The battlefield behind enemy lines in North China entered a delicate period of balance due to the battle of Zhaojiazhuang.

The Japanese army firmly guarded the city, the county town and controlled the area with a radius of approximately four or five kilometers centered on the county town. In addition, it strengthened armed patrols on major transportation roads.

To this end, the Japanese North China Front Army did not hesitate to second the two cavalry regiments from the nearby Kanto Army, transported a batch of tanks from the country, formed three cavalry regiments under the jurisdiction of the direct command, and drew back to the 3rd Division and the 16th Division from the Western Front to strengthen control of the occupied areas.

The so-called cavalry corps here can be very different from the cavalry corps in the Japanese division. In addition to symbolically retaining a regular cavalry squadron with war horses, the other three squadrons replaced the Type 94 light tank, Type 92 armored vehicles, and Type 97 light cavalry tanks, becoming an extremely threatening motorcycle-oriented force.

Especially the Type 97 light cavalry tank, it is a masterpiece of Japanese military industry!

This tank is smaller overall than the Type 95 tank. It is only equipped with a Type 94 37mm tank gun, mainly responsible for infantry attack and anti-armor combat. It is not equipped with machine guns, with two crew members, a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and a front armor of 12 mm.

The Japanese, who seemed to be of little use, had achieved the ultimate in the research and development of light tanks, had no intention of developing the only tank destroyer model on the battlefield at that time. The Type 97 cavalry tank became famous in one battle in the Battle of Nomencan which broke out half a year ago, and became the only highlight of the Battle of Nomencan, where the Japanese army was beaten up.

On the same target, the Type 97 cavalry tank is too small, just as big as a small car. It can flexibly avoid shell attacks on the battlefield. The smaller the number, the smaller the chance of being hit by shells, the smaller it will be. After the survival can be guaranteed, the Type 94 37mm anti-tank gun it can be equipped with a depth of 50mm armor at a distance of 500 meters. Its armor penetration depth is enough to deal with the bear's T26 tanks and BT series tanks.

To put it bluntly, although the Type 97 is small and light, its firepower is still quite strong. It is a weapon that is far more suitable for attacking and striking villages on the plains than the Type 94 light tank.

Such five cavalry regiments were thrown into the occupied areas and supplemented by some infantry, which was indeed a very difficult bone to crack.

At the same time, the Wang Puppet Government, supported by the Japanese army, obtained authorization to rename the North China Public Security Army "North China Pacification Army" in advance and recruited troops in large numbers. By the end of October, the North China Pacification Army had 12 groups, an artillery brigade, and 11 independent infantry regiments, with more than 70,000 troops.

Zheng Yunqiu, who performed "outstanding" in the Battle of Zhaojiazhuang, was also promoted to the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 101st Group and was ordered to station in Handan.

It can be said that in the nearly three months of melee in southern Hebei, the Japanese side paid a heavy price. The soldiers were too many, and the assistants were either killed in battle or slapped in the face. The generals were almost sprayed to death by the domestic people, but this was Qingyun who was promoted two levels in a row, becoming the guy who gained the most benefits among the Japanese army.

Perhaps the only thing he was worried about was the small tail held tightly by the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side. That thing was also a big bomb. Just pull the lead slightly, it could be blown to pieces.

But this matter is right! I didn’t ask for anything to worry about. Commander Zheng is now a popular figure in Handan. There are too many people who give money and goods. The opponent needs some weapons, some money, food or intelligence. As long as it is not too much, he can satisfy them one by one.

Zheng Yunqiu also knew that a living self was far more effective than a dead person for the other side.

Duotianjun no longer stubbornly insisted on his "cleaning the countryside action". From the end of July to November, it seemed like he was making soy sauce. Apart from sticking to the city and controlling the main transportation roads to ensure the transportation of materials, the Zhongtiaoshan Front and the Southeast Jin Front also made no achievements.

The Yellow River, which once claimed to have to be conquered this year, is only one month away from New Year's Day, and it is still not progressing.

When the Chinese side saw that the Japanese were about to stop, they were happy to be quiet and started the "You strengthen yours, I strengthen me".

