Zhao Dengyu and Zheng Dazhang were both people who knew Li Qian's information. They kept it quiet, but when they learned that Langfang was really attacked, they all jumped up and down anxiously, waiting for Song Zheyuan's order.
I have to say here that many people don’t understand why during the Republic of China many times the enemy troops had already reached their doorsteps, but the army still did not dare to fight back.
This is the style of warlords that has existed throughout China for thousands of years.
The most obvious and familiar saying of the warlord's style is "I am a soldier of so-and-so, and I will not listen except when so-and-so comes."
This is not a rough statement. The armies are clearly divided among the warlords. Your soldiers are your soldiers, and my soldiers are my soldiers. Even if you are a division commander, don't even think about ordering my squad leader to do anything.
At this time, the highest military rank in Nanyuan was naturally Deputy Army Commander Tong Linge, but Tong Linge was a scholar and had been training in the 29th Army. However, he had not fought in a war for seven or eight years. He did not have his own direct troops, only the Secret Service Brigade and the Training Corps.
Following his orders, Zheng Dazhang led a cavalry division, which would have no role in the upcoming defensive battle. The most important infantry unit, Zhao Dengyu, was not in Nanyuan. This made Tong Linge unable to command the infantry units at all. How could he defend without infantry units?
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Therefore, Tong Linge urgently needed Zhao Dengyu to lead the army to rescue Nanyuan. Before Tong Linge came, Tong Linge ordered all student soldiers to leave Nanyuan immediately and transfer to Baoding in accordance with the original agreement.
He also ordered the special brigade to defend the front of Nanyuan, with two regiments of the 38th Division in the west and one regiment of the 9th Cavalry Division in the southwest corner.
Because Song Zheyuan's response was one day faster than in history, the Japanese army had not yet conquered Tongzhou at this time. It turned out that the bloody battle of Tuanhe in history did not break out. Zhao Dengyu led the main forces of the two regiments to Nanyuan smoothly.
Zhao Dengyu, who was half dead from running all the way, entered the office, took Tong Linge's water cup and drank it. He took a breath and said, "I'm exhausted, old Zhao Dengyu. I finally arrived. What's going on now?"
Tong Linge handed over a telegram and sighed, "The news just came that Tong County has been lost. Tuanhe is being besieged."
It turned out that Pan immediately informed the Japanese army as soon as he got the information, and the Japanese army immediately rushed to attack Tongxian County. Tongxian County only had one battalion of troops, and it only lasted three hours before breaking through.
At this time, the Japanese army had surrounded Peiping on three sides. Only the south side still retained the passage due to Ji Xingwen's desperate resistance. The Japanese army had two options for attacking. One was to attack Nanyuan and then attack Beiping. The other was to attack Marco Polo Bridge and Wanping City in a detour.
, complete the entire encirclement before attacking Beiping City.
At this time, the main forces of the Japanese army were the 20th Division and the two brigades of the Kwantung Army and the former North China Garrison Army.
Among them, one part of the North China Garrison Army is in Fengtai, the other is in the east of Nanyuan, the Kwantung Army's 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade is in Tianjin, and the Kwantung Army's 1st and 11th Independent Mixed Brigades are in the Koryo Camp north of Peiping. Xiangyue believes that
As long as Nanyuan is broken and the main force of the 29th Army is eliminated, Wanping City will fall without a fight, and Marco Polo Bridge will no longer be a problem.
Then he ordered the main force of the 20th Division and the North China garrison to jointly attack Nanyuan. A total of more than 10,000 infantry, hundreds of tanks, hundreds of artillery, and dozens of aircraft attacked Nanyuan.
Zhao Dengyu immediately ordered emergency preparations for war. A cavalry regiment of Zheng Dazhang dispersed to inspect the information, and the others all rushed to dig fortifications. You must know that at this time, Nanyuan only had a three-meter-high earth wall as the only defense.
He also sent a report to Song Zheyuan, requesting the dispatch of anti-aircraft guns and heavy artillery from Peiping for support, and also asked soldiers to cut down trees and clear the fields to clear the shooting space.
Just after making the decision, Zhao Dengyu suddenly had a thought in his mind. If the spies around Commander Song really had access to the latest military layout at any time, would this arrangement of his be lying on Xiangyue's desk immediately?
Zhao Dengyu was originally a hero, and he loved taking risks in battles all his life. He looked carefully and decided to take the risk. After giving the latest order fiercely, he smiled at Zheng Dazhang next to him and said, "If Qian girl deceives us, we will be in trouble."
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Zheng Dazhang wiped his saber and said, "It's just a death, but if the Japanese army can really know our deployment at any time, we can really deceive the Japanese army by doing this."
At this time, the Japanese army had received news that Zhao Dengyu had led two main regiments to Nanyuan. Although the ambush failed, could Nanyuan really block the Japanese army's iron hoof?
