"Niang Xipi, the Japanese are really too bullying!"

At the beginning, Chairman Chiang was shocked by the impact of Jiang Li's 2nd Mechanized Brigade going east to Shaanxi, but now with the southward movement of the Japanese army, Chairman Chiang was originally worried that Song Zheyuan's private peace with the Japanese army would lead to further specialization in North China. In fact, the situation in Pingjin deteriorated faster than he imagined, but the Northwest Army announced a high-profile war of resistance in the north, although after merging with the Northeast Army, its rapidly expanding strength made Chairman Chiang extremely jealous, but Chairman Jiang did not doubt Jiang Li's determination to resist the war. Sun Liren's guy from Nanjing was a tiger general, but he was dug up by the northwest before he was reused in Nanjing. It's a pity. Even in Nanjing, Chairman Chiang was doubly concerned about the war in the north.

The fierce battle that broke out in Langfang was naturally also in his sight, and the Japanese tank wing was smashed and sunk in Langfang, and the melee of hundreds of fighters broke out several times in the sky over Langfang, and Chairman Chiang had heard about it several times. However, when he heard that the Northwest Army was still barely trying to block the Japanese army on the Pingjin line, Chairman Chiang breathed a sigh of relief, and from the bottom of his heart, he naturally did not want the Northwest Army to be defeated, but he also did not want to win too completely, and it was correct to maintain this anxious state and consume the strength of both sides.

The temporary situation in the north is not completely out of control, and what makes Jiang slightly satisfied is that Yan Xishan is also full of wariness of the rapid growth of the Northwest Army. Yan Xishan's lack of skills allowed his central army to enter Shanxi, and it was not easy for Jiang to take it back. Henan is still under his control for the time being. And the Hebei side. He is also somewhat influential.

Even in times of war. Chiang also did not listen to his subordinates and gave up the layout north of the Yangtze River. On the contrary, he telegraphed the commander of the 143rd Division of the 29th Army as the chairman of Chahar Province, and ordered him to blow up the Qinglong Bridge and the railway in the Badaling area, so as to avoid being used by the Japanese army, and seize the time to repair the national defense fortifications. He also telegraphed Gao Guizi's troops of the 84th Division to quickly concentrate on Zhangjiakou to assist Liu Ruming in holding on to Cha Province, while Jiang's successor Tang Enbo arrived in Zhangjiakou by special car from Jining. With Liu Ruming. Gao Guizi discussed the defense of the battlements, Zhangjiakou and Dushikou. The Pingsui Railway runs from Beiping to Zhangjiakou in the south of Chanan. Datong in the north of Shanxi Province, to Baotou in the west of Suiyuan, is the main artery connecting North China and Mongolia, the south entrance of the important town in the eastern section of Pingping Road, and the gateway of Beiping to the northwest region. The terrain here is complex, with high mountains and steep mountains, and many passes. It is one of the famous natural hazards in the north of the Republic of China. The gains and losses of Nankou are related to the key to Cha, Jin, and Sui.

All in all. At this time, although the situation in Beiping was critical, it had not yet lost control. But at present, the real situation is a little out of control in Shanghai, at this time outside Shanghai, the Japanese warships gathered, a large number of Japanese troops have entered Shanghai, a few days ago there was also a Hongqiao Airport incident, at this time the Japanese army is even more tough to ask the national * army security regiment to withdraw all fortifications, and withdraw from the defense area. The situation was as tense as the Songhu War of Resistance five years ago. However, the difference is that in the last Songhu War of Resistance, Nanjing pinned its hopes on the intervention of Britain and the United States and other powers, and was seriously underprepared for the war. Shanghai is still in a stalemate. This time, however, Nanjing has been carefully prepared. The ammunition reserve was enough for twenty German armourers for three months, the grain and grass reserve was enough for 500,000 men, and the grain and grass reserve was enough for one month, and it was in two months' supply. At that time, the Songhu War of Resistance was directly put into the battlefield by Zhang Zhizhong's Fifth Army, Cai Tingkai, Jiang Guangnai's Nineteenth Route Army, and a reinforced mixed brigade of the Northwest Army.

After fighting with several divisions of the Japanese army in Shanghai for more than a month, although the Northwest Army made great contributions, the Japanese army still had some scruples in Shanghai after all, after all, Shanghai was not Beiping, and the interests of the great powers were too deeply involved here. Even if the Japanese army started fighting, it would have some scruples. This time, Chairman Chiang was more confident that he had already mobilized a large number of troops in the vicinity of Shanghai, and once the war began, the number of troops that would be thrown into the battlefield one after another could reach at least 500,000 or more. Compared with the Japanese army that had already arrived in Shanghai at this time, Nanjing was well prepared this time, and it had an absolute advantage in terms of troops. Therefore, while preparing for the battle in Shanghai, Chiang was able to take into account the situation in the north. Tang Bourne, Wei Lihuang, and Liu Zhi in the north each have a large force under their hands. Even if Jiang Li temporarily subdued the Northwest Army now, as long as he can hold back the Japanese army in Shanghai, Jiang Zixin can still figure out the situation in the north.

However, what Jiang failed to expect was that the war mode of the Republic of China had not changed much over the years, and the Japanese army at this time had become stronger than five years earlier, not only had a large number of warships been added, but also the scale of aviation and armored forces was far from being comparable five years ago. The 87th and 88th divisions of the German Armament Division led by Zhang Zhizhong were the most elite troops in Nanjing, and launched an offensive and fierce battle, and Huang Meixing, commander of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, was killed by a cannon, and the most elite German Armament Division had thousands of combat soldiers a day, and the number of company commanders killed in a regiment reached seven. Such a decisive offensive not only failed to make much progress, but instead inflicted heavy losses on the most elite troops, and such a result cast a dark cloud over Chairman Chiang's heart, which had some confidence.

At the same time, the Japanese army began to bomb Nankou, Zhangjiakou and the key points in between, Yan Xishan telegraphed several times to ask the Northwest Air Force to assist in the war of resistance, although Yan was extremely afraid of the Northwest Army, but if only some air forces came, it was completely within the controllable range. However, at this time, the center of gravity of the Northwest Army was still in the Pingjin area, and the combat losses with the Japanese Air Force were also not small these days, but only a squadron of Eagle 2 fighters was stationed in Taiyuan, but for the vast theater in the north, this point of fighters still could not fundamentally solve the problem. So much so that the 28,000 people of the 13th Army could only carry some weapons and ammunition when they drove from Suidong, and they did not even dare to take the train during the day. To avoid being bombed by Japanese planes, they had to be transported at night, which delayed the extremely valuable fortification time. When the troops entered the defensive position, they immediately began to repair the fortifications, but because they were deployed in the deep mountains and passes, the rocks were hard and the time was tight, so they could only dig some simple trenches and bunkers, or directly pile up stones in front of them to become simple bunkers.

And just arrived in North China from Japan, he immediately joined the battle. With the input of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, the war in the north expanded again. At this time, the Japanese army encountered its rapid response ability and quickly put it into the battlefield, on the other hand, the national * army, could only be put into the battle one by one, the most severe situation was Zhu Huaibing's 94th Division, the combat area was Yongning, Yanqing, Sandaoguan, Ningjiang Fort between, the strength was only five or six thousand, and the equipment was backward, in the face of the menacing Japanese army, the consequences can be imagined. (To be continued.) )