Qiao Youhua had just eaten breakfast, and he got the good news from Jiang Haidong and the others, which made Qiao Youhua feel very good.

This time, the operational objectives designated for the anti-encirclement and suppression have basically been achieved, and then we can start the formation with real swords and guns, and fight a good battle with the Kwantung Army.

In addition to being happy, Qiao Youhua instructed the communication soldiers who came to report the victory: "Call back to the commanders of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades, and tell them not to be too happy, but to relax their vigilance, and to do their best to repair the fortifications before the devil's reinforcements arrive."

Prepare to take on any invaders that come next! ”

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Baoding, Provisional Headquarters of the 1st Division.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 1st Division, who suffered a big loss last time and was so angry that he almost didn't go crazy, is now in the headquarters with a black face to deploy combat missions to the senior officers under him who have just arrived.

During the day and night when the Longya Column regained Hengshui and Dezhou, the two infantry brigades and regiments of his 1st Division, several divisions and regiments directly under the regiment, and the 26th Division drawn from the Mongolian Legion, as well as 20,000 puppet Mongolian cavalry, totaling about 80,000 cavalry, finally arrived.

The arrival of the main force greatly increased the strength of Isamu Yokoyama, who was holding back his anger, and he believed that the time was finally ripe for him to be ashamed.

Therefore, including the 26th Division and 20,000 puppet Mongolian cavalry officers, a group of officers above the rank of wing commander had just arrived in Baoding and had not had time to rest, so they were summoned by him.

The commander of the 26th Division is named Anda Twenty-three, with the rank of major general, and the reason why he is not a lieutenant general is to start with the predecessor of the 26th Division.

The 26th Division of the Mongolian Army was originally the 11th Independent Mixed Infantry Brigade of the Kwantung Army, which was expanded into the 26th Division from 1937 to 1938.

The division is characterized as a type B division after the 1st Division to the 20th Division, and Anda 23, as the commander of this division, can only be a major general.

The military rank is lower than that of Yokoyama Isamu and he is from the Kwantung Army, so although Anda Twenty-three is physically and mentally exhausted because of the continuous march, he does not dare to disobey Yokoyama Isamu orders, and still drags his tired body to participate in this emergency military meeting.

Everyone knows that the elite 1st Armored Brigade of Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama was ambushed in Ranzhuang and wiped out, and this guy is in a bad mood, so no one will take the initiative to touch this mold.

Therefore, the other devil officers, including the officers of the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry, rushed one after another, but none of them were absent.

Yokoyama Yong was quite satisfied with this, his anger was slightly lowered, he sat at the head of the conference table, his eyes were a little gloomy and glanced at the Japanese puppet army officers attending the meeting, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the reason for hurriedly calling everyone to the meeting is very simple, that is, the Dragon Tooth Column has retreated from Ranzhuang to Dingzhou.

We must take advantage of their unstable foothold to attack them, so that we can defeat them and recapture Dingzhou City, if it is delayed, Dingzhou will definitely be managed by Qiao Youhua into an iron bucket, and it will be even more difficult to attack at that time!

So, I hope you understand. ”

Although Isamu Yokoyama's words were high-sounding and righteous, some of the devil officers of the 26th Division, including Major General Anda's 23rd Division, were a little unimpressed.

Who doesn't know that you suffered a big loss in Ranzhuang, and you are eager to take revenge, so you summoned us just for your own selfishness.

However, no one can say this, as a senior general second only to Yokoyama Isamu present, Anda Twenty-three coughed dryly twice, and opened his mouth to answer: "What Commander Yokoyama said is very true, this time our 26th Division and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry warriors are all respected by your orders, general, and you are the head of the horse, so if there are any combat tasks, please assign them!" ”

Yokoyama was waiting for Anda Twenty or Thirty's statement, because in addition to his 1st Division, the main officers of Anda Twenty-Three's 26th Division and the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry he brought were present.

Needless to say, the commander of the 1st Division is full of words and orders, and he dare not disobey, as long as Anda 33 and the representatives of the 26th Division under him express their stance and obey their commands.

Then Yokoyama Yong no longer has any worries, and he can concentrate on commanding the 80,000-foot cavalry army in his hand to fight.

Therefore, after Anda Twenty-three expressed his position, Yokoyama Yong's spirit was lifted, his face was much more pleasant than just now, and he said to Anda Twenty-three: "Anda-kun, you can say that, I am very pleased, it can be seen that you are a qualified imperial general, you can focus on the overall situation, if this battle can be successful, Anda-jun should be the first merit!" ”

Of course, Anda Twenty-Three knew that this was Yokoyama Yong's polite words, and hurriedly said with a humble attitude: "The chief has passed the award, and he is all serving the emperor, and all of them are what he should do." ”

Yokoyama Yong nodded approvingly to Anda Twenty-three with great satisfaction, and then said: "In this case, without further ado, I won't say anything else, Anda-kun, you and I will immediately go south along the railway line and meet in Dingzhou!" ”

Anda Twenty-Three hurriedly stood up and said, "Hai, I respectfully obey your orders from Chief Yokoyama!" ”

"Okay, let's hurry up, we must rush to Dingzhou as much as possible, this time our two master groups will join forces, and we will definitely be able to defeat Qiao Youhua's department and recapture Dingzhou City!" Yokoyama waved his hand solemnly.

A group of devil officers and puppet cavalry officers all stood up, bowed their heads in unison, and immediately turned around and left in groups of three or two.

About half an hour later, the 80,000-day puppet army, infantry, cavalry, armored troops, and artillery started one after another, the puppet Mongolian cavalry opened the way in front, and the Japanese infantry and armored soldiers followed behind, and more than 80,000 troops began to move south along the railway line.

With such a big movement of the Japanese puppet army, it was naturally impossible to hide the eyes and ears of Qiao Youhua from sending reconnaissance cavalry from Dingzhou.

Except for a small number of reconnaissance cavalry left behind to continue to monitor the movements of the Japanese puppet army, all kinds of reconnaissance troops withdrew to Dingzhou City one after another to report the situation to Qiao Youhua.

After Qiao Youhua had breakfast, he arranged a call back to Jiang Haidong and a few of them, and then took the guards out of the city to inspect the field fortifications in the north of the city.

Although the main project was completed, there were still many places to be built between the trenches, which required a commander with combat experience to be the supervisor.

Liu Jianhua and others went into battle in person, leading the soldiers and the people to strengthen and repair the position as much as possible.

Qiao Youhua came to a foxhole, looked at a few soldiers who were digging and building, and ordered: "You guys, dig this foxhole a little deeper, remember, don't dig a straight line, dig according to the S line, and it must be narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and when the battle comes, this can avoid a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice." ”

PS: The third watch is over, the monthly pass is still so few, brothers, San Lang is here to kneel and beg for more support from those who have a ticket, now double, one vote is equal to the usual two votes, I will continue to work hard tomorrow!