Yang Chengwu's prestige in the Inner Mongolia Military Region was still very high, although there were many cadres in the forward command who had participated in the Long March, Danshi was silent after the young commander-in-chief insisted on advancing eastward, although they also had doubts and worries in their hearts, Danshi still decided to carry out Song Shilun's order after the order was issued.

Soon the telegram from the military region headquarters was also sent to the forward command in time, and after reading out Han Yunhua's telegram, Yang Chengwu ordered the 3rd Route Army to march in unison, and there was no need to hide their whereabouts, but only need to pay attention to the bombing of Japanese planes, and more than 200,000 troops marched towards northern and northwest Lu.

The incoming army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was quickly sent to Okamura Ningji's desk by the special high-tech agents, and after determining the goal of Han Yunhua's department, Okamura Ningji's fighting spirit was also stimulated. Think about how brilliant the Imperial Japanese Army was four years ago, capturing the capital of China in less than four months, and occupying most of China in half a year. The Great Japanese Army marched straight in, and in the North China region, whether it was such a large city as Beiping, Tianjin, Chengde, Zhangjiakou, or Taiyuan, or such a small and medium-sized city as Baoding, Langfang, and Handan, it could not stop the footsteps of the Great Japanese Imperial Army. Whether it is the government army of China or the local warlord troops, it is about to collapse at the touch of a button, General Itagaki Seishiro half a division defeated more than 30 infantry divisions in China, more than 200 soldiers of the sixth division dared to pursue more than 100,000 government troops in China, and at the most glorious time, a few Japanese ronin held the Japanese flag and dared to occupy a county town in China.

Danshi looked at the present, it was just a Han Yunhua, and the whole situation took an unexpected turn, the senior officers of the Imperial Army were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and the foundation of the empire's rule in North China was dissolved like a collapsed house. Most of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the entire North China Front Army were wiped out in just over two months, and hundreds of county towns in several provinces in North China directly became the territory of the Chinese people.

In the last battle, Okamura Ninji witnessed the strength of Han Yunhua's subordinates, and the spirit of not fearing death and seeing death as if he were at home deeply shocked Okamura Ninji. What worries Okamura Ningji even more is that the style of Han Yunhua's army is not at all worthy of the devil troops in the mouth of the Imperial Japanese Army, they will take revenge if they have revenge, they will take revenge, they will be ruthless and bloody. Okamura Ninji was worried that the empire had such a group of enemies, if this war failed, Okamura Ninji didn't dare to imagine what the Great Japanese Empire would face, maybe everything the empire did in the capital of China would be repeated in the Japanese people, Yamato, which Okamura Ninji did not want to see anyway, so he swore that he must win this war, because the Great Japanese Empire Yijing had no way out.

After the emergency military meeting, Okamura Ninji ordered Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka to take full command of the fighting on the Texas front, and at the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka was no longer the commander of the First Army, and Lieutenant General Yoshiki Sadachi was transferred to replace Yoshio Shinozuka as commander of the First Army.

On October 4, the 300th Brigade was stationed in Wuqiao County, the 2nd Brigade was stationed in Hualong Town, and the 3rd Brigade and the division headquarters and the remaining troops of the 2nd Route Army followed closely. At the same time, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka also commanded the commander of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, to lead the 62nd Division to immediately send troops to seize all the bridges and passes along the line from Hengshui to Dezhou, as well as the commanding heights. At the same time, the 21st Division was transferred to the front line of Ningjin and Leling. At the same time, in order to deal with the possible squadron in Lunan, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka directly transferred more than half of the remaining troops in his hands to the front line of Xiajin and Linqing, and the two sides deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the Hebei-Shandong border area.

Hualong Town, former enemy headquarters.

"Have you checked it out, what is the deployment of the Japanese puppet army in Texas and the arrangement of firepower?" Song Shilun looked at the intelligence director with a tired face on the other side with a serious face.

