Yu Xuezhong suddenly woke up and said: "Yes, we can't just give up, the signal soldiers, immediately send a telegram to the 4th, 5th, and 6th cavalry divisions, and order them to rush to the aid of Beiping City immediately." Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the same time, I sent a telegram to the 113th and 114th Divisions of the 51st Army, ordering them to also move north quickly. ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier hurriedly bowed his head and answered, and immediately took the order to leave.

After seeing the signal soldiers leave, Yu Xuezhong turned his head and said to He Zhuguo: "Brother He, you stay in command of all parties, and I personally lead the 118th Division in the city out of the city and fight against the attack of the Northeast Frontier Army with the 111th Division!" ”

"Brother Yu, as the commander-in-chief, how can you be in danger and be good at ~ pig ~ pig ~ island ~ small ~ say ~~~ leave your post? I'll go for it. "He Zhu National Road.

Yu Xuezhong waved his hand to stop him and said: "Brother He, when it comes to this, you don't have to fight with me, the 111th Division and the 118th Division are my troops, and they can give full play to their greatest will to fight under my personal command." ”

He Zhuguo nodded, no longer insisted, and said earnestly: "Then you must pay attention to safety." ”

"Don't worry." Yu Xuezhong pulled the hem of his military uniform in a chic manner, and said with a straight face: "I have heard that the Northeast Frontier Army has been famous for a long time, and I want to ask them for advice today." ”

Yu Xuezhong's order was conveyed very well, and several cavalry divisions stationed in the Pingjin area and the other two divisions of the 51st Army were shocked, and they set off overnight, leaving their original positions, and quickly marched to Beiping without mentioning it.

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Ten kilometers away from the north gate of Beiping City, in Huilongguan Town, Zhang Xinghan's cavalry troops had already exchanged fire with a regiment of the 52nd Army and the 111th Division, which were urgently stationed here.

This regiment rushed back to Longguan and did not have time to build fortifications, but fortunately, Zhang Xinghan's troops were all cavalry, and they relied on the buildings in the town to engage in a fierce battle with the Northeast Frontier Army.

Seeing that his advancing troops were blocked, Zhang Xinghan outside the town rode on his war horse and muttered for a long time, then turned his head and asked, "Where are they now, Sabuli?" ”

A communications officer hurriedly replied, "Fifteen minutes ago." Division Commander Sa called, they had crossed the Chaobai River and were advancing at full speed towards Beiping City, which was now less than 20 kilometers northwest of the city. ”

"Send them a telegram and order Sabuli to lead his troops to directly storm Andingmen, and I will lead the cavalry troops here to contain and attract the attention of the enemy." Zhang Xinghan commanded coldly.

"Yes." The communications officer answered, and immediately ordered his subordinates to send electricity.

A few minutes later, Zhang Xinghan slowly pulled out his Longquan sword, which was already full of blood, and ordered in a cold voice: "Order the troops to stop the attack immediately and bypass Huilongguan." Attack directly in the direction of the Old Summer Palace. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a cavalry herald ordered the soldiers to ride away, and the order was quickly conveyed.

The cavalry of the Northeast Frontier Army, which was storming Huilongguan, stopped their attack one after another, withdrew from the town, and followed Zhang Xinghan to the west to bypass Huilongguan and make a detour.

The Northeast Army of the 111th Division in Huilongguan did not dare to leave the town building to intercept it, so it had to watch them go away like the wind and disappear into the night.

In the direction of Shunyi, it is about 19 kilometers away from Beiping City on the official road. The main force of two infantry regiments and one tank regiment led by Sabuli was rapidly advancing towards Beiping.

Leading the way was a tank company, which appeared so suddenly, and Zhang Xinghan's cavalry attracted most of the attention of the Beiping garrison.

Therefore, they advanced for more than ten kilometers without encountering any resistance.

Until its company of spearhead tanks came along the road to the Wenyu River. Only to find that the bridge on the Wenyu River had been blown up, and countless officers and soldiers from the Northeast had built fortifications on the south bank of the river and were ready for battle.

The first to fire was the light and heavy machine guns of the Northeast Army on the south bank, in the dark of night. The flames that erupted from the muzzle of the machine gun were extremely dazzling.

Dense bullets hit the body of a No. 4 tank car at the front of the Spearhead Tank Company, sending out a barrage of sparks.

The commander of the Elite Company immediately ordered his subordinates to open fire and return fire, and more than a dozen No. 4 tank vehicles and tank guns opened fire one after another.

The two sides exchanged fire across the river, but most of the bullets of the Northeast Army hit the armor of the tanks. It simply did not cause any substantial damage to the North-Eastern Frontier Guards.

In turn, the intensive machine-gun fire and artillery shells of the Northeast Frontier Army caused great casualties to the Northeast Army.

Violent explosions sounded, and under the firelight, from time to time, officers and soldiers from the Northeast flew up with sandbag fortifications, and they had already died of exhaustion before they could land.

Subsequently, Sabuli arrived with the main forces of the tank regiment and the infantry regiment, and the bridge-building tanks brought by the tank regiment began to forcibly build bridges under the cover of heavy fire from their own tank troops.

The Northeast Army on the south bank was suppressed by the intensive fire of the Northeast Frontier Guards, and could not even raise its head, let alone prevent their bridge-building tanks.

In less than 20 minutes, a steel bridge was erected under the nose of the Northeast Army, and dozens of Northeast tanks suddenly rushed over with a bang.

The Northeast Army on the south bank already suffered heavy losses, and the remnants were simply unable to withstand the assault of the tanks of the Northeast Frontier Army.

At the touch of a button, Sabuli immediately led two main infantry regiments to cross the river one after another, and the tank regiment pursued the scattered Northeast Army in front of the attack.

The two infantry regiments followed up, and along the way, the tank regiment was invincible, continuously breaking through several lines of defense temporarily formed by the 118th Division of the Northeast Army, and approaching the wall of the northwest section of Beiping City.

In the city, Yu Xuezhong, who was commanding the troops to resist resolutely, had just come to Andingmen when he encountered the subordinates of the 118th Division who had retreated from outside the city.

A colonel regiment commander staggered up the city wall with a disgraced face, and said to Xuezhong with a crying voice: "Junza, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, we are not their opponents at all, the strength of our two regiments was scattered by them in less than half an hour, and the army was defeated." ”

As soon as his words fell, Yu Xuezhong pulled out his pistol and aimed it at his forehead and pulled the trigger.

A gunshot rang out, the colonel's eyes were open, and the whole person fell straight back.

"From now on, there will be no forgiveness for those who retreat without authorization and shake the morale of the army!" Yu Xuezhong shouted loudly while holding his pistol.

Du Jiwu, commander of the 118th Division, and other officers present at the scene did not change their color, and they were all silent and frightened.

"Boom...... Rumble! As soon as Yu Xuezhong's words fell, a deafening sound of artillery shelling sounded outside the city, and several shells bombarded the city wall with a piercing whistling sound.

Du Jiwu and the others' faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly guarded Yu Xuezhong's side.

By the light of the fire, Yu Xuezhong vaguely saw that there were many tanks outside the city that were bombarding the city wall with their guns high.

"All ready to fight, leave me alone!" Yu Xuezhong pushed away a group of subordinates and shouted.

"Yes." Du Jiwu and others responded loudly one after another, and immediately took the order and left.

"Yu ......" Du Jiwu and the others had just left on their front feet, and a cannonball in the dark night pierced the night sky with a piercing scream and flew towards the head of the city where Yu Xuezhong was standing.

The two guards behind Yu Xuezhong were taken aback, shouted to be careful, and hurriedly stepped forward to knock him to the ground.

......A huge explosion sounded around Xuezhong, and a scarlet fire rose to the ground, reflecting the night sky.

Du Jiwu and the others were dumbfounded, and shouted repeatedly: "Military seat, military seat!" ”

When Du Jiwu and several of his subordinates turned around and ran back, they saw that the city wall not far from Yu Xuezhong had been blown out of a big crater, and broken bricks and shrapnel were everywhere.

The two loyal guards lay on Xuezhong's body, Du Jiwu and others were miserable, and after moving the two guards covered in blood, they found that the two guards had already died on the spot, and Yu Xuezhong, who was protected by them, lay on the ground.

The back and one of the right legs were blurred with blood, and the blood almost stained the ground, as if he had passed out.

"Throne!" Du Jiwu and the others shouted loudly, and hurriedly sent Xuezhong down the city and went straight to the city.

Yu Xuezhong was hit by a cannonball, and the news of his uncertain life and death spread on the city wall, and those Northeast officers and soldiers who were already frightened by the fierce artillery fire of the Northeast Frontier Army suddenly had no intention of fighting.

After Sabuli ordered the two infantry regiments to officially launch a fierce attack, the Northeast Army of the 118th Division at the head of the city was almost immediately defeated, and in the absence of the division commander Du Jiwu, officers at all levels rushed to flee for their lives.

Therefore, Sabuli led his troops to successfully break through Andingmen and enter the northwest area of Beiping City.

At the same time, in the north of the city, Zhang Xinghan led the cavalry to attack everywhere, and the 111th Division of the Northeast Army was exhausted and miserable.

However, fortunately, Zhang Xinghan's troops were all cavalry, which was not conducive to entering the city to fight, otherwise the defense line of the 111th Division would have collapsed long ago.

However, the 111th Division's hold soon collapsed with the fall of the northwest of the city and the death of the commander-in-chief, Yu Xuezhong.

Knowing that Sabuli had entered the city, Zhang Xinghan saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately ordered his troops to storm the city, followed the rout of the 111th Division all the way, and rushed in the direction of the Forbidden City. ”

In the city, the Young Marshal's Mansion, He Zhuguo was also shocked by the news from the front.

"Yu Xuezhong was actually killed?" The news He Zhuguo received was obviously mistransmitted by the front-line officers in the confusion.

"Military seat, the west and north of the city have been broken by the Northeast Frontier Army, and their tanks and cavalry have entered the city, so let's withdraw quickly." He Zhuguo's attendant adjutant said with an anxious face.

He Zhuguo's face turned pale, as if he had lost his soul, and beckoned to the attendant adjutant: "Withdraw, let's go to Tianjin." ”

The adjutant hurriedly took a group of guards to escort He Zhuguo to the car and ran towards the south of the city.

He Zhuguo also withdrew, Yu Xuezhong's whereabouts were unknown, and the 111th and 118th divisions in Beiping City were leaderless, and many people chose to surrender after being caught up.

More people went out of the city along the east and south of the city, and retreated to Langfang, Gu'an and other places in a hurry. (To be continued......)