Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

At night, the headquarters was still brightly lit, and Zhang Yunfei and other high-ranking personnel of the 36 th Group Army were all in the command hall, and in the hall, many combat staff officers and soldiers were busy.

Ten minutes ago, the 5th Column sent another good news, more than 2,000 little devils of the 79th Brigade were captured, and the rest of the little devils were all killed, including the brigade commander of the little devils, Shoichi Takemori.

With the annihilation of a chariot brigade and a mixed brigade of reading power in the vanguard of the little devil, now, everyone is discussing the future battle situation and predicting the next move of the little devil.

Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, with a happy face, began to express his speculation: "Commander-in-chief, we will now annihilate the two brigades of the little devils in one fell swoop, and I think that the little devils will not dare to act rashly in the future." ”

Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, also said: "Commander-in-chief, I think that the little devil will either increase his troops, go south in a big way, fight a decisive battle with us, and avenge the annihilation of his two brigades; Either it is to shrink the forces and focus on defending the Hulu and Jinzhou fronts. ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, had been thinking for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Commander-in-chief, my views are similar to everyone's, and I personally believe that the little devils will shrink their forces and temporarily stop reinforcing the North China Front Army of the little devils. ”

After everyone expressed their opinions, Zhang Yunfei nodded, and what everyone thought and speculated in their hearts was basically consistent with Zhang Yunfei's own inference.

Zhang Yunfei's point of view is that the little devil did not dare to rush south again, and this time, it not only hit the little devil hard, but also affected the morale and confidence of the little devil.

What's more, the little devil should have discovered by now that he doesn't know much about his own 36th Army. At the beginning, how arrogant and arrogant the little devil was, it shows that the little devil Kwantung Army had a serious lack of understanding of the strength of his own troops.

Now, in just one day, the little devils have suffered such heavy losses, and the little devils will definitely find that they have such a lack of understanding of the 36th Group Army.

The two sides are fighting, and the emphasis is on knowing oneself and knowing the other, so in Zhang Yunfei's opinion, the little devils will not dare to go south to reinforce the North China Front Army until they understand their own strength.

So, Zhang Yunfei also said firmly: "Comrades, your analysis is very reasonable, I think that the little devil Kwantung Army will not dare to go south again for the time being." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

"Comrades, although the Kwantung Army will not go south for the time being, our task is still very heavy, and in the next stage, our main task is to recover the entire territory of North China and build the Qinhuangdao Naval Base."

"In addition, at present, the vanguard of the 9th and 10th columns has reached Qinhuangdao, and we will recover Tangshan next, as long as we recover Tangshan, we can form a situation of encirclement of Beiping."

The next day.

On the outskirts of Qinhuangdao.

In a vast wasteland, many little devils and puppet soldiers are working there, surrounded by soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition, and the task of the soldiers is to act as overseers and supervise these little devils and puppet soldiers to work together.

This is the construction site of Qinhuangdao Airport, which will be built into a large military airport, and the entire airport will be divided into several phases of the project, which will last two or three months.

On the huge construction site, in addition to the puppet army and the little devils, there are also some blond and blue-eyed foreigners, these are Jewish experts and technicians, responsible for guiding the construction of the airport.

Qinhuangdao City.

From time to time, there are groups of soldiers of the 36th Group Army, wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying AK-47 assault rifles, looking mighty, and their task is to patrol the streets and maintain law and order in the city.

In order to maintain stability, the 5th Column sent an infantry regiment, and the soldiers patrolled the streets in squads.

In Zhang Yunfei's plan, Qinhuangdao will be an important development city, and a future naval base will also be built here, so not only the stability of the city is very important, but also the safety is quite important.

In order to protect the security of the city, the 5th Column will be temporarily stationed in Qinhuangdao, barracks will be built in the suburbs of Qinhuangdao and Wanjia Town, troops will be stationed, and the 5th Column Headquarters will also be set up in the city.

Coastal Qinhuangdao.

Early this morning, there were also groups of soldiers, accompanied by experts and technicians who arrived overnight, and they were seizing the time to select a site and determine a suitable site for the construction of the harbor.

Other experts in ship design will also arrive at Qinhuangdao within these two days, on the one hand, to grasp the design of the ship, and on the other hand, to grasp the surveying and mapping and design of the harbor, and strive to start construction as soon as possible.

The southwestern suburbs of Qinhuangdao.

Most of the troops of the 9th Column have been assembled here, and the task of the 9th Column is to recover Tangshan, as long as Tangshan is recovered, then Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and other cities around Beiping will all be controlled by the 36th Group Army.

