Without air support, the Ming army's ground attacks have slowed down in the past few days, and casualties have also increased. The winter rain has been falling non-stop for the past three days, the sky is thick with clouds, the cold wind is mixed with raindrops, and it is biting. The two sides are fighting.
The battle was very difficult, the accuracy of the guns had declined, and malfunctions occurred frequently.
On December 3, the Ming army occupied Pi County and advanced due west. The Qing army's defense line became thicker and the Ming army's casualties increased. The Qing army deployed heavy troops here. Moreover, in the continuous rain and mud, the Ming army lost
As long as it is on a sunny day
The momentum of the attack, and more importantly, there were no more bombers screaming in the sky. The Qing army's psychological quality became stronger. Although it was raining, they were able to maintain their composure and defend. The situation of collapse at the first touch was no longer there.
On the 4th, the Ming Army Headquarters realized that the frontal attack on the Xuzhou defense line was not worth the losses. Therefore, it was decided to switch the attack direction to the northeast, first capture Taierzhuang, and then advance westward from Taierzhuang to Weishan Lake.
Weishan Lake is a large lake with a long and narrow shape, wide at both ends and narrow in the middle, like an elongated bow tie. Weishan Lake runs northwest-southeast, is about 120 kilometers long, and is 28 kilometers wide at its widest point. Xuzhou is located in Weishan
20 kilometers from the southern end of Shanhu. After the Jinpu Railway passes through Xuzhou, it almost continues north along the shore of Weishan Lake.
Once the Ming army advances to Weishan Lake, it will be able to cut off the connection between Xuzhou and Shandong in the east, cut off the Jinpu Railway, and block the military trains that enter the Xuzhou Defense Area every day. Without railway transportation, the supplies of the Xuzhou Defense Area will suddenly collapse.
Reduced by more than half, we can only rely on road transportation to bypass the 120-kilometer-long Weishan Lake from the northwest.
What the Ming Army Headquarters wanted was to launch another pincer offensive, take down Taierzhuang and Zaozhuang in the east, and advance to the east bank of Weishan Lake. The west side would try to form a breakthrough in the defensive section between Shangqiu and Xuzhou, and conquer Xiayi County and Dangshan along the way.
County, Feng County, and Pei County advanced to the west bank of Weishan Lake. In this way, relying on Weishan Lake, an encirclement of Xuzhou was formed.
According to the weather forecast, this light rain will continue for at least three days, followed by at least one day of haze. In other words, it will take at least four days before the sky in Qilu will clear up. The current plan of the headquarters is to complete the inspection within these three days.
Clean up the northeastern periphery of Xuzhou, capture Taierzhuang and Jiawang Town, advance to Weishan Lake, and complete the siege of the east side of Xuzhou. After the sky clears, strong air cover will be concentrated to form a big breakthrough between Shangqiu and Xuzhou.
Complete the encirclement of the west side of Xuzhou.
…
Xiang Xiaoqiang was very excited on the 3rd and 4th. Because the war has started now, the countdown to the liberation of his "hometown" has finally begun.
"Taierzhuang" is just a little-known place name in this time and space, and few people have heard of it. But for Xiang Xiaoqiang, these three words have a special meaning. In another time and space, in early 1938,
A great battle was also held here. An elite division of the Japanese army was crippled and more than 10,000 people were annihilated.
Of course, that was a great victory achieved by the defender against the attacker, and now the Ming army is the attacker and the Qing army is the defender. But Xiang Xiaoqiang doesn’t think so. He still thinks this is a good omen. He doesn’t think that according to the "attack"
The division between "side" and "defender" should be based on "good guys" and "bad guys". The great victory in Taierzhuang was that the "good guys" defeated the "bad guys". In this time and space, it will still be the good guys who beat the bad guys.——
Is this even necessary to ask?
If Xuzhou is captured, Shandong will be almost there. If Shandong is captured, Beiqing will be almost there.
On the evening of the 4th, Shi Shi Ge Ge made an appointment with Xiang Xiaoqiang to the People's Guard Headquarters. Shi Shi Ge Ge ordered a few dishes and a bottle of good wine for him in the restaurant. The two of them sat in a private room and drank facing each other.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was still very confused. Seeing Shi Shi Gege hanging her neck so low and hesitating to speak, he was very puzzled. In his impression, there were not many times when this sister was so feminine.
