On July 16, 1937, the Japanese army successfully mobilized troops under the guise of peace negotiations.
At this time, the Japanese army had the Shosan Infantry Brigade by the river. The 11th Independent Brigade of the Kwantung Army had left Gubeikou from the Rehe Army and had entered the northern suburbs of Peiping. The Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Kwantung Army, commanded by Hideki Tojo, was independently formed.
The 1st Brigade also advanced from Rehe to Peiping; the 20th Division of the Japanese garrison in Korea, led by division commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo, had entered Shanhaiguan and invaded the area south of Peiping; the 5th Division, commanded by Itagaki Seishiro
The division was transported from Japan to North China by sea and cooperated with the navy to land in Tanggu; the 2nd Flying Group, headed by Saburo Ando, flew to Tianjin with 120 Japanese aircraft. The above-mentioned troops numbered about 60,000.
In addition, there are about 17,000 Puppet Security Forces in East Hebei, more than 20,000 Mongolian and Han Hui Puppet Self-Defense Forces, about 12,000 Puppet Manchukuo-Mongolian Expeditionary-Suiyuan Army, and about 7,000 Puppet-Mongolian Expeditionary-Sui Army Alliance. Japanese troops
The number of troops is the same as that of the 29th Army, and its combat strength far exceeds that of the 29th Army.
In just five days, the strength of the Japanese army in Peiping and Tianjin quickly increased from less than 10,000 to more than 100,000. Kawabe Shozo, who received news of reinforcements, was excited when he saw the telegrams that kept coming, but when he knew
The General Staff Headquarters frowned when they actually ordered not to expand the operation. If this time it really ended in an anticlimactic manner, wouldn't his immortal merits just fly away like this?
After thinking about it, Hebian Zhengzo immediately ordered the artillery unit in Shagang to conduct artillery bombardment on Wanping City and Changxindian where the 219th Regiment was located.
Mutaguchi Lian who was in Shagang was very excited after receiving the entire order. He immediately took out all the 82 mortars and used them with the latest 41-year-old 75mm mountain cannon to target the military targets in Wanping City that had been discovered in the past few days.
Called it.
At this time, He Jifeng and Ji Xingwen, commanders of the 109th Brigade, were inspecting Wanping City. Suddenly they heard the whistling sound of artillery shells passing by. Ji Xingwen immediately reflexively shouted, "Hide!" A round of ammunition just hit the person next to him.
House, when Ji Xingwen raised his head, He Jifeng had been buried under the rubble of the house.
The administrative office that had just been built was blown apart by artillery shells again. Countless workers who were busy on the construction site and ordinary people passing by fell in a pool of blood. The Marco Polo Bridge position was plowed over again and again. Ji Xingwen stumbled all the way back to Wanping.
At the headquarters, Ji Xingwen shouted to the communications soldiers inside, "Let our artillery counterattack immediately!!"
The communication soldier remained motionless. Ji Xingwen angrily took out his gun and pointed it at the communication soldier and shouted, "Can't you hear me? Send a message to the division headquarters immediately. Brigadier He is seriously injured, and the artillery of Shaguo Village, fight back!!"
The communications soldier burst into tears, took out the telegram and handed it to Ji Xingwen and said, "Military command, the entire army is not allowed to counterattack without an order. Regiment, what kind of useless battle are we fighting?"
Ji Xingwen picked up the telegram in disbelief and saw that in order to prevent further intensification of conflicts between China and Japan, any form of counterattack was not allowed unless the Japanese infantry entered and rushed into position.
Ji Xingwen tore up the telegram fiercely, walked out of the room, saw Wanping City full of artillery fire, punched the wall next to it, and said blankly, "What are we doing? We soldiers
What is it for? Ah~~~~~"
After Song Zheyuan in Tianjin got the news, he immediately met with Xiangyue Qingsi to protest. Xiangyue Qingsi was also baffled. He was still seizing the time to transport ammunition. Who started the fight first? After asking carefully, it turned out to be Hebian Zhengsan from Fengtai.
force.
Xiangyue Qingji knew that 80% of the time it was the junior officer who acted on his own initiative. Xiangyue Qingji couldn't help but feel a headache. These people were all overwhelmed by the military achievements. There were a lot of reinforcements, but they didn't bring enough supplies and ammunition.
.If you don’t have enough ammunition, why should you fight? These damn red deer should all go back to the military academy to retrain.
Xiangyue Qingji called back and said, "This is our mistake. It should be that the army in Fengtai is not angry about the death of their comrades. I will move the headquarters to Fengtai to suppress those troops who are bent on revenge. At the same time, I suggest that your army
Withdraw the 37th Division and punish those responsible for garrisoning Wanping."
When Song Zheyuan heard this, he felt quite sincere. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, then I will trust your army again."
In this way, the Japanese army moved its headquarters from Tianjin to Fengtai, and used the excuse of defending the headquarters to continuously dispatch troops to the vicinity of Peiping. The troops who came knew that a war was about to begin, and they provoked the 29th Army from time to time.
Military confrontations occurred every day, which made Song Zheyuan, who was bent on seeking peace, also have doubts.
Song Zheyuan thought about it and felt that he should not be too unprepared for the Japanese army. However, due to the agreement he had just signed with Japan, he secretly ordered the 111th Brigade of the 37th Division to evacuate Peiping. Feng Zhi'an was the commander-in-chief and led the first part of the 132nd Division to guard Peiping. The 132nd Division also guarded Peiping.
One unit is stationed in Nanyuan, and the Baoding Department of the 37th Division secretly moves north. The United 111th Brigade is ready to raid Fengtai at any time. The Independent 39th Brigade is stationed in Beiyuan, preparing to jointly attack Tongxian with Nanyuan troops. Tianjin Zhang Zizhong's Department is preparing to attack Tianjin Headquarters, and the 142nd Division is gathering
At Nankou, prepare to attack Changping and Gaoli Camp in order to intercept Japanese reinforcements.
But at this time, Pingjin could no longer be described as a sieve. It was simply a map of the Japanese army. Less than two hours after Song Zheyuan issued the order, the dispatch of the 29th Army was on Xiangyue Qingsi's desk. Xiangyue Qingsi
He looked at the information and smiled coldly.
——Beiping
At this time, the people in Pingjin had already smelled the smell of gunpowder smoke. There were teams fleeing to the countryside along the way. Li Qian and his party were really conspicuous, but at this time there were troops everywhere. Li Qian pretended to be the 29th Army, and
There was gold to clear the way, plus forged documents. Along the way, we followed small roads, traveling day and night, but we didn't find any big traps.
Li Qian came to the outside of Peiping City and thought for a while and said to Wang Yong, "There is martial law in Peiping now. All the brothers look like they are soldiers. It is better not to enter the city. I will go directly to see Master Zhao. He and my grandfather are old friends."
, it should be fine.”
Wang Yong said worriedly, "Be careful alone."
Li Qian nodded and put on the clothes she wore in Tianjin. Since she was a girl and spoke well of Tianjin movies, no one checked her out.
Zhao Dengyu had just brought his troops to Peking City and handed over his troops to Feng Zhi'an to command and defend the city. Now looking at the military map in his room, the 29th Army did not have a professional intelligence department and was used to warlords in the past.
Combat mode, so when encountering the modern Japanese army, especially the Japanese army that is more than superior in intelligence warfare, it becomes completely confusing. To this day, we still don’t know how many reinforcements and what equipment the Japanese army has.
The 29th Army could only use fragmentary information reported by people, police, and squires from various places to analyze the situation. When Zhao Dengyu learned that Han Muxia's apprentice Li Qian had asked for a meeting, he immediately thought that there might be some special situation in Tianjin, and quickly asked people to
Bring Li Qian in.
Han Muxia once served as the national martial arts instructor of the 29th Army and taught the famous Broadsword Team of the 29th Army. The leader of the Broadsword Team at the time was Zhao Dengyu, so Li Qian also had several encounters with Zhao Dengyu.
Zhao Dengyu looked at Li Qian and smiled and said, "I haven't seen you Qian girl in the past few years. You are still exactly the same as when you were a child. What's the matter with your master asking you to come here?"
Li Qian wrinkled her nose helplessly and said, "Uncle Zhao, what are you talking about? You hit me as soon as you come. I'm still young and will grow taller in the future. I wasn't asked by my master this time."
Zhao Dengyu asked curiously, "Who asked you to come?"
Li Qian took out the things she had sorted out and handed them to Zhao Dengyu and said, "My boss asked me to come. This is the sincerity of our boss."
Zhao Dengyu looked at Li Qian doubtfully. He took the small book and looked at it, but his eyes grew bigger and bigger. What was written in this book was actually Japan's military force dispatch order. Looking at the extremely detailed writing in this book, with noses and eyes, Zhao Dengyu
I believed 80% of it, but the more I read, the more frightened I became. According to what was written in this book, there were already more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Pingjin, and there was a steady stream of troops coming.
Zhao Dengyu said excitedly, "Are these true? Girl Qian, this is a major military matter, and it must not be joked about."
Li Qian smiled and nodded and said, "You will know the strength of our boss if you have the chance. Uncle Zhao, this information is true, don't worry."
Zhao Dengyu saw a profuse sweat and said, "These Japanese devils are determined to get our Pingjin, so any agreement is a lie. If it doesn't work, I will report to the military immediately."
Before Zhao Dengyu could go out, Li Qian said loudly, "Our boss said that if you want the 29th Army to be wiped out, just tell Commander Song."
Zhao Dengyu was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean? Girl Qian, you can't talk nonsense. We in the army are here for the overall situation. Don't misunderstand him."
Li Qian shook her head and said, "It's not that I misunderstood him, but there is a traitor around him. Uncle Feng, think about it, if your army deployment had not been known to the Japanese army a long time ago, how could the Japanese army have set up their troops just enough to surround you."
Zhao Dengyu looked at the small book and then the map, with an uncertain face, and asked Li Qian, "Who is it?"
Li Qian stared at Zhao Dengyu and said, "Those people are not the same person, and they are all close relatives of Commander Song. We cannot move them without evidence. Our boss means not to move them unless we have evidence. Also, we have further steps to take."
information, but we also need your sincerity."
Zhao Dengyu asked, "How does your boss want us to show our sincerity?"
Li Qian smiled and said, "This is our employer's condition." As she said this, Li Qian handed another letter to Zhao Dengyu.
Feng Zhian just took a look, nodded and sighed, "If your intelligence is true, take those student soldiers away if you want. They are all babies who have not been trained for a month and will die just like us roughnecks."
It is indeed a pity to be on the battlefield. For those literary students, I will persuade Feng Mulu to make arrangements for you."
The reason why Li Qian came to negotiate terms with Feng Zhi'an was to cooperate with Yan'an's seed plan. Most of these student soldiers were college students or high school students. It would be a pity if they died in Nanyuan like history, so Jiang Cheng ordered Li Qian to use intelligence for
The price was exchanged for these student soldiers, who escorted those experts, scholars, and students to Yan'an.
Zhao Dengyu knew that it was not too late, but since Song Zheyuan could not know, he had to unite with the main generals in the army first, and quickly took Li Qian to Nanyuan to meet Tong Linge. Nanyuan was the opponent with the most concentrated military strength of the 29th Army at this time, and also the 29th Army.
The former military headquarters of the army was located, and now the deputy commander Tong Linge is in charge of the military affairs. Tong Linge and the commander of the ninth cavalry division Zheng Dazhang saw Zhao Dengyu and couldn't help but wonder, "Big Zhao, why are you here in Nanyuan? What happened in Peiping?"
"
Zhao Dengyu said with a livid face, "Brothers, please take a moment to speak."
Tong Linge hesitated, nodded and said to the staff beside him, "You guys go out first."
