The Ninth Brigade had been retreating for nearly thirty miles, and finally stopped at Qingyang Town for repairs. In just one day, the entire Ninth Brigade lost more than 1,200 people, and at the same time more than 40 combat vehicles were completely destroyed, a defeat that was unacceptable to Major General Noboru Kunisaki.

Moreover, he couldn't hide this matter, such a major defeat could not be concealed by his small infantry brigade commanders, so as soon as he withdrew to Qingyang Town, Major General Kunisaki Noboru sent a telegram to his superior, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, to report in detail to the division commander about today's defeat in battle. Of course, Major General Noboru Kunisaki was very experienced in dealing with these things, and he did not call the defeat of the battle a fiasco like an ordinary officer, but gave it a term like defeat.

Ando Toshiyoshi, who had just arrived at Wangjialou, received a telegram from Major General Kunizaki Noboru and his first reaction was not anger but deep surprise, he had already heard of the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, whether it was the troops of the North China Front Army in the northern defense region or some divisions of the Kwantung Army, they all admired this army commanded by the Han Demon King, who was famous throughout the imperial army, and even sometimes Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi had to suspect that those guys had mythologized that branch of the army.

Ando Toshikichi had been studying this branch of China before, and through analysis, he found that the China army entrenched in the north of China was indeed different from the ordinary China army, and their tactical guiding ideology was very advanced, far more advanced than that of the vast majority of the imperial troops. And the soldiers of this army seem to know very well what they are doing, it has been more than three years since the realization of this branch of the army entering the imperial army, but in such a long period of time, the imperial army has fought with this army no less than hundreds of times, but the empire is almost every battle must be defeated, and every battle must be lost. What is most unacceptable to Ando Toshikichi is that there are about 400,000 prisoners in the custody of the entire China Army, but less than 4,000 belong to the Eighth Route Army of China, and less than 50 people belong to Han Yunhua's department.

Moreover, these captives were so hard-boned that no matter how the Empire interrogated them, they found almost nothing, and even if they used high-ranking officials to extort confessions, they could not get useful information from the mouths of those captives. Some prisoners knew that there was no hope of escaping and even decisively chose to commit suicide, so among all the troops and political groups that have received the attention of the empire in the entire China, Han Yunhua's headquarters in the Eighth Route Army of China has the least information.

Originally, Lieutenant General Ando Toshikichi was still very confident that the front army would attack Han Yunhua's headquarters with all its might, but now it seems that even if the front army wins this battle, it will have to pay great losses, and what is even more stupid is that because a few commanders on the front line actually commanded the troops to massacre the civilians of China a few days ago, it not only caused international dissatisfaction with the Japanese Empire, but also caused a large number of civilians in North China to flee. Without people, it is impossible to raise food and materials, and if it is impossible to raise war materials on the spot, it must be transferred from the big cities of Beiping, and this has invisibly increased the pressure on the logistics departments of the front army.

Although it seems that the front army is in a favorable situation now, in Ando Toshikishi's view, the people of Shina are not blindly allowing the empire to attack, and they are not fighting back, nor are they blindly harassing, but they are accumulating strength, and if they don't make a move, they will be shocked. …,

After carefully reading and reading the telegram sent by the Ninth Brigade, Ando Toshikichi found two rather puzzled questions, the first problem is that the Ninth Brigade has repeatedly mentioned that the Chinese army has a strategic weapon such as field heavy artillery, but as far as Ando Toshiyoshi knows, the empire has sent more than 30 planes to the entire front army in the past few days, most of which are bombers and reconnaissance aircraft, because there is almost no air force in China, even the Chinese government has only more than 200 tattered Soviet-made planes left, The Air Force is a joke for the entire China, especially since the entire Eighth Route Army does not have a single aircraft, so the entire sky of the China is the Great Japanese Empire, so the fighter plane loses its value. Therefore, after consultation, His Excellency the Commander returned all the fighters that had been transferred to the Front Air Corps and replaced them with more practical bombers and reconnaissance planes.

In addition to all the air power of the four military airfields in Baoding, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, and Beiping, more than 300 imperial planes brought all the communication arteries of North China into the scope of surveillance and bombing before the Eighth Route Army's battle against the North China region began. During this period, no one reported that the headquarters had such a large-scale artillery movement, especially the field heavy artillery, even if it was only a single movement, it was still huge, and without good logistics support and infrastructure cooperation, it would not have been able to be transported to the front line.

The second question is even more puzzling, as in a telegram sent to him by Major General Noboru Kunisaki, it is stated that the Chinese troops have used a new type of weapon that is extremely powerful and can be used on a large scale, and this weapon appears to be a giant mine with a terrifying radius of 100 meters and an effective killing range of 50 meters. What is the concept of weapons and equipment with a radius of 100 meters, it is not that the Japanese Empire does not have this kind of cannon, the problem is that this kind of cannon is generally equipped on a huge warship as a main or secondary gun, and its weight determines that he can no longer act on the shore except for the occasional shore defense gun, in addition to this, even the largest field gun produced by the empire cannot achieve this kind of lethality. A radius of 100 meters is terrifying to think about, which means that a single mine planted by the people of China can make thousands of square meters of land become purgatory on earth.

This news has to make Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando extremely suspicious, if the Chinese can really produce this weapon, then what else will this war fight, as long as China buries dozens or hundreds of such large mines on the road through the imperial army, then it is easy to destroy a division of the empire, and there are only dozens of divisions on the entire battlefield of China, and the army of China can leave all the imperial soldiers in China as long as it produces thousands of such mines, hehe, is this possible? Let's not talk about whether the industrial production capacity of China can produce such weapons of mass destruction, in terms of knowledge reserves, China and the empire were in contact with Western culture at almost the same time, and due to historical reasons, the empire even positioned Western studies as national studies earlier than China, so the empire's industrialization capacity and the accumulation of knowledge such as physics and chemistry are far stronger than those of China, which has been fighting wars for a century. Therefore, neither in terms of industrial production capacity nor knowledge reserves, China will not be able to produce that kind of frightening weaponry.

But then again, the people of China are a nation that is good at creating, and even more so, a nation that is good at creating miracles. Just like this war, which itself seems to be a huge disparity in strength, before the war, the top of the empire made arguments on all aspects of the war, and the result of the argument was that it was impossible for the people of China to last more than three months, so they came up with the argument that the three months of ridicule and generosity would destroy China. But now it seems how ridiculous that argument is, let alone three months, now it has been a full three years, but Shina is still Shina, and it has not become the Shina of the Great Japanese Empire. Therefore, it is not impossible for the people of China to suddenly create a weapon of great destruction, and this fact is confirmed by the fact that an excellent officer of the empire almost paid with his life, and its truth is very large. …,

However, in any case, the defeat of the Ninth Brigade in the first battle had already become a settlement, and I heard that the attack of the 38th Division was not very smooth, and the wounded sent back to Beiping had reached more than 1,000 people, so Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi did not rush to order the Ninth Brigade to continue to attack the Jiajiaying position, and ordered Major General Kunizaki Noboru to immediately garrison on the spot and wait for the arrival of the large army.

Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando's order made Major General Noboru Kunisaki breathe a sigh of relief, and in the telegram His Excellency the division commander did not reprimand him for the failure of his command, Major General Kunisaki Noboru knew that this did not mean that this matter could pass like this, after all, he lost a tank brigade and an infantry brigade, but the meaning of the division commander was very clear, that is, if the Ninth Brigade fought this battle well, then this matter could be blamed in the past, but if the Ninth Brigade behaved so dirtily in the next battle, Then the accounts will be counted after the autumn, and they will be dealt with together. The consequences can be imagined, and the best thing is to be transferred to the reserves.

At the same time, Toshiyoshi Ando sternly warned Major General Noboru Kunizaki in a telegram that he should ruthlessly rectify the military discipline of the troops and strictly prohibit conniving at the massacre of civilians in China, otherwise he, the brigade commander, would be doomed. Comparatively speaking, Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi's order is still more threatening than the order of the North China Front Command, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current management, and Ando Toshiyoshi is the direct boss of the Ninth Brigade and can directly supervise and lead the Ninth Brigade, so Ando Toshiyoshi's words are more authoritative than the orders of the North China Front Command.

The news that the Ninth Brigade had stopped advancing quickly reached Han Yunhua's ears, and after a while of analysis, Han Yunhua saw a little bit of a doorway. This is not a bad thing, it can only show that the Fifth Division has really raised the Inner Mongolia Military Region to the level of an opponent, and has really taken out the posture of the lion and Botu to fight with the Inner Mongolia Military Region with all its might. Of course, this is not a good thing, and it is almost impossible to win a big battle like yesterday and fight a beautiful war of annihilation, according to the intelligence intelligence agencies to investigate the intelligence, at this time, in addition to more than 26,000 elite infantry, there are also four brigades of chariot troops and about 10,000 puppet troops, the 10,000 or so puppet army is nothing, and the full battle is only three groups (brigades) of the North China Security Army. With the current combat effectiveness of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, sending at most two infantry regiments can solve this puppet army of more than 10,000 people. However, that chariot brigade is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and more than 120 chariots are not a dispensable force, if Ando Toshiyoshi uses this chariot division well, there will be no problem at all in the army coming to Zhangjiakou within two days.

Moreover, with the puppet army as cannon fodder this time, there are many tactical field divisions that cannot be used, and it is difficult to use such a local mine with huge lethality or to achieve such great results, to an almost impossible extent.

However, Han Yunhua is not worried about what the Fifth Division can really do to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, after all, North China is a complete battlefield, not to mention what the Fifth Division can really do to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, let's just say that once something happens to the Japanese army in the direction of the deer, the entire Japanese army will be in chaos. Therefore, Han Yunhua's order to Xu Shiyou is that it does not matter whether the Sixth Field Division and the Seventh Field Division can hold Zhangjiakou, the important thing is that Zhangjiakou is valuable even if it is to be lost, and even if the two infantry divisions are to be withdrawn, they will not make the Japanese army feel better, regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, but special attention should be paid to the degree of killing and wounding the Japanese army, as long as a large number of Japanese soldiers are killed, then their task will be completed.

As for the place to really break through, it is the defense line of Zhulu, and the number of Japanese soldiers coming from the direction of Zhulu is quite large, two infantry divisions and three infantry brigades and three puppet army groups, and two puppet army cavalry regiments. Their combat regiment is also very clear, that is, to drive out all the Chinese troops in the areas of Weixian, Yangyuan, Tianzhen, and Yanggao at all costs, and at the same time join forces with the Fifth Division on the front line of Xinghe, Shangyi, Zhangbei, and Huade, completely cut off the connection between Han Yunhua's troops in Guisui and the army in eastern Hebei, and then concentrate forces to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei, and finally counterattack the northern steppe. …,

However, Han Yunhua is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the Japanese army wants to use it to suppress people, but he Han Yunhua is not easy to mess with, at the beginning of the entire northwest Hebei only stationed a division of the Fifth Field Division, but after receiving more than 60,000 Japanese troops attacking Wei County, Han Yunhua decisively transferred the 300th Division to the front line of Tianzhen. The combined number of the 5th Field Division and the 300th Integrated Division was also quite large, which was not much less than the more than 50,000 pure Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Zhulu were not equipped with heavy weapons such as chariots. The most is 12,300 more than the 5th Field Division and the 300th Integrated Division.

The puppet army is not the enemy in Han Yun's eyes, but the nurse of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to replenish the soldiers, as early as three years ago, he just arrived in Saibei and began to plan how to deal with the growing puppet army, although it is not easy to deal with the Japanese army, but the attention of the puppet army is much easier. Since three years ago, Han Yunhua has secretly sent a large number of secret personnel to infiltrate various puppet army units in North China, and from time to time to create some opportunities for these people to be promoted and make a fortune. At present, among the 21 regular numbered groups of the North China Public Security Army and the 10 groups that are in a state of half-light and half-darkness and are not recognized by the Japanese army, although Han Yunhua's people are not many at the top level, except for a group commander, two group deputy commanders, and a group chief of staff, there is no one else, but among the middle and lower-level officers, there are a large number of communists. So Han Yunhua is going to use these puppet armies to make an article this time, don't the little devils use these puppet armies as cannon fodder, and see how these cannon fodder will clean them up when the time comes.

Since the Japanese army had stopped advancing in the direction of Zhangjiakou now, Han Yunhua's eyes shifted to the battlefield in the northwest of Hebei. Staring at the map on the table, Han Yunhua frowned and analyzed, and from time to time he had to walk around the headquarters, and occasionally he had to demonstrate in the terrain sand table. "Zhuangfei, where are the devils in the direction of Wei County now, and what is the situation of the Fifth Division?" The Fifth Field Division had not sent a telegram for two days, and Han Yunhua was now a little anxious.

Qian Zhuangfei gently put the pencil in his hand into the pen holder, then raised his head and said: "The vanguard of the Japanese army has taken several strategic places in Nankou, Shenjing, and Huaxiao Battalion, and two days ago the 5th Division and the 1st Regiment fought a tough battle with the 6th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Huaxiao Battalion, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. However, the 5th Division and 1st Regiment were relatively well prepared, and the 6th Mixed Brigade was in a hurry to respond to the battle, and it was still in the unfavorable terrain of a feint, so it was prevented by the 1st Regiment from advancing on the front line of the Huaxiao Battalion for two whole days. However, on the night of the 14th, a regiment voluntarily evacuated the camp, and immediately entered a state of radio silence and lost contact with the headquarters. At the same time, the headquarters of the Fifth Division also turned off the radio, and our headquarters and intelligence departments could not contact them, but the Fifth Division was very safe, and three hours ago the intelligence officers of Wei County sent a telegram saying that the entire county seat of Wei County had been placed under martial law, and there was not a single resident in the whole city except for the troops of the Fifth Division. It seems that the Fifth Division is preparing for a bloody battle with the devils in the county seat of Wei County, but I don't know why they turned off the radio station. ”

Han Yunhua thought for a while and said: "It may be that the Japanese army in the direction of Weixian has a master who can listen to or intercept the radio signals of the Fifth Division, so they have to enter a state of radio silence to avoid the Japanese army's listening." Zhuang Fei, do you want to contact your intelligence personnel in Wei County, and ask them to contact the Fifth Division, our command can't not be unclear about the situation on the front line. ”

"Okay, commander, don't worry, the commander of the fifth division is the old man of our military region, he has been with you for the longest time, and he knows you best, so I think he will contact the command soon, according to the itinerary, the vanguard of the devil is about to arrive in Wei County, and even if the devil's radio can intercept the intelligence of the fifth division, it will not make much sense, after all, at that time, the five divisions should have been arranged, and I think that division commander Li will contact us at that time" Qian Zhuangfei said......,