Southern guerrilla warfare: I led the Red Seventh Army Corps to amassed a million troops.

Director Chen chimed in, "I have a deep understanding of this. I've had contact with people from the Guangdong Army before."

"When we came from Guangdong this time, several of our comrades were sick. Not only did they give them medicine, but they even took the initiative to help us find doctors. This would have been unimaginable before; we would have been grateful if they hadn't taken advantage of our misfortune."

"Sometimes politics is all about people's hearts. The tougher we are, the softer the enemy becomes. With the main force of the Central Committee having been forced to withdraw from Ruijin in a sorry state, there will definitely be many warlords who are eager to take advantage of our weakness."

"Then we'll give the Kuomintang a good beating right now, and let those guys think twice about whether they can handle our retaliation."

Su Yu stood up straight: "I understand. Our priority in the upcoming battles in Zhejiang is to annihilate the enemy and eliminate as much of the Nationalist army's manpower as possible."

Zhou Zeyuan smiled slightly. "It seems we've reached an agreement. Huaizhou is already prepared. Next, we'll go and meet up with him."

"The foundation of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi is weaker, and they also have to face the threat of the main force of the National Army. The 10th Red Army can only send 20,000 troops, while the 11th Red Army now has 30,000 troops, which adds up to 50,000."

He paused, a mischievous glint in his eyes: "Let's bluff and announce to the outside world that we have an army of 100,000."

Everyone was stunned at first, then burst into laughter.

Laughter echoed in the conference room, and the tense atmosphere of the past few days finally eased a bit at this moment.

After the banquet, Su Yu led her team on their journey north.

The two divisions of the 11th Army, which returned from southern Fujian, are currently resting in the Gutian area.

Another division, along with a large number of logistical supplies, has been transferred to Zhenghe County.

Zhou Zeyuan, however, would stay at the military region for a few more days to complete the handover with Director Chen in order to avoid chaos during the power transition and prevent the National Army from taking advantage of the situation.

While the 11th Red Army was marching north, some of the 12th Red Army's forces were also gathering in northeastern Fujian and other places.

Moreover, it was a large-scale gathering.

At the same time, Xun Huaizhou would also make a feint to the east, creating the appearance that the two armies would advance separately and attack together in eastern Zhejiang.

At this time, the easternmost part of the Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi base area had already occupied Jiande and Chun'an in western Zhejiang, and was expanding eastward to Tonglu County.

They established small base areas and guerrilla forces.

This location in Zhejiang is already quite close to the core area.

To the northeast of Tonglu is Fuyang County, which is today's Fuyang District of Hangzhou.

The guerrillas were operating in a location only 100 kilometers away from Hangzhou.

This distance can be covered in two or three days under normal marching conditions.

If it were an old Red Army unit, they should be able to complete the entire route in one or two days.

When the air force reported that a large number of Red Army soldiers were gathering in the Jiande and Chun'an area, news came that...

If you were to ask whether the top brass of the National Revolutionary Army was panicked.

You just need to ask the brigade leader if he sleeps peacefully, and that's all.

Throughout the day, "Niang Xipi" and "bullying others" became the most frequently used words by the captain.

His advisors presented him with a strategy to deploy heavy troops in the Jinhua, Dongyang, and Dapanshan areas.

This arrangement allows for the concentration of a large army, and also enables them to keep watch over Xun Huaizhou to the west and north.

And they were able to capture Su Yu in one fell swoop before he led his army north and was about to join forces with Xun Huaizhou.

But the captain rejected it without hesitation.

The reason is simple: this troop deployment is too far to the west and north, and not to the east.

It has to be slightly to the east!

His hometown, Fenghua, is in eastern Zhejiang. With this arrangement, wouldn't the Red Army be able to easily steal his home?

Therefore, the plan was revised, the entire battle line was moved south, and a large number of troops were deployed in southern Zhejiang.

Use a small force to block the Tonglu mountain road and keep an eye on Xun Huaizhou.

They deployed a large force along the Wenzhou, Qingtian, and Lishui line, waiting in ambush.

However, the principal's arrangement was destined to be a charade for the blind.

The Red Army troops in Chun'an, Jiande, were a newly formed division commanded by Wang Rui'ou.

Xun Huaizhou's main force remained at Huaiyu Mountain to conserve their strength.

After Su Yu had assembled the main forces of the three divisions, he no longer concealed himself, and the army began to accelerate its march, heading straight for the Pucheng area.

After all, there are many ways to conceal military movements and evade reconnaissance aircraft within the base area, the simplest of which is to travel by night and hide during the day.

But once you reach the border area, enemy spies will appear one after another, and no matter how hard you try to hide them, you can't hide them anymore.

After the previous incident, the National Revolutionary Army attached greater importance to the defense of Pucheng. They not only rebuilt the city's defense facilities, but also stationed an infantry division there.

Su Yu must capture the city cleanly and swiftly and annihilate this enemy force.

They then quickly headed north and joined forces with Xun Huaizhou in the Jinqu Basin.

The reason why Xun Huaizhou did not come south to join him was because his opponents were stronger than Su Yu's.

Currently, the general in charge of the defense of the Jinqu Basin is Luo Zhuoying, a general under Chen Cheng.

Except for the 14th Division, which had been decimated, they were temporarily transferred to Nanchang for rest and reorganization.

他的麾下仍旧有第98师、第67师、第11师和刚刚组建的新编第7师这4支部队。

The 11th Division, in particular, was the founding unit of the Civil Engineering Department, well-equipped and highly trained.

Chen Cheng felt very dissatisfied with the defeat in the last major battle.

He privately told his colleagues that he did not have strong troops and generals at the time, and he panicked when he was ambushed, which is why Xun Huaizhou was able to take advantage of the situation.

If the 11th Division were to be dispatched, they would surely defeat the Red Army and capture Xun Huaizhou alive.

Putting aside this boasting for now, the deployment of four divisions along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway through Shangrao, Yushan, Quzhou, and other places seems to violate a major taboo in military strategy.

However, the Nationalist army built a large number of bunkers and fortifications in this area, and the railway line was equipped with lookout posts, barbed wire, and armories.

The Air Force also provided fire support!

Xun Huaizhou personally inspected the area and felt considerable pressure at the thought of forcibly breaking through the encirclement.

After all, this battle has only just begun, and we cannot afford to suffer too many casualties for the sake of a breakout.

Waiting for Su Yu's army to march north became the best option.

But he didn't do nothing either.

With a storm brewing and a major battle imminent, doing nothing would only arouse suspicion.

He and Fang Zhimin discussed it and concluded that since the Nationalist army had already deployed over 100,000 troops to the Zhejiang area, cutting off the railway line at this time would only disrupt the transport of military supplies, which would be more beneficial for the upcoming battles.

Therefore, they mixed the guerrillas from the base area with the reconnaissance soldiers from various divisions and regiments, and launched a frenzied sabotage operation against the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

Not only did they want to dismantle the rails, but they also wanted to blow up the roadbed.

A single blast can paralyze the railway for at least two or three days.

The reaction of the Nationalist high command was, as expected, that the Red Army had run out of tricks and resorted to sabotaging the railway again.

Later, the Nationalist army strengthened its defenses.

To make the act more convincing, the Red Tenth Army even risked deploying some of its regular troops for an armed attack.

Meanwhile, Wang Ruiou began probing attacks on the Nationalist troops in the Tonglu area.

It seemed as if they were searching for a weakness in the Nationalist army's defenses!

All of this seemed to be unfolding according to the principal's script.

That's at least on the surface.

Until the Nationalist army in Pucheng sent a telegram requesting assistance.