It was still dark outside the window, and the winter night was always very long. But Yang Tianfeng knew that it was already early in the morning and had to leave the nostalgic bed and his warm and intimate wife.

Meng Qiulan was extremely reluctant to part with her husband, but she would not bother her husband. She got up and put on clothes and asked the maid to bring water to her, which made Yang Tianfeng call him and waited for him to wash and dress.

After washing up, Yang Tianfeng pasted Meng Qiulan's face and stepped out of the door in neat clothes. Running every day was already an unshakable habit. It was not only exercise but also set an example.

And today is also the day when he led his team to fight. The Spring Festival, the biggest traditional festival of the Chinese nation, he and the officers and soldiers will also spend outside.

Advance eastward, advance eastward! Yang Tianfeng will adopt two lines to expand outward, one is to enter Suxi (now Huaibei City area), and the other is to go to the southeast and enter Suxian through Baisheng; then two people will meet in Suxian and wait for an opportunity to move.

At that time, the current situation in northern Anhui and eastern Henan was very beneficial to Yang Tianfeng's eastern expedition. The third column took Woyang and Yongcheng as the core base, and the Haoxian in the northwest was restored by Yu Yanong, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Route of the Anti-Japanese People's Self-Defense Army of Anhui Province; Mengcheng in the southeast experienced a fierce blocking war, and the Japanese army occupied it and abandoned it, and was also restored; there was Xiaoxian in the northeast and Dangshan in the west, which had formed a large buffer.

The places such as Suxi, Suxian, Lingbi belong to the Suzhou administrative region, and the Japanese army stationed not many troops and were scattered. Moreover, there are still several anti-Japanese armed forces operating in the Suxi area, and Yang Tianfeng has sent people to contact several of them.

Relatively speaking, the troops entering Suxian area may encounter more fierce battles. Therefore, Yang Tianfeng personally led the team and had a strong force; while those entering Suxi in the east were led by Guo Songlin, who was more at ease, and the troops under him were also directly guard regiments with strong combat power.

The cold wind blows on your face, but it also makes you feel refreshed.

Yang Tianfeng was sent out by Meng Qiulan and others. He turned around and hugged him, and whispered in Meng Qiulan's ear: "Don't worry, at most one month, I will return in triumphantly."

"Be careful, be careful." Meng Qiulan's voice was a little choked. Even though she had never experienced the battlefield, she had seen the body of a martyr who was sent back to Qulong Town when she died in battle. She had no eyes on the bullets, and she also had a deeper understanding of this.

Yang Tianfeng agreed, strode towards the guard who had been waiting for a long time, took the reins from Xiao Si's hand, turned over the horse, looked back, waved hard at Meng Qiulan, Ping'er, Wan'er, Juan'er and others, turned the horse's head, and galloped away.

Outside the town, Tong Zhihe's third detachment had already begun, leaving only a temporary transfer of Chen Dalong's second detachment (more than 500 people, equivalent to building a building system) waiting for Yang Tianfeng. What surprised Yang Tianfeng was that Ma Yuming and his two subordinates were also waiting there.

"When did Brother Ma arrive?" Yang Tianfeng jumped off the horse, with a look of surprise and asked, "It's cold and cold, and I'll send you off from afar, how can you afford this?"

"Okay, bekay." Ma Yuming's mouth squirted a heavy white mist and said with a smile: "Brother Yang is launching a large-scale war in the east, how can you not come and see him off?"

"I'm grateful for it!" Yang Tianfeng felt that it was not that simple, so he bowed his hand and looked at Ma Yuming with inquiring eyes.

"Brother Yang, please borrow a step to speak." Ma Yuming reached out and walked away with Yang Tianfeng a few steps.

After considering the words, Ma Yuming slowly spoke: "Brother Yang's strategic vision is indeed unique. He predicted in advance that the Japanese army in Wuhan would take action. According to the intelligence analysis of various parties, the Japanese army is likely to launch an attack in April, and the target is basically determined, and it is Nanchang."

Yang Tianfeng didn't speak, but just looked at Ma Yuming and waited for him to continue talking. When it came to military secrets, he did not take the initiative to ask because he knew Ma Yuming would tell him, otherwise why would he come and see him off?

Deep enough, steady enough. Seeing that Yang Tianfeng's expression had not changed, Ma Yuming praised in his heart, smiled faintly, and said: "The State Government has made an arrangement and decided to take action first, and formulated a combat plan of 'to control the enemy in advance, and to defend the enemy north of Xiuhe and west of Laohe'..."

The combat plan for taking the offensive first is roughly: In order to ensure Nanchang and its rear contact line, the Ninth War Zone will take the initiative to defeat the enemy and turn the preparation for the attempted attack in order to destroy the enemy. The scheduled attack should be completed before March 10th, and the start date will be March 15th...

Yang Tianfeng listened carefully and his brows slowly frowned. The strategy of taking the enemy first cannot be said to be wrong, but he did not take into account the shortcomings of the Chinese army and the actual situation of the Ninth War Zone.

The Chinese army has few vehicles and ships, and its mobility is extremely poor, and it is very slow to mobilize; while the Nanchang area is the junction of the Ninth War Zone and the Third War Zone, involving the coordinated combat between the two war zone troops. Another purpose of the Japanese army launching the Nanchang Battle was to attempt to occupy Nanchang and cut off the connection between the Third and Ninth War Zones.

