In the morning light, a milky white mist drifted on the ground, and the groves in the distance appeared in the fog from time to time, and the sound of cannons was faint, drifting with the early morning streamer. Seven or eight pontoon bridges spanned the north and south, teams of tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks crossed the bridge, the muzzles of the anti-aircraft guns at both ends of the bridge were high, and the soldiers held their steel guns tightly and watched the surrounding movements vigilantly.

A convoy of more than a dozen jeeps and trucks crossed the pontoon bridge and stepped onto the land on the north bank, heading towards the place where the artillery was fired, Qiu Qingquan sat in the first jeep, he was always different from other generals, he always sat in the first car, never sat in other cars, nor did he sit in the back seat, he must have been in the passenger seat.

Chewing a cigar in his mouth, Qiu Qingquan looked at the soldiers of the 23rd Group Army on both sides who were rushing to the front on foot, this time the river crossing was divided into three river crossings, his headquarters was at the middle crossing, the 45th Army and the Fifth Group Army Tank Division were at Shilidi due north of Gu'an, and the 2nd Tank Division and the 21st Army of the 23rd Group Army were at Tunzitou a little wester. In order to cover their crossing of the river, the 12th Army and the 85th Army of the Tang Enbo Division of the Western Group launched an attack on the Japanese army in Zhuozhou, forcing the 36th Division to shrink towards Zhuozhou.

This is the crossing of the river by 250,000 people, the military operation of 250,000 people and more than 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, this is a huge striking force, and such a steel force has never appeared in the Asian theater.

Qiu Qingquan was high-spirited at this time, to be honest, Zhuang Jihua General the First Mechanized Group Army was actually kept in reserve, which made the group army very dissatisfied, some young officers even openly complained at the headquarters, while Jiang Weiguo simply broke into the headquarters and asked to report to the theater command, and the First Mechanized Group Army was solely responsible for attacking Langfang, ensuring that Langfang would be taken within three days.

Qiu Qingquan had no way to deal with this crown prince, he neither dared to reprimand nor accept it, and finally simply told Jiang Weiguo that this was personally arranged by the commander, and if he had any opinions, he could directly respond to the theater command.

Jiang Weiguo was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and reacted when he said that he would react, unceremoniously wrote an opinion and reported it to the theater command, but as a result, it was dealt with in two days, and Zhuang Jihua criticized two words on it: arrogance! Then he was dismissed from the post of commander of Jiang Weiguo's tank regiment and transferred to the Operations Department of the First Mechanized Group Army as an ordinary staff officer, and at the same time, there was Zhuang Jihua's strict order that if Jiang Weiguo did not obey the order again, he would be directly transferred back to Chongqing.

This decision shook the entire group army, and all the officers were silent, even Qiu Qingquan, Chiang Weiguo, the second son of Chiang Kai-shek, with the rank of colonel, was now pushed to the end and served as a lieutenant-level staff officer in the combat department. Qiu Qingquan did not dare to adjust Jiang Weiguo's position without permission, and Zhuang Jihua specified Jiang Weiguo's position and work in the handling decision.

Of course, Jiang Weiguo was not convinced, but he did not dare to go to the theater headquarters to complain without permission, and he was stubbornly unwilling to go to Chiang Kai-shek, so he could only swallow this breath for the time being and honestly stay at the group army headquarters.

The army was divided into three ways and advanced northward, and the breakthrough process was very easy, so easy that Qiu Qingquan couldn't believe it, there was only one squadron on the other side of Tuntou, and there were only a few crossings on the entire north bank of dozens of kilometers of defense line, and only a few ferries were defended by troops, and they were easily broken through. The engineer regiment set up the pontoon bridge in the shortest possible time, and after the tank crossed the river, it immediately galloped to the north.

The roar of motors was heard in the sky, the Air Force began to provide air cover to the ground according to the plan, the fighters flew in formation to the north, and the roar of dozens of planes ignited the mood of the ground forces, and the soldiers waved to the sky. Qiu Qingquan smiled, took off the cigar, and instructed the driver to speed up.

Okamura Ninji received a report from Seizo Arisue that a large number of Chinese tanks had crossed the Yongding River between Gu'an and Zhuozhou, the total number of troops was unknown, and the 8th Division reported that the 31st Wing stationed on the north bank suffered heavy losses, the wing commander Kitaya was killed in battle, and the remaining 1,000 people retreated to Huanggezhuang under the leadership of Saito Nakasa.

This heavy punch from the squadron hit Okamura dizzy, and Okamura suddenly jumped up for a long time, pulled out his command knife and split the coffee table in front of him in two: "Matsuyama damn it!" Bastard! Bastard! Eight grid tooth road! ”

Okamura never knew that the attack of the 56th Division was carried out by Matsuyama under the pressure of the young officers of the division instigated by Y Masanobu, and Y Masanobu would not report it, Matsuyama was in a state of anger, deprived of command, and no one defended him. Of course, whether Matsuyama is wronged or not is worth thinking about.

Okamura fully understood the power of General Shina's heavy blow, and the 8th Division, the 56th Division, and even the 10th Division and the 19th Division were all in danger. The troops were to retreat north on the bare North China Plain, under the bombardment of the Shangchina Air Force and the pursuit of the rear tanks, and the China Army would catch up from all sides and devour them alive.

Okamura's gaffe made Oshiro and the staff officers in the war room a little panicked, and Oshiro stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Excellency, the matter can be reversed, immediately order the 15th Division and the 47th Division to move eastward, and order the 2nd Division to go south immediately to meet General Arisu." ”

"Where's Peking?" Okamura said angrily: "What about Zhangjiakou?!" What about the new security guard Xuanhua Zhuolu?! ”

"Your Excellency, you once said that the Chinese army will not storm Beiping!" Dacheng moved out this reason that he didn't even believe in: "We can transfer two wings, as well as the soldiers in the countryside in the city, Xuanhua Xinbao Zhangjiakou can only give up, since General Shina has sent heavy troops, then it is impossible to hold this area, General Jimu's way back to Beiping has been blocked, and he suggested that they be ordered to withdraw to Rehe and assemble on both sides of the Great Wall." The 138th Division, the vanguard of the Kwantung Army, was rushing to Tangshan, and Major General Ligao believed that the 138th Division would be assembled within two days, and the 152nd Division would be able to arrive within five days. ”

Umezu Mijiro also knew that North China was in danger, and personally sat in Shanhaiguan and urged the Kwantung Army to enter the customs overnight, but it was approaching an army of hundreds of thousands of people, and the Far East battlefield had to draw 200,000 troops, and the transportation capacity seriously restricted the speed of the troops going south, but even so, the 138th Division also arrived in Tangshan seven days ahead of schedule.

However, the use of the Kwantung Army in this way is undoubtedly to quench thirst, and the Kwantung Army has thrown one division after another into battle to form a refueling tactic, and the best result is only to lose both, but is it a result that Japan can accept both defeats?

But Okamura couldn't take care of it, and in the chaos, he suddenly sobered up, the 49th Group Army must be in the Xuanhua Xin'an area, and the General Zhina must invest no less than 300,000 troops in this area, the 49th Group Army, the 14th Group Army, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, they will divide and surround Xuanhua Xin'an Zhuolu.

The purpose of such a heavy army was naturally to cut off and eliminate the first-line imperial army in Zhangjiakou, and then take Pingjin from the north and annihilate the more than 400,000 heavy troops of the imperial army in North China.

In addition, this cunning general of China laid a trap for himself before the battle began, deliberately deployed the 49th Group Army, the Fifth Group Army, and the 1st Mechanized Group Army on the front line of Zhuozhou, induced himself to transfer troops from Gu'an and Xin'an to strengthen Zhuozhou, and then used Gu'an as a breakthrough point to intersperse Xin'an, completely tearing apart the Pingjin battlefield.

What to do? What can be done to solve this crisis? Okamura looked at the map and thought hard, and Oshiro waved at the staff officers, telling them to continue their business and not disturb Okamura. The staff officers dispersed, and Oshiro drafted his proposal into an order, anxiously waiting for Okamura to make a decision.

For two hours, Okamura stood motionless in front of the map for two hours, and when he turned to face Oshiro again, Oshiro was shocked, Okamura looked ten years older, his sideburns were a little white, and his face was pale and tired.

"Your Excellency..." Ayutthaya didn't know what to say, the torment of the war, the hopes of the people, the expectations of His Majesty, all the pressure was on Okamura's shoulders. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that one night has been white, but Okamura has been white-headed in just two hours.

Okamura unceremoniously interrupted Oshiro with a resolute expression: "Oshiro-kun, the entire battle situation is extremely dangerous now, and our army is seriously under-futilated, and it is impossible to reverse the tide of the battle by such passive response alone, and extraordinary measures must be taken." ”

Oshiro was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly concentrated his energy, Okamura continued: "The space of the battlefield has expanded, and the shortage of troops of the imperial army has become more obvious, to reverse this situation, we must wait for the Kwantung Army to enter the pass, and before that, we must also save the North China troops, otherwise even if the Kwantung Army enters the pass, the strength will be insufficient." ”

"For this reason, an extraordinary way must be taken," Okamura's expression was extremely firm: "Order Gu Shoufu to abandon Zhuozhou and retreat to Beiping; ordered Yokoyama to leave four divisions to hold Tianjin, and the rest of the troops immediately retreated to Tongzhou; ordered Hebian Zhengsan to immediately abandon Langfang and retreat to Tongzhou; ordered the 116th Division, the 125th Division, and the 15th Mixed Brigade to assemble at Xuanhua; Ordered Yoshiki Sadachi, after meeting the Xuanhua troops, immediately retreat to Huailai, and then retreat to the line of the Great Wall, holding the area around Gubeikou. ”

Okamura Ningji paused: "Order the Sue Seizan to block the Shina Army with the 56th Division and the 8th Division, and the rest of the troops immediately retreat and retreat to Tongzhou." ”

After finishing speaking, Okamura Ningji paused and looked at Dacheng: "Dacheng-kun, you immediately lead the main department of the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters to retreat to Tangshan. ”

Ayutthaya was shocked, and he couldn't help but cry out, "Your Excellency! ”

Okamura Ninji waved his hand, signaling him not to get excited, and Oshiro couldn't take care of it: "Your Excellency, what are you going to do here?" Sending the army headquarters to retreat to Tangshan, is it to give up Pingjin? Your Excellency, has it come to this? ”

Okamura looked at the excited Oshiro, nodded painfully, and he pointed to the map: "General Shina is a very cautious and risky guy, I conclude that the 49th Army must be on the front line of the new security, and the Shina Army interspersed here is estimated to have 20 to 300,000, and I don't know if General Yoshiki can bring the troops back, but I hope Amaterasu will bless him, and he can bring the troops to Huailai, even if it is only half." ”

"On the southern front, the general of China broke through Gu'an, the first mechanized army has thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a large number of infantry, Gu'an will soon be lost, and the army attacking Gu'an will also cross the river to the north, and the riverside Zhengsan will be dangerous, the river can drag the army for five days at most, and then Zhuozhou and Tianjin, so when the Kwantung Army arrives, the North China Dispatch Army will only be left in Beiping, and at most half of Tianjin, Dachengjun, we may lose 300,000 troops, what is the use of the Kwantung Army coming? Without troops, what can General Umezu do? In the end, they had to retreat. General Ishihara's suggestion was really wise, but unfortunately I didn't think it through at the beginning, and what Japan lacks most now is troops. ”

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