Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

Zhang Yunfei is discussing the military situation with Zuo Qingquan, Deng Wenping, Liu Dazhu, and others, and at present, the momentum of the columns moving south is unstoppable, and the little devils are completely at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops.

There are only about 200,000 little devils in the whole of North China, and the total strength of the Eighth Route Army and the 36th Group Army is nearly 2 million, of which about 1 million are alone, and the 36th Group Army, plus the more than 100,000 recruits just recruited, has reached 600,000 troops.

At present, it can be said that the little devils have left some remnants of the defeated army, and the entire North China Front Army has been sharply reduced from more than 500,000 two or three months ago to about 200,000 now under the blows of the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army.

In the headquarters of the 36th Group Army, a huge military map was hung in the center of the command hall, and the war situation in the entire North China was clearly marked on the map.

"Commander-in-Chief! Chu Tianming's 6th column was already approaching Jining, and Chu Tianming asked for instructions on whether to continue to attack and advance or wait for the column behind. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Comrade Liu Dazhu pointed to the map as he spoke.

Zhang Yunfei looked at the positions of each column, and said slowly but firmly: "Continue to move forward and order the 6th column to recover Jining City." ”

Although the 6th Column took the lead, it was not alone at all, and the heavy troops of the little devils were concentrated in Xuzhou and its surroundings, not to mention, behind the 6th Column, there were several columns coming one after another.

As for ammunition supplies, it's not a problem now. With a large number of little devils being wiped out, dozens of transport companies of the 36th Group Army, a large number of trucks, and a large number of trucks loaded with military supplies can safely gallop around the land of North China.

In addition, the 36th Army controlled several railways, which could provide the weapons and ammunition needed by the troops of the front. As well as various materials, they were continuously transported out of Shanxi to North China.

In addition, now with a large number of large transport aircraft equipped. The number of transport planes is approaching the 100 mark, and the air transport capacity has been greatly improved, and materials can also be transported by air to the front-line troops.

Because of this. The 6th Column was relieved to go south, taking the lead, and after leaving the Beijing and Tianjin areas, it advanced several hundred kilometers south, and now, it is not far from Jining.

After Zhang Yunfei gave the order for the 6th Column to continue south and recover Jining, Zhang Yunfei looked at the map and began to give orders again.

"Command! The 1st and 7th columns moved south along the Pinghan Line and recovered Xingtai, Handan, Anyang and other places. ”

Zhang Yunfei's firmness and strength. Obviously, Zhang Yunfei has been thinking about it for a long time, and this time, even the 1st and 7th columns in Baoding and Shijiazhuang were also dispatched.

Right now. The forces of the little devils have shrunk and concentrated, and the columns have moved south, and Shijiazhuang, Baoding, and other places are already very safe, as long as a little troops are left to maintain law and order, the main force of the column can completely go south.

With Zhang Yunfei's orders issued one after another. Now the distribution of the various columns of the entire 36th Army is:

The 1st and 7th columns moved south along the Pinghan Line and recovered Xingtai, Handan, Anyang and other places; The 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th columns, a total of four columns, are marching south in four directions, and will approach Xuzhou, of which the 6th column is the fastest, and has almost reached Jining.

The 2nd Column, the newly formed independent division, was stationed in the area of Zhangjiakou and Jining north of Datong; The 5th Column was stationed at Qinhuangdao; The 4th Column was stationed in Beiping, Tianjin and other places; The 3rd Column was located in Jingzhou, and Zhang Zizhong's troops threatened Wuhan and pinned down a large number of troops of the Central China Front of the little devils.

North of Jining City, thirty miles shop.

It is not far from Jining City, you can see by looking at this place name, it is only 30 miles away from Jining City, at 10 o'clock at noon, the vanguard of the 6th column, a mechanized infantry regiment, has reached here. …,

The main forces of the 6th Column, not far from here, such as tank regiments, cavalry regiments, motorized infantry regiments, etc., are rushing here.

The 6th Column was the most motorized, and half of the infantry regiments were motorized and equipped with a lot of large trucks.

The armored command vehicle in which Chu Tianming, the commander of the 6th Column, was riding was not far from here, and more than a dozen large trucks, several off-road vehicles, and several armored command vehicles formed the headquarters of the 6th Column on the move.

Behind Chu Tianming, less than a few kilometers away, a regiment of tanks of the 6th Column, dozens of Type 39 tanks, and dozens of armored vehicles were also marching here.

Riding in the spacious armored command car, Chu Tianming's thoughts were scattered, thinking of himself a few years ago, a few years ago he was a regiment commander of the Jin Sui Army, commanding more than a thousand people, and the weapons were mainly rifles, and there were few heavy weapons.

