Tens of thousands of Japanese troops are menacing, and they have the potential to take Pingtongguan in one fell swoop!

A military meeting is also being held at Pyongtongguan to prepare for the upcoming fierce war!

Hearing that the Japanese army actually dispatched two divisions and a fully mechanized wing this time, the expressions of all the generals were hard to see!

Everyone knows that no matter who it is, it is difficult to say that they will leave the battlefield alive!

But even so, no one could find any reason to leave the battlefield before the war began.

On the one hand, it's because even if you find a reason now, it's impossible to leave the battlefield - that will be punished as an escape!

On the other hand, it is because any soldier, no matter how afraid of death, still has a little pride in his heart......

No soldier wants to be a coward in the eyes of others, and no one wants to win a victory through his own efforts, and he is a part of that victory!

"Gentlemen, I have been waiting for this moment since the beginning of the war—it has been two years since I was on the line!"

Commander Huang shouted: "Now, it's time for me to be loyal to the country!" ”

"I know the fear in your hearts, and I know the unwillingness in your hearts!"

"In the past two years, our army and the Japanese army have fought hundreds of battles, won few and lost many battles, and even many battles ended in fiasco!"

"Half of the beautiful rivers and mountains have fallen to the enemy, and countless Chinese people have been humiliated and tortured by the Japanese invaders, and ...... have been tortured."

"But don't forget, although we have lost many victories, we have never given in, even if we have been defeated repeatedly, but we are still fighting!"

"Millions of soldiers, with their blood and lives, have persevered until now, breaking the wild ...... of the little devil who died in China in half a year in March"

"Now it's our turn!"

"In this battle, I can lose it at the same level, but I must not be defeated!"

"I, Huang Gui, will fight with you until the last moment, and we will live and die together in peace and death together......"

As he spoke, Huang Gui slapped the gun on the table, handed it to the adjutant behind him and said, "If I, Huang Gui, leave the battlefield when the victory or defeat is not scored—don't hesitate, shoot me!" ”

After saying this, he looked at all the generals in the audience and said: "In the same way, if any of you are afraid of war, cowardice, or do not go all out for any reason, I will kill him with my own hands-understand?" ”

"Understood!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

"Go, let's fight this battle, fight the blood of my Chinese soldiers, if we can't win, we will die to repay the country's kindness!"

Commander Huang spoke, and then turned back and asked the adjutant, "What does the chairman say?" ”

"The troops on the periphery will fully cooperate with our army to hold the same pass!"

The adjutant said: "He also said that when necessary, the remaining air force will be dispatched to support our level......

Hearing this, Commander Huang smiled.

He knew that this was the corpse of Cai Shuncheng, a big traitor, that he sent a year ago, and it worked - otherwise, the chairman would never be willing to use the few fighters to help him!

But at the same time, he also has a bitter heart!

The chairman of the committee has given everything he can for a while, and now he is willing to dispatch the air force when the defenders are in danger - what does it mean?

That shows that the chairman of the committee urgently needs this battle to help him stabilize the hearts of the people!

If you can't do it yourself, then what awaits you will be a trial by a military court!

"What are the troops who were ordered to rush to the aid of our Pingtongguan at a critical juncture?" Commander Huang asked.

"They are all cronies of the chairman, generals of the Whampoa department......" The adjutant said with an ugly face.

Hearing this, Commander Huang himself was also extremely embarrassed!

Because of his relationship with the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, the chairman of the committee especially trusted the generals from the Whampoa Military Academy.

The generals from the Whampoa Military Academy have indeed fought a lot of tough battles and fierce battles, which has also made the chairman even more superstitious about the generals of the Whampoa department......

It's a pity that these generals from Huangpu have the same common problem as most generals, that is, when they were not famous, they dared to fight, but now that they are in a high position, they can't help but start cherishing their feathers......

In the Battle of Lanfeng, in the face of the 16th Division of Tufeiyuan Xianji, he ran away before he saw anyone, and directly let the 16th Division highlight the encirclement composed of more than 100,000 people, and then let more than 100,000 people be chased by more than 20,000 people in Tufeiyuan like a duck, and the Battle of Lanfeng was completely defeated, and finally had to open the garden mouth to block the Japanese army Commander Huang, which is a typical example of the current style of the Huangpu generals!

What's even more terrifying is that this Commander Huang stabbed out such a big basket, and the chairman of the committee actually didn't correct the other party on the spot because the other party was his cronies, but casually pulled a small role out to take the blame......

This undoubtedly invisibly fueled the unhealthy trend that the generals of the Huangpu Department would flee once they reached the moment of life and death!

Therefore, as soon as they heard that it was the general of the Whampoa Department who asked the chairman to rush to Pingtongguan, the faces of Commander Huang and the adjutant were immediately difficult to see!

"You can't rely on them, rely on them, then it's really a dead end!"

Commander Huang gritted his teeth, and then asked, "On the other side of the Eighth Road, have you been contacted?" ”

"It's connected, but Liu Shi said that Yan'an is now discussing whether to join the war!"

The adjutant said with an ugly face: "Moreover, even if Yan'an allows Liu Qingbu to participate in the war, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to really help us - the Okada Brigade is using the watchtowers and strongholds all over the place to sweep the guerrilla areas of the Eighth Route Army, and Liu Qingbu is now too busy to take care of himself, let alone support us......"

