"Yes, Chairman, I will do it right away. First call back Liu Hua from the *** division and ask them to prepare for battle in advance. Later, we will write a Xinhua editorial together. Let's ***, we will also learn today
Someone in Chongqing will let us publicize our achievements in a while..." Vice Chairman Zhou replied and left the war room with excitement on his face.
Back in Tianjin City, inside the temporary headquarters of the *** Division, Commander Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing were formulating a specific operational plan to attack Peiping based on various intelligence collected from various places. At the same time, the two of them were also anxious
We are waiting for a call back from the central government. If such a big battle plan does not have the affirmation and support of the central government, no matter how heavy the burden is on two people, they will not dare to make the decision without permission. After all, attacking Peking is a big deal for the whole country.
They are both items that have a huge impact on combat effectiveness. To a certain extent, they can even be compared with the counterattack on Nanjing...
At this moment, a rush of footsteps quickly reached the ears of the two people from the telecommunications room next to the war room. Hearing the footsteps, the two stopped what they were doing at the same time, and raised their hands in a tacit understanding.
He turned his head towards the door of the war room. A communications staff officer rushed into the war room with a telegram in hand with an excited look on his face...
"Report to the commander, chief of staff, central telegram..." Seeing the eager looks of the two people, the communications staff officer ran over quickly, handed the telegram in his hand to Liu Hua, and said with excitement.
"Old Li, Chairman and Chairman, have agreed to our battle plan..." After hurriedly reading the telegram in his hand, Commander Liu Hua, who had been frowning just now, immediately showed a knowing smile.
After quickly handing the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff beside him, he said with a smile on his face...
"Commander, I really didn't expect that our action this time caused a huge shock not only domestically, but also internationally... The chairman's meaning is very clear, let us free our hands and feet,
We must display the majesty of our *** division and our ***... to show the whole world the powerful combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army led by our Communist Party of China..." After reading the telegram in his hand, the chief of staff explained what was in the telegram.
Mystery, he said to Liu Hua.
"Yes, Lao Li, the central government has very high expectations for our military divisions. Therefore, in this battle, the burden on our shoulders is very heavy. We can only succeed, not fail..." Liu Hua
He nodded and said with deep understanding.
With the approval of the central government, the two men no longer had any worries and began to formulate specific combat plans based on the military map in front of them and the limited forces in their hands...
"Commander, please tell me what you think first?" Returning to the huge military map in front of him, Li Qingdao...
"Old Li, what I mean is very simple, that is, our troops are divided into two groups. I will personally command one group to attack Peiping and have a big decisive battle with the Japanese army in Peiping. Of course, the army in this group must occupy
to most of our troops. On the other hand, you will personally command and be responsible for mobilizing the common people, educated youth, and patriotic businessmen in the entire Pingjin area. As long as they are Chinese, they can be mobilized to the Shanxi area... and strive to mobilize them to the Shanxi area within half a month.
Within, evacuate all the strategic materials in the port and the entire Tianjin city to me. At that time, let the little devils occupy an empty Tianji City and Tianjin port..." Liu Hua said thoughtfully...
"Commander, if you really have it, you can evacuate the entire Tianjin city, and mobilize all the people in the Pingjin area to Shanxi... You know, the entire Tianjin city has gone through several years of development by the Japanese army.
In every aspect, it is comparable to Taiyuan. If we can really evacuate the entire Tianjin city, my god, I can't imagine it... Commander, this is really an unprecedented and generous move..." For Commander
Li Qing was amazed at the generous move put forward by the member, and at the same time, a look of excitement appeared in his eyes, and he continued to ask.
"Commander, tell me your specific thoughts..."
Liu Hua nodded and said: "Old Li, my idea is very simple. The entire direct column and the political cadres of the guard brigade form a special company, all under your command. The other is the guard regiment stationed in Tianjin City.
Except for your dispatch, the remaining troops will all be under my command and we will directly launch a general attack on Beiping..."
Just do what you say. Commander Liu Hua has not stayed at the temporary headquarters in Tianjin for a day. He has brought two infantry brigades, one heavy artillery regiment, two air defense regiments, and two armored battalions in total.
An army of fifteen thousand people, under the cover of night, marched toward Beiping City, which was already in the fighting stage at this moment...
In order to truly understand the real situation in Peiping in the shortest possible time, Commander Liu Hua did not march with the main force, but led a directly affiliated guard company, riding fast horses, in less than four hours.
At that time, he arrived outside Peiping City and bumped into the security brigade commander Bruce Lee and others who came to greet him.
"Reporting to the commander, Bruce Lee, commander of the security brigade, has been ordered to report and ask for the commander's instructions..." Seeing the commander on the horse, Bruce Lee quickly saluted and reported loudly.
"Brigadier Li, this is not the place to talk. Let's go to your headquarters first. Then, tell me about the specific battle situation outside the city..." Liu Hua waved his hand and said. The group, under the leadership of Bruce Lee,
Within half an hour, we arrived at the temporary headquarters of the guard brigade, which was only one kilometer away from the Japanese outer positions...
