The Japanese army also invested more and more troops on the front line, Okamura Ninji thought that after the Chinese army withdrew from the first line of defense, they would attack the second line of defense of the Chinese army much easier, but what he didn't expect was that the first line of defense took them more than three days, and the second line of defense has passed more than ten days, and they have not made the slightest progress, and the number of troops invested before and after has reached 250,000 people.

Okamura Ninji began to worry faintly in his heart, and at the same time, he was also glad that he had prepared enough troops, otherwise their battle plan would have been ruined before half of it.

"I didn't expect the Chinese to be so stubborn in their will to fight!"

The new 33rd Army is obviously different from the Chinese army they have encountered before, the strongest Chinese army that Okamura Ningji encountered on the battlefield should be regarded as the elite of Luo Zhuoying's Central Army, although Luo Zhuoying's troops insisted on fighting with them for so long, but in the end, it took more than ten days for Okamura Ningji to defeat Luo Zhuoying's main force.

But now the New 33rd Army has held out on to their second line of defense for more than ten days, and has no intention of taking a step back. When the Central Army was first attacked, the Japanese army did not invest so many troops, and now they continue to send troops to the front line.

Okamura Ninji also did not have the initial composure, he had sent many telegrams to the front-line troops, asking them to break through the positions of the Chinese army as quickly as possible, and then penetrate in depth to divide and surround the Chinese army.

However, the position of the Chinese army was as stable as Mount Tai, and the Japanese army lost their troops, leaving countless corpses in front of the position, and did not capture the troops they defended at Hu Guoshan.

"Your Excellency Commander, should we let the Shanxi side attack the New 33rd Army first?" Okamura Ningji's secretary has been in frequent contact with Jin Suijun in the past few days.

"It's not yet a critical time, you have to remember that the Chinese are unreliable!"

Although Jin Suijun's side took the initiative to ask for cooperation, Okamura Ninji didn't trust them at all. In the end, they were still enemies with the Jin Suijun, and they only came together for temporary benefits.

The most important thing is that the Japanese army is now in a state of anxiety in the battle with the new 33rd Army, and if it continues to fight according to the current way, when the new 33rd Army is eliminated, the Japanese army will have no troops to advance westward to fight against the Jin Sui Army, and the most advantageous one at that time will be the Jin Sui Army.

The main thing now is not how to cooperate with the Jin Sui Army, but to find a way to take the second line of defense of the New 33rd Army, otherwise this battle will be a crushing victory if it is won.

"Now that there is a stalemate on the front, do we continue to send more troops?"

Okamura Ningji repeatedly considered whether to continue to send more troops, he knew that the New 33rd Army had not yet used all its forces to defend, if they sent more troops to the front line, he would have fewer and fewer hole cards in his hand, and when the final decisive battle with the main force of the New 33rd Army was held, he would not have the strength to crush the New 33rd Army.

"Let the Kwantung Army go up, I hope they can work!" Okamura Ninji finally decided to send the two divisions of the Kwantung Army to the front line, he couldn't care so much anymore, he just hoped that the lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army would not deliberately make trouble for him.

The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army was also surprised after receiving Okamura Ninji's telegram, but he didn't expect Okamura Ninji to arrange them to an important position. However, after analyzing the situation of the Japanese attack in the past few days, he became very clear why Okamura Ninji sent them to the front.

"Hmph, with so many troops, we can't even take the position of the Chinese army, and he Gangcun insults the honor of our Imperial Japanese Army!" The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army was arrogant, and although he was dissatisfied with Okamura Ninji, he was glad that he finally had the opportunity to play an important role in this war.

"We have to let Gangcun see how our Kwantung Army fought this battle!"

The Japanese Kwantung Army can be said to be marching towards the battlefield with great vigor and high spirits, and the soldiers of the Kwantung Army naturally also have a sense of pride, which is the arrogance of their efforts to fight in Northeast China for many years and make outstanding contributions to Japan, and because of the non-resistance of the Northeast Army, they have already ignored the Chinese army, and now when they encounter the new 33rd Army, they only have the arrogance of eagerness to try.

At this time, Hu Guoshan was frequently talking on the phone with the troops on the front line in his headquarters, and he had to understand the situation of not having a regiment, and he wanted to ensure that each regiment would give full play to its combat effectiveness, but he also had to ensure that each regiment would not be crippled here and lose its combat effectiveness.

"Two more days, two more days!" Hu Guoshan told himself that he would definitely be able to hold on.

There were more and more Japanese troops on the opposite side, from 100,000 to 200,000 at the beginning, and now the Japanese army is supporting nearly 300,000 troops, and the whole line of defense is constantly firing gunfire 24 hours a day.

Just today, Hu Guoshan received a call from the front line, the mouth of the Zhanghe River was lost, and more than 30,000 Japanese troops were crossing the mouth of the Zhanghe River, and then went around to the back of Hu Guoshan's division, and Hu Guoshan had to arrange a regiment to block the Japanese army.

