Hearing the arrival of reinforcements, the warriors of the Ninth Army suddenly boosted their morale, and saw that from the east of the position, a group of soldiers in green military uniforms were swarming towards this side.

Guo Jiqiao was puzzled at first, listening to the horn of the charge, it was his own person, why was the military uniform of this color, only after the distance between the two sides was close, General Guo Jiqiao found the blue sky and white logo on the green military uniform.

Ren Hui, the commander of the Second Regiment, wore a steel helmet, white gloves in both hands, and held a Thomson submachine gun while firing fiercely forward, while waving his hand behind and shouting: "Brothers, give me a hard beating!" ”

"Da Da Da! ~”

"Sudden Sudden ......."

More and more soldiers of the Reading Army rushed in from behind to join the battle group, and the whole battlefield was deafeningly shouting and killing, guns and cannons rang out, and the fierce battle lasted for an hour, and the army invested three infantry wings of troops finally ended in defeat and fled in a hurry.

General Guo Jiqiao walked over with a dusty face but full of energy, and Ren Hui saluted with a standard military salute and said: "General Guo, Ren Hui, the colonel of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Second Division of the Humble Reading Army, was ordered to come to reinforcements!" ”

General Guo also returned a military salute and said loudly: "Colonel Ren, thanks to your help, otherwise Jiqiao and the brothers of the Ninth Army would have to explain here today." ”

"General Guo is polite, you and I belong to the [***] battle sequence, we are colleagues, and it is natural to help each other!" Ren Hui said.

"Well said! Now that the national crisis is at hand, the [***] people in our country should join hands to resist the enemy, drive out the Yuekou, and reject the enemy from the country. Give my Chinese people a peaceful world. General Guo Jiqiao nodded.

"Huh! General Guo is right, defending the land and resisting is the duty of our generation of soldiers, and we will not hesitate to defend the country at any cost! Ren Hui smiled slightly.

"Colonel Ren, I'm older than you, please allow me to call you Brother Ren, you are also called Brother Guo than General Guo, how about calling me Brother Guo?" General Guo Jiqiao asked with a smile.

"Ren Hui can't ask for it!" Ren Hui said with his hands in his hands.

The two chatted while walking, and General Guo Jiqiao asked puzzledly: "Brother Ren, you said that you are the colonel commander of the Reading Army, then why did you bring more troops than a reorganized division, and your firepower is really very strong, and the little devils were beaten down by you when they encountered it." "The battle just now, General Guo Jiqiao is vivid.

"Hehe, this thing is like this, our regiment turned out to be a reinforced infantry brigade, so it is not surprising that there are these troops." Ren Hui smiled slightly.

……………….

At the same time, the new direction, Lin Tian, the commander of the Third Regiment, also rushed to the position of the Seventh Army with the Third Regiment and helped it successfully repel the attack of the three divisions of the Third Army.

In the following day, the Yue army launched several more attacks, but they all ended in failure under the full resistance of the reading army and the Jin Sui army.

……………….

Baoding, known as the Army Garrison Headquarters.

Umezu Mijiro walked into the headquarters with an embarrassed face and said to Okabe Naosaburo: "Okabe-kun, the attack launched by my Kwantung Army against the Jin Sui Army has failed. ”

"Huh? How can this be? The strength of the Jin Sui army is comparable to ours, but when did its combat effectiveness become so strong? Naosaburo Okabe asked, puzzled.

"According to the report of the front-line troops, the Jin Sui army was reinforced by a unit with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of this army was extremely strong. Umezu Mijiro said with a dark face.

"It looks like this is a reinforcement from the Zhinali Army! In the [***] team, only the Reading Force can have such strong combat power and firepower. Naosaburo Okabe said with a heavy face.

"Isn't the main force of the Reading Force already surrounded by us?" Umezu Mijiro asked puzzledly, "How can there still be a reading force?" ”

"Mei Jinjun, do you know, our opponent, Zhang Mingyu He is an extremely eccentric person, his reading force army is called an army, in fact, the strength has reached an astonishing more than 200,000 people, its department has a total of four infantry divisions, each infantry division of more than 30,000 people, a cavalry brigade, another infantry brigade, and also has an armored division comparable to the imperial army, an air force division and special forces.

