All the people in the security headquarters felt the commander's anxiety, although they didn't know what Commander Chen was upset about, but all of them knew that it was best not to bother the commander at this time, otherwise they would likely be scolded by the commander.

The news from Beiping became worse and worse, and since late June, the Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai have held so-called military exercises in succession, and the sound of guns and artillery during the exercises can be clearly heard in the city of Beiping.

More and more refugees have fled from the city, and no one knows the tense atmosphere there better than these refugees, and some sensitive businessmen have also withdrawn from Beiping.

Chen Feng was indeed very anxious, during this time he sent someone to quietly investigate the defense situation of the surrounding counties, and the feedback from the scouts made Chen Feng feel very heavy. The situation along the Datong line is okay, after all, it is the gateway to northern Jin, and Yan Xishan does not dare to be careless.

However, the situation from Fengzhen to Jining and the front line of the right wing of Chahar is not very good, Jining is an important military town in Suiyuan, but the garrison is only a regiment of regular troops, and there is also a security regiment that is called a regiment in the name above, but in fact it is only a reinforced battalion, with a total strength of less than 2,500 people.

The front banner of Chahar's right flank, the gateway to Jining, has a garrison of only 300 people, with simple and outdated weapons and equipment, and extremely limited combat effectiveness. The situation in Fengzhen was similar, with only one understaffed security regiment stationed.

Later, Chen Feng ordered people to conduct an investigation of the situation in Shangdu, Zhangbei, Tianzhen, Yanggao and other counties, and found that the situation in various places was not very different, and the military governors in these places were not prepared for the outbreak of war at all.

One can imagine what kind of panicked expressions these people will have when tens of thousands of Japanese troops descend from the sky.

But knowing that this is the case, Chen Feng is powerless to change. He is only a regimental commander of the Xinghe County Security Corps, and his defense area is limited to a palm-sized place in Xinghe, and it is not his turn to interfere in other places.

All he could do now was to constantly order his soldiers to strengthen the fortifications, build bomb shelters, build air raid fortifications, and try to make himself as well prepared as possible before the outbreak of war.

On July 1st, Chen Feng ushered in the system reward for July, perhaps because of the explosion of character, this time Chen Feng actually drew the rifle production line, the model is the German Mauser 98K.

There is nothing to say, in a medium-sized cave in the mountain behind Daqing Mountain, Chen Feng installed the rifle production line. Then he appointed William, a Jew, as the general counsel of the arsenal, and at the same time invited his father Chen Binggong to the mountain to take charge of all the affairs of the base.

However, before Chen Feng could be happy, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, which shocked China and the world.

On the afternoon of July 7, 1937, without informing the local Chinese authorities, the 8th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Wing of the Japanese North China Garrison Army, led by Captain Setsuro Shimizu Shaoza, drove to the area between Huilongmiao and Dawayao, which was close to the Chinese garrison at Lugou Bridge.

Then the Japanese army began exercises in the area, and then the Japanese army claimed that a soldier was "missing", and immediately forcibly asked to enter Wanping City, the garrison of the Chinese defenders, to search, but the 219th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the 37th Division of the Chinese 29th Army sternly refused. The Japanese immediately opened fire on the area around the Lugou Bridge and attacked the Chinese defenders in the city. The 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the 29th Army of the Chinese defenders returned fire, thus opening the prelude to China's full-scale war of resistance against Japan.

After the Japanese army launched the July 7 Incident, it caused strong repercussions throughout the country. Chiang Kai-shek once sent a telegram to Song Zheyuan, Qin Dechun and others, instructing: "Wanping City should be held and not retreated", "Lugou Bridge and Changxindian must not be lost".

At the same time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram to the whole country, appealing: "Compatriots, Pingjin is in danger! North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger! Only when the whole nation carries out the war of resistance is our way out! ”

After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese attack was resisted by the Chinese army. Seeing that it was difficult to occupy the Lugou Bridge for the time being, the Japanese army conducted "on-the-spot negotiations," on the one hand, hoping to use the negotiations to pressure the Chinese side to comply, and on the other hand, to gain time to deploy troops.

The "on-the-spot negotiations" allowed the Japanese army to gain time to increase its troops in North China, but at the same time, it also blinded the eyes of the Jicha authorities and delayed the preparation of the 29th Army to deploy troops for battle. By July 25, more than 60,000 Japanese troops had been massing in Pingjin.

After the operational deployment of the Japanese garrison in North China was basically completed, the Langfang Incident and the Guanganmen Incident were created on 25 and 26 July.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the North China Garrison issued an ultimatum to the 29th Army, demanding that the Chinese defenders withdraw from the Pingjin area by the 28th, otherwise they would take action. was rejected by Song Zheyuan, and on the 27th, he issued a telegram to the whole country to defend himself and defend the territory, resolutely defending the land and resisting the war. On the same day, with the approval of the emperor, the Japanese General Staff ordered the Japanese North China Garrison Army to launch an attack on the 29th Army, transfer about 200,000 people from five domestic divisions to China, and issued an official combat mission to the commander of the North China Garrison Army, Kazuki Kiyoji: "Responsible for the crusade against the Chinese army in the Pingjin area." "A bloody war is no longer inevitable.

On the morning of July 28, the Japanese army launched a general attack on Beiping as planned. Under the command of the 20th Division of the Korean Army, the 1st and 11th Brigades of the Kwantung Army, which had gathered around Beiping, and about 10,000 infantry brigades of the Chinese Garrison Army, with the cooperation of more than 100 artillery pieces and armored vehicles and the cover of dozens of aircraft, launched an all-out attack on the 132nd, 37th, and 38th Divisions of the Chinese 29th Army stationed in the western suburbs of Beiping.

The clarion call for war has been sounded, people from all walks of life throughout the country have united as never before under the rampant attack of the Japanese army, and the time is ripe for the whole country and the whole nation to resist the war.

Soon after, in accordance with the spirit of the National Defense Conference and with reference to the 1937 National Defense Operational Plan, the Nationalist Government drafted two documents, the "War Guidance Program" and the "Operational Guidance Plan," and decided to set up a base camp, with the Military Commission as the base camp headquarters, and promoted Chiang Zhongzheng as the generalissimo of the navy, army, and air force, Cheng Qian as chief of staff, and Bai Chongxi as deputy chief of staff to lead the national war of resistance.

Subsequently, the Nationalist Government promulgated the battle sequence of the whole army, dividing the whole country into five major theaters, which were counted as Jiang Zhongzheng (concurrently), commander of the first theater (jurisdiction: Pinghan and Jinpu railway lines), under the jurisdiction of the first, second, and 14th group armies, with Song Zheyuan, Liu Zhi, and Wei Lihuang as the commanders-in-chief of the group army, consisting of 36 divisions, 7 brigades, and 4 regiments.

Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater (jurisdiction: Jin, Chacha, and Sui), had the Sixth Group Army, the Seventh Group Army, and the Reserve Army under his command, with Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi as the commanders-in-chief of the group army, totaling 13 divisions, 16 brigades, and 4 regiments.

Feng Yuxiang, commander of the Third Theater (jurisdiction: Jiangsu and Zhejiang), has under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Group Army, the Ninth Group Army, the Tenth Group Army, and the Fifteenth Group Army, with Zhang Fakui, Zhang Zhizhong, Liu Jianxu, and Chen Cheng as the commanders-in-chief of the group army, with a total strength of 18 divisions, six brigades, and three regiments.

He Yingqin, commander of the Fourth Theater (jurisdiction: Fujian and Guangdong), has the Fourth Group Army and the Twelfth Group Army under his jurisdiction, with Jiang Dingwen and Yu Hanmou as the commanders-in-chief of the group army respectively, with a total strength of 13 divisions and 3 brigades.

Jiang Zhongzheng, commander of the Fifth Theater (jurisdiction: Lu), and Han Fuqu, deputy commander, were under the jurisdiction of the Third Army and the Fifth Army, with Han Fuqu and Gu Zhutong as the commanders-in-chief of the group armies, with a total strength of 20 divisions and one brigade.

In addition to the five major theaters, four reserve armies were formed, that is, the first reserve army with the Gui army as the main force, which was stationed in Guangxi. The Second Reserve Army, with the Sichuan Army as the main force, was stationed in Sichuan. The Third Reserve Army, with the Dian Army as the main force, was stationed in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. The Fourth Reserve Army, composed of the Hunan Army and the armies of other provinces, was stationed in Hunan and Hubei provinces.

In addition, Ma Jiajun in Ningxia, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces also received orders and was ready to go to the front at any time.

According to the division of the theater of the Nationalist Government, Chen Feng and his security regiment belonged to the battle sequence of the Second War Zone, to be precise, to the battle sequence of the Seventh Army of the Second War Zone, and the supreme commander was Fu Zuoyi.

On 1 August, the Seventh Group Army sent an urgent telegram, ordering the Xinghe County Security Regiment to be immediately reorganized into the Third Reserve of the Seventh Group Army, which was under the jurisdiction of the Suiyuan Security Command, with Chen Feng as the colonel of the reserve and the commander of the Xinghe County City Defense Corps, Li Wensheng as the lieutenant colonel and deputy captain of the reserve, and Yang Yi as the chief of staff of the major.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Seventh Army ordered the reserve units to do a good job in the reorganization and training of the troops, and to wait for the orders of the headquarters at any time to go to the front line of resistance against Japan.

After receiving the order, Chen Feng immediately convened a battalion-level military meeting to convey Shangfeng's order.

Chen Feng knew that no one would pay attention to his security regiment now, and these orders were just routine work of the Seventh Army. This can be seen by looking at the number of the troops, what is called the reserve, the reserve is really helpless to let you go.

This meeting was the first all-military meeting since the establishment of the Security Corps, and all military cadres at the battalion level of the three infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Chen Feng first read out the order of the headquarters of the Seventh Group Army, and then Chen Feng briefed all the officers on what had happened in China and Japan since the Lugou Bridge Incident on 7 July.

"Brothers, the Japanese invaders are rampant and offend my China. At this time when the country is in peril, the duty of our generation of soldiers is to defend the country and drive out the Japanese invaders. Poor international governance is the fault of politicians, and failure to defend the country is a shame for us to be soldiers. I, Chen Feng, hereby swear that I will fight against the Japanese invaders all my life, and if I violate this oath, heaven and earth will not tolerate it! ”

A few days ago, General Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army, and Lieutenant General Zhao Dengyu, commander of the 132nd Division, died heroically in the war against Japan. Maybe after the battle, many of us here will never be able to see the sun the next day, so if you are afraid of losing your life, I Chen Feng will give him a chance. Put down your arms, I, Chen Feng, give him a thousand oceans, send him out of the army, and go home to be a rich man, is there any, please raise your hand? ”

Chen Feng looked around for a week and saw that no one raised his hand, so his voice suddenly changed, and he said sharply: "No one has withdrawn, well, since everyone is a good man and is willing to serve the country and the nation, then I will now announce the five battlefield prohibitions of our security regiment: First, defect to the enemy and betray the country, collaborate with the enemy rebels, and kill!" Second, disobey orders on the battlefield, delay the fighter, and kill! Third, abandon the army and flee, lose the position, kill! Fourth, plague the people, rob the property, and kill! Fifth, ** women, corrupt military discipline, kill! ”

Chen Feng said these five prohibitions very slowly, but he was categorical, and all the officers had no doubt about Chen Feng's determination to enforce battlefield discipline, and everyone's hearts were awe-inspiring.

"Since the brothers all want to be heroes, then don't embarrass the commander, even if he wants to die one day, we must die with dignity, death clearly, and death deservedly. If any of them are subject to battlefield discipline for violating the above five prohibitions, don't say that they are my Chen Feng's brothers? ”

"Hear clearly, life is a hero, death is also a ghost, resist Japan and kill the enemy, and serve the country!"