Zhangjiakou 7th War Zone Headquarters, formerly the 37th Group Army Headquarters, the people in the staff are very excited these days. Why are they so excited? Chahar’s big boss, Chief Su, has been promoted. Isn’t it worth everyone’s excitement?
In China, everyone knows that if their boss is promoted, it means that their own official will also be promoted. As the saying goes, it is easy to get promoted and make a fortune. Follow Su Tong, the boss, not only to make a big fortune, but also to live a well-off life.
Yes, not to mention getting rich is nothing compared to getting promoted.
Recently, they have heard that Chahar is planning to implement a series of welfare systems so that everyone can rely on them in old age. This system is for people in the four provinces under Chahar's jurisdiction. However, the funds required for this plan are too huge.
So we can only do it step by step, but at least the people can see the glimmer of hope.
In the office, Jiang Baili, wearing a pair of glasses, slowly looked through several telegrams.
"Jianming, Peng Zeyuan, Huang Jie and Zhang Lingfu sent a joint telegram. They will start attacking the west and south of the city where the Japanese army is entrenched tomorrow morning, preparing to further reduce the Japanese army's activity space. What do you think?"
Jiang Baili spoke very slowly and carefully, as if he was afraid that Su Tong could not hear clearly.
Su Tong nodded: "I think it's okay, but I have to tell them not to rush, but to proceed step by step, and to protect the Forbidden City."
A trace of emotion flashed across Jiang Baili's face: "They are going to fight again. In order to protect the cultural relics inside, they are not allowed to use heavy weapons. It is really difficult for them."
"No matter how difficult it is, we must do it. The Forbidden City is a witness to history and must not be destroyed in our hands, otherwise you and I will be the sinners of history." Su Tong's voice was firm.
"Well, that's the only thing. It would be great if the Japanese could take the initiative to retreat." Jiang Baili said with emotion after the two were lost in thought for a while.
After hearing this, Su Tong smiled slyly: "That's not necessarily true. We are attacking on multiple fronts. Shun Tada is so short of troops. He can only choose one or two main defense targets among Chengde, Peking and Tianjin.
, and judging from the fact that he has left a division to defend Tianjin, I am afraid that what he really can't bear to part with is Tianjin. So it is very difficult for us, but it is not the case for the Japanese. As I expected, Tada Shun is now
I’m afraid you’re already thinking about your own black gauze hat issue.”
Hearing this, Jiang Baili looked at Su Tong with emotion for a while, then looked a little relieved and a little disappointed: "Jianming, you have grown up and have matured to think about things."
The Japanese staff officers who were coming in and out of the Tianjin North China Garrison Army Headquarters looked quite nervous today, because just this morning, the commander of the Second Division, Okamura Neiji, and the commander of the Eleventh Division, Tsuno Kazuo, were responsible for attacking Peiping.
Auxiliary and commander of the 21st Division Kameda Jiro jointly sent a telegram requesting the Joint Command to send additional reinforcements. Otherwise, they could not guarantee that the task of occupying Peiping could be successfully completed.
After receiving the message asking for help, Tada Shun locked himself in the room and did not come out for a long time. At this moment, the staff's eyes were turned to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyoutaro. He was the only one in the headquarters who could
I was able to persuade Tada Shun.
Kimura Hyōtaro sighed. He knew how heavy the pressure was on Tada Jun and how difficult Tada Jun was. If serving as the commander of the North China garrison was an honor in the past, now it is a bitter taste.
The medicine is so painful that you can't even tell it.
The commander of the Thirty-seventh Army, no, Su Tong, who has now been renamed the Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh War Zone, is very aggressive in his offensive in North China. Not only has he surrounded Chengde, but he has also sent troops into Peiping and the North China garrison to seize this ancient capital.
, the offensive was so aggressive that the division commanders below complained endlessly and repeatedly issued requests for additional reinforcements, but where could the headquarters find reinforcements?
"Squeak!" The door opened, and Tada Shun stood at the door. He looked around at the staff lightly, then faced Hyoutarou Kimura and said softly: "Kimura-kun, come in for a moment."
"Hi"
Lieutenant General Hyōtaro Kimura followed Shun Tada into the office and stood aside.
"Kimura-kun, please sit down." Shun Tada moved to one side of the tatami and poured tea for Hyoutarou Kimura.
"Kimura-kun, I have been thinking about whether to abandon Peiping this morning."
The gentle words struck Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro's heart like a thunderbolt.
"Tada-kun, you must not do it. Attacking Peiping is an order from the base camp. We have no right to change it." Kimura jumped up: "What's more, if we abandon Peiping, wouldn't our previous efforts be in vain? The empire already has tens of thousands of soldiers.
This city paid with their lives, and we cannot let their blood flow in vain.”
Seeing Kimura Hyoutarou's anxious look, Tada Shun nodded: "I have also considered it, so I think the only way to preserve the current results is to delay. Try every means to delay until the arrival of our reinforcements. As long as the reinforcements arrive,
Once it arrives, the initiative will immediately be in our hands."
Kimura Hyōtaro frowned: "But how to delay it? Are we going to use the name of negotiation, but will the Chinese people be fooled?"
"No, Kimura-kun, I have thought about it. Now if we want to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, we must take a defensive position in Beiping. We must not attack. We must build fortifications in the occupied areas and defend them to death. In addition, we must send
If we send a signal of goodwill to the Seventh War Zone, such as negotiating with them to peacefully resolve the Peiping issue, etc., as long as we can delay the arrival of local reinforcements, then everything will not be a problem."
"Yoshi, Tada-kun is so smart. He immediately saw the crux of the problem. As long as the reinforcements arrive, no problem will be a problem." Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro nodded in agreement.
"I plan to entrust Doihara Kenji to personally go to Chahar for the negotiation issue, but there is still a lack of someone in Peiping to take charge of the overall situation. I think I can only ask Kimura-kun to take charge of it."
"No problem. It is our duty as ministers to share the Emperor's worries. I will leave immediately." Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro nodded.
"Hi, Kimura-kun, please." Tada Shun bowed deeply to Kimura Hyoutarou.
Just as Tada Shun was racking his brains on how to protect Peiping, Chahar's army in Peiping launched a new round of attack against the Japanese troops entrenched in the west and south of Peiping.
"Whoosh"
A mortar shell landed in a courtyard occupied by the Japanese army and exploded. It was an 82mm mortar shell. The ferocious air wave was mixed with countless metal shrapnel, and the three people who were preparing to climb the wall were blown away.
The name of the army was blown to pieces and turned to the ground.
A sergeant commander shouted loudly at several panicked soldiers below.
"Baga, you two, hurry up and carry them to the back. You two hurry up and serve as the machine gunner's deputies. Hurry!"
"Dang Dang Dang"
The Type 92 heavy machine gun on the wall kept spitting out tongues of flame, causing rocks to fly in the originally narrow street.
"Swish, swish, swish", feeling the bullets flying everywhere above his head, Wu Chengfeng tried to poke his rifle out of the bunker several times, but Wang Yilong stopped him.
"You idiot, do you want to die when you stick your head out now? Watch it and learn from it."
After saying that, Wang Yilong took off the two smoke bombs from his waist, opened the safety cover, and fired them toward a place thirty meters away.
Two slight pops were insignificant in the battlefield where the gunfire was loud. After a while, two smoke bombs emitted streams of black and thick smoke, covering the entire street.
The shooting sound of the Japanese machine gun shooters whose vision was disturbed suddenly became chaotic, and the impact points of the machine guns were also scattered.
"Now, bazooka" Wang Yilong shouted loudly.
Soon enough, a soldier rushed to a corner in front of him, took out the rocket launcher on his back, pointed it in the general direction he had just watched, and pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh"
"A 40-caliber rocket flew forward, dragging a long flame."
After a while, a loud "boom" was heard from the front, followed by the sound of a building collapsing, and the annoying sound of machine guns disappeared.
"Brothers, kill"
Following Wang Yilong's order, a dozen soldiers from the airborne regiment immediately rushed out, the Ant submachine guns in their hands spitting out tongues of fire as they charged.
Wu Chengfeng held the Garand rifle tightly and rushed forward. Wu Chengfeng rushed to the front of the collapsed wall. When he looked up, he saw a scattered Type 92 heavy machine gun and the corpses of three machine gunners.
"Bah, what a day-to-day brat you are today." Wu Chengfeng spat heavily on the ground. Just now, it was this heavy machine gun that took away the lives of three brothers from the airborne regiment. If Wang Yilong hadn't pulled him away,
I'm afraid he will also go to the national cemetery. Although as the commander said, it is an honor to die for the country, but no one would think of dying for the country.
"Um"
A groan came from under his feet. Wu Chengfeng took a closer look and found that there was a Japanese soldier buried in the rubble under his feet. It turned out that he was just buried under the rubble and was not dead.
Without thinking, Wu Chengfeng raised the Garand rifle with a bayonet in his hand, pointed it at the Japanese's chest, and stabbed him hard.
After screaming "Ah", the Japanese man twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"Hey, hey, hey, soldier, stop here. Who told you to kill the prisoner?" At this time, an airborne officer came over and scolded Wu Chengfeng, who was about to walk forward: "Why are you so casual?"
Kill him."
"Well" Wu Chengfeng looked up and saw that he was a captain who was about twenty-one or twelve years old. He still had a childish look on his face. At a glance, he knew that he was Hina who had just graduated from the military academy.