What we have surrounded is only one of its main divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness, and the remaining three divisions can be said to be unscathed, if these three divisions go north, then our superior forces will probably be lost, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of other Chinese armed forces, such as the Jin Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army, etc. After speaking, Okabe Naosaburo sighed and said, "Umezu-kun, I have an ominous premonition, and I am afraid that this operation of the empire will end in failure again. ”

"Okabe-kun, you are also a little too pessimistic, we have nearly 300,000 troops in our hands, can't we eliminate a small Zhang Mingyu, I think, as long as we get rid of Zhang Mingyu, the reading force army will fall apart in an instant, so I suggest that we should immediately transfer the main force back and concentrate on attacking Qingdu with all our strength, as long as we get rid of Zhang Mingyu, the outer branch army will also be self-defeating." Umezu Mijiro said.

"Hmmm! Umezu-kun, your method is very safe, and we can only do this for now, and we will immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of Kitaheiokamura to request a change of tactics. Naosaburo Okabe nodded.

……………….

Beiping, the headquarters of the Northern Group of the Army.

Teng Songgin, a staff officer of the group army, strode into Okamura Ninji's office with a telegram in his hand, and suddenly closed himself and said, "Your Excellency Commander, General Okabe Naosaburo and General Umezu Mijiro have sent a joint message. ”

"Huh?" Okamura Ningji frowned and said, "Is there an improvement in the attack on the Jin Sui army?" ”

"No, general, the two generals said in the telegram that the battle plan to attack the Jin Sui army failed, because the Jin Sui army was supported by the Reading Army, and the two generals suggested that the main force of the Kwantung Army should be immediately transferred back to Qingdu to encircle and annihilate Zhang Mingyu!" Teng Songyin straight.

"Transfer the main forces of the Kwantung Army back again?" Okamura Ninji was puzzled: "Teng Songjun, tell me your opinion." ”

"General, I think that transferring the Kwantung Army back is the only feasible plan at present, Zhang Mingyu is the soul of the Reading Army, and he is the spiritual pillar of millions of soldiers and civilians in the periphery, as long as Zhang Mingyu is captured and killed in one fell swoop, the Chinese [***] people in the periphery will be self-defeating." Teng Songyin bowed his head and said.

"Teng Songjun, didn't you advocate fighting the peripheral Zhina army first and then fighting Zhang Mingyu in a decisive battle a few days ago?" Okamura Ninji said with dissatisfaction.

"Your Excellency, what I didn't expect was that the reinforcements of the Reading Force would move so quickly, and the Humble Rank also underestimated the combat effectiveness of the other units of the Reading Army. Please, Commander! Teng Songyin bowed his head sharply and said.

"Forget it, it's useful to punish you, call back to Okabe-kun, and order all the departments of the Kwantung Army to go all out, this time you must not fail, otherwise Okabe-kun should be seppuku to thank the emperor!" Okamura Ninji said fiercely.

"Hay!" Teng Songyin Zhidazuo bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and strode away.

………………… Xinle County.

The army suddenly retreated in the direction of Qingdu, and the Seventh Army and the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Reading Army took advantage of the situation to recapture Xinle, and the commander of the 3rd Regiment, Lin Tian, immediately reported to the division commander Ling Tianbao about the special situation of the Yue Army.

The same situation was also played out in Xingtang, and the 2nd Regiment also cooperated with the Ninth Army to successfully recapture the positions lost in the previous days.

The army retreated to Dingbei, Quyang and other places.

After Ling Tianbao learned of the situation, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent the information to Zhang Mingyu, who was far away in Qingdu.

……………….

Qingdu, the headquarters of the Reading Army.

Fang Jun, a communications staff officer, strode in, stood up and said: "Military seat, the second division has called, saying that the army has given up the attack on the Jin Sui army, and has withdrawn to Dingbei and Quyang in two ways. ”

"Oh? The devil has gone back again? What kind of wishful thinking is this little devil playing? Liu Cheng wondered.

Zhang Mingyu muttered: "It seems that the little devil is going to have a decisive battle with us, inform the third regiment to strengthen the defense, prevent the sneak attack of the army, and then send a message to the second division, waiting for the opportunity to launch an attack on the army in Dingbei and other places, so as to relieve the pressure on our side." ”

"Junzuo, now that the Second Division and the Jin Sui Army are together, do you want to invite the Jin Sui Army to also send troops, after all, they have more than 100,000 people, if they can join in, then we will be able to have a decisive battle with the Yue Army." Liu Cheng suggested.

