The noisy Peking is now so quiet. There were almost no people on the streets, except for patrols, there were hardly any citizens on the streets, and a very small number of citizens who could not help but go out ran quickly along the corners, the shops were all closed, and several warplanes flew in the sky, and a string of leaflets flew out under the wings.

"Tell the Beiping Japanese army, the Japanese officers and soldiers, they have been outflanked, the nearest reinforcements are outside Shanhaiguan, the main force of the North China Dispatch Army that fled from the Pingjin area has been completely annihilated, and senior generals such as Hebian Zheng and Gu Shoufu have been captured, they have fallen into a desperate situation, lay down their arms and surrender! Our loved ones are looking forward to their safe return home. ”

The leaflet was written in Chinese and Japanese, and at the end there was a photo of Masashi Kabebe and Toshio Tani in the prisoner of war camp.

Okamura Ningji stood at the head of the city, on the well of the city, sparsely standing dozens of soldiers, the mood of the soldiers was very calm, they looked indifferently at the fluttering dàngdàng in the sky to persuade the surrender, at the beginning of the siege, the soldiers' emotions were very nervous, but as time went on, the squadron did not instigate an attack, and officers at all levels did their best to stabilize the soldiers' emotions.

"Commander, General Shina has written you an open letter."

Deyong walked over quickly, handed the leaflet that Zhang Gang picked up to Okamura Ningji, Okamura Ningji took it slightly, or took it and unfolded: "General Okamura Ningji, more than ten years ago, Tianjin met, very different and happy, Zhuang remembered it in his heart, and wanted to see the general again, Zhuang prepared a little thin wine, and tomorrow afternoon, he met with the general again in the "Ten Directions Buddha Floating Map" outside Beiping City. ”

The inscription was Zhuang Jihua, the commander of the North China Theater, Okamura Ningji sneered after reading it, and crumpled the leaflet into a ball, "He knows very well what Zhuang Jihua will meet and talk about?"

Tokunaga didn't speak, just quietly waited for Okamura Ninji to make a decision. The cadres of the main part of the entire headquarters were withdrawn with the chief adviser of Ayutthaya, and he left behind with a few capable advisers, thinking that he would only stay for a few days, but he did not expect that in just a few days, his ambition would disappear like a bubble bursting.

Not only the senior generals but even the lowest-ranking privates knew that they had no way to escape, and some junior officers were bloody, singing about the king's generation from time to time, wanting to fight to the end of the blood, but Tokunaga knew that Okamura Ninji didn't think so.

During the siege of the city, "especially in the enemy city, the soldiers were in despair, and military discipline usually broke down quickly, and the Japanese army was the same, in the first few days, "the soldiers plundered the shops in the city, and even rushed to the homes of the citizens to rob the strong jiān, Okamura Ninji reacted quickly, publicly shot several soldiers who robbed the strong jiān, forced the squadron leader to commit suicide, and at the same time strengthened patrols" strictly forbade the soldiers to leave the position and leave the army to go to the streets, after these few measures, "the law and order in the city quickly improved."

Having solved the problem of military discipline, Okamura Ninji also had to solve a problem that was almost impossible to solve in Tokunaga's view: "The future of the nearly 100,000 defenders of Pingjin."

Beiping now has a military strength of more than 40,000 people, Tianjin garrison troops of more than 60,000 people, and a total military strength of more than 100,000 people. There are two futures for these 100,000 troops: hold on and break through.

To hold on, there must be two conditions, there are reinforcements outside, and there is enough military strength inside: but the two cities of Pingjin do not have, if these 100,000 defenders are all concentrated in the city of Beiping or Tianjin, it is barely enough, and now they are separated in the two cities, no one will be enough.

There are reinforcements from outside, and the reinforcements that can be counted on now are the Kwantung Army outside Shanhaiguan, and the Kwantung Army has now gathered about 400,000 troops on the Shanhaiguan-Jinzhou line. In terms of quantity, the military strength is a lot, but Okamura and Tokunaga both know that the essence of the Kwantung Army has been transferred to Nanyang and North China, and the rest are some second-rate or even flow divisions, there are almost no tanks and planes, and between them is a squadron of millions of battles, Tokunaga even dares to assert that Okabe Naoro does not dare to step out of the Shanhai Pass to defend the battle, then there is only one way left~ Break through, the hundreds of thousands of northern withdrawal teams led by Er Yousei and Hebian Masashi were all annihilated, and their tens of thousands of people ......, I'm afraid that the squadron outside the city would most like them to take this path.

Tokunaga became more and more convinced of Okamura Ninji's judgment that due to the existence of a large number of ancient buildings in Beiping, the squadron would not storm Beiping. From the time it was surrounded to the present, the squadron has not instigated an attack on Beiping, and no shells have been sent into Beiping City, and the squadron has completely sat back and watched Okamura Ningci's adjustment and arrangement, and the Japanese army abandoned the position, they have only taken over, and the Japanese army will not let go, and they will not attack.

"General Shina challenged" Okamura Ninji laughed dryly: "Okay, send someone and tell him that I am willing to meet him, but the address is changed, Sihui Bridge." ”

Sihui Bridge is the place where the two armies face each other, this place is within the range of both sides, and both sides have to take great danger when meeting here, which is a test of the courage of the generals of both sides.

Tokunaga quickly sent Takakura, the chairman of the Peiping Maintenance Association and the second lieutenant's adviser, out of the city under a white flag to deliver Okamura Ninji's reply to the Chinese side in front of the squadron's position.

