Outside Zhangjiakou City, inside the headquarters of the Seventh Column, Ma Zhenguo pointed to the map and said: "At present, Wanquan County and Xuanhua County have been captured by our army, and after the Eighth Column captured Zhangbei, the main force immediately moved south, and it is now close to Zhangjiakou.In other words, at present, Zhangjiakou has been surrounded by our regiments. ”Ma Zhenguo paused, and then said: "Just now, the first independent garrison brigade of the Japanese army has been completely wiped out by our army, that is to say, now in Zhangjiakou City, there is only one brigade of Japanese troops left, even if you add the puppet army, as well as the devil's gendarmerie, police, etc., the enemy army in the city at this time is only about 3,000 people. ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now that Zhangjiakou is besieged, Okabe Naosaburo will definitely transfer troops to reinforce Zhangjiakou, and the troops that Okabe Naosaburo can mobilize are only the 41st Division and the Independent Second Mixed Brigade on the Fengzhen front, of course, he can also ask Beiping for help, and ask Tada Jun to transfer troops from Beiping to support Zhangjiakou."
The purpose of our siege of Zhangjiakou this time was to attract the Japanese 41st Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade to return to Zhangjiakou.Therefore, we must cut off the reinforcements from Beiping so that we can ensure that Naosaburo Okabe will bring back the Japanese troops in Toyojin.Therefore, the task of the 4th Independent Brigade will be very arduous, and it must hold Xuanhua, so that the Japanese army in Beiping will not be able to support Zhangjiakou. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "After the Fourth Brigade captured Xuanhua, it has begun to build fortifications on the spot, and with the current combat strength of the Fourth Brigade, it should not be a problem to block the Japanese army in Beiping." ”Li Guotao nodded and said, "On the other hand, we have to put more pressure on Okabe Naosaburo so that he has to mobilize reinforcements to support Zhangjiakou." ”"You mean to say that attacking Zhangjiakou" Ma Zhenguo said with a frown."
At the very least, you have to put on an offensive posture, so that Naosaburo Okabe can be fooled."
Li Guotao said with a serious face.As soon as the words fell, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly walked over, respectfully saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the headquarters is in an emergency." ”Li Guotao hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the telegram, looked at it carefully, and when he saw the content on the telegram, a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.Ma Zhenguo asked with a smile: "What is the good news over there at the headquarters?"
”Li Guotao nodded with a smile and said, "It is indeed good news, and it is three good news."
First, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has mobilized 10 regiments of troops and rushed to the vicinity of Zhangjiakou to support us.Second, the General Headquarters has already coordinated with the Yan'an side, and this afternoon the Yan'an side will send a transport plane to transport a group of pilots to Zhangjiakou, and when the time comes, these pilots will parachute into the vicinity of Zhangjiakou, and the General Headquarters will order us to be ready to respond.There is a third piece of good news, the little devils on the Fengzhen side have begun to retreat. ”Hearing this good news, Ma Zhenguo couldn't help but show a trace of excitement in his eyes, and said with a smile: "That's great, I didn't expect Naosaburo Okabe to transfer the little devil on the front line of Fengzhen back so quickly." ”Li Guotao smiled and nodded and said, "This Okabe Naosaburo is probably also scared by us, and he doesn't dare to take any more risks, so he can only obediently transfer the little devil from Fengzhen back." ”"Well, in this way, our plan to surround Wei and save Zhao is a success."
Ma Zhenguo said with a smile."
No, now it's only half the battle."
Li Guotao shook his head with a smile and said."
How do you say this," Ma Zhenguo asked with a puzzled expression.Li Guotao explained with a smile: "You must know this allusion to encircling Wei to save Zhao, during the Warring States Period, Wei attacked Zhao on a large scale, and Zhao was defeated, so he asked Qi for help.After weighing the pros and cons, the Qi State decided to send troops to rescue Zhao, but the Qi army, under the advice of the military advisor Sun Bin, did not go straight to the Zhao State, but led the troops to attack the Wei State and approached the Wei capital Liang.Daliang was in danger, and the Wei army could only return to help Daliang, and at this time, the Qi army set up an ambush on the road that the Wei army had to pass, and defeated the Wei army in one fell swoop when the Wei army was tired and tired of horses.And now we are only forcing the little devils to return to Zhangjiakou, so we are only half of the success now. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded as if he had realized and said: "You mean that we will follow the example of Sun Bin back then, set up an ambush with the Japanese army halfway, and defeat it in one fell swoop." ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "Yes, we not only want to defeat the Japanese army this time, but it is best to annihilate the 41st Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade in one fell swoop, so that we can really take over the danger of Suiyuan. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then there is no need for us to attack Zhangjiakou." ”Li Guotao shook his head and said, "If you don't open your family, you still have to fight."
Okabe Naosaburo is not stupid, if we don't attack Zhangjiakou, he will definitely have some suspicions, thinking that our attack on Zhangjiakou is fake, and it is true to lure the 41st Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade to come back for reinforcements.Now although the Japanese army in Fengzhen has begun to retreat, but only in batches, and has not even withdrawn to Datong, if Okabe Naosaburo sees through our strategy and orders the 41st Division and the independent second mixed brigade to continue to attack Fengzhen, then we will not have lost all our previous achievements" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, so it seems that we must fight this battle, and it is better to make the momentum bigger, so that Okabe Naosaburo can be convinced that we really want to attack Zhangjiakou, not a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao." ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded and said with a serious face: "Order all troops to prepare and launch an attack on Zhangjiakou this evening." ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded respectfully, turned around and ran to convey the order.In the evening of the same day, the seventh column concentrated all its artillery and bombarded the city defense of the south gate of Zhangjiakou, and the rumbling artillery rang out for nearly half an hour.As night fell, the Eighth Route Army immediately launched a fierce attack on the south gate."
Kill" In the earth-shattering shout of killing, more than 1,000 brave soldiers of the Eighth Route Army roared loudly and rushed towards the south gate one after another.At the same time, the Eighth Column of the Eighth Route Army, which had hurried from Zhangbei, did not care about resting, and launched a fierce attack on the north gate at the same time.For a time, the dense gunfire and violent explosions resounded throughout Zhangjiakou City, and the little devils in the city were panicked, for fear that the Eighth Route Army would enter the city.The people in the city were overjoyed when they learned that the Eighth Route Army was attacking the city, these people had long been unbearable to be enslaved by the little devils, and they had long looked forward to the Chinese army being able to fight back to Zhangjiakou.aa2705221: