On the road from Jinzhou to Huludao, a long convoy is moving slowly, and it can be seen from the sun flags hanging in these convoys that these are the troops of the little devils.

The little devil's convoy has at least hundreds of cars, and there are thousands of little devils, which may be a wing of the little devils, yes, this is a vanguard of the little devils, and it is also a wing of the 79th Brigade of the little devils.

The 79th Brigade Regiment of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade became one of the vanguard units in the south, and the 79th Brigade Regiment of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade has two field wings, plus an artillery team, a communications team, an engineer team, and a baggage team, with a total number of about 8,000 people.

Another vanguard force going south is the First Tank Brigade of the Kwantung Army, at this time, the First Tank Brigade has reached Jinzhou, and with a little supplement, the little devil may immediately advance to Qinhuangdao.

The entire Kwantung Army currently has two large tank divisions and regiments, and several tank brigades under its jurisdiction, and the first tank brigade of the little devil is one of them, and the first tank brigade has two tank wings under its jurisdiction, which are mainly equipped with the most powerful Type 97 medium tank in the army.

Each tank wing is 1,070 people, with 3 squadrons of medium tanks, mainly equipped with Type 97 medium tanks, 1 squadron of light tanks, equipped with Type 92 light tanks, and 1 squadron of armored vehicles, mainly equipped with light armored vehicles.

In addition to the 1st Tank Brigade and the 79th Brigade of the Reading Force, which served as the vanguard of the southward movement of the Kwantung Army, three divisions are also currently assembling and will soon set off for the south.

On the second day after the 36th Group Army recovered Zhangjiakou, in order to cope with the fierce 36th Group Army's large-scale attack, the base camp of the little devils ordered the Kwantung Army to transfer no less than three divisions and regiments to quickly reinforce the North China Front.

General Umezu Yoshijiro, commander of the Kwantung Army, who received the order from the base camp, immediately issued an order, ordering the 1st Tank Brigade and the 79th Brigade of the Mixed Tank to be the vanguard, followed by the 8th, 24th, and 25th Divisions, plus the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, a total of nearly 100,000 people, to prepare for a large-scale reinforcement of the North China Front.

If necessary, Umezu Mijiro is also ready to send one or two flying regiments to participate in the battle, and at present, the little devil Kwantung Army has two air armies, namely the 2nd and 5th air armies, under the jurisdiction of 8 flying regiments.

The base camp of the little devil ordered the Kwantung Army to reinforce the North China Front, mainly because he saw that the Soviet army, which had been in confrontation with him for a long time, mobilized a large number of troops to fight the German army on the Western Front.

At present, the German army is attacking the Soviet Union on a large scale, and the Soviet side has no choice but to send more than 100,000 troops from the Eastern Front to reinforce the Western Front to fight the German army.

In this way, the Kwantung Army, the little devil who was originally at a disadvantage, immediately had a slight advantage, and although the little devil had the advantage, he still did not dare to take the initiative to provoke the Soviet Union, and the little devil was now provoking the powerful United States, and the little devil did not want to provoke the Soviet Union again.

Because the Kwantung Army now has a "surplus" in strength, the base camp of the little devils decided to transfer 3 to 5 divisions to support the North China Front of the little devils, who were retreating one after another.

At present, the Kwantung Army is still very strong, with not only 22 field divisions and regiments, but also several heavy artillery brigades, two tank divisions, and two aviation armies, with a total strength of more than 700,000, nearly 1,000 combat vehicles of various kinds, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces of more than 100 mm, and more than 500 aircraft of various types.

The little devil's Kwantung Army is so strong, and the Soviet Union has taken away a lot of troops, so the little devil is full of confidence and dispatches nearly 100,000 troops to reinforce the North China Front in one go......

Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yunfei had just received a call from Gao Zhihang, the captain of the flight group, and when he put down the phone, Zhang Yunfei found that many people were frowning, and the atmosphere in the entire command headquarters was solemn.

Many people have heard the content of the phone call just now.

According to the aerial reconnaissance of the flying brigade, the little devil Kwantung Army dispatched a large number of troops, and the vanguard force was actually two or three hundred combat vehicles, which had reached Jinzhou at present, and there were still a large number of troops to follow.

Although the number and number of troops sent by the little devil to reinforce North China are still unclear, everyone knows that the troops sent by the little devil Kwantung Army this time will not be less.

Zhang Yunfei, who put down the phone, looked at everyone and smiled faintly, "Comrades, although the little devil is fierce and the comer is not good this time, we should not worry too much, we must fully believe in our troops at this time." ”

Zhang Yunfei's words revealed a little bit of confidence, Zhang Yunfei's confidence gradually began to affect everyone, and everyone's tightly knit brows slowly relaxed.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, was also full of worries when he saw the little devil Kwantung Army moving south in a big way, and at present, there is only one column in Qinhuangdao, and this column is still fighting against the little devil defenders in Qinhuangdao, and it does not completely control Qinhuangdao.

