staff kept bringing the latest battle situation to the war room.

A day of battle did not satisfy Zhuang Jihua. The Japanese army resisted tenaciously, and the "China" team made very slow progress, and the Fifty-Fifteenth Army on the Eastern Front and the Forty-Fiveth Army on the Central Front, which could barely satisfy him.

According to the combat plan, on the first day of the war, Song Xilian on the middle line was about to break through the Gu'an defense line. The left wing cut off the contact with Langfang and the right wing cut off the contact with Zhuozhou. Due to the strong battle of the 45th Army, the 22nd Army of the Right wing detoured Cao's house wing and completed the encirclement of Cao's house woven. However, neither the left wing nor the front troops completed the task. According to the plan, the 36th Army of the Front was to attack the city of Gu'an on the first day, and the left wing wanted to conquer Dou Zhang, and then directly took Gongqiao to cut off the contact with Zhuozhou. However, the 7172nd Army, which was responsible for the left wing attack, failed to complete the task and failed to conquer Dou Zhang as scheduled.

The slowest progress was the Tang Group on the West Front. Tani Shouo, who was strengthened, continued to counterattack against Tang Enbo's troops. The 24th Army and the 31st Army suffered huge losses, and the troops only advanced one kilometer.

The Du Yuming Group on the eastern front also failed to complete the task. The Fifty-Two Army, which was attacking head-on and the Fifty-Two Army, which was detouring on the left, failed to complete the task. The Fifty-Two Army cleared the defense line outside Jinghai, but the attack on Jinghai was frustrated. The Japanese army defending Jinghai, the Ten Thousand Division and the United Army fought extremely tenaciously with the 11th Division of the Manchurian National Defense Forces. By the evening, they defeated the siege of the Fifty-Two Army. Pan Wenhua, the left-wing, failed to achieve the purpose of conquering Taitou.

The first day of the battle revealed the cruelty of this decisive battle. The troops involved in the battle suffered a great casualty. The number of casualties was as high as 6,000 people on the first day, and nearly 100 tanks were lost.

The Japanese army's tenacity surprised Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi. The Japanese army drew troops from various battlefields. According to the information from Li Takanosuke, there were a lot of new recruits in the Japanese army, and the equipment of two-thirds of the division was very poor. Many famous divisions either had many new recruits or had a lot of combat effectiveness in the reconstruction division, such as the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division.

But these poorly equipped troops withstand the attack of the "Zhongzhan" team with firepower several times more than them on the first day of the battle, and caused a large number of casualties.

When Zhuang Jihua thought of these, he couldn't help but get angry in his heart." He murmured and cursed and swear words, Bai Chongxi shook his head gently: "Cultural Revolution, don't worry. There are many new Japanese soldiers. We have many new recruits. Think about it, it has only been about one and a half years since the Battle of Hubei and the present. During this period, the Five War Zones have fought the Battle of Hubei and Northern Hubei, the Offensive Campaign in Henan, and the Battle of Shandong. There are only 200,000 to 300,000 and 300,000 killed and disabled...

Xu Zuyi nodded secretly and Bai Chongxi was right. Chinese soldiers had low education and slow combat. In addition, such a large battle started with attacking the Japanese army's existing positions and lacked enough troops' experience. During the Shandong Battle, Song Xilian suffered a great loss in Liaocheng, and this time they fought very well.

"Commander, I suggest that the 23rd Army be transferred to Song Xilian, first strengthen the attack on Gu'an and annihilate the Gu'an defenders. In addition, strengthen the Qing Fourth Army to the 22nd Army, and order Fan Hanjie to cross the Beigou River after conquering Beiwu and encircle Gu'an."

Zhuang Jihua looked at the map and quickly made Xu Zuyi's plan. According to this plan, Song Xilian's left-wing Twenty-second Army would increase two armies and the Qing Fourth Army, which would increase 150,000 troops, but the Gu'an defenders only had two divisions and one mixed brigade. The total force was only more than 30,000. They were besieged with ten times the force.

But the risk of this plan is that the roundabout actions of the Fifth Army will inevitably give the Japanese army gathered under the city of Peking to attack his flank.

Zhuang Jihua asked Bai Chongxi with his exploratory eyes. Bai Chongxi was also thinking in his mind that the Fifth Army's detour quickly emerged in his mind. Compared with Okamura's deployment, Fan Hanjie exposed his ribs in front of Okamura's Neji.

Bai Chongxi shook his head: "The Fifth Army's detour is easily attacked by Okamura Yanji. Moreover, once Fan Hanjie left Zhuozhou, Tang Enbo was left with the 31st Army and the 24th Army. The 24th Army restrained the Japanese right wing and covered the task of guarding Lihuang, so he could not invest in Zhuozhou. The 31st Army will face the 31st Army, and the offensive in this area can only be stopped. Okamura Yanji quickly noticed the direction of our army's main attack...

Speaking of this, he took two steps: "Cultural Revolution, I suggest that the ** Second Tank Division be transferred to Sun Zhen. The 23rd Army can be assigned to Song Xilian, but there is no need to enter the battle too quickly. First, the 40th Army from the Second Army strengthen the 22nd Army. We must make full use of the 22nd Army to open up this shortage.

The gap is a narrow gap. In the depth and close to Peking, there are hidden elite main forces picked out by Okamura Yasuji from various fronts. Zhuang Jihua could imagine that Okamura Yasuji must have seen the danger after Gu'an was conquered, and he would not sit still and watch the situation here continue to deteriorate.

Zhuang Jihua did not give an order immediately. He sat in front of the map and stared blankly. Bai Chongxi was a little anxious. Just as he was about to continue persuasion, Xu Zuyi gave him a light look. He hesitated and came out with Xu Zuyi. At this moment, he felt that the staff in the war room had almost made light moves. Even Shangguan Jun, who had always had a loud voice, closed his mouth.

"The commander thought it was just because he was confused. Maybe he felt that he was not mature and had questions. Wait, let's go out for a walk." After Xu Zuyi explained to Bai Chongxi, he pulled Bai Chongxi to the backyard to spread it.

The battle situation was not going well, and neither of them had the intention to chat. They were talking nonsense. The team "Cun"** is in an offensive state, and the entire battle situation is still under control, so the two of them have time to spread here. If they want to change the Wuhan battle, the only way they can spread is Okamura Yasuji and Yan Shunji.

, "Wencao's habit is like this. If he has immature thoughts in his mind, he will stare at the map alone. When the idea is mature, he will naturally tell us... Xu Zuyi has worked with Zhuang Jihua for several years and has a relatively good understanding of some of Zhuang Jihua's habits.

, "In other words, he was not satisfied with our plan... Bai Chongxi couldn't help but smile bitterly, and his tone was a little dissatisfied. He had to change the commander. His tone was full of contempt, but he could not. In the second battle of Jinpu Road, it was precisely because of his mistake that the entire Fifth War Zone was in danger. Fortunately, Zhuang Jihua fought back against the Jedi, which saved the situation and made his mistake not that serious.

However, from the current perspective, Zhuang Jihua's deployment before the war was somewhat problematic. Song Xilian's troops in China Group were slightly weak, and strengthening the troops was certainly just a matter of how much troops were to fight.

In the darkness, Xu Zushi nodded. After Zhuang Jihua's idea was mature, he would definitely take it out to discuss it with them. At that time, there was still a chance. Bai Chongxi didn't speak anymore. The two of them quietly walked around the small pond in the backyard three times. Then they sat down in the pavilion by the pond.

The white ice surface quietly reflected the moonlight back, and the yard was not so dark. Several remaining lotus trees were frozen in the pond, and their dry stems and leaves seemed so helpless. The two were thinking about their worries. After a while, Xu Zuyi slapped his forehead suddenly: "I know what Wencao is making."

Bai Chongxi asked quickly: "Oh, Brother Yan Mou,"

"The Fifth Army detours to Gu'an, and his flanks will inevitably be attacked by Okamura Yanji. Okamura assembled five divisions under the city of Beiping. These five divisions were the thorns in Wencao's heart. He had said before that he did not want to attack Beiping for force." So he always wanted to call out these five divisions and annihilate them." Xu Zuyi explained.

"You mean, he wants to use the Fifth Army as bait." Bai Chongxi frowned and then shook his head: "No, no, Okamura can draw at most two divisions. One division must be placed in the Xishan area, and one division must also be needed in the Fangshan area of ​​Daxing." But the two divisions obviously lacked the strength."

"Yes, then we can only transfer troops from Zhuozhou." Xu Zuyi was excited and gestured in the void with his hands. It seemed that there was a map hanging in front of him: "Guo Shoufu was in the 71st Division and the 121st Division on the front of Zhuozhou. The 26th Division and the 9th Division on the right wing were the 36th Division. There were 6-4th divisions in the city. What troops would he draw? I think he would transfer troops from the front and the city, and join the 36th Division on the left wing. Well, the Fourth War Vessel Brigade would also join. I think he would transfer at least five divisions to quickly defeat the Fifth Army. Otherwise, once the battle situation was stalemate, it would be very unfavorable to Okamura."

"If this is the case, we need an army that suddenly appears west of Zhuozhou and launches a counterattack on the Japanese reinforcements. For example, the First Mechanized Army, yes, it is the First Mechanized Army. Wencao must have thought so." Bai Chongxi slapped his thighs excitedly and stood up: "Let's go and talk to him."

The two walked into the war room with great enthusiasm. When they saw Zhuang Jihua, they couldn't help but smile. Zhuang Jihua almost posted himself on the map. Bai Chongxi shook his head slightly and gave Xu Zuyi a wink: "Wencao, we have an idea, I want to talk to you."

