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Arrangements had been made long ago to win over Ding Wei.

However, Chu Yunfei lacked the ability and failed to win over Li Yunlong, let alone Ding Wei.

In recent times, the situation in the northwest has become clearer.

The troops stationed in Mongolia suffered a series of defeats and were forced to retreat under Ding Wei's offensive, and had already lost all of the Yanbei area.

Seeing that the Pingsui railway line was about to be taken over by Ding Wei, Mr. Xipi could not sit still.

Ding Wei, who came from a peasant family, was a better fighter than the Whampoa students he had carefully trained. He had to consider that if he could be included in the Northern Route Army, he could form a pincer attack on the Eighth Route Army.

The hundreds of thousands of troops under Hu Shoushan's command, including the Suiyuan Army, the Shanxi-Northern Army, and the Ma family army in Ningxia, could form an encirclement of Shaanxi.

To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the internal situation. During the confrontation phase, Mr. Xipi does not mind dealing with the big enemy.

At the same time, he urged Fu to take the opportunity to recapture Baotou and do ideological work on the puppet Mongolian cavalry. The puppet Mongolian regime had several cavalry divisions, which were also a good force.

If the reorganization can be achieved, the Suiyuan Army's mobile combat capability can be enhanced.

To be honest, Mr. Fu really looked down on those puppet troops.

But I was really curious about Ding Wei. At first I thought he was just a capable regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, or at best a brigade commander.

Little did people know that this fierce general had accumulated such amazing combat power in just two years that he was already on par with the Suiyuan Army.

The offensive at the beginning of the year was very successful.

Once these nine counties were captured, Ding Wei took advantage of the situation to recruit surrendered puppet troops and recruit soldiers. Seven detachments were expanded and the column's strength could easily exceed 9.

I'm afraid the situation in the northwest is going to change again.

The Suiyuan Army must quickly capture the Baotou area and take control of the Hetao Plain. Even if they look down on the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry, they must find a way to recruit some of them.

Ding Wei didn't care at all what the Northern Army commander thought.

He has to take over these nine counties within a month.

They attacked and surrounded the enemy, and used tunnel blasting to disintegrate the Japanese army.

At the same time, they also had to resort to psychological warfare to win over the puppet troops in the county, as this group of people were the most fickle.

The situation is favorable now. The Japanese cannot retreat and the puppet army is in a state of panic.

Some puppet troops had already been instigated to defect, and they took the opportunity to secretly spread rumors internally, benefiting the Eighth Route Army and stirring up the people.

In the directions of Yanggao, Tianzhen and Huaian, puppet troops surrendered one after another.

Zhang Dabiao had the largest number of troops, with more than 8,000 men, and he launched attacks on three county towns at the same time.

With the cooperation of the puppet army, they asked Ding Wei for the artillery regiment and the heavy artillery battalion, and took over the three county towns.

The Second Independent Mixed Brigade suffered more than 1200 casualties.

In one fell swoop, the main force of the brigade was severely damaged and its muscles and bones were injured.

Troops also needed to be stationed in Wucheng, Huailai and Zhulu. In addition, the Pingsui railway line was repeatedly attacked by guerrilla forces, so the main force of the Second Independent Group had to consider retreating to Wucheng and abandoning the mountainous county town.

The central army, which launched the most fierce offensive, was concentrated in the right rear banner of Chahar and was not in a hurry to advance northward.

There is a vast plain area over there, and it is difficult to get logistical support along the way.

Instead, they assembled their forces there and split up their forces to attack Shangdu, Huade, Kangbao and other places to expand their victory.

Taking advantage of the situation to wipe out the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry, Sun Desheng's cavalry detachment had good combat effectiveness and easily captured thousands of people and seized a large number of horses and equipment.

He also recruited more than 600 cavalrymen.

The news spread quickly, and when the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry learned that Ding Wei had a tank regiment, they trembled in fear.

This group of people are nothing but a bunch of useless people supported by the devils. They bully the weak and fear the strong. When they encounter Ding Wei's main force, they often collapse or surrender without a fight.

The Northwest region was indeed disrupted by Ding Wei.

A wave of fierce attacks made the Japanese invaders unable to withstand it.

The puppet army was something that could not be relied upon at all, and the puppet Mongolian regime was also a fence-sitter. Seeing that the situation was not good, some people had already made friendly applications to the Suiyuan Army and the Shanxi-North Column.

As long as Ding Wei nods, they will surrender without hesitation.

This group of cavalry troops has little combat effectiveness, and the only equipment they have is the horses they have that is worth keeping an eye on.

Ding Wei had a tank regiment, so he looked down on them. He valued the elite cavalry of the devils more. If he could defeat the cavalry group, he could seize the devils' carbines and artillery.

At the beginning of spring, good news came that the cavalry detachment active in the north of Jining contacted the Suhong garrison in Outer Mongolia.

The reconnaissance cavalry has a wide range of activity, and the enemy also intends to move towards this side, so it is a two-way rush.

After designating a safe route, Ding Wei immediately ordered, "Let Sun Desheng personally lead three battalions of cavalry to bring back Brother Su's weapons and equipment for me."

"The motor vehicle convoy also moved closer to the Jining area, and the 6th and 5th infantry regiments deployed along the Pingsui Railway line."

Then he thought for a while and said, "Let Zhang Dabiao and Gao Qing launch an offensive to capture the counties around Chahar and support the Jining area."

"I'll give them 300 rounds of artillery shells. They can't live like this any longer. Beat up those damn Japanese devils for me."

He rubbed his hands excitedly. The pressure on Moscow was not small. The German offensive was fierce and they almost captured Stalingrad.

Thanks to the sudden drop in temperature, they were able to catch their breath and fight in the streets around the city, ultimately winning the final victory.

The Japanese Kwantung Army and the Mongolian Army are lone wolves, and we are afraid that they will cause trouble at this time.

It would be great if we could use the weapons and equipment of two divisions in exchange for Ding Wei's activeness in the grassland border area.

A large number of weapons and equipment were transported over on 170 trucks, as well as some production equipment and military technology provided by international organizations.

The military factory can be expanded in Datong to produce ammunition, small-caliber artillery and other artillery shells.

The convoy was connected into one, and Ding Wei could take out all the Soviet weapons in his hand and mix them in with the Soviet equipment.

1.8 rifles, 360 million rounds of ammunition, more than 500 machine guns, 500 million rounds of ammunition, artillery, anti-aircraft guns, 57mm anti-tank guns, and more than rounds of matching artillery shells.

There were also a dozen or so tanks, which, contrary to Ding Wei's expectations, were not the conventional T-34s, but the T-26 light tanks that had been eliminated by the front-line troops.

Even the obsolete ones from the front-line troops are still stronger than the Japanese Type 97 medium tank.

In terms of firepower and armor, it is superior to the Japanese small tanks.

The Outer Mongolian garrison reported that they could exchange food for ammunition and artillery shells. In addition to these free supports, they could also facilitate transactions between the two sides.

With the logistical pressure in the Far East and the situation on the Western Front high, second-rate troops like the Far Eastern Army naturally had to tighten their belts.

If we can get some logistical supplies from the Northeast, or transport them directly to Outer Mongolia from the Northwest, it will relieve a lot of pressure.

Due to the constraints of the National Government, my father did not communicate much with the Eighth Route Army. The apparent aid was first given to Mr. Xipi, who then gave part of it to the Eighth Route Army.

This sudden generosity was simply because he saw that the northwest region had advantages to offer.

Respect is earned by yourself. If you rely on others for charity, you will never be able to hold your head up high in your life.

The 40 76mm field guns are Ding Wei’s favorite. This thing is easy to operate and is mostly used for direct fire cover.

Even the militia can learn how to operate it.

On the contrary, large-caliber artillery requires specialized personnel to operate it, requires a tractor, and requires good observers.

The convoys arrived near Jining one after another, and Ding Wei rushed to the front line to receive the weapons and equipment.