At the same time, accompanied by senior cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the chairman and others separately inspected several large cities under the control of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the main areas to be inspected were small urban circles around Guisui, such as Baotou and Jining.

It just so happened that in the past few days, Shen Yuquan's subordinates have sent back the equipment and horses of the cavalry group that Han Yunhua wanted, and the scene of 30,000 war horses galloping is not very common in Saibei, let alone a southerner like the chairman. When Han Yunhua took the chairman and others to the suburbs in a car to greet the horse team of the Suidong Military Division, the scene directly stunned the central leaders.

Later, when he learned the news that the Inner Mongolia Military Region could now organize an army of more than 100,000 cavalry, the chairman immediately made a decision and demanded that the Inner Mongolia Military Region transfer 10,000 horses and supporting weapons and equipment to Yan'an, and after training, these 10,000 cavalry would be assigned to the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and several other ** base areas.

didn't say it, since the central leaders have spoken, what can Han Yunhua say, isn't it just 10,000 war horses, as long as the troops are not transferred, the rest is easy to say. However, Han Yunhua's thoughts had just turned a few times before he heard what he was most afraid of, and the chairman and others hoped that the Inner Mongolia Military Region could transfer some troops to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and the number of troops would not be required, and all the cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region would have the final say.

Of course, the chairman's trip made a clear characterization of the behavior of Li Jianqiang and others, and severely punished Li Jianqiang and others, although in the end Han Yunhua did not fulfill his promise and executed the executioner who killed Liu Mingyuan and other cadres, but the chairman promised that in the future, such a large-scale review of the cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region would not be carried out, and even if problems were found during the examination, they would be dealt with with the consent of the leaders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the cadres would never be executed privately. This point was clearly put forward by the chairman at the first military congress of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and Han Yunhua was very satisfied with this point.

In addition, the chairman and others also appraised the work of the cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the senior cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were highly appraised.

On 11 April, the chairman and others returned to Yan'an by car under the protection of a special operations brigade, accompanied by a garrison group sent by Han Yunhua, and Han Yunhua's two sons, Han Poyu and Li Jianguo, who also returned to Yan'an with the chairman.

It was not Han Yunhua's idea to let his two sons return to Yan'an, but Yuhan's proposal, because Yuhan had already received the latest order issued by the central government, Li Yuhan, deputy director of the rear general hospital of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, was promoted to director of the political department and acting political commissar of the new 38th Division. The main force of the new 38th Division is Wang Zhen's 359th Brigade, Baotou Garrison 2nd Brigade and other troops, and the division commander is Wang Zhen, a fierce general of the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving the appointment from the Central Committee, Li Yuhan originally did not want to be transferred, on the one hand, because of her own ability problems, although she is Han Yunhua's wife and a genuine college graduate, but after all, in terms of qualifications for enlistment, she is just a recruit who has just been in the army for less than three years, and it is indeed a bit too much to mention the level of division political commissar at once. In addition, the three children in the family are very young and need someone to take care of them, and they can still take care of these little ones when they work nearby, but if they serve in the field army, they will not be able to take care of the children at all, so Li Yuhan did not plan to accept this appointment from the central government at first.

However, the chairman and others also have their own considerations, and the incident that the central cadre review group has done this time is really too great, and the impact caused is also extremely bad, and now there are soldiers and grassroots cadres who privately spread that Commander Han Yunhua has been suspected and distrusted by the central leadership, otherwise no one would have been able to target the Inner Mongolia Military Region like that. These voices have put a lot of pressure on the central authorities, and they have also forced the chairman and others to think of a way to eliminate this undesirable influence. On the one hand, the promotion of Li Yuhan was indeed to take care of Han Yunhua, and at the same time, it was also to show everyone in the Inner Mongolia Military Region that the central government's trust in Han Yunhua was as always, and that rumors stopped at the wise and lies were self-defeating.

