Lin Wei did not answer because he didn't know that Li Zongren did not say it in his telegram, and he could not and dared not make random guesses.

Sui County is less than a hundred miles away from Shangqiu. The road is flat and the rapid mechanized troops can arrive in one day. It is only a hundred miles from Shangqiu to Yongcheng. Once Nakajima arrives in Yongcheng, Deng Xihou, who is blocking Gusuo Tanishou to the south of Yongcheng, will be in danger. Gusuo Tanishou broke through their defense, and the 600,000 troops in the entire Fifth War Zone will be in danger.

"My mother Xipi, what is Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren doing? Where is Yu Jishi? He ran there?" Chiang Kai-shek was furious in anxiety, and his national curse blurted out, forgetting Soong Mei-ling's presence.

Lin Wei lowered his head but still did not answer. He didn't know these situations, and he probably didn't know either. Otherwise, Li Zongren would explain it in the telegram, and Bai Chongxi would probably be even less clear.

"Da Ling," Soong Mei-ling saw that Chiang Kai-shek was about to lose control, so she quickly stopped her: "Don't worry, since they found their traces, Li Zongren and the Cultural Revolution will naturally find ways to deal with them. Wait a little later, they will naturally have telegrams."

Lin Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Song Mei-ling was present, otherwise he would not know how to calm Chiang Kai-shek's anger. No one expected that Nakajima was so bold. He deceived everyone, including his boss in Peking. When everyone judged that he was going to Dingtao, he quietly bypassed Kaifeng and went south to Shangqiu.

"Let He Yingqin and Chiang Baili and Chen Cheng arrive immediately. I will come here." After hesitation, Chiang Kai-shek added: "Please ask the Soviet Russian adviser Cui Kefu to come together."

Cui Kov is the new Soviet military adviser. Zhukov, the former general adviser, was transferred back to China. Cui Kov took over his job. The first thing he did when he took office was to reach a radar, rocket launcher and transistor technology transfer agreement with China. This agreement satisfies Chiang Kai-shek. The Soviet Union agreed to provide 300 medium-sized tanks and weapons and equipment for three armies, and also help China build a railway from Xi'an to Dihua. The two sides signed a military technology exchange agreement to help China build a tank factory and three light weapons factories. In addition, China will authorize the Soviet Union to produce penicillin, on the condition that it cannot be exported and only for use in the Soviet Union.

This agreement is completely different from the free transfer proposed by Su Fang to be arrogant. Chiang Kai-shek didn't know how Li Zhilong and the others came up with it. Compared with them, these senior officials in Wuhan were all a bunch of waste, at least in the outside world.

Soon all three of them came to the war room next to Chiang Kai-shek's villa. Chiang Kai-shek's villa was not big and could not accommodate everyone in the attendant's room. The rows of bungalows next to the villa became the war room where he commanded the battle, and his usual office was also here.

While waiting for the three, Bai Chongxi and Zhuang Jihua's telegram also arrived. Bai Chongxi explained in the telegram why Zhongdao was discovered only when he arrived in Sui County.

Nakao did not attack Kaifeng, but bypassed Kaifeng and divided his troops in Baliwan west of Kaifeng. The First Cavalry Brigade (the information supported by Ligao has already made the Chinese side fully understand the state of the troops in Nakao) raided Lankao, but he himself led the main force of the Fifth Mixed Brigade to Qi County south.

There were only dozens of police officers and a security team of about 200 people in Qi County. Before Nakadao arrived at the city, they scattered. Nakadao defeated Qi County without fighting. Then he robbed all the wheeled things in Qi County and destroyed Qi County Telegraph and Telephone Bureau. Then he rushed to Sui County. The county magistrate of Qi County and the police chief of the security team all fled. He was unknown whereabouts, or was an officer of a passing logistics squad in Qi County who ran to Tongxu to report to the war zone. The theater commander only learned that Li Zongren had ordered Shangqiu to enter a state of full alert and ordered the logistics troops and security teams in Shangqiu to hold on for two days. The 74th Army was rushing to Shangqiu day and night.

Zhuang Jihua did not complain in the telegram, but only reported his solution. Zhuang Jihua had ordered the 41st Army on the front of the Yuhe River to return to the 23rd Army. The troops on the eastern front made great strides and retreated, abandoning Dawenhe, Mengyinfei County, Linyi, and retreated. Sun Lianzhong on the northern front retreated to Yanzhou, Zhang Zizhong on the middle side retreated to Zaozhuang, and Tang Enbo Sun Liren on the southern side retreated to Taierzhuang. Yang Sen led the 20th Army of the 24th Army to retreat to the periphery of Xuzhou.

"How did Zhuang Wenge retreat so quickly?" He Yingqin couldn't help frowning after seeing Wanzhuang Jihua's telegram. Nakajima's actions may not be effective, but he retreated hundreds of miles, which was a bit frightening.

Chiang Kai-shek also had a gloomy face. He felt a very bad feeling in his heart. Zhuang Jihua has never been a timid person, so something must be wrong.

It was not the first time Cui Kov participated in such a meeting. Bai Chongxi's combat plan was approved with his support. He learned from the translator that the content of the report could not help but say: "Mr. Chairman, General Zhuang is extremely inappropriate to do this. He is not preparing for a battle, but arranging a retreat. If the Japanese army on the eastern front quickly crossed the Yanzhou area, the plan to encircle and annihilate Masaharu Honma would be very likely to fail. In addition, this will encourage the Japanese army on the southern front to draw the 41st army from the 陈 River to the right wing, which will weaken the front defense of the 陈 River. Once the Japanese army breaks through the front of the 陈 River, Suxian will be in danger. I think the deployment and error of the commander of the 5th War Zone, in our Soviet Red Army, such a commander should be sent to the military court."

Looking at Cui Kov's arrogance that the Soviets were used to, Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly. Zhuang Jihua's deployment was a retreat deployment. He had already seen this, but it was too much to send it to the military court. What's more, he compared the Soviet Red Army, which not only made Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfied, but also made He Yingqin, Jiang Baili, Chen Cheng very dissatisfied.

"General Cui Kefu," Jiang Baili said calmly: "I think the deployment of the Fifth War Zone is not wrong. The attack on both sides of the Yellow River has not made much progress. This is one of the first things. The Japanese army frequently increased its troops on the southern front, while our army was exhausted from fighting for a long time. The troops were greatly reduced. Although they were supplemented twice, the combat effectiveness of the supplementary troops was very poor. Therefore, the overall combat effectiveness did not increase but decline. This is a fact. Secondly, the Japanese reinforcements Zero Division were mainly fighting on the Western Front, that is, our right wing, and it was not entirely on the front. Therefore, the Forty-first Army was transferred to the

The right wing is also fine. Third, the Cultural Revolution was also prepared for the front-line breakthrough, and the transfer of the Twentieth Army back to Xuzhou is a clear proof. "At this point, he turned to Chiang Kai-shek: "Chairman, I don't think there is any problem with the deployment of the Cultural Revolution. The key to the problem is Juancheng. The four divisions of the Honma were surrounded by our army on both sides of the Yellow River, but they were unable to be wiped out for a long time, which dragged down a large number of our troops. In addition, the First War Zone easily allowed Zhongdao to break into the south of the Yellow River and break into the rear of our army. This is the fundamental reason for the current passiveness."

After the First Army was defeated, it could not stop it. There were only three brigades in the Henan section of the Jinpu Line in the northern section of the Jinpu Line, two of which were still in Xinxiang. Such a weak defense line was not attacked, which was also a great wonder.

The Japanese army was not worried that after the flanks, all its troops would be pressed towards the 22nd Army, which was defending the periphery. The 101th Division, which was originally planned to stay in this section, was also transferred to Puyang to attack the 21st Army. Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua struggled to support the Japanese attack, but the 71st Army and the 72nd Army were unable to break through the defense circle of the 36th Division.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, after Honma established a defensive circle in Dongkou, Xu Zuyi's offensive was curbed, and 200,000 troops were dragged down, causing wars on the Eastern and Southern fronts to become increasingly dangerous.

"Chairman," Chen Cheng's face showed hesitation, and soon this hesitation disappeared, and a decision was replaced by a decision: "The battle has developed to the present, I think our opening in this battle was too big. In the two battles in Nanjing and Xuzhou, we wiped out a large number of Japanese troops, but if we carefully analyzed these two battles, we found that the number of enemies we annihilated every time was relatively small. Nanjing annihilated 100,000 enemies was concentrated by several battles. Moshui counterattacks annihilated about 8,000 enemies, and the enemy's troops were nearly 10,000. We concentrated three reorganized divisions, 50,000, with a 1:5 troop comparison; Guangde counterattack, Japanese troops were one and a half divisions,

There were 26,000 troops, and our side successively invested three armies and two divisions, with a total strength of 180,000, with a total strength of 1:7; in the battle of Xuzhou, Linyi counterattack, two Japanese divisions, a total strength of 50,000, and five armies of our side, with a total strength of 150,000, with a total strength of 1:3, but this was a defeat war, only some of the Japanese army was annihilated; Jining encircled and annihilated one and a half Japanese divisions, with a total strength of nearly 30,000, and our side dispatched the Forty-Nine Army, the Third Army, the Sixty Army, and the total strength of 180,000, and then the 108th Division was annihilated, with a total strength of 1:6, which is also an example of a complete annihilation of the Japanese division.

Analyzing these two battle examples, if we want to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, the strength comparison must be more than 1 to 5, and the Japanese army's strength cannot exceed three divisions. The more Japanese troops, the more we need to increase the strength we want to increase exponentially. This time we want to eat up 100,000 troops from four Japanese divisions in one fell swoop, and the strength comparison must reach more than 1:7. From the perspective of the development of the battle situation, we do not have this strength yet."

Everyone, except Cui Koff, knew that the original battle plan looked magnificent and beautiful. Everyone was stunned by the victory of Xuzhou. Four divisions sent it up, so there was still a reason to not kill them. But in fact, China does not have the ability to eat up 100,000 troops at one time. The scale of this battle was too large, exceeding the current strength of the Chinese team.

Chen Cheng's analysis is realistic. In the Battle of Stalingrad in his previous life, the Soviet Union spent three months concentrating more than one million people to eliminate the 300,000 German troops in the encirclement. However, in the 44-year Battle of Baglation (also known as the Battle of Belarus), more than one million people were also used. In the same period of more than three months, it almost wiped out more than fifty troops in the central German army cluster and drove straight into hundreds of miles. The difference is so big that there is no other reason, the strength of the Soviet army has increased and the strength of the German army has declined.

"Maybe it was because of this that the Cultural Revolution made such arrangements." Jiang Baili muttered in his heart, but he did not speak. Although Chen Cheng's analysis made sense, the battle was already underway, and it was impossible to cancel it. War has laws of war.

After Chen Cheng finished speaking, the room fell into silence. No one could make up his mind whether to give up or hold on.

Cui Kefu finally couldn't help it: "Mr. Chairman, I don't think we are unable to annihilate the Japanese army in Juancheng. They are actually surrounded by our army. They are in short supply of weapons and ammunition and have cut off logistics. For any military general, it is impossible for him to give up such an opportunity. He should continue to strengthen the attack on the Japanese army in Juancheng and annihilate them. Even if he gives up Xuzhou, he will do whatever he wants."

This is a very tempting proposal, and even Chen Cheng is not easy to refute. After all, the opportunity to annihilate the enemy is so obvious, and it is difficult to give up now.

"Okay, I confessed that Chongxi, Li Zongren, Zhuang Jihua should strengthen the offensive on both sides of the Yellow River. Shang Zhen will command the First Army and the 32nd Army and other troops. Within two days, the attack on the northern section of the Jinpu Road must be launched to cut off the northern section of the Jinpu Road; the 71st Army and the 72nd Army must destroy the Japanese army on the north bank of the Yellow River within three days, the 5th War Zone must destroy the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yellow River within five days, and the 22nd Army must ensure the safety of the northern line. The 5th War Zone can give up Xuzhou when necessary to ensure the safety of the main force. The 74th Army will be limited to Shangqiu within three days and Yongcheng within five days, and must eliminate Nakadao Kangjian." Chiang Kai-shek's last words were gritting his teeth. Nakadao's actions completely disrupted his deployment and may even cause the overall failure of the entire battle.

Jiang Baili actually overestimated Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua has no time to summarize these things now. The situation of the war has not seen any signs of improvement, which makes him anxious and the shadow in his heart is getting bigger and bigger. Retreating from the Eastern Front is his instinctive sense of danger. Gong Chu once expressed opposition to this decision, but Zhuang Jihua insisted on this. When he retreated to this position, he should run at least a few hundred miles less when needed.

"Commander, if you have to retreat, it is better to withdraw further than to withdraw from your post." Seeing that you could not convince Zhuang Jihua, Gong Chu proposed his idea.

Zhuang Jihua looked at him with some confusion when he heard this. Gong Chu quickly explained: "Yanzhou's terrain is flat. Almost the entire city was destroyed during the last battle. The fortifications were not perfect. There was no favorable terrain on the periphery. It is recommended that you retreat directly across the canal and establish a blocking position on the west bank of the canal. Only one city in Jining is retained on the east bank of the canal. Moreover, there is no need for Zhang Zizhong to retreat to Zaozhuang, but directly retreat to the Taierzhuang area, connect with Tang Enbo, and use the terrain near Taierzhuang to block the Japanese army."

Zhuang Jihua immediately understood that this was a good idea: "You are right, I am a little bit stubborn. I immediately ordered Sun Lianzhong to retreat west of the canal, rely on the canal to block Yoshio Shinozuka, and deploy the 60th Army in Jining, and the 276th Division of the 47th Army garrisoned in Yanzhou to be under his command."

"The telegram ordered Zhang Zizhong to retreat to the Taierzhuang area and join forces with the 20th Army to form the Taierzhuang defense line, with Tang Enbo as the commander-in-chief. The new 22nd Division returned to Xuzhou."

"Yang Sen led the 20th army to Pei County and strictly prevent the Japanese army from smuggling through Weishan Lake."

Despite the major adjustments, Zhuang Jihua's uneasiness became stronger and stronger. He sent a telegram to Li Zongren, hoping that Li Zongren could inform the battle on the North Bank at any time, especially the blocking situation of the 22nd Army. The telegram was even sent to Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua, and Zhuang Jihua had the contact password given by Liu Xiang.

The Chinese team retreated in a big step, which made the three commands of the Japanese army in the north and south east feel urgent, and ordered the strengthening of the offensive. Nishio Shouzuo commanded the three armies to follow and chase and quickly caught up.
Chapter completed!