In March in the north, the weather is changing, and it is fine in the daytime, but the wind blows at night, and the dust is blowing all of a sudden, and the sight distance is suddenly shortened to a limited number of tens of meters, and then you can't see anything clearly.

In a dense forest more than 20 miles away from Humaying, Li Dayong and the others were anxiously waiting for news from the reconnaissance company. The reconnaissance company of the 1st Regiment of the 8th Brigade has been out for nearly two hours, but there has been no news, which makes these bigwigs in the temporary command a little impatient. The battle in Jidong relied on them to attack this time, and everything was fine if they won, but if they lost, the next battle would be difficult to fight.

"Brigade commander, the reconnaissance company has sent a telegram that the Japanese army has set up camp in Huma Camp. It was divided into two echelons, the first echelon was all Japanese troops, stationed in an open field to the west of the Huma camp, surrounded by infantry, and in the middle was an artillery unit pulled by cars, with more than 100 large vehicles. The second echelon, except for a small number of Japanese troops, was almost all puppet troops, and the number was quite large, about 10,000 people, all of whom were stationed in a depression east of the flax camp. The vigilance of this group of Japanese puppet troops is very high, and the guard post has been placed two kilometers away. In addition to this, the Japanese built two improvised checkpoints on the road leading to Camp Huma, each with an infantry squadron. Hou Jinbao, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 8th Independent Brigade, hurriedly came in and reported that he knew that the leaders of the command could not wait, especially their Brigade Commander Li Da had already started to scold his mother, and he, the direct regiment commander, had already received several criticisms for the reconnaissance company.

"Little monkey, you finally have fucking news, if you don't hurry up, I'm going to sit at your regimental headquarters. Okay, the investigation is quite detailed, and I'll ask the commander for credit when I go back, so that you kid can also taste what it's like to be a new uncle. After making fun of Hou Jinbao, Li Dayong pointed to the map and said to Wan Guoquan and the others: "Our current position is here, only more than 20 miles away from Huma Camp, and we can reach Hu Ma Camp in an hour at the speed of cars and armored vehicles." But we still have another problem, that is, it is easy to break through the positions of the Japanese army with armored forces, but it is a little troublesome to gather and annihilate the Japanese army. Once the war starts, the Japanese puppet army will collapse if it can't hold out for even half an hour, but the Japanese puppet army running around will definitely cause trouble for our total annihilation plan. And we have less than one and fifty cars, at most one and a half regiments at a time, and more will not work. Tell me what to do, you should know what the commander thinks. ”

"Well, the commander hopes that we can eliminate all the little devils in Jidong and capture all the puppet troops, so that he will not be in vain to risk his life as a bait. Now there is almost no suspense in defeating the Japanese puppet army of the Huma Battalion with our strength, and it is not a problem to completely annihilate more than 20,000 people. We now have a total of one infantry brigade, one mechanized brigade, and one artillery brigade, but this artillery brigade plays a very small role, and at most it can fire a few rounds at the beginning of the war, and then it will be a matter for your two brigades. Therefore, I suggest that this time, except for the artillery of the artillery brigade that directly fires artillery, the rest of the baggage troops and escorts should all be incorporated into the assault force. And in addition to the mechanized brigade, which is less than two thousand units directly driving combat vehicles, the remaining units are all integrated into the assault force. Then in this way, our army has 9 infantry regiments, 6 independent battalions, and 11 direct companies. As long as such a powerful infantry force is used properly, there is almost no suspense in the total annihilation of the puppet army for more than 20,000 days. Liu Wenhua, commander of the artillery brigade, opened his mouth and said that Liu Wenhua is a person who is not good at communication, and he usually can't make a fart with three sticks, but when he talks about fighting, he will talk endlessly and is extremely insightful. After only three years in the army, he was promoted to the commander of the first brigade, and he was also the commander of the artillery brigade of great strategic value. If this is left in the Kuomintang troops, at least it will be a major general, or even a lieutenant general. You must know that the artillery brigade under Han Yunhua's command is a three-unit artillery unit, with two 75mm mountain artillery regiments and one 75mm field artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, and the whole brigade is equipped with a total of 108 artillery pieces. As far as the troops of the Central Army of the Nationalist Government are concerned, this should be regarded as a technical unit directly under the group army. Therefore, the selection of the commander of the artillery brigade also made Han Yunhua entangled for a while, and Li Wanlong, the commander of the artillery company of the original new regiment, was not bad, and he was the founder of the artillery unit of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. However, Li Wanlong's level of knowledge is really limited, and it is already very reluctant to serve as an artillery regiment commander, and there are many artillery shooting theories that he has never heard of, and he is not qualified to be the commander of this artillery brigade at all. However, Li Wanlong was, after all, the oldest veteran of the artillery under Han Yunhua's department, and if he did not give him the commander of this artillery brigade, there would be many people in the military region who were reluctant to do so, and it would be easy to cause internal contradictions. Later, Han Yunhua thought about it and decided to transfer Li Wanlong to the Saibei Military Academy as the head of the artillery section, in charge of the personnel training of the artillery unit. Then he promoted Liu Wenhua, who was young and strong and graduated from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, to the position of commander of the artillery brigade, and the artillery shooting theories in Liu Wenhua's stomach were all taught to him by Han Yunhua. ,

