The attack on Nantianmen has already brought more than 4,000 casualties to the Eighth Division, and according to the establishment of the army, the Eighth Division is a type A division, with three brigades, including a cavalry brigade and two infantry brigades, each infantry brigade has two wings, and each wing has three brigades under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of 3,800 people, so that the total number of infantry in the Eighth Division is more than 15,000 people, and the casualties of more than 4,000 people are already close to one-third of the infantry of the Eighth Division, and even if the 33 mixed brigades are added, one-fifth is also one-fifth. If another brigade is transferred to the rear at this time, and the [***] squadron counterattacks from Chadong, the danger of the 8th Division will be self-evident.

Looking at Nishiyichi's appearance, Okamura Ninji sighed slightly in his heart, and he changed his tone and said: "General, the actions of the volunteers in the rear are not accidental, they are planned and have strategic purposes, not simply to drag down our army, but to have a bigger plan to counterattack Rehe. ”

At this moment, the chief of staff of intelligence, Tanaka Sa, rushed into the tent: "The deputy chief of staff, the commander of the division, received a telegram from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army that Liu Guitang and Cui Yanwu had defected and the paddock had been lost. ”

Nishiyichi and Okamura Ninji looked at each other, but they didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and Nishiichi was furious: "Eight grids! What about Li Shouxin? What's he doing? ”

Okamura Ninji sighed in a low voice, it seemed that the middle [***] team had taken the lead, and he felt that his movements were a beat slower. Guiding the operation is the meaning of asking for help in the army, but asking for help is the first request from the lower level to the superior, and like this, the superior directly sends people to the lower level to guide the operation without the consent of the lower level is actually one purpose: to supervise the war, which is rare in the history of the army.

The reason for this situation was that Muto Nobuyoshi was very dissatisfied with the progress of the Great Wall front, so he sent Okamura Ninji to the 8th Division under the pretext of the change in the fighting in Rehe, and the head of the 1st Section, Saito Yaheita, to the 6th Division to supervise the battle. However, according to the usual methods of the army, the name of the declaration was to stop the unauthorized actions of junior officers, control the war on the line of the Great Wall, and ensure peace in the Pingjin area. Of course, this kind of high-sounding words is to deceive ordinary people and lower-level officers, but it cannot deceive those high-ranking generals.

"Your Excellency, there's nothing strange about this, those people can't be trusted," Okamura Ninji didn't speak, and Major General Honna, the chief of staff of the Eighth Division, preemptively said, he hadn't spoken before, he was a little hostile to Okamura's arrival, he thought that it was normal for the Great Wall to not go well, the Great Wall defenders were not a straw bale army like Tang Yupho but an elite Central Army, and it was impossible to advance like Rehe again, so he wanted to make things difficult for Okamura: "The paddock is lost, if the central [***] team attacks west to take Chifeng, The Chifeng defenders currently have only one squadron and two thousand imperial allies, and it is difficult for them to hold Chifeng. ”

"No, they won't go west to Chifeng," Okamura immediately retorted, he looked at Jiuna and said resolutely: "The westward advance to Chifeng will not have much impact on their next stage of operations, but will disperse their forces, I think their next step is to attack south, to Longhua, only in this way can the imperial army's attack on Nantianmen be contained." ”

Jiuna saw that Okamura didn't fall for him, so he no longer dared to make things difficult, but on the contrary, he showed a happy and sincere look: "Okamura-kun is right, I was too worried about Chifeng's gains and losses, and I didn't notice the situation of the main force of the division, it was my fault, please forgive me." ”

After speaking, he bowed slightly to Okamura, and Okamura Ningji also took the opportunity to step down, of course he understood that Jiuna did not fail to see the next action plan of the [***] team, but to deliberately guide him to think in the wrong direction, and after he made the decision to send troops to reinforce Chifeng, he would come forward to correct it, so that his Okamura's face would inevitably be swept away, and he would not be qualified to guide the operation of the Eighth Division.

"Jiunajun is too modest, you are right, if the Zhina army attacks Chifeng, Chifeng is likely to not be able to keep it, but Chifeng's gains and losses have little impact on the current battle situation, we can leave him alone for the time being, focus on the line of the Great Wall, and expand the territory for His Majesty the Emperor." Okamura Ninji said solemnly: "When I returned to China in March, I was summoned by His Majesty, and His Majesty was very concerned about the Rehe Battle, and he hoped that we would add glory to the empire," Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji had tears in his eyes, and fondly recalled the emperor's every move, word and deed: "Gentlemen, we must sincerely unite to tide over the difficulties and share the worries of Your Majesty." ”

"Hello! It is the duty of my generation to dedicate ourselves to the Empire! The officers in the tent, including Nishiyichi and Guna, replied solemnly.

"Okamura-kun, what should we do with the rear? The people of China cannot be allowed to threaten our lines of communication. Xiyi said.

