Countless casualties were inflicted in Shanxi, Datong, Taiyuan, and other large and medium-sized cities fell one after another, and the Japanese propaganda media suddenly became active again, and the newspapers vigorously trumpeted that Seishiro Itagaki had "defeated the 300,000-strong army of China with half a division." The pro-Japanese faction in China was also encouraged and seized the opportunity to make a big statement, and the pessimistic atmosphere in the country about the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression began to rise again

And Hu Weidong couldn't help frowning after learning that Niangzi Pass was lost, but it didn't take long for the corners of his mouth to bloom with a smile again, "Itachigaki is worthy of Itagaki, but don't be in a hurry to be complacent, you are just threatening my back road now, and I am already about to cut off your back road."

"Take Beiping, I don't think he can withdraw!" Even those who were a little worried at first, after learning about the solidity of the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line and learning that his "starling" had already mobilized in the Central Plains border area and could guarantee a steady stream of support for Zhongtiao Mountain, he immediately changed his mind and expressed support for Hu Weidong's proposal.

Looking at the heavy artillery of the 15 th Army Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 115 th Division's Heavy Artillery Regiment, as well as the dense airplanes in the sky, General Terauchi Shouichi, commander of the Japanese North China Front, was greatly shocked, and he sent a letter to Hu Weidong saying, "If the historical city of Beiping is destroyed in the flames of war, you and I will also be guilty." ”

"If China can rise, my night pot will become a cultural relic; If you are still beaten to your home like now, what is the use of having more national treasures? Hu Weidong's reply has been repeatedly criticized by "cultural people" at home and abroad, but "Hu Weidong's night pot" has become a Shijie-level cultural relic because of this allusion

Although it is said that it is so. However, Hu Weidong only wanted to prevent the Japanese army from coercing him, and did not want to really destroy the ancient city of Beiping, so the 150,000 troops who were obviously capable of besieging Beiping City deliberately left a hole in the east, and as a result, not long after the general offensive was launched, the Japanese troops in Beiping, with less than 20,000 troops, abandoned the city and fled eastward, but they were intercepted by the armored brigade of the 15th Army that had been waiting for a long time, and hundreds of planes chased them all the way and bombed indiscriminately. The Japanese army was quickly routed, and the commander of the Japanese North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, fled into Tianjin with only more than 1,000 remnants and joined the 4th Division of the Kwantung Army, which had just arrived here, with more than 30,000 defenders in the city. It is also close to the sea, and when you really can't help it, you can also ask the navy for help, so far Terauchi Shouichi breathed a sigh of relief

But less than three days passed. Terauchi Shouichi fell into an even greater panic, although the North China General Front Committee did not immediately launch an attack on Tianjin, but Hu Weidong's shadows before the War of Resistance were launched at the same time, and a terrifying large-scale riot suddenly broke off in eastern Hebei, Pingxi, and central Hebei, involving more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians, and Japan lost most of the gains in North China since the "Lugou Bridge Incident" at once, while the number of Chinese armed forces on the North China Plain suddenly soared to more than 300,000, although the combat effectiveness of those troops that had just been transferred to the regular army was not good. However, the momentum was created, and the Japanese army in Rehe was seriously under-armed after the 26th Division, the main force, was withdrawn. After hearing the news, he did not dare to resist the enemy, so he directly abandoned Chengde and fled to Chifeng, which was much easier to defend than Chengde, which was within the combat radius of many airfields of the Kwantung Army Flying Group.

Hu Weidong was a little depressed at this time, after all, with the current comparison of the strength of the two armies. The key is to destroy the Japanese army. But it's not entirely a bad thing for the devil to shrink his eggs, at least the jihua he has set up a long time ago can be implemented

"Comrade Gao Jingting, the conditions in the Northeast are difficult, no less than the Dabie Mountains back then, you must be mentally prepared." , Hu Weidong solemnly instructed.

"Difficult? I, Gao, have never been afraid. ”。 Gao Jingting raised his head and said with a smile, Hu Weidong said it so terriblely, he didn't believe it in his heart, back then in Dabie Mountain, the most difficult period was hundreds of people against hundreds of thousands, and it was not the same to persist and grow stronger? …,

However, when Hu Weidong listed the Kwantung Army's "group tribe" policy, which aimed to separate the Anti-Japanese Federation from the people, the stipulation that "each puppet army is only allowed to carry five bullets when leaving the city" that almost cut off the source of ammunition for the Anti-Japanese Federation, and the unfavorable factors such as the mixed nature of the Anti-Japanese Federation and the weakness of the party's organizational work, Gao Jingting fully realized that his task was really extremely arduous.

Despite this, Gao Jingting, who has never been afraid of challenges, still took over this important task without hesitation, "Please rest assured that the organization will ensure that the task is completed!" ”

In fact, Hu Weidong could no longer find a candidate more suitable for this task than Gao Jingting, first of all, his qualifications and status were high enough (Gao Jingting's status in the party was not low, and after he went to the northeast, he raised a notch, and was second only to Zhu, Peng, and Hu among the senior military commanders in the party, and was on the same level as Ye Su. ), enough to ensure the leadership of the Resistance League without being held back by the dogmatists and the Soviets; Second, Gao Jingting's brilliant guerrilla tactics will be of great help to the Anti-Japanese Union, which will definitely be weak for a long time in the future; Zuihou, Gao Jingting's iron fist is conducive to twisting the originally scattered Anti-United Nations into a rope as soon as possible, and his suspicious and sensitive personality is an advantage for the Anti-United Nations, which has suffered huge losses because of traitors many times in history and is difficult to maintain.

In order to keep secrets, the commander of the 15 th Army released the false news of the unfortunate death of Gao Jingting, chief of staff and political commissar of the 42nd Division, but at this time, Gao Jingting assumed the name Gao Yuan (this new name was generally used thereafter), led a cadre regiment of more than 1,000 people and more than 800 special combat personnel through the large gap exposed by the Japanese army's shrinking forces, and successfully came to the Linhai Snow Plain, which had been occupied for more than six years. Although Hu Weidong could not give Gao Jingting many men and horses in terms of quantity because of the limitation of the size of the troops, the quality was absolutely the key guarantee, and even one soldier of the cadre regiment could at least be qualified to serve as a military commander or political worker at the battalion and company level, and among them there were many all-round talents who were quite good at the construction of base areas and even propaganda work, and the dispatch of more than 800 special combat personnel greatly damaged the vitality of the special operations brigade of the 15 th Army, but as long as the instructors were still there, the special operations brigade could always be rebuilt

Although the contradictions between the Japanese army and navy were greater than in history, seeing that the North China Front Command was about to be destroyed, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito still strictly ordered the navy to immediately send troops to support. At the same time, the Japanese troops in the Shanxi battlefield also received an order to immediately return to Pingjin (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )