The battle lasted only until dawn, when three infantry wings, a gendarmerie of more than 2,000 men, and more than 10,000 North China security troops disappeared like a wisp of smoke. Because the battle happened very suddenly, when Han Yunhua's tank unit appeared more than 100 meters in front of the Yue army's outpost, the sentry of the Yue army began to shoot and warn, and it was already too late. With the speed of an armored assault, a distance of less than a kilometer can be killed in just a few minutes.

Wan Guoquan commanded the armored forces to attack the Yue army from three directions, and it only took five minutes for the defense of the Yue army to collapse, and in the face of the massive steel behemoth, all the struggles were in vain. The tank units were followed by infantry marching in order, at the forefront of which were soldiers armed with automatic fire, followed by infantry with blatant bayonets. Wherever the armored vehicles passed, the troops fell one by one, and the panicked little devils could not organize effective resistance at all. On the contrary, many soldiers with cluster grenades ran up and died along with the armored vehicles and tanks, but unfortunately most of them were beaten into a sieve by the machine gunners on the vehicles. Although more than a dozen vehicles were blown up and broke down, the number of destroyed vehicles was extremely limited.

In less than half an hour after the battle began, a few puppet army commanders could not withstand the tremendous pressure and revolted on the battlefield, and surrendered to the southern front. There are three puppet army groups fighting with the army this time, don't look at the claim to be a group here, in fact, it is only an infantry brigade equivalent to the squadron, the first group and the third group are both public security forces stationed in Qian'an, Hebei, and the first 01 group is a public security army stationed in Zunhua, Hebei. Liu Fengchi, commander of the First Group, Huang Nanfeng, commander of the Third Group, and Liu Zusheng and Lu Fengce, deputy commanders, were blown to pieces under the first round of artillery strikes. Jin Shaoye, chief of staff of the First Group, Li Yikun, commander of the 101st Group, Nangong Chen, chief of staff, Su Luqing, chief of staff of the Third Group, Luo Baotai, deputy chief of staff, and Tang Chunlin were either killed by the armored forces or captured alive by the rebel puppet army troops. However, what made Li Dayong and others helpless was that although Han Yunhua repeatedly stated in the telegram that the battle would not be surrendered by prisoners, there were still nearly 3,000 generals who threw away the 38 big covers in their hands and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands and begged for surrender.

According to the battlefield regulations of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, as long as the army voluntarily discards its weapons and asks for surrender, the troops cannot refuse for any reason, let alone slaughter prisoners at will. This is also a measure taken by Han Yunhua for fear that the troops he has pulled up will become a demon army with a thirst for killing, but this is obviously in great conflict with what Han Yunhua said in his report to the whole country. In desperation, Li Dayong had no choice but to put these little devils into custody temporarily, and then quickly sent a telegram to Han Yunhua to ask Han Yunhua for his handling opinions.

At this time, Han Yunhua was commanding various units to fight in Yangyuan, and during this time, in order to hold back the army, the 300th Division was reorganized and the troops sent by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region suffered heavy casualties, because they were facing the elite of the army, especially the fifth division, which was known as the elite of the army, and its combat effectiveness was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary army troops. Let's take the battle of Li Dayong and others last night as an example, they can win a complete victory when they encounter the Fourth Division and the Tangshan Garrison Wing, if they encounter the Fifth Division under the same conditions, at most they can make the Fifth Division lose more than half of its troops and casualties, and it will definitely not completely annihilate the unit.

After receiving Li Dayong's telegram, Han Yunhua was extremely happy, knowing that the prisoners of Li Dayong and the others must be the famous Osaka Merchant Division, and it was the same whether this army was killed or not, since it was captured, it would be handled according to the prisoner. Han Yunhua ordered Li Dayong to immediately escort all the prisoners of the Yue Army back to the headquarters of the Daqingshan Yuan Military Region in Xinghe County for detention, while the prisoners of the puppet army were disorganized and incorporated into the reserve after eliminating the officers. Of course, Han Yunhua can't let the bigwigs in Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army headquarters wait for a long time, and these old men will be in a hurry during this time, especially Mr. Zhu. Agreeing with Han Yunhua to launch a battle of such a scale, Mr. Zhu was also uncertain in his heart, especially after the North China Front Army issued that statement, this worry rose to a considerable height. If it weren't for Han Yunhua's excellent performance all the time, and Han Yunhua's confident nationwide national confession gave Mr. Zhu a certain amount of confidence, Mr. Zhu would have the heart to order Han Yunhua's troops to retreat. If there is a major accident in this battle, Zhu Lao will always have to bear a certain responsibility. During this time, the old man was in a hurry, he was not young in his fifties, and he stayed up all night every day waiting for news from the front line, Han Yunhua couldn't bear it, and immediately sent a telegram to the Yan'an Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

When the battle went on until dawn, most of the puppet army was completely annihilated, and only the defeated soldiers around the battlefield were left to resist stubbornly from time to time. After Li Dayong ordered the armored units and artillery units to replenish their ammunition, they immediately attacked Luanping, Xinglong, Kuancheng, Qianxi, and Qian'an cities and counties in eastern Hebei according to the predetermined plan, while the infantry immediately boarded the vehicles to cooperate with the two technical arms brigades in battle. Thanks to the capture of a large number of cars, it was now possible to follow two and a half regiments behind the mechanized and artillery brigades at once. The mechanized brigade and artillery brigade were only responsible for defeating the puppet army defending the city, and the rest was handed over to the infantry that followed.

Li Dayong handed over the battle in front to Wan Guoquan and Liu Wenhua to command, while he himself led the remaining troops to stay in Huma Camp to clean up the battlefield and collect prisoners. According to preliminary statistics, the Inner Mongolia Military Region killed a total of 1,06,826 puppet soldiers in World War I yesterday, including more than 11,600 soldiers and more than 4,800 puppet soldiers. 3,233 Chinese soldiers and more than 5,600 puppet soldiers were captured. 6,464 38 large covers, 7,381 medium and formal rifles, 215 light and heavy machine guns, and 481 American-made submachine guns were seized. At the same time, a complete artillery wing and two artillery brigades were also captured, and there were 60 75mm mountain guns alone, although more than a dozen of them were damaged and damaged by varying degrees of severity, but they could still be used as long as they were repaired. What made Li Dayong most happy was the capture of a complete automobile transport wing of the Yue Army, a total of more than 150 vehicles, more than half of which were loaded with weapons, ammunition, and fuel supplies. Although many cars were killed in last night's fighting, more than 90 cars were still undamaged when the battlefield was cleaned after the war.

Lieutenant General Yasui Fujiji did not realize that Sawada Shigeru's headquarters had collapsed, but fantasized about attacking the 77th Division of Reading in front and back, and defeated more than 20,000 [***] squadrons in one fell swoop. But the reality is cruel, in the early morning of March 14, before dawn, Lieutenant General Yasui Fujiji was woken up by the chief of staff Muto Daisa, and before he could get angry, Muto Daisa hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, around this morning, the Fourth Division suddenly lost contact with our department, and it still hasn't been contacted until now, and the situation doesn't seem quite right. ”

"Baga, why didn't you report earlier, what did the operator eat, rice bucket. However, you are not too worried, because the reconnaissance planes of the special high-tech department and the aviation regiment have been closely investigated, and it has been shown that there are no large-scale units in the eastern Hebei region, except for the unit led by the hateful Chen. Besides, His Excellency Sawada has more than 14,000 imperial warriors in his hands, even if he encounters the five divisions of the Zhi, it will not be much of a problem, it should be that their radio station is broken, or the march to a remote mountainous area is interfered with by the magnetic field, so wait a little longer. ”

