In the paddock, the transmitters in the temporary headquarters of the Second Theater were ticking non-stop, and one after another orders were flying from here to all parts of North China in the form of radio waves.

Zheng Weiguo, in the name of the commander of the theater of operations, announced the strategy of this battle -- to divide and encircle the Japanese army in North China, and if the enemy army breaks away from the control area (whether it is to escape or attack), he will resolutely destroy it, otherwise he will not attack for the time being, and besiege it with local troops for a long time. At the same time, all the main forces in the theater of operations will be concentrated to go north and start a decisive battle with the Kwantung Army!

According to the international war briefing provided by the US side, the German 2nd Panzer Army and the Japanese 2nd Division are about to join forces. Although the Soviet Siberian Front and the Central Asian Front put up extremely stubborn resistance, they were outnumbered, and defeat was a matter of time.

It is not difficult to imagine that once Germany and Japan complete their division in Siberia, the main force of the Kwantung Army will definitely return to the northeast in a big way, and it will not be as easy for Zheng Huzi to counterattack the northeast as it is now.

Another reason is that the Japanese Combined Fleet has already gone north and has fought against the US Fifth Fleet and the Eighth Fleet many times. The U.S. military hoped that Zheng Huzi would enter the northeast as soon as possible and disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army. To this end, the U.S. military promised to provide all the fuel needed -- directly to Zheng Huzi by air with B24!

"Order Fu Zuoyi, deputy commander of the Second World War Zone and commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army, to immediately lead the main force of his headquarters to the east, and his combat objectives are, first, to capture Baotou; second, to suppress the 26th Division of the enemy in Datong; Third, it pressed the enemy's 4th Cavalry Brigade to the east, the headquarters of the Mongolian Army, and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade. We need to complete the mission as soon as possible and join up with the main force in our war zone! ”

"Order Yu Xuezhong, deputy commander of the Second War Zone and commander-in-chief of the Third Army, to immediately lead the main force of his headquarters to the north. Cut off the connection between the troops directly under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army (Hebei) and the enemy's 12th Army (Shandong), and then go north with all your strength to join the main forces of our theater. ”

"Order the Fifth Army in Jinnan to immediately end its rest and recuperate, and the commander-in-chief Guo Jiqiao personally led the main force to the north to assist the Jinsui Military Region to completely cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Datong and the Japanese army in Taiyuan. After completing the mission, he immediately marched east and joined up with the main forces of our theater of operations. ”

One order after another was quickly issued.

At present, in addition to the troops directly under Zheng Huzi (the 49th Army, the 53rd Army, the 63rd Army, the 97th Army, the Armored Cavalry Division, the 3rd Newly Formed Cavalry Division, and the 4th Cavalry Division), there are also five "collateral arms" in the Second Theater.

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The Third Army, which represents the old Northeast Army system (this name was originally Han Fuyu), is the commander-in-chief Yu Xuezhong. However, Yu Xuezhong has no personal ambitions, and the troops have also been greatly infiltrated by Zheng Huzi and Balu, which is not a mountain.

Represents the Fifth Army, which was born in the side line of the Central Army. Commander-in-Chief Guo Jiqiao. Guo may be a genius in the military. Politically, it was so-so, and the troops were also infiltrated. Poor Chairman made several attempts to regain control of the troops, but they ended in fiasco.

The Seventh Group Army, representing the Jin Sui Army system, was the commander-in-chief Fu Zuoyi.

After the December Incident killed Yan Laoxi'er. The inheritance of the Jin Suijun was divided between the Shanxi New Army and Fu Zuoyi. The Shanxi New Army obtained territory and a large amount of equipment in the southwest of Shanxi. Fu Zuoyi got a large number of numbers and real troops.

Subsequently. Fu Zuoyi's department was transferred from the Eighth Theater to the Second Theater as deputy commander-in-chief, and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Group Army, under the jurisdiction of the 19th Army (Army Commander Chu Xichun), the 35th Army (Army Commander Dong Qiwu), the 61st Army (Army Commander Chen Changjie), the First Cavalry Division (Division Commander Zhao Chengshou), and artillery, armored troops, baggage troops, and health troops.

