Zhang Yunfei's worries are very reasonable, now the Kwantung Army of the little devil is called 700,000, and in order to prevent the Soviet Union's eastward advance, the Kwantung Army of the little devil has been confronting the Soviet army for a long time.

Now the Germans are attacking the USSR, which is not going well and has lost large tracts of land under the combined blows of the Germans' aircraft, artillery and armored clusters.

In order to resist the German offensive, the Soviet Union has transferred more than 100,000 troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, and now, the Soviet army no longer has an advantage in front of the Kwantung Army of the little devils, and now the strategy of the Soviet army is to defend the Kwantung Army of the little devils, not to attack.

Therefore, the Kwantung Army of the little devils is fully capable of sending more than 100,000 troops to the south, and at present, the 36th Group Army has been defeated and retreated by the little devils, and it is entirely possible for the little devils to let the Kwantung Army go south to reinforce the North China Front of the little devils.

Based on this situation, Zhang Yunfei thought that he would not rush to attack Beiping first, but first occupy several cities between Beiping and the Northeast to prevent the little devil Kwantung Army from moving south.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei nodding, everyone also became cautious.

After thinking about it carefully, everyone thought that Zhang Yunfei's worries were completely necessary, and they must guard against the southward movement of the little devil Kwantung Army.

Zhang Yunfei walked straight to the big map, looked at the map, and then tapped the location of Shanhaiguan with his fingers, "Comrades, we must immediately seize Shanhaiguan, control the Great Wall, and wait for an opportunity to march to the outside of the Great Wall." ”

Zhang Yunfei's meaning is obvious, that is, before the little devil reacts, control the Great Wall defense line, control the Great Wall, and then be able to resist the little devil's Kwantung Army southward.

If it is possible, it will be better to recover a few more cities on the outside of the Great Wall, the entire Great Wall defense line is very strong, and if the imp wants to go south, he must first break through these areas.

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, hurriedly said, "Commander-in-chief, I will see how to seize Shanhaiguan, at present, the little devils are empty in the vicinity of the Great Wall defense line, and there is only one brigade stationed in Shanhaiguan, we can completely defeat Shanhaiguan and quickly control the entire Great Wall defense line." ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, order the 5th column to immediately seize Shanhaiguan and control the Great Wall, the 4th column will also immediately move to the north of Beiping, and recover Chengde, the 6th, 8th, and two columns will move in the direction of Beiping, and the 9th and 10th columns will move to Zhangjiakou to act as a reserve." ”

Seeing Zhang Yunfei's large-scale mobilization of troops, everyone thought in their hearts, the commander-in-chief is playing a big game of chess, as long as Chengde and Qinhuangdao are controlled, plus the Great Wall, it will be more difficult for the little devils to go south......

1st Column Position.

From six o'clock in the morning, a large number of heavy artillery of the 1st column carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the defensive positions of the 54th Division of the little devils, and after half an hour of shelling, the little devils suffered heavy casualties.

Now, the shelling has ended, the 1st column is conducting a frontal offensive, and this time, the 1st column is carrying out 4 infantry regiments, led by tank regiments and mechanized infantry regiments.

Ahead, the battle is in full swing.

Wang Haiyang, the commander of the 1st column, was holding a telescope, carefully observing the battle situation ahead, seeing that the soldiers attacked smoothly, Wang Haiyang also watched with relish, as if he was enjoying a big show, seeing the highlights, Wang Haiyang did not forget to shout "Okay!" ”

"Commander, the battle situation report of the Datong side!"

A correspondent stood respectfully next to Wang Haiyang with a telegram.

At present, the entire 36th Group Army is counterattacking the little devils on a large scale, and in order for everyone to better understand the battle situation and direct the battle, Zhang Yunfei asked that some major battle situations be sent to the hands of various columns.

This time, a telegram was sent that Zhangjiakou had been restored, and the 10th and 30th little devils had been wiped out.

After receiving the telegram, Wang Haiyang looked at it and applauded happily, but he didn't expect that the 6th and 8th columns were doing so beautifully, compared to the attack of his own column, which was much slower, and was still fighting fiercely with the little devils.

Wang Haiyang thought that his troops were the first column, so they couldn't be too cheap, and they had to perform well to cripple the 54th Division of the little devils opposite, and it was best to annihilate them all.

Thinking of this, Wang Haiyang said loudly: "Pass my order, and go up two more infantry regiments, in addition, the cavalry regiment will also press up, and give me the little devil." ”

Hearing that three more regiments of troops had gone up, the chief of staff of the first column was also full of joy, and he rushed to convey the order in person.

Ahead, the position of the little devils.

The two sides have been fighting fiercely together, exchanging fire for two or three hours, and the first line of defense of the little devil has been occupied by the soldiers, and now they are breaking through to the second line of defense of the little devil.