"Of course not, we still have to send troops to clear it, but not from you, I will suggest that the Kwantung Army Headquarters transfer a wing and the 1st Cavalry Brigade from the Hattori Brigade attached to the 6th Division to clear out the bandits." Okamura Ninji calmly said the plan: "However, the deployment of the 8th Division should also be adjusted, and the right flank should be strengthened, Your Excellency, I suggest that you transfer a wing to strengthen the defense of the right flank on the first line of Boot Hill, and at the same time transfer the Motegi Cavalry Brigade to the northwest for guerrillas." ”

Okamura Ningji also felt a little helpless in his heart, according to intelligence, the 87th Division, one of China's most elite troops, has been sent to the front line of the Great Wall, and Wei Lihuang, who is known as a general, has also arrived at the front line of the Great Wall.

The elite of the [***] team gathered, but what about the army? The resistance of the three eastern provinces came one after another, the Kwantung Army had only six divisions, Feng was already overstretched in the vast northeast, and could not afford to increase troops to Rehe, and the current economic situation in the country did not allow the war to continue, before launching the Rehe attack, Muto Nobuyoshi also swore that he could occupy Rehe with only the current strength, with his understanding of Muto Nobuyoshi, he would never do such a self-slapping thing.

While the division headquarters was deliberating, the phone on the table rang, Guna grabbed the phone, listened to a few words, turned around and said to Nishiyichi: "Suzuki reports that today's twelfth offensive failed, he is organizing the thirteenth attack, and he wants the division and regimental logistics department to transport the shells as soon as possible, and he only has six shells per gun." ”

Perhaps there have been too many such reports lately, and Nishiyichi can't get angry anymore, he thought about it with a gloomy face and said, "Tell him to suspend the offensive and switch to defense." ”

The various brigades and regiments took turns to attack for more than 10 days in a row, but there was no progress in the slightest except for capturing the foothills of the old mountains. Take advantage of the adjustment and adjustment of the deployment, let the troops rest and prepare for the next stage of the offensive.

Coincidentally, Saito also made the same suggestion to the commander of the Sixth Division, Sakamoto Masaemon, in Lengkou, and the gunfire on the front line of the Great Wall gradually disappeared, and the news reached Beiping, and He Yingqin was very surprised.

"Zheming, it seems that Yongjin Zuo is still sincere." Having said that, He Yingqin's tone was full of suspicion, the Chadong counteroffensive had not yet begun, and there was no news that the incorporated volunteers had gone behind enemy lines, and he did not know what the reason for the army to stop the offensive was, and for the time being, he could only attribute it to the factors of negotiation.

Xu Zuyi negotiated with the military attache of the consulate in Tianjin, but within two days, he no longer had contact with him, and asked the Beiping Military Branch to send someone with a higher position to negotiate with the military attache of the Beiping embassy, Yongjin Zuo.

He Yingqin then sent Xiong Bin to negotiate with Yongjin at the British Consulate in Dongjiaomin Lane, Yongjin was very arrogant, refused to discuss any issues with Xiong Bin, and demanded that the Chinese [***] team withdraw to Yanqing, Changping, Gaoliying, Shunyi, Tongxian, Xianghe, Baodi, Lintingkou, Ninghe, and the west line south of Lutai, and then the two sides would start negotiations again. Xiong Bin also put forward the Chinese side's demand for a truce along the current Line of Actual Control. This request was categorically rejected by Yongjin, and the negotiations were temporarily suspended.

After the Chinese [***] team regained Badaolouzi, the offensive of the Yue army was frustrated, Yongjin contacted Xiong Bin to propose that the Chinese [***] team withdraw from the Great Wall, or withdraw to Yanqing, Changping, Gaoliying, Shunyi, Tongxian, Xianghe, Baodi, Lintingkou, Ninghe, Lutai south and west, and then the two sides signed a written armistice agreement, Xiong Bin still insisted on signing the armistice agreement on the Great Wall as the line, and reminded Yongjin that China had made concessions, and Rehe had acquiesced to the occupation of the army, but Yongjin still refused, and the negotiations between the two sides reached a deadlock. But the day before yesterday, Yongjin suddenly proposed that the two sides temporarily stop military operations for negotiations, Xiong Bin felt very surprised, he did not know what the army was going to do, so he did not dare to agree immediately, and said that this needed to be reported, but he did not expect that Yongjin called yesterday and said that in order to show sincerity, the Kwantung Army decided to stop the offensive first.

After receiving the report, He Yingqin was very surprised, when did he become so talkative, he felt that there must be a conspiracy, but he didn't know where the conspiracy was.

Xiong Bin heard He Yingqin's suspicions, in fact, he didn't believe that he was a character outbreak, and in the past ten days, Yongjin's attitude had changed too quickly and too obviously, which made people suspicious.

"Is there something difficult for the army, or is Mr. Huang's negotiations in Shanghai progressing?" Xiong Bin replied.

"If Huang Yin makes progress, the chairman will telegraph me to wait," He Yingqin first vetoed the second option, and then frowned and muttered: "As for the difficulty, what is the difficulty?" What difficulties could make the army take the initiative to stop the attack? ”

The two were relatively speechless, and Xiong Bin slowly guessed after a long time: "Is it that the operation behind the enemy has a result?" It is said that the army has to draw troops from the front line, so that it is unable to launch an attack. Do you want to send a telegram to Zhuang Wenge to ask? ”

He Yingqin looked at it and shook his head with some dissatisfaction: "Zheming, how is this possible?" How could those volunteers.... As for Zhuang Wenge, hehe, if he wants to have news, he will send it a long time ago, he is not a person who abides by the rules. ”

Xiong Bin knew that He Yingqin was referring to Zhuang Jihua's reorganization of troops in Chadong, and he discussed with Feng Yuxiang without authorization, asking him to be the commander-in-chief of the Chadong counteroffensive and unify the command of all departments on the Chadong front.

"The Cultural Revolution is inevitably young, and I am a little impatient." Xiong Bin did not follow He Yingqin's words, he was not born in the Whampoa department, he was born in the Northwest Military System, when Feng Yuxiang launched the Yanjing coup, he was the chief of staff of the First Army of the National Army, and since then he has been serving as a staff member by Feng Yuxiang's side, until 27 years after the division of the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek re-emerged from the mountain, he represented the Second Army to serve in the National Political Axe, and then transferred to the central system. Years of experience in the faction made him understand that although he held important positions in both the Northwest Army and the Central Committee, if he met a real descendant or core, his identity would be of no use, and Lu Zhonglin, Sun Liangcheng and others gave him a deep lesson. Now, no matter He Yingqin or Zhuang Jihua, they are the descendants of the Huangpu family, and they all hold important positions, and they cannot be provoked in the long run.

"Heh, he's not...."He Yingqin glanced at Xiong Bin when he said this, understood his difficulties, and smiled understandingly: "In this Beiping, you are the person I rely on the most, Zheming, the Cultural Revolution is extremely bold, this is very clear to both me and the chairman, but his luck has always been very good, maybe it is accurate judgment, but... Sooner or later he's going to hit the nail. ”

Xiong Bin thought silently and said: "Jingzhi, say something that shouldn't be said, contact Feng Yuxiang, this matter is not trivial, with Zhuang Wenge's thoughts, it is impossible for him not to be clear, so I think that the chairman of the committee gave him another order." ”

He Yingqin was stunned, this kind of thing is not impossible, Chiang Kai-shek has always been like this, he hasn't figured it out yet, the door of the office was pushed open, and Xu Zuyi rushed in, waving a newspaper in his hand.

"Chairman He, Director Xiong, great victory, great victory, the recovery of the paddock!"

He Yingqin and Xiong Bin were still stunned, only to wake up from the emotions just now, Xiong Bin took the newspaper, and the front page on it was "[***] Counterattack Rehe, Sun Jun Changdian Yingguang Restoration Enclosure".

"What's going on?" After reading it in a hurry, Xiong Bin asked Xu Zuyi in wonder: "We don't know, how did the newspaper know?" ”

"I don't know, I called the newspaper office, they only sent the news after receiving a telegram from the paddock, but the humble judgment should be true," Xu Zuyi said: "Sun Dianying sent two troops to attack Rehe, and these two troops did not bring radios and passwords, so they could not contact us, I think they should have used civilian radio stations to send them." ”

He Yingqin and Xiong Bin immediately concluded that Xu Zuyi's analysis was reasonable, they exchanged a look, and spoke almost at the same time: "The army is in trouble." ”

"This Zhuang Cultural Revolution, there is really a fucking way!" Xiong Bin scolded with some excitement. He now understands why Yongjin asked for a truce, it must be that the logistics line has been threatened, or even cut off, which shows that the tactics proposed by Zhuang Jihua have worked.

He Yingqin was also very excited, the first step of the drama finally achieved the goal, and the next step should be Fu Zuoyi's move, he didn't think about whether Fu Zuoyi would send troops at all, because Zhuang Wenge was in Zhangjiakou, he would definitely be able to convince Fu Zuoyi.

"Send a telegram to Zhuang Jihua, tell him the situation on our side, and let yourself make a judgment on the time to dispatch." He Yingqin ordered.

In fact, Fu Zuoyi is no longer in Zhangjiakou, he went to Dushikou after returning from Guyuan, and the main force of his 57th Army has quietly moved to the vicinity of Dushikou, just waiting for the order of Zhuang's Cultural Revolution.

(To be continued)