Hearing this, Commander Huang sighed, and felt a sense of despair of relying on the mountains and the water to dry up!

He didn't ask Zhang Ran.

After all, in his eyes, Zhang Ran's Jindong detachment is similar to the guerrillas under the leadership of Liu Qingbu.

What's more, according to the information he received, although the Jindong detachment is quite famous, the armed forces that can be used in their hands are only one or two thousand people - in the entire battle of more than 100,000 people on both sides of Pingtong Pass, one or two thousand people are just two small waves in the sea, and they can't turn up any wind and waves at all!

However, Yuan Zhenfeng of Dingzhou City doesn't think so!

It's not that Yuan Zhenfeng really trusts Zhang Ran, it's really that he has nothing else to count on except for Zhang Ran's Jindong detachment!

Originally, he thought that the devil was going to attack his own Dingzhou City, so the Eighth Route Army would support it, it was simply a big drama where he was in trouble and came to help from all directions......

It's just that now, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers are pointing directly at Pingtongguan, and Commander Huang is too busy to take care of himself!

Even if the Eighth Route Army wants to make a move, it can only rush to the aid of Pingtongguan, and he can't take care of himself at all - in this case, the Jindong detachment is the only life-saving straw in Dingzhou City!

As soon as he heard the news of the Japanese army's movements, Yuan Zhenfeng sent Zhang Ran a telegram with sincere words!

I don't ask the Jindong detachment to help me, I just hope that the Jindong detachment can hinder the Japanese army more on the periphery, so that I can hold Dingzhou City for a longer period of time, and drag the Japanese troops of Yoshinoharada's two brigades in Dingzhou City for a longer period of time, so that I can kill and wound some more Japanese soldiers and fight for more time for Pingtongguan!

He was a little worried that Zhang Ran would not agree.

After all, this battle is fundamentally different from the battles that the Jindong detachment has fought before!

In the previous battles, the Jindong detachment was a pure guerrilla tactic, fighting if it could, running away if it took advantage, and running if it couldn't......

But not this time!

The Jindong detachment must block the Japanese army and share the pressure for itself!

Otherwise, the Japanese army of the two brigades plus more than 5,000 puppet troops, plus a fully mechanized squadron, will not be able to hold the city of Dingzhou by themselves!

In just ten minutes, the secret message sent out has already been answered!

"Give it to me!"

Without waiting for the herald to read it to himself, Yuan Zhenfeng snatched it over, only glanced at it, and then began to laugh!

There is only a simple line on the secret report - Dingzhou City is in trouble, my Jindong detachment, it is incumbent on me to fight side by side with the head of Yuan, until the last moment!

"Captain Zhang, be righteous!"

Song Qing took the telegram and looked at it, and gave a thumbs up excitedly-he believed that with the containment of the Jindong detachment, Dingzhou City, which he and others were stationed, would become a nail to be nailed here!

Yoshino Harada and the two wanted to take Dingzhou City easily, but there was no gate!

In the base area, Zhang Ran is also holding a military meeting and making final arrangements!

On the partisan side, now the detachment cannot be mobilized at all, because they have to deal with the sweep of the little devils!

Guerrilla units were dispatched and troops were concentrated to fully cooperate with the operations in Dingzhou City and Pingtongguan......

Zhang Ran wanted to, but the little devil wanted to do it even more!

Take advantage of them to concentrate all their forces together, and then surround and annihilate them, and then they can deal with Ping Tongguan with all their strength - the little devil is afraid that he will go crazy with laughter!

Zhang Ran would never make this kind of mistake!

The guerrillas must stay to deal with the sweeping operations of the devil puppet army and continue to contain the Japanese puppet army everywhere!

Now, the only troops he can use are the detachment of Dongjiang Cangshui, as well as the militia team in the base area and Yuanguang!

As for the divisional headquarters......

Division Commander Liu has already sent a telegram, asking the detachment not to act rashly for the time being, and wait for orders!

At this stage, the strength of the various units of the Eighth Route Army is simply not enough to deal with this kind of group campaign, Zhang Ran knows and understands.

When the strength is not good, obscene development is the king - don't say it's war, even if it's a game, everyone will play like this!

But understanding is not the same as agreeing!

Because Zhang Ran knows better, the little devil will not wait for the strength of his people to be strong enough before he comes to compare with himself!

Historically, after the guerrilla zone was divided and surrounded by devils, it ushered in an unprecedentedly difficult situation, which is proof of this!

Zhang Ran didn't want to make the same mistake again!

So he not only has to fight this battle, but also has to find a way to drag the division in to fight!

It is not that if we fight this battle, we will be able to make our base areas behind enemy lines not be isolated by devils, and we will not face that unprecedentedly difficult situation, but that if we eliminate one more devil now, we will face one less devil in the future, and the strength of the devil will be weaker......

After all, after this, it is difficult to have this kind of opportunity to eliminate devils on a large scale!

It is much more difficult for the team behind enemy lines to face the devils alone than to destroy the devils together with the team of the peace level!

To fight, but how to fight, is the crux of the matter!

Zhang Ran's choice was to take Yuanguang, an area that already had a certain mass base, as the main battlefield, and at the same time cooperate with the summer harvest operations of various guerrilla areas to launch this campaign together......

The devil wants to fight, but the food, too!