"Boss, good news, good news, Flying Fox is already close to Hebei, and it is estimated that it will be able to catch up with us in two or three days."

The news that Chen Jinghui led the army into Hebei immediately reached the left chief of staff, looking at this, he was very happy, and the stones in his heart were also put down a lot.

"Hehe, Lao Zuo, you should rest assured now, the Flying Fox's army is about to arrive." Mr. Peng said.

"Well, just a little relieved. Now our troops have passed through Qinhuangdao and are about to reach the front line of Shanhaiguan. This is a hard bone, and it's not easy to fight! The left chief of staff said.

"Well, I know. But the above did not ask us to attack Shanhaiguan, just let us defend and prevent the devils from going south, you don't have to worry too much. Mr. Peng said.

"I hope so!" Left Chief of Staff said.

"Commander, our troops have all entered the territory of Hebei, and they are expected to arrive at the front line of Shanhaiguan in three days."

On Chen Jinghui's side, Chief of Staff Chen always paid close attention to the progress of the troops, and would report to Chen Jinghui about the situation of the troops every half a day, so that he could understand them.

"Well, three days is too long, I'm afraid the devil won't give us too much time, order the troops to speed up, be sure to arrive at Shanhaiguan within two days."

Chen Jinghui knew that although he had made arrangements, war was war, and everything was unknown. Besides, Shenyang already had the strength of the three divisions of the devils, and if the devils directly sent them south, the Eighth Army would be in trouble.

"Commander, it's not good, the devils in Shenyang have moved."

The next morning, Chen Jinghui was still resting in the car, and Chief of Staff Chen and Chief of Staff Xu hurriedly ran to him.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the nervous appearance of the two of them, Chen Jinghui immediately had a bad premonition.

"Commander, although Commander Huang blew up the devil's railway. However, early in the morning, the devils of the two divisions in Shenyang suddenly drove south, and each plane could arrive at Shanhaiguan in one to two days. Chief of Staff Chen said anxiously.

"What? The little devil is really fast. Immediately ordered Huang Erwa to do everything possible to organize the speed of Shenyang's devils going south. Order the troops to move at full speed, be fast. ”

This is not good news, the Kwantung Army is the elite of the devils, if they are allowed to pass through the Shanhaiguan, the Eighth Route will not last long.

"Hurry, hurry, speed, hurry."

With Chen Jinghui's order, the soldiers who were originally moving fast immediately changed to running. And the officers at the grassroots level, knowing that time was urgent, began to stand on both sides of the road, urging the soldiers to speed up.

"Lao Chen, tell Mr. Peng the news immediately, and hope that they can prepare early and persist for two days."

The troops were still marching rapidly, and Chen Jinghui suddenly thought about whether Mr. Peng's side already knew the news, don't be caught off guard, it will be a big trouble.

"Boss, boss, the big thing is not good, the devils in Shenyang have gone south. You see, this is the information that just got. ”

When Chief of Staff Zuo got the news that the devils in Shenyang were heading south, his face immediately changed drastically. immediately came to Mr. Peng's side with the information, and the report sounded.

"Report, Flying Fox Commander Chen is in an emergency." At the same time, the communications corps also came to report with Chen Jinghui's telegram.

"Lao Zuo, look at what the flying fox just passed over at this time, it is exactly the same as the news we got, it seems that the devil is really moving." Mr. Peng handed Chen Jinghui's telegram to Chief of Staff Zuo, and at the same time sighed in his heart about Flying Fox's intelligence ability.

"Boss, what should we do. Now we only have less than 100,000 troops, and if we fight the devils hard, we won't be able to stop them for long. The left chief of staff said. Their troops are not flying foxes, not to mention that they don't have good weapons, and even the training of their soldiers is not systematic.

"Old Zuo, where are our troops now." Mr. Peng asked.

"Boss, our troops have begun to build a defensive line five miles away from Shanhaiguan." Left Chief of Staff said.

In this way, the 120th Division was ordered to immediately withdraw from Shanhaiguan and build a second line of defense in Qinhuangdao. Let the 129th Division give me the first line of defense, and be sure to hold out for a day. Mr. Peng said.

"Yes, I'll give the order right away." The left chief of staff turned and left.

Boom Boom Boom ......

In the afternoon of the same day, the devil troops guarding Shanhaiguan began to attack the positions of the 129th Division. The devils are all field armies, and their firepower is quite powerful. In less than three hours of fighting, the 129th Division was in a bitter battle.

"Boss, the 129th Division is about to be overwhelmed." Left Chief of Staff said.

"Let them resist, they must hold out until dark, and they can evacuate after dark."

Mr. Peng also knew that the 129th Division was fighting very hard, but the Flying Fox's troops had not yet arrived, and he could not withdraw now, if he really withdrew, his previous efforts would be in vain.

