"Sir, further forward is Yuncheng's territory. The roads there are worse, but there is definitely no problem with taking the car. If it rains, it will be difficult to leave..."

The guide's nagging words also allowed Leng Feng to learn more about the situation in Yuncheng!

In "Water Margin", wasn't Song Heizi just like this little official in Yuncheng, and was finally forced to rebel in Liangshan? This time he was here.

The eight hundred miles of water is next to the Yuncheng, and it is hard to say whether there is the legendary eight hundred miles.

According to the description in the novel, this place should be a place where people are angry and fierce, but in fact, the people here are simple and it is not that difficult for ordinary people to deal with.

If the people had not been forced to that extent, who would have tied their heads to their belts to rebel?

"The division seat, the grandson commander-in-chief called. He had already brought the Third Army Command to Caozhou." Leng Feng thought, and Xue Ping suddenly reported in his ear.

"Long Yingqin."

"At this, Master, you call me?"

"How many troops do we have on the Yellow River in western Shandong?"

"this……"

"It's okay, you said, I just want to hear it!" Leng Feng ordered calmly.

"Yuncheng is stationed in the 22nd Division of the Third Army of the Shandong Corps. Now there are about 6,000 soldiers and horses. Caozhou is the Zhanshutang Department of the 81st Division, with about 4,000 people. Caoxian, Dingtao, Chengwu and other places are the 20th Division of the Third Army, with a total force of about 8,000 people."

"The total number of troops is less than 20,000?"

"Yes, these 20,000 people only have more than 10,000 guns, and there is not a single artillery of more than 10 millimeters. The three divisions combined less than ten artillery pieces, and the number of mortars is also very small, with light and heavy machine guns..."

"Okay, stop talking, I understand." Leng Feng interrupted. After hearing this, he felt very upset. Kenji Doihara's heavy mechanized corps had at least 30,000 to 40,000 people.

Once they crossed the natural danger of the Yellow River, they could withstand the torrent of the Japanese army with these guns. Even if they knew the weaknesses of the Japanese army, they would be useless to not be able to deal with it.

This battle cannot be fought hard, it can only be a clever battle.

But how to fight? No matter how powerful the legs are on the flat ground, they can't run four wheels. There is a plain in eastern Henan, and the Japanese mechanized corps are like fish in water and are very easy to unfold.

At this time, he understood a little why Chiang Kai-shek chose to blow up the Yellow River embankment. This was also a last resort. The Yellow River broke the dam and the flood passed through the border.

Can the Japanese mechanized corps still gallop in the water?

But this cost is too great, it has destroyed so many people's homes and so many lives have disappeared like this.

Leng Feng felt really hurt. Maybe when you look at it from the height of history, it was just a historical event, and those deaths were just photos or strings of numbers.

But when you live in this era and feel everything here personally, you will understand that this is not a photo, not a number, but a living life.

They may not have culture and are even a little ignorant, but this is not what they want. This is the constraint of an era. Society has not developed to that extent. They are all self-supporting people and are deeply bullied by power.

The invaders are more shameless and terrifying than power. They are plundering, killing, and even asking you to kneel in front of them and give everything you have.

"What's the news about Chief Li?"

"not yet."

"Teacher, Deputy Brigade Officer Xie called, the Japanese artillery on the west coast launched a fierce shelling of the east coast. He had ordered the troops to retreat five kilometers to build a defensive position."

"How are the casualties of Brigade 37?"

"There are not much casualties. Before that, they took back the old city, Wuji and other places occupied by the Japanese army. However, once the Japanese army attacked, we did not have any anti-artillery fortifications. Staying there would be death, so now these places are lost again!" Chief Hu said with a dim expression.

"It doesn't matter if you lose it. There are always wins and losses in wars. Our strength is indeed not as good as others now, but we are looking at the future. We will not always be inferior to the Japanese. I firmly believe in this." Leng Feng said heavily.

"Second, it seems that the Japanese army is determined to cross the river from Dongkou. Juancheng must be the target of their occupation, otherwise where did they get the fulcrum of advance?"

"Well, you are right. Kenji Doihara's goal is not us, but we have hindered his strategic goal of occupying Juancheng as a fulcrum and then heading south to the Longhai Line." Leng Feng nodded.

"What should we do? Do we have to defend Juancheng?"

"If we defend Juancheng to the death, how sure do you think?" Leng Feng asked Long Yingqin.

"It's hard to say about this subordinate, but I think it should be no problem in three to five days." Long Yingqin thought for a while and said slowly.

"Defending Juancheng to the death is not very meaningful to Kenji Doihara. His mechanized corps can pour down as long as he crosses the river. Juancheng is just a fulcrum, but he can completely establish a second fulcrum. Moreover, with the strength in my hands, he can only distribute a force to restrain me, which does not affect his strategic goals."

"You mean, will he divide his troops?"

"What would you do if you had such a powerful mechanized corps in your hands?"

"Of course, I'm divided the troops, and I don't need to bother you. As long as I cut off the Longhai Road, I can turn around and deal with you..." Long Yingqin realized that he had said the wrong thing, "I'm sorry, Master, I'm not talking about you, look at my mouth..."

"You are right. Dohihara wants to cross the river now. He doesn't think of anything else. If he really wants to find me a revenge in Nanjing, then I really want to thank him." Leng Feng smiled bitterly. The situation in front of him was difficult to crack.

If he hadn't had to come, he wouldn't have to bear this pressure. But since he knew that the Japanese would take this step and were able to do something, he could not get over it if he watched it.

"Is there any way to paralyze his mechanized corps?"

"Xue Ping, what did you say?"

"Secretary, I mean, is there any way to paralyze the Japanese mechanized corps?" Xue Ping smiled embarrassedly.

"Xue Ping, you really reminded me that this tank, truck and armored vehicle are not people. As long as people give food and drink, they can leave and run, but the tank and cars do not have diesel or gasoline, then they will be completely stuck. Why didn't I expect it!" Leng Feng smiled with his hands.

Leng Feng expected that he had already known the weaknesses of the Japanese mechanized corps, and this weakness would be magnified unlimitedly for China.

Because China is an agricultural country and is very poor and weak, if the Japanese army wants to support the war, they can only be stronger and not hungry. However, the various strategic materials needed for the war are all produced in factories.

These are not available in most places in China, or they are unable to produce them themselves. Logistics alone can drag the Japanese to death.

Especially the mechanized divisions equipped with heavy equipment, such as the 14th Division, relying more on logistics, but ordinary infantry divisions are better.

The mechanized corps is very powerful, but their weaknesses are also obvious, especially in a poor and backward agricultural country like China, which is even more prominent.

As long as the 14th Division moves, it will definitely require huge logistics support. Once the tanks and cars are out of fuel, it will be no different from scrap iron.

Those heavy artillery must not be able to be moved by manpower. They can only be towing trucks. What does the towing truck need to move?

That's not the oil?

This 14th Division of Kenji Doihara is a unit that drinks oil. When there is oil, and the terrain is beneficial to him, it can exert its combat effectiveness. If there is no oil, it will probably be enough to be dragged down by these unmovable iron lumps!

cavalry!

A cold light flashed in Leng Feng's eyes. It was not enough to remove the Japanese army's oil supplies. He also gave him a ruthless move. He needed a huge cavalry, at least one division!

Fighting on the plains, as long as the Japanese tanks and cars hang out, the cavalry is the sharpest weapon.

But where did the cavalry come from?

A division requires at least five or six thousand people, but he has a cavalry regiment, but only eight hundred people, which cannot form a scale at all.

"Long Yingqin, you draft an order. I will gather all the cavalry of the Luxi Corps and at the same time, order Hu Bagui's cavalry regiment to report to me quickly!" Leng Feng ordered.

