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Chapter 1288 The battle situation is like chess

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Although it was the hottest weather of the year, because the air conditioners produced by the Xufu Electric Appliance Factory were installed in each room of the house, the inside and outside of the house were like two completely different worlds.

Due to the smooth war in North China, Chiang Kai-shek finally bid farewell to the life of taking the military commission's combat conference room as his home, and after returning home to wash up, when he went down to the dining room to eat, he saw Kong Xiangxi and his wife Tan Xiang were also there, greeted him with a smile, and then sat down at the dining table together and prepared to eat.

Song Meiling and Tan Xiang whispered about the movie "Imperial Flower" produced by Sanjiang Film Factory that was screened at home last night, Tan Xiang said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and how similar it was to the Japanese invasion today, Song Meiling smiled and said that Emperor Chongzhen did not have an army, otherwise there would be no troubles, look at how well An Yi led the army in North China during this time?

Chiang Kai-shek coughed, pointed to his rice bowl, and pointed to the food on the table, Song Meiling and Tan Xiang looked at each other and smiled, no longer speaking. Kong Xiangxi originally wanted to ask how to deal with the affairs of Shanghai, but when he saw Chiang Kai-shek immersed himself in eating, he held back his doubts in his heart and waited for the dinner to be said.

Not long after everyone started the chopsticks, Chen Bui hurriedly walked in with a telegram on his face, with a comfortable smile on his face.

When Chiang Kai-shek heard the footsteps, he raised his head and glanced at Chen Bui, thought for a while and asked, "Is there any good news coming from North China?" ”

Chen Bui said respectfully: "Chairman, the Fifth Army Corps launched a fortified operation on the front line of Langfang and Wuqing has already achieved results, after recovering Wuqing County at noon, and achieving the victory of annihilating more than 2,300 Japanese invaders and capturing more than 400 people, in the attack launched at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the 17th Army made persistent efforts, and with the cooperation of our Central Air Force, it overcame the defense line built by the Japanese 20th Division and the 109th Division in one fell swoop. The traitor government that directly threatened the armed forces of Hebei East Africa is estimated to be the big traitor Yin Rugeng at this time. According to preliminary estimates, this battle achieved a great victory in annihilating more than 10,000 Japanese troops and capturing more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers! Due to the late day, the exact number needs to be further reviewed before it can be confirmed. ”

Chiang Kai-shek put down the chopsticks in his hand and was a little surprised: "Isn't there a mistake?" How could there be so many captives? ”

Chen Bui explained: "These two divisions were re-replenished in Tangshan after the defeat of Langfang last month, and the officers and men were mainly 'soldiers in the countryside' supported by the Japanese army, and their quality and will to fight were not strong, so such results appeared." ”

Chiang Kai-shek covered his mouth and smiled happily: "Niang Xipi, it seems that the Japanese army is not all steel and iron bones, and there are still people who are greedy for life and afraid of death and have a weak will!" The Fifth Army Corps was ordered to immediately escort the Japanese prisoners of war to Beiping and hand them over to the Theater Command for disposal. This time, we must hold a grand press conference and invite all European and American reporters to see what the so-called heroic and invincible Japanese army is like. ”

Kong Xiangxi asked with some concern: "Our purpose is to promote peace by fighting, will this overstimulate the Japanese?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand: "Only by teaching the Japanese a painful lesson will they consider returning to the negotiating table, otherwise they will have to make inches like after the Great Wall War of Resistance." ”

Song Ailing sighed: "Brother-in-law, our roots are still in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, this time the demolition is a big move, and the factories that moved westward, both in terms of scale and efficiency, are far lower than the enterprises in southern Sichuan, we have no transportation and geographical advantages, and we are struggling!" ”

Kong Xiangxi persuaded: "Yes, if the Japanese can take the initiative to sue for peace, we might as well talk to them." Isn't the German ambassador mediating? We should take advantage of the current gain and express our views to the Japanese side. I mean that the Japanese were able to retreat to where they were before the war, and we might as well seek peace. ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head: "I'm afraid it's difficult, according to Dai Li's intelligence, Japan has been fully mobilized, although it is not clear the direction of their troop mobilization, but it is nothing more than North China and Shanghai, I have transferred the Central Army units stationed in Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui and other places to the north to enrich the strength of North China, and at the same time, with the formation of various group armies one after another, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army and other local armies have begun to assemble in Nanjing. Only when the Japanese army truly shows sincerity can we talk, otherwise we can only unswervingly fight until the Japanese are beaten out of China. ”

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek saw that Chen Bui was still standing there and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Chen Bui reported: "The Fifth Army also sent a supplementary telegram, saying that the commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo, is very likely to be killed under the blow of our Central Air Force!" At the same time, in the afternoon shelling, Major General Yoshito Takagi, commander of the 39th Brigade of the Japanese Army, and Hosokawa Tadayasu, commander of the 26th Artillery Wing, were also very likely to be killed. According to the confessions of the Japanese prisoners, at that time, the Japanese front-line general Zuo was inspecting the artillery position, and it was very likely that he was crushed by a sudden attack by our artillery, but there was no evidence to support it for a while. ”

Song Meiling wiped her mouth and said happily: "Darling, An Jiajun has made new contributions, how are you going to reward them?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a while and said: "When the war in North China is over, let's reward it together with the Central Air Force!" Cheng Qian and Liu Zhi don't know how to do it, they have so many troops, but they can't achieve anything, but the Fifth Army dares to fight......"

Chen Bui originally wanted to ask for instructions on how to formulate a propaganda caliber and whether to publicize the fall of the two Japanese generals in North China, but seeing that Chiang Kai-shek did not seem to have any intention of continuing the conversation, he immediately took his leave with humor.

That night, Liu Zhi, who had already been appointed commander of the Second Group Army, received a sternly worded secret telegram, which frightened him so much that he held an operational meeting overnight to plan a counteroffensive in eastern Hebei.

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Tianjin Jinghai, the joy when receiving Hu Jialin's good news, has been replaced by full of doubts.

An Yi, Shen Fengdao, Fang Pengxiang, and five or six young staff officers stood in front of a large sand table that was urgently transferred from the headquarters of the Fifth Army Corps and was miniaturized according to the actual scale of Pingjin, and pondered the Japanese army's intention of allowing its two divisions to be completely annihilated.

"Our defenders of Langfang turned from defense to attack and launched a large-scale attack on the two divisions of the Japanese army, but the defenders of Tianjin were still indifferent, and they did not even have the intention of symbolically sending a force to support. If the commander of the garrison army, Seishiro Itagaki is in the next big game of chess, but the price is too great! Is it really the old trick of maintaining the front line and holding on to the old trick of waiting for reinforcements? An Yi said to himself.

Fang Pengxiang shook his head: "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a conspiracy, after all, our air superiority is still obvious, and even the attack of the Chahar Corps of the Kwantung Army on the front line of Chicheng was repelled under the indiscriminate bombardment of our Central Air Force." This afternoon, the Japanese army lost two divisions and regiments, and it is even possible that the division and brigade commanders of the 20th Division were also killed under the blows of our air force. ”

The more An Yi thought about it, the more headache he felt, and at this time a young staff officer stammered a little: "Could it be the Japanese army's ploy to lure the enemy deeper?" ”

An Yi's eyes lit up, but when he thought of the two divisions lost by the Japanese army, he still shook his head: "The loss of two divisions at once has too bad an impact, the Japanese army will not be so unwise, there must be an inside story that we don't know." ”

At this time, Wan Fulin, Shang Zhen, Pang Bingxun and more than ten generals came together. As soon as he entered the door, Wan Fulin smiled and said, "The Seventeenth Army fought happily!" Now that the Japanese army has collapsed on all fronts, when will we also have a ruthless attack in Tianjin? If Tianjin is recovered, the situation in the whole of North China will be clear! ”

Pang Bingxun was also excited: "Who would have thought that the Japanese army, which was feared by our army before the war, would have such an unbearable performance?" It seems that we overestimated the strength of the Japanese army before! ”

Shang Zhen saw An Yi standing in front of the sand table, pondering, walked over curiously, saw the enemy posture that had changed significantly, and asked curiously: "General An Yi, what are you studying?" ”

An Yi recruited a group of generals, compared them with the map, put out his worries, and then said: "The movement of the Japanese army in Tianjin is very critical, Itagaki Seishiro is like an old turtle, shrinking there motionless, making people wonder what they want to do?" ”

Miyagi stood beside An Yi and carefully looked at the battle situation: "Judging from the entire front, our army is well defended, and the Japanese have no chance to take advantage of it...... It seems that there is only a dozen Tianjins and a try of Itagaki attitude. If our army can really take advantage of the situation to capture Tianjin and recover the ports of Tanggu and Dagu, then no matter what conspiracies and tricks the Japanese army has, there is no need to be afraid! ”

An Yi looked at Tanggu Port at the end of the Beining Railway, and nodded with relief: "It seems that no matter what, Tianjin has to move." Since Itagaki doesn't take the initiative to make a move, we will force him to make a move......"

Pang Bingxun laughed: "Brother An, you should have let us behave a long time ago, the morale of the Japanese army is close to the collapse point, I believe this time it will be much better than last time." ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the words of Wan Fulin and Pang Bingxun before, and was surprised to find: When did the ** squadron become so confident?

Next, the military meeting lasted for more than two hours, and after sending away Shang Zhen and the others, An Yi and Shen Fengdao walked side by side, looking at the crooked waning moon, An Yi asked softly: "Is there a whereabouts of Shi Youxin?" ”

Shen Fengdao shook his head: "Shi Ran said that when he was in the theater headquarters, Shi Youxin was clearly still there, but when Jinghai reunited, Shi Youxin was gone. However, General Shang Zhen said that when he received the prisoners, there was only Shi You, three or six people and Shi Ran, and they were separated according to the intention of the theater headquarters. Later, we called Chief Liu Jingfu again, and he said that the person had been completely handed over to the Ministry of Business and Earthquake, and there was no action to detain people. It is especially regrettable that all the handover process has not been completed, so we don't know which link went wrong. ”

An Yi sighed: "I really can't find it, forget it, such a clown who jumps off the beam, he can't provoke much turmoil." ”

"I will continue to keep an eye on it, and I will never let such villains and despicable villains take advantage of the loopholes." Shen Fengdao was faintly worried: "There may be problems in the war tomorrow, Pang Bingxun and Wan Fulin are too optimistic, and they will suffer a big loss." ”

An Yi nodded: "Yes, I'm also worried, but this battle must be fought, maybe things won't be as bad as we think, it's not necessarily, everything will wait for the results to come out." ”