Under Li Guotao's order, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of the newly formed 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade immediately left Chengde and rushed to Pingquan to provide support, regardless of fatigue.In the Hiraizumi direction, under the stubborn resistance of our newly formed 4th Brigade, a new round of Japanese offensive again ended in failure.When the Japanese learned that Chengde had been lost and a large number of Chinese troops came to support, they were forced to temporarily stop the offensive, because after a long journey and a night of hard fighting, the little devils were also exhausted, and more importantly, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an attack and captured Chengde in a short time, which caught the Kwantung Army off guard.Even at this moment, the Kwantung Army was not ready for a full-scale counteroffensive, so it could only temporarily stop and wait for follow-up reinforcements to arrive before launching a full-scale counteroffensive.The North China Dispatch Army was also unprepared, and there was only one 27th Division in the eastern Hebei region, and even this 27th Division also touched the ashes of the nose when it attacked Xifengkou.After Gangcun Ningci received the news of the loss of Chengde, he sat there with a frown and a daze, unable to say a word for a long time.Hirata Masashi thought that Okamura Ningji was thinking about countermeasures, and he didn't dare to say much, just quietly waited aside.After a while, Gangcun Ningji let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "I have to admit that we lost this battle again." ”Hirata Masa hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency Commander, don't worry, the strength of the two divisions transferred from the Henan battlefield is estimated to arrive in the eastern Hebei region tomorrow."
At that time, the imperial army can launch a counteroffensive, recapture Rehe in one fell swoop, and wipe out all these hateful Tubalu. ”Gangcun Ningji nodded noncommittally, sighed softly again and said, "Order the 27th Division to temporarily stop the attack and rest on the spot."
The two divisions that were transferred back from the Henan battlefield were ordered to rush to the front line of the Great Wall as soon as possible. ”"Hai," Hirata replied respectfully."
And," Okamura Ninji continued, "immediately contact the Kwantung Army and discuss a plan to coordinate operations and counterattack Rehe." ”"Hai" Hirata replied respectfully, and seeing that Okamura Ninji had no other explanation, he turned around and left Okamura Ninji's office.Early the next morning, Li Guotao led the headquarters of the Seventh Column and tens of thousands of troops directly under the column to leave Chengde and rush to the Pingquan front.Li Guotao took a car and rushed to Pingquan County first, Changde, Li Yongfu, Yang Erhu and others personally went out of the city to greet them, and after entering the city, the group returned directly to the headquarters.Li Guotao said with a smile: "Yesterday, I asked the new 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade to rush to Pingquan urgently, I'm afraid there must be a lot of people scolding me" Chang De sneered and said: "You still have this self-knowledge, do you have a commander like you, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, we have fought for so long, let alone eat, I didn't even drink saliva, so I hurried to Pingquan, the soldiers don't scold you, it's strange" Li Guotao said with a smile: "I also have no way, the situation is urgent, I have to do this, as long as I can win the battle, no matter how the soldiers scold me, I will admit it" "Haha" Li Yongfu laughed and said: "As long as I can win the battle, no matter how hard and tired it is, the soldiers will admit it."
Don't listen to the nonsense that the soldiers have complained about, but they can all understand it. ”"That's good" Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said: "With such elite soldiers and strong generals, why worry about the Japanese invaders" Chang De nodded and said: "Fortunately, the Japanese army temporarily stopped attacking, we just arrived at Pingquan, it was already the end of the crossbow, if the Japanese army attacked again, even if we barely went to the battlefield, the combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced." ”Yang Erhu said with a smile: "You don't have to do it yourself at all, just with this momentum, you can scare the little devil." ”Li Guotao waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't talk about these things yet, let's talk about the situation of the little devil on the other side for so long, you should all find out clearly" Yang Erhu hurriedly introduced: "According to our reconnaissance, the Japanese army on the opposite side is the Ninth Division, which is also one of the standing divisions of the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness is very tenacious.The total strength is more than 20,000 people, and the Japanese troops who have rushed to the front line are close to 20,000, and reinforcements are still arriving in the future. ”"Ninth Division" Li Guotao couldn't help frowning slightly, and said with a serious face: "If I remember correctly, after the outbreak of the August 13 Incident, this 9th Division was one of the first troops to support Shanghai, participated in the Battle of Songhu, and then participated in the Battle of Nanjing, so this 9th Division, like the 16th Division, the 6th Division and other units, is one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre. ”When Chang De heard this, he said angrily: "Since we met this time, we should also let them pay for their blood debts" Li Yongfu also said with a look of indignation: "What Lao Chang said is right, the little devil owes us too much blood debt, and the little devil should be repaid" Li Guotao said with a smile: "You two guys, you were still complaining just now that I transferred you to Pingquan, why don't you complain now" "That's just a joke, as long as it's to kill devils, we have nothing to say." ”Chang De said with a serious face.Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now the little devil has stopped attacking, and not only on the Kwantung Army, but even the North China Dispatch Army has stopped attacking.What does this mean, this shows that the Japanese army is not ready for a full-scale counteroffensive, which gives us plenty of time to prepare. ”"We can also take advantage of the lack of preparation of the little devils, launch an attack in advance, and destroy one of the little devils first, so that the future battle will be much easier.In my opinion, we can completely take this 9th Division. ”Li Yongfu said excitedly.Li Guotao waved his hand and said: "I'm afraid it's too late, I just received news that the troops of the two divisions drawn by the Japanese army from the Henan battlefield will be able to arrive in eastern Hebei tomorrow at the latest."
On the Kwantung Army, in addition to the 9th Division, there is also a division in the paddock, and there is also an 11th Division in Shanhaiguan, plus the 27th Division, so that the Japanese army has gathered the strength of six divisions, since the Japanese army has gathered so many troops, it is estimated that it will soon launch an attack, taking advantage of the fact that we have not yet gained a firm foothold in Rehe, and we do not have much time to reoccupy Rehe. ”Chang De couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said with a worried face: "In this way, there is indeed some trouble, even in terms of strength, our army does not have an advantage, and the Japanese army is well-equipped and well-trained, under the same strength, except for our seventh column, other troops cannot compete with the Japanese army at all." ”aa2705221: