"Extra, extra!"

"Joy Fengkou victory!"

"Our army slashed and killed thousands of Japanese soldiers, blew up 18 cannons, and shocked inside and outside the Great Wall!"

With a cheerful smile on his face, the newsboy waved the newspaper and shouted all over the street, quickly attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Duanmu Yuliang, who was sitting on the rickshaw, hurriedly shouted: "Stop, stop, I want to buy a newspaper!" ”

"Okay!"

The coachman immediately turned around and ran back, approached the newsboy, and asked impatiently, "Did we really win?" ”

"Win, win!" The newsboy replied hurriedly.

Someone next to him asked, "Which general won the battle?" ”

Passers-by, who had already bought the newspaper, quickly read the article and read excitedly: "It is the broadsword team of the 29th Army, the troops of the four regiments launched a night attack on the Japanese army, and the soldiers each carried a shiny broadsword. The two brigade commanders, Zhao Dengyu and Tong Zeguang, took the lead and rushed into the enemy's position, hacked and wounded thousands of Japanese soldiers, captured 11 tanks, 6 armored vehicles, 18 cannons, 36 machine guns, 1 aircraft, as well as the Japanese army's imperial flag, maps and cameras, and so on! ”

"Good!"

"Well killed!"

There was a roar of cheers in the streets, the newspapers in the hands of the newsboys had long been snatched up, and many people rushed to buy newspapers elsewhere.

Duanmu Feng was not easy to buy a copy, he read and read the news report, his whole body trembled with excitement, and he smiled with tears in his eyes: "Good fight, the two brigade commanders fought really well!" If our soldiers are so heroic, why can't we drive the Japanese out of China? ”

"This gentleman is right, our Chinese soldiers are not all bad seeds!" A middle-aged man chimed in.

Someone else asked: "What is the origin of those two brigade commanders who killed the enemy in blood?" ”

"Of course it's the Northwest Army," someone who knows how to explain immediately, "This newspaper says that the officers and men of the 29th Army, and the 29th Army used to be the Northwest Army." Feng Yuxiang was defeated in the Central Plains War, and the 29th Army was absorbed by Zhang Xueliang. Most of these two brigade commanders who have made great contributions are from the Northwest Army. ”

"It's still the Northwest Army that is powerful, and it beat the Central Army to cry and call my mother."

"Dog X's little Japanese has bitten hard bones now!"

"If you want me to see, the two brigade commanders have made such a great contribution, they should be promoted to generals!"

“……”

People are discussing every word, and their joy is overflowing. In the overwhelming rout report, mixed with a shocking victory, it is enough to be exciting.

Duanmu Yuliang carefully folded the newspaper and put it in the pocket of his chest, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be boiling.

At this moment, whether it is Tianjin, Beiping, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan...... As long as the city receives good news, everywhere becomes a sea of joy.

People from all walks of life formed condolence groups one after another, and went north to the labor army with the money and materials they had raised, and reporters from various newspapers flocked to the army, just wanting to take a photo of the anti-Japanese heroes. The news film filmed with the army was soon broadcast in theaters across the country, and as long as the scene of Song Zheyuan (the leader of the 29th Army) appeared in the movie, the entire audience spontaneously gave a standing ovation.

The 29th Army's broadsword team has since become famous all over the world, and the composer Mai Xin composed "March of the Broadsword" for this song, which quickly spread throughout the country, and even children can shout a few words: "The big knife cut off the heads of the devils, the brothers of the 29th Army, the day of the Anti-Japanese War has come to ......"

This Xifengkou victory is undoubtedly a stimulant for the Chinese.

Since the First Sino-Japanese War, China has always been the losing side. So much so that even the patriots who shouted the slogan of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were very unconfident in their hearts, believing that it was impossible for China to win against Japan.

Now, the broadsword team of the 29th Army has finally made the Chinese people raise their eyebrows - we can still win the battle!

Tianjin's "Yishi Bao" compared the 29th Army's Xifengkou War of Resistance with the 19th Route Army's Songhu War of Resistance last year, and wrote in the news: "The 19th Route Army's first battle in Songhu and the 29th Army's first battle in Xifengkou have made us Chinese still be human beings." ”

Shanghai's "Times" even shouted a slogan: "Ninety-nine steel knives in hand, kill all Hu Erfang!" ”

An editorial in Beiping's "World Journal" said: "The combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army and the self-defense capability of the Chinese nation have been proved by the 19th Route Army. This is not a broadsword and a pike, which is enough to destroy the enemy's machine guns and cannons, and is the highest expression of the national spiritual and moral strength. ”

Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" also commented on a related report: "Since the Meiji Emperor established the army, the imperial army's reputation has been lost outside the Xifeng Pass, and it has suffered an insult that has not been seen in 60 years. ”

The great victory at Xifengkou, whether in China or in Japan, has caused a violent response.

……

Three Orchestra Hall.

After going into the wilderness, Zhang Xueliang was taking his wife Yu Fengzhi to quit opium at Zhou Hexuan's house. He has been arranged by the Central Party Department to visit Europe, in order not to be ridiculed by foreigners as the "sick man of East Asia", Zhang Xueliang specially came to Zhou Hexuan to help him quit smoking. (The previous deleted chapters are described, I don't want to say more here, anyway, Zhang Xueliang is staying at Zhou Hexuan's house.) ）

"Great victory, really a great victory!" Zhang Xueliang held the newspaper and laughed while crying.

Zhou Hexuan also took the newspaper and read it again, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the six marshals." ”

Zhang Xueliang waved his hand helplessly and said: "It's all fought by the soldiers, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

To tell the truth, the 29th Army's victory at Xifengkou this time really has a lot to do with Zhang Xueliang.

When Zhang Xueliang had just been incorporated into the 29th Army, he only gave 500,000 yuan in resettlement fees and left it alone, and the 29th Army was stationed under the fence in Shanxi, with no military funds, poor and destitute, and the soldiers were like beggars.

It was not until last year that Zhang Xueliang took the initiative to transfer the 29th Army to Chahar in order to guard against the attack of the Kwantung Army, so that these homeless Northwest Army had their own territory. When the 29th Army moved to Chahar, it even had to march at night, because their equipment and military appearance were too bad, and they were afraid that they would be seen as bandits during the day.

Who would have thought that it was this group of beggars dressed like bandits that would achieve such a big victory on the Great Wall.

Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the Northwest Army is really capable of fighting. At the beginning of the Central Plains War, if Yan Xishan hadn't deliberately dragged his feet, it is estimated that the Central Army would have been disabled by the Northwest Army long ago, and it is difficult to say whether Lao Chiang could rule China smoothly.

It's a pity!

As soon as he thought of what happened to the 29th Army in history, Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but sigh.

After this battle, Song Zheyuan returned to Chahar with the 29th Army, and the military strength quickly expanded to more than 60,000 people, and received a large amount of equipment from the People's Anti-Japanese League and Tang Yulin's department, becoming an important military force in North China.

This army, which could have been the backbone of the anti-Japanese resistance, was dismissed from the post of chairman of Chahar Province by the Nanjing government on the grounds of "repeated incidents" due to constant maneuvers with the Japanese invaders, and even the garrison of the 29th Army was ceded to Little Japan.

Song Zheyuan, a dignified national hero and anti-Japanese general, was forced to run to Tianjin to work as a public servant, and was so angry that he publicly accused: "Whoever believes Chang Kaishen to resist Japan is a fool!" ”

Subsequently, the 29th Army expanded to 100,000 people, which was equivalent to the security barrier of Beiping and Tianjin, but Song Zheyuan himself was once forced to defect to Japan as a traitor. The Japanese in front of him were the enemy, and the Nanjing government behind him was also the enemy, and Song Zheyuan was not thinking about how to fight all day long, but how to save his 29th Army.

Until the eve of the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, Song Zheyuan was already physically and mentally exhausted, tired of the long-term dealings with the Japanese, and simply ran back to his hometown in Shandong to recuperate-just when the Lugouqiao Incident broke out.

Caught off guard, the 29th Army suffered heavy losses and was ordered to withdraw to Baoding.

Chang Kai declared that he would rise and surrender secretly, and sent Feng Yuxiang to the 29th Army (which had been upgraded to the First Army at that time) to seize power. Feng Yuxiang was originally the old commander of this army, but he was completely under command, and there were many contradictions within the group, and the generals were suspicious of each other, and they often collapsed at the touch of a flick whenever they encountered a war.

The anti-Japanese troops, which had high morale, were forced to become a warlord army that only sought self-preservation and had extremely poor combat effectiveness, and this was the history of the transformation of the 29th Army.

Of course, Song Zheyuan, as the leader of the 29th Army, is also to blame, he has too many selfish thoughts, and he always has the idea of preserving his strength.

Fortunately, the soul of the Great Wall War of Resistance of the 29th Army has not been extinguished, and later Liu Ruming's 68th Army, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, and Feng Zhi'an's 77th Army have not been extinguished...... These units are all the continuation of the 29th Army, and they have made many achievements in many battles.

The heroic martyrdom of General Zhang Zizhong can be regarded as the last afterglow of the 29th Army on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and the remaining 29th Army troops have gradually become second-rate miscellaneous cards.