After the cities of Tianjin and Tangshan were captured by the Chinese army, it was not Tada Jun who was most shaken, but the big and small traitors hiding in the city of Beiping. Especially Wang Jitang, Wang Kemin, Qi * Yuan and others were even more panicked, and the combat effectiveness of Han Yunhua's department was indeed much beyond their expectations. In just a few days, the situation in North China has changed greatly, and they were originally prepared to delay for a while, if they waited for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive, then the matter could be solved perfectly. But now it seems that everything is a luxury, Han Yunhua's subordinates can take Tianjin and Tangshan in just two days, so it is not much of a problem to take Beiping City.

And what frightens these traitors the most is that in the past few days, news from the outside has been coming into their mansions, and the news has been sent to their study without them knowing, although Wang Kemin and others have raised their protection level many times, but it is still to no avail.

Han Yunhua's spies were able to send things directly into their study under such strict protection, which meant that those mysterious spies could enter and leave their residences at any time. To put it seriously, the spies of Han Yunhua's department can take their lives at any time, and at this time, Wang Kemin and the others can't sit still, and they try every means to get in touch with Han Yunhua's department, especially with Xu Shiyou's department outside the city.

The reason why a traitor wants to be a traitor is not that a traitor is easy to be, but because when a traitor, especially after being a big traitor, life and power can be guaranteed to a certain extent. But now that their lives and power cannot be protected, their usual practice is to find a new master as soon as possible to continue to be their backer.

For this point, whether it is Xu Shiyou on the front line or Han Yunhua and others in the rear, they all see it very clearly, just like Han Yunhua said, dealing with these puppet armies is the most important thing, as long as they grasp the most vulnerable places in their hearts, these puppet armies will soon collapse without a fight.

Former enemy command in Beiping, Xu Shiyou.

"Lao Xu, Wang Kemin and Wang Jitang, the two old bastards, have already succumbed and are willing to act as the internal response of our army, and when our army is attacking the city, they are willing to send generals and the troops under their control to open the city gate from the inside." He Guangyu said with some excitement.

Xu Shiyou said with a loud voice and said: "Hahahaha, I know that those guys who don't have eggs will be soft if they can't last a few days, I'm afraid that now the old devil of Tada Jun doesn't know that these guys have betrayed them, hehehe, wait, when we attack the city, it will be good to have these little devils." ”

"What did the commander say, when should we attack the city?" He Guangyu said.

"I didn't say it, he let us look at it ourselves, he is now planning how to clean up the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka, the first army in Shanxi is the elite troops of the Japanese army, it is not easy to fight. In addition, the Japanese army in the Shimen area is not easy to provoke, two days ago Gao Shuxun and his 39th Army suffered a big loss in Shimen, the whole infantry division did not even survive a day before the little devils made dumplings, the whole division only fled back more than 1,000 people, and the rest ate the spoils of others, which was a shame for his grandmother. Speaking of this matter, Xu Shiyou was very angry, in the past two months, the Chinese army, whether it is like Wei Lihuang's Central Army or Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, or troops like their Eighth Route Army, have been singing all the way, and the Japanese puppet army has been defeated and retreated, but Gao Shuxun and his 39th Group Army are so ineffective, hitting a stone gate was eaten by people in one day An infantry division, and then even the courage to fight again was lost, and with the remaining troops rolled back to Handan, which was simply a shame for the Chinese.

However, He Guangyu did not agree with Xu Shiyou's opinion, and retorted: "Okay, old Xu, don't talk about how Gao Shuxun is, no matter how you say it, he is also the commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army of the National ** Army, and he also has more than 50,000 people and horses in two armies and five divisions, and Gao Shuxun is not bad for our Eighth Route Army, and he also cooperated with the commander once." Besides, it was not only a unit of the 39th Group Army that lost the battle, but also our Eighth Route Army did not fail to lose a battle, and the 115th Division was not ambushed by Yoshio Shinozuka in the southeast of Shanxi Province two days ago and lost a regiment of troops. So I think you still want to think about when we will take Beiping City, it's not a good phenomenon to say that people are not good, so that people who are interested will hear it and be careful to refer to you. ”…,

"Aha, it's okay, he Gao Shuxun is not bad, at least he has the courage to fight the idea of Shimen, although it is said that he lost the battle, but it is still worth encouraging, not like Lao Jiang's other troops are so eggless, forget it, don't talk about it. I think it is better to attack Beiping City sooner rather than later, the little devil's reinforcements will arrive soon, and the Japanese Third Army in the north has hit Shanhaiguan, these days Bao Sen's kid is almost unable to hold on, I hope Lao Chen's side can catch up in time, otherwise, when the Japanese Army's Third Army directly kills the pass, we will be passive. So I plan to launch an attack on Beiping City tonight, and if the resistance of the Japanese army is not too fierce, then launch a final attack on Beiping City tomorrow night. ”

"Okay, I agree with you, but I still think to say hello to the commander first, what do you say?"

"That's of course, otherwise it will be difficult to open up if the troops have lost a lot and want to replenish them, if he orders us to attack the city, he will make up for me how many troops he has lost, hehehe." Xu Shiyou's smile was a little sinister, and He Guangyu, who only looked at the side, frowned.

Han Yunhua, who was far away on the front line in Shanxi, sneezed fiercely at this time, only startling a few staff officers in the conference room. A young staff officer couldn't help but quip: "Commander, I don't know if Vice President Li is thinking about you, look at your strange voice, hehehe"

All the officers in the command headquarters were amused by the words of this young staff officer, and even Han Yunhua couldn't help but laugh and said: "Jiang Ziyang, you and the bastard boy can just move blindly, if your kid's homework can have you as the most powerful on the map, I'm afraid that now your kid is at least a regiment commander, hahaha"

After laughing for a while, Han Yunhua said again: "Don't say it, this sneeze came strangely, and there are many people who think about me, but there are really few people who can cause me such a big reaction." Forget it, whatever, now that the overall situation has been decided, there are not many little devils left in Shanxi, even if the Japanese reinforcements can all arrive now, they can only watch us stare dryly, hahaha, happy"

"Don't say that, it's fun to fight with the commander, it's only a long time for the little devil to become a lost dog, and now only the little devils in Taiyuan, Beiping, Shimen and Shandong are still resisting, and the rest have all become our prisoners, hahaha, it's enjoyable, that is, the territory we have laid down will be handed over to more than half of the Kuomintang troops, and the Kuomintang will really fucking pick up cheap." Another slightly older staff officer said.

Han Yunhua saw that these staff officers had very opinions on the content of the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, so he said openly: "Don't complain, if it weren't for Xue Yue's First Corps dragging the old devil in Gangcun in Henan this time, I'm afraid that even if we win this battle, it will be a miserable victory." Besides, now is also a period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and it is nothing to give them some territory. Go and do your own thing, and if there is a telegram from the commissar, send it immediately. ”

"Okay" A few staff officers in the headquarters skillfully put away the several unfolded maps in the headquarters, and then put them in a brown leather box next to them, and finally walked out.

After these staff officers went out, Han Yunhua took out a cigarette, then lit it and smoked it. Since coming to this era, Han Yunhua rarely smokes, and he drinks less, not only in less quantity, but also less often. On the one hand, because the taste of tobacco and alcohol in this era is too pure and too big, Han Yunhua can't stand it. On the other hand, due to tobacco and alcohol, especially alcohol, Han Yunhua will never get involved unless it is necessary.

But today is a special day, January 1, 1941, is the beginning of the new year, but also the most critical year of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with the current situation in China's battlefield is far better than the situation in history, and Japan's declaration of war on the United States in advance has improved China's current international environment a lot, and now the first batch of equipment of about ten infantry divisions has been transported to India, and the expeditionary force can be reequipped immediately. And the expeditionary force did not suffer the same fiasco as in history for some reasons, let alone defeat the Savage Mountain. Therefore, on the whole, the situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is very good, and it is very promising to end the war early. …,

Regarding the fact that the little Japanese mayfly shook the big tree, attacked the US emperor Hawaii, and then went to war with the United States, Han Yunhua could only say that the little Japan was too self-conscious. At that time, although little Japan could bully the countries of East and Southeast Asia, it still had too much disparity in strength compared with the US imperialists. China is the biggest beneficiary of the war between little Japan and the United States, and now that the United States and Britain are contained, China's international environment has changed a lot.

With so many strategic resources in Southeast Asia as the backing, however, little Japan will have a great improvement in its national economy and weaponry in the next two years. Although the United States was already the world's number one economic power as early as the beginning of the 20 th century, and its GDP reached more than 200 billion US dollars in 1940, the United States still enjoyed the superiority of the natural barrier of the Atlantic Ocean at this time, with an army of only 100,000 men, and all the establishments were only 4 infantry divisions, 1 tank division, and 1 reserve division, and the number of tanks was only more than 300, even ranking behind Poland, barely making it the seventh in the world. Therefore, for a long time to come, the situation of the United States on the battlefield in Southeast Asia will continue to be defeated again and again, and for at least one year, Southeast Asia will still be dominated by small Japan.

But Han Yunhua knew that the giant of the United States was not something that anyone could afford to provoke, just like Yamamoto Isoroku said, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was not because the Japanese had achieved much success, but because they woke up a giant. After entering the war, the United States, supported by its strong economic power, greatly increased its weapons production capacity, and by 1943 had become a major supplier of arms to the Allied forces. By 1945, the total strength of the U.S. military reached 10.5 million, and the scale of its military industry had developed to the level of producing 40,000 aircraft and 20,000 tanks per year, and the United States produced a total of 80,000 tanks during World War II, and 40,000 were M4 Sherman tanks produced by the Kleist factory in Detroit. So there is no difference between resisting the Americans and looking for death in Little Japan.

On January 1, 1941, Han Yunhua made a new comparison of the strength of China and Japan. Before the July 7 Incident, Japan's total economic output reached 28.3 billion US dollars, making it the sixth largest economic power in the world, and before the July 7 Incident, Japan had only four fully equipped divisions and regiments, with less than 200,000 people. The Kuomintang army alone reached more than 2 million, after the 7.7 incident, Japan began to expand a large number of troops, by the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, there were 110 divisions in China, a total of more than 2.5 million people. At this time, China's total military strength in all aspects had also expanded to nearly 6 million people, so in terms of military strength, the Chinese army still had an absolute advantage. However, as far as the quality of the soldiers is concerned, both the Chinese army and the Japanese army are constantly declining, and Japan's population is only more than 76 million, which is already overwhelmed. Although China has a population of nearly 400 million, China's economy is even more dilapidated and tired than Japan's, and the two sides are almost running out of oil.

But now that Han Yunhua has appeared and the United States has entered the war ahead of schedule, Han Yunhua believes that Japan, which has basically no potential to tap, will not be able to compete with China, the United States, and Britain in the entire Asian battlefield. Japan's military and economic growth peaked before the start of the Pacific War, which meant that if Japan could not use its existing forces to quickly destroy its opponents, it would surely lose a war of attrition.

As far as the strength of the enemy in North China is concerned, the strength of the Chinese army also has an absolute advantage, and now the strength of the Japanese army in North China has dropped to less than 100,000, and the puppet army is already less than 300,000, including 60,000 in Beiping, 100,000 in the area from Taiyuan to Shimen, and 150,000 in Shandong. However, the number of Chinese troops is far greater than that of the Japanese puppet army, and the units of the Eighth Route Army alone have more than 800,000 people in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the Inner Mongolia Military Region also has 780,000 people, plus more than 300,000 troops in the Jin Sui Army, more than 200,000 in the Central Army, and more than 100,000 in other local troops, and the Chinese army in North China has exceeded 2 million, and the ratio of enemy to enemy forces is 1:7. …,

Now the gap between the quality of the soldiers in China and Japan has also changed significantly, the previous Japanese soldiers were sharpshooters fed with a large number of bullets, and now their ordinary soldiers from enlistment to the battlefield time has been shortened by more than ten times, a soldier consumes less than 50 rounds of training ammunition, so the quality of Chinese and Japanese soldiers is also about the same, Han Yunhua is even more passionate about the next battle.

After smoking a cigarette, Han Yunhua pressed the cigarette butt on the desk and snuffed it out, then took a telegram on the table and read it. The telegram was sent from Yan'an yesterday, and the chairman told Han Yunhua that after nearly a week of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, a consensus had finally been reached, and that the Kuomintang was responsible for holding down Okamura Ningji's 11th Army and at the same time sending Wei Lihuang's troops to the battle. In addition, the CCP was also given the equipment of three divisions, but the CCP had to cede all the territory south of Shanxi and Zhangjiakou to the Kuomintang troops, of course, the ** base areas that previously belonged to the Communist Party were not included.

In addition, Yan Xishan took the initiative to give up his rule over the western part of Guisui, the 35th Army stationed in Bayannur immediately withdrew to Shanxi, and the Inner Mongolia Military Region would take over the defense of the entire Guisui. There were some other miscellaneous questions, but Han Yunhua didn't care.

After reading this telegram, Han Yunhua's heart was surging, because of his appearance, the development speed and development model of the entire Eighth Route Army have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the most direct consequence of these changes is that the strength of the entire Communist Party of China has grown extremely rapidly, and after gaining strength, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can get along relatively harmoniously, and the friction and counter-friction that have frequently occurred in history now rarely occur.

As for whether the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will negotiate peacefully or engage in armed confrontation in the future, Han Yunhua has not considered it, as far as he is concerned, as a soldier, his mission is to rescue the motherland and the Japanese in the national city, and then his mission as a soldier will be completed. So he didn't think about it as far-reaching, and all he could do now was to end this war as soon as possible.

In any case, the first day of 1941 was a good day for Han Yunhua, on which he saw the dawn of China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

After sorting out his thoughts, Han Yunhua drafted a telegram, ordering the cadres of the Military Region who remained in Guisui to immediately transfer the newly formed troops to Bayannur for garrison, and the troops did not need to be too many, one infantry division would suffice, and in addition, the people of Tianjin and other places should be immediately moved to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the transportation convoys should be immediately organized to move materials and production equipment south.

In addition, Han Yunhua also ordered Xu Shiyou's troops to immediately capture Beiping City, annihilate the most important stronghold of the Japanese army in North China, and capture Tada Jun alive. At the same time, the troops in Shanxi immediately besieged the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army on the front line of Jingcheng Pass, cut off the rear route of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, and requested the 129th and 115th divisions of the Eighth Route Army to merge with southern Hebei to besiege the Japanese puppet army in Shimen. Then the whole army marched eastward and swept through Shandong, completely settling the war in North China, so that the entire North China region would not have a war from now on.

After this series of orders, the entire North China region began to move again, starting with Xu Shiyou's 6th Field Division and He Guangyu's 7th Field Division, which immediately organized troops to attack Beiping City after receiving Han Yunhua's order. The integrated 300th Division stationed in Tianjin was to restore and rebuild the coastal defense facilities to prevent sneak attacks and attacks by the Japanese navy, and to organize ordinary people and troops to relocate the entire city of Tianjin. Anyway, Yang Chengwu also knew that this place would soon be owned by the Nationalist Government, so they could only use this time to make up for the previous ......losses with Tianjin and Baoding and other cities as soon as possible.