Ishihara Kanir's initial suggestion was to give up North China and Jiangnan, gather all his troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan, and the Kanto Army and North China Expeditionary Forces supported each other to ensure the security of Manchukuo and force Sino-Soviet negotiations. Unfortunately, Okamura Yasuji did not realize the cleverness of this strategy until now.

It is still difficult for the big city to accept it. The battle has only begun for five days, and such a large-scale retreat is required. In some ways, giving up should be more appropriate.

"A leaf will make you know autumn," Okamura's tone contained huge pain: "If the Xin Security Guard of Xuanhua does not have the Chinese Army, even if Gu'an is lost or even Langfang is lost, we still have hope. General Jianna made full use of his superior forces to attack the Imperial Army in a wide space. Our army lacks military strength, with few enemies everywhere and passive everywhere. The Xin Security Guard of Gu'an is the weakest two links on our defense line, and he has captured them all. If we only grasp one place, we can still fight. These two places are lost..."

Okamura stopped speaking and looked at the courtyard with a little despair. The snow that began to melt. In the early spring, the Zhongnanhai was already showing a little green. The ancient courtyard was awakened from the loneliness of the severe winter, but Okamura Yoshiji did not have the throbbing of early spring at all, only a wave of chill after a while.

Yes, it was cold, and Ogito Miji was still drafting an order. The Long Live telegram between the flowers and trees in Gu'an was sent to the Okamura desk. If this was still within Okamura's estimate, the commander of the 116th Division, Shunjiro Takeuchi, was urgently sent, and a large number of Chinese troops appeared on the front line of the Pingzhang Highway.

"Xuanhua, Xinbaoan, Zhuolu has been divided by the Chinese army. Currently, the Chinese 49th Army surrounded the Chinese 49th Army, the Chinese 6th Army surrounded the Chinese 14th Army and the New First Army surrounded the Chinese 14th Army and the New First Army. In addition, the Eighth Route Army affiliated to GCD is also among them. Guanzhi has invested forty units on the front line of Zhuolu in Xuanhua Xinbaoan, and the Pingzhang Highway has been cut off! All the puppet army garrisons stationed near Pingzhang Highway have rebelled!"

Okamura, who was drafting the order, shook his hand. Okamura Yanji's analysis just became a reality. In order to cut off the Pingzhang Highway and wiped out the Imperial Army on the North Line, the Chinese general immediately invested 400,000 troops. In this way, with the Chinese army besieging Zhangjiakou, the Chinese army participating in the Northern Line battle was as high as 700,000 to 80,000, and the interspersed troops were all Chinese elites. It goes without saying that the 49th Army, the two Chinese elite troops who once fought in Myanmar, which also appeared in this area. The Chinese general's target was not only on the 70,000 to 80,000 imperial troops on the Northern Line.

But the next blow actually knocked down Okamura. The staff officer sent the urgent telegram from Shinichi Yoshimu to Okamura. Okamura felt a golden flower rising in front of him, and his body was shaking. Okamura hurried forward to help him.

"This morning, the 35th Army of the Chinese Army and the New 11th Army crossed the desert area outside the Great Wall. They suddenly appeared in Zhangbei in the early morning of this day. The Imperial Army caught off guard and Zhangbei fell. At the same time, the Chinese Army quickly moved south with tanks and cavalry as vanguards and attacked Wanquan. The 118th Division sent out the aid. The reinforcements were blocked by the fierce bombing of the Chinese Air Force. The reinforcements were blocked. The entire Mucun Brigade of the Wanquan defender was broken. The 129th Division and the 126th Division of the 63rd Division that blocked the Chinese Army in Huaian area were cut off from the contact with Zhangjiakou."

After looking at the big city, the five thunders hit the top, which means that more than half of the troops of the Zhangjiakou defenders were surrounded in the mountainous areas between Wanquan and Huaian. There was only one corps of the 118th Division and the 126th Division in Zhangjiakou, with a total force of less than 20,000.

"Order Yoshimu Shinichi, the 63rd Division and the 129th Division immediately break through. After they break through, they will immediately give up Zhangjiakou and stop going to Xuanhua again. Retreat to Rehe and retreat directly to Chicheng."

After Okamura woke up, he immediately made an adjustment: "Order the commander of the Takeui Division to stick to Xuanhua and cover the southern wing of Zhangjiakou."

Okamura's face was a little furious. He did not expect that the Chinese army would act quickly and cooperate so closely with all aspects. After these two swords, the entire northern line was broken. To save the situation, it was necessary to invest troops, but where was the troops? The only second division that could be moved was the Imperial Army's standing division, which had participated in previous foreign wars of the Imperial Army, from the Japanese-Qing War, the Russo-Japanese War to the China Incident, the Japanese-Soviet War, and the Pacific War, and they had won many battles and never lost.

Okamura once served as the division commander of this division, but he dared not place his hope on these samurai from Sendai. Even if they had three heads and six arms, they could not solve the current dilemma.

(Due to the two defeats in northern Myanmar, the Guadalam Battle did not happen in history. The author's note.)

"Appoint Kazuya Nakajima to lead the Fifth Division and the Third Fourth Division of the Fighting Tanks immediately to head north and assemble in Huailai. The Second Division immediately heads to Huailai and sticks to Huailai."

Okamura almost completely overturned the deployment just now: "There is the So-Second Third Recruiting the 56th Division to return north, and Hengshan Yong stood in Tianjin, and the Second Brigade of the 132nd Division and the 18th Division of the 9th Division of the 114th Division went north to Tongzhou to assemble, and telegraphed the Hebian Zheng San that he had only one day to withdraw from Langfang and his subordinate troops to assemble in Tongzhou; he told Hengshan Yong that the troops he had drawn must arrive in Tongzhou before dawn tomorrow."

"I ordered Tanishou to leave one or two divisions to defend Zhuozhou, and all the remaining troops were withdrawn. He asked him to formulate a specific plan and report the order to the dispatching army headquarters before noon today." Okamura Yasuji was very open in this regard, and he was not unclear about the situation in Zhuozhou, but Tanishou knew the best of those two divisions to leave. Moreover, the retreat during the day would be subject to fierce bombing by the Chinese Air Force, and the losses would be very serious.

"Tele to Commander Meijin that there were major setbacks in the Battle of Pingjin, and the troops on the Northern Line were divided and surrounded. I have adjusted the battlefield on the Southern Line. The Kwantung Army must enter the pass within ten days, otherwise the Battle of Pingjin will be irreversible! Cut! Cut!"

Okamura placed all hope on the Kwantung Army entering the pass. In the current Pingjin battlefield, he could only withdraw the east wall and repair the west wall. He drew so many troops from the southern line, but only one of them was. Peking, Tianjin, would be surrounded, and Langfang, Zhuozhou would be all lost.

Okamura no longer has any time to consider how much losses the troops will suffer when the enemy changes their formation. As long as these troops can be withdrawn, even some of them will be fine.

Outside the new Baoan City, dust was flying, and the troops were working hard to dig trenches. The Japanese army at the top of the city fired several shots from time to time, but it had no effect on the gradually forming trenches.

In the distance, the headquarters of the Forty-Nine Army was located in the hills and among the rocks of the woods. Guo Xunqi was observing the map. There were many antennas in the woods and the telegrams were very busy. Things in various places continued to gather here.

The troops started attacking last night. The 101 Army cut off the contact between the new security guard and Xuanhua and launched defense against Xuanhua. Three divisions of the 102 Army swept across the outer periphery from three sides. In just half a day, all the Japanese troops outside were wiped out and the Japanese troops in the new security guard were surrounded.

Crossing the western mountain was a arduous march. There was a road from Yixian to Zhuolu, but this road was severely damaged when the Japanese army retreated. In order to keep it confidential, the 85th Army and the New Fourth Army were at the forefront of the entire army and built roads along the way. Fortunately, this area has always been the base for GCD and has a complete grassroots regime. With the support of local governments and the help of a large number of people, transportation did not bring great difficulties.

However, the problem is that Wei Lihuang proposed the plan not to solve the Japanese army in Zhuolu step by step, but to require the simultaneous action. In the first battle, the new security guard in Zhuolu was divided and surrounded Xuanhua, and to conquer Zhuolu and Xinjian by a sudden attack. To this end, Wei Lihuang ordered the 14th Army, the 49th Army, and the guerrilla corps to leave the highway and penetrate the new security guard from the small road to Zhuolu.

After entering the mountainous area, the Forty-Nine Army detained all the residents expected along the way and followed the army. This caused dissatisfaction among the GCD regime along the way, but the interspersed troops insisted on doing this, from Wei Lihuang to Guo Xunqi. Chen Geng once protested strongly, but in the end he did not insist. After all, they were not abused, and the troops paid one piece of legal tender every day.

After eight days of hard marching, the troops arrived at their destination two days in advance. This time, Guo Xunqi understood how the Eighth Route Army persisted behind the enemy. The residents here could always find a way. What's more, Guo Xunqi was worried that the troops would not be able to carry enough food. In addition to carrying ammunition, each soldier could carry up to seven days of food. However, unexpectedly, under the organization of the local government, the people along the way took the initiative to provide them with food and help transport ammunition. As soon as the troops were interspersed, the local government sent people to contact him. The front team had already prepared, and the Japanese army's deployment map was placed in front of him.

According to this military deployment map, Guo Xunqi calmly allocated his troops and started an attack last evening. He pulled out all the Japanese strongholds outside the city overnight.

According to the intelligence from the pre-war theater command, the Japanese troops from Xin Security to Xuanhua were distributed, with the 15th Mixed Brigade guarding Xin Security, the 125th Division guarding Zhuolu, and the 116th Division in Xuanhua. Wei Lihuang formulated the plan that the 49th Army attacked Xin Security, the 14th Army attacked Xuanhua, and the New First Army attacked Xuanhua, and the New First Army attacked Zhuolu. The 89th Army of the Eighth Route Army was responsible for cooperating in attacking Zhuolu, the New Fourth Army Xu Xiang Front was responsible for cooperating in attacking Xuanhua, and Chen Geng's guerrilla corps was responsible for cooperating in attacking Xin Security.

Regarding this mission, Guo Xunqi understood that Wei Lihuang's purpose was to require him to take down the new security guards in the shortest time, annihilate the 15th Mixed Brigade, close the gate of the Japanese army to flee to Beiping, and block possible reinforcements from the Japanese army.

The Forty-Nine Army now has three armies, the 101st Army, the 102nd Army, and the 103rd Army; the total strength is as high as 130,000. Except for the 107th Division who stayed on the southern front, the rest of the troops are near the Xinbaoan. Among the three armies, what Guo Xunqi trusts the most are the two armies of the former 49th Army. The 103rd Army is a newly formed army, and the commander Zhang Lingfu is a powerful general, but the newly formed 21st Division was adapted from the puppet army. He was unable to obtain his combat effectiveness, so he kept the 103th Army with a reserve force and the guerrilla corps to guard the direction of Huailai.

"Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, called us to resolve the enemy of the new security within 48 hours." Fu Chang handed over the telegram he had just received to Guo Xunqi.
Chapter completed!