Zhang Mingyu got out of the cave, he got into an armored car, and the soldiers of the guard company drove the captured military motorcycle side three buckets towards Ordos.

After more than two hours of travel, Zhang Mingyu and the guard company rushed to Ordos, after getting out of the car, he immediately went straight to his military headquarters, Zhang Biao and several staff officers were already waiting, seeing Zhang Mingyu everyone hurriedly saluted, Zhang Mingyu motioned for them all to sit down, and then said: "What's the situation?" ”

"Junzuo, I just got the news that the devils in Shanxi have a large-scale operation and are heading towards Datong, which may be aimed at us!" Zhang Biao replied first.

"Shanxi?" Zhang Mingyu frowned and said, "Open the map!" The two staff officers immediately slowly opened a large map hanging on the wall of the headquarters.

Zhang Biao walked up and pointed in the direction of Taiyuan with a command pole in his hand and said: "According to our scouts, the Taiyuan army has gone north to Datong along the railway, and there are about two divisions. The purpose of the enemy is currently unknown. ”

"Two divisions? There are only four divisions and a few brigades in the Shanxi area, and now two divisions and regiments are being dispatched north at once, and it seems that the devils want to do something against us. Zhang Mingyu said.

"Military seat, the little devil has a total of three divisions in the Suiyuan area, plus the two divisions from the direction of Taiyuan, there are a total of five divisions, the strength is above us, and the devil also has two puppet army divisions. One is a puppet Manchu master, and the other is a puppet master. Looks like we're going to have to get ready for it! Zhang Biao pointed at Suiyuan and others with the command rod in his hand.

"The combat effectiveness of the three divisions of the devil in Suiyuan is far from being compared with the two divisions from Taiyuan, everyone knows that since the 26th division of the Yue Army was completely annihilated by us, the devils have mobilized reservists and retired soldiers from their country to form two divisions, which are two of the three divisions of the devil, according to intelligence, the new commander of the Yue Army in Mongolia, Ishihara Wan'er, reorganized them into the 107th and 108th divisions in Mongolia. Among the three divisions, the strongest combat effectiveness is a brigade transferred from the Kwantung Army and the 109th Division in Mongolia, which was reorganized from the remnants of the original Mongolian Corps. Therefore, the focus of our precautions is the devil's division and regiment transferred from Shanxi, and we must find out as soon as possible the number of these two divisions and the establishment of troops. Zhang Mingyu lit a cigarette and said.

"Gangzi, this task will be handed over to you and your special combat team!" Zhang Mingyu said to Li Gang.

"Rest assured, the mission is guaranteed!" Li Gang stood up and said.

"Go ahead!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

After Li Gang left, Zhang Mingyu stood up and walked to the map, pinched his waist with one hand, and then pointed to the map and said: "If the army wants to attack, there are no more than two routes, one is to launch an attack on Baotou from Suiyuan, and my third division will block it all the way, and then divide the tank regiment into a battalion, and it will not be a problem to block the devil's attack."

The second way is that the devils of Shanxi attacked westward from Xinzhou, crossed the Yellow River and then approached Ordos. So as long as we hold the Yellow River, the devils along the way will have no effect. ”

As soon as Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, Wang Tiehan said: "Junzao, will the little devil make a detour from Shaanxi to attack Ordos and copy the rear of our army?" ”

"This won't, first of all, how much Shaanxi is, the road is rugged, which is not conducive to the march of devils. Even if the devils really made a detour from Shaanxi, the Eighth Route Army in the Luliang Mountains would not let them go easily! Zhang Mingyu replied.

"Junzuo is right, first of all, we have to defend the Yellow River first, as long as we hold the Yellow River, then the devil can only stare dryly." Zhang Biao also agreed.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhang Mingyu turned around and ordered, "Ling Tianbao!" Order you to lead the 2nd Division to rush to the area of Gaoshiya and Haizemiao to build fortifications along the Yellow River on the spot to prevent the army from raiding the Yellow River! ”

"Yes!" Ling Tianbao stood up and said.

"Ma Liqun! Order you to lead the cavalry regiment to maneuver around and monitor the movements of the devils! Zhang Mingyu ordered Ma Liqun.

"Biaozi, call Lai San immediately and tell him to be ready for battle at any time to prevent being attacked by devils!" Zhang Mingyu turned around and said to Zhang Biao again.

"Hmmm! I called him right away. Zhang Biao replied.

"Alright, adjourn!" Zhang Mingyu said with a wave of his hand.

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At this time, the Fifth Division and the Twentieth Division had already arrived in Xinzhou, and Itachi Seishiro ordered them to temporarily be stationed in Xinzhou to wait for orders. At this time, the 6th Division, the 9th Division, and the 13th Division, which had been transferred from the Wuhan front, had already gone north to Shandong, and the large-scale transfer had attracted the attention of the agents of the Military Command Bureau, who reported the news to their bureau chief, Dai Li.

Dai Li immediately reported the news to Principal Jiang, who was discussing the next stage of the development of the resistance with Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi. After receiving this news, Principal Jiang asked, "Jiansheng, what do you think of the transfer of the Yue Army?" ”

Bai Chongxi said: "I believe that the northward transfer of the army this time is nothing more than two purposes, one is that they want to exterminate all guerrillas behind enemy lines of our army in North China, including the 18th Group Army. Conduct what they call "law and order" operations. ”

"And the second?" Principal Jiang asked.

"The second is for the Reading Army, from the humble point of view, Zhang Mingyu led the Reading Army to take advantage of the fact that the Reading Army was fighting Wuhan with my [***] main force, and successively recovered Ordos, Baotou and other places, and gave the Yue Army heavy casualties, I must have hated him to the bone, and this time I am afraid that the mobilization of five divisions is to annihilate the Reading Force in one fell swoop." Bai Chongxi replied.

"In that case, isn't Mingyu's reading force dangerous?" Principal Jiang seemed to ask himself and Bai Jiansheng.

"Unless Zhang Mingyu leads the reading army to evacuate to Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places, it is really possible that the army will make dumplings." Bai Chongxi replied. Obviously, he thinks that with the more than 30,000 people in the Reading Army, even if the Reading Army is strong in combat effectiveness, it will never be possible to block the attack of the seven or eight divisions of the Yue Army, especially among these divisions, there are several veteran divisions such as the Fifth Division of Itahiro Seishiro, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong!

Principal Jiang was full of emotion in his heart at this time, he liked his ability to add students to this little fellow, but this student of his, ran to the northwest without a sound, and did not take his order in his eyes at all, but when he achieved a brilliant victory in the northwest, he sent a telegram of success, which showed that he still respected me as the principal in his heart, at least he knew that I was the main one. It seems that this elementary school student of his own is not trying to oppose him, but the rebellion of some young people. Thinking of this, Principal Jiang felt in a good mood again.

But at this time, after the battle of Wuhan, the main force was no longer able to stop the large-scale forces to support Zhang Mingyu, thinking of this, President Jiang ordered Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, to send a telegram to Yu Lijun and Ma Hongkui respectively.

The content of President Jiang's telegram to Ma Hongkui was: "I want Ma Hongkui to send troops to Suiyuan, so as to cooperate with the Reading Army to defend Baotou and block the Yue army." ”

The telegram sent to Zhang Mingyu was to inform him that the army had mobilized heavy troops to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of him. But President Jiang never dreamed that the telegram he sent to Zhang Mingyu would make him regret it for the rest of his life.

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