Guisui, surrounded by mountains on three sides, is in the basin surrounded by mountains, although the surrounding mountains are not high mountains, but the little devil still built a lot of fortifications on the mountains to protect the city of Guisui.

The main forces of the 26th Division and the 44th Division of the Little Devil Mengsui Regiment were stationed in defensive positions on hills dozens of kilometers outside Guisui City.

The commander of the Mengsui Army, Okabe Naosaburo, since the base camp transferred the 44th Division and a cavalry wing and a chariot wing that originally belonged to the Kwantung Army, his waist has been much straighter, before, Okabe Naosaburo was very worried that the 36th Army would attack Guisui, but now Okabe Naosaburo is not worried.

Okabe Naosaburo feels that he is now strong and strong, with nearly 40,000 people in two divisions, thousands of cavalry wings and chariot wings, in addition to two or three thousand guard troops in Guisui City, plus tens of thousands of puppet troops, and a lot of fortifications have been built outside Guisui City......

Zhang Yunfei, who returned to Datong, felt that the time was more ripe to attack the little devil's Mengsui Army, so as soon as he arrived at the headquarters the next day, Zhang Yunfei looked at Comrade Zuo Qingquan who was carefully looking at the map, and said with a smile: "Old Zuo, I see that you have been looking at the map for half an hour, do you have any plans and ideas in your heart?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yunfei say this, Zuo Qingquan immediately became interested, pointed to the map and said: "Commander-in-chief, look at the map, the current Pingsui line has been cut off by us, and the supply of the little devil's Mengsui army must bypass Jining and supply from the north, I think we can fight Guisui now." ”

Unexpectedly, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, coincided with his own ideas, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile slightly, and said happily: "Old Zuo, I also have this plan. ”

Seeing that the commander-in-chief and the chief of the general staff both planned to attack Guisui, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the Political Department next to him, and Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, were also very happy in their hearts, and it seemed that the troops were about to start fighting again.

Deng Wenping, director of the Political Department, suggested: "Commander-in-chief, at present, there are two little devils' divisions stationed in Zhangjiakou, east of Jining, and if we want to attack Jining, we must prevent the little devils from attacking Jining from Zhangjiakou." ”

Zhang Yunfei also took into account that the little devils were stationed in Zhangjiakou with heavy troops, but Zhang Yunfei already had his own plans in his heart, Zhang Yunfei said confidently: "The two divisions of the little devils in Zhangjiakou, we should not be underestimated, but don't worry too much, I decided to mobilize two or three divisions of troops, first take the initiative to attack Zhangjiakou, create the illusion that the little devils are going to attack Zhangjiakou, let the little devils in Zhangjiakou be busy defending, and then we will concentrate the cavalry division, the armored division and an infantry division, with the cooperation of the flying brigade, blitzkrieg Guisui." ”

Hearing this, everyone next to them not only agreed, but also secretly applauded Zhang Yunfei's wonderful move. If the little devil Zhangjiakou's troops were suppressed and busy defending, then the little devil's Mengsui army would not have any reinforcements, and it would become a lone army at that time.

Seeing that everyone agreed with his opinion, Zhang Yunfei decided: "Since everyone has no opinion, then report the battle plan to Yan'an, and Yan'an will start acting as soon as it is approved." ”

In the telegram sent in the morning, the command of the 36 th Group Army received a reply from Yan'an that evening, and the Yan'an side completely agreed with the 36 th Group Army's operational plan, and the specific command was entrusted to Zhang Yunfei, Zuo Qingquan, Deng Wenping, and Liu Dazhu, and Zhang Yunfei's opinion was the main one.

After receiving Yan'an's clear reply, Zhang Yunfei immediately issued a series of orders, and the second, fourth, and fifth infantry divisions, with a total of about 70,000 people in three divisions, marched to Zhangjiakou overnight; Within three days, the designated attack position was reached.

When these three divisions reached the designated attack position, the cavalry division, the armored division, the artillery division, and the 6th Infantry Division began to advance westward and attack Guisui; The 1st Infantry Division stationed in Taiyuan was temporarily responsible for the defense of Taiyuan, and the Guard Division of the Group Army stationed in Datong was responsible for the defense of Datong.

Although the whole division has only 10,000 men, the smallest number of people among several divisions, it is the most well-equipped and its combat effectiveness is not bad.

The three infantry divisions marching north to Zhangjiakou overnight left Datong and headed north, and the next morning, the vanguard troops reached Fengzhen, and after a brief rest, they went north to Jining, and after the large troops arrived at Jining, they marched to Zhangjiakou along both sides of the Pingsui Railway.

After the large army left Jining for sixty or seventy kilometers, it gradually entered the activity area of the North China Front Army of the Little Devils, and further on was an important stronghold of the Little Devils, Sankoujing Town.

Sankoujing Town used to be a small station on the Pingsui line, and sometimes it also served as a cargo transit station, since the recovery of Jining, the little devils stationed a brigade of infantry in Sankoujing Town, acting as a forward guard post in Zhangjiakou, once the squadron [***] team attacked Zhangjiakou along the Pingsui line, it was necessary to pass through Sankoujing Town first, and the defenders here would immediately report the situation to the little devils stationed in Zhangjiakou.

This time, the three infantry divisions of the 36th Group Army attacked Zhangjiakou together, but they only made a feint to put pressure on the little devil defenders in Zhangjiakou, so there was no need to hide the march of the large army, even if the little devils knew, it didn't matter. Therefore, tens of thousands of troops marched along both sides of the Pingsui Line towards Sankoujing Town.

The little devil stationed in Sankoujing Town, now he doesn't know that there is a Chinese army pressing the border, the little devil is still doing what he should be doing as usual, and the sentry at the front of the town is also standing guard there carelessly as usual.

There has been no war for several months, and the sentries here stand guard every day, and there is no trace of the [***] team, and today's little devil sentries are still standing guard as before, lazily basking in the sun.

When the figure of the vanguard of the 36th Group entered the sight of the little devil sentry, the little devil sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously in disbelief, and looked at the [***] team in the distance wearing colorful camouflage uniforms with a look of disbelief, several little devil sentries were in a collective daze for more than a minute, and only then did one of the little devil sentries shout loudly: "Not good!" Enemy attack, there is a large number of [***] squadrons. ”

The shouting of the little devil made the rest of the little devil sentries come back to their senses, the number of the squadron on the opposite side is too many, and there are at least thousands of people who can be seen, and the main soldiers are divided into two roads, and they are walking unhurriedly to this side, it seems that it is less than a kilometer away from here.

A little devil sentry who was a little panicked immediately turned around and got into the sentry, picked up the phone and anxiously called the little devil's brigade headquarters in Sankoujing Town.

The little devil captain who received the phone call came back to his senses for a long time, and the words of the little devil sentry on the phone shocked the little devil captain's head in a daze, and tens of thousands of [***] teams appeared on the periphery of Sankoujing Town, could it be that the [***] team wanted to fight Zhangjiakou.

The captain of the little devil brigade thinks that he has an infantry brigade, which is only a little more than a thousand people, and there are at least tens of thousands of the middle [***] team outside the town, and it is a well-equipped unit of the 36th Group Army.

The military situation was urgent, and the captain of the little devil brigade immediately ordered the signal corps to report to the Zhangjiakou Little Devil Command, and the little devil Zhangjiakou Command Headquarters who received the telegram did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to the North China Front Headquarters of the Beiping Little Devil.

This time, the little devil showed amazing efficiency, from the discovery that the figure of the [***] team appeared outside Sankoujing Town, to the time when the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Ninji, saw the telegram, it took less than half an hour before and after.

Okamura Ningji, who saw the telegram, had a solemn face, and thought in his heart, did Zhang Yunfei really want to attack Zhangjiakou? However, Zhangjiakou also has two divisions stationed in Zhangjiakou, and in the event of a war in Zhangjiakou, the North China Front can also send two or three divisions to support Zhangjiakou, and in just three to five days, it can gather more than 100,000 troops in Zhangjiakou. Could it be that Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army wanted to go head-to-head with its North China Front Army?

After thinking about it for a long time, Okamura Ningji didn't understand why Zhang Yunfei could suddenly attack Zhangjiakou, so he had to give the defenders of Zhangjiakou an order to defend on the spot, and ordered the little devils stationed in Baoding, Beiping, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang to prepare for battle, and reinforce Zhangjiakou at any time according to the development of the situation.

At the same time, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, the infantry brigade in Sankoujing Town was ordered to retreat to Zhangjiakou immediately, so that there was no need to confront so many middle [***] squadrons head-on.

However, the order that Okamura Ninji gave to order the infantry brigade of Mikoujing Town to retreat was obviously a little late, and when the captain of the little devil brigade received the order, he found that he could no longer retreat.

A regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division of the 36th Group Army has cut off the way for the little devils to retreat, and at least 20,000 or 30,000 brigades of the 36th Group Army have now appeared on the periphery of Sankoujing Town.

The captain of the little devil brigade looked at the large number of Chinese soldiers around the town in horror, and not far away, many Chinese soldiers were already setting up mortars, many little devils were hiding in the town, holding their 38 rifles tightly, and looking at the Chinese soldiers outside calmly setting up mortars.

More than 20 mortars were set up in less than a few minutes, and the fighters who were working on the mortars repeatedly adjusted the parameters and repeatedly calculated the distance and direction of the little devils at a distance of several hundred meters before they began to open fire.

The first to be attacked was the headquarters of the little devil infantry brigade, the little devil headquarters was "focused on taking care of" by more than a dozen mortars, and in less than a few minutes, in the violent explosion, the command of the little devils was razed to the ground, and more than a hundred little devils went to meet their Amaterasu in this explosion, including the captain of the little devil's brigade.

(To be continued)