Fourteen Gege was holding the wine, and after a while he raised his head and looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Then, she put on a smile.
"Xiao Qiang..." she chuckled, "well... let's use an analogy, for example... I asked you to choose between me and Zhu Yourong, who would you choose?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled, squinting his eyes and looking at her suspiciously.
"Hehe, hehe..." Shi Shigege chuckled, picked up a chopstick dish for Xiaoqiang, and said with a gentle smile, "Don't think too much, it's just an analogy... I have nothing to do, just choose to play...
"
Seeing her like this, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt even more unsure. He looked down a little and sighed:
"Afang, what's wrong with having nothing to do when you have nothing to do? Why do you choose to play? You might as well just let me choose between Qiu Qiu and Xiu Xiu... Look at the analogy you used..."
Fourteen giggled and said:
"What's wrong with this analogy?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"To be honest, if Zhu Yourong asked me this question, I would think she was a hysterical idiot... Now it's you who asked this question. You're too..."
"Then you just think it was Zhu Yourong who asked," Fourteen Gege suddenly interrupted and said reluctantly, "Xiaoqiang... If she asked, who would you choose?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang clearly sensed that something was wrong. He frowned, stared at Shi Shigege, observed her expression, and asked softly:
"What? Afang, tell me, what happened?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his forearm and gently held her hand.
Shi Shigege's heart trembled, and she let him hold it like this. Her nose was a little sore, but she still smiled and said easily:
"Look at you... isn't this just asking for fun? If... one day I want to go to a far away place..."
"Where?" Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at her warily, "Where are you going?"
Fourteen Gege was startled, then smiled and said:
"I said it was a metaphor. How do I know? For example... foreign countries, Nanyang, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan... and once you go there, you may not come back. You can go with me,
You can also take Qiu Qiu and Xiuxiu with you, and our family will live together...well, except Zhu Yourong, because she has to be the queen in Nanjing...In this case, what will you choose?"
Looking at her crooked smile, Xiang Xiaoqiang shuddered even more. This already means she has a nose and eyes, for example? Only a ghost would believe it!
Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a sense of fear, a sense of fear that he would lose her. He couldn't help but hold Shi Shigege's hand tighter.
"Afang, tell me honestly," Xiang Xiaoqiang said in a low voice, his voice trembling a little, "Where are you going?"
Fourteen Gege lowered her head and said nothing for several seconds. Finally, she suddenly raised her head and laughed loudly:
"Hey, Xiang Xiaoqiang, please, I'm a girl too! Zhu Yourong can have hysteria, why can't I? How much older am I than her? Haha... It's normal for girls of my age to have hysteria.
!Is it okay if she posts once every three days and I post once every three months? Tsk, I finally pretended to be an innocent girl and wanted to make you happy, but you didn’t know you were so emotionless... Oh, it’s boring. Forget it,
No more playing."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at her suspiciously, his heart still pounding nervously, trying desperately to warn himself that he couldn't just be coaxed by her. Something must have happened. This girl Fourteen is by no means the kind of innocent girl who suffers from hysteria all day long.
The girl, even Zhu Yourong, had never suffered from such hysteria. He asked:
"No, who are you lying to? You specially invited me to the headquarters for dinner tonight because you are suffering from hysteria? I don't believe it."
Fourteen Gege burst into laughter. Then he lowered his eyes and said with a smile:
"Who said that? I'm not that crazy. I'm not Zhu Yourong. Let me tell you, I'm having a hysteria with you tonight just by the way, but I actually have something serious to do."
"What's the business?"
Fourteen Princess sighed and recalled that yesterday Zhu Yourong called her into the palace, took the initiative to arrange a ship for her, and allowed her to 'borrow' Zheng Yucong to go to Europe. Then she visited the Yanping Palace, promised to invest in the Zheng family's industry, and negotiated with the Zheng family's father and daughter.
Very happy...I told Xiang Xiaoqiang this series of things.
