January 30, 1938, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar calendar. As the first Spring Festival after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, everyone's mood is complicated. Spring Festival, a traditional festival that originated in China's Shang and Zhou dynasties, is not only valued by the Chinese, but also by the Japanese, and if it were not for the surprise of getting rid of Chen Feng, General Terauchi Shouichi would not have chosen to launch an attack at Nian Guan.

It has been eight days since the Japanese army intercepted and killed Chen Feng on January 23, and the whole battle situation in these eight days is like a roller coaster.

After a strong counterattack by the 61st Army, the Japanese army can now be said to have retreated completely, not only losing such important towns as Zhangjiakou and Tianjin, but even the headquarters of the North China Front Army has been surrounded. In just a few days, more than 20,000 Japanese casualties in Beiping City have been killed, and this data is still expanding.

The Japanese are hard, and Chen Feng's life is not easy. The Spring Festival is a happy and peaceful festival, and it is also a day for family reunions. Especially on the night before the New Year, that is, Chinese New Year's Eve, in this time of alternation of the old and the new, keeping the New Year is one of the most important annual activities, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family stays up together to celebrate the New Year, gather and drink, share the joy of family, eat dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve in the north, and eat rice cakes in the south for the New Year, this is the New Year.

Look at the present, which is the Chinese New Year, the cannon outside Beiping City is rumbling, and this cannon battle is much louder than firecrackers. In order to break through Beiping City as soon as possible, Chen Feng ordered the train to send supplies back to Zhangjiakou and brought 40 heavy artillery pieces when he returned, so that the field heavy artillery outside Beiping City reached 48. In addition, Chen Feng transferred more than 100 heavy mortars from the rear, and he knew that the Japanese could not leave him much time, so even if the New Year was approaching, the battle continued, and the bloodshed and killing completely washed away the peace and joy of the New Year.

Tianjin, the provisional headquarters of the 61st Army.

Although today is the last day of the old year, the entire combat command room is still busy, and Chen Feng is even more anxious to write, not knowing what to write.

At this time, Ma Cao, the commander of the guard regiment, strode in and patted the snow on his head slightly. Walked up to Chen Feng and said, "Military seat." Everyone is here, you can go! ”

"Hmm" took a simple folder on the table in his hand, put on a military coat and went out.

Come to the conference room and wait for everyone to be seated. Chen Feng got up and said, "Today is the last day of the old year. It seems that everyone can't go back to celebrate the New Year with their families today. Hehehe! ”

"Junzuo, if we can knock down Beiping City, even if we don't go back next year, we will be willing." Ye Baoguo, the head of the first regiment, said loudly.

"Hey. Speaking of this Beiping City, it is really a hard bone, it has been four days and there is still no progress in the garrison brigade, and there are many casualties at that time. Chen Feng said depressedly.

"Junzuo, there is no way, who made the old devil Shouyi in the temple too inhumane, according to the news from Beiping City, the corpses of the little devils are all full of streets in the Dongzhimen of Beiping City, it seems that if we don't kill the remaining tens of thousands of expatriates, we may not be able to enter Beiping City." Andrei said with a frown.

"Yes, the atmosphere in Beiping City is very tense now, and the people in the city are very worried about when those Japanese devils will pull them all to the city, and I'm afraid no one will have a good time this year." Li Haihan, the second head of the regiment, also said.

"Let's do our best now, if we can lay down Beiping City, that's our creation, if we can't beat it, we can't do it, the brothers have tried their best, if you want to blame our ancestors, we will blame our ancestors for building Beiping City too strong, if you encounter a city like Tianjin without walls, it will be so troublesome, raise your sword and jump into the city, I'm afraid that the old devil in the temple Shouyi has already become our prisoner." Li Yisheng also said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, you can be poor. Don't talk about this, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and some things are explained. I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat Beiping City for three days and two days, and I have just received news from the intelligence department that the 15th Division of the Japanese army stationed in Shandong has got rid of Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army, and is now coming to Tianjin as soon as possible, and will be able to return to Cangzhou on the third day of the Lunar New Year at the most. At the same time, the Central Army of the Nationalist Government and other troops in the Second War Zone were frustrated in their attacks on the Xinkou front, although the losses were not large, but it was impossible to make a major breakthrough in a short period of time, and it was even more of a joke that the Japanese army was completely driven out of Shanxi before the Second War Zone, and the two divisions of the People's Republic of China withstood the frantic attack of the 22 divisions of the Jinsui Army of the Central Army, and this was not a permanent division of the people. At most, the 5th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese army will be able to draw their hands and march towards the Beijing-Tianjin area in two days, and if our army does not block along the way, the main force of the Japanese army will be under the city of Beiping in four days at most, so there is really not much time left for us. Now what do you tell us about the rush to transport supplies? Chen Feng said.

