In order to avoid the Northwest Army going north and the area around Pingsui Road, the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army were flanking the Japanese army attacking Pingjin. Taking advantage of the superiority of air firepower, the Japanese army took advantage of the untimely reinforcements of the Jin Sui Army and Tang Enbo and Wei Lihuang's Central Army, and took the lead in sending the 5th Division of the strong force to attack Zhangjiakou and the important places in Nankou.

"Although the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army can't pee in a pot with us for the time being, but Zhangjiakou and Nankou are not only directly exposed to the Japanese army, but Chahar is isolated by the Japanese army in the north. At the same time, the Japanese army could also wave troops to attack the northern Jinbei region at any time. So there is no need to worry about the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army not having to die at this time. Although the Japanese army sent troops to North China, and our Northwest Army undertook most of the attack, now that we have a group of Jin Sui Army to help share some firepower, we can also be a little easier in this operation. ”

"With the spread of Japanese forces, the intentions of the Japanese army in the north are now obvious. Capture Zhangjiakou and Nankou all the way, and attack Chasui. Prepare for the attack on Shanxi. All the way through the Pingjin operation to capture Pingjin, and then Yanjinpu, Pinghan Road south, attack the entire North China region. The terrain of Pingjin is flat, and the people who rely on it are none other than the Japanese army who do not want to destroy Beiping and Tianjin. We also do not want Beiping to be destroyed by war. The two armies attacked back and forth around the two places, but there was no danger to defend in the Pingjin area, and the previous combat readiness work was also seriously insufficient, and the failure to build strong fortifications was tantamount to taking the army and the Japanese army to wear out, which was beyond the reach of our army. This time, the Japanese army made a big move, with the intention of launching a war to destroy the country, and even if the final goal of destroying the country was not achieved, our North China and East China regions would also fall into the hands of the Japanese army. The passage between the east and the foreign powers was intercepted by the Japanese army, and they could only be trapped in the northwest and the southwest to protect themselves. This is extremely detrimental to our army. In my opinion. When using Pingjin to fight. Blocking the Japanese army for a period of time, in Baoding, Shijiazhuang and other places in turn to build defense lines, these areas can be guarded, can not be coded to withdraw troops in time, with the intention of consuming the Japanese army's vital forces. At the same time, it will delay time and improve the defense of the Yellow River. and Han Fuyu's Lu army, Yan Xishan's Jin army. Liu Zhizhi's Central Army tried to block the Japanese army north of the Yellow River as much as possible, so as to avoid a direct confrontation between North China and the Japanese army attacking Shanghai. ”

Some of the soldiers and horses withdrawn from Nanyuan, Zhao Tieshu did not directly divide into the group army, after all, it was the soldiers of the 29th Army, digging Tong Linge over, and then swallowing these soldiers into it, it was too ugly to eat, if so, there was not only the 29th Army behind, I am afraid it was in northern Henan. Shang Zhen in southern Hebei, Pang Bingxun. Sun Dianying and the others will not fight with their hearts. In history, these miscellaneous generals also fought a few battles with the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, but the result of fighting with the Japanese army was naturally heavy losses, whether it was ordnance or troops, they were almost beaten to the point of only a shell. However, it has not been able to get Nanjing to be repaired, so that in the later attack of the Japanese army, many troops have a situation of running away as soon as they touch the route. Of course, many of the generals of these miscellaneous armies were self-respecting and did not accept the dispatch of the central authorities, and during the critical period, the military situation was often delayed because of procrastination, and Nanjing's ordnance and troop replenishment were also very tense. Chairman Chiang naturally hoped to consume these miscellaneous forces through war and maintain the strength of his Central Army as much as possible. It's not about who is right and who is wrong.

When Tong Linge first joined the Northwest Army, there was not much difference from the 29th Army that was alone in Song Zheyuan, and he originally thought that it would be good to be awarded the practice after a period of time. However, after staying at the headquarters of the group army for a few days, Tong Linge, an old man in the army, knew that the staff system of the Northwest Army was completely different from that of other warlords, and Tong Lin naturally did not know that the Northwest had hired a considerable number of German soldiers in its cooperation with Germany, including military cooperation. As a traverser, Jiang Li also attaches great importance to the work of the staff system, and the status of the staff officer in the Northwest Army at this time is also extremely high.

After experiencing the encounter in the 29th Army, Tong Linge naturally cherished the opportunity in front of him, and he was busy with things, and it was better than doing nothing before. From dealing with the military affairs of the Northwest Army in the past few days, Tong Linge also had a preliminary understanding of the strength of the Northwest Army. In this pre-war meeting, Tong Linge also showed twelve points of ability.

"With Brother Tong's ability, it's a bit condescending to go to the rear to train soldiers." After hearing Tong Linge's analysis, Chief of Staff Sun Mingwu was slightly surprised on his face, in fact, the Northwest Army has been training troops in the past few years with the Japanese army as an imaginary enemy, and the Japanese army's possible offensive routes and strategies in the future have been deduced countless times, although the plan mentioned by Tong Linge is somewhat different from the Northwest Army's strategic thinking at this time, but it is generally very similar.

"Now that the ideas have been clear, the further back, the more Japanese troops gathered in the Pingjin area, and now there are still a large number of materials and personnel in Pingjin that have not been evacuated, and the connection with Beiping must be reopened, Sun Liren's mechanized brigade has withdrawn, and the group army now has no hole cards that can be used, in order to deal with the Japanese army's artillery superiority, I can see that I called the General Staff and requested that the artillery brigade of Yang Hucheng's 3rd Group Army be transferred to the 2nd Group Army."

"Isn't there something wrong with this?" Tong Linge jumped when he heard this, Yang Hucheng is also a giant in Shaanxi, and the group army led by him has arrived in Henan, and the artillery brigade is extremely precious for any army, you must know that Song Zheyuan's entire 29th Army can only handle all kinds of artillery pieces in total. In a word, it was necessary to drain the combat power of Yang Hucheng's 3rd Group Army, and it would be difficult for anyone to agree.

"Well, then make a telegram with the General Staff, and in addition, Sun Liren will retreat south, and the transport trucks of the 2nd Mechanized Brigade will be requisitioned and reported to the General Staff at the same time."

On Tong Linge's even more surprised face, Zhao Tieshu finally clapped.

"The artillery brigade transferred from Yang Hucheng's 3rd Group Army, the General Staff will naturally find a way to transfer another effective unit to Yang Hucheng. At the moment, it's just an emergency move, the Northwest Army is different from the local army, change the position, if Yang Hucheng wants to draw my troops, it will be the same. "At the end, Sun Mingwu explained to Tong Linge." In the future, if you stay in the Northwest Army for a long time, you will know the relationship inside. ”

"The Japanese army is strong, and the various factions in the north are still fighting their own battles, even the central government is difficult to coordinate the war of resistance, but this move in the northwest has eliminated these problems and gathered the strength of all parties in order to play the greatest role in the war of resistance, so that the Republic of China has a glimmer of life."

After a long time, Tong Linge said with emotion. In fact, the great integration of the northwest is far from going to the point that Tong Linge said, but the northwest is indeed working in this direction now. (To be continued.) )