The incident in eastern Hebei happened too suddenly, although the army also received some news in advance, but because the army used its main energy to deal with Han Yunhua's subordinates at that time, it also relatively relaxed the monitoring of other resistance forces in eastern Hebei.

Besides, even if the army had the heart to rectify the law and order in eastern Hebei, it was also powerless at that time, the largest garrison in eastern Hebei had been transferred to Longhua to block Han Yunhua's department, and the only remaining ones were the puppet army and the devils whose scale was only a squadron formation, if the Eighth Route Army was determined to fight guerrilla warfare with them, those devils and puppet armies would really be of little use.

There is always only one way for the devils to deal with the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, that is, to encircle and suppress the army, force the Eighth Route Army to move outward or break through with superior forces, and if the devils have sufficient troops, they will also set up several blockade lines on the periphery. At present, there are only a dozen squadrons scattered in eastern Hebei, and the largest number is the two dissatisfied wings stationed in Tangshan and Qinhuangdao.

The Eastern Hebei Incident broke out suddenly, and the headquarters of the North China Front Army was severely reprimanded by the base camp. Even the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Ueda, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, who were far away in Manchukuo, were also criticized by the base camp by name, especially Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, who once served as the commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, was pointed at by the base camp and scolded for stupidity, which was the first time in Hideki Tojo's military career.

However, Hideki Tojo still understands the veterans in the base camp very well, and no one thought that at that time, there was only a small regiment of the Eighth Route Army that was disabled, with less than 400 people and no more than 100 guns, to develop into such a behemoth as it is now, and it only took less than a year, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a military miracle.

Moreover, the North China Front's encirclement and suppression of this Chinese army headed by Han Yunhua has never been broken, how they can develop to more than 100,000 troops under the noses of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Imperial Army, it is really incomprehensible. But the facts are in front of us, tens of thousands of imperial elites can't even capture the small city garrisoned by a "small" unit of Han Yunhua's department, which shows how big Han Yunhua's power is now.

This is also thanks to the help of the elites of Tegaoke, otherwise it would be impossible for Shouichi Terauchi to "find out" Han Yunhua's true family background in such a short period of time. At present, whether it is Terauchi Shouichi of the North China Front Army or those in the base camp, they have reached a preliminary consensus, that is, the Han Yunhua Department entrenched in the Chahar region is now in a climate, and it is difficult to completely eliminate it in a short period of time. Moreover, the unit's mobile combat capability is extremely strong, although several divisions and regiments under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army nearly 100,000 people have achieved outstanding results in encirclement and suppression for more than half a month, not only have almost all of Chahar's territory been recovered, but even Han Yunhua's headquarters lair has been hit by the destruction of the imperial warriors.

However, the eastward advance of the main force of Han Yunhua's department disrupted the normal order of the eastern Hebei region, and the shadow of Han Yunhua's department was active everywhere in the eastern Hebei incident, and the cavalry troops of Han Yunhua's department had appeared on the periphery of Qinhuangdao, and also launched a sneak attack on Qinhuangdao. The situation in eastern Hebei was already on the verge of getting out of control, and in just four or five days, riots broke out in more than 50 places, and these thugs brutally killed the officials of the empire, robbed all the citizens of the empire from their investments in China, and even openly attacked the county strongholds and seaports and docks.

For this reason, the North China Front had to adjust its battle plan. On July 22, General Terauchi Shouichi personally issued an order that Gu Shoufu, Goguan Chun, and Washizu Matsudaira should make every effort to break through the enemy in front of them, and regardless of the escape of the main force of Han Yunhua's army, these three armies must break into the hinterland of eastern Hebei to quell the rebellion before the 28th. Subsequently, Terauchi Shouichi ordered the 109th Division to intensify its offensive against the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei and southeastern Shanxi, and at the same time allocated reinforcements from a brigade to the 109th Division.

Of course, the adjustment of the army's strategy was expected by Han Yunhua, and then Han Yunhua sent a report to Li Dayong and Shen Yuquan, ordering them to launch a sneak attack on the second city of Hubao on July 24, and it was necessary to completely annihilate the puppet defenders of these two cities in a short period of time and fully control the situation there.

At the same time, Han Yunhua ordered Yang Chengwu's troops to move to Xinghe County immediately after completing the assembly, and launched an attack on the devils in Xinghe County. The order Yang Ruihua received was to restore the combat effectiveness of the troops in a short period of time, reorganize the establishment of the troops, and then launch a counteroffensive against the surrounding devils, and finally converge with Shen Yuquan, Li Dayong, and Yang Chengwu.

After Han Yunhua's order was issued, the situation in Chahar, which had just been calm for less than a week, began to become complicated again. But now both Terauchi Shouyi and Han Yunhua can't take care of this side anymore, because the war in eastern Hebei has reached the most.

On July 19, Gu Shoufu's division ignored the attacks along the way of Han Yunhua's supplementary first corps, and after occupying Guyuan and leaving a reinforced brigade to guard the county seat, the whole army broke through the four blocking lines of the supplementary first corps at the speed of a rapid march, and went straight south to Longhua. At the same time, Houguan Chun's department was also stumbled in Fengning and Han Yunhua's department.

Han Yunhua knew the 26th Division very well, and since he led the new regiment into Xinghe County, he Han Yunhua and Houguan Chun became mortal opponents, and it can be said that the Inner Mongolia Military Region grew up under the blows of Lieutenant General Houguan Chun. To tell the truth, Han Yunhua is very disdainful of Houguan Chun, a veteran in the army, and the 26th Division has 18,000 people, but every time he fights against Han Yunhua, it is always Houguan Chun who suffers. Such a huge force is simply an ornament in the hands of Houguan Chun, and it can't play the slightest role.

To this end, Han Yunhua transferred the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the 1st Supplementary Corps, the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Supplementary Corps, the artillery battalion of the 2nd Assault Brigade, and the 3rd Battalion of the Fire Support Regiment to the line from Fengning to Chengde. Starting from the replenishment of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Corps, relying on the favorable terrain to stubbornly block the 26th Division, after losing the position, it immediately withdrew eastward to the blocking position of the next army, and then converged with the next army to block the attack, with only one purpose, to block the devils from entering eastern Hebei.

Han Yunhua's tactics are still very effective, at the beginning after Guan Chun did not notice any difference, when attacking the Wudao Battalion in Fengningxi, he only sent a brigade of soldiers for the attack, although there were certain casualties, but it was still acceptable, the casualties of a squadron were still insignificant compared to a division and several brigades. During the attack on Fengning County, Houguan Chun dispatched the troops of two integrated wings and an artillery wing, and finally took Fengning County after paying heavy casualties of one brigade and two squadrons. However, what made Hou Guanchun feel a little relieved was that the casualties of the Chinese army were also very large, and they found more than 800 corpses of the future and buried Eighth Route Army in the city, according to the casualty ratio of 1:5, then it can be inferred that the losses of the Chinese army in this battle should be more than 4,000 people, or even more.

But then the development of things was far beyond Houguan Chun's expectations, when attacking Fengning East Camel Anxi Mountain, he dispatched a reorganized brigade and a field artillery wing plus a field heavy artillery squadron to fight for a whole day and night to capture this mountain, and also let the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountain calmly withdraw. This was especially true in the following battles, where the army needed to invest more troops each time, and the casualties of the troops became greater and greater. By the time the 26th Division reached Bolono, which was less than 30 kilometers away from Luanping County, the exhausted 26th Division could no longer move forward, and was blocked by the joint efforts of five regiments and three reinforced battalions of Han Yunhua's division.

In addition, the smoothest advance was Lieutenant General Washizu Matsuhei of the 21st Division, and after the 21st Brigade and the 3rd Mixed Brigade returned to Zhangjiakou by car, they immediately changed trains and rushed to Beiping, preparing to leave Pinggu from Beiping, go straight to Zunhua City, and then enter the hinterland of eastern Hebei.

As soon as the troops left the county town of Zhangbei, Lieutenant General Washizu Matsuhei received a report from the forward troops that all the roads and railways leading to Zhangjiakou had been blown up by the Chinese guerrillas, and some winding mountain roads had even been blown up along with the mountains. Not to mention cars, even if a soldier walks on foot, it may not be possible.

In desperation, Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira had no choice but to get out of the car with all the officers and rush to Zhangjiakou on foot. Although the guerrillas were hardly disturbed along the way, the 21st Division had to walk for four days and four nights during the short journey from Zhangbei to Zhangjiakou, and some large artillery pieces were almost lost.

(To be continued)