In fact, in the battle of Pingxingguan, although Baye won the final victory and seized so many spoils, his own losses were very heavy.

However, the significance of this battle is far-reaching.

At the very least, the victory of this battle has brought great self-confidence to the people of the whole country.

Especially the other anti-Japanese armed forces in the Taiyuan Theater, after hearing about this battle, they were full of confidence.

Before that, thinking of fighting with devil armed to the teeth, some fighters always thought about it before and during the war.

Unexpectedly, with such weapons and equipment that the Eighth Master couldn't bear to look directly at him, he also won the victory.

The eighth master is so good, what reason do you have for not being able to win the battle?

In addition, this battle, for Ba Ye, there is another aspect of the harvest.

After this battle, the eight masters constantly summarized the gains and losses of the battle, and brewed the fighting concepts such as guerrilla warfare in the battlefield behind enemy lines.

Because he was busy participating in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Jiangyin, Ye Tian did not rush to Taiyuan to participate in the Battle of Taiyuan.

Based on the historical memory before the crossing, Ye Tian knew that there would not be much battle in the next month.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Ye Tian decided to continue his activities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The island nations have just occupied this fertile area. Next, they will definitely think about stabilizing the situation first.

Of course, the clamor from the base camp of the island country shows that the island country is thinking about spending another three months to fight for the complete destruction of China.

Therefore, Ye Tian pinched his fingers and knew that a large-scale battle might break out at any time.

In other words, it is very likely that the island country will take the initiative to start the Xuzhou Battle in less than a month!

In the real history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Battle of Xuzhou began in January 1938 and ended in June.

At that time, the soldiers of the China Fifth Theater, under the command of Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and other generals, launched a large-scale battle with the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army of the island nation.

The center of this battle is Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

The reason why Xuzhou can become the center of this large-scale battle is simple, that is, Xuzhou's geographical location is too important.

Since ancient times, Xuzhou has been a battleground for military strategists.

During the period of the Republic of China, Xuzhou also became the center of China's north-south and east-west railway arteries.

As for the north-south railway line, there is the famous Jinpu Road during the Republic of China.

Jin on Jinpu Road refers to Tianjin.

The Pu of Jinpu Road refers to Pukou on the outskirts of Nanjing.

Tianjin and Nanjing have been extremely important cities in China since a long time ago.

Especially Nanjing, which is also regarded as the capital.

Although Tianjin is not the capital, it guards the historic capital of Beiping, that is, Beijing.

Obviously, Tianjin’s geographical location and strategic position are equally important.

What's more, Tianjin has some large or small seaports near the Bohai Sea!

The Longhai Road in the east-west direction of Huaxia is also a railway artery.

Long on Longhai Road refers to Lanzhou, the central city in western China.

The word "sea" refers to the coastal city of Lianyungang in the northern part of Jiangsu Province.

In fact, for China, the Battle of Xuzhou was a large-scale defensive battle in the areas along the two railways.

The reason why the island countries took the initiative to set off this congress war is very meaningful.

During the Battle of Ping-Tianjin in July 37, the island nations had already occupied Beiping and Tianjin in the North China region.

In the latter part of the Battle of Ping-Tianjin, the island nations repeatedly eroded other parts of North China.

For example, during the Battle of Taiyuan, the island nation targeted the Shanxi area in North China.

Nowadays, island nations have occupied a large part of each of Central China and East China in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

However, in the middle of the occupied areas of these two large island countries, it is still China's National Control Area.

Naturally, the island country thought of connecting the two occupied areas into one.

The focus of these island nations’ forces is to try to get through the Jinpu Line!

In fact, just after occupying Nanjing, the 13th Division of the Central China Front Army began to cross the Yangtze River from Nanjing north and attacked the Anwei province area.

At the same time, the 10th Division of the North China Front Army also began to cross the Yellow River south, and after occupying other cities in Shandong Province such as Jinan, it continued to attack and advance to the south.

In a word, in order to realize the plan of rapid destruction of China, the island nation regards Nanjing and Jinan as strategic bases in the two consecutive battlefields.

The point is that, centering on these two bases, from the north to the south, along the Jinpu Line, it strikes Xuzhou City from the north to the south.

Speaking of this battle, I have to mention one person.

This person is no one else, but Han Fuju, the deputy commander of the Fifth Theater and the commander-in-chief of the Third Army!

What makes people sigh with regret is that in order to preserve the strength of the enemy, Han Fuju didn't care about the overall situation at all, but made a small calculation.

According to the plan of the Supreme Command, Han Fuju should be responsible for the defense of the area north of Xuzhou.

And Han Fuju's advantage is that he owns the natural insurance of the Yellow River.

In other words, as long as Han Fuju led his troops to stay near the Yellow River and defend against danger, it would be difficult for the North China Front Army to break through the position.

Unexpectedly, Han Fuju played a wave of fleeing before fighting!

The consequences of Han Fuju's escape before a fight were very serious.

This situation allowed the devils of the North China Front to drive south along the northern section of the Jinpu Line.

Even after receiving Li Zongren’s sternly worded defensive order and trying to regain various positions, Han Fuju still turned a deaf ear.

Han Fuju's move cast a shadow on the failure of the Battle of Xuzhou, and eventually led to another miserable defeat for China.

What makes people applaud is that not long after the incident, Han Fuju was shot dead in public by the Supreme Command of China on the pretext of holding a national defense conference.

Sun Tongxuan also took over the position of Han Fuju.

In fact, during the Anti-Japanese War, Han Fuju was China’s first senior general to be executed ~lightnovelpub.net~ After taking down the Yellow River natural danger without blood, the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army were shocked, and they continued to deploy troops and generals. .

The most important thing is that after discovering that the situation is very good, the appetite of the island base camp has grown.

According to the vision of the island nation’s base camp, after winning Xuzhou City and all Jinpu Road, the next step is to take Zhengzhou west along the Longhai Line.

That's not a big deal, they are still trying to take the Great Wuhan along the Ping-Han Railway from Peking to Hankou!

To this end, the two stubborn large forces mobilized a total of eight divisions and five brigades.

The total force is as many as 240,000!

China, unwilling to fail in its grand strategy, has rapidly and continuously deployed troops in order to continue to persist in the long-term war of resistance.

Under the command of Commander Li Zongren, there are a total of 64 divisions and three brigades.

The total strength is only 600,000.