Qiao Youhua nodded approvingly and said: "Okay, you should all have worked hard, nothing else, let's hurry up and go down to rest, the devil is like a monkey with his tail stepped on now, he is anxious, maybe he will attack later!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jianhua and Ma Yunlong stood up and saluted in unison, and then turned to leave.

At this moment, a communication soldier walked in with a telegram in his hand, saluted Qiao Youhua and said, "Commander, the political commissar has transferred an urgent telegram from Tianjin from the base camp of the base area. ”

Qiao Youhua frowned, stretched out his hand to take the telegram and asked, "What information?" ”

While handing the telegram to Qiao Youhua, the signal soldier said: "The 8th and 14th divisions of the Japanese army have moved south from Beiping today, and the target is likely to be Hengshui, Dezhou, and Anguo defense lines in our base area.

In addition to these two Japanese divisions, there were about 100,000 puppet Manchurian imperial allegorical troops, who also went to Beiping with them, and then the troops were divided into two routes, about 30,000 people went to Baoding, and the remaining main force went south with the 8th and 14th divisions. ”

Qiao Youhua read the contents of the telegram in detail again, put it on the table beside him, raised his head and said in a deep voice: "It seems that there is going to be a full-scale war, immediately report this news to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Brigades, and ask them to be vigilant, prepare for battle, and prepare for battle!" ”

The signal soldier hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "Yes! ”

After the communication soldiers left, Qiao Youhua said to Zheng Yunshan again: "Yunshan, you should also go and rest." ”

Zheng Yunshan said: "Commander, you are the commander of the three armies, you have been running around all night until now, I am not tired, you go and rest, I am guarding here, if there is any emergency, I will report to you immediately!" ”

As a qualified commander, you must not do everything yourself, and it is a historical lesson to bow to Zhuge Liang in everything, so Qiao Youhua did not refuse Zheng Yunshan's kindness, and nodded immediately: "That's okay, I'll go to sleep first, how hard you work." ”

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Within the joint headquarters of the 1st Division and the 26th Division.

Isamu Yokoyama and the others already knew about the failure of the attack just now, and they were in a state of great anger at the moment.

Chief of Staff Nakakurumi said: "Your Excellency, the Chinese are not only better than the imperial army in terms of individual equipment, but also have tanks and anti-aircraft guns to assist in defending the city, the tank troops of our 1st Division were completely lost in the Battle of Ranzhuang, and the aviation also lost two bombers today, so if you continue to attack head-on, I am afraid that the casualties will be very large!" ”

As the chief of staff, although Nakakurume also agreed with Yokoyama's decision to fight quickly and quickly, after the battle just now, he hesitated again, and in just two hours, more than 2,000 imperial troops and hundreds of imperial troops were killed and wounded.

This is enough to prove the strength of the defenders' combat strength, whether to continue the strong attack, or to stop there, withdraw to Baoding, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, we have to discuss and consider.

Yokoyama raised his eyebrows and said, "Chief of Staff, what do you mean by this?" Is it for me to order a retreat? ”

Nakakurume met Yokoyama Yong's somewhat angry gaze, and said stiffly: "Your Excellency General, please calm your anger, the humble post is just an objective and calm analysis of the current battlefield situation, the enemy army has successively won great victories in Ranzhuang and Baoding, morale is booming, and relying on the base area, there is no logistical worries."

It is a matter of waiting for work, and our military supplies have been destroyed, and it is not a good choice to continue the assault. ”

Just when Isamu Yokoyama wanted to angrily reprimand Nakakurume, a signal soldier suddenly walked in and saluted him: "Your Excellency the division commander, the front army headquarters has called, the 14th and 8th divisions and the 100,000 imperial allegories have all entered the pass, and now they have gone south from Beiping.

We will launch an attack on the eastern defense line of the Dragon's Tooth Column in China, and in addition, the front headquarters has specially dispatched 30,000 Imperial Allied troops to support us.

Commander Sugiyama sent a telegram saying that he was already making all-out preparations and would do his best to ensure our operational needs, and hoped that we would make persistent efforts to break through the enemy's defense line as soon as possible and win the victory in this encirclement and suppression campaign! ”

Yokoyama Yong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled at Nakakurume and the others: "Everyone, I heard it, the front army headquarters sent us reinforcements, and we don't have to worry about military supplies, Zhongjiujun, do you still think that we should retreat?" ”

Nakakurume was also a little overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency, General, I humbly retract what I just said, now that I have 30,000 reinforcements, and I don't have to worry about war materials, I can continue to fight!" ”

Nakakurume understood that the strength of the 30,000 puppet Manchukuo Imperial Allied Army was not comparable to the 20,000 Mongolian Imperial Allied Army cavalry.

It was a truly combatable division that had been formally trained by the Imperial Army, and its combat power was second only to that of the regular troops of the Imperial Army.

Anda Twenty-three was also in a good mood, and said to Yokoyama Yong: "Yokoyama-kun, since this is the case, let's attack with all our might, with these 30,000 reinforcements, as long as the war materials can keep up in time, we will definitely be able to break through the defense line of the people of China and completely encircle and annihilate them!" ”

With reinforcements, the Eastern Front Corps is also about to be in place, and Anda Twenty-three is also in a great mood.

Yokoyama nodded happily and said, "That's right, this time, we will definitely be able to win!" ”

After saying this, Yokoyama Yong Masase said in a deep voice to Nakakurume and the others: "Everyone, since this is the case, please work together to help me break through Dingzhou City in one fell swoop!" Hurry up and prepare for the attack! ”

"Hay!" Nakakurume, Anda Twenty-three and others bowed their heads one after another and responded in unison.

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Qiao Youhua didn't take a long nap before he was woken up by the sound of gunfire explosions coming from outside the city, and he walked out of the room just in time to see Zheng Yunshan walking back and forth at the door.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Youhua asked.

Zheng Yunshan replied: "It's the devils who have started attacking again, this time it is even more ferocious than the last time, there is no artillery bombardment, thousands of devils and a large number of puppet troops have been directly invested, and a cluster onslaught has been launched on my forward position!" ”

"It seems that the little devil is not dead in the heart of the Yellow River, and orders all troops to meet it with all their might, and when necessary, your guard regiment can also go out of the city to reinforce it!" Qiao Youhua said.

"Yes!" Zheng Yunshan suddenly agreed, and then said: "Commander, by the way, just now when you were resting, the political commissar called, saying that the fifty flying thunder cannons have been built, and now we are arranging manpower to transport them for us." ”

Qiao Youhua was overjoyed when he heard this: "Yes, that's great, with this batch of flying thunder cannons, we can better kill and injure devils and give them a heavy blow."

In this case, you immediately go and inform the cavalry battalion and ask them to send a company to pick up the convoy of the thunder cannons! To make sure nothing goes wrong. ”

"Yes, I'll go right away." Zheng Yunshan immediately turned around and took the order.

PS: Chapter 2, there's another chapter later, compensate for yesterday's, I hope you have a monthly pass, and then support it!