readx;?“ Zhang Xinghan will not participate in the war. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiao Zhenying hit the nail on the head.

"Oh? How so? Song Zheyuan said curiously.

"Because at this stage he doesn't want to fight with either side, he needs to rest.

This can be seen from the fact that he successively implemented a plan to drive away the wolf and the tiger against us and the 41st Army.

If Zhang Xinghan had the strength to use force, he would not need to use these means at all, and he would have directly led his troops to defeat us and the 41st Army to achieve his goal. Xiao Zhenying said.

"Well, the analysis makes sense, continue to talk about the 'pig' and 'pig' island 'novel'." Song Zheyuan nodded.

"Based on Sun Dianying's performance so far, I guess he and Zhang Xinghan should have reached some agreement.

For example, Sun Dianying gave up Chengde, and he helped Sun Dianying capture Chahar as a foothold. When Xiao Zhenying said this, his face changed and he said: "Since this is the case, we will fight to the death with Sun Dianying, and win, Chahar is ours, and if we lose, it is his grandson." ”

"But Chief of Staff, even if we can defeat Sun Dianying, will he Zhang Xinghan be willing to sit back and watch us control Chahar?" Song Zheyuan said with a worried face.

"Essentially, Zhang Xinghan can't afford to occupy Chahar yet, because he needs a buffer zone, a buffer zone with the Jin Sui army.

Therefore, Sun Dianying must have received Zhang Xinghan's promise to give him support and let him occupy Chahar, but he must give up Rehe, so that Zhang Xinghan will completely occupy the four provinces outside the Guanwai.

Therefore, for Zhang Xinghan, what he needs is a buffer zone, and as for whether this buffer zone is stationed in the 41st Army of us or Sun Haozi, there is no difference in essence.

Of course, we are as close as Zhang Xinghan, but Sun Dianying is not the same as him.

He seized Rehe when Sun Dianying was in internal and external difficulties, and the dove occupied the magpie's nest, Sun Dianying didn't hate him, but the disparity in strength was too great, and he didn't dare to resist.

So this time the Battle of Zhangjiakou. Whoever wins, who stays, and whoever owns Chahar. Xiao Zhenying analyzed.

Song Zheyuan nodded in agreement and said, "Since this is the case, then quickly organize the troops and prepare for a decisive battle with Sun Haozi." ”

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Two days later, a battle between Sun Dianying and Song Zheyuan's troops broke out in Zhangjiakou.

Although Sun Dianying lost a battle in the Battle of Fengning, he still had an absolute advantage in troops.

Moreover, some of the troops were equipped with Japanese-style equipment provided by Zhang Xinghan, and with the support of the air force, the initial offensive was relatively smooth. After a day of fierce fighting, he successfully captured Akagi County.

But when the 41st Army attacked Chongli County, they met with fierce resistance like never before.

Chongli County is the last barrier in Zhangjiakou, and most of the more than 40,000 main forces of the 29th Army are deployed here.

The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and the battle soon entered a white-hot attrition stage, and after a day of fierce fighting, the entire battlefield was strewn with corpses and rivers of blood.

On the first day, the 41st Army paid the price of nearly 1,000 casualties. The 29th Army also had a hard time, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800.

Over the next few days, the two sides continued to fight fiercely, and the battle lasted for nearly a month. There was no winner either.

Sun Dianying's 41st Army and Song Zheyuan's 29th Army both lost more than half.

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In Chifeng County, Sun Dianying has moved his headquarters from Fengning here.

In the headquarters, Sun Dianying was receiving a call from Tan Songting, the commander-in-chief of the front.

"Chairman, we can't fight any more. If we continue to fight, our 41st Army will be gone. Tan Songting's voice was so loud that everyone else in the command could hear it clearly.

Everyone's mood sank in vain. The expression was extremely solemn.

Sun Dianying gritted his teeth and shouted into the phone: "Lao Tan, Lao Tzu told you, we have no way out, and now retreat is the real annihilation of the whole army, after so many days of fighting, the 29th Army is also running out of fucking oil, now it's up to who can fucking hold on, in short, as long as there is one person left in the whole army, you will fucking fight Lao Tzu, you must take Zhangjiakou, success or failure in one fell swoop!" ”

"Yes!" Tan Songting replied loudly helplessly.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Dianying turned his head to Liu Yueting and said, "Jingxuan, you send another telegram to Zhang Xinghan, and ask him to send troops to support us, even if it is to give us a tank company." ”

"Yes!" Liu Yueting didn't dare to disobey and happily responded.

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Chengde, Zhang Xinghan's temporary line.

Jiang Baili walked over with a solemn expression and saluted Zhang Xinghan: "Commander, Sun Dianying has sent another telegram asking for help, asking us to send troops to support them. ”

"How many times has this been?" Zhang Xinghan smoked a cigarette and said indifferently.

"It's been more than 20 times, and the 41st Army and the 29th Army have been fighting fiercely for more than 20 days, and it seems that Sun Dianying is really unable to hold on." Jiang Baili said.

"Humph!" Zhang Xinghan snorted coldly and said: "He can't hold on, the situation of the 29th Army is definitely worse than him." ”

"Commander, do you think we should send reinforcements? If it goes on like this, if Sun Dianying really fights out, even if he wins this battle in the end, I'm afraid he won't be able to defend Chahar.

In this way, it is very likely that others will take advantage of it, and we will probably be much more passive at that time. Jiang Baili suggested.

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, send a tank battalion to support them and help them capture Zhangjiakou as soon as possible." ”

"Commander Yingming, I'll go." Jiang Baili turned his head and left.

Receiving Zhang Xinghan's order, a No. 4 tank battalion quickly moved westward and arrived at the Zhangjiakou front line in the afternoon of the same day.

With the addition of these dozens of tanks, the attack of the 41st Army was much easier, but unfortunately, the infantry of the 41st Army did not know how to coordinate with the infantry and did not keep up in time.

As a result, several assaults of the tank battalion returned in vain.

However, the powerful firepower of the tank battalion still caused considerable damage to the 29th Army, and the most important thing was psychological deterrence.

The unrivaled assault capabilities of dozens of tanks have been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the remnants of the 29th Army.

After such a long battle, many officers and soldiers of the 29th Army are holding on to their last breath, if you describe them as a thousand shots.

The arrival of the tank battalion of the Northeast New Army was the last iron rod that broke the camel.

The fierce firepower and super assault ability crushed the 29th Army's final belief in victory.

Inside the military headquarters of the 29th Army in Zhangjiakou.

Song Zheyuan and the others were extremely solemn, and Liu Ruming said angrily: "Military seat, counselor, this battle really can't be fought anymore, haven't you seen how powerful the enemy's tank troops are, their tanks are different from what we have seen in the past, not only the firepower is strong, but even the volume is much larger, we can't do anything about them."

Today it was the rabble of the 41st Army who did not know how to cooperate, so we barely held our position.

But if we continue like this, our position will be broken through sooner or later, and if we hold on, we will have only one result, and that is to annihilate the whole army.

This is by no means alarmist! ”

Song Zheyuan and Xiao Zhenying were silent, their mood was the most tangled at the moment.

Xiao Zhenying never expected that Zhang Xinghan would send tank troops to reinforce Sun Dianying, which greatly surprised him.

While secretly hating Zhang Xinghan, he understood that the defeat of Zhangjiakou was decided.

After taking a few deep breaths and calming down, Xiao Zhenying raised his head and said to Song Zheyuan: "Junzao, don't hesitate, order the troops to retreat overnight, we lost this battle." ”

"Alas!" Song Zheyuan sighed deeply and said angrily: "Order all divisions and brigades, at twelve o'clock tonight, alternately cover the withdrawal of positions and retreat to Tianzhen and Yanggao." ”

"Yes!" Although Xiao Zhenying, Liu Ruming and others were unwilling, they had to accept the order, responded in unison, and left one after another.

That night, the 29th Army withdrew overnight, and after the 41st Army discovered it the next day, Tan Songting and others did not order the troops to pursue.

Because they also reached the last moment, they were sleepy and tired, and suffered heavy losses, and they were really unable to pursue.

The battle lasted more than 20 days and finally ended in a crushing victory for Sun Dian's British army.

After the 29th Army withdrew from Zhangjiakou, the whole army retreated to several counties in the area of Chaxi, and Sun Dianying's 41st Army was temporarily unable to continue the offensive due to its vitality, so it adopted a resigned attitude to this.

The situation in Chahar became that Sun Dianying owned most of Zhangjiakou, and Song Zheyuan occupied a small part of Chaxi.

In the past 20 days or so, Zhang Xinghan has already transferred more than 10,000 troops from Jilin to various places around Chengde.

Basically, he had completely controlled the entire territory of Rehe, and so far, Zhang Xinghan's territory had expanded to four provinces, more than one million square kilometers.

The four provinces outside the Guanxi were all included in the bag, and they became the veritable king of the Northeast.

"Chief of Staff, I will leave you two tank regiments and one air defense regiment, plus more than 10,000 troops transferred later, and then recruit new recruits from various counties and towns to enlist in the army, and organize the 1st and 2nd divisions of Rehe Provisional Formation, two motorized infantry regiments and guard battalions I will take away, and there is still a big mess of things waiting for me to deal with in the northeast." Before leaving, Zhang Xinghan instructed Jiang Baili: "There are still two months, and it is time for the summer harvest, and we must ensure that all the grain in the whole territory of Rehe is harvested smoothly, which is very important for us to get through the difficult period of this year. ”

"Don't worry, I'll do my best." Jiang Baili nodded seriously.

"Well, I'm relieved that the chief of staff is doing things."

"Take care."

After the two saluted each other, Zhang Xinghan took Guo Zhong and others into the car and left.

The cars of the officers and men of the two infantry regiments, which had already been ready to go, followed suit and soon drove out of Chengde City.

The huge flow of hundreds of military trucks meandered along the official road like a steel dragon, kicking up dust everywhere it passed.

"Zhongzi, order the troops to advance at full speed, and strive to reach Tongliao after dark tomorrow." Zhang Xinghan lit a cigarette and instructed Guo Zhong. (To be continued......)