In the morning light, a layer of milky white mist floated on the ground. The woods in the distance appeared and disappeared in the fog. The sound of cannons faintly, floating with the morning light. The Yongding River became busy again. Seven or eight floating bridges spanned the north and south. Teams of tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks passed through the bridge. The two anti-aircraft cannons on the bridge were high. The soldiers held the steel guns tightly and watched the movements around them vigilantly.

A convoy of more than a dozen jeeps and trucks crossed the pontoon bridge and stepped onto the land on the north shore, and drove towards the place where the cannon sounded. Qiu Qingquan was sitting in the first jeep. He was always different from other generals. He sat in the first car, never in other cars, nor in the back seat, and must be the passenger seat.

Bites a cigar in his mouth, Qiu Qingquan looked at the soldiers of the 23rd Army who were walking towards the front with satisfaction. This time, the crossing of the river was divided into three estuaries. His command was at the ferry in the middle, the 45th Army and the 5th Army Tank Division were at the Shili Dike north of Gu'an, and the 21st Army of the 23rd Army were at the village head a little further west. In order to cover their crossing, the 12th Army of the Tang Enbo's army and the 85th Army of the Xi Group launched an attack on the Japanese army in Zhuozhou, forcing the 36th Division to shrink to Zhuozhou.

This is a crossing of the river of 250,000 people, a military operation of 250,000 people and more than 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles. This is a huge strike force. Such steel power has never appeared in the Asian battlefield. Qiu Qingquan was very energetic at this time. To be honest, Zhuang Jihua was actually kept as a reserve force, which made the army very dissatisfied. Some young officers even publicly complained at the headquarters, and Jiang Weiguo simply broke into the headquarters and asked to telegram to the theater command that the First Mechanized Army would attack Langfang alone and ensure that Langfang was taken down within three days.

Qiu Qingquan had no choice but to criticize the prince, and he neither dared to denounce him nor accepted him. Finally, he simply told Jiang Weiguo that this was deployed by the commander himself. If he had any objections, he could directly report it to the theater command.

Jiang Weiguo was a newborn calf, and he was not afraid of tigers. He reported it when he said he would report it. He wrote a letter of opinion without hesitation and reported it to the theater command. In the end, it was handled in two days. Zhuang Jihua criticized two words on it: Arrogant! Then he was removed from the position of commander of Jiang Weiguo's tank regiment and transferred to the Operations Office of the First Mechanized Army as an ordinary staff member. At the same time, Zhuang Jihua's strict orders. If Jiang Weiguo disobeys the order, he will be transferred back to Chongqing directly.

This decision shocked the entire army, so the officers were silent, and even Qiu Qingquan was shocked. Jiang Weiguo was Chiang Kai-shek's second son and the rank of colonel, but now he was taken to the end and served as a lieutenant-level staff officer in the combat office. Qiu Qingquan did not dare to adjust Jiang Weiguo's position privately. Zhuang Jihua pointed out the positions and work held by Jiang Weiguo in the handling decision.

Of course, Jiang Weiguo was not convinced, but he did not dare to go to the theater headquarters to appeal privately. He was stubborn and unwilling to find Chiang Kai-shek, so he could only swallow this temporarily and stay at the Army Command honestly.

The army advanced north in three routes. The breakthrough process was very easy, so easy that Qiu Qingquan couldn't believe it. There was only one small team on the other side of the Tuntou, and there were only a few ferries defending the entire north bank. There were troops defending the entire ferry. It was easily broken through. The engineer regiment built a pontoon bridge in the shortest time, and after the tanks crossed the river, they immediately galloped north.

The roar of motors came from the sky, and the Air Force began to provide air cover to the ground as planned. The fighter formation flew northward, and the roar of dozens of planes ignited the emotions of the ground troops, and the soldiers waved to the sky. Qiu Qingquan smiled, took down the cigar, and ordered the driver to speed up.

Okamura Yasuji received a report from Yushiji. A large number of Chinese tanks crossed the Yongding River between Gu'an and Zhuozhou. The total number of troops was unknown. The Eighth Division reported that the 31st Regiment stationed on the north bank suffered heavy losses. The corps leader Kitani was killed in battle. The remaining more than a thousand people retreated to Huanggezhuang under the leadership of Saito Nakasa.

The heavy punch from the Zhong* team made Okamura dizzy. After a long time, Okamura suddenly jumped up and pulled out the command knife to split the coffee table in front of him into two parts: "Damn Matsuyama! Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

Okamura has never known that the 56th Division's illegal attack was carried out by Matsuyama under the pressure of young officers from Matsuyama instigated the division's young officers. Matsuyama would not report it. Matsuyama was so angry that he was deprived of command, and no one was seeking justice for him. Of course, whether Matsuyama had an injustice is worth thinking about.

Okamura fully understood that the power of the Chinese general's heavy punch was the 8th Division, the 56th Division, and even the 19th Division of the 10th Division were in danger. The troops were bombed by the Chinese Air Force on the bare North China Plain and retreated northward under the pursuit of the Chinese tanks. The Chinese army would chase them from all directions and swallow them alive.

Okamura's incompetence made Okamura's staff and the war room panic. Okamura stepped forward and advised: "Your Excellency, the matter can be restored. Immediately ordered the 47th Division of the 15th Division to advance eastward, and ordered the Second Division to go south immediately to receive the last general."

"Where is Peiping?" Okamura said angrily: "Where is Zhangjiakou?! Where is the new security guard Xuanhua Zhuolu?!"

