In Xushui County, north of Baoding, in the eager expectation of Major General Kiichi of the mountain village of the former Baoding garrison, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama finally arrived with the advance reinforcements of his 1st Division.

The two sides met, and Yamamura Kiichi stepped forward to salute Yokoyama with excitement on his face: "I have heard the name of Chief Yokoyama for a long time, and when I see it today, it is enough to comfort my life!" ”

Although Yokoyama Yong had no impression of Major General Kiichi Yamamura, the other party personally led his officers and soldiers out of the city to greet him, and he put his posture so low, and his speech and attitude were respectful, so it was not good not to give a good face.

So he pretended to pat Yamamura Kiichi on the shoulder and said: "Yamamura-kun, you have worked hard, the next battle will be handed over to our 1st Division, behind us, there are more than 20,000 troops of the 26th Division, and then they will be able to arrive, and the main force of our 1st Division will all arrive one after another." ”

Yamamura Kiichi bowed his head a little ashamedly and said: "I am very ashamed of my humble position, even Baoding was forced to give up on my own initiative, but fortunately, when the people of Zhina heard that the general's army was coming, they took the initiative to retreat back, otherwise it would be difficult to escape the blame for the humble position." ”

Yokoyama Yong smiled and comforted: "Yamamura-kun, you are serious, the Dragon Tooth Column of the Eighth Road is indeed not an ordinary anti-Japanese army, they have become one of the empire's number one henchmen in North China, hundreds of thousands of elites of the North China Front, and several encirclements and suppressions have ended in failure."

So, you don't have to blame yourself too much! ”

"This time, our Kwantung Army and Manchukuo? A total of 210,000 troops have entered the pass, and they will definitely help your North China Front defeat the Dragon's Tooth Column and completely eradicate it! ”

Yamamura Kiichi flattered him very appropriately: "Next, it will all depend on the general and the armored troops under your command." ”

"Haha, that's nature, let's go, let's go to Baoding first, and then go south along the railway line to recapture all the areas occupied by the Dragon's Tooth Column!" Isamu Yokoyama smiled confidently.

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In Ranzhuang Town, the devil's reconnaissance plane had already finished its reconnaissance and headed for the Beipingdi airfield.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiao Youhua immediately ordered the troops who were suspicious soldiers to quickly withdraw back, they had retreated back and forth in and out before, and successfully numbly and blinded the devil's reconnaissance plane.

It provided direct support for the ambush of the main force in Ranzhuang Town.

Seeing that the time was already in the afternoon, Qiao Youhua came to the courtyard of a house in the town, took out a piece of dry food and a kettle, and simply began to eat.

One of the guards accompanying him saw Commander Qiao Youhua eating cold steamed buns and drinking cold water, and he couldn't bear to ask: "Commander, do you want to go to the cook to get you some hot food?" ”

Qiao Youhua nibbled on dry food and water, and the food tasted with relish: "No, the devils will soon go south, maybe their reconnaissance plane will go and return soon, or another batch of aerial reconnaissance of Ran Zhuang's generation."

Just in case, let's be cautious, it's not time to make a fire and cook, you go and pass on my order, all the participants of the ambush force must pay attention to concealing their whereabouts, and are not allowed to light a fire and smoke, so as not to be exposed.

When we successfully ambushed the Japanese army, won a big battle, and frustrated the morale of the Kwantung Army, I will let them eat canned food and barbecue one by one! ”

"Yes!" The guard nodded immediately, turned and walked away.

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About an hour later, one of his armored brigades led by Yokoyama Yuto, thousands of puppet troops under Yamamura Ki, and hundreds of devil infantry finally arrived at the north gate of Baoding.

This is already an empty city, and there are no troops from both sides, so Yamamura Kiichi and the others easily re-stationed in the city.

After entering the city, Yamamura Kiichi invited Isamu Yokoyama and several of his captains to his garrison headquarters to rest, personally poured a cup of hot tea for Isamu Yokoyama, and smiled kindly at Isamu Yokoyama: "Chief Yokoyama, you guys rest here for a while first, and I'll arrange the deployment of the defense of the city." ”

Yokoyama Yong took the teacup but stood up and stopped him: "Yamamura-kun, time is precious, I decided not to waste it in Baoding, just now there was news from the front army headquarters that the armored troops of Zhina, who retreated to Ranzhuang Town, have withdrawn to the Dingzhou defense line in batches.

Obviously, the people of China sensed the danger and were trying to dodge, and we couldn't give them time to make adequate defensive preparations in Dingzhou, so I decided to immediately lead the 2nd Armored Brigade to leave Baoding and advance the pursuit along the railway line to Ranzhuang and Dingzhou! Don't give the Dragon's Tooth Column a chance to breathe! ”

Yamamura Kiichi's status is not as high as that of Yokoyama Yonggao, so he naturally didn't dare to say a word, so he immediately bowed his head and said: "Since the general has made up his mind, then he is willing to lead all the imperial troops under his command to follow the general south, and cooperate with your department to pursue the dragon's tooth column." ”

Yokoyama Yong didn't look down on the only few hundred remnants of the imperial army left under Yamamura Mu's hand, although the number of puppet troops was large, but it was a group of rabble, so Yokoyama Yong pretended to focus on the overall situation and said in a deep voice: "Yamamura-kun, Baoding is a strategic place, in my opinion, you still lead the troops to stay behind."

