On July 22, the 21st Division rushed to Beiping City, and then took the train to Zunhua without stopping. However, the troops encountered the same problem shortly after leaving the city, this time because the Eighth Route Army's power in Beiping was very weak, so the damage to the traffic was not too great, and the bombed railway was repaired in only three hours.

The train started and continued to move forward, but as it got farther and farther away from Beiping, the railway was destroyed more and more frequently, until the Sanhe Bridge on the outskirts of Pinggu was blown up, and the 21st Division completely lost its means of transportation.

However, the situation in eastern Hebei became more and more tense, and the 21st Division could no longer tolerate any further delay here, so the 21st Division had to advance on foot. Nevertheless, but compared to the 6th and 26th Divisions. The problems encountered by the 21st Division were clearly not up to par.

Going back to Shen Yuquan and Li Dayong, when the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the Yue Army were fighting to the death in northern China, the two of them received Han Yunhua's order but were on standby, which suffocated these two people. However, both of them are old men in the army, and they know that Han Yunhua must have a reason for doing this, although the two of them really want to fight with the devil openly, but in order to cooperate with Han Yunhua's northern strategy, the two of them still ordered the troops to lurk in the predetermined area and wait for further orders from Han Yunhua.

After the outbreak of the armed uprising of the people of eastern Hebei, Shen Yuquan was keenly aware that their two hidden strange soldiers were about to be used, so he passed the qi with Li Dayong early, and was ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

After Han Yunhua's order was issued, Shen Yuquan and Li Dayong's troops were temporarily reorganized into the West Road Assault Corps, with Shen Yuquan as the commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the Guisui Front Army, and Li Dayong as the commander of the Baotou Front. In order to achieve the fatal effect of one blow, Shen Yuquan and Li Dayong formulated a careful battle plan.

At eight o'clock in the evening of July 20, Li Dayong led the 88th Regiment of the Saibei Military Subdivision of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the first detachment (regimental level), the second detachment, the first detachment of Tumote, the Helinger detachment, and the Wuchuan detachment to quietly complete the encirclement of the enemy in Baotou. At the same time, a surprise attack on Baotou was launched at nine o'clock that night, during which time the Saibei Military Division had been holding its breath, from the commander Li Dayong to the ordinary soldiers who were full of hatred for the devils, but for the sake of the overall situation, they all tried to restrain themselves. Now that the battle order is issued, all the soldiers are like tigers out of the cage, and the devils in Baotou who beat them are overwhelmed.

In addition to a brigade of devil infantry, the defenders of Baotou also had a cavalry wing, an artillery wing, and a large number of puppet troops. At the same time, there were also a large number of puppet policemen who belonged to the "Autonomous Government of the Mongolian Union". The number of troops alone is still very impressive, but its quality is extremely bad, nominally the defenders of Baotou can reach tens of thousands, but the real combat effectiveness is only the two infantry and cavalry wings of the army, as for the artillery wing will not play its due role at that time, it is not necessarily, after all, the devil is powerful and cannot put bayonets on the artillery. In close combat, an artillery wing is inferior to a squadron of infantry. However, the two combat-effective wings of the devils combined were less than 4,000 people, and they were scattered in several districts of Baotou, so the threat to Li Dayong's troops was very limited.

Li Dayong's tactic of attacking Baotou City was to use the four-sided siege method that Han Yunhua had taught him, also known as the four-sided flowering tactic. That is to say, the troops were dispersed to the four city gates of Baotou, and they attacked the city from all sides, compressing the living space of the devils from the outside to the inside, and the attacking troops were also fighting their own and not subordinate to each other. As long as one side breaks through, it no longer cares about friendly forces in other directions, and only needs to attack the inner city one by one.

The offensive of the Saibei Army Division was very fierce, and its main force, the 88th Regiment, was even more unstoppable, and an infantry squadron defending the outer positions of Baotou was attacked by the 88th Regiment and only lasted four minutes before retreating. It is not that the combat effectiveness of the army has declined, but that the really effective units of the Mongolian Corps have been transferred to the eastern part of Hebei to encircle and suppress Han Yunhua, and those who remain in Baotou are only some old, weak, sick and disabled, and only when their combat effectiveness can be high, they can be called ghosts.

