Lai San walked along the long line of cars to the end, only to see Zhang Mingyu, Zhang Biao, Liu Cheng and others already standing there waiting for him, Lai San heyed, and then ran forward quickly.

Three steps and two steps quickly ran in front of Zhang Mingyu, and before he had time to tidy up his already crooked steel helmet, Lai San braked suddenly, snapped up and said: "Total seat!" All the officers and men of the third division were ordered to arrive! Please instruct! ”

Zhang Mingyu and the others hurriedly returned the salute, and Zhang Mingyu said to Lai San: "Okay, your kid is now a good mix, strong soldiers and strong horses, it seems that your food is good!" Zhang Mingyu stretched out his fist and smashed Lai San's sturdy chest.

"Hey, hey!" Lai San scratched his head and said with a smile: "When I hit Yangcheng, I captured two girls, these two girls are really delicious when they cook, especially the dishes they make, that guy is really awesome!" ”

"I'm rubbing! The third child, you kid is good enough, and the whole girl is a cook! Be a cook during the day and a horse ride at night, right? How's that, isn't it cool to ride this Oriental horse? Lend my brother a ride! Zhang Biao stepped forward and said with a smile on his face.

"It stands to reason that this Oriental girl is Lao Tzu's trophy, and the general seat has already said that whoever has the ability will capture it himself, but brother, I am not such a stingy person, so..."

Zhang Biao looked at Lai San and asked, "Ten oceans?" ”

"Shit! One hundred oceans at a time, a thousand oceans at a time! Lai Sanniu said angrily.

"Holy! You're a fucking money grabber? Zhang Biao couldn't help but get angry.

Seeing the two of them arguing, Liu Cheng, the chief of staff next to him, couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said, "Okay!" Serious matters! ”

Only then did the two of them turn their rivalry into jade silk, extinguish the drum and sing gold, and followed Zhang Mingyu to turn around and walk towards Hengshui County.

Soon, the group came to the temporary headquarters in the center of the county, Zhang Mingyu beckoned everyone to sit down casually, and then took out his Taiyuan brand cigarettes and handed them to everyone: "Come, smoke one." ”

After everyone sat down, Zhang Mingyu lit a Taiyuan brand cigarette for himself, and said: "This time I called everyone to believe that everyone knows something, so I won't sell it if I can, and now I ask the chief of staff to give you a specific combat mission!" ”

At this time, Liu Cheng held the command pole in his hand, walked to the giant map hanging on the back wall, pointed to Cangzhou on the map, and said: "The purpose of our army's operation this time is to be able to successfully recover Cangzhou and annihilate or defeat the 100,000 Japanese troops and more than 200,000 puppet troops gathered around Cangzhou!" ”

"Good boy! 200,000 puppet troops! How many soldiers must be this! Lai San's eyes couldn't help but shine.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Don't despise these 200,000 puppet troops, although their combat effectiveness is not very good, but after all, they are 200,000 troops." Liu Cheng said.

"Chief of Staff, these 200,000 two devils bombarded him with a plane, and it won't take half a day, I guarantee that they will have to escape halfway!" Lai Sandao.

Zhang Mingyu nodded happily, Lai San is right, to deal with these puppet armies, you can't really annihilate them, otherwise even if it is 200,000 pigs, let him catch the 42nd Group Army can't finish it, most of these puppet armies are not desperate to serve themselves, they are all people who want to protect themselves.

After all, the [***] army is gone, they don't want to die, there are still old and young wives and children at home, and they have to be Han Annihilation, and now the [***] army is back, as long as they can show the absolute deterrent force, let them think that they are finished, and the powerful [***] is back.

In this way, at least half of the puppet army will surrender without a fight, so it is necessary to carry out strategic bombing and political propaganda against the puppet army.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu immediately came up with a solution, and he said to Liu Cheng: "Chief of Staff, just follow the method of the division commander, order the air force to carry out fierce bombardment of the puppet army in turn, and then drop some propaganda leaflets, as long as they are willing to lay down their arms and surrender, we Chinese will not fight the Chinese, if they do not plan to become soldiers, then let them drop their weapons and take off their uniforms and go home, [***] will not be to blame in the past!" ”

Liu Cheng thought for a while, and said, "Brilliant plan!" In this way, we will be able to concentrate all our strength on fighting Okamura Ninji's 100,000-strong army! ”

"Total seat! Lai Sanyuan led the third division as the striker! We must give the commander of the 42nd Group Army a long face. Lai San stood up and pleaded with Zhang Mingyu.

"Lai San, the vanguard is served by the guard regiment, there are nearly 30,000 people in your third division, and it is one of the main divisions of our army, it is a bit condescending to serve as the vanguard, and there are more important things waiting for you to do!" Zhang Mingyu said.

