In the face of the menacing arrival of the New 33rd Army, the Japanese army in Hebei was already in a difficult situation! Okamura Ningji knew very well that supporting Baoding at this time was tantamount to sending his own soldiers into the tiger's mouth, and the new 33rd Army was waiting for him to support Baoding!

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, do you prefer to go to the tiger mountains? Although Okamura Ninji has the courage, if all the 400,000 troops in his hands are buried, he will not have to go back to Japan, and he will die in China! However, he still has a wife and children, he is a general of the empire, how can he die in China easily!

"Your Excellency, Commander, please give the order as soon as possible!"

The Japanese army in Baoding will definitely not be able to hold out for long without support, and if you delay for a day or two, you may not need support! The New 33rd Army was completely pushed all the way! In particular, the bombardment of more than 500 artillery pieces of an artillery division of the New 33rd Army caused the firepower points established by the Japanese army to collapse in an instant!

"Order all troops to assemble in Langfang as quickly as possible, not a single soldier shall be left anywhere, not even a single bullet, as for the puppet army, let them stick to their place, and those who surrender without authorization will be killed!"

Okamura knew very well that no matter whether this battle could be won or not, he had to gather all his troops, and it was much better to gather troops than to scatter them in Hebei! At least when assembled, they can still have the ability to fight with the New 33rd Army!

However, Okamura Ninji never thought of fighting to the death with the new 33rd Army in Hebei, after all, hundreds of thousands of troops are not only related to the lives of soldiers, but also related to his future, once the losses are exhausted, all the Japanese troops in China will have to retreat to the puppet Manchukuo, and then the entire Japanese army will be attacked by the Soviet Union and the Chinese army from the north and south, and the Japanese army's interests in China will also lose all its interests.

At this time, the Chinese army on the front line in Baoding was unimpeded all the way, although Li Weimin's division was only about 40,000 people, but they were all veterans of a hundred battles on the front line of the Great Wall, and with the cooperation of the artillery division, even the little devils hiding in the strong fortifications would not help!

"Boom Boom"

The shells rained down, and the Japanese fortifications were in flames, except for the minced meat left on the ground, the little devil couldn't leave a complete corpse at all!

"Division commander, let the artillery division save some shells, if they blow up like this, what else will happen to our division? After they blew up, we drove directly into Baoding with a swagger! ”

Several division commanders of Li Weimin's division were very anxious when they saw that there were no living creatures where the shells of the artillery division had passed! Their division attacked the main force of Baoding, and finally there was a main force, and they went to the battlefield to fight with the little devils, but they saw the firepower and posture of the artillery division! The little devil who fought had no temper, and fought all the way to the city of Baoding, and the infantry did not encounter much resistance at all!

"Don't worry! You've got you guys fighting! Fighting a field battle relies on the superiority of artillery firepower! When we enter Baoding City, we will have to rely on our infantry, and you won't be able to take it then, don't say you're not happy, Lao Tzu is not happy! ”

Li Weimin knew that under such fierce artillery fire, the Japanese army would definitely shrink the main force into the city! Don't fight them in the field, only shrink the troops into the city, and then fight with them in the streets! Having a house in the city can completely weaken the power of the Chinese artillery, so that the little devil can protect himself as much as possible!

Street fighting is definitely a meat grinder, if there is no need, Li Weimin doesn't want to fight with the little devil, after all, the enemy is hiding in the dark, their soldiers are in the light, and fighting in the street is to use his head to hit the little devil's bullet.

But in order to regain lost territory, you have to face it if you don't want to! So now if you can reduce the casualties of the troops, you can reduce the casualties of the troops, and when it comes to street fighting, you may not know how many soldiers will be lost!

The Japanese troops in Baoding struggled to seek support from their superiors, but the reply they received was still to hold on to Baoding and wait for support!

"It's been three days, it's been three days, and our support forces haven't arrived yet!" The commander of the Japanese division who held Baoding was very anxious, in just three days, their positions on the periphery of Baoding had been lost, and now they could only rely on the city wall of Baoding as a defense!

On the first day, in the face of the attack of the Chinese army, the commander of the Japanese division in Baoding was full of confidence, and the strength of a division of the Chinese army still wanted to attack them in Baoding, which was simply looking for death! Resolutely order the troops to take the initiative! It's not that he looks down on the Chinese army, they only need the strength of one brigade and regiment, and they can completely wipe out the entire Chinese army!

However, he did arrange a brigade of troops to block Li Weimin's troops, but this brigade was beaten by Li Weimin's troops of a regiment to cry and cry for his mother, and in the end only one brigade of troops escaped back! At this time, the commander of the little devil's division realized that he had fallen for the enemy, and he had mistaken the Chinese army!

The commander of the Japanese division who held on to Baoding hid in his headquarters for three days and did not come out, and in the past three days, all he could do was to keep sending telegrams to Okamura Ningji, asking the troops to hurry up to support, and the commander of the little devil division was already frightened!

