Liu Yi said: "Travel, what should I do next?" ”

Yue Weihan pondered for a moment and said, "Leave one regiment to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the regiments will assemble immediately!" Then let the commanders of each regiment come to the brigade headquarters for a meeting immediately. ”

Liu Yi immediately received the order, and in less than half an hour, more than a dozen regiment commanders, as well as Liu Tiezhu, Niu Dagen, and Liu Fengsheng, all came to the conference room of the brigade headquarters.

Yue Weihan didn't say much nonsense, and directly ordered: "Liu Tiezhu! ”

Liu Tiezhu, the captain of the special operations team, hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "Yes! ”

Yue Weihan said: "Lead the special operations team to Shijiazhuang overnight, I will only give you one day and two nights, and you must sneak into Shijiazhuang before the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and be ready to respond!" ”

"Yes." Liu Tiezhu agreed without hesitation.

It is 400 miles from Qinghe County to Shijiazhuang, and it takes at least four days to march lightly, and if there is heavy equipment, it will take five days at the earliest, but for this group of demons of the special operations brigade, 36 hours of one day, two nights and 36 hours is enough, and if the extreme march, the special operations brigade can even march 500 miles in thirty-six hours!

Yue Weihan nodded, and said, "Cao Xinglong!" ”

Cao Xinglong hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "Yes! ”

Yue Weihan said: "After the 2nd Regiment of Reading Force has cleaned up the battlefield, it will be under your command, and your task is to stay in Qinghe County and create the illusion that the main force of my Baoshan Brigade is still in Qinghe County!" In short, the little devil's reconnaissance plane must not be allowed to find out that our Baoshan Brigade has left Qinghe County, if there is a shortage of manpower, you can ask the Qinghe County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army for help. ”

"Yes." Cao Xinglong said without thinking, "I guarantee the completion of the task." ”

Yue Weihan's sharp gaze swept over the faces of the other regiments and battalion commanders, and Sen Ran shouted: "The rest of the departments! ”

The remaining dozen or so regiment leaders, as well as Niu Dagen and Liu Fengsheng, hurriedly stood up and responded loudly: "Yes! ”

Yue Weihan snorted and said: "Bring enough ammunition and three days of dry food, and drive to Shijiazhuang overnight, remember, all troops must act separately, keep an eye on the air at all times, and try not to let the devil reconnaissance plane find out your whereabouts, in addition, I will only give you three days, before dawn on the fourth day, all troops must arrive in Shijiazhuang!" ”

"Yes!" The commanders of the infantry regiments, Liu Fengsheng and Niu Dagen all agreed with a bang.

The infantry advanced lightly, and the march of 400 miles in three days was not a big problem, and the cavalry battalion was even more relaxed.

Although the artillery battalion has a lot of heavy equipment, the Baoshan Brigade has now officially formed a baggage regiment, and it has a full 20 trucks, and it is absolutely not a problem to drag the artillery to march, of course, trucks and artillery can never march openly during the day, and can only move at night, but fortunately, at the speed of trucks, it should not be a problem to walk 400 miles in three nights.

…………

Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army.

In the dead of night, Terauchi Shouichi was splashing ink, and there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and when he looked up urgently, he saw that the chief of staff of the front army, Sasaki, had already walked in with a cold expression, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency, you have just received a farewell message from Segawa Shiro, the commander of the 8th Brigade of the Reading Power Mix!" ”

"What?" The brush in Terauchi Shou's hand slammed suddenly, and he said in disbelief, "Farewell message?" ”

"Hello." Sasaki bowed his head suddenly, and said in a solemn tone, "The 8th Brigade of Reading Power has been collectively broken in Qinghe County, southern Hebei half an hour ago!" ”

"Collective jade shattering!?" Shouichi Terauchi was more and more shocked!

You know, this is not an infantry brigade, but a whole garrison brigade!

To eat the Segawa brigade in two hours, how many elite troops do the Chinese have to gather? Although the activities of the local Chinese armed forces in southern Hebei are rampant, the troops with real combat effectiveness are only the two remnant divisions of Shi Yousan and Gao Shuxun, and there are only 35,000 people when they are fully armed, so how can they eat the Segawa brigade?

Until this moment, the old devil Shouyi in the temple didn't know that Yue Weihan had arrived in southern Hebei.

Segawa Shiro did not report his suspicions to the Front Command, on the one hand, because this was just a speculation between him and Yoshida Minetaro, and there was no definite proof that Yue Weihan had fled to southern Hebei with the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade, on the other hand, Segawa Shiro was also a little selfish, he wanted to crush the Baoshan Brigade first, and then report to the Front Command, so that he could take the credit.

In addition, the commander of the Second Army stationed in Shandong, Nishio Shouzo, constantly reported to Beiping that the activities of the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade in southern Lunan were very rampant, and this created a false impression for Terauchi Shouichi and the headquarters of the North China Front Army, that is, Yue Weihan and the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade had been operating in southern Lunan all along, and although the rebel forces in southern Hebei had been rampant recently, they were all local armed forces.

