In mid-October, the international situation once again underwent drastic changes.

Germany concentrated nearly a million troops on the Eastern Front, in the territory of the Soviet Union, and fought fiercely with millions of Soviet troops for several months, and finally won the Battle of Stalingrad, which is diametrically opposed to the situation in history.

Historically, the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II, and the German army slowly moved towards defeat, but Zhang Yunfei, a small butterfly, gently instigated its wings and set off a monstrous wave.

History has changed again and again.

The Soviet and German armies fought fiercely in Stalingrad for several months, with heavy casualties on both sides, and hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers, although the Germans finally won the victory, but the casualties were not small, and now, the Germans have taken control of Stalingrad and will continue to advance deep into the Soviet Union.

In the Soviet-German war, Zhang Yunfei could not predict who would win in the end, but now, the Soviets and Germany were fighting together, and the German army still had the advantage, which was an opportunity for Zhang Yunfei.

At this time, the main force of the 36th Group Army could move north.

The vast north, Outer Mongolia, Siberia, the three eastern provinces, and even Hemingway, Sakhalin Island, and so on, are all Chinese territory, and now, taking this opportunity, we can go north to recover the lost territory.

Now that the Soviet Union is fighting fiercely with Germany, it will definitely not be able to take care of these places, and it is just an excellent opportunity for Zhang Yunfei.

As for the Kwantung Army in the three eastern provinces, although it is claimed to be 700,000, Zhang Yunfei is not afraid and wants to have a head-to-head battle with the Kwantung Army of the little devils. Take the opportunity to recover the three eastern provinces.

Little Japan not only has more than 2 million troops in Southeast Asia, but also, in the Pacific, it has already fallen into a fierce war with the United States, and Japan will inevitably consume a large number of troops.

As for the little devils in other places in China. For example, the little devils in Central China, South China, East China and other places naturally have troops such as the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to deal with, in addition. His 3rd column, totaling more than 50,000 people, will also participate in the battle.

With so many troops, it should be able to suppress the little devils. And slowly regain the lost territory, if the main forces of the 36th Army have recovered the vast northern regions, and the little devils in these places have not been eliminated, then then we will talk about it at that time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, we will first recover the three eastern provinces, and then, together with the Soviet Union, will recover Outer Mongolia, Siberia and other vast areas.

The idea is set, and the opportunity is not to be missed.

October 20th. Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

Zhang Yunfei convened an important military meeting, and in addition to the top leaders of the 36th Group Army, the commanders of the 10 th Column, Gao Zhihang and Liu Xing. As well as the two commanders of the independent division and the guard division, they also took part in the congress.

At the meeting, Zhang Yunfei made a generous speech.

Zhang Yunfei pointed to the huge map, full of passion, Zhang Yunfei waved his hand and said, "Comrades! these places. Since ancient times, it has been the territory of China, but our country is weak and the people are poor, and large areas of land have been occupied by Japan and Russia, such as a large area of Mongolian land, vast Siberia, the beautiful three eastern provinces, and so on.

As soldiers, our duty is to defend our homeland and the country, and to regain lost territory, everyone says, a large part of our country has been lost, and we are soldiers, what should we do? ”

"Wave your way north! Reconquest!! ”

Everyone's roar shook the sky, and they seemed to be filled with righteous indignation, especially the commanders of several columns, who were even more red-eared and thick-necked, and opened their voices and shouted loudly.

Zhang Yunfei looked at everyone with satisfaction, nodded, then pressed his hands down, and said slowly: "Comrades! Today, we are convening this military conference to move our troops north and regain lost territory. ”

When everyone saw that there was another battle to be fought, they immediately cheered happily again. …,

Since the end of the war in North China, everyone has not fought for more than two months, and many column commanders have long been unable to hold back.

Since the expansion of the columns, the size of the columns has increased from 35,000 to 50,000, and the combat effectiveness has increased greatly.

In the past two months, the soldiers have trained very hard, and the commanders of the columns have also grasped it very tightly, and no one wants their columns to fall behind, so the combat effectiveness of the columns has skyrocketed, and everyone has long been looking forward to going to the battlefield again.

Zhang Yunfei couldn't help laughing in his heart when he saw everyone's high will to fight, and felt very happy, but on the surface he was still very serious, and began to say loudly: "Everyone stand up!" ”

"Brush!"

Everyone's movements were uniform, and everyone stood up, looking at Zhang Yunfei with blazing eyes.

"Now I pronounce the order! Ordered the independent division to be the vanguard, and three days later it went north from Zhangjiakou, detoured through Mongolia, first recovered the Xilin Gol League, and then entered the three eastern provinces, followed by the 4th Column in Beiping; The 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th columns, a total of four columns, immediately prepared for battle, and after five days, they set out, assembled at Qinhuangdao, and then went north to attack Huludao and pointed directly at Shenyang.

