In mid-May of the 40th year of the Republic of China, the main force of the Kwantung Army gathered in the area of Baoding, Hebei Province began to move in the direction of eastern and southern Hebei one after another.

The target was directly aimed at the Jin Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the common people's army in eastern and southern Hebei.

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The county seat of Gyeongdu.

Liu Cheng hurriedly walked into the headquarters with a face on his face, and said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, the third regiment reports, the devils in the east direction suddenly withdrew their troops last night, and hundreds of thousands of troops withdrew without a trace overnight. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Mingyu said with an awe-inspiring expression: "What did you retreat from?" How could the little devil quit the army? ”

"This thing is really strange, the devil suddenly withdrew his troops for no reason, maybe there is some conspiracy brewing!" Liu Cheng analyzed.

"Order Su Dingtian to send a plane to reconnoiter the situation of the army in the air, and see what the little devils are going to do, it is not so easy for hundreds of thousands of devils to hide." Zhang Mingyu said thoughtfully.

"Okay! I'll do it right away. Liu Cheng happily accepted the order and immediately strode away.

At this time, the outside of Qingdu County seems to be calm, but in fact, it is already busy inside.

Tens of thousands of people volunteered to help the Reading Army dig tunnels in Qingdu, and the entire county was busy with wolf smoke, and some tunnels had been dug more than ten meters underground.

After Liu Cheng went out for a while, he returned to the headquarters without too much time, and said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, the pilot reported just now that he found that the army was moving in the direction of eastern and southern Hebei on a large scale, and the purpose was very clear, that is, to defeat the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army and the people's guerrillas in southeast Hebei in one fell swoop. ”

"Huh? The little devil suddenly changed his battle plan, and even transferred all the main forces of more than 100,000 to the east. Zhang Mingyu fell into deep thought.

"Throne, this is our chance! When the main force of the army moved eastward, we could take the opportunity to break through and return to Taiyuan to recruit troops and buy horses, and fight to the death with the army. Liu Cheng saw that Zhang Mingyu was silent and suggested.

After a long time, Zhang Mingyu took a deep breath of cold air and said, "We can't retreat!" ”

"Why can't we retreat, this is our only chance, the disparity between the strength of us and the army is too great, and the third and second divisions are not able to rush over overnight. With the 1st Division alone, the chances of us trying to defeat the 200,000 Kwantung Army are slim. And we are already running out of ammunition. Liu Cheng said puzzled.

"Chief of Staff, do you know that although the main force of the Yue Army has moved eastward, there are at least three or four divisions and regiments of nearly 100,000 people in Baoding and our two flanks, and although the first division has been disabled by us, it still has a whole brigade and more than 10,000 troops directly under the division, so it still has the strength to fight.

If we concentrate our firepower and rely on the powerful assault capability of the armored division, it will naturally be easy to break out of the encirclement, but after we break through the encirclement, the Yue army will definitely launch a frenzied revenge against the vast number of North China villagers and the armed forces of various forces who responded to our call to fight against the devils, and I don't know how many people will die tragically under the butcher's knife of the Yue army.

In short, we can't retreat, let alone break through without permission! We have only one way, and that is forward, forward! Fight to the end! Although we are at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, there are thousands of Chinese compatriots behind us, and we are not fighting alone, and we have a chance to win this battle!

I believe that as long as I read the flag of the army does not fall, the tens of millions of compatriots on the periphery will be able to fight the army to the end until victory! Zhang Mingyu said excitedly.

"The military seat is right! We are not fighting alone, we have the support of the people, not to mention that if we break through, then tens of thousands of people in Qingdu County will definitely suffer, we should fight with the little devils to the end, fight to the last soldier, and kill yourself! Zhang Biao next to him said excitedly.

Liu Cheng's face changed slightly, and he said excitedly: "Okay! Then let's break the net with the army! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said: "Chief of Staff, you go and send a telegram to Ling Tianbao, ordering Ling Tianbao's Second Division and the Second Battalion of the Shimen Third Regiment not to rush to Qingdu, and cooperate with the Eighth Route Army of the Jin Sui Army to resist the main force of the Kwantung Army moving eastward, and the air force is ready to take off at any time and provide fire support." ”

"Okay! I'll do it right away! Liu Cheng happily accepted the order and immediately turned around and left.

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The county seat of Jingcheng.

Ling Tianbao took two infantry regiments from Niangzi Pass out of Jingcheng Pass to Jingcheng County, and just after entering the city, he received a telegram from Zhang Mingyu.

Ling Tianbao immediately called a meeting of the two regiment commanders, and Ling Tianbao was the first to speak: "The military seat suddenly sent an order, let us garrison in Shimen to assist the Jin Sui army to resist the attack of the Yue army, it seems that the military seat is safe for the time being." ”

Lin Tian, who had just been promoted to the head of the Third Regiment, said: "Division, there are more than 100,000 people in this generation of the Jin Sui Army, why do you still need our assistance?" (Note: Liu Masheng, the former commander of the Third Regiment, was promoted to the commander of the Provisional First Infantry Brigade, and Liu Dalong was the deputy brigade commander.) "Lao Lin, the military seat naturally has his reasons for doing this, it may be that the main force of the army has moved eastward, and the target of the attack has turned to the Jin Sui army behind them. Ren Hui, the head of the second regiment, said.

