The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

Within a few days after the recovery of Shijiazhuang, the No. 30 Sixth Army has been standing still, resting in place, replenishing weapons and ammunition, and replenishing troops.

In several battles in a row, although many little devils were wiped out, reaching tens of thousands, the No. 30 Sixth Army, even with advanced weapons, still had thousands of soldiers sacrificed on the battlefield.

There are tens of thousands of new recruits trained in the No. 30 Sixth Army base. Thousands of these new recruits were immediately transferred to the various columns. At the same time, a large amount of ammunition and supplies also reached the various columns.

Yan'an also adopted Zhang Yunfei's suggestion, instructing the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the victory to regain lost ground. The Eighth Route Army in North China recovered several small counties that were empty of troops. Among them, the counties near Shijiazhuang were all recovered by the Eighth Route Army.

In the past few days, the Eighth Route Army has been very active, but on the Kuomintang side, there is still a lot of thunder and little rain. They fought a few small-scale battles with the little devils, but the results were not satisfactory and they did not take much advantage. [

This is mainly because the Chongqing side did not give clear instructions to the North China National Army. The series of small-scale battles launched by the North China National Army were all organized spontaneously without the consent of the above.

On the third day after Shijiazhuang was liberated, Chongqing finally couldn't sit still.

The No.30 Sixth Army's successive battles have successively recovered Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, and Shijiazhuang a few days ago.

In less than ten days, the No.30 Six Group regained a large area of ​​lost ground and wiped out nearly [-] little devils. In the past few days.The Eighth Route Army was also very active, recovering several counties in succession and wiping out thousands of enemies.

After receiving reports one after another, Lao Jiang couldn't hold back any longer. At first, he wanted to wait and see. He wanted the No. 30 Sixth Army and the little devil to fight for both losses, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

but.The development of the battle situation was far beyond Lao Jiang's expectations, in Lao Jiang's eyes.The No.40 Sixth Army with only 30 to [-] people actually triumphed all the way, and the little devil was defeated again and again.

What I couldn't accomplish with millions of troops in North China was actually easily achieved by the No. 30 Sixth Army.This surprised Lao Jiang.

In addition, in the past few days, the Eighth Route Army in North China is also attacking everywhere. Lao Jiang thought that if he didn't do it himself, he might not even be able to drink the soup.

Chongqing, the private official residence of Chiang Kai-shek.

At noon today, all the senior officials and dignitaries of the Kuomintang were invited to attend Lao Jiang's luncheon.

In the center of the huge restaurant, there was a long and large dining table, and Lao Jiang was sitting tall.Sitting at the top, on both sides, are all senior officials and dignitaries of the Kuomintang.

He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong, Liu Zhi, etc., there were at least a dozen people, and all senior officials of the Kuomintang army were present.Many of them are the commander-in-chiefs of major war zones, and they rushed here by plane from all over the country.

In addition to the high-level members of the Kuomintang army, there are Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu from the four major families.

All the 30 high-level members of the Kuomintang participated in Lao Jiang's private luncheon. Everyone at the banquet knew that it must be discussing the war in North China.

The No.30 Sixth Army achieved successive victories in North China.Everyone present here is well aware that many people listen to the "Voice of Great Harmony" every day without interruption, almost every time.

Looking around, Lao Jiang was full of majesty, and said slowly in a deep voice: "Everyone, everyone must be aware of the situation in North China. You are all elites of the party and state. If you have any thoughts and opinions, let's talk about them."

Hearing this, everyone felt awe-inspiring, many of them thought in their hearts, sure enough, today is to discuss the war in North China.

With so many people, everyone kept their heads down, and no one was the first to speak.

Lao Jiang scanned the audience majestically again, and saw that everyone was silent, and their faces were a little ugly. [

Chief of the General Staff He Yingqin, seeing that no one spoke first, and what was being discussed today was the war in North China, he thought to himself, it seems that he must speak first today, otherwise the chairman will definitely be unhappy.

Thinking about this, He Yingqin also said with a serious face: "Chairman, the war in North China has exceeded our expectations. It seems that we can't afford to wait any longer. We must attack the little devil as soon as possible."

As soon as He Yingqin finished speaking, Lao Jiang didn't move his face, and said in a deep voice: "Cixiu, what do you think?"

Like He Yingqin, Chen Cheng was also a key general of the Whampoa faction, and he was highly regarded by Lao Jiang. Moreover, Chen Cheng's political ability was stronger than his military ability, so Lao Jiang immediately thought of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng was one of the few senior officials of the Kuomintang who had dealt with Zhang Yunfei face to face, and he had a good impression of Zhang Yunfei.