The intelligence chief of the reorganized 300th Division was directly transferred from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region by Song Shilun, whose name was Ma Hansan, and he was an out-and-out bandit before participating in the revolution. After the cottage where it was located for 30 years was absorbed by the Red Army, it has been following the Song Dynasty to carry out the revolution in turn, and it has been more than ten years if you carefully calculate it.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, according to reliable information, this time Okamura Ningji directly transferred all the troops of the First Army and the 21st Division to the Jilu Border Region, and the defeat in the battle was about four and a half divisions, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people, in addition, Okamura Ningci also mobilized 8 puppet army divisions and a tank brigade and a heavy artillery brigade to participate in the battle, and Jinan Airport directly transferred more than 120 planes to be ready for air support at any time" Although Ma Hansan's demeanor was extremely tired, Danshi spoke very quickly, I can't see the tiredness at all. …,

Song Shilun said: "***Gangcun really looks up to Lao Tzu, the infantry of four and a half divisions, the combat vehicles of a brigade and a brigade of heavy artillery, plus more than 200 aircraft, hehe, what a big deal, have you figured out the number of the Japanese army." ”

"It's clear, our intelligence team members have not only figured out their numbers, but even the troop deployment of the Japanese puppet army. Now the leading unit of the Japanese army is less than 30 kilometers away from our here, and the first is the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, the division commander is called Hongo Yoshio, the chief of staff Ueno Shintomi, and the rank of Osa. The 62nd Division was formed from May 1 to June 30, 1941 with the remnants of the 4th Brigade and the 6th Brigade from the Independent Mixed Brigade, and was incorporated into the 1st Army battle sequence. The 63rd Infantry Brigade, the 65th Infantry Brigade, and the search team, artillery wing, engineer team, signal team, light and heavy team, field hospital, and terrach factory directly under the division and regiment are under its jurisdiction. In addition, the remaining numbers of the Japanese army include the 69th Infantry Division, the 37th Division, the 21st Division, and the 6th Independent Brigade. Now the 21st Division is stationed in Leling, the 69th Division is stationed in Linqing, the 37th Division and the 6th Independent Brigade are stationed in Dezhou City, and an infantry division of the puppet army is stationed in other counties. Ma Hansan said solemnly.

"Well, very good, your intelligence department has made a great contribution this time, and when the battle is over, I will ask the commander for you, continue to keep an eye on the little devil for me, and report to me immediately if there is any change." Song Shilun Road.

"Okay"

After Ma Hansan went out, Song Shilun took a magnifying glass and looked at it on the high-powered map, then took a pencil and a ruler and measured it, and said slowly: "30 kilometers away, the little devil seems to want to fight a tough battle with us in this area, how can the old man fight?" ”

Fu Qiutao, the commander and political commissar of the 49th Division on the side, said: "Lao Yang, I am familiar with the terrain here, from Hualong Town to Dezhou all the way is mountainous, the terrain is on the rise, although it is not precipitous, there are many bridges and passes, plus we did not blow up these bridges and passes when we retreated last time, so here the Japanese puppet army Yijing built a large number of fortifications, once we want to rush to Texas through here, then we must have a frontal conflict with the Japanese puppet army, The troops will have to face an enemy armed to the teeth and strong fortifications, so my advice is a detour. ”

"No, although the detour can reduce casualties, Danshi will have to go around for more than half a month, and some of our heavy equipment will not be able to be transported, and the logistics supply line will become more fragile and dangerous. Although the little devil occupies a certain terrain advantage this time, and is still in a favorable position of defense, the vast majority of their troops are recruits, and the combat effectiveness will not be strong, and the number is also at an absolute disadvantage, as the saying goes, it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, I think that since the little devil Yijing sent this 62 division to our mouths, if we let him slip away again, it will be damned. ”

"What, Lao Yang, you want to eat this division?" Fu Qiutao asked in surprise.

"Questions?" Song Shilun asked rhetorically.