"Hmmm! Although Junzuo did not mention it in the telegram, he did not let us go to Gyeongdu, which shows that the current situation in Gyeongdu is generally stable. Ling Tianbao nodded in agreement.

"Shizuo, we should immediately go to Shimen to meet the second battalion left behind, and then make a specific plan of action depending on the situation." Ren Hui suggested.

"Hmmm! Let's go right away, and you two will go back first. Ling Tianbao stood up and said.

"Yes!" The two of them got up at the same time, snapping to the ground and standing upright.

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Pingshan County, Temporary Headquarters of the Second Theater of Operations.

Yan Xishan paced back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back, his face was sad, and he said anxiously while pacing: "Oh, what can I do, I said that more than 100,000 people did not read the army and turned around to fight Lao Tzu's Jin Suijun, this is really fucking evil, could it be that Zhang Mingyu, this kid, treason and defected to the enemy and took refuge in himself?" ”

Thinking that it was impossible for Zhang Mingyu to take refuge in Yue himself, Yan Xishan shook his head again and again and said: "Impossible, the little devil can't wait to eat Zhang Mingyu's flesh and drink Zhang Mingyu's blood. ”

At this time, General Fu Zuoyi, commander of the 35th Army, strode in and saluted with a standard salute, and General Fu said loudly: "Commander-in-chief, the army has launched no less than ten fierce attacks on the positions of our Ninth Army and the Seventh Army, and our army has suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Yisheng! Is there any news from Reading Lijun's side? Why would hundreds of thousands of troops suddenly turn around and attack our Jin Sui army? Yan Xishan asked anxiously.

"Commander-in-Chief! Reading Lijun replied that the Yue army suddenly changed its battle plan, leaving 100,000 troops around them, and the rest of the 100,000 troops all turned around and killed in the direction of eastern Hebei and southern Hebei, with a very clear goal of defeating our Jin Sui army and the peasant army composed of the general public! General Fu Zuoyi replied.

"He is an ancestor, which army commander thought of a method, I say that he is an ancestor." In a hurry, Yan Xishan had already begun to explode into foul language.

At this time, General Fu said unhurriedly: "Commander-in-chief, don't worry, General Zhang Mingyu has ordered his Second Infantry Division to rush to Shimen at night to support us!" This Second Infantry Division is a strong force of the Reading Army, with strong combat effectiveness, with their help to block the attack of the Yue Army, it should not be a problem, and the most important thing is that we have the three Jin fathers and elders behind us to support us, why not be afraid of and Yue Kou! ”

"Really? How many people came from this 2nd Infantry Division? As if grasping a life-saving straw, Yan Xishan asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Two infantry regiments, plus the Shimen garrison, there are a total of two and a half infantry regiments." General Fu Zuoyi said unhurriedly.

"What? Only two infantry regiments? That fart, I said that I was bombarded, and the whole fucking death was gone. Yan Xishan said in great disappointment.

"Commander-in-chief, do you know that the establishment of a regiment of the Reading Force has already reached the scale of a type B division, and the strength of his two regiments and a half regiments has reached an astonishing nearly 30,000 people, and its equipment is well-equipped, well-trained, and its combat effectiveness is strong, and with the support of the air force, it is enough to resist the 100,000 male soldiers of the Yue Army, and the pressure on us will be greatly reduced with their joining." General Fu Zuoyi explained.

"I see, since I have the support of the Reading Army, then I don't have to worry, order the front-line troops, fight hard, and fight to the end, I, Yan Xishan, will never be a bad seed! In addition, he sent a telegram to the 2nd Division of the Reading Army stationed in Shimen, asking them to hurry up and go to the front line. Yan Xishan said ambitiously.

"Yes! Yisheng will do it immediately! General Fu Zuoyi snapped to the ground, and then took a step and turned around and left.

…………………… On the periphery of Xingtang County, the Ninth Army of the Jin Sui Army was ordered to defend here, and the Yue Army used the strength of two divisions to launch a round of fierce attacks on the positions of the Ninth Army!

General Guo Jiqiao, commander of the Ninth Army, led his troops to fight to the death and did not retreat, and fought extremely fierce repeated battles with nearly 50,000 Chinese troops, and the first trench of the main position changed hands repeatedly, and both the attacking and defending sides suffered heavy casualties.

The officers and men of the Ninth Army adhered to the spirit of General Hao Mengling who bravely killed the enemy and fought to the death to defend the homeland and the country, and fought a fierce battle with Yue Kou.

The infantry company of a regiment of the Ninth Army changed 15 people in a company commander in one day, of course, these five people were not replaced, but died heroically while fighting with the army, which shows the tragedy of the battle.

The two sides fought fiercely until three days, and the positions of the Ninth Army were broken through in many places, and the commander of the army, General Guo Jiqiao, personally led the guard battalion to participate in the battle.

General Guo Jiqiao looked back and saw the blue sky and white flag fluttering in the wind, and he shouted: "Brothers, the reinforcements are coming, and the little devil who is talking about the dog is fighting!" ”

(To be continued)