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Chapter 1231 Scheme No. 2

"Smack-"

After listening to An Yi's short and clear report, Chiang Kai-shek, who was extremely shocked, sat the cup in his hand on the table: "With such a major military situation, Song Mingxuan has not yet reported it to the Military Commission?" ”

"No, all the information obtained was urgently reported by the personnel of the Beiping Station of the Fourth Department of the General Staff Department. After www.biquge.info the shelling of Wanping County, I was lurking in Wanping City and the agents immediately reported to Beiping Station and got ' After further orders to continue the investigation and verification, the intelligence officers reported the detailed course of the incident to the Beiping Station at 3 a.m., and the Beiping Station also received information two hours earlier that a large group of Japanese troops from Fengtai had suddenly moved to the direction of Lugou Bridge overnight. An Yi reported calmly.

Chiang Kai-shek also calmed down at this time, frowned and thought carefully, and turned his head to look at Bai Chongxi: "Jiansheng, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Bai Chongxi straightened his waist and replied solemnly: "Commission, in the past few days, my subordinates and General An, Director Gong (Gong Hao), Director Xu (Xu Zuyi) and other colleagues in the General Staff have repeatedly analyzed the progress of the situation in North China, and have repeatedly evaluated and summarized the analysis according to General An's judgment, and they all believe that the Sino-Japanese war is just around the corner, but the specific outbreak time has not yet been unanimously clarified, and last night the Japanese army suddenly launched a military provocation against Wanping County, which seems very abrupt in the silence of the past few months, if there is a similar conflict today, It is very likely to become the fuse of a full-scale war between China and Japan, and war will follow.

"Today, all indications indicate that the Japanese army in North China and the Kwantung Army have completed their preparations for war, and all units have been deployed in place. However, it is doubly regrettable that the Jicha Political Affairs Committee led by General Song Mingxuan has seriously detached itself from the leadership of the central authorities, has not complied with its orders, and has been obsessed with not coming to its senses, and because of the fact that our central government has compromised it step by step over the past two years, the Jicha Administrative Committee, the highest military and political organ in North China, has completely lost control, and the Pingjin region has actually become a country within a country that we are extremely afraid of, but we dare not make up for it by rash and reckless actions.

"If Song Mingxuan sternly stopped our North China garrison from going north to Pingjin for assistance, because he was worried that this move would trigger a full-scale war between China and Japan, then he should not have ignored the advice of you, his old commander, General Huanzhang, many veterans in the army, and celebrities from all walks of life in Beijing and Shanghai, and did not carry out any war mobilization and preparation for the army under the pressure of the Japanese army. Therefore, his subordinates believed that General Ahn's inference that 'Song Zheyuan had been deceived by traitor spies and the Japanese side' was completely correct.

His subordinates even dared to further infer that today's Jicha Political Affairs Committee was in fact controlled by pro-Japanese factions and traitors, and if a major war broke out, the 29th Army would probably be split soon, and its combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. In the past few months, they have used all kinds of channels and every opportunity to reveal their unwillingness to General Hu Jialin, commander of the Fifth Army Corps, who has been responsible for transferring military funds many times and giving them strong military support. If the flames of war ignited, the 150,000 troops under Song Zheyuan would inevitably be torn apart, which would affect the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War.

"It's just that the crisis has already been planted, and once the war breaks out in North China, the situation we are facing is not optimistic...... Nowadays, even if it is quickly remedied, it is already very passive. ”

After listening to Bai Chongxi's analysis of the situation, Chiang Kai-shek's face turned pale, and he stood up and walked around anxiously, seeing that An Yi and other seven or eight generals were dazzled.

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly stopped moving, his tall and thin body did not move, Bai Chongxi and An Yi looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly, Xu Zuyi and Gong Hao and others were even more worried, and they were at a loss for a while.

Chiang Kai-shek turned around, stared into An Yi's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "How is the independent division?" ”

An Yi immediately stood up and replied solemnly: "Report to the principal, the independent division is always ready for your order. ”

"Good! At a critical time, it is still our Central Army that is worthy of a great task...... Jiansheng, I think it's time to start Plan 2. Chiang Kai-shek walked between An Yi and Bai Chongxi.

Bai Chongxi stood up and nodded heavily: "The commission is wise and decisive, and his subordinates believe that at this time, there is no need to care about Song Mingxuan's likes and dislikes at all, as long as the independent division quickly goes north and occupies Langfang, the situation in the entire North China will definitely undergo major changes, at least it can bring some confidence to the departments of the 29th Army that are about to split." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and took a deep breath: "An Yi-"

"Here!"

"I'll sign the telegram when I draft it."

"Yes!"

......

At five o'clock in the morning, the fierce sound of artillery shattered the darkness before dawn, and the thick smoke of gunpowder and the surging flames broke through the sky above Wanping City. The dense bombs fired by artillery pieces dozens of times more powerful than grenadiers finally shredded the last bit of peace illusion in the hearts of the military and people in North China.

At the same time, the officers and men of a battalion of the Ji Xingwen Regiment guarding the Lugou Bridge were attacked by the Japanese army fiercely and suddenly, and the Sino-Japanese war began in full swing.

Under the cover of the guards, Jin Zhenzhong, the commander of the third battalion, rushed up to the side of the city tower, crossed the corpses of several brothers, marched at high speed, and swooped down before a dense rain of bullets arrived, and a string of bullets entered the sandbag above him, and the splashed mud and sand flew up and sprinkled him.

Jin Zhenzhong turned his body, slowly climbed out of the bunker, turned around and shouted but there was no response, looked carefully, but found that the young guards under the light of the constantly rising fire, pounced on the bunker built by sandbags, his whole body kept twitching, and the military hat on his head and the Tianling cover were gone.