And here, in a state of busy mobilization, busy launching an attack, not attacking, and not defending, if the Japanese army is prepared in advance and launching an attack in advance than expected - well, then it would be better to adopt a conservative strategy and defend it to the death.

"Brother Yang, what do you think?" Ma Yuming observed Yang Tianfeng's expression and asked, "There are only you and me here, so Brother Yang doesn't have any scruples."

You are a soundtrack! Yang Tianfeng complained in his heart, but he had to say that it was related to the life and death of thousands of Chinese soldiers. Even if he died less, he could fulfill his obligations.

"To be honest, I'm not optimistic about this." Yang Tianfeng pondered: "Whether in terms of maneuvering speed or combat power, the Japanese army is stronger than our army. If we can attack first, we can naturally disrupt the enemy's deployment, catch the enemy off guard and be busy with parrying. But if the enemy attacks first, our army, who is in the process of mobilization, will not attack or defend, will probably be defeated very quickly."

"Yes, I do have such concerns." Ma Yuming frowned, but he was a little dissatisfied. Out of politeness and caution, he also wanted to give his boss a clear answer, and continued to ask: "The plan to attack first has been arranged, and it may be difficult to change. Brother Yang, what can I do to remedy?"

Yang Tianfeng thought for a while and there was no trick. However, this does not mean that he has no tricks, it is just the size of his function.

"Break the road!" Yang Tianfeng smiled bitterly and said, "The garrison and mobilize the people to destroy the road leading to Nanchang, strive to delay the march of the Japanese mechanized troops, increase the difficulty of the Japanese army transporting materials and supplies, and ensure that once the Japanese army takes action first, our army can gain a certain amount of time for adjustment and deployment."

"That's so simple?" Ma Yuming didn't expect Yang Tianfeng to think of this method. Although he saw the situation of breaking the road in the base area, he did not attach much importance to it and did not fully understand the positive significance of breaking the road.

"Brother Ma doesn't think so?" Yang Tianfeng shook his head gently and said, "There are several combat characteristics of the Japanese army, including fast and fierce. Breaking the road can control its speed, so that its troops can move to the hiking level and get close to our army. How many cars, tanks, and armored vehicles do our army have, and leave a good road, isn't it convenient for the Japanese army to take out quickly? In addition, the enemy's firepower is fierce and the transportation of supplies is high. If it can increase its supply difficulties and ammunition is not maintained, the enemy's firepower will be reduced, or even insufficient to use, wouldn't it be of great benefit to our army's combat?"

There are many left, such as the Battle of Changsha, the breaking of roads and clearing the empty rooms, which put the Japanese army's logistics transportation into trouble, creating extremely important conditions for the final victory.

Ma Yuming didn't really believe that a simple breaking road would have such a great effect, but Yang Tianfeng's words were all over, and he reported it.

"Thank you, Brother Yang." Ma Yuming's face was filled with harmless smiles, and he took out a document from his pocket and handed it to Yang Tianfeng. "Brother Yang is east, just a little bit of gift, please accept it with a smile."

Yang Tianfeng was stunned for a moment and took it and opened it. It was not a bill of exchange, and it had nothing to do with money. It was actually a letter of appointment, appointing deputy administrative specialist of the Suzhou Special District Office, which was in charge of nine counties including Suxian, Bianxi, Guzhen, Woyang, Mengcheng, Dangshan, Xiaoxian (Zhulongcheng Town), Yongcheng, and Haoxian.

This is? Yang Tianfeng's mind changed and he understood. He is now in northern Anhui, and the territory he wants to seize is also belonged to Anhui Province, so his administration naturally belongs to the chairman of Anhui Province. The power of Anhui Province has been seized by the Guangxi clique, and Liao Lei, Li Pinxian and others have completely controlled the power of Anhui Province.

Afraid that I was taken away by the Guizhou clan, or was I afraid that I was excluded by the Guizhou clan? No matter what the reason was, the Suzhou special area that was drawn separately was the Shangfang sword that he could continue to be unrestrained, and it was also the name that he could collect money, grain and taxes on the revived territory.

"This commissioner, the State Government, has appointed Sheng Zijin, former Commissioner of the Sixth District of Anhui Province. This official is old and has poor energy and has limited official duties. This deputy commissioner asked Brother Yang to consider it. As long as there is no major problem, he can obtain approval." Ma Yuming reminded: "If Brother Yang does not have a suitable candidate-"

"I have to fight for those who follow me loyally." Yang Tianfeng sighed and put the letter of appointment in hand, interrupting Ma Yuming's words, "No hurry, let's talk about these places when I recovered."

"Then I wish Brother Yang a victory and a success." Ma Yuming didn't care and bowed with a smile.

"Brother Chengma Ji Yan. Brother, well, I will thank you very much in the future." Yang Tianfeng nodded vigorously, smiled and reached out to his horse, and walked towards his horse.

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Yang Tianfeng believes in crushing with absolute strength. Although there are not many times like this, he will never let it go if he has the chance.

In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, from 1937 to 1938, and even in the first half of 1939, the front battlefield was fierce and cruel. The Japanese army attacked Taiyuan, attacked Shanghai, and occupied Nanjing from north to south, and finally reached the climax of the offensive during the Battle of Wuhan.
Chapter completed!