Kobayashi Kakutaro smiled and said: "Don't worry, Nakamura-kun's 33rd Brigade, Sixth Division Takada-kun's 36th Brigade and Matsuda-kun's 10th Cavalry Regiment have firmly contained Kuancheng.

The exchange of fire between the defenders, the 33rd Brigade and the Anjia Army Independent Division was particularly fierce. Although no large-scale charge was launched, it was not easy for the enemy to retreat. They only had to hold on for three hours. Anjia in Kuancheng

The two main divisions of our army will be caught in the north-south pincer attack of our four brigades. By then, all artillery brigades of our army will be in place, and we will request the headquarters to send aviation teams to assist in the battle. We will surely achieve brilliant results."

Nishiyi nodded: "Well, I have to thank General Muto and Chief of Staff Koiso for their decisiveness and wisdom. This is a huge and wise combat plan, and a classic with superb military art! After encountering setbacks, I

The army was unyielding, and finally, with lightning speed, they captured Chengde in one fell swoop and successfully forced them to the foot of the Great Wall. In the vast Jehol area to the north of the Great Wall, half of Chahar's land was suddenly occupied by our army.

Under this, the original strategic plan of occupying the north of the Great Wall to ensure the security and development of Manchuria was successfully completed. If the Great Wall is successfully defeated, it will be more glorious than the September 18th victory!

"However, it must also be noted that after months of hard fighting, our army has reached the most difficult and unsustainable point. If we want to expand the results, we must increase the number of troops in the country. However, the current situation in the country is very bad, and the military and political parties have great differences in opinions.

There are constant differences between the Navy and our Army, and under the pressure from Britain and the United States, our lives are difficult! Their interests in China are damaged because of our strength. This is something they do not want to see, and it is inevitable

We will do our best to obstruct it.

"War is like this. The initial sacrifice is huge, but the harvest requires patience. We, the people of Japan, are scrimping on food and clothing for our jihad and eating chaffy vegetables. If the economy does not improve, we will probably have to negotiate.

Seek a temporary truce to end it. After all, our strategic goal has been successfully achieved. Let’s accumulate strength and fight again!”

"The general has a broad mind and a far-sighted vision!" Kakutaro Kobayashi admired sincerely.

Xiyi waved his hand, stood up and smiled slightly: "I am old, and I will go back to China after fighting this war. Looking back on the days and nights when I came to Manchuria, my heart is surging! I also have to thank everyone including Mr. Xiao Lin.

Gentlemen, thank you to the 25,000 soldiers of our division, and to the Kwantung Army Headquarters for your trust and support. Without these, how would our Xiyi achieve the achievements we have today?"

Kobayashi Kakutaro was very moved, and Nishiyi smiled and continued: "I said it was far, haha! There is a Chinese saying: A journey of a hundred miles is only half ninety. It means that a journey of one hundred miles, even if it is completed after ninety

Li, even ninety-nine Li, can only be considered as just half of the way. Mr. Xiao Lin, our mission is far from completed. Although we have captured Chengde now, Chengde will not be completely destroyed before the two main divisions of the Anjia Army who are stubbornly resisting are completely eliminated.

The front line is not yet stable, and the situation on the entire western front is not optimistic. We must annihilate all the elites of the Anjia Army in order to most effectively attack the fragile psychology of the Chinese people, and in order to more effectively deter the Nanjing government and all armed groups, and in order to make our country greater than Japan.

The next expansion of the empire will go more smoothly."

"Kobayashi has learned from the general's golden words!" Kakutaro Kobayashi bowed humbly again.

Xiyi came to Xiaolin and stood in front of him: "Xiaolin Lord, there are two urgent tasks: first, mobilize the main force, stabilize the Chengde defense line, and at the same time implement oppression to the south. Our headquarters will also move to Chengde in three days; second, go all out

, annihilate the Anjia Army Independent Division and the 17th Division. Strictly prevent the enemy from fleeing wildly before my two brigades are outflanked. Judging from the style of the Anjia Army, at critical moments they dare to do things like cut off the arms of a strong man."

"Hey Yi! I will supervise you now!"

At 11:40 in the morning, the enemy headquarters in Tangshan, Beiping.

"Commander, General Wang Yizhe sent an urgent message. During a routine reconnaissance, a regiment in its forward position discovered that most of the Japanese troops were heading westward about six kilometers from their front. The target is probably Kuancheng. The number of the Japanese troops is not yet clear." Liu

Qing reported in a low voice.

The pale An Yi left the map and returned to his desk: "I guessed it, but I didn't expect the Japanese army to move so fast. Chief of Staff——"

"arrive!"

Zhao Rui stepped forward to wait for orders.

An Yi gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send an urgent telegram to Huzi and Senior Brother Lu, telling them that they are about to be outflanked and attacked by the Japanese army, and ask them to make every effort to get rid of the enemy's entanglement. They must not act on impulse, let alone hesitate!

Tell them again that I will greet them at the Great Wall Pass. Senior brother, I will leave the house to you. Senior brother has full control over the overall situation. I will keep in touch with senior brother at any time."

"Yes! Ah? Commander... you can't go! If you leave at this time, what will the General Headquarters think? What will the Central Staff think? What about the many liaisons, mediations, and mutual cooperation issues? Without you, many things cannot be carried out.

After all, you are the commander-in-chief of the former enemy!" Zhao Rui quickly dissuaded him.

An Yi shook his head and sighed: "Mediation and cooperation? Besides asking for money, food and guns, who would come to me to mediate? Who can I, the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, command? If it weren't for Song Zheyuan, Wang Yizhe, Fu Zuoyi and several front-line generals.

Justice, who will help us? As a young marshal who is the commander-in-chief of the North China Theater, I can't even command my own army. What do I, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, mean to me? Okay! There is no need to say a lot of things. I will knock my teeth out and go to my stomach.

Swallow it! Sigh... I miss An Yi. I thought that after the lessons of the bloody battle in Jiangbei five years ago and the tempering of several years of military campaigns in the north and south, I was already great. I have a pair of discerning eyes that can discern the warmth and coldness of the world and see through the loyalty of people.

Traitor, but now it seems that he is so childish and ridiculous! How sad!"

All the brothers were extremely sad, and they all lowered their heads and felt heavy.

The red phone on An Yi's desk rang again, and no one answered it.

An Yi reached out and picked up the phone, and heard the polite voice of Li Hansong, the confidential section chief of the Marshal's Office: "This is the Marshal's office. The Marshal would like to ask General An to call."

An Yi was stunned and replied in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, General An has already rushed to the line from Xifengkou to Gubeikou on official business. Forgive me!"

"Pah——"
Chapter completed!