At the beginning of September of the thirtieth year of the Republic of China. Zhang Mingyu left the 1st Infantry Division, the Tank Armored Division stayed in Beiping City, and he took the 2nd Infantry Division, the 3rd Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, and the Guard Regiment with a total of 100,000 horses in the western suburbs of Beiping to the south.

On the wide plains of the western suburbs, hundreds of thousands of citizens of Beiping rushed to see them off one after another when they heard the news, and the entire western suburbs of Beiping were full of people, and some businessmen spontaneously bought fruits and various foods to come to express their condolences and see them off.

Although Zhang Mingyu's plan to plan a military parade in Beiping was shelved, the enthusiastic citizens of Beiping spontaneously held a send-off ceremony for the heroic 100,000 officers and soldiers.

Some young students held banners and shouted loudly in unison to cheer for the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Mingyu stood on a jeep and looked ahead with a cold expression, then turned to Liu Cheng and Zhang Biao behind him and said, "Chief of Staff, Beiping City will be handed over to you!" I must have guarded it! Qi Xieyuan's puppet army can be recruited at the right time, and the elite loyalists among them can be selected to supplement the troops. ”

"Understood!" Zhang Biao and Liu Cheng saluted.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded solemnly, and then turned to the herald and said, "Let's go!" ”

After receiving the order, the troops began to march one after another, and the 100,000-strong army formed several long dragons and headed south.

After all the troops set off, Zhang Mingyu took the guard regiment to bid farewell to Liu Cheng and others and embarked on the journey.

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Tianjin, Tanggu Port.

Okamura Ninji looked at the majestic warships on the sea, and couldn't help but sigh, the empire's navy was really not ordinarily powerful.

Okamura Ninji seemed to have seen the scene of the 42nd Army of the Shina Army being heavily bombarded by a dense naval aviation cluster during the attack on Tianjin, and suffered heavy losses.

Just when Okamura Ninji was in the middle of extreme Italian silver, a car came speeding from the city, and when he reached behind him, he braked and stopped suddenly, only to see his chief of staff, Tanabe Moritake, hurriedly stepped out of the car and strode towards him.

Okamura Ninji took two steps to meet him and said, "Tanabe-kun, what's the matter?" ”

"General, the latest news from the special high-tech personnel! The main force of the 42nd Group Army of the China Army in Peiping went south! Moritake Tanabe replied quickly.

"What? Went south? Okamura Ningji was a little puzzled, now that Zhang Mingyu had taken Beiping, it was natural that the next step would be Tianjin, so he asked the base camp for instructions and transferred the Navy's Third Fleet over for reinforcements. When everything was ready, just waiting to give the 42nd Army a blow to the head, the 42nd Army actually moved south.

"Yes! Two hours earlier, Chiang, the leader of China, had held a press conference, claiming that he would mobilize a million-strong army to launch a counteroffensive against the Imperial Army in Central China! And threatened to swear to the death to recover Central China and completely annihilate me, the Imperial Army, the Central China Front! Tanabe Moritake looked up suddenly.

"Humph! Pipe dream! If you want to completely annihilate our 300,000 imperial army in Central China, relying on Chiang's miscellaneous troops is simply wishful thinking! Okamura Ninji snorted coldly and said contemptuously.

"General! Do you want the Third Fleet to rush to Central China to support? Tanabe Moritake bowed his head and said.

"Don't use it for the time being, Zhang Mingyu is an extremely dangerous opponent, we must prevent him from pretending to destroy the enemy and suddenly turn around and attack Tianjin! Therefore, after the 42nd Army arrives in Henan, it is not too late for the Third Fleet to be deployed! Okamura Ninji waved his hand.

"Hay! Humble duty understood! Tanabe Moritake bowed his head abruptly.

"Tanabe-kun, do you think the empire's navy is mighty?" Okamura asked, looking at the warships on the sea.

"Hmmm! It is said that the Imperial Navy is the first in Asia and the first in the world! Even in the face of the British Empire, we are not afraid! Tanabe Moritake said domineeringly.

"Nope! Tanabe-kun, the position of the Imperial Navy in Asia has been threatened, and the Pacific Fleet of the American Republic already has the strength to compete with the Great Navy, but fortunately, we have reached some kind of consensus with the Americans, so we and the United States will not meet each other in a short period of time, which will usher in precious time for the Empire. Okamura Ninji waved his hand.

"General, do you mean that the Empire will go to war with the United States?" Tanabe asked puzzled.

"Hmmm! There are no permanent friends in the world, there are only interests, and we and the United States will eventually go to war! Okamura nodded and said.

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Yucheng, the leader's official residence.

Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, walked into Chairman Jiang's study quickly, and stood up and said: "Commission, there is news from Beiping that General Zhang Mingyu led the 42nd Group Army to set off this morning!" ”

"Oh? Going? Chairman Chiang was obviously a little excited, as if he had seen the magnificent scene of the 42nd Group Army rushing all the way and commanding a million-strong army to recover Hunan, Hubei, Liangguang, Wuhan and other places in one fell swoop.

"How's the preparation of the war zones?" Chairman Jiang slightly suppressed his rather excited mood and asked.

"All theaters are already preparing for war with all their might, and war materials have been continuously transported to the front line, just waiting for the 42nd Army to launch a full-scale offensive as soon as it arrives!" Wang Shihe replied respectfully.

"Hmmm! Send another order to Zhang Mingyu and ask him to speed up the march! Rush to Henan as fast as possible! Chairman Jiang nodded.

"Yes!" Wang Shihe bowed his head slightly, and then retreated respectfully.

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Because the Hebei section of the Ping'an Railway and the Jinpu Railway were destroyed in many places, and Zhang Mingyu still had time to send people to repair them, the 100,000 troops led by Zhang Mingyu at this time could only rely on trucks and marching on foot.

The truck drove the vanguard for a day to Baoding, and after a short rest and refueling, it continued to set off south.

The vanguard unit has three divisions and one brigade, and this time it will go south to Central China, and the third division will definitely carry the main beam, and there is no doubt that the third division is strong except for the first division.

Therefore, the vanguard is none other than the Third Division, and Lai San personally took the First Brigade in front this time, and ran towards Shimen all the way.

Two days later, Zhang Mingyu and the follow-up troops had just left Baoxiang to march eastward, and Lai San had already arrived at Shimen with the vanguard troops, and stopped advancing at Shimen, because Zhang Mingyu had ordered before setting off again, and the whole army would take a short rest in Shimen, and then cross the Taihang Mountain at the same time to enter Jin.

At this time, there were about 2,000 people in a reinforced battalion of the Reading Force stationed in Shimen, although the strength was not much, but the weapons and equipment were indeed super equipped, and the number of light and heavy machine guns was more than that of a brigade of ordinary troops! Of course, this was specially arranged by Zhang Mingyu, after all, Shimen's geographical location is extremely heavy, once it is lost, the connection between the 42nd Group Army and Taiyuan will be cut off, and the arsenal that he has painstakingly managed is likely to fall into his hands and be destroyed.

(To be continued)