"Yes, Chairman, I'll do it right away. First call back to Liu Hua, who is a reader, and ask them to prepare for battle in advance, and later, we will write a Xinhua News Agency article together. Let's [***], let's learn from the generals of Yucheng for a while today, and publicize our own achievements...."Vice Chairman Zhou replied, leaving the war room with an excited face.

Back in Tianjin, in the temporary headquarters of the Reading Division. Commander Liu Hua and Chief of Staff Li Qing are drawing up a specific operational plan for attacking Beiping on the basis of various pieces of intelligence collected from various localities. At the same time, the two people were also anxiously waiting for the central call. Such a big battle plan, if there is no affirmation and support from the central government, is to give two people a big burden, and the two people do not dare to call the shots without authorization, after all, the attack on Beiping, which is a very huge impact on the whole country, combat effectiveness, to a certain extent, can even be compared with the counterattack on Nanjing... At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps quickly reached the ears of two people from the telecommunications room next to the war room. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the two stopped their work at the same time, raised their heads very tacitly, and looked at the door of the war room. A communications staff officer, holding a telegram, rushed into the war room with an excited face..."Report to the commander, chief of staff, central telegram..." The communications staff officer hurriedly ran over, handed the telegram in his hand to Liu Hua, and said excitedly.

"Lao Li, Chairman and the Central Military Commission have already agreed to our battle plan..." After hurriedly reading the telegram in his hand, Commander Liu Hua was still frowning just now, and immediately showed a knowing smile. After quickly handing the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff beside him, he said with a smile..."Commander, I really didn't expect it." Our action this time has caused a huge shock not only in China. Even internationally, they have caused quite a stir... The chairman's meaning is very clear, let us let go of our hands and feet, and we must play our readership, our [***] majesty... To the whole world, show the strong combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army led by our Chinese [***]..."After reading the telegram in his hand, the chief of staff broke through the mystery in the telegram and said to Liu Hua.

"Yes, Lao Li, the central government, the expectations of our reading teachers are very big. Therefore, in this battle, the burden on our shoulders is very heavy, we can only succeed, not fail..."Liu Hua nodded and said thoughtfully.

With the affirmation of the central authorities, the two of them no longer had any worries, and began to formulate a specific battle plan around the military map in front of them and the limited forces in their hands..."Commander, can you first tell me what you think in your heart?" Returning to the huge military map in front of him, Li Qingdao

"Lao Li, what I mean is very simple, that is, we are divided into two ways. One route was personally commanded by me, attacking Beiping, and in Beiping, a big decisive battle with the Yue army. Of course, the army along the way will account for most of our troops. The other route is that you personally command, responsible for mobilizing the common people, intellectual youth, patriotic businessmen in the entire Pingjin region... As long as they are Chinese, they can be mobilized to the Shanxi region ... Strive to empty all the strategic materials in the port and the entire Tianjin city to me within half a month. When the time comes, let the little devils occupy an empty Tianji City and the port of Tianjin..."Liu Hua pondered..."Commander, you really have you, empty the entire Tianjin City, and mobilize all the people in the entire Pingjin area to Shanxi... You must know that the entire city of Tianjin has gone through several years of development of the army, and in any aspect, it is comparable to Taiyuan. If we can really empty the entire city of Tianjin, my god, I can't imagine it... Commander, this is really an unprecedented magnanimity..."Li Qing was amazed by the commander's magnanimity, and at the same time, his eyes immediately showed a look of excitement, and he continued to ask.

"Commander, tell me what you have in mind..."

Liu Hua nodded and said: "Lao Li, my idea is very simple, the entire directly subordinate column and the political work cadres of the guard brigade form a special company, all of which are commanded by you, and the other is the guard regiment stationed in Tianjin, which is also under your dispatch, and the rest of the troops, all under my command, directly launch a general attack on Beiping..."

Just do what you say, just Commander Liu Hua, in the temporary headquarters in Tianjin City, has not stayed for a day. With two infantry brigades, a heavy artillery regiment, two air defense regiments, and two armored battalions totaling 15,000 troops, under the cover of night, they marched mightily towards Beiping City, which was already in the combat stage at this moment... In order to be able to understand the real situation in Beiping in the shortest possible time, Commander Liu Hua did not march with the main force, but took a guard company directly under him, rode a fast horse, and it took less than four hours to come to the outside of Beiping, and collided with the guard brigade commander Li Xiaolong and others who came to greet him.

"Report to the commander, Bruce Lee, commander of the Guards Brigade, I was ordered to come to report and ask the commander to instruct..."Seeing the commander on his horse, Bruce Lee hurriedly saluted and reported loudly.

"Brigade Commander Li, this is not the place to talk, let's go, let's go to your headquarters first, and when the time comes, tell me about the specific battle situation outside the city..."Liu Hua waved his hand and said. The group, under the leadership of Bruce Lee, arrived at the temporary headquarters of the guard brigade only one kilometer away from the outer position of the Japanese army in less than half an hour... As soon as he returned to the headquarters, Bruce Lee began to explain the specific situation of the enemy and us outside Beiping City at present... After almost ten minutes of understanding, plus the annotations on the map in front of him, Liu Hua finally understood the distribution of the army around Beiping at this moment. The situation faced by the army was not as bad as imagined. And the total strength of their defense of the city did not have the shortcomings they imagined before the war. With the mobilization of a large number of expatriate forces, the troops in the surrounding strongholds returned to help. At this moment, in the encirclement of the guard brigade, nearly 10,000 troops around Beiping have been assembled, and this is not counting the Imperial Cooperative Army troops in the city..."It seems that the overall situation in Beiping is not as optimistic as we imagined... With 20,000 troops, we will attack the city of Beiping, which is garrisoned by 10,000 troops. What's more important is that these 10,000 devils have sufficient ammunition reserves, and in the process of fighting, there will be no shortage of ammunition and food at all. At the same time, in the past few years when the army occupied Beiping, it did not do anything, but built a large number of pillboxes, turrets and other permanent fortifications outside the city...."Looking at some of the city defense maps detected by the guard brigade in front of him, Liu Hua couldn't help but sigh for a while.

"Yes, Commander, the large number of fortifications built by the army has been completely unexpected by us. Especially those armed expatriates, in these fortifications, are no worse than any little devil field troops. Just when our guard brigade arrived, the little devils wanted to take advantage of our unstable foothold and launch a major counteroffensive. However, because we were well prepared, the little devil did not get anything cheap, but left a corpse of hundreds of sentences... However, in the ensuing tentative attack, we did not make any progress except for blowing up a few of their pillboxes, and the troops suffered almost a company of casualties..."Bruce Lee nodded and said thoughtfully.

"Well, Brigadier Li, you've been here for a day. Where do you think the entire Peiping region poses the greatest threat to us? This battle in Beiping must be an unprecedented and protracted battle for us readers. So, we have to deal with the enemy who threatens us the most. Only in this way can we slowly launch an attack on Beiping without any worries..."Liu Hua said.

"Report to the commander, according to our reconnaissance, there are nearly 10,000 troops in the entire city of Beiping. However, apart from a heavy mountain artillery brigade and a mountain artillery brigade, there were no other heavy weapons. Therefore, the artillery of the Chinese army does not pose any major threat to us. It's just that the little devil plane in the Beiping airport will pose a very big threat and damage to our attacking troops. Today, in the course of a day, above our heads, the little devil's plane has hardly been broken..."Bruce Lee replied affirmatively..."Little devil plane, Beiping Airport..."While speaking, Liu Hua quickly came to the map and began to look for the specific location of the airport... Sure enough, in the northeast corner of Beiping City, two kilometers away from Beiping City, it is Beiping Airport

Looking at the eyes of Commander Liu Hua, looking at the location of the airport on the map, he slowly frowned. Bruce Lee continued: "Commander, according to our reconnaissance, there are almost forty planes in the entire airport, large and small. In addition, in order to prevent its own airfield from being attacked by surprise, the army has arranged two infantry brigades, an artillery squadron, an air defense squadron, and a combat vehicle squadron in the airfield, plus the defense personnel of the airfield itself, with a total strength of 3,000 people. Suffice it to say, the garrison at the airport is very strong..."

"Well, according to the situation you have detected, almost all the troops in the little devil Beiping City have gathered at the airport, it seems that the commander of the little devil, General Tada Jun, attaches great importance to this airport..."Liu Hua nodded and said thoughtfully..."Yes, commander." Dozens of planes in the airport can continuously carry out aerial operations when our army is attacking the city... It's fine at night, but during the day, our fighters will be completely exposed to the range of the planes. Therefore, the existence of the little devil airfield will pose a very huge threat to the attack of our army. "Bruce Lee said affirmatively..."Brigadier Li, I still have two questions... The first one, if we knocked out the airfield of the Japanese army, blew up all the planes. Then, how long will it take for the air reinforcements closest to Beiping to reach Beiping, and how much impact will these reinforced planes have on our army's attack. Another question is whether the fortifications of the army along the way from the city of Peiping to the airport are as strong as the ones in front of us. A pair of eyes stared closely at the military map in front of him, and Commander Liu Hua continued to ask Bruce Lee beside him..."Report to the commander, in addition to Beiping's own airport, the closest airport to Beiping is the Kwantung Army Airport located outside Shanhaiguan. The shortest time for reinforcements to arrive in Beiping is two hours. Combined with the time they consumed along the way, the time they spent in the sky over Peking was no more than an hour at most. The impact on our army is less than one-fifth of that of the Beiping airport..."Bruce Lee replied.

Seeing that Commander Liu Hua didn't speak, just nodded quietly, Bruce Lee continued: "The airport is only two kilometers away from Beiping City. Because the two places are horns of each other, in order to facilitate the defenders in the city, reinforcements to the airport are provided at any time. The strength of the fortifications laid out by the little devils along the way is less than half of what we have in front of us. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then let's hit the little devil's Beiping Airport first and knock out their air support..." Liu Hua's clenched fist slammed into the table in front of him. Then, facing several commanders behind him, he said with a decisive affirmation: "Brigade Commander Li immediately ordered all the scouts of the guard brigade to investigate the military deployment of the army at the Beiping airport within four hours. In addition, the terrain around the airport and the passage from Beiping to the airport are also within the scope of the investigation. After the arrival of the column directly under us, we immediately convened an operational meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level to begin to make arrangements for the operation plan for attacking the airfield of the Japanese army. Therefore, when the time comes, we must be clear about all the situations at the military airport..."Bruce Lee, who had not waited behind him, reacted from the words he had just spoken. Commander Liu Hua continued to order.

"Ahh Yes, commander, the Guards Brigade guarantees the completion of the task. It must be within four hours to find out all the situation at the military airfield, please rest assured commander..."As Liu Hua's voice fell, Bruce Lee finally reacted. hurriedly replied, and then hurriedly rushed out of his brigade headquarters, preparing to arrange specific combat tasks, and the time passed minute by minute, in Liu Hua's anxious waiting. In the dark night, a faint torch dragon finally appeared, mighty and quickly swam in the direction where it was... In less than half an hour, the figure of the vanguard appeared in Liu Hua's eyes..."Brigade Commander Li, the column directly under you and several other troops have arrived, how are you investigating the specific situation at the Beiping Airport?" "Look at the long dragon getting closer and closer in front of you. Liu Hua looked at Bruce Lee beside him, stole a trace of doubt, and asked, "Commander, don't worry, it's almost touched... The deployment of troops in the airport, and even the specific location of artillery and anti-aircraft fire, can be clearly figured out... As for the two-kilometer distance between Beiping and the airport, there are no fortifications except for a lot of pillboxes..."Bruce Lee smiled and replied confidently.

"Well... Half an hour later, at your brigade command post, a combat meeting of cadres above the regiment level will be held... When the time comes, all the regiment commanders must be present..."Liu Hua nodded and replied with an affirmative face.

"Yes, Commander, I'll go and inform right away..."Bruce Lee turned around, faced the communication soldier behind him, and began to give orders, and at this moment, the commander actually greeted the two brigade commanders of his direct column and the top commanders of several other units in front of him, and he had already hurriedly come to Liu Hua with his personal guards....

"Brigade Commander Luo, Brigade Commander Wang, and a few of you. I won't repeat the order any longer. Let the troops camp on the spot as a regiment. Half an hour later, a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level was held. Make specific arrangements for the next battle. Is it all clear? Looking at the group of commanders in front of him, his face was tired. Liu Hua didn't have any politeness, he gave the order directly, and he didn't even have time to rest..."Yes, commander..."Suddenly, more than a dozen commanders who had just been concentrated immediately scattered in all directions, and quickly returned to their troops, preparing to give the order to camp on the spot....

Half an hour later, in the temporary headquarters of the guard brigade, dozens of regiment-level commanders, under the leadership of the guards, walked into this small headquarters one after another... Although the outside of the headquarters is bitterly cold, the entire headquarters is very warm because of everyone's arrival... Just the last regimental commander entered the command. Liu Hua, under the leadership of Bruce Lee, walked into the very lively conference room at this moment. Suddenly, the commander, who had just swallowed the clouds and spit fog and chatted about the passing of the battle, immediately stopped the work at hand at the same time. Everyone's eyes were all focused on the Commander Liu Hua, who was standing in front of everyone.

"Comrades, according to the reconnaissance of the Guard Brigade, the entire city of Peiping is not as simple as we think ... Outside the city, the army built a large number of pillbox fortifications, and the defense was very tight. More importantly, the garrison in the city is very sufficient. Therefore, before assigning specific combat tasks to you, I will first give you a preventive shot, that is, this battle will not end in a short period of time, and everyone must be ready to fight a protracted war with the little devils..."In the expectant eyes of everyone, Liu Hua said

Suddenly, in the entire command headquarters, everyone's buzz immediately sounded because of Liu Hua's words. Obviously, Commander Liu Hua's opening remarks shocked everyone... However, these commanders, after all, have seen all scenes, and after more than ten seconds of chaos, they immediately quieted down again, waiting for Commander Liu Hua's next words.

(To be continued)