At the same time, the front-line troops were instructed to closely reconnaise the every move of the Japanese army that raided.

I am destined to be sleepless tonight!

Wuhan, commander-in-chief.

After hearing the news, the chairman was shocked.

He summoned senior generals such as Chen Cixiu and He Jingzhi overnight to discuss countermeasures in his office.

At the same time, he immediately ordered Boss Dai to use military command agents to investigate various information about the Japanese raid troops landing in Haizhou Bay.

Apart from the First Division, are there any other army?

...

Peiping.

Japanese North China Front Command.

Commander Shouichi Tetanuchi learned that the Division would land in Haizhou Bay in the early morning tonight and found out that it would launch a raid from Lianyungang, and it was difficult to fall asleep.

In the end, I just stayed up all night until now.

He didn't sleep, and the Chief of Staff Naosaburo Okabe, Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto and other Japanese officers in the headquarters could only accompany him to wait.

Of course, the reason why Teraunuchi was so concerned about this raid was that the 10th Division and the 14th Division suffered consecutive defeats in Teng Prefecture and Taierzhuang, not only did he lose his troops but also made him lose face in front of his colleagues in the empire.

Therefore, Soichi Desouchi could only place his hopes on this surprise attack by the Division.

I hope they can open up the situation from the Longhai Line!

At this moment, a communications officer on duty suddenly rushed out of the confidential department, bypassed the corridor, and came to Soichi Desouchi's office.

"Old Commander! Good news from the First Division! They have successfully landed from Haizhou Bay and captured Lianyungang!

At present, General Momatsu Shimaji is leading the main force of the First Division to advance westward along the Longhai Line to Xuzhou!"

This is so oh-so!

When Soichi Tanaka heard this, he was overjoyed. The reason why he stayed up late and waited until now was not just to wait for this good news.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to take the telegram from the duty officer and read it carefully.

Afterwards, he circulated it to Chief of Staff Naosaburo Okabe, Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto and others respectively.

After reading it, Naosaburo Okabe smiled treacherously and said, "Commander, now the enemy Xuzhou garrison is only the 68th Army under Liu Ziliang's troops, which is not afraid at all!

The only ones that Li Delin could be recruited in a short period of time were the Hu Ben Regiment in Taierzhuang area, Sun Fanglu's 2nd Army, and Tang Keqin's 20th Army!

Once Li Delin recruited the defenders of Taierzhuang, then our Imperial Army's 10th Division and 14th Division can easily tear open the Taierzhuang defense line, thus joining the First Division to launch an encirclement on Xuzhou!

If Li Delin did not recruit the defenders of Taierzhuang, the Division could easily defeat Liu Ziliang's 68th Army.

Then he advanced straight into Xuzhou!

Finally, turn the guns and join forces with the 10th Division of the Imperial Army and the 14th Division to launch an encirclement against the enemy defenders of Taierzhuang!”

The Japanese army invested a large number of spies in China, including many senior officials who invaded the country.

Therefore, they are quite familiar with the deployment of troops in the Fifth War Zone.

After this analysis by Naosaburo Okabe, all the Japanese officers, including Soichi Desouchi, showed unconcealed excited smiles on their faces.

Among them, the face of Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto was the most proud.

Because he proposed this surprise attack plan, once the First Division successfully captured Xuzhou and cooperated with the 10th Division and the 14th Division to annihilate the enemy Taierzhuang defenders, he would be the biggest contributor in this battle.

Suddenly, the old man with a black heart thought of another vicious plan and said, "Commander, Okabe Jun, I have another plan. I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

If others were to keep him in hiding, Tsunouchi would not have been decent for him, but Muto Akira was different.

So Shouchi Tanuchi immediately cast a look of hope at him and asked, "Mutou, come on, come on!"

Wuto Akira did not dare to take too much credit and immediately said, "Commander, I wonder if you still remember that when our Central China Imperial Army sent a detour troops to attack Jinling City, the capital of China, he also used the secret service organization lurking in Jinling City to launch a surprise attack on the enemy garrison headquarters.

Finally, the enemy headquarters was successfully captured and the Chinese army's radio station and secret telegram were seized.

If Tang Mengxiao hadn't run fast, he might have captured him alive."

Shou Tanuchi's eyes lit up and asked, "Mutou, what do you mean, we also use the spy organization lurking in Xuzhou to launch a raid on the Fifth War Zone Command of the Chinese Army?"

"Yes, this is what the humble position means!" Muto Akira said: "If Li Delin dares to transfer Liu Ziliang's 68th Army to the east to block the Imperial Army's Division.

Then the Chinese army's troops in Xuzhou must be very empty. As long as the spy organizations in the city find a suitable opportunity, they may not be able to replicate the miracle of the Central China Imperial Army in Jinling City!

If you take a step back, even if you cannot destroy the command center of the Fifth War Zone of the Chinese Army, you will be afraid. This will be very beneficial to the Imperial Army's next actions!"

"Yo Xi! This plan is so short!" Teruchi Shouyi nodded happily and adopted Muto Akira's sinister plan.

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The picture is pulled to Xuzhou again.

The Fifth War Zone Chief Office.

Just as General Li Delin and General Bai Jiansheng were anxiously waiting for information from all parties.

The correspondent soldier sent Yang Jing's call over.

After reading Yang Jing's call, Li Delin's face changed slightly, and he frowned and said, "With the previous cooperation, there should be no big problem to ask Sun Fanglu to obey Yang Jing's arrangements.

But Tang Enbo, with his arrogant heart, asked him to obey the command of Yang Jing, I am afraid he may not be willing!"

Bai Jiansheng analyzed: "I think that with Yang Jing's intelligence, he would not have been unable to consider this. Therefore, we don't have to make things difficult for us. We can just report all Yang Jing's request and the two plans we have formulated to Wuhan.

Let the chairman choose whether to fight or abandon Xuzhou!

If he wanted to fight, with the Chairman's valuation of Yang Jing, he would inevitably grant him certain command power. At that time, he could command enough troops with justification and launch a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Taierzhuang!

I think Yang Jing should think so too, but this person is well versed in the way of being a human being, never takes credit for himself, nor does he do anything outrageous and annoying.

That's why he didn't go over us and directly send a request to Chairman Jiang."

Li Delin nodded and said, "Well, Brother Jiansheng is right! Then generate electricity for the commission and let him decide whether to fight or withdraw!

As for the others, we'll talk about it later!

I believe the Commissioner will make a decision soon and call us back!"

…………

Wuhan, commander-in-chief.

The chairman and others are holding an emergency military meeting because the First Division attacked Lianyungang and advanced to Xuzhou along the Longhai Railway.

At this time, the head of the guard Wang Shihe suddenly hurried in from outside with a telegram.

"Commissioner, the fifth war zone is urgently powered!"

"Hmm?" The Chairman was shocked when he heard this, afraid that there would be some unfavorable news.

However, he remained calm enough in front of all the senior generals.

After all, as the head of state, his every word, action and action may arouse many people's confusion.

This leads to many uncontrollable events.

The chairman calmed down and reached out to take the message. After reading it, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as Xuzhou has not yet been lost, there is still a chance to save everything.

After pondering for a moment, the chairman directly ordered: "Call back to the Fifth War Zone immediately! Agree to approve their implementation of the second plan, namely, to defend Xuzhou and strive to wipe out the enemy in Taierzhuang.

At the same time, Yang Jing was granted command of the Taierzhuang Battle, and Tang Keqin's troops and Sun Fanglu troops were all transferred to Yang Jing's temporary unified command!

If you are urgently obeying the power, no one shall be allowed to disobey this order, otherwise he will be killed without forgiveness!”

Although Chen Cixiu, He Jingzhi and others did not see the content of the telegram, they also learned some tricks from the Chairman's words.

However, seeing that the Chairman had made up his mind, they would not express their opinions even if they had any ideas.

...

The Fifth War Zone Chief Office.

After receiving the call from the chairman, Li Delin was overjoyed and said to Bai Jiansheng who was beside him: "Brother Jiansheng, you really told you right, the council agreed!"

Bai Jiansheng had already anticipated all this and said, "The commissioner must be more reluctant to give up Xuzhou than us, because everyone knows that Xuzhou is so easily lost.

How much harm will the Japanese army carry the victory of the army and advance westward to the Longhai Railway Line?

Even the two lakes and the southwest region will be trapped in an endless trap because of this!”

Li Delin nodded deeply in agreement and ordered a communications officer: "Go and send this telegram from the Chairman to the Hu Ben Corps, Sun Fanglu's troops, and Tang Keqin's troops!"

"Yes!" The communications consultant immediately saluted and took the order and left.

After the communications consultant left, Li Delin said with some concern: "Brother Jiansheng, do you think Yang Jing's ability to turn the tide this time?

Our troops denied his ability and believed that Yang Jing, along with the Huben Regiment, Tang Keqin's troops, and Sun Fanglu's troops, would definitely complete the strategic plan of annihilation of the 10th and 14th Divisions in Taierzhuang!

But the question is only two days now, is it too urgent?

Moreover, Tang Keqin's troops only had the 52nd Army related to Zhidao to reach the Taierzhuang area first!"

Bai Jiansheng said: "Dong De and Yang Jing seem arrogant, but in fact they never do business that they are unsure.

His arrogance also comes from his strong strength!

Looking at the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Yangzhou, the Battle of Nanjing, and the current Battle of Tengxian, which victory was won by Yang Jing and his Tiger Ben regiment, in our opinion, wasn’t a miracle enough to be recorded in military history?

Therefore, since Yang Jing dares to make this guarantee, I guess he should be 70% or 80% sure."

"Are you sure about it?"

General Li Delin murmured in a low voice, and after a moment his whole mental outlook suddenly changed, and his tone was unprecedentedly firm: "War, there is never a 100% chance of winning!

Since Brother Jiansheng, you believe in Yang Jing so much, why not take a try?

Besides, if I just retreated from Xuzhou like this, it would be absolutely not what I wish!"

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Chapter completed!