Qiao Youhua evacuated the battlefield of Bazhou City with the guard regiment, bypassed Bazhou City, and advanced in the direction of Beiping.

At the same time, dozens of fighters and bombers of the North China Front of the Japanese army that invaded China were divided into two teams and respectively carried out air attacks on Liu Jianhua's headquarters in Langfang and the roundabout troops of the First Division on the banks of the Yongding River.

The officers and men of the two units fought back vigorously, paid a small price in casualties, and achieved a good record of shooting down and damaging seven enemy planes, while the remaining Japanese planes fled in fright and flew to Tianjin and Qinhuangdao airfields.

In the city of Beiping, the Japanese puppet army, together with at least more than 100,000 overseas Chinese and businessmen of the devils, fled out of the city for their lives.

When Qiao Youhua drove straight in with the head of the guard regiment and rushed to Gu'an County, the Japanese puppet traitors in the city had already fled, and only some puppet military police and gendarmes were left behind.

Liu Yidao, deputy commander of the First Division, led the tank regiment directly under the division headquarters and the First Infantry Corps, with the help of the local people, successfully crossed the Yongding River, where the bridge was blown up by the Japanese puppet army, captured the Fengtai Railway Station, and then marched to the south of Beiping City.

Because most of the main forces of the Japanese puppet army fled to Tongzhou, Liu Yidao's army marched very smoothly, almost unimpeded along the way, and encountered some lone puppet army traitors, who were also deterred by their tanks and ironclad without any intention of resisting, and knelt down and raised their guns to surrender.

Therefore, Liu Yidao led two mechanized regiments, drove all the way in, and soon arrived at the three city gates of Yongding Gate, Zuo'anmen, and You'anmen outside the seven outer gates.

At this time, there were almost no defenders at the seven gates of the outer city wall, so it almost didn't cost a single shot, and an infantry regiment and a tank regiment were divided into three groups and swarmed into the city from these three gates in the southern city wall section.

Along the spacious streets, go straight to the three gates of Chongwen, Zhengyang and Xuanwu.

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"Commander, Deputy Division Commander Liu Yidao is calling, they have already attacked the outer city of Beiping, and they are rapidly advancing to the inner gate!" At this time, Qiao Youhua also rushed to the southeast of Beiping less than ten miles away from the city wall with the guard regiment.

A communications soldier of the guard regiment rode up to Qiao Youhua, who was riding in a military truck, and reported to him and Zheng Yunshan the latest battle situation in Beiping City.

When Zheng Yunshan heard that the roundabout troops of the First Division had already entered Beiping City, he suddenly couldn't sit still, and immediately said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, I will let Tiezhu lead the cavalry reconnaissance battalion to rush over for reinforcements immediately. ”

Qiao Youhua understood that Zheng Yunshan, as a subordinate, was eager to make meritorious contributions, after all, the significance of recovering Beiping was not comparable to any previous battle, and no one wanted to be left behind at this juncture.

So he nodded and said: "Well, order the cavalry reconnaissance battalion to enter the city through Dongbian Gate and Guangqu Gate, and then go straight to Dongzhi Gate and Chaoyang Gate, echoing the vanguard of the First Division, and jointly attack the inner city, and then capture the Imperial City and the Forbidden City."

Tell the attacking troops not to use large-caliber artillery fire as much as possible, and try to settle the battle by means of forced landing, so as not to cause too much trauma to Beiping City and destroy this thousand-year-old capital.

Of course, if you encounter the remnants of the stubborn and stubborn Japanese puppet army, then give Lao Tzu a hard beating, and don't have any worries.

In a word, under the condition of ensuring that the casualties of our officers and men are reduced as much as possible, we should try to protect this thousand-year-old city from being devastated by war. ”

Zheng Yunshan happily responded: "Hey, okay." He immediately jumped out of the truck and went to deploy the task for the cavalry reconnaissance battalion in person.

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Outside the Zhengyang Gate, a small force of devils who had not withdrawn was holding the city, blocking the advance of the First Division.

The two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire, the sound of gunfire resounded throughout the Zhengyang Gate, Liu Yidao then rushed over with the rearguard troops, seeing that the advance of the attacking troops was blocked, he immediately led the guards into the battle, while raising his arms and shouting: "Brothers, our first division is the first anti-Japanese team to attack Beiping City.

This honor is enough to go down in history, and the glory belongs to each and every one of you! For the sake of this honor, give me an all-out attack! We must recover Beiping City as soon as possible! Come on! ”

Come on! Kill! Thousands of dragon tooth officers and soldiers were suddenly in high spirits, their blood boiling, and they all accelerated and rushed forward, their hands full of firepower, and the offensive became more rapid.

Several machine gunners formed a joint firepower and suppressed the devil's fire on the Zhengyangmen city wall, and then the artillery unit that followed saw the opportunity and immediately opened fire.

A cannonball accurately hit the city gate building, and with a loud bang, a dazzling fire and smoke rose into the air on the entire Zhengyangmen city wall.

Dozens of devil soldiers guarding it were directly swept out by the blast wave, and none of them were spared.

"Rush!" The officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush over, easily killed a group of devils and puppet soldiers in the city gate hole, and then swarmed in and rushed through the Zhengyang Gate.

Soon, the Chongwen Gate and the Xuanwu Gate on both sides of the Zhengyang Gate were also broken by the tank regiment and infantry, and the soldiers, under the cover of the No. 4 tank car, attacked all the way to the imperial city.

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Tianjin Jinghai Front.

Ma Biao's 2nd Division was constantly facing the threat of air attacks from the carrier-based aircraft group of the Japanese naval fleet in Tianjin, so the offensive was the slowest among the three routes.

However, fortunately, the task that Qiao Youhua gave to Ma Biao at the beginning was to contain the Japanese puppet army in Tianjin, so as to divide its momentum, so that it could not divide its troops to reinforce the frontal battlefield in Beiping.

Although at the strategic level, the 2nd Division did not live up to the tasks and instructions of the column headquarters, Ma Biao, as the commander of the 2nd Division, watched the 1st Division and the 4th Division play Kai one after another, forcing the Japanese army to take the initiative to retreat, and was about to recover Beiping City.

I was still very anxious.

After receiving the exact information that the Japanese army might retreat to Tianjin, Ma Biao immediately summoned all the officers above the division level and temporarily convened an emergency military meeting on one side.

In the division headquarters, a round table was already full of senior officers and staff officers of the Second Division of the Longya Column, including Ma Biao and Deputy Division Commander Zhou Dasheng, Second Regiment Commander Ma Shoutian, Third Regiment Commander Ma Yiming, Tank Regiment Commander Wei Hesheng, Air Defense Regiment Commander Cao Ming, Artillery Regiment Commander Li Dian, and Baggage Regiment Commander He Fengshou gathered together.

Ma Biao was wearing a straight gray-blue military uniform, and after his eyes swept around the subordinates, he said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the battle of Pingjin in the Northern Expedition has been fought so far, and we have achieved considerable results, and the defense lines of Bazhou and Zhuozhou have been broken through by our brother troops in a roundabout way.

According to reliable sources, the Japanese puppet army in Beiping has been forced to abandon the city and flee, and now the commander and chief of staff are directing their brother troops to pursue the Japanese army with all their might, and it is only a matter of time before the city of Beiping is recovered. ”

As soon as Ma Biao's words came out, except for Zhou Dasheng, the deputy division commander who knew in advance, all the officers present were very surprised, and Wei Hesheng, the commander of the tank regiment, immediately said: "Division commander, then what are we still grinding outside Jinghai County, hurry up and order the whole line to attack, we must also recover Tianjin!" ”