However, now that he heard Zhang Yunfei's confident words, Comrade Zuo Qingquan was also a little relieved, "Commander-in-chief, the key for us at present is to find out the number and number of the little devil's reinforcements going south, so that we can make corresponding arrangements." ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, "Yes!" I don't know what happened to the special combat personnel who infiltrated Jinzhou and Shenyang a few days ago, and now there should be news about it. ”

At the beginning, as soon as he formulated a large-scale counteroffensive against North China, Zhang Yunfei sent most of the veteran special combat personnel out to various parts of North China and Northeast China to spy on information.

Of the more than 100 special combat personnel, nearly 100 special combat personnel were dispatched, 60 or 70 special combat personnel were sent to various parts of North China, and more than 20 special combat personnel were sent to Jinzhou, Shenyang, and other places.

In March this year, Zhang Yunfei selected 100 outstanding fighters from nearly 400,000 troops to supplement the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team.

When Zhang Yunfei and the others were eagerly waiting for the special combat team members to send news about the little devil, a correspondent took two telegrams, walked over quickly, and reported loudly: "Commander-in-chief, the special combat team members who infiltrated Jinzhou and the 5th Column of Qinhuangdao have sent telegrams respectively. ”

Zhang Yunfei took the telegram, looked at it briefly, and thought to himself, these two telegrams are really timely.

Zhang Yunfei put down the telegram and said happily: "Comrades, the 5th Column has sent good news, it has eliminated the little devils in Qinhuangdao and has recovered Qinhuangdao. ”

"The special combat personnel who infiltrated Jinzhou also sent good news, our special combat personnel have figured out the number of the little devil, and it is the 1st Brigade of the Little Devil Tank that has reached Jinzhou, and the 1st Wing of the 79th Brigade of the Little Devil Reading Power Mixed into the direction of Huludao"

"In addition, the telegram also said that there may be more than three divisions and regiments for the little devil Kwantung Army to reinforce the North China Front, and the numbers of three divisions have been determined, namely the 8th Division, the 24th Division and the 25th Division, at present, these three divisions are being assembled on a large scale, and they may reach Jinzhou within two days."

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone sighed with emotion, the little devil really made a lot of money this time, and dispatched so many troops in one go.

Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, said: "Commander-in-chief, the little devil is afraid that nearly 100,000 troops have been dispatched this time, and we only have one column in Qinhuangdao. ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, also suggested: "Commander-in-chief, I think what Lao Deng said is completely correct, we must immediately strengthen the defense of Qinhuangdao. ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, "Comrades, from now on, the route for the little devils to enter North China is undoubtedly through Jinzhou, Huludao, and Qinhuangdao. ”

Zhang Yunfei's face was domineering, everyone saw that Zhang Yunfei was going to meet the Kwantung Army of the little devil for a while, everyone was slightly excited, and swept away their previous worries.

Zhang Yunfei paused for a moment, and pondered slightly: "Comrades, the war in North China can be eased a little, and the troops besieging Beiping and Shijiazhuang will temporarily besiege but not attack, and we will concentrate our main energy on fighting a dozen reinforcements of the little devil Kwantung Army. ”

"Order, the 9th and 10th columns in Zhangjiakou moved in the direction of Qinhuangdao, and the 5th column of Qinhuangdao left Qinhuangdao, and selected a site to build a defense line about 20 kilometers northeast of Qinhuangdao, and we used three columns to fight a big battle with the little devils. At the same time, the 4th Column of Chengde waited for an opportunity to control the defense line of the Great Wall, and the 4th Column's two tank regiments, two mechanized infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment were on standby. ”

At present, in the North China Battlefield, the 36th Group Army has completely taken the initiative, and has gathered heavy troops near the two major cities of Beiping and Shijiazhuang, with two columns of the 6th and 8th in the vicinity of Beiping, and the 1st Column and 1st Column and 1st Column in Shijiazhuang.

In addition, the 300,000 Eighth Route Army in North China was also fighting in all directions, and some Kuomintang troops also showed signs of attacking, and the entire North China Front Army of the little devils only had the ability to defend at all, and was unable to take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei has only now adopted the strategy of encircling the little devils but not fighting, and when he finishes the battle with the little devils Kwantung Army, it is not too late to fight the little devils in North China.

As long as the decisive battle with the Kwantung Army reinforced by the little devil is completed, there will be enough troops to fight a decisive battle with the North China Front of the little devil.

Zhang Yunfei's orders were carefully recorded by several operational staff officers next to him, and several operational staff officers were also carefully marked on the map, and everyone was meticulous.

(To be continued)