In order to ensure the smooth advance of the anti-coalition forces at night, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region mobilized a large number of key militiamen and deployed them along both sides of the highway at night. At a distance of 10 meters, people holding torches illuminated the troops. At the same time, some local armed forces were mobilized to carry out strict vigilance along the way.

During the advance of the Anti-United Nations Forces, no one was allowed to take a step close to the road, so as to make every effort to ensure the covert advance of the southbound troops of the Anti-United Nations. And along the mountains on both sides, a large number of light and dark sentinels were deployed. If an abnormality is found, it will be dealt with immediately. At the same time, once you find the movement of an aircraft in the air, you will immediately shoot and call the police.

However, although the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has made sufficient preparations, it has almost not caused chaos. It was the first time that many of the militia and local armed forces that had been mobilized had seen so many tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a large number of vehicles and heavy artillery. Although the superiors have clearly warned that these are their own people, there is still some panic.

In particular, the militia of Beiyue and the western district of Pingxi had seen the small tanks of the little devils during the counter-sweep, but the tanks of the Chinese had not even seen Mao. With so many tanks and armored vehicles pouring out at once, some militiamen threw aside the advice from their superiors and turned around and ran.

There was also a certain amount of confusion in the local armed forces that led the team. There is no way, so many tanks appear at the same time, and the marching column of a division winds for more than ten kilometers, which is really shocking. Not to mention the local armed forces and militias, even those cadres who were born in the old Red Army and served as left-behind last year, it is also a little unnatural to see these tanks.

But fortunately, although there is a certain amount of confusion, after all, the cadres who lead the team are all tested and are still quite effective. In a short period of time, he coordinated with the leading cadres of the Anti-United Nations to find a way to stabilize the mood of these key militias and local armed forces, and to ensure the needs of the anti-United Nations forces to move to Guannai.

At the same time, in order to cooperate with the offensive prepared by the Anti-Japanese Federation, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region concentrated the original main force and the troops returning from the northeast into four columns. It also received heavy equipment from the troops that accompanied them out of the customs for retraining, as well as four field artillery regiments and four 105 howitzer regiments that returned together.

Among the reorganized units of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, except for one column and three independent brigades for the Shanxi battlefield, the rest of the troops were all used for the Hebei battlefield. At the same time, the troops of Jinsui and Jin, Hebei, and Luyu also completed the formation of the column level. The Taiyue Military Region was also organized into a separate column plus five independent regiments, ready to cooperate in the battle.

At the same time, the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, which was in the south, also began to move north one after another. Cooperate with the troops of the Shandong Military Region to prepare for operations against the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and the Japanese Twelfth Army in Shandong. Compared with other strategic areas outside the Guannai, the Shandong Military Region is also constantly reorganizing its troops in light of its own characteristics, and has independently drawn up an operational plan with the Tongpu Railway and the Japanese army in Shandong Province as its main objectives.

In accordance with the unified arrangements of the central authorities, the major strategic regions have also taken the original local units as the foundation and backbone units, and have transferred a number of military and political cadres from the main forces to form a number of new corps. Although it did not meet the standard of 100 regiments required by the central authorities, it did its best to form 73 new regiments and nearly 100,000 recruits.

Moreover, these newly organized units have basically completed their full training. Under the vigorous rectification and replenishment of the Anti-Japanese Union, light weapons are also relatively complete, and they can be replenished into the troops at any time. The only problem is that most of this batch of recruits are still in northern Jiangsu and Shandong, and only one-third of them are in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu base areas.

In the words of the central government, North China is really ready to smash the pot and sell iron in this war. It's just that everyone understands that the cost of this battle will be very high. But everyone understands that this battle must be fought. Not only to solve the problem of food shortage in the major base areas in North China, but also to face the double heavy political pressure at home and abroad after the dissolution of the Comintern, which also made it necessary for the Central Committee to fight this war.

With the 30 October Anti-Japanese Alliance, all combat units have moved into offensive positions and completed their exhibitions. The armored troops responsible for the detour of the Western Front, under the unified command of Chen Hanzhang, have secretly entered the territory of Changping. The troops responsible for interspersing on the Eastern Front were secretly waiting outside the Gubei Pass under the command of Du Kaishan.

These two interspersed troops were not the first troops to be put into battle. The real time for them to fight out of the Yanshan Mountains was after the front-line combat troops broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese army and completed the division of the Japanese army in Pingjin and Tianjin. After being put into the battlefield as the second echelon, it will give full play to its mobility as much as possible, expand the breakthrough and make every effort to intersperse it with the designated location to the south.

The troops in front of them, with the cooperation of the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, had already seized Gubeikou and Juyong Pass, opening the way to attack the surrounding areas of Beiping. The troops participating in the war on the Eastern Front have also completed all the deployment with the cooperation of the armed forces of the Eastern Hebei Division. At the same time, the two main columns of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, with five artillery regiments directly under it, as well as some local armed forces, have secretly marched into the Pingxi area.

On the northeast front, the anti-coalition forces used two armored brigades as sharp knives to form a flanking situation on the four flat and two flanks. And with the strength of six divisions, the Siping was fully launched. On the front of the line between Kangping and Faku and Changtu, the strength of four divisions and one armored brigade was also concentrated. In the territory of Rehe, the three divisions of the Anti-Japanese Union also launched a full-line defense in the direction of western Liaoning and eastern Hebei.

On 1 November, when all the units participating in the battle had been fully deployed, the Japanese 11th Army concentrated two-thirds of its strength in Central China, a total of 45 infantry brigades. and the 17th Brigade and Regiment of the Seventeenth Army, one of each of the three divisions of the 13th Army.

