The news of the total annihilation of the 33rd Division has been confirmed, and the entire Chinese dispatch army was in an uproar, what the hell is going on, even if the military strength of the Great Japanese Empire has decreased a lot in recent years, but it has not reached the point of letting the people of China casually annihilate an infantry division. Not to mention that the 33rd Division has 13,400 people, including about 4,000 veterans of more than three years of military age, even 14,000 pigs are not something that the army can kill in a day. The call for a thorough investigation of the truth suddenly intensified throughout the Chinese dispatch army, and the approaching Admiral Nishio Toshizo had to order Tada Jun to immediately report the detailed situation to the dispatch command.

Tada Jun also knew that this was no wonder that General Nishio Shouzo was angry, this time in order to completely solve the threat of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to the Pingjin region, the Japanese army base camp suddenly dispatched four newly formed divisions to the entire North China Front, and left three field divisions that were originally going to be transferred to South China and returned to China for demobilization also left in North China, and more than 300,000 troops attacked the Inner Mongolia Military Region but let people wipe out an infantry division with a slap in the face, not to mention that the commander of his own front army rushed to his face with a hot face, Even Senior General Nishio Toshizo, the supreme commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, is inextricably linked.

Since it was his current boss who asked, so Tian Jun didn't dare to hide it, after all, there was really no way to hide such a big thing as an infantry division and another infantry wing being eaten by others, and he also brought a few infantry groups of the Imperial Cooperative Army to others. Therefore, Tada Jun reported the details of the destruction of the 33rd Division to the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters, but due to the suddenness of the incident, Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro did not expect the 33rd Division to be destroyed so quickly, so he did not report the information from the front line to the Front Army Headquarters in time, so Tada Jun himself did not know much.

However, before Gampa Shigetaro was about to lead his troops to launch a decisive charge against the Chinese army, he sent a "farewell telegram" to Tada, in which he mentioned that the Chinese army was equipped with a very large caliber and powerful artillery, which was not much more powerful than the naval guns used by the main warships such as the Imperial destroyers. Moreover, the people of China had at least fifty such heavy artillery, and the county seat of Weixian was destroyed by the Chinese army with this kind of heavy artillery, hoping that Tada Jun would attract attention, so Tada Jun, who did not know the specific battle situation, attributed the destruction of the 33rd Division to the newly installed "giant heavy artillery" cluster of the Chinese army.

When Tada's self-defense and statement report was sent to Nanjing, there was another uproar at the headquarters of the entire Chinese Dispatch Army. After discussion, the debate on the use of large-caliber cannons by the Chinese army is divided into two factions, one is that the Chinese army does have a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 300mm, and that the 33rd Division was annihilated by the Chinese army in such a short period of time This is ironclad evidence and a fact that no one can change.

On the other hand, on the contrary, they believe that the so-called cannon theory is actually a big oolong made up by all the officers of the entire North China Front Army headed by Tada Jun in order to evade responsibility, and the reason for the supporters of this view is that neither the southwestern region controlled by the Nationalist Government nor the northern part of the Communist Party controlled by China has the ability to produce field heavy artillery or coastal defense artillery with a caliber of more than 300 mm, and it is also a heavy artillery that can move freely. First of all, China's current steel output is only about 1,000 tons, and it is all controlled by the Nationalist Government. In addition, with China's current industrial production capacity, it is not possible to produce such sophisticated weapons, especially shells that require large machine piercing, in fact, cannons can be produced with inferior steel, but artillery shells cannot. In addition, supporters of this faction cited many reasons why China did not yet have the ability to produce heavy artillery, so they did not approve of Tada's telegram, believing that it was just a big lie made up by the entire North China Front Army collectively, including Seishiro Itagaki, who is currently the chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army. …,

Senior General Nishio Toshizo, who is the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, was also not able to make a decision, and after soliciting the opinions of some high-ranking officers, he decided to send a field observation group composed of middle- and high-ranking officers from the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army to the North China Battlefield for exchange and study.

After receiving the telegram order from General Nishio Shouzo, Tada Jun smiled bitterly, this Nishio is really a difficult person, isn't this the entire North China Front army roasted on the fire. Now that the front army has just suffered a major defeat, the momentum of the whole army is extremely low, and now not only the troops in the direction of Zhulu have all withdrawn from the non-security zone that they occupied before. Even the troops on the Zhangjiakou front hurriedly retreated 20 kilometers, and only the few divisions and regiments used to attack the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region did not suffer major losses, and there was still strength left for the offensive.

Now that this field observation group sent by China is coming, then it must fight a beautiful victory, otherwise he, the commander of the North China Front, may come to an end. Although Tada Jun does not care about the position of commander, he prefers himself more as a politician than as a general. He had always been a decision-maker in the center of the empire, but he was kicked into China because of his feud with Tojo's senior soldier. But Tada Jun is also a person who strives for excellence, he is extremely strict with himself, or he has to do a good job if he doesn't do it, and he has a lot of similarities with Han Yunhua in this regard.

