Compared with Wang Guoli's heroic spirit and no scheming, Sun Lianzhong, the chief of staff of the First Army, seemed to be much more scheming. Otherwise, Li Guosheng would not have allowed Wang Guoli and Sun Lianzhong to cooperate with each other to manage the hundreds of thousands of troops of the First Army of the National Defense Force.

After reading the telegram sent by Wang Guoli, Sun Lianzhong was not as furious as Wang Guoli and threatened to take revenge immediately. Instead, he walked quickly to the map and stared at the map intently and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Wang Guoli, who looked angry, spoke again, of course, this time, it was not anger, but to ask Sun Lianzhong for advice. Because if he wanted to mobilize the army to carry out military revenge against the Northeast Army, he had to support Sun Lianzhong. Otherwise, he would only be able to mobilize one main force group, unless he received the order to mobilize the commander-in-chief.

"Old Sun, what do you think... Hundreds of soldiers died in Shanxi in such an unknown way. If we cannot avenge them, what will the soldiers think of us? My suggestion is to order the First Army to assemble immediately, launch an attack from Shandong to Hebei, and let the Northeast Army hand over all the murderers, otherwise we will fight all the way to Beiping City."

Sun Lianzhong ignored Wang Guoli, who was clamoring and continued to stare at the map without moving. Just when Wang Guoli was a little impatient, Sun Lianzhong's calm facial expression finally changed slightly. He firmly affirmed at Wang Guoli's tone: "There is a problem, commander, there must be something wrong with this telegram..."

Seeing the puzzled expression on Wang Guoli's face, Sun Lianzhong quickly pointed to the map and explained: "Commander, look at the map... According to the map, our coal mine is here, and there is an infantry battalion stationed for protection. In order to prevent our infantry battalion, the Jinsui Army deployed a main division around the coal mine, which was scattered in various major traffic routes around the coal mine in units of the battalion. In other words, if the Northeast Army attacked our sneak attackers want to enter the mining area and attack the coal mine defenders, the first thing they have to break through is the Jinsui Army scattered around us."

"You are reading the telegram. The telegram only mentioned: last night, the mining area was attacked, and the more than 600 soldiers in our army stationed mining area were destroyed. There is no mention that the Jinsui army stationed around us was attacked. According to the battle time, if we want to wipe out an infantry battalion of our army in such a short time, the enemy will not dispatch a division, but also a regiment, and it is an infantry regiment equipped with a certain number of heavy weapons. A large-scale unit, do you think you can quietly pass through the Jinsui army's defense line and launch an attack directly at the garrison battalion of our garrison area?"

Wang Guoli frowned and asked with a suspicion: "Old Sun, what you mean is that all of this is directed and acted by Yan Xishan. The ultimate goal is to let us take this as an opportunity to launch an attack on the Northeast Army stationed in Hebei. However, for the purpose, isn't Yan Xishan worried that we will directly surround Shanxi after we occupy Hebei..."

Sun Lianzhong nodded and affirmed: "The purpose is definitely there. Commander, I wonder if you have paid attention to the mobilization of the central troops of several surrounding provinces over the past few days. Especially in Henan and Hebei provinces, which are in front and back attacks against Shanxi Province, the Central Army and the former Northeast Army, with more than 100,000 people, quickly gathered towards the border and put on a trend of approaching the Shanxi army."

"If we attack the Northeast Army in Hebei now, I can be sure that with our combat effectiveness, the attention of the Northeast Army's more than 100,000 troops will definitely be transferred to us. At that time, our National Defense Force will help Yan Xishan solve a big problem and help him hold down more than 50,000 enemies."

"The cunning Yan Xishan almost made my kingdom power fool. No, more than 600 lives must not be forgotten. Lao Sun, since Yan Xishan treats us like children, then let us use the weapons in our hands to tell him that the National Defense Forces have become a giant that Yan Xishan can never shake. My suggestion is to draw heavy troops, stab Yan Xishan in the butt from the east, and bite a piece of meat from Yan Xishan as compensation. You must know that our commander-in-chief has been coveting the coal mines in Shanxi Province for a long time. Even if the commander-in-chief knows, he will agree to send troops."

