The shouting outside continued to repeat, Rao was minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius, and Liu Yanchun's forehead was still overflowing with cold sweat.

The adjutant was also so frightened that his legs trembled a little, and asked in a low voice: "Brigade, let, what should we do?" ”

"Damn, I really can't figure out how Chairman Tang could give such a bastard order!" Liu Yanchun was puzzled and extremely angry.

"Brigade seat, now is not the time to blame Chairman Tang, let's make a decision quickly, otherwise, look at those tanks outside the city, the artillery is much larger than the previous tanks of our Northeast Army, this is going to open fire, and the entire Lingyuan will have to be razed to the ground!" The adjutant said in shock.

At this time, the shouting outside the city became more and more severe: "Friendly troops of the 108th Brigade, half an hour is almost up, if you refuse to carry out Chairman Tang's order, we will open fire." ”

"Don't fire, don't fire, Lao Tzu obeys Chairman Tang's orders." Liu Yanchun gritted his teeth and hurriedly stood up from under the battlement wall and waved his hand.

"Open the city gates, everyone assembles outside the city, and all the weapons and equipment are thrown together." Liu Jianguo was a little excited and snatched the simple shouting microphone from the hands of his shouting subordinates.

Half an hour later, Liu Yanchun's brigade headquarters and a regiment, totaling more than 5,000 people, became the "prisoners" of the reading division.

Liu Jianguo divided his troops into one part and went to Jianping County, northeast of Lingshui, to concoct the same method, and incorporated all the other regiments under Liu Yanchun's department.

Subsequently, a cavalry regiment and a battalion of the motorized infantry regiment used motorcycles and military trucks of the motorized infantry regiment to take away Liu Yanchun's two regiments and brigade headquarters, totaling more than 8,000 people, and transport them back to the Tongliao base area.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 4th Division of the Japanese Army was reinforced by the 7th Division, and the main force marched forward to Pingquan County.

Zhang Xinghan transferred back the tank regiment and the motorized infantry regiment to concoct the 106th Brigade in Longhua in the same way, but unfortunately, Zhang Congyun, the commander of the 106th Brigade, had already made contact with Tang Yulin, who had withdrawn to Shuangluan.

Naturally, he would not be fooled, just as Zhang Xinghan was about to order Liu Jianguo to "knock and beat" Zhang Congyun in order to force them out of the city to accept the incorporation.

The cavalry and air scouts brought back the news that the army had arrived in Pingquan.

In order not to cause a fight with Tang Yulin's subordinates for the time being, so as not to force them to take refuge in himself as Han Annihilation.

Zhang Xinghan ordered Liu Jianguo to withdraw his troops, and at the same time ordered the air force to fly to Pingquan to carry out bombing and air raids on the Yue army.

At the same time, Song Zheyuan's 29th Army and Sun Dianying's 40th Division rushed to Rehe one after another.

Sun Dianying's arrival was beyond Zhang Xinghan's expectations, but he was relieved to think that the only shining point in Sun's life in history was his good performance in the 32-year Rehe Anti-Japanese War.

This capricious guy didn't really come for the so-called national righteousness, but for the sake of prestige in order to make a comeback.

He wants to use the name of resistance to earn a reputation for himself, and at the same time, he is also suspected of fishing in troubled waters.

Whether it was Song Zheyuan or Sun Dianying, they must have learned the news that Tang Yulin fled without a fight, and they all wanted to take the opportunity to pick some "peaches".

However, when the two learned that Zhang Xinghan had led his troops into Chengde, their hearts were half cold, and everyone knew each other's intentions.

Sun Dianying led his troops into the Chifeng area and did not advance, and Song Zheyuan's troops also stayed near Ningcheng and took a wait-and-see attitude.

At the same time, news came from the Tongliao base area that the four divisions of the Chinese army had launched an attack on Tongliao from two directions.

Huang Xiansheng and Zhao Zhenfan, Wang Yizhe and others led their troops to resist.

In view of the situation, Zhang Xinghan led his troops to quietly leave Chengde that night and advance towards Pingquan.

He wanted to defeat the Yue army as soon as possible, thwart its conspiracy to occupy Rehe, and then return to Tongliao as soon as possible.

Zhang Xinghan knows that now the situation in Rehe has undergone strange changes because of his arrival, and it is only most appropriate for him to temporarily withdraw and let Song Zheyuan, Sun Dianying, the Northwest Army and Tang Yulin's Northeast Army and himself go to fight a defeat.

Because he had already incorporated a brigade that swallowed Tang Yulin, Zhang Xinghan was already worth the trip.

However, before leaving, Zhang Xinghan still had to give himself some color, so as not to make it too disparity with the strength of the local Chinese miscellaneous army in the Rehe area, so that they could maintain a certain balance and consume each other.

Another reason that prompted Zhang Xinghan to return quickly was that the army began to attack the base area on a large scale.

Jiang Baili suggested to him that it was entirely possible to take advantage of the army's current offensive, rely on the favorable terrain and existing positions, and let all divisions and regiments take turns to participate in the battle, and make use of this actual combat training and training of troops.

However, just in case, Zhang Xinghan had to bring the tank regiment back, which also happened to achieve the purpose of watching the situation on the wall and finally reaping the benefits of the fisherman.

At 12 o'clock in the morning that night, Zhang Xinghan led the tank regiment, the 1st motorized infantry regiment (owed 1 battalion), and the cavalry regiment (owed 1 battalion) to Pingquan in a rapid march.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, with 100 No. 4 tanks as the main assault force, they launched a surprise attack on the 4th Division of the Chinese Army.

A torrent of steel composed of 100 tanks easily broke into the Japanese position, and the tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns caused all the Japanese troops to be shot and fell to the ground wherever the tanks went.