"Junzuo, after five days of rush transportation, we have rushed 80,000 tons of materials back to Zhangjiakou and Xinghe, and we can forcibly transport all the remaining materials in two days at most. However, there are still a large number of factories and equipment in Tianjin that have not had time to be dismantled, and a large number of raw materials such as coal and iron ore cannot be transported. Yehelina, the commander-in-chief of the rush to transport supplies, reported.

"No matter what you can't pull away, ask Li Yunchang, ask them if they want it, they say they want to leave it to them to deal with, and if they want to say they can't do anything, then blow it all up. As for things like coal and iron ore, if the citizens need it, they will give it to them for free, and if no one wants it, they will dump it directly into the sea, anyway, there is a principle, what can be taken away will never be left, and what cannot be taken away cannot be left intact for the little devils. Chen Feng said in a deep voice.

"Yes"

"How much grain is still missing?" Chen Feng asked again.

"This time, we have seized more than 30,000 tons of various grains and meat, and according to the plan, we will rush 20,000 tons of them back to our office, and the remaining more than 10,000 tons of grain and meat that is not easy to store will be distributed to the citizens of Tianjin. According to the standard of 100 catties of coarse grains and 100 catties of fine grains and nearly 2 catties of meat per person, we have distributed a total of 14,000,000 catties of grain and 140,000 catties of meat. Now we still have 8 million catties of grain to be shipped to Zhangjiakou, and nearly 7 million catties of grain and meat to be distributed. Yeherina replied.

"Well, the 8 million catties of grain will continue to be transported to Zhangjiakou, and the remaining grain will be sent to several concessions in the city, whether it is the German concession or the British concession, and each concession will give 300,000 catties of grain. The rest is sent to various schools, whether it is a university, a secondary school or an elementary school. Chen Feng said.

"Why do you want to send food to those foreign devils, they are all our enemies, if they had not been bullying us Chinese, we would not have fallen into the miserable situation of being bullied by the little devils." Ye Baoguo asked dissatisfiedly.

"The Western powers have indeed brought us China great suffering, and as a Chinese, we have reason to hate these foreign devils, but we must clearly recognize the fact that China's backwardness is not caused by these foreign devils, and even if there are their reasons, they are only external causes, secondary causes, not major factors." You must be clear about the reason for China's current situation, such as the backward feudal system and the disunity of the Chinese people. Now that the Japanese are invading China in an all-out way, we are powerless to resist, so we have created this passive situation. Don't look at the crying dad and mother who beat the little devils now, but if the Japanese really aim all the main forces at us, then the only thing we can do is to retreat and retreat again. Tianjin can't be defended, you know this, at most we can hold out here for five days, and after five days the army will definitely retreat. It doesn't matter if we leave, but with the character of a little devil who must be revenged, he will definitely take revenge on the citizens of Tianjin. Tell me who else at that time could or had the ability to stop the Japanese, yes, the foreigners. The reason why I want to send food to those concessions is to make a good fate, even if they don't stop it at that time, as long as they allow citizens to take refuge in the concessions when necessary, they can save many people, and its value is far from being comparable to such a small amount of food. ”

After a pause, Chen Feng continued: "I also have my consideration for sending food to the school, and there are not many schools that can continue to open in this situation, because of this damn war. Many children have become orphans, so many children unconsciously flock to school, so to speak, the school has become a refuge for those children, and it is also necessary to leave some food for them. ”

"In addition, from now on, we have to do several things in addition to rushing to transport materials, the first is conscription, there are many people in Tianjin, and the most important thing is that there are many students, and now our weapons and equipment are becoming more and more advanced, not only with conventional troops, but also with armored troops and aviation units, which requires more and more cultural level of soldiers, so it is inevitable to recruit educated young students to join the army. Therefore, the recruitment will begin in the whole city from tomorrow, and the recruits will be sent back to Zhangjiakou for intensive training as soon as they are combined. There is also a type of recruitment work, no matter what occupation it is, as long as you have a skill, you will receive it. The last thing is to prepare to retreat. Again, when we leave, we will empty Tianjin, blow up Tianjin, blow up all the railways, ports and stations, the military police headquarters, and the garrison headquarters. Prisons are going to be bombed, and courtrooms are going to be bombed. Chen Feng said loudly.

"Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, but we can't relax and order all the troops to be ready for battle. But the food must be improved today, order the canteen to make more meat, and the New Year must also have a New Year's appearance, but remember, you can't drink! ”

(To be continued......)