Headquarters of the 37th Army of Chahar.

"Report, the 3rd Armored Division is calling, Ya Taishan has been recovered! After the 18,000 puppet army was wiped out, more than 3,000 people surrendered. ”

"Report, the Fifth Division called, Datan has been occupied, more than 3,000 Japanese troops have been eliminated, and now the independent 20th Brigade has fled to Chengde."

"Report, the 102nd Division has called, and it has now occupied Dage Town, eliminated the 67th and 68th Wings of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, and now the 27th Division has fled to Chengde."

Listening to the reports of the staff officers, the faces of the officers in the command headquarters were filled with joy that could not be concealed. The recapture of Rehe seems to be just around the corner.

It's just that Su Tong's face didn't show a smile, the two troops of the army were not completely annihilated, they were fleeing in the direction of Chengde, if they were allowed to run to Chengde and join the defenders of Chengde, then the difficulty of capturing Chengde would undoubtedly increase a lot.

Thinking of this, Su Tong glanced in the direction of Jiang Baili, and the two nodded tacitly. Su Tong grabbed the phone.

"Hey, Gao Zhihang? I order that your troops immediately send out to monitor the fleeing enemy in Dage Town and Datan, and send out warplanes to intercept them along the way. ”

"Yes, understood!"

"Communicate with the conspirators, record the orders!"

A staff officer immediately came to the side of Chief Su and stood upright, and at the same time took out a folder and began to prepare to record orders.

"Order the 10th and 11th Infantry Divisions to be transferred to Rehe to participate in the attack on Rehe, the 13th Infantry Division to Qinghai, the 14th Infantry Division to Ningxia, and the aviation to strengthen patrols in the direction of Rehe and Beiping." After finishing speaking, Su Tong asked Jiang Baili, "Chief of General Staff, do you have anything else to add?" ”

Jiang Baili shook his head and said: "I have nothing to add, but I want to emphasize one point, all departments must cheer up, it is an eventful autumn, everyone must be careful, and be careful!" There must be no way to go wrong. ”

Su Tong has been eating and sleeping in the headquarters for the past few days, and now Chahar's troops are already very tight: "The five infantry divisions left behind in Chahar have now been used, and if they are used again, they will have to use mobile troops stationed in Mongolia."

However, it can only be used as a last resort, because once the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia are used, it means that if the entire Siberian war situation changes unfavorably, Bai Chongxi, who is sitting in Siberia, will be in an embarrassing situation where he has no troops to send.

Originally, the Siberian army commanded by Bai Chongxi and Zhukov's 700,000-strong army had shown a delicate balance, but Bai Chongxi reported that since a few days ago, "the Zhukov clique has shown signs of imminent movement again."

It was Su Tong who was also very cautious in mobilizing his troops now.

When the soldiers are used, they hate less! Chief Su looked up to the sky and sighed, Lao Tzu is easy, first he fought with Lao Maozi, and now he is doing it with the "Day", who has my suffering.

Jiang Baili also knew that the Chahar government was lacking in troops, but it was imperative to attack Rehe now, otherwise if the "Ri" himself captured Beiping, the east and south of the Chahar would be surrounded by the forces of the "Ri" himself. The consequences would be terrible.

Therefore, Rehe had to be taken down in order to prepare for the future march into the three eastern provinces.

Just when Su Tong was troubled by the lack of troops, Okamura Ningji was also quietly jumping for last night's incident.

Last night, "Zhao Dengyu's personal leadership of the broadsword team rushed into the camp of the second division while it was dark, and the Sendai division was much less vigilant because of the smooth attack during the day. So he was caught off guard and rushed into the position by the broadsword team.

In the thirties and forties, when it came to the level of the Japanese army, it was recognized that it was ranked first in Asia.

But if they run into the broadsword team of the 29th Army, they will be caught blind, "The 29th Army is proficient in swordsmanship, and even the day itself will be worried."

The 29th Army's knife technique is created by the famous national art master Li Yaochen, who combined the characteristics of the broadsword used by the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army and combined with the traditional Chinese Liuhe knife method to create a set of unique 29th Army, Wuji knife and knife method.

In the Battle of Xifengkou, "the 29th Army's broadsword team charged into battle many times, attacked the enemy camp at night, and slashed and killed hundreds of "Ri" devils, Li Yaochen and his, Wuji Knife, and the knife technique immediately shocked the Quartet. So much so that the first sentence in the "March of the Big Knife" composed by Mai Xin was "The big knife cut off the heads of the devils"

The arrogant Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese army would dare to come to attack, and they were all asleep, and many people did ghosts in their dreams. Then the Japanese army was encircled, "the two sides were close to each other, the broadsword team retreated while fighting, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the earth, in the battle at night" because the broadsword team and the Japanese army were mixed together, the Japanese army's firepower advantage could not be brought into play" in the hand-to-hand combat with the broadsword team, but they were defeated and retreated. After more than an hour of fighting, the broadsword team led by Zhao Dengyu inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, and retreated safely after suffering more than 300 casualties.

When Okamura Ninji counted the casualties and found that he had suffered more than 800 casualties, three times the number of casualties when the Second Division attacked during the day, Okamura Ninji couldn't help but be furious.

On 8 July, Okamura Ninji led the 2nd Division to start another round of attacks on the Lugou Bridge. Zhao Dengyu led the 109th Brigade to resist to the death, and the battle was once very fierce. When the battle was fierce, the soldiers of the 29th Army even rushed out of the trenches and engaged in a white-knuckle battle with the devils, and they once again wielded their broadswords in hand-to-hand combat, annihilating all the Japanese soldiers on the bridge.

"Listeners and friends, I am your old friend Yang Siyu, and now I will broadcast the news for you. The officers and men of the 37th Group of our Chahar Group defeated the 27th Division and the 20th Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army yesterday.

Now the Japanese army is trying to retreat to Rehe Chengde, and our troops are bravely pursuing it."

Chahar's radio station transmitted the latest battlefield developments and news to the whole country through radio waves, and the heart-touching battles reached the ears of the common people.

"Haha, that's great! The Chahar army has gone to Rehe! ”

"Little devil, you also have today!" , "Hmph, let the little devil know that we Chinese people are not easy to bully!" ”

"It's a pity, if Beiping is also under the control of Chahar, it would be great!"

Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jinan, and so on, all parts of the country have set off a wave of anti-Japanese upsurge.

On the other hand, the central government acted as a shrunken turtle at this time, and except for issuing a painless statement in protest, demanding that the Japanese army stop attacking Beiping, "did not make any substantive moves."

This has also deeply disappointed people who have been expecting the central government.

At Jinling University University, a group of students are listening to the day's news around a radio.

Yang Siyu's voice was as gentle and kind as usual, "Audience friends, we have now received a telegram from the war correspondent stationed in Beiping. On 9 July, "the warring forces of China and Japan in Peiping reached a verbal cease-fire agreement. At the same time, however, Japan took the plane to transfer more than 20,000 troops and more than 100 planes from northeastern China and North Korea to North China, and the gunfire in Beiping rang out again. On the Japanese mainland, the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army formulated the "Guiding Outline for War against China in the Exercise of Military Forces in North China," and the Japanese government decided to mobilize 10,000 troops in a vain attempt to annihilate China by force. Compatriots, "I want to turn us all into their slaves, can we agree?" ”

With Yang Siyu's voice, all the students in front of the radio were angry!

"Swear to die rather than be a slave!"

"It's time to rebel!"

"Down with Japanese imperialism!"

At this time, a student jumped on a high platform and shouted: "Students, the country is now so big, but there is no room for a quiet desk." Originally, I waited here to study wholeheartedly, just to repay the country after completing my studies, but now the Japanese are not willing to give us even the time to study. Students, there are those who are not afraid of death to go to Chahar to fight devils. The students shouted excitedly.

In the end, all the voices converged into one sentence.

"Go to Chahar to fight devils!"

At this time, "a gray-haired professor ran over, and he couldn't help but cry when he looked at the childish and energetic faces on the playground. He endured his sadness and said tremblingly: "Students, your teachers can understand and support your enthusiasm for serving the country. But your first task now is to learn: "Only by learning the knowledge can you better repay the country." ”

The students at the head looked at the old professor who had devoted his whole life of youth and hard work to the students, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

He said emotionally: "Professor Zhao, why don't we know this truth, I have come all the way to study here, isn't it just to learn knowledge" in order to repay the country with some success? But what has the current central government done besides protesting? Looking at the whole country, only Chahar is actively fighting against the Japanese invaders, and I am not talented Zhou Zhengyuan, but I don't want to watch the warriors shed blood and fight for the country, while I sit in the classroom and study peacefully."

The classmate named Zhou Zhengyuan said this, "He glanced around the old professor and classmates emotionally: "Professor, classmates, Zhengyuan is one step ahead." After driving the "day" himself away in the coming day, if Zhengyuan is lucky enough to return, he will come back to listen to your teachings. If Zhengyuan goes and never returns, when it comes to the Qingming Festival, he also invites his classmates to go to the national cemetery in Chahar to put incense on Zhengyuan. Jeongwon has taken his leave! ”

After Zhou Zhengyuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked resolutely towards the school gate. Behind him were the red eyes of the female classmates and the brighter and brighter eyes of the male classmates.

At this time, a male student walked out, bowed deeply to the old professor, and then strode towards the school gate without looking back. Then more and more students also came out, and they bowed to the professors in unison and followed Zhou Zhengyuan's direction.

I don't know who started, at this time, a song played on the radio of Chahar was floating on the campus some time ago: "If the motherland is violated, the hot-blooded man should be self-reliant, drink this bowl of hometown wine, the strong man is gone, the Yellow River is gone, the Yangtze River is surging, give me life, give me strength, let the blood stain the most beautiful huā on my chest", the battle flag flutters, the military horn sounds, the sword has been unsheathed, the thunder and lightning have always been narrow roads, the brave win to advance, forward, forward, forward, Bixia military soul! The battle flag flutters, the military horn sounds, the sword is out of the sheath, the thunder and lightning have always been the narrow road to meet the brave wins, forward to advance, forward, forward Bixia military soul,"

A few cloudy tears flowed from the old professor's faint eyes, and he knew that few of these students who had walked out of the school gate would probably not be able to return to their familiar classrooms.

In the land of Rehe, there is an army fleeing in disarray, they are the 27th Division and the 20th Independent Brigade that were ordered to retreat to Chengde.

At this moment, a familiar "buzzing" sound came from the clouds again.

"Disperse!"

A howl suddenly sounded, and the originally neat queue on the highway suddenly dispersed, and the Japanese soldiers looked for cover, some of them burrowed into the gutter on the side of the road, some hid in the depression next to them, and some simply hugged the big tree next to them to seek a sense of security.

After a while, more than a dozen mouths, fat men, came out of the clouds and aimed at the Japanese soldiers on the ground and pounced fiercely.

Dozens of scorching fires flashed, and the bodies of hundreds of Japanese soldiers who had no time to dodge flew out in the wind like the broken chrysanthemums. When they fell to the ground, they were mutilated pieces of flesh.

From time to time, these planes also threw out one or two black bombs, and although these fifty-kilogram small bombs were only the least powerful of the aerial bombs, they were an invitation to death against these infantry who had no defense.

Looking at the soldiers who were blown up to a bloody blur, Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima, who was fiercely pressed to the ground by several staff officers, was dumbfounded.

"Eight Tooth Road! These damn Chinese planes, they all deserve to hell! ”

I saw that after their fierce dive, some of them proudly raised the nose of the plane, turned around and pounced again.

"Where the hell have you been to the Imperial planes?"

At this time, the planes of the Chahar government, which were unscrupulously diving and bombing at low altitude, could clearly see the blue sky and white sky on their fuselage, the red and black tiger marks on a white background.

Listening to the gnashing of the staff officers' curses on the pilots in the sky, Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima felt sad for a while, and now all the planes in Rehe have been transferred to Beiping by Commander Tada Jun. The sky of Rehe has become the domain of the Chahar Air Force.

Chahar's plane continued to rage for more than 20 minutes before it flapped its wings and flew off into the distance, leaving only the dead and wounded Japanese troops on both sides of the road.

"Order the troops, abandon the wounded, and hurry to the road. If we let Chahar's forces catch up, we'll have nothing but a dead end! Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima gritted his teeth and reluctantly gave this ruthless order.