You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

"What?!"

Terauchi Hisaichi's eyes widened suddenly, he snatched the telegram, and roared incredulously:

"Jiawang County? Isn't that the location of Lin Feng's 33rd Army Corps?!"

What kind of tricks is Lin Feng up to now?

Does he not only have heavy artillery and tanks, but now he even has airplanes?!

The entire conference room erupted in chaos. The Japanese generals looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

Wasn't China's air force completely wiped out by the Imperial Army long ago? Where did Lin Feng get these planes from?

"Absolutely impossible!"

Hata Shunroku's face turned ashen, and he coldly snorted:

"The Chinese have a hard time even making a car, how could they possibly conjure up an air force out of thin air?"

This must be a smokescreen put out by Lin Feng to create a fuss!

Although he said that, a strong sense of unease inexplicably rose in Hata Shunroku's heart.

That man named Lin Feng created too many impossible miracles.

"Whether it's a smokescreen or not, we can't let our guard down!"

Hata Shunroku turned to the air force commander beside him and gave a stern order:

Contact the Army Aviation Corps immediately!

Tomorrow morning, we will dispatch our most elite reconnaissance aircraft formation to conduct close-in aerial reconnaissance and photographic analysis over Jiawang County!

If it really is an airport, then send out bombers and bomb it into a wasteland!

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Meanwhile, in Jiawang County.

"Brother, wait, wait."

"Brother, I'm heading back now. Just wait for the good news about making a fortune, hahaha!"

Wang Tianlu, heavily pregnant, struggled to get into the car.

The old fox was beaming with pride. The thought of those imported liquors and coffees being transported to the mountain city and exchanged for boxes of gold bars made him laugh in his dreams.

Lin Feng stood at the door, smiling and waving, watching Wang Tianlu's convoy kick up a cloud of yellow dust and disappear at the end of the dirt road.

Turning around and walking back into the compound, Lin Feng deliberately took a detour to the large house next door that had a sign that read "The Legion's Supreme Strategic Staff Office".

Just as I reached the door, I heard Guo Changming's loud and energetic shout coming from inside:

"No, that's not how it's written in the Gallic infantry manual."

The defensive line here must be pulled back five kilometers to form a crossfire network.

"You few, plant the small flag representing the Japanese 10th Division in Teng County."

Lin Feng glanced inside through the window.

There he was, a top student from the second class of the Whampoa Military Academy, with his sleeves rolled up and covered in sweat, lying on the huge sand table, waving a baton and arguing heatedly with a dozen or so young staff officers.

He was so engrossed in the game that he was oblivious to everything else, focusing solely on the game.

"Heh, you seem to be having a lot of fun."

Shaking his head, Lin Feng ignored the bookworm and strode back to his core operations room.

"Go and summon several senior staff officers from Division One and Division Two."

Lin Feng gave an order to the guard at the door.

He summoned only the upgraded system-level advisors.

These people are absolutely loyal and possess extremely high tactical skills; they are the think tank he truly relies on.

Soon, several staff officers strode into the operations room and stood before the huge map of the Soviet-Shandong war zone.

"Gentlemen, the arms deal is done, and we now have money in our hands."

Lin Feng placed his hands on the table, his eyes scanning the map intently:

"Now that we have money, we should naturally mass produce troops. But before that, we need to plan our next big move."

Lin Feng recalled the course of the Battle of Xuzhou in history.

The Japanese attacked from both the north and south, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops; it was a true meat grinder.

"You guys will now play the roles of Terauchi Hisaichi of the North China Area Army and Hata Shunroku of the Central China Expeditionary Army, respectively."

"Give me a breakdown of the Japanese army's most likely next battle plan."

"Yes, sir!"

Several system advisors immediately stepped forward, picked up red and blue pencils, and drew several thick red arrows on the map without hesitation.

"Commander, please take a look."

The staff officer, playing the role of a Japanese soldier from the Northern Route Army, pointed to the map and said:

Pengcheng has been a battleground since ancient times.

It is located in the Central Plains, with no natural defenses around it, unlike the complex terrain with many mountains in the southwest.

The Japanese strategic intention will be very clear: to advance from both the north and south along the Jinpu Railway line.

The staff officer slammed his pencil down on the location of Pengcheng.

"On the northern route, several elite divisions of the Japanese 2nd Army will inevitably advance southward with overwhelming force and seize cities along the railway line."

On the southern route, the Japanese would cross the Yangtze River and advance northward until they reached the Huai River.

Once the Japanese forces from the north and south open up the Jinpu Railway, our hundreds of thousands of troops in the Fifth War Zone, along with Pengcheng, the core hub, will be completely surrounded by the Japanese army, creating a hopeless situation.

Lin Feng listened to the staff officer's analysis and frowned slightly.

Yes, the terrain is terrible.

On this flat plain, facing the Japanese with absolute air superiority, heavy artillery, and superior manpower, it was simply a pipe dream to completely defend Pengcheng.

"If I had 200,000 elite German-equipped troops at my command right now..."

Lin Feng stroked his chin and muttered to himself:

"Then I can completely deviate from the conventional approach, choose one of the directions, north or south, concentrate superior forces to launch a major counter-offensive, completely push the Japanese back, and change this unfavorable situation of being passively attacked."

Unfortunately, all he has at his disposal now are the 107th Division, the 112th Division, the newly formed 15th Division, and the 1st Honorary Brigade.

Although the 3rd Division and 1st Brigade had fierce firepower, it was still somewhat weak to launch a large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops.

"etc……"

Lin Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh hard.

"Damn it, I almost forgot, I'm a nouveau riche now!"

The first round of arms deals alone yielded a net profit of 180 million silver dollars.

He has already entrusted someone to find a way to exchange those foreign exchange reserves and promissory notes for cash.

If this huge sum of money is deposited into the system, it will become a total of 3.8 exchange points.

"3.8 points..."

Lin Feng's breathing became heavy, and his eyes flashed with a crazy ambition.

A fully-equipped basic German-trained infantry division, consisting of 3 infantry regiments and 1 howitzer regiment, requires approximately 10,000 exchange points to purchase the basic units first.

Then, I spent over 8,000 merit points to upgrade all the infantry to basic German-made weapons.

Then I can just produce two more full-strength German-equipped infantry divisions.

Fill that empty shell of the newly formed 16th Division, and then create an additional independent division.

They formed a reserve division using the newly recruited soldiers.

Lin Feng paced back and forth excitedly in the operations room.

Moreover, the remaining points are enough for me to completely upgrade Zhao Dashan's Honor 1st Brigade into a fully motorized infantry brigade.

Equip them with Opel trucks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, tanks, and assault guns, turning them into a true rapid reaction assault force.

With this calculation, the strength of his 33rd Army Corps will instantly expand to 6 infantry divisions plus 1 motorized brigade.

Including logistics personnel, the total strength will approach 90,000.

Moreover, the firepower at the grassroots level is no weaker than that of an equal number of Japanese soldiers.

"With such strength..."

Lin Feng stopped and looked at the map again, his expression completely changed.

Originally, his goal in this battle was simply to expand the gains made in the original timeline.

For example, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, in coordination with friendly forces, they wiped out the Japanese 10th Division, which was advancing alone, in one fell swoop, causing the Japanese to retreat and allowing Pengcheng to hold out for a longer period of time.

But now, the landscape has opened up!