After occupying Yangquan, Lin Qiang ordered Li Yunlong's troops to enter Yangquan, Chu Yunfei regiment entered Pingding County to the north of Yangquan, and Zhang Dabiao regiment entered Yinying Town to the south. Three regiments had nearly 10,000 troops to guard against the Japanese in Shijiazhuang.

The 20th Division built a light and dark bunker and Yongguo fortification in Yangquan without any damage. It can be used after taking it over. Chu Yunfei and Zhang Dabiao, one north and one south, formed a junction with Li Yunlong. No matter which direction the Japanese attacked, the three of them could support each other.

The Iron-blooded Powerful Army is disciplined and does not disturb the people. During the holidays, it also gives the people a canned rice with white flour and rice, which is loved and supported by the people. Chu Yunfei and Zhang Dabiao led their troops to leave Yuci. After Taigu, only one company of Iron-blooded Powerful Army soldiers stayed to maintain public order and carry water and sweep the floors of the widowed and widowed people every day. The people spontaneously organized militias to assist in defending the city, keep watch, and wash clothes for the soldiers.

The power of the masses is infinite. The militia actually caught a few traitors who had sneaked in to spy on the intelligence, which made Lin Qiang very happy. He ordered Tan Ya to allocate military salaries to the militia. Although it was less than the Iron-blooded Power Army, it was enough for the militia soldiers' family to have enough food and clothing, and could eat a big meal every month.

Affected by this, militia groups appeared in Taiyuan, Shouyang, Yangquan, and even in the countryside, greatly saving the strength of the Iron-blooded Power Army.

The occupied areas of the Iron Blood Powerful National Army include the Central Army, the Jinsui Army, and the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese were unable to reach here for a while. The biggest threat was the Japanese in the direction of Shijiazhuang. Lin Qiang cut off the Zhengding Railway, and the Japanese were unable to use trains to continuously transport guns, shells and medicine to the Japanese army in Shanxi, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Chinese army. They were very happy to be in front of the Iron Blood Powerful National Army, so naturally the Japanese army in Shanxi would not threaten the occupied areas of the Iron Blood Powerful National Army.

North China is different from Shanxi. Shanxi is now in a stalemate. The Central Army, Shanxi Sui Army, Eighth Route Army, Yunnan Army (New Second Division) are fighting fiercely, and no one can do anything to each other, forming a strategic stalemate. In Hebei, the entire territory is occupied by the Japanese army. Relying on the county town, artillery towers and bunkers are built. The only anti-Japanese force is the guerrillas developed by the Eighth Route Army, but they can only make small fuss, harass the Japanese from time to time, and hit artillery towers or something, which poses no big threat to the Japanese army.

North China was controlled by the Japanese army. The food that the people had worked hard to grow, and during the bumper harvest, the traitors took the Japanese into the village to sweep away all the new food that the people harvested. When they encountered resistance, they stabbed them to death with bayonets, and even massacred the entire village, and then set fire to the fire.

"Under the inhumane rule of the Japanese army, the people of Hebei are living in poverty. They all hope that the Chinese army can fight and rescue them. Even with the help of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, they dig tunnels and spontaneously fight against the Japanese... Therefore, the people of Hebei are most enthusiastic about anti-Japanese war, and they hate the Japanese army the most."

"If we can occupy Hebei, eliminate all the Japanese troops in Hebei, and drive them out of Hebei, we will definitely be enthusiasticly supported by the people, and the mass base is better than Shanxi."

"Also, the entire territory of Hebei is occupied by the Japanese army, and there is no regular army. If we defeat Hebei and develop it into a base, no one will say anything. The Central Army cannot do it, nor the Eighth Route Army can do it. Hebei is our real territory!"

"So, our next big goal is to regain Hebei and establish our own base."

As a well-deserved commander, Lin Qiang's words were the highest order and were immediately implemented in the Iron-blooded Power Army.

The war machines of the Iron-blooded Power Army were running at high speed.

Hebei, Baoding, Qingyuan County, Gaojiazhuang.

Lin Qiang and Li Dabengshi and his group suddenly appeared, which immediately aroused the vigilance of Gaojiazhuang militia captain Gao Chuanbao, and ordered the villagers to hide in the tunnel and take two militias through the tunnel observation port.

"Commander, there is smoke in the cooking stove, why can't a single figure be seen?" Li Dazhi asked in confusion.

Lin Qiang smiled, "They all got into the tunnel."

"Authentic?" Li Da's ability was even more confused, "Are the people in Gaojiazhuang all rats and can dig holes?"

Seven days ago, Lin Qiang took Li Dazhi and ten Wolf Warriors to leave Taiyuan, hiking in the day and night, crossed several blockade lines of the Japanese army, crossed Hebei, and came to Gaojiazhuang. On the way, when there were no Japanese, they used pickup trucks to rush on the road. When they encountered Japanese wards, they disguised themselves as ordinary people or traitors or spies, and were in danger.

The main reason is that in order to deal with the iron-blooded powerful army, Soichi Tezuka concentrated all the Japanese troops in Hebei to Shijiazhuang. In the past, the checkpoints that had the Japanese garrisons were now replaced with puppet troops, so the investigation was not so strict. Many puppet troops defected to the Japanese army, mostly to support their families and survive. They had no choice but to wear black dog skins. Only those who were slandered would really work hard for the Japanese.

Lin Qiang came to Gaojiazhuang thousands of miles to learn from Gaojiazhuang's tunnel warfare experience.

Yangquan is located at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei. The soil is very suitable for digging tunnels. If the tunnel is used to connect Yinying Town, Yangquan and Pingding County, you can transport troops through the tunnels without knowing it, and the Japanese who are fighting cannot touch the north.

Although Lin Qiang now has more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, he is unwilling to let the soldiers fight with the Japanese and always try his best to reduce casualties. Therefore, the soldiers of the Iron-blooded Power Army support Lin Qiang from the bottom of their hearts because they have the lowest combat losses rate when fighting with the Japanese, even lower than those of the well-trained Japanese army.

Shanxi is mountainous, while Hebei is a plain. We cannot copy the way of fighting in Shanxi. We must make changes. Before the strength and force cannot completely crush the Japanese army, Lin Qiang will try his best to avoid large-scale position wars with the Japanese army. After all, in Hebei, the Japanese army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the iron-blooded strong army has only more than 20,000 people. If they are surrounded by heavy Japanese troops on the plain, there is no place to run, and they cannot run the semi-mechanized Japanese army. They have three-wheelers, trucks, and planes.

Tunnel warfare is the most suitable means to effectively protect itself on the North China Plain and to attack the Japanese army.
Chapter completed!