In Beiping City, Chaoyang Gate.

Since Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake, two old devils, fled to Tianjin by plane, the entire Beiping Army was unified under the command of Okamura Ninji's subordinate former commander of the First Army of the North China Front, Kazuki Kiyoji.

Kazuki Kiyoji was ordered to command fifteen infantry wings and two infantry brigades in Beiping City, and set up his headquarters in the urn city inside the Chaoyang Gate.

Since the 42nd Group Army had already surrounded Beiping City on three sides and began to attack the city defense of Beiping from three directions, it was already possible to hear the faint sound of dense guns and shouts of killing at Chaoyangmen at this time.

In the headquarters, Kazuki Kiyoji held his command knife in both hands, and looked at the national flag hanging on the wall with a solemn face.

At this time, a staff officer of Dazuo strode in, suddenly retracted his feet and said: "General, General Gangcun is calling!" ”

"Read!" Xiangyue Qingji said coldly without looking back.

"Hay!" The staff officer suddenly raised his head, opened the telegram and read: "I hereby order Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingji to immediately lead all infantry wings in Beiping to withdraw one by one and retreat to Tianjin!" Don't beware of the follow-up pursuit of the Zhina! ”

After reading the word, the staff officer snapped the telegram in his hand shut, and then folded himself and stood upright.

Xiangyue Qingji turned around slowly, looked at the subordinates in front of him with a torch-like gaze, and said in a cold tone: "Order all troops to take cover alternately and withdraw from Beiping." ”

"Hay!" The army leader bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

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Outside the city of Beiping, the headquarters of the 42nd Group Army.

The entire headquarters will be star-studded, and several division commanders of the 42nd Group Army will be all present, except for Su Dingtian, the commander of the Flying Eagle Division.

In addition to the officers at all levels of the 42nd Group Army, there were two more special people in the command, that is, Qi Xieyuan and his adjutant Xue Ming.

Just when everyone inside was noisy and discussing the battle of Beiping fiercely, Zhang Mingyu strode in surrounded by Liu Cheng's people.

Everyone hurriedly got up, and Qi Xieyuan and Xue Ming also hurriedly got up.

Qi Xieyuan looked up and down at this legendary Chinese god of war, in addition to marveling at Zhang Mingyu's youth, Zhang Mingyu exuded a heroic aura all over his body.

And Zhang Mingyu also took a look at this famous Han annihilation in history, although this time he defected to help the 42nd Group Army attack Beiping City, but the reason is nothing more than his wife and daughter in his own hands.

At this time, Qi Xieyuan was already in his sixties, and his temples were already gray hair, but his sharp eyes were really bright.

Seeing that Zhang Mingyu had already strode towards him, Qi Xieyuan also hurriedly started to greet him, and when he arrived, Qi Xieyuan saluted and said: "General Zhang has been admired for a long time, he is young, and he has made outstanding achievements, and in just a few years, he has become a hot man of the year with his bare hands. ”

Zhang Mingyu returned the salute slightly, and said coldly: "Thank you Mr. Qi for the compliment, it is really a wise move for Mr. Qi to be able to turn back." ”

Seeing that Zhang Mingyu's tone was not very friendly to him, Qi Xieyuan also stepped aside in interest, and the reason why Zhang Mingyu was not very polite to him was that after all, he thought that an old warlord, the head of the Han Dynasty, was definitely a cunning and cunning person, so Zhang Mingyu did not plan to reuse him at all.

Zhang Mingyu planned that after Beiping was won, he would arrange an idle position for Qi Xieyuan and let him rest in his old age, after all, he still had merit this time, so he couldn't shoot him.

Of course, more than a dozen puppet army divisions under him have to be absorbed, of course, these puppet armies are not all in one head, choose to be strong and upright, and directly execute those who often fish the people in the township.

Zhang Mingyu walked to the first place, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone, Beiping City is in front of you, this thousand-year-old capital is finally going to return to the embrace of the motherland!" Now I order all divisions to immediately launch an attack on Beiping and completely expel the Yuekou in the city, but try to avoid destroying the ancient buildings in the city and the personal safety of the people. ”

"Yes!" The crowd said yes,

"Okay, there's nothing more to do, let's go get ready!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

Everyone turned around and strode away, and in the blink of an eye, the entire headquarters was already empty, but Qi Xieyuan, who was sitting on the very edge, had not left yet.

Seeing that Zhang Mingyu was leaving, Qi Xieyuan walked over with a smile on his face and said, "General Zhang, where are the old daughter and wife?" Can we meet each other? ”

Zhang Mingyu thought for a while, and then replied: "They are all in the rear, you can rest assured, I have sent someone to protect them, there will be no accidents, the current frontline is urgent, and when this battle is over, I will borrow them to Beiping, and then your family can be reunited." ”

"Oh! All right. Nothing happened, the old man retired first. Qi Xieyuan nodded gloomily.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said, "Mr. Qi, go slowly!" ”

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Four hours later, Zhang Mingyu strode into Chaoyang Gate surrounded by everyone, and the people of Beiping City rushed to meet each other when they heard the news of [***] entering the city.

As early as three hours ago, Xiangyue Qingji withdrew from Beiping City with the army, except for a few broken devil soldiers who were wiped out by the 42nd Group Army, most of the devils in Beiping City after destroying all the heavy equipment, from the north gate, fled towards Tianjin.

Except for the armored division and the first division that continued to pursue, the rest of the divisions were stationed in the city and officially took over the city of Beiping.

Walking on the street, feeling the joyful welcome of the parents of Beiping, everyone, including Zhang Mingyu, deeply felt a sense of honor.

This is an honor for the soldiers, of course, this is not the most exciting moment, and when the situation in Beiping stabilizes, Zhang Mingyu plans to hold a military parade.

In this way, the morale and the enthusiasm of the whole [***] people will be raised.

After entering the city, Zhang Mingyu handed over all the trivial matters to the chief of staff Liu Cheng to take care of, and he took the guard regiment to Cuimingzhuang in the western suburbs of Beiping.

Except for the burning of documents and items about the army, there were basically no major changes.

Zhang Mingyu nodded with satisfaction and said, "This will be the headquarters of our 42nd Group Army from now on." ”

"Total seat! Is the Guard Regiment stationed now? Xu Wen, the head of the guard regiment next to him, asked.

"Hmmm! The troops were ordered to immediately deploy around Cuimingzhuang, and the surrounding houses were to be purchased and requisitioned at three times the market price. Zhang Mingyu nodded.

"Yes!" Xu Wen snapped upright, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

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Yucheng, General Staff of the Military Commission.

Principal Jiang was summoning a group of [***] dignitaries to discuss the military situation, when Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, strode in, snapped himself and said: "Commission, Beiping called, saying that the 42nd Group Army has successfully recovered Beiping. The army fled to Tianjin in a hurry. ”

"What? So fast? Admiral Chen Cheng said in disbelief. In his opinion, there are more than 100,000 troops in Beiping, and even if Okamura Ningji withdraws half of them, the number of troops will still be 40,000 or 50,000.

Admiral He was more concerned about the casualties on both sides, so he asked, "How many casualties did the 42nd Army have?" How many soldiers were killed? ”

"Back to General He, the 42nd Group Army suffered less than 2,000 casualties, of which less than 400 were killed, and more than 3,000 troops were annihilated." Wang Shihe looked at the message in his hand and replied.

"What? The casualties were only more than 2,000 people, and the army probably only lost two or three thousand people? What about the soldiers in Beiping City? Admiral Chen Cheng was obviously a little incredulous.

"Because the puppet North China Security Army of Qi Xieyuan defected and the army fled without a fight, the 42nd Group Army easily recovered Beiping!" Wang Shihe replied.

"No wonder! It turned out that the army took the initiative to give up Beiping, otherwise it would not be so easy for the 42nd Group Army to capture Beiping City! Admiral Chen immediately said in a strange way.

"It seems that this time it was Okamura Ningji who took the initiative to give up Beiping City, fortunately, if the army fought to the death in the city, then the historical city of Beiping may be destroyed in one fell swoop." Admiral Li stood up and said.

Everyone present nodded their heads in agreement, and indeed the historical value of Beiping cannot be estimated.

No matter who governs this historic city, the value of this city belongs to the people of China and to the entire Chinese nation. No one can take it for themselves.

Chairman Jiang pondered for a while, then slowly turned around and said: "Send a telegram to the 42nd Group Army, commend all the officers and soldiers of the 42nd Group Army, transfer 500,000 legal currency from the Military Commission to reward meritorious soldiers, and promote Zhang Mingyu to the rank of general of the National Political Axe Army!" Director of the Peking Pacification Office. ”

Chairman Jiang's remarks did not cause much shock, after all, where is Zhang Mingyu's military exploits, even if it is Beiping, which he voluntarily abandoned, it is also a great military achievement.

The entire Hebei region has almost been recovered, and it would be too much to say that Chairman Chiang, as the leader, had recovered such a large piece of land.

At that time, Chairman Chiang's influence in the hearts of the whole [***] people will definitely decline, and doing so is called conforming to the will of the people.

The next day, the central newspaper and the major media began to report the news of the smooth recovery of Beiping, and for a time the entire Chinese theater was boiling, and the whole [***] people were overjoyed when they learned of the recovery of Beiping, and the atmosphere of joy soon enveloped the entire national control area. Some people who escaped from Beiping heard that Beiping had been restored, and they shed tears of happiness with excitement.

And large demonstrations broke out in major cities across the country, sending petitions to Chairman Chiang, demanding that [***] carry out an all-out counteroffensive and recover the lost territory.

(To be continued)