If you have a battle, you can get the money. Sun Lianzhong, who has been idle for a year and a half in Shandong Province, is also full of desire for the battlefield. Wang Guoli said support as soon as he finished speaking: "I agree to send troops to Shanxi. However, we have only one main division, and one main division cannot bite a piece of too much fat on Yan Xishan. My idea is to report to the commander-in-chief immediately and ask the General Command for battle. At least one field army will be dispatched to Taiyuan City for thousands of miles, destroy Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army's nest in one fell swoop, and take all the Shanxi into his pocket."

"I agree..."

Two days have passed since Li Guosheng received Yan Xishan's telegram for help from the Shenyang National Defense Forces General Command. However, as Yan Xishan had guessed at the beginning, although Li Guosheng was jealous of the entire Hebei and Pingjin area, he had to resist his desire for territory because he did not send troops. Of course, as a local force that would unify the country sooner or later, Li Guosheng would never miss this opportunity and directly ordered Jiang Baili to pay close attention to the situation in the Central Plains and look for opportunities.

When the telegram for assistance from the First Army of the National Defense Forces was sent to Jiang Baili, a sneer flashed on Jiang Baili's face, who was also anxious because of the fighter jets. Because, in this report of requesting for battle, Jiang Baili discovered a larger strategic plan.

In Li Guosheng's office, after listening to Jiang Baili's report, four words appeared in Li Guosheng's mind immediately, "Turn away the wolf and swallow the tiger."

After a brief hesitation, he answered firmly: "Chief of Staff, your idea is very good. Since Yan Xishan poured this basin of dirty water on the Northeast Army, we will be wrong. Use this excuse to fully occupy Hebei Hepingjin area and wipe out more than 100,000 Northeast Army entrenched here. However, we cannot be used by Yan Xishan so for nothing."

"Immediately call Wang Guoli and Sun Lianzhong and ask them to quickly draw the investigation team to the mining area to collect evidence. We must collect all the evidence of the attack from the Jinsui Army. At that time, when the evidence is obtained, our army, which has fully occupied Hebei, can take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the Jinsui Army and include Shanxi in our bag."

Since the decision has been made, the most important problem to be solved in front of Li Guosheng is to mobilize troops and how to win this battle. Swallow large areas of territory such as Hebei, Shanxi, and Har.

After a pair of sharp eyes turned to the combat map hanging on the wall, Li Guosheng's eyes were directly set on Shanhaiguan, the Northeast Army stationed in Shanhaiguan. There is no doubt that the most convenient way for the National Defense Force, which has reached the level of semi-mechanization, to invade the inner barrier from outside the barrier, is to take Shanhaiguan. As long as you take Shanhaiguan, the vast Hebei and Pingjin area will be completely exposed to the front of the National Defense Force. The Northeast Army stationed on the plain of Hebei will never be able to block the torrent of the National Defense Force.

After retracting one's eyes from the map, he asked Jiang Baili: "Chief of Staff, in the face of the increasingly harsh Central Plains situation, we must quickly decide this battle. Because in the vast Central Plains region, our National Defense Forces may take advantage of the opportunity to expand the territory at any time. All combat troops must be prepared to withdraw from one battle at any time and join the next battle at any time."

Jiang Baili nodded in approval and supported Li Guosheng: "General. Judging from the terrain of Hebei and the Chahar area, as long as we dispatch elite armored troops, we can end the battle in a short time. Therefore, when it comes to sending troops, we must make careful choices. As for how to take down Shanhaiguan, we must make a decision based on the specific forces we have drawn."

After counting the troops under his command, Li Guosheng's eyes lit up and ordered Jiang Baili in front of him: "A armored division was drawn from the Armored Group Army, two guard brigades were drawn from the Guard Division, and two independent heavy artillery divisions were drawn from the Heavy Artillery Group, totaling 50,000 troops. The commander of the Guard Division, Zhang Huxiao, was the commander-in-chief, and launched an attack on Hebei from the direction of Shanhaiguan."

"Gao Shuxun's troops dispatched an elite division and a heavy artillery regiment, which was directly under the army's headquarters. Gao Shuxun personally commanded it, marched into Chahar from Chaoyang direction, wiped out the 40,000 Northeastern troops in Chahar and defended it."

"The troops of the First Group Army Wang Guoli secretly gathered a field army to advance towards Shanxi. As long as the attack order is received, they will attack Shanxi with lightning speed, blocking all the important transportation routes of the Central Army entering Shanxi, and blocking all the passages for the Jinsui Army to withdraw from Shanxi Province, trapping the Jinsui Army to death in Shanxi Province."

Less than a day after Li Guosheng's combat order was issued, Yan Xishan's telegram to the National Defense Forces about the attack on the mining area by the Northeast Army was sent by Li Guosheng in a word of electricity. Subsequently, another power-up sent by Li Guosheng quickly spread across the country and was placed on the desk in front of the heads of major local forces across the country.

"... The Warriors of the National Defense Forces who once fought bloody battles on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War must not die in despicable sneak attacks for no reason. As the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, I, Li Guosheng, made the following requests to the attackers on behalf of the millions of soldiers of the National Defense Forces: First, hand over all sneak attackers immediately... Second, compensate each soldier who died in battle for 50,000 ocean pension... Third, compensate the National Defense Forces for the various losses caused to the National Defense Forces due to the attack on the mining area... If the Northeast Army cannot give the National Defense Forces a satisfactory reply within 24 hours, the National Defense Forces will immediately send troops to Hebei and personally go to Hebei to capture the murderer... "

As soon as the power was issued, the whole country was in an uproar...

When Lao Jiang, the actual controller of the Northeast Army, saw this telegram, his face was covered with anger from the bottom of his heart. In front of his subordinates, he tore the telegram into pieces completely regardless of his face, and then cursed Li Guosheng and the National Defense Force in his office in his office.

However, no matter how much you scold, the problem that should be solved still needs to be solved. However, facing the various evidences displayed by Yan Xishan, although Lao Jiang knew that this was a conspiracy by Li Guosheng against the Northeast Army, there was no way out.

Acknowledging this attack and agreeing to Li Guosheng's request means that the Northeast Army will compensate the National Defense Force for at least 90 million oceans for no reason. However, can the National Government, which is already heavily in debt, still give out 80 million oceans in a short period of time? The answer is no. In this case, Chiang Kai-shek could only order Rong Zhen, the current commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, to deny this matter, and sue Li Guosheng's National Defense Force, and delay the time when the National Defense Force marched into Hebei as much as possible.

However, what Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that at this time Li Guosheng had already swallowed Hebei and wiped out the Northeast Army. The reason for sending such a power was that on the one hand, it was to believe that Chiang Kai-shek could not meet his own conditions, and on the other hand, it also gave a legitimate reason for the National Defense Force to march into Hebei.

As time passed by minute by minute, the 50,000 troops ordered to attack had already been assembled under the order of Zhang Huxiao. Then, under the transportation of thousands of trucks, they were rushing to drive towards Shanhaiguan.

At this time, the Northeast Army generals stationed in Shanhaiguan were not someone else, but entered the historical stage one step ahead of time. In later generations, there were a series of honors such as Wu Keren, the 117th Division of the 7th Army of Wang Yizhe, who had a series of honors such as the anti-Japanese heroes and the highest general of the death of China in the Battle of Shanghai.

As an anti-Japanese hero, even if he retreated into the pass with the troops, Wu Keren still strictly trained his army. Therefore, the current 117th Division can be regarded as the number one main force of the Northeast Army, otherwise, Rong Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, would not hand over the people who were guarding Shanhaiguan and guarding the National Defense Forces to Wu Keren.

However, what Rong Zhen did not expect was that although Wu Keren was wearing the original Northeast Army uniform, as a soldier, he was full of yearning for the truly iron-blooded army of the National Defense Forces. Not to mention anything else, just the several foreign wars of the National Defense Forces. This made Wu Keren, the general, full of blood, hoped that he could move to the battlefield of foreign wars like the National Defense Forces again.

