Guo Jiqiao smiled faintly and comforted: "Commander-in-Chief, don't worry too much, your military talents are obvious to all. How can Tang and Jiang compare with you? It's getting late, so you have to rest earlier and take your humble post."

"Go!" Wei Lihuang waved his hand exhausted. When he thought of these bad things, he was exhausted physically and mentally and lost no interest.

Wei Lihuang was the only one left in the house. He walked slowly, and his thoughts could not calm down for a long time.

As soon as the door rang, Guo Jiqiao hurried over with a telegram. Before he could enter the room, he excitedly raised the telegram and said loudly: "Commander, great victory, great victory in eastern Henan, restoration of Shangqiu..."

Wei Lihuang blinked, woke up from his astonishment, grabbed the telegram, browsed ten lines at a glance, smiled on his face, and read it carefully again, laughing.

"Okay, okay!" Wei Lihuang was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and walked away on the ground with a telegram shaking in his hand. "I didn't expect that, I really didn't expect that Huaiyang had just recovered and conquered the important town Shangqiu. The situation in eastern Henan was completely overturned and turned upside down!"

Guo Jiqiao nodded repeatedly, and waited for Wei Lihuang to calm down a little, then he spoke: "Commander-in-Chief, this is Yang Tianfeng's telegram transferred from Sun Tongxuan. He hopes to mobilize troops to increase missiles and face the Japanese counterattack. It seems that they want to fight until after the autumn harvest."

After this reminder, Wei Lihuang calmed down and walked quickly to the map on the wall, thought for a moment, and asked: "Chief of Staff, how should you take action to effectively support the battle in eastern Henan?"

Guo Jiqiao had already walked behind Wei Lihuang, looked at the map, his mind was turned rapidly. When he saw the chief inquiring, he pondered for a while, making his thoughts clearer, and said slowly: "The Japanese counterattack is most likely from Longhai Road and Pinghan Road. Yang Tianfeng also expressed his concern in the telegram. The Japanese army in Xuzhou seemed to be able to withstand it, so there was only the Pinghan Line. I think that the troops in the northern Henan could go south to participate in the war, and then the entire Third Army would cross the east to attack Kaifeng. In addition, Taihang and Zhongtiaoshan garrisons would also be dispatched to restrain the Japanese army. The 18th Army seemed to be able to participate in the war and assist the battle."

Wei Lihuang said with a gentle head, "The Japanese Yellow River Defense Line is almost collapsed, and our river defense forces can cross the east to join the war. He ordered the Lingchuan Pang Bingxun's troops to break the Pinghan line, ordered the Puyang Gaoshuxun's troops to threaten Heze, ordered the newly formed Fifth Army in Lin County, northern Henan to go south, and ordered the Tang Weiyuan Third Army of Zhongtiaoshan to attack southern Jin. In addition, at least two divisions of the Second Army of Sun Lianzhong were transferred to Zhengzhou and cross the river to participate in the war."

Sun Lianzhong's second army performed well in the Battle of Taierzhuang and Wuhan during the War of Resistance in North China and Henan, but suffered heavy casualties. He drove to Ye County and Wuyang to supplement training and was the reserve corps in the first war zone. The mobilization at this time showed Wei Lihuang's determination.

Guo Jiqiao heard that Wei Lihuang was mobilizing the reserve corps and knew that Wei Lihuang was determined to start a war in eastern and western Henan, and even to restore Kaifeng. Judging from the current situation of the enemy and us, the initiative is indeed in control, and it is not an exaggeration to increase the troops.

"As for the 18th Group Army—" Wei Lihuang pondered for a moment and said with a wry smile: "I'll send them a telegram and ask them to break the Pinghan Line and Longhai Road to support the Battle of East Henan."

At this time, there is no doubt that the common people are suspected. Seizing the favorable opportunity, if you can restore western and eastern Henan, the huge contribution will be enough to offset all the crimes.

Guo Jiqiao knew this truth well, so he did not object, but he raised another question, "Commander-in-Chief, the former joint command was co-chaired by Liu Chen, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Ma Biao, Commander of the First Cavalry Division, and Yang Tianfeng, Commander of the Third Column. Now, there are so many participating troops, should there be any changes, or should the commander-in-chief be clearly authorized to avoid ineffective commands?"

Wei Lihuang immediately understood that although Yang Tianfeng had the lowest rank in the original joint command, he was the big financial leader and had a good relationship with Sun Tongxuan. Liu Chen naturally favored him. Ma Biao, from the recent telegrams, praised Yang Tianfeng. It was nothing to be led by Yang Tianfeng's opinions. It would be a big deal to win the succession of Huaiyang and Shangqiu. But can the newly transferred troops still listen to the command of this young and young Yang Tianfeng?

It is not impossible to directly send a commander-in-chief from the war zone, but you may not be familiar with the current battlefield and may not be able to implement the effective strategies and tactics to the end. Moreover, temporary change of commanders may cause conflicts and conflicts, and even the generals will lose peace.

Seeing Wei Lihuang's hesitation, Guo Jiqiao guessed his thoughts. Wei Lihuang was very impressed by Yang Tianfeng, the backward advance, otherwise he would not have submitted a letter to the Military Commission, and would have given Yang Tianfeng the lieutenant general and served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Henan-Anhui Border Region.

"Commander-in-Chief, let me go!" Guo Jiqiao volunteered: "The former joint command personnel remain unchanged. I will take the name of my name when I go. Strategies and tactics are mainly listened to them."

"Ji Qiao, what did you say?" Wei Lihuang agreed in his heart, but he couldn't bear to let Guo Jiqiao feel despised. "You are the Chief of Staff of the War Zone, so naturally you have the final decision. How can you listen to them all?"

"What the commander-in-chief said," Guo Jiqiao nodded and said with a smile: "In this way, don't worry if you listen to whoever you want!"

Wei Lihuang then smiled and discussed it carefully with Guo Jiqiao.

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It was already deep in the night, but the city of Shangqiu is noisy and uneasy.

In any case, the Communist Party's national rescue army had 12,300 troops. At this time, except for the First Route Army, all of them were disarmed and became transportation brigades. In addition, a large number of joint defense teams and front teams from Luyi and Haozhou were transporting cotton, grain and other materials to the south.

The successful attack on Shangqiu and the capture of the plume made Yang Tianfeng and others overjoyed. Not only were the weapons and ammunition of the Communist Party’s National Salvation Army, but the hundreds of cars equipped with them, as well as a large amount of lint and grain in the city, station warehouses.

As for the private money that Zhang Lanfeng and other traitor leaders were levied heavily, Yang Tianfeng got half of it, and the other half was distributed to the First Cavalry Division, the 81st Division, and the 14th Cavalry Brigade.

It can be said that the food and salary of the troops involved in Huaiyang and Shangqiu for several months have been basically solved, and the seized weapons and ammunition has provided a favorable foundation for supplement and expansion. Even the longer-term winter clothing problem is no longer a big difficulty.

"At most, persist for more than twenty days, the autumn harvest can be guaranteed to be completed, and our supplies will be more abundant." Ma Biao led the First Brigade of the First Cavalry Division to arrive in Shangqiu in the middle of the night. Regardless of the lack of people, he immediately discussed the next action with Yang Tianfeng.
Chapter completed!