Not only that, in addition to the hateful Tuba Road, there are signs of large-scale assembly in the first and second war zones of China, and these branches of the North China army Binshan Yuanna are not clear, this group of hateful China people have already reached a tacit understanding, whether it is the south or the north, as long as there is one side fighting the imperial army, then several other armies will jump out, even if they don't really want to fight to the death with the imperial army, they will make a big mess for a while, extremely annoying.

There is no need to think about it, this time the troops of the first and second theaters of war will definitely be mixed up, and now General Binshan Yuan is most worried that if these armies are all determined to fight to the death with the imperial army, the consequences will be very serious.

The staff officers of the General Staff of the Front Army just now counted that the Eighth Theater has now opened up a total of three battlefields on the first line of defense of the Imperial Army, and the troops invested are as high as more than 300,000 people, including nearly 600 tanks and an unknown number of artillery, and there are thousands of fighters in the North China region.

According to the intelligence collected by the intelligence organs, the 4th, 6th, and 7th Group Armies of the Second Theater of Operations in China have been frequently mobilized, and there are signs of overwhelming dispatches, and if Yan Xishan really did this, it would be nearly 200,000 troops, and the pressure on the First Army was not small.

There is also the first war zone in China, and the news from the intelligence department is that two divisions of the 15th Army of the 14th Group Army in the first war zone in China suddenly moved to Anyang, which made General Binshan Yuan very uneasy, Anyang is the northern gateway of Henan, and out of Anyang, you can go straight to southern Hebei and then attack Handan and Xingtai.

If all these armies were to rush together, their total strength would be at least 600,000. If reinforcements do not arrive in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After analyzing the situation on the battlefield, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, chief of staff, believed that the most important thing now was to hold four points, the first of which was the Lower Garden, which was the gateway to Beiping and could not afford to be lost. The second point is Xinkou, which is a springboard for attacking Taiyuan, as long as Xinkou is held, the people of China will not be able to capture Taiyuan.

The third point is Shimen, which is the most important transportation hub in North China. At the same time, it is also the logistics base of the First Army stationed in Shanxi. As long as Shimen is not lost, even if Taiyuan is lost, the first army stationed in Shanxi can calmly withdraw into the central Hebei region, and then wait for the opportunity to move. The fourth point is Handan. Handan is an important town in southern Hebei. Once something happens in Handan. The Chinese army will quickly pour into southern Hebei, and at this time, there are only a small number of imperial troops in southern Hebei, and there are still a large number of Chinese troops in southern Hebei. We must not let them cooperate with the outside world, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

General Binshan Yuan felt that what Okabe Naosaburo said was very reasonable, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, how to defend is the last word, so Binshan Yuan decided to appoint Okabe Naosaburo as the commander-in-chief of the northern front, responsible for the battle in the direction of the lower garden, after all, this is the main battlefield, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

The war situation in northern China quickly escalated into a duel between millions of armies in a few days, and the eyes of all countries in the world also converged on northern China, and American commentators even said: "This is a pinnacle showdown between the largest strategic blocs of China and Japan, and this battle will be a major turning point in the Sino-Japanese war." If China wins, the adverse effects of separatism in the south will be eliminated in a very short period of time, and the situation of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will also be fundamentally reversed. If the Japanese win, then the bad effects of the division will be unprecedentedly intensified, and the war will develop in a direction that is unfavorable to China. ”

Chen Feng didn't take the reaction of the outside world to heart, this time he wanted to turn North China upside down, now the First Army and the Japanese army in the Pingjin area have been mobilized, in addition to the Second Army stationed in Shandong, there are two divisions and a mixed brigade that have not been mobilized, and other troops have been dispatched, which shows that there are not many reserves in the hands of Binshan Yuan, and it is time to add fire to the little devil.

On 1 December, Chen Feng ordered the 52nd Group Army in the Pingjin Battlefield, the 61st Group Army in the Chengde Battlefield, and the 40th Group Army in the Shanxi Battlefield to launch the most fierce attack on the so-called security area of the Japanese army according to the expected plan.

At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the Northern Air Force to immediately bomb Tianjin, Qinhuangdao and other ports. And the new combat aircraft group trained in the desert was transferred to the front line, and then prepared to fight the Japanese Zero fighter group.

Although the Japanese army in the Pingjin Battlefield had gathered 2 divisions and 2 mixed brigades, and there were also 3 puppet army divisions, with a total strength of more than 80,000 troops, and the North China Front Temporary Air Force was nearby to cooperate in the operation, the situation on the front line was still not optimistic, and the town of Gujiaying was bombed into ruins last night, and if it were not for the urgent reinforcement of the 21st Division, the Japanese troops in Gujiaying Town would probably have been wiped out in this small town in northern China.

Peiping. Command of the North China Front.

At this time, the operational command room of the North China Front Army was in a hurry, and the bad news from the front line came one after another, which made General Binshan Yuan feel quite powerless.

