A staff officer from the headquarters of the Chahar Thirty-seventh Army hurriedly reported: "Sir Su, please report to the intelligence station in Peiping that the Japanese have begun to attack Marco Polo Bridge."
Su Tong closed his bloodshot eyes slightly and murmured: "Finally, this magnificent scene that is destined to leave a mark in the history books has been staged."
"Order, prepare the car and go to the broadcasting building. I want to speak to the people of the country." After saying this, Su Tong took the lead and walked out.
Today, the broadcasting building is as busy as ever. Yang Siyu is also sitting in the broadcasting room, broadcasting news to the audience. Suddenly, the door of the broadcasting room opens, and a young-looking young man walks in with the support of several guards.
, but this young man who always wears a faint smile obviously seems to be in a bad mood today.
Everyone has seen this man many times in the newspapers and is very familiar with it. He is General Su Tong, the highest military and political officer in Chahar. He was led by the director of the radio station and headed straight towards where Yang Siyu was.
Walk to the broadcast room.
The station director diligently pushed open the soundproof glass door, walked to Yang Siyu's side and said, "Xiao Yang, please stop broadcasting first. Chairman Su is going to give a speech. You can prepare on the side."
Yang Siyu, who was concentrating on reading the news, raised her head blankly, and suddenly saw a person she usually only saw in newspapers standing in front of her. She was stunned for a moment.
"What are you staring at? Why don't you help me quickly?" the director said eagerly.
"Oh, okay." Yang Siyu came to the side and stood up hurriedly. Su Tong smiled at this innocent girl who looked like the girl next door and sat down.
At this time, Yang Siyu bent down and spoke into the microphone: "Dear listeners, I am your old friend Yang Siyu. This station is suspending our news broadcast because the governor of Chahar, the Third National Revolutionary Army
General Su Tong, commander of the 17th Army Group, has something important to talk to everyone about."
At this time, countless people who had just woken up early and were sitting in front of the radio heard Yang Siyu's voice, and their hearts sank. Could something big have happened again?
Su Tong sat down slowly, stared at the microphone in a daze for a while, and then said slowly: "Dear listeners, I am Su Tong, chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government. Today I want to tell you a shocking news.
The news is that today, July 7, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, just this morning, the Japanese garrison in North China has launched an attack on Peiping."
Are the Japanese going to attack us again? People sitting in front of the radio were shocked.
"This is a signal that the Japanese intend to enslave our Chinese people and fully occupy our Chinese land. Six years ago, the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces, and they succeeded that time. But their appetite will never be satisfied. This time they are
We are determined to completely wipe our troubled country and nation from the world. Compatriots, fellow villagers, do you think we can agree?"
Following Su Tong's roar, countless compatriots sitting in front of the radio roared "I will never agree."
"The Japanese have already occupied the three northeastern provinces. Do they still want to occupy the whole of China now?" Everyone was angry. The Japanese were really bullying others too much.
"Compatriots, fellow villagers, when the war begins, the land does not distinguish between north and south, regardless of age, and everyone has the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war. It is time to declare war. Now, on behalf of the Chahar Government, I declare,
As long as the Japanese do not withdraw from the territory of our country, the war of resistance of our Chahar government will continue for a day. I believe that our ancient nation will definitely defeat all evils and let our nation stand erect in the forest of the world again. The final victory
Victory must belong to us, long live the Chinese nation and long live the war of resistance."
Su Tong's speech spread to all of China and the world along with the radio waves in the air.
"Nang Xipi, this Su Jianming is really playing the piano randomly. He is just a local government without the consent of the central government. What right does he have to declare war on a country? Where is this central government?" The furious chairman started again
Scolding mother.
A group of staff and senior officials below were afraid to say anything. After the Chairman cursed his mother, he turned around and asked: "How is things going in Peking now?"
Dai Li, director of the Military Command Bureau, replied: "Now that Song Zheyuan has ordered the soldiers to stay in the camp, he still thinks that the Japanese just want to gain benefits and are still looking for a peaceful solution."
"After all this absurdity, Song Zheyuan is still so naive." Chen Guofu, the Minister of Education on the side, sighed and said that iron cannot become steel.
Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin said worriedly: "If the situation continues like this without reinforcements, Peiping will be lost."
"Isn't there Su Tong next to the 29th Army? Can't we just ask him to rush to help Peiping?" This was Chen Brai's voice.
Everyone couldn't help but secretly shook their heads. This Chen Bulei was really naive. The day before yesterday, the Chairman of the Generalissimo just ordered that Chahar should not cross the line. How could he let Su Tong send troops now? Isn't this a slap in his face? Chairman Chiang would rather
The Japanese were not willing to suffer such a huge embarrassment by giving up Peiping.
Sure enough, Chairman Jiang's face darkened when he heard this, and he said with a long face: "There is no need to discuss this issue anymore. He, Song Zheyuan, is the chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Peiping City, and he is also the top military commander of Peiping."
, if he can’t keep his face in Peiping, he is not worthy of being the parent official of this place.”
Seeing the boss getting angry, everyone was silent and did not dare to speak out.
After a long silence, Chairman Chiang sighed and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first."
Just when the whole country was in shock, the gunfire from the direction of Marco Polo Bridge became more and more intense. The number of Japanese attacking troops increased from one brigade to one regiment. The third battalion led by Ji Xingwen suffered heavy casualties, more than 300 people.
A full infantry battalion fought by noon with less than a hundred men left.
In the afternoon, Song Zheyuan finally ordered the Second Battalion to go to the Marco Polo Bridge and withdraw the crippled Third Battalion. On one side, he ordered, "The Marco Polo Bridge is your tomb. You should live and die with the bridge and not retreat." On the other hand, he sent people to fight with him.
The Japanese army negotiated and ordered most of the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army to stay in their barracks and not go out.
During this period, Su Tong sent another telegram asking if he needed the Chahar government to send troops for assistance, but he refused. This also allowed Su Tong to see how much warlords in various places in this era valued their respective territories.
"You bastard, the Japs have already reached our doorstep, but Song Zheyuan still refuses to let our troops go up for reinforcements. What on earth does he want to do?" The angry Chief Su paced back and forth in the office.
"He doesn't want to do anything. He just thinks that the Japanese are just here to fight the autumn wind, and Chahar is the one who is really ambitious for his territory." Jiang Baili said quietly on the side.
"Asshole, leave him alone, we will directly order the troops to reinforce Beiping." Su Tong gritted his teeth and was about to pick up the phone on the table.
Unexpectedly, he was held down by a pair of big hands. When he looked up, it turned out that it was Jiang Baili who had held down the phone. "Jian Ming, no," Jiang Baili said sternly, "If you send troops over now, you will be able to prove it. Then Song Zheyuan will
If we say that we are sending troops to Peking to seize territory, the central government will take the opportunity to pour dirty water on our heads. In the end, we will only have a thankless job, and the people may not understand us. They will only say that we are trying to gain ground.
An act of seizing territory under the banner of reinforcing Peiping."
"Hey, what the hell is this? Is this called politics?" I didn't expect that a simple reinforcement would lead to so many consequences.
"I'm afraid the Japanese have even anticipated this, otherwise they wouldn't dare attack Beiping City so brazenly. Otherwise, do they really think that our army is vegetarian?" Su Tong's face became more and more gloomy.
"Since Peiping can't get reinforcements, I'll take down Rehe first. We'll fight yours, and I'll fight mine." Su Tong punched the table.
Wu Jilong's 2nd Armored Division in Chahar Xindian, Hu Lian's 102nd Division at Longmen Station and Wang Dayong's 5th Division all received their long-awaited telegram at the same time. The content of the telegram was very simple, just one sentence: "Xiang Re
"river attack"
"Wang Qinglong? The command headquarters ordered the attack to begin?"
With the order "Boom, boom, boom", the heavy artillery of the Fourth Artillery Division commanded by Wang Qinglong, which was deployed on the front line of Longmen Station, aimed at the Dage Town that had been marked out long ago and began to bombard it.
Guarding Dage Town was the 67th Regiment of the Japanese Army, which was affiliated to the 27th Division of the North China Cantonment Army. Colonel Imai Ichiro, the commander of the regiment, found in despair that all the positions he had painstakingly constructed fell apart in half an hour of bombing.
"boom"
Continuous artillery shells fell into the positions that the Japanese army spent half a year building and exploded violently. The shock wave turned the originally seemingly solid trenches into ruins. Mud and smoke accompanied by fragments of steel raged in the trenches, and the fragments of steel were harvested.
The lives of the Japanese soldiers in the trenches were affected. The shock wave shattered the internal organs of the Japanese soldiers at close range. The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and thick smoke. In the trenches, the Japanese soldiers who were driven back by the officers were choked and coughed loudly.
With.
These soldiers had already been frightened by this kind of violent shelling that they had never suffered before. They held their heads and huddled in the trenches. They were shaking, coughing, crying and roaring with all their strength. It seemed that this would be enough.
Let them roar away fear.
The whole earth was shaking violently, and the flying dust and broken limbs caused the soldiers to scream in panic. At this moment, those fanatical Japanese soldiers could no longer be found. At this time, fear had taken over.