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At seven o'clock that night, eight seventeen-car trains quietly gathered from Beiping, Langfang, Tangshan and other stations to Changping Nankou Station, departing at intervals of every 20 minutes, heading east into the gloomy and snowy night. At four o'clock in the morning of the next day, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info arrived at Yutian Town, northeast of Tangshan.

At seven o'clock in the morning, 15,000 soldiers got out of the car and assembled, and turned north in regiments. Advancing at high speed, the cavalry company that served as the vanguard had already reached Xingjiawu, five kilometers to the north, and the troops behind the palace had just left the north of Yutian Town.

The five-kilometer-long procession, mixed with 12 well-covered antiaircraft artillery vehicles, more than 20 medium-sized military jeeps, several fuel tankers and field medical vehicles covered with camouflage nets, came out of nowhere, braving the heavy snow and rushing to Zunhua, 38 kilometers away.

At 7:20 a.m., the atmosphere in the Japanese front headquarters in Jinzhou City was tense, and at the signal of General Muto Nobuyoshi, Kolum Kuniaki read aloud six urgent messages received from 8 o'clock to 10 minutes ago last night. The 129th Battle of Shanghai, which annoyed the Ueda Division, Kuyaru and other brigades, is driving to the front line of Zunhua at high speed and is about to be put into the battlefield.

Although all the generals knew that this ace division had advanced equipment and powerful firepower, after listening to the information read out by Xiao Alum Guozhao, they still felt that the pressure had increased by twelve chariots, more than twenty jeeps and other auxiliary vehicles, and no less than 15,000 officers and soldiers plus chariot troops, this unexpected configuration and scale conveyed a very clear message that the fall of Qinhuangdao made China's most elite troops unable to sit still, and the An Jiajun couldn't wait to make a desperate gamble!

Muto Nobuyoshi, who was sitting solemnly, was very satisfied with the surprised and annoyed reaction of the generals, he stood up unhurriedly, walked to the front of the large map, and asked calmly to the generals who gathered around:

"Do you really think that the capture of Qinhuangdao by the Marines and the Manhong Army is a phased victory? Do you really think that the Northeast Army's abandonment of Shanhaiguan and its retreat on the entire line means that our Great Japanese Army has broken through the most difficult barrier and is invincible? ”

The generals immediately stood up straight, not daring to speak. I was nervous thinking about Muto Nobuyoshi's words.

Wuluo Nobuyoshi signaled to the staff officer to hand over the baton, and then slowly pointed to Jianchang on the middle line: "This is a strategic place occupied by the Kumamoto Division (Sixth Inferior Regiment) without a single shot, according to the requirements of the Eighth Division, the headquarters agreed to let the 13th Wing of the Kumamoto Division go north and flank the remnants of the enemy's 44th Division and Yang Jiuxiao's detachment entrenched in Karaqin, but so far, due to many reasons such as bad weather and road conditions, the progress has been extremely slow, and the enemy's main force has not been found so far, and the artillery and combat vehicles cannot advance together, the infantry could not advance quickly, but delayed the overall southward movement of the Kumamoto Division.

"At this time, the independent division of the enemy's elite troops suddenly left Beiping and assembled in Zunhua through Yutian in Tangshan, obviously aimed at our central line troops. Since the Kumamoto Division had already advanced to Qinglong Town (present-day Qinglong County) to suppress the enemy in order to counter the advance of the Eastern and Western Fronts, Ren did not take into account that the enemy dared to take such an active response, and they were likely to take the initiative on the basis of defense, if this was the case. The 7,000 officers and men of the 14th Brigade Regiment of the 14th Brigade, which was left behind by heavy snow to quickly occupy the front line of Qinglong Town, could hardly resist the enemy's independent division, which was superior in equipment and combat experience, not to mention the enemy's more than 30,000 troops of the 29th Army to coordinate with it.

"Therefore, there are only two options before us now, first, the 14th Division withdraws to Jianchang, which is a safe move; Second, the Eighth Manchurian Division, which is currently stationed in Jinzhou, was quickly transferred to Jianchang and rushed to Qinglong Town, steadily occupying this advance base leading to Zunhua. How to choose. Please also speak freely

After intense deliberation, the remnants of Gu Changfeng's division and Yang Jiuxiao's division were deliberately ignored, and no one in the Japanese army's generals, who had a superhuman sense of honor and self-esteem, was unwilling to spit out the territory that had been swallowed again.

After repeated weighing and exchanging views with Kolum Kuniaki, Muto Nobuyoshi felt that sending a well-equipped puppet Manchurian division to Qinglong Town could not only cope with the possible active attack of the squadron, but also adopt an active defensive posture first, and wait for the 23rd Brigade to make a roundabout flank attack, and in one fell swoop to beat the squadron back to the south of the Great Wall, so as to smoothly maintain the initiative and offensive pace of the whole front. As for the remnants of the enemy army in the Khalqin area, unless they escape early, they will be encircled when the layout is completed, and it will be much easier to solve it when the time comes.

After reaching a consensus, Muto Nobuyoshi resolutely decided to order the 13th Brigade to retreat 20 kilometers, maintain vigilance against the remnants of Gu Changfeng and Yang Jiuxiao in the Karaqin area, and protect Jianchang, and ordered the Kumamoto Division to make all combat preparations and attack the enemy head-on at any time.

Based on this order, stay in Jian... The artillery wing of the 6th Division was sent to Qinglong Town and stationed in Xingcheng. The second group was prepared within 24 hours and left for Jianchang. The planned deployment of troops on the central line of the Japanese army was basically completed.

At 11:40 p.m., An Yi's motorvoy slowly drove into Zunhua City, and Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army, and Liu Ruming, deputy commander of the 29th Army, lined up in the south of the city to greet them.

Due to the identity of the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters of the An Yi Military Commission, although Song Zheyuan and Liu Ruming and other generals of the Northwest Army were reluctant, they could only hold a lukewarm welcome ceremony.

An Yi's performance was unexpected, but Song Zheyuan and other former Northwest Army generals were unexpected, when he was fifty meters away from Song Zheyuan and others who were standing neatly. The convoy had stopped, and An Yi was the first to get out of the door. Braving the flying snowflakes, he strode forward with a smile. came to Song Zheyuan and the others with frosty faces, and respectfully gave a military salute: "I am very grateful to you brothers for your long time!" ”

Song Zheyuan and the generals were slightly stunned, and then returned a perfunctory salute, and Liu Ruming, who had directly fought with An Yi and was beaten to the ground, simply looked up at the sky and ignored An Yi's salute. Song Zheyuan saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he hurriedly stepped forward half a step forward and tried to squeeze out a few smiles: "Welcome to the arrival of Vice Minister An, welcome the arrival of An Jiajun, and invite Vice Minister An to enter the city."

An Yi shook his head and smiled slightly, indifferent to the slackness of the generals, glanced at the war horse behind Song Zheyuan and the others, and waved his hand back. Lin Yaodong, the chief of the guard, immediately led the war horse and stood aside. Zhao Rui and Zhan Zhi also took the reins handed by the guards and waited for everyone to enter the city together.

Song Zheyuan was quite surprised that An Yi was so calm, looking at the steady stream of troops and rumbling chariots in the south, and sighed: "Sure enough, it is the descendant of the lineage, just the number of cars." It is worthy of a corps of the Northeast Army. ”

An Yi explained with a smile: "General Song has won the award. Regardless of whether the general believes it or not, the younger brother made it clear that these vehicles, including the equipment on the 20,000 brothers who went north this time, were all brought back by the younger brother out of his own pocket, and the commission did not give the younger brother an extra penny except for the food expenses, on the contrary, the brothers of the 29th Army received more funds from the Military Commission this month than the younger brother, and the younger brother only reached 300,000 yuan, which could only maintain tens of thousands of brothers from starving to death and freezing to death

Everyone was stunned, and Song Zheyuan thought of An Yi's wealth, and remembered An Yi's generous assistance to the various departments of the Northeast Army and the Shangzhen Department of the Jinsui Army for more than a month. I felt a little apologetic in my heart, but my face was still indifferent: "General Gaoyi, the whole country knows, hehe, please!" ”

"Please".

An Yifei got on his horse, followed by Jia Zheyuan and Liu Ruming, slowly beat his horse into the city, glanced at the thinly dressed but energetic welcome officers and soldiers on both sides of the solemn stand, and sighed softly:

"General Song, this time Ai Yi suddenly led his troops to Zunhua with the order of the Central Military Commission, which is indeed a bit abrupt, and the reasons are extremely complicated, and it is not clear for a while, but An Yi wants to tell the general and his colleagues in the Northwest Army that An Yi's troops are not here for show, but sincerely want to fight with Japan, I believe that the brothers of the Northwest Army can see it from the performance of General Gu Changfeng's 44th Division and General Jiuxiao's 2nd Division.

"There have been many unhappiness between us before, but at the moment of the great enemy, we should put aside those for the time being, cooperate sincerely, and unite with the outside world.

The younger brother came cheekily this time, thinking about it and not knowing what to give as a greeting gift, so in the end he had to bring a mortar company and a heavy machine-gun battalion of equipment to show his respect, hoping that the general and the brothers would laugh at it

The group happened to be walking in the doorway of the Narrow Great Wall Gate, and An Yi's words clearly broke into the ears of every general, everyone was very surprised, and Song Zheyuan was also surprised by An Yi's generosity. To know one. The mortar of the company and the heavy machine gun of a battalion are not a small number, not to mention the fact that they were given by the Anjia Army, which has always been known for its advanced equipment, and it is definitely much better than the similar weapons currently equipped by various armies.

A happy smile appeared on Song Zheyuan's face: "Thank you very much, our army is poor and white, the equipment is extremely backward, and there are few heavy weapons to support the façade." General An's generous recommendation made Song and his brothers inexplicably grateful."

An Yi shook his head and continued to move forward: "To be honest, the previous two meetings and one inspection. I just wanted to do something for the brothers of the 29th Army, although I was only responsible for operational and planning affairs, and had no right to dictate the supply of military supplies, but I was still moved by the anti-Japanese spirit of the brothers of the 29th Army.

"To be honest, what I feel most about is not the rhetoric of the Political Department of the 29th Army, but the big knife tied with rope behind the back of the soldiers. Before, the broadsword of the Northwest Army made all the departments of the Central Army change their color, and it must have been even more enjoyable to cut down the Japanese invaders. But modern warfare cannot rely only on broadswords, but on the spirit of wielding broadswords, can it?

Song Zheyuan and the generals around him once again looked at An Yi, who was full of emotion, and a trace of closeness slowly welled up in their hearts.