Glorious Mission 1937

() Shouichi in the temple knew how serious the consequences would be if his order was issued. After all, the overseas Chinese were only civilians, not soldiers.But Terauchi Shouichi knew that once the civilians took to the battlefield with weapons, the enemy would regard them as soldiers, and they would never be relentless when fighting. This is the general rule of all countries in the world.It is conceivable how many expatriates will die after this war, and most of these expatriates are members of various families in the country or employees of various companies. If a large number of deaths will definitely cause the impeachment of the major forces in the country, Terauchi Shouichi The general had already imagined his situation after this battle.

但是寺内寿一丝毫办法也没有，这是他保住北平唯一的办法了。由于帝国兵力本就捉襟见肘，在与支那发动全面战争之前，大ri本帝国总兵力才不过25万人。分布概况是ri本国内共11个师团，1个航空兵团。驻扎在支那满洲的关东军下辖4个师团、2个du li混成旅团、5个du li守备队、1个骑兵集团、1个骑兵旅团、1个飞行集团。驻扎在支那平津地区五千余人。另外还有驻扎在朝鲜的朝鲜军2个师团以及驻扎在台湾的台湾守备队。

Even after the start of the war, the troops of the Imperial Army expanded on a large scale, but up to now, it has only changed from 17 divisions before the war to 24 divisions (excluding Taiwan Army and non-infantry divisions), plus other Some troops were mixed into brigades and garrison troops, with a total strength of no more than 55 troops.However, not all the troops of these 16 divisions are deployed in China. There are only [-] divisions deployed on the entire Chinese battlefield.

As for the North China Front Army under his command, there are only 8 divisions, as well as the Chinese Garrison Mixed Brigade, the Temporary Aviation Corps, the Air Defense Team directly under the Front Army, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of Duli Siege Heavy Artillery, the Front Army Communication Team, the Railway Team, and the troops directly under the station. , Chinese Garrison Gendarmerie.The total force is about 18.

18 people sounds like a lot, but it’s actually not that many when they are divided into hundreds of towns throughout North China. Now all the troops are scattered outside. There are only more than 7000 imperial troops and more than 4000 imperial alliance troops in Beiping City, while the Chinese army outside the city is There are more than 2 people, and the Chinese army is also equipped with heavy siege artillery. If the overseas Chinese "Volunteer Group" is not organized to resist, the imperial army will not be able to persist in the arrival of reinforcements.

It will take time to organize the overseas volunteers, but the battle outside the city has reached a fever pitch. For this reason, General Kotobuki had to suppress all the few reserve teams in his hands.

The temporary headquarters of the 61st Army outside Beiping City.

"Report to the military seat. Report from the first regiment and first battalion of the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade. They have captured Nanyuan Airport 10 minutes ago, killed more than 47 defenders at the airport, and captured 41 Japanese fighter planes of various types, and destroyed the other [-] aircraft."

"Report to the military seat. The first battalion of the second regiment of the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade is calling. They have captured Tantuo Temple 10 minutes ago. Annihilated more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops."

"Reporting to the military seat, Wang Jiming, the deputy brigade commander of the Taolin Police Reserve Brigade, has called. They have arrived ten miles west of Beiping City. Please give instructions to the military seat?"

"Report to the military seat, Madam's cavalry group has passed Tanghe Estuary"

The good news came one after another, and Chen Feng was in a very happy mood, replying one by one: "Order, the Taolin Police Brigade immediately divides troops to reinforce the South Gate and North Gate, and assist the Xinghe Police Brigade to attack these two city gates."

"Order the First Battalion and the First Battalion of the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade to garrison Nanyuan Airport immediately, and ask them to immediately push all the aircraft on the airport into the hangar, and at the same time mobilize 10 high-shelf machine guns to strengthen the defense of Nanyuan Airport to prevent Japan military airstrike."

"Order the cavalry group to speed up"

Chen Feng didn't expect to capture more than 40 planes. Although he didn't like these junk fighter planes of the Japanese army, in the absence of better planes, these junk planes are still very good as trainers.

But soon the staff officer of the military department came in and reported: "Report to the military seat, the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade found Japanese reinforcements in Qingyundian."

"Japanese reinforcements, how many are there, and what are the specific numbers?" Hearing that reinforcements from the Japanese army arrived, Chen Feng asked hastily.

"Reporting to the military seat, there are more than 15 reinforcements from the Japanese Army, and the designation is the 30th Infantry Brigade, No. [-] Division of the Japanese Army."

"The 15th Brigade of the No.30 Division, isn't that part of the battle order of the Second Army of the North China Front Army?".Chen Feng frowned and said.

"Junzuo, the 30th Brigade is indeed affiliated to the Second Army. It has been stationed in Tianjin before. It seems that the old devil Shouyi in the temple couldn't hold on anymore, so he also transferred the defenders from Tianjin." Wang Hansheng said.

"It turned out to be the infantry brigade stationed in Tianjin. I thought it was a ghost and a snake that jumped out from somewhere. It just so happened that I was short of money at this time. Since the little devil opened the door of the treasury to me, how could I forgive him?" They. Order the cavalry group to bypass Langfang and go south to Tianjin immediately, and I will hear the news of the recovery of Tianjin at night." Then Chen Feng continued: "Order the first and second regiments of the Taolin Jingbei Brigade to immediately go to Qingyundian to block the 30th Brigade. In addition, let the Jingwei Regiment and the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade increase their offensive strength, and make sure to take Beiping City before tonight."