It's not that Han Yunhua is biased and doesn't teach these advanced theories to others, mainly because those ballistic theories are too advanced for ordinary people to understand. Han Yunhua had also tried to teach Li Wanlong these things before, but Li Wanlong, who only had a primary school education level, couldn't understand it at all. However, Liu Wenhua is a top student in the Department of Physics of Cambridge University, and his cultural level is better than that of Han Yunhua. Liu Wenhua originally had the opportunity to stay in school to teach, but after hearing the news of the North China Incident in Britain and the Japanese army brazenly sending troops to occupy the five provinces in North China, he immediately decided to return to China to join the army to fight against the Japanese invaders. However, he did not receive much attention from the Kuomintang authorities, and has always served as an infantry company commander.

Soon after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Liu Wenhua was wounded and captured in the battle again, and after being wounded, he was escorted to the Datong mining area as a miner, but he was rescued by Han Yunhua's department before he arrived in Datong, and then stayed in Chahar. Liu Wenhua also did not expect that he would be promoted to brigade commander in just one and a half years in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, so he had great respect for Han Yunhua, who had the grace of knowing him.

Liu Wenhua's suggestion caught the eye of the other officers of the provisional command, who were now most troubled by the weakness of the siege force, especially the lack of infantry. Li Dayong thought for a while and said: "I think so, after the whole army carries enough ammunition, all the baggage troops will be organized into infantry units except for a part of the guarding materials, and the casualties will not be too great if they follow the armored vehicles anyway." Besides, it is less than 20 miles away from the Japanese camp, and it only takes more than two hours for the infantry to march at most. What do you guys think? ”

"The fist can only have strength if it is clenched and punched out, I think Lao Li's proposal is feasible, but our three brigades have a lot of baggage, and we must not allow any losses, so I suggest that all the baggage be loaded and returned to Fengning immediately, and there are more than 1,000 people escorted by the infantry battalion and the baggage troops in Fengning, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Yang Guohua added.

"Okay, now I order, each soldier can carry 200 rounds of ammunition, the artillery carries two base ammunition, and the rest of the baggage is immediately loaded and returned to Fengning. The first and second battalions of the mechanized brigade and the 1st regiment of the 8th Brigade and the 2nd Regiment immediately boarded the bus and headed for the Huma camp, and the rest of the troops also immediately set off for the battlefield, and the whole army assembled in Wangjia Village, five kilometers from the Huma camp. A general offensive was launched at 11 o'clock in the evening, and it was necessary to encircle and annihilate the puppet army of more than 20,000 days. Comrades, remember the words of the commander, the Japanese army will not leave a single one, and if the puppet army is willing to surrender, then leave them a dog's life. Let's all go to action" After discussing it, Li Dayong immediately issued a combat order as the commander of the southern front.

Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada is in a very good mood today, and this one-eyed general, who has served as the commander of the 24th Field Artillery Wing, an instructor of the Army University, chief of staff of the Guards Division, a major artillery officer, a brigade commander of the 1st Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, a military attache of the Polish Legation, a lieutenant general of the Army, a general of the General Staff Headquarters, and the commander of the 4th Division, fantasizes that he will become the first Japanese general to defeat Han Yunhua's headquarters in China. Imagining the scene when he led the brave Imperial warriors of LinkedIn to cut off the head of the hateful Shina rebel, Sawada Shigeru was excited. This lieutenant general, who claimed to be a Russian general, could not have imagined that less than five kilometers away from his headquarters was a huge armored force heading towards his headquarters.

In the open space one kilometer east of Wangjia Village, Li Dayong, Wan Guoquan, Liu Wenhua and others were wearing military coats to command the troops to assemble.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the independent regiment of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade has been assembled, and there should be 3,109 people, but 2,976 people have actually arrived, 43 people have been sacrificed, and 90 people have not recovered from wounded, please instruct Hou Jinbao, the commander of the independent regiment."

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the independent 2nd Regiment of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade has been assembled, 3,112 people should have arrived, 3,152 people have actually arrived, 38 people have been sacrificed, and 32 people have not recovered from serious injuries, please instruct the commander of the 2nd Independent Regiment, Ma Yingying."

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief ........."

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief ........."

"All of them, take a break and stand up, comrades, there is a Japanese puppet army of more than 20,000 people five kilometers away from us, Commander Han Yunhua ordered us to wipe out this enemy army, so I ordered you to go up with me and tear this group of dogs* to pieces, do you have confidence?"

"Yes and yes"

"Okay, it is worthy of being a soldier of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and it is worthy of being a soldier brought out by Commander Han Yunhua, very good. Now I order that Wan Guoquan, commander of the mechanized brigade, has full authority to command the assault of the mechanized brigade, Liu Wenhua, commander of the artillery brigade, has full authority to command the artillery brigade to cooperate with the mechanized brigade to fight, and Yang Guohua, political commissar of the Eighth Independent Brigade, has full authority to command the temporary group to cooperate with the mechanized brigade to fight, and the rest of the troops are under my command to fight in coordination with the mechanized troops. Okay, now the whole army is advancing in unison, slowly approaching the Japanese camp, and after advancing three kilometers, the artillery battalion will build an artillery position on the spot, and when the whole army has entered the predetermined position, your unit will start shelling for ten minutes. Let's go" Li Dayong shouted the loudest voice in his life, and a few years later, he is already a general of the republic, and he still clearly remembers every word he said at this moment. ,

At eleven o'clock, Li Dayong asked the operator on the side: "Xiao Liu, do you have all the troops to the reserved positions?" ”

After a while, the operator replied: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the first regiment of the mechanized brigade has entered the predetermined position, and the infantry that is fighting together is also ready for combat and combat. The 2nd Regiment of the Mechanized Brigade has moved into its intended combat position, and the infantry is also ready for battle. The temporary corps of the mechanized brigade also moved into predetermined positions, and the infantry fighting in concert was also ready for battle. The artillery brigade has also entered the predetermined position, and the shooting Zhu Yuan has also been proofread and ready for battle. Please instruct the commander-in-chief" In order to win this battle, Han Yunhua even took out the last armored force of the military region, not only the only more than 20 tanks in Han Yunqian's guard battalion were temporarily seconded to the mechanized brigade, but even the fifty or sixty tanks and armored vehicles used for teaching at the Saibei Military Command College were temporarily transferred to the mechanized brigade, and finally the original two armored regiments of the mechanized brigade were expanded into three regiments.

Li Dayong looked at the temporary pocket watch given to him by Han Yunhua, and found that the time had reached eleven o'clock, so he said to the telegrapher: "Give the final combat order to all troops, and launch a general attack in five minutes, and the batches of attack are: artillery brigade, mechanized brigade, and infantry unit. ”

"Yes"

After giving the order, Li Dayong shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Assemble the guard battalion and prepare Lao Tzu for battle, this battle is up to you." ”

In an open field less than two kilometers northwest of the Japanese camp, one hundred and forty-four cannons aimed their guns at the Japanese camp, and the dark muzzles of the guns emitted a stunning light.

