Qingdu, also known as Wangdu, is an ancient city with a long history, legend says that this place is the birthplace of Qingdu, the mother of Emperor Yao, so it is called Qingdu, Qingdu is located in the central plain of Hebei Province, the west pillow is towering Taihang, the east looks at Pingchuan, and the Pinghan Railway Baoding to Shimenduan is the first gateway of Baoding.

At this time, because the reading army set out from Shimen, and the soldiers pointed directly at Baoding, the strategic location of Qingdu at this time was extremely important.

Maybe even this ancient city itself doesn't know that there will be an earth-shattering bloody battle here! Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers will fight to the death against the Yue Kou who is ten times their size!

There are two small peaks in the periphery of Qingdu, respectively Yiqi Mountain, Qingdu Mountain two mountains, according to legend, Emperor Yao had lived in Yiqi Mountain with his mother when he was young, and later Yao called the emperor, changed Yiqi Mountain to Yao Mountain, Emperor Yao's mother Qingdu, once climbed Yao Mountain to look at Qingdu Mountain, Wangdu County got its name from this.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named King Jing of Zhongshan as the Marquis of Guangwang, so he changed the capital of Qing to Wangdu County. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Qingdu.

Yaoshan Mountain is in the north, Qingdu Mountain is in the south, and the Pinghan Railway runs through between the two mountains.

Because of the dangerous terrain here, Lieutenant General Zhenxiong Makawa, commander of the 8th Brigade of the Eighth Brigade of the Yuli Mixed Brigade in Baoding, deployed an infantry brigade and a puppet regiment here.

A total of more than 2,600 people, Wang Heshan, the head of the puppet regiment, led his regiment to garrison Yaoshan, and a brigade of the army guarded Qingdu Mountain.

Li Gang rushed here with the guard battalion, immediately stopped his advance and reported the information to the military headquarters of the Reading Army.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu had already rushed to Xinle with Liu Cheng and the military headquarters, and as soon as he got out of the car, a communication soldier ran over quickly, and said rightly, "Military seat, the guard battalion is calling." ”

"Read!" Zhang Mingyu raised his hand and gestured.

"Yes!" The signal soldier straightened up and read: "The post department has been ordered to advance to the periphery of Qingdu, but there are two mountain peaks in the terrain outside Qingdu, and it is said that Kou gathered a puppet army and more than 2,000 people to defend the two mountains. Li Gang, guard battalion, April 15, 40th year of the Republic of China. ”

After the signal soldier finished reading, Zhang Mingyu turned his head and asked, "Chief of Staff, what do you think we should do?" ”

Liu Cheng pondered for a while and said: "Junzuo, I think that Yu Kou has already prepared, and the guard battalion alone cannot shake Qingdu, and if it is forcibly attacked, it is likely to cause the guard battalion to fall into a heavy siege." Therefore, it is recommended to let the guard battalion stand by in place, wait for the main force of our army to arrive, and attack Qingdu together! "I have to admit that Liu Cheng's method is very safe, the enemy occupies favorable terrain, and the guard battalion will definitely not be able to attack, but if you want the guard battalion to defend to the death, even if the devil dispatches a brigade, it is not a problem for the guard battalion to hold on for three or five days, and Zhang Mingyu has already led the army to arrive after three or five days.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu nodded and said, "Well, just do as you say, and let Li Gang be stationed on the spot." ”

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At the foot of Gyeongdo Mountain, the guard battalion is temporarily stationed.

Li Gang and Wang Hanshan stood behind the radio station at the battalion headquarters, and after a while, the signal soldier took off the headset and turned to report to Li Gang: "The battalion, the military seat orders us to stand by on the spot!" ”

"Standing still?" Li Gang and Wang Hanshan looked at each other.

Wang Hanshan asked, "Yingza, what should I do?" ”

"What to do, carry out the order! Order the companies to rest in place! Li Gang said indifferently.

"Yes!" Wang Hanshan stood upright and immediately took the order.

After Wang Tiehan left, Li Gang carried his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky from the command headquarters, and saw that the sky was still clear just now, and suddenly there were dark clouds, and the wind was fierce for a while, and the whole sky immediately went dark.

Li Gang felt a feeling of uneasiness arise spontaneously, he shook his head violently, forced his mood, strode out of the command headquarters, and inspected the troops.

Beiping, the headquarters of the Northern Group of the Army.

Okabe Naosaburo walked into Okamura Ninji's office again quickly, Okamura Ninji looked up and saw Okabe Naosaburo coming, and asked, "Okabe-kun, is there any situation?" ”

"General! The 8th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade called and said that the forward troops of China had suddenly stopped advancing, and that I had temporarily canceled the bombing plan of the air force. Naosaburo Okabe replied.

"Oh? Could it be that Okamura-kun has a new plan? Okamura asked puzzled.

"Hmmm! The general should know that there is a saying in China that you put a long line to catch a big fish, right? Okabe Naosaburo nodded. "Oh! I wonder how Okabe-kun is going to catch this big fish? Okamura Ninji asked unhurriedly.

"It is recommended that the Eighth Brigade of Reading Power Mix immediately abandon Yaoshan and Wangdu Mountain and return to Qingdu."

"Okabe-kun, you must know that Yaoshan and Wangdu Mountain are the barriers of Qingdu, and Qingdu is the barrier of Baoding, if we withdraw from Ershan, we will be in danger of surrendering to the people of China, and that people will be able to drive straight into the siege of Qingdu, have you considered such a result?" Okamura Ninji said dissatisfiedly.

"General, we give up Yaoshan and Wangdu Mountain, and the troops can shrink to the periphery of Qingdu to build field positions, as long as the forward of the Zhina is stationed in the two mountains, then the first division and the chariot division of our Kwantung Army will immediately detour behind the two mountains and cut off their connection with the main force of the Reading Army, so I am afraid that these Zhina people can only ask Zhang Mingyu for help! So that the big fish can take the bait. Naosaburo Okabe explained.

After listening to Okabe Naosaburo's analysis, Okamura Ninji nodded again and again: "To the west, Okabe-kun, your idea is very wonderful, but can the Kwantung Army arrive in Baoding or even Qingdu in time?" ”

"General, please forgive me for this, I beg your pardon for sending a telegram to General Umezu Mijiro last night, requesting that the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army do not have to stop at Beiping Station, and the train will go directly to Baoding, and in one day at most, the first batch of reinforcements of the Kwantung Army will be able to reach Qingdu on time, with this 100,000 army, let alone surround a small force of less than 2,000 people, even if the main force of the Reading Force arrives, the Humble Army is also determined to fight with them!" Naosaburo Okabe stood up abruptly and bowed his head.

"Okabe-kun, you did the right thing, but before the follow-up corps of the Kwantung Army arrives, don't fight the main force of the Reading Army! You can send the 4th Division to block the retreat of the vanguard of China, and the remaining two divisions will immediately block the main force of China on the periphery, just attract it around Gyeongdu, and as soon as the main force of the Kwantung Army arrives, you can annihilate them in one fell swoop! Okamura Ninji also stood up and said.

"Hay! The general is wise! Go for it now! Okabe Naosaburo bowed his head abruptly, and then gladly took the order.

(To be continued)