The headquarters of the Chahar Thirty-seventh Army "reported that the Third Armored Division called, saying that 18,000 puppet troops have been recaptured in Yataishan, more than 3,000 of them have been wiped out, and the rest have all surrendered."
"Report, there is a call from the Fifth Division. Datan has been occupied and more than 3,000 Japanese troops have been wiped out. Now the 20th Duli Brigade has fled to Chengde."
"Report, the 102nd Division has called. It has occupied Dage Town and eliminated the 67th and 68th Regiments of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army. The 27th Division has now fled towards Chengde."
Listening to the reports of the staff officers, the faces of the officers in the headquarters were filled with unconcealable joy. The recapture of Rehe seemed to be just around the corner.
But there was no smile on Su Tong's face. The two Japanese troops had not been completely wiped out. They were fleeing towards Chengde. If they were allowed to run to Chengde and join the Chengde defenders, it would undoubtedly be difficult to capture Chengde.
It will be much larger.
Thinking of this, Su Tong glanced in the direction of Jiang Baili, and the two nodded tacitly. Su Tong grabbed the phone.
"Hey, Gao Zhihang, I'm ordering your troops to immediately dispatch to monitor the fleeing enemies in Dage Town and Datan, and dispatch fighter planes to intercept them along the way."
"Yes, understand"
"Communications staff officer, record orders"
A staff officer immediately came to stand next to Chief Su and stood at attention. At the same time, he also took out a folder and began to prepare to record orders.
"Order the 10th and 11th Infantry Divisions to be transferred to Rehe to participate in the attack on Rehe, the 13th Infantry Division to Qinghai, the 14th Infantry Division to Ningxia, and the aviation force to strengthen patrols in the direction of Rehe and Peiping," said.
After finishing, Su Tong asked Jiang Baili, "Chief of General Staff, do you have anything else to add?"
Jiang Baili shook his head and said: "I have nothing to add, but I want to emphasize that all departments must cheer up. It is a troubled time. Everyone must be careful. No matter how careful you are, nothing will go wrong."
Su Tong has been eating and sleeping at the headquarters these days. Chahar's military strength is already very tight. Four of the five infantry divisions left behind in Chahar have been mobilized. If they are mobilized again, they will have to mobilize the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia.
The troops are gone.
But that can only be used as a last resort, because once the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia are used, it means that if the entire Siberian war situation changes adversely, Bai Chongxi, who is sitting in Siberia, will be in an embarrassing situation with no troops to send.
Originally, the Siberian army commanded by Bai Chongxi and Zhukov's 700,000-strong army already showed a delicate balance. However, Bai Chongxi sent a report saying that starting in the past few days, Zhukov's group showed signs of getting ready to make a move.
Therefore, Su Tong is also very cautious in mobilizing his troops.
When the troops are used, we will hate the lack of them. Chief Su looked up to the sky and sighed, it is easy for me. First I had a fight with Lao Maozi, and now I have a fight with Japan. Who has to suffer as much as me?
Jiang Baili also knows that Chahar's political ax currently lacks troops, but now it is imperative to attack Rehe. Otherwise, if the Japanese capture Peiping, the east and south of Chahar will be occupied by Japanese forces.
Surrounded by everyone. The consequences will be terrible.
Therefore, Rehe must be captured in order to prepare for the future march into the three northeastern provinces.
Just when Su Tong was troubled by the lack of troops, Okamura Neji was also worried about what happened last night.
Last night, the Broadsword Team led by Zhao Dengyu broke into the camp of the Second Division in the dark. Since the Sendai Division's attack went smoothly during the day, their vigilance dropped a lot. As a result, they were caught off guard and were rushed into by the Broadsword Team.
took position.
In the 1930s and 1940s, when it comes to the level of fighting skills of the Japanese army, it was recognized that it was ranked among the best in Asia. If the Japanese were ranked second, few would dare to be ranked first.
But if they encounter the broadsword team of the 29th Army, they will be blinded. The 29th Army is proficient in sword skills, which would make even the Japanese feel scared.
The sword technique of the 29th Army was created by the famous Chinese martial arts master Li Yaochen. Master Li Yaochen combined the characteristics of the broadswords used by the soldiers of the 29th Army with the traditional Chinese swordsmanship to create a unique set of swordsmanship for the 29th Army.
Some Wuji sword techniques.
During the Battle of Xifengkou, the 29th Army Sword Team charged into battle many times, attacked enemy camps at night, and killed hundreds of Japanese soldiers. Li Yaochen and his Wuji sword skills became famous all over the world. So much so that Mai Xin later composed
The first sentence of the Broadsword March is "The broadsword cuts off the heads of the devils."
The arrogant Japanese army never thought that the squadron would dare to attack, so they were all fast asleep. Many people were killed by swords in their dreams. Then the supporting Japanese army surrounded them, and the two sides fought hand to hand, with the swordsmen fighting on the side.
As they retreated, the shouts of killing shook the earth. In the battle at night, because the swordsmen and the Japanese army were mixed together, the Japanese army's firepower advantage could not be used. In the hand-to-hand combat with the swordsmen, they were beaten back steadily.
After more than an hour of fighting, the broadsword team led by Zhao Dengyu inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army and retreated safely after suffering more than 300 casualties.
When Neiji Okamura counted the number of casualties, he found that he had suffered more than 800 casualties, which was three times the number of casualties during the daytime attack of the Second Division. This made Neiji Okamura very angry.
On July 8, Okamura Ningji led the Second Division to launch another round of attacks on the Marco Polo Bridge. Zhao Dengyu led the 109th Brigade to resist to the death. The battle was once very fierce. When the fight was fierce, the 29th Army's
The soldiers even rushed out of the trenches and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese. They once again wielded their swords in close combat and wiped out all the Japanese invaders on the bridge.
"Listener friends, I am your old friend Yang Siyu, and now I will broadcast the news for you. My brave officers and soldiers of the 37th Group of Chahar, Yu, defeated the 27th Division of the Japanese Army and the 20th Reading Brigade yesterday.
Regiment. Now the Japanese army is trying to retreat to Rehe Chengde, and our troops are pursuing it bravely."
Chahar's radio station spread the latest battlefield developments and news to the whole country through radio waves, and in this way, battles that affected people's hearts reached the ears of the people.
"Haha, great! Chahar's army has reached Rehe."
"Little devil, you have today too"
"Huh, let the little devil know that we Chinese people are not easy to bully."
"It's a pity. It would be great if Beiping was also under the control of Chahar."
In Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jinan, etc., waves of anti-Japanese upsurge were launched across the country.
On the other hand, the central government acted like a coward at this time. Apart from issuing a bland statement of protest and asking the Japanese army to stop attacking Peiping, it did not take any substantive action.
This has also deeply disappointed people who have always expressed expectations for the central government.
At Jinling University, a group of students were gathering around a radio to listen to the news of the day.
Yang Siyu's voice was as gentle and cordial as usual, "Friends from the audience, we have now received a telegram from the war correspondents stationed in the Peking War. On July 9, the warring troops from the Chinese and Japanese sides in Peiping reached a verbal ceasefire agreement. However, with
At the same time, Japan took the opportunity to deploy more than 20,000 troops and more than 100 aircraft from Northeast China and North Korea to North China, and gunshots rang out in Peking again. On the Japanese mainland, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters formulated plans for operations in North China.
According to the guidelines for the war against China, the Japanese government decided to mobilize 400,000 troops in an attempt to destroy China by force. My compatriots, the Japanese want to turn us all into their slaves, can we agree?"
With the sound of Yang Siyu's broadcast, all the students in front of the radio became angry.
"Swear to the death and not be a slave to the country's subjugation"
"It's time to resist"
"Down with Japanese imperialism"
At this time, a student jumped onto a high platform and shouted loudly: "Students, the whole country is so big now, but there is no room for a quiet desk. Originally, I was waiting here to study wholeheartedly, just to repay the country after completing my studies, but
Now the Japanese invaders don't even want to give us time to study. Students, those who are not afraid of death can go to Chahar to fight the Japanese." The students all shouted excitedly.
Finally, all the voices converged into one sentence.
"Go to Chahar and serve as a soldier to fight the Japanese."
At this time, a gray-haired professor ran over. He looked at the childish and energetic faces on the sex court and couldn't help but burst into tears. Holding back his sadness, he said tremblingly:
"Students, the teacher understands your passion to serve the country and supports it. But your first priority now is to study. Only by learning knowledge can you better repay the country."
The head student's eyes suddenly turned red when he looked at the old professor who had devoted his whole life's youth and efforts to his students.