Therefore, Tada Jun doesn't want to leave any regrets in North China, and he doesn't want to leave an indelible stain on his life like Shouichi Terauchi or Binshan Yuan. What kind of person is he Tada, he is a dignified army general of the Japanese Empire, and if he is helpless to deal with a few branches and eight roads, then there will be and development in the future, how can he show his ambitions and ideals on the political stage of the empire.

Although this field observation mission sent by China this time has put a lot of pressure on the entire North China Front, in Tadajun's view, this is not another opportunity. For the officers and men of the entire North China Front Army, it is a great shame to be questioned by the competent authorities at a higher level, and this shame is even more unacceptable than losing the battle. I believe that with the existence of this field observation group, even if the officers don't say anything, as long as the news is revealed, the troops on the front line will burst out with a combat strength of 200.

However, in Tada's opinion, even if this is the case, it should be planned carefully in case something happens. Therefore, soon a meeting was held in Beiping on how to deal with the field observation group of the Chinese army, and in addition to some high-ranking officers of the North China Front, there were also big traitors such as Wang Kemin and Qi Yuan.

"This is the case, our North China Front has received many doubts, so this time this field observation group is not really here to study and exchange with the front army, this is from His Majesty the Emperor to His Excellency Commander Nishio has doubts about the combat effectiveness of the front army, so this time we must leave a good image for these audiences, and all of you will talk about your own opinions." As the supreme leader of the meeting, Tada Jun first briefly explained to all the participants the problems that the North China Front is now facing, and then asked these high-ranking officers and big politicians to express their views and views.

Tada Jun didn't hide it, he knew that if he wanted these people to contribute, he had to let these people know the truth, so he said it in detail, and even the Nanjing Command's argument about whether Han Yunhua's department really had large-caliber artillery also told these people.

The first to speak was Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, commander of the Fifth Division, who rushed back to attend the meeting, and he was one of the senior officers of the Japanese army who knew the Inner Mongolia Military Region best and knew Han Yunhua's unit best, so what she said was also very authoritative. …,

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think we must formulate a feasible process, and then select a specific battlefield to fight with Han Yunhua's troops in front of all the personnel of the observation group, and only by making those guys truly realize the strength and cunning of Han Yunhua's troops can our goal be achieved. But before we can do two things, the first thing is to protect our audience, if we don't even have an audience, no matter how good our performance is, it won't help, and the other thing is to be sure to keep it secret, and we also have to coordinate with the aviation force, if we are like the idiot of Gampa Jutaro and a few piles of fireworks destroy the support mission of dozens of Imperial air planes, then we may not be able to perform this scene well. ”

Everyone has no opinion on Lieutenant General Ando's sarcasm about Gampa Shigetaro, and Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro did a very stupid job in this matter, and when the Chinese army attacked Ul County and annihilated the Akiyama headquarters, Gampa Shigetaro called for aviation support many times. In addition to the first time the Chinese army was unprepared and suffered a big loss, after that, the Chinese army actually set fire to all the mountains and forests in the area of Huajialing, and it only took half an hour for the entire Huajialing sky to be filled with billowing smoke, not to mention bombing, after the Japanese bombers arrived in Wei County, they could not see anything, and there was no way to talk about the support mission.

"Yo Xi, Ando-kun is reasonable, during the arrival of the observation team, the security work in Beiping will be handed over to Qisang's security army, and when the time comes, we will let the special high-tech and the special combat team help Qisang. In addition, the battlefield will be chosen in Zhangjiakou, I believe that Ando-kun's Fifth Division will definitely disobey the high hopes of the front army, gentlemen, the honor and disgrace of the front army are in your hands, you and I are ferrymen on the same boat, if the ship sinks, we will all suffer, please everyone" After speaking, Tada Jun bowed to all the officers.

All the officers and politicians present at the meeting dared to receive such a big salute from Tadajun, and they all hurriedly got up and bent their heads, showing great respect.

Not to mention that the Japanese army was jumping for a while, after the news of the reorganization of the 300th Division and the total annihilation of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army was transmitted back to Sui, the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region was boiling, and under the vigorous propaganda of the Propaganda Department of the Military Region, soon the entire Saibei region knew that Han Yunhua's unit had won a battle on the front line, completely annihilating more than 25,000 Japanese puppet troops, and inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese North China Front.

Of course, a telegram to the Party Central Committee is also indispensable. After receiving the exact battle report reported by the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Yan'an set off a new round of study of the climax of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and Han Yunhua's own name has been reorganized The 300th Division once again appeared in the loudspeaker of Yan'an, so that for a long time, a word that the people of Yan'an could hear every day was Han Yunhua.

Although the reorganization of the 300th Division has achieved great results, Han Yunhua is not too surprised by this, because in his opinion, the reorganization of the 300th Division, as the Inner Mongolia Military Region and even as the most elite unit of the entire Eighth Route Army, to clean up a third-rate garrison division of the Japanese army, even if the other party is completely annihilated, there is nothing to show off.

