Jiang then did not want to fight the Japanese army in Xuzhou, so he took a smart step. However, his mind was not completely focused on the retreat of the Chinese army, because he had discovered a new opportunity that might surpass the glory of Taierzhuang. Among the five Japanese armies that surrounded Xuzhou, one of them was the weakest, but its hand was the furthest. This was the 14th division of Tufei Yuan, which had left the main force and rushed south to cut off the Longhai Road and prevent the Chinese army from advancing eastward to reinforce Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.
On May 15th, at the same time that Li Zongren received the order to retreat, the Tufei Yuan Division also crossed the Yellow River south, captured Heze, and marched south to the Longhai line. The Dohihara division was like a lone wolf thrown by the Go experts of Tokyo, heavily charging into the thick Chinese forces. At this moment, the arrogant Japanese had yet to wake up from the defeat of Taierzhuang. The high-ranking military personnel of Tokyo were staring at the 10 key points on the map from Mount Dang to the west, where the 100,000-plus Chinese troops were deployed. However, they did not feel that there was anything wrong with inserting the 20,000-plus troops of Doihara into the 100,000-plus Chinese troops. It seemed that they still didn't put the Chinese army in their eyes. General Xue Yue, the former commander of the first battle area, heard the news and opened his mouth in surprise. Such a fighter plane made him very excited.
When Jiang received the report, he hurried over to the largest wall chart of the Military and Political Council. As he calculated and pondered, a smile finally appeared on his thin, cloud-covered face. The opportunity was waving at him again. The Japanese had given him the juicy piece of meat, Dohihara. It was up to him to see if he had the courage to bite down on it. Jiang Jieshi thought about it and finally made up his mind. Even if it's bait, I'll take a bite first. Sorry Li Delin, the final breakthrough will depend on you. I'll clean up the soil and fertilizer plains first. In the middle and late May, Jiang then personally visited the headquarters of the First War Zone in Zhengzhou. Cheng Qian didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly gathered his subordinates and held a military meeting in the first battle area. More than 20 officers above the division level sat around a table in the spacious war room of the commander's department. While listening to the latest situation report from the Chief of Staff of the theater of operations, Jiang's eyes never left the big red arrow pointing at Longhai Road on the wall chart. This thick red arrow was the marching position of the Tufei Yuan tribe. It was so eye-catching against the blue defense line of the Chinese army. It was so arrogant and unruly, as if the fierce-faced Tufei Yuan was proudly waving his huge head at him to challenge him. A new piece of news from the Chief of Staff pulled him back from his thoughts. "According to Shen Fazao's report, after the attack on Kao City was stopped by the 87th Division, the right column of Fuonaki Futaro had given up on the plan to cross Kao City and attack Lanfeng. Instead, they turned to Yifeng and attempted to join forces with the main force of the Dohei Hara Division. It seemed that the enemy had sensed their attack and thus retreated to the main force.”After hearing this, Jiang frowned slightly and asked,"Is the exact situation of the enemy on this road clear?”
"It has been confirmed that the road is the 27th Infantry Brigade led by Fumeaki Futaro, with the 28th Cavalry Regiment and Artillery Division of the 14th Division, about 8000 people.”"Yes, yes," Jiang Chen replied. He stood up and paced around the room. All the generals 'eyes were focused on him. The air in the room was heavy. After a short while, Jiang stood up and leaned against the chair. His gaze swept across the generals sitting around the table and finally landed on Cheng Qian. He asked slowly,"Lord Song, what do you think?" Let's talk, let's talk." Cheng Qian was not in a hurry to express his opinion. As soon as Jiang arrived in Zhengzhou, he knew that the Generalissimo would be taking command in person again. He was all too familiar with this habit of his when he took over. At the critical moment, he would appear in the Top Officer's Department, and it was very likely that he would somehow make one of your troops disappear without a trace. Thinking back to when Li Zongren led his troops to Xuzhou, before leaving, Li Zongren, who knew that Jiang Jieshi had this habit, did not forget to ask Jiang Jieshi: "The chairman asked me to guard Xuzhou this time. Can you let me fight a battle without interfering with the command of the Fifth Battle Area?"”When Jiang Chen received the call, he had a favor to ask of Li Zongren. In addition, Xuzhou was a mess and it was not easy to clean up. Therefore, he blushed and said with a smile,"Don't interfere, don't interfere, do it yourself!”But now, the situation was not as bad as before. Naturally, the chairman would not let go of this opportunity to intervene, not to mention that he had brought Gui Yongqing's 27th Army with two chariot battalions. At this time, seeing Jiang Jieshi staring at him and asking, Cheng Qian thought for a moment, turned to Jiang Jieshi and said,""Tufei originally attacked the Longhai Line in two ways, and now they have the intention of uniting their forces. It seems too early to conclude that the Japanese army discovered my attack attempt. Perhaps Tufei Yuan was more interested in the southern route of the Longhai Line, rather than the northern route. But no matter what, from the big picture, the situation hasn't changed much. Tufei Plain's 20,000 people are huddled between Lanfeng, Neihuang, Minquan, and Kaocheng. They are still surrounded by us. We can consider launching an attack to surround and annihilate them.”
Jiang then nodded repeatedly, and the generals relaxed a lot and began to discuss. At this moment, Jiang Jieshi remembered the main character of this scene, Xue Yue, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the First Battle Area.
"Bo Ling, you are in front, what do you think?”Xue Yue stood up with a whoosh and was about to share his views when Jiang hurriedly asked him to sit down. "Chairman, I agree with Officer Cheng." Since Tufei Plains dared to cross the Yellow River and send their troops to their doorstep, I also dare to open my net and take them all. Since the Japanese dared to deploy such a rare battle formation, they obviously didn't put our army in their eyes. If he didn't return the favor, how could he suppress his arrogance? Our regiment has been fully prepared for the past few days, waiting for the chairman's ruling.”Xue Yue said passionately. "Okay, okay." Jiang then scanned the crowd and said firmly," Now, the main force of our army in Xuzhou has broken through separately and has basically shaken off the Japanese invaders. The situation in the Central Plains was getting clearer. The Military and Political Affairs Council had decided to start the Battle of Lanfeng and destroy the arrogant 14th Division in Lanfeng. Since Officer Li was able to achieve such a great victory at Taierzhuang, I believe that the 1st Battle Area will also be able to achieve such a glorious feat and wipe out the Tufei Plains.”After saying this, he seemed to see the cheers of victory in his mind. Jiang's face was red and his emotions were high. His straight military uniform was shining with stars. Seeing that the generals were in high spirits, he was also quite affected. At this time, he wanted to light a fire and ignite the generals 'enthusiasm to destroy Tufei Plain. He changed the topic and asked,"Does anyone here know about Tufei Plain?"”After hearing this, the generals were stunned. In fact, Tufei Plain was notorious in China, and everyone present knew a little about it. However, when Jiang Jieshi suddenly asked this question, everyone was puzzled and no one was willing to speak rashly. Seeing that no one spoke, Jiang waved his hand and said fiercely, Doihara was the Japanese soldier with the worst record on the battlefield of China. He was even more abominable than Matsui Ishigane. The reason why the northeast and north China were where they were today was all because of him.‘He was the mastermind of the September 18th Incident, and he was the one who kidnapped Pu Yi to the Northeast. It was also his idea to make a fuss about the autonomy of North China. Rather than calling him a soldier, he was more like a schemer and a political clown. If he didn't get rid of this guy today, what would he do in the future? I heard that some westerners call him the 'Lawrence of the East'. I don't care if he's from the east or the west. Today, I want you to destroy this' Lawrence 'of his.”
Jiang Jieshi gritted his teeth and slammed the table loudly. He was determined to destroy Tufei Plain. This was also why he went to Zhengzhou personally. For this, he had even brought along his armored vehicle unit, which he had spent a large sum of US dollars to equip. He wanted to personally command the troops and destroy the entire division of Japan.
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