Invincible from the sword

Chapter 358
Inside the war room of the Ninth War Zone.

Quietly.

Chen Cixiu and Tiger Boy stared at Zhang Lei with big eyes.

Want to hear his opinion.

After all, this time the old man in Shancheng called Zhang Lei's temporary group to reinforce the mall.

That had to go anyway.

It's just that Tiger Boy is worried that Zhang Lei's temporary regiment is now in the past, and the casualties may be heavy.

From Taihu Lake to Wangjiang, Zhang Lei's temporary regiment has fought two consecutive battles.

In the rush to march against the mall, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.

At that time, excessive casualties are possible.

Tiger Boy felt that this matter should be done slowly.

Tiger Cub is still very loyal.

He said to Zhang Lei: "If it doesn't work, I'll call the old man in Shancheng.

Let the troops he sent go.

If it doesn't work, I will transfer two armies from my First Corps.

Now my First Corps, No.20 Fifth Army, Seventieth Army and Fourth Army have not moved.

Two of these three armies can be drawn over.

Relieve the pressure on The Fifth War Zone.

Besides, we don't have exact information on whether the Japanese army's entire combat plan has changed.

The whole situation is unclear.

It's a little early to send Zhang Lei's temporary regiment over now.

In case Hata Shunroku supplemented the Japanese No.11 Army.

At that time, the No.11 Japanese Army will attack Wangjiang again. What about our ninth war zone? "

Zhang Leiyao shook his head: "In the current situation, it's too late to discuss this with the old man in Shancheng.

I also said just now that the Japanese army will definitely readjust its combat plan in the future.

Now that the Japanese Second Army is attacking so smoothly, the Japanese Central China Dispatched Army will definitely put the main direction of the attack on the Second Army.

So next, the Fifth Theater will not only have to face the attack of the Japanese Second Army.

It also has to face the attack of the Japanese No.11 Army.

If reinforcements are not made in time, let alone the mall, Huangchuan and Xinyang will all fall into the hands of the Japanese army.

Mr. Chen, I suggest that we also have to adjust our combat deployment.

Immediately reinforce the fifth theater.

At the same time, troops were sent to deploy defenses in Macheng, Wushengguan, Huayuan and other places.

Layers of defense.

Prevent Japanese troops from going south. "

Chen Cixiu couldn't decide on such an important matter by himself.

And he has no idea.

Troops from the Ninth Theater went to reinforce the Fifth Theater...

It is also necessary to send troops to defend the place Zhang Lei mentioned just now.

The troops in his hand are not enough.

Moreover, even if Zhang Lei's judgment was correct, Chen Cixiu would not dare to send all his troops to the fifth theater.

Among other things, the First Corps still needs to defend, right?

After all, the Central China Expeditionary Army of the Japanese Army, in addition to the Japanese Second Army and No.11 Army, had four divisions directly under it.

In case Hata Junliu went crazy and asked the division directly under him to attack from the front line of Taihu Lake and Wangjiang, then he would Chen Cixiu, so what kind of defense?
Therefore, he did not agree with Zhang Lei's idea at all.

Tiger Cub frowned.

Go over Zhang Lei's words in your mind.

Tiger Boy has never doubted Zhang Lei's judgment.

This was already the case during the Battle of Changsha.

The main reason is that Zhang Lei's judgment on the Japanese army was too accurate.

Never failed.

Even in Myanmar, Zhang Lei's judgment has never been wrong.

Tiger Cub has been paying close attention to the entire Burma campaign.

Although the commander of the expeditionary force was Commander Luo, and there was Stilwell from the lighthouse country as the chief of staff.

But everyone knows that the entire battle plan is based on Zhang Lei's suggestion.

The specific command of the battle with the Japanese army was also Zhang Lei.

So this time, Tiger Boy still felt that he had to trust Zhang Lei.

Since Zhang Lei said that the Japanese army's combat deployment will be greatly adjusted, it should not be wrong.

Moreover, Tiger Boy also felt that the Japanese army would focus their attack on the fifth theater.

If he was Hata Shunroku, he would do the same.

After all, on the Eastern Front, there are both planes and tanks.

They were beaten and lost [-] troops in a few days.

If the fight continues like this, even if the troops are pushed to Jiujiang, it is estimated that two more divisions will be lost.

Hata Shunroku couldn't afford such a loss.

The entire Japanese Central China Dispatched Army has thirteen divisions.

If four or five divisions were lost at once, the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army would basically lose half of it.

Therefore, the Japanese army focused their offensive on the fifth theater, and Tiger Boy thought it was very possible.

Tiger Boy frowned: "Mr. Chen, I agree with Zhang Lei's idea.

Now the No.11 Army of the Japanese Army has been disabled by us, leaving only the [-]th Division and the [-]th Division.

The combat effectiveness of these two divisions is very average.

The possibility of the Japanese army reinforcing the No.11 Army, in my opinion, is not great.

The Japanese army has already suffered a big loss because of the division of troops.

If the No.11 Japanese army is reinforced, attack from the front line of Taihu Lake and Wangjiang.

It became a refueling tactic.

Such an increase in troops will not enhance the offensive capabilities of the Japanese army.

On the contrary, it is very likely that they will be annihilated by us again.

