The good news from the front came one after another, the atmosphere in the Lu family courtyard seemed relatively relaxed, the officers did not have the tension of the battle of northern Hubei and the battle of Shandong, and the latest progress on the battlefield was displayed on the large map on the wall.

After a night of fierce fighting, Qiu Qingquan and Tang Shizun completed the encirclement of the 56th Division and the 8th Division, and the 23rd Army and the 2nd Tank Division reached Yufa, separating the 8th Division and the 56th Division.

After Sun Zhen annihilated the enemy in Gu'an, he left the 370th Brigade to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the remnants of the enemy, and the rest of the 41st Army and the 19th Army crossed the Yongding River and attacked to the east of Yufa, completely cutting off the connection between Pingjin and Tianjin.

In Langfang, Song Xilian attacked the city of Langfang from three sides, the Japanese army of Wuqing retreated to the north, Pan Wenhua led his troops to approach Wuqing, and the 24th Army and the 31st Group Army of the Western Front fought under the city of Zhuozhou. Within half a day, the armies on the third front had made tremendous progress.

"Okamura Ninji looks like he's going to run." Bai Chongxi first made a judgment that when all the departments reported that the progress was going well, they also raised the signs that a large number of Japanese troops were retreating northward, and Yang Sen even sent the 73rd Army to pursue it to the north, but the 73rd Army was stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army.

Zhuang Jihua nodded, agreeing with Bai Chongxi's judgment, He Wei continued: "I'm afraid Okamura will return to the original strategy, use Pingjin to attract our army, and the main force will be placed behind, waiting for the main force of the Kwantung Army to enter the pass." ”

In fact, what he was most worried about was that the Japanese army was implementing the strategy of Ishihara Guaner, Okamura's strength gap was too large, and there was no firepower and air superiority at all, fighting in the Pingjin area, from Tianjin to Zhangjiakou, defending everywhere and weak everywhere, it was better to abandon the son directly, and the whole army would retreat to Shanhaiguan and take advantage of the terrain here to block.

As for Nishio Shouzo in Jiangnan, in his eyes, it was just hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war who were still holding weapons.

"No matter how he moves, order Song Xilian to conquer Langfang as soon as possible, order Sun Zhen to continue to go north, order Pan Wenhua to seize Wuqing, close the door for Hengshan Yong to flee north, and order Lan Yundong to conquer the military grain city as soon as possible and completely encircle Tianjin."

Zhuang Jihua paused when he said this, looking at Zhuozhou, how many troops did Gu Shoufu leave here? No, you can't let him go like this, at least you have to leave me an arm.

"Order Tang Enbo, the 24th Group Army had better turn to Fangshan, and don't let Gu Shoufu escape into Beiping City."

Bai Chongxi frowned, Zhuang Jihua used a consultative tone here, he was a little puzzled, why is this? Gu Shoufu fled back to Beiping, although it would not cause the entire battle situation to be reversed, but the impact on the battle situation was still there, and it would even be decisive at the last moment.

"Remind all departments that there are many historical monuments near Pingjin, and if they encounter historical monuments, those who can not attack will not attack, and artillery will not be allowed to be used in the attack."

Bai Chongxi couldn't help but shake his head, before the war, Liang Sicheng, an architectural expert, was sent to the headquarters to mark important historical monuments on the map, and this map was copied in large quantities and distributed to regiment-level units; But Bai Chongxi still didn't expect that Zhuang Jihua would take this into account at the most critical moment of the battle.

But Bai Chongxi did not dissuade, he had already persuaded him once before the war, Liang Sicheng in front of many officers, did not give Bai Chongxi face at all, and refuted Bai Chongxi's argument that victory was above all else.

"Civilization is above all else, the victory of war is only a temporary victory, and the victory of civilization is the final victory! The representative of civilization is the architecture left behind by these histories. At any time, in order to achieve short-term victories, the nation that disregards the cultural inheritance will eventually die out in history! The architecture of Beiping is the result of continuous evolution and preservation for nearly 1,000 years! If we are destroyed in war, then we will be sinners for future generations! ”

In their argument, Zhuang Jihua firmly supported Liang Sicheng, Xu Zuyi was ambiguous, and finally supported Zhuang Jihua, "Telegraph to Peng Dhuai, our army has divided and surrounded Xuanhua Xinbao Zhuolu, the enemy of Zhangjiakou is already panicking, you should annihilate the Japanese army as soon as possible, and then continue to attack Zhangjiakou with the main force." ”

Zhuang Jihua did not give many orders to the enemy in Zhangjiakou, and he did not interfere much in the specific tactical plan, not because the commander-in-chief of the northern front was Peng Dhuai, but mainly because he did not know much about the situation on the northern front, whether it was his own troops or the terrain environment, he did not understand, so he simply let it go and let the troops of the northern front decide what to do for themselves.

So far, Peng D Huai Fu Zuoyi has not lived up to his expectations, going out of the fortress, going to the Gobi, interspersed with strange troops, conquering everything in one fell swoop, cutting the Japanese front, encircling the 63rd Division and the 129th Division, and firmly grasping the initiative on the battlefield.

The main force of the Japanese army began to retreat, the squadron resolutely pursued, Pan Wenhua led his troops to attack Wuqing, and the 132nd Division desperately blocked it, attracting Pan Wenhua's troops to attack Wuqing while resisting. Song Xilian saw through Yokoyama Yong's plan and ordered the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army to attack straight north. On the battlefield of Langfang, the road of retreat by the river is extremely thrilling, and the 71st Army and the 72nd Army have been inserted into the Langfang side, and the 22nd Group Army, which has conquered Gu'an, turned around and went north, copying Langfang from the west. The east and west armies surrounded the riverside Zhengsan, the two armies were separated by less than ten kilometers, and after rushing through these ten kilometers, the whole army of the riverside Zhengsan was surrounded north of Langfang.

Blocking them was Toshima's 3rd Division, which divided the troops into three parts, the 6th Wing blocked Sun Zhen, the 68th Wing blocked Feng Shengfa, and he led the 34th Wing to reinforce back and forth in the middle.

The 3rd Division was rebuilt after the Battle of Northern Hubei and was reorganized from a two-brigade division to a three-wing division, and the 18th Wing was transferred out of the division and increased to North China after the Battle of Shandong.

In the middle of the road, a marching procession passed through the gap and headed north, unheeded by the sound of artillery and gunfire coming from the left and right. The roar of motors was heard in the sky, and the blue sky and white day fighters swooped down from mid-air, a string of bombs fell from the belly of the plane, and a series of explosions sounded on the road.

The horses let out a mournful roar, the soldiers rushed into the carriage, desperately slamming the burning wooden boxes, after the bombardment, the soldiers lying on the ground stood up and continued to run forward, the fighters dived again, the machine guns spewed flames, drawing a long mark on the ground, the queue dispersed slightly, and then got up again and continued to move forward.

There was a neighing of horses from the south, and a troop of cavalry galloped in, and two warplanes aimed at the cavalry, but the cavalry had no intention of dodging, allowing the bombs and bullets to whist. Occasionally, a cavalryman fell from his horse, but no one stopped, and the horse team continued to run forward.

Several trucks were speeding along the road, the anti-aircraft guns pulled behind the cars were firing as they went, the fighters raised their heads and flew south, the horse team stopped in a small forest, and the river was jumping off their horses three times and walking quickly into the grove, with a trace of blood on their neat military uniforms.

"Call the military doctor, the commander is wounded." Chief of Staff Yasuo Sakai hurriedly called the military doctor, who hurried over with a medical kit on his back, and Kawabe Shozo was already standing in front of the map.

The Shina Army attacked fiercely, and Toshima held on to the defensive line regardless of the cost, which was a defensive line built with blood, and the Japanese soldiers had no strong defensive line, only hastily constructed bunkers. The veterans of the Third Division, who had several years of combat experience, did not retreat a single step and used their lives to create conditions for the main force to escape.

Kawabe Shosansan, asked the military doctor to bandage himself and asked about the situation, and the chief of staff, Yasuo Sakai, did not push: "The offensive of the Shina Army is fierce, Lieutenant General Toshima reports that the attack on the 4th Wing is the 19th Army of the Provisional Formation of China, and the East Wing is the elite 71st Army of China, the 68th Wing has suffered heavy casualties, and the 34th Wing led by Lieutenant General Toshima has been reinforced. ”

Yasuo Sakai led his headquarters to go out first, and Kawabe Shozo left Langfang only after the troops had left. Speaking of this, the Japanese generals regarded General China as the biggest opponent, but Zhuang Jihua finally left Nanjing City in the battle of abandoning Nanjing, and was imitated by the Japanese army.

"The 41st Army of the Zhina Army on the left flank is following the pursuit, but the 32nd Division is blocking them, the danger is on the right flank, the 71st Army of the Zhina Army is attacking very fiercely, in addition to the 72nd Army is coming, in addition, there are a large number of Zhina Army in the south is coming."

As he spoke, the military doctor bandaged Kawabe Shozo's wounds, and Kawabe Shozo's arm fell on his chest, and his military uniform was draped over his shoulders, revealing the white shirt he was wearing inside, which was obviously a little dirty.

"Has the 123rd Division passed?" Kawabe Shozo asked.

"The 268th Wing has been reinforced to the left flank, the main force of the division led by the commander of the Kitazawa Division has passed, and the 64th Division is passing by."

The 123rd Division was the second group of retreating divisions, five divisions were withdrawn from Langfang, the 32nd and 41st Divisions were blocking the pursuers behind, and the 64th Division was the third echelon.

Kawabe Shozo sighed softly, the situation was better than he imagined, he paused and asked, "What about Tianjin?" ”

"Commander Okamura is calling," Sakai picked up a telegram and handed it to Kawabe Shozo, "the Tianjin troops are under heavy bombardment by the Shina Air Force, and we are asked to guarantee the safety of their flanks. ”

Relatively speaking, the five divisions retreating from Tianjin were not hit so hard, and the attention of the Chinese Army was more focused on Tianjin, in addition, Yokoyama Yong did not take the initiative to attack because of the reduction in troops, but took the initiative to counterattack Lan Yundong in the east, which restrained the actions of the First Army and allowed the troops to retreat north smoothly.

However, the actions of the Chinese army were constrained, but the sky was the sky of the Chinese air force, and it was found that the Japanese army was heading north, and a large number of Chinese planes swarmed to launch indiscriminate bombardment of the Pingjin highway, and the Japanese army was forced to abandon the road and choose a small road to go north, which seriously affected the speed of retreat. Hebian Zhengsan frowned and thought about it, looked up at the east, then looked at the south, and then said categorically: "Telegraph, all departments in Tianjin, must pass through Guozhen before eight o'clock tonight, otherwise our army may be entangled by the Chinese army." ”

The sound of artillery rose again, and the river side looked at the sky worriedly, the sky was obscured by gunsmoke, and the squadron launched a fierce attack again!! ~！

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