"Your Excellency, you once said that the Chinese army will not attack Beiping!" Dacheng brought out the reason that he didn't even believe it: "We can draw two corpses, as well as the soldiers in the town. Zhangjiakou, the new security guard in Xuanhua, had to give up. Since the Chinese general sent heavy troops, it would be impossible to defend this area. General Jimu's way back to Beiping has been blocked. Beizhi suggested ordering them to retreat to Rehe and assemble on both sides of the Great Wall. The vanguard of the Kwantung Army was led to the vanguard of the Kwantung Army.

The 138th Division was rushing to Tangshan. Major General Gao believed that within two days, the 138th Division could complete the assembly, and the other 152nd Division could arrive within five days." Meizu Mijiro also knew that North China was in danger, so he personally took charge of Shanhaiguan and urged the Kwantung Army to enter the pass overnight. But after all, it was an army of hundreds of thousands of people. Two hundred thousand troops were to be drawn on the Far East battlefield, and the transportation capacity seriously restricted the speed of the southward journey. But even so, the 138th Division arrived in Tangshan seven days ahead of schedule.

But using the Kanto Army in this way is undoubtedly a poison to quench thirst. The Kanto Army has one division and one division to fight and form a tactic of adding fuel. The best result is that both sides suffer losses, but is both sides suffering the consequences that Japan can accept?

But Okamura didn't care. In the chaos, he suddenly woke up. The 49th Army must be in the Xinbaoan area of ​​Xuanhua. The Chinese General must have invested no less than 300,000 troops in this area. The 14th Army of the 49th Army and the New Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army will be divided and surrounded Zhuolu, the Xinbaoan area of ​​Xuanhua.

The purpose of such heavy troops is naturally to cut off and eliminate the front line of Zhangjiakou, and then to surround Pingjin from the north, and wipe out more than 400,000 heavy troops of the imperial army in North China.

In addition, this cunning Chinese general set a trap for himself before the battle began, deliberately deploying the Forty-Ninth Army, the Fifth Army and the First Mechanized Army on the front line of Zhuozhou, inducing himself to draw troops from Gu'an and Xin Security Gu'an to strengthen Zhuozhou. Then, using Gu'an as a breakthrough point, interspersed with new security guards, completely tearing the Pingjin battlefield.

What to do? How can we resolve this crisis? Okamura looked at the map and thought hard. Okamura waved to the staff members and asked them to continue doing their own things and not disturb Okamura. The staff members dispersed, Okamura drafted his previous suggestion as an order, and anxiously waited for Okamura to make a decision.

For two hours, Okamura stood motionless in the face of the map for two hours. When he turned around to face the Okamura again, Okamura was shocked. Okamura looked ten years old, with a little white hair on her temples and a pale and tired face.

"Your Excellency..." Oshima didn't know what to say, the torture of the battle, the hope of the people, the expectations of His Majesty, and all the pressure was on Oshima's shoulders. Since ancient times, there was a saying that one night of white hair was white, but Oshima had turned gray in just two hours. Oshima's expression was firm and determined to interrupt Oshima without hesitation: "Oshima, the entire battle situation is extremely dangerous now. Our army's army is seriously insufficient. It is impossible to reverse the situation by just passing response. Extraordinary measures must be taken."

Okamura was shocked and quickly concentrated his energy. Okamura continued: "The space on the battlefield has expanded, and the lack of troops in the Imperial Army has become more obvious. To reverse this situation, we must wait for the Kwantung Army to enter the pass; before this, we must also preserve the North China troops, otherwise even if the Kwantung Army enters the pass, the troops will be insufficient."

"To this end, extraordinary methods must be taken," Okamura's expression was extremely firm: "Order Tansuo to give up Zhuozhou and retreat to Beiping; order Hengshan Yong to leave four divisions to defend Tianjin, and the rest of the troops immediately retreat to Tongzhou; order Hebian Masao to immediately give up Langfang and withdraw from Tongzhou; order the 116th Division, the 125th Division and the 15th Mixed Brigade to assemble to Xuanhua; order Yoshimu Shinichi to join the Xuanhua troops and immediately retreat to Huailai, and then retreat to the Great Wall to defend the Gubeikou area."

Okamura Yasuji paused: "The order of the 56th Division and the 8th Division to block the Chinese army, and the rest of the troops immediately retreated and retreated to Tongzhou."

After saying that, Okamura Yasuji paused and looked at Okamura: "Mr. Okamura, you immediately lead the main departments of the North China Expeditionary Army Command to retreat to Tangshan."

Dacheng was shocked, and he couldn't help but shout: "Your Excellency!"

Okamura Yanji waved his hand and told him not to be excited. Okamura didn't care: "Your Excellency, what are you going to do? The dispatching army headquarters retreated to Tangshan. Are you going to give up Hiratsu? You, what's going to be here?"

Okamura looked at the excited Aoshima and nodded in pain. He pointed to the map: "General China is a very cautious and adventurous guy. I concluded that the Forty-Nine Army must be on the front line of the new security guards. The Chinese army interspersed here are estimated to be 200,000 to 300,000. It is not known whether General Yoshimu can bring the troops back. I hope that God Amaterasu can bless him and he can bring the troops to Huailai, even if it is only half."

"On the southern line, the Chinese general broke through Gu'an. The First Mechanized Army had thousands of tanks and armored vehicles and a large number of infantry. Gu'an would soon be lost. The Chinese army attacking Gu'an would also cross the river to the north. The Zhengsan on the river would be in danger. The Chinese army could drag the Chinese army for up to five days, and then Zhuozhou and Tianjin. So when the Kwantung Army arrived, the North China dispatched troops were only Beiping, and at most half Tianjin. Aochengjun, we might have to lose 300,000 troops. What's the use of the Kwantung Army coming? What can General Umejin do without troops? In the end, he had to retreat. General Ishihara's suggestion was really wise, but unfortunately I didn't think it through at the beginning. What Japan lacked the most now was military strength."!~!
Chapter completed!