"Of course there is, although it is said that the 62nd Division is a lone army deep into our army's defense area, Danshi is not yet a lone army to go deep, plus the Japanese puppet army in Texas may be reinforced at any time, people are really attacking, retreating and defending, what do we do to annihilate people, can't we beat people and won't escape? As long as we withdraw Texas, won't our plan fail, I don't think it's feasible. "Fu Qiutao didn't save any face for Song Shilun, this is also a glorious tradition left by the Inner Mongolia Military Region, it is a matter of warfare, anyone has to say it as long as they have questions, and there is no need to have any scruples.

Song Shilun said with a smile: "The fart can be attacked, retreated, and defended, look at how far the headquarters of the 62nd Division is from Texas?" I'm afraid there are 80 kilometers, what is the concept of 80 kilometers, that is to say, when our army launched a fatal blow to the 62nd Division, the Japanese puppet army in Texas had to rush for a whole day even if they received the news immediately, and with this day, we could turn the 62nd Division of the little devil into the king of the urn. ”

Fu Qiutao obviously couldn't keep up with Song Shilun's leaping thinking, and after thinking for a while, he didn't understand what Song Shilun's plan was, and still looked at Song Shilun suspiciously.

Song Shilun knew at a glance that this senior cadre of the New Fourth Army still didn't understand what he was talking about, so he explained: "Old man, look here, the Japanese puppet army has set up strongholds along this mountain road and set up a blockade line. More than 30 bridges and passes, large and small, have been turned into military bunkers by little devils along the way, I think as long as the head of the *** Hongo Yoshio is not kicked by a donkey, all the commanding heights will be occupied, and if you calculate this generation, there are seventy or eighty firepower points, if you fight along the way, I am afraid that even if our two divisions are killed or wounded, they may not be able to hit the city of Texas. However, this kind of terrain is not harmful to us, this is like a pocket, as long as we plug the small mouth of the pocket, and then cut off the passage to the pocket here, then the little devil here will become the king in the urn"...,

Song Shilun said impassionedly, while Fu Qiutao listened to it with fascination, and finally the two reached an agreement, first by the 300th Division to attack the bridge pass and commanding heights controlled by the Japanese puppet army, and the rest of the remaining troops were under the unified command of Song Shilun.

WANG Tongzhen. The headquarters of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army.

The entire Wangtong Town Yijing was all under martial law by the Japanese army, and all the people in the town were given a death order prohibiting going out, and the traitor Wang Mazi read it very clearly in the notice, during this period when the imperial army was stationed, Wangtong Town, men, women and children were not allowed to go out, and those who violated the order were immediately executed, and their families were also harmed.

A huge camp was brightly lit, and the huge tent was not suitable for ordinary people to live in. This is not anywhere else, it is the division headquarters of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, the division commander of the 62nd Division, Yoshio Hongo, and the chief of staff of the 62nd Division, Masato Ueno, discussing the battle plan.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "Ueno-kun, what's wrong with the Shina troops?" ”

Ueno Shinchen Dasa knew the temper of His Excellency the division commander, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the division commander, the Chinese army Yijing is infinitely close to the first line of defense of the imperial army, and today our search team came with news, saying that they Yijing saw the camp of the Chinese army, and said that the vanguard of the Chinese army this time is the famous integrated 300th division of the Chinese army, the number is extremely large, and the preliminary estimate is that Yijing has more than one division. In addition, there is a huge army behind this large army of China and slowly marching forward, which seems to be the reserve force of Han Yunhua's department in China, and the number is about one division. According to Major General Tokutaro Nakajima, the Shina will attack by tomorrow morning at the latest. ”

"Are our troops ready, Han Yunhua's troops are not ordinary troops, we must not take it lightly, the loss of the imperial general Yijing in the hands of their army is more than double digits, I don't xiwang My name also appears in the war merit book of the Zhina people, do you understand?" Yoshio Hongo said rudely.

