Within a few days after the restoration of Shijiazhuang, the 36th Army remained motionless and rested on the spot, replenished weapons and ammunition, and replenished troops.

In several consecutive battles, although many Japanese devils were annihilated and tens of thousands of them reached a terrifying situation, in the 36th Army, even if the weapons were advanced, thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield.

There were still tens of thousands of new recruits trained in the base area of ​​the 36th Army. These new recruits were immediately transferred to various columns to replenish them. At the same time, a large amount of ammunition and supplies also reached various columns.

Yan'an also adopted Zhang Yunfei's suggestion and instructed the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the victory to restore lost territory. The Eighth Route Army in North China has revived several small counties with empty troops in a row. Among them, the county towns near Shijiazhuang were all restored by the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army has been very active these days, but the Kuomintang still has a lot of thunder and little rain. It has fought several small-scale battles with the Japanese, but the results are not ideal and they have not taken advantage of.

This is mainly because Chongqing did not give clear instructions to North China. The series of small-scale battles launched by North China were spontaneously organized and did not follow the above consent.

On the third day after Shijiazhuang's revival, Chongqing finally couldn't sit still.

Several consecutive battles of the 36th Army successively restored Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, and Shijiazhuang a few days ago.

In just less than ten days, the 36th Group recovered a large area of ​​lost land and annihilated nearly 100,000 Japanese devils. In the past few days, the Eighth Route Army has also been very active, reviving several county towns in succession and annihilated thousands of enemies.

After receiving reports one after another, Chiang Kai-shek could no longer hold back. At first, he wanted to wait and see, wanting to fight for both sides and the Japanese to lose money, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, the development of the battle situation was beyond Lao Chiang's expectations. In Lao Chiang's eyes, the 36th Army, which had only 300,000 or 400,000, actually competed with triumphs all the way, and the Japanese were defeated again and again.

What he could not accomplish in North China was easily achieved by the 36th Army. This surprised Chiang Kai-shek.

In addition, in the past few days, the Eighth Route Army in North China has also attacked everywhere. Chiang Kai-shek thought that if he didn't do anything, he would be afraid he wouldn't even be able to drink the soup.

Chongqing, Lao Jiang’s private residence.

At noon today, all the senior officials and political leaders of the Kuomintang were invited to attend Chiang Kai-shek's luncheon.

In the center of the huge restaurant, there was a long dining table, and Lao Jiang was sitting high. He sat at the top, with both sides full of senior Kuomintang officials and political leaders.

There were at least a dozen people, including He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Gu Zhutong, Liu Zhi, etc., and all the senior officials of the Kuomintang army were sitting there. Many of them were commanders in chief of various war zones and rushed to fly from all over the country.

In addition to the top leaders of the Kuomintang army, there are also Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu of the four major families.

All 20 or 30 senior officials of the Kuomintang attended the private luncheon of Chiang Kai-shek. Everyone who attended the banquet knew that they must be discussing the war in North China.

The 36th Army won consecutive victories in North China. Everyone here knew in their hearts that many people in the daily "Voice of Great Harmony" are constantly being heard, and they have to listen to it almost every time.

Looking around, Old Chiang showed his majesty and said slowly in a deep voice: "Everyone, I believe everyone knows the situation in North China. You are all elites of the Party and the country. Let's talk about any ideas and opinions."

Upon hearing this, everyone was filled with awesomeness, and many people thought to themselves, Sure enough, today is discussing the war in North China.

With so many people, everyone's heads were sagging, and no one was the first to speak.

Lao Jiang glanced at the audience majestic again, and saw that everyone was silent and his face looked a little ugly.

Chief of General Staff He Yingqin saw that no one spoke first, and today was discussing the war in North China, he thought to himself, it seems that he must speak first today, otherwise the Chairman would definitely be unhappy.

Thinking of this, He Yingqin also said with a serious look on his face: "Chairman, the war in North China is beyond our expectations. It seems that we can't wait anymore. We must also attack the Japanese as soon as possible."

As soon as He Yingqin finished speaking, Jiang Jiang said in a deep voice: "Ci Xiu, what do you think?"

Like He Yingqin, Chen Cheng was also a backbone general of the Huangpu Group and was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek. Moreover, Chen Cheng's political talents were stronger than military talents, so Chiang Kai-shek immediately thought of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng is one of the few people among the senior Kuomintang officials who have dealt with Zhang Yunfei in person, and he has a good impression of Zhang Yunfei.

