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After the meeting, Jiang Feng and Xu Le stayed alone.

"Young Marshal, there is something I think I need to tell you. You can also take a look at how we should deal with this matter!"

Anything that can be singled out and discussed in private must be something unusual.

Xu Le has now handed over all the headquarters affairs to Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng is definitely much better at handling things than him, a person who only started late.

It was simply that Xu Le was "well-informed" in his previous life and had read many analyses of famous battles. If it were in his previous life, he would be at most a semi-amateur player.

But if we put those military theories into context today, Xu Le can also be considered a military master.

"Uncle Jiang, is there something special that you want to talk about alone?"

Jiang Feng looked around, as if he was on guard, and then he said, "It's like this, the Intelligence Department has already found out that the Japanese troops originally entrenched in Xinxiang and Quwo have indeed withdrawn, and their tens of thousands of troops are divided into two groups. One group is the 21 troops in the east of Pu County with the 3st Division.

The other route went north along the Tongpu Line. No one knew what their purpose was, but they just stayed in Hongdong for a few days a few days ago and left yesterday. It should be because the train station that you, the young commander, destroyed has been repaired.

Now the Japanese focus is all on the Linfen area, and they have abandoned everything further south.

What I want to talk about is the problems in Xinjiang, Quwo, Fencheng, Jishan and other places. "

Xu Le understood immediately. He had been on the road since the war broke out and was not clear about some of the actual details, but at this moment he could guess what Jiang Feng was going to say.

"The coalition forces of the Jin Army and the National Guard Army had previously confronted the Japanese in Wenxi County and Xia County. Now that the Japanese have withdrawn, they will definitely lead their troops north. If I am right, several counties including Xiangling and Fencheng have been occupied by them!"

Jiang Feng sighed and said, "Alas, we had no intention of occupying the city. Even Xiangning was given to Commander Yan. Logically speaking, the Japanese made such a big move, at least Linfen was very obvious, and the Japanese had 5 troops approaching Pu County.

When our troops were attacked by the Japanese heavy artillery in Shuitou Town and Fenxi, we could have retreated temporarily and then launched a counterattack after some adjustments.

Given the methods used by Commander Yan and Commander Wei, there is no way they didn't know this.

But things turned out to be somewhat inexplicable. After the Japanese retreated northward, the Shanxi Army and the National Guard Army both pushed forward, but their advancement was very slow, and they did not seem to be in a hurry to change the situation on the battlefield.

Originally, if they had been more radical, even if they did not attack Linfen, as long as they placed their main forces around Linfen and did nothing, they could have tied down the 21st Division and other units from returning for reinforcements.

But they didn't do that. I realized something was wrong, so I hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat.

It just so happened that the troops had just withdrawn to Weicheng, and the Jin Army and the National Guard Army had just arrived in Xiangling and other places. Then Commander Yan and Commander Wei called to inquire about our battle situation and said they were willing to send troops to assist us in the battle! "

Xu Le listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

Although he had never expected that the Japanese would abandon the several counties along the end of the Fen River, Commander Yan and Commander Wei, as veterans of the battlefield, would definitely be able to seize the opportunity here at the first time. As long as they cooperated well with the 176th Division, they could not only break the siege of Pu County, but even if they coordinated properly, the two divisions could advance from the south and west and threaten Linfen.

But it just so happened that the 176th Division completed the next step, and the Jin Army and the National Guard Army had just completed the previous step, so the two sides were unable to cooperate with each other.

Xu Le: "How did you respond to them?"

Jiang Feng: "I just want to say thank you for their kindness. The situation is under control. I will ask them for help if needed!"

Xu Le propped his chin with his hand and pondered for a few minutes, then his eyes lit up: "No matter what their intentions were before, whether they pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, or used my 176th Division as a pawn, I don't care about that. Now we give them another chance.

Uncle Jiang, tell them our next battle plan. Don't hide anything. You can tell them all the details. Tell them that we are short of troops and the Puxian troops cannot confront the 21 troops of the 5st Division and other units.

I didn't ask them for help, I just talked about it as if it were a chat. I want to see what these two Commanders Jiang will do!"

Jiang Feng also understood Xu Le's thoughts instantly. This was obviously a test. He was telling Commander Yan and Commander Wei that whether we are friends or strangers depends on how you perform in this battle.

If you are a friend, you will mobilize troops to assist according to the situation without us asking for help.

If it is a stranger or even an enemy, they will most likely ignore it and find all kinds of excuses to shirk responsibility afterwards!

"Okay, I'll contact them later. By the way, our firepower deployment for this battle has been made public, and the Military Commission must have received the news. With such a force, plus the artillery regiment and the armored regiment, it has reached the establishment of a National Guard army.

Therefore, after this battle, the Military Commission will have to expand our organization for whatever reason, and the restoration of the 88th Army is just around the corner!"

Xu Le nodded: "I am fighting this battle for this purpose. Although it is only a matter of time before the 88th Army is restored if we wait, I can't wait any longer. The transportation line has been opened, and the Military Commission can reach out. Before they reach out, I must quickly expand my power so that I can have the strength to fight them openly and secretly!"

Jiang Feng: "I see. I'm already planning to expand the army. I'm already working on the military-level organization. It will be ready when the next conscription is completed!"

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That night, at the Jin Army Headquarters, Commander Yan and Commander Wei were in the same room.

Commander Yan frowned and said with some concern: "Brother Wei, aren't we being too unkind by doing this? Although Xu Le is a local warlord, he has helped you and me a lot. If it weren't for him, you and I would have lost at least tens of thousands of troops. But when he is in crisis, we turn a deaf ear to him, isn't that too unrighteous!"

Commander Wei also sighed: "Who says it's not true! But you and I both know that the warlords in various places have always been a thorn in Commander Jiang's side, and he always wants to get rid of them as soon as possible, especially with the rise of guerrillas in various places, which makes Commander Jiang even more concerned about this.

The same goes for Xu Le. It would be fine if you just took your several thousand troops to pretend to fight, but you had to keep making big moves. Now, the 176th Division has completely caught the attention of Commander Jiang and has made Commander Jiang wary.

Commander Jiang then gave us an order, asking us to turn a blind eye to the 176th Division. Without the order of the Military Commission, we are strictly forbidden to mobilize troops to cooperate with the 176th Division in combat!

Although we two brothers wanted to help Xu Le, we couldn't explain it to Commander Jiang. Alas...

It’s difficult!”

Commander Yan sighed again: "I'm afraid Xu Le has become wary of us. What Jiang Feng said to us this afternoon was obviously to test us. It was also an opportunity for Xu Le to give us a choice!

If we send troops to Linfen, we can still be friends. If we turn a blind eye like last time, I am afraid that all our friendship will be gone!"

Commander Wei: "It would be fine if we just lost our friendship, but I am afraid that Xu Le also has ambitions and will regard us as a stumbling block to him."