Almost everyone in the Inner Mongolia Military Region from top to bottom was very excited, and even the political commissar Zuo and Shen Yuquan, who stayed behind in the nest, hurriedly sent telegrams to inquire about what happened, of course, they themselves knew about Han Yunhua's battle plan, but they just didn't know how the casualties of the troops were, after all, the troops led by Master Chen were going to face off against the second division, the most elite of the army. Although the Second Division only had half a division of less than 10,000 people, you must know that Itagaki Seishiro only used half a division to defeat more than 30 divisions of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army. In the minds of Political Commissar Zuo and others, even if Han Yunhua's troops achieved brilliant results, the casualties of the troops were definitely not small.

In fact, Han Yunhua himself did not know the casualties on Master Chen's side, but Han Yunhua knew that Li Dayong's side must not have many casualties, and the Eighth Brigade had been training for more than half a year, and under such favorable conditions, if the Eighth Brigade still suffered heavy casualties, then Han Yunhua would doubt Li Dayong's command ability.

What Han Yunhua is most worried about now is that General Binshan Yuan is desperate to eliminate the main force of the 386 Brigade, which will be troublesome, if the army is transferred north to rescue the troops in Chengde City, then Han Yunhua will be much more relieved. If the army is determined to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, the Eighth Route Army will really not be able to rescue it with the current situation. Fortunately, however, at dawn, news came from the front that the forward brigade of the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army had retreated 30 miles and distanced itself from the two sharp knife battalions of the military region. Han Yunhua knew Bin Shanyuan's choice, and under great joy, Han Yunhua ordered Master Chen's small army to immediately enter Changli County, and lurk to the coastal port of Changli County as quickly as possible, ready to welcome the guests who came over.

Although the Second Battle of Saibei had the meaning of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and at the same time, there was also the idea of expanding the base area to be stationed in eastern Hebei, but the most important thing was that Han Yunhua wanted to try the combat capabilities of the mechanized brigade and the artillery brigade, especially the ability of infantry and tan to cooperate in combat. More importantly, a month ago, Han Yunhua's old German friend Rich? Perin has already shipped what Han Yunhua wants to Shanghai, and Han Yunhua can receive the goods at any time as long as he is willing. The problem is the same as the last time, the Chinese army now controls the sea control of the entire southeast of Bohuang and the Yuebenhai Sea, and all passing ships must be strictly inspected by the Japanese warships, and all military supplies cannot be transported to China by sea. Of course, there are exceptions to this, the ships of Germany, Italy, and Germany's client states are unrestricted, and Ben doesn't have the courage to search German cargo ships, so Rich? Perin has the ability to deliver what Han Yunhua's ministry needs to any port along the coast.

But there is another thorny problem here, that is, the strength of the Yue army in China's coastal areas is far stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army in this area, and the Yue army controls almost all the large and medium-sized coastal ports and major coastal towns. But that batch of things is extremely important to the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region and even the entire Eighth Route Army, and it must be obtained. Han Yunhua thought about it, since he couldn't do it secretly, then he would blatantly rob it. But in order not to let Richie? Perin is difficult to do, Han Yunhua is still preparing to send a small force to fight Richie while launching the Second Battle of Saibei? Perin made contact before using a large force to pick up the important supplies.

On March 16, that is, the third day after the great victory in eastern Hebei, Han Yunhua ordered Ye Baoguo to lead the troops directly under the military region to speed up their way to Chengde, and at the same time ordered Master Chen and Li Dayong to quickly gather their troops, and he should rush to eastern Hebei within two days. As for the war in northern Jin, Han Yunhua was directly handed over to Commander Nie (Rong Zhen), anyway, now the Fifth Division no longer has so many troops to besiege Han Yunhua's department, and even the paratrooper brigade used to cut off the back road of Han Yunhua's department has also urgently withdrawn to Zhangjiakou, so it can be said that the war in northern Jin is basically over. In order to prevent the Fifth Division from taking advantage of the loophole of the long battle line, Han Yunhua discussed with Commander Nie and decided that the whole army would retreat 30 miles and withdraw from the northern part of Wei County, while the 2nd Assault Brigade would also abandon Huailai, and the whole army could stick to the three counties of Tianzhen, Yanggao, and Yangyuan.