The little devils are also taking advantage of the terrain and are stubbornly resisting there. Since there are a lot of hills on both sides of Zhengtai Road, the little devils are condescending and blocking the advancing soldiers.

"Mortar! Quickly set up a mortar and knock out the machine guns of the little devils in front of me. ”

At the foot of a hill, a captain company commander was shouting.

Halfway up the mountain, three or four hundred meters ahead, a few little devils' machine guns, a few crooked machine guns and Type 92 machine guns were firing fiercely, and the soldiers who rushed up had already sacrificed several people.

In front, the three machine gun points of the little devils are distributed in a triangular shape, each machine gun point has at least two machine guns, and there are some little devils with Type 38 rifles shooting next to them, and there are a lot of sandbags stacked in front of each machine gun point.

The little devil was condescending, and the three machine guns crossed fire, causing a lot of trouble to the soldiers who attacked the mountain, plus some little devils who were shooting with 38-type rifles next to them, many soldiers were actually suppressed by the little devil's firepower.

Hearing the shouts of his company commander, several soldiers, carrying two 60-mm mortars, hurriedly trotted all the way over and set them up quickly.

It only took 1 minute for two 60mm mortars to be erected, and several fighters carefully visually measured the distance and bearing, then adjusted the mortars, and immediately opened fire on the machine guns of the little devils.

"Tom, tom" two muffled sounds, and two shells flew towards the little devil's machine gun point.

"Boom, boom" Two explosions came, and everyone saw that one of the little devils' machine gun points was blown up, and several little devils were blown away, and the machine gun points were immediately reimbursed.

"Good! Good! and keep calling me. ”

With these two mortars, the machine gun points of the little devils were immediately knocked out, and as soon as the little devils lost the fire support of the machine guns, they were immediately suppressed by the fire of the fighters, and those little devils with Type 38 rifles, although they were condescending and occupied a favorable position, but they were shooting at the fighters with AK-47 assault rifles, which was simply looking for death.

It didn't take long for many little devils to be killed, and the soldiers rushed up the mountain for two or three hundred meters.

"Company commander, you see, two armored vehicles also rushed up."

The captain's company commander looked back, but no, two Type 39 armored personnel carriers, with their outstanding horsepower and cross-country ability, were also driving up the mountain, some small trees were crushed one after another, and the armored vehicles were advancing much faster than the infantry.

"Comrades! Come on! ”

With the powerful fire support of armored personnel carriers, it is much easier to fight, and the little devils will definitely not be able to resist.

Sure enough, the attack of the fighters went much more smoothly, and there were several little devil machine gun points on the mountain, which were not enough to see in front of the 30-mm cannon of the armored personnel carrier, and this small hill was immediately occupied by the fighters.

"Company commander! You see, it seems that we have a lot of comrades in addition. ”

"Company commander! It seems that the comrades of the cavalry regiment also went to war. ”

Sure enough, in the distance, many infantry regiment soldiers and many cavalry were coming this way. Seeing this scene, the captain and company commander immediately said loudly: "Comrades, keep fighting and rush with me!" ”

Originally, after eliminating the little devil on this mountain, the captain and company commander still wanted the soldiers to rest for ten minutes, but now it seems that he will definitely not be able to rest, so he can only immediately enter the battle and eliminate the little devil as soon as possible......

The headquarters of the 54th Division of the little devils.

The commander of the Little Devil Division, Taro Imai, also looked at the battle situation ahead with a telescope, but compared to Wang Haiyang, the face of the commander of the Little Devil Division was much more ugly.

The artillery bombardment in the morning caused heavy casualties to the little devils, and now, the offensive of the 36th Group Army is unusually sharp, and the little devils are retreating one after another, and even the first line of defense has been lost.

Seeing the death of many little devils, Taro Imai's heart is dripping blood.

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him was also watching the battle situation, and saw that the 36th Group Army had dispatched a lot of chariots, and the little devil basically only had to be killed in front of these chariots, and the chief of staff of the little devil was also uncomfortable.

Seeing another machine-gun position in the distance being bombarded by a tank of the 36th Group Army, the chief of staff of the little devil couldn't help it, and couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, the tank of the [***] team on the opposite side is really powerful, we might as well send our tank brigade out, so that we can resist it." ”

The 54th Division of the Little Devil is equipped with a tank brigade consisting of a dozen Type 92 tanks and armored vehicles, and this tank brigade has not yet been put into battle.

Hearing this, the commander of the little devil division shook his head, "The tanks of the [***] team are too good, the main guns of their tanks look at least sixty or seventy millimeters, and the armor also looks very thick, our tanks are only afraid that they are not opponents." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil couldn't help but be gloomy when he saw Taro Imai say this.

(To be continued)