Zhao Dengyu had been stationed in Baoding for a long time, and he didn't actually know the geography of Nanyuan. However, due to warlord habits, Tong Linge didn't think there was anything wrong with having Zhao Dengyu take command. Whoever had more people would be the general.
Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge were patrolling all the way when they suddenly saw a group of soldiers who were obviously unfamiliar with their movements digging trenches and practicing shooting movements.
Tong Linge was so angry that he almost jumped up and shouted, "Who is it? Who asked you to disobey the order? Didn't you ask you to go to Baoding immediately and be on standby? How come you are still here after this?"
These people are actually the student training group who should have left long ago.
The leader of the training group, a student from Yenching University, said, "We also have to go into battle to kill the enemy. Now is the moment of decisive battle. How can we, the students, run away without firing a shot and do something worse than a pig or a dog? We all
I have decided that I would rather die in war than be a slave to the subjugation of the country!"
The staff officer in charge here whispered, "These students won't listen to anything they say, and they are all rushing to be suicide squads. There will be a war soon. I think-"
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Dengyu whipped him with a horsewhip. Zhao Dengyu was the most rigorous in military management. He once severely punished his nephew for being late. How could he endure such disobedience to military orders?
Zhao Dengyu shouted to the student soldiers, "You can't even shoot, so what are you doing here? Are you waiting to die? Get out of here! A bunch of guys wasting bullets."
The students who said this were not convinced and started arguing.
Zhao Dengyu was not polite and said directly to Tian Yiqiang: "It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders. Either you will choose to disobey military orders and be shot, or you will obey orders. I order you to return to Beiping City immediately, pack lightly and go to Baoding to wait for orders."
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These student soldiers looked at each other, and some simply sat on the ground and cried, saying, "Why don't you let me go to the battlefield? You warlords, why don't you let me go fight the Japanese devils?"
Zhao Dengyu couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to Zheng Dazhang, "Brother, please send a cavalry to take these people away. Fortunately, we found out early. When the war really starts, it will be good for these people to not cause trouble."
At this time, the Chinese army still looked down upon scholars. On the one hand, it was because during the Republic of China, most Chinese students studied liberal arts and were good at talking, but not good at practical matters. This made the army think that students should do literary work and fight.
You still have to rely on rough people like yourself to get things done.
As for later, the army discovered that the students were smart and flexible and often led the troops to unexpected victories, so it was already a thing of the past to pay attention to the student soldiers.
Song Zheyuan received the news and agreed very much with this matter. He originally did not want these officers of the 29th Army to die on the battlefield in vain. Now that Zhao Dengyu is a villain, he immediately ordered these student soldiers to leave Peiping and go south before the war started.
Baoding.
When the student soldiers arrived in Peiping, they found that the city was already flooded with refugees. The soldiers escorting the team protected the seeds on their long journey south.
On the other side, Li Qian and others saw that things were exactly as the boss said, and they admired Jiang Cheng. Li Qian asked Wang Yong, "The boss has given us three tasks, what should we do now?"
Wang Yong only knew how to fight and kill people. It was difficult for him to make a judgment. He thought for a while and said, "How about we divide our troops into three groups?"
Li Qian shook her head and said, "No, we are short of manpower, so we must prioritize." Li Qian thought for a while and said, "There is a saying in martial arts that attacking an enemy must save it. Our boss asked us to find opportunities to delay the Japanese attack. I think this can be done.
Use the third mission to sneak attack on the Japanese ammunition depot to complete. I think the second mission of blowing up the munitions factory and the additional mission to sneak attack on the Japanese bank are less difficult. After all, the munitions factory is in the hands of the 29th Army at this time, and the bank cannot be defended.
Too strong, I think otherwise, I am from Tianjin, let me go to the bank, after all, I am familiar with Tianjin city, you take people to the bomb depot first, the factory is over there at the port, there are also some troops of the 29th Army, we
Just explode at the end!!"
Wang Yong touched his head and said, "You have the final say. My boss said it, and your brain works better than mine."
Li Qian blushed slightly and said, "De Xing~~"
September 27, 1937
Song Zheyuan, who was restless in the city of Peiping, finally waited for Japan's ultimatum, asking the 29th Army to withdraw from the Peiping area before the 28th.
Only then did Song Zheyuan realize that the Japanese had been playing tricks on him. He immediately ordered the 37th Division troops around Fengtai to attack the Japanese troops in Fengtai. At the same time, he sent a message to warn Zhao Dengyu in Nanyuan and once again issued a self-defense message to all walks of life across the country. Peiping was surrounded.
, fierce fighting broke out in the surrounding suburbs. Reinforcements were needed, but at this time it was too late.
Although at this time the White Party had five divisions concentrated on the Cang (Prefecture) Bao (Ding) line, using this place as a cover and concentration area; another five divisions were mobilizing to the De (Prefecture) Shi (Jiazhuang) line, but
It will take at least four or five days of dispatching time for these troops to rush to the Pingjin front line and join the battle.
Chiang's intermediary called Song Zheyuan and ordered: "First of all, the cities of Beiping, Baoding, and Wanping should be defended. Don't let them be neglected. Baoding defense should have certain troops responsible for holding it."
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered that the country enter a war mechanism and all East China factories prepare for demolition work.
At this time, Japan still had some reservations about the war of aggression against China. With the emperor's approval, the battle line was generally limited to Baoding and north of the Duliu Town line. The battle against Shandong was initially reserved due to Han Fuju's attitude. However, Japan's lower-level troops defeated the upper-level troops.
It will also tell the world how chaotic and disorderly the Japanese military is.
At this time, Nanyuan still needs Song Zheyuan's reminder. The place is already in a mess.
After a day of emergency fortifications, Nanyuan finally had some signs of a defensive position. Zheng Dazhang's cavalry division also fought against the Japanese cavalry scouts. In just one night, the 9th Cavalry Division killed hundreds of people in the scout battle.
The cavalrymen gritted Zheng Dazhang's distressed teeth until they rattled.
Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge were studying the military map when they suddenly heard the sound of a motor. The two looked at each other and when they went out, they saw a plane constantly circling high in the sky. Zhao Dengyu snorted and said, "It's a Japanese reconnaissance plane. You
Tell me how long it will take for the devils to come."
Tong Linge said with a serious expression, "One hour at most."
Zhao Dengyu nodded and said, "Is it really okay for us to do this? Will the Japanese really get our deployment?"
Tong Linge sighed, "Intelligence shows that there are hundreds of Japanese tanks coming this time. We only have a chance of victory if we believe Qian Yatou's words. But we don't know who this spy is, otherwise we can target him."
Sexually acted out.”
Zhao Dengyu looked at the departing plane and said, "There are many questionable people around the army. Maybe Qian Yatou doesn't know who they are. No matter who they are, we just have to fight our battle well. Although the preparations for the day are a bit rushed,
But if the intelligence is true, we also have a chance to win the battle."
Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge walked back to the military headquarters and had not even exchanged a word when they suddenly heard noises coming from outside. Zhao Dengyu went out unhappily and asked, "What happened?" There was an earthquake-like tremor, which shocked him directly.
Fell. Then there was a thunderous explosion - the Japanese army began to attack.
The commander of the Japanese army was Bunzaburo Kawagishi, commander of the 20th Division.
At this time, the sky over Nanyuan was completely dominated by the Japanese army. Dozens of planes continued to drop bombs on the ground in order to undermine the morale of the Nanyuan defenders.
I saw planes constantly dropping bombs to the northeast corner of Nanyuan, where the cavalry division was located. This was mainly to frighten the horses of the cavalry division and further disrupt Nanyuan's troops.
But what the Japanese army didn't know was that there was no one in the northeast corner at this time, and there were only about a hundred war horses deliberately exposed outdoors. Zheng Dazhang was hiding in a woods one kilometer north of Nanyuan. Deng looked into the distance with a cold sweat.
Nanyuan, it’s a good thing that he believed what that Qian girl said, otherwise he would have to invest all his wealth.
The bombing lasted for dozens of minutes, and the planes left one after another after dropping their bombs. In order to ensure that the Japanese army did not suspect, Zhao insisted that all the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns coming from Peiping be hidden in the dug-out bunkers without firing a single shot.
When Zhao and Tong took a breath, the Japanese heavy artillery began to unleash its power.
Dozens of cannons kept spitting flames at Nanyuan, and the defense troops were so pressed in the dug-out fortifications that they did not dare to stand up.
I only saw the Japanese heavy artillery bombarding the military barracks in sequence.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi looked at Nanyuan with a telescope and nodded and said, "The courage of the Chinese army must have been defeated by us. I order-"
At this time, a young staff officer said, "General, something is wrong."
Bunzaburo Kawagishi asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
The young staff officer shook his head and said, "General, you see, the China military camp was indeed destroyed by us, but look, we can't find many corpses or blood stains in either the military camp or the field. It's like...
It’s like an empty camp.”
Upon hearing this, Bunzaburo Kawagishi took a telescope and looked at it carefully, frowning. Indeed, according to the way he had just fought, the Nanyuan defenders would have suffered at least a thousand casualties, but now, it felt like the casualties were less than a hundred.
Could it be that the opponent had been prepared for a long time? Kawagishi Bunzaburo couldn't help but wonder. After all, Zhao suddenly led troops to reinforce Nanyuan, which surprised Kawagishi Bunzaburo. Although the intelligence was transmitted in time, too much time was wasted in order to defeat the damn Tongxian defenders.