Therefore, the biggest possibility is that the Japanese soldiers and one place concentrated their forces to break through one of our points.

Then tear our defenses apart.

The current situation in the fifth war zone is not optimistic.

The loss of Gushi put a lot of pressure on the defense of the entire fifth theater.

Now the Second Army of the Japanese Army has three divisions advancing towards Gushi.

If the No. 11 Japanese army was also sent there, then with the current strength of the fifth theater, it would not be able to stop the attack of so many Japanese troops.

There are no planes or tanks in the fifth theater.

It's artillery, and that's not much.

Although there is Li Yutang's Tenth Army, it is weak after all.

My suggestion is that my First Corps go west to reinforce the Fifth Theater.

The Second Corps moved eastward to supplement the defense line of the First Corps.

The overall combat effectiveness of the Second Corps is still impressive.

The two American armed forces are both in the Second Corps.

And now the Japanese aircraft are all concentrated in the Japanese Second Army.

And on the Yangtze River waterway, there is also a detachment of Zhang Lei's ships.

Therefore, even if the Japanese army sneaked from the East Station, the Second Corps was fully capable of stopping it.

The Wuhan garrison was pushed forward to the areas of Macheng, Wushengguan, and Xuanhuadian.

Layers of defense.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from advancing south. "

The Fifth War Zone plus the Ninth War Zone, Tiger Cub's First Corps, has the strongest combat effectiveness.

There are Zhang Lei's temporary regiment, and the ace unit No.70 Fourth Army.

More importantly, Zhang Lei still has [-] planes in his hands.

This is a big killer.

At least it can compete with the air power of the Japanese Second Army.

Without air superiority, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness dropped by at least one-third.

Without the threat of aircraft, Zhang Lei's tank group is enough to crush all the attacking Japanese troops.

to be frank.

Tiger Boy is really envious of Zhang Lei's tank group.

There are fifty tanks in the tank battalion alone.

Together with the tanks in the three infantry battalions, the total number of tanks has reached a terrifying 60+!

So many tanks, according to the normal logo of tank troops, are also a tank brigade.

There is also Zhang Lei's artillery battalion.

All large caliber howitzers.

The caliber is one hundred millimeters to 150 five millimeters.

Truck towing.

The power is so powerful that it is terrifying.

The entire artillery battalion has 24 howitzers.

It is more powerful than the artillery power of a Class A division of the Japanese army.

Although there are 36 large-caliber artillery in the Japanese Army's Class A Division.

But there are only four to six howitzers, and the others are all mountain artillery.

Power and howitzers are not at the same level at all.

And the range doesn't work either.

Therefore, the round of firepower, the artillery of a division of the Japanese army, is not Zhang Lei's opponent at all.

As for the plane in Zhang Lei's hand, let alone.

Among the seventy planes, fifty planes were shared by the old man Shancheng and Zhang Lei, but Tiger Boy knew it very well.

The old man Shancheng couldn't command these fifty planes at all.

The pilots like Xu Qi'an are now Zhang Lei's soldiers.

Even Tiger Boy suspected that Xu Qi'an might have joined the Eighth Route Army.

As for Rafe's twenty planes, they were Chennault's planes.

Nominally under the command of the old man in Shancheng.

But it was Chennault who really commanded the movement.

Counting with fingers, the overall firepower of Zhang Leijiu's regiment is about the same as that of a mechanized division in Da Da Da Guo.

It is really remarkable that the Eighth Route Army can have such a unit.

Therefore, if the entire First Corps is transferred there, the Japanese attack will definitely be successfully contained.

If two to three divisions of the Japanese army can be wiped out in the area around the mall, the Japanese army will definitely retreat.

At that time, their National Army troops will be able to form a confrontation with the Japanese army in the Xuzhou area.

In this case, a large area in central China can be recovered.

This is a major military victory for the national army.

Chen Cixiu frowned.

Thinking about the gains and losses of this transfer.

Ten minutes later, Chen Cixiu sent Zhang Lei and Tiger Boy's suggestion to the old man in Shancheng.

With such a major plan adjustment, Chen Cixiu dared not make a decision.

Let the old man Shancheng decide.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, he will have to take the blame.

The old man in Shancheng has a small mind.

The old man in Shancheng who received Chen Cixiu's telegram was taken aback.

I read Chen Cixiu's telegram several times.

"It's just nonsense!" The old man Shancheng trembled angrily.

Throw away the telegrams.

His captain, the chamberlain, picked up the telegram from the floor.

put it on the table.

The captain of the attendant room is a middle-aged man.

Wearing a military uniform, the rank of lieutenant general on the collar is particularly conspicuous.

He is the absolute confidant of the old man in Shancheng.

The old man in Shancheng narrowed his eyes for a moment: "Please notify me and call a military meeting immediately.

Discuss Chen Cixiu's new combat plan. "

Soon, more than a dozen senior commanders of the national army gathered in the old man's mansion in Shancheng.

The little Zhuge here is the most active.

He read Chen Cixiu's telegram and felt that Chen Cixiu and Tiger Boy were crazy.

If the First Corps is transferred to the Fifth Theater, how will the Ninth Theater be defended?

(End of this chapter)