After the Eighth Road Headquarters was completely electrified.

The news of the recovery of North China and the elimination of the main forces of the North China Front Army spread like a hurricane throughout the country.

After all, it was not a siege and annihilation battle, and the North China Front still had some fish that slipped through the net and fled to Manchuria.

and the 1st, 26th, and 71st Divisions of the North China Front also fled to Chengde.

However, the main force of the Japanese North China Front and the headquarters of the North China Front have been confirmed to be eliminated.

Therefore, this battle was only to destroy the main force of the North China Front, not to annihilate it completely.

But even if it is not completely annihilated, this news is exciting enough.

China's "Xinhua Daily," "Ta Kung Pao," "Declaration," and other major news media immediately forwarded this news, which made all the Chinese military and civilians excited.

"Associated Press", "Agence France-Presse", "Reuters" and other foreign media soon forwarded it.

The news that the Eighth Route Army had recovered North China and eliminated the main force of the Japanese North China Front caused an uproar not only at home but also in the West.

Some foreigners commented that the defeat of the Japanese army this time may have begun to change the strategic pattern in the east, and the balance of victory has tilted in favor of the Chinese nation, a nation that has suffered so much.

Some people rejoice, some people are sad.

For example, Kazuki Yamamoto.

Chengde, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

Major General Kazuki Yamamoto, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, closed his eyes painfully after reading the nationwide telegram at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Haven't you heard from the commander yet?"

After a full two minutes, Kazuki Yamamoto opened his eyes and looked at the captain of the secret service, Goro Koga, who was on the side.

Since serving as the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, although the special team is still called the Yamamoto special team, the captain of the special team has become Goro Oshika.

After all, Kazuki Yamamoto, as the deputy chief of staff of the front army, is so busy every day that he really doesn't have time to train the special team, let alone lead the special team to fight.

"Report to the general, not yet."

Xiaolu Goro bowed his head, there has been no news for more than 5 days, and His Excellency the General is most likely loyal to His Majesty the Locust.

Yamamoto Kazuki sighed bitterly when he heard this.

Originally, he thought that by embracing the big tree of Okamura Ninji, his great ideal of innovating the tactics of the Japanese Army would be one step closer.

Originally, things were going well, and he selected soldiers with the strongest individual quality and even higher education from each division and regiment to participate in the special team training.

The results were also very gratifying, and Oshika Goro trained a combat team for him.

Even divisions and wings have formed locust guerrilla units with a special operational nature, which are models for the special forces of various units.

Although these locust guerrillas did not achieve the desired results after entering the battlefield, it was a good start.

However, he had only been chief of staff of the North China Front for less than half a year.

The main force of the North China Front was directly destroyed.

The strength of the Eighth Route and the North China Front is almost on the surface, and Yamamoto Kazuki has long expected that the North China Front is not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

But he didn't expect that the North China Front would be defeated so badly, even the main force was eaten by Li Yunlong's troops, and even the commander was likely to be broken.

The former commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, reused me and was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

The new commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, reused me and was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

The commander of the North China Front, General Okamura, reused me and was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

Who will be the next commander to reuse me?

Yamamoto Kazuki said with an ugly face: "I really regret that I didn't send a special team to protect His Excellency the General, maybe..."

"The general doesn't have to blame himself."

Oga Goro persuaded: "The commander has the most elite mixed 11th Brigade of the North China Front Army by his side, and in that situation at that time, even if the special team is there, I am afraid it will not help." ”

Kazuki Yamamoto nodded, and what Goro Oshika said was true.

Even the more than 200,000 elite locust soldiers of the North China Front have been wiped out, and a Yamamoto special team is capable of turning the tide?

The answer is no.

Kazuki Yamamoto sighed deeply.

Now the locusts army is facing the disadvantage of the Eighth Route Army, which is far from being solved by innovating tactics.

Unless all Japanese weapons are renovated, they are equipped with the same weapons as the Eighth Route Army, semi-automatic rifles, fully automatic rifles, and a large number of heavy artillery, heavy tanks and aircraft.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the locust army to be the opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

The Battle of Nomenkan illustrates the problem, the strength of an army should be reflected in the strength of firepower.

However, Kazuki Yamamoto also knows very well that with the current capacity of Japan's military industrial department, it is absolutely impossible to produce advanced weapons that can be reequipped by more than one million troops in a short period of time.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if it is produced, with the existing resources, productivity, and transportation capacity of the Japanese army, as well as its logistical support capabilities, it will absolutely not be able to support such a large-scale high-cost war.