This force is the only force in the 2nd theater of operations that is not subject to "rigid" control. Because they have territory, strength, good officials, and ties (Shanxi villagers), the relationship between the upper and lower levels depends on the personal friendship and national righteousness between Zheng Huzi and Chief Fu.

However, righteousness is very subtle, not necessarily reliable, and friendship is even more unreliable. Especially with the rapid growth of the Fu faction's strength and the successive transfer of the Anti-Union and Ma Zhanshan, it gradually got out of control.

The Eighteenth Group Army, which represents Yan'an, is known to everyone, although it is its own family, it is under the direct command of Yan'an.

The 24th Group Army, representing the Northwest Army, Commander-in-Chief Ma Fawu and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Gao Shuxun. Originally, the 24th and 39th group armies were rubbed together by Zheng's beard, but they were used separately in specific battles. On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army was extremely strong, which was urgently needed by Zheng Huzi, but at the same time, he did not want this army to form a mountain like the Jin Sui Army.

Soon, the major "hills" called back.

"Report, Chief Fu Zuoyi calls back!"

"Read!"

"Well, the message is a bit long, Commander, you better read it for yourself!"

"Then pick up the important ones!"

Xie Peiran had no choice but to read through the message. In fact, the telegram was not long, but in the telegram, Chief Fu clearly expressed his opposition to the transfer of his main force out of Suiyuan, believing that it was a taboo for soldiers to lightly advance the enemy, and it was best to recover Baotou first, and then advance to the east and south one by one, to recover Suidong, Suinan, Chahar, and Jinbei Datong, and then concentrate forces to capture Taiyuan.

Commander Fu believed that this would enable the theater to form a stable rear, especially after the Taiyuan Basin was taken, there would be no need to worry about military rations and military resources. Moreover, the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty under his command all want to recover their hometown and are unwilling to go to the Northeast.

Then he also listed a lot of reasons, in short, it was a sentence, he wanted to seize Shanxi, and he didn't want to go to the Northeast with Zheng Huzi.

"Call back and tell Fu Yisheng that the main forces of the First and Seventh Army must move eastward, this is an order! If he is unwilling to execute, he can apply to withdraw from the second war zone sequence! ”

"Second, the liberation of Shanxi must obey the unified deployment of the second theater, and no one can go if they want to!"

"Third, the feelings of the soldiers to recover their hometown are understandable, but it cannot be a reason to disobey! If you only want to recover your hometown, then what am I doing in Hebei? What is the Fifth Army doing in Shanxi? ”

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"Okay, just send it to Fu Yisheng like this!" After Zheng Huzi refuted them one by one, he asked the adjutant Xie Peiran to call back.

Xie Peiran broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded: "Commander-in-chief." Isn't this content too tough? ”

Zheng Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "What else can I do?" If they follow their path, it won't be long before the Seventh Army will have to fight with the Jinsui Military Region and the Shanxi New Army! ”

Xie Peiran thought about it, if this is really the case, then no matter who wins or loses, the military and political integration in North China that Zheng Huzi managed to achieve will be split immediately. When the time comes, let alone counterattack the Northeast, North China may also have to take it.

"Commander-in-Chief, isn't the tone more softening?"

"No, you don't! This is not a guest to dinner, can you say so many polite words? Send it out to me like that! ”

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Soon, Chief Fu, who had just led his troops to Baotou City, saw the telegram. But he was so angry that he slapped the table on the spot. and immediately convene the generals to discuss the matter.

Chen Changjie, commander of the 61st Army, said angrily: "This Zheng beard is too deceitful! Deputy commander-in-chief, I think let's ignore his set, first take down Baotou, and then separately capture Guisui and Datong! It's a big deal. We have the backing of the chairman. What are you afraid of what he will do? ”

Dong Qiwu, commander of the 35th Army, bowed his head and remained silent. He is a very emotional person and stresses righteousness. In the past few years, they nested in the Wuyuan area of Suixi, lacking food and clothing. There were no guns and no bullets, it was Zheng Huzi who helped them recover little by little, and he felt a little ungrateful to kick people away now.

But Fu Zuoyi also had the grace of knowing him, and it was impossible for him to oppose Chief Fu, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Chu Xichun, deputy commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army and commander of the 19th Army, was Fu Zuoyi's classmate, and he was also the most capable of fighting among the generals of the Jin Sui Army besides Fu Zuoyi. In history, he was ordered to defend Taiyuan, which caused the People's Liberation Army to suffer a big loss. However, he has experienced a lot of things, and he has become a little slippery, so he has said a lot of things, but they are all some unnutritious words.

