Shanxi Defense Line, the joint headquarters of the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

Mr. Lin walked in with a telegram full of joy on his face, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Zhu, it's all clear, the 43rd Group Army of the National Army has captured the enemy's Baxian defense line this morning, Langfang is already in our hands, and the second line of defense of the island army has been broken. ”

"Good!" Mr. Zhu said happily: "This Jiang Haoran is really powerful, the enemy carefully built a second line of defense, and he actually broke it for him in a few days, and he fought well." ”

Mr. Lin said: "This is very easy to explain, the reason why the enemy in Datong is in a hurry to retreat is because Beiping is no longer guaranteed, and the enemy is ready to slip away." ”

Mr. Xu on the side said: "Then Mr. Zhu, what should we do next?" ”

"Hehe, you are the commander-in-chief of the group army, what do you ask me to do?"

Mr. Zhu is now the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Theater of Operations, and he is currently temporarily transferred from Yan'an to command this campaign, including Mr. Lin, who is also the deputy chief of staff of the Sixth Theater and the commander of the 115th Division, and is also temporarily transferred.

The Eighth and Ninth Group Armies were reorganized on the basis of the 129th Division, the Fourth Column, and the Fifth Column, and General Xu, the former commander of the 129th Division, became the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Group Army.

The commander of the Eighth Army was transferred to General He, the former commander of the 120th Division, and General Su was the chief of staff.

"I'm just respectfully asking, who wouldn't fight this kind of battle against the reservoir dogs?" Mr. Xu smiled, then waved his hand and walked to the war room with a group of staff generals.

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Lin looked at each other and smiled, and Mr. Lin said, "Chu Xiqiu's Sixth Army is still behind us, should we inform them?" ”

Mr. Zhu waved his hand and said, "If you want it, you definitely want it, and you will fight together." More on that in an hour, though. ”

"Haha, boss, you are insidious, the enemy is fleeing the way, Datong will be ours in an hour, and he can't even drink the soup."

"Hahaha!" Mr. Zhu laughed proudly.

They have Lin Long by Jiang Haoran's side, and the channels of news are naturally faster and more accurate, although Chu Xiqiu arrived at the front two days ago, he has not yet entered the offensive state, and it is the consistent style of the Jin Sui army to judge the situation and wait and see.

Mr. Lin said: "Boss, I don't think it's interesting to just occupy Datong and Zhangjiakou and fight a water dog, we should find a way to knock out the enemy's 12th Army, at least annihilate most of them." ”

"Oh, tell me, what do you think?"

Mr. Lin showed a strange smile on his face, and said: "At present, the second line of defense of the island army is about to face a complete collapse, Beiping is already undefensible, and the island army will inevitably retreat on a large scale to preserve its strength and consolidate the Shanhaiguan defense line. ”

Mr. Lin said and took out a map and spread it out on the table, and continued while gesturing: "Boss, you see, there are two highways from Beiping to Guannai, one is from Jixian County and Zunhua to Tangshan. The other is to enter Chengde through Miyun and Huairou to Gubeikou. There is only one railway, and that is the Jingshan Railway, but now Langfang is already in our hands, and the Jingshan Railway is completely broken, and they can only take the road if they want to retreat. It is unimaginable how difficult it is for millions of troops and countless supplies and equipment to be withdrawn from the two roads in a very short time, so ......"

Mr. Lin pointed a big leap forward, knocked on the three big characters "Zhangjiakou" on the map, and said: "The Twelfth Army of the Island Army will never continue to retreat to Beiping, and the direction of their retreat can only be the direction of Zhangbei, retreat to Huade and enter Suiyuan." ”

Mr. Zhu nodded again and again, and said, "Do you mean to let the Eighth Army stop advancing in the direction of Zhangjiakou and immediately turn to Zhangbei to block the enemy?" ”

"It's not just Zhangbei, boss, you can see ......" Mr. Lin gestured to the map again: "At present, the main force of the Eighth Army is in the area of Shangyi, Xinghe, and Huai'an, and the troops of Xinghe and Huai'an can be driven to Zhangbei to intercept and prevent the enemy from retreating quickly." Shangyi's troops can ambush along the road to Huade, the enemy's 12th Army has many generals, and it is impossible for us to swallow them in one breath, but if we cannibalize all the way and fight with a chip, even if the 12th Army of the Island Army can escape to Suiyuan, I am afraid there will not be many troops left. ”

"Okay, wonderful, just do as you say."

……

The next morning, Texas.

Bai Chong happily walked into Jiang Haoran's office and said happily: "Ziqian, good news, the enemy's second line of defense has completely collapsed, and our Fourth Army and the Forty-third Army have begun to attack and advance at full speed to sweep away the remnants of the enemy. ”

Bai Chongxi was very excited, and it is no wonder that although Beiping is not the capital of the National Government, Beiping is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties with a long history and splendid culture, and has a special significance in the eyes of the Chinese.

At the same time, the recovery of Beiping meant that the Chinese army had achieved another phased victory, and the island army basically returned to the original point in 1937.

originally thought that Jiang Haoran would jump up with joy, but who knew that he actually reacted calmly, as if everything should be like this, and then Jiang Haoran's words shocked Bai Chongxi even more.

Jiang Haoran said: "Order Wei Lihuang and Lu Erniu to slow down the pursuit and wait for the next order." ”

"Ah......" Bai Chongxi was dumbfounded, now is the time to beat the water dogs, wrapped in the rout all the way into Beiping, the recovery of Beiping is simply effortless, such a good opportunity is wasted in vain.

Jiang Haoran said secretly: "Do you remember when we fought Jinan? ”

Bai Chongxi was puzzled: "What's wrong with hitting Jinan, does it have anything to do with this?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Haoran replied with certainty: "When we fought Jinan, we were also wrapped in routs and fought all the way into the city, what was the result?" As a result, the enemy resisted to the death, and even used the people as a shield, and finally Jinan although we took it, but the city was in ruins, and the people were killed and injured countless times, I don't want Beiping to become the second Jinan. ”

"But in this way, the enemy will have enough time to prepare, arrange troops to resist to the death, and the casualties we pay for this will increase exponentially in the future, and Beiping will inevitably usher in a baptism of artillery fire, not to mention the people in the city, hundreds of years old buildings and splendid cultural heritage will be completely destroyed."

Jiang Haoran opened his mouth to speak, but Bai Chongxi seemed to be very excited, raised his palm towards Jiang Haoran and continued: "I know what you have to say, Wai Sanyi is one, right?" Yes, leaving the enemy a way out of the way to escape seems to work, because the enemy's immediate tactical purpose must be to retreat to the pass, relying on the fruits of Shanhaiguan to defend the three eastern provinces, but don't forget, there are still millions of troops in Beiping City to retreat, countless materials to be transported out, these will take time, so, although the island army does not have the heart to defend Beiping, but in the short term, it is absolutely necessary to block our army from entering the city, don't tell me, you are going to leave a ten days and a half month for the little devils to wait for them to empty Beiping City and then kill it? ”