The two most basic problems that the Japanese army could not solve, one was the problem of steel production and the other was the problem of oil.

"What is the way out for the future empire?"

Kazuki Yamamoto was worried.

At present, the Japanese army has been declining, the navy is retreating in the Pacific theater, and the army is retreating in the Chinese theater.

Even if you want to negotiate peace now, you can't do it, because once Japan's war machine is in motion, it is impossible to stop.

Either defeated, victorious, or surrendered.

And surrender is unacceptable to the entire army, navy and locusts.

The current locust army has no way to retreat, but can only choose to fight to the death.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

The former North China Front Headquarters, the plaster flag of the Japanese army, has been replaced with the military flag of the Eighth Route Army.

In the center of the flag of the Eighth Route Army is a blue sky and white sun, surrounded by red, and the part near the flagpole reads: The Eighteenth Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

Although now with the strength of the Eighth Route Army, it can completely break away from the national government and go it alone.

However, the policy of the Eighth Route Army was to unite all forces that could be united to resist the war.

So nominally, the Eighth Route Army still belongs to the battle sequence of the national army.

At this time, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, surrounded by a group of officers, walked into the original devil headquarters, Zhao Gang said: "Lao Li, this is the headquarters of the North China Front, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, this has become the supreme command organ of the Japanese army in the political, military, economic and other affairs of the North China occupation area, and this was also the former site of the Ministry of War and Navy in the late Qing Dynasty, the Presidential Palace of the Republic of China, the State Council and the government of Duan Qirui. ”

Li Yunlong nodded, and looked at the building with his eyes: "These warlords and little devils will indeed enjoy it, you look at this high-rise compound, it is indeed much more magnificent than the private houses and caves we live in." ”

A staff officer said: "Regiment commander, if you like it, our regimental headquarters can move in immediately." ”

"Forget it." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "We Li Yunlong are from a poor background, and we are not used to living in this kind of high-walled compound, so I ordered the troops to seal this place." ”

"Yes!" The staff officer replied.

It is also the location of the Judge Advocate General's Department of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, which is also known as the military court.

The Ministry of Military Justice has set up underground cells to hold anti-Japanese personnel escorted from all over North China, as well as Japanese soldiers and traitors who have violated discipline.

However, it is a pity that before the North Road Attack Group arrived in Beiping, the imprisoned anti-Japanese personnel had been brutally killed by the devils.

After learning about this situation, Li Yunlong said angrily: "If all the traitors in Beiping City are counted as one, all of them will be arrested and tried in public, and they will be shot if they should be shot, and they will be sent to labor reform, and they must not be tolerated." ”

Li Yunlong hates traitors the most.

In this battle, the Eighth Route Army captured many devils and puppet soldiers.

Although the Eighth Route Army has a policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, the policy is not immutable, once it is found out that the devils and puppet soldiers have the lives of the Eighth Route Army or ordinary people on their hands, they will be immediately tried and shot.

Even if they have not killed the Eighth Route Army or the devils or puppet soldiers of the common people, the treatment is not much better, and they are directly sent to labor reform.

The so-called labor reform is to be sent to the northwest of Shanxi Province to plant potatoes, dig coal, and build roads.

It is true that there are some underground parties in the puppet army, but there are very few.

It's not that you can be a puppet army if you want to, you have to vote for the devil, such as killing a few ordinary people or a few Balu, what if you are a spy of Balu?

"Yes!" The staff officer replied.

Under Li Yunlong's order, the new regiment began to arrest people based on intelligence and reports from ordinary people.

One traitor after another was arrested, the property of the traitor was confiscated, and the Japanese who were acting as a prestige were also arrested and shot.

At night.

Beiping Fengzeyuan Restaurant.

Li Yunlong set a table and invited Kong Jie, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and others to dinner.

In addition, Li Yunlong also invited the district commanders of the Southern Hebei Military Region and the Central Hebei Military Region.

Before it got dark, the Sword Brigade took control of the entire restaurant, and there was no problem with security at all.

It's not that Li Yunlong is extravagant and wasteful, the soldiers of all units eat white flour buns and fresh meat at every meal.

In this battle, Li Yunlong led his troops to recover a large number of county seats, as well as large cities such as Baoding, Beiping and Tianjin.

The amount of food earned from Boss Chen is too much to eat.

"Lao Li, try this wine, authentic French wine."

Ding Wei opened the wine bottle and filled the goblet in front of Li Yunlong with a smile, and the hotel waiter next to him also poured red wine for the leaders.

