All the troops have been deployed, including the troops that have arrived in the Taihang Mountains have begun to have sporadic exchanges of fire with the Japanese army in the northeast, and before all the troops are deployed, it is impossible for them to have a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army is constantly deploying troops to the eastern foot of the Great Khing'an Mountains, and they must understand the situation clearly before they can attack the Japanese army!

Of course, the large-scale arrival of the Chinese army in the Daxing'an Mountains cannot be kept secret, after all, the Japanese army has also learned the news of such a large-scale troop movement in advance, and will definitely go to the Daxing'an Mountains to reconnoiter the situation of the Chinese troops.

However, Okamura Ninji has been reluctant to do anything, because he has not yet received news from the Tohoku! Although he must win this battle, he also knows that if the troops of Taihang Mountain are not transferred, he really does not dare to make a move against Taihang Mountain, even if the troops of Taihang Mountain are guarding the gate of Taihang Mountain, they will not dare to attack Taihang Mountain easily!

Okamura Ningji has already arranged all the scouts in his hands who can be arranged, and they are always keeping an eye on the actions of all the troops in Taihang Mountain, even the local arrangements!

"The last Chinese army in Taiyuan has already left Shanxi on the train, and apart from some Chinese soldiers left behind in the defense zone, there is only a regular combat army in Hebei! Moreover, the main force of this group army is active in the area of Baoding, and the regular army of the Chinese army cannot be seen in other directions at all! "The personnel of the Intelligence Section reported to Okamura Ninji all the recent situation in Taihang Mountain.

"Your Excellency, Commander, should we act?" The chief of staff asked.

"It's time to act!" Okamura Ninji clenched his fists tightly, he was very excited and nervous, "Order our two divisions to attack the defenders in Baoding from the front!" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, the remaining main forces of the Chinese army are deployed around Baoding, why are we still attacking Baoding?"

The chief of staff didn't understand why Okamura Ningji made such a decision, if they bypassed Baoding and launched an attack directly on Taihang Mountain, they would definitely rarely encounter blockades, so they had a very high success rate, and they could end the battle as quickly as possible! It is said that attacking the enemy with his own strengths is short, but why did Okamura Ninji fight to the death with the troops of Taihang Mountain in the front?

"In other directions, there is no Chinese army good! But what is the purpose of our attack on Taihang Mountain? It is to destroy the Chinese army! If we just take down one Taihang Mountain! The living forces of the Chinese army still exist, and they will still have the opportunity to fight us in the future! What I want is to make all the troops in Taihang Mountain lose their combat effectiveness! ”

The chief of staff of the Japanese army and Shen Zhengwen have the same idea, and Okamura Ningji has the same idea as Liao Fan, because only by completely annihilating Li Weimin's ministry can they enter Taihang Mountain unimpeded!

The chief of staff of the little devil did not hesitate any longer, but directly began to give orders to the troops, and the Japanese army began to launch an encirclement towards Baoding!

"Brother Fan, Brother Fan...... The Japanese army was dispatched, and their troops had just left the Pingjin area and entered Hebei! The communications soldier panted and reported to Liao Fan.

"How many troops?"

Compared with the dispatch of the Japanese army, Liao Fan is more concerned about how many troops the Japanese army has dispatched, if he can't bring out the main forces of the Japanese army in the Pingjin area, no matter how perfect the plan arranged by Liao Fan is, he will not be able to achieve the goal that Liao Fan wants!

"According to the scout's report, two divisions of the Japanese army drove out of Beiping, and the direction was Baoding!"

"How are there only two divisions!" Liao Fan chuckled in his heart, he didn't believe that Okamura Ningji would underestimate the strength of their troops so much, there were only two divisions, not to mention taking Baoding, that is, they couldn't even enter within a hundred miles of Baoding!

"Is this Okamura Ninji's vanguard unit, here to explore the way?" Li Lingfei analyzed.

"It's hard to say!"

Liao Fan began to worry faintly in his heart, the Japanese army only arranged two divisions to attack them, and Okamura Ningji still had a large number of troops in his hands, and his combat methods were flexible and mobile, and he could attack Taihang Mountain from other aspects!

If Okamura Ningji just wanted to use the strength of these two divisions to drag Li Weimin and them, and the other troops made a detour to attack Taihang Mountain, then the situation in Taihang Mountain would be very unfavorable!

"Maybe the Japanese army just wants to test our reality!" Shen Zhengwen said.

After the troops sent from Okamura Ningji to leave the Pingjin area, the battle had already begun, and the troops had been deployed, and Liao Fan only had a guard division of 8,000 people in his hands! Without the ability to change, Shen Zhengwen can only think about things for the better!

"I hope so! Order all the scouts, focus on keeping an eye on the main forces of the Japanese army! Don't care about the two divisions that have come out of the Japanese army, they are already meat on our plate, and they can't fly anywhere if they want to! ”

Liao Fan was most worried that Okamura Ningci's main force would come chaotically, if it wasn't according to Liao Fan's thoughts, for Taihang Mountain, Okamura Ningci would not have come to give a big gift, but to give them a catastrophe!

