Tianjin, the headquarters of the North China Front Army of the little devils.

The little devil commander Nishio Shouzo was pacing around in the headquarters, and just now the little devil communication corps sent the latest information, and the vast [***] in North China seems to be showing signs of a major counteroffensive.

And the 36th Group Army has been standing still for the past few days, and Nishio Shouzo has never figured out what the next move of the 36th Group Army is.

Because he couldn't figure out what the 36th Army was going to do next, Nishio Shouzo seemed very anxious these days, and he had been ordering the front-line troops to pay close attention to the movements of the 36th Group Army.

According to Nishio Shouzo's speculation, the next step of the 36th Group Army should be to attack the Beijing-Tianjin area, because the 36th Group Army not only had nearly 200,000 troops around the Beijing-Tianjin area, but had also basically completed the three-sided encirclement of the Beijing-Tianjin area.

Not only Nishio Shouzo thinks so, but also many senior officers of the North China Front Army of the little devil think so, so the focus of the little devil now is to prepare for the Beijing-Tianjin battle with the 36th Group Army.

In the past few days, Nishio Shouzo has been ordering the troops to prepare for the battle of Beijing and Tianjin, and has sent several telegrams to the base camp of the little devils, requesting that the base camp increase troops in North China.

The little devil's base camp also gave Nishio Shou face this time, and the three newly established divisions of the North China Front Army, which were reinforced, had already boarded the ship from the mainland and were expected to reach Tianjin Port within two days.

Originally, this time the base camp was very "generous" to the three newly formed divisions of the North China Front, which made Nishio Shouzo, who was already in a very heavy mood, feel a little better.

If these three divisions reach Tianjin, the total number of troops in the Beijing-Tianjin area will reach nearly 300,000, and the little devils will have an advantage in terms of the number of troops.

But Nishio Shouzo's good mood did not last long, and today he received a telegram from the [***] troops in North China that seemed to be about to move, and there were also signs of a large-scale counteroffensive.

If millions of [***] in North China also join the ranks of the major counteroffensive, then the 36th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the [***], these three forces, it will be difficult for the North China Front Army of the little devils to resist, and the strategic balance that lasts for a year or two will be broken.

This is one of the reasons why Nishio Shouzo has been frowning and pacing around the headquarters.

Now, Nishio Shouzo has been thinking about two main questions, the first question, whether North China's [***] will really start a major counteroffensive; The second question is, what is the next move of the 36th Army.

The chief of staff of the little devil has been standing aside, watching Nishio Shouzo walking around in the command headquarters, and the chief of staff of the little devil is also silent, and he has been thinking.

After a long time, the chief of staff of the little devil saw that Nishio Shouzo had been walking around for more than half an hour, and now, there was no sign of stopping, so the chief of staff of the little devil began to speak.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although our situation is not optimistic, we still have a force to use."

Hearing this, Nishio Shouzo stopped and said in a deep voice: "Are you talking about the Imperial Army?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

"The Imperial Allied Army is not good, it is not the opponent of the 36th Group Army at all."

Nishio Shouzo kept shaking his head as he spoke.

The chief of staff of the little devil took a step forward and suggested: "Your Excellency, commander, although the Imperial Allied Army is not good, as long as we use a little means, we can still mobilize their combat effectiveness, use them as cannon fodder, or deal with the Eighth Route Army and [***], I think it is still possible." ”

Nishio Shouzo looked at the chief of staff of the little devil and said slowly: "Tell me, what is the best way." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil thought for a moment and suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that you personally come forward to summon several commanders of the North China Imperial Allied Army, give them a favor and a favor, and at the same time explain that if they do not fight with us now, they will not end well if they are captured and surrendered, and the 36th Group Army has shot many captured officers of the Imperial Allied Army. ”

"Many officers of the Imperial Allied Army are afraid of death, and they will fight with us in order to save their lives, and then, we will organize these Imperial Allied troops to rush to the front, act as cannon fodder, and fight a war of attrition with the [***] team, while our Imperial Army preserves its strength. ……”

The chief of staff of the little devil said all his thoughts and suggestions in detail, and after speaking, Nishio Shouzo's eyes lit up and decided to adopt the advice of the chief of staff of the little devil.

The little devils have been adopting the policy of using China to contain China for many years, and the little devils have basically adopted this strategy this time, wanting to use hundreds of thousands of imperial troops to fight a war of attrition with the 36th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army and [***].

After adopting the little devil's suggestion, Nishio Shouzo really personally summoned several commanders of the North China Imperial Allied Army and issued a series of tasks to hundreds of thousands of Imperial Allied troops.

Suburbs of Dingzhou.

In a village less than 20 kilometers from Dingzhou, the soldiers of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment were resting, and after several hours of trekking, the soldiers finally approached Dingzhou.

Not far ahead, you may encounter puppet soldiers or little devils.

According to the plan, the soldiers will rest here for an hour, and by the way, they will finish lunch, and then everyone will set out for the plan, and go straight to Dingzhou as planned.

When the soldier had just finished lunch and rested for a while, a scout soldier hurriedly ran over and said loudly: "Regiment commander, a few kilometers ahead, I found a stronghold of little devils, it seems that there are at least hundreds of puppet soldiers, and in addition, there may be more than a dozen little devils. ”

Unexpectedly, there was a little devil stronghold a few kilometers ahead, and the commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment looked at his watch, and everyone was almost rested, so he shouted: "Comrades, go!" ”

Immediately, everyone got on the bus one after another, and the huge convoy went straight to Dingzhou along the flat North China Plain.

Everyone walked a few kilometers, only to see that there was indeed a large stronghold of little devils in front of them, which was a main road into Dingzhou.

On the highway ahead, a roadblock was set up, and at least one platoon of puppet soldiers was setting up a checkpoint to check pedestrians, and not far from the highway, it was a stronghold of the little devils, and there should be a lot of puppet troops in it.

The huge convoy of the first mechanized infantry regiment rumbled and was amazingly imposing, and many puppet troops saw these combat vehicles from afar, off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers painted with camouflage uniforms, which were the hallmarks of the 36th Group Army.

"Not good! It was the 36th Army that came. ”

Quite a few puppet soldiers exclaimed.

When the people on the road saw that the battle was about to start, they immediately scattered and fled.

The puppet army that was setting up roadblocks also ran quickly towards their strongholds, looking very flustered.

Inside the stronghold, the puppet army company commander also saw a regiment of mechanized infantry in the distance, and when he saw such a huge convoy, his face turned pale suddenly.

My God, there are so many tanks, I am only an infantry company, there are no mortars, only two light machine guns, and the rest are made in Hanyang, how can this be fought.

"Company commander, this battle can't be fought, let's surrender!"

A puppet platoon commander was also panicked, and immediately thought of surrendering, and several puppet soldiers next to him also nodded thoughtfully.

The puppet army company commander looked at his brothers, then at the mechanized infantry regiment in the distance, and finally at a few little devils who were setting up guns and preparing to resist not far away, the puppet army company commander was a little hesitant.

In this stronghold, there is a puppet army infantry company, and in addition, there is an infantry squad of little devils, who are calling the city while preparing to resist.

A puppet platoon commander, as if he saw his company commander's concerns, turned his heart sideways, pointed to the dozen or so little devils not far away, and then made a movement to wipe his neck.

The meaning of this puppet army platoon commander is obvious, that is, to kill these little devils first, and then surrender to the 36th Army.

The puppet army company commander thought about it, if he didn't surrender, there would be only a dead end, so he also nodded and agreed to the puppet army platoon commander's suggestion.

With the consent of his company commander, the platoon commander personally picked up a Czech light machine gun, waved his hand, and motioned to the dozen puppet soldiers next to him to fire at the little devil.

Many puppet soldiers, who are usually bullied by little devils, dare not speak out, and have long been full of hatred for these little devils, and when they get the order, these puppet soldiers immediately understand.

Suddenly, as the sound of Czech light machine gun firing sounded, more than a dozen Hanyangzao also aimed at the little devils to shoot, and a chaotic gunfire rang out, and the little devils were immediately beaten into a honeycomb before they could react.

Seeing that all the little devils were wiped out, the company commander suddenly felt light, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, the large force of the 36th Group Army is coming, and if you want to survive, go out with me and surrender." ”

Suddenly, all the puppet soldiers laid down their weapons, raised their hands high, and rushed to the outside of the stronghold.

Outside the stronghold, the soldiers of the first mechanized infantry regiment, many of whom were already only a few hundred meters away from the stronghold, were preparing to fight, and a soldier carrying a heavy rocket launcher was also ready to launch rockets.

However, before the soldiers could open fire, there was a chaotic burst of gunfire from the stronghold in front, and after a while, the gunfire stopped, and the soldiers saw a lot of puppet soldiers, raised their hands, and squeezed out of the stronghold.

"Captain! You see, those puppet armies seem to have surrendered. ”

Don't remind this soldier that the commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment has already seen the situation in front clearly through the telescope, but he didn't expect that before his troops began to shoot, all the puppet troops surrendered.

(To be continued)