He said emotionally: "Professor Zhao, don't we know this truth? I have come all the way here to study, isn't it just to learn knowledge so that I can repay the country with what I have learned? But today's central government will not only protest.
, what else has he done? Looking at the whole country, only Chahar is actively fighting against the Japanese invaders. I, Zhou Zhengyuan, am not talented, but I am not willing to watch the warriors bleed and fight for the country, while I am safe.
Sit contentedly in the classroom and study.”
When the classmate Zhou Zhengyuan said this, he looked around at the old professor and classmates emotionally: "Professor, classmates, Zhengyuan has taken the first step. After driving away the Japanese one day, if Zhengyuan is lucky enough to return
, then come again to listen to your teachings, Professor. If Zhengyuan is gone and never comes back, during the Qingming Festival, students will be invited to go to the national cemetery in Chahar to lay incense sticks for Zhengyuan. Zhengyuan bids farewell."
After Zhou Zhengyuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked decisively towards the school gate. Behind him were the eyes of the female classmates red from crying and the eyes of the male classmates getting brighter and brighter.
At this time, a male classmate came out and bowed deeply to the old professor, and then strode towards the school gate without looking back. Then more and more students came out, and they
They all bowed to the professors and followed Zhou Zhengyuan's direction.
I don’t know who started it. At this time, a song played on Chahar Radio some time ago floated in the campus: "If the motherland is invaded, the hot-blooded men should strengthen themselves. Drink up this bowl of hometown wine, and the strong men will go
Never return. The rolling Yellow River, the surging Yangtze River, give me life, give me strength, and let the blood dye it into the most beautiful flowers and scatter it on my chest. The battle flag flutters, the bugle sounds. The sword is unsheathed, thunder and lightning flash
.When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Move forward, move forward, move forward, move forward. The war flag of the Chinese Army is fluttering, and the bugle sounds. The sword is unsheathed, thunder and lightning flash. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Move forward, move forward.
Forward, forward, forward, the spirit of the Chinese Army"
A few turbid tears flowed from the old professor's dim eyes. He knew that few of these students who had walked out of the school would be able to return to the classrooms they were familiar with.
On the land of Rehe, there is an army fleeing in confusion. They are the 27th Division and the 20th Duli Brigade who were ordered to retreat to Chengde.
At this time, a familiar "buzzing" sound came from the clouds again.
"Spread out quickly"
A howl suddenly sounded, and the originally neat queue on the road suddenly dispersed. The Japanese soldiers looked for bunkers one after another. Some of them got into the ditches on the roadside, and some hid in the concave ground next to them.
Some simply hugged the big tree next to them for a sense of security.
Not long after, a dozen P47 Fattys emerged from the clouds, aiming at the Japanese troops on the ground and pounced fiercely.
"Da da da" dozens of scorching fires flashed by, and the bodies of hundreds of Japanese soldiers who had no time to escape flew away like fallen chrysanthemums in the wind. When they fell to the ground, they had already become adults.
The mutilated minced meat.
These planes also throw out one or two black bombs from time to time. Although these 50-kilogram small bombs are only the least powerful type of aerial bombs, they are a death threat to these infantry who have no defense at all.
invitation.
Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima's eyes were splitting as he looked at the soldiers who were blown to pieces and were beaten to the ground by several staff officers.
"These damn China planes on Bageya Road, they all deserve to go to hell."
After their ferocious dive, I saw them proudly raising their noses, turning in a circle and pounced again.
"Where are the imperial planes? Where have you been?"
At this time, the aircraft of the Chahar regime were dive-bombing recklessly at low altitudes. The blue sky, white sun and red ground on their fuselages and the black tiger mark on a white background could be clearly seen.
Listening to the staff members gnashing their teeth and cursing the pilots in the sky, Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima felt sad. Now all the aircraft in Rehe have been transferred to Peking by Commander Shun Tada. The sky in Rehe has become a police station.
The world of Hal Air Force.
Chahar's plane continued to wreak havoc for more than twenty minutes before swinging its wings swaggeringly and flying into the distance, leaving only the dead and wounded Japanese troops on both sides of the road.
"Order the troops, abandon the wounded, and hurry up. If Chahar's troops catch up, we will only die." Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima gritted his teeth and gave this ruthless order helplessly.