Fu Zuoyi was helpless, so he had to look at the other generals again.

Chief of Staff Lu Yinglin saw that Chief Fu was looking over, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, uh, this, I have to think about it again!" ”

This Lu Yinglin is also the number one person in the Jin Sui Army, nicknamed Lu Mushroom, and Fu Zuoyi's classmate in Baoding, and he is also a sworn brother.

The biggest problem with him is friction, and he even has to think about what gifts to give when people get married. Of course, for the position of chief of staff, love to ponder that is an advantage. Historically, Fu Zuoyi was able to crisscross Suixi, and Lu mushrooms made great contributions. However, he had a problem with his decision-making ability, and he couldn't take charge alone, and later committed suicide due to the defeat of the fighter plane in the Liberation War.

In addition to these four generals, other generals asked for an independent portal, such as Sun Lanfeng, Guo Jingyun and others, but most of them were silent. Fu Zuoyi is indeed a powerful person in the military, but as long as it comes to politics, his head is not enough.

This is also the reason why Zheng Huzi dares to put the "winner and loser", in his opinion, Fu Zuoyi will most likely back down. If the ambition is really inflated, then it is also a good thing to clean up early.

As expected, Fu Zuoyi saw that the generals under his command did not agree with each other, and that little ambition immediately wavered. After hesitating for a day, Chief Fu finally decided to take the overall situation into account, but at the same time he made a request to Zheng Weiguo - let Dong Qiwu lead the 35th Army to watch his home in Suiyuan.

Zheng Huzi is funny in his belly, your main force has left the lair, what's the use of leaving an army? So without saying a word, he approved it, and ordered the 35th Army to clear the periphery of Datong and implement a strict blockade policy against Datong -- personnel and materials were allowed to leave and not enter!

It was not easy to settle this big mountain, and Master Lin of Shandong gave Zheng Huzi another problem. As the first general of the Eighth Route Army, Division Commander Lin has seen Zheng Huzi attacking the city and plundering the land over the years, and he has climbed from a small security regiment commander to the commander of the second theater.

If it is not a slight, but Commander Lin also has his own pride, that is, the 115th Division, which he brought out single-handedly, has now developed into seven divisions and has been initially formalized.

However, these seven divisions still lacked experience in large-scale battles, and 101 this person, who knew him well, was the most admired sentence - Zhuge was only cautious in his life. Not to mention that he must be very sure, he will never do it without an eight-point chance of winning.

But he is not reconciled to drag on like this, why are you Zheng Hu about to counterattack the Northeast, and I still have to be a cat in Shandong? So after thinking about it, I decided to put down my son and "borrow troops" from Zheng Huzi!

To put it bluntly, he fell in love with Yu Xuezhong's Third Army. After several years of development, the Third Army has developed into a huge force with three armies (51, 57, and 67) under its jurisdiction and a large number of technical arms. The reason why the 115th Division was able to develop so quickly. It also had something to do with the fact that the Third Army attracted most of the attention of the Japanese Twelfth Army.

Moreover, the 115th Division and the Third Army cooperate very happily in peacetime, sending cadres to each other and communicating with each other.

"What do you think?" Zheng Huzi also looked a little hesitant. A group army is nothing, but I'm afraid that other bosses will follow suit, so his troops will not be enough. And he is now in fact the head of a big mountain, and there are some things that cannot but be considered by his brothers.

In addition to knowing AEC, there is no one around who can help with ideas.

Xie Peiran thought for a moment. Say: "Commander-in-chief." In my opinion, Shandong's position is important, and it is indeed inappropriate to transfer the Third Army away at this time. What if as soon as they leave, the Japanese army or Townenburgh send troops to grab the territory? Moreover, we have now transferred nearly six group armies, and the logistical pressure is extremely high. The terrain of Jireliao is complex. In fact, the troops could not be put on the table. ”

Zheng Weiguo pondered for a moment. Nodding his head and saying, "Then you mean to assign the Third Army to the Shandong Military Region?" ”