"Send them an invitation and come if they want to, we can't force it if they don't want to." Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

"Yes!" Liu Cheng snapped and turned to leave.

………………….

Pingshan County, Provisional Command of the Second Theater of Operations.

The guard officer Xu Youde strode in with the telegram, came to Yan Xishan's desk, and said uprightly: "Commander-in-chief, read the call from Lijun!" ”

"Oh?" Yan Xishan stretched out his hand to take the telegram, then read it slowly, and said to himself: "Zhang Mingyu wants me to send troops to help, it stands to reason that I have an army of 200,000, even if I have the heart to help, I may not be able to help, but Zhang Mingyu, this kid is quite interesting, send troops to reinforce my Jin Sui army, or not, just return his personal favor." ”

After paying attention, Yan Xishan stood up and said to Xu Youde: "Order Zeng Wanzhong to lead the Fifth Group Army, and Fu Zuoyi to lead the Seventh Group Army to cooperate with the Reading Army!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Youde snapped and stood upright, and then turned around and left in stride.

Wangdu Mountain.

At this time, the sun was shining, and the whole earth seemed to be scorching, and many soldiers of the third regiment had already taken off their shirts and sat shirtless in the fortifications, and the strong heat had tanned these young men.

The steel guns were even hotter, and about hundreds of people came to bring water to the soldiers in wheelbarrows and buckets full of water.

The leader is the head of a nearby village, named Zhao Xin'an, who is in his 60s this year. Li Shisan and the soldiers of the Third Regiment affectionately called him Uncle Zhao.

Seeing that Uncle Zhao was coming to deliver water again, Li Shisan and the two battalion commanders immediately greeted him with a smile on their faces, and Li Shisan smiled and said, "Uncle Zhao, it's really troublesome for you, and I asked you to send us water again." ”

As he spoke, the third battalion commander next to him had already taken over the wheelbarrow lane from the uncle: "Uncle, you rest, I'll push it!" ”

Uncle Zhao smiled and said: "In such a hot weather, how can the soldiers lack water, so I brought the villagers here, you are so hard to kill devils, we just do what we should do." ”

Saying that, he had already come to the position, Li Shisan shouted at the position and said: "Brothers, Uncle Zhao has brought us cool well water, drink it hard, it's enough!" It's good to kill devils when you're full. ”

"Okay!" The warriors cheered in unison.

As he spoke, the villagers had already picked up buckets and walked towards the trenches, bringing water to the soldiers one by one.

Seeing the soldiers looking up and drinking one by one, Li Shisan scolded with a smile: "You rabbit cubs, don't drink it patronically, thank you Uncle Zhao!" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao!" The warriors roared in unison.

"Hehe, brothers, don't be polite, you all drink as much as you can, it's enough! We also brought some pancakes for any of you to eat if you were hungry. Uncle Zhao smiled and beckoned.

At this moment, a scout galloped from a distance on horseback, and after quickly turning over and dismounting, he immediately reported to Li Shisan: "Tuanzao, ten miles to the east, the devil's vanguard has been found, the number is a wing, and there are a large number of infantry and trucks behind, it seems that they are coming at us!" ”

"Is the little devil finally here?" Li Shisan's expression instantly said indifferently: "Pay attention, all companies, prepare to fight!" ”

After giving the order, Li Shisan regained his composure and said to Uncle Zhao next to him: "Uncle Zhao, the little devil is here, you should quickly take the villagers back to the village to hide!" ”

"Captain Li, although I'm old, it's not a problem to beat a few Oriental devils, give me a big knife and I'll kill a few little devils before leaving!" Uncle Zhao said ambitiously. It seems to have returned to the era of boxing and boxing.

"Uncle, you better go back to the village! Otherwise, it will be very dangerous to fight! Although Li Shisan admired Uncle Zhao's personality very much, he couldn't let him die easily.

"Nope! Today, no matter what, I can kill a few Oriental devils, so that little Dongyang can see our Chinese martial arts! Uncle Zhao insisted.

Li Shisan, seeing that he couldn't move, shouted helplessly: "Wang Hu! (Commander of the first battalion of the third regiment) "Yes!" A burly man leaped out of the trench with lightning and stood upright.

