On the second day after Han Yunhua's troops were stationed in Guyuan County, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's Jidong Defense Command, received information that Han Yunhua's troops were heading east into Jidong. As the commander of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Toji Yasui also had a very high level of strategy and tactics. He soon judged that this was the prelude to a large-scale battle launched by the Chinese army, and although the intelligence department of the Second Division had only detected a large number of Chinese troops stationed in Guyuan County, the number of which had not yet been counted, but it seemed that the minimum number was more than 3,000. However, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji did not believe that the Chinese army would only send these 3,000 men eastward for no reason, knowing that the second division and part of the fourth division, the most elite of the Japanese army, were stationed in eastern Hebei. To put it bluntly, these 3,000 troops can only be a dish in eastern Hebei, so Lieutenant General Yasui Toji is very sure that Han Yunhua's department must have a follow-up plan.

However, at this time, the embarrassing position of the Second Division came to the fore, and the Second Division, which was originally subordinate to the Kwantung Army, was now stationed on the territory of the North China Front, which was completely different. If it sounds good, it is called left and right, and if it is not good, it is that the rats in the bellows are angry at both ends. The Kwantung Army Command believed that the 2nd Division was now helping the North China Front, which had suffered heavy losses, to garrison the occupied area, so all the attrition of the 2nd Division should be borne by the North China Front. However, the North China Front Army believed that everyone was the elite army of the Imperial Japanese Army, and they were all loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, so they did not distinguish between them. And this does not distinguish between each other, which means that yours is still yours, since the second division is subordinate to the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army, then the supply of the second division should be solved by the Kwantung Army Command. As for how the big guys above are playing, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji doesn't know, and he can't participate, he is now an unlucky guy who thinks he's unlucky, Yasui Fujiji is a native of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University. He served as an instructor at the Army University, chief of the Mobilization Division of the Maintenance Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Wing, chief of the War History Section of the General Staff Headquarters, commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade, and chief of staff of the Tokyo Garrison. In 1937, he served as the commander of the Fifth Independent Garrison of the Japanese Army in North Manchuria, commanding the suppression of the anti-Japanese movement in North Manchuria. In November 1938, he succeeded Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji as the commander of the Second Division, and the troops were stationed in Mudanjiang, engaged in combat preparations against the Soviet Union and the suppression of the anti-Japanese movement. However, due to the sabotage of Han Yunhua's subordinates, the puppet regime and economy in eastern Hebei were seriously damaged. However, the North China Front is overstretched, and it is necessary to prepare for the Battle of Wuhan, so please transfer the Second Division of the Kwantung Army to the south to assist the North China Front Army Headquarters in garrisoning eastern Hebei.

It should have been a great joy in life to be promoted from the commander of an independent garrison at the level of a brigade commander to the commander of a lieutenant general division, but due to the geographical location and situation in eastern Hebei, the second division suddenly became a father who did not love his mother, and Lieutenant General Yasui Toji was often reprimanded by the bigwigs on both sides. Coupled with the elusive attack of Li Dingguo's subordinates, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji was about to go crazy. Lieutenant General Yasui Toji had already heard of the Baosen Division, which was "entrenched" in Qianxi County, and had sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, although it had also achieved considerable results, but whenever the battle was at its most critical, there was always chaos in the rear, either the arsenal in this place was blown up or the transport brigade was intercepted. But Yasui Toji did it with someone I don't know, and in the end, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji also understood. There is also a mysterious Chinese resistance force active in the eastern Hebei region, the number of which is unknown, but at most an elite force of more than 3,000 people was dispatched to attack a Japanese transport brigade. And that mysterious resistance force also has a strong connection with the Bao Sen Department in Qianxi County, as long as one side is attacked, the other side will surround Wei to save Zhao and find trouble with the Japanese army. In addition, Bao Sen's department is generally stationed in the mountains, which is very troublesome to find, so Lieutenant General Yasui Toji had no choice but to acquiesce in the existence of these two anti-Japanese armed forces.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Yasui Fujiji also has his own considerations, and now he understands the thoughts of the bigwigs on both sides, it is not who values those rations, but the bigwigs of the two systems are fighting for face. The Kwantung Army Command thinks it's already good that I send someone to help you work, why should I provide money and food supplies? Then I'm purely cheap. The North China Front Army thinks about it this way, it also belongs to the battle sequence of the Great Japanese Army, and if you come to Jidong to garrison it, it is an order of the military department, and it is your obligation to fulfill it as a matter of course. The birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the reason for the lackey cooking Yasui Fujiji also understands that if there is no resistance force, the position of his second division will be even more awkward, so he will allow the existence of Bao Sen's department, after all, in that environment, the second division must wholeheartedly clean up Bao Sen's department, and there is absolutely no chance for Bao Sen's department to grow and develop. ,

For the sake of insurance, Han Yunhua deliberately handed over the independent mixed Eighth Brigade, one of the three main forces in the military region, to the command of Master Chen, and at the same time handed over the mechanized brigade and artillery brigade of the reorganized 300th Division to Master Chen for transfer. At this time, Master Chen has more hole cards in his hand, but the task given to Master Chen by Han Yunhua is also very heavy - to occupy Chengde.

