After Li Dayong, Wang Jian and the others left, Shen Yuquan asked Han Yunhua, "Yunhua, what is the purpose of your battle this time?" I don't think you were here to attack Jining City. ”

Han Yunhua asked with a smile, "Why?" ”

"Because Jining is an important transportation hub connecting Mongolia and North China, its strategic position is extremely important. Now the field troops of the Guangyue Army in Jining City have a complete infantry wing, a complete cavalry wing, and a chariot squadron, in addition to a large number of puppet troops and devil gendarmes. Therefore, this seemingly small Jining is one of the most difficult bones to gnaw in the two provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan, even if we can capture Jining, we will definitely pay heavy casualties, and in the end it will definitely outweigh the losses. Therefore, with the surname of the Annihilator who only takes advantage of you and does not suffer losses, he will definitely not storm Jining City, but I can't think of what you are going to do? Shen Yuquan said.

Han Yunhua smiled: "It's still Lao Shen, you know me!" Although our strength is not inferior to the defenders of Jining, Jining is too close to Guisui and Datong, and it will take less than two and a half hours by train for the reinforcements of Guisui and Datong devils to arrive, and it is impossible to capture a heavily guarded military town like Jining within two hours, so the purpose of our operation this time is to mobilize the enemy to the greatest extent and make the enemy tired. Now that we have more troops than the enemy, as long as Qianqi, Fengzhen, Zhongqi, and Zhuozishan are attacked, the devils in Jining will definitely reinforce, and I will take the new second regiment, the new third regiment, the new fourth regiment, the new fifth regiment, the fire support regiment, the artillery regiment, and the fourth cavalry regiment to take the opportunity to besiege Jining. As long as the devils dare to reinforce me, I will launch a full-scale attack on Jining. If the devils don't reinforce the counties below, then Lao Li and the others will take these counties as quickly as possible. If it were possible, I would have let the special operations team completely destroy the enemy's command. At the same time, we must also carry out a sabotage war against the enemy, send troops with strong mobility to sabotage the main transportation routes and railway bridges of the devils, slow down the speed of the devils moving south and north, and support the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in several other battlefields. ”

After coming out of the conference room, Han Yunhua arrived at the station of the Saber Special Operations Brigade. Now the saber special operations brigade is the sharpest knife in Han Yunhua's hand, so every time Han Yunhua fights, he has to hand over the most difficult task to the saber, and this time is of course no exception.

Han Yunhua summoned Li Dingguo, Wang Kuiren, Wei Peng, Zhang Fuyuan, Jiang Long, Li Jianbiao, Wang Xiaohu, and Kang Zhan, explained the situation, and then began to assign tasks.

Han Yunhua said solemnly: "Order: The Flying Dragon Special Operations Squadron will set off tonight, infiltrate Jining City as quickly as possible, and attack the important facilities of the devils in the city on the night of March 2, the main targets of your attack are the devils' railway station, barracks, warehouses and gendarmerie headquarters, and after they succeed, they will send green signal flares, red signal flares if they have major battle results, and three red signal flares if the enemy's command headquarters is terminated." The "Cheetah" Special Operations Squadron and the "Eagle" Special Operations Squadron operated with the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment, the New Fourth Regiment, and the New First Regiment in combat squads (platoons). The "Young Phoenix" special operations squadron followed the political commissar to participate in the sabotage attack on the Pingsui Railway and was responsible for protecting the political commissar's safety. Do you understand everything? If you understand it, go ahead and carry out the order! ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Li Dingguo, Wang Kuiren, Wei Peng and others said in unison.

After a day and a night of rapid marching, Han Yunhua led more than 14,000 people from seven regiments, including the New Second Regiment, the New Third Regiment, the New Fourth Regiment, the New Fifth Regiment, the Fire Support Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, and the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, to the vicinity of Baihaizi Town, ten miles away in the eastern suburbs of Jining, at about 6 p.m. on 2 March, and secretly surrounded the troops of a squad in Baihaizi Town.

In the temporary headquarters, Han Yunhua looked at the military map in his hand and asked, "Is there any news from the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment, the New Fourth Regiment, and the New First Regiment?" ”

Li Yuhan said: "Ten minutes ago, the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment and the New Fourth Regiment sent a telegram saying that they had arrived at the designated place and could move at any time. Half an hour ago, the new regiment sent a telegram saying that they had begun to attack Zhangbei's army, and that they had now uprooted three devil strongholds and destroyed several artillery towers. ”

"That's good. Yuhan, there is going to be a war soon, are you afraid? Han Yunhua asked softly.

Yuhan looked at Han Yunhua and smiled, "I'm nervous, but I'm not afraid. I know that Brother Yunhua will protect me, just like when he used to fight white dogs, Brother Yunhua will also destroy all the devils. ”

Han Yunhua said a little helplessly: "Let you stay in the base, but you have to follow, you are not obedient at all, if you have three long and two short, how can I explain to Aunt Lifang." ”

Yuhan straightened the collar of Han Yunhua's military uniform, and said affectionately: "When I came, my mother told me that I would be your person when I went to the front line, and everything I had was handed over to Brother Yunhua, even if something happened to me on the front line, my mother would not blame you." ”

Han Yunhua was a little moved and a little helpless, took out a pistol from his pocket and put it in Yuhan's hand and said, "This is the pistol I captured, you take it for self-defense." This is the trigger. Turn on the safety before you shoot. There is also a box of pistol bullets here, you can take it too, and when the bullets are finished, go and ask Yun Qian, her pistol is the same caliber as this model of yours. It's hard for me to take care of you on the battlefield, you have to be careful yourself. ”

Yuhan took the gun and said happily: "I thought you only hurt Yun Qian and forgot about me, but I didn't expect Brother Yunhua to give me such a beautiful pistol." ”

Han Yunhua smiled bitterly: "You are different from Yun Qian, Yun Qian is now working as an instructor in the guard battalion, so she really has to go to the front line to fight face to face with the devil, I don't worry about giving her a pistol." You are the confidential secretary of the military region and you don't need to go to the battlefield, so I didn't plan to equip you with weapons in the first place, since you have to come with you now, then I can only give you a pistol, and you can't hold a rifle with your small body. Remember, protect yourself. ”

Yuhan said happily: "Well, I will, Brother Yunhua, you have to be careful." ”

I looked at my pocket watch and saw that it was almost nine o'clock. Han Yunhua ordered: "Yuhan, immediately send a report to the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment and the New Fourth Regiment, and let them act immediately." ”

An hour later, Tong Jiayong, the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, came in and reported: "Report to the commander, ten minutes ago, Jining successively sent a brigade of infantry and a squadron of cavalry to the south, north, and northwest, accompanied by a regiment of puppet troops. ”

Han Yunhua thought for a while and said: "Stationed in Jining is the 11th Wing of the Reading Infantry of the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 26th Division of the Mongolian Corps, and the wing commander is Sadao Dazuo. At the same time, there is also the 26th Engineer Wing, and the wing leader is Yoshioka Zenshiro Nakasa. The 26th Cavalry Wing, the captain of which was Tojo Masatsune Nakasa. There was also about a brigade of railway convoys, a squadron of military police, a squadron of chariot troops, and about two divisions of puppet troops. Although the puppet army of these two divisions claimed to be divisions, in fact each division had only three regiments that were not fully staffed, and the puppet army of the two divisions combined was less than 3,000 people. Therefore, there are about 11,000 defenders in the entire Jining, and now 6,000 reinforcements are being sent, so there are more than 5,000 puppet troops in the city. Although we now have more than 14,000 people, we do not have an advantage as the attacking side. Pass on my order, the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment, and the New First Regiment must speed up, and must take the four county towns of Fengzhen, Qianqi, Zhongqi, and Houqi before the arrival of the devil's reinforcements, and build positions on the spot to entangle the enemy's reinforcements, and when the devil's reinforcements retreat, they will stop the enemy from returning at all costs. Ten minutes later, the new 2nd Regiment launched an attack on the puppet army in Baihaizi Town, putting pressure on the enemy but unable to completely annihilate the enemy, forcing the Jining defenders to reinforce Baihaizi, and the remaining 10,000 troops of our department can defeat the devil's reinforcements in the shortest possible time. ”

At the same time, Han Yunhua also ordered the Flying Dragon Special Operations Squadron, which had already lurked in Jining City, to immediately start acting to disrupt the order in the city.

The atmosphere in the Jining Military Police Headquarters was very tense, and the commander stationed in Jining, Chili Sadao Dazuo, scolded angrily: "Eight Geya Road, Xiaolin-kun, do they have any news?" ”

Chief of Staff Chiyojiro Shaosa said respectfully: "Kobayashi Nakasa sent a telegram saying that the railway ten kilometers outside the city had been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and the train they were taking could not move forward shortly after leaving the city. In desperation, Kobayashi Nakazo had to lead his troops to rescue the county town attacked by the Eighth Route Army on foot, and they arrived at Qianqi ten minutes ago, but unfortunately the county town of Qianqi had been broken by the Eighth Route Army, and all the imperial soldiers defending the city were shattered, and all the supplies were looted, while the cunning enemy had fled. Now Kobayashi-kun is heading south to rescue the defenders of Toyojin. As for Uehara-kun and Toyoda-kun, there is no news back until now......"

Before Chiyojiro Shaosa's words were finished, the telegraph operator said in a loud voice: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, five minutes ago, the town of Baihaizi was attacked by the troops of the Shina Army, and our army suffered heavy casualties, and now we need operational guidance. ”

Chisato Sadao Dazuo slammed the water cup in his hand on the ground with all his might, and said angrily: "Eight Ge Yalu, what do these people want to do?" Passing on my order, the Ishii brigade immediately set off to rescue Baihaizi Town. ”

The commander of the 26th Cavalry Wing, Tojo Masatsune, immediately dissuaded: "Your Excellency, the intention of the Shina people is obvious, that is, to transfer all those in the city out, and we can't be fooled by this. ”

Chisato Sadao Dazuo's tactical cultivation is still very high, and after thinking about it carefully, he figured it out, and said slowly: "Saga, Tojo-kun is very reasonable, the target of these Shina people is most likely to be Jining City, pass on my order, and the whole city will immediately be under martial law to prevent a sneak attack by the Shina troops." Send a message to the defenders of Baihaizi Town, and the reinforcements will arrive after dawn, so that they must hold on. At the same time, a telegram was sent to the Corps Headquarters requesting operational guidance......"

Before Sadao Daisa's words were finished, fierce gunfire rang out from the entrance of the headquarters, and at the same time, gunshots rang out in many places in the city.