At least so far, Ouyang Yun is satisfied with his performance. Although the situation in North China is still a fog, one thing is for sure is that it is precisely because of his appearance that a rapid fall was avoided, and it was precisely because of his appearance that the two powerful armed forces of the Scholar Army and the 57th Army would appear in advance.

The Cadet Corps now has a total of five divisions (on the basis of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 143rd Divisions, the Jidong Special Attack Division, which was reorganized from the Jidong Special Police Column), two independent brigades, a battalion-level and a regiment-sized special forces, and a self-defense force equivalent to a division-level establishment of the reserve and police forces. If it were not supported by penicillin and the electronics industry, not to mention the modernization and reform, it is estimated that Jicha would be able to eat the poor just by eating salaries, not to mention a series of reforms that will benefit the people's livelihood.

The 57th Army also has nearly five divisions of troops, compared with the Cadet Army, because the jurisdiction is relatively narrow, and the lack of characteristic pillar industries, the 57th Army's financial situation is much worse than that of the Cadet Army, but because Ouyang Yun completely surrendered Beiping, coupled with the Nanjing government in order to curb the Cadet Army, targeted support, so it can still be supported.

In Ouyang Yun's view, the situation in North China is quite optimistic because of the existence of the Scholar Army and the 57th Army. If the Nanjing government is determined to forge ahead, it only needs to make full use of the military strength of Shandong and Shanxi, and then it may not be impossible to fight the Japanese army in North China. As long as they have passed the most difficult initial stage, with the spread of the Cadet Army in the United States and the application of advanced military technology, then their own Cadet Army alone will become a boulder in front of the Japanese army, making its strategic intention of taking North China for itself to come to naught.

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have taken the road of semi-independence in the first place," At one point, Ouyang Yun even had doubts about his original choice. However, then, when the situation at Xifengkou stabilized, he dispelled this idea after he made a tour of Jicha territory.

After a series of land reforms, the current territory of Jicha is completely different from the rest of the country. First of all, because the landlord class was forcibly purchased and redistributed the land of the common people by exploiting it, the old landlords, who had considerable spare money, began to invest in industry and commerce under the drive of profits, which made the industry and commerce in Jicha unprecedentedly prosperous. On the other hand, because of the large enough benefits they had gained from the land reform, the peasants in Jicha and Chacha became staunch supporters of the military junta, and the army and the people formed a fish-and-water relationship as Ouyang Yun had originally envisioned. In addition, because of the defection of a large number of overseas Chinese and aspiring young people from all over the country, the quality of soldiers and technicians of the Cadet Army has been guaranteed, and one of the most important points is that with the help of these overseas Chinese, the sales channels of the Cadet Army's products have been rapidly opened, which has provided a strong guarantee for the sustainable development of the subordinate enterprises of the Cadet Army. In order to make more effective use of this resource possessed by overseas Chinese youth, Jiang Shuren has set up an overseas sales company and recruited a large number of overseas Chinese youths as sales supervisors in overseas countries, not only to make them responsible for sales, but also to contact the local government to serve the political system of the cadet army.

Ouyang Yun chose to inspect the entire territory at this time because of deep considerations. After this period of experience, at this time, he is no longer the little angry young man who only knows how to do things, and after realizing that it is impossible for Nanjing to have great support for North China in the near future, he realized that the student army is about to face a real test. Whether it was Wen'an before or Tianjin Victory afterward, or Wanping and Xifengkou defenses later, the Japanese army dispatched only small troops. It is important to know that the Japanese army has a regular setup of 20 divisions and regiments in China, and its reserve system is perfect, so as long as the equipment can keep up, it is completely able to immediately pull out 100 divisions and regiments. Japan's domestic political situation has determined the previous petty fights, and with the Japanese right-wing forces led by militarists taking full control of the cabinet, then the Japanese army's movements are bound to become bigger and bigger, and by that time, the student army will need to face more than just a devil who commands divisions and regiments. At that time, it will be unrealistic for the Cadet Army to maintain its current combat situation and to conduct the war entirely on the Jicha border. In this way, it is necessary to be prepared for continuous fighting with the Japanese army in the territory, and the support of the common people is particularly important, and the role of the civilian armed forces cannot be ignored. On the one hand, the purpose of his visit was to test the resilience of the Self-Defense Forces and local governments below, and to declare the determination of the Cadet Army to fight to the end, and on the other hand, to find and discover talents to pave the way for the promotion of guerrilla tactics that could be used in the future.

Ouyang Yun's inspection process lasted for more than a month, and during this period, he was puzzled that the Japanese army did not immediately launch an offensive against Shandong, and Tojo Hideki did not take responsibility for the defeat in the Pingjin War. Subsequently, from all kinds of information sent back by the fox pupil, he realized that his previous speculation was correct, and the Japanese army was about to make a big move.

The Japanese army did carry out all kinds of preparations before the war without a trace, first of all, the North China Front Army and the Shanghai Dispatch Army were established. The North China Front Army has seven divisions and regiments, including the Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Sixteenth, Twentieth, and 108th, plus the three mixed brigades of the First, Second, and 11th, plus an aviation regiment that has just been urgently transferred from China. In terms of combat vehicles and artillery, there were two full wings of armored vehicles, plus six three-artillery wings and three heavy artillery brigades. Among them, the 9th, 10th, 16th, 20th, and 108th Divisions, the first mixed brigade, one wing of armored vehicles, four mountain artillery wings, and two heavy artillery brigades formed the First Army, which was assembled in the direction of Rehe and was responsible for the Pingjin offensive; The rest of the Army, except for the Fifth Division, the Second Mixed Brigade and the Aviation Corps, which were under the direct control of the headquarters, formed the Second Army, which was assembled in Qingdao and responsible for the Shandong offensive.

Secondly, in response to the purge movement of the 143rd Division of the Cadet Army in the Duolun area, the Chahar Special Task Force was formed with the Kwantung Army and most of the Huatun garrison that had withdrawn from the Japanese concession. The commander was Hideki Tojo, and he had two mixed brigades, two brigades, plus a tank brigade, a mountain artillery brigade, and a heavy artillery wing.

After completely getting the Japanese army's troop layout map, Ouyang Yun couldn't help but smile and said to the staff officers of the military department: "Nearly five divisions have been assembled on the Xifengkou and Duolun lines alone, and the little devil really looks down on our apprentice army." ”

Chen Shichang had just been discharged from the hospital a few days ago, and when he heard this, he said: "It seems that it is necessary to ask General Fu Zuoyi and Chairman Yan Xishan for help. ”

Ouyang Yun restrained his smile and did not speak. Chen Shichang said that the tower has long been thought of, but if Nanjing does not come forward, Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi, can they come forward?

It's an unknown!