Not to mention other bases behind enemy lines, in addition to continuing to recruit troops to expand their troops, Jinan also played the "building high walls and accumulating grain" model. A large amount of land was deserted due to the war, so it would be replanted. If wheat, corn, and sorghum could not be planted, then other crops would be planted. Anyway, it would be planted all the food that could be eaten.

A large amount of food was also continuously delivered to southern Hebei through various channels.

In addition to supplying the army, grain also provides subsidies to the people, especially military families. Each regular army subsidizes 30 kilograms of fine grain, 50 kilograms of coarse grain per month, and each militia subsidizes 40 kilograms of coarse grain per household, which further stimulates the enthusiasm of the people in the base area to send their children to join the army.

Except for military families, the rest of the people who want to obtain food can only be exchanged for labor. Replanting grain crops can be subsidized, digging tunnels can be subsidized, building high walls can be subsidized, and making cloth shoes for the army can be subsidized...

Seeing that autumn is over, winter is gone, and there is no food in the cold winter, none of the elderly, weak women and children can survive the cold winter. Moreover, the Japanese army's clearance operation in the past few months was right in front of us. No soldiers fought bravely, but the entire village and village people were massacred. How could the people who had no way out of retreat?

Men mainly do physical work of digging tunnels and building high walls and digging trenches. Women make textile needlework and even farming. The elderly and children are responsible for helping to carry out the dug soil. A large number of wheel carts are made.

A wheelbarrow convoy of dozens of people could be seen everywhere was slowly moving on the plain, with no food or equipment inside, all of which were soil!

A large amount of soil was dug out from the ground, some were built into walls, some were made into fortifications, but more were piled up to form a man-made hill.

Looking from a high altitude, there are nearly a thousand such man-made hills, which is really spectacular!

That should be due to tactical considerations. Tang Dao used this large piece of artificial hills to form barriers, which could serve as an obstacle to the rapid advance of Japanese armored vehicles and trucks during wartime.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Some tunnels even only pass through these hills, and soldiers can reach the commanding heights on these plains through tunnels at any time.

On the other hand, if some Japanese troops want to seize these man-made commanding heights, they may miserably enter the minefield or even the directional blasting point.

The entire southern Hebei Plain has become a large construction site. According to the log of the Southern Hebei Administration, in just three months, hundreds of thousands of acres of crops were replanted in southern Hebei, and the total length of tunnels was excavated and reinforced, leading to 6,000 kilometers of roads and ditches in various villages and towns. Artificial stacking can be used as 1,206 combat hills, and various types of burials and 160,000 landmines were built.

The 3 million soldiers and civilians in southern Hebei who burst out with their life potential under the survival crisis completed this miraculous plain defense project before the cold winter arrived.

On the battlefield in North China, China and Japan entered a stalemate stage. The two defense lines of Zhongtiao Mountain and Taihang Mountain blocked the heavy troops that the Japanese army pressed towards the Yellow River defense line. The Chinese military and civilians located in the enemy-occupied area were united to develop production under the leadership of the regular army, unite and strengthen their resistance forces.

On the battlefield in South China, in early September, Gangcun Xiaoci commanded four divisions, two detachments, one navy, and one unit of aviation, with a total of more than 100,000 people. He used the method of attacking Tanzhou from three directions: northern Hunan, northern Jiangxi and southern Hubei.

The acting commander of the Ninth War Zone of China commanded 15 armies, one advance, and more than 200,000 people. He also had an ambitious plan to use the favorable terrain of mountains, rivers to organize defense and consume the Japanese army, first luring the Japanese army to the vicinity of Changsha, and then encircle and annihilate it.

It took two generals who had left enough fame in the history of the Sino-Japanese War for a month, and neither of them had achieved their previously conceived strategic goals.

Gangcun Xiaoci neither ate the main force of the 9th China War Zone nor achieved the main strategic goal. In Ganzhou, a division was almost eaten by the Chinese army, and his face was ruined.

Although Commander Xue did not achieve the previous strategic goal of luring the enemy into the depths of annihilation of a Japanese division or even more, he still had the upper hand after defending Tanzhou.

