While agreeing to the telegram of the 36th Group Army, the Central Committee also decided that the Eighth Route Army would cooperate with the 36th Group Army in combat.

The task given by the central authorities to the Eighth Route Army was to recover Jinan and attract part of the forces of the North China Front Army, so that the 36th Group Army could free up its hands and feet to fight with the little devils in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

At present, the main area of activity of the 115th Division is Shandong, and near Jinan, the 115th Division has gathered the main force of no less than 20 regiments.

In addition to a part of the 120th and 129th Divisions, which cooperated with the 36th Group Army to recover Shijiazhuang and Baoding, they also had a lot of surplus troops.

At present, the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army has also been greatly improved, and in addition to many main regiments of the armed forces, there are also many main regiments equipped with Mauser 98K rifles and Czech light machine guns.

Moreover, there are quite a few such main force regiments, at least a dozen of them, and the combat effectiveness of such main force regiments is still above that of the Armament Regiment.

The main thing is that the Mauser 98K rifle and Czech light machine gun produced in Huangyadong are of good quality, almost no jamming, and the shooting accuracy and service life of the guns are also good.

In addition, there are several artillery regiments, and the entire Eighth Route Army is equipped with several hundred Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, and it also has a certain ability to attack fortified positions.

With the 36th Group Army's support for the 8th Route Army's 60-mm mortar production line and the 92-type infantry artillery production line put into operation one after another, the Huangyadong Arsenal has produced a lot of artillery and shells.

The current Huangyadong Arsenal has expanded several times in scale, and the number of production workers has reached several thousand, in addition to many engineering and technical personnel.

The Eighth Route Army was fully capable of attacking the large cities where the army was heavily armed and conservative, so Jinan, which was relatively close to the Beijing-Tianjin region, became the first choice, and the central government decided to let the Eighth Route Army mobilize heavy troops to recover Jinan, and by the way to support the operations of the 36th Group Army.

The Central Committee's decision was sent to the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army on the same day, and Zhang Yunfei was full of joy when he received a clear reply from the Central Committee.

After receiving the order, the 36th Army began to make the final preparations before the big battle, and at the same time, the large-scale air raid by the flying group on the little devils also kicked off.

Datong Airport.

The vast airport is almost impossible to see at a glance, and on the huge tarmac, rows of neat planes are ready to go, and many ground staff are busy there, directing the planes to take off one after another.

A large number of planes completed formations in the air and flew to Beiping, Tianjin and other places.

Comrade Gao Zhihang, the captain of the flight group, personally stood at the airport and watched the soldiers take off into the air.

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

The loss of Baoding and the annihilation of the two divisions made the little devil commander Nishio Shouzo not think about tea and dinner for the past two days, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old.

Nishio Shouzo was lying listlessly on the wide chair, and the two beautiful people were serving carefully, Nishio Shouzo was in a bad mood in the past two days, not only did many little devils in the command be cautious, but these Yiji were also worried.

The two beautiful people said that Ben Yiji used all their means, just to make Nishio Shouzo comfortable, not to anger himself, not to vent his inexplicable anger on himself.

Under the full body massage of the two Yiji, Nishio Shouzo's mood was a little better, and he began to think about the future of himself and the North China Front.

At present, the 36 th Group Army has successively recovered Shijiazhuang and Baoding, and has basically formed a north-south flank attack on Beiping and Tianjin, and Nishio Shouzo knows that sooner or later the 36 th Group Army will make a move against Beiping and Tianjin.

Knowing this well, Nishio Shouzo repeatedly asked the base camp to increase troops in North China again, but Nishio Shouzo's request was actually rejected by the little devil base camp, that is, the base camp promised to support several divisions of the North China Front, and the last division has not arrived.

This is also one of the reasons why Nishio Shouzo didn't think about tea and rice for the past two days.

When Nishio Shouzo was thinking about the next battle, the door of his office was pushed open with a "squeak", and the chief of staff of the little devil strode in with a saber on his shoulder.

Nishio Shouzo glanced at his chief of staff with slight dissatisfaction, and then closed his eyes with interest, Nishio Shouzo didn't have any idea of what good news he could hear at this time.

But this time, the news brought by the chief of staff of the little devil is indeed good news for Nishio Shouzo.

"Your Excellency Commander, good news, the 79th Division is about to land at Tianjin Port."

The chief of staff of the little devil bowed his head and bent over, his attitude was very respectful, but there was a hint of joy in his tone.

Nishio Shouzo has been in a bad mood for the past two days, and the attitude of the chief of staff of the little devil is three points respectful, but with such good news, the chief of staff of the little devil still hurriedly came to report in person.

The 79th Division of the Little Devil had only arrived in Tianjin a few days ago after boarding a ship from the mainland of Japan and taking several large transport ships, and the 79th Division was another newly formed division and regiment allocated from the base camp to the North China Front.

In just the last month, the base camp of the little devils has allocated four newly formed divisions and regiments to the North China Front, accounting for a quarter of the number of newly formed divisions and regiments in the past month.

In terms of the base camp of the little devils, they still attach importance to the North China Front, and they also create "face" for Nishio Shou, and the 79th Division has now finally reached Tianjin Port.

Hearing such good news, and it was still the reinforcement division he had been looking forward to, Nishio Shouzao's mood suddenly improved a lot, Nishio Shouzao thought in his heart, adding another division of troops, then the strength of the Beijing-Tianjin area is a little stronger.

As his mood improved, Nishio Shouzao's appetite suddenly improved, and he felt that he was very hungry, so he immediately shouted loudly: "Hurry up and serve the meal, I want to eat a good meal today." When the little devil chief of staff saw that His Excellency the commander, who hadn't eaten for two days, suddenly wanted to eat, he immediately smiled and ran out, obviously personally instructing the chef to make something to eat for Nishio Shouzo.

Tianjin Port.

Now, although it is a time of war and the whole of Tianjin is also controlled by little devils, the huge port of Tianjin is still busy.

There are a lot of ships moored in the port, and all kinds of ships, large and small, occupy almost half of the wharf, but almost all of them are flying the sun flag, obviously, they are all the ships of little devils.

On the wharf, many Chinese coolies were driven and monitored by the little devils, struggling to carry bags of goods on the ship, obviously, these things were scavenged from China by the little devils and were ready to be transported back to Yuben.

On the huge dock, there are people everywhere, and it is noisy, but there is an area, several docks are empty, and there are also many little devils with 38-type rifles nearby, and no one else is allowed to approach.

These wharves are reserved for the transport ships of the 79th Division of the Little Devils, and the 79th Division of the Little Devils has nearly 20,000 people, and several large transport ships will dock here empty-handed.

The 79th Division of the little devils is a newly formed division, according to the plan of the base camp, the weapons and equipment will be supplemented by the North China Front, most of the little devils do not carry weapons, only some of the little devil officers are equipped with Wang Ba box pistols.

In the distance, several huge transport ships, sounding long whistles, were slowly heading towards the dock, less than a few hundred meters away from the dock.

These large transport ships, without the escort of warships, slowly sailed over.

The little devil is confident that his navy is strong, and there are no warships of other countries in China's East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and other waters, and these sea areas are completely under the control of the little devil navy, so these transport fleets that transported nearly 20,000 little devils actually did not have the escort of warships.

On the dock, many little devils saw their transport ships coming slowly, and the little devils worked harder to drive away the crowd approaching here.

On the transport ship, many little devils saw that they were about to reach the port, and they walked out of the cabin and walked to the deck, looking at the dock not far away with excitement on their faces.

Many little devils screamed happily, purring in their mouths, not knowing what they were screaming, but if you look closely at the expressions of these little devils, you will find that these little devils are almost all full of happy looks.

These little devils, who boarded the ship from their own homeland, have been adrift at sea for several days, usually staying in the crowded cabins, and now, suddenly seeing such a large port, it is obvious that they are almost reaching their destination, no wonder these little devils are so excited.

On the wharf, many Chinese coolies, as well as many ordinary people who were doing small business next to the wharf to make a living, saw that so many little devils were transported, and many people secretly spat on their saliva.

Obviously, the common people hate the little devils to the core, and everyone is usually bullied by the little devils, and many of the people's relatives have even died tragically under the butcher's knife of the little devils.

These little devil transports were all honking their whistles and preparing to dock, but the little devils didn't notice that there were already a lot of small black spots in the sky in the distance.

The little devils on the dock didn't notice these little black spots at all, and almost all of the little devils' attention was on these transport ships that were about to dock.

A large number of Mustang fighters of the flying group have arrived, and the little devils are going to be unlucky.

(To be continued)