It's a clever idea.

Just let his people run into the Japanese army and scare the local people, what is it, but it can be regarded as shameless to the top, these Sichuan army generals are all face-saving people, and they are unwilling to shoulder such a heavy responsibility, and they all want to push it to others with a bitter face, Wu Peifu had to stand up by himself.

Wu Zhongzhou is a famous warlord.

In order to win the war, he was a person who dared to do anything, and the suppression of the Jinghan Railway Strike was a typical example, and now he is to protect his family and defend the country, and he dares to be the first in the world.

What's more, this guy often thinks of himself as Guan Yu, Yue Fei and Qi Jiguang, and he has never shied away from the matter of "strong men who are hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood", and naturally they don't care about the question of good or bad reputation.

Now the generals of the Sichuan army are really convinced.

Subsequently, Deng Xihou (leading the 45th Army), Sun Zhen (leading the 41st Army), and Li Jiayu (leading the 47th Army), after a brief discussion, decided to establish the "Taihang Branch" of the General Staff of the 22nd Group Army, with Wu Peifu secretly serving as the commander of the department, specializing in the special work of the military police and anti-Japanese special forces, with a status equivalent to the deputy military rank, directly responsible to the three of them.

At this moment, Liu Yun also moved in his heart, and immediately proposed to everyone that in the future, it is best not to call Mr. Wu's name, but to change his name to "Taihang Gong" or "Yugong", so that not only can the Japanese army's intelligence organs be confused to the greatest extent, but also can ensure the safety of Mr. Wu's family, whose family is still stranded in Beiping, and their safety is also particularly important.

All the generals of the Sichuan army thought so.

After that, there is the specific battle arrangement, which is the general's specialty, and there is no need for a liberal arts student to give advice at all.

In general, there were three defensive fronts to defend Shijiazhuang, one was Zhengding County, Xinle County, and the Pinghan Railway Line through which it transited, the second was Shijiazhuang itself and its Hutuo River, and the third was Jingcheng County, Huolu County, and the Yunpan Mountains sandwiched in the middle.

Finally, when the combat mission was about to be arranged, Lieutenant General Zhu Ying, chief of the general staff of the 22 nd Group Army, explained to everyone the great significance of the three fronts, as well as the specific division of labor and coordination.

The first is the Zhengding-Xinle front, and the core point of this front is Zhengding County.

Zhengding is the north gate of Shijiazhuang, the county seat is a castle left in ancient times, its city wall is solid and complete, has built a semi-permanent national defense fortification, and the outside of the city is a flat open land, there are Dasha River, Ci River and so on in the north of the county seat, several big rivers in the east-west direction, it is an ideal place of engagement, can greatly consume the vitality of the Japanese army.

It is followed by Shijiazhuang and its Hutuo River.

Although there is a natural danger of the Hutuo River, it is located in the south of Zhengding County, and north of Shijiazhuang, once the enemy army arrives here, it means that Shijiazhuang has been approached, here is the core position of our army's defense, once lost, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

Once Shijiazhuang is lost, it can already be directly declared that the Battle of Shijiazhuang has failed.

At that time, although our army will not be completely defeated, the enemy can launch interspersed operations from Taihang Mountain or Pingshan County in the north, or from Gaocheng County in the lower reaches of the Hutuo River, and then directly take Luancheng County or Zhao County.

Even further, if you continue to detour south, once Yuanshi County is occupied by the Japanese again, Shijiazhuang will be in a semi-encirclement.

As for the third front, it was actually the defensive line after the defeat of Shijiazhuang, and our army was heavily stationed in Jingcheng County and Houlu County, relying on the advantages of Niangziguan and Yunpan Mountains to form a stalemate with the invading Japanese army.

Theoretically speaking, this defensive line can at most threaten the railway safety of Shijiazhuang, and the purpose is to make the Japanese army want to eat but can't eat, if they want to use Shijiazhuang to continue south, but there is some trouble, and they can only form a long-term tug-of-war or war of attrition with our army.

Chief of Staff Zhu Ying did not shy away from it, and finally talked about the most unfavorable situation, that is, the three lines of defense were completely lost, and the reinforcements were delayed, so our army had to retreat again, relying on the treacherous terrain of the Taihang Mountains, and stubbornly defending the first line of Niangzi Pass, so as to avoid the Japanese army from attacking Taiyuan through Jingcheng.