The southern battlefield is in full swing, while the northern battlefield is filled with undercurrents of both sides. This is just the current situation on the battlefield in China.

For the commanders of both sides, there are naturally plans.

Although Duotianjun is a typical example of great ambition and lack of talent, he is definitely not the kind of person who retracts his head and does not dare to make bad ideas after being criticized.

For three months, the first Japanese military in North China has not been idle. Not only did he go to the Kwantung Army headquarters in Changchun, he even returned to his hometown.

Of course, this person did not come back to apologize to His Majesty, but went back to his country to seek help.

Before leaving, Duotianjun had a secret conversation with Okabe Saburo, who was no longer the chief of staff but was forced to stay in Pingbei Castle for punishment.

When Tata Jun returned from his homeland, Saburo Okabe received a telegram from the base camp, ordering him to set off immediately to the Northeast to take over the position of commander of the First Division.

Although I knew that this day would come sooner or later, when I actually received the appointment order from the base camp, Saburo Okabe was still excited and burst into tears.

Too difficult, really too difficult!

It has been a whole year and a half, and it has been almost 40 years since the news of employment in June 2018. It has finally come to my turn.

Thinking of this, Okabe Saburo's annoying face couldn't help but appear in Tang Dao's mind.

It’s not because Tang Dao is handsome and often makes this Japanese lieutenant general who has been struggling for a long time, but because Tang Dao and the Sixing Corps, he would have served at least one year earlier.

To put it bluntly, Tang Dao is a stumbling block on Okabe Saburo's way forward, but after all, Okabe Saburo is going to the Kwantung Army, thousands of kilometers away from North China, and he no longer has to deal with Tang Dao's "scoundrel".

But Saburo Okabe still couldn't drive away Tang Dao's hateful face from his mind. Before getting on the plane, he even looked at the northwest.

Although he was not in charge of the command, nearly 100,000 imperial warriors died in this battlefield in his telegrams, and he had no nostalgia for this land.

But Saburo Okabe knew that there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests, let alone relationships like him and Tatsushi Jun that were not even friends.

If Duotianjun had not found His Highness the Prince and convinced the old stubborn people in the base camp, he would probably have had great ups and downs if he wanted to become the commander of the First Division.

However, no matter what, when he becomes the highest commander of the longest-standing division of the Japanese Army and has independent command, he will definitely let the opponent know that he is powerful when he meets that hateful young man in the future.

Saburo Okabe got into the cabin and didn't look at this film and left him with a strong sense of shame.

On November 1, Saburo Okabe took office as the commander of the First Division, located in Qiqihar.

On November 15, the First Division was ordered to be transferred to Shengjing to renovate the army and change its clothes.

The entire division has a population of 30,000, and the counterweight firepower is added. One or two cannons can be seen from the artillery gang replaced by the artillery gang. The 75MM mountain cannon has been reduced to 12, the 105 howitzers have been 24, and there are 12 150 howitzers.

The cavalry corps were retained, but a new chariot corps was added, with a total of 60 light and heavy tanks.

The strength of the First Division suddenly increased, but was transferred to Shenyang, which made Mao Xiong nervous. He thought the Japanese were unwilling to give up after the Battle of Nomenkan and planned to accumulate strength to fight with them.

The Japanese diplomatic envoy repeatedly patted his chest to ensure that the Kwantung Army had no ambitions for the border, but the Mao Bear was a little thicker, but he was not a fool. Your First Division had changed generals and updated its equipment. I believe you.

On the border, Mao Xiongren sent two mechanized infantry divisions, waiting for the First Division, which was still in Shengjing, to come to fight.

Little did they know that the newly appointed division commander of the division had always been mapped on North China.

Duotianjun is not capable of fighting, but his circle of friends is showing off his skills.

Tata Jun and Okabe Saburo were not willing to fail and became busy. With the idea of ​​making a comeback, what was Tang Tuanzou busy with?

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Anyway, no matter how swords and guns are in the warehouse, Ma Fang Nanshan will go home and make a child with Dantai Dalian Chief.