"Hay! Please rest assured, Your Excellency the Division Commander, within 18 kilometers between Hualong Town, Daowangtong Town, Caizhi, the Imperial Army Yijing has arranged a whole division and two infantry divisions of the Imperial Army, with a total strength of more than 28,000 people, distributed in more than 40 bridge passes and commanding heights, and Nakajima-kun and Okumura-kun are on the front line to command the operation, so please rest assured, as long as the Zhina people dare to storm the position of the imperial army, then they will be dealt a fatal blow. Speaking of which, Ueno Matomi Osa said excitedly.

"Yo Xi, as long as we can perform well in this offensive and defensive battle this time, I will ask His Excellency the Commander to upgrade our 62nd Division to a second-class division, and the benefits will be indispensable to Ueno-kun at that time." Yoshio Hongo said proudly.

There was a secret joy in Ueno's heart, he knew better than anyone how terrifying the background of the newly appointed division commander, His Excellency the Lieutenant General, who was not yet 50 years old, was a native of Kyoto. Moreover, the father of His Excellency the Division Commander is Army General Hongo Botaro, and the wife of His Excellency the Division Commander is the daughter of Army General Anton Sadami, and the family power is extremely large.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Division Commander, for your cultivation!" Ueno said tremblingly, his excitement overflowing.

At 8 a.m. on October 5, under the orders of Song Shilun, an infantry regiment of the 300th Division began to attack the first line of defense of the Japanese army.

The battle began to heat up, with more than 75mm guns already used from the beginning of the fighting. In order to put psychological pressure on the Japanese army, Song Shilun dispatched two mountain artillery regiments at once. More than 80 75mm mountain guns continuously carpeted the first line of defense of the Japanese army, firing more than 2,000 shells at the Japanese positions within half an hour.

Not to be outdone, the 63rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was stationed in the first line of defense, under the command of Major General Tokutaro Nakajima, the commander of the brigade, used the only mountain artillery brigade with more than 20 fighters to return fire at the reorganized 300th Division.

Boom, boom, boom

Zhang Tianyuan, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 300th Division, in the forward command post, nervously observed the battle in front of him, his face gloomy and pale.

"Report to the brigade commander, the attack of the 1st regiment and the 2nd battalion has been beaten down again, and the troops have suffered heavy losses!" The operator shouted.

"Rice bucket, this has been fought for two hours and has not broken through a line of defense of the little devil, what a fucking shame, tell Li Da bandit that if he can't take the little Tucheng Lao Tzu for half an hour, he will want his head." Zhang Tianyuan said angrily.

"Report to the brigade commander, the commander of the first regiment, Yijing, personally went to the battlefield, the commander of the second battalion, Li Bin, died ten minutes ago, the cadres of the second battalion were almost dead, and the commander of the second battalion personally rushed to the second battalion to be responsible for commanding the work." The operator continued.

"What, Li Bin sacrificed?" Zhang Tianyuan's heart twitched, others don't know who this Li Bin is, but he knows that Li Bin is the nephew of Li Da bandit, and the head of the first regiment, Li Da bandit, has never been married, so he has no son, and he has always regarded Li Bin as his own son.

"How long has it been a mess?" Zhang Tianyuan said.

Xue Yuqing, the political commissar of the First Brigade, said in a deep voice: "Yijing has been two hours, and the defenders of the devils on the opposite side are obviously more than an infantry brigade, otherwise it would be impossible to support it for such a long time." ”

"It's time to change the second regiment and go up, order the artillery regiment to replace the Li Da bandit with a cannonball, and let Wang Youming prepare Lao Tzu." Zhang Tianyuan ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

Twenty minutes ago, he received the news of the death of his nephew Li Bin, who was like a son, and he knew that if he didn't break through the devil's first line of defense today, he would not want to forgive himself in his life, and he would not be able to get out of this shadow.

"Show Lao Tzu how many more can be fought in a ball?" Li Mang gritted his teeth and said.

"There are still 478 people in the first battalion to fight!" Tang Yingshan, the commander of the first battalion, replied quickly.

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