Not long after Lieutenant General Yasui Toji's words were finished, the telegraph soldier hurriedly ran in and said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, ten minutes ago, the Luanping defenders sent a telegram, claiming that Luanping was attacked by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army was equipped with artillery groups and armored units, and Luanping could only hold out for about half an hour. Ask His Excellency the Division Commander for combat guidance! ”

Less than a minute after the operator finished speaking, Second Lieutenant Dalin, the leader of the communications team of the Second Division, came in and reported: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, Qianxi has been raided by the Chinese army, the city gate has been breached, and all the jade of a garrison team of our army has been shattered. ”

"Report to Your Excellency, the commander of the division, the Hanjiadian position was attacked by the Zhina troops at night, and the outer formations have been completely lost, so I request that the combat guidance be ......"

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, the Eagle Hand mining area was attacked by the Chinese troops, and all the defenders were ...... jade"

"Your Excellency the Commander of the Reporting Division......"

In just two hours, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji felt that the sky had fallen, and along the line from Fengning to Xinglong, the large and small strongholds of the empire were suddenly attacked by the Chinese troops, because in order to attack the flank of the Chinese troops, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji almost pulled all the puppet troops in eastern Hebei away, so the defense force in the entire eastern Hebei region has been empty to the extreme, and the Chinese army seems to be aware of this, so the troops are divided into multiple ways and march together, and the entire eastern Hebei is full of gunfire, And the guards of the empire were driven to the sea step by step.

The most terrible thing is that the rear road of the second division has been cut off, except for retreating to the north, he and the troops under his command have completely become bedbugs in the hands of the Chinese army, which can be exterminated at any time. Moreover, combined with the information coming from various places, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji already knew that a huge number of armored troops and artillery units of China had broken into the hinterland of eastern Hebei, and if there was no effective replenishment of troops, the fall of eastern Hebei was almost a foregone conclusion.

Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, who was greatly shocked, immediately ordered the defenders of Hanjiadian to retreat quickly, and at the same time, the defenders of Longhua, Kuancheng, and Gaotaisi also received a call from the headquarters, asking all units to quickly move closer to Chengde and abandon the existing defensive positions.

Lieutenant General Yasui Toji also sent an urgent telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters at the first time, requesting operational guidance.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Mr. Zhu has not closed his eyes for more than three days, and the war in northern Hebei has always worried about his heart, and bad news has been coming one after another in the past few days, first of all, the troops in the southern Hebei region have been beaten by the 10th Division and other troops so that they cannot find the north, and the 386 Brigade has directly lost more than 3,000 people, and the base area in southern Hebei has also been extremely seriously damaged. Many villages were razed to the ground by the Yue Army in retaliation for the people of southern Hebei for helping and supporting the Eighth Route Army. In desperation, the 129th Division had no choice but to send the main force to the rescue, but it was blocked by the main force of the army in Xingjiawan in Julu, and the battle was very unfavorable to the 129th Division. Although Han Yunhua did not send the latest battle report, the intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities of the Eighth Route Army were still very strong, and just yesterday the southern front troops led by Nie Rongzhen were driven out of Wei County, with direct losses of more than 1,000 people.

Although the army did not take advantage of anything, a transport brigade was destroyed by the special combat team of Han Yunhua's department, and the loss was not under Han Yunhua's department. However, you must know that the Yue army came this time with the belief that it will win, and it can be replenished at any time. However, Han Yunhua's subordinates, who were besieged in a small area, could not get any replenishment, and heard that the troops on the front line had begun to run out of ammunition.

"Boss, you haven't closed your eyes for three days and three nights, and there will be no major changes in the battle on the front line for the time being, so you better go and rest early!" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng smoked an inferior cigarette and said, he knew what Mr. Zhu was worried about now, but worrying was useless, the situation on the front line had become a stalemate, and there were no major changes and could only be consumed like this.

Mr. Zhu raised his head tiredly, his chapped lips opened, and finally he didn't say anything, just continued to stare at the map to analyze the possible changes in the future.

"Boss, boss, great victory in eastern Hebei, great victory in eastern Hebei............" At this moment, a confidential staff officer hurriedly ran into the operational command room and shouted excitedly.

As soon as he said that he had won a great victory, the entire combat command room suddenly became active, and Mr. Zhu also stood up excitedly, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Wang, what is going on, you hurry up." ”

This confidential staff officer also realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly straightened his clothes and said loudly: "Report to Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, and all the leaders, just now Commander Han Yunhua of the Inner Mongolia Military Region sent a telegram in clear code, the Inner Mongolia Military Region's eastward advance column has achieved an unprecedented victory in eastern Hebei, and the message is as follows: The National People's Republic of China, the Revolutionary Military Committee of the National People, the Central Committee, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, All peace-loving citizens of the world: Last night, our unit launched a large-scale counterattack against the offensive group entrenched in eastern Hebei, consisting of the main force of the Fourth Division of the Chinese Army, the Tangshan Garrison Wing, the First Wing of the Military Police Headquarters, and the First Group, the Third Group, and the First and First Group of the puppet North China Security Army. During the battle, our army completely annihilated more than 24,000 puppet troops with small casualties, and captured 6,464 38 large covers, 7,381 medium and formal rifles, 215 light and heavy machine guns, and 481 American-made submachine guns. There are more than 180 artillery pieces of various kinds, including more than 60 large-caliber artillery pieces. In this battle, a total of 247 officers under Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada were killed and 125 were captured...... Facts have proved that all reactionary aggressors are paper tigers, and as long as the people of all nationalities throughout the country make concerted efforts to reject foreign humiliation, China will not perish and the Chinese nation will not perish. Here, I would like to warn the shameless invaders of this country, and the murderers will always kill them, and now it is said that there are Oriental Japanese slaves who have invaded China, and it is clear that there are other powerful countries that occupy your island country. At the same time, I also apologize to the people of the whole country, I did not fulfill the promise I made some time ago, this time our army captured more than 10,000 puppet soldiers, including more than 3,000 soldiers. Originally, in response to the murderous declaration of the commander of the North China Front, General Binshan Yuan, I did not intend to accept the surrender of the invaders, let alone allow the existence of prisoners. However, in the course of the battle, a large number of soldiers took the initiative to lay down their arms and line up to surrender to our army. In the spirit of humanitarianism, our army accepted this group of prisoners who were said to have been forced into battle by the military headquarters. The murderous army does not accept the surrender of our army, which is a manifestation of their beasts, but our Chinese nation has been a benevolent and wise race that has accepted the teachings of saints since ancient times, so we cannot be like them and do not care about international conventions. Today, it is said that our army can destroy a group army, and now it is said that our army can completely annihilate a front army, and I hope that His Excellency Binshan Yuan and all the senior officers of the country will do their own thing......"

"Hahahaha, it's good, it's really worthy of being our party's god of war, and only he Han Yunhua can reverse the tide of battle overnight. Admire! Lao Peng, it seems that we made the right bet this time, that old devil in Binshanyuan is going to hurt! Commander-in-Chief Zhu said excitedly, out of his consistent trust in Han Yunhua, he, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, can be said to be under pressure from all sides, and supporters Han Yunhua, a bold guy.

Mr. Peng also smiled happily: "Haha, that kid is really good, Han Laohu gave birth to a good son." This time, I see what kind of face he has in Binshanyuan, boss, let's not wait, the Party Central Committee has the Inner Mongolia Military Region, but we don't need to say anything, but the Second War Zone and Wuhan Xingying still need us to confirm. After all, Xiao Huazi's clear code telegram people don't necessarily believe it, you say no. ”

"Yes, yes, we should report the results of this battle to the Wuhan camp of the National Political Axe and the Commander's Department of the Second Theater, and at the same time we must be prepared for a counteroffensive. Now that the forces of the Yue army in eastern Hebei have almost been wiped out, I think Xiao Huazi is likely to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle. At that time, the North China Front will definitely send troops to reinforce it, but now that the army has opened three battlefields in North China, does he still have extra troops to support eastern Hebei? In my opinion, eighty percent of the troops were transferred from southern Hebei and northern Shanxi. In this way, the crisis in the south of Hebei and the north of Hebei will be solved, and it will be our turn to raise our eyebrows and exhale once. Hahaha!! Commander-in-Chief Zhu's hearty laughter spread throughout the entire operational command room.