In this way, the 36th Group Army will form a situation of encirclement of Beiping, and if Beiping is to be recovered, it will be much simpler, and the little devils in Beiping will be surrounded on three sides.

More importantly, Tangshan is not very far from Tianjin, and after the recovery of Tangshan, it can directly threaten Tianjin, and the newly established North China Front Army Headquarters of the little devil is in Tianjin.

Comrade Wu Youqing, commander of the 9th Column, looked at his watch and found that it was almost 9 o'clock, so he immediately ordered loudly: "Comrades! Departure, Goal, Tangshan. ”

The operational plan for the liberation of Tangshan had already been handed down to all regiments and battalions, and with Wu Youqing's order, more than 30,000 people of the 9th Column rushed straight to Tangshan.

With the actions of such a large force, there is no need to hide the whereabouts of such a large army, and it doesn't matter if the little devils know everyone's purpose.

As is customary, the vanguard is still two regiments of mechanized infantry, later two tank regiments and cavalry regiments, and then the vast infantry units, as well as heavy artillery units.

Wu Youqing used to be the commander of the armored division, and in this operation, Wu Youqing's armored command vehicle followed the two mechanized infantry regiments to act together.

The mechanized infantry regiment, with its excellent cross-country ability and fast marching speed, reached the outskirts of Tangshan at noon, less than 30 kilometers away from the urban area of Tangshan.

If you go any further, you should be able to meet the little devils.

"Comrades! Note! Prepare for battle, and if you go any further, you may encounter the little devils. ”

Wu Youqing, commander of the 9th Column, personally commanded it.

The warriors looked around, it was just a small mountainous area, and occasionally they could see farmhouses among the small mountains, and in the distance, the terrain was getting flatter and flatter.

Everyone drove forward, while observing the surroundings to prevent the little devils from ambushing.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a Type 39 armored personnel carrier in the front seemed to have pressed a mine, but fortunately, the territory of the armored vehicle was relatively thick, and this mine was just an ordinary mine, and the armored vehicle stopped for a moment, and then it could move forward again.

Hearing the explosion of the mine, everyone immediately knew that the road might have been mined by the little devils, so several soldiers immediately came up, carefully checking the road situation, and began to clear the mines.

In the distance, at least several hundred meters away from the soldiers, there is about a squadron of little devils, who are lying in ambush there, observing the movements of the fighters from a distance, the mines on this road are planted by this little devil squadron, but there are not many mines, only about a dozen mines.

The little devils looked at the soldiers from a distance, because the convoy of two mechanized infantry regiments was several kilometers long, and there was no end in sight, so the little devils did not dare to act rashly, but they were secretly observing the soldiers.

The little devils saw that the mines they had planted had worked, and the huge convoy of the 36th Army had stopped, and the little devils were overjoyed and secretly happy there.

At this time, Comrade Wu Youqing, commander of the 9th Column, also knew the situation in front of him, and immediately came over, learned a little about the situation, looked at the crater where his mine had exploded, and found that it was only a small mine.

Such mines are useful for infantry, they pose little threat to tanks and armored vehicles, and for the sake of subsequent infantry units, it is still necessary to clear these mines, so now several fighters are there to start demining.

Wu Youqing looked at the soldiers who were clearing mines, looked at his watch again, and then decided: "Comrades, everyone drive the car down the roadbed, and we will bypass this section of the road." ”

Whether it is a Vietnamese vehicle or an armored personnel carrier, the cross-country ability is good, and the hillside next to the road can be exercised completely, but the speed is a little slower, everyone should be careful.

As a result, the chariots of the mechanized infantry regiment left this section of the road one after another, bypassed this section of road several hundred meters long from the side hillside, and continued to drive forward.

In the distance, the nearly 200 little devils hidden on the mountain were very surprised to see that the convoy of the 36th Group Army could actually go around, and the mood that they had been happy just now immediately disappeared without a trace.

The little devils watched in amazement as the convoy of the 36th Group Army winded and gradually moved away, and the little devils hurriedly used the radio they carried to send a report to their division commander to report the situation.

In order to find out the details, the little devils stationed in Tangshan sent a lot of small troops, and each of them carried a radio station and scattered and ambushed within a range of 20 to 30 kilometers around Tangshan.

The purpose of sending so many little devil troops is very obvious, on the one hand, it is to find out the situation of the 36th Group Army, and on the other hand, these small forces can also play a warning role.

(To be continued)