"Oh! Collect the fallen brothers, and each of the fallen brothers will compensate their families with 100 yuan of the ocean! Zhang Mingyu said with a hint of grief flashing in his eyes.

"Yes!" Niu Tiangui and Li Gang slammed into the right path.

"By the way, military seat, the Military Commission rewarded us with 100,000 fiat currency." Liu Cheng said on the side.

"100,000 fiat?" Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly: "100,000 legal currency will be rewarded to the guard battalion, and another 50,000 oceans will be allocated from the military department to reward a group of brothers." ”

"Yes!" Liu Cheng stood up.

"By the way, Chief of Staff, you can arrange to send some people to reconnoiter in the direction of Baoding to see if there is any movement in me." Zhang Mingyu said to Liu Cheng.

"Yes! I'll do it right away. Liu Cheng happily accepted the order and immediately strode away.

……………

On the Shibao Highway, a small group [***] was advancing along the highway towards Wangdu, and one of the leading officers was holding a military officer's knife in his left hand.

This small force is the third company and four platoons of the guard battalion, led by the platoon commander Xu Wen, Xu Wen led the four platoons to pursue the riverside Zhengsan and annihilate it, and began to rush in the direction of Qingdu, intending to turn with the large army.

However, Xu Wenzheng didn't go far with the four platoons, and the four soldiers in charge of the reconnaissance sent out a warning signal.

After receiving the signal, Xu Wen waved his hand, and the more than thirty soldiers behind him immediately stopped advancing, and quickly hid into the dry grass on both sides of the road.

At this time, a soldier from the elite squad ran over quickly, and Xu Wen asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Platoon commander, there is a situation! A large number of devils suddenly appeared in the ancient town in front, the number of which is unknown, but it will never be less than a wing. The warrior panted.

"A wing? Damn, hasn't the ancient town been knocked down a long time ago? Why are there so many devils? Xu Wen said puzzledly.

"I don't know, platoon commander, what should we do, is it over or not?" The warrior asked.

"Yes, of course we have to pass, I listened to the fellows along the way, the military seat has already hit Qingdu with a large army, and there are suddenly devils here, we have to report the news, but we have to go around the road at night!" Xu Wenyi said without hesitation. Obviously, the devils of a wing are not something that their small army can shake.

"Your top squad is ambushing on the spot, closely monitoring my movements, and reporting to me at any time if there is a situation!" Xu Wen instructed the warrior.

"Yes!" The warrior whispered a promise, and then bent away again.

Xu Wen turned his head and shouted in a low voice: "All classes retreat into the woods, and they are setting off after dark." ”

………

Baoding Army Garrison Headquarters.

As soon as Okabe Naosaburo finished talking on the phone with the commander-in-chief of the Northern Group of the Japanese Army, a communications staff officer walked in with a heavy face.

The communications staff officer strode up to Naosaburo Okabe and said, "Report to the general, the fourth division has sent an urgent telegram!" Gyeongdu has been lost, and more than half of the 4th Division has suffered casualties. ”

"What?" Naosaburo Okabe jumped three feet high and roared, "Kenzo Kitano, this bastard!" Stupid pig, a division can't hold a small Qingdu, and more than half of the casualties are there! It's simply the scum of the emperor [***] people. ”

The reason why Okabe Naosaburo was furious was not only because the Fourth Division lost Keito, but mainly because just now he assured Commander Okamura Ninji that the situation was stable, and that Gyeongdu, Baoding and other places were as stable as Mount Tai!

In a blink of an eye, Keito lost it again, and as soon as Keidu lost Baoding, the door opened, and when he thought of this, Naosaburo Okabe had the heart to kill Kitano Kenzo at this time.

Just when Okabe Naosaburo was so angry that he wanted to slap the staff officer in front of him, another staff officer walked in a hurry, and suddenly stood up and said: "General, the special high school intercepted the telegram of the Zhi Na people, and the Zhi Na people said in the telegram that they would not attack Baoding, and they also invited the Jin Sui army to send troops together!" ”

"Baga Ya Road! Immediately send a telegram to the Fourth Division, let Kitano Kenzo immediately lead his troops back to Baoding, and send a telegram to the First Division and the Eighth Division, ordering them to hold the pass, and not to let the Reading Force escape, and then send a telegram to the main force of the Kwantung Army, so that they can immediately attack Wangdu Mountain and encircle and annihilate the people of China in Qingdu County! Naosaburo Okabe roared.

"Hay!" The two staff officers of the army bowed their heads suddenly, and immediately strode away.

In the city of Qingdu County, the headquarters of the First Division of the Reading Army was set up in an air-raid shelter under the battlement wall.

The commanders of the regiments of the First Division and the commanders of the Armored Division all arrived, Liu Cheng pointed to the big map and said: "Military seat, the current situation is very critical, according to the scouts, the ambush of the army behind us is now approaching the ancient city, and we can launch an attack on the position of the three regiments of Wangdu Mountain at the latest night, and our logistical supply has been cut off, fortunately, the target of the army is ours, and we have not attacked Shimen Zhengding and other places, so these places are still under our control." ”

As soon as Liu Cheng said this, everyone immediately discussed, and Xu Hu, the commander of the armored division, also said with a sad face: "Military seat, the fuel of our armored division is almost running out, and now our logistics supply has been cut off, and our ammunition, oil and other materials will be used up in two days at most, and the consequences will be unimaginable at that time." ”

After listening to what the two of them said, Zhang Mingyu had already fallen into deep contemplation, and indeed the current situation was very critical, and he and his more than 30,000 elite troops could be buried here.