Now that Chiang Kai-shek asked, Chen Cheng immediately stood up. After thinking about it, he still expressed a different view. "Chairman, although we still have millions of troops in North China, these troops lack weapons and ammunition, and their combat effectiveness has decreased significantly compared to two years ago. We are now launching a frontal counterattack on the Japanese. I am afraid that these troops will suffer greater losses."

What Chen Cheng said is true. In the past two years, millions of ** troops in North China have indeed lacked weapons and ammunition. Many troops have not received supplies from the Ministry of Defense for more than a year, and their combat effectiveness has decreased significantly.

This is also the reason why Lao Chiang has always been worried and did not launch a large counterattack on the Japanese immediately. Lao Chiang planned to wait until Zhang Yunfei's troops fought almost the same as the Japanese, and then ordered the millions of troops to recover the lost territory. After all, even if the combat effectiveness is poor, the number of troops is still there, and it is still OK to put away the endgame.

However, the development of the war situation in North China was really beyond Lao Chiang's expectations. Lao Chiang was really unable to sit still and could not watch so many lost lands into the hands of the 36th Army and the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, today Lao Chiang called everyone to discuss the war situation in North China.

After Chen Chengyi said that, many senior Kuomintang leaders agreed deeply. Next, everyone immediately divided into two factions and started fierce controversy.

Finally, after careful consideration and combined with everyone's opinions, Chiang Kai-shek decided to serve as the commander of the First War Zone and ordered the troops in North China to prepare for a counterattack immediately. Three days later, all the ** troops in North China also launched a large counterattack against the Japanese devils.

In the afternoon of the same day, the orders of the Kuomintang Military Committee were issued to various troops in North China. The Kuomintang's 45 infantry divisions, 2 infantry brigades, 2 cavalry divisions, and some other auxiliary troops in North China, all received orders for a large counterattack.

Many Kuomintang troops are also real anti-Japanese forces. Now, everyone has clearly received orders from the above, and many ** soldiers are eager to try and are ready to fight another big fight with the Japanese.

The Kuomintang's first war zone immediately seized the time to formulate a combat plan and prepare for a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese devils in North China.

When the Kuomintang was making plans and preparing to do a big battle, the battle to liberation of Baoding by the 36th Army was about to begin.

Shijiazhuang.

At this time, Shijiazhuang was busy, and the soldiers were ready for battle. Today, according to the combat plan, many troops will head north to attack Baoding.

This time, Wang Haiyang's 1st Column was attacking Baoding. Part 7 of the 7th Column will not participate in the attack on Baoding for the time being and will continue to stay in Shijiazhuang.

There were nearly ten regiments of the Eighth Route Army and more than 20,000 troops working together with the 1st Column. The 36th Army and the Eighth Route Army were still fighting in joint operations.

The two mechanized infantry regiments of the vanguard of the 1st Column went north as soon as the sky was dawn.

The subsequent two tank regiments and cavalry regiments, as well as several motorized infantry regiments, artillery regiments, and heavy artillery brigades will also follow one after another. As for the rest of the hiking infantry regiments, they will advance by train.

Shijiazhuang Railway Station is a large railway station on the North China Plain. When North China was restored, many trains in Shijiazhuang Railway Station were also seized by soldiers. This time, the northbound attack on Baoding was just right.

The Pinghan Railway leads directly to Beiping to the north and directly to Wuhan to the south, and has very convenient railway transportation.

In addition to the Pinghan Railway, Shijiazhuang Railway Station also connects the Zhengtai Railway, which connects the Zhengtai Railway between Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan. With railway transportation, the weapons, equipment and troops of the 36th Army can quickly maneuver on the railway.

Because Shijiazhuang's strategic location is very important and has such developed railway transportation, this is one of the reasons why Zhang Yunfei took the lead in restoring Shijiazhuang.

Shijiazhuang Railway Station.

Many trains have been parked on several railway tracks in front of the station, and many trains have been whistling and steaming at the front of the car, whistling.

There was a train full of soldiers and was slowly leaving the station to head north.

On the platform, teams of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying AK47 assault rifles were queuing up in an orderly manner.

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

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

To the north of Shijiazhuang.

The First Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the Second Mechanized Infantry Regiment have left Shijiazhuang for at least dozens of kilometers. Everyone is heading towards Dingzhou to the north, and Dingzhou is still the control area of ​​the Japanese.

Although there are not many Japanese devils in Dingzhou, at most one large brigade, there are many puppet troops inside, at least one infantry division with five or six thousand puppet troops.

The Japanese seemed quite "smart". They reduced their main forces to Baoding, leaving behind an infantry brigade to urge these five or six thousand puppet troops to block the pace of the 36th Army.

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