Under the cover of powerful artillery fire and aviation, the troops launched an attack on the west bank of Dongting Lake in three directions. There was a fierce battle with the troops of the Chongqing Sixth Theater who were firmly holding Huxi. In order to realize its strategic intentions, the 11th Army of the Japanese Army in Central China mobilized almost all the troops that could be mobilized and threw them into the Changde Offensive Battle.

On the same day, in order to isolate the main force of the Japanese Navy in Rabaul, the US military searched for a reliable operational base for the airstrike on Rabaul by roadbed air forces. Under the cover of a strong navy, Yu landed on Bougainville Island. And around Bougainville Island, there was an unprecedented fierce battle with the Japanese Navy.

Compared with the hot fighting in other directions and the Pacific Theater, the North China and Northeast Battlefields, which should have been the first to start, are still quite quiet. Aside from skirmishes and tactical reconnaissance operations, or artillery battles, there were no major battles between the two sides. This point puzzled everyone.

At this time, the Northeast War Situation had been handed over to Guo Bingxun, Wang Guangyu and the army commander for unified command, and he arrived at the Pingxi Base Area of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region with a light command center, and Yang Zhen, who had set up an advance command center, was quite calm. The situation in all aspects is constantly summarized, but the order to attack is delayed.

Originally, Yang Zhen did not want to serve as the secretary of the General Front Committee of the Central Committee in accordance with his proposal. The Central Committee did not let him serve as the first secretary in accordance with his request. However, the Central Committee designated Yang Zhen as the second secretary of the General Front Committee in charge of military command.

As for the first secretary, the boss who rushed from Yan'an to Jinchaji was personally responsible. The stakes in this war are of great importance, and it involves the issue of coordinated operations of troops in several aspects. Therefore, the central government finally decided that the boss himself would serve as the first secretary and coordinate the command of all aspects in the center.

However, after meeting with Yang Zhen, the boss clearly told him that he, the first secretary, was only responsible for coordinating in the center. As for how to fight, it is his Yang Zhen's business. For military problems, he, Yang Zhen, is generally responsible. On political issues, the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region served as the political commissar. The troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are personally commanded by the deputy commander-in-chief.

Yang Zhen, who was forced to drive ducks to the shelves, could only take over the task of overall command. However, with the support of the boss, Yang Zhen straightened out the command relationship, and it was much smoother. But for Yang Zhen to be so calm, it made the boss and the deputy commander-in-chief a little confused.

Compared with Yang Zhen's calmness, he was a little confused by his comrades-in-arms. Okamura Ningci, who was sitting in the headquarters of the North China Front Army in Beiping, was under great pressure from Yang Zhen so calmly. With such a large number of opponents in front of him, it is impossible for anyone to completely calm down.

With such a large-scale transfer, it is almost impossible to achieve complete secrecy. Therefore, after the arrival of the anti-union troops one after another, the focus of secrecy was placed on the troops on the second line who were ready to carry out large-scale in-depth penetration. As for the troops on the front line that have begun to make contact with the Japanese army, they are now fully deployed, and even if they want to keep secrets, they are already secretive.

With the Japanese army's tactical intelligence gathering ability, it is still completely possible to find out its own front-line opponents. Without this capability, the Japanese army would not have been able to sweep through most of China in a short period of time. Moreover, the forward forces of the two sides have already begun to make contact on a small scale, and it is even more impossible for the Japanese army to find out the approximate strength of the troops that have already deployed against the United Nations.

When the front-line troops of the Japanese army found out that only the anti-coalition forces in front of them had eleven divisions, one armored brigade, five independent tank regiments, and a large number of artillery and cavalry, Okamura Ninji was covered in white sweat on his back.

But such a large force was placed in front of him, but he did not launch an attack for a long time, and everyone was Alexander. Okamura Ninji tried to launch an offensive several times, but he gave up because of the resolute opposition of several division commanders on the front line. But the feeling that this heart can only hang in mid-air is really uncomfortable.

As time passed, day by day, Yang Zhen was still very calm, just constantly collecting information on the battle situation in all aspects. It was not until 12 November that Yang Zhen gave the order to enter the final preparations for the attack. But the order was only to prepare the troops to attack at any time, and when to attack, it still made everyone confused.

It was not until November 15 that the Japanese troops on the front line had begun to assemble and seemed to be ready to strike first. Yang Zhen immediately made a decision and immediately ordered all the units that had arrived at the front line to launch an attack on the whole line between Pingjin and Tianjin. The first round of artillery fire was about to be smashed between Shunyi and Pinggu on the outskirts of Beiping.

Originally, Okamura Ninji wanted to strike first, taking advantage of the complex terrain in the mountainous area of Pingbei, which is not conducive to large-scale tank movements, to strike first. Although several division commanders who fought on the front line raised objections to his idea. However, under the invisible pressure in his heart, Okamura Ninji finally defied public opinion on November 13 and decided to attack first.

Although he didn't think that he could completely intercept the troops of the Anti-United Nations in the Yanshan Mountains. But at least find out the intentions of the Anti-United Nations and disrupt the deployment of the Anti-United Nations. The most important thing is to stab him first, which is better than sitting here and doing it yourself. You can't, just sit and wait for your opponent to come to your door.

After thinking about it for a long time, in the end, despite the opposition of the commanders of various divisions on the front, he concentrated the strength of six infantry brigades on the front line, preparing to launch a tentative attack on the Changping area of Pingbei. At the very least, take back control of the Miyun perimeter. Re-plug this gap.