Baoding, known as the Army Garrison Headquarters.

Umezu Mijiro, commander of the Kwantung Army, put down a telegram in his hand and said to Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, who was sitting on the side, with a stern expression: "Okabe-kun! The current situation is not optimistic, and the entire North China region is full of Chinese people, and there are wars everywhere! According to intelligence, there are at least millions of soldiers and civilians in China, and these millions of people have formed a huge encirclement around us, and if we cannot eliminate the Zhina Reading Army in time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Indeed, Umezu Mijiro's words are not alarmist, once the Kwantung Army is unable to eliminate the Reading Force in the Gyeongdu area in time, then the millions or even tens of millions of people in the periphery of the [***] people around the bandit armed forces may swallow it, although the combat effectiveness of these ordinary people is not good, but the ants bite the elephant to death, once the army is encircled, the logistics supply will be cut off, and after the ammunition is exhausted, the tens of millions of [***] people can also stone the more than 200,000 Yue troops to death with one punch.

Okabe Naosaburo pondered for a while with a pale face, and said in a sincere tone: "Umezu-kun, the Kwantung Army is your subordinate, and it is easy to command, and now on behalf of Commander-in-Chief Okamura, I appoint you to take over my command of the Kwantung Army to besiege the Reading Army." Please! After saying that, Naosaburo Okabe suddenly bowed his head.

Seeing Okabe's humble attitude, Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but be arrogant, and nodded again and again: "Please rest assured, I will do my best!" Annihilated the reading force of the whole China, captured the hateful Zhang Mingyu alive and shattered his body into thousands of pieces! ”

"I want the West!" Okabe Naosaburo was overjoyed and said: "Umezu-kun, you are really worthy of being the emperor [***] person, please!" ”

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The county seat of Gyeongdu.

Because the oil was running out, Zhang Mingyu rode a horse and took Li Gang, Tie Niu and others to Wangdu Mountain, at this time more than 8,000 soldiers of the Third Regiment (owing a second battalion) had already relied on Wangdu Mountain to build strong field fortifications.

Seeing Zhang Mingyu coming, Li Shisan, the commander of the third regiment, hurriedly ran out of the regiment headquarters to greet him, and walked quickly to Zhang Mingyu Li Shisan saluted and said, "Military seat." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu returned the salute slightly on the horse.

Later, Zhang Mingyu, accompanied by Li Shisan, inspected the position of Wangdu Mountain, Li Shisan, as the commander of the main regiment, of course would not be stupid enough to set up his regiment headquarters on the top of the mountain, but set up a low-lying place on the mountainside, and there were hard rocks around the low-lying place, and the sappers set up the regiment headquarters in the low-lying place, using rocks as walls, and laying thick trees with bowls on top of them, adding sandbags, and then covering withered grass and leaves to camouflage, and the little devil's plane would not be aware even if it flew at an ultra-low altitude.

Zhang Mingyu and the others climbed to the top of the mountain, looking down at the bottom of the mountain, they could see the defense line of the three regiments, Li Shisan pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "Military seat, do you see the layout of the humble position?" If there are any deficiencies, please also ask the military seat for guidance. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said: "The position is well arranged, but a squad of soldiers must be arranged on the top of this mountain, where you can watch the enemy situation in front of you, and you can also detect the little devil's plane in advance." ”

"Yes! Rest assured! Humble duty guarantee implementation! Li Shi slammed the right way.

"Shi San, the burden on your shoulders this time is not light, before I take Baoding, you have to guard this place for me, and you must not let a little devil pass through here!" Zhang Mingyu said indifferently.

"Yes! Rest assured! The little devil wants to pass through here, unless he steps on my corpse! Otherwise, don't think about it! Li Shisan patted his chest and said.

"Hmmm! If you have any difficulties, you can raise them, after all, you are not facing one or two wings of devils, but seven or eight divisions and nearly 200,000 troops, and you can raise any needs, and I will try my best to give priority to satisfying you. Zhang Mingyu nodded slightly.

"As long as there is enough ammo! I don't need anything else! Li Shisan said cleanly.

"Good! In addition, the air force will provide you with air support at any time, and you can directly call the Eagle Division to give your regiment air fire support without asking for instructions! Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes! Thank you Gunza! Li Shisan stood upright.

……………… After inspecting the position of the three regiments, Zhang Mingyu returned to Qingdu County with the guards, at this time the enthusiasm of the people in Qingdu was much higher than that in other regions, and the people of Qingdu and the surrounding villages and towns heard that the army was about to attack Baoding, and they left home to support!

The position of the three regiments was built with the help of nearly 10,000 people day and night! This greatly saves the physical strength of the soldiers, and when they fight with the army, they will not exhaust their physical strength.

And the people not only helped the reading army to dig trenches and build fortifications, but also the young and middle-aged people enthusiastically asked to join the army, and women and the elderly helped to chop wood and boil water to take care of the wounded, and the whole Gyeongdu area was very lively.

After Zhang Mingyu and others entered the city, he looked at the busy people along the way, as well as the perfect fortifications, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The great man is right, the power of the people is the most powerful, and an army can only be truly invincible if it has the support and support of the people."

