A cloud of dust rose from the dirt road in the distance, and several jeeps flew in on the periphery of Lao Zhuangzi, and several officers of different ranks jumped out of the cars, all of whom were officers of the company level and above of the National Youth League. Old Zhuangzi is a small village, the road in the village is not suitable for cars, and the jeeps that drive in and out are all parked at the entrance of the village, and the officers trotted all the way towards the regimental headquarters.

The officers went in, and the guards they brought with them all stayed at the entrance of the village, where they gathered in groups, smoking and bragging. A non-commissioned officer said, "Eh! Do you know why our head of the regiment is meeting this time? ”

"Why!" Another guard asked.

"Hey! Hey! The non-commissioned officer said, "We're going to fight with little Japan." ”

"Really!"

"That's still false. Our company commander told me personally. ”

"Not bad! Not bad! Another soldier said, "I also heard from the battalion commander." Then little Japan is going to come from that railway bridge. ”

At this time, one seems to be only sixteen; The seven-year-old recruit asked tremblingly, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Afraid? Fear a bear! At the meeting site of the regimental headquarters, a rum Z12 pistol was thrown at the green table, and a big Han officer said: "As long as the little Japan dares to come, I will let them all fucking go to see the lord of Hades." ”

"Big Iron! You don't have to be impulsive. Sun Zhiyu said: "Every brother who sits down again is not afraid of little Japan." Why did we come at that time? Isn't it just to fight devils! But fighting devils is not about hitting the south wall with our heads, so we have to face everything calmly in the future! ”

Shaofan said: "Not bad! We need to be ready to fight tough battles. We asked Chief of Staff Sun to talk about the deployment of our unit. ”

Sun Zhiyu stood up and came to a military map and said, "The troops of our department are now deployed in Changxingdian; Casserole; Yungang; WANG Zuo; Lao Zhuangzi; The area around Huaxiang has become a Y-shaped semi-ring defensive barrier to defend Wanping City, but I think we need to transfer Wang Zuo's 1st Battalion to Shimen Battalion, and 4th Battalion from Changxingdian to Yungang, so that our first line of defense will become a C-shape, from Shimen Battalion to Huaxiang to become a ring wall fortification, and the teaching column will be responsible for Yongding's railway artery, and the pre-dry column will also be a reserve, but it will be withdrawn from Wanping, because once the war starts, Wanping will become the target of artillery bombardment, so we must prepare for the worst in advance. ”

"Good! Great minds think alike! Shaofan stood up and said, "That's how we do it." I order all departments to carry out this plan without mistake, and the whole army will enter the first combat readiness, and whoever will neglect their duties and engage in military law! ”

"Yes!" The officers stood in obscurity and saluted.

The meeting dispersed, the officers left the venue in a bustling manner, Sun Zhiyu was packing up his things, Tianfang and Shaofan came to Shaoyu's side, looked at each other, Sun Zhiyu looked at it and smiled: "What are you doing?" Look at me like that. ”

"Feathers! Did you deliberately transfer the teaching column to Yongding? "Shaofan Dao.

Sun Zhiyu smiled and said: "Yongding is the throat of Fengtai, and it must be the focus of the Japanese army's contention, so I take the teaching column to defend Yongding, and I am more at ease." ”

"Yongding is a tough battle in a tough battle, you must be more careful!" Heaven releases.

Sun Zhiyu smiled: "Don't worry! But the regiment commander, you have to be careful, Lao Zhuangzi is the gateway to Wanping, and the Japanese army will definitely attack you in a big way, you only have 2 battalions and one battalion of troops. ”

"Haha......" Shaofan said with a smile: "Old Zhuangzi is a regimental headquarters with a guard company; The combat effectiveness of the spy company and the reconnaissance company is also extraordinary! As long as little Japan dares to come, I will ask him to gnaw on this copper wall! Shao Fan slammed his fist into the long table, and terrifying flames were already shooting out from his eyes.

At this time, Beiping was particularly stuffy, the streets in the city were very desolate, and the young jeep drove on the streets of Beiping, looking at the desolation, and the heart was not good: "Beiping, an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has become so desolate today, I really can't imagine it." Thinking of this, he sighed as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.

Qian Dabao said: "It seems that the regiment commander also knows that the people are going to fight." ”

"Who knows who doesn't. Nanjing also knew that the principal did not know. Lushan speech: The principal has the determination to resist Japan, but there is no foundation to resist Japan, the central army is hundreds of thousands, and the 29th Army and our National Youth League will be left to defend Beiping. Shaofan said helplessly.

Qian Dabao asked again: "Commander! Do you think the 29th Army will fight the Japanese? ”

Shaofan smiled slightly and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"I said, 'yes', I know a few of the soldiers of the 29th Army, and they are all not bad breeds. Isn't the Battle of Xifengkou a battle between the 29th Army and Little Japan! Qian Dabao said.

Shaofan asked again: "Since the 29th Army is not a bad seed, what about us?" ”

"Not even more!" Qian Dabao said: "Our National Youth League is all good, and it is better than the 29th Army." Little Japan is coming, and my big treasure tube calls his grandmother's little Japan crying. ”

"Hahaha......" Shaofan's mood was a little better when he listened, and he looked up to the sky and laughed.

29 Army Military Department. Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 38th Division, was already at the door, and when he saw Shaofan getting out of the car, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Commander Shen!" ”

"Master Zhang! I'm sorry to ask you to wait for me at the door! Shen Shaofan said.

"Hey! Regiment Commander Shen politely said that we are all soldiers, why not. Zhang Zizhong said with a smile: "Before leaving, our army commander specially told Zhang to entertain Brother Shaofan!" ”

Shen Shaofan said with a smile: "Commander Song really has a heart! It's a pity that my military affairs are busy, and when the meeting is held, I will rush to Lao Zhuangzi immediately. ”

"Haha......" Tong Linge walked out of the inner hall and said, "The military is busy and has to eat!" Brother Shaofan had a good meeting, and we had a light meal together. ”

Tong Linge is the deputy commander of the 29th Army, and he is a kind person, since he said it, Shaofan is not easy to excuse himself, so he said: "Then there is work." ”

At this time, everyone walked while talking, and they had already come to the inner hall, and saw that all the senior officers of the 29th Army had already arrived at Qi Tonglin Pavilion to look at the venue, and said: "Before leaving, the army commander repeatedly told us to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army. ”

"It's obvious that little Japan will definitely take action today, but it's just not sure when it will act?" Feng Zhi'an said.

Zhao Dengyu said: "Little Japan's mind is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, even the people of Beiping know it. ”

"Not bad!" Zhang Zizhong said: "Our top priority is how to deal with the war? ”

Zhang Shouling said: "Our 29th Army has stepped up the construction of fortifications for Lugou Bridge and Nanwan, and now what I am most worried about is that there are still Japanese troops outside Wanping City, and the troops of the Chinese garrison army are still exercising, and it seems that there is no sign of leaving." ”

Shen Shaofan stood up and said: "You are very sorry about this, our troops will set up a defense line from Yongding; The Shimen Battalion has already cut off most of the Japanese troops in the exercise from the area of Huaxiang, and as long as they take action, our unit is confident that they will be completely annihilated. ”

"Oh!" Tong Linge said: "Commander Shen, how is the defense of your department arranged?" ”

Shen Shaofan walked to the military map hanging high on the wall and said: "The troops of the 1st to 5th battalions of our Youth League are deployed in the Shimen battalion; Casserole; Yungang; Lao Zhuangzi and Huaxiang have three battalions of our Whampoa Teaching Column stationed in Yongding, and our department can form a C-shaped semi-circular defense system tomorrow afternoon, as long as they hold the various passes and gateways into Wanping, the Japanese garrison will not be able to support the Japanese army in Fengtai for a time, and the Japanese army exercising in Fengtai will be equivalent to a turtle in an urn at that time. ”

"Good!" Tong Linge smiled: "It's not a loss, it's the pride of Huangpu!" Everything has been planned in advance, and you want to be in front of others, no wonder the chairman is so angry with you. ”

Shaofan smiled bitterly: "But this plan has a fatal place. ”

"Where?" Tong Linge asked.

Shaofan said: "In the past, when I was studying at the United States Military Academy at West Point, I studied Japanese military affairs. Japan's national strength is strong and incomparable, and our army is also unprecedentedly good at fighting positional warfare and urban fortifications, and our equipment and firepower are far inferior to the Japanese army. In addition, our army has to defend the whole of Pingjin, the defense line is too long, and the troops cannot be fully equipped is also a problem, once the periphery of Beiping is lost, it is equivalent to the loss of Beiping, and the loss of Beiping is the loss of Tianjin, and the whole of North China is in danger. ”

Shao Fan's words will be silenced by everyone present. Shaofan also knows that once the periphery is lost, Beiping will be like a precious but fragile porcelain, every cannon and every shot will bring destruction to this thousand-year-old city, but giving up Beiping is equivalent to giving up the entire North China, which is also intolerable to the Chinese nation. Once the war starts, the battle on the periphery of Beiping is the key to the safety of Pingjin, but whether they can defeat Shaofan and the generals present have no bottom in their hearts, and what they have is enthusiasm and patriotism.

Tong Linge said: "No matter what, as long as the Japanese army invades, we must resolutely destroy them, and there is no room for them." ”

"That's right! Little Japan has put the knife on our necks and can't bear it anymore. ”

"As long as they dare to come, we will dare to fight with them."

"Not bad!" "yes!" The officers all started talking.

Tong Linge pulled Shaofan aside and said, "Brother Shaofan, I have one more thing to ask you to come over this time." ”

"Deputy Commander Tong, if you have anything to do, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help." Shao Fan Dao.

Tong Linge said: "What I'm most worried about is the Japanese plane. Once the war starts, our biggest disadvantage is that we don't have air supremacy, and I know that your reconnaissance company is one in a hundred elites, so ......"

Shaofan said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Tong, don't worry, I have sent our reconnaissance company to conduct a comprehensive and rigorous reconnaissance of the Japanese army's aviation airfield. As soon as the battle starts, our spy company and reconnaissance company will work together to destroy the Japanese planes while they are on the ground. ”

Tong Linge looked at Shaofan in surprise and exclaimed: "Shaofan! You have insight into the opportunity and are young talents! ”

Shaofan smiled and said, "Deputy Commander Tong, you are too exalted to me!" ”

The war in Beiping had not yet begun, but the smell of gunpowder was already extremely strong, and the smell had already drifted to Nanjing. On a quiet bamboo forest path, Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan were walking together, and it seemed that Chiang Kai-shek's face was a little uneasy, and he wanted to speak several times, but he still couldn't. Hu Zongnan is a person who is very good at observing faces, so he spoke first: "Is the principal worried about the affairs of Beiping?" ”

"Zong Nan! Do you think there will be a fight in Peking? Chiang Kai-shek asked.

Hu Zongnan said: "Forgive the student. There is no doubt that the battle in Beiping will be fought, but whether the 29th Army can resist the Japanese army or not, the students will not dare to disagree. ”

"It's hard! We are not afraid of war, but we must not seek war, if I send troops to Beiping now, I will definitely give little Japan a talking point! Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "Don't send troops!" I'm afraid that the 29th Army won't be able to withstand it again, and once it starts, it will be difficult to send troops to support. ”

Hu Zongnan asked cautiously: "Did the principal ask the National Youth League to mobilize the first battle of Songhu Province to let them fight their old capital." ”

"Nope! It cannot be said that the central army should maintain its strength while the local army will work hard, which will not be good for the morale of the army. Besides, Shaofan's temper, you can recruit him back, and he won't come back if he doesn't fight. Chiang Kai-shek said.

Hu Zongnan said: "The principal is right to reprimand. ”

Chiang Kai-shek asked again: "Zong Nan! Do you think that the 29th Army will resist the Japanese with all its might? ”

Hu Zongnan said: "Song Zheyuan once said in Lu that as long as the Japanese army has the slightest misconduct, the 29th Army will fight back with all its might. He lost Beiping and had nowhere to go. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, said no more, just sighed and walked towards the bamboo path.

It was already dark at night, and there was an airfield for the Japanese garrison in Liuquan in Langfang, where the defense was tight and the guard was tight, and hundreds of Japanese diamond-type fighters stopped at this section, Lou Yun and several scouts had been lying on the haystacks near the airport for nearly two days, and they were lying there quietly with the concealment made of weeds, and the distance from the airport was only more than 200 meters, and in the binoculars, they could even see clearly what the Japanese were eating for dinner, and they could also vaguely hear the Japanese birds.