Last time, it was just a robbery of Chengde and no intention of permanent occupation, but this time it was different, Han Yunhua's troops could only expand to the east and south if they wanted to expand their territory. To the west, it is the territory of the Jin Sui Army, and it is also the territory of the 35th Army of Commander Fu, and to the north, it will enter the pastoral area, and the consistent practice of the Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is not to conflict with ethnic minorities, so if Han Yunhua's department wants to develop, it can only fight the attention of the Japanese army. And Jidong is the Japanese occupation area closest to the hinterland of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the most important thing is that Jidong is a natural granary and pasture, which is much more meaningful than occupying Datong, so this time Han Yunhua ordered Master Chen to take Chengde and prepare for permanent occupation.

At the Kangbao Frontline Command, Master Chen, Li Dayong, Political Commissar of the 77th Independent Division Wang Yuanhua, Commander of the 88th Regiment Jiang Mingyuan, Commander of the 99th Regiment Zhang Mingming, Commander of the 100th Regiment Li Jinlong, Commander of the Cavalry Regiment Yang Hu), Commander of the Fire Support Regiment Dong Mengguo, Political Commissar of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade Yang Guohua, Chief of Staff Liu Rui, Commander of the First Independent Regiment Tong Jiayong, Commander of the Second Independent Regiment Yang Hao, Commander of the Cavalry Regiment Wan Shounian, Jia Wenhui of the Engineer Regiment, Zhang Guoqiang, Commander of the Artillery Regiment, and Xu Zhiguo, Commander of the Fire Support Regiment, were holding an operational meeting.

"It has been figured out that there are a total of four troops stationed in eastern Hebei, the first is the second division of the Kwantung Army, and we are no strangers to the second division. The predecessor of the 2nd Division was Sendai Zhentai (also known as Tohoku Zhentai), which was established in January 1873 with the headquarters in Sendai and the second headquarters (branch) in Aomori. It is one of the first six divisions established in Japan, and it is also one of the few first-class divisions in the Japanese army at present, and the combat effectiveness of the second division is called the two most effective divisions in Japan along with the sixth division that caused the Nanjing Massacre, and even the fifth division of completely mechanized combat cannot be compared. During the First Sino-Japanese War, the Second Division participated in the Weihaiwei Siege. During the Russo-Japanese War, Kuroki was the first army of General Zhen, and fought in Jiuliancheng, Liaoyang, Shahe and Mukden. The most well-known thing about the Second Division is that after it was transferred to Manchuria in the summer of 1931, it organized, planned, and executed the September 18 Incident that shocked China and the rest of the world. As the fuse of the 918 Incident, the 2nd Division attacked the Northeast Army's Beidaying in Mukden as the main force, and then moved to Changchun, Jilin, Qiqihar and Harbin. In 1933, he was temporarily sent back to China for reorganization. In April 1937, he was sent to Manchuria again and stationed in the Songhua River area centered on Harbin. The 77 Incident broke out, and the 16th Infantry Wing of the 2nd Division was transferred to participate in the Chahar operation and the Battle of Xuzhou. Not long ago, he was transferred to eastern Hebei by the Japanese military headquarters, but only two infantry wings, a cavalry wing, and a chariot brigade were transferred to eastern Hebei, and not all of the second division. The second is also our old friend, the Fourth Division of the Kwantung Army, and everyone knows what the Fourth Division is, according to the telegram sent by the underground party comrades in the eastern Hebei region, this time the Fourth Division only sent the strength of a brigade, and of course there is also a tank brigade. However, the location where the troops of the Fourth Division were stationed was a little far away from our army, and we could not fight that place in Qinhuangdao for the time being. Speaking of this, Master Chen looked at the other officers present with regret, and saw that everyone was also full of disappointment, so he didn't say anything anymore. Han Yunhua of the Fourth Division had been "fond of it for a long time"; after the last time a complete infantry wing of the Fourth Division was annihilated in Chifeng and a major general's brigade commander was killed, Han Yunhua sent all the information of the Fourth Division to the brigades, and ordered the military commanders of the brigades and regiments to pay special attention to this Japanese unit. Of course, there is a certain reason why the Fourth Division is so despised by Han Yunhua, and Han Yunhua, the name of the Merchant Division, has long heard of it.

Master Chen slowed down, took a few sips and continued: "Everyone knows what the Fourth Division is, of course, the Japanese army is also very clear, soft persimmons like this have to be protected, if we pinch it, then where will the Japanese emperor's face be left hahaha" As soon as Master Chen finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

"Commander, where are the remaining two defenders, you better hurry up, Lao Li, I can't wait now. The first two Japanese defenders were famous, and the third and fourth defenders were not unknown. The reason why Li Dayong called Master Chen the commander is because Chen Geng's official position is now the commander of the eastward expansion column of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the commander of the independent 77th Division.