My 2nd Armored Brigade, consisting of two tank fighting vehicle armoured wings and one cavalry wing, has no infantry and marches very fast, and if you follow, you may not be able to keep up with the speed and help.

In addition, the main forces of the 26th Division and our 1st Division are about to arrive, and you will stay behind to pick them up and coordinate with them. So let's stay. ”

Major General Yamamura Kiichi naturally understands that his subordinates are now small and outnumbered, and people don't look down on them, and they really can't help if they really go, and besides, encircling and suppressing the Dragon's Tooth Column is not a good errand, and they can stay in the rear of Baoding to eat and drink spicy food, and they don't have to bear any danger, and they can't ask for it.

It was just a polite remark just now, as soon as Yokoyama Yong said this, he immediately stepped forward and responded: "Yes, I respectfully follow the orders of General Yokoyama, and I wish Your Excellency the General a victorious and triumphant return!" ”

Yokoyama was very satisfied with Yamamura Kiichi's appearance, laughed twice, patted him on the shoulder, put down the teacup, and turned around to leave with a group of subordinate officers.

Qiao Youhua has been sending elite scouts to monitor the situation of Baoding's generation, and there are still agents of the Dragon Shadow Guard lurking in Baoding City, so Yokoyama Yong and Yamamura Kiichi have just reoccupied Baoding City.

Qiao Youhua received the news, and then Yokoyama Yong led the 2nd Armored Brigade from the area of Baoding Railway Station and rushed to Ranzhuang along the roads on both sides of the railway line.

Qiao Youhua naturally got a timely report, and at this time, Qiao Youhua and the officers and soldiers who participated in the ambush had already hastily eaten lunch and were recuperating in the ambush fortifications inside and outside Ranzhuang Town.

After getting the news that the devil's armored troops were going south, Qiao Youhua immediately sent people to inform Zheng Yunshan, Liu Jianhua, Zhao Tiezhu, and Ma Yunlong. Liu Yidao and Scarface and others came.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive, and Qiao Youhua said straight to the point: "According to the information I just got, an armored brigade of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army has left Baoding and is heading south, and is currently rushing to Ranzhuang Town, and with their marching speed, they will be able to arrive here in an hour and a half at most."

This armored brigade has nearly 100 tanks and armored vehicles, and also has a cavalry wing, which is the most elite unit of the Kwantung Army.

I asked you to transfer some troops and vehicles to disguise themselves as the main force and feign retreat, in order to increase their arrogance and force their hearts to fight, and lure them into the bait!

Now that the fish has set off, they will soon be hooked, and then, it depends on the table of your various groups! You are also the three most elite regiments of my Dragon's Tooth Column, and a field infantry regiment, it's time to fight with the most elite troops of the little devils!

This battle is very important to both the enemy and us, so we must win in order to boost the morale of our army and strike at the Kwantung Army and the Japanese army in North China at the same time! ”

Qiao Youhua said this, Zheng Yunshan and they also understood that the next battle will be the first battle of the Kwantung Army, and the importance of victory and defeat is self-evident, as long as this battle defeats them, it will deal a great blow to the morale of the entire North China Japanese army and the Kwantung Army.

Therefore, the four regiment commanders, a deputy brigade commander and a battalion commander, all straightened their chests one after another, agreed with a bang, and then took orders to leave one after another.

The time slowly came to three or four o'clock in the afternoon, at this time, the sun had poured to the west, and the town of Ranzhuang was illuminated by the oblique sun with a slender black shadow, with a breeze blowing from time to time, some trees and flowers outside the town could not help but swing with it, and the air was not so hot compared to noon.

Without the high temperature baking, the soldiers of the Dragon Tooth regiments who were ambushed inside and outside the town were a little better, at least they didn't have to sweat and suffer.

Qiao Youhua was fully armed, standing in a dilapidated renovated house in the north of the town, with several also heavily armed dragon tooth soldiers standing beside him.

The windows of the tong guò were converted into shooting holes, and from time to time you glanced out of the town.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from outside the house, and a scout wearing a camouflage made of willow branches and leaves and some rattan and green grass on his head hurried in from the outside, carrying an MP38 submachine gun.

came to Qiao Youhua, stood up and saluted him: "Commander, three kilometers to the north, I found four tanks, two armored vehicles, and in addition, there is about a squad of cavalry!" Rushing to Ranzhuang Town at full speed! ”

Qiao Youhua frowned and said: "This wave of devils is quite vigilant, such a short journey, and they don't forget to send a sharp army to explore the way in front." ”

"Commander, this wave of devils will be here soon, what should we do, do we fight or not?" The scout asked.

Qiao Youhua fell into deep thought, fighting at this time, he would definitely be able to wipe out this small group of devil soldiers, but Qiao Youhua's goal was not these tanks and armored vehicles plus dozens of devil cavalry.

However, if they didn't fight, if they were let into the town, they would definitely find their own ambush troops, so Qiao Youhua was also in a dilemma for a while.

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