As soon as Liu Yidao left, the accompanying signal soldiers rushed up and saluted Qiao Youhua and Zheng Yunshan and reported: "Commander, my troops stationed in Langfang have sent a telegram saying that they have not been counterattacked by the Japanese army, and now Liu Jianhua, the commander of the tank armored brigade, is asking for instructions on the next combat action. ”

Qiao Youhua heard this: "It seems that the little devil should have made a detour to Tongzhou." ”

Zheng Yunshan said: "Commander, I suggest that the Langfang garrison pursue immediately, the devils have been evacuated from Beiping in a big way, there are many expatriate businessmen, old and weak, women and children, the marching speed will definitely not be fast, with the mobility of our tank and armored forces, it is still very possible to catch up with them." ”

Qiao Youhua thought about it carefully, but still did not agree with Zheng Yunshan's suggestion, but made a decision and instructed the signal soldier: "Send a telegram to Liu Jianhua immediately, leave a tank battalion to continue to garrison Langfang, and all the other troops will immediately march to Tianjin, let him remember that the soldiers are fast and must be fast!" ”

The communications soldier saluted, turned and left.

Zheng Yunshan looked at Qiao Youhua in confusion and asked, "Commander, I don't know something, why don't you pursue the Japanese puppet army evacuated from Beiping, but let the tank armored brigade attack Tianjin?" You must know that Tianjin is a difficult bone to gnaw, and although the combat power of the tank armored brigade is strong, it is obviously unrealistic to shake the Japanese defense line in Tianjin with its own strength. ”

Qiao Youhua smiled and said: "Good question, you only know one thing but you don't know the other, now combined with all aspects of intelligence, it can basically be determined that after the devil gives up Beiping, he will definitely continue to hold on in Tianjin, the reason is very simple, Tianjin is close to the sea, they can get the full support of naval guns and sea-based aviation."

Having an unparalleled absolute superiority is where they hope for retaining the last base area for invading China in North China.

And the devil's abandonment of Beiping was not predetermined, it can be said that it was because of the arrival of our roundabout troops, and seeing that Beiping could not be defended, the decisive martyr broke his wrist and gave up Beiping.

At the same time as deciding to abandon Beiping, the devils will definitely start to strengthen the defense in Tianjin, which has been confirmed by a piece of information sent by Long Yingwei not long ago, that the 30,000 Japanese troops who originally landed from Tianjin and went to the front line in Bazhou District have returned to Tianjin and are building fortifications on a large scale outside Tianjin.

We are now all the main forces are still fighting with the Japanese army in various places, and we cannot attack Tianjin for the time being, but we must not sit idly by and watch the devils run Tianjin into a fortress without any influence, so I sent tank armored brigades to attack Tianjin with all my might, not seeking to recover Tianjin, but hoping to destroy the progress of the Japanese army's fortifications and not let the devils live in peace. All in all, the slower and less perfect the devil's fortifications are, the more advantageous and less difficult it will be for us to attack Tianjin in the future. ”

After listening, Zheng Yunshan nodded with admiration: "Oh, the original way is like this, then let's attack Tianjin next, won't there be a tough battle to be fought?" ”

"That's right, this Pingjin battle, at first glance, we are about to recover Beiping, Bazhou, Zhuozhou, and annihilate hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops, but in fact, this battle related to the situation in North China is only halfway through, and the real tough battle is behind.

The Japanese army retreated to Tianjin, backed by the sea, and relying on the absolute superiority of the navy and air force, in a short period of time, I can't even think of any good way to attack Tianjin. Qiao Youhua said.

Zheng Yunshan's face was solemn, and he said thoughtfully: "Well, we don't have the advantage of the air force and navy, and it is indeed a tough battle to attack Tianjin, if only we also had an air force." ”

Qiao Youhua smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "The Air Force, we will have it sooner or later." However, if we can defeat the enemy army with the three-dimensional combined firepower superiority of the army, navy, and air force in the absence of air supremacy, can we forge a truly invincible iron division, and can also severely deal a blow to the confidence and morale of the Japanese army in invading China.

On the contrary, it is necessary to strengthen the belief of all our Chinese compatriots in the victory of resistance against Japan. ”

After speaking, Qiao Youhua re-boarded the military jeep and ordered, "Let's go, let's go to the Forbidden City too." ”

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Tianjin, the Tianjin Garrison Command of the Japanese Army has now been changed to the General Headquarters of the North China Front.

And Okamura Ninji also returned from the Navy Fleet Headquarters, and when Mamoru Iizawa saw him, he immediately asked eagerly, "Your Excellency General, how is it?" Is there any news from the Marines? ”

Okamura Ninji's face was a little unpleasant, he pulled a chair and sat down, and said: "The Navy Fleet Command has lost contact with the Marine Corps, and earlier, they received a telegram from the Marine Corps asking for help, saying that the Marine Corps has fallen into the heavy siege of the Shina Army, which will most likely be wiped out. ”

"How so? Tens of thousands of elite marines were wiped out? Mamoru Iizawa was taken aback, his face full of disbelief.

Okamura Ninji took out a cigarette and lit it, and said: "In the first battle of the Hutuo River, the marines returned with a great defeat, losing more than two-thirds of their troops. ”

Iizawa Mamoru was silent for a long time, and muttered: "The Chinese Dragon's Tooth Column is really not to be underestimated!" ”

Okamura Ninji smiled a little tiredly and said, "The empire's number one henchman, how can it be so simple to talk about it?" Now the gap between the combat strength of the enemy and us is even greater than the gap between the imperial army and the Chinese army before the July 7 Incident.

At the beginning, our imperial army was able to defeat even a division or even more troops of the Chinese army with one as ten, and one infantry brigade.

Now, it's the other way around. The Imperial Army even needs a brigade to resist the attack of a regiment of the Chinese Army, and the lack of strength is the most fatal disadvantage of the Imperial Army, if the quality cannot replace the quantitative inferiority, then the war situation is like the present, and it is not conducive to our army in an all-round way. ”

Iizawa Mamoru nodded with deep sympathy and said: "What His Excellency the General said is very true, but if you want to improve the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, it is by no means an overnight thing, and the most important thing is the innovation and upgrading of weapons and equipment. ”

Okamura Ninji suddenly said with hatred: "Those bastards in the navy and some high-ranking people in the base camp lack sufficient advanced strategic vision and are selfish, and sooner or later the future of the entire empire will be ruined." ”

Iizawa Shou cautiously glanced around, and persuaded him: "Sir, be careful that the wall has ears, it's better to say less about this kind of thing, after all, criticizing the high-level of the base camp is a great disrespect." ”

"Not to mention this, the navy's carrier-based aircraft group has taken off, and the land-based carrier-based aircraft group we withdrew from Beiping is also being prepared, and next, we must ensure that Jinghai County does not fall into the hands of the China Army, and at the same time speed up the construction of Tianjin fortifications." Okamura Ninji waved his hand.