Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen, like his old boss Binshan Yuan, said that the son had a tight life, and a mistake led to the destruction of the Xishiyuan brigade, and the last remaining brigade was also taken to Daqingshan by Lieutenant General Ushijima, so the whole Zhangjiakou is now an empty city. Due to the overstretched troops, Yamashita Fengwen wisely shrunk all the troops to the city, so the Wanguo Quan Department rushed to the city of Zhangjiakou very smoothly.

There was no suspense in the offensive and defensive battle of Zhangjiakou, and Yamashita Fengwen was also a person who knew the times, knowing that the more than 1,000 people in his hands were not the opponents of the Wanguo Quan Department at all, so there was no resistance at all, except for an infantry squadron responsible for covering, the other devils fled directly from the south gate of the city. Wan Guoquan came with anger this time, but he didn't expect that his anger hit the cotton, and the depression in his heart can be imagined.

However, Wan Guoquan is not for nothing, Zhangjiakou as the logistics base of the Niudao Department, the wealth of his family can be imagined, weapons and equipment, food and gold and silver not to mention, the oil hoarded in Zhangjiakou alone is enough to make Wan Guoquan excited, in a large oil depot not far from the Zhangjiakou Railway Station Wan Guoquan found what the mechanized brigade wants most, a full 600 large oil barrels are neatly piled up. Although these fuels are not much, they can only be used for half a month's combat by mechanized brigades, but they are worth at least 200,000 oceans. This is a big windfall for the financially troubled Inner Mongolia Military Region, plus other items seized, the mechanized brigade has made a lot of money this time, and the only regret is that Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen escaped.

However, it is nothing to escape from a commander in such a large-scale battle, although Wan Guoquan is a little unhappy in his heart, but the mood of the soldiers of the entire mechanized brigade is still very high. Zhangjiakou is already the third provincial capital city recovered by the Inner Mongolia Military Region, so the soldiers are very excited.

But soon Wan Guoquan was not happy, and less than two hours after the mechanized brigade occupied Zhangjiakou, Wan Guoquan received a telegram from Daqingshan, in which Han Yunhua told Wan Guoquan that there was a fatal hole in Daqingshan's defense system. The army blew up the cliff to the west with high explosives, causing a gentle slope to climb the mountain wall to the west, which was originally impossible to climb.

The most fatal thing is that because the incident happened in the middle of the night, the guard regiment did not expect that the Yue army would come to such a move, so the western cliff had almost no troops except for an infantry squad, and this infantry squad was all buried under the cliff when the cliff collapsed, and no one survived. Therefore, by the time the guard regiment arrived on the western slope, it was already too late, and the large force of the Japanese army had already rushed up the hillside.

However, fortunately, the collapsed cliff was very unfavorable for climbing, and the danger was great, so the guard regiment bought a certain amount of time, and now the guard regiment has built a simple defense line on the cliff halfway up the cliff to block the Japanese army. However, due to insufficient estimates, there were no fortifications at all in the west, and at this time, the army had already penetrated into the halfway point of Daqingshan, so the entire Daqingshan defense line was already crumbling, and the entire former enemy's general headquarters was in danger. Therefore, Han Yunhua ordered Wan Guoquan's mechanized brigade and motorized infantry regiment to abandon the plan to capture Zhangjiakou and immediately rush back to the Daqingshan Rescue General Headquarters.

Originally, according to Han Yunhua's estimate, the Daqingshan defense line could hold on for at least a month, but he didn't expect that there would be capable people in the army. He could see that it was not the combat effectiveness of the army that was blocking the progress of the army, but the steep terrain. So I thought of blowing up the cliff wall to offset the advantage of Han Yunhua's terrain, not to mention that ordinary people can't think of this trick, even Han Yunhua, a genius of special operations, can't think of it.

To tell the truth, Han Yunhua has never paid attention to those soldiers under the mountain, and those people are not good at either tactics or strategy, especially that Lieutenant General Ushijima is even more of a straw bag, Han Yunhua has dealt with this 20th division when he was in southern Hebei, and he is not afraid at all. The reason why Han Yunhua has never solved the army under the mountain is completely because he wants to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, otherwise, it will not take much to annihilate this army unit with heavy losses just by Wan Guoquan's mechanized brigade and the cavalry unit of Aolige, plus the troops in Xinghe County, who have suffered heavy losses.

At the same time, Yang Chengwu, the current political commissar of the 300th Division and commander of the 5th Field Division, and Zuo Da, the political commissar of Xinghe County, also received a telegram from Han Yunhua, ordering the 300th Division and the 5th Field Division to immediately break through the frontal enemy at all costs, and to encircle and annihilate the 20th Division of the Yue Army together with the mechanized brigade and the Chinese troops in Zhangbei.

After receiving Han Yunhua's telegram, all the troops gathered like crazy in Daqingshan, and almost all the soldiers learned the real battle report that the commander was in danger, and almost no cadres were mobilized, and all the soldiers burst out with 200 percent combat effectiveness.

Let's not talk about how Han Yunhua himself got out, the time has come to September 1, 1939, whether people want to or not, but everything that happens in Europe will naturally not be diverted by the wishes of the Chinese. After the signing of the Soviet-German pact, Europe accelerated the process of sliding towards war. On September 1, Germany invaded Poland in a big way. The war in Europe had finally arrived, and the Second World War was about to break out.

The news of Germany's surprise attack on Poland was far earlier than Han Yunhua's, and less than eight hours after Germany attacked Poland, the Nationalist Axe learned the news. In fact, after learning the news, the national political axe had no other expression except shock. There are no surprises, no expectations, and certainly no fear and despair.

In fact, how to deal with the new situation after the outbreak of the European war? In the initial period, there was no unity of understanding among the top levels of the national political axe. In fact, although such policy differences cannot form an open debate under the centralized system, a comprehensive analysis of various sporadic records shows that there are still traces of policy differences among high-level political leaders. Foreigners in China at that time had already learned of this disagreement within the Nationalist Government through their own channels. For example, in his report to Halifax, the counselor of the British Embassy in China, Peter Ben, divided the opinions of the political leaders in Yucheng into the following factions: "One faction advocates an immediate declaration of war on Germany, so as to determine and strengthen the responsibility of Britain and France to China. A minority, but very influential, pro-German faction advocated caution and gradually developed friendly relations with Germany. They believed that the situation might develop to the point where China supported Germany in Europe and China received material aid from Germany through Poland and the Soviet Union. A small number of people, led by Dr. Kong, advocate absolute neutrality. There is also the largest group of people, and its views are closest to those of Chiang Kai-shek himself. The only route through the labyrinth, they argued, was to maintain close coordination with Britain and France on the issue of resistance to aggression. Unfortunately, this information is not very accurate. Especially in the judgment of Chiang Kai-shek.

On the eve of the German invasion of Poland, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Kong Xiangxi, premier of the Executive Yuan, Wang Chonghui, foreign minister, Wang Shijie, director of the Counsellors' Office of the Military Commission, Zhang Qun, secretary general of the Supreme Council of National Defense, He Yingqin, chief of staff, and Zhu Jiahua, secretary general of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee and director of the Central Unification Bureau, to discuss future foreign policy. Kong Xiangxi, Wang Chonghui, Zhang Qun, Zhu Jiahua and others are all neutral. However, Chiang Kai-shek advocated declaring war on Germany "with a view to preempting a preemptive strike and curbing the compromise between the British and the British." Only Wang Shijie, director of the Counsellors' Office of the Military Commission, generally agreed with Chiang Kai-shek's opinion, but he pointed out that the Soviet-German agreement stipulated that the Soviet Union should not provide assistance to countries that were at war with Germany, and that if China declared war on Germany, whether the Soviet Union's material aid to China would be affected was quite questionable. Wang Shijie advocated that a decision should be made after careful consideration.

In fact, Sino-Soviet relations have always been wonderful, although some time after the outbreak of the war in Europe, Chiang Kai-shek began to claim that the outbreak of war in Europe was beneficial to China, and China's goal was to link the war between China and the war in Europe, and strive to achieve a common solution. However, this understanding does not represent Chiang's true thoughts on the current situation in Europe before the outbreak of the European war, or at least it does not summarize his entire understanding. Since the outbreak of the all-out war between China and China, China has always hoped for the full assistance of the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries. Therefore, anything that could distract the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States, France, and other great powers from the Far Eastern question was not welcomed by the national political axe.

In fact, it is reasonable for the Nationalist Axe to consider that before the First World War, China was under the control and competition of many Western powers, but during the First World War, it was said that Ben took advantage of the time when the great powers had no time to look eastward to send troops to Shandong, China, occupy Jiaozhou Bay, and force the "Fourth Treaty of the People" based on the "21 Articles". This period of history more than 20 years ago is a painful experience that is still fresh in China's memory. Therefore, China does not want to see another war break out in Europe, and the national political axe is afraid that this imperialism will once again repeat the meanness of 20 years ago.

At least now, whether it is Britain, France, or the United States and the Soviet Union, they are all sympathetic to China, but if a European war breaks out at once, then the big European powers will simply be mud bodhisattvas crossing the river and it will be difficult to protect themselves, and how can they still have the energy to care about China's affairs. As a result, China's anti-Japanese environment will inevitably become extremely difficult, and this is something that the national political axe and the entire Chinese nation do not want to see.

Chiang Kai-shek also had a big headache after receiving the information sent by the intelligence officers on the European side, and after the outbreak of the European war, China's biggest worry was the compromise between the Soviet Union and the British. To do this, the Chinese side had to engage in active diplomacy, fearing that the Soviet Union was playing an opportunistic game and would try to benefit itself from conflicts in other countries. It was reported that the Soviet Union was negotiating a non-aggression pact, and that Germany was also facilitating this. Although the Soviet government itself was not enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations with the Soviet Union, it is still very likely that the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, and Germany would reach a deal at the expense of China's interests. But if the Soviet Union felt that it had other options in China, it would not be inclined to join forces with the Soviet Union. Therefore, if the British political axe were to adopt a policy of "appeasement" in the Far East, it would have the most unfortunate result.

Although his own security is still seriously threatened, Han Yunhua is most concerned about European affairs. But it's a pity that neither the Inner Mongolia Military Region nor [***] has the ability to insert their eyeliner into distant Europe, so although Han Yunhua is anxious, he can't do anything.

Looking at the pocket watch in his arms, Han Yunhua said secretly: "The time should come, now the Germans should act, hey!" I just don't know if I will change the original history. ”

To tell the truth, Han Yunhua's mood at this time was really worried, he couldn't be the open-mindedness of Fuyun, maybe it was about the fate of the country, maybe he didn't want to be a sinner of the country and the nation, so Han Yunhua would magnify every negative impact caused by his arrival thousands of times, and blame himself fiercely.

The sound of artillery under the mountain is getting more and more urgent, the combat command room has been relocated to the original ammunition depot, and a small part of the important documents have been destroyed by Han Yunhua, including all the letters and telegrams sent by [***] to Han Yunhua. Although Han Yunhua himself knew very well that those things were rare cultural relics in the future generations, he could not leave any traces now.

Since Han Yunhua came to this era, there have been more than 100 big and small battles, but this time it was the most dangerous. This time, both the troops under Han Yunhua and the Yue army performed extremely well, and the military adventure of the 20th Division of more than 40,000 people to raid Xinghe County was still very useful, at least Han Yunhua, a mixed river dragon, was trapped in the shallow pool of Daqing Mountain, and now he has the strength and opportunity to slay the dragon.

"Brother, you quickly withdraw to the ammunition depot, the position in the west is about to collapse, and if you don't leave, it will be troublesome!" Han Yunhua ran in and said eagerly.

Han Yunhua looked at Han Yunqian with sharp eyes, and then said loudly: "What are you panicking, my feet grow on me, as long as I want, I can walk away at any time." Let me tell you first, how is the battle on the front line? ”

"It's very bad, although the army came up from the cliff in the west and was stubbornly blocked by the guard regiment, but these devils who came up are obviously special forces who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and their weapons are all submachine guns, and the firepower is very fierce. Moreover, some of them crossed the hillside and went around the mountain road up the mountain, and attacked our blocking position with the army below the mountain. The second line of defense on the mountain road had been lost ten minutes earlier, and the troops had to withdraw to the last line. Han Yunhua's voice was very low.

Han Yunhua continued to ask: "How many troops are left, and can they hold out for a long time?" ”

"There are only 1,100 men left in the guard regiment, and all that remains, except for a company left to hold the ammunition depot, is concentrated in the last line of defense. It is expected to stay until tonight at most, more than ten hours! ”

"More than ten hours, it's okay. Yun Qian, Division Commander Yang and Political Commissar Zuo have already arrived at the foot of Daqing Mountain and are fighting with the devils. And it's going well, we're just fighting with the little devils now to see who can hold on to the last second. We have to keep it anyway, we have no way back. Han Yunhua said with a resolute face.

"Don't worry, brother, as a [***] member, I, like you and all the people here, am ready to sacrifice my life for the party and the people at any time, and I am here to make a statement on behalf of the guard regiment, even if there is only one last person left, the guard regiment will hold on. If the enemy comes up, then the guard regiment has all been sacrificed. After saying that, Han Yunqian went out to fight with the troops again.

Han Yunhua stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Relieving his nerves, Han Yunhua said: "All the people should withdraw to the air-raid shelter and take all the wounded with them. Then he said to the operator Xiao Liu: "The operator, immediately send a report to Wang Xiaohu, tell them that they can act, I don't care what they do, I will hear the news that the devil's heavy artillery brigade is going to combat effectiveness within two hours." ”

At the foot of Daqing Mountain, a small valley is now full of special combat members of Han Yunhua's department, and Wang Xiaohu, who has been promoted to the chief instructor of the special forces, is waiting anxiously.

"Is there any news, is there a call back from the mountain?"

"Instructor, not yet, in another hour the little devil will take over, and if you don't do it, it will be troublesome."

"Without the commander's order, we can't do it, there is only one chance to attack the artillery position of the little devil, once it is messed up, there will be no more chance, and we will not withdraw many people, don't rush to do it yet, wait for me." It's not that Wang Xiaohu doesn't do it, but because the opportunity is too precious, because the army already knows about the existence of the special combat team, so the protection of the field heavy artillery brigade is very tight, and there is enough to protect the troops of an infantry brigade. In fact, the special combat team has been staring at this heavy artillery brigade for several days, but they have never been able to find a chance. If it weren't for the tense fighting at the foot of the mountain today, the army had transferred two infantry squadrons to protect the heavy artillery brigade, and the special combat team would really not have been able to take this heavy artillery brigade.

"Instructor, the commander called back and ordered our department to attack immediately, and the devil's heavy artillery brigade must be solved within two hours." The operator ran over and whispered.

"Very well, order the troops to be ready for battle, to the table, it is now 5:03 p.m., and in seven minutes we will move and carry out plan A. After half an hour, you have to withdraw from the battle anyway, otherwise you will stay here with clouds. Alright, get ready! Wang Xiaohu ordered with a little excitement.

Seven minutes soon arrived, and the ravine where Wang Xiaohu and the others were hiding was not far from the artillery position of the Yue army, less than 300 meters in a straight line, but it was separated by a mountain beam, and everyone could not see each other. If it had been a few days ago, the guard post of the army would have been placed behind the mountain beam. But today, due to the serious shortage of troops, the guard post was only placed 20 meters away from the artillery position, so Wang Xiaohu seized the opportunity.

After all the troops had moved to the mountain beam, Wang Xiaohu gave an order, and more than 300 special combat personnel rushed out together and rushed towards the artillery position of the First Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery of the Yue Army.

(To be continued)