"That's all?" Xiang Xiaoqiang asked, "Is there nothing else?"
Fourteen giggled and said:
"These are not enough? What other earth-shattering event do you want? What if your baby Cong Cong is robbed again in Malacca? Haha, aren't you worried?"
When Xiang Xiaoqiang heard this, he was also hesitant and gave up some of his worries. He smiled and said:
"Dare! Damn, I can slaughter the entire Malacca! Not even a dog will be left by then... Haha, but what you said makes sense. I will ask General Staff Zhang to say hello to the Nanyang Fleet and send a destroyer then.
Just send it over, that'll be fine."
The two of them were laughing, eating food, drinking wine, flirting, and discussing how to arrange the property after getting it back, how to invest, how to launder money, etc.
Xiang Xiaoqiang slowly felt relieved. He felt that what Shi Shigege said was not unreasonable. She was also a girl. Although she had taken on a burden that was not suitable for her age very early, she was still in her twenties.
After all, your age is here. In later generations, a girl of this age will only have been working for a few years, and she will still act like a spoiled child with her parents when she comes home...Why can't a fourteen-year-old girl be good at it?
Besides, didn't she have a similar "hysteria" last time? It was also like this, mysterious, with a nose and eyes, saying that she was going back to Beiqing to be a princess, leaving herself, and thanking herself for taking so long.
The care... almost made Xiang Xiaoqiang burst into tears on the spot.
Thinking of this, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt even more relieved...Afang, Xiaosi, such a good girl would never leave her. She promised to marry him.
…
"Let me kiss you."
After sending Shi Shi Ge Ge back to the house, and before getting off the car, Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly asked Shi Shi Ge Ge.
Shi Shi Ge Ge glanced at Hu Jiong who was driving in the front seat, hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and smiled, then leaned into Xiao Qiang's arms obediently.
Xiang Xiaoqiang hugged her as if he were hugging his most beloved treasure in the world, and kissed her gently on the lips.
"Don't go anywhere," Xiang Xiaoqiang whispered affectionately, "Afang, promise me to stay by my side forever."
Fourteen Gege lay intoxicated in his arms. After hearing these words, she opened her eyes in confusion, her lips moved, and she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.
After a moment, she laughed softly:
"What, now it's your turn to have hysteria again?...Okay, let me go, I'm so sleepy, I have to go back to sleep quickly."
Xiang Xiaoqiang hugged him tightly, leaned against her ear, and laughed softly:
"If you don't agree, I won't let you go. Let's...hey, let's sleep together in the car."
Shi Shi Ge Ge's face changed color slightly, and then glanced at Hu Jiong who was motionless in front of him, frowned and whispered:
"Okay, let go...this is no place..."
"Promise me you will never leave me."
Fourteen Gege smiled helplessly and nodded.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was happy, and then he kissed her again contentedly, and let go of Fourteen Gege. Then he opened the door and got out of the car, walked around to the opposite side, opened the door for her, and bent down to lead her out.
…
Fourteen Gege returned to her house, and asked Xiao Wu to take off her shawl and coat, and then put on her nightgown again.
"Gege, the bathroom is ready," Xiaowu asked obediently, "Do you want to soak in a tub or a bathtub?"
"Um."
Fourteen Gege walked slowly and thoughtfully, trying to make his mind rational.
Xiaowu: "Gege, are you... do you want to soak in a barrel or a bathtub?"
Fourteen: "Yeah."
Xiaowu: "Gege..."
Fourteen: "Yeah."
Xiaowu: "..."
Fourteen: "Not necessarily..."
Xiao Wuyi was startled:
"What? Not necessarily what?"
Fourteen Princess frowned and said to herself:
"It's not necessarily...it's not certain yet...it's not certain whether it's a trap...even if it's true, it's not certain whether the cabinet can agree...I haven't even glanced at the horoscope yet, so I'm like this, there's no need at all...
…”
"Gege?"
"Whatever! Let nature take its course!"
Shi Shi Ge Ge suddenly grabbed Xiao Wu’s hands and led her to spin around happily while laughing loudly:
"It's so tiring to be a human being with so many calculations! Happiness is the most important thing right now! Xiaowu, are you right?"