After the unimpeded passage of the Guò Sinusi River, it was almost a day of rapid marching. However, Du Kaishan ordered the troops to continue southward without any rest, and strive to cross the Mache River in the shortest possible time. Although the Sinusi River has been silted up and turned into a flat land, there is still water in the Maji River.

Compared with the Sinusi River, which is the flood discharge of the Grand Canal, the Maji River, which is the artificial river of the Yellow River, is undoubtedly lucky. The smooth operation of the Jinpu Railway directly led to the decline of the canal and river transportation. At present, the canal north of Texas has almost dried up because it has not been maintained for many years.

The Sinusi River, which is an artificial channel for flood discharge of the canal, also declined with the decline of the canal. However, the Maji River, which is a flood channel in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, has been well maintained. Even before the July Seven Incident, the Maji River was dredged on a large scale by the local government.

Although there has been no one to manage it since the July Seven Incident, there has been some siltation. The width of the riverbed is only four meters, and the depth of the water is only 1.5 meters. At this time, although the amount of water is not large, there is still water in the Mache River. With so many tanks, cars and heavy artillery, it is certainly impossible to build a bridge without a boat.

For Du Kaishan, erecting the boat bridge is undoubtedly a time-consuming matter. Although he has three sets of full-standard American-made boat bridges and one set of Japanese-made 100-style boat bridges. Moreover, the Maji River is only four meters above the river, which does not take too much time. But for Du Kaishan, crossing the river is still too time-consuming and quite unsafe.

Du Kaishan knew that his two armored divisions, plus the strength of more than two divisions of the Bohai Naval Region, hundreds of tanks, thousands of trucks, half-track armored vehicles, and a large number of various artillery tractors, were dispatched at the same time to be earth-shattering. Not to mention that when a large number of vehicles pass through the low-quality dirt road, the dust raised can be clearly seen more than ten kilometers away.

Even when the troops were in Tongguò, the people on both sides of the road were also crowded. In addition, in order to seize the fighters, it was not possible to choose night operations and batch operations as much as possible for the sake of secrecy, as was the case during the pre-war transfer. At the same time, a variety of means of confusion were adopted to ensure that the whereabouts of the mobilized troops were concealed as much as possible.

In order to seize the opportunity, it was only possible to act with great fanfare during the day, and the Japanese army's extremely fast reconnaissance planes could easily discover the whereabouts of the troops. The Japanese spies and spies hidden among the common people will also pass on all the information to their superiors as soon as possible.

For Du Kaishan, since the beginning of this large-scale in-depth interspersed operation, all its strategic actions have been unsafe. By this time, his strategic posture had been exposed. And when crossing the river, the troops are also the most vulnerable, and the long-range artillery and aviation of the Japanese army will be inflicted great losses by the troops.

Therefore, he repeatedly urged his troops to speed up their march and cross the Maji River before the Japanese troops arrived. It was just that he was worried that with the usual rapid reaction of the Japanese army, he would give himself a half-crossing attack. Despite the fact that the Horse Cheek River is only four meters wide, this is unlikely. Du Kaishan, who can't tolerate any delay, must also avoid even a little threat as much as possible.

In fact, Du Kaishan's speed of action is already quite fast. Although as soon as he crossed the line from Salt Mountain to Takawan, he was discovered by reconnaissance planes of the Japanese Navy. But when this fatal piece of information finally reached the hands of Uchiyama Eitaro, Du Kaishan's headquarters had already arrived at the front line of the Mache River.

On its left flank, the main force of the 2nd Armored Division, which lacked one battalion, plus two infantry regiments, had already advanced to the Li Battalion on the north bank of the Maji River under the cover of the 1st Division of the Anti-Japanese Union in Qingyun. The 1st Armored Division on its right flank and an infantry division had already begun to cross the river at Chezhen in Wudi County.

However, Du Kaishan also really admires the nature of his compatriots who love to watch the lively. After the troops left the Qikou battlefield and cleared the wilderness, they set off from Xinhai to the territory of Wudi, and the whole marching process was along the way, and the common people came to watch the whole process. On both sides of the road, there were people who rushed over spontaneously.

The deafening sound of gunfire in the direction of Qikou in the north for several days, coupled with the masses who had been cleared out of the war zone by the fortified walls, told these ordinary people that there was a big battle on their side. Moreover, after these days of fighting, the shadow of the Japanese has never appeared outside Qikou. It also made these ordinary people who were panicked by the war feel at the same time as their feelings stabilized, and they also had a certain curiosity about what the troops fighting against the Japanese army were like.

Before the war, due to the need for secrecy, all the places where the anti-coalition forces were stationed were strictly kept secret. The inside and outside passages are tightly sealed. All troop movements took place in the second half of the night. The troops were never stationed in any village, but in the field. Therefore, many ordinary people do not know what kind of troops the Anti-Japanese Federation is. This time, Du Kaishan's southward journey also fully satisfied the curiosity of these ordinary people.

Maybe it was the first time to see such a well-equipped squadron, maybe it was the first time to see so many tanks and artillery. When Du Kaishan was marching quickly towards Wudi, the people living on both sides of the highway crowded both sides of the highway without the mobilization of the local government. Even exaggerated to the point that the two county towns of Xinhai and Yanshan along the way, the people who could move around the entire county also ran out of the city to see the marching sequence of the Anti-Japanese Federation.

If it weren't for the local Bohai District Party Committee and administrative staff, I am afraid that Du Kaishan's speed of action would have dropped by at least two-thirds due to the congestion of the road. However, the people on both sides of the road, after seeing the tanks and cars in front of them, as well as cannons of various calibers, cheered from Qikou to Wudi.

Without the mobilization of the local government, baskets of eggs, steamed buns, and cooked meat were thrown into the car. Du Kaishan, who was a little overwhelmed by the enthusiastic people in front of him, could only shake his head and smile bitterly at the political commissar of the Bohai Naval Region who cooperated with him in this interspersed operation. The troops were ordered to take out some canned food, as well as the winter clothes they had changed, and hand them over to several local committees along the way.

Originally, as soon as he came out of Qikou, he found that there was a tendency to be watched, and Du Kaishan immediately asked Yang Zhen for instructions. Is it asking the Bohai District Party Committee and Administration to send cadres and local armed forces to carry out vigilance along the highway? After all, being watched by so many ordinary people is not conducive to the actions of the troops, not to mention, but also quite not conducive to secrecy.

However, Yang Zhen's telegram to him and forwarded it to the Bohai Military Region, the Bohai District Party Committee, and the Bohai Administration had only one sentence, as long as it did not affect the speed of the march, do not do anything to prohibit or intercept the onlookers of the people along the way. It is to act with great fanfare, to build the confidence of the people.

Let all the ordinary people in the North China base areas know that the previous situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak is gone forever. Let them live with peace of mind, without worrying about the sweeps carried out by the Japanese puppet army from time to time, and without worrying about the Japanese army burning, killing and looting. In many cases, it is better to let the people see it with their own eyes than to publicize it 10,000 times.

Yang Zhen not only did not agree to Du Kaishan's request, but encouraged him to act with great fanfare. Although he couldn't figure out what No. 1 was thinking, since No. 1 had already given the order, he didn't stop it in any way. As long as you don't delay his march, you can watch it as you like.

And just when Du Kaishan's department was vigorous and fanfareful, under the watchful and farewell of the people along the way, they arrived in Qingyun and Wudi, and began to cross the Mache River to prepare for the implementation of the enemy back interspersed on the battlefield of Dezhou. The anti-coalition forces in front of the Japanese troops in Leling and Ningjin also carried out a comprehensive counterattack, entangled the Japanese troops in front of them, making it impossible for them to move to other fronts, let alone withdraw south of the Mache River, in order to respond to the actions of Du Kaishan's headquarters.

Du Kaishan's headquarters suddenly appeared on the north bank of the Maji River, disrupting Lieutenant General Uchiyama's entire retreat plan. Received information from naval aviation that a large number of enemy armored clusters were rapidly moving south. Uchiyama Eitaro repeated his old classmate's expression and actions after learning that the remnants of the 9th Division had been surrounded and the 44th Division had been completely annihilated.

Uchiyama Eitaro, who was familiar with the entire battle situation, did not need to look at the route and speed of Du Kaishan's advance marked on the map. With your eyes closed, you can clearly know what kind of consequences and outcomes will be brought to your entire several divisions and regiments fighting on the Jilu border battlefield once the enemy crosses the line of the Mache River.

And this ending, for the entire Texas battlefield, will undoubtedly be ruinous. Unless he can conjure up more than two divisions out of thin air and put them into the front line of the Mache River in the shortest possible time, he no longer has any strength to stop the enemy's tank penetration battle.

The 120th Division he deployed on the front line of Leling and Qingyun was almost already in a situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and he was simply unable to draw troops to block Du Kaishan's headquarters. And once Du Kaishan's troops complete the deployment of forcibly crossing the Maji River, all the troops he invested in the entire battlefield east of Texas will be directly in a situation of being encircled.

In the face of the tank penetration operations launched by the Anti-Japanese Federation on the Eastern Front, Uchiyama Eitaro did not care whether his blockade line could be completed. directly revoked the previous order given to the 48th Division in order to deal with Yoshio last month. Instead, he ordered that after receiving his order, all the 48th Divisions that were assembling immediately went north to reinforce on the spot.

At any cost, we crossed the Yellow River in the shortest possible time and rushed to Huimin to set up a defensive line. In order to make the commander of the 48th Division, Lieutenant General Kazuo Kitagawa, aware of the importance of the problem. On the telegram, Eitaro Uchiyama emphasized three times that it was the dispatch of the whole division in formation, not the previous wing.

At the same time, in order to speed up the movement of the 48th Division, Uchiyama Eitaro transferred all the trucks in his hand to the 48th Division. As for the blockade area set up by General Okamura Ninji, to hell with him. If the three divisions of the entire Jilu border battlefield, to be exact, plus the 65th division, it should be said that the four divisions were wrapped in dumplings.

Even if the communist army in the Jiaodong Peninsula can be blocked, what can it do? There are threats on both sides, and you have to choose a bigger one to deal with them. Otherwise, the roots will be dug up, and only some branches and leaves will be left for a fart? When the time comes, isn't the bullshit blockade area with no available troops completely destroyed?

Now that the fire has burned to the buttocks, what do you care if your feet will hurt? If these three divisions cannot be retained, as well as the 65th Division in the battlefield west of Dezhou, there will be no more troops available in the entire Shandong territory. The enemy's tank cluster can go south along the Jinpu Road and go straight to northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui.

Once the whole of Shandong is lost, the barrier to the north is lost, and even the entire Jianghuai Plain may not be able to hold it. The entire Chinese army could only retreat along the Yangtze River. General Okamura, the commander of the North China Front, may become an empty commander with a position and no territory at that time.

For Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, he believes that the battle has been fought to the current situation, and it can be said that the Imperial Army has lost in terms of the overall situation. At present, the most critical issue is no longer whether or not the previous operational objectives of the base camp can be accomplished, but how to retain some vitality for the North China Front.

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