Sasaki said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, General, there is a very bad inference for lowly duties. ”

"Very bad judgment?" Terauchi Shouichi jumped with an eyebrow, and said in a deep voice, "Sasaki-kun, let's hear it." ”

"Hello." Sasaki suddenly bowed his head, and then said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, I suspect that Yue Weihan has led the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade to secretly infiltrate southern Hebei, and it should be Yue Weihan's remnants of the Baoshan Brigade that caused the collective jade of the Segawa Brigade to shatter!" Because apart from Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Brigade, I really can't think of anyone else, and which army can eat the Segawa Brigade in less than half a day! That's a whole garrison brigade! ”

"Hmm." Terauchi Shou nodded and said, "Sasaki-kun, your analysis is very reasonable. ”

Although he was affirmed by Shouichi Terauchi, there was no smug expression on Sasaki Zhiyi's face, and he said in a solemn tone at the moment: "If Yue Weihan has really taken the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade to southern Hebei, then we must be vigilant, especially the Pinghan Railway, there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Hmm." Shouichi Terauchi nodded awe-inspiring and said, "So, what good advice do you have?" ”

Sasaki said in a deep voice: "The Segawa Brigade was collectively shattered in less than half a day, which shows that the Baoshan Brigade has not suffered a heavy blow to the real surname, and it can be inferred that the 11th Brigade is completely incompetent to guard the Pinghan Railway with only the reading power in Baoding, and I suggest that the 20th Division of the First Army stationed in Shanxi be transferred to Handan!" ”

"Transfer the 20th Division to Handan?" Terauchi Shouichi frowned and said, "But in this way, the entire Shanxi will only be left with the 3rd, 9th, and 16th brigades, once the Jin Sui Army of Yanxi Mountain and Wei Lihuang's Central Army take the opportunity to counterattack, then the entire Shanxi is likely to be completely lost, and the empire will lose its huge coal base." ”

At this time, in North China, the garrison of the Yue Army was already quite empty.

In addition to the dozen or so mixed brigades that have just been formed, Kawagishi Bunzaburo's 20th Division is already the only field division stationed in the rear! The 20th Division is one of the 17 permanent divisions of the Chinese army, and with the 20th Division in charge, Shanxi will naturally be fine, but once the 20th Division leaves, it will be difficult to say what will happen in Shanxi.

Sasaki said: "The success or failure of the Battle of Wuhan is related to the national capital of the empire, as long as the smooth flow of the Pinghan Railway can be guaranteed, and the victory of the Central China Front Army in the Battle of Wuhan can be ensured, then the empire will win the decisive victory of the Sino-Chinese War, and then the entire Chinese political axe will bow its knees and surrender, and the coal in Shanxi will not all belong to the empire?" ”

"Yo Si." Shouichi Terauchi finally made up his mind and said, "Order, the 20th Division will immediately move to Handan!" ”

Sasaki thought for a while, and then said: "Your Excellency, just in case, the reconnaissance planes of the aviation regiment must carry out aerial reconnaissance of the entire southern Hebei region during the day these days, and at the same time, the agents of the special high division of the gendarmerie stationed in Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Tianjin, and other places should also step up their activities and try their best to grasp the exact whereabouts of the Baoshan Brigade!" ”

"Yo Si." Shouichi Terauchi nodded happily and said, "Sasaki-kun, I'll leave this to you." ”

"Hello." Sasaki Zhiichi bowed his head suddenly, and said solemnly, "The humble position will never disappoint the expectations of His Excellency the General." With that, Sasaki turned around and walked away.

…………

On the Shiji Highway, Yue Weihan was marching forward with the troops directly under the Baoshan Brigade.

The old guard battalion led by Hua Han has been expanded into a regiment, so Yue Weihan transferred some veterans from each regiment and reorganized the guard battalion, with Tang Dashan as the battalion commander.

Liu Yi ran a few steps to Yue Weihan's side, and gasped violently: "Luzao, you see that the day is almost dawn, and the brothers are too tired to do anything, isn't it time to rest and recuperate?" ”

Yue Weihan looked up at the sky, and saw that the eastern sky had slightly revealed a trace of fish belly white, but there was still at least half an hour or so before the sky was bright, and he immediately turned back to Tang Dashan and said: "Datang, order the troops, hold on for another half an hour, and it is estimated that you can rush to Chuiyang Town after half an hour, and rest when you reach Chuiyang Town!" ”

"Yes." Tang Dashan suddenly agreed, and immediately conveyed the order.

Liu Yi could only smile bitterly, and had to grit his teeth and continue to run to follow up.

Half an hour later, the troops entered Chuiyang Town, and Yue Weihan immediately ordered to enter the town to rest.

After less than ten minutes of rest, Gao Jingwu, the new intelligence section chief of the Baoshan Brigade, hurriedly came to Yue Weihan and said with a solemn expression: "Brigade seat, I have just intercepted an important piece of information, and the 20th Division of the Second Army of the Shanxi Army is likely to be pulled out from Taiyuan this morning and moved to Handan, southern Hebei!" ”

"Huh!?"

"What? 20th Division? ”

Yue Weihan suddenly changed slightly, Liu Yi's face changed greatly, the 20th Division is one of the seventeen most elite permanent divisions of the Yue Army, and since stepping on the Chinese battlefield, the 20th Division is one of the few elite divisions that have not suffered heavy losses, a large number of veterans still exist, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated!

Even if the Baoshan Brigade was at its peak, it would definitely not be able to fight the 20th Division!

Now, there are only more than 6,000 veterans left in the Baoshan Brigade, and the remaining 30,000 people are all untrained rabble, and the equipment is poor.

(To be continued)