Terauchi Shouichi knew what serious consequences would be caused after his order was issued, after all, the expatriates were just people, not soldiers. However, Terauchi Shouichi knows that once the people go to the battlefield with weapons, the enemy will regard them as an army, and they will never be soft when they start a war, which is the general rule of all countries in the world. It is conceivable how many expatriates will die after this war, and the vast majority of these expatriates are clansmen of various families in Japan or employees of various companies, and if a large number of deaths are incurred, it will inevitably lead to the impeachment of the major forces in the country, and General Terauchi has already imagined his situation after this battle.

But Terauchi Shou didn't have the slightest solution, this was the only way for him to keep Beiping. Due to the fact that the Imperial Army was already overstretched, the total strength of the Empire of Japan was only 250,000 before launching a full-scale war with China. The distribution is that there are 11 divisions and 1 aviation regiment in Japan. The Kwantung Army stationed in Manchuria in China had 4 divisions, 2 independent mixed brigades, 5 independent garrisons, 1 cavalry group, 1 cavalry brigade, and 1 flying group. More than 5,000 people were stationed in the Pingjin area of China. In addition, there are two divisions of the DPRK Army stationed in Korea and a Taiwanese garrison stationed in Taiwan.

Even after the start of the war, the various units of the Imperial Army were expanded on a large scale, but now they have only changed from 17 divisions and regiments before the war to 24 divisions and regiments (excluding the Taiwan Army and non-infantry divisions), plus some other independent mixed brigades and garrisons, the total strength is only 550,000. However, not all of these 17 divisions were deployed in China, and only 16 divisions were deployed on the entire Chinese battlefield.

As for the North China Front Army under his command, there were only 8 divisions and regiments, as well as the mixed brigade of the Chinese garrison, the Provisional Aviation Corps, the Air Defense Corps directly under the Front Army, the 1st and 2nd Independent Siege Heavy Artillery Brigades, the Front Army Signal Corps, the Railway Corps, the troops directly under the military station, and the Chinese Garrison Military Police. The total strength is about 180,000.

180,000 people sounds a lot, but there are actually not many of them distributed to hundreds of towns in the whole of North China, and now the troops are scattered, there are only more than 7,000 imperial troops and more than 4,000 imperial troops in Beiping City, while the Chinese army outside the city has more than 20,000 people, plus the Chinese army is also equipped with siege heavy artillery, if you do not organize the overseas Chinese 'volunteer group' to resist, the imperial army will not be able to insist on the arrival of reinforcements at all.

It will take time to organize the expatriate volunteers, but the battle outside the city has reached a white-hot stage, so General Terauchi Shouichi has to press all the few reserves in his hands.

Outside the city of Beiping. Provisional Command of the 61st Army.

"Report to the military seat. Report of the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Xinghe Garrison Brigade. They had already captured Nanyuan Airport 10 minutes earlier, killing more than 800 defenders of the airport, capturing 47 Japanese fighters of various types and destroying 41 Japanese planes. ”

"Report to the military seat. The 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Xinghe Garrison Brigade called. They had already captured Tantuo Temple ten minutes earlier. Annihilated more than 700 Japanese puppet troops. ”

"Report to the military seat, Wang Jiming, deputy brigade commander of the Taolin Garrison Brigade, called, they have arrived ten miles west of Beiping City. Please military seat instructions? ”

"Report to the military seat, Madame's cavalry group has passed the mouth of the Tang River"

The good news came one after another, and Chen Feng was also very happy, and replied one by one: "Order, the Taolin Garrison Brigade immediately divides troops to reinforce the South Gate and the North Gate, and assists the Xinghe Garrison Brigade in attacking these two city gates." ”

"Order the first regiment and one battalion of the Xinghe Garrison Brigade to immediately garrison Nanyuan Airport on the spot, and ask them to immediately push all the planes on the airport into the hangar, and at the same time mobilize 10 antiaircraft machine guns to strengthen the defense of Nanyuan Airport in case of Japanese air raids."

"Order the cavalry group to speed up"

Chen Feng did not expect to capture more than 40 planes, although he did not look down on these garbage fighters of the Japanese army, but in the absence of better aircraft, these garbage as trainers is still very good.

But soon the staff officer of the military department came in and reported: "Report to the military seat, the Xinghe Garrison Brigade has found Japanese reinforcements in Qingyundian. ”

"How many Japanese reinforcements are there, and what is the specific number?" Hearing that reinforcements from the Japanese army had arrived, Chen Feng hurriedly asked.

"Report to the military seat, the Japanese army has a total of more than 8,000 reinforcements, and the number is the 30th Infantry Brigade of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army."

"The 30th Brigade of the 15th Division, isn't that a battle sequence that belongs to the Second Army of the North China Front?" Chen Feng said with a frown.

"Junzuo, this 30th Brigade is indeed subordinate to the Second Army, and it has been stationed in Tianjin before, it seems that the old devil of Shouichi Terauchi can't hold on, and the defenders of Tianjin have also been transferred." Wang Hansheng said.