On the evening of the 16th, Han Yunhua personally led the two special operations squadrons of Cheetah and Eagle to rush to eastern Hebei. The value of the goods provided by Perin this time, Han Yunhua's department needs to provide to Richie? Perling, the German, had more than 20,000 silver dollars. Although Han Yunhua's department seized a lot, he didn't leave much, and he earned such a huge sum of money in Wuhan last time, but when Han Yunhua returned to Guisui, he only brought more than 10 million oceans, and all the rest was handed over to the Party Central Committee. However, Han Yunhua's family background is still very strong, for this transaction, Han Yunhua began to save money early, for the sake of convenience and safety, Han Yunhua put this huge amount of money in the original Daqingshan headquarters, this time it happened to be taken out of the surname.

More than 20 million oceans, two full trucks are loaded with army trucks, and it is extremely inconvenient to transport them. But Richie? Perin was afraid that Han Yunhua would play tricks with him, so he deliberately explained that as long as he was cash, he would not accept any bank checks and drafts. Although Han Yunhua was very helpless, he understood Richie very well? Perling. After all, trading such a huge batch of military supplies with [***] is not a joke, even if he has connections, and even has the support of the German [***] side, but once the incident happens, he will still lose his head, so Richie? Perrin would be so cautious.

The small unit that Master Chen prepared for Han Yunhua was none other than Li Dingguo, who was the head of the Jidong Anti-Japanese Advance Detachment of the Inner Mongolia Military Region at the time, and his Flying Dragon Special Operations Squadron. Because Han Yunhua made it very clear in the telegram that the requirements for this small unit were to be small in number and strong in combat. Master Chen thought about it for a long time, and it seemed that there were no troops that met Han Yunhua's requirements, and even several reconnaissance companies directly under the 77th Division could not meet this standard. However, Wang Yuanhua is an old man in the military region, but he knows who Li Dingguo is, and he knows the elite special combat team under Li Dingguo. Just in order to facilitate command, Han Yunhua handed over all the troops in eastern Hebei to the command of Master Chen, including Li Dingguo and his Flying Dragon Special Combat Team. Therefore, Wang Yuanhua suggested that Master Chen should use local materials and send Li Dingguo to carry out this mission. Master Chen also felt that this was a good suggestion when he heard it, you must know that the top soldiers of various units were very busy during this time, and it was very troublesome to transfer them out, and the area where Li Dingguo's headquarters was located happened to be the central and eastern part of eastern Hebei, and it was only about a day's journey from Changli County, so it was very suitable for them to carry out this mission.

At the same time when Li Dayong's troops attacked Sawada Shigeru's department, Li Dingguo led his 3,000 elites and more than 2,800 people under Bao Sen to capture the two county towns of Qianxi and Qian'an. At the same time, he uprooted all the strongholds in Donghuangyu and other places, and after receiving the telegram from Master Chen, Li Dingguo did not dare to slack off, knowing that the commander must have something important to hand over to them, so he immediately assembled the Feilong special operations squadron that was carrying out tasks outside, and then personally led the team to Changli County.

Qian'an is not far from Changli County, only one Lulong County is separated in the middle, and the straight-line distance is only 120 kilometers, and the Feilong Special Warfare Squadron can reach it in one day. For the sake of insurance, Li Dingguo led the Flying Dragon Special Combat Team to take the barren mountain road that no one walked, and rushed to Changli County as quickly as possible.

On March 15, Li Dingguo led the Feilong special combat team to Changli County and lurked at the mouth of the Dapu River. At the same time, Li Dingguo used the radio to send a telegram to Han Yunhua, asking for instructions on what to do next.

Han Yunhua had also passed Zhangbei County at this time, and was on his way to Fengning, after receiving Li Dingguo's telegram, Han Yunhua immediately sent a message to Rich? Perin sent a telegram informing him that one of his companies had reached the mouth of the Dapu River, and that his men could first make contact with Li Dingguo and others.

Ricky? Perin was also very cheerful, and directly told Han Yunhua that Li Dingguo and others would meet with his people at the mouth of the Dapu River at eight o'clock tonight, and then he would pick up Li Dingguo and Li Dingguo's less than ten subordinates on the ship and let them inspect the goods first.

Ricky? Perrin's cheerfulness made Han Yunhua very satisfied, he knew Richie? Perrin is taking a risk, and if he succeeds, he can go to any country in the world to live his rich life. But if the deal fails, he's not in a good position. Han Yunhua believes that this batch of goods is definitely not from the right path, you must know that now Germany is also expanding its armaments, and the weapons and equipment produced are not enough, so it can still be exported, even if the arms produced by Czechoslovakia, the second largest arsenal in Europe, are not looked down upon by the German troops, but in Europe Germany still has many client countries, and the troops of those client countries also need a large amount of weapons and equipment, so Han Yunhua does not think that the German side will sell such a huge batch of weapons and equipment and even the arms production line to [***] So then this batch of supplies is likely to be Richie? Perling took advantage of his position to get it. If the transaction fails waiting for Richie? Perrin could be imprisoned, or even killed.

Of course, Han Yunhua won't let Richie? Perling disappointed, as long as Richie? Perin's things are qualified and meet Han Yunhua's standards, so Han Yunhua won't let Richie on the price? Perin suffered a loss, at this time there are still people who sell these urgently needed equipment to the Chinese, whether it is for money or for something else, but it is undeniable that he helped China support the great cause of the Chinese nation's resistance, and he is a good friend of the Chinese people on this point.

Han Yunhua sent a telegram back to Li Dingguo and others, telling him how to connect with the Germans. At the same time, Han Yunhua also ordered Li Dingguo to investigate the pseudo-forces in the area of the Dapu River estuary, so as to prevent these dogs from hindering this transaction.

Originally, Han Yunhua was going to bring all the four special operations squadrons, but the young phoenix special operations squadron had urgent tasks to complete, so it was sent by Han Yunhua to the southern Hebei area, and it has been gone for nearly half a month. Therefore, this time, Han Yunhua brought a total of two special operations squadrons, and if Li Dingguo's Flying Dragon special operations squadron was added, there would be less than 600 people. Therefore, after Han Yunhua arrived at the temporary headquarters of Li Dayong's department in Kuancheng, he brought the guard battalion of Li Dayong's department and the captured automobile transport brigade with him. On the one hand, it is to prevent the sudden attack of the puppet army, and on the other hand, it is to transport all the weapons and equipment back to Chahar as soon as possible.

Han Yunhua only stayed in Kuancheng for less than three hours before leading the troops to continue to advance, but because General Binshan Yuan ordered all the scattered defenders in eastern Hebei to withdraw to Qinhuangdao, the journey was very smooth, and he did not encounter a single puppet army, and all the puppet troops in the county strongholds were completely withdrawn.

Han Yunhua fed back the situation back to the front-line command and ordered Master Chen and Li Dayong to march eastward with confidence. Moreover, the troops directly under the military region led by Ye Baoguo also arrived in Chengde, and it was enough to hand over the task of besieging the remnants of the Second Division to Ye Baoguo.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of March 18, Han Yunhua led his troops to the mouth of the Dapu River and connected with Li Dingguo's Feilong Special Operations Squadron. Seeing Han Yunhua, Li Dingguo was very excited, since he was transferred by Han Yunhua to Jidong to preside over the great cause of resistance in Jidong, he and the Feilong Special Warfare Squadron have experienced life and death several times, and have been dealing with the puppet army in a harsh combat environment. Since the large army had withdrawn, and the army had left the Second Division in eastern Hebei to suppress the resistance movement of the people in eastern Hebei, the situation of Li Dingguo and others had always been extremely dangerous. If it weren't for the Flying Dragon Special Operations Squadron to get Han Yunhua's true biography, it would really not be able to play in Jidong if it was changed to other troops. Let's take the famous general Bao Sen in eastern Hebei as an example, speaking of which Lao Bao is also a fierce general, and the puppet army is also very nervous when he mentions his name. However, some time ago, in the situation in eastern Hebei, Lao Bao's troops were almost dumplings by the second division, although they later broke through, but Lao Bao's original more than 1,800 people were left with less than 1,000 people, and there was a great shortage of weapons, ammunition, food and other materials, if Li Dingguo had not secretly supported Lao Bao with a batch of supplies, the team in Lao Bao's hands would have been in trouble.

Even with the strength of the Feilong special operations squadron, it has suffered great losses in more than half a year of fighting, and when Li Dingguo came to eastern Hebei, he still had 176 special combat personnel in his hands, but now there are only more than 140 people left, and the loss of nearly one special operations team is not a small loss. However, the losses were also rewarded, and in the past six months, Li Dingguo's troops fought more than 300 battles, killed and wounded tens of thousands of puppet troops, uprooted 121 strongholds, and captured county towns many times. At the same time, Li Dingguo also raised a regular army of more than 3,000 people, and these 3,000 people were all elites selected by Li Dingguo. In Li Dingguo's view, there are more soldiers than many soldiers, and in the case of many enemies looking around, if there are too many troops, it is likely that they will be bitten by the tail of the puppet army. Therefore, Li Dingguo only selected an elite group of more than 3,000 people, and all the rest were formed into militia groups on the spot. As far as he could, Li Dingguo was given fifteen rifles to each village, each equipped with 100 rounds of ammunition. Because of Li Dingguo's generosity, all the anti-Japanese teams are treated equally, whether it is the landlord or the bandits, Li Dingguo is to give a certain amount of help within his ability, so the most famous in the eastern Hebei region is not Han Yunhua, let alone Bao Sen, but the famous Li Baye Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo can be said to be like a fish in water in eastern Hebei, but he always wants to return to Chahar and return to the commander's side. He can learn a lot by the commander's side, and his skills are all trained by the commander in two months, and he believes that as long as he stays with the commander for another year or two, he will definitely become a good man in charge at that time.

"Commander, you're finally here, but you miss me!" Li Ding said excitedly in Chinese.

Han Yunhua looked at the squadron leader of the special combat team, who was five years older than him, and was also very generous, and said with a smile: "Very good, you guy didn't embarrass our special combat team, and it is very good that you can still pull up such an elite among tens of thousands of enemy troops." Li Baye's prestige is even more thunderous, and I am very satisfied. Han Yunhua was very satisfied with Li Dingguo, he knew that the situation of resistance in eastern Hebei did not fall into a state of collapse after the departure of the large army, largely due to the existence of Li Dingguo and Bao Sen's two troops, especially Li Dingguo's elusive army. To deal with a large group of puppet troops, Li Dingguo concentrated all the troops in his hands to encircle and strangle, and to deal with a small group of enemies, Li Dingguo sent a special combat team or a guard company and a reconnaissance company to deal with the small group. Therefore, Li Dingguo's absence in Jidong is impressive, and Li Baye's name was transmitted back to Guisui by the intelligence department a few months ago.

Li Dingguo touched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "The commander said that he was joking, it was all the love of friends on the road, and it was also the recognition of our Eighth Route Army. ”

As Li Dingguo said, the name of the eighth master was not only given to him Li Dingguo, but also given to the entire Eighth Route Army by the people of eastern Hebei. Although the first Battle of Saibei was the withdrawal of Han Yunhua's troops from eastern Hebei, Han Yunhua made full arrangements before withdrawing from eastern Hebei. Chengde and other cities were almost emptied, except for the famous gardens and pavilions of scenic spots, all the tall buildings in Chengde and other cities were blown up by Han Yunhua when he left. And all the factory equipment in Jidong was also transported back to the base area by Han Yunhua, so the economy of Jidong regressed for more than ten years. In order to restore the economy, the puppet army did not massacre the people of eastern Hebei after the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Army as before, but also carried out a certain degree of pacification. Thinking of the kindness of the Eighth Route Army, the people of eastern Hebei also have great respect for Li Dingguo's subordinates who are active in this area.

(To be continued)