In a tight day, Hu Guoshan had already determined that the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area had really retreated, and the Japanese army was boarded by more than 100,000 troops and the train went south into Henan.

After Liao Fan learned that the Japanese army had retreated, the first thing he did was to inform Li Zongren in Laohekou and tell him that the Japanese army had retreated, and they could also withdraw, and if the Japanese army reached Henan, it would definitely launch a large-scale counterattack against them, and when the troops wanted to withdraw and could not retreat, it would cause unnecessary losses.

"Order the troops to retreat!"

Li Zongren was a little sorry, if the Japanese army retreated two days late, they might really recover the lost territory in southern Henan, but now they have to retreat on all fronts and give up the lost territory that has been recovered again, after all, there are not many strategic garrisons in these places, and the influx of more than 100,000 Japanese troops into Henan will definitely launch a war against them again to fight for these places.

However, they were not without gains, and the Japanese suffered a lot of losses in this battle, especially the warehouses and arsenals in various places were looted by them, and a large amount of materials were captured, which could be used to equip their troops.

The Fifth Theater has not had such a bumper harvest for a long time, and the materials seized from the Japanese army are enough to equip a large number of troops.

As soon as the troops were withdrawn, a telegram from Chongqing was sent to Li Zongren's headquarters, of course, this was not a telegram commending the Fifth Theater for his meritorious service in the operation, but a telegram asking Li Zongren why he wanted to cooperate with the New 33rd Army.

"Chairman Jiang is much better informed than before!"

Li Zongren only smiled lightly at Chairman Chiang's telegram, but he did not plan to go to Chongqing, although Chairman Chiang strictly ordered him to go back to Chongqing to give him a good explanation, but Li Zongren knew that if he returned to Chongqing, I am afraid that he would never be able to return to the Fifth War Zone, and although Chairman Chiang would not kill him, it was still possible to take the opportunity to seize his military power.

"Send a telegram to Chairman Chiang, saying that I don't know about the New 33rd Army, and fighting the Japanese army is only our duty as Chinese!"

"Is that all?" The secretary asked.

"Chairman Jiang is a smart man, it doesn't take much for him to know better than us, and replying to him with these two sentences has already shown our attitude! Chairman Chiang won't do anything to us! ”

Li Zongren was very confident, no matter whether he helped the New 33rd Army or not, Chairman Chiang knew very well in his heart, and explained to Chairman Chiang that it was just to make Chairman Chiang feel more comfortable, and what he could really rely on was his own troops, and if there was no such force, I am afraid that Chairman Chiang would not have sent him a telegram so politely, but directly sent someone to arrest him.

The defeat of the Jin Sui army made Chairman Jiang very depressed, because in the northwest of Jin Dynasty, Yan Laoxi was very important to limit the strength of a certain force, and the Jin Sui army was gone, which would inevitably make them rebound, and relying on the central army alone was no longer enough to limit their development.

And now that Li Zongren's department in the Fifth War Zone is very close to Taihang Mountain, how can Chairman Jiang feel comfortable.

"It seems that you have to be careful in the future, otherwise Chairman Jiang will dismiss me again!" Li Zongren laughed at himself.

The last time something like this happened, it was just that Chairman Jiang was too vindictive and dismissed Li Zongren's official, but no one in the Gui army listened to him, Chairman Jiang, and this matter ended up unhappily, and Chairman Jiang lost face.

Everyone knows that there is no one to replace Li Zongren's position in the Gui army, although Bai Chongxi, the newly rising general of the Gui army, is very close to Chairman Jiang, but if it is really replaced by Bai Chongxi, not many people in the Gui army obey his orders. If such an important anti-Japanese force loses its leader, it will inevitably become a plate of scattered sand, and the Fifth Theater will have no way to stop the iron hooves of the Japanese army, and in the end it will be Chongqing that is unlucky.

"Do you want a telegram from the New 33rd Army?" The secretary asked Li Zongren.

"Just reply in one sentence, don't forget Gou Fugui!"

Li Zongren does not seem to restrict the development of Liao Fan and the New 33rd Army, if one day in the future, the New 33rd Army will really become bigger, and their Gui Army will be forced to have no way out, he thinks that the last choice is Liao Fan.

No one can say the road ahead, and it is better to have one more choice than no way out.

When Liao Fan saw Li Zongren's reply, he just smiled lightly: "It's all an old fox!" ”

In any case, the matter of the eastern line of Taihang was completely resolved, and the Jingcheng area once again regained stability, and presumably, they also successfully invaded Henan, seized part of the mountainous area of northern Henan, and to the north can threaten the suspected Hefengfeng mining area, and the Japanese army may not have a good life to live in Hebei.

However, Liao Fan still had one more thing that he had not forgotten, that is, the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area, so he wanted to go to Datong first to see Li Weimin's troops.