"Who said no, the troops in southern Hebei are far from being able to solve the near fire, and the troops in northern Jin still have to deal with the iron nails planted by Xiaohuazi in nearly 100, and the old devil of Binshanyuan is going to be entangled this time." Mr. Peng responded that he was very satisfied with Han Yunhua's Jedi counterattack. In this unfavorable situation, it has to be said that it is a miracle that Han Yunhua was able to achieve such a record.

Originally, in this war, due to the misjudgment of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the speed of the landing of the army's supplementary troops was underestimated, resulting in the passivity of the war situation. In such an unfavorable situation, it is certain that the loss of troops will be defeated. The best result was also the loss of part of the base area, and the troops broke through safely. But no one expected that Han Yunhua's department would give such a luxurious gift and annihilate more than 24,000 people of the puppet army, what kind of concept is that, even if it was the last Wuhan battle, although it completely annihilated a complete division of the army. But that's only a few people, nearly 8,000 fewer than this time. Although the puppet army is just a dispensable dog in the eyes of the army, in the eyes of Han Yunhua, dogs can also bite people, and if the dog is not killed, it is still a great threat to the soldiers and civilians in the base area.

"Pass my order and immediately send a report to Wuhan and the headquarters of the Second World War Zone Governor's Department to report the great victory in eastern Hebei of our army's Inner Mongolia Military Region. At the same time, all base areas were ordered to prepare for a counterattack, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions should take advantage of the favorable terrain to block the reinforcements of the Yue Army going north, but they were not allowed to engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the Yue Army. Commander-in-Chief Zhu gave orders while looking at the map.

At the same time, the headquarters of the North China Front Army was also brightly lit, and although it was still half an hour before dawn, the entire North China Front Headquarters was already full of people coming and going. But if you look closely, you can see that the expressions on everyone's faces are very solemn.

"Yaga, Yasui Fujiji is a big rice bucket, and Han Yunhua is very cunning. Bagayalu, what is the situation in eastern Hebei now? "General Binshan Moto's patience has reached the limit, and the mask of hypocrisy has finally been completely lifted at this moment, and his murderous gaze is fixed on Yamaguchi Umeko.

For the annoyed and angry Binshan Yuan, Yamaguchi Meizi is also a little afraid, this leader of the young Zhuang faction in the army is a complete madman. If he dared to incite a mutiny, what else did he dare not do. For ordinary officers, Yamaguchi Umeko can also use Tegaoke and his father, who was the chief of staff of the military department, to suppress the other party, but for General Binshan Yuan, Yamaguchi Umeko can only do it.

"Your Excellency Commander, the intelligence officers of the Special High Branch have confirmed that the news of all the jade shatters of the main force of the Fourth Division is true. At the same time, it was also determined that the Chinese troops had a large number of armored units and artillery groups, and now the vanguard of the Chinese troops had taken Luanping County, and the small forces of the Chinese army had also attacked the Eagle Hand mining area. According to the analysis of the intelligence department, the troops of Han Yunhua's headquarters began to divide their troops after taking Luanping. At present, more than a dozen counties and cities in the central part of eastern Hebei may be attacked by Han Yunhua's department at any time, and at the same time, a branch of troops has also appeared in the central part of eastern Hebei, with a number of about 6,000 people. Umeko Yamaguchi quickly reported the information she had gathered for nearly two hours, and she knew that the current Binshan Yuan was an angry lion who could eat people at any time.

(To be continued)