Liu Wenhua stood on a small mound with an expressionless face and looked at the camp of the Japanese puppet army, although the wind and sand are a little smaller now, but the vision is still very blurry, and he can't even see the lights two or three hundred meters away, let alone the Japanese camp more than two thousand meters away from here.

"Brigade commander, the soldiers are ready for battle, and the artillery is ready to fire at any time, just waiting for your order." The chief of staff of the artillery brigade and the commander of the first regiment came over and said.

"Well, there are still two minutes to launch a general attack, order the troops to hear the signal flare, ten rapid fire, and then free fire, all the shells are gone, go quickly"

"Yes"

Seeing that there were only fifteen seconds left, Liu Wenhua took out his pistol and stared at the pocket watch in his hand with his eyes while pointing the muzzle to the sky. When the pointer was exactly facing 12, Liu Wenhua pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The crisp sound of gunfire pierced the silence of the night sky, and suddenly all the troops on the southern front of the eastern Hebei front line under Han Yunhua began to move. The commanders of the regiments and battalions in front of the artillery positions gave a loud order: "Open the artillery" and "Open the artillery"

At the same time, more than 280 armored vehicles and tanks also launched an assault on the Japanese camp from three directions, while a huge number of tanks were followed by a large number of infantry armed with steel guns. The battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies was a contest of iron and steel, large-scale industrial production, will, and flesh and blood. At that time, when Li Dayong, the commander of the southern front under Han Yunhua's headquarters, concentrated three tank brigades, 144 artillery pieces, more than 600 light machine guns, and more than 220 submachine guns to launch a siege on the Japanese camp, the arrogant and domineering Japanese army finally realized what modern warfare was.

Because this time is the rest time of the Japanese army, coupled with the rapid march for many days, the Japanese puppet soldiers are extremely tired, and as soon as they finish eating, they run to the barracks to sleep, and even the usually brightly lit *** barracks There are not many people. And the Huma Camp is located in an unobstructed plain area, and there is no cover that can be blocked on a wide front of more than ten kilometers, except for a dozen or so dilapidated houses in the Huma Camp that have escaped without a person, there is not even a decent high ground in this place. The flying dust swept the land, and Han Yunhua's tanks were overwhelming, and the tracks of the tanks mercilessly crushed the spirit and ** of the Japanese soldiers, burying the arrogant northward ambition of the Japanese Empire in the wind-swept northern steppe border.

Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada was awakened in his sleep, kicked away a robbed Chinese girl next to him, grabbed her clothes and put them on her body, and shouted loudly: "What are the guards, what are the guards doing, where are you beating*?" ”,

A second lieutenant ran in and replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, it was the Chinese troops who called, there were a lot of armored vehicles and a lot of tanks, and now the combat vehicles of the Chinese are less than 200 meters away from the headquarters, and Your Excellency must evacuate as soon as possible......" Before the second lieutenant finished speaking, there was a violent explosion outside the barracks, and the military tent where Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru lived quickly burst into flames.

"Baga, what does the gendarmerie do to eat, what does the aviation regiment do, they don't mean that there are no more formed units in the eastern Hebei region except for the hateful independent 77th Division, how can there be so many tanks and armored vehicles, and there seems to be a field artillery group, rice buckets, rice buckets, ......" As soon as Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru finished speaking, the commander of the gendarmerie, Ito Iefumi Daisa, ran in and pulled Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru and ran out. Ito said as he ran: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army has concentrated three or four hundred taels of armored vehicles and tanks, and launched a surprise attack on our army, and now our army has collapsed, and the vast majority of the imperial army behind has fled or surrendered, only our gendarmerie can still concentrate three or four hundred people, I will protect you to break through......"

Suddenly, an armored car came out of the smoke, and the machine gunner on the car, without thinking, was a shuttle at these Japanese devils, and beat Ito Iefumi and Sawada Shigeru and others into a sieve. Then the armored car did not stop at all, and continued to kill in the distance, and the soldiers on the car did not realize that it was the commander of the 4th Division, the supreme commander of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, who was killed with his shuttle.