The Central China Front of the little devils, in order to defend against the large-scale attack of the [***] team, and in order to keep Wuhan, also mobilized several divisions and regiments, at least more than 100,000 people.

These hundreds of thousands of little devils, with Wuhan as the center, are also deployed layer by layer in and around Wuhan, preparing to resist the large-scale attack of the [***] team.

The little devil mobilized so many troops at once, resulting in not enough troops in other regions, so at present, the Central China Front of the little devil does not have any extra troops to go north to reinforce the North China Front.

This time, the 36th Group dispatched more than 70,000 team sites, plus Zhang Zizhong's nearly 100,000 troops, and the little devils thought that the real purpose of these [***] teams was Wuhan.

In fact, this time, Zhang Yunfei's purpose was to make a feint to attract the strength of the Little Devil's Central China Front, so that the North China Front could not get effective reinforcements, and it could concentrate on picking up the Little Devil's North China Front.

Now, since so many troops have been attracted from the little devils, the initial tactical goal has been achieved, and it does not hurt to transfer the 2nd column back to the base area.

Even if the 2nd Column was transferred back to the base area, in Jingzhou and its vicinity, there was still the 3rd Column, and Zhang Zizhong's group army of nearly 100,000 people, the little devils would not dare to attack easily.

So, Zhang Yunfei thought about it for a while and decided: "Then the 2nd Column will be mobilized back to the base area one after another, but the tanks and armored vehicles of the 2nd Column will remain in Jingzhou, and all these heavy equipment will be assigned to the 3rd Column." ”

"In addition, after the 2nd Column returned to Datong, it immediately stationed on the front line of Zhangjiakou and Jining to protect the periphery of our base area, and the guard division still focused on protecting the central areas such as Datong and Taiyuan."

As soon as Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Comrade Liu Dazhu immediately exclaimed: "Commander-in-Chief, if you give all the tanks and armored vehicles of the 2nd Column to the 3rd Column, then the two tank regiments and the two mechanized infantry regiments of the 3rd Column will be fully established. ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, the current tank regiments and mechanized infantry regiments of each column are basically not fully formed, but sooner or later they will be fully formed, so let the 3rd column be fully established first.

The second column will definitely fly directly from Jingzhou Airport to Datong by air, and it will be able to transport all of them back to Datong within a few days under the transportation of dozens of large transport planes.

But tanks can't be transported, and armored vehicles are also more troublesome to transport, in the past, these tanks and armored vehicles were all traveled by land to reach Jingzhou, so now it is better to stay in Jingzhou and save trouble.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, Chief of the General Staff, was also a little worried: "Commander-in-Chief, in this way, the tank regiment and mechanized infantry regiment of the 2nd Column will not become empty shelves. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei immediately said to Comrade Fang Zheng next to him: "Old Fang, do we still have tanks and armored vehicles in our warehouse?" ”

"Commander-in-chief, there are still some of them, all of which have been produced in the recent past, and they have not yet had time to equip the front-line troops, there are more than fifty Type 39 tanks and more than one hundred and thirty Type 39 armored personnel carriers."

"Okay, after the 2nd Column reaches Datong, we will give all these tanks and armored vehicles to the 2nd Column, and in addition, Lao, we will further expand the scale of the tank factory and the armored vehicle factory to further increase production."

At present, although the output of tank factories and armored vehicle factories has more than doubled, Zhang Yunfei is still not satisfied, and this output is still too far behind Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States and other countries.

For example, the total annual output of tanks in the Soviet Union alone reached several thousand, what a terrifying figure, so Zhang Yunfei felt that his development still had a long way to go, and the space for development was still very huge.

Fang Zheng next to him, seeing that Zhang Yunfei was still preparing to expand the production of tanks and armored vehicles one step further, he was still a little surprised in his heart, half a year ago, a large-scale expansion was carried out, and now, he is ready to expand again.

Although he was a little surprised in his heart, Fang Zheng still said loudly: "Yes!" Commander-in-Chief, I will immediately arrange for another expansion of the tank factory and the armored vehicle plant. ”

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The next morning.

On the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, on the positions of the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army, after a whole period of recuperation, the soldiers were full of energy and high morale.

Last night, the little devils were very safe and didn't take the opportunity to sneak attack.

Now, the soldiers are preparing to eat breakfast, and the cooking classes of each company of the 36th Group Army have prepared a sumptuous breakfast, with several colors such as steamed buns, dumplings, and porridge noodles.