The first time he returned to the headquarters, Bruce Lee began to explain the current specific situation of the enemy and ourselves outside Peking City under Liu Hua's orders... After almost ten minutes of understanding, and adding the annotations on the map in front of him, Liu Hua
It was finally clear how the Japanese troops were distributed around Peiping at this moment. The situation faced by the Japanese troops was not as bad as they imagined. And the total strength of the troops defending the city was not as deficient as they had imagined before the war. Then
As a large number of expatriate armed forces were mobilized, Japanese troops from various surrounding strongholds returned to support. At this moment, nearly 10,000 Japanese troops around Peiping were assembled in the encirclement of the guard brigade, not counting the Imperial Army troops in the city...
"It seems that the overall situation in Peiping is not as optimistic as we imagined... We will use 20,000 troops to attack the city of Peking where 10,000 Japanese troops are stationed. More importantly, these 10,000 Japanese troops have sufficient ammunition.
During the battle, there would be no need to run out of ammunition or food. At the same time, in the past few years when the Japanese army occupied Peiping, they did not do anything inactive. Instead, they built a large number of permanent bunkers, gun towers, etc. outside the city.
Such fortifications..." Liu Hua couldn't help but sigh while looking at some of the city defense maps surveyed by the security brigade in front of him.
"Yes, Commander, the large number of fortifications built by the Japanese army were completely beyond our expectation. Especially those armed expatriates. Among these fortifications, their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of any Japanese field troops. Just as we are
When the guard brigade just arrived, the Japs wanted to take advantage of our unsteady footing to launch a major counterattack. However, because we were well prepared, the Japs did not get any advantage, and instead left hundreds of corpses behind... However, because we were well prepared, the Japs did not get any advantage.
, in the subsequent exploratory attack, except for blowing up a few of their bunkers, we did not make any progress. Instead, the troops suffered casualties of almost a company..." Bruce Lee nodded and said with deep approval.
"Well, Brigadier Li, you have been here for a day. Where do you think the threat to us is greatest in the entire Beiping area? This battle in Beiping must be an unprecedented one for our Japanese divisions.
A protracted battle. Therefore, we must first deal with the enemy that threatens us the most. Only in this way can we slowly launch an attack on Peiping without any worries..." Liu Huadao.
"Report to Commander, according to our investigation, although there are nearly 10,000 Japanese troops in the entire city of Peiping, except for a Japanese heavy mountain artillery brigade and a mountain field artillery brigade, there are no other heavy weapons. Therefore, the Japanese army
The artillery does not pose any big threat to us. It is just the Little Japanese planes at Peiping Airport that will pose a very big threat and damage to our attacking troops. Today, above our heads, the Little Japanese planes
The plane has almost never been broken..." Bruce Lee replied affirmatively...
"Little Japanese plane, Peking Airport..." As he spoke, Liu Hua quickly came to the map and began to look for the specific location of the airport... Sure enough, in the northeast corner outside Peiping City, two kilometers away from Peiping City, it was Peking.
Airport..
Looking into the eyes of Commander Liu Hua, looking at the location of the airport on the map, Bruce Lee slowly frowned. Bruce Lee continued to explain: "Commander, according to our investigation, there are a total of large and small in the entire airport.
Nearly forty aircraft stayed at the airport. In addition, in order to prevent their airport from being attacked by sneak attacks, the Japanese army deployed two infantry brigades, an artillery squadron, an air defense squadron, and a tank squadron at the airport, plus the airport itself.
The total strength of the defense personnel has reached an astonishing 3,000 people. It can be said that the airport’s defense force is very strong..."
"Well, according to the situation you have detected, almost all the military units owned by the Japs in Beiping City have gathered at the airport. It seems that the commander of the Japs, General Tada Shun, attaches great importance to this airport..." Liu Hua clicked.
He nodded and said with deep understanding...
"Yes, Commander. The dozens of planes at the airport can continuously carry out airborne operations when our army attacks the city... It's a little better at night, but during the day, our soldiers will be completely exposed.
It is within the strike range of Japanese aircraft. Therefore, the existence of Xiaojiazi Airport will pose a very huge threat to our army's offensive." Bruce Lee said with certainty...
"Brigadier Li, I have two more questions... First, if we destroy the Japanese airport and blow up all the planes, how long will it take for the Japanese air reinforcements closest to Peiping to reach Peiping?
time, and how much impact these reinforcement aircraft will have on our army's attack. Another question is whether the Japanese defenses along the way from Peiping City to the airport are the same as those in front of us. They are also very
Solid." With his eyes fixed on the military map in front of him, Commander Liu Hua continued to ask Bruce Lee beside him...
"Report to Commander, in addition to Peiping's own airport, the closest airport to Peiping is the Japanese Kwantung Army Airport located outside Shanhaiguan. The minimum time for reinforcement aircraft to arrive in Peiping is two hours. Plus they are along the way.
The time consumed, the time they stayed in the sky above Peking, was no more than an hour at most. The impact on our army was less than one-fifth of that of Peking Airport..." Bruce Lee replied.
Seeing that Commander Liu Hua did not speak, but just nodded quietly, Bruce Lee continued: "The airport is only two kilometers away from Peiping City. Because the two places are at the corner of each other, in order to facilitate the defenders in the city, the airport can be opened at any time.
Provide reinforcements. The strength of the fortifications deployed by the Japs along the way is less than half of what is in front of us."
"Okay, in that case, let's attack the kid's Peking Airport first and knock off their air support..." Just as Bruce Lee finished speaking, Liu Hua's clenched fist hit the table in front of him hard.
Go up. Then, to the commanders behind him, he affirmed with a final word...
"Brigadier Li, immediately order all the scouts in the guard brigade to clearly investigate the Japanese military deployment at Peiping Airport within four hours. In addition, the terrain around the airport and the passage leading to the airport from Peiping are also being investigated.
Within the scope. After the direct column arrives, we will immediately hold a combat meeting with cadres at the regiment level and above and begin to deploy a combat plan to attack the Japanese airport. Therefore, we must be clear about all the situations up to the Japanese airport by then..." There is no waiting behind us.
Bruce Lee reacted from what he just said. Commander Liu Hua continued to order.
"Ah...Yes, Commander, the security brigade promises to complete the mission. It must find out all the conditions at the Japanese airport within four hours. Commander, please rest assured..." As Liu Hua finished speaking, Bruce Lee finally came to his senses and answered quickly.
Said, and then hurriedly rushed out of his brigade headquarters, preparing to assign specific combat missions
Time passed minute by minute, and while Liu Hua was waiting anxiously, in the dark night, a vague torch dragon finally appeared, swimming quickly in the direction of himself.
Come here... In less than half an hour, the figure of the vanguard appeared in Liu Hua's eyes...
"Brigadier Li, the direct column and several other troops have arrived. How is your investigation of the specific situation at Peking Airport?" Looking at the long dragon getting closer and closer in front of him, Liu Hua stole away towards Bruce Lee beside him.
He looked at me with doubt and asked...
"Commander, don't worry, we have almost figured out... The deployment of Japanese troops at the airport, and even the specific locations of artillery and anti-aircraft fire... As for the two kilometers between Peiping and the airport
, except for a lot of bunkers, there are no fortifications..." Bruce Lee smiled and answered confidently.
"Okay... In half an hour, a battle meeting for all corps-level cadres and above will be held at your brigade command post... At that time, all regiment leaders must be present..." Liu Hua nodded and answered with certainty.
"Yes, Commander, I will inform you right away..." Bruce Lee turned around, faced the communications soldier behind him, and began to issue orders
But at this moment, the commander personally greeted the two brigade commanders of his direct column and the top commanders of several other units. They had already hurried to Liu Hua with their personal guards...
"Brigadier Luo, Brigadier Wang, and a few of you. I won't repeat the order. Let the troops set up camp on the spot in regiments. In half an hour, a meeting of cadres at regiment level and above will be held. In order to take over,
Are you clear about the detailed arrangements for the upcoming battle?" Looking at the exhausted commanders in front of him, Liu Hua did not show any politeness and directly issued the order without even taking a break...
"Yes, Commander..." In an instant, a dozen commanders who had just gathered dispersed and quickly returned to their troops, preparing to issue orders to camp on the spot...
Half an hour later, in the temporary headquarters of the guard brigade, dozens of regiment-level commanders, led by the guards, walked into the small headquarters one after another... Although the cold wind outside the headquarters
It's bone-chilling, but the entire headquarters seems very warm because of everyone's arrival...
Just as the last regiment leader entered the headquarters, Liu Hua, led by Bruce Lee, walked into the very lively conference room at this moment. Suddenly, the commander who had just been puffing away his words and chatting about the battle, immediately
At the same time, he stopped what he was doing. All eyes were focused on Commander Liu Hua, who was standing in front of everyone.
"Comrades, according to the investigation of the security brigade, the entire city of Peiping is not as simple as we thought... The Japanese army built a large number of bunkers outside the city, and the defense is very tight. More importantly, the Japanese army inside the city is guarding
The troop strength is very sufficient. Therefore, before assigning specific combat tasks to you, I will give you a precaution first, that is, this tough battle will not end in a short period of time. Everyone must do a good job with the little devils.
Prepare for a protracted war..." Liu Hua said under the expectant eyes of everyone...
In an instant, the entire command headquarters started to buzz because of Liu Hua's words. Obviously, Commander Liu Hua's opening remarks shocked everyone... However, after all, these commanders have seen all kinds of scenes.
However, after more than ten seconds of chaos, it immediately became quiet again, waiting for Commander Liu Hua's next words.