After a few days of hard work, Shouichi Terauchi's originally half-black hair was all snow-white.

The Chinese army sacrificed their lives to resist the attack, causing heavy casualties to the whole army, and every point of advance had to pay a great deal of casualties.

In the large conference room of the General Staff Headquarters, Shouichi Terauchi was like a sinner on trial.

Terauchi Shouichi wanted to propose to abandon the trapped Fifth Division and the 109th Division, but in the end he didn't dare to say it, if he did, then he would really not run away.

In the end, the base camp made two decisions: first, Terauchi Shouichi no longer served as the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, and was replaced by Lu Xiang Sugiyama Moto; Second, 897,000 reservists were recruited into the army and continued to increase troops in North China, and North China must be captured.

-- Cangzhou, clean and clean, but empty, the whole city is quiet and scary.

Matsui Ishone's face turned pale.

The Shanghai Dispatch Army has been renamed the North China Dispatch Army and the Southern Army, and Matsui Ishine is still the commander of the Front Army.

As soon as he entered the Hebei territory, Matsui Shigen faced the same pain as Shouichi Terauchi, and the further he advanced, the more intense the pain became.

There is no way out, and it is painful enough to move forward while building roads, not to mention, you have to brave the rain of bullets and pay countless deaths and injuries to build roads.

The green gauze tent is like a nightmare that you can't get out of it no matter what.

At this moment, this empty but clean city gave Matsui Shigen extremely great mental pressure.

Cangzhou, which is clean and empty, shows an extremely terrible organizational force!

"Yanagakawa-kun, what do you think we should do next?" Matsui Ishone asked Yanagawa Heisuke.

Yanagawa Heisuke was the commander of the Tenth Army, originally, according to the plan, when he arrived in Cangzhou, the army should be divided into two routes, one was led by Yanagawa Heisuke, along Qingxian and Jinghai County, and attacked Tianjin; The other route was personally commanded by Matsui Ishine and advanced towards Baoding.

After a moment of silence, Yanagawa Heisuke said, "Your Excellency Commander, I think we should change our plan, and it is not appropriate to divide the troops at this time. ”

Matsui Ishone nodded slightly.

This battle was too painful, obviously he was extremely powerful, but he had nowhere to use his strength, and the green gauze tent gave full play to the advantages of the local combat of the Zhina people, and suppressed their advantages to the extreme.

This reversal has brought about a great change in the balance of power.

And this, not the most serious, the most serious is the logistical problem. Now, they don't have logistics at all, everything has to be carried with the army. However, fortunately, the previous preparations were extremely sufficient, and besides, as long as they persisted for three months, the green yarn tent was gone, and all the problems were solved.

However, in this way, how to ensure the security of supplies has become a matter of life and death. Once the supplies are snatched away or destroyed by the Shina people, the battle will be a complete failure.

He suffers, and the aviation suffers even more.

There is no doubt that the Black God Army's air force is extremely powerful, and what is even more difficult is the black God Army's treacherous style as always.

No matter how you provoke, if the planes of the Black God Army don't come out, they won't come out, but everyone knows that if the planes of the Black God Army don't come out, it's not that they dare not come out, but like hungry wolves hiding in the shadows, once they have a loophole, they will inevitably be bitten hard.

In this way, the aviation forces are in extreme pain, and all day long, they have to shake in the sky when they have nothing to do, and it is not possible to have fewer planes.

To this end, a large number of fleets were mobilized in the Bohai Bay.

Therefore, in such a situation, it is not advisable to divide troops from any point of view.

Regardless of the division of troops, the next step is to choose the direction of attack.

If the spirit is to rescue the trapped 5th Division and the 109th Division, then it should advance to attack Tianjin. In this direction, not only is the distance nearly half of the distance, but there is no other important place except for Tianjin, an important town.

However, after experiencing the nightmare of the green gauze tent firsthand, everyone, including the people who had looked down on Shouichi Terauchi before, were all afraid.

Therefore, the meeting was very successful, and everyone unanimously decided that the Chinese army was nothing remarkable, and there was no need to be afraid, and it would continue to be implemented according to the grand strategy, occupying Baoding, Beiping, Tianjin, and the whole of North China.