Zhuang Jihua still did not turn around. Bai Chongxi walked behind him and pointed his finger at the west bank of Baihegou: "Let the First Mechanized Army and the 23rd Army move secretly here." As he said that, he drew an arc on the map, from the west bank of Baihegou to Yu'an north of Gu'an, then turned around and went south, and then drew two more lines, from Beiping and Zhuozhou, directly to the middle of the previous arc, and then drew a line from the west bank of Baihegou. Crossing the two lines.

Zhuang Jihua looked at it, shook his head slightly, but drew a line from Langfang to Gu'an, from Pingjin to Yu'an, from Beiping to Zhuozhou, from Zhuozhou to huge arrows representing the direction of each Enbo's attack.

Bai Chongxi thought about it and inserted the flag representing the 51st Army into the east of Zhuozhou City. He drew a line on the left wing of Langfang to directly cut to the Pingjin Line. Then he thought about it and drew a line from the bottom of Tianjin City to the east of Langfang.

They played puzzles on the map, and Gao Songyuan, He Wei, Shangguan Jun and others couldn't help but stop their work, looking here, but they didn't dare to go there. Xu Zuyi knew very well what they were discussing. This series of lines was Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi's judgment of Okamura's actions and corresponding countermeasures.

First of all, Zhuang Jihua believed that Okamura would not directly counterattack the Fifth Army, but instead invested two divisions between Langfang and Jiangjin to Gu'an, using Gu'an to attract our army's attention. However, the main force launched a counterattack in Zhuozhou and first defeated the Thirty-first Army.

Bai Chongxi made adjustments and transferred the 51st Army to Zhuozhou to replace the Fifth Army. He drew troops from the city of Tianjin to strengthen the attack on Langfang.

"If this is the case, the troops in the second stage may be insufficient." Zhuang Jihua broke his silence and spoke. The troops he left behind were not only to retain a reserve team, but to eliminate the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army for the second stage. In fact, this was his biggest concern.

"If the battle situation goes smoothly, Okamura Yanji may have to put the Kwantung Army in pieces." Bai Chongxi smiled faintly: "Aren't we the case in the Battle of Shanghai? Okamura is only like this now."

There was a feeling of revenge in Bai Chongxi's tone. Zhuang Jihua hesitated for a moment and finally nodded, then thought for a while and turned to Xu Zuyi and said, "Brother Yan Mou. It seems that I want to trouble you again."

Xu Zuyi sighed softly. Since the first Jinkou Road Battle, Zhuang Jihua has not been very relieved about Tang Enbo. He has to send a military supervisor every battle. Last time it was Gao Songyuan, and this time it was his turn.

"You and Director Gao go to the Western Front and inform Commander Tang about our intentions for the next stage." Zhuang Jihua said: "After the Fifth Army conquered Nanyao and Baita, Immediately crossed Baihegou, detoured Yuwan, and sent Du Yuming to slow down the attack rhythm, and assigned the 112th Army and the New Eighth Army to the command of the Central Group, and ordered the 23rd Army to be placed under the command of the First Mechanized Army. The First Mechanized Army and the 23rd Army must move to the west bank of Baihegou before dawn the following day."

"The telegram ordered Song Xilian to strengthen the attack on Gu'an. The contact between Langfang and Tianjin must be cut off before sunset tomorrow. The entire deployment will be adjusted and notified to each group headquarters, and the transmission will be prohibited.

Gao Songyuan listened and recorded, and soon formed an order to hand it over to Zhuang Jihua for signature. Gao Songyuan was sent out again this time, but there was nothing he could do about this. He Wei was a rebel general of the Red Army and had no deterrent effect on Tang Enbo.

"Report, Commander Song urgently sent a telegram." Zhuang Jihua had just signed the letter, ran in from outside the door, and handed the telegram to Xu Zuyi. After Xu Zuyi looked at it, he reported to Zhuang Jihua: "The Japanese army in Langfang launched a counterattack, with about two regiments of troops."

As he said that, Xu Zuyi stepped forward to mark the movements of the Japanese army on the map. Before he could finish marking them, one after another reported, Zhuozhou and Tianjin. The Japanese army launched a counterattack.

"〖Japan〗I also started a night battle, which is really rare." Bai Chongxi smiled indifferently, and this smile contained infinite pleasure. Because of the advantage of firepower, the Japanese army never took the initiative to fight night battles." Now, it was abnormal and took the initiative to fight night battles.

"Okay, let Okamura see who has the better night battle level." Zhuang Jihua seemed to be indifferent. Night battle was an important part of the army in the fifth zone. Especially the Southwest troops, they emphasized night battles and night battle capabilities in Sichuan, so he was also first-class in the **, so he was not worried at all.!~!
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