Thousands of officers and men of the cavalry and the 1st Motorized Infantry Regiment took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and the 4th Division, a merchant division from Osaka, was routed in less than an hour.

Li Zhenyuan and Sabuli led the tank regiment and cavalry in relentless pursuit, and pursued until dawn, when the 4th Division was bleeding like a river, and the dead and wounded stopped the pursuit, quickly withdrew to Pingquan, and then withdrew in the direction of Tongliao under the leadership of Zhang Xinghan.

When the air force heard the news and rushed to reinforcements, Zhang Xinghan's headquarters was nowhere to be found.

After the 4th Division was defeated, the army's attack on Rehe was immediately interrupted, and the remnants of the 4th Division were temporarily stationed in the vicinity of Qinglong County with the 7th Division.

At the same time that Zhang Xinghan led his troops back to the base area, thousands of miles away in Shanghai, a conspiracy directed and acted by Yue himself began to be carried out two days ago.

Two days earlier, on April 5, Agent had instigated several monks to have an argument with the workers' volunteers of the Shanghai Sanyou Industrial Company, and a fight broke out between the two sides.

Agent Yuben secretly instructed some Han soldiers to mingle among the workers, and took the opportunity to seriously injure several monks of Yueben.

Later, when it was announced that a monk had been killed, he used this as an excuse to put pressure on the authorities in Shanghai, China, and instructed the young expatriates in Shanghai to burn down the Sanyou Industrial Company at night.

and slashed to death the three Chinese policemen who rushed to hear the news.

On April 6, he gathered thousands of people to hold a demonstration in Shanghai, strongly demanding the intervention of the Marines and the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai.

It is said that the consul general in Shanghai, military attache Murai Aomatsu, made four unreasonable demands to the mayor of Shanghai: an apology, punishment of the culprits, compensation, and dissolution of the anti-Japanese organizations.

At the same time, Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the 1st Foreign Fleet of the Japanese Navy stationed in the waters off Shanghai, issued a threatening statement, stepping up preparations for war on the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese, and began to transfer troops from his own country to Shanghai.

The war in Shanghai was on the verge of breaking out.

At this time, almost three months had passed since the Battle of Tongliao, and the five divisions and regiments of the Japanese army that had been transferred back to China had already been reorganized and replenished after suffering heavy losses in the Battle of Tongliao.

In order to provoke a war in Shanghai and respond to the actions of the Kwantung Army in the north, he transferred the 9th Division (after reorganization), which had suffered the smallest losses in the Battle of Tongliao, and sent the 3rd Naval Fleet to Shanghai to increase troops.

…………………… Tongliao Northeast New Army Base Area.

Zhang Xinghan led his troops to return to Tongliao on 7 April, and by this time the various units of the New Army had already engaged in fierce battles with the Yue army in the Qinglong Mountain, Turji Mountain, and Qinghe area.

In addition to the three divisions storming Qinglong Mountain, the 10th Division of the Yue Army set out from Shuangliao and launched an attack east of Tongliao along the Turji Mountain and the Qinghe River Valley.

However, due to the mountains and rivers and dense woods here, the attack of the 10th Division of the Chinese Army was not smooth, and a regiment of the 1st Mobu Division, with the cooperation of the Air Force, relied on the favorable terrain to block the 10th Division on the line at the northern foot of the Turji Mountain.

After learning in detail about the general situation of the various armies, Jiang Baili immediately suggested to Zhang Xinghan: "Division, of the two armies, only the 10th Division on the East Road is the weakest, I think we can concentrate superior forces, use armored brigades and cavalry regiments to form assault troops, adopt frontal assault, outflank tactics, and strive to eat this 10th Division." ”

"However, because the recruits of the armored brigade have not yet completed their patrols, the armored air defense regiment is basically unable to participate in the battle, and the mountainous terrain of the Turji Mountains is not conducive to the mobile operation of our armored troops, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve the expected results." Zhang Xinghan said with some hesitation.

While the two were discussing, a signal soldier suddenly ran in in a hurry, saluted Zhang Xinghan and the others and reported: "Commander, I just got the news that the Marine Corps suddenly launched an attack on our 19th Route Army in Zhabei of Shanghai a few hours ago, and General Cai Tingkai, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, has issued a statement on the War of Resistance, swearing to defend Shanghai and defend Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou!" At present, the 78th Division stationed in Shanghai has already exchanged fire with Yue himself. ”

"What? Did the army attack Shanghai? Including Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng, everyone was taken aback when they heard this.

Zhang Xinghan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then understood that this was an incident deliberately provoked by himself in order to cover the invasion and occupation of Manchuria by the Kwantung Army.

Although the Shanghai incident happened three months later than in history because of his arrival, it still happened.

Huang Xiansheng waved his hand to the signal soldier to signal him to leave, and after the signal soldier saluted, he turned around and left.

Huang Xiansheng looked at Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili and asked, "Commander, chief of staff, what do you think about this?" ”

Zhang Xinghan didn't speak, but Jiang Baili smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I won't really invade Shanghai, let alone Nanjing, if they really move the strategic center of gravity to the south, strategically speaking, the harm is far lower than the policy of the army to invade and occupy Manchuria and encroach on North China."

In a word, China is not afraid of swallowing, but afraid of encroachment. ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully, it seems that Jiang Baili already has a clear strategic plan for the war that may break out between China and China at this time.

"The most pressing task at the moment is to take advantage of this rare opportunity in actual combat to use the actual combat of defensive warfare to temper all units of our new army, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible, and order all regiments to take turns to go into battle and train troops in actual combat! No one is allowed to attack without my orders. Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered.

"Yes!" Although Huang Xiansheng and the others were confused and didn't understand the meaning of what Jiang Baili said just now, they hurriedly agreed in unison.

(To be continued)