The next day, the news of Niangzi's victory spread all over the world in less than half a day.

When the news spread, the Chinese and overseas Chinese all over the world immediately cheered, and Western public opinion was also in an uproar, and after Britain and France, the United States, which had always taken a neutral stand, also began to openly question the combat effectiveness of its own army.

A TASS reporter even openly wrote an article saying that the army was only a third-rate army in the world, and that it was completely vulnerable in the face of the powerful steel torrent of the Soviet Red Army.

With an incomparably brilliant record, the Baoshan Division once again slapped the army in the face.

Moreover, the victory of Niangziguan directly triggered a major personnel change at the top of the army!

The commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, resigned in disgrace and was transferred to the reserve.

Major General Ishihara Wan'er, director of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Army, resigned and was immediately transferred to the post of commander of the Tsurumai Fortress.

Senior General Sugi Sugimoto, Minister of War, was transferred from the center to the post of commander of the North China Front, and the post of Minister of War was replaced by Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, chief of staff of the Kwantung Front.

This series of personnel changes can be described as dazzling, but it was completed in just a few days, whether it is the departing person or the successor, they will soon be in place, and the military has never had such a phenomenon since the Dahua restructuring, which shows that the royal family has been extremely disappointed with the performance of the Ministry of the Army.

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However, these are all afterwords, let's turn the time back to the early morning of the day when Niangzi Guan won the victory.

It is said that the 20th Division of the Chinese Army was hit hard, and the Baoshan Division was extremely rich, and the specific numbers have not yet been counted, but from Jingcheng County to Niangziguan, there are a lot of good equipment scattered on the road, and the most eye-catching is of course the 24 75 field guns and 12 105 field guns of the 26th Field Artillery Wing.

The 36 guns were almost undamaged, and the captured shells were not old or young.

With these 36 guns, it is enough to form two 75 field artillery battalions and one 105 field artillery battalion.

With these three field artillery battalions, the original 92 Infantry Artillery Battalion and the 80 Mortar Battalion should be eliminated, and the eliminated equipment can be equipped with one artillery battalion for each of the three main brigades, and each artillery battalion has a 92 Infantry Artillery Company plus an 80 Mortar Company.

In addition, more than 100 trucks, nine armoured vehicles and 20 Type 95 light tanks were captured.

Of course, these trucks, armored vehicles and tanks have all been destroyed, at least half of them are completely destroyed, and can only be dismantled into scrap iron for refurnace, but the remaining half can still be improvised, with a little repair, the fly in the ointment is that the Baoshan Division now has not much diesel in stock, and if the supply is opened, it will support half a month at most.

But in any case, the Baoshan Division will soon have half a tank battalion.

As for rifles, light machine guns, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns, they can't be counted.

Liu Yi said to Yue Weihan as he walked: "Junzuo, this time the 20th Division of the Yue Army was eliminated, and there are a lot of weapons in the area, of course there are not too many light and heavy machine guns and artillery in our Baoshan Division, but the Type 38 rifle is almost enough for two people, do you take out some of it and give it to the Eighth Route Army?" After all, the Eighth Route Army helped us a lot this time. ”

"That's as it should be." Yue Weihan nodded and said, "I think I'll take out 5,000 rifles." ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Speaking of which, the Eighth Route Army has really helped us a lot this time, and I should thank them, but the time is no longer enough, the intelligence department has just gotten the information, and the army has already set up a pontoon bridge, and will soon go north, and when the battlefield is cleaned, I have to take the troops to southern Hebei overnight." ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Chief of Staff, I can't go if I don't go, but you have to go to the division headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, on behalf of me and the Baoshan Division, oh no, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the New Sixth Army to express my most sincere thanks to the Eighth Route Army, in addition to giving away 5,000 rifles, you have to trouble the Eighth Route Army one more thing." ”

Liu Yi said: "Junzao, are you worried about the more than 2,000 devils who will disperse?" ”

"Yes." Yue Weihan nodded and said, "If these two thousand or so devil soldiers are not exterminated as soon as possible, it will bring great disasters to the people of Taihang Mountain!" ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, and said, "I believe that the Eighth Route Army will help." ”

With the current equipment and ability of the Eighth Route Army, it is true that it does not have the strength to attack large-scale targets such as county seats, and it is impossible to launch a large-scale campaign, but it is more than enough to deal with the more than 2,000 devils who have been scattered, and since the large-scale expansion of the Eighth Route Army, its combat effectiveness has dropped greatly, and this is an excellent opportunity for them to train their troops.

Therefore, no matter what aspect is considered, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to refuse this request, and even, even if the Baoshan Division does not say it, the Eighth Route Army will take the initiative to assume the responsibility of clearing out the devil's rout, after all, the Eighth Route Army is the army of the poor people, and they will never watch the devil's rout scourge to the people of Taihang Mountain.

"And ......," Yue Weihan said again, "[***] The mobilized people should have rushed to Shimen, and the first priority after you return to Shimen is to arrange for the people to rush all the equipment from the major factories in Shimen to Jingcheng Mountain, of course, the priority is to rush the thousands of equipment from the Taiyuan Arsenal stranded at Zhengding Railway Station!" ”

"Understood." Liu Yi nodded and said solemnly, "You can rest assured, Junza." ”

As the two spoke, they had already come to the Niangzi Pass, and then they were really startled by the scene in front of them.

I saw that the lights were bright before the lady turned off, and the sporadic lights and firelight even illuminated most of the night sky.

By the bright lights, Yue Weihan and Liu Yi saw columns and groups of prisoners of the Japanese army, slowly moving forward along the highway, and the commanding heights on both sides of the highway were full of sentry posts of the Baoshan Division, and the muzzles of the guns in the hands of the officers and soldiers were all aimed at the prisoners of the Japanese army on the road.

"Throne!"

"Commander, Counselor, you're here?"

"Junza, this battle is really enjoyable, hahaha......"

In the hurried footsteps, Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng, Li Yulong and other officers had already greeted them like a swarm, and they all looked excited.

Cao Xinglong said: "Junzuo, what to do with these prisoners of war?" ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" Li Yulong said fiercely, "The old rules, all buried alive!" ”

"Hey, don't." Chi Chengfeng suddenly exclaimed, "If you bury anything else, you will bury it, but those hundreds of girls should still keep it, and the brothers are so happy." ”

"Chi Chengfeng, that's all you need."

Yue Weihan said that he was about to kick Chi Chengfeng's eggs, but Chi Chengfeng suddenly ran away with his hands in his hands.

Yue Weihan snorted lightly and said, "However, these hundreds of girls really can't be killed, not only can't they be killed, but these devil soldiers can't be killed anymore." ”

"Why can't you kill?" Li Qinglong was suddenly a little unhappy, and said, "These little devils have come to our China since they beat them, I don't know how many people they have killed, I don't know how many big girls and little daughters-in-law have been ruined, not to mention the side, you witnessed the tragedy of Dawangzhuang last time, such a brute, not killing is not enough to anger the people!" ”

"Kill them?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "That's too cheap for them." ”

"Huh?" Li Yulong was shocked and said in confusion, "Junzao, what do you mean by this?" ”

"I mean it very simply." Yue Weihan said in a cruel voice, "You can't let these little devils die too simply, since they came to China and did bad things, then they must be punished, they must be made to regret coming to this world to be people, they must be tortured, and then slowly die in endless pain!" ”

Li Yuli suddenly shuddered and said, "Junzao, you are still ruthless." ”

"Speaking of which, I think of another thing." Yue Weihan said and turned back to Liu Yi and said, "Chief of Staff, there is another thing I forgot to tell you just now, go back and find a few suitable addresses to build a few prisoner of war concentration camps, raise these devil prisoners of war like livestock, give some coarse bran and wild vegetables every day, and starve to death!" ”

"Prisoner of war camps?" Li Yulong asked puzzledly, "Junzao, is there a need for this?" ”

"Of course it is necessary." Yue Weihan nodded and said, "In the future, to build a base area, not only must we build factories, but also build roads and bridges, and we must dig caves in mountains, and then let these prisoners of war serve as coolies. Okay, then let's call the devil captives as cattle, and we'll be tired to death! ”

"Ahh Li Yulong praised the festival, "Junzao, this is a good idea. ”

"Junza, forget about the hundreds of girls, right?" Chi Chengfeng didn't know when he turned back again, and lost no time in interjecting, "These thin-skinned and tender meat, let them do coolies, they can't do much work, not to mention, they will die of exhaustion in a few days, what a pity?" It's better to divide it, one for each person above the company commander, and the highest position will be picked first. ”

"You're a dog, your skin is itchy, aren't you?" Yue Weihan was furious, and he was about to kick people again.

"Hey, don't don't, don't hit people." Chi Chengfeng hurriedly begged for mercy again and again, and when he saw that Yue Weihan had stopped, he couldn't help but whisper again, "His grandmother's, he kicks people at every turn, kicks people at every turn, how can he look like a military seat?" Besides, your old man is hugging left and right, which is called a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry. ”

Liu Yi seemed to hear it, and said at the moment: "Military seat, the personal problems of middle and senior officers should indeed be solved. ”

Yue Weihan pondered for a moment and then said: "In this way, when the battle in front of you is over, and when the base area is built, you will issue an order, all officers at or above the platoon level or veterans with more than five years of military experience, as long as there is a suitable target, they can also get married, and those who have already married can also take their families to the base area." ”

(To be continued)