After Liu Cheng finished reading, everyone was excited, although he was a major general, he was a general anyway.

Zhang Mingyu waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Brothers, first of all, congratulations on your promotion to major general, from now on you are also a member of the national political axe general, I have asked the clothing factory to help you order a major general uniform overnight, at most tomorrow can be made." Then you'll be able to change your outfits. ”

"Thank you, Soza!" Everyone burst into laughter.

"Don't thank me! At this time, the honor you deserve is the honor given to you by the state and the nation, and I hope that you will continue to make meritorious contributions to the nation and the country in the future. Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

"Total seat! Just give the order! The brothers have been idle for so long, and they will soon run out of guns without shooting for a long time! Lai San, the commander of the third division, said with a smile.

"I've already decided, the army will go out in three days! You have a light meal here today, and then I will ask the air force to send you back, straighten out the troops and horses, and go with me in three days! This time, we must recover Pingjin and drive Yue Kou out of the pass! Zhang Mingyu Top Gun said.

"Yes!" The crowd rose to their feet and made a promise.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded slightly, then turned to Liu Cheng behind him and said, "Chief of Staff, inform the cooking class to serve the food!" ”

"Hmmm! Okay! Liu Cheng nodded in response, then turned around and left, walking towards the cooking class.

After a while, the leader of the cooking class served the soldiers' favorite stewed pork and all kinds of exquisite stir-fries, and now Zhang Mingyu's cooking class is not the previous cooking class, and the chefs in the cooking class are all famous chefs in Taiyuan Restaurant.

After all, the 42nd Group Army, regardless of its strength and financial resources, is no longer the original Reading Group, with the backing of American companies, Zhang Mingyu's finances can be said to be extremely rich, and every time a soldier of the 42nd Group Army fires a bullet and an artillery shell, the US account has US dollars that can buy 10 shells and 100 bullets into the account.

So now, the soldiers of the 42nd Army don't have to worry about ammunition when fighting the devils, and they can pour ammunition at Xiaoyuben to their heart's content.

As soon as the food was served, there was a sound of gobbling and shouting.

Zhang Mingyu also rarely rose, picked up the wine bowl and clinked glasses with everyone one by one.

The meal was eaten for more than three hours, and although some of them were already drunk and couldn't get up, Zhang Mingyu still ordered the soldiers to put them all on the plane and then transport them back to their respective stations.

At present, the number of transport planes in the 42nd Group Army has reached more than 20, and it only takes one trip to be able to send all its cadres and generals back to their respective stations.

After sending everyone away, Zhang Mingyu felt a feeling of dizziness rushing to his head, and muttered: "Damn, I'm drunk." As soon as he spoke, he fainted in front of him.

Seeing this, Du Feng, the commander of the guard company, hurriedly said loudly: "Oh no, the general seat has fainted..."

……… Three days later, Zhang Mingyu led the guard regiment, the first brigade and the second brigade of the second division. A regiment of the cavalry brigade, totaling more than 30,000 people, swung north, passed through the Taihang Mountains, and went east out of Jingcheng Pass to meet the main force of the first division stationed in Shimen.

When Zhang Mingyu personally led the forward troops to arrive at Jingcheng County, the armored division was also rested and replenished, and was ordered to dispatch as a whole, and the torrent of rolling iron armor swarmed in.

At the same time, other units of the 42nd Group Army were also dispatched one after another, and in accordance with Zhang Mingyu's prior arrangement, Lai San led the main force of the 3rd Infantry Division to the north from Suiyuan, the main force of the 4th Infantry Division set out from Datong to advance eastward, and the troops of the 3rd Division marched to Baoding by two routes.

The air force is deployed at Datong and Taiyuan airports to provide air fire support for the two armies respectively!

After Zhang Mingyu led the army to Shimen, he immediately joined the first division and went north through Shimen to attack Cangzhou, and finally the two armies joined the city of Beiping.

Of course, this was just Zhang Mingyu's assumption, and in front of them, the army had already laid a heavy defensive line, waiting for their attack.

Straight to the point.

Zhang Mingyu personally led the army to set off, and ordered the guard regiment to be the pioneer, after three months of intense training, the new recruits of the guard regiment were excited to finally be able to go to the battlefield.

On July 29, the 30th year of the Republic of China, the vanguard of the guard regiment arrived at Jingcheng County. Subsequently, the main force of the guard regiment was stationed in Jingcheng County.

Originally, a company and two battalions of militia of the First Division were stationed in Jingcheng County, plus more than 3,000 people from the guard regiment.

Xu Wen, who had been promoted to the commander of the guard regiment, wore a school uniform, and most of them walked into Jingcheng County, surrounded by several regimental staff officers and battalion commanders.

Hearing the arrival of the [***] army, the people of Jingcheng County rushed out of their homes to see the [***] style, only to see a group of [***] soldiers with loaded guns, neat uniforms, and mighty military appearance on the street lined up in a tense and orderly queue into the city.

This simple ceremony of entering the city was made by Zhang Mingyu to signal Xu Wen, the purpose of which was to warn those military agents and plainclothes who were lurking in the Guotong area, [***] set off.

This is a kind of force, a show off, and a kind of military deterrence.

Zhang Mingyu did not plan to march covertly this time, no matter how you concealed the march of the hundreds of thousands of troops, it would never be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the army.

Feeling the majesty of the soldiers, a young student in the crowd shouted excitedly: "Long live the Chinese nation!" Long live the Chinese nation! Down with the Empire of this Empire attention! ”

Every citizen present was infected and shouted: "Long live the Chinese nation!" Long live the Chinese nation! Down with imperialism! ”

The exciting slogans spread ten to hundreds, and finally the entire Jingcheng County military and civilians roared in unison, and the inspiring shouts resounded for ten miles.

Some of the army spies and plainclothes people who were hiding in the corner and secretly observing were scared.

In the evening, Zhang Mingyu arrived with a large army, and the armored division did not stop, and went straight to Shimen.

Zhang Mingyu stayed in Jingcheng County for one night, after all, he was extremely tired after a day's car.

Zhang Biao, deputy commander-in-chief of the 42nd Group Army, commander of the Shimen garrison, personally went out of the city to greet him, and the army was stationed outside Shimen, while Zhang Mingyu led the guard regiment into the city.

The purpose of stopping at Shimen for a while was to let the troops rest and recuperate, after all, even the continuous march in the future, the physical exertion of the officers and soldiers was a lot, and Zhang Mingyu also had to discuss with Zhang Biao and others about the specific battle plan for the next step.

…………… Beiping, Cuimingzhuang.

Nanzao Yunzi, the head of the army's secret service in Beiping, held the document in his hand, and hurriedly walked into Okamura Ningji's room, since the last time the two of them had "close" contact, Nanzao Yunzi has become much bolder when no one is around.

I often do that with him in Okamura Ninji's office, but today Nanzo Yunzi changed his normal behavior, and after entering Okamura Ninji's room, he suddenly retracted his feet and said, "General, it's not good!" ”

"Huh?" Seeing that Nanzao Yunzi's face was wrong, Okamura Ninji immediately realized that something might have happened, and hurriedly asked, "Miss Yunzi, what's the situation?" ”

"General! According to reliable information, Zhang Mingyu acted. "Nanzao Yunzi Road.

"Oh? What should come is always coming, this Zhang Mingyu is too fast! Okamura Ninji seemed to be talking to himself.

Immediately, he said to Nanzao Yunzi: "Miss Yunzi, please report the current whereabouts of the 42nd Group Army." ”

"Hay!" Nanzao Yunzi bowed his head suddenly, and immediately opened the document in his hand and said: "According to our report, the Reading Li Army used a total of about four infantry divisions this time, and the total army marched in two ways, and the two infantry divisions on the western front attacked Baoding in two ways, and the two divisions in Taiyuan have completed the assembly in Shimen, and it is estimated that the next step will be to launch an attack on the defense line in our Cangzhou area,"

"Oh! The 24th Division and the 26th Division were ordered to assemble immediately and rush to the aid of Cangzhou. The 4th to 9th Reading Power Mixed Brigade immediately set off for Baoding to meet the Zhina Army! "Due to the last Battle of Keito, one of the ten divisions brought out by Umezu Mijiro's Kwantung Army was completely annihilated, three were heavily damaged, and there was also a need to guard against the Soviet side, so the various units of the Kwantung Army had withdrawn to the northeast last month.

At this time, Okamura Ninji only had three divisions and eight mixed brigades in his hands, plus some garrison troops, and the strength in his hands was about 200,000, plus the puppet army, there should be more than 400,000 people.

But the combat effectiveness of those puppet armies is negligible, especially when they faced the 42nd Group Army led by Zhang Mingyu, they almost surrendered without firing a single shot.

It's no wonder that those puppet soldiers said to themselves: Taijun can't beat [***], and we can't do it, we can't let our brothers die in vain.

Therefore, at this time, the strength in Okamura Ningji's hands was comparable to Zhang Mingyu, and among the 200,000 troops, there were only 150,000 front-line combat troops at most, and the rest of the personnel were all logistics troops such as engineers and baggage.

The combat effectiveness of these devils is far from that of the regular army of devils. Compared with Zhang Mingyu's 42nd Group Army, it is much better, they are fighting on their own territory and have the support of their own people, so the logistics only need to send a small number of troops to be responsible for guarding and escorting.

When the people in the Shanxi and Hebei regions heard that [***] was waving their troops to the north, they put down their hoes at home and rushed to carry materials dozens or even hundreds of miles away.

Therefore, the dependence on logistics is very small, on the other hand, the army can't help but carry it by itself, and also send a large number of troops to escort it along the way, otherwise it will often be harassed and even attacked by the anti-Japanese armed forces on the road!

After adjusting the deployment, Okamura Ningji said to Nanzao Yunzi again: "Miss Yunzi, you go and arrange it, I will move the headquarters to Cangzhou!" ”

"General! It's too dangerous to do this, Cangzhou will soon become a battlefield, please think twice! Nanzao Yunzi hurriedly persuaded.

"Miss Yunzi, you don't understand, this may be the final battle between me and Zhang Mingyu, I must go to the front line to command the imperial army to fight!" Okamura Ninji waved his hand.

"Hay! The lowly duty understands, and the lowly duty will arrange it immediately! Nanzao Yunzi bowed his head suddenly, and immediately turned around and strode away.

…………… Shimen, inside the headquarters of the 1st Division.

Zhang Mingyu, Zhang Biao, Ling Tianbao and others gathered together, and several people stood on the edge of the simulated sand table, only to see that the sand table was full of small blue flags representing [***] and small white flags representing the army.

The two colored flags confronted each other. At this time, Chief of Staff Liu Cheng picked up the command pole and pointed to the sand table and said: "At present, the army has deployed two and a half brigades and regiments on the front line of Cangzhou, with a total of more than 20,000 people, and there are also two divisions of the puppet North China Public Security Army, nearly 20,000 people. ”

"That's 40,000 troops? There are really a lot of fucking people. Ling Tianbao gasped.

"I'm afraid it's not all, after learning about our actions, Okamura Ningji, an old devil, will definitely mobilize troops to reinforce the Cangzhou defense line." Zhang Mingyu said indifferently.

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Not only that, but the army has built a large number of pillboxes and turrets in the surrounding counties and towns around Cangzhou, forming a huge defensive circle.

"The devil's turrets and pillboxes are not a problem, tank regiments can destroy them by going up and bombarding him with a few artillery or using direct-fire mortars. That's not a cause for concern! Zhang Biao said confidently.

"Alright, let's discuss the specific battle plan." Zhang Mingyu said as he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, spitting out a thick flue.

"Commander, I think that if we want to attack Cangzhou in two ways, our troops will be too scattered. It is better for us to concentrate our forces and only attack one road, and arrange a small number of troops on the road from Xingtang to Cangzhou, pretending to be the main force, and often disturb the devils, so that they dare not take it lightly.

As long as we break through the outer defensive circle of the Japanese army, we can take the armored troops as the forefront, and then drive straight into the depths of the Japanese army's defense, forcing the forward troops of the Japanese army to come back to help, and then our main force has pressed forward. ”

"Hmmm! That's a good idea! It is indeed more difficult to fight a battle with scattered troops, especially now that the army has built so many pillboxes, turrets, and blockade lines on the periphery, it is very difficult for our small units to successfully infiltrate into and penetrate deep behind enemy lines. Zhang Biao nodded in agreement.

"But what about the regiment that takes the lead this time?" Ling Tianbao looked at Zhang Mingyu suspiciously.

Zhang Mingyu thought for a while and said: "This time, let the guard regiment go up, it's time for them to see blood." ”

"General seat, the guard regiment has just become an army, is it better to change the main regiment to go up, and when the overall situation has been decided, let them follow behind to chase the devil and rout the army, this time the lead is destined to be a tough battle. I'm afraid the guard regiment won't be up to the task! Zhang Biao disagreed.

"I believe that the guard regiment will definitely be competent, this is just the beginning, if the guard regiment can't even fight such a battle, then what is the ace regiment, what is it called a fist unit. Just go to the cooking class and carry the cauldron. What I didn't say, it's on the guard regiment! Chief of Staff, you immediately go and give combat orders to the guard regiments, so that they are ready for battle in half an hour and ready to go at any time! Zhang Mingyu said with a final word.

"Yes! I'll do it right away! Liu Cheng stood upright, and immediately happily took the order.

(To be continued)