Xie Peiran shook his head and said: "That's not good, the Third Army is a field army, at the same level as the Shandong Military Region." How to arrange the personnel of this transfer? And favoritism, other military regions are afraid that they also have opinions! ”

Zheng Weiguo was embarrassed: "That's it, then what do you say?" ”

Xie Peiran said with a smile: "Didn't Senior Commander Lin want to borrow troops?" We can agree, but we have to set a deadline, and the Third Army must be rebuilt as soon as the deadline arrives! And we can't borrow in vain, we have to ask the logistics department to set a price, how many days to borrow, how much grain and cotton to give! ”

Zheng Weiguo laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well, this plan is the best!" ”

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When Master Lin received the telegram, he couldn't help complaining: "Hey, this Zheng beard, the more the official is getting bigger and bigger, but the people are getting more and more deductible!" Brother troops also need food to cooperate? Really, I gave him a squadron of tanks last year! ”

The tanks of that squadron are also quite interesting. On one occasion, the Japanese army swept through the Shandong base area, and the Eighth Route Army retreated while fighting, and then set up an ambush in a village.

The Japanese army relied on the tanks accompanying them, and they didn't pay attention to the dirt road at all, and rushed in. The Shandong Eighth Route Army also had no experience in anti-tank combat, so it had no choice but to set fire to it. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be crooked and wiped out this tank squadron. And there was not a trace of damage to the vehicle.

It turns out that Shandong has many ringing horses since ancient times, and each village has built a wall, and each household has a courtyard wall. As soon as the tanks entered the village, they could only advance through the narrow streets between the high walls, which was equivalent to entering a narrow valley.

As soon as the Eighth Route Army set fire to both ends of the street, a large amount of carbon dioxide and other toxic gases were immediately produced, and limited to the terrain, these gases had nowhere to spread, and all of them were piled up on the street. Carbon dioxide is non-toxic at low concentrations, but when it accumulates to a certain concentration, it can immediately become fatal!

The Japanese army didn't pay attention to it at first, and by the time they realized that something was wrong, it was too late. The tank crew, who had inhaled a large amount of toxic gas, quickly lost consciousness and lost the strength to lift the roof to escape, and finally suffocated to death.

(Note: It really happened in history, and it was also in Shandong, but at that time, the Eighth Route Army was weak and did not know how to drive tanks and sabotage, and let the Japanese army snatch it back)

Division Commander Lin was overjoyed at that time, but he didn't have a qualified tank crew (not only to be able to drive), nor did he have so much gasoline, so he pretended to give Zheng Hu a beard, which made Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the armored cavalry division, happy for several days.

Political Commissar Luo persuaded: "Forget it, people also have their own difficulties!" Anyway, this little bit of grain and cotton is nothing to us, and it can be exchanged for nearly 200,000 troops to help me fight, it's worth it! Let's quickly think about how to fight this battle next! ”

As soon as he heard about the battle, Division Commander Lin suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly called all the generals of the division headquarters, pulled out a map from under the table, and explained his analysis and opinions.

At that time, the Japanese Twelfth Army was stationed in Shandong, with its headquarters in Jinan, and its main forces were stationed in Xuzhou (21st Division) and Yanzhou (32nd Division), in addition to Qingdao had an independent mixed 5th Brigade, Tai'an had the 59th Division, and Linyi had the 63rd Division. However, the latter two divisions were expanded from independent mixed brigades and regiments, and their strength was limited.

"As long as the 21st Division or the 32nd Division is arbitrarily knocked out, it is equivalent to cutting off an arm of the little devil, and the situation in Shandong will be greatly improved in the future! So our focus is on attack. It's going to be on these two divisions! ”

Wang Bingzhang, chief of staff, questioned: "But the walls of Xuzhou and Yanzhou are tall and the fortifications are strong, so I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!" Moreover, Commander Zheng resolutely opposes the large-scale offensive operations at this stage, believing that the losses are large, the time will take long, and the damage to the civilian people will be too great. I'm afraid this plan won't work in the war zone! ”

Division Commander Lin said with a smile: "Who said that these two divisions must be attacked?" I'm going to hit here! Saying that, he poked at the location of Jinan!

Everyone suddenly realized that it was still the old way, surround the point to help!

Soon after, three large-scale battles broke out in northern China at once.