As for the trapped Fifth Division and the 109th Division, there must always be sacrifices in the war.

Now, in fact, these pillars of the empire have all one mind, and it has taken these three months.

To justifiably spend three months, the capture of Baoding is a must.

――――Southwest of Ranzhuang, 20 miles, 10 meters underground.

This is the command center of the entire North China war situation.

In the central hall, Han Lihong, Ji Hongchang, Fang Zhenwu accompanied the prime minister, Deng Gong, Mr. Peng, Mr. He, Song Zheyuan, Tong Linge and others were talking about the war.

It's a big place, a lot of people, seven or eight hundred, and most of them are staff officers and telecommunications operators. These people are from the Black God Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Twenty-ninth Army. The cooperation between the three parties is seamless, and there is no strangeness, let alone suspicion.

From time to time, the Prime Minister's gaze swept over the busy staff, and he was very pleased.

At this time, Zhang Kexia, deputy chief of staff of the 29th Army, walked over quickly, and said excitedly before he stopped: "The army has gone to Baoding!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed.

This was a battle that must be won, because it was originally intended to give up the cities of Beiping and Tianjin, so the so-called victory was to destroy the Yue army as much as possible before the cities of Beiping and Tianjin were occupied, and at the same time to minimize our losses as much as possible.

On this basis, this is not only a battle that must be won, but also the victory is bound to be unprecedented, and this can be decided now.

Just now, everyone was relaxed on the surface, but in fact, everyone was waiting for this news.

When the whole army captures Baoding, the overall situation of the battle will be decided, and it will be transformed in the most favorable direction, and this is the most crucial link in the entire battle situation in addition to encircling the two divisions and regiments of the Yue army.

"Great!" Ji Hongchang stood up abruptly and waved his hands excitedly.

Everyone laughed heartily.

-- 38 Burke Street, New York.

Zhang Yueming and Li Qiaozhen each held a large tome of original English books and read hard.

It's been almost two years since they arrived in the United States.

Zhang Yueming is meticulous, long-sleeved and good at dancing, has a talent for business, is diligent and studious, and more importantly, has a pure surname, is sincere, and absolutely reliable.

The 50 million dollars extorted by the Black God Army from Yu himself is a huge fortune, although a large part of it was spent, but the rest is still young and old.

Han Lihong naturally wouldn't put this large amount of money in the bank, and if he didn't have this money, since he had this money, with his advantage, this money would naturally be able to turn his head up.

To manage this money, no, not a sum of money, but a financial empire, Han Lihong's first choice was Zhang Yueming.

Judging from Zhang Yueming's performance over the years, Zhang Yueming is absolutely qualified to do the job regardless of ability or character.

From the moment he had this idea, Han Lihong talked to Zhang Yueming, and then, Zhang Zhizhi became the teacher of Zhang Yueming and Li Qiaozhen, teaching them to learn English.

The Chinese have no status in the United States, and the operation of such a large industry is 100% a fat pig, so no matter what industry they operate, they are all in partnership with the Comax family.

In the eyes of outsiders, the property is all owned by the Comax family.

Of course, it would be easy for the Comax family to swallow their money if they had any bad intentions, but they were not afraid, because the Comax family would never do this as long as they had a little bit of reason.

Now, there are three main aspects to their investment.

The first one is stocks.

Han Lihong didn't know anything else, but he naturally knew that the United States had made a lot of war money, so buying stocks in the military, steel, petroleum, rubber and other industries was naturally an investment that was lying down and counting the money.

The second is real estate.

Real estate consists of two blocks, one is to build a house and the other is to buy a house. The United States is about to become a paradise for the whole world, and the rich will flock to it, and real estate will inevitably skyrocket, and New York is naturally the most of them.

Han Lihong not only knew this, but also knew that the land was the most valuable. So, this must also be a flip to earn.

The third is ocean shipping companies.

In addition to these three major pieces, according to Han Lihong's instructions, Zhang Yueming also quietly acquired art and wine and other things that could greatly appreciate in value in the future.

When he arrived in the United States, Zhang Yueming naturally discovered his shortcomings, so he was hungry to learn all kinds of knowledge.

Compared with before, Li Qiaozhen's changes are even more earth-shaking, and her learning momentum is only stronger than her husband.

Just as they were both reading and reading, a young man walked into the living room. When he arrived at Zhang Yueming, the young man said, "Boss, emergency electricity." ”

The young man is Lee Myung-in, the head of the radio station.

It is not only Zhang Yueming and Li Qiaozhen who came to the United States, but more than 100 people who came to the United States with them, and Li Mingren is one of them.

After receiving the telegram and reading it, Zhang Yueming instructed: "Mingren, let Zhang Zihe and Jiang Qiwu come over." ”

When Zhang Yueming came to the United States, it was naturally one of the important tasks to collect talents, and Zhang Zihe and Jiang Qiwu were two of them.

Zhang Zihe and Jiang Qiwu are both students at Harvard University who are pursuing doctorates in weapons manufacturing.

In the evening, Zhang Zihe and Jiang Qiwu arrived.

Zhang Yueming showed the message to Zhang Zihe and Jiang Qiwu, and then asked, "Can you design it?" ”

Nodding, Zhang Zihe said, "No problem." ”

――――"Ah, dear Zhang, my friend, welcome! ”

Michael is an extremely enthusiastic person, and when he saw Zhang Yueming, without exception, he gave Zhang Yueming a warm hug.

Zhang Yueming's enthusiasm for the Americans, Zhang Yueming is still not very accustomed to it.

Michael is Comers' younger brother and is Comers' agent.

Comax's full name is Comax Costa.

The Costa family is very wealthy and a famous family in the United States, but because Comax's father is not very good at learning and is too uncompetitive, their family's previous life was only worry-free about food and clothing, far from being wealthy.

They were originally marginalized members of the Costa family, but fortunately, Comax was motivated, infiltrated the State Department, and became diplomats.

The real transfer of the Comax family is because of the Black God Army, because of the Black God Army, which not only makes Comes's career bright, but also obtains huge wealth.

With Michael, the interests of both sides have long been tied together, and after sitting down, Zhang Yueming said: "Michael, we have invented a new weapon." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yueming opened his purse, took out a document bag, and handed it to Michael.

"Anti-tank weapons!" Michael is a smart businessman, and as soon as he looks at the weapon parameters, he knows that this is another big business.

"Patenting?"

Zhang Yueming nodded and said, "You take forty percent of the profits." ”

Cooperating with the Black God Army is a pleasure, never stingy, of course, they are not taken for nothing, they have also done a lot of things for the Black God Army, and some of them still have certain risks.

What's more, if this matter does not depend on them, the Chinese themselves may not be able to earn a dime. However, if they are too greedy, they may go to someone else. Therefore, long live understanding, sincere cooperation is the best result.

Michael has never been a person who has a lot of money, and more importantly, money is status.

Michael is a warm person, but he is also very preoccupied, and he has not forgotten the contempt he received in the past, and wealth is the best way to change all this.

-- staring at Baoding on the map, Matsui Shigen's eyes were colorless.

This old devil is simply going crazy, he is so miserable that his beard falls down one by one, as if he has practiced the Sunflower Treasure Book.

It's so torturous.

There is no road, there is no place for the vast land, every step of the way, the road has to be repaired by itself, which is painful enough, not to mention, there are those desperate cold guns and cold guns.

There is no way to do anything about these cold guns and cold guns, and if you want to break the green gauze tent, you can only fill it with human lives.

The despicable Shina people are too cunning, they have calculated everything.

When the green gauze tent was broken, there were fewer people, and the despicable and shameless people of China fired cold guns, and when there were more people, they used artillery, small artillery such as mortars and infantry guns.

The firing must have been rigorously and carefully measured, and the order to open fire must have been given by telephone after close observation, or it would not have been possible to shoot so accurately, it would have been almost 100 percent, and very few of them missed.

In the face of the green yarn tent, there are only two words to feel, that is, "despair".

This is a net as big as it gets, no matter how many soldiers they have and how many people they send, the result is the same, absolutely only they die, and the despicable and shameless Shina casualties are extremely small, probably disproportionate.

Fortunately, however, the casualties were within a bearable range. The reason for this is that the people of China did not resolutely resist.

Why? Why? Why? Why don't the people of China resolutely resist? This question made Matsui Ishone, as the supreme commander, almost crazy when he was tortured.

In Matsui's opinion, no, in the eyes of any commander, the degree of resistance of the Shina was a great waste of the advantage formed by the combination of the green gauze tent and the trench.

Matsui Ishone can't think of any reason to explain this.

The lack of troops is clearly not valid.

The number of the Chinese army was already greater than theirs, and because of the green gauze tents and trenches, the effect of the Chinese army increased exponentially.

Tempting them forward, it doesn't hold either. Because, do they still use temptation to advance?

Perhaps, there is only one explanation, and that is that the people of China want to control the speed at which they are advancing. But, again, the question arises, why? Why did the people of China control the speed at which they were advancing?

There is still no solution.

It's too torturous, three months, not long or short, is on the roots. This made Matsui want to drag on for these three months, but he couldn't just stop and not leave.

At this time, a staff officer came in and handed a telegram to Mamoru Iinuma, the chief of staff, who was sitting next to him.

After reading the telegram, Mamoru Iinuma's brows furrowed slightly, he stood up, walked behind Matsui Ishone, and said: "Your Excellency General, General Isoya has called, the Chinese army in the area of Xiaolizhuang and Xinzhuang, which are twenty miles away from Baoding, suddenly became resolute, and our army suffered heavy casualties. ”

Matsui Ishone turned around, and Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly handed over the message.

When he took the message, Matsui's brow furrowed.

The 5th Division and the 109th Division, which were besieged in Yutian, were in a critical situation, and the base camp was ordered to march quickly. Now, the resistance of the Shina army suddenly became resolute, whether it was good or bad, Matsui Ishine himself did not know.

Matsui Shigen frowned, not because of the urging order from the base camp, but because he never knew the intentions of the Black God Army, he didn't know what the Black God Army wanted to do with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west?

If you think about it normally, it is obvious that the Chinese people are using the trapped two divisions as bait, forcing them to fight the Chinese army in the green gauze tent.

If this is the case, the Black God Army's resistance should have been resolute, but the Black God Army did not, but instead the troops came to the city, and the resistance was resolute.

Could it be that the Black God Army wants to defend Baoding?

With the style of the Black God Army, Matsui Shigen felt that the Black God Army suddenly and resolutely blocked the attack, it should not be a false shot, and it was very likely that it was really planning to fight them to the death in Baoding.

It's unreasonable.

Under the current situation, it is more advantageous for the Black God Army to block in the green gauze tent than to hold on to Baoding.

Perhaps, it may also be that the Black God Army is suspicious, just to make him feel uncertain.

When marching and fighting, it is a big taboo for the coach to have no bottom in his heart, and this is really the reason why he can't carry it.

After thinking for a moment, Matsui Ishine passed down the order to first cover it with artillery fire echelons and destroy the green yarn tent of the Chinese army's blocking position.

Immediately, the battle report in front of him flew like snowflakes, and at ten o'clock in the evening, Matsui Shigen could already determine that the Black God Army was really going to defend Baoding.

It is easy to make this judgment, based on the positions in the area of Xiaolizhuang and Xinzhuang.

In the war room of the headquarters, Matsui Ishine and a group of senior officers looked at the sand table, none of them had better faces, and all of them were pale.

The sand table is a part of the position model in the area of Xiaolizhuang and Xinzhuang made by the staff officer.

Not to mention anything else, just the complexity of the position is enough to make everyone's head three circles.

The position is irregular, it is really a trench with a trench, and the trench is set around a trench, some are long and some are short, some are straight and some are curved, some are round and some are square, some are thick and some are thin, some are deep and some are shallow.

Matsui Shigen felt a chill in his heart, he knew that the green gauze tent was certainly a nightmare, but even without the green gauze tent, the position he was facing was also a nightmare, and this nightmare might be even worse than the green gauze tent.

(To be continued)