In this operation, the Japanese army was mainly contained in the north, and there was no large-scale battle with Li Weimin's troops, so the losses were not large, and Li Weimin's troops were replenished with a large number of new recruits from Shanxi, and the troop expansion was also very rapid, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

"Brother Fan, this is the current situation of our troops, the strength is about 30,000, I don't know the specific number, only the regiment commander below knows it!" Li Weimin smiled awkwardly.

The officers of the New 33 rd Army have all learned badly, and they are all secretive about their equipment and numbers, and they don't tell the truth at all, and no one knows how many of them there are; anyway, each regiment now has its own defense area, and it has the final say in the war, and as long as it is not a large-scale combat operation, there is no need to report to Li Weimin at all, because after all, this has combat efficiency.

If there is a battle that is reported to the higher levels one by one, as in Chongqing, when the report is sent to Chairman Chiang, the battle will be halfway over, and the inefficiency will easily cause the commander to miscalculate, and this is the most taboo thing in war.

"Okay, you Li Weimin has also become a rich man! This time, I came here for only one thing, and that was to solve the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area, and completely solve the problem of our new 33rd Army behind the scenes! ”

No matter how many troops there are, the most important thing at present is to understand their opponents first, they don't even know the defensive deployment of the Japanese fortifications and the situation of troops and equipment, even if Li Weimin now has 100,000 troops in his hands, Liao Fan is not absolutely sure to win this battle.

Knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, now they have a black eye on the Japanese army, they don't know anything, if they fight hard, I'm afraid they will lose the most.

"I ...... This...... Van Ge ...... We ......"

During this period of time, Li Weimin's troops entered the stage of all-out defense, and they did not have the energy to reconnoiter the underground fortifications of the Japanese army, and now he knew nothing about the underground fortifications of the Japanese army.

"Okay, I don't blame you for this matter, since the Japanese army built the underground fortifications without us noticing, they must have done extremely secret work, and we can't blame you for not detecting it for a while!"

Liao Fan knew very well that this matter was not someone's responsibility, after all, the Japanese army's secrecy was very strict, and even the construction of the matter was not revealed, and it would definitely be a waste of time to reconnoiter clearly.

Moreover, the Japanese fortifications are underground, not on the surface, and if you want to reconnoiter clearly, you must go into the underground fortifications to check out, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty, and this is not an ordinary reconnaissance work.

"Do you have any good countermeasures?"

"Not yet, we haven't found the entrance to the Japanese army's underground fortifications, and the Japanese army has set up a secret post in that area, and the security work is very comprehensive!"

Of course, military places are not something that ordinary people can get close to, especially the areas fortified by the little devils, who are very strict with their own people, not to mention those strangers who want to get close to their military places.

Reconnaissance work is the biggest trouble, and Liao Fan and they don't have clairvoyance, so they can see the underground directly from the surface. The only way Liao Fan thought of was to disguise himself as a Japanese and then infiltrate the underground fortifications of the Japanese army, and then find out the situation of the Japanese army.

However, this work was a huge test for the scouts, after all, the exit of the Japanese underground fortifications was fixed, and once they found someone infiltrating, as long as the exit was blocked, none of the personnel they infiltrated could escape.

Therefore, Liao Fan must specify a very careful plan to ensure that the intelligence work can be transmitted at any time, and to ensure the safety of the infiltrated personnel, of course, the infiltrated soldiers must know Japanese, which is the most basic condition.

From the Japanese aspect, Liao Fan naturally thought of the soldiers of the special warfare division Huang Changsheng, who had been burdened with important tasks from the beginning of their establishment, and reconnaissance was only their most basic skill.

"Send a telegram to the command and ask Changsheng to come over with a hundred soldiers, remember that you must be proficient in Japanese!"

made a decision immediately, Liao Fan felt that the matter could not be delayed any longer, If the matter is delayed the more difficult it will be to solve, who knows if the little devil will do some unsightly things underground, it is better to solve the matter early than later.

"Brother Fan, how long have you been with me?"

"What's wrong? Are you in a hurry to get me away? ”

"No, I have to arrange a place for you to live, now that Datong has returned to the people, our new 33rd Army basically doesn't ask about local government affairs, so I don't have a place for you to live in Datong, I have to arrange troops to protect you!"

The last time Liao Fan had an accident, he was in Datong, and everyone of them was nervous, and he definitely couldn't let Liao Fan have problems anymore, otherwise his responsibility for Li Weimin would be really too great.

Moreover, except for one regiment of troops stationed outside the city, all the troops in Datong were not allowed to enter the city to harass the people without an order, and the law and order in the city was maintained by the police, and there was no need for troops. That is to say, the army of the New 33rd Army does not have a private territory in Datongcheng, it is all owned by the local people, and the New 33rd Army is only responsible for taxes.

"Just arrange me a place to live, I'll stay here for two more days, and see your troops first!"

Liao Fan planned to stay on a permanent basis, and once the reconnaissance of the Japanese army had a result, he was ready to personally go to the headquarters of the Seventh Army to discuss the seizure of the Japanese army's underground fortifications this time.