The little devil is vicious enough, and he wants to annihilate the main force of the Reading Force gathered in Qingdu in one fell swoop, you must know that the trump card of Zhang Mingyu, the whole division of the two divisions here, if these two divisions are eliminated, even if Zhang Mingyu can escape back to Taiyuan, in that short period of time, don't even think about recovering his vitality, and it is not good that the 300,000 troops of the army will press Shanxi, and even Taiyuan and Datong will lose a large area of Shanxi again.

Zhang Mingyu knew that if his reading force army was defeated, it would be impossible for the Jin Sui army to stop the 300,000 Kwantung Army, once the Jin Sui army was eliminated, North China would really become the rear of the Yue army, and when the 300,000 Yue army pressed the South China front, I am afraid that the whole of China would be destroyed.

Zhang Mingyu didn't know why the army dared to easily transfer half of the Kwantung Army into the customs, and there was only one possibility, that is, the two countries signed a non-aggression pact, and in the original history, the army dared to transfer the Kwantung Army to the Pacific theater one after another after signing a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union.

If the Yue Army really signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, it would undoubtedly not be a severe test for the Reading Army and even the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Seeing that Zhang Mingyu didn't speak, Liu Cheng said a little anxiously: "Junzao, I suggest that while the encirclement of the army has not been completely formed, you should break through with the armored division!" With the strong assault ability of the armored division, it should not be a problem to break out of the encirclement, and he is willing to stay and lead the infantry and the army to maneuver around and cover the military seat to break through! ”

"That's right! Commander, you better hurry up and break through, as long as you are safe and sound, it will be worth it if our first division is gone! I am willing to stay and lead the brothers of the first division to fight with the army to the end, and I will not give up until I fight the two permanent divisions of the little devils! Zhang Biao, the commander of the first division, also nodded in agreement.

"Yes, you can break through!"

"As long as the military seat can be safe, it is worth it for the brothers to fight hard."

All the regiment leaders agreed and persuaded Zhang Mingyu to break through.

"Enough! My Zhang Mingyu's life is fate! Your life is also your life, there is nothing special, I, Zhang Mingyu, will never exchange my brother's life for my own life! I thought about it, even if I can't break through, I should lead my brothers and fight to the death with Yue Kou, only death! Never steal your life alone! Zhang Mingyu stood up and shouted.

Everyone was infected by Zhang Mingyu's righteous and awe-inspiring words, and said in unison: "Swear to live and die together, and fight to the end!" ”

"Good! Today, we will have a hard fight with the Yue Army, and let the people of the world know who is the real king of land warfare! Who is the invincible iron army! Zhang Mingyu said majestically.

"Junza, you give the order~!" Everyone suddenly boiled with enthusiasm.

"Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to Lai San, ordering him to return to the Third Division of Sui, and in addition, the first regiment and militia of the Fourth Division of Datong will be placed under the command of the Third Division, and Lai San will personally lead the rapid troops out of Yanmen to attack the First Division! Send a telegram to the 2nd Division of Taiyuan, leaving one regiment to guard Taiyuan, and the remaining two regiments led by Ling Tianbao immediately went north to join the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Shimen to attack the rear of the Yue Army. ”

"Military seat, the third regiment and the second battalion are going to guard Shimen and Zhengding, and transfer them out, so aren't Zhengding and Shimen empty cities?" Liu Cheng said puzzled.

"Give up all Shimen and Zhengding to Yan Laoxi! Then ask him to cooperate with us in sending troops. Tell Yan Xishan that after this battle, I will send him half of Hebei plus the equipment of ten reorganized divisions! Zhang Mingyu explained.

"Junza, will Yan Xishan agree?" Zhang Biao said worriedly.

"I have a way to do this! We use clear-coded radio waves to generate electricity to the whole country and the world, and the message is to the effect of ""

Ming Yu was ordered by Chairman Jiang to lead the reading force army to fight a decisive battle with Baoding, but all the soldiers and civilians in North China should do their best to help! Fight to the death with the Kou! Those who violate orders and do not obey military law are engaged! Zhang Mingyu said word by word.

"Military seat, this is a forged military order of the commission, and it will ......be dealt with according to military law," Liu Cheng said halfway through, and he didn't say anything.

Zhang Mingyu took it and said: "According to military law, you should be shot!" I know this, and I will bear all the consequences, and you just have to carry it out! ”

"Rest assured, Liu Cheng is not greedy for life and afraid of death, if he is punished in the future, I am willing to bear it with the military seat!" Liu Cheng said righteously.

"That's right! We all do! The big deal is death! To be able to die with the military seat, die without regrets! Zhang Biao and others said in unison.

Just as Zhang Mingyu was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting, Fang Jun, a communications staff officer, strode in and said uprightly: "Military seat, staff seat!" The scouts reported that the army in the direction of Baoding had suddenly strengthened its vigilance, and the remnants of the Fourth Division of the Japanese army, which had fled from Qingdu, had withdrawn to Baoding. ”

"It seems that the little devil knows that we are going to fight Baoding! You immediately send a secret telegram to all radio stations at all levels of the armed forces to immediately change the new telephone code! Zhang Mingyu said with relief.

"Yes!" Fang Jun stood upright with a snap, and immediately took the order and left

(To be continued)