"Uncle Zhao is assigned to your guard platoon, and a big knife is issued to Uncle Zhao!" Li Shisan said loudly.

"Yes!" Wang Hu suddenly agreed, and immediately asked the guards to take Uncle Zhao down.

At this time, Li Shisan's face changed and said: "Protect Uncle Zhao, I'll ask you if you break some skin!" ”

"Yes! Rest assured! Li Shisan happily replied and immediately strode away.

The 8th Division, also known as the Hirosaki Division, is one of the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, with two brigades and four infantry wings under its jurisdiction, namely the 5th Infantry Wing, the 17th Infantry Wing, the 31st Infantry Wing, and the 32nd Infantry Wing.

Units directly under the division: the field artillery direct wing, the baggage wing, the eighth search wing, as well as the engineer wing and two field hospitals.

The division has a total of more than 20,000 combatants, and about 30,000 to 40,000 people in addition to various auxiliary arms.

During the Manchuria Incident in 1931, the 8th Division captured Chengde with 128 cavalry of the 8th Search Team, which can be said to have created a brilliant achievement.

This time, the 8th Division was appointed as the vanguard division by the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, and was responsible for defeating [***] on Wangdu Mountain and opening a road to Keitu for the follow-up troops.

Honda Masasai, the current commander of the Eighth Division, ordered the Eighth Cavalry Search Wing, which had created brilliance, and the Eighth Cavalry Wing, referred to as the Eighth Cavalry Wing, served as the pioneer of the Eighth Division.

The short distance of five kilometers was a blink of an eye for the cavalry, and Li Shisan had just led the soldiers of the regiment to prepare for the battle, when dust rose from the distance and a shocking vibration.

Tens of thousands of horses' hooves galloped at the same time, which was very shocking, and I saw a black line slowly appear in the distant sky.

Needless to say, the veterans on the battlefield knew that this was the devil's cavalry, and the deafening roar of horses' hooves not only did not frighten these battle-hardened veterans, but aroused their deep thirst for killing**.

At this point, the gunners coldly refueled their machine guns, then clicked and pulled the bolt, pushed the bullet into the load, and grasped the butt and trigger with both hands, waiting for the enemy to come within range and deliver the most severe blow.

The infantry put the grenades in front of them unhurriedly and prepared, all of them exposed the pull rings, under the sunlight, the snow-white bayonets reflected the dazzling frost, from taking the bayonets to loading the bayonets, the veterans in one go, very clean and neat.

Swords are like forests, guns and halberds are like forests, and a killing aura begins to spread from the entire position!

However, the imaginary fierce exchange of fire did not occur, and the cavalry had stopped advancing about three thousand meters away, and then advanced forward for about a thousand meters, but at this time it was beyond the effective range of the light and heavy machine guns.

Even if he could reach the range, the power of the target was gone, so Li Shisan did not give the order to fire, but quietly waited for the opportunity.

About ten minutes have passed, and the cavalry of the Yue army on the opposite side has not moved, Li Shisan said a little anxiously: "The artillery battalion bombs me!" These little devils bullied us and didn't have artillery, right? Kill him! ”

The three regiments are the size of a division, and the artillery battalion of the three regiments is actually the size of an artillery regiment. In total, there are more than sixty 82/60 mortars, of which about ten are direct-fire mortars that the arsenal has researched and modified, similar to bazookas.

There are also ten 120 howitzers, whose firepower is comparable to that of a division of the army, and the various artillery pieces under the jurisdiction of another infantry company and battalion are not counted.

This time, the artillery battalion did not directly use the powerful 120 howitzers, but used 30 82 heavy mortars to aim at the cavalry of the Yue Army on the opposite side.

Only to hear the sound of dozens of cannon ejections, thirty shells rose into the air, dragging a long tail flame and smashing down on the heads of the cavalry.

The commander of the 8th Cavalry Wing, Miyamura Daisa, saw the sudden fireball in the sky, and was shocked and shouted as he took the lead in escaping: "Yaga, the despicable Shina people are attacking!" Evacuate! ”

However, most of the cavalry did not react, and the first round of shells of the "Boom Boom Boom ........." smashed into the crowd of cavalry and exploded immediately.

The fire flashed, the red light flashed, and clouds of smoke rose into the air, and the first cavalry brigade of the army was blown up, leaving nearly 100 corpses of men and horses to flee in a hurry.

(To be continued)