March 21, 1938, 7 a.m. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Beiping.

Wang Santai's 2,000 men were dressed in Japanese military uniforms and puppet army uniforms, and several of them were still wearing small Japanese flags tied to their guns. When we arrived at Andingmen, it was already dawn, and many people entered and exited the city gate. When the common people saw a large group of Japanese devils, they hurriedly took refuge.

There was a team of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops standing guard in Andingmen. The Japanese troops were all on the city gate tower, and when they saw a group of Japanese puppet troops coming, they immediately relaxed their vigilance. The puppet army at the door didn't dare to stop them and let them in.

Most of the 2,000 men were hidden in the retreating road, ready to hold back the pursuing Japanese troops. The troops led by Wang Santai were only five or six hundred people, and they walked on the streets of Beiping unimpeded.

The goal is Iron Lion Alley. Iron Lion Alley is a dead end, and there have been so many stories here. Xiao Lu originally wanted to preside over this operation himself, but considering that the prisoner was newly reorganized, and he had not yet established trust in other officers, he could not leave him, so he sent Wang Santai to come.

After obtaining the information of Beiping's emptiness, Xiaolu made up his mind to enter Beiping to make trouble. With the help of the advance team, the underground party in North China led by Hu Fu was much stronger than in history, and after the road reached Hebei, it began to send telegrams back and forth, reporting the situation of the Japanese army in North China in a steady stream. With intelligence, the troops are confident in their decision-making.

On the way, Xiaolu and several officers exchanged opinions, and everyone calculated all the way, and they all felt that the odds of victory were very high. Xiaolu once asked Yan'an for instructions. Yan'an also knew the situation in North China, and he called back very simply, asking him to make his own decisions and report major military situations at any time.

This is not the first time Wang Santai has come to Beiping, he used to go to school in Beiping when he was in exile. The troops he led were mainly garrisons captured on ships, as well as quite a few Northeast Army and other scattered troops, and their combat effectiveness was very strong. Especially in the retreat of Nanjing, hundreds of people fought and killed, and the ferry boat on the river was famous.

Wang Santai sent more than a dozen scouts in civilian clothes to observe the road, and for fear of getting lost, he had to study the retreat path clearly. Along the path of retreat, small troops from squad to squad were constantly hidden in the alleys along the way.

Iron Lion Hutong is a very famous place in modern history, and many of the changes in the city of Beijing have occurred here. Later, the alley was rebuilt into a smooth road, and the name also commemorated the anti-Japanese heroes, and was renamed Zhang Zizhong Road.

said that this is important, he was first the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy in the late Qing Dynasty, and later, here was the government of Duan Qirui.

In January 1938, the Japanese North China Front moved its headquarters from Tianjin to Beiping, where it remained until its surrender.

On April 17, 1938, the puppet government of the traitor Wang Kemin renamed Beiping "Beijing". Since the Republic of China, the city of Beijing has been renamed Beiping. This time the name was changed, and not many people admitted it.

It has been investigated clearly these days, and the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front has just moved in, and it has been directing the big battle in Jiangsu and Shandong here for the past few days.

I came to the Iron Cross Alley, and when I arrived at the third, it was already eight o'clock.

There is no need to ask, just by the sentry at the entrance of the building, you can judge that this is the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front. Wang Santai didn't say a word, and rushed inside with people. The sentry was stunned at first, then was about to stop it, and was stabbed to death with bayonets by several fighters.

As soon as the devil at the heavy machine gun post turned his gun, he was shot and killed by the fighters. These people, each of whom is an expert in street fighting, cannot be compared with the Japanese.

Wang Santai entered the compound, and a devil came out of the building, he didn't know what to shout, and he was stunned when he saw them.

At this stunned effort, the warrior who rushed to the front rushed forward, and with a bayonet, he hit the front chest.

Wang Santai commanded the people, and after a while, all the corners of the compound were their own people, and the gunfire in the building continued. After more than ten minutes, the gunfire in the building stopped, only there were gunshots in the backyard, Wang Santai was about to check, and heard a ** explosion, and the machine gun stopped. After a while, a fighter came to report that the command was fully occupied.

Wang Santai was overjoyed and said: "Order, the division outside the headquarters will block the Japanese puppet army and police, and kill them." Inside the headquarters, look for the devil commander, collect vehicles such as cars, and collect enemy radio files. Report to the commander on the state of the battle. Evacuated after twenty minutes. ”

The herald said: "Yes, find someone to find documents, find a car and find money." Twenty minutes to evacuate. "He added it himself to find money.

When Wang Santai accepted the task, Xiaolu gave him all the people who could drive, and told him that if he had time, he would get some of the devil's documents. Wang Santai also heard the story of Li Sen seizing the enemy's archives and discovering Zhao Yiman's deeds, so he was particularly interested in the documents.

There are a lot of documents. Because the North China Front has just moved, many things have not yet been settled, and many documents are still bundled, which is convenient.

There was a problem with the shipping documents. More than 100 soldiers were bundled each, and the two cars in front of the gate could not fit at all. Several fighters found a car pulling vegetables, which was solved.

Wang Santai ran upstairs to his office to study the killed devil commander.

He was now most concerned about the senior officers of the Japanese army in North China. All the dead bodies were placed in the corridor, Wang Santai looked at them one by one, no one was older, and he knew that there were no senior officers by looking at the military uniform.

Where are all the senior officers?

Someone shouted, "Dead old devil." Come and see! ”

Wang Santai was overjoyed and ran over, only to see the corpse of a fifty-year-old devil in the office.

Judging by the door number of the office, this one who died should be the chief of staff, Naosaburo Okabe, whose age and military uniform match. Wang Santai simply pulled his corpse, along with all his belongings, away and studied it slowly in the future.

Where is Commander Shouichi Terauchi?

Wang Santai's biggest goal on this trip is this guy. A large number of staff officers were captured in the command room, several big ones, and even more in the middle and young ones. It's just that there are no old devils. These officers were inferior to the soldiers, and they were very afraid of death, only two committed suicide, and the others were captured.

Realizing that Terauchi Shouichi hadn't been caught, the sweat on Wang Santai's face came down at that time, and shouted: "Everyone pay attention, all look for Terauchi Shouichi!" "If Terauchi Shouichi is not found, the Beiping area will fall into passivity, and Terauchi Shouichi will organize a strong counterattack.

Outside, gunshots were remembered in the street. The sound of a car braking and stopping came from the yard.

The office was turned to shreds, drawers were thrown to the floor, and all the pieces of paper were carried downstairs. Wang Santai didn't pay attention to these details at all, what he was most concerned about was catching Shouzo in the temple.

Wang Santai sat on the chair of Shouichi Terauchi, his heart was like grass growing, if he hadn't caught Shouichi Terauchi, the task would basically not have been completed. Didn't Shouichi Terauchi come to the office? Where is his home? The task given to him by the captain was to behead and capture the supreme commander of the Japanese army. The intelligence of the underground party also said that the commander of the Japanese army was in the headquarters.

Can't get the results in hand?

Calm down!! Calm down! Calm down.

Thinking of this, Wang Santai stood up abruptly and said to the two soldiers who were rummaging through the filing cabinets in the room: "You two, hurry up and give an order, no matter how much effort you spend, you must find the home of Shouichi in the temple." ”

Wang Santai sat back in the chair, rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, calmed himself down, and thought about it to see if there was anything missing. No, this section of the Battle of Xuzhou is tense, and it is normal for Terauchi Shou not to leave the headquarters all night, how could it be gone? No, no, he's definitely still in this building.

Yesterday, the underground party in Peiping had already said that the commander of the Japanese army was at the headquarters at that time, so the battle plan allowed his troops to go straight here. Now I can't find Shouichi Terauchi, and the task is just not completed.

At this time, he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on his head. Cool breeze? It turned out that there was a crack in the window.

Wang Santai's mind cleared up a little, walked to the window, saw that the window was not closed, and looked outside. The fighters in the yard were busy, and two more cars were obtained, and the seized things were being loaded. No, what's that? Wang Santai stretched out his head and saw a ladder under the window where he was. The ladder, was it thrown from yourself?

Wang Santai felt like a lightning bolt flashed in his heart, using a ladder in the house? Ceiling! Looking back at the ceiling, I saw more than a dozen pieces, and sure enough, there were traces of movement, and shouted loudly: "Someone is coming." Bring me the ladder! ”

The fighters brought the ladder to the moving ceiling and poked it open. The ceiling is made of wood and the pattern is beautiful.

Several of the warriors climbed up, and after a while, the warriors inside cheered, and a safe was thrown down, and then, a document bag was thrown down, and finally, one was down. Wang Santai looked old, straight nose, mustache, almost no hair, and a general's uniform. It's him, Shouichi Terauchi.

Shouichi Terauchi was unconscious, apparently stuffed in after being knocked unconscious by his subordinates.

Wang Santai said: "All of them are here, assemble." Retreat after five minutes! Hurry up, you guys! ”

"Sir, it's money! Gold! Not soon! It's too heavy, it's too heavy, come and help you! ”

The retreating team walked out of Jitie Lion Alley, and the troops on guard in the streets had just annihilated a few devils who had rushed by. After walking a few blocks, the devils behind caught up again, and it was a dozen gendarmes.

These dozen gendarmes chased forward desperately, and they were about to catch up, and they didn't want more than 20 people to run out of the alley behind them, and they were killed before they could fight back.

More and more Japanese troops were pursuing, and they encountered a sneak attack and blocked in a few blocks. The number of troops blocking the attack is endless, and the number of people is increasing. The Japanese army was not well prepared and was defeated. The backbone of the blocking troops were all broken out of the street battles in Nanjing, and they fought more and less here, just like adults bullying children.

Because of the capture of Shouichi Terauchi this time, Wang Santai's status has skyrocketed, although he is not one of the five hundred, but he has gained great respect in the Northeast Army. His calm mind and his fierce combat in the past make him the best choice for the captain of Xiaolu's heart.