However, now, he commanded a column of more than 30,000 people, and this column was not only well-equipped, but also had strong combat effectiveness, tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery, which was really unbelievable.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianming was full of emotion, and couldn't help but think of Commander-in-Chief Zhang Yunfei, and his reverence for Zhang Yunfei rose a little more, and his gratitude became a little stronger.

If it weren't for Zhang Yunfei's Bole, Chu Tianming, a thousand-mile horse, was still messing around in the Jin Sui army, commanding one or two thousand people, doing nothing, how could there be the current great achievements, the 6th column has participated in a lot of battles, and the little devils who have been annihilated are afraid that there will already be tens of thousands.

"Chief! Heads! A regiment of mechanized infantry sent a message that they had reached thirty miles of Jining, asking for instructions on whether to attack and advance. ”

A guard whispered a few times to Chu Tianming, who was a little distracted, and then began to report the request sent by the first regiment of mechanized infantry.

Coming back to his senses, Chu Tianming said: "Order a regiment of mechanized infantry, attack and advance, eliminate the little devils in Thirty Miles, and then continue to advance, straight to Jining, and then tell the follow-up troops to speed up the march." ”

Thirty mile shop.

The terrain here is flat, as far as the eye can see, and here is a typical plain terrain, and the vehicles of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment can travel at high speed and unimpeded.

Thirty miles is the most cutting-edge defense line in the north of Jining, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is a defense line, to be exact, it is a forward observation post of the little devils, or a stronghold is more accurate.

There is only one squadron of little devils here, about a battalion of puppet soldiers, and the little devils have built several high watchtowers here as strongholds, and some trenches have been dug intermittently near the watchtowers and hundreds of meters in front of them.

The little devils already knew that the troops of the 36th Group Army were going south, and they were not far from them, and the little devils had long been ready for battle, and in several strongholds, the little devils were waiting for them.

Several machine guns of the little devils have long been erected, and through the shooting holes, facing the flat wilderness outside, on the top of the stronghold, and some other shooting holes, there are also some little devils, who are holding 38-type rifles and looking outside.

Compared with the little devils waiting for the battle, in the trenches in front of the stronghold, the hundreds of puppet troops seemed much more scattered, slack, and did not look like a war at all.

These puppet soldiers are either fart and chat there, or smoke, and there are even a few puppet soldiers who hide in the trenches and play cards, and the platoon commanders of the puppet army companies, including the puppet army battalion commander, also turn a blind eye to such a phenomenon.

The 36th Group Army's successive battles and victories, whether it was broadcast or newspapers, were widely publicized, and these puppet armies also knew that the 36th Group Army was powerful. With the elimination of a large number of little devils and the capture of many puppet troops, the puppet troops in the enemy-occupied areas of North China have long been disheartened. …,

If it weren't for the usual intimidation and fear of the little devils, these puppet soldiers would have resisted a long time ago, although they have not resisted now, but there are still many puppet soldiers who are deserters, and many puppet soldiers have taken off their yellow skin and gone home to farm.

For example, this puppet army of 30 miles, a whole battalion, used to be more than 500 puppet soldiers, but now, there are only more than 300, and the number of puppet troops who escaped has reached nearly 200.

These puppet soldiers who did not run away also have the attitude of messing around, being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day, and recently, they have been very casual, and there is no way for the little devils to have such an attitude.

On the top of a high watchtower, a little devil squadron leader is looking ahead with a telescope, the little devil squadron has been standing on this watchtower more than ten meters high for a while, the prestige of the 36th Group Army, these little devils have also heard of it.

Although these little devils have not really fought with the 36th Group Army, these little devils have long been like a great enemy, and many little devils are extremely nervous in their hearts.

Through the binoculars, the little devil squadron leader finally saw a huge convoy of mechanized infantry regiments in the distance, dozens of armored vehicles, dozens of off-road vehicles, a total of nearly a hundred vehicles, which looked very spectacular.

"Yaga!"

When the little devil squadron leader saw this scene, he couldn't believe it, but he didn't expect that just one of the vanguard units of the 36th Army had so many vehicles, and all of them were combat vehicles.

The little devils have always thought that the vanguard of the 36th Group Army is the cavalry unit, because the cavalry unit is very mobile, and the vanguard of the little devils is often the cavalry unit.

If it is a cavalry unit, the little devils think that they still have the strength to fight, because the little devils have several strong strongholds, and there are nearly ten machine guns, in addition, there are trenches in front of the strongholds, and hundreds of puppet troops can also block it in front.

Seeing that it was actually the chariot troops, the face of the little devil squadron changed greatly, and after shouting, he stopped speaking, hurriedly went downstairs, shook the phone in the stronghold, and reported the situation to Jining City.

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