Li Guotao stood on the city wall, looking at the battlefield not far away, and the hundreds of devil remnants trapped on the top of the two small hills were quickly wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and the cold battle was temporarily stopped.Subsequently, the main force of the teaching regiment, under the leadership of Wei Xiaodong, left Lengkou and advanced rapidly from the north in the direction of Xifengkou, which was located on the west side of Lengkou.Li Guotao looked at the scene in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over and said loudly with a respectful face: "Report to the commander, I just received an urgent call from the headquarters.The Eighth Column, the Ninth Column, and the main force of the Pingxi Military Region, totaling more than 120,000 troops, had already defeated the main force of the puppet Manchurian and Mongolian armies and the Kwantung Army west of Duolun last night, breaking through the defense line of the Japanese puppet army. ”"Okay" Li Guotao nodded and said: "The main force has finally started, and we can also let go of our hands and feet."
The new First Brigade, the new Second Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade and other units were ordered to rush to Xifengkou as soon as possible to assist the teaching regiment in taking Xifengkou in one fell swoop. ”"Yes," the Eighth Route Army soldier hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.Li Guotao did not leave Lengkou for the time being, and waited until the main force of the new Fourth Brigade arrived at Lengkou, Li Guotao ordered the new Fourth Brigade to transfer two reinforced battalions to stay and garrison Lengkou, and then personally led the main force of the new Fourth Brigade to attack Kuancheng.The troops rushed to Kuancheng at noon on the same day, Li Guotao immediately ordered an attack, Kuancheng only had a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army and several hundred puppet troops stationed, under the siege of thousands of soldiers of the new Fourth Brigade, the battle lasted less than two hours, the Japanese puppet army in the city was completely annihilated, and our army regained Kuancheng in one fell swoop.At the same time, tens of thousands of people from the new First Brigade and other units rushed to Xifengkou in time, and then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army at Xifengkou, and the teaching regiment launched an attack from the north at the same time, and the Eighth Route Army attacked on both sides, although the Japanese army resisted desperately, but it was simply unable to resist the onslaught of our army, and the battle lasted until the evening, basically ended, and the Eighth Route Army captured Xifengkou in one fell swoop.Subsequently, the main force of the Eighth Route Army of tens of thousands of people entered Rehe from Xifengkou.In the temporary headquarters of Kuancheng, Li Guotao looked at the map on the table, couldn't help frowning, and asked with a serious face: "How is the battle in the direction of Gubeikou?"
"Report to the commander, according to Brigade Commander Lin's report, according to the commander's order, our new 3rd Brigade and 5th Brigade began this morning to launch a continuous feint attack on Gubeikou in order to contain the Japanese army in Gubeikou.However, the effect was not too obvious, and the Japanese army only left one wing of troops to hold Gubeikou, and the strength of another wing had probably been withdrawn to Chengde. ”A staff officer next to him hurriedly said.Li Guotao nodded, and said helplessly: "This is also reasonable, the main force of our army has already captured Lengkou and Xifengkou and crossed the Great Wall, and the gains and losses of Gubeikou are not so important."
Judging from all kinds of signs now, the little devil was caught off guard by us, and now our Eighth Route Army of more than 100,000 troops suddenly attacked Rehe, and the Japanese army was insufficient, so we could only hold on to Chengde and wait for reinforcements.And we must take Chengde as soon as possible, so that we can free up our hands and repel the Japanese reinforcements. ”Speaking of this, Li Guotao took a deep breath, and then said with a serious face: "Immediately order all troops to advance in the direction of Chengde overnight and launch an attack on Chengde." ”"Yes," a communications staff officer replied respectfully, turning to deliver the order.At this time, a staff officer suddenly reminded: "Early this morning, a brigade of the Kwantung Army in Changli suddenly left Changli and went straight to Lengkou. ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he said with a serious face: "The top priority is to take Chengde as soon as possible, and don't pay attention to them for the time being."
The telegram ordered the cold mouth defenders to hold the pass at all costs and block this little devil. ”"Yes," the staff officer replied respectfully, turning to deliver the order.In Beiping, in the headquarters of the North China Dispatch Army, Gangcun Ningci slapped the table and scolded loudly: "These hateful Tuba Roads of Bagaya Road are really bold and reckless, and they dare to attack Rehe. ”This was indeed unexpected by Gangcun Ningci, especially the successive losses of Lengkou and Xifengkou, which shocked Gangcun Ningci.Hirata Zhengju frowned and said helplessly: "According to the information obtained so far, the main force of the Eighth Column of the Eighth Route Army has more than 40,000 people and has occupied the paddock.Another force, the Ninth Column of the Eighth Route Army and the main force of the Pingxi Military Region, of about 80,000 men, had already captured Fengning and advanced from the west in the direction of Chengde.The main force of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, tens of thousands, has already crossed the Great Wall and captured Kuancheng, and is now advancing in the direction of Chengde from the east.At present, there are only about a few thousand imperial troops and thousands of imperial troops stationed in Chengde City, even if the local expatriates and police are all armed, the total strength is less than 20,000, with these troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the Kwantung Army is currently actively sending reinforcements to support Rehe. ”Gangcun Ningci frowned, nodded noncommittally and said: "Although Rehe is not the defense area of our North China Dispatch Army, but the Eighth Route Army is attacking Rehe on a large scale, and we can't sit idly by.Moreover, this time is also a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army, if we can take this opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the pressure we will face in the future will also be reduced a lot. ”"Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise.At present, the 27th Division has rushed to the vicinity of Zunhua Qianxi. ”Hirata replied respectfully.Gangcun Ningci nodded and said: "The main force of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army has gone north, and the capture of Zunhua is of little significance to the imperial army, so you can order the 27th Division to directly attack Xifengkou."
If the Kwantung Army can recapture Lengkou again, we will be able to block all these hateful dirt roads in Rehe, and then encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”"Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise."
Hirata said with a respectful face: "At present, the troops of the two divisions of the imperial army drawn from the Henan battlefield are hurrying north, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the eastern Hebei region in about three days. ”"Yo Xi" Gangcun Ningji nodded with satisfaction and said: "These bold and reckless Tubalu actually dare to take the initiative to attack, so it's good that we are about to unite with the Kwantung Army to deal with them, and now they have taken the initiative to jump out, and it has saved us a lot of trouble." ”aa2705221: