As to whether or not to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, there was a great deal of disagreement among the middle and high-ranking officers of the Cadet Army. Objectively speaking, the Cadet Army is currently not qualified to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army at all. As far as the quality of the soldiers is concerned, except for a few regular divisions that have the ability to fight the Japanese army head-on, other auxiliary units and reserve units, in addition to fighting and harassing as well as guerrillas, cannot be of great use. According to this analysis, many people, even Jiang Shuren, believe that the best countermeasure for the Cadet Army at present is to take advantage of the geographical advantages to engage the Japanese army in a large-scale guerrilla war and a war of attrition, first to deplete the Japanese army's vital strength from point to point, and then to fight a decisive battle after a subversive change occurs in the comparison of the strength of the two sides.

Even a layman like Jiang Shuren who fought a war could see this, and Ouyang Yun naturally couldn't think of it. So, why did he still insist on a decisive battle with the Japanese army?

That's the unique advantage of the traverser. In Shanghai, although the Chinese and Japanese sides are still fighting hard, and Shandong, the Japanese army has not yet been able to pose a threat to the rear flank of the Xuebing Army for the time being, but Ouyang Yun knows that in the near future, Shanghai, including Nanjing, will fall, and Shandong, including most of Shanxi, will also fall. At that time, the Cadet Army is bound to fall into a more precarious situation - first, once it is fully encircled, and the outside world loses contact and material transportation channels, the Cadet Army's factories with advanced equipment will inevitably become empty towers, and they will not be useful, at that time, no matter how resolute the Cadet Army is to resist Japan, but because of the lack of materials, it is very likely to fall into the point of running out of ammunition and food; Second, another advantage of a decisive battle with the Japanese army as soon as possible is that if victory can be achieved, it will certainly have an impact on the situation of the War of Resistance in Shanghai and Shandong, and this is not only a matter of forcing the Japanese army to change its general policy and reduce the pressure on the local defenders, but more importantly, with the habit of the Nationalist army being good at fighting a tailwind battle, there may be a big outbreak under the influence of the victory of the Jicha War of Resistance, and the situation on the entire front may be changed from then on.

Ouyang Yun didn't reveal his analysis to the public, he just made himself show special confidence, and used this mental state to influence the people around him. He did influence many people, and it was precisely because the junior commander showed this confidence in victory that the three main brigades of the three divisions that followed him would have the spirit to march in a hurry, and he was stunned to create a miracle before the decisive battle of Changping, almost completely annihilating the 18th Brigade of the Ninth Division.

Zhang Yantian is one of the people who was not influenced by him, which is certainly related to his experience in the old army. On the other hand, perhaps, just because in his bones, he didn't regard himself as a member of the cadet army at all. Regarding Ouyang Yun's decision to fight the Japanese army in Changping, Zhang Yantian only heard a little, and he didn't believe it, because he didn't think Ouyang Yun would do such a stupid thing. Now, after personally confirming the matter from Ouyang Yun's mouth, his first reaction was not surprise, but half of his heart was cold, because it meant that he was very likely to fail to make a meritorious contribution this time, but waded into troubled waters. Without hesitation, he expressed his opinion unreservedly: "Gunza, isn't this just as the Japanese wish?" The Japanese in North China are afraid of our student army, and once our student army collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Ouyang Yun patiently listened to him, smiled faintly, and asked, "Do you think we will definitely lose?" ”

Isn't this a blatant thing? sighed, it is good for young people to be aggressive, but they can't hold their breath, but they are the most important thing in a high position. Zhang Yantian said: "Although we may not lose, but we are only a local army, the development is limited, behind the first army, but there are also the North China Front, the Kwantung Army, the military seat, we are facing this time, in fact, it is not just an army of Japanese troops!" ”

"I understand. But the more this is the case, the more we must show the prestige of the cadet army. Brigadier Zhang, have you participated in the First Great Wall War of Resistance? ”

"Participated in the ......" Zhang Yantian was only a regiment commander at that time, and he clearly remembered the battle in Nantianmen, the national army was obviously several times larger than the Japanese army, but it couldn't win the other party. The little devil's cannon is too sharp, and what is even worse is the plane that leaves the iron lump from time to time...... Thinking of his brothers and comrades-in-arms who died at the Great Wall Pass, Zhang Yantian's face became flushed, and his mood fluctuated a little.

Ouyang Yun's eyes were cast into the distance, and the officers and soldiers of the first division and the third brigade were digging fortifications around Wangjiawei. The main force of the Japanese army came from Huairou, not surprisingly, this will become the main battlefield, Ouyang Yun observed the terrain here when he marched, and finally decided not to enter Changping City, so he treated this place as the main battlefield. Once Wangjiawei is fully controlled, it can not only cooperate with the troops in Changping City to form a flanking attack on the rest of the 108th and 9th Divisions, but also form the first line of blocking positions against the large Japanese army. Although in this way, it is very likely to be attacked from both sides, but don't forget, in Huairou, there are still two divisions of the 29th Army eyeing each other, and besides, Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army is not a vegetarian and will join the battlefield sooner or later.

The situation is far from being as bad as Jiang Shuren and the others imagined, step by step to this point, Ouyang Yun's original lack of confidence is now becoming more and more inflated.

His next words are a bit rambling: "Japanese people are generally shorter than us, and from this point of view, their physical fitness should be inferior to ours. From the point of view of weapons, I have always believed that the Chinese army is superior to the 38 Dagai, although the national army is far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of heavy weapons and even special weapons. However, with planes, artillery, and tanks alone, can more than 30,000 devils really defeat an army of 350,000? Although the First Great Wall War of Resistance was the most defeated, how many of the 350,000 people were actually killed? If all these 350,000 people are willing to die, and they are willing to fight to the death like General He Zhuguo and his subordinates, will we really lose? ……”

A series of questions made Zhang Yantian, who had experienced this war, turn red more and more white, and then turn red again. It is true that as a later person to evaluate the past, because many specific circumstances at that time can no longer be explained, it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of "afterthought", but if all the Chinese defenders at that time were willing to fight to the death, it is really impossible to say who the victor of the First Great Wall War of Resistance was. As one of the experiencers, although three years have passed, Zhang Yantian has not forgotten the scene at that time. And when Ouyang Yun mentioned it at this moment, he realized that he was ashamed in his heart. Yes, if all the Chinese defenders were willing to die at that time, it is really unknown who will die the last deer! Then, the situation in North China today will certainly not be so bad, and even the Northeast Army and the Central Army will not need to withdraw at all...... Thinking like this, Zhang Yantian suddenly looked up at Ouyang Yun, and said categorically: "Junzao, Zhang will not say big things, but this time, you will look at the performance of me and all the brothers of the second column of the special police, we will not lose face to our military flag again!" Grandma's, it's a big deal, Lao Tzu and the little devil fight! ”