However, Okamura Ninji didn't plan to come to support at all, Okamura Ninji's understanding of the New 33rd Army is deeper than anyone else's, if you want to say who knows the New 33rd Army best, except for the people inside the New 33rd Army, I'm afraid only Okamura Ninji!

The New 33rd Army only used one artillery division and one infantry division to attack Baoding, and the other three main infantry divisions must be eyeing them somewhere in Hebei, as long as they enter their field of vision, they are guaranteed to be eaten without even bones left!

Three days have passed, and the Japanese troops in Hebei have already been assembled, but they did not support Baoding!

"Retreat, retreat to a calm area, preserve strength! The New 33rd Army is not yet capable of attacking the Pingjin area for the time being, and we can temporarily hold the calm area, the Langfang area, Zhangjiakou and the area north of Pingjin with the troops in our hands and the troops in the Pingjin area! ”

In the past three days, Okamura Ningji recognized the reality and made a decision to go out to Baoding's troops, and he only had more than 300,000 troops in his hands! As for the puppet army, he definitely can't rely on it, so when he gave the order to assemble, he had already abandoned all the local puppet army!

In the end, he decided to hold the Pingjin region, which is very important for North China! Everyone understands the importance of the Pyongjin area! Okamura Ninji thought not only of the importance of the Pingjin area, but also of the Japanese army in China!

The Japanese army was fighting on all sides, and its situation in China was not very good, and now it was at war with the Soviet Union, and a large number of people were transferred to the north to defend against the Soviet attack, and the new 33rd Army took this opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack against them! North China is an important area connecting the north and south of the Japanese army! If all the North China regions are lost, then the Japanese army in the northeast will be attacked from both sides! Only by holding the Pingjin area, the new 33rd Army will definitely not be able to enter the pass through North China, at least their army in the puppet Manchukuo can not worry about being attacked on their backs!

This is only the best choice for Okamura Ningji, as long as he holds the Pingjin area, he can ensure the security of the puppet Manchukuo, as for the development of the new 33rd Army, I am afraid that he Okamura Ningji will not be able to limit it.

The Japanese military top brass simply couldn't understand why Okamura Ninji would make such a decision, but they knew very well that Baoding's troops were abandoned by them!

"It's been three days, it's been three days, why hasn't the little devil moved at all?"

The most confused thing is Liao Fan, the battle has been going on for three days, according to the speed of the little devil, there should be action on the first day, but three full days have passed, and the little devil has no support, which makes Liao Fan a little confused!

"Yes, it's been three days, why hasn't the little devil moved at all, is the little devil so confident that he will be able to keep Baoding?"

Huang Changsheng also wondered, the Japanese army has not moved for such a long time, in addition to thinking that Baoding can be foolproof, what reason can explain that the Japanese army did not move and did not support Baoding?

"Impossible, if the Japanese army is confident that they can keep Baoding on the first day, but our offensive in the next two days has made the little devil turtle shrink into the city, obviously the little devil can't support it, and must have sent a telegram for help! I just don't know what Okamura Ninji is thinking! ”

Although the Japanese army in Baoding was more numerically than Li Weimin's division, there were also artillery divisions that followed Li Weimin and them, and the actual number of combat personnel was significantly more than that of the Japanese army! The Japanese army was clearly in a disadvantageous position!

And in these three days, Li Weimin has cleared the Japanese positions on the periphery of Baoding, and surrounded Baoding, in this case, the Japanese army still thinks that the new 33rd Army can not eat the defenders in the city, so the Japanese army in Baoding is really too arrogant!

"Communication soldiers, send a telegram to Li Weimin and ask them to launch a fierce attack on the defenders of Baoding, I don't believe that Okamura Ningji will be able to sit still!"

At this time, the Japanese troops in the entire Hebei had been assembled, but they did not rush to Baoding as Liao Fan thought, and the vanguard of Okamura Ningci had already turned around and went straight to the Pingjin area!

"Brother Fan, our scouts have sent information that a large number of Japanese troops are gathering in Langfang, but they are not moving closer to Baoding, but moving north!" The communications soldier told Liao Fan the latest movements of the Japanese army.

"Langfang? Moving north? ”

Liao Fan couldn't believe what he heard with his ears, there was no problem with the Japanese army assembling in Langfang, but from Langfang to the north they entered the Pingjin area, could it be that Okamura Ningji made a detour from the Pingjin area and then joined the war from behind their backs?

"Map!"

Liao Fan quickly walked to the side of the map, looking at the traces marked on the map, he couldn't figure out what Okamura Ning was going to do, the large army had been assembled, and it stands to reason that he should join the battle as quickly as possible, and then break the siege of Baoding! But Okamura Ninji didn't do this, but entered the Pingjin area!