The actions of the Japanese army are confusing, when Baoding is in crisis, they do not directly support Baoding, on the contrary, the Japanese army is about to break away from the Hebei region, Liao Fan can't figure out what Okamura Ningji is doing!

In fact, Okamura Ningci didn't want to have a decisive battle with Liao Fan in Hebei at all, although after Hebei's troops were transferred away from 100,000, Okamura Ningci had 400,000 troops in his hands, but he knew very well that relying on these forces alone, he had no way to have a decisive battle with the New 33rd Army in Hebei! Since it can't be defeated, it's better to go, and in order to preserve the troops, Okamura Ninji decisively ordered a retreat.

"Brother Fan, the little devil isn't trying to run away, is he?" Huang Changsheng asked!

"Escape?" After being reminded, Liao Fan also instantly thought of this possibility.

The little devil is not without the possibility of escaping, the Japanese army is fighting on all sides, and the strength is already tense, and now it is at war with the Soviet Union and the magnesium country, so it will naturally draw troops to focus on defense! And the Japanese have been operating in Northeast China for many years, although they do not want to give up the interests of the whole of China, but they also care very much about the interests of the puppet Manchukuo!

"Send all our scouts out to scout the movements of the big army of little devils! There was also a telegram to Li Weimin, asking them to besiege the Japanese army in Baoding without attacking! The other three divisions advanced to Langfang, but the speed could not be fast, and when they encountered the Japanese army, they immediately stopped and built fortifications on the spot! ”

Liao Fan still couldn't believe that the little devil gave up his interests in North China so quickly! It took them a year to open up the Pinghan railway line, the main artery of China's north-south transportation, and now they will give up? If the Japanese army really took the initiative to give up in order to save its strength, Liao Fan also had to admire Okamura Ningji's decisiveness, and the one who could make this decision must not be an ordinary person!

But Liao Fan's purpose was not to recover a city or a place, but to eliminate the Japanese army in China! If they all escape, they will definitely play an even more important role on the battlefield in the future! In case the Japanese army deliberately turned the passive into the active and set up an ambush circle on their evacuation route, it would not only be able to relieve the siege of Baoding, but also possibly encircle the three main divisions of the new 33rd Army!

Although there is no need to worry that the Japanese army will wipe out the three main divisions of the New 33rd Army, this plan will inevitably fall short, and the 200,000 troops will toss in vain and return in vain!

Liao Fan fell into a dilemma, if he didn't chase the Japanese army, he would definitely be able to run, and if the pursuit was ambushed by the Japanese army, all the plans would be in vain! Okamura Ningji played such a hand for Liao Fan, which really made Liao Fan not know what to do.

"If only a force could appear in the Pingjin area!" Liao Fan's heart began to become depressed!

However, Okamura Ningji had no intention of giving Liao Fan a chance to react, he concentrated the means of transportation that he could use, even the ox cart was used, the purpose was to rush to the Pingjin area as quickly as possible, and then set up a defense in the Pingjin area to prevent the New 33rd Army from pursuing!

The news soon came from the front line, the Japanese army really fled, and the original battle plan designated by Liao Fan was also in vain, and in the Hebei area south of Langfang, there was no longer a shadow of the Japanese army, only the puppet army left behind!

Liao Fan sat on the chair and couldn't believe the news, the recovery of the lost territory in Hebei was good news, but the main force of the Japanese army once again escaped from Ascension!

"Brother Fan, what should we do next? If the pursuing troops continue to chase after them, they will enter the Pingjin area, where there are quite a few Japanese troops, and they are well prepared, and our troops may suffer if they catch up with the Pingjin area! Huang Changsheng reminded Liao Fan to give an order as soon as possible, and the troops could not pursue deeply.

"Inform all troops to stop the pursuit, Hu Guoshan's troops will be stationed in Langfang, and then reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese troops in the Pingjin area! Cunqi's troops marched east into Cangzhou to guard against the Japanese army in Shandong! Liu Chundao's troops and Lu Liming's armored division went south into Handan! Tell them that the purpose is to clear out the enemy troops in the reclaimed area, and let them go if the puppet army surrenders on their own initiative, and exterminate those who do not surrender on the spot! ”

"After clearing out the enemy forces in the reclaimed area, the troops stabilized the local order and prevented anyone from deliberately causing trouble! The troops replenish supplies on the spot! As for Li Weimin's division and artillery division surrounding the Japanese army in Baoding, there is no need to attack, just trap them! ”

The only thing that still has the ability to fight in Hebei is the Japanese defenders in Baoding, the trapped beast is like a dog jumping off the wall and the rabbit is in a hurry to bite, since they have no reinforcements in Hebei, Liao Fan certainly doesn't want his troops to fight hard to take Baoding back, he can't squander the lives of the soldiers like this!

Siege! A long siege is bound to deplete the morale of the Japanese army! At that time, whether it is to attack or continue the siege, it will not be a problem!

In Hebei, except for some diehards who have been carrying out the orders of the Japanese army, most of the puppet army has surrendered! These puppet armies are all factors of instability, and all of them have arranged for troops to return to their hometowns, and then they have to report their whereabouts to their village chief in less than a month! The New 33rd Army also specially organized manpower to regularly monitor these puppet troops who returned to their hometowns!

The main reason is that the number of puppet troops disbanded this time is too large, and they have to arrange people to supervise them, otherwise they will leave the army and have no income, especially many people who are originally idle, and they are most likely to be because of local social problems! Only by supervising can they be honest!

The New 33rd Army took Hebei back from the Japanese army, and at the same time cut off the north-south communication line of the Japanese army on the land route! The Pinghan railway line was no longer of any use to the Japanese army! It can be said that the whole country celebrates, especially the people of Hebei, and welcomes the arrival of the new 33rd Army!

However, Liao Fan was in a heavy mood, although this was a great achievement for the New 33rd Army, and it was also a strong stroke! But the situation of recovering Hebei this time is very similar to the situation of recovering Shanxi at the beginning! The main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi fled, and now the main force of the Japanese army in Hebei has fled again! What Liao Fan wanted was not such a result, the temporary loss of territory was nothing to the Japanese army, the key was that their main force was preserved, especially the veterans in the troops, which was not news for Liao Fan!

Looking at the distressing place on the map, Liao Fan had mixed feelings! The Pingjin area has been the political, economic and cultural center of China since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a large number of ancient buildings have been preserved in these two places, especially in Beiping, where the value is not ordinary!

Liao Fan didn't want these places to be destroyed by the artillery fire of the war, that is, the calm area invisibly became a talisman for the Japanese army! This is the reason why Liao Fan is depressed!

The Forbidden City and other places in Peking are the heritage of the Chinese nation, if they are destroyed in the war because they want to eliminate the little devils, then there will only be a pile of rubble left to future generations! It's easy to destroy, and it's almost impossible to restore them to their original state! Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops entering Pingjin were equivalent to getting an iron ticket to avoid death.

"Gangcun Ningci...... Okamura Ninji ......"

Liao Fan became more and more aware of how the commander of the Japanese army was famous in China, in such a passive situation, in an almost desperate situation, he found a place for his troops!

Several people in the command looked at Liao Fan, it was a happy thing to recover the lost land in Hebei, but after they heard Liao Fan tell the reason, their hearts also became heavy, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers had a gold medal for avoiding death, and they couldn't fight and scold, they could only watch!

"Unless we take back the four eastern provinces from the Japanese army, I am afraid that the Pingjin area will be far from the protective umbrella of the Japanese army!"

Liao Fan originally wanted to speed up the process of ending the war through this battle in Hebei, but hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops entered the Pingjin area and used the Pingjin area as a barrier to organize the new 33rd Army to develop northward, which was tantamount to slowing down the process of this war!

At this time, Liao Fan could only hope that the Soviet Union would increase its efforts to use troops against Japan, at least so that the Japanese army could mobilize a large number of troops out of the customs and enter the puppet Manchukuo, so as to reduce the pressure on the new 33rd Army as much as possible.

However, after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, the German army was defeated all the way, and now war has been declared on the Japanese army. In particular, German planes penetrated deep into Soviet territory to bomb Soviet industrial facilities, so that the supply of advanced weapons to the Soviet Union was in short supply!

The situation in the Soviet Union is not optimistic, even if it can launch an attack on the Japanese army, it is impossible to fight in depth, and the effect is very small!

Everything has once again reached a stalemate, Liao Fan thought that provoking a war between the two countries would allow China to get out of trouble as soon as possible in this war, but everything seems to be wrong for him, although the defense area of the new 33rd Army has been expanded and the available resources have increased, but the war is still hanging over the heads of the Chinese people and has not been shaken off!

"Brother Fan, Commander Li's telegram! The encircled Japanese army wants to surrender! ”

After the Japanese army in Baoding soon learned that they had no support, their morale plummeted, especially the division commanders of the Japanese army felt that they had been abandoned, what bushido spirit, what honor of the Yamato nation, and what imperial soldiers had become bullshit! He has left it all behind, he has been abandoned by his own empire, so he doesn't want to risk tens of thousands of lives for his empire!

So the Japanese army in Baoding chose to surrender!

"Send them all to the mines, where you still need manpower! The aftermath of Baoding will be handed over to Li Weimin! ”

The result of the Japanese army is already doomed, Liao Fan doesn't care whether they surrender or die in battle, anyway, it is the same for Liao Fan, after surrendering, it is nothing more than tens of thousands of laborers in the mining area, whether these prisoners of war laborers can survive until the end of the war depends on their luck, anyway, Liao Fan does not sympathize with these beasts that are burned and looted on Chinese soil!