The Saibei Military Subdivision was the absolute main force of the Inner Mongolia Military Region from the very beginning, and the 88th Regiment under its jurisdiction was once the most effective unit in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and even Yang Chengwu's new regiment could not be compared. Since it was stationed in Guisui, in order not to startle the snake, the Saibei Military Sub-district has been secretly developing, and basically has not launched any major wars, but this does not mean that the Saibei Military Sub-district has not developed much, but on the contrary, it lacks the disturbance of the Yue Army, and the Saibei Military Sub-district is one of the best-developed units in the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

At present, the Saibei Army Sub-district has an infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, an artillery regiment, six detachments, three reading battalions, a guard battalion, and a communications company. The total strength of the army has reached more than 24,300 people, and since the Saibei Military Sub-district has not experienced any major battles, most of the troops are newly recruited recruits, and their combat effectiveness needs to be improved. Moreover, four of the detachments were promoted by Li Dayong from the temporary firing line and were upgraded from the local militia and guerrilla units, as well as from the security regiment.

However, although the composition of these people is complex and their combat effectiveness is uneven, most of them are innocent farmers, and some of them are herdsmen who can't stand the exploitation of the aristocracy. The last thing such a person lacks is fighting spirit and passion, and although most of them have only undergone a short period of recruit training, they still have two brushes to fight their lives.

At 10:05 a.m., all the outer positions of Baotou were lost, and the devil puppet army was all driven to the city, and the city wall of Baotou was not very firm, although the army also strengthened the original city wall of Baotou after occupying Baotou, but under the fierce bombardment of artillery fire, many city walls collapsed.

Seeing that Baotou was about to fall, Major General Okada Motokuji, commander of the Baotou garrison, hurriedly sent a report to Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan, commander of the Mongolian Corps stationed in Guisui, requesting Lieutenant General Liannuma to immediately send troops to Baotou for emergency rescue, otherwise Baotou would not be protected.

After receiving the news, Lieutenant General Liannuma was greatly surprised, and now in the Chahar region (excluding Zhangjiakou and Datong), in addition to the remnants of Han Yunhua's army in Jining, there is also that branch of the army that has such strength. Attacking Baotou Cheng, and beating the 10,000 defenders of Baotou to the headquarters for help, it is impossible without more than 20,000 regular troops. But now the main force of Han Yunhua's army is far away in eastern Hebei, and Jining's army is still surrounded by imperial soldiers, and it is simply not capable of fleeing hundreds of miles away from Baotou to attack this heavily guarded city.

Lieutenant General Liannuma suddenly thought of Fu Zuoyi's troops of the Jin Sui Army stationed near Baotou, could it be the cunning general of Zhina? However, Lieutenant General Hasunuma thought about it and rejected this idea, because now the Great Emperor and the highest authorities in Wuhan had reached a consensus, that is, as long as the army did not take the initiative to attack the Wuhan Nationalist Axe, then the troops under Chiang Kai-shek's command would not take the initiative to attack the army. Without the authorization of the supreme authorities and the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Axe, even an ordinary general would not dare to start a war with the Great Empire. But which force is attacking the head now? Where did they come from?

The puzzled Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan thought about it and thought that it should be the possible surname of the Eighth Route Army, and then Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan thought of another situation, that is, this army may be the 120th Division lurking from the northwest region of Shanxi, and Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan had already heard of He Long, the supreme commander of that force, and knew that it was a strong general of Zhina, and this strong general also had reason to have the strength to sneak attack Baotou.

Of course, it may also be the work of the troops under the mysterious Han Yunhua, who can say for sure! Who would dare to say that the hateful and cunning General Shina did not hide other troops. However, this possibility is too small, just as the powerful Germany marched into the Rhine Demilitarized Zone to demonstrate.

But at this point, there is no point in guessing wildly, and the most important thing now is how to rescue the defenders of Baotou. However, now Lieutenant General Liannuma knows that although Baotou has reached the most dangerous juncture, Lieutenant General Liannuma has no troops to adjust. Now there is only one infantry wing, two cavalry wings, and two artillery wings in Guisui City. Of course, there are also some puppet soldiers and police, and there is also a brigade of gendarmerie troops in Suicheng. These people alone are a little reluctant to defend Nuo Da Guisui City, and the rescue of Baotou is really a little more than enough.

The North China Front Command still has some reserve troops. The commander of the Baotou garrison sent an urgent telegram saying that they could hold out for up to three hours, and if the reinforcements had not arrived in three hours, he was determined to lead all the Yamato warriors for His Majesty the Emperor and for the Great Empire.

Lieutenant General Hasunuma sent an urgent telegram to the headquarters of the North China Front, hoping that General Terauchi Shouichi would transfer the 26th Division or the 6th Division back to Chahar as soon as possible, otherwise the rule of the Empire in northern China would be seriously threatened.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Haunuma also reported the current predicament encountered in Baotou to General Terauchi Shouichi, and Terauchi Shou had a headache and had to order Lieutenant General Hasunuma to immediately send troops to rescue Baotou. The defense area that came out of Guisui Kong was to urgently transfer the 27th Infantry Wing and the 10th Wing of the Infantry besieging Jining to return to the defense. As for the defenders of Jining, they were temporarily ignored by Terauchi Shouichi, because in the eyes of Terauchi Shouichi, Jining's Eighth Route Army was already a paper tiger without claws, and the threat to the empire was pitiful.

Moreover, the 27th Infantry Wing besieging Jining is now stationed in Zhuozishan County, which is only less than two hours' drive from Guisui, and the wing has nearly 50 taels of military trucks, so the first batch can quickly transport a brigade to Guisui City.

After the order was sent to the headquarters of the Mongolian Corps, Lieutenant General Hasunuma immediately ordered Major General Tanaka Shinichi, the newly appointed chief of staff, to personally lead the 87th Infantry Wing, the 21st Cavalry Wing, the 8th Infantry Division of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment to rush to Baotou by train. And he himself led the remaining troops to stay in Guisui City, and in order to prevent accidents, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Fan armed all the overseas Chinese, ronin, samurai of the Bushido Hall, and the overseas Chinese of the Yuji Company Co., Ltd., whether these people wanted to or not, as long as they were adults, they were forcibly gathered and pulled to the head of Guisui City.

The atmosphere tonight is really a bit weird, so that Lieutenant General Hasunuma has to guard against it, and the combat effectiveness of the [***] team has surged during this period of time, which is much better than when the war just started, and it has not been a long time since a large group of imperial warriors chased the two central armies.

Sometimes Lieutenant General Hasunuma is also reflecting on whether the Chinese army has become stronger, or the combat effectiveness of the emperor's [***] team has decreased, but the result of reflection makes him a little incredulous and unwilling to admit it.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the guards came in and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Yamada Shaoza has armed all the adult men in the city, a total of 1,458 men, organized into a reserve brigade. ”

"Yo Xi, the superior citizens of the Great Imperial Empire should have the courage to sacrifice their lives for the Great Imperial Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, the soul of the dead under the katana is our noblest honor, China is a place we must occupy, if we want to survive this Empire, we must occupy the Korean Peninsula, occupy China, occupy Southeast Asia, and occupy the entire East Asian region, and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere will not allow anyone or any country to go against the great vision of the Great Empire." Lieutenant General Hasunuma said loudly.

"Hai, long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Empire! The guard shouted excitedly.

