In order to open up the situation to the north and completely eliminate the threat posed by the Japanese army to the New 33rd Army in the north, they must completely solve the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area, so that there will be no longer a threat from the Japanese army west of the New 33rd Army, the rear will be stabilized, and they can continuously provide supplies to the front line.

If the Japanese army really takes root in the Suiyuan area, they can move south or west from the Suiyuan area at any time, even if they do not carry out a large-scale war, they can continue to harass them, so that a large area will not be able to produce with peace of mind, and it will inevitably contain a group of troops of the new 33rd Army.

And if you want to seek international assistance, entering the Taihang Mountains from the north is the best choice, and now the Japanese army's sea power is intact, even if it integrates the power of the whole of China, there is no way and ability to fight with the little devils at sea.

Now that they have controlled the defense of the Great Wall, if the new 33rd Army wants to advance east and drive the little devils into the sea, they must destroy all the Japanese forces that threaten them in the rear. The rear was unstable, and the New 33rd Army was simply unable to advance eastward. Now it is up to us whether Li Weimin can completely eliminate the threat of the Japanese army to the New 33rd Army in the north.

If the Japanese army really began to build permanent military fortifications underground like the New 33rd Army, Li Weimin and his team would probably have to pay a very high price if they wanted to completely wipe out the Japanese army, just like when they defended Taihang Mountain, they were under the hard rock, and the heavy artillery of the little devils could not play much role.

Li Weimin is also worried that the little devil will live here for a long time, to tell the truth, the little devil's will to fight is second to none in the world, coupled with their suicide attack, if the little devil's underground fortifications are ready, all this makes Li Weimin not know how many soldiers to sacrifice to completely annihilate the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area.

"Arrange scouts, just in this area, I don't believe that so many little devils can't detect any useful news!"

They must figure out the movements of the little devils, otherwise they are fighting in the dark, and they don't know the enemy, and they will suffer if they continue to fight this kind of battle.

The top scouts of the reconnaissance battalion were sent to this area, and their purpose was very simple, that is, to find out where the little devil's fortifications were, as for the structure of the fortifications, where the entrance to the fortifications was, this was not their current job.

Just when Li Weimin was frantically reconnoitring the Japanese army, the New Year was approaching, and the land of China once again ushered in the most beautiful festival. However, this was indeed the most difficult day for Liao Fan, because he had already determined that the Japanese army would attack him soon.

Although there is no specific date, it is analyzed from intelligence that the Japanese army launched an attack on the New 33rd Army around the Spring Festival. There is no New Year's atmosphere in the troops, all the soldiers are stepping up training, and the logistics department has also begun to prepare enough ammunition and materials to be transported to the front line at any time, and there is no longer the atmosphere before the Chinese New Year last year, and the air is filled with the smell of war.

"This little devil is really not worry-free!" Cun Qi handed the telegram in his hand to Liao Fan and muttered casually.

"The country is in tatters, and it's another year! We soldiers are sinners! ”

The country has become like this now, it was originally the responsibility of their soldiers, the soldiers did not take the country well, let the little devils swallow most of China, they still have to live for the New Year, how can there be such a beautiful thing in the world. Death is death, and the living should bow down and die.

"It seems that my sinful body does not deserve a good life!" Cun Qi smiled, who can think of himself as a sinner? According to Liao Fan, Chairman Jiang should be the biggest sinner!

Liao Fan knew that it was too heavy to say such words at this time: "When will you drive the little devil out, I will give you the New Year every day!" ”

"Gotta ...... It's still the New Year every day, when China is in ruins, I can have a day of free days, I will burn high incense! ”

"It seems that the little devil really doesn't plan to be idle this year, send a telegram to Hu Guoshan, tell him to be careful, although the direction of the little devil's attack is uncertain, but he can't be careless, all troops are ready for first-level combat!"

Liao Fan glanced at the telegram, this telegram was sent by the intelligence officers behind the enemy, and there was no mention in the intelligence when the little devil attacked, but it recorded in detail that the little devil was distributing ammunition and equipment, obviously a posture of preparing for battle, according to the analysis of the past situation, the Japanese attack was probably just a few days ago.

"Gangcun Ningji really can't sit still?" Cun Qi thought to himself that the little devil would not be so reckless.

"That old devil won't be reckless, he's already experienced a failure, and he won't be soft on us this time!"

Okamura Ninji will definitely be ashamed and find the original defeat from the New 33rd Army, otherwise he, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in North China, will come to an end, and Okamura Ninji's purpose after returning from Japan is to have a real showdown with the New 33rd Army.