With such considerations, Yuhan could only accept the appointment head-on. But in this way, these children must find someone to entrust, Xiao Sihan is easy to say, because the chairman personally spoke, so Xiao Sihan's identity has been confirmed, no one can attack Han Yunhua with this, and this little guy is more than four years old, Xiaomei has no problem taking care of her, and she does not delay work. However, the two sons were tired when they were tired, and it was not possible to stay in the military region at all, and some time ago, Yuhan planned to let his mother help him take care of the children, so he took advantage of the opportunity for the chairman and others to return to Yan'an, and Yuhan proposed to let the chairman bring his two sons to his mother. Of course, the chairman and others were happy to do this, and immediately agreed to Yuhan's request. …,

The names of Han Yunhua's two sons are also very interesting, and the eldest son Han Poyu is easy to say, and the meaning of the name can be seen at a glance. But the youngest son Li Jianguo is very strange whether he has a surname or a name, Han Yunhua's surname is Han and his son's surname is Li, but Han Yunhua doesn't care about it. He knew that his mother-in-law, who was both a benefactor and a teacher, had the biggest regret in his life that he did not leave incense for the Li family, so it was a good idea to let his youngest son follow his mother's surname, but Yuhan and his mother-in-law had a wish. Anyway, whether it is surnamed Han or surnamed Li, he is not his son of Han Yunhua, and no one can change this.

After the central inspection team left, Han Yunhua immediately threw himself into new work, and because of the inspection by the central leaders during this period, many things in the military region were put on hold, and there were many things that had been backlogged.

Military Region Command, Han Yunhua's Office.

"Zhuang Fei, is there any new and important information in the past few days?"

"Commander, there are a lot of backlogs in the past few days, the most important thing is the news from the Shandong front that the 21st Division of the Japanese North China Front Army and the troops sent to Dezhou seem to be going to capture Hengshui, and its forward forces have arrived in Longhua Town, and the Nationalist Government has also sent a telegram, they agreed to the commander's request to release 25 Class A political prisoners of our army, but our army must ensure that not an inch of land is lost, and the number of the three infantry divisions that are ready to be given to our army will be reduced to one, and no weapons and equipment will be given. What to do and the commander's instructions, Lao Yang at the front line can't wait. Qian Zhuangfei straightened out his mind and said.

Han Yunhua thought for a while and said: "Lao Jiang has a good calculation, but there is no way, 25 elites for two infantry divisions, this transaction is not cost-effective for us, forget it, let Lao Jiang get a little cheap this time." Ordered Yang Chengwu to give me a hard blow to the arrogance of the little devil, and the idea of an infantry division would dare to fight Hebei, hasn't he tried it yet? Tell Yang Chengwu to let go of his hands and feet, and this time I will send an aviation brigade to support them. ”

"Okay, I've got a note on that. There is also one thing about the independent 77th Division, yesterday the Third Army of the Japanese Kwantung Army withdrew from Shanhaiguan, and now there is not even a little devil outside Shanhaiguan. In addition, the elite of about an infantry brigade of the Japanese army suddenly appeared in Shuangliao, and it seems that they want to support Tongliao, should we send troops to support Commander Shen Yuquan? Qian Zhuangfei continued.

"There is no need for support, there is no plan to clash head-on with the Japanese Kwantung Army in the plan of the Suidong Army Division's eastward advance this time, so Lao Shen will not be entangled with the elite of the Japanese army, I think the two sides are likely to withdraw their troops after entanglement in the banner counties around Tongliao. Moreover, the Eastern Army Sub-district now has nearly 200,000 troops, and if there are more troops, I am afraid that several other military sub-districts will have opinions. Moreover, now that the territory of our military region has expanded, it is necessary to have a new reorganization plan, and the previous division of military divisions does not seem to be very suitable for the current form. However, fortunately, the plan for the reorganization of military subdivisions that had been divided before had hardly been implemented, otherwise it would have been really difficult to reorganize. Han Yunhua analyzed.

Qian Zhuangfei said: "That's okay, almost all of Lao Shen's troops are cavalry, he made a fortune this time, even if it is infantry, almost everyone has a horse, although all the ones that are missing are war horses, but it is still easy to retreat." ”

"It seems that I knocked this bamboo pole a little lightly this time, and it is not easy for them this time, I heard that the cavalry unit of Aolige has lost nearly 20,000 people, although more than 10,000 people who were injured were able to recover their combat effectiveness, but the number of sacrifices also exceeded 10,000, that is the elite they have trained for more than three years, and they were lost in the Saibei grassland, and no one feels good in their hearts, let's let them hand over some of the spoils of war this time, even if it is the military region to support them." Han Yunhua said with a smile.

Qian Zhuangfei couldn't help smacking his tongue in his heart, the secret commander's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, the first battle made the military subdivisions below hand over more than 30,000 war horses, and he was not satisfied, thinking that only a small cavalry regiment made the commander happy for a long time, and also made the heads of the Eighth Route Army headquarters very envious.

Look at the fact that now the military region not only has its own cavalry and artillery, but even has its own aviation, although there are only more than 80 aircraft, but it is also its own aviation unit, and it is no longer so distant and unattainable in terms of fighting for air supremacy.

Later, Qian Zhuangfei put forward some suggestions on the handling of the cadres who died in the military region, and Han Yunhua gave instructions one by one, and Han Yunhua was busy with these things all morning. …,

Han Yunhua judged that for a long time to come, the biggest task of the Inner Mongolia Military Region would not be to fight, but how to restore production and reorganize the troops. After this period of fighting, both the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the Japanese puppet army should be exhausted, of course, on the surface both sides look very muscular, but in fact, I don't know what the situation is.

Therefore, Han Yunhua believes that although the Japanese army looks unrelenting on the surface, it actually does not want to fight with Han Yunhua's department, although they also want to take advantage of Han Yunhua's department to completely solve Han Yunhua's department, but Okamura Ningji knows very well that now Han Yunhua's department has become a climate, and it is not something that can be solved in a short period of time.

With Han Yunhua's instructions, Yang Chengwu commanded the troops on the Shandong front to immediately launch a counterattack against the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, and the two brigades of the 300th Division immediately drove towards Hualong Town.

Okamura Ninji couldn't figure out whether Han Yunhua really wanted to fight to the death with the North China Front or use the North China Front this time, so he did not order the 21st Division to retreat at the first time. Yang Chengwu did not give up, and seized the opportunity to suddenly increase two infantry divisions and an artillery regiment to the front line of Hualong Town, and the two infantry divisions stationed in Nangong at the same time were also immediately transferred to the direction of Linqing. In order to show that the Inner Mongolia Military Region attached great importance to this battle, on the second day of the battle, the Chinese side even dispatched a small number of aviation units, inflicting huge losses on the 21st Division, which was caught off guard.

Okamura Ningji was taken aback by the sudden strong performance of Han Yunhua's department, and also realized that Han Yunhua's department was preparing to play seriously this time, but now that the North China Front Army had just gained a foothold in Shandong, the hidden dangers left by the previous rout of the North China Front Army still existed, and they were not ready for the main decisive battle with the Chinese army at all.

After discussing with Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Okamura Ninji finally decided to immediately stop entanglement with the Chinese army, otherwise this battle would once again cause a life-and-death decisive battle between the Chinese army and the imperial army, and in terms of the current comprehensive strength, the imperial army was likely to suffer, so Okamura Ningji immediately ordered the 21st Division on the front line and the new 1st Division of the Imperial Allied Army to withdraw immediately, and also sent two infantry brigades to meet the 21st Division near Dezhou.

The retreat of the Japanese army had long been expected by Han Yunhua, so Han Yunhua did not feel so surprised when Yang Chengwu's telegram came. On the contrary, Shen Yuquan also sent an armistice telegram, which made Han Yunhua quite strange, the Kwantung Army actually withdrew from Tongliao, and the infantry wing of the Japanese army stationed in Tongliao did not know for some reason that it quietly withdrew from Tongliao this morning and withdrew in the direction of Shuangliao. Due to the sudden withdrawal of the Japanese army, Shen Yuquan's troops stationed on the front line did not have time to pursue, and it was quite surprising that his colleagues went down without a fight.

Han Yunhua and a staff officer analyzed for a long time and didn't analyze what was going on, but Han Yunhua still judged that there should be something wrong within the Kwantung Army, otherwise it would be impossible to escape without a fight with the Kwantung Army's consistent strength, this is not the combat style of hardcore bushido soldiers.

However, soon Li Dingguo sent an urgent telegram explaining the reason, it turned out that the day before yesterday, the Soviet Red Army's defense line suddenly advanced 15 kilometers, and even a large-scale armored force appeared, which made the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed on the Sino-Soviet border very alarmed, and the Kwantung Army Command thought that their prediction had come true, and the Soviet Red Army was going to jointly attack Manchuria with the Chinese army, so it would urgently stop the troops' provocation to Han Yunhua's headquarters, and at the same time report the situation to the domestic base camp.

The Japanese base camp did not expect that the Soviet army would make a change at this time, because many strategic experts in Japan had made a comprehensive analysis of the current situation of the Soviet Union, and then came to the conclusion that the Soviet Union would not and could not launch an attack on the Kwantung Army in Manchuria in a short period of time, so the base camp decided to send troops south to Southeast Asia. It can be said that Japan took a great risk by sending troops to Southeast Asia, and if the Soviet Red Army had sent troops to Manchuria at that time, then the United States, Britain and other countries would not have lost so badly in Southeast Asia.

Now, although the Japanese army is making great progress in Southeast Asia, both the army and the navy have achieved great results, and now except for the Sino-British coalition forces in Burma, mainly the hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces of the Kuomintang, who are still resolutely resisting, the whole of Southeast Asia has almost ceased fighting. The United States also lost a lot of naval battles, having recently lost an important naval base in Hawaii. But this does not mean that Japan already has the ability to fight in many ways, and now the Japanese assistant army is still contained on the Chinese battlefield, and the remaining about 30 elite infantry have been sent to Southeast Asia, even if a strategic group like the Kwantung Army does not have many reserve forces, so now as soon as the Soviet Red Army has an action, Japan will immediately become sensitive. …,

By this time, the situation in Japan had begun to force the Japanese cabinet to find other ways to deal with the sudden actions of the Soviet Red Army, because Japan was now unable to wage a full-scale war with the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain, China, the Netherlands, and other countries.

Japan immediately telegraphed its ambassador to Germany to meet with the mustachioed Führer as soon as possible, and told Germany to increase pressure on the Soviet Union in order to prevent the Soviet Union from sending troops to Manchukuo. At the same time, the Japanese Kwantung Army also sent envoys to actively contact the Soviet Far East Command to seek a peaceful settlement of the Manchurian dispute.

Besides, Ivanov actually took a great risk this time, you must know that the Japanese army has always been constantly provoking the Soviet Red Army, even the Battle of Nomenkan in 1939 was only forced by Japan to fight back. However, this time the Red Army moved its position fifteen kilometers to the south for reasons that it had to move, and Ivanov had already figured out how to explain it to the High Command, and at the same time was ready to fight a small-scale local battle with Japan.

But to Ivanov's surprise, little Japan, which had always been arrogant, actually retreated this time, actively sought a diplomatic solution to this "dispute", and even sent an envoy. This is impossible in 10,000, except, of course, Marshal Zhukov beat the Japanese two years ago.

Ivanov was also not a fuel-efficient man, who could survive Stalin's purges and held such a high position as an officer. Ivanov thought about it, and then consulted with several veterans of the Soviet Union who were secretly imprisoned, and finally figured out the reason why the Japanese could be so weak.

Ivanov didn't expect that those veterans who were secretly imprisoned would give such a high evaluation to the Chinese general he had never met, let alone that the Chinese army would have such a great deterrent power, and even Little Japan, a powerful country that swept through Southeast Asia and East Asia, did not dare to face the attack of this army and the Red Army, which made Ivanov surprised and felt a little ......lucky.