Tang Tuanzu returned to the Sihang Tuan Station, and stayed at the station for less than a week. He had less than three meals with Dan Tai Mingyue. He took an hour in the middle to guide his brother-in-law's shooting skills and went on a long journey.

Yes, Tan Tai Mingjing stayed to join the army after all.

Although Tang Dao went out to war, I don’t know how Dan Tai Mingjing convinced his parents and his sister to let him stay, but Dan Tai Mingjing’s performance in the recruit camp is obvious to all.

No one let the water go because he was the brother-in-law of the Tang regiment. The instructors of the new camp were not unfamiliar with the world, but the veterans knew that they let the water go during training, and Dan Tai Mingjing died quickly on the battlefield.

Some people say that on the battlefield, it depends purely on luck. As long as you are lucky, the shells and bullets will not fall off, and this is true in terms of the result. But if hard training greatly enhances the judgment, reaction and even physical strength of soldiers, can they increase those "lucky values"?

Or, as long as your gun technique is accurate enough and killing your enemies first, can you reduce the danger?

So, true soldiers believe in the existence of luck, but always regard that as part of strength, not all.

Tan Tai Mingjing stayed in the New Recruitment Battalion for 4 months, twice as many as in wartime. It was not until he could have 5 rounds of 5 bullets and 45 rings of 50-meter targets, 10 rounds of 85 rings of rifles, and 5-kilometer cross-country running reached the regular army qualification standards of the Four Line Regiment that he was assigned from the New Recruitment Battalion to Leng Feng's 3rd Battalion Department as a communications corps.

Driven by his self-esteem, Dan Tai Mingjing, who thought his marksmanship was good, was reluctant to stay in the camp as a communications soldier, and he wanted to go to the front line.

Leng Feng, Leng Mutou, was the least afraid of training. When he saw that the boy who was under 18 was still taking himself seriously, he directly asked Dan Tai Mingjing to pick people at will in the guard platoon of the battalion. As long as one of them fell behind him in any competition, he would let him join the infantry squad as a soldier.

Those who can enter the guard platoon, whether they are regiments or battalions, are all carefully selected elite soldiers, at least they have seen blood on their hands.

A soldier who was just sweating on the training ground wanted to challenge them, and the result was imagined and he was defeated.

This is known that the brother-in-law, who is recognized as the strongest marksman in the whole group, is back. Dan Tai Mingjing must not pester Tang Dao and ask Tang Dao to guide him!

Tang Tuanzuo, who was so busy that he was not touching the ground every day, squeezed out an hour for his wife and parents-in-law to teach the little guy his battlefield experience.

Before leaving, he showed his skills and used the Czech semi-automatic rifle given to Dan Tai Mingjing, and hit a pheasant at least 360 meters away from the opposite side, which was frightened by the gunshots, and asked him to take it back to give him extra meals to Captain Leng.

"When you can get your eyes and get your gun at will, you can go to the front-line infantry squad to join the army." Tang Dao set up an almost impossible assessment line for his brother-in-law.

That standard is in the reconnaissance company, which is now a master of shooting skills, and not many people can do it.

It is no longer just a need for diligence, but a stage of striving for talent.

But Tang Dao may not have expected that there are always some people who will do their best to their ideals.

The 17-year-old boy made a wish when he picked up the pheasant that was accurately penetrated through his neck by picking up the quilt bullet: he would definitely do what his brother-in-law said.

The boy may not have enough talent, but he is young enough to have enough time.

And Tang Dao arrived in Tianjin again.

There is an old blonde friend there, looking forward to it!

When the two met on the first day of the first day, the man was hugged by a tiger, which scared Tang Tuanzuo to the point of being shocked and almost kicked the man away!

Making money is not enough, why do you want to take advantage of others?

ps: Today is New Year's Eve. Feng Yue came back last night and wrote half a chapter. After lunch with his parents, he wrote half a chapter, so as not to be criticized for saying that I was interrupted. There are too many things to do when I am middle-aged, and Feng Yue is sometimes helpless! At the end of this chapter, I wish you all a happy New Year. Feng Yue will come to the readers to send red envelopes to the audience in the evening. Thank you for your support for so many years!
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