Not long after Gao Shuxun's troops entered the position, before the soldiers of the New Eighth Army could clean up the corpses of the Yue army and the earth, rocks and rubble in the trenches, the two units of the Yue Army had already surrounded Yong'an City from the north and south. This time, Kimura Hyotaro was not polite to Gao Shuxun, as soon as he came up, the army came to charge at the level of a brigade group, and also used poison gas bombs, hoping to take advantage of Gao Shuxun's unstable foothold to defeat the New Eighth Army in one fell swoop.

Although Gao Shuxun knew that this time the army would not retain its strength, he did not expect that the army would dare to use poison gas bombs so blatantly, so all of a sudden Gao Shuxun's department was recruited, and when the soldiers reacted, a large number of soldiers were poisoned.

But Gao Shuxun also knew that it was too late to say anything at this time, and it was too late to withdraw, so now it was up to him to see if he could wait for the rescue of the Eighth Route Army Instructor, fortunately, he had just sent a telegram asking for help, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chen Guang was also taken aback by the speed of the army when he received Gao Shuxun's telegram, he knew that the Eighth Route Army was an expert in marching on foot, but he didn't expect the little devil to be ambiguous, according to the scout reconnaissance of the instructor, Kimura Hyotaro did not have many cars, and even the cavalry only had a few hundred, and the large-scale march was not only on foot or on foot, and it was not easy for Kimura Hyotaro to compress a day's and a half's journey into a day.

Chen Guang looked at the map again and again, knowing that the Takashuxun department was really hanging this time, and since Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro knew that he was in danger of being surrounded, he was desperate to find trouble with the Takashuxun department, which could only show that Kimura Hyotaro was determined to clean up the Takashuxun department.

However, Chen Guangzai can't let the friendly forces suffer, although Gao Shuxun's department is a subordinate unit of the national political axe, but at the same time he is also China's national defense force. No matter how much the loss is, aren't all the Chinese who suffer the loss, but now Chen Guang does not have many troops in his hands, and all the troops of the instructor are still in Wu'an Cishan, and it will take two days to reach Yong'an at the earliest. Most of the troops of the Southern Hebei Administrative Office are local guerrillas, not to mention that their combat effectiveness is not strong, and even weapons and ammunition are in short supply, and it is barely possible to carry out some tasks of harassing and blocking attacks, but if you want to use these troops to fight to the death with the devil's field division, then the result will not be to rescue Gao Shuxun's department, but to deliver food to the army.

As for the 334 Brigade under his direct leadership, he has been sent to Handan City to assist Gao Shuxun's troops in garrisoning Handan. Now most of Gao Shuxun's troops have gone north, and the only troops left in Handan City are the 334 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, if the 334 Brigade has a problem, then the entire Handan City will fall again, so the 334 Brigade must not move.

Chen Guang is also a ruthless person, knowing that this is an endless battle with the Yue Army, and it will not be easy to go back if there is a problem on either side, don't look at the current instructor who annihilated the two infantry brigades of the Yue Army, but if the Party Central Committee loses the southern Hebei army, the Party Central Committee will not spare Han Yunhua, of course, he, the commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters in southern Hebei, will not have good fruit to eat, so Gao Shuxun's department must be rescued.

Therefore, Chen Guang sent a report to Jiang Yunshan's department, ordering the instructor to immediately go north to rescue Gao Shuxun's department, as for the safety of Wu'an, it was still handled by the 181st Division, and the troops should not enter the city, and they could rush to Yong'an directly after cleaning the battlefield, and at the same time, Chen Guang sent a telegram to Han Yunhua of the Daqingshan General Headquarters in Xinghe County, making a detailed report to Han Yunhua about the war in southern Hebei during this time, and at the same time asking Han Yunhua's opinion on how to rescue Gao Shuxun's department.

Han Yunhua is still very satisfied with the war in southern Hebei, the record of the two reading mixed brigades is still very gratifying, compared with the annihilation of an infantry division of the Yue army, the results are only a lot more, you must know that there is still a big difference between the reading power mixed brigade and the infantry brigade of the reading power of the army, a reading power mixed brigade is a reading combat unit, although the reading power mixed brigade is still a kind of brigade and regiment of the reading army, but it is not subordinate to a certain division, the reading power mixed brigade is mainly to carry out the combat campaign mission of the reading force, mostly for the garrison troops, Equipped with light infantry weapons, it is a tactical unit, especially good at mountain combat.