"It's a pity that we don't even know how many people the Japanese army really has now!" Cunqi was very worried about the Japanese attack, and they didn't know what troops Okamura Ninji had deployed, and there was no way to deploy enough troops to deal with it.

Although the new 33rd Army now said to have more than 100,000 troops, these 100,000 troops are scattered in various defense areas, and the number of troops that can be put into the front is only about half, and as far as they know, Okamura Ninji has gathered more than 300,000 troops in North China, and if you add the Kwantung Army that came from outside the Guan, the strength is several times that of them. Although as far as he knew, the New 33rd Army was very good at winning more with less, but in this case, Cun Qi had no way to imagine how Liao Fan would fight this battle.

Liao Fan saw Cun Qi's confusion, and just smiled lightly: "We don't know the situation of the little devil, and the little devil doesn't know our specific situation, and when the other party puts on a posture, we will naturally have a strategy to break the enemy!" ”

No one will show all their hole cards in the first time in a war, Okamura Ningci will not be like this, Liao Fan will naturally not be like this, now that their troops have expanded several times, Liao Fan is very confident that he can deal with the old devil Gangcun Ningci.

Baoding, Okamura Ningji's headquarters in North China, where all the senior generals of the Japanese army in North China are gathered, today they are going to hold an important operational meeting, the content of which is aimed at the new 33rd Army in Taihang Mountain.

"No one is allowed to make a record of this meeting, everything is in accordance with the confidentiality regulations!"

Okamura knew that the intelligence officers of the New 33rd Army had infiltrated all corners, and he had to narrow down the content of the meeting to a certain extent, so that if something went wrong, he would be able to know where the information had leaked out.

The meeting was quiet, and there was only one person speaking, and that was Okamura Ninji, because there was no discussion at this meeting, only Okamura Ninji was giving an order to have one.

The generals of the little devils only looked at Okamura Ninji on the stage, they knew why Okamura Ninji came to North China, and they also knew why Okamura Ninji got such an important position after being transferred back, because the emperor received Okamura Ninji, and in the meeting, these Japanese generals were the top figures in the Japanese army, but they had never seen the emperor himself at all except for the photo of the emperor hanging on the wall.

"Do you understand your mission?" Okamura Ninji looked at each of the generals below seriously, after a few months of familiarity, he had already understood each of them, where they had fought, when they were promoted, who was better at replenishing troops, who was better at armored soldiers, and who was better at cavalry.

When Gangmura Ningji came to North China to take up his post, it can be said that everything he did day and night was preparing for the attack on the New 33rd Army. Finally this day came, and Okamura Ninji was even a little excited in his heart. Because the prestige of the New 33 rd Army in North China has risen greatly in the past two years, if the New 33 rd Army can really be completely wiped out, it will be tantamount to destroying the hope of the people of North China to resist Japan, and this will greatly weaken the confidence of the Chinese people in resisting Japan.

For the Japanese base camp, they coveted the resources in North China, especially the coal resources in Shanxi, since they lost Shanxi, especially the high-quality coal, which had a great impact on the Japanese army. Moreover, the Hebei region is rich in grain, and the Japanese army needs a large amount of military rations to maintain the operation of the troops, and since the new 33rd Army occupied the Jingcheng area, it has been frantically competing with the Japanese army for food resources, and the Japanese army has to eliminate this huge hidden danger in order to regain control of these areas, and then use these resources to plan a bigger war.

The Japanese army needed the resources of North China, so Okamura Ninji was sent to North China. Okamura's opponent was certainly not just Liao Fan, but the entire Chinese army in the region.

There were still five days before the Spring Festival, and Political Commissar Liu came to Liao Fan with two guards.

"Hahaha, it's really fun to have friends from afar!"

Liao Fan was very happy to see Political Commissar Liu, Political Commissar Liu can be said to be his old friend, and he has also lived in Taihang Mountain for a while, and the two sides have already established a friendship behind him.

"Your boy's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and we old guys can't match it!" Of course, Political Commissar Liu couldn't help but praise Liao Fan, but they watched the New 33rd Army come to this day step by step, and it is indeed amazing to be able to have today's achievements, and the rise of the New 33rd Army has made the Japanese army begin to fear.

"It's really people who are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, this is not a big New Year, the little devil is coming to block us!" Liao Fan was also distressed, everyone wanted to be safe during the New Year, but Okamura Ningji didn't let him get his wish.

"I'm here for this, you won't let me talk to you outside on such a cold day, will you?"