"Shanzi—"

Jin Zhenzhong's eyes were red, and he shouted with tears of desire.

"Boom-boom-"

The 75 cannonballs let out a piercing scream, shot like lightning, and exploded on the city tower, shaking Jin Zhenzhong, who was rolling several meters across, off the ground, and fell down heavily, the broken bricks mixed with the red-hot shrapnel shot in all directions in the flames, and the original bunker disappeared in the smoke of gunpowder, and Shanzi's body had already become countless fragments flying all over the sky.

"Battalion Commander—"

"Big brother—"

"Don't scream, I can't hear with my ears...... Ahem! Cough...... Hit me, hit hard, fuck, I don't want to live anymore......"

......

Six o'clock in the morning, Baoding North Station.

Two pitch-black and dirty locomotives, spewing out strands of steam, slowly moved forward, laboriously carrying eighteen wagons, slowly stopping on the gray and hazy platform, no whistle or whistle, except for the front and rear two portable signal lights, constantly turning on and off to transmit signals.

The screeching sound of metal slamming open the wagon gates made thousands of heavily armed soldiers of the Independent Division rush into the stinking tank cars, and the entire platform was shaken by the sound of dense footsteps.

In the north of Baoding City, on the highway almost parallel to the railway, there was a lot of traffic, hundreds of military trucks dragging artillery and auxiliary carriages, arranged in a long line, hurriedly heading north, more than 30 wheeled armored vehicles were mixed in, and the hulls were full of brothers from the engineering regiment with loaded guns and ammunition.

"Report to the commander, Sheriff Feng calls back."

Qin Zhenbang, director of communications, presented the telegram with both hands.

Hu Jialin, who was standing on the high hill on the side of the road, took it and handed it to Yang Guan, the commander of the independent division beside him: "There should be no problem now, it seems that General Feng Zhi'an is also clearly aware that the headquarters is in danger, and the Liu Zizhen brigade stationed in Bazhou has urgently gone north, and now no one is blocking the advance of our independent division, you can arrange it calmly." ”

Yang Guan was very happy: "Most of the brothers in the 29th Army are frank and upright men, and they are worthy of deep friendship!" In this way, we can save a lot of trouble. ”

Chief of Staff Huang Zhi advised: "Division Commander Yang, you only need to leave one regiment to garrison Bazhou, the logistics troops can stay in Gaobeidian, and the artillery regiment and two supplementary brigades directly under the headquarters will go directly to Zhuozhou after you to protect your left, right and flank." You can safely cut off the Pingjin Railway and firmly occupy Langfang, and you will be able to achieve the goal of disrupting the overall deployment of the Japanese army. In addition, the political training officers led by Director Huang will soon arrive at the front-line departments to pay attention to receiving and reassuring the officers and soldiers of Song Zheyuan's department, and not to clash with friendly forces unless absolutely necessary. ”

"Understood!"

Yang Guan replied loudly, saluted Hu Jialin, Huang Zhi, Huang Yingwu and others, turned around and jumped on the off-road vehicle on the side of the road, galloped all the way north, and soon crossed the convoy that stretched for several miles and disappeared into the rolling yellow sand.

Hu Jialin had a brief discussion with Zhang Chengzhu, the deputy commander of the army, and ordered Liu Zongyu, the chief of the operations department, loudly: "Pass my order: order the 17th Division to immediately advance to the north as a whole, and within 12 hours must control the line from Wen'an to Langfang, and the safety of the right flank of the independent division must be guaranteed; Ordered Yang Jiuxiao's division to quickly go north to Xushui to stand by. In addition, the commanders of all ministries were clearly told that in case of resistance from the local garrison, they could immediately disarm their weapons, and those who did not listen to the advice and resisted would be punished on the spot! ”

"Yes!"

......

At 8 o'clock in the morning, all parts of Beijing and Shanghai, as well as major cities across the country, were shocked by the news that the Japanese army had suddenly triggered a war and barbaric invasion, and the military and civilians throughout the country were extremely angry after a short period of panic, and patriotic students in more than 30 major cities began to spontaneously take to the streets, and soon gathered into a stream and flocked to the local governments to petition.

The three channels of the South Sichuan Radio Station all terminated all programs, reported to the people of the whole country on the course and current situation of the war in North China, and called on the people of the whole country to unite, abandon all illusions, and prepare for war from now on.

Ten o'clock in the morning, Nanjing.

"Outside the nickname, the Japanese invaders brutally attacked our Lugou Bridge and Wanping defenders......"

"The Japanese army brazenly launched a war, and the soldiers of the Northern Song Zheyuan Department of Huabei rose up to resist, and all the news was in the "Beijing Times" ......"

"As of eight o'clock in the morning, the fierce battle at Lugou Bridge was still going on, and the officers and men of my heroic 37th Division's Ji Xingwen Regiment fought tenaciously and withstood the repeated charges of the three Japanese brigades......

Wang Jingwei looked at the petitioners gathered in the black pressure through the wide window of the office building, sighed for a long time, and turned to Liu Shoujiang, the confidential secretary behind him:

"Shoujiang, inform Director Zeng and Commander Gu to guide the patriotic people to the National Stadium in an orderly manner, and then inform the reporters of the Central News Agency and other Chinese and foreign news agencies in Beijing that I will give an anti-Japanese speech in two hours."

"Yes! But...... It was noon......"

"But what? The soldiers at the front are throwing their heads and spilling their blood on the front line, can I be indifferent in the rear? After giving a speech, I will fly to Lushan immediately and meet President Jiang as soon as possible, alas...... I have been resting for a long time, and at this time of national crisis, I should do something for the country and the nation. ”

"Understood, my subordinates will do it."