At noon that day, Langfang, outside the city, the headquarters of the Second Guards Division of the Island Army.

Major General Noburo Hongo, chief of staff, hurriedly walked into the headquarters and shouted to the division commander, Lieutenant General Muto Akira: "Muto-kun, just now the military headquarters called, the defense line of Baxian County was captured by the Zhina army, and Baxian County may not be able to support it for long. ”

"What?" Akira Muto exclaimed, "General Kleist's Dragon's Tooth Defense Line was captured so quickly? ”

Hongo Noburo said with a wry smile: "It's not that there is a problem with the dragon's tooth defense line, but that Jiang Haoran united with the Soviet authorities and launched a powerful offensive against the Eastern Expeditionary Army. ”

"I said a long time ago that the Soviets were unreliable, and now it's a big problem."

"Yes, I'm afraid that Baxian won't be able to hold on for long at the moment, and the army will advance to Langfang soon, so the military headquarters ordered us to jump out of the battlefield before it gets dark and consolidate Tianjin's rear line."

Muto Zhang raised his wrist to look at the time, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "There are still five hours until dark, and there is enough time." ”

"What...... What is enough? Hongo Noburo said suspiciously.

"Five hours is enough to annihilate the Airborne Division."

"Ah......" Hongo Noburo was dumbfounded, more than forty hours have passed, and he has not been able to enter the city, and now there are only five hours left, how can it be enough?

Muto Zhang seemed to see through Hongo Noburo's thoughts, and said: "The reason why we can't beat Langfang in front is because we still have some scruples, hoping to leave the railway trunk line and facilities in the city, so the artillery fire didn't dare to smash into the city, and now Langfang is no longer guaranteed, and it is useless to keep these." ”

As he spoke, Muto Akira suddenly slammed the table and commanded in a vicious voice: "Mobilize all the artillery fire to target Langfang City and raze Langfang City to the ground." ”

……

Beiping, the headquarters of the island army dispatch corps.

The headquarters was already in complete chaos, the radio and telephone were ringing non-stop, the staff officers and generals were hurriedly shuttling among them, and some soldiers began to move things out.

The headquarters has entered the retreat mode, and as soon as Baxian is lost, Beiping will immediately face troops coming to the city.

A large number of Soviet puppet troops made a rebellion, causing the Baxian defense line to collapse from the inside, which was more terrifying than being invincible in battle, and it was impossible for the troops to prepare for retreat in advance, as if a huge whirlpool instantly swept up hundreds of thousands of locust soldiers on the front line, and it was almost impossible to get out.

The tank units equipped by the Locust Army are almost all operated by Soviet soldiers, and their counter-attack means that the most elite troops are completely likely to be used by the enemy, which accelerates the demise of the Locust Army.

As for escaping? This idea is too naïve, the current elite troops of the national army are based on the Nanshan Army, the degree of mechanization is so high that the locust army can't catch up, and the infantry wants to outrun tanks and armored vehicles? Are you kidding.

Therefore, the 52nd Army can only be used as cannon fodder, at least to win time for the troops in Beiping City to retreat.

In view of the irreversible situation of defeat, and the city of Beiping is in a state of semi-emptiness, retreat is already imminent.

Of course, this was not Okamura Ninji's original intention, and the commanders of the three armies were suspected of escaping from the battle when they retreated at this time.

It was the base camp of the island country that strictly ordered Okamura Ninji to retreat immediately, Okamura Ninji is now the hope and sustenance of the island country, although he also lost all the way, but the responsibility is not all his. At present, the island nation can't come up with a stronger and better commander than him, so his life is very precious to the island nation.

On the Taipan chair, Okamura Ninji sat with a stubble and bloodshot eyes like a pile of mud, quietly listening to the chief of staff, Ishihara Waner, report on the retreat plan and route.

The remnants of the Soviet puppet army in the city can no longer be managed, they no longer have any use value, they will surrender when they can't keep it, empty the army's salary, food and straw, take them with them, and at the same time have to prevent them from turning back halfway.

Even if they may be used by the national army and become the opponent of the locust army in the future, they can't care so much now, and if they are provoked, they don't even want to leave the existing troops.

Wang Kemin's Peaceful Founding Army still has to be carried, they are more reliable than the Soviet puppet army, and now there is no way to retreat, so they can only follow the locust army all the way to the black.

The loss of Langfang has become a foregone conclusion, and it has become a luxury for the Jingshan Railway to be opened again, and the only railway to Guannai has also been interrupted, and there are only two roads left to retreat.

One is from Jixian County and Zunhua directly into Tangshan. The other is to enter Chengde through Miyun and Huairou to Gubeikou.

It was originally expected that the fantasy of emptying the city of Beiping could no longer be realized, and it could only take away the urgent strategic materials, which was due to the fact that the air force of the national army would not bomb along the road.

The battle situation was so urgent, Okamura Ningji was unwilling and helpless, so he could only nod and signal that he would implement this plan.

"What about Zhangjiakou, what about the Twelfth Army in Zhangjiakou?" Okamura asked.

Ishihara said: "The Twelfth Army is more troublesome, and it is impossible to return to Beiping at the moment, and it is too late at all." In my opinion, the main forces of Shangyi, Huai'an, and Zhangjiakou retreated from the direction of Zhangbei to Huade and entered Suiyuan, and joined the troops stationed in Mongolia to jointly consolidate the Suiyuan defense line. As for the defenders of Huailai and Yanqing in the rear of Zhangjiakou, they could only abandon their heavy equipment and go to the Great Wall, and retreat along the Great Wall to Gubeikou and enter Chengde. ”

Okamura Ninji sighed and said, "It's only like this, but you have to keep an eye on Tianjin, Tada Jun has no fighting spirit now, and he will run away as soon as he finds out that something is wrong." ”

Although Tianjin was in the rear of Beiping, it was supported by the South Manchurian Railway, and the retreat was very fast, so the 52nd Army in Tianjin was designated as a rear containment force.

Because of Tianjin's bridgehead-like geographical location, stuck in the logistics channel of the national army, as long as Tianjin is still in the hands of the locust army, the speed of the advance of the national army's mechanized troops will be affected, so that more time can be allowed for the locust army in Beiping to retreat calmly.

Ishihara nodded, and didn't say anything, of course he knew the dislike between Okamura Ninji and Tada Jun, and it was normal for the two to not believe each other, but he believed that Tada Jun was still a warrior loyal to the empire, and he would never do such a thing.

At this moment, the head of the special high school, Hikenji Tsuchihara, hurriedly walked in, and said with a sad face: "Okamura-kun, Ishihara-kun, it has been confirmed by the special high school that the collective jade of the wolf-slaying special combat team has been shattered, and none of them have been spared. ”

"What?"

"What?"

Okamura Ninji jumped up from his seat, and Ishihara Wanji was also full of horror, and the two exclaimed in unison.

"Is the information reliable?" Okamura Ninji still didn't give up.

"Very reliable, the special high class found forty or fifty corpses at the foot of Taihang Mountain, and they died very tragically, and it has been confirmed that they are them, including the body of the captain Yoshikawa Yoshikawa."