Now when Lao Jiang asked about it, Chen Cheng immediately stood up, thought for a while, and still expressed a different point of view, "Chairman, although we still have millions of troops in North China, the weapons and ammunition of these troops Compared with two years ago, the combat effectiveness has dropped significantly. We are now launching a frontal counterattack against the little devils. I am afraid that our troops will suffer relatively large losses."

What Chen Cheng said is true. The millions of national army troops in North China have indeed been short of weapons and ammunition in the past two years. Many troops have not received a single bullet from the Ministry of Defense for more than a year. There is a noticeable decline.

This is also what Lao Jiang has been worried about, and the reason why he didn't launch a big counterattack against the little devil immediately. Lao Jiang's plan is to wait for Zhang Yunfei's troops to fight the little devil almost, and then order the millions of troops to recover the lost ground. No matter how bad the combat effectiveness is, the number of troops is still there, and it is still possible to put away the mess.

However, the development of the war in North China was really beyond Lao Jiang's expectations. Lao Jiang really couldn't sit still, and couldn't just watch so much lost ground fall into the hands of the No.30 Sixth Army and the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, Today, Lao Jiang called everyone to discuss the situation in North China.

As soon as Chen Cheng finished speaking, many senior members of the Kuomintang took it seriously. Then, everyone immediately divided into two factions and started a fierce dispute.

In the end, Lao Jiang, after careful consideration and based on everyone's opinions, Lao Jiang decided to personally serve as the commander of the first theater and ordered all the troops in North China to prepare for the counterattack immediately. Launch a big counterattack.

In the afternoon of the same day, the order of the Kuomintang Military Commission was issued to all units in North China. The 45 infantry divisions, 2 infantry brigades, 2 cavalry divisions, and some other auxiliary troops of the Kuomintang in North China, a total of millions of people, all received The order to counterattack came.

Many Kuomintang troops are also real anti-Japanese teams. Now that everyone has clearly received the order from above, many national army soldiers are eager to try and prepare to fight again with the little devils.

The Kuomintang's first war zone also immediately seized the time to formulate a battle plan, preparing for a strategic decisive battle with the little devils in North China.

When the Kuomintang was formulating plans and preparing for a big fight, the No. 30 Sixth Army's battle to recover Baoding was about to start.

Shijiazhuang.

At this time, Shijiazhuang is very busy, and the soldiers are all ready to fight. Today, according to the battle plan, many troops will go north to attack Baoding.

This time, it was Wang Haiyang's first column that attacked Baoding, and part of the seventh column did not participate in the attack on Baoding for the time being, and continued to stay in Shijiazhuang.

Cooperating with the 1st column, there are nearly ten regiments of the Eighth Route Army and troops in the early 30s. The No.[-] Sixth Army and the Eighth Route Army are still fighting together.

The two mechanized infantry regiments, the vanguard of the first column, headed north along the endless North China Plain as soon as the sky dawned.

The following two tank regiments and cavalry regiments, as well as several motorized infantry regiments, artillery regiments, and heavy artillery brigades will also follow up one after another. As for the remaining foot infantry regiments, they will advance by train.

Shijiazhuang Railway Station is a large railway station on the North China Plain. During the liberation of North China, many trains in Shijiazhuang Railway Station were also seized by soldiers. This time the northward attack on Baoding was just in time. [

The Ping-Han Railway leads directly to Beiping in the north and Wuhan in the south. It has very convenient railway transportation.

In addition to the Ping-Han Railway, the Shijiazhuang Railway Station is also connected to the Zhengtai Railway, which connects Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan. With railway transportation, the No. 30 Sixth Army's weapons, equipment and troops can quickly maneuver on the railway.

It is precisely because Shijiazhuang's strategic location is very important, and there is such a developed railway transportation, this is one of the reasons why Zhang Yunfei took the lead in restoring Shijiazhuang.

Shijiazhuang Railway Station.

Many trains had already stopped on several tracks in front of the station, and many trains were blowing their whistles, and the steaming locomotives were buzzing.

A train, already full of soldiers, was slowly leaving the station and heading north.

On the platform, teams of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying ak47 assault rifles are queuing up to board the train in an orderly manner.

Around the station, many soldiers with live ammunition were lined up neatly to guard there. Now, Shijiazhuang Railway Station is one of the busiest places in Shijiazhuang.

A large number of infantry soldiers, a large amount of weapons and ammunition, will go north from here and arrive at the front line.

North of Shijiazhuang.

The First Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the Second Mechanized Infantry Regiment have left Shijiazhuang for at least tens of kilometers. Everyone is heading north to Dingzhou, which is still controlled by the little devils.

Although there are not many little devils in Dingzhou, at most a brigade, there are quite a few puppet troops in it, at least one infantry division, with five or six thousand puppet troops.

The little devils seem to be quite "smart", and they have shrunk their main force to Baoding, leaving an infantry brigade to supervise the five or six thousand puppet troops, hoping to stop the No.30 Sixth Army.

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