Zhang Mingyu said this: "Xu Wen! ”

"Yes!" Xu Wen got up suddenly, straightened up and stood up.

"Order you to lead the guard regiment to set off immediately, and I will personally command the army to follow!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

"Yes!" Xu Wen snapped forward and immediately turned to leave.

"Okay, Chief of Staff, you can continue to arrange the specific battle plan!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

"Yes!" Liu Cheng picked up the command pole in his hand and continued: "The first division ......."

After a night's rest, the officers and men of Lai San's Third Division had recovered their physical strength, and nearly 100,000 men of the three infantry divisions lined up for miles outside Hengshui County in high spirits.

Zhang Mingyu climbed to the head of Hengshui City, stood on the city and looked around, only to see a large area of black pressure, 100,000 elites in his eyes, and a sense of pride arose.

At this time, the officers and soldiers shouted the slogan in unison: "Defend my China!" Fight to the end! The chorus shook the sky and was deafening.

Zhang Mingyu, who listened to it, was full of enthusiasm, and he borrowed 100,000 male soldiers from me! Restore my mighty China! Zhang Mingyu waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" ”

"Let's go....let's go!" As the heralds passed on the orders one by one.

The three divisions began to act separately, looking at the endless rolling dragon, Zhang Mingyu was very excited, 100,000 elites, 100,000 tigers and wolves, this is the 100,000 army brought out by himself.

Every man has a heroic dream, and Zhang Mingyu is no exception, at this time Zhang Mingyu really did it, holding 100,000 soldiers, carrying the hope of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

At this time, an idea flashed in Zhang Mingyu's mind, that is, this battle must be won, and it must be won! Because this is a battle related to the fate of the Chinese nation! Therefore, he must win, and this station carries too much hope for thousands of Chinese sons and daughters.

So we can't let them down.

At the same time, reporters from the front lines of major newspapers across the country began to record this historic moment by pressing the shutter quickly.

The next day, the major newspapers across the country rushed to report, and the title of the article was: General Zhang Mingyu, the god of war, personally led an army of 150,000 troops to the north, not saying that he was about to fight a decisive battle with the main force of Yue Kou on the front line of Cangzhou!

Of course, the newspaper added fuel to the fire, but as soon as the newspaper was published, it immediately caused a great sensation in the Kuomintang area.

Students and businessmen from all walks of life poured into the streets to raise large banners in solidarity with General Zhang Mingyu! There are also large slogans such as wishing the general a triumphant return.

Of course, this is all a later story, and now the time is set back to August 14, the 30th year of the Republic of China, that is, the day when the 42nd Group Army set off from Hengshui.

Xu Wen set off quietly with the guard regiment a day ago, and after a night of marching, the guard regiment came to the vicinity of Fucheng County, which was thirty kilometers away.

Hengshui is two hundred and twenty miles away from Cangzhou, and Okamura Ningji will have an army of 100,000 along Xian County, Wuqiang County, Fucheng County, Jing County, Wuqiao County, and Dezhou. Then 200,000 puppet troops were stationed in Raoyang County, Anping County, Suning County north of Shenzhou, and Ningjin County and Lingxian County east of Dezhou.

The 300,000-strong army was arranged in echelons, and a long snake formation was set up to meet Zhang Mingyu's 42nd Group Army.

Zhang Mingyu's operational deployment was that the First Division, with the guard regiment as the vanguard, served as the main frontal attack, and attacked Fucheng County, Jingxian County and other places.

The 2nd Division marched east to Dezhou, then swung north and joined the 1st Division with Dongguang County, and then attacked Cangzhou.

The task of the 3rd Division was to defeat the main force of the puppet army and a small number of troops west of Shenzhou, and then attack Cangzhou along the railway line through Xiaoning County.

The southeast of Fucheng County is Fucheng Town, with an area of about 88.5 square kilometers and dozens of villages and townships under its jurisdiction.

The town is not more than two miles wide, more than three miles long, Xu Wen personally took the guard company to the close reconnaissance, only to see that the town has been surrounded by martial law, built a large number of pillbox fortifications, and field fortifications, here is obviously the first outer line of defense of the army Fucheng defense line.

After observing silently for a long time, Xu Wen quietly withdrew with the guard company.

Back at the regiment headquarters, several battalion commanders immediately greeted him, and the first battalion commander Cui Zhenhua hurriedly asked, "Tuanzao, how is it?" How many devils are there in Fucheng Town? ”

"There should be one or two squadrons or even an infantry brigade!" Xu Wenren replied.

"A brigade! It seems that this is the focus of the devil's defense, and there is a brigade in a town! Cui Zhenhua said.

At this moment, a scout strode in breathlessly, and said uprightly: "Report to the regiment, there is an infantry brigade of the Yue Army stationed in each town around Fucheng Town. ”

"Grandma's, Okamura Ningji is really generous, and nearly a brigade has been deployed in a few small towns, damn it!" Xu Wen scolded two foul words, and then said to the chief of staff, Hu Ming: "Chief of staff, you report the situation we have reconnoitred to the general seat, the two infantry wings are not something we can gnaw, let the general seat figure out a way!" ”

"Yes!" Hu Ming snapped upright, and then quickly turned around and left.

………… The former enemy headquarters of the First Division, Zhang Mingyu acted with the First Division this time, so this became the former enemy headquarters of the 42nd Group Army.

Chief of Staff Liu Cheng hurriedly strode into the command headquarters and said to Zhang Mingyu: "General seat, the guard regiment has received news, a total of two wings of the army are stationed in the surrounding towns of Fucheng County, and the devils have built a solid defense line with these villages and towns on the periphery, and the entire periphery of Fucheng County is like a big turtle shell, and the defense is very tight. ”

Zhang Mingyu stood up when he heard this, and said awe-inspiringly: "How many troops do devils have around Fucheng County?" ”

"According to the news from the Fucheng Station of the Ministry of Security, the devils in the county town have at least two infantry wings and a little artillery and cavalry, plus the devils in the towns around the county, roughly speaking, the devils in the Fucheng area have at least one mixed brigade so much!" Liu Cheng pondered for a while.

"A brigade?" Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly: "If we first encroach on the villages and towns on the periphery of Fucheng County step by step, how long will it take to open up the Fudong Highway (Fucheng to Dongguang County Highway)?" ”

"If you take the encroachment to advance, it will take at least half a month! You must know that there are six or seven towns on the outskirts of Fucheng, as well as a large number of villages, and these will be the battlefields for us and the devils! Liu Cheng made a rough calculation.

"Half a month? No, it's been too long! Zhang Mingyu shook his head again and again when he heard this, and waved his hand.

"If you want to be fast, then you can only raid Fucheng County!" Zhang Biao said thoughtfully.

"Raid?" Zhang Mingyu said calmly, then walked to the map, pointed to Fucheng Town, and said: "This town must be taken, because he just blocks the only way for the troops to reach Fucheng County." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng, Zhang Biao and others nodded in agreement.

Zhang Mingyu turned around and asked, "Chief of Staff, where is the first regiment of the armored division now?" ”

"I'm heading towards Fucheng Town, and I guess this will already meet with the guard regiment!" Liu Cheng replied.

"That's good! Immediately send a telegram to the tank regiment, tell Dong Kuiying to fully cooperate with the guard regiment to attack Fucheng Town, and then send a telegram to Xu Wen, if he can't take down the head of the guard regiment in Fucheng before dark, he won't do it, Lao Tzu will masturbate him! Zhang Mingyu nodded and said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes!" Liu Cheng snapped up and straightened up, and then turned to leave. After seeing Liu Cheng leave, Zhang Mingyu said to Zhang Biao again: "Biaozi, you immediately notify all brigades, assemble and stand by, and the whole army will raid Fucheng County after dark!" ”

Obviously, Zhang Mingyu planned to use his absolute superiority to take Fucheng County in one fell swoop, so he gave the guard regiment a death order to take Fucheng Town before dark at all costs.

……… Five miles southeast of Fucheng Town, the guard regiment is stationed.

Hu Mingxing strode into the regiment headquarters with a telegram in his hand, and stood up to Xu Wen and said, "The regimental seat, the head seat is calling!" ”

"Oh?" Xu Wen said awe-inspiringly: "Read! ”

"Total Seat Order! Order your troops to immediately organize troops to attack Fucheng Town, and the first tank regiment will cooperate with your department, and must take it before dark at all costs! Hu Ming quickly finished reading the message.

"At all costs?" Xu Wen said awe-inspiringly: "It seems that the general seat is really moving!" After saying that, he turned to several battalion commanders and said awe-inspiringly: "The first battalion is the left wing, the second battalion is the right wing, the third battalion and the machine gun battalion break through in the center, and the whole regiment will launch an attack on Fucheng Town in half an hour!" Must be taken before dark! Otherwise, military justice will deal with it! ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded with a bang, and immediately turned around and gathered their troops.

After everyone left, Xu Wen said to Hu Ming again: "Chief of Staff, you are on a trip, send a message to the tank regiment, and ask them to come quickly and cooperate with our troops to attack Fucheng Town!" ”

"Good! I'll be there right away! Hu Ming saluted slightly, then turned around and walked away quickly.

(To be continued)