Jingcheng County, Reading Force Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Liu Cheng took the call from the front line, and after nodding his head again and again, he hung up the phone with a snap, turned around excitedly, and said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, good news!" The first regiment successfully captured Dujiazhuang, and completely annihilated the three infantry brigades of the defenders and a motorized infantry squadron, totaling more than 4,000 people. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly: "Niu Tiangui, this kid, didn't disappoint me. ”

"Huh! In addition, the second and third regiments have also broken through the devil's block, and now our three main regiments have all pressed towards the stone gate, and surrounded the stone gate on three sides! Liu Cheng smiled slightly.

"Good! Tell Niu Tiangui, Wang Renjie, and Li Shisan that each regiment will rest for one night for the time being, and launch a general attack on Shimen in the Ming Dynasty, and strive to take Shimen in one fell swoop! Zhang Mingyu clapped his hands and applauded.

"Junzuo, why attack tomorrow, so that the devils of Shimen are likely to escape from Shimen along the Shiding Railway and flee to Zhengding, Baoding and other places." Liu Cheng said puzzled.

Zhang Mingyu fell into deep thought when he heard this, originally he wanted the soldiers of the three regiments to rest for one night to recuperate and regain their strength, after all, even the regiments have been fighting non-stop, and the physical strength of the officers and soldiers is in urgent need of recovery.

But what Liu Cheng said is not reasonable, in case the devil really abandons the city and flees, then even if he gets Shimen, it is also an empty city, there are nearly a million devils in China, and he can still kill one by one, and the primary goal is to destroy his living force, and to seize the city and land is secondary.

Because this is China, no matter where Zhang Mingyu takes the Reading Army, there is a mass base, and this is the advantage of local warfare.

"Otherwise, all regiments will rest on the spot, and I will send Li Gang to lead the guard battalion to attack Zhengding overnight to cut off the devil's retreat!" After Zhang Mingyu thought about it, he said to Liu Cheng.

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded approvingly and said, "This matter must be fast!" Otherwise, the devil is likely to escape at night! ”

"Hmmm! That's it! Zhang Mingyu turned around and shouted outside: "Li Gang! ”

"Yes!" Li Gang, the commander of the guard battalion, said loudly with a burly figure.

"Battalion Commander Li! Now I order you to take the guard battalion to quickly bypass the stone gate, rush to Zhengding County, and cut off the devil's retreat! Zhang Mingyu said coldly.

"Rest assured! Mission completion guaranteed! Li Gang snapped forward and stood upright.

"Go ahead! Stay safe! Liu Cheng patted Li Gang on the shoulder and said.

"Yes!" After Li Gang saluted Zhang Mingyu and Liu Cheng one by one, he immediately turned around and left.

Beiping, the headquarters of the Northern Group Army.

Okamura Ninji was personally signing the telegram, and he was going to send this telegram to the Kwantung Army, which was a member of the former Kwantung Army and now the Northern Army. Due to the arrival of Zhang Mingyu, although history was adapted and the rule of the Yue army in North China was subverted, at this time, the army stationed in Manchukuo (the four northeastern provinces of China) still reached an astonishing more than 800,000, plus the puppet Manchu army, the total strength should be about 1.1 million, although there is a gap with the original history of 1.2 million, but the gap is not large.

The reason why he did not mobilize the Kwantung Army to enter the war was mainly to keep the Kwantung Army to guard against the Soviet Union's Far Eastern Red Army, and even when the war situation in Shanxi was critical, he did not mobilize a single soldier of the Kwantung Army.

The Kwantung Army is now only a member of the Northern Group, and as the commander of the Northern Group, Okamura Ninji presented the pros and cons of the Kwantung Army to the base camp, and finally prompted the base camp to agree to transfer the Kwantung Army into the pass to participate in the war!

Okamura Ninji said in a telegram to the base camp: "Okamura believes that if the Kwantung Army is not mobilized into the pass, it will be almost impossible to resist the Reading Army in Hebei and Shandong with the current strength of the Imperial Army in North China, and the worst result is that the Imperial Army may lose Hebei and even Pingjin. ”

After careful consideration, the base camp decided to agree to Okamura Ningji's request to transfer the Kwantung Army into the customs three days ago, and another reason for the base camp to be willing to take the risk of mobilizing the Kwantung Army into the customs was that Okamura Ningji deciphered the radio code of the Reading Army, so that he could grasp the movements of the Reading Army in a timely manner and make arrangements in advance.

And Zhang Mingyu didn't know all this, Zhang Mingyu didn't know much about this kind of thing like the radio, although at this time he had top spies like Yoshiko Kawashima and Liu Ruyan by his side, but at this time, including Zhang Mingyu, he didn't expect that his radio code had been deciphered by the army.

Okamura Ninji tried to delay time by abandoning Shimen Baoding and other places to buy time for the Kwantung Army to enter the pass, so the order he gave to the generals of the defending army in various places such as Kawabe Shozo was to delay the time for the Yuli Army to go north at all costs.

Okamura Ninji had just finished writing the telegram, when Nanzao Yunzi walked in with a millstone-like buttocks, Okamura Ninji saw Nanzao Yunzi, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Miss Yunzi, it's just in time, you send this telegram to Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army." ”

"Hay!" Nanzo Yunzi took the telegram written by Okamura Ninji, and after a hurried glance, he was shocked: "General, you want to mobilize twenty infantry divisions, seven mixed reading infantry brigades, and one aviation army to participate in the battle?" ”

"Yes!" Okamura Ninji nodded and said: "This is the only chance to destroy the Reading Army, so the Empire will not hesitate to fight with all its might, in order to be able to wipe out the Reader's Army, the Empire's henchman!" And it is also necessary to recover Shanxi and other places that have been lost! ”

"Hay! The general is wise! If the Kwantung Army can enter the customs, it will be able to wipe out the Chinese Reading Army in one fell swoop and reproduce the glory of the Imperial Army of our Great Empire! Nanzao Yunzi hurriedly lowered his head and touted.

Okamura Ninji nodded with satisfaction and said, "This time, in order to successfully achieve the strategic goal of destroying the Reading Army, the base camp has also decided to send the Third Fleet of the Navy to Tianjin Wei to assist the Imperial Army in the battle!" Yunzi, the first task of your special high class this time is to keep abreast of the situation of the Zhina Reading Army, so that we can win by surprise! ”

"Hay! Please rest assured that the lowly post has been asked to monitor the contact radio of the various departments of reading power 24 hours a day! As soon as the Kwantung Army arrives, it will be able to play its role immediately! Nanzao Yunzi said: "General, at this time, the people of China have already attacked Shimen, and they will soon capture Shimen, what should we do now?" ”

"Before the Kwantung Army enters the customs, don't pay attention to the Reading Army, I have ordered all departments to make every effort to block the speed of action of the Reading Army, and when the main force of the Imperial Army arrives, I will fight to the death with Zhang Mingyu in Beiping!" Okamura Ninji said ambitiously.

(To be continued)