When there were only a few of them in the room, the two of them noticed that the soldier dressed as a soldier next to Zhao Dengyu turned out to be Qian Yatou, whom they had met several times before. They couldn't help but wonder, "Big Zhao, how did you bring Qian Yatou here?"
Here it comes.”
Zhao Dengyu sighed, "Thanks to Girl Qian this time."
Then Zhao Dengyu and Li Qian secretly dispatched the Japanese army and mobilized 100,000 troops to Pingjin. There were also tens of thousands of Kwantung troops and Korean troops as follow-up troops. They revealed everything about the day and night transportation of ammunition at Tianjin Port.
While listening, Tong Linge and the two looked at the map to see the distribution of the Japanese army. Although they knew that the Japanese army had reinforcements, they had always thought that they were only about 30,000 to 50,000. But now they learned that it actually exceeded 100,000, and there was a steady stream of troops.
This situation has basically declared the demise of the 29th Army.
Tong Linge stared at Li Qian with wide eyes and shouted, "Girl Qian, if you dare to lie about the military situation, your grandfather will not be able to protect you."
Li Qian glared back and said, "If our boss hadn't valued your bravery in Xifengkou, do you think anyone would have come to rescue you?"
Tong Linge thought for a while and said, "Since your boss asked you to come, what's the purpose?"
Li Qian remembered what was written in the notebook. She followed the instructions in the notebook and said, "You are good at fighting. We have no objections. Now that the uncles know each other and know each other well, I believe they can fight without danger. However, we hope that the three uncles will keep this information confidential."
, the Japanese intelligence department is pervasive, and the traitors are right next to us, so what our boss means is that you must set yourself so that all routes are known to the enemy when the war actually starts. Only in this way can you have a chance of survival."
Tong Linge couldn't help but feel a little harsh when he heard it and said, "A glimmer of hope? Can't we win?"
Li Qian shook her head helplessly and said, "This is a national war. It cannot be won by just one 29th Army. And you also know the attitude of Commander Song. We are outsiders and it is not convenient to say who is right and who is wrong. We just want to say that in case the Japanese army takes action."
Don’t let the brothers of the 29th Army sacrifice themselves in vain because of some scum.”
Tong Linge nodded and said, "What are your requirements."
Li Qian raised her hand and said, "Uncle Tong, please be happy. Our boss requires that all the student soldiers of your army be sent to Peking. Once your army starts fighting and is defeated, please order all the student soldiers to escort some of our people to Baoding and then to Zhengzhou."
, there will be people to support them along the way. And let them follow the command of our people."
Tong Linge took a breath and said, "Impossible!! These student soldiers will be the seeds of our 29th Army in the future. Wait - are you from the Red Party?"
Tong Linge is different from Zhao Dengyu. Zhao Dengyu is just a martial artist, while Tong Linge is a literati. He knows very well that when a knowledgeable person really picks up a gun and starts fighting, the difference in combat effectiveness will be compared to that of soldiers with mud-legged backgrounds. These people
They are all future grassroots officers!!
Although Li Qian was Zhou Guansheng's junior sister and knew that Wang Yong was sent from Yan'an, she already felt that her boss seemed a little different. After thinking about it, she said, "We are not the Red Party, we are just Chinese. Then...
It's up to Uncle Tong to make a choice. If he doesn't agree, we won't provide some of the information in the future. Believe us, without our help, your army will only be annihilated."
Tong Linge thought for a while and said, "If the Japanese army really has the same information as you said, I will do what you said."
Tong Linge thought this way. No matter what, it was impossible to completely obtain the marching route and military deployment of the Japanese army. After all, war had to be adaptable. I am afraid that even the Japanese commanders would not know what changes would occur during the war.
Li Qian agreed immediately. She completely trusted the information Jiang Cheng gave her.
Tong Linge looked at Li Qian getting further and further away, swaying her ponytail and sighed, "How I wish that girl Qian suddenly turned around and said to me, 'I was just teasing you.'"
Zhao Dengyu looked at the information on the table and said, "I think it should be true. We need to discuss what to do."
After Li Qian gave the information to the 29th Army and others, she left the city on her own and met up with Wang Yong and others. They had other tasks, so the group ran into the wild and lurked.
The situation in Peking and Tianjin was obvious to all discerning people in China, but Song Zheyuan insisted on going his own way. After Chiang Kai-shek sent several telegrams to no avail, he simply gave up and could only scold Niang Xipi in the beautiful house in Mount Lu.
However, other warlords were highly consistent at this time, which reflected the character of the Chinese military.
First, on July 15, the Yan'an Red Party directly generated electricity, abandoned the Red Army establishment, and changed it to the National Army, ready to participate in the war at any time.
On July 16, Liu Xiang of Sichuan sent a telegram announcing that he would obey the orders of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and the instructions of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and that all soldiers in Sichuan would shed their last drop of blood for the anti-Japanese war at any time.
On July 17, Chiang Kai-shek delivered the famous Lushan Speech in Lushan: "We hope for peace, but not for peace; we are ready for war, but we will never ask for war." "If war breaks out, the land will be divided into north and south, and the years will be endless.
Regardless of whether they are old or young, everyone has the responsibility to defend the country and resist the war." He also expressed his views on the July 7th Incident, demanding that the four-point principle must be followed in solving the incident. He demanded that the key to solving the Sino-Japanese issue is to ensure the inviolability of China's sovereignty.
On July 21, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the Guangxi faction sent a telegram stating that all soldiers and 13 million people in Guangxi were willing to fight with blood under the instructions of the commission and would not hesitate to face any sacrifice in order to resist Japan.
Then Yan Xishan from Shanxi, Erma from the Northwest, Sheng Shicai from Xinjiang, Hanfu District from Shandong, Longyun from Yunnan, and other large and small warlords all issued telegrams declaring that they would obey the orders of the central government and that all armies would obey the command of the central government. Then plenipotentiary representatives from all walks of life gathered in Lushan.
This is the first time since the Anti-Japanese War in 1840 that powerful factions throughout China have issued a common roar in the face of the invasion of foreign enemies. Although this roar is now a bit weak and ridiculous in the eyes of the Japanese and the world, gradually they
You will find that this is not just the roar of a few warlords, but the first cry of the rebirth of the entire Chinese nation.
But Song Zheyuan was full of thoughts when he saw these telegrams and scolded her. He finally appeased the Japanese. If these people behave like this, can the Japanese let him go? What you are talking about behind the scenes is hilarious. If a fight really breaks out, it's not like that.
Our own 29th Army is blocking the front.
At this time, a scholar in his fifties wearing sunglasses and a long mandarin jacket took the information, looked at it carefully and sighed, "These people are just afraid of the world being unstable, and they only know how to fight and kill. In the end, they will suffer."
Are we still ordinary people?"
This person is Pan Yugui, who graduated from the Law Department of Waseda University in Japan and is now the director of Song Zheyuan's Administrative Affairs Office.
Song Zheyuan and Pan Yugui were family friends and had a very deep personal relationship. Pan's father, Pan Wenlou, once served as the prefect of Guangxi. Song's father was Pan's father's staff. The two families had known each other for two generations and had a deep friendship. Therefore, Song had unswerving trust in Pan and regarded Pan as
As a confidant. Whether in peacetime or wartime, Pan Yugui can always freely enter and leave the 29th Army's military headquarters, participate in the highest-level meetings, and have access to the most core secrets.
Warlords often regard personal feelings as national affairs, so Pan can obtain a large amount of core information that others cannot.
Song Zheyuan nodded and said, "Yes, they all stand and talk without pain, alas. But Mr. Pan, having said that, I think the sincerity of the Japanese in peace talks is indeed insufficient. There is a steady stream of military vehicles, but we are still
Make plans to fight."
Pan Yugui looked at Song Zheyuan, smiled, nodded and said, "That's it, that's it."
