Nanpi County, Northeast Frontier Army Headquarters.

Zhang Xinghan had already fallen asleep in a bedroom next to the headquarters. Inside the headquarters, Liu Jianguo and several adjutants were taking turns on duty.

Suddenly, a rapid knock on the door woke Zhang Xinghan from his sleep. The instinct of a special soldier prompted Zhang Xinghan to reach for the gun he placed beside the bed before his eyes were opened.

Holding the gun in his hand, Zhang Xinghan asked coldly: "Who?"

"General seat, it's me, Jianguo." Liu Jianguo's voice outside the door was a little anxious.

"Jianguo." Zhang Xinghan put away the gun, put on his leather shoes and coat, opened the door, and asked: "What's wrong? What happened?".

Liu Jianguo didn't care to salute and said: "General manager, I just received a call from Guo Zhong. Something happened in Dongguang County."

"What's wrong? Didn't you win?" Zhang Xinghan asked with a raised brow.

"No, we have captured it, but there is a tunnel in the city that leads directly to the outside of the city. Some of the defenders escaped along the tunnel. Guo Zhong has led his troops to pursue them, but our whereabouts may have been exposed," Liu Jianguo said.

"It's not possible, it's definitely going to be exposed. Once someone escapes at night, trying to intercept them all is tantamount to wishful thinking." Zhang Xinghan fell into deep thought.

Liu Jianguo said: "Then what should we do now?"

After pondering for a while, Zhang Xinghan made a decision immediately: "We must change the original battle plan. Immediately send electricity to Guo Zhong and tell him not to engage in unnecessary pursuits. Immediately go south to bypass Wuqiao Town and raid Dezhou. At all costs, give me

Take Texas.

In addition, all regiments were ordered to assemble and set off quickly."

"Yes." Liu Jianguo stood up and responded, turned around and walked away quickly to accept the order.

Soon, an infantry division and a tank division stationed in Nanpi City, totaling about 40,000 troops, quickly dispatched.

Since the infantry division was also mechanized and all rode military trucks and motorcycles, the march was very fast. It only took half an hour to reach Dongguang County, which is thirty miles away.

Zhang Xinghan did not divide his troops and stationed in Dongguang County. He directly led his troops to bypass and go straight to Dezhou.

At the same time, Guo Zhong also received Zhang Xinghan's order, stopped pursuing Zhou Chuan's remaining troops, turned around and rushed towards Dezhou.

Fortunately, Zhou Chuan's battalion-level troops were not equipped with radio stations, and they were all on foot. In addition, the retreat was in a hurry, and the march at night lost its direction and fled to the northwest.

This direction is getting further and further away from Hengshui, Dezhou and even Wuqiao and Jingxian.

As a result, the Central Army in Hengshui and the Shandong Army in Dezhou had no way of knowing the news that Nanpi and Dongguang counties were attacked by the Northeast Frontier Army.

Dezhou is only more than fifty kilometers away, which is not a problem for the Jingwei Battalion, which is fully mechanized.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's order at around 1:30 in the morning, Guo Zhong's troops bypassed Wu Bridge and quietly entered the north of Dezhou City in just over two hours.

It was not yet four o'clock in the morning, and the sky was not completely bright yet. Zhang Xinghan had an order to capture Texas at all costs.

Guo Zhong did not hesitate at all. After arranging his vehicles, he immediately led his troops to attack Dezhou City.

Dezhou is located to the north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River and is the northern gate of Shandong Province. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the city and the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway also passes through.

The strategic location is self-evident. Han Fuqu deployed two security regiments here (note, during Han Fuqu's time in power, the security regiments were the regular troops of the Shandong Army, because Chairman Chiang did not give many regular numbers. Therefore, many of the troops privately expanded by Korea were

by

The representative of the security group said that many security groups are even the main elite troops that Han Fuqu spent a lot of money to build, and their combat power is not bad for ordinary police.) There are more than 4,000 people in total. Not only are there telephones in the city, but the defenders are also equipped with

radio station.

In addition, there are also two regiments stationed in Binzhou and Liaocheng, which echo each other from a distance and form an angle with each other.

Knowing that his troops were not superior, Guo Zhong did not divide his troops to surround the four cities this time. Instead, he deployed more than 20 grenades and mortars carried by his troops outside the North Gate, aiming at the North Gate City.

The door began to be shelled.

Since it was not wartime, Dezhou's defense was also very lax. The defenders had no idea that the enemy was incoming. There were very few sentries on the city towers, let alone building defensive positions outside the city.

In addition, it was night, and under the cover of darkness, Guo Zhong's artillery was able to quietly set up the mortar very close to the city gate.

As a second lieutenant quietly waved his hand, more than twenty 60mm and 50mm mortar grenades suddenly opened fire.

Boom boom boom... A series of dull sounds of cannons being ejected were heard one after another, scarlet fire roared out from the muzzle, drew dazzling arcs in the low air, and smashed towards the city gate.

"Boom...boom..." A series of violent explosions occurred at the city gate, and the dazzling red light almost climbed up to the city gate building.

The sudden explosion shocked the entire ancient city of Dezhou. Two Shandong Army soldiers who happened to be patrolling nearby on the city wall were so frightened that they quickly fell down and screamed: "No, there are enemies, enemy attacks!!!"

The violent explosion that followed completely drowned out the shouts of the two men. After the second round of violent explosions, the thick and solid city gate was blown to pieces.

Thousands of Northeastern officers and soldiers armed with submachine guns and under the cover of their own grenade launchers and general-purpose machine guns swarmed forward like a flood.

"Charge, kill!" Thousands of people shouted in unison, and the MP38 submachine guns in the hands of a dozen Jingwei at the front roared one after another.

The dense rain of bullets knocked to the ground more than a dozen Shandong Army soldiers who rushed for reinforcements in the city.

Before the main force of the Shandong Army in the city could react, the Northeastern Army rushed into the city like wolves and tigers, and quickly attacked the center of the city along the streets.

For the officers and soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion, who are similar to the all-round special forces, this kind of street fighting and close combat is their specialty. They are all very comfortable with it. In addition, the MP38 submachine guns in their hands are even more powerful weapons in street fighting. Therefore, although they do not have an advantage in terms of troop strength, they will be able to defeat many of them.

The Shandong Army, which was twice as big as mine, was retreating steadily and was unable to fight back.

The fierce battle lasted for more than two hours, and most of the Shandong Army in the city lost more than half. The remaining Shandong Army fled in a hurry from the south gate. However, before they could escape far, they found that the road ahead was blocked by a large number of steel warriors.

The car blocked it.

Facing the rolling torrent of iron armor and the black muzzles of large-caliber artillery, the Shandong Army who escaped from the city became desperate. They threw away their weapons and surrendered on their hands and knees.

Zhang Xinghan led his troops to arrive in time and basically annihilated the Shandong Army in Dezhou City. However, before the city was broken, a regiment commander of the Shandong Army had already sent the news to Han Fuqu in Jinan via radio.

After entering the city, Zhang Xinghan assigned two infantry regiments to attack Binzhou and Liaocheng respectively.

"General, the Air Force has taken off and will be rushing to Binzhou and Liaocheng to participate in the war in an hour at the latest." Liu Jianguo reported to Zhang Xinghan at the temporary headquarters in Dezhou City.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and continued to focus on the combat map.

"General Officer, according to intelligence, there is also a division of the Central Army stationed in Hengshui. I am worried that if our main force moves westward, they will attack Texas to cut off our army's retreat." Liu Jianguo pointed at the map and said with a worried look.

Zhang Xinghan didn't worry at all that his retreat would be cut off. The kill value accumulated by his multifunctional watch was enough to consume the few troops he had for three to five years.

Therefore, he said: "Our strategic target this time is Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army. The Central Army and Shandong Army are not important. As for the back road being cut off, there is no need to worry about it. The supplies we carry are enough for this battle, not to mention our

There is also an air force that can conduct airdrops."

Liu Jianguo nodded with relief: "Then, when will we set off?"

"Tonight." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Tonight? Doesn't that mean it will be delayed for more than ten hours? Commander, didn't you say that the faster the army, the better?" Liu Jianguo asked puzzledly.

"That's true, but Jianguo, have you ever thought about it? If we march westward in broad daylight, our strategic intentions will likely be defeated by Yan Laoxi. Once he mobilizes heavy troops to southern Shanxi, he will join forces with the Central Army to resist us in southern Shanxi.

If we attack with a partial division, it will be much more difficult for us to complete the strategic encirclement of the Jinsui Army.

Now the news that Dezhou has been captured by our army should have reached Han Fuqu's ears. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Laoxi will know it soon. We are holding back for the time being. I will send two more regiments to capture Binzhou and Liaocheng respectively. It will be easy for the outside world to know that Dezhou has been captured by our army.

This creates the illusion that we are likely to cross the river and attack Jinan.

This would not only prevent Han Fuqu from sending troops northward, but would also paralyze the attention of Chairman Chiang's Central Army and Yan Lao's Western Jin Sui Army.

At this time, it was time for Jingzhong and Liu Guodong to launch an attack. Under pressure from the north, Yan Laoxi was bound to mobilize troops from central and southern Shanxi to go north to resist our army's frontal attack, and had no time to worry about it.

And tonight we will march at night, detour all the way, attack Puyang, Xinxiang, and finally Jincheng, completely blocking the Shanxi-Sui army's escape route south."

"Oh, I understand your humble position, the president is wise." Liu Jianguo said with a sudden look on his face.

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Shandong, Jinan.

Han Fuqu's provincial chairman's residence, Lao Han has just gotten up and is exercising in the yard. Han Fuqu followed Feng Yuxiang in his early years, then relied on the Jinsui Army, and now he has taken refuge with Jiang Guangtou, and he has become the chairman of Shandong Province.

For many years, he has been constantly rejecting Bald Chiang's cronies in Shandong, and gradually took control of the military and political power in Shandong. Now he has an army of hundreds of thousands, with strong soldiers and horses, and his momentum is at its peak. He can be regarded as a figure.

Suddenly, an adjutant hurriedly ran in from outside. When he saw Han Fuqu, he said: "Chairman, something bad is going on, Chairman!"

"What happened? You're so panicked." Han Fuqu asked in confusion.

"Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Defense Force suddenly launched an attack on our army. In just two days, they have captured Nanpi, Dongguang, and Dezhou. They also fell last night. The defenders of the two regiments either died or surrendered. The situation is critical!"
Chapter completed!