The next day, the news that the Dragon's Tooth Column had won a great victory in Dingzhou and killed the commander of the North China Front Army was deliberately propagated by Qiao Youhua's instructions to Long Yingwei and Tongguò Radio Station.

The whole country knew that for a time, the whole country was excited, and the people, the army and the people rushed to tell each other, and the determination and morale of the War of Resistance were further condensed and improved.

The Japanese puppet army was hit hard, especially the Japanese Eastern Front Corps that was still facing off with the Dragon's Tooth Column on the front line in Raoyang and Hengshui.

The Japanese Eastern Front Corps, which had also lost its commander, stopped its attack on Wuqiang County and Raoyang County under the remote command of the North China Front Headquarters.

The 8th Division, which planned to retreat to Cangzhou to standby, but unexpectedly retreated from Wuqiang County and other units was blocked by the Longya troops led by Ma Biao on the first line.

It was not until a roundabout unit of the 14th Division bypassed the first-line sky and made a detour that Ma Biao took the initiative to lead his troops to withdraw to the southeast of the first-line sky.

Only then was the 8th Division and other units able to withdraw to Cangzhou.

In the process, more than a thousand troops were lost.

The losses of the Dragon's Tooth Column on the Eastern Front battlefield can be said to be very small, so far, the 100,000 Kwantung Army, 100,000 puppet Manchurian Army, plus 20,000 puppet Mongolian cavalry and a number of Japanese troops in North China have not even captured a city controlled by the Dragon's Tooth Column.

On the contrary, the cumulative casualties exceeded nearly 100,000, of which more than 60 percent were killed, mainly by the puppet Manchurian army and the puppet Mongolian army.

In Dingzhou City, Qiao Youhua and others were drinking. After such a great victory, we can finally reward the officers and soldiers who fought on the Western Front.

"Commander, what are we going to do next? Is it to strike while the iron is hot, take the initiative to counterattack, and strive to recover Baoding in one fell swoop? After drinking a few glasses of wine, Liu Yidao asked with some excitement.

Qiao Youhua put down his wine glass and said, "No, I plan to concentrate my forces on the Eastern Front and have a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the Cangzhou area!" ”

"Decisive battle on the Eastern Front?" Liu Yidao and the others were a little surprised.

Qiao Youhua nodded and continued: "Yes, now the 1st Division and the 26th Division have retreated to Baoding, and they can't retreat, although they were defeated by us in a battle and suffered heavy losses, but there are still 30,000 or 40,000 troops, with our strength in Dingzhou, if the Japanese army insists on breaking through, we may not even be able to besiege it."

Not to mention the encirclement and annihilation, instead of transferring troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front and besieging Baoding, it is better for us to mobilize part of our troops to the Eastern Front and fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the Eastern Front. After all, our main forces are on the Eastern Front. ”

Zheng Yunshan nodded in agreement: "It makes sense, there are at least more than 50,000 people in Baoding and the puppet army, if they really want to break through regardless of a qiē, we really can't stop them all, after all, our troops are only one-fifth of them." ”

"I also agree with your plan, Commander, I don't know, how many troops does the Commander plan to bring to the Eastern Front?" Liu Yidao asked.

Qiao Youhua said: "I will take away the tank regiment, the air defense regiment and the guard regiment, and I can only leave the dragon's tooth regiment." ”

Saying this, Qiao Youhua looked at Liu Yidao and Scarface with a fierce gaze: "I only left a regiment for you, do you have the confidence to firmly hold Dingzhou?" ”

Although, after the defeat of Dingzhou, the Japanese army on the Western Front, which had lost its commander and all its material baggage, should not be able to move south again and launch an offensive in a short time.

But everything is in case, if the devil really goes south to attack Dingzhou regardless of Yiqiē, Liu Yidao and Scarface will only have a ball of dragon teeth in their hands to use.

After so many days of fighting, the strength of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment, which was originally full of more than 3,000 people, has been reduced to more than 2,000 people, and it has been reduced to the strength of the B Regiment.

Liu Yidao and Scarface glanced at each other, and at the same time got up and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, the commander is in the city, as long as there is a soldier and a pawn, he will never let the little devil step through Dingzhou!" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded with satisfaction, picked up the wine glass and waved his hand to the two of them: "Okay, sit down, I believe in you, let the officers and soldiers of each regiment have a good rest tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning, and then I will ask the political commissar to supervise the arsenal to produce more unconscionable cannons."

Send it to your regiment to strengthen you. ”

That night, in addition to the necessary officers and soldiers on duty at the night vigil, Qiao Youhua and all the officers and soldiers had a good drink, and after they were full of wine and food, everyone fell asleep.

The Dragon's Tooth Column won a big victory, and they had a good night's sleep after eating and drinking, but the high-level of the devil was destined to lose sleep tonight.

Whether it is the Kwantung Army Command, or the North China Front Command, as well as the base camp in Tokyo, or even the Japanese Emperor, they are all destined to have insomnia or difficulty sleeping peacefully tonight.

The 1st Division's Isamu Yokoyama, the 8th Division's Tsukada Tsukada, the 14th Division's Kenji Dohihara, and the commander of the North China Front, General Sugiyama Moto, lost four senior generals in just two days.

This is definitely a huge blow to the Japanese Army.

The Japanese base camp urgently held a military meeting overnight to discuss how to deal with this sudden change, including the new commander of the North China Front Army, the division commanders of several divisions and regiments, and other important matters.

After an overnight period of urgent discussions, the War Department of the Japanese base camp finally decided to appoint Tada Jun as the new commander of the North China Front, and immediately flew to Beiping to take up his post, and at the same time promoted the chief of staff or brigade commander of the 1st Division, the 8th Division, and the 14th Division to the commander of the division.

After receiving the appointment, Tada Jun sent an order from the commander of the front army that night to order all the Japanese puppet troops on the eastern and western fronts to stop the military offensive and concentrate on consolidating the existing areas.

At the same time, the 23rd Anda was ordered to temporarily assume the post of commander of the Western Front Corps and the commander of the Eastern Front Corps.

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The night passed in a flash, and after a night's rest, Qiao Youhua, who was refreshed and full of energy, got dressed, had breakfast, and then left Dingzhou City with the same energetic and high-morale guard regiment, tank regiment, air defense regiment, and thousands of soldiers.

All the way to the east, advance in the direction of Anguo County.

After several hours of rapid marching, Qiao Youhua rushed to Anguo County with his troops and joined the first brigade of Longya that remained here.

After a short rest in Anguo, Qiao Youhua sent a telegram to Jiang Haidong and others, asking them to gather as many troops as possible, and all the troops that could be mobilized gathered in the area of Wuqiang and Raoyang.

Prepare for the Battle of Cangzhou!

In addition, Qiao Youhua sent a telegram to Guo Meng, the political commissar who was staying in the base camp in the base area, and ordered her to immediately organize a group of backbone political workers to go to Hengshui, Dezhou, and Shimen to continue to recruit suitable recruits from among the people who had migrated from Ziwuqiang, Raoyang, and Anping counties.

to replenish the battle damage of the Dragon's Tooth Column.