The reason why the People's Liberation Army was able to win all battles in the War of Liberation was inseparable from the support of the people, such as the Huaihai Campaign, where the People's Liberation Army won 600,000 and won 800,000 battles.

As soon as Zhang Mingyu arrived outside the command department, Liu Cheng greeted him with an excited face and said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, according to intelligence, our [***] people in North China have launched a large-scale anti-Japanese operation, and the purpose is to support us.

The Second Division came from Taiyuan to say that in Shanxi, regardless of the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, and the Eighth Route Army, almost all of them crossed the Taihang Mountains and came to Hebei, and in Shandong, and even in Hebei, the people of our [***] people responded to the call of the chairman of the committee and took up arms one after another to fight bloody battles with the army, and bandits and gangs in various places also took active action to attack strongholds and artillery towers.

In addition, the people of Inner Mongolia and Suiyuan voluntarily donated their horses, and the young and middle-aged people also joined the army, forming a volunteer army to march towards Zhangjiakou and threaten the rear of the army. If the situation continues like this, it is likely that the whole of North China will be recovered! ”

But Zhang Mingyu shook his head and said: "It is impossible to recover the whole of North China, and it is impossible for big cities like Jinan and Jining to be lost in Shandong, after all, those people and bandits are not regular troops, let alone heavy weapons to attack the city, and the naval aviation of the army in the coastal area can be reinforced at any time." ”

In fact, the best result is that all the small towns and all the outlying strongholds of the army will be conquered and recovered, and the army can only retreat to the big cities, and the transportation will be paralyzed, just like in the later liberation war in the northeast.

Of course, to achieve this result, the premise is that the Reading Force cannot be defeated, if once the Reading Force fails and is eliminated, then the millions of troops on the periphery may face disintegration, after all, they are not really a regular army, while the main force of the Army is now besieging the Reading Army, they can fight a tailwind battle, if the Reading Army is defeated or eliminated, the 300,000 elite of the Kwantung Army will be able to free up their hands and soon be able to defeat the mixed army composed of millions of soldiers and civilians.

At that time, I don't know how many of the [***] people will suffer, especially those who rushed to reinforce with their blood, and I don't know how many will die tragically under the butcher's knife of the army.

So Zhang Mingyu knows that he can't be defeated, for the sake of millions of people, for those Chinese compatriots who are desperate for themselves, he must not be defeated!

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu said to Liu Cheng: "The plan to attack Baoding is canceled, the whole army sticks to Qingdu, does not seek a complete victory, as long as the 300,000 troops of the Kwantung Army are dragged to the death, it will be a victory, and the air force is ordered to take off immediately and carry out non-stop bombing of the main force of the Kwantung Army!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Cheng snapped and stood upright.

Immediately, Zhang Mingyu and others walked into the headquarters, and Zhang Biao, the commander of the first division, said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, according to the report of the Black Tiger Group, the first division of the Yue Army that retreated to the direction of Tang County two days ago has made a comeback!" Also, the 8th Division from the northeast is also here! It seems that the little devil wants to attack us on both sides this time! ”

"Humph! The second regiment blocked the eighth division, protected the flank of the third regiment, the guard battalion and the militia stayed in Qingdu, and the first regiment followed me to meet the first division. Zhang Mingyu snorted coldly.

"Throne, the strength of the first division with two tank wings should not be underestimated, and it is recommended that you bring the armored division, which is more secure." Zhang Biao suggested.

"Hmmm! Then the armored division will all be dispatched to compete with the little devil's tank to see if it is the Oriental Iron King VIII or our Tiger tank that is powerful! Zhang Mingyu nodded.

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter. The tension suddenly dissipated.

……………… On the Tangqing Highway, the 1st Brigade of the Forward Brigade of the 1st Division was marching rapidly, and the 1st Brigade and Regiment were under the jurisdiction of the 1st Infantry Wing and the 49th Infantry Wing.

The 49th Infantry Wing had suffered heavy casualties in the previous battles with the 1st Regiment, and although it had been reinforced, it had already declined in combat effectiveness.

This time, Isamu Yokoyama did not use the 49th Wing as the striker, but sent the more elite 1st Wing to the front.

Isamu Yokoyama was sitting in his command armored car, closing his eyes and recuperating leisurely, when suddenly the armored car that was moving at high speed braked suddenly, and suddenly Isamu Yokoyama flashed off his seat.

Bang fell a dog eating shit, at this time the car door was opened, and the courage of Hengshan, who was bruised and swollen, jumped out of the car in a hurry, regardless of the 3721, and flashed more than ten big slaps in the face of the young man who stopped the car, and then scolded and scolded: "Baga Yalu, bastard!" ”

The young man was dizzy from the beating, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Hai! ”

It wasn't until he almost slapped Shao Zuo's face in front of him into a pig's face that Yokoyama Yong calculated a breath of anger, and said angrily: "What kind of work? ”

"General! The 1st Wing of the Strikers reported that the Chinese Army had been discovered, and at the moment the 1st Wing had exchanged fire with the Chinese Army! The young man completely ignored his own face that had been beaten into a pig's face, and suddenly retracted and stood upright.

(To be continued)