"It turned out to be the infantry brigade stationed in Tianjin, I thought that the cow ghost and snake god jumped out of somewhere, it just so happened that Lao Tzu was short of money during this time, since the little devil opened the door of the vault to Lao Tzu, how could Lao Tzu spare them. The cavalry group was ordered to immediately bypass Langfang and go south to Tianjin, and in the evening Lao Tzu would hear the news of the recovery of Tianjin. Then Chen Feng continued: "Order the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Taolin Garrison Brigade to immediately go to the direction of Qingyundian to block this 30th Brigade. In addition, let the guard regiment and the Xinghe garrison brigade intensify their offensive efforts, and be sure to take Beiping City before this evening. ”

However, Chen Feng obviously underestimated the Japanese army's ability to defend the city, although the 61st Army attacked very fiercely, but the Japanese army fought very tenaciously, from 5 o'clock in the morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon, a full 8 hours have been attacking, although the 61st Army has attacked the city several times, but all have been defeated by the Japanese army.

However, the more Chen Feng fought, the more frightened he became, he had been watching the battle at the West Gate position, the number of Japanese casualties in the West Gate position alone was no less than 4,000, plus the other three gates, it stands to reason that the Japanese puppet army in the city had already suffered casualties, but Chen Feng found that the Japanese army on the city did not decrease at all, but gathered more and more, what is going on?

"Wang Hansheng, go and check, where are so many little devils in the city, and see if there are still hidden secret troops in the city."

"Yes"

"Report to the military seat, news came from the city, the Japanese army organized more than 40,000 expatriates in the city, and formed a total of 10 expatriate volunteer groups, except for three overseas Chinese volunteer groups who were ordered to stay in the city to be responsible for the security of the city, the rest were all sent to the city, and it is those overseas Chinese volunteers who are now fighting with our army." Wang Hansheng came over to report.

"The Overseas Chinese Volunteer Corps, Shouichi in the temple of the dog day, actually organized these expats to die, Lao Tzu said how the little devils fought more and more, and thousands of little devils did not die after eight hours, it turned out to be like this. His grandmother's, it seems that it is a little difficult to capture Beiping City today, so she ordered the troops to temporarily stop the attack, and the troops to rest and eat. Chen Feng said loudly.

Although the Chinese army stopped the offensive, Terauchi Shouichi's life was not easy, because the reinforcements from Tianjin had just sent a telegram, and they were stubbornly blocked by the Shina army in Qingyundian, and the two sides were fighting fiercely, and the fighting power of the Shina people was very strong, and it was difficult to break through the blocking line of the Shina army in a short time to reach Beiping.

In addition, after learning the news that the 61st Army was besieging Beiping, the troops of the Second Theater of Operations in China were about to move, and the atmosphere on the Xinkou front suddenly became tense. The 35th Army, another powerful force in the Second War Zone, moved to the northwest of Shanxi Province at some point, staring at Suinan and Jinbei with fierce eyesight, and could launch an attack on the imperial army in Guisui or Datong at any time.

In addition, the 26th Infantry Brigade of the Mongolian Army was ambushed by the Chinese army 30 kilometers east of Zhuozi County, and the entire brigade lost more than two-thirds.

In addition to the 26th Brigade losing more than 5,000 people, the two Imperial Alliance Army divisions that assisted the 26th Brigade in the battle were almost completely wiped out, which once again made the puppet Mongolian army doubt the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Now all the units of the army stationed in Mongolia have stopped attacking, saying that they are consolidating the results of the previous two days, but in fact they have been frightened by the Chinese army.

General Terauchi never imagined that the tide of the war would take a sharp turn in such a short period of time, it seems that now the two sides are attacking each other, and the Japanese Imperial Army has occupied the capital city of Suiyuan Province and Baotou, an important town in Suixi, and has the upper hand on the surface. However, in fact, the imperial army lost Zhangjiakou, the capital of Chahar Province, and Beiping, where the headquarters of the North China Front Army was located, was surrounded by the Chinese people, and secondly, it also lost a garrison wing and a field heavy artillery brigade, which was not an ordinary loss.

However, the worse news was still to come, since the afternoon when the Chinese stopped attacking, the army outside the city did not attack again, but was building barracks, apparently preparing for a long confrontation with the imperial army.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, a telegram sent by Tegaoke on a secret radio station stunned all the officers of the North China Front Command - the loss of Tianjin.

Compared with the loss of Zhangjiakou, the consequences of the loss of Tianjin are more serious. Zhangjiakou has always been threatened by the 61st Army because of its proximity to Suinan and Jinbei, so the imperial army did not carry out large-scale hoarding of materials here, and if it is lost, it will be lost, which is not a big deal. But Tianjin is different, it is the only foreign port of the imperial army in North China, and a large number of ships dock every day, and the daily throughput of the port has reached an astonishing level.

In addition, Tianjin was also the economic center of the empire in the North China region, and a large number of imperial banks set up branches here, and a large number of companies set up branches here.

The most important thing is that the port of Tianjin is the only military port of the empire in North China, and there are still three large warships moored in the port to be repaired. In addition, a large amount of weapons and equipment were hoarded in the warehouses on the shore, and even five field divisions would be no problem in terms of quantity alone. What's more, some time ago, at the request of the headquarters of the Mongolian army, the base camp transported a large number of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army captured by the imperial army in the Battle of Songhu to Tianjin, intending to send them to the Saibei grassland through Tianjin to help the German king Li Shouxin and others expand the puppet Mongolian army. If Tianjin is lost, then these things will all fall into the hands of the Chinese people. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )