Pinghan Railway, Jinpu Railway, Zhengtai Railway...... Wherever they could be used, ordinary passenger and cargo transportation came to a halt and were converted into military columns to transport troops and ammunition supplies.

Sichuan Army, Dian Army, Guangzhou Army...... Countless armies from all over the country converged on the Central Plains, North China, Shanxi, Hebei, Chacha, Shandong, and Henan.

This time, the warlords of all stripes who had been selfish in the past all changed their minds and sent out the most elite troops at any cost, and the generals who led the troops were even more impatient and tried their best to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible.

The land has become a large construction site, and countless people are digging trenches.

The Black God Army issued a Black God Order, hoping to inspect the two places, and the land rent in good years shall not exceed 10%, and it will be reduced or completely exempted in disaster years.

In addition, Song Zheyuan, on behalf of the political axe, announced that the Black God Army guaranteed that the peasants would be exempt from tax for three years, and in the next three years, the political axe would not collect a penny of tax.

In order to resist, the people have spared no effort, and as soon as these two pieces of news are released, there is no need to talk about the strength of the people.

When the devil plane came, the people didn't run, so they squatted in the trench, waited for the plane to roll, stood up and continued to dig.

The most suitable person to organize the villages to dig trenches is naturally [***], and this work, [***], is naturally willing to do it, so they are not so willing to do it.

After this work is done, every village will naturally have a party group.

Chairman Jiang saw this, but he didn't have any fault at all.

In order to dig trenches, the Black God Army sent hundreds of experts to the scene to provide guidance.

Digging trenches everywhere can not only delay the offensive speed of the army, but also facilitate the common people to avoid the devils, and it is extremely convenient to block the attack, especially for [***] to fight guerrillas.

From Shanhaiguan to Chahar, all the defenders of the Great Wall Pass were also in full swing and were busy repairing the fortifications, because at the military meeting, Chairman Chiang signed an order that no matter which way it was, those who lost their positions, all officers at and above the battalion level would be executed, and the backup troops were also supervising the battle team, and the soldiers who fled from the rout would be killed.

This order was published in major newspapers across the country, and of course, the newspaper reports were also indispensable to the black god order issued by Ji Hongchang.

No one dares to neglect you in the slightest, because once you offend, the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not be able to save you, even if Chairman Jiang wants to save you.

Chairman Chiang was ruthless this time.

The reason for this is that if the army can be kept out of the Great Wall and finally have to hold peace talks, it will be the best outcome.

Moreover, the decisive battle at the Great Wall, in Rehe, and in Pingjin is better than in Shanghai, Nanjing, and in one's own one-third of an acre of land with Yue himself.

The harder you beat Yue himself here, even if he can't stop him in the end, it will greatly reduce the pressure on Shanghai, Nanjing and other places.

Shanghai and Nanjing were money bags, and they were the fundamentals of the fundamentals, and they began to prepare for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the past two years, and most of their efforts were poured into the Nanjing-Shanghai defense line.

Now, if we consume more of our strength, the Ninghu defense line will be more secure in the future.

-- On 13 July, the transport plane of the Black God Army transported Mr. Peng and 2,000 cadres and soldiers who had participated in the Long March to Baoding.

Immediately, accompanied by Li Zhidao, Mr. Peng went to the 500 towns in Yutian County.

After asking about the situation in detail, Mr. Peng was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. This boss should be in one word, cow!

30,000 guns, all of them are good guys, and each soldier is equipped with 300 rounds of ammunition and five grenades.

In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of Chairman Jiang, Mr. Peng kept a low profile, neither did he hold any ceremonies, nor did he gather all 30,000 people together.

The only thing Mr. Peng did was to scatter the 2,000 cadres and soldiers.

Throughout the ages, in the entire history of mankind, there has been no more powerful armed force than the Red Army after the Long March.

These Red Army soldiers survived the most brutal survival trials, and they were the strongest, both mentally and **.

Everyone's nerves have turned steel, and their will is like a knife, indomitable. Such a person is extremely terrifying, let alone tens of thousands!

[***] can fight guerrillas, but [***] can't, and this is the fundamental reason, because there is no hardship that these fighters cannot endure, and there is no difficulty that they cannot overcome.

Therefore, it is conceivable that as soon as these 2,000 cadres and soldiers are scattered, the combat effectiveness of the troops will immediately soar.

――――Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world.

How much humiliation, how much glory.

Standing on the Guancheng, looking at the undulating mountains and the blue sea close at hand, Han Lihong's heart fluctuated and he was full of emotion.

Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong were by Han Lihong's side.

In the last life, these two idle eggs hurt, you calculate me, I trick you, in order to compete for the position of the boss, they fought happily, but in this life, because of Han Lihong's appearance, these bullshit things did not happen.

Not only did it not happen, but under the influence of Han Lihong, both of them were open-minded, and they were no longer bound by the small selfish interests of strength and territory.

In the final analysis, Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong are both soldiers, not politicians, and their chests are filled with more blood, as long as the surrounding environment is not full of sauce jars, and there are upward things, they will follow out of the sauce jar and restore their true colors as soldiers.

Han Lihong was thrilled that he had finally truly changed the course of history.

If this development continues, even if the army breaks through the defense line of the Great Wall, I am afraid that it will have to stop at the natural danger of the Yellow River, and the war will be limited to North China.

If this is the case, whether it is war or peace, if it drags on for two years, until the outbreak of World War II, it will be a different world from the previous life.

This is different from his original vision, but there is no way, he changes history, and he is also carried forward by the torrent of history, and no one can resist.

Han Lihong was excited, and Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong were even more excited. This battle is not only different from fighting a civil war, but also different from the last Great Wall War of Resistance.

The last time the Great Wall War of Resistance was tragic, but this time, with confidence and absolute confidence, their hearts are very stable and not panicked.

This confidence was given to them by Han Lihong, and it was given to them by the Black God Army, which is also one of the reasons why the Black God Army can do whatever they want in Jicha.

Coming down from the city, they entered the underground bunkers.

It is said that he will soon launch an attack, and it is too late to build reinforced concrete fortifications, but with the help of the Black God Army, Shanhaiguan will definitely become the cemetery of Yue himself.

After visiting the fortifications of the city, they went out of the city.

In the mountains on the north side of Shanhaiguan, on the highest peak, Jiaoshan, concealed six 88-mm anti-aircraft guns given to the 29th Army by the Black God Army.

In addition to the original five, Han Lihong purchased 25 88-mm anti-aircraft guns from Germany.

This time, the 29th Army showed full understanding of the actions of the Black God Army, and in return, Han Lihong donated these six anti-aircraft guns to the 29th Army.

Anti-aircraft artillery fire is achieved by dense firepower networks, but the Black God Army does not have such conditions, so they have to find another way.

Anything like this, whether it is a gun or a cannon, there is a problem of accuracy, there are marksmen for guns, there are gunners for guns, there are gunners for guns, and the same is true for anti-aircraft gunners.

The Black God Army's greatest ability is to cultivate talents, and the Chinese have a unique talent in this regard.

By the time they arrived, the six anti-aircraft guns had already been installed.

The six anti-aircraft guns were not put together, but were divided into two anti-aircraft artillery positions.

Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong came to this anti-aircraft artillery position for the first time, and when they arrived, they couldn't help but admire the Black God Army again.

Look at this position!

The anti-aircraft gun was placed on the rails, and eight meters behind the anti-aircraft guns was a cave, and the rails were slightly inclined by four to five degrees, and when it was necessary to pull the anti-aircraft guns back into the cave, it would take only thirty seconds at most.

There were originally quite a few tall pines and cypresses around the position, and these pines and cypresses were also treated, and the canopy of some pines and cypresses was enlarged, cleverly covering the anti-aircraft artillery positions and the caves behind the positions.

And this, the six anti-aircraft guns are also tightly entangled with vines, but without these transformed trees, Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong do not think that the devil's reconnaissance plane can find it.

Not to mention that this thought can't be compared to the 29th Army, it is the ability to fight hard, and the 29th Army is also too far away from the Black God Army.

An 88-mm anti-aircraft gun weighs 5.5 tons, plus those rails, just transporting these things here is enough for the 29th Army to drink a pot.

Moreover, the cave is not natural, it has just been dug out, and in such a short period of time, the 29th Army is absolutely not capable of doing this.

The more I know about the Black God Army, whether it is Song Zheyuan or Zhang Zizhong, the more I am in awe of the Black God Army.

The location here is condescending, and it can not only hit the plane, but also hit the Shanhaiguan City, and can also cover the entire attack force of the Japanese army.

The anti-aircraft artillery position is only three kilometers away from Shanhaiguan, and these six anti-aircraft guns will be a powerful barrier to Shanhaiguan.

-- Ling Yuan, the location of the commander of the North China Dispatch Army.

On 9 July, the Cabinet was instructed by the War Department to organize the North China Dispatch Army, and the War Department appointed General Terauchi Shouichi as commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Major General Okabe Naosaburo as chief of staff, under the jurisdiction of two armies, and the Kwantung Army to form a separate Mongolian Xinjiang Corps.

The commander of the First Army was Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji, who was responsible for attacking the Shanhaiguan and Xifengkou lines; Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, commander of the Second Army, was responsible for attacking the Gubeikou line; The commander of the Mongolian Corps was Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, who was responsible for attacking the Chahar line.

Terauchi Shouyi arrived at Lingyuan on July 11.

The conquest of China is the highest dream in the hearts of every soldier, and Terachi Shouichi is no exception.

The situation is too grim, which Terauchi Shouichi did not expect at all.

Unlike any previous time, the Chinese political axe is determined to resist to the end, and through intelligence, it is known that the North China battlefield will gather a million Chinese troops.

Moreover, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the abominable Black God Army, which is now digging trenches everywhere along the road and railway lines.

Dozens or hundreds of such trenches are nothing, but if there are tens of thousands, everywhere, then the problem is serious.

If the speed of the attack is only delayed, and the mechanized troops of the imperial army cannot be brought into play to the rapid assault and interspersed encirclement, the harm is indescribable.

In this way, not only could it not effectively defeat the Chinese army, let alone encircle and annihilate it. In this way, even if one line of defense is defeated, the political axe of Shina can still calmly arrange the next line of defense.

The key to conquering China is speed, and the war must not fall into a state of stalemate, but not into a state of stalemate, but because there are too many people in China, the only way is to chase the army of China like a duck.

But now, because of the damn trenches, this one might be small.

In the large conference room, the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, General Terauchi Shouichi, sat in the first place, the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji, sat in the left hand position, the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, sat in the right hand position, and then the commander of the Mongolian Xinjiang Corps, Hideki Tojo, and a bunch of division commanders and chiefs of staff.

These bits, before coming, had a body temperature of 800 degrees, and now they are all a little wilted.

If it weren't for the experience of the total annihilation of the Umezu Mijiro Army, they wouldn't have been this virtue, but they are not ordinary people after all, and they know the seriousness of things.

These trenches may seem like nothing, but they are really the killer weapon against them, especially in this season, when there are green gauze tents everywhere.

The meeting has been going on for three days, but the verdict is still inconclusive.

There are those who advocate an immediate attack, as long as they break through the defense line of the Great Wall, the people of China will not have time to dig so many trenches.

However, those who oppose it believe that the last battle of the Great Wall is a reference, and it is impossible to break through the defense line of the Great Wall this time without a month, not to mention that now only three divisions and regiments are in position, and the heavy artillery brigade has not yet arrived, so it is not advisable to launch an attack in a hurry.

Despite the heated arguments, none of them thought of backing down and following Ishihara's strategy.

Those who can come here are all conquering the Chinese frenzy for the sake of the purity of the team, so not only did no one retreat, but no one thought of reporting this information to the base camp.

In the end, Hideki Tojo's opinion prevailed, urging the base camp to step up the formation of reserve divisions and at the same time increase the number of aircraft, and on the other hand, to make preparations for an attack and launch an attack on all fronts as soon as the heavy artillery brigade arrived.

Everyone understands, even the most arrogant devils, know that this will be an unprecedented tough battle with the Chinese people, but they are more convinced that as long as this battle is won, the Chinese people will be completely defeated, and there will be no more will to resist.

-- On July 18, at 4:43 a.m., Shouichi Terauchi picked up the phone and gave the order to attack.

As Shouichi put down the phone, suddenly, from Shanhaiguan to Xifengkou, from Xifengkou to Gubeikou, from Gubeikou to Chahar, the sound of cannons shook the sky.

Outside Shanhaiguan, on the sea, three heavy cruisers of the Fifth Squadron of the Second Fleet, the Nachi, the Haguro and the Ashigara, were moored, and more than a dozen cannons with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters were tilting powerful heavy shells at Shanhaiguan.

After this round of shelling, almost all the walls on the front were destroyed, and the remaining walls were only five meters high.

The sound of artillery did not stop, and the devils of the two squadrons, like devils coming from the morning mist, rushed up behind the five tanks with rifles with bayonets on them.

500 meters...... 400 meters...... 200 meters...... 100 meters...... Fifty meters, there were no gunshots, not a single one.

The 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division of the First Army was responsible for the attack on Shanhaiguan, and the first round of charge was initiated by the two squadrons of the 1st Brigade of the 13th Wing.

Major General Tokutaro Sakai, the commander of the brigade, came to the front line to command, and the commander of the 13th Wing, Yasuyuki Okamoto, was in the front command post, and both of them held binoculars to observe the battle situation ahead.

It's fifty meters, and there hasn't been any movement, whether it's the brigade commander Tokutaro Sakai or the wing commander Okamoto Hoyuki, their hearts are starting to hair.

All blown up? Impossible.

The artillery fire is not covering the whole city, and even if the whole city is covered, it is impossible to kill the defenders in the first round of shelling.

Why is there no movement at all?

The first round of charges was all about trying to find out the enemy's firepower, so no one thought that there would be such a puzzling situation.

Before Tokutaro Sakai and Hoyuki Okamoto could react, the devils of the two squadrons had already rushed into the city, and in the blink of an eye, no one could be seen.

"Quick, attack!" Tokutaro Sakai was the first to react and quickly ordered.

At this time, fierce gunfire finally rang out in the city.

After a while, the rest of the first brigade, including the heavy machine gun squadron, the devils of the three squadrons rushed into the Shanhaiguan again, and then, immediately after, the devils of the other two brigades of the 13th Wing also swarmed in.

At this point, more than 3,000 devils from a wing rushed into Shanhaiguan.

I don't know what happened to the defenders in the city, but it doesn't matter, Shanhaiguan is almost in his hands.

The brigade commander Tokutaro Sakai was very excited, he originally thought that the battle would be extremely difficult, but he did not expect it to be so easy, as long as he broke through the Shanhai Pass, then, according to the predetermined plan, the army could drive straight in, and the Great Wall defense line of the people of China would collapse without attacking.

The Shanhaiguan defense line, with Shanhaiguan as the core and the Great Wall as the main body, starts from Laolongkou in the south and ends at the nine gates in the north, with a total length of 26 kilometers, and there are 129 castles, passes, enemy platforms, city platforms, beacon towers and pier platforms, constituting a complete Great Wall defense system.

On this 26-kilometer defense line, the total length from Laolongkou to Shanhaiguan is 8 kilometers, which is the southern section of the defense line; Shanhaiguan to the ninth gate, 18 kilometers, is the northern section of the defense line.

The southern section of the defense line is easy to penetrate, but the inside and outside are full of Pingchuan, and the attacking troops must suffer heavy casualties, while the northern section of the defense line is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you only attack Shanhaiguan, it is very easy to inflict huge damage on the enemy, and at the same time reduce your own casualties. Therefore, this attack was only set at Shanhaiguan.

The gunfire in the city is getting more and more intense, and it is advancing little by little, and it seems that it will not be long before the defenders of the city will be cleared.

Sakai Tokutaro has a short figure, which is a typical body shape, top-heavy, at this moment, the sword is on the ground, and Sakai Tokutaro with snow-white gloves is on the handle, shaking his head, and he is very proud.

The battle of China, he is the first merit!

(To be continued)