"Red wine?" Li Yunlong's expression moved, "Lao Ding, where did you get it?" ”

"Lao Ding." Kong Jie said, "You kid won't rob foreigners, right?" ”

"Robbing foreigners? I think that when the Eight-Nation Alliance burned the Old Summer Palace, we still have a lot of accounts that we haven't settled with the foreigners. ”

The corners of Ding Wei's mouth twitched:

"This was seized from the devil's warehouse, and it is said that it was a foreigner's distillery seized by the devil, and the devil doesn't like to drink this thing."

Li Yunlong took a sip and said, ", why doesn't it taste at all?" It's not as delicious as the sweet potatoes in the northwest of Shanxi. ”

"That's what wine is." Ding Wei said, "When I drink it, I don't have much taste, but I have a lot of stamina." ”

Li Yunlong said to the guards beside him: "Forget it, we Lao Li are not used to drinking this thing, Huzi, go to the car and bring my Fenjiu." ”

At this time, Moutai has not come out yet, otherwise Li Yunlong will definitely drink Moutai.

"Yes." Huang Erhu turned to leave.

Ding Wei took a sip of red wine, and while eating meat, he said: "Lao Li, you can't taste the wild boar." ”

"Haha-"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"." Li Yunlong said, "Foreign wine can also be called fine bran? ”

Zhao Gang, District Mayor Lu and others also drank foreign wine.

Some people think it's strange and continue to drink it, while others think it's not good, so they switch to liquor.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, everyone was slightly drunk, and their stomachs were seven or eight points full.

After retiring the hotel waiter, everyone began to talk about business.

Ding Wei asked: "Lao Li, our Eighth Route Army fought beautifully in this battle, has the staff of the new regiment counted it, how many devils have we killed in this battle?" ”

Kong Jie and the others' ears were also pricked up, and the number of devils killed was directly related to how much weapons and equipment they earned.

As for Okamura, there has been no news, and it is not yet known whether he is alive or dead.

So Ding Wei and Kong Jie didn't pay much attention to it, the main force of the North China Front had been eaten, and it was best for Okamura to die, and it didn't have much impact if he didn't die.

But.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang believe that with Boss Chen's intelligence ability, they should be able to figure out Okamura's whereabouts.

"Hehe, how many devils have you killed?" The corners of Grand Master Li's mouth hooked, and his eyes widened, "I will scare you when I say it!" ”

"What do you mean?" Kong Jie asked angrily.

"How many devils you kill, it's actually very easy to calculate." Li Yunlong said, "Let's eat 3 devil divisions in Jinzhou, 5 devil divisions and 3 mixed brigades in Baoding, and 1 devil division in Huailai County, which of you counts well, calculate how many devils we kill?" ”

Zhao Gang said: "The devils of the A division are counted according to 30,000, the devils of the B division are counted according to 15,000, and the mixed brigade is counted according to 6,000, a total of about 153,000 devils." ”

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "In this battle, we killed about 153,000 devils!" ”

Although the North Road Attack Group fought a battle with the three divisions of the devil in Zhangjiakou.

Although the advantage in that battle was great, after all, it failed to defeat or severely damage these 3 divisions, so the devils killed could not be counted in the business.

But in general, the Eighth Route Army made a lot of money in this battle.

Not surprisingly, as soon as Li Yunlong's words fell, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

Among them, the devils of the A division group must be calculated according to 3 times, so that it is equivalent to earning 213,000 devils.

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "In addition, more than 60 devil planes have been killed, of which the quota of 40 devil planes has been exchanged. ”

"It's a pity...," Xing Zhiguo said, "The 129th Division defeated the Japanese 11th Army in Xuzhou, and the 129th Division did not let Lao Li nominally command it at that time, otherwise this data would have to be at least doubled." ”

"Yes! It's a shame. ”

The heads of the Southern Hebei Military Region and the Central Hebei Military Region looked pity.

"There's nothing to be sorry for." Zhao Gang said, "This time, we can sum up the lessons and lessons, and wait for the next time to let the 129th Division nominally be under the command of Lao Li, and the 11th Army of the Japanese Army has not been completely annihilated, but only defeated, as long as the formation is still there, it will be wiped out by our Eighth Route Army sooner or later." ”

Everyone nodded, Zhao Gang's words made everyone feel a lot better, and they thought that Political Commissar Zhao was worthy of doing ideological work.

"Where's the devil general?" Kong Jie asked, "How many are killed?" ”

"At present, we have to wait for the report from Boss Chen." Li Yunlong said, "But in the North China battlefield, we killed at least 8 devil generals, and the 129th Division killed 3 devil major generals in the Xuzhou battlefield." ”

(End of chapter)