However, Chen Feng obviously underestimated the Japanese army's ability to defend the city. Although the troops of the 61st Army attacked fiercely, the Japanese army also fought tenaciously. They fought from 5:8 am to 61:[-] pm, and continued to attack for [-] hours. Although the [-]st Army attacked the city several times, they were all defeated by the Japanese Army.

However, the more Chen Feng fought, the more frightened he became. He had been watching the battle at the Ximen position. The number of casualties of the Japanese army in the Ximen position alone was no less than [-]. Adding the other three sects, it is logical that the tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops in the city had already lost their casualties. But Chen Feng found that the Japanese army on the top of the city didn't decrease at all, instead they gathered more and more. What's going on?

"Wang Hansheng, go and find out, where are there so many little devils on the top of the city, and see if there are hidden secret troops in the city."

"Yes"

"Reporting to the military seat, there is news from the city that the Japanese army has organized more than 4 expatriates in the city, forming a total of 10 expatriate voluntary groups, except for three expatriate voluntary groups who were ordered to stay in the city to be responsible for the security of the city. Besides, the rest were all sent to the top of the city, and it is those overseas volunteers who are fighting our army now." Wang Hansheng came to report.

"The Overseas Chinese Volunteer Group, Shouyi in the temple of Gou Ri, even organized these overseas Chinese to die. I said why more and more little devils are beating up. After fighting for eight hours, thousands of little devils have not died. It turned out to be like this. His nainai , It seems that it is difficult to capture Beiping City today, so I ordered the troops to temporarily stop the attack, and all the troops have a rest and eat." Chen Feng said loudly.

Although the Squadron stopped the attack, Shouichi Terauchi's life was not easy, because the reinforcements from Tianjin had just sent a telegram that they were stubbornly blocked by the Chinese army at Qingyundian, and the two sides were exchanging fierce fire. The combat power is very strong, and it is difficult to break through the blocking defense line of the Chinese army to reach Peiping in a short time.

In addition, upon hearing the news that the 61st Army was besieging Beiping, all the troops in the Second China War Zone were ready to move, and the atmosphere on the Xinkou front line suddenly became tense.The No.30 Fifth Army, another strong force in the World War II zone, moved to the northwest of Shanxi at some time, staring at Suinan and Jinbei, ready to launch an attack on the imperial army in Guisui or Datong at any time.

In addition, the 26th Infantry Brigade of the Mongolian Army was ambushed by the Chinese army [-] kilometers east of Zhuozi County. The entire brigade was wiped out of the battle order of the Imperial Japanese Army by the Chinese Army.

Even though the Fourth Division rescued in time, the Mongolian Army still suffered heavy casualties this time. In addition to the loss of more than 26 people from the 5000th Brigade, the two Royal Association Army Divisions that assisted the 26th Brigade in combat were almost wiped out. Let the pseudo-Mongolian army have doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese imperial army.

Now all the units of the Mongolian Army have stopped attacking, saying that they are consolidating the results of the previous two days, but they have actually been beaten by the Chinese army.

It seems that the two sides are attacking each other now, and the Japanese imperial army has even occupied Guisui, the capital city of Suiyuan, and Baotou, an important town in Suixi. had the upper hand.But in fact, the imperial army lost Zhangjiakou, the capital of Chahar province, and Beiping, where the headquarters of the North China Front Army is located, was completely surrounded by the Chinese. Secondly, it also lost a garrison regiment and a field heavy artillery brigade. This loss is not ordinary. big.

However, the worse news is yet to come. Since the Chinese people stopped attacking in the afternoon, the army outside the city has never launched an attack. Instead, they are building barracks. It seems that they are preparing for a long-term confrontation with the imperial army.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, a telegram sent by TGK using a secret radio station stunned all the officers of the North China Front Army Headquarters—Tianjin fell.

Compared with the loss of Zhangjiakou, the consequences of Tianjin's loss are more serious.Because Zhangjiakou is close to Suinan and Jinbei, it has always been threatened by the 61st Army, so the Imperial Army did not hoard supplies on a large scale here. If you lose it, you will lose it. It is no big deal.But Tianjin is different. This is the only external port of the Imperial Army in North China. There are a large number of ships docking every day, and the daily throughput of the port has reached an astonishing level.

In addition, Tianjin is also the economic center of the empire in the North China region. A large number of imperial banks have set up branches here, and a large number of corporations have set up branches here. Once lost, the losses will be extremely heavy.

The most important thing is that Tianjin Port is the only military port of the empire in North China. There are still three large warships waiting to be repaired in the port.In addition, there is a large amount of weapons and equipment hoarded in the warehouse on the shore. In terms of quantity alone, it is no problem to form five field divisions.What's more, some time ago, at the request of the headquarters of the Mongolian Army, the base camp transported a large number of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army seized by the imperial army in the Battle of Songhu to Tianjin, and planned to send them to the Saibei Grassland through Tianjin to help De Wang Li Shouxin and others Expand the Puppet Mongolian Army.If Tianjin falls, all these things will fall into the hands of the Chinese. (To be continued..)