The first was the 97th Army and the 63rd Army along the Liaoxi Corridor as if entering a no-man's land, connecting more than ten cities. Then a decisive battle was fought with the remnants of the Japanese 25th Division in Jinzhou. Although the Japanese army is stubborn. But it is also difficult to escape the bad luck of the total annihilation. Jinzhou was subsequently recovered, and the door to the northeast was completely opened.

At present, the vanguard of the 63rd Army has arrived in Montenegro and Dahu Mountain, and the troops are approaching Shenyang!

The second scene was a good show sung by the Shandong Military Region and the Third Group Army. Commander Lin sent his subordinate Yang Dezhi to raid Jinan. The city gates were breached several times. Frightened, the commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, hurriedly transferred reinforcements from Tai'an's 59th Division.

The 59th Division was expanded from the 10th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Division. Although the number of troops has expanded to 12,000, the technical equipment and troops have not increased, and the combat effectiveness is certainly not comparable to that of a real division or regiment.

As a result, the 59th Division had just passed through the mountainous area of Mount Tai. It was caught between the heads and tails of the two divisions of the Shandong Military Region. After a fierce battle, although he was lucky to break through, he suffered heavy losses and could only choose to stick to the city of Tai'an.

Iida had no choice but to transfer the 32nd Division from Yanzhou to reinforcements, and ordered the 21st Division in Xuzhou to shrink the defense area and transfer its main force to reinforce the hinterland of Shandong. He also ordered the 5th Brigade of Qingdao and the 63rd Division of Linyi to also move closer to Jinan. This time it is equivalent to the mobilization of the 12th Army on all fronts.

At this moment, the Third Army finally showed its sword, and with the main force of the three armies, it suddenly launched a "centripetal encirclement" against the marching 32nd Division, dividing and encircling the Ningyang line. The Eighth Route Army dispersed and pinned down the other Japanese forces, making it impossible for them to reinforce in time.

After nearly three weeks of fierce fighting, the 32nd Division was finally wiped out, and the enemy's 12th Army was also shrunk on the whole line, shrinking to two points and one line, namely Jinan and Qingdao, and the first line of the Jiaoji Highway. The 115th Division finally seized the coveted strategic initiative.

Of course, the biggest battle was the battle of the Rehe grassland.

The main force of the 35th Division of the Japanese Army and the artillery units directly under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army, together with the main force of the puppet security army, totaled more than 30,000 people out of Jixian and Xinglong, and approached Chengde.

Zheng Weiguo personally commanded the 40th Army, the newly formed 3rd Cavalry Division, and Bai Fengxiang's division to meet the battle, and received air support from the 16th Air Force of the U.S. Army.

However, the Japanese army was not vegetarian, and the troops directly under the front army sent by Okabe Naosaburo had relatively good logistics and high morale.

The two armies were fighting fiercely, and the regiments of the puppet security army (all of which were planted by Zheng Huzi before, do you remember the Qinghe Army School) suddenly mutinied, killed the Japanese generals and "advisers" who came to supervise, and led the army of the second theater to kill the Japanese army in depth.

The Japanese army finally collapsed, and on the way back to Beijing, it was ambushed by the armored cavalry division that rushed to hear the news, and finally the whole army was wiped out outside the Bali Bridge in Tongzhou.

On the other hand, the Independent Mixed Second Brigade stationed in Zhangjiakou was held back by Li Shouxin's puppet Mongolian army, and soon after, the New Fifth Army of the Second World War Zone arrived in time and quickly entered the battle. The Japanese army was outnumbered and finally suffered a crushing defeat. Zhangjiakou was subsequently captured by the 4th Cavalry Division and the 1st New Fifth Army.

However, just when the situation was very good, bad news finally came - the German and Japanese armies met at Tyumen on October 7, 42. According to reliable sources, the two countries agreed to formally divide the USSR with the Urals as a boundary.

At this time, Zheng Huzi had already returned to Yongqing. Chief of Staff Zhou said worriedly: "I heard that the Japanese army has obtained a large number of new weapons from the Germans, including German-made cloud burst bombs!" ”

When Zheng Weiguo heard this, his heart was also a little furious, he heard that Germany had made a breakthrough in cloud explosives, and the power was amazing, and even Maozi was blown down. Nima, that's no joke! (To be continued......)

PS: 6,000 words chapter, today is early enough, hehe!