In Han Yunhua's view, the opponents of the reorganized 300th Division and the Independent 77th Division were not any of the newly formed C-class divisions of the Japanese army, let alone those puppet armies that were not even considered armies, their opponents were the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army and the high-ranking Guards divisions. As for those divisions and regiments with numbers after 20, they should all be handed over to other units to deal with.

After sending a telegram of congratulations to the 300th Division in the name of the commander of the military region, Han Yunhua threw himself into new work. Although the results of the reorganization of the 300th Division were average, the significance was extraordinary, and the total annihilation of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army forced the 40th Division of the Japanese Army to retreat to Zhulu, and the crisis situation in the Weixian area suddenly dissolved and disappeared invisibly. There was a fatal loophole in the plan of the Japanese army to besiege the Inner Mongolia Military Region by several large armies, and if the Japanese army could not plug this loophole as soon as possible, the North China Front would not only fail to achieve the predetermined strategic objective, but at the same time might lose its wife and lose its troops. …,

After analyzing the situation of the enemy and us, Han Yunhua did not take a break, and ordered the reorganized 300th Division to immediately transfer all the unconscionable artillery to Zhangjiakou, and at the same time the forward of the reorganized 300th Division advanced forward for 30 miles, closely monitoring the Japanese troops in the direction of Zhulu, and also forming a threat to the Japanese troops in the direction of the source, so as to relieve the pressure on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

In addition, Han Yunhua also ordered the Baotou Arsenal to immediately increase the production and transformation of the unconscionable cannon, and in the process of using it, the soldiers found that although the unconscionable cannon was powerful, it also had many shortcomings, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

After all, at this time, the Inner Mongolia Military Region could not produce anything except rifles, machine guns, and grenades, and could not even produce mortars by itself.

In addition, the conscription work of Luo Ronghuan and others also proceeded smoothly, and in just over two months, the Inner Mongolia Military Region re-recruited more than 200,000 recruits, of whom ethnic minorities accounted for one-third of these recruits. However, there is a huge gap in the weapons and ammunition in the inventory of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, because some time ago the Military Region supported 50,000 long and short guns from the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, although they are all old-fashioned guns that have been replaced by some of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, but it has also caused an embarrassing situation of lack of weapons to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, according to Luo Ronghuan's statistics, at this time, more than half of the more than 200,000 recruits newly collected by the Inner Mongolia Military Region have no weapons and equipment, according to the Baotou Arsenal 2,500 rifles, 200 light and heavy machine guns per month, The production capacity of 50,000 grenades and 10,000 shells of various calibers will take at least two or three years to fully equip the remaining 100,000 troops, so Luo Ronghuan suggested that Han Yunhua first transfer the five infantry divisions that have been installed to the front line, and the remaining 100,000 troops should be delayed for a while.

However, Han Yunhua did not think so, the production capacity of the Baotou Arsenal had reached the limit, but the production capacity of the Japanese army had not yet reached the limit, and the 300th Division, which had just been reorganized, had won a big victory in front of it, and had seized a large number of weapons and equipment, as well as food and medicine, and there was no problem at all in equipping two infantry divisions. It's just that because the puppet army uses the weapons and equipment of the Nationalist Government captured by the Japanese army, if the recruit units are equipped with the captured puppet army weapons, then there will be three different series of weapons in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, which will cause tremendous pressure on the logistics department.

In the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the absolute main forces on the front line, such as the integrated 300th Division and the 77th Independent Division, are equipped with German-made Mauser K98 and Makqin heavy machine guns. For example, the first-line troops such as the 1st Field Division and the 2nd Field Division use Nissan weapons, the long guns are generally 38-type rifles, and the machine guns generally use crooked handles and 96-type.

However, now Han Yunhua sees that the strength of the Japanese army in North China is very weak, and the puppet army in North China has been almost bought, so he wants to put on a big show in North China in a short period of time. Therefore, he needed a large number of troops, and for this reason, Han Yunhua rejected Luo Ronghuan's proposal, and instead ordered the ten infantry divisions that had just been formed to immediately march eastward.

Although Han Yunhua himself knew that although each of the 10 recruit divisions had a large number of recruits, because they were all expanded from security regiments in various places or guard regiments of military regions, the actual combat effectiveness of these 10 infantry divisions was far from being comparable with the combat units of the Japanese army, let alone permanent divisions.

But Han Yunhua knows better that training can't just be done in the rear, recruits are recruits when they don't see blood, they don't go to the battlefield at all times, so he transferred these recruits to the front line despite everyone's opposition, and he didn't let these recruits go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese army, but took turns to let these recruits send troops to the front line to clean up the battlefield to treat the wounded and escort supplies, and to clean up the defeated soldiers who retreated from the battlefield. Of course, it is also one of the responsibilities of the recruit division to act as a blood transfusion machine for various field divisions, so recently, several recruit division commanders have come to Han Yunhua to complain, saying that the division snatched one of their infantry battalions or the entire regiment without asking for instructions, and asked Han Yunhua to call the shots, which made Han Yunhua ......anxious.