"Report!"

"Say!"

"Your Excellency Commander, the base camp has called, the four newly formed infantry divisions in China have already boarded the ship in the port of Yokohama, and according to the itinerary, they will arrive in Tianjin in a week at most."

"Yo Xi!"

This is undoubtedly excellent news, and the front army can still support it in a mere week, and the new force of the four divisions is a powerful force, and when the time comes, together with the secret weapons of the front army, it will definitely be able to defeat the attack of the Chinese people in one fell swoop.

However, General Binsanwon's good mood lasted less than ten minutes, and another bad news from the front broke his good mood.

"Nani, do you find the Chinese army one after the other?" General Binshan Yuan asked in surprise.

"Hai, I just received an urgent telegram from the defenders of Zhulu County, one of their sweeping troops found a huge Chinese army on the way to conduct a security patrol, and the two sides had an encounter when it was too late to retreat, an infantry squadron of the imperial army was completely wiped out, and now the Chinese are storming Zhulu County, Sasaki Shaozo asked the headquarters to give strong reinforcements immediately, otherwise Zhulu City will soon be occupied by the Chinese people!" The adjutant of staff reported loudly.

"Chase the deer!" Binshanyuan hurriedly unfolded the map to find this small county town in North China, and soon this county town marked with important signs appeared in Binshanyuan's eyes. As a diagram tool, General Binshan Yuan suddenly gasped.

Less than 150 kilometers, if Zhulu City is captured, with the marching speed of the Zhina army, at most one day can be under the Beiping City, if this Zhina army is large enough and the combat effectiveness is strong enough, they can also flank the 114th and 21st divisions together with the troops on the Xiayuan front, and the consequences are really unimaginable.

"Send a report to Sasaki immediately, and let him immediately find out how many Shina troops there are outside Zhulu City, how are the weapons and equipment, and are there any heavy weapons?" General Binshan Yuan said hurriedly.

"Hay!"

Soon, the adjutant of staff asked clearly, and came back to report: "Your Excellency Commander, Sasaki Shaosa said that the number of the Shina army outside Zhulu City is very large, and it is initially estimated that there should be more than 14,000 people, and the weapons and equipment are extremely sophisticated, not only with a large number of automatic firepower, but also with artillery over 75mm, and more than one. In addition, they also found that there were a large number of cars in the Chinese army, and these cars were towed with heavy artillery behind them, but the Chinese people had not used heavy artillery to attack the city so far. ”

General Binshan Yuan gasped again, more than 10,000 people, and they are also equipped with heavy artillery, this must be the main force of the Eighth War Zone, it seems that the hateful Chinese man is planning to make him, the army general of the Imperial Japanese Army, his prisoner, bastard!

As for the stupid Sasaki's doubts, Bin Shan Yuan did not answer, Zhulu City is just a small county town, and it is a bit wasteful to attack the city with 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery, so how can it use heavy artillery.

"Miyamoto, you immediately send a report to Sasaki's department, ordering them to hold the county seat of Zhulu at all costs, and the front army will immediately send troops to reinforce them, even if he is the only one left in the fight, he can't retreat. At the same time, the Akiyama Brigade in Baoding was ordered to immediately dispatch elite troops to the north to reinforce Zhulu. In addition, make another call to the 10th Brigade of the Mixed Formation, and ask them to immediately build defensive positions in the western suburbs of Beiping, just in case. General Binshan Yuan said.

"Hay!"

After doing these Binshan Yuan generals are still a little uneasy, Chen Feng's department is very uneasy about every unexpected action, in charge of the North China Front Army for two years, he has conducted a long time of research and analysis of Chen Feng's department, according to a large amount of information in his possession, he found a law, that is, Chen Feng's department generally does not launch large-scale battles at will, but once the action will not stop.

Moreover, what Chen Feng is best at in combat is to encircle the east and attack the west, and kill every blow, the action is decisive and ruthless, and this force on the side of chasing deer is likely to be Chen Feng's killer weapon, and must be dealt with carefully.

After thinking about it, General Binshan Yuan still felt that he should be more careful, and after thinking about it, he dialed the phone of the North Branch Front Air Force: "Moxi Moxi! ”

"Moxi Moxi, this is the North China Front Air Force!"

"I'm Binshan Yuan, let Kinoshita Min answer the phone!"

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, please wait!"

Soon a slightly feminine voice rang out on the phone: "Your Excellency Commander, lowly Kinoshita Toshi, please instruct!" ”

"Major General Kinoshita, I just received news that an unknown number of Shina troops suddenly appeared in Zhulu County, and are now attacking Zhulu City, and they have a large number of heavy weapons, including heavy artillery towed by cars, order your department to take off immediately to assist the Zhulu defenders to defend the city, and in addition to destroying the Shina heavy artillery force as much as possible!"

"Hay! Please rest assured, Your Excellency, that the Air Force will never fail to live up to your trust! ”

(To be continued......)