During his studies at the military academy, Han Yunhua had a detailed understanding of the changes in the battle sequence of the Chinese army on many occasions, and he also had a good understanding of the emergence and development of this "mixed brigade of reading power," which was relatively alternative in the establishment of the Chinese army. On September 18, 1931, after the outbreak of the so-called "Manchurian Incident," which we Chinese call the "September 18 Incident," the military headquarters sent all permanent divisions and regiments to Manchuria to participate in the war. The infantry brigade under normal establishment was composed of two infantry wings (infantry regiments), but in order to meet the needs of reading and fighting, the brigades and regiments sent to Manchuria, that is, our northeast China, were equipped with various units such as cavalry, artillery, and engineers, and appeared on the Chinese battlefield as temporary divisional units with the surname of "mixed brigades".

However, after the entire campaign in the ninth year of the Showa era, the 1st Brigade and the 11th Brigade were sent to the Chinese battlefield as a small division in full formation. The 1st Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade has two tank brigades adapted from one tank wing, which is the earliest mechanized unit of the Yuben Army; The 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade has a field artillery brigade and a mountain artillery brigade, and is a field brigade with enhanced firepower.

On July 7, 1937, after the "Shina Incident", also known as the "Lugou Bridge Incident", in order to cope with the expansion of the continental front, a number of mixed brigades were organized into a series of brigades to cope with the security and maintenance of the occupied areas. At that time, the reading mixed brigade was basically composed of the brigade headquarters, 5 reading infantry brigades, and the brigade artillery team, which generally governed 2 to 3 squadrons of field artillery or mountain artillery, brigade engineer team, brigade and regiment communication team, and other units, with a total strength of about 5,000 people. The only exception was the 21st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army, which was formed by the Shina Dispatch Army in the 16th year of the Showa era, which was formed purely for the purpose of engaging in field warfare, and its firepower and mobility were greatly improved. From the beginning of the Shina Incident to the outbreak of the Pacific War, a total of 23 mixed brigades were formed, and until the end of the war, a total of 104 mixed brigades were formed.

However, as far as Han Yunhua knows, there are many kinds of brigades and regiments in the army, including reading brigades, infantry brigades, mixed reading brigades, and mixed brigades. During the "August 15" period, the ground forces of the army also had two infantry brigades and regiments (that is, they were not included in the formation of divisions and regiments and were put into the battlefield), nine read-force tank brigades, one mobile brigade, two maritime mobile brigades, and three garrison brigades, all of which were not put into the battlefield in China's Guannei. Han Yunhua knew very well what kind of structure these reading mixed brigades of the army were, which were large brigades that could be upgraded to divisions at any time, or miniature divisions. For example, the 11th Brigade was dispatched to northern China after the Shina Incident in the 12th year of Showa, and then it was reorganized into the 26th Division, so the 26th Division that fought with Han Yunhua's headquarters in Saibei during this period was the earliest three-unit division. In order to cope with the southern strategy, in the 17th year of the Showa period, 7 of the 26 divisions in the Chinese battlefield were withdrawn to the south, and in order to cope with the gap in combat power, the 7 brigades in the Zhutun army at that time were reorganized into divisions. This type of division is also known as the "Public Security Division", also known as the C Division. The C Division has two brigades, eight reading infantry brigades, and divisional engineers, baggage, and communications units, with a total strength of about 12,000 troops.

After the 17th year of the Showa era, the mixed brigades and regiments were still reorganized into divisions and regiments after a large number of supplementary mobilization troops, of which 6 were organized in 17 years and 4 in 18 years; Later, due to the expansion of mobilization, in addition to the native and China, the mixed brigades in Manchuria, the Philippines, Taiwan and other places were also successively reorganized into divisions, with a total of 24 divisions and regiments.

As far as Han Yunhua knows, when the Pacific War broke out, the army had a total of 51 divisions and 39 mixed brigades. Among them, there are 35 divisions and 38 mixed brigades and regiments that are deeply involved in the Chinese battlefield; There are 11 divisions and 1 mixed brigade (accounting for 20% of the total number of ground forces) sent to the strategic direction of the Pacific, and the third and fourth brigades and regiments of the Reading Power Mixed Brigade that were completely wiped out by the instructor this time are the most elite and one of the earliest Reading mixed brigades in the combat sequence of the Yue Army, and it can be said that the results of the instructor are much greater than the elimination of an infantry division and regiment of the Yue Army, of course, the instructor has completed the combat indicators handed over by Han Yunhua to Chen Guang and others.

Han Yunhua also knew that this was already the combat limit of the troops in southern Hebei, although the troops of the army in southern Hebei were all newly formed troops, but the commander of Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro was not a vegetarian, he was a complete war maniac, and it was rare for the Eighth Route Army to be able to stand so cheaply in his hands, and now there is no need to think that Kimura's face must be green. Since Kimura, an old devil, wants to take the New Eighth Army to cover up his command mistakes, then he, Han Yunhua, can't help but express something.

Although it will take two days for the troops in southern Hebei to arrive, the 334 Brigade in Handan will only need more than two hours to feel Yong'an, and the reason why Kimura dares to besiege Gao Shuxun's headquarters so unscrupulously must be that he does not know that there are still six regiments of the Eighth Route Army in Handan, otherwise he would not dare to entangle with the new Eighth Army at this juncture.

Han Yunhua is also a commander with a lot of combat experience, and he can see from the fact that Kimura Hyotaro besieged the New Eighth Army without sending troops to occupy Handan City, and he saw that the army was determined to be in the New Eighth Army, rather than the original to take Handan, which gave Han Yunhua a strong signal, that the army was panicked by the Eighth Route Army, and he didn't dare to drool at Handan anymore. And Kimura, the old devil, doesn't know whether there is an Eighth Route Army in Handan City, or that Kimura Hyotaro doesn't bother to know the situation in Handan City at all, he believes that with the nearly 20,000 troops in his hand, it is impossible to eliminate the entire Central [***] team in southern Hebei, but if it is said that even the new Eighth Army and other local Chinese miscellaneous troops cannot be eliminated, then there is no need to fight this war again.

So Han Yunhua saw the opportunity again, he ordered the whole army of the 334 Brigade to attack decisively, and the defense task of Handan City was handed over to the reading regiments, county brigades, and district squads of the Southern Hebei Administrative Office, and the main force of the 334 Brigade all went north to attack Yongan County.

At the same time, Han Yunhua also ordered Jiang Yunshan's subordinates, in addition to the necessary weapons and equipment, to hand over the rest of the clothing, food, wounded, prisoners, and other things to the local guerrillas in Wu'an to deal with, and the other troops immediately went north to Yong'an, and connected with the 334th Brigade, the New Eighth Army, and the 69th Army to try to destroy the main force of the enemy's 32nd Division, and at worst to defeat the 32nd Division and shrink the army's battle line back to the Shahe line.

Han Yunhua's arrangement is still very reasonable, although the instructor has achieved a major victory in the third and fourth brigades of the whole annihilation of the army, but the risk and the results are directly proportional, in just two days of fighting, the instructor annihilated more than 12,400 people, captured 7,894 long and short guns, 79 light and heavy machine guns, 84 mortars, 12 mountain artillery and field artillery, 61 grenadiers, 1,200 horses, a lot of ammunition and food, and also captured two field hospitals of the army. The captives were 15 military doctors and 65 nurses.

However, the casualties of the instructor were also very great, in just two days, the instructor sacrificed more than 4,000 soldiers, and more than 2,000 were seriously wounded, more than 5,000 were slightly injured but lost their combat effectiveness, and more were slightly injured but did not hinder the battle. In particular, the final charge launched by Major General Sasaki, the commander of the 3rd Brigade in the end, caused great casualties to the instructor.

Han Yunhua expects that Jiang Yunshan's combat power will not exceed 25,000 people, and the most important thing is that the instructor has just experienced a life-and-death battle, and the troops are still tired soldiers, and in terms of mental state, they are not opponents at the same level as the army at all, if they bring a large number of weapons, prisoners and other trophies, if the main force of the instructor rushes to the bullshit place of Yong'an, Gao Shuxun's department will have already been swallowed by the old devil Kimura, and there are no bones left.

After receiving Han Yunhua's order, Jiang Yunshan immediately handed over all the food, captured clothing, and dozens of cannons lacking shells to the local guerrillas in Wu'an for safekeeping, and at the same time, nearly 6,000 seriously wounded people were also handed over to the Wu'an County Party Committee and County Government to take care of. Of course, the "price" paid by the instructor for this was the equipment of a battalion and thirty military cadres at the grassroots level.

Without the drag of the wounded and baggage, the instructor's marching speed was much faster all of a sudden, and Jiang Yunshan heard that it only took one day for Kimura Hyotaro's department to feel Yong'an from Wu'an, so Jiang Yunshan, who had always refused to admit defeat, also ordered the troops to rush to Yong'an County in a day.

If it weren't for Gao Shuxun's temporary "anti-water" and the secret execution of the [***] general Shi Yousan, then the current battle situation would not have become like this, and the third and fourth brigades would not have been annihilated by the cunning Eighth Route Army, that is more than 12,000 imperial warriors, it is false to say that he is not distressed, Kimura Hyotaro now even has the heart to die, if it is not for the support of General Binshan Yuan, the commander of the North China Front, He has now been taken back to China to stand trial.

Although it is said that the empire has suffered a lot in northern Saibei, not to mention that it is a mixed brigade of reading power, even the reorganized field divisions have been annihilated, and even the commander of the lieutenant general has been lost several times, and even the entire Saibei and eastern Hebei regions are occupied by the Eighth Route Army. But someone must be held accountable for every major battle mistake, and the last time it was General Terauchi Shouichi who took responsibility for the defeat in the battle, and was demoted from the commander of the front army to an idle executive in the reserve forces.

Needless to say, General Binshan Yuan said that someone must also be responsible for this battle in southern Hebei, and the loss of two reorganized Reading Power Mixed Brigade Emperor [***] Department must be traced. However, it is obvious that General Binshan Moto wants to take on this responsibility alone, but as a subordinate, dragging his leadership to such an extent, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro feels that he is really stupid, so he will privately strand the troops that originally planned to urgently withdraw to Shimen in Yongan County without the consent of General Binshan Moto. Kimura's idea is good, he hopes to completely annihilate the New Eighth Army, and it is best to capture Gao Shuxun, the commander of the New Eighth Army, and then use this to reduce his guilt a little.

However, Kimura Hyotaro's wishful thinking obviously did not work, although he had expected that the Eighth Route Army and the New Eighth Army might reach some kind of agreement, but Kimura Hyotaro did not believe that the Eighth Route Army would protect the New Eighth Army at all costs, the most important thing is that the large force of the Eighth Route Army is still on the front line of Wu'an, and it is impossible to rush back at least two days, and there may be other troops of the Eighth Route Army around Yongan County, but the number will definitely not be too much.

However, Kimura Hyotaro obviously did not expect that there were more than 9,000 Eighth Route Army in Handan City, although the number of each regiment of the 344 Brigade was not much, and the maximum was less than 2,000 people, but the 334 Brigade did have eight regular infantry regiments, and the 334 Brigade was directly led by 7 local regiments and 21 guerrilla units, with a total number of more than 40,000 people, but this time he participated in the big battle organized by the Inner Mongolia Military Region, so after discussion by the Party Committee of the 115th Division, it was decided to assemble all the six most elite infantry regiments of the 334 Brigade. Together with the 334 Brigade and Brigade Headquarters, it was transferred to southern Hebei to fight, so the establishment of the 334 Brigade at this time was about three times more than the regular infantry brigade of the Kuomintang, and about 3,000 more than one infantry brigade of the Chinese army. So when the intelligence department told Kimura Hyotaro the news that about 10,000 people from the squadron were urgently killing Yong'an, Kimura's old devil's face turned green all of a sudden.

(To be continued)