On the afternoon of March 4, in the headquarters of the Peking Branch of the Military Commission, Marshal Zhang sat behind a large desk with a haggard look on his face. He stared blankly at the two telegrams on the table, feeling bitter in his heart.
Just today, with a time difference of less than half an hour, the Peiping branch received two telegrams, one happy and one worrying.
Fortunately, the 32nd Army sent good news. The advance detachment of the Jin Army's Model Brigade, which arrived in advance under the orders of the 32nd Army, set up an ambush at Wazikou outside Lenkou Pass and completely annihilated the Japanese advance team of Mishan who attacked Lenkou Pass.
More than 1,400 people under Captain Mi Shanxiashu were killed, and no one escaped the trap. Several weapons and ammunition were seized.
Regarding the news of the victory at Wazikou, Marshal Zhang received the news from Taiyuan in the early morning. However, because the results were so shocking, no one in the Peiping branch, including Marshal Zhang, believed it.
There is only one exception, that is, Chief Qian, who came to Peiping as the director of the National Aviation Committee to receive the remaining air force aircraft of the former Northeastern Army.
Of course Chief Qian knew that the advance detachment of the Model Brigade was the teaching corps led by Zhou Wen. He had witnessed the amazing achievements achieved by this unit led by Zhou Wen from the Central Plains War to the Songhu Anti-Japanese War.
In his mind, it was only natural for his brother to create any miracles on the battlefield.
But he didn't talk much, he just felt proud of Zhou Wen in his heart. Look...this is my brother.
Now, the telegram sent by the 32nd Army has verified the results of the battle and reported the battle in detail, so the possibility of fraud has been basically eliminated.
When Marshal Zhang received the telegram, his mood was mixed with joy and disappointment, jealousy and envy. It was quite complicated. It was like his own child failed the exam, but his neighbor's child won first place.
But at least it has greatly relieved the depressed and manic mood since the Battle of Jehol. It is even like grabbing a life-saving straw. Finally, there is a record that can be explained to the people. After all, the 32nd Army rushed to the Cold War under his command.
Of course, the victory achieved by the Model Brigade was also the victory of the Peiping branch, and also the victory of himself, the supreme commander of the north.
However, before I had time to reflect on my good mood, a heavy blow came one after another.
Deputy Commander Zhang on the Rehe front line sent an urgent telegram. Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, had been lost.
According to the trend of the previous battle, Marshal Zhang actually knew that Rehe would lose sooner or later, and Chengde would definitely fall to the enemy.
However, it is one thing to lose the city, but it is another thing to abandon the city and flee without firing a shot.
As early as a few days ago, Marshal Zhang had ordered Tang Yulin, the chairman and security commander of Jehol Province, who had violated the previous orders to the Peiping branch and had suffered a complete defeat in the battle with the Japanese army, to shrink his troops and try to hold on in Chengde for a few days to attract more troops.
The Japanese army deployed its troops in the middle, intending to collect more scattered troops in the north and west and withdraw them into the pass.
Originally, the young marshal did not have much hope for this order, but the performance of this dignified National Army general aroused a glimmer of hope.
It turned out that just when the situation in Rehe collapsed, and nearly 200,000 Northeastern troops were beaten by tens of thousands of Japanese troops like chickens and dogs, Tang Yulin actually sent electricity to the whole country on March 1, vowing to fight against the enemy.
Chengde lived and died together, and claimed to have led four brigades of troops to build positions around Chengde.
Marshal Zhang originally thought, since you are electrifying the whole country and want to hold on to Chengde, you don't dare to think about such nonsense as your grandson coexisting with Chengde, but there is no problem in holding on for a day or two, right? And in order to strengthen his confidence, he also agreed
In response to his request, hundreds of trucks were specially mobilized on March 2 to deliver hundreds of tons of weapons, ammunition and supplies to him despite bombing by Japanese aircraft.
But at this time, the hand holding the telegram from Deputy Commander Zhang was shaking with anger from Tang Yulin, that bastard.
Just this morning, the dignified chairman of Rehe Province, who held four brigades of direct troops, heard that the Japanese army was coming, and dumped all the weapons and ammunition on more than 100 vehicles supported by Marshal Zhang in the mountains outside Chengde City.
, and the vacated car was loaded with the people's fat and a large amount of cigarettes that he had searched for in Jehol Province for many years, and he abandoned Chengde and fled to the pass in a hurry.
At noon, the Japanese vanguard force of 128 cavalry troops occupied Chengde, the capital of Jehol Province, without any bloodshed.
Since then, the entire territory of Rehe has been basically lost.
Counting from February 21, when the Japanese army launched their attack, it has only been 10 days since the Battle of Jehol was declared a failure with the complete rout of the Chinese side.
Haha, the Japanese army occupied a province of 170,000 square kilometers in China in just 10 days, which is equivalent to the speed of a normal march. It cannot but be said that it created a myth in the history of war and was also a joke for the Chinese Republic of China army...
...a shameful joke.
At this time, Marshal Zhang was already shaken by the bad news. He was not only heartbroken for his hundreds of tons of weapons and supplies and hundreds of cars, but he was also not only angry that Tang Yulin, a bastard, abandoned Chengde without firing a shot.
, and even more so, I felt that the good news that I had regarded as a life-saving straw half an hour ago was gradually moving away from me... I was going to resign, I had to resign.
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Three days later, on March 7, 1933, after an hour of secret meeting in Baoding with the principal who rushed from Nanjing, Marshal Zhang sent a telegram to the whole country and announced his resignation as deputy commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, chairman of the Peking Branch of the Military Commission, and others.
He was listed on the list of posts and officially resigned.
On the same day, General He, the military and political minister known as "Grandma He", announced in Peking that he would take over as chairman of the Peking Branch of the Military Commission.
However, the Japanese army's iron hooves did not stop and began to approach the various passes along the Great Wall.
This marked the official end of the Battle of Jehol and the beginning of the Great Wall War of Resistance.
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Also on the same day, the main force of the 32nd Army arrived in Qian'an County, more than 20 kilometers away from Lengkou Pass.
Unlike Marshal Zhang who was exhausted and forced to leave the field, the commander of the 32nd Army, General Shang Zheng, had a rather happy face at this time.
After getting off the train at Luanxian Station, he unexpectedly saw Commander Huang and the model brigade commander Zhao Changshu coming to greet him with more than 100 cars. After arriving in Qian'an County, he received a message from Marshal Yan asking the model brigade to leave from Shanxi.
A heartfelt gift.
This intention is not very big, it is just 10 Jin-made Maxim heavy machine guns, 30 Jin-made Czech light machine guns, 1,000 Jin-made Type 65 rifles, 10 Jin-made 81mm mortars, 3,000
Jin-made hand grenades, 300,000 rounds of various types of bullets, and 300 mortar rounds.
This quantity of weapons is really nothing in the eyes of the wealthy Marshal Yan, but in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the 32nd Army, who have been full and hungry in the past few years after leaving the Jin army system, grandma does not care, and uncle does not love, it is no different.
Yu Beggar was hit on the head by a gold brick and was a little dazed.