The letter and the people were handed over step by step, and soon handed over to Zhuang Jihua, who had already arrived in Tongzhou, Zhuang Jihua laughed after seeing it and said to Takakura and the maintenance chairman very simply: "Okay, just according to General Okamura's simplicity, I will wait for him at Sihui Bridge, and it will be tomorrow."

"Cultural Revolution!" Gong Xiuhua was shocked and hurriedly dissuaded, you must know that under the fiasco of the Japanese army, even if Okamura Ningji could surrender, if the fanatical Japanese junior officer was unwilling, the gun would kill Zhuang Jihua.

"It's nothing" Zhuang Jihua knew the worry of Gong Xiuhua, and said nonchalantly: "In the past, when the Armistice was negotiated in Rehe, I had met General Okamura, and I still know him well, I believe that he will not lose the dignity of the samurai, come and assassinate me." ”

"General Zhuang, let's be cautious." Weber also disagreed, in his opinion, this kind of coach met before the war, and had the chivalric demeanor of Europe, but the reputation of the Japanese was too bad, and it was extremely inappropriate to engage in this kind of chivalric demeanor with the Japanese, and the address was so dangerous.

"Commander! I firmly veto! Xu Zuyi vetoed even more, this is simply Song Xianggong, even if he wants Okamura Ningci to surrender, there is no need for a dignified commander to take such a risk.

"Brother Yanmou, Okamura has made a war book, why shouldn't Genge fight." The corners of Zhuang Jihua's mouth were full of confident smiles, but this smile looked very terrible in Takakura's eyes, as a Japanese officer, he knew some chronic diseases of the Japanese army, if today's soldiers couldn't control their emotions and fired such a gun, the two main generals in North China would be finished.

But even so, the Shina God of War still dares to accept Okamura Ningji's invitation, this is really terrifying, what kind of confidence is this? How much faith and talent do you have to dare to accept such an invitation?

"Wencao, I don't approve of it either." Yu Jishi also stood up at this time to dissuade him, from the expeditionary force to the North China Theater, his mood was a little complicated, he remembered Chiang Kai-shek's words to him before the departure, asking him to pay real attention to the situation in the North China Theater, especially the generals of the various armies.

These words made him a little inexplicable, but then Chen Guofu visited, from Chen Guofu's words, Yu Jishi guessed Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, which made him very shocked and embarrassed, but it was obvious that this was Chiang Kai-shek's meaning, he could only accept it, but he didn't know exactly what to do, and he refused to do so.

"Okamura Ningji bets that I don't dare to go" Zhuang Jihua looked at Takakura, as if he didn't care at all that he heard their internal disagreement: "I just won't let him get his way." ”

Then, Zhuang Jihua signed the word consent on the reply letter, and then sealed it in an envelope and handed it to Gao Cang, from beginning to end, Gao Cang was connected to a solemn posture, and at this moment he took the letter from Zhuang Jihua with both hands.

"What's it called?" After Gao Cang accepted the letter, Zhuang Jihua seemed to remember the messenger.

"Jiro Takakura."

"Where are you? Who else is in the house? ”

"I'm from Fukushima, Honshu, and I have a mother and sister at home, and I have a younger brother who has also been drafted." Takakura's tone was respectful.

"Oh, where is he?"

Takakura's gaze was complicated, and he paused: "He has been loyal to His Majesty, and he died in the Battle of Shandong." ”

"Well, it's a pity" Zhuang Jihua sighed and looked at him gently: "This war,

Tens of millions of our compatriots have died, and millions of us have died, but why fight this war? Our two countries could have coexisted peacefully and grown together, but they were bound to annex China. ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head, Takakura graduated from the Japanese Military Academy, however, due to the large casualties of the war, the cadets of the Military Academy can no longer train as strictly as before, but half a year to speed up, Takakura is an excellent product of this rapid system, so he was assigned to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, but not to the grassroots army, otherwise he would not be alive now.

"We're here to help Nakakura argue.

"Do you believe this kind of deception?" Zhuang Jihua shook his head and sighed, looking at Takakura with pity: "Think about it with your brain, if what we did in China was implemented in Japan?" Would you think we're helping? Go back, think about it with your own mind, and believe what others don't believe. ”

Takakura's face was flushed, but before leaving, he still respectfully saluted Zhuang Jihua, and was sent back to Beiping with the maintenance president.

As soon as Takakura left, there was an immediate quarrel in the headquarters, Yu Jishi, Xu Zuyi, and Gong Xiuhua all vetoed, and Mei Youlan's attitude was extremely resolute, resolutely vetoing him to meet with Okamura Ningji.

"Big brother! I'm going to tell my aunt! And tell grandpa! Mei Youlan was so anxious that she had tears in her eyes, and grabbed Zhuang Jihua's arm and shouted to stop her.

"Wencao!" Xu Zuyi didn't know how to persuade him, and he was a little angry: "It's the commander of the whole army!" If something happens, what will happen to the million-strong army in North China? ”

The corners of Zhuang Jihua's mouth smiled: "Brother Yanmou, Liangzhen, sister, Mr. Weber, the Japanese army has not yet recorded the surrender of the formation, if Okamura Ningji can surrender as an organization, this will set a precedent for the Japanese army, and it will have an immeasurable impact on future operations, not to mention, this can also save the ancient city of Beiping." ”

At this point, he looked at Yu Jishi and Xu Zuyi: "The expeditionary force will still win the battle without me, and the North China Theater will still be able to command this million tigers." ”@。

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