"Commander, the devil has begun to attack the eighth way. Their firepower was strong, and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route suffered heavy casualties. The news soon reached Chen Jinghui.

"Lao Xu, order the troops to speed up again, quickly."

Chen Jinghui knew that the devil wanted to drive the Eighth Route away from Shanhaiguan first, and then wait for their brigade of reinforcements to arrive, and then the army quickly moved south.

"Hurry, hurry...... Comrades speed up, fast"

The troops, who were originally running forward, were urged again and directly turned into running. The soldiers grew their mouths one by one, gasping for breath, gritting their teeth and holding on.

Boom, boom, boom

Da-da-da, bang-bang

"Quick, the guard regiment has gone to the east to reinforce it, and the devils are about to break through."

"The others beat me hard, and I must hold on until dark."

Da-da-da, bang-bang

The devil's offensive was fierce, and the defense line of the 129th Division was hit with gaps everywhere, and the commander of the 129th Division sent the only mobile reserve guard regiment to it.

"Kill give, kill give."

Da-da-da, bang-bang

The devil saw that the defense line of the 129th Division was about to collapse, and the momentum of the offensive intensified, and more and more troops penetrated. The troops of three of the four divisions that originally defended Shanhaiguan were infiltrated to participate in the attack.

"Boss, you can't fight like this, if you continue to fight, the 129th Division will be finished."

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the left chief of staff saw the battle report of the 129th Division, and the troops had disappeared in formation. In some units at the battalion and company level, there is not a single living outlet.

"Lao Zuo, I know, but I still say the same thing, let them hold on until dark."

Mr. Peng looked up at the sky, trying not to let his tears fall, and continued to insist on his previous orders unchanged.

"Alas......" the left chief of staff sighed helplessly.

"Commander, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route is over, and in just one day with 50,000 troops, there are more than 10,000 people left."

Looking at the urging telegram sent by Mr. Peng, Chief of Staff Chen was very sad. The 129th Division was his old unit, and it was crippled like this.

"Well, I know, order all tank units of the two armies of the tank force to set off at the moment, and be sure to rush to Qinhuangdao before dawn tomorrow."

Chen Jinghui had no choice, the troops were already very tired, and it was impossible to advance rapidly, so they had to stop and rest. He also knew that the 129th Division had withdrawn from the Shanhaiguan defense line at night and retreated to the Qinhuangdao defense line. The only thing he can do now is to send tank troops up in advance, and at the same time, he also hopes that Mr. Peng can hold out for another day.

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Soon the night passed, and the early birds began to fly up their fingers and sing. But under the tree, there are exhausted soldiers of the Eighth Road. In order to better block the devils, they built a position and worked until midnight before resting.

"Comrades have dinner, come and eat."

The comrades of the cooking class brought up the prepared breakfast, but the soldiers lay on the ground one by one and slept profusely, and they were unwilling to get up.

Boom Boom Boom ......

"Quickly enter the position, the devil is attacking."

At this time, the devil's cannon sounded again. The junior officers knew that the soldiers had not yet eaten, but in order to stop the enemy, they still urged the soldiers to enter the positions and prepare for battle.

"Get down, get down."

Boom, boom, boom

Time was short, and they did not build anti-artillery holes. So the devils shelled, and they could only lie on the ground to hide.

"The devil is coming, fight back, quickly."

Soon the shelling ended, and the troops attacking the devils rushed to the front of the positions. When the observer saw the devil coming up, he immediately reminded the warriors to prepare for battle.

Bang bang

Soon there was a sound on the position, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route lay on the trench one by one and began to shoot in the face of the devils. Although they were hungry alone and couldn't last long, they persevered.

"Hurry up and ask the boss when our reinforcements will arrive, go quickly."

After three hours of fighting, the 120th Division's defensive line began to become precarious. Seeing such a result, the commander of the 120th Division was anxious.

"Commander, look at it"

Squeaky ......

As soon as the signal corps left the headquarters, they saw a large number of tanks suddenly appear behind the position, and these tanks were coming towards them. Everyone in the command was dumbfounded, they had only seen that the devils had so many tank troops, and their Huaxia troops had never seen so many. They roughly counted them, and there were probably one or two thousand.

"Brothers, it's our turn, come on."

The tank units did not stop at all and continued to advance directly on the orders of the temporary commander, while aiming their guns at the troops attacking the devils.

Boom Boom Boom ......

They opened fire, and before the attacking troops of the devils could figure out the situation, they were found by tanks to take refuge in all directions.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way."

Seeing the tanks firing at the devils, the commanders of the 120th and 129th divisions ordered their troops to get out of the way and let the tanks pass.

"Yaga, where did those tanks come from, Yaga"

Seeing this sudden tank unit, the commanders of several divisions of the devil were also dumbfounded. They couldn't figure out where the enemy had gotten such a huge armored force, which was incredible.

This book was first published in Reading Books