The 1st Column, the 2nd Column, and the 7th Column were assembled in the Beijing and Tianjin areas as reserves, and the 5th Column was stationed in Qinhuangdao and was responsible for the defense of Qinhuangdao. ”

After receiving the order, the commanders of the columns were full of joy.

Zhang Yunfei then issued an order to the flight group, ordering the flight group to enter a state of war, so that it could provide air support at any time and cooperate with the column in combat.

At the end of the meeting, the troops were immediately put into action.

At present, with the repair of many railways and the strong transportation capacity of the railway lines, the mobility of various units has been greatly improved, and the speed of assembly is relatively fast.

The weather in late October, the autumn is high and cool, the blue sky, the cool autumn breeze, and the climate is pleasant.

On the outskirts of Zhangjiakou, the independent division has already left Zhangjiakou, and the vanguard is a mechanized infantry battalion, dozens of Type 39 armored personnel carriers, hundreds of off-road vehicles, and a mighty convoy, like a long dragon, along the highway is heading north.

The independent infantry division, under the division commander Liao Yaoxiang, has six motorized infantry regiments, in addition to a mechanized infantry regiment, a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, in addition to its own transport battalion, engineer battalion, guard battalion, etc., with more than 20,000 people in the division, and is the largest division among all the infantry divisions of the 36th Group Army.

The artillery battalion of the independent division was all 105-mm self-propelled howitzers, and it was equipped with 72 guns.

This self-propelled howitzer is a vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer, which is a low-cost howitzer, which is organically combined with a truck chassis through ingenious design.

Whether it is the truck technology of the 36th Group Army or the howitzer technology, it is relatively mature, so the self-propelled howitzer that Zhang Yunfei ordered to develop is a vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer.

Zhang Yunfei did not order the development of tracked self-propelled howitzers, because although tracked self-propelled howitzers have distinctive characteristics and advantages, their strategic mobility is poor, and their requirements for logistics support are high, which reduces their ease of use.

After thinking about it again and again, Zhang Yunfei originally ordered the development of this kind of low-cost vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer, which has strong tactical mobility and rapid reaction capability, and compared with the tracked self-propelled howitzer, it also has the advantages of low installation cost and convenient operation and maintenance, which is convenient for large-scale equipment of various troops.

In addition, this vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer developed by the 36th Group Army already has all the advantages of a self-propelled howitzer; it has good cross-country ability, fast entry and exit positions, and also has armor protection, strong battlefield combat effectiveness, and is convenient for coordinated operations with armored troops and motorized infantry. …,

105-mm vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer with a 450-horsepower water-cooled diesel engine with a maximum road speed of 70 km and a maximum range of 360 km.

The armor thickness is 5 to 12 mm, which can withstand the strafing of large-caliber machine guns, the 105 mm howitzer has a maximum range of more than 10 kilometers, and the reserve ammunition is 75 rounds, and the secondary weapon is a 12.7 mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun, a 30 mm machine gun, which has a certain air defense capability.

The northern suburbs of Zhangjiakou.

Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the independent division, looked at his well-equipped troops, and his heart was full of pride, this time, as the vanguard force, Liao Yaoxiang secretly made up his mind that he must not embarrass the commander-in-chief, and he will win the first battle.

Liao Yaoxiang watched the mechanized infantry regiment gradually move away, and a motorized infantry regiment's commander's convoy came over again, Liao Yaoxiang looked at everyone's neat military appearance, and nodded with satisfaction.

The independent division, with more than 20,000 men and a full nine regiments, took several hours to leave Zhangjiakou and go north along the road, and after several hours of marching, it gradually entered the vast Mongolian steppe.

As soon as you enter the Mongolian steppe, it is much better, mechanized infantry regiments, tank regiments, artillery regiments, relying on excellent cross-country ability, can leave the kilometer and gallop on the vast steppe.

Even those 6 motorized infantry regiments, as long as the terrain on the grassland is relatively gentle, these big trucks can also drive on the grassland.

Early the next morning, the large force of the independent division left Zhangjiakou more than 300 kilometers away and entered the hinterland of the prairie.

The vast prairie is already full of autumn, and there are patches of golden yellow everywhere, which looks very beautiful and charming, but the warriors have no intention of appreciating these beauties, and everyone knows that it will not be long before a battle breaks out.

The independent division had moved away from Zhangjiakou and completely entered the Japanese-occupied zone.

In this grassland, there may not be many little devils, and if there are any, they may also be a small number of cavalry of the Kwantung Army of the little devils, and the most important thing may be a puppet regime armed force supported by small devils nearby, the Mongolian cavalry of King De.

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