In order to reward everyone, Zhang Yunfei, who was far away in Datong, personally ordered him to send a telegram last night, asking all cooking classes to raise the food standards of the soldiers, so that the soldiers could eat well and be full, and then fight the little devils hard.

This time, the soldiers of the 36th Group Army had to eat well, and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army who fought with everyone had to eat well, so before dawn, all the comrades of the cooking squad were busy, preparing breakfast for the vast number of soldiers, and then sending a sumptuous breakfast to all companies of the Eighth Route Army.

In summer, the sky was very early, it was only six o'clock in the morning, and the sky was already bright, and the soldiers of the various cooking classes had been busy for more than an hour at this time.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the soldiers began to eat breakfast, and the soldiers of the cooking class finished breakfast half an hour early, and now everyone is delivering breakfast to the position of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to facilitate the delivery of breakfast to the Eighth Route Army, off-road vehicles from each company were temporarily dispatched. At present, the various infantry companies of the 36th Army are equipped with at least two or three ordinary off-road vehicles.

The position of the Eighth Route Army in the morning was also busy at this time, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army seemed to have high morale.

Many soldiers were still singing there, and many female soldiers of the Eighth Route Army propaganda team also came to the front line to perform programs for the soldiers.

On a position of the Eighth Route Army.

Several marching pots were lined up, the red flames happily licked the bottom of the black pot, and the water in the pot was about to boil, and it was steaming thickly.

More than a dozen soldiers from the Eighth Route Army's cooking squad seemed to be preparing to cook and make breakfast for the soldiers.

At present, the food situation of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly improved compared with a year or two ago, and with the 36th Group supporting a lot of grain for the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army itself has opened up a large base area, the grain harvest in the base area is also good.

At present, there is basically no such thing as hunger in the units of the Eighth Route Army, although they eat two meals in peacetime and only three meals in wartime, they can basically eat enough, and they can also eat a meal of meat during the New Year's holidays, if it was a year or two ago, the soldiers would not dare to think of it.

Because of the war, the whole country is in short supply, and many poor people are still hungry, worrying about the problem of eating all day long.

Therefore, now, basically they can eat enough, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army feel very content and satisfied.

"Squad Leader Huang, what are you preparing this morning!"

A young soldier of the Eighth Route Army was smiling and asking the squad leader of the cooking class.

The squad leader Huang of the cooking squad was also full of smiles, and replied loudly: "Comrade Xiao Liu, according to the abundance of the company commander, we are preparing to cook porridge for everyone and steam the nest head. ”

Thinking of the fragrant porridge and the yellow cornmeal nest, the soldier of the Eighth Route Army swallowed his saliva and touched his flat belly.

This soldier of the Eighth Route Army, who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, was just when he was growing his body, and he usually didn't have much oil and water, and he was already hungry, and everything he saw was fragrant, and he wanted to eat everything he saw.

Therefore, even the ordinary white rice porridge, which is very common, felt particularly fragrant, and just thought about it, and swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva.

Next to them, many young soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had similar thoughts to this soldier, and everyone looked at the cooking class from a distance from time to time, hoping to have breakfast early.

Just as the comrades of the cooking class of the Eighth Route Army were busy, the company commander of the Eighth Route Army also came over, smiling, and asked loudly: "Lao Huang, how long will it take to cook for the soldiers?" ”

Squad Leader Huang pointed to a few marching pots, and immediately said, "Company commander, the water is about to boil, and in less than an hour, everyone will be able to eat a hot breakfast." ”

"Good!" The company commander of the Eighth Route Army nodded slightly.

"Company commander! Captain! You see, the comrades of the 36th Army are coming.

Hearing this, the company commander of the Eighth Route Army looked into the distance and saw two off-road vehicles coming towards his position.

But what are they doing so early?

Immediately, the company commander of the Eighth Route Army and more than a dozen soldiers greeted him, and from a distance, the company smiled and said loudly: "Comrades of the 36th Group Army, welcome, welcome!" ”

Two off-road vehicles stopped less than 10 meters away from the company commander of the Eighth Route Army, and several soldiers of the 36th Group Army wearing camouflage uniforms got out of the vehicles.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army not far away saw that not only two off-road vehicles had come, but also several soldiers of the 36th Group Army.

(To be continued)