The Second Battle of Songhu launched by the Japanese came to a temporary end with heavy losses, and the rest of the troops retreated to the East China Sea, waiting for an opportunity to move again.

The high-ranking officials of the Nanjing government celebrated with each other, and Chairman Chiang had a new assessment of Sino-Japanese relations, and with almost equal troops, they repelled the Japanese army that had been prepared for a long time under the condition that they were caught off guard, and the slightest doubt in their hearts about whether they could resist the Japanese army's all-out attack was gone.

In fact, from the "August 13" Shanghai Incident to the two Songhu battles provoked by the Japanese, the League of Nations has not said a word, not even a false statement, let alone sanctioning Japan.

During the First Battle of Songhu, Japan's permanent representative to the League of Nations, Kumano, lobbied the United States, Britain, France, and other countries respectively, promising to protect the interests of the great powers in China, and on this condition, turning a blind eye to the Japan-China war.

The great powers hated and could not afford to provoke Japan, a fierce and arrogant bandit who had risen from strength and strength, and could not offend Japan for the sake of a China that had been weak for a hundred years; this was the fundamental reason why the Japanese could wantonly provoke war; with the current situation of shortage of resources in Japan, the vast majority of strategic materials depended on imports, and the attitude of the great powers was clearer, and the Japanese did not dare to act rashly.

At the same time, the incomparably indignant indignation at the treachery of the Japanese gradually unified the consciousness of the whole country, shifted the focus of military and economic gravity to national defense, and the attitude of the people, in turn, encouraged Chairman Chiang and strengthened his determination to resist Japanese aggression.

On 5 November, the day of the Japanese attack, the division commanders and army commanders who abandoned their positions and abandoned their soldiers and only cared about their own lives, were taken out of their villas by the military police and sent to prison.

The number of the Eighth Group Army was revoked, and Zhang Fakui was an old man in the Republic of China and a senior in the army, and Chairman Jiang did not pursue his dereliction of duty, but just gave you a fictitious title of General Staff of the Military Committee and sent him home to retire.

Gao Zhihang, who was leisurely and leisurely in the confinement room, was not only exempted from punishment because Chairman Jiang specially called him, but was also awarded the first-class Yunlu Medal, and served as the vice president and chief instructor of the Jianqiao Central Aviation School.

The operational sequence in the Songhu area was readjusted, the Songhu Theater was established, with Zhang Zhizhong as the commander and concurrently as the commander of the Shanghai garrison, and six divisions of the elite units of the Central Army with all German armaments and equipment were mobilized to station in Shanghai, and the Fifth Group Army was newly established, with Xue Yue as the commander-in-chief, and 12 elite divisions under its jurisdiction, which were under the jurisdiction of the Songhu Theater, and immediately went to the area around Hangzhou Bay to take over the defense of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the North China Independent Division.

In this way, in Songhu and the surrounding areas, 22 divisions of the elite troops of the Central Army were gathered, with a strength of as many as 400,000 troops, which was unprecedented, and the Sulu Mobile Corps was quickly rebuilt, and Chairman Chiang personally ordered the mobilization of a means of transportation that could be used to put the Sulu Mobile Corps into the North China battlefield as quickly as possible.

From Tang Qiuli's war report to the Military Commission, he learned that the Yellow River Valley Theater was under great pressure, that Tang Qiuli was currently short of troops, and that compared with the heavy victories on the southern front, the North China region on the northern front was not optimistic, and Chairman Chiang was grateful to Tang Qiuli for withstanding the pressure and keeping 140,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River, thus ensuring the security of the Songhu area.

At first, I didn't agree with them staying in the Hangzhou Bay area, but now that I think about it, Qiu Li has a vision! Fortunately, he was not moved by gossip, otherwise, Jiangnan would be in danger! Thinking of this, Chairman Jiang felt guilty, took care of the Sulu Mobile Corps that was about to go north, took care of it in many ways, did not count the military salary that Tang Qiuli had paid for three months in advance, and also subordinated a reinforced heavy artillery regiment equipped with pure German-style artillery to Tang Qiusheng's command, and clearly told him that this heavy artillery regiment did not need to be built, and it would be the unit of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the future.

On 5 November, at the same time that the Japanese troops on the southern front launched a three-way attack on the Songhu area, the Japanese troops in North China also made a move.

The 200,000 Japanese troops assembled in Zhangjiakou, with the cooperation of tanks, along the Huai'an line, entered the territory of Shanxi, all the way to conquer the city, as if entering the land of no man, the target was directly aimed at Datong, an important town in the northeast of Jin, and in the area of Tianzhen on the south bank of the Nanyang River in the northeast of Datong, and the main force of the Jin army arranged here in advance, Zhao Chengshou's troops.

Zhao Chengshou, who got the strict order of Commander Yan, commanded the troops to resist desperately, the two sides were inseparable, the strength was superior to the Jin army of the Japanese army, with flesh and blood, relying on the fortifications built, resisted the continuous attack of the Japanese army for a whole day, and the fierce battle was only one day, the Jin army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Japanese army also suffered more than 20,000 casualties.

At the same time, the 400,000 Japanese troops in Baoding poured out of the nest and besieged Shijiazhuang, an important town in southern Hebei, in the area of Boye and Anguo between Shijiazhuang and Baoding, they were fiercely blocked by the five brigades of the independent division, and the fierce battle lasted for a day, the Japanese army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and in the evening, the troops of the independent division who had given heavy casualties to the Japanese army abandoned their positions and retreated in the direction of Shijiazhuang.

At the same time as the Japanese army launched an offensive in western and southern Hebei, the 300,000 Japanese troops in Cangzhou attacked Dezhou along Botou, Dongguang and Wuqiao, and Liu Tiehan's eastward troops fought fiercely with the vanguard of the Japanese army on the periphery of Dezhou.

Throughout the day of 5 November, large-scale battles broke out at various key points in North China, and the battle was fierce, and Tang Qiuli's Yellow River defense line was under great pressure from the superior Japanese army.

In the three directions of the Japanese attack, two directions were undertaken by the troops of the independent division, and in both directions, Tang Qiuli's forces were far weaker than the Japanese army, and the purpose of the Japanese army was obvious, that is, to annihilate or defeat the troops of the independent division in North China, or at least to drive out the area around Pingjin and Tianjin, so as to clear the way for a large-scale southward advance.

On the second day, the Japanese army attacking the direction of Datong, the attack was more violent, the ferocious artillery fire shrouded the Jin army's defensive 0 position, after the shelling, at the same time unfolded the strength of three wings, stormed the front line position of the Jin army, once broke through two defensive positions, under the Japanese artillery bombardment, the two regiments of the Jin army defending here, casualties, the Datong front line was in an emergency.

Zhao Chengchuan was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately put the reserves in his hand, the 81st Division and the 35th Division of the Jin Army, into the battlefield to launch a counter-assault on the Japanese army occupying the position, and his order to the two division commanders was that even if there was one person left, the position should be recaptured, the old man wanted my head, I wanted your head, and everyone died together.

Zhao Chengshou still has a military vision, knowing that the number of troops invested is small, it is useless, all the troops at hand have been used, in Zhao Chengshou's white spoon telescope, the green medicine flag fluttering on his position, piercing his heart, the Japanese army has broken through and occupied three positions, and then, the tide of Japanese troops will follow these gaps, crazy pounce on Datong, and Datong has no defenders at all, only a few local troops, all the main forces, are already on the front line.

Once Datong was lost, the north gate of Taiyuan was opened, and the terrible consequences made Zhao Chengshou can't help but have a cold war, at that time, there is no need for the old man to ask for his own head, he and 270,000 troops will be dumplings by the Japanese army, and I am afraid that he will die without a place to be buried.

The sunset gradually set down the mountain, the Great Wall gradually disappeared in the darkness, the cold wind blowing from the Mongolian Plateau was biting, Zhao Chengshou's heart was as cold as this winter night, there was no trace of heating, the Japanese army had stopped attacking and consolidating the positions it had occupied, he knew very well that the opportunity was only one night, if the sun rose tomorrow, he could not regain the lost position, then his death time would come, and there were more than 200,000 troops.

Success or failure is in this move, in the past, Zhao Chengshou has never fought such a cruel battle, whether it is the Central Plains War or following the old man to fight the world, he has never experienced such a battle of tens of thousands of dead and wounded in a day, the night is as heavy as a grinding plate, pressing on his heart.

Two divisions of more than 30,000 Jin soldiers, standing in the cold wind, in the night, every pair of eyes are shining, to tell the truth, although the Yan commander is good at calculation, but the Jin soldiers are good, the land of the three Jin, there is no lack of martial spirit, because of the close proximity to the Mongolian Plateau, historically, from time to time suffered from the southern Mongolian cavalry plunder, Shanxi folk martial arts have become a trend.

Zhao Chengshou stood in front of the soldiers, felt their fighting spirit, and felt a lot of relief in his heart, behind him was a basket of white flowers and flowers, each soldier who participated in the war got five pieces, this is Zhao Chengshou's personal property, he understood a truth, the territory was lost, everything was lost, as long as there was territory, there was no worry about the ocean.

Zhao Chengshou concentrated most of the artillery in the direction of the counteroffensive, during the day, the Japanese fierce artillery fire, suppressed the Jin artillery, and caused a lot of losses, the Japanese attack did not suffer a greater blow, and the Japanese artillery battle, the Jin artillery suffered a lot of losses, it was lost in range and accuracy, now, the Japanese are resting, it is time for their own artillery to speak.

A team of soldiers, the figure disappeared into the darkness, one cannon after another, silently raised the muzzle, Zhao Chengshou stood in the dark for a long time, the strong cold wind, blowing a corner of his big sky, staring closely at the luminous pocket watch in his hand, watching the second hand "ticking" and constantly pointing to that time, heart, mentioned the throat eye.