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Guisui, surrounded by mountains on three sides, is in a basin surrounded by mountains. Although the surrounding mountains are not high mountains, the Japanese still built many fortifications on the mountain to protect Guisui City.-./

The main forces of the 26th Division and the 44th Division of the Japanese Mengsui Army were stationed on defensive positions on hills within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

The commander of the Mongolian Sui Army, Naosaburo Okabe, has been much more straight since the headquarters allocated the 44th Division, a cavalry corps and a chariot corps that were originally part of the Kanto Army. In the past, Naosaburo Okabe was worried that the 36th Army would attack Guisui, but now Naosaburo Okabe was not worried.

Naosaburo Okabe felt that he was strong now, with nearly 40,000 troops in two divisions, and several thousand cavalry corps and chariot corps. In addition, there were two or three thousand guards in Guisui City, plus tens of thousands of puppet troops, many fortifications were built outside Guisui City. With such a formation, Naosaburo Okabe believed that he was more than enough to defend and could even properly attack the Chinese defenders in Jining.

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Zhang Yunfei, who returned to Datong, felt that the time was ripe for attacking the Japanese Mengsui Army, so when he arrived at the command center the next day, Zhang Yunfei looked at Comrade Zuo Qingquan who was carefully looking at the map, and said with a smile: "Old Zuo, I have been looking at the map for half an hour. Do you have any plans and ideas in your heart?"

Seeing Zhang Yunfei say this, Zuo Qingquan immediately became interested and pointed to the map and said, "Commander-in-Chief. Look at the map, the Pingsui Line has been cut off by us. The supply of the Japanese Mengsui Army must bypass Jining and replenish it from the north. I think we can fight Guisui now."

Unexpectedly, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, the Chief of Staff, coincided with his own ideas. Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile and said happily: "Old Zuo, I have this plan too."

Seeing that the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of Staff had plans to attack Guisui, the Director of the Political Department, Comrade Deng Wenping, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Comrade Liu Dazhu, were also very happy. It seemed that the troops were about to start a war again.

Deng Wenping, director of the Political Department, suggested: "The Commander-in-Chief, currently in Zhangjiakou, east of Jining, there are two Japanese divisions stationed. If we want to attack Jining, we must prevent Japanese Japanese from attacking Jining from Zhangjiakou."

Zhang Yunfei also considered that the Japanese were stationed in Zhangjiakou, but Zhang Yunfei had his own plans in his mind. Zhang Yunfei said confidently: "We should not underestimate the Japanese's two divisions in Zhangjiakou. But don't worry too much. I decided to mobilize the troops of two or three divisions and take the initiative to attack Zhangjiakou first. Create the illusion that we are going to attack Zhangjiakou, so that the Japanese in Zhangjiakou are busy with defense, and then we will concentrate the cavalry division. The armored division and an infantry division, with the cooperation of the flight brigade, blitzing into Guisui."

Upon hearing this, everyone next to him not only agreed, but also secretly applauded Zhang Yunfei's trick. If the Japanese Zhangjiakou's troops were suppressed and they were busy defending, the Japanese Mengsui Army would not have any reinforcements, and would become an isolated army by then.

Seeing that everyone agreed with their opinions, Zhang Yunfei decided to say, "Since everyone has no opinions, then report the combat plan to Yan'an, and start the action immediately as soon as Yan'an approved it."

The telegram sent in the morning was sent, and the command center of the 36th Army received a call from Yan'an that night. Yan'an fully agreed with the combat plan of the 36th Army. The specific command was left to Zhang Yunfei, Zuo Qingquan, Deng Wenping and Liu Dazhu, and Zhang Yunfei's opinions were the main focus.

After receiving a clear reply from Yan'an, Zhang Yunfei immediately issued a series of orders, the Second Infantry Division, the Fourth Division, and the Fifth Division, a total of three divisions, about 70,000 people, and marched to Zhangjiakou overnight; within three days, he reached the designated attack position.

When these three divisions reached the designated attack position, the Cavalry Division, Armored Division, Artillery Division, and the Sixth Infantry Division began to advance westward and attacked Guisui; the First Infantry Division stationed in Taiyuan was temporarily responsible for Taiyuan's defense, and the Group Army Guard Division stationed in Datong was responsible for Datong's defense.

The Group Army Guard Division was expanded by the Group Army Guard Division a few months ago. Although the entire division has only more than 10,000 people, the smallest among the few divisions, but its equipment is the most excellent and its combat effectiveness is not bad.

As orders were issued from Datong, the troops immediately took action and the three infantry divisions heading towards Zhangjiakou went north to Datong and headed north overnight. The next morning, the vanguard troops arrived in Fengzhen, and after a brief rest, they went north to Jining. After the large troops arrived in Jining, they marched towards Zhangjiakou along both sides of the Pingsui Railway.

After the large army left Jining for 60 or 70 kilometers, they gradually entered the activity area of ​​the Japanese North China Front Army. Further ahead was an important stronghold of the Japanese, Sankoujing Town.

Sankoujing Town used to be a small station on the Pingsui Line, and sometimes it also acted as a cargo transit station. Since the restoration of Jining, the Japanese have stationed a large group of infantry in Sankoujing Town and acted as a frontier guard post in Zhangjiakou. Once the Chinese team attacked Zhangjiakou along the Pingsui Line, they must first pass through Sankoujing Town. The defenders here will immediately report the situation to the Japanese stationed in Zhangjiakou.

This time, the three infantry divisions of the 36th Army attacked Zhangjiakou together, but were just feinted attacks and put pressure on the Japanese defenders in Zhangjiakou. Therefore, there was no need to hide the marching of the large army. Even if the Japanese knew about it, it didn't matter. So tens of thousands of troops marched towards Sankoujing Town along both sides of the Pingsui Line.

The Japanese who were stationed in Sankoujing Town did not know that there was a Chinese army approaching the border. The Japanese were still doing what they should do as usual. The sentries at the frontiers of the town were also standing guard casually as usual.

There has been no war for several months. The sentries here are standing guard every day, and there is no sign of the Chinese team. Today's Japanese sentries are still standing guard while basking in the sun lazily as before.

When the vanguard of the 36th Group entered the sight of the Japanese Sentinel, the Japanese Sentinel rubbed their eyes hard without believing it, and looked at the Chinese team wearing colorful camouflage uniforms in the distance with disbelief. Several Japanese sentries were in a daze for more than a minute before one Japanese sentry shouted loudly: "No! The enemy attacked, and a large number of Chinese teams appeared."

The Japanese's screams made the other Japanese sentries come to their senses. The number of Chinese teams on the opposite side was too large, and at least several thousand could be seen. The soldiers were divided into two groups and walked slowly towards this side. It seemed that they were less than one kilometer away from here.

A little panicked Japanese sentry immediately turned around and got into the guard post, picked up the phone and anxiously went to Sankoujing Town, where the Japanese brigade headquarters called.

The Japanese captain who received the call came back to his senses for a long time. The words of the Japanese sentry on the phone shocked the Japanese captain's head. Tens of thousands of Zhong** teams appeared on the periphery of Sankoujing Town. Could it be that Zhong** team wanted to attack Zhangjiakou?

The Japanese brigade leader thought about his infantry brigade, which had only a thousand people, and there were at least tens of thousands of troops outside the town, and it was a well-equipped 36th Army. He could drown his infantry brigade by just one spit.

The military situation was urgent, and the Japanese brigade captain immediately ordered the correspondents to report to the Japanese command center in Zhangjiakou. The Japanese Zhangjiakou command center who received the telegram did not dare to neglect it, and immediately reported to the Japanese Admiral North China Front Command of the Japanese Admiral.

This time, the Japanese showed amazing efficiency. From the discovery of the figure of the Chinese team, the Japanese team appeared outside Sankoujing Town, to the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji, saw the telegram, less than half an hour.

Okamura Yasuji looked solemn and thought to himself, did Zhang Yunfei really want to attack Zhangjiakou? But Zhangjiakou also has two divisions stationed, and once a war breaks out in Zhangjiakou, the North China Front Army can also draw two or three divisions to support Zhangjiakou. In just three or five days, more than 100,000 troops can be gathered in Zhangjiakou. Is Zhang Yunfei's 36th Army really want to fight head-on with his North China Front Army?

After thinking for a long time, Okamura Yanji didn't understand why Zhang Yunfei suddenly attacked Zhangjiakou, so he had to issue an order to defend on the spot to the defenders of Zhangjiakou, and ordered the Japanese soldiers stationed in Baoding, Peking, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang to prepare for combat and reinforce Zhangjiakou at any time according to the development of the situation.

At the same time, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, the infantry brigade in Sankoujing Town was ordered to retreat to Zhangjiakou immediately without having to fight head-on with so many Chinese teams.

But the order that Okamura Yasuji ordered the infantry brigade of Sankoui Town to retreat was obviously a little late. When the Japanese captain received the order, he found that he could no longer retreat.

A regiment of the Second Infantry Division of the 36th Army had cut off the Japanese's retreat. At least 20,000 to 30,000 brigades of the 36th Army had appeared outside Sankoujing Town.

The Japanese captain looked at the large number of Chinese soldiers around the town in horror, and not far away, many Chinese soldiers were already setting up mortars. Many Japanese hiding in the town, holding their own Type 38 rifles tightly, and watching the Chinese soldiers outside calmly setting up mortars.

More than twenty mortars were set up in less than a few minutes. The soldiers operating the mortars repeatedly adjusted the parameters, repeatedly calculated the distance and orientation of the Japanese devils hundreds of meters away, and then started firing.

The first one to be attacked was the command of the Japanese Infantry Brigade. The Japanese Command was "focused on" by more than a dozen mortars. In less than a few minutes, the Japanese Command was razed to the ground with the violent explosion. More than a hundred Japanese went to see their Amaterasu amid the explosion, including the Japanese Captain.

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It's a little late tonight, so everyone has been waiting for a long time.

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