It really came to such a situation, even if the entire 22nd Group Army was wiped out, as long as there was still a single soldier left, they would continue to fight, because if this place was lost, Taiyuan would inevitably fall, and the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops who were fighting in Xinkou at that time would definitely be burned to the ground, and even the whole of Shanxi would not be protected.

When the combat mission was assigned, Liu Yicheng's western Sichuan army was not favored.

The western Sichuan soldiers are famous "old soldiers" and "rich soldiers", so they are defined as the rear guard of Shijiazhuang, which is responsible for the security of Yuanshi County in Houmen and Huangjiayu Airport, while Li Jiayu's 47th Army is the Shijiazhuang garrison designated by the old Jiang Qin, and of course it is the main force to hold the second line of defense.

The first line of defense was handed over to Sun Zhen's 122nd Division to defend, the commander of the 122nd Division was Major General Wang Mingzhang, the division had under the jurisdiction of the 364 Brigade and the 366 Brigade, with a total of four main infantry regiments, which were the first-class elite troops in the 41st Army, with a total of more than 10,000 people in the division.

The division arrived at Niangzi Pass on the afternoon of October 11, and before they could catch their breath, they were sent to the area around Zhengding County to set up defenses, which was the forward position of the defense of Shijiazhuang.

Because Zeng Xiandong's 123rd Division was still staying in Sichuan to watch his family, Sun Zhen's 41st Army only had the military headquarters and the 124th Division left, which happened to be deployed in the third line of defense.

As for Niangziguan and Yangquan County, General Deng Xihou will personally lead the 45th Army to station, and considering that the strength of the third line of defense is insufficient, he took the initiative to strengthen the supplementary brigade of the group army to the area of Jingcheng County, so as to reduce the defensive pressure of Sun Zhen's troops.

The western Sichuan soldiers are rich and noble soldiers, so naturally no one is optimistic about them.

However, the air force and technical arms of western Sichuan are well-known, and they have repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the Songhu battlefield, so the four heavy artillery battalions were "requisitioned" by the brother troops, and the two 122-mm heavy artillery battalions were strengthened to the 122nd Division to assist in the defense of Chenghuan in Zhengding County.

A 152-mm heavy artillery battalion was secretly deployed on the banks of the Hutuo River, just enough to take care of the first and second lines of defense.

The last heavy artillery battalion was the 88-mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion.

I'm sorry, it was directly dismantled, and it was either deployed in various artillery positions or in various command organs, because there were only 36 anti-aircraft guns, resulting in the Huangjiayu airfield, which needed the most air defense forces, instead became a vacuum of air defense.

Fortunately, the western Sichuan Air Force had a lot of money, and then airdropped 12 antiaircraft guns.

When Liu Yicheng arrived in Huolu County and met with Guo Qixun's department, it was already October 12th, and when all kinds of things were arranged, it was seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

Only then did the secret message send the details.

In the telegram, he gave a general account of the current situation in Shijiazhuang, and asked Jiang Weizuo to think of ideas to see if he could rescue Wu Peifu's family stranded in Beiping to the rear in time through the Blue Coat Society or other channels, so that Mr. Wu could wholeheartedly think about the problem of fighting in Shijiazhuang.

Although this matter was rewarded by Nanjing, it also made Lao Jiang scold him.

"Someone, as a front-line commander, actually led the assault team to Beiping in person, which is really bad, and he was punished for copying the infantry drill code 100 times."

Anyway, Liu Yun, a bear child, relied on people in Houlu County, but Lao Jiang was far away at the Nanjing Xiaoying base, so he could do anything if he scolded a few words, so he slipped away under the pretense of being busy with official business, and let the committee lose his temper at the radio, but Lao Jiang was still very happy in his heart.

Wu Peifu, a direct warlord, is a big trouble for Lao Jiang.

When Mr. Wu was stranded alone in Beiping and was unwilling to go south with Sun Chuanfang, he had actually made a murderous move, but there were many old subordinates of this person, and if Nanjing sent someone to assassinate him, no matter whether he succeeded in the end or not, the faces of both sides would be completely torn off.

Then there is even more reason for the direct old ministry to be a traitor.

A dilemma, but by Liu Yun's unintentional move, to the perfect crack, Lao Jiang believes that if Wu Peifu can take the initiative to make suggestions, to help the Chinese army to defend Shijiazhuang, of course it is a good thing, if this guy has no intention of military politics, he will be sent to the rear to "recuperate".

But in any case, he absolutely did not allow Wu Zhongzhou to return to Beiping.

On 13 October, the Huangjiayu Airport in Shijiazhuang was officially completed, and fighter planes from western Sichuan were stationed one after another, and after Lao Jiang learned of this situation, he personally flew to Shijiazhuang in spite of any hardships and dangers, and held a pre-war mobilization meeting to defend Shijiazhuang in the Longquan Temple near the airport.

During the meeting, in addition to vigorously commending the generals of the Sichuan Army, Lao Jiang affirmed the Sichuan Army in the Xinkou operation, believing that they were a "real iron army", and immediately appointed Deng Xihou as the deputy commander of the First Theater of Operations, Li Jiayu as the commander of the Shijiazhuang garrison, and Sun Zhen as the acting commander of the 22nd Group Army, and strongly assured them that as long as they could hold out for ten days, the follow-up reinforcements would arrive in time.

After the meeting, Liu Yun personally sent the principal away.

Before getting on the plane, Lao Jiang asked him a little hesitation, "Yicheng, according to you, can Shijiazhuang be held?" After all, the Sichuan army is a guest army, and they are not familiar with the people and terrain here. ”

Liu Yicheng also hesitated slightly, and then said very pertinently, "As long as you want to keep it, you can definitely keep it, but it just depends on how to keep it." However, the students are more worried about the Xinkou defense line and the Shandong defense line, and the chances of victory of the Sichuan army this time are quite high, if Chen Ziliang can be transferred to me, I will be 100% sure."

"Chen Ziliang?"

Lao Jiang's figure was stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked in some surprise, "Are you talking about Chen Ziliang alone, or the 202nd Division under Chen Ziliang?" ”

It seems that it has touched Lao Jiang's sensitive nerves again.

Liu Yun smiled slightly bitterly, and immediately said in a loud voice, "As long as Chen Ziliang is a student, if he fights a defensive war, if he is here, he can defeat thousands of troops and horses, and if he is attacked by 100,000 Japanese troops, there will be no accidents.

Major General Liu didn't brag at all, in another time and space, Vice Chairman Lin's more than 100,000 elites couldn't eat Siping City of 30,000 people, not to mention that the Chinese army at that time was much stronger than the current Japanese devils, it can be seen that Chen Ziliang is powerful, and it is not surprising that this guy wants to seconded this person.

"Is it so powerful?"

Lao Jiang was also a little crying and laughing, Major General Chen Ziliang of the 202nd Division was personally promoted by him, how could he not know that this person still had this ability, but if he could not move his heart and soul baby-United Group Army, if only Chen Ziliang was transferred, it would be no problem.

On October 14, due to the 122nd Division's stationing in Xinle and Zhengding, the Chinese soldiers who had retreated from Baoding also knew that reinforcements had arrived, so they regained their composure one by one.

When the Japanese army was eaten up by a few small units, they did not dare to engage in any more tactical intersperses.

The light soldiers rushed into the front line of the Japanese army, became steady, and they were not leaving, trailing behind the Chinese army, and they could advance dozens of kilometers a day, they were already very satisfied, and they were especially careful about camping and scouting and scouting, etc., and it was also quite good to repair railways and highways by the way.

When the Huaxia army retreated in an organized manner, the destructive power was a bit terrifying, what minefields, what cleared the walls, what evacuated the people, what polluted water sources, etc., simply emerged in an endless stream, making Kenji Dohihara and Kazuki Kiyoji and others go crazy in their respective headquarters several times.

The Japanese army was a mechanized unit with high requirements for roads and bridges.

Therefore, what the Japanese army could not stand the most was the destruction of the roads and railways along the way, as well as the large and small bridges along the way.

The rails and nails were all pulled out, and then dragged back to Zhengding County by train, and large and small fortifications were built, and those that could be transported away such as sleepers were burned, and as for materials such as coal and grain, not a single one was left, causing some of the Japanese troops who rushed to almost run out of food.