After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone immediately understood Zhang Yunfei's intentions.

Everyone thought in their hearts that this time the commander-in-chief would not only control the defense line of the Great Wall, but also have a decisive battle with the nearly 100,000 Kwantung who had gone south with the little devils.

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts are looking forward to the upcoming battle.

Now, under the influence of Zhang Yunfei, everyone has long lost the original worries in their hearts, replaced by self-confidence and firmness, at present, Zhang Yunfei's words and deeds have a deep impact on everyone, with Zhang Yunfei's backbone, everyone has confidence in their hearts.

What about the 100,000 Kwantung Army? And what about tank brigades? Everyone's hearts are full of pride and confidence.

Zhang Yunfei looked around at everyone, and saw that everyone's expressions were gradually full of confidence, Zhang Yunfei also smiled slightly, his heart was settled, and then said: "Send a report to the 5th column in Qinhuangdao, asking them to mobilize the local people, and at the same time escort more than 1,000 puppet soldiers captured in Chengde, and seize the time to build an airport in Qinhuangdao." ”

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yunfei added: "Tell the 5th Column again that the airport site should be at least 20 kilometers away from the coastline, and a few experts will be dispatched to guide the construction early tomorrow morning, and at the same time, we will also pay close attention to the construction of several early warning radar stations in Qinhuangdao." ”

Zhang Yunfei did this and built the airport at least 20 kilometers away from the coastline, in order to prevent the little devil warships from coming to wreak havoc in the future, and it must be built outside the range of the little devil warship's guns.

In addition, in order to guard against the planes of the Kwantung Army, it is necessary to seize the time to build several early warning radar stations, and now, the equipment of the early warning radar stations is ready-made, as long as it is transported from Datong and installed and debugged in a suitable place in Qinhuangdao.

In the future, a naval base will be built in Qinhuangdao, as well as an airfield and an early warning radar station......

The second day of the 5th Column's recovery of Qinhuangdao was June 18.

Zhangjiakou.

The 9th and 10th columns, stationed in Zhangjiakou as a reserve, began to advance in the direction of Qinhuangdao.

The vanguard was a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles, as well as two regiments of cavalry units, and behind them, a long line of trucks, each army green truck, stood with rows of soldiers with loaded guns.

At present, all columns of the 36 th Group Army are equipped with a large number of large military trucks, and with the large number of trucks equipped with troops, the mobility of the troops can be greatly improved, and the soldiers of various infantry regiments can quickly maneuver by trucks.

Zhang Yunfei has plans to motorize or even mechanize all the infantry, and now, mechanization and motorization are constantly being carried out, such as mechanization, which has also made some achievements, and each column has mechanized infantry regiments and tank regiments.

As for motorization, it is still the focus of each column, and nearly half of the troops of each column have been motorized, and relying on these heavily equipped trucks, the mobility of the troops can be greatly improved.

Among them, motorized infantry refers to the arms that carry out maneuvers on vehicles and fight on foot. It is characterized by a high speed of movement before the start of the battle, adaptation to various terrain conditions, and flexible maneuverability.

Therefore, this time the two columns moved in the direction of Qinhuangdao, and the vanguard troops were, of course, tank regiments, mechanized infantry regiments, and cavalry regiments, and behind these troops, there were a large number of trucks loaded with weapons and infantry.

The 9th and 10th columns, about 70,000 people, will leave Zhangjiakou and bypass Beiping from the north of Beiping, go straight to Qinhuangdao, and will fight together with the 5th column of Qinhuangdao.

Wu Youqing, commander of the 9th Column, and Wang Daquan, commander of the 10th Column, who were riding in the armored command vehicle, although they both looked calm, they were already a little excited in their hearts.

Wu Youqing was previously the commander of the armored division, and Wang Daquan was the commander of the heavy artillery division, and after the establishment of the 36th Group Army, the two served as commanders of the 9th and 10th columns respectively.

A few days ago, seeing that the various columns were fighting vigorously, and the little devils were fighting on the front line with heavy casualties, the two of them couldn't hold back for a long time, and both of them were unwilling to act as reserves, and they had privately asked Zhang Yunfei to fight several times, but they never got Zhang Yunfei's permission.

Yesterday, as soon as they received Zhang Yunfei's order, the two ordered the troops to prepare overnight, and as soon as it was dawn today, the two columns began to set off in the direction of Qinhuangdao.

Qinhuangdao.

Early in the morning, the large force of the fifth column went east out of Qinhuangdao and selected a site to build a defensive line.

Between Qinhuangdao and Huludao, there is a vast flat terrain with a wide field of vision, which is very suitable for the mobility of mechanized troops, and such terrain is a paradise for tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles.

Seeing such terrain, Xie Zhendong, commander of the 5th Column, knew that the battle that might happen next should be a tank battle.

Because according to the intelligence, the first brigade of the little devil's chariot has already left Huludao this morning, and the distance between Qinhuangdao and Huludao is only more than 150 kilometers, according to the speed of the little devil's march, the first brigade of the little devil's chariot will reach Qinhuangdao this afternoon.

In the end, Xie Zhendong chose Wanjia Town, twenty or thirty kilometers east of Qinhuangdao, as the main battlefield, and the huge troops of the 5th Column, tens of thousands of people, began to build a defensive line east of Wanjia Town.

The two tank regiments of the 5th column were also placed at the front of the ranks, behind the tank regiments, there were two mechanized infantry regiments, and the cavalry regiment was on standby for maneuvering.

The rest of the infantry was busy building fortifications, but because the terrain was too flat, the fortifications they built were basically simple fortifications, mainly trenches, foxholes, etc.

In such a flat place, the best defense is actually to attack, and everyone builds these fortifications just because they are afraid that they will be used in case the time comes.

Chengde.

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's order, the 4th Column in Chengde immediately sent troops to various sections of the Great Wall, firmly controlling the Great Wall near Beiping, Chengde and other places, and the 4th Column sent tens of thousands of troops, a total of six infantry regiments.

With the issuance of Zhang Yunfei's order, all troops are moving in an orderly manner, and Zhang Yunfei in Datong has also received a lot of information, and the situation of the little devil's reinforcements is becoming clearer and clearer.

At noon on June 18, Datong, the headquarters of the 30th Group Army.

Zhang Yunfei was carefully looking at the map with Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, and Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan also used a pencil to mark something on the map from time to time, and several people occasionally talked a few words while looking at the map.

"Commander-in-chief, the vanguard of the little devils is moving really fast, and it is only two or three hours away from the position of the 5th column."

Zhang Yunfei nodded, but did not answer, as if he was pondering something.

At present, Zhang Yunfei's movements of the little devils are relatively clear, and the planes of the flying group frequently conduct reconnaissance in the area between Jinzhou and Qinhuangdao, and the flying group will send back to the headquarters of the 36 th Group Army in a steady stream the detected situation.

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a long time, and suddenly there was a firm gaze in his eyes, everyone saw Zhang Yunfei's expression, and knew what Zhang Yunfei had thought of, and what new decisions might he make.

Sure enough, Zhang Yunfei said: "Comrades, look at the terrain between Qinhuangdao and Jinzhou, it is very flat, very suitable for our tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles, and even the mobility of cavalry. ”

"So, I think, we are passive defense, it is better to take the initiative, offense is the best defense, this time the vanguard of the little devil is a chariot brigade, a reading mixed brigade has left Jinzhou for hundreds of kilometers, and the three divisions behind have not yet left Jinzhou City."

"The little devil is too arrogant, the little devil is simply a lone army in depth, let's hurry up and fight a dozen of the vanguard of the little devil and kill the spirit of the little devil."

Zhang Yunfei's lone army is also relatively speaking, and the little devil doesn't think so, because the distance between the little devil's follow-up army and the vanguard is only more than 100 kilometers, and for a car, it is only a few hours away.

Therefore, although Zhang Yunfei said that the little devil was alone, Zhang Yunfei also emphasized that he should hurry up, as long as the battle with the little devil's vanguard team starts, the follow-up army of the little devil will come over in a few hours.

The chief of staff of the left next to him also nodded and said: "Commander-in-chief, I completely agree with your point of view, in this kind of terrain, attack is indeed the best defense, and it is indeed a clever move for us to take the initiative to attack at this time." ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, but for the sake of safety, Zhang Yunfei asked the location of each unit again.

A colonel's combat staff officer next to him immediately replied respectfully when he saw the commander-in-chief asking about him: "Commander-in-chief, hello chiefs, the vanguard of the 9th and 10th columns advancing towards Qinhuangdao will reach Qinhuangdao at about 5 o'clock this afternoon, and the tank regiment, mechanized infantry regiment and cavalry regiment of the 4th column are also ready for battle and ready to attack at any time. ”

As you know, the vanguard of the 9th and 10th columns must refer to the tank regiment and the mechanized infantry regiment, and at this rate, the large troops in large trucks will arrive at Qinhuangdao tonight and tomorrow morning.

With the strength of the three columns, plus the 4th column of Chengde, it is completely possible to fight hard with the reinforcements of the little devils, Chengde is not far from Qinhuangdao, and if the 4th column is needed to reinforce it, its vanguard can be reached in a few hours.

With so many troops, everyone was obviously very confident, and they all looked at Zhang Yunfei with eager eyes, waiting for Zhang Yunfei to give an order.

Zhang Yunfei looked at everyone, immediately looked serious, and began to convey the combat order.

(To be continued)