According to Hu Guoshan's plan, he would defend the second line of defense for half a month, but now it seems that because of the loss of Zhanghekou, they are likely to withdraw from the second line of defense in advance.

"Lao Hu, the Kwantung Army, which we have been paying attention to, has appeared!" Zhao Caizhu hurriedly ran into the headquarters and reported the new situation on the battlefield to Hu Guoshan.

"The Kwantung Army? Where is it? ”

Before the battle, they had already received information that the Kwantung Army with two divisions had entered the pass and reached North China, with the purpose of targeting the New 33rd Army.

"In this place, in front of the positions defended by the New Eighth Regiment and the New Eleventh Regiment, they launched a fierce attack on the positions defended by our army as soon as they arrived at the front line today!" Zhao Caizhu pointed to a location for Hu Guoshan on the map and said.

"It seems that Okamura Ninji has been impatient to wait, and now he is anxious to take down our army's position, and in that case, I will not let him succeed!" Hu Guoshan knew that Okamura Ningji must be in a hurry, otherwise the Kwantung Army would not have delayed for so long to reach the battlefield.

"Let the New Sixth Regiment and the New Ninth Regiment rest and let them support the New Eighth Regiment and the New Eleventh Regiment!"

Hu Guoshan made a quick decision, he did not dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army, especially the Kwantung Army with high morale, their troops have been fighting on the front line for so long, and the morale of the troops is inevitably a little low, and if they encounter the Kwantung Army with high morale, it will be very unfavorable to them.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to notify them and let them support the front line!"

"Don't go, let Staff Officer Xu go! I have important things to arrange for you! ”

The sudden reinforcement of the Kwantung Army made Hu Guoshan smell the smell in the air that he didn't look for, he wanted to break off Okamura Ningji's minions first, he was fighting the arrogant Kwantung Army!

"Lao Hu, you say!"

"You take all our resting troops in the rear to the Kham Valley to set up a third line of defense, and all the troops cannot retreat a step back until our troops have retreated through the Cam Valley! You must know that this is a matter of life and death for the main forces of our army! ”

Although Hu Guoshan did not mobilize all of Okamura Ningji's troops, he had already drawn out a big fish, and he decided to put this big fish in the pot first, and when the time came, he was slowly cleaning up Okamura Ningji's troops.

"This ...... Lao Hu, what about you? "Zhao Caizhu knew that he had taken away all the reserves of their division, in case there was a problem on the front line, Hu Guoshan did not have any reinforcements to send here, and the Japanese army could drive straight in, not to mention the third line of defense, it was likely to directly enter Taihang Mountain to burn and loot.

"You don't have to worry about me here, remember that you only have two days, the Kanghe Valley is an important passage into the Taihang Mountain, once you are not well prepared, everything we have done now and before will be in vain, after you arrive at the Kanghe Valley, send a telegram to Brother Fan, telling him that the mouth of the Kanghe Valley will be the decisive battle site between us and the Japanese Kwantung Army in the evening two days later!"

The war was originally a gamble, risking the lives of millions of people to gamble on the fate of a country and a nation, and Hu Guoshan was also gambling that they would be able to withstand the two-day attack of the Japanese army of 300,000 without any support, and prepare for the final elimination of the two divisions of the Kwantung Army.

Zhao Caizhu didn't say much, the two of them have been together for two years, he knows Hu Guoshan's character, no one can change the decision he makes, all he can do is carry out the order.

"I'm waiting for you to come back in the Cam Valley!"

After speaking, Zhao Caizhu left the headquarters and drove into the distance.

"From today onwards, all the personnel in the command, whether you are civilians or combatants, will bring me wounded guns, whether it is pistols or long guns, everyone has at least one in their hands! I don't want you to kill yourself, I just want you to use weapons to save your own lives at the most critical time! ”

Hu Guoshan was not very sure that he would be able to hold out for two days, he no longer had reserves, only these staff officers and civilian personnel around him, more than ninety percent of these people had never been on the battlefield, and the rest had not fired a gun except for shooting on the training ground.

Now that it was the most critical moment, Hu Guoshan didn't want his soldiers to put the gun in his hand to his head when he was most powerless. He wasn't sure how many people would be scattered during the retreat, but at least they would save their lives at the critical moment with the weapons in their hands and find their team alive.

There was a tense atmosphere in the headquarters, and for the first time they carefully checked their guns and brought them with them.

"Hopefully everyone will have good luck in the next two days!"

Hu Guoshan has lost his guard battalion, and all the troops that can fight are not capable of protecting them, and now there is only self-preservation and luck!

All the personnel in the headquarters nodded lightly, did not complain about Hu Guoshan's arrangement, and then buried their heads and continued to do their work. They believed in Hu Guoshan, and even more believed that the soldiers on the front line would be able to hold out for two days.