At this moment, the telegraph operator ran in in a panic and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Shinichi Tanaka has just sent a telegram saying that the train they are taking has broken down twenty kilometers away from Guisui City, because the cunning Chinese guerrillas have stripped the track to Baotou for nearly two kilometers, and the track on the train is less than 200 meters, which cannot be repaired at all. ”

"Eight grid tooth road, eight ga......... ......... the eight-point road, he ordered Tanaka Shinichi to rush to Baotou quickly, take a car if there is no train, ride a horse if there are not enough cars, and advance on foot if there are not enough horses, I don't care what method he uses, but I must rush to Baotou within three hours. If there is any mistake in Baotou City, I will send him to a military court, and I don't even have a chance to cut my stomach! "Lieutenant General Hasunuma's excitement just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, and all that was left was endless anger.

Now, not only Lieutenant General Hasuma Fan is worried, but even the heads of the puppet regime in the puppet regime of the puppet Mongolia, King De and Li Shouxin, are also worried and uneasy, and it is difficult to end their panic. However, these two people are old fritters, and it is true that I can't do without these two people if I want to control the entire Mongolian region, so compared with Yin Rugeng and others, the rights of King De and Li Shouxin are obviously much greater, and the degree of freedom is much wider than that of Yin Rugeng.

The sudden change in the situation on the Inner Mongolia Plateau has made King De and Li Shouxin's thoughts of being hardcore Han annihilators a lot weaker, for example, Li Shouxin, a guy who holds all the military forces of the entire puppet regime in the puppet regime of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, is called a fierce when he fights against other resistance forces on the Inner Mongolia Plateau! The puppet Mongol army was still very effective under his command, far stronger than those armies under Yin Rugeng. But whenever he was hostile to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Li Shouxin wilted. Although it can't be said to be evasive, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as being unable to provoke and hide.

The strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region greatly deterred this group of Mongolian nobles who wanted to be Han annihilation, and what Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan thought differently was that Li Shouxin intuitively thought that it was not He Long's troops who attacked Baotou this time, and he was almost certain that it must be Han Yunhua's troops who attacked Baotou, and he had a lot of knowledge about Han Yunhua's cunning.

But these words can't be said to Hasumuma, if it is his personal intuition, he will be severely reprimanded by this old devil. However, Li Shouxin was very superstitious about his instincts, and it was precisely because of this extraordinary sensitivity that he saved his life several times.

Although he can't tell Liannuma himself, Li Shouxin can tell King De, and King De is still a person who is worth trusting. Li Shouxin didn't think that Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan was capable of Han Yunhua at all, and he now had a deep fear of the general of the Eighth Route Army who suddenly appeared. This fear does not come from the fear of Han Yunhua's combat effectiveness, but from the soul's fear of Han Yunhua, the general of the Eighth Route Army who has never met. For no apparent reason, he lost three divisions of troops in Han Yunhua's hands, which was even more frightening than the loss of ten divisions of troops on the frontal battlefield.

Li Shouxin discussed with King De and decided to see the development of the situation, if it was really Han Yunhua's premeditated plot to capture Suicheng this time, then they had to slip away quickly, otherwise they would definitely be treated as Han Annihilation by the killing god who even dared to slaughter in piles by the imperial army. But if it weren't for Han Yunhua's troops, then I'm sorry, is the credit still very useful! Weapons, equipment, clothing, and food and salaries have to be exchanged for merit.

Not to mention the funny behavior of Li Shouxin and King De on the side of ordering the troops to prepare for battle while packing their luggage, it is only said that the battle situation on the Baotou side has come to an end, and Major General Okada Moto Kuji, the commander of the Baotou garrison of the army, predicts that it will take at least three hours for the Chinese troops to break through the big city of Baotou. But now that the battle has started less than an hour and a half, the Japanese army in the city has been compressed into several points such as the garrison headquarters, the railway station, and the barracks, and the rest of the city has been completely occupied by the Chinese army. The most helpless thing is that the Imperial Cooperative Army, which has always behaved like a dog, chose to surrender as soon as the Chinese army entered the city, without the slightest hesitation, and the arsenal in the city was seized by these Imperial Cooperative Army with the Chinese troops disguised as the Imperial Army.

(To be continued)