The 117th Division, which has more than 10,000 troops, has been in contact with the National Defense Force for a long time, and faced the fascinating military results of the National Defense Force and the jealous military pay and various benefits, except for the division commander Wu Keren. Ordinary officers and soldiers are also full of yearning for the National Defense Force. In addition, the illusion of these soldiers is in the Northeast. If it weren't for the military discipline, they still restricted everyone, and these Northeast Army soldiers who were closest to the National Defense Force might have taken off their military uniforms and joined the National Defense Force that people yearn for.

Although Wu Keren was full of concern about this atmosphere in the army, he had no choice. After all, he could not control more than 10,000 soldiers under his command in his mind. Over time, all Wu Keren could do to this kind of atmosphere was to let it go.

However, as Li Guosheng's clear signal for the Northeast Army was placed in front of Wu Keren, Wu Keren, who had a keen sense of smell, immediately discovered that the rising National Defense Forces were finally about to enter the pass, and the first opponent of the Northeast Army after entering the pass was undoubtedly the Northeast Army where he was.

Not beyond Wu Keren's expectations, less than two hours after receiving the power, a combat order from the Northeast Army General Command was sent to Wu Keren: All combat troops of the Northeast Army immediately entered combat readiness, especially the 117th Division stationed in Shanhaiguan, must stop the possible attacks by the National Defense Forces at all costs and persevere until the reinforcements arrive.

When Wu Keren held the command of Commander-in-Chief Rong Zhen in one hand and the clear code of the National Defense Forces in the other hand, he slowly fell into deep thought and thought about his own way out with more than 10,000 soldiers under his command. Zhang Huxiao, who marched all the way to the front command of the National Defense Forces ten kilometers outside Shanhaiguan, also stood in front of the map with a solemn look on his analysis of the battle situation.

As the largest barrier in China, the solidity of Shanhaiguan can be imagined. With the heavy artillery and tank troops in his hand, although Zhang Huxiao was confident of taking down Shanhaiguan, the time and casualties required were definitely not something that Zhang Huxiao could bear. Because Zhang Huxiao got the order to take advantage of the mechanization of the troops and sweep Hebei Province in one week. Once he was delayed outside Shanhaiguan for too long, this task would become out of reach.

At this moment, Zhang Huxiao, who was thinking about it, saluted Zhang Huxiao and took out several documents and reported: "Secretary, the information just sent by the headquarters intelligence department at this time may be useful to us..."

"Uh..." Zhang Huxiao quickly found out that the file began to browse.

"The defending general Wu Keren has no hostility towards the National Defense Forces, and he is full of yearning for the National Defense Forces..."

"Wu Keren is very popular with his soldiers. As long as he can control Wu Keren and let Wu Keren fall to the National Defense Force, the entire Shanhaiguan gate will be opened to the National Defense Force..."

"The more than 10,000 soldiers under Wu Keren's command came from the three northeastern provinces..."

Looking at the analysis of his first opponent in the document, under the influence of Li Guosheng, Zhang Huxiao, who was increasingly fond of special operations, his eyes lit up, and a bold idea quickly emerged in his mind...

The Special Forces Brigade of the Guard Division drew some elite troops to cross the mountains on both sides of Shanhaiguan, and directly attacked Wu Keren's command, forcing Wu Keren to turn to the National Defense Force... Of course, it is absolutely impossible to make a general on his side turn to his opponent with just a few words. In Zhang Huxiao's eyes, Wu Keren's character of loving soldiers is both a bit, and a weakness that he can take advantage of...

The tank division, heavy artillery division directly under the command of Zhang Huxiao... All troops that can cause major damage to the Shanhaiguan defenders were like participating in a military parade. Under the order of Zhang Huxiao, they drove past tens of thousands of defenders in Shanhaiguan.

Through medium-sized tanks that were invulnerable to swords and guns, large caliber heavy artillery as thick as bowls... they showed their powerful force to the Shanhaiguan defenders.
Chapter completed!