The two divisions of the Japanese army advanced very slowly, and they did not rush directly to Baoding with murderous spirits, on the contrary, it was more like watching the scenery along the way! However, these two divisions of the little devils are not civilized spectators, they swept the villages they passed, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, and many villages emitted heavy black smoke!

"The little devil is so hateful!" Li Weimin, a military commander under him, was very angry after learning that the Japanese army was massacring the people, but he couldn't disobey the military order!

"Although the cost is a bit big this time, I believe that this kind of thing will never happen again in North China in the future!"

On the eve of the battle, Li Weimin had long thought that such a thing would happen, but they couldn't do anything, because if they wanted to inform the people to evacuate early, Okamura Ningji would definitely know from the reaction of the people that Taihang Mountain was playing a trap on them! There will be no attack on them!

In order to win the war, many innocent people must be sacrificed, and this is the most essential problem of war! However, it can also be completely understood that as long as the war between the two countries breaks out, there will be no innocent people in these two countries!

For Taihang Mountain, it was the people who raised them, how could Li Weimin not be heartbroken and anxious in the face of the Japanese army's massacre of the people? But what he can do is kill as many little devils as possible to prevent such a thing from happening again in the future.

"Report to the commander, the speed of the Japanese army's advance is very slow, and it only advances fifty miles in one morning!"

Such a speed is not at all the speed that a mechanized army should have, even the old lady can go so far in the morning! The speed of the Japanese army is even slower than that of the old lady! Li Weimin couldn't figure out what the Japanese army was trying to do, could it be that the purpose of the two divisions was simply to burn, kill and loot?

Of course, Li Weimin would not believe that Okamura Ningji would do such a boring thing, for Li Weimin, all that is left now is to wait, and he needs to wait patiently.

"Pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army at any time, and report to me immediately as long as the Japanese army has abnormal behavior!"

Li Weimin's spirit was highly nervous, this was the sense of oppression brought to him by the Japanese army, after all, their army had to withstand the pressure of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, and if something went wrong, they might have to be wiped out.

On the eve of the battle, when the scouts on both sides come and go, the purpose of their reconnaissance is to get more information about each other, and then attack the opponent's weaknesses!

When the vanguard of the Japanese army marched to sixty miles, Okamura Ninji sent four more divisions of troops, and followed behind the vanguard unhurriedly, because the vanguard had already looted the villages along the way, and the rear troops did not have to do these groceries anymore, so they wanted to see the scenery, but this scenery was composed of gunsmoke and blood, but the little devils were not ashamed but proud, pointing at these bloody scenes, and being proud.

Liao Fan and Li Weimin kept an eye on the movements of the Japanese army at any time, and when the four divisions of the Japanese army were dispatched, Liao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the two divisions in front of him were only here to explore the way, and it could be said that these two divisions were the bait for Okamura Ningji to fish Li Weimin.

The rat pulls the wooden shovel with a big head in the back.

"Okamura Ninji also wants to put us along! But who would be fooled when it's only sixty miles away? ”

In fact, Okamura Ningji prefers to fight steadily and steadily, rather than fishing with the strength of two divisions, if the army of Taihang Mountain takes the initiative to attack, their next four divisions can immediately support, and will not let the two divisions in front of them fall into a dangerous situation! If they didn't encounter much resistance from the troops, they could have reached Baoding safely all the way, combining work and rest along the way, and they didn't have to worry about what would happen!

Okamura Ningci was not in a hurry to attack, on the contrary, Liao Fan and Li Weimin at this time were particularly tormented in their hearts, like ants on a hot pot constantly walking around, the Japanese army's way of squeezing toothpaste was really a headache, because Liao Fan was most worried about Okamura Ningci to keep his back hand and wait for them, after all, Liao Fan did not have many troops in his hands, and the Japanese army still had a large number of troops in the Pingjin area, if Okamura Ningci did not expose his hole cards, Liao Fan would always be careful!

"It seems that Li Weimin is going to suffer this time!"

If the Japanese army just keeps sending troops out like this, their armored army and Cunqi's troops will not be able to rush back, and even Tian Ziqi will not be able to rush to the battlefield with his troops, once they are caught by surprise, they will at most wipe out the two divisions of the Japanese army exploring the way, and most of the other troops will flee back to the Pingjin area, as long as they guard the Pingjin area, they can ensure that the Shanhai Pass is foolproof, and Taihang Mountain will not dare to use troops in the northeast through the Shanhai Pass.

"Yes! Li Weimin and they are going to go up for a few more days, it is estimated that it will be a war of attrition! ”

Looking at the speed of the Japanese army's actions, it seems that there is no intention of a quick victory, and if it really becomes a war of attrition, it will be the most uncomfortable thing for Li Weimin.