Hirata Masashi fell silent, not knowing what to say for a while, the current situation is indeed a bit bad for the Japanese army.Gangcun Ningji was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly and said: "What is the situation of the 27th Division now" "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the 27th Division retreated twenty miles, and began to build fortifications on the spot and take a defensive position. ”Hirata replied quickly."
Hmm" Gangcun Ningci nodded, and did not accuse the 27th Division of cowardice, after all, the current 27th Division has become a lone army, and if it is risking to attack Tangshan, it is likely to be besieged by the Eighth Route Army.Gangmura Ningji frowned and thought for a while and said: "The Kwantung Army has promised to send troops to assist our army, but it is estimated that it will be until tomorrow, even if a brigade of the Kwantung Army is added, it will not be so easy to defeat the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army."
Although the strength of the imperial army is insufficient at present, we must still try our best to allocate troops to support the eastern Hebei region in order to stabilize the situation in the eastern Hebei region. ”"Hai," Hirata replied respectfully.Gangcun Ningci hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The Henan side also wants to strengthen the offensive, but if it can't do it, it can only give up temporarily." ”Gangcun Ningci made such a decision as a last resort, not only because of the deterioration of the situation in eastern Hebei.On the other hand, it is also because the progress of the Japanese 11th Army in southern Henan is not smooth, and without the favorable cooperation of the 11th Army, it is still difficult for the North China Dispatch Army to open up the Pinghan Railway by itself."
Hai" Hirata Masaji responded respectfully, saw Okamura Ninji waved his hand, and respectfully withdrew from Okamura Ninji's office.Li Guotao slept beautifully in Gushu Town, and only got up from the kang in the afternoon, hurriedly ate something, and then said hello to Changde and others, Li Guotao hurried to Tangshan.By the time Li Guotao arrived in Tangshan City, it was dark.In the headquarters, Li Guotao met with Political Commissar Meng, Ma Zhenguo and others.As soon as he saw Meng Political Commissar, he laughed and said: "Guotao, you fought this battle really well, one division and one independent mixed brigade of little devils, almost completely annihilated by our army, so as to completely solve the threat of the Japanese army on the Western Front to our army." ”"Hehe, it's a fluke."
Li Guotao said modestly: "And it is only a temporary solution to the threat on the Western Front, I estimate that the devils will definitely continue to increase troops in the eastern Hebei region, so we can't afford not to guard against it." ”"Hmm" Political Commissar Meng nodded and said: "What Guotao said makes sense, although we have temporarily repelled the attack of the devils, it does not mean that we are safe now, we still have to transport the captured materials to Chahar as soon as possible according to the established plan." ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded, and then asked: "How is the situation in the city now" Political Commissar Meng said with a serious face: "The materials have been almost transported, but we are only transferring the materials to the vicinity of Zunhua now, which is not a victory, and all these materials must be transported to Chahar."
In particular, if all those machinery and equipment can be successfully transported back, it will certainly be able to greatly enhance our army's arms production capacity, thereby further enhancing our army's overall strength. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "What the political commissar said is good, but if you want to successfully transport such a large number of equipment to Chahar, I'm afraid it is not so easy." ”Li Guotao said and looked down at the map on the table, and said with a serious face: "At present, our army has successfully recovered Yanqing County, although it is only more than 200 miles from Zunhua to Yanqing, but there are mountain roads along the way, and it is likely to be attacked by devils, and there are many large equipment among these equipment, which is quite difficult to transport, so the mountain road of more than 200 miles is not easy to walk" Ma Zhenguo, who had never spoken, suddenly interjected: "How does the commander plan to take this road" Li Guotao frowned and said with a serious face: "I have ordered the new 3rd Brigade and the new 5th Brigade to rush to Zunhua, and this escort task will be mainly handed over to these two brigades, and we can also ask the friendly troops of Chahar to receive us."
As for the specific route, I plan to take Xinglong County first, and then pass through Miyun through Xinglong, and finally arrive in Yanqing. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "This road should be relatively safe, but this mountain road is indeed a little difficult to walk. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "This is also a matter of no choice, and with so many materials, it is difficult for us to transport them all back to Chahar in a short time, so we can only transport them in batches."
Considering the possibility that the Japanese army may launch a counterattack, we can hide some machinery and equipment and materials that are too late to be transported away in the mountains in the north of Zunhua County. ”Political Commissar Meng nodded and said: "This is a good idea, we finally got these machinery and equipment and materials, so we must ensure safety, if it is intercepted by the little devil on the way, or destroyed by the little devil, it will be an irreparable loss." ”Ma Zhenguo thought for a moment and asked, "Then how do we take Xinglong County?"
”Li Guotao's eyes fell on Xinglong County on the map, and said with a serious face: "According to the information we have obtained, the Japanese army has only one reinforced squadron in Xinglong County, and there are also hundreds of puppet troops, it is not difficult to take this Xinglong County, the only difficulty is that after taking Xinglong, it will definitely be counterattacked by devils."
Xinglong County is a Kwantung military defense area, and the main force of the Japanese army stationed in Chengde will definitely counterattack Xinglong and recapture Xinglong County.My plan is to raid Xinglong County and take Xinglong County in one fell swoop.Then with the strength of a brigade, he went north and built a defensive line in the area north of Xinglong County to block the Japanese counterattack. ”"The mission of the raid," Ma Zhenguo asked with a frown."
Just leave it to the special combat team, and send a regiment of troops to assist, which is enough to easily take Xinglong County.I have already ordered the special combat team to rush to Xinglong County, and some of them have successfully infiltrated the city, and plan to start after the early morning.The newly formed Fifth Brigade and the special service battalion directly under the column jointly formed an advance team, numbering about 2,000 people, and they had already rushed to Xinglong overnight. ”Li Guotao said with a serious face.Political Commissar Meng smiled and nodded, and said: "With the special combat team taking action in person, we will definitely be able to take Xinglong County in one fell swoop, and we can rest assured of this."
It's just that we have taken Xinglong County, and this front is going to be further lengthened, which may not be a good thing for us" aa2705221: