Anxious?
What you don't know is that in less than two years, in September 1939, a global war will break out. At that time, the world will be reorganized.
The winner is king, and the loser is a bandit.
If he did not seize the time to develop, he would not even be able to drink a mouthful of soup.
"Three months. I will only give you three months.”
"It is now December 10th. We must launch the Battle of Xuzhou before the 10th of next month. We must gather the main force of the North China army at a fixed location, then cross Shanhaiguan in one go to recover the Northeast!”
"The Battle of Xuzhou?" Zhou Yunfei was surprised.”
"There is an important river north of Chang River-Huai River.
The "Huai" that people understood today was just a line of the Huai River.
However, the "Huai" mentioned by the ancients referred to Lianghuai, Huainan and Huaibei.
Speaking of Huainan and Huaibei, two points appeared in front of people's eyes today, but in ancient times, there were two sides, and two huge sides.
The Huai River and the Yellow River had been connected by many natural waterways since ancient times. Although the Huai River and the Chang River were not connected by natural waterways, they relied on man-made canals to achieve a close connection.
This made Huaibei and Huainan two important geographical units, and then formed a close military and economic relationship between the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Chang River.
Therefore, the " Huai " that the ancients referred to was a deep area formed by a complex water system.
This depth zone was a huge speed bump in terms of tactics and a huge filter in terms of strategy.
In ancient times, the southern army could use the Huai River and Si River system to form a convenient water transportation line.
At the same time, they could use the water network to restrict the cavalry advantage of the northern army and slow down the enemy's offensive.
On the other hand, if the northern army attacked the strongholds one by one in the Lianghuai region, they would fall into a war of attrition. They might be counterattacked by the enemy before they could even see Chang Jiang.
If the northern army chose to bypass the frontline stronghold and quickly penetrate south, they would definitely expose their main direction before they reached Chang River.
At this moment, Chang Jiang's disadvantage had been made up for, and his advantage was displayed instead.
That was, Chang River was indeed a natural moat, a natural giant trench. Since the southern army had already locked onto the enemy's main attack direction, they could base themselves on Chang River and set up targeted defenses.
If the northern army could not break through the Chang River defense line, or if they could not gain a foothold even if they temporarily crossed the river, they could only retreat.
At this moment, the strongholds that they had bypassed could be intercepted layer by layer. The southern army could also use the waterway to pursue them.
Xuzhou was also the intersection of Dan River and Si River, which was equivalent to the hub of Jianghuai water and land transportation.”
"Therefore, with Xuzhou in hand, we have the strategic initiative in hand.”
After saying that, Lu Tian's expression became serious as he gave the order.
"If you want to defend the river, you must defend the Huai River. Since whoever holds Xuzhou has the initiative in the war, then the Wei Nation's military will definitely be the first to launch a war to seize Xuzhou within a month.”
"Yes, sir!"
……
Beiping, North China Military Command.
As Lu Tian expected, after Shouyi and Junliu joined forces, the headquarters gave the order to attack as soon as possible and seize the strategic location of Xuzhou.
"If we want to completely occupy North China, we must occupy Xuzhou and set up a defense line to stop the Chinese army from going north. I suggest we attack in ten days!”
After saying that, he looked at Junliu, who was deep in thought.
Confidence!
In his opinion, it was too easy to capture Xuzhou. One had to know that there were currently 800,000 imperial troops in North China, and Li Zongren's troops stationed in Xuzhou were less than 300,000.
"General of the temple, didn't you consider that Lu Tian would go north?”
hehe ~
At the mention of Lu Tian, Shouyi in the temple shivered in disdain.
In his eyes, the failure of the Eastern Sea Battle was ultimately due to Matsui Ishigen's incompetence and Lu Tian's opportunism.
In a head-on confrontation on the North China Plains, he could easily defeat Lu Tian.
"Just based on the recruits who have been trained for less than a month?”
Jun Liu sighed. Why didn't anyone really value Lu Tian?
Wasn't the lesson of the East Ocean army being wiped out enough?
"General Terasuchi, Lu Tian's Internal Defense Army is no longer the same as before. Not only does he have a large armored force, but he also has fighter jets that are superior to the Empire's Air Force. The infantry's equipment is also more than twice as good as ours.”
"General Hatake is afraid?"
“……”
Baka, arrogant fool.
Jun Liu's face darkened, but he did not lose his temper.
"It's not that I'm afraid, but I feel that if the Empire's warriors are used in large numbers on the battlefield to wipe out the National Defense Army, Chang Kaishen will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
"Once North China is lost, the plan of the Imperium for the continent that it has been working hard for many years will be completely ruined. We will all become sinners of the Imperium!”
Yes!
Hisashi Terauchi nodded in agreement. This was the truth.
But the problem was…
"Alright, you're right."
"Have you ever thought that if we don't provoke Lu Tian, he won't go north?”
“……”
Yan Junliu was speechless and collapsed on the chair like a deflated ball.
It seemed that this battle was unavoidable.
If they were really defeated, would the empire still have a future?
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