"yes!"

"You can help me calculate. If I go out for necessary communications, how many cavalry can my Luxi Corps concentrate?"

"Each brigade of our Honorary First Division has a cavalry battalion. Excluding communications and other uses, it can remove at least two companies, so that it can get seven or eight hundred."

"This is a cavalry regiment!"

Leng Feng nodded. If he could gather two cavalry regiments, he could form a temporary cavalry brigade. With the Third Army and the cavalry of the Shandong Civilian Army, he should be able to meet his desires.

It was not that he had thought of asking for help from others, but asking for help was not a good thing, and it was easy to leak news. Since the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese have been able to understand all the actions of GJ. Sometimes, if the enemy had not made a mistake, the ending might be very different.

But there are only people he can ask for, maybe only Li Delin can trust it, but he is also in a tight position and is counting on him to help him delay more time!

Li Delin really needs Leng Feng to delay more time so as to give him a chance to annihilate Segaya Detachment and Sakamoto Detachment. In this way, he can complete all the plans for the Taierzhuang Battle and then calmly retreat the troops from the Five War Zones to the west!

Before Li Delin's order arrived, Chiang Kai-shek sent him a telegram from Zhengzhou. The first half was a commendation. He was unable to bear the praise of Leng Feng's ability to understand the Japanese army's initiatives. Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to give up his praise, just saying that he was a "his good student" label was put on his face.

To be honest, it is time to make a request below. The Tukaiyuan Division must be blocked and he cannot go south to the Longhai Line. He must ensure the safety of this lifeline in the fifth war zone.

He didn't need to take care of the Japanese army on the southern front, but he had to take care of the Doihara Division.

Leng Feng is not polite, you Chiang Kai-shek wants me to take care of it, I have only a little bit of money in my hands, and I have to deal with the powerful Japanese mixed corps from Tai'an and Jinan to rescue the Japanese Isoga Division, and want to block Doihara, and give me your troops!

Of course, it’s not enough to give soldiers alone. You have to give me power. I can’t command any of the soldiers you give, and I can’t fight this battle.

Lao Jiang also expected that he would draw a division from Shang Qiyu's 32nd Army, and then transfer the 46th Division, which was resting in Luoyang, to western Shandong. Add the previous 28th Division of Dong Zhao, three divisions of the 12th Army of the Third Army and some of the Shandong Civil Army that can be mobilized, and then take the plane to honor the 37th Brigade of the 1st Division and other subordinate units.

If you get together like this, there will be 70,000 to 80,000 people.

Leng Feng knew that just because these 70,000 to 80,000 people were not opponents of the Doihara Division. At this moment, if he didn't speak out loud and demand some conditions, he would probably not have this store after passing through this village.

He asked for a cavalry brigade, which of course belonged to the First Honor Division. He also asked to select a part of the supplementary corps of the First Honor Division that was resting in Wuhan to establish a new 36th Brigade and quickly head to western Shandong!

Chiang received a telegram from Leng Feng in Zhengzhou, saying that he had thrown the quilt and scolded "Niang Xipi". Originally, he planned to recruit Xue Boling to come to eastern Henan and planned to form an Henan East Corps.

This soldier has no two masters. Even if a war is formed, he can only listen to one person when fighting. Can Xue Boling willingly listen to a junior?

Chiang Kai-shek did not intend to take this risk. If Leng Feng was asked to accept Xue Boling's command, it would be impossible. But when the two of them got together, there was already a Li Delin in front of them, and Leng Feng's climate had already become.

It would be better to let Leng Guoguang deal with Kenji Doihara alone. If he wins, he seems generous, knows people and makes good use of them. If he loses, he will find an excuse to treat him hard.

In order to ensure the safety of the Longhai Line and eastern Henan, Chiang Kai-shek still gave some instructions and deployments in Zhengzhou, which were basically the same and did not have much difference.

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