Chapter 404: Summing in the Line of Fire

The content of the telegram was too great a blow to the commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, Tashiro Wanichiro, and the troops in the west, southwest, and south of Beiping were surrounded by the squadron ** that suddenly appeared, not to mention attacking, and the defense on the spot was more than lucky.

Because Nishimura Masahashi said in the telegram that there were already several divisions of troops, lost contact, the situation was unknown, and the artillery fire of the squadron's attack was unprecedentedly fierce, Tashiro Wanichiro's question in his heart, like Nishimura's, where did so many squadrons come from? Why was there no warning beforehand?

Tashiro Wanichiro luàn square inch, this situation, how to save it? Several senior staff officers reminded him that the most important task now is to immediately increase troops in the direction of Beiping, and the troops in Tianjin can be mobilized to form a heavy army group to carry out counter-encirclement of the squadron, so that there is room for redemption of the defeat, that is, all the troops in North China will be placed on the decisive battle with the squadron under the city of Beiping.

Tashiro woke up like a dream, and hurriedly issued a few orders, as soon as the order was issued, the Nishimura Masashi on the Beiping front sent a telegram again, the battle in Beiping has been declared over, attacking the independent division of our army, withdrawing from the battlefield, the 29th Army also evacuated various defensive points, the whereabouts of the squadron are unknown, our army has lost about 140,000 troops, and has occupied Beiping City.

Tashiro tore the telegram to shreds in anger, what kind of battle was this fought? Overnight, the loss of 140,000 troops and the occupation of Beiping City, the price of huā is too great, right? Moreover, Nishimura did not say anything about the losses of the squadron in the telegram.

He telegraphed the generals of the Xicun and Beiping fronts to immediately return to the headquarters of the North China Garrison Army to summarize and review the Beiping war.

Nishimura led the commanders of the Japanese army at all levels to rush back in a dusty and dejected manner, and they were greeted by the iron blue face, angry expression, and mean language of His Excellency the commander.

Tashiro asked Chief of Staff Nishimura why he didn't immediately call for help when the troops were suddenly attacked, and had to wait until the situation was eroded before sending a telegram asking for help.

Nishimura's expression was blank, this was indeed his negligence, the sudden blow of the attack corps of the independent division beat Nishimura to méng, he only thought about gathering troops and establishing a defensive line on the spot, and he didn't think of asking for help at all.

This was his mistake, as the supreme commander of the campaign, he inevitably seemed at a loss for battle, so Nishimura could only listen to the commander's question, and could not answer a word, although he thought that when the Tianjin reinforcements arrived, it would not help the battle, and I am afraid that he could only see the backs of the soldiers of the independent division.

What's more, hundreds of thousands of troops of the independent division lurked under the nose of our army, and the intelligence department of the garrison army was not aware of it at all in advance, and it was not his fault, and the commanders of the Japanese army at all levels who participated in the war were all of the same opinion.

If the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli had not launched a sudden attack, the losses of the imperial army would not have been so huge, and the Ministry of Intelligence had an unshirkable responsibility.

For such a huge loss, someone has to be responsible, and the Japanese North China secret service in charge of intelligence has become the target of public criticism, and the head of the secret service, Matsui Taijiulang, was urgently summoned from Beiping to Tianjin.

Before the question was spoken, His Excellency Commander Tashiro was angered by Matsui Taikuro's attitude, and in a fit of rage, he slammed the teacup at Matsui's feet, and His Excellency the Commander's beautiful riding boots turned into rain boots.

Matsui Taijiuro was even more angry, if it weren't for the blind command of you laymen in May, how could the intelligence network of our secret service be sabotaged so strictly, and in turn put the blame on the head of the secret service? What do you want to make a scapegoat?

Although Tashiro was very angry, someone must be responsible for this battle, he can scold Matsui and fight Matsui, but he can't deal with Matsui, the North China secret service agency, which is subordinate to the Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters, and has no direct subordinate relationship with him.

Matsui also relied on this,-for-tat, not a word, the summary review meeting of the Battle of Beiping, in the jī fierce quarrel between Tashiro Wanichiro and Matsui Taijiuro, ended hastily.

After the meeting, Tashiro and Matsui respectively handed a summary report of the battle to their respective higher authorities, of course, the content was very different and far from each other, and each stood on its own position.

On July 8, when the fighting in Beiping had completely subsided, Tang Qiuli wrote a detailed battle report to the Nationalist Military Committee, reporting on the process and results of the Beiping Campaign.

The whole country was shocked, and in one night in North China, the Japanese army lost 140,000 soldiers, and the squadron lost Beiping City.

On 8 July, the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China sent a telegram to the whole country, appealing: "Compatriots, Pingjin is in danger, North China is in danger, and the Chinese nation is in danger, and only the whole nation can carry out the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in order to find our way out." He also put forward the slogans of "not allowing Japan to occupy China" and "shedding blood for the defense of the country."

Chairman Jiang of Nanjing, after receiving Tang Qiuli's battle report, Shen yín for a long time, ** has already expressed his attitude, and he can't let ** take the lead in everything.

On the night of the 7th of this month, on the outskirts of Beiping, Chairman Chiang expressed his attitude on the July 7 Incident and congratulated the great victory in North China, and on the night of the 7th of this month, on the outskirts of Beiping, the Vice Chairman of the Military Committee of the Civil Affairs of China, General Tang Qiuli, severely attacked the unreasonable provocation of the Japanese army, annihilated about 140,000 Japanese troops, and stabilized the situation in North China.

Subsequently, he expressed the principle of handling the Beiping conflict and put forward the twelve-character policy of "not yielding, not expanding, not seeking war, and fighting the war".

At this time, Chairman Jiang had mixed feelings in his heart, Tang Qiuli was ruthless enough, and he killed 140,000 Japanese troops at once, why did he not have any warning in advance? Overnight, with such a brilliant record, he is a good material for leading troops to fight.

However, in this way, I am afraid that the affairs in North China will not be good, and the Japanese will not be able to give up after suffering such a great loss, because the Japanese are the masters who can only take advantage of the situation and cannot suffer losses, and the war in North China on 7 July is only the beginning.

In fact, Chairman Jiang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, because before the war, Tang Qiuli did not report the battle plan to himself, and after thinking about it, maybe it happened suddenly, and he did not expect it, so he was relieved.

The major newspapers in China have reported on the war in North China one after another, and they are obviously divided into two factions: one faction has praised Vice Chairman Tang for using troops like a god; throughout the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, that general has a record of destroying 140,000 enemies in one night, and is one of the top Japanese troops in the world, which greatly boosts the morale of the Chinese people.

As a result, what contemporary Sun Wu, a generation of military gods, comparable to the famous Warring States general Bai Qi Li Mu, praise is like cháo, rolling in, even giving up Beiping, is said to be a strategic innovation.

The other faction of views is diametrically opposed, the duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, every inch of rivers and mountains is an inch of gold, in the face of foreign invasion, it is the duty of a soldier not to give up an inch of land, even if he dies in battle, he cannot take half a step back.

And Tang someone has nearly one million soldiers, and Beiping abandoned it without a fight, which is a shameful act of losing the land and fearing the enemy like a tiger. What "General Non-Resistance", "Zhang Xueliang Second", and other nicknames were all worn on Tang Qiuli's head.

There is even more biased argument, Tang Qiuli should judge himself to thank the world, lose the city and lose the land, what face is there to live in the world, Tang should be sent to the Jiāo military court to be convicted, kill him to thank the countrymen, in order to boost the morale of the army and the people, and warn the generals who are afraid of the enemy and cowardice.

All kinds of news reached the ears of the generals of the independent division, and everyone was angry, and with the lives of nearly 9,000 soldiers, they annihilated 140,000 enemies.

We fought a bloody war with the Japanese and spared our lives, is this the kind of evaluation?

Although the generals were indignant, they knew that as the division commander of the party, their hearts would be even more uncomfortable, and everyone made excuses to come to the division headquarters because they were worried that the division commander would not be able to bear it, so they would feel at ease when they took a look at it in person.

To their surprise, the division commander was calm, looking at the map intently, as if nothing had happened, and Mei Ting's sister-in-law was busy with her own affairs, and she didn't mean anything.

Everyone looked at each other, they didn't know what to say, admired the boss, and their hearts were wide and the sea Tang Qiuli saw that the generals came in a row, and hurriedly greeted everyone, just to inform you that a military meeting would be held to determine the next action plan.

The outcome of the Beiping War caused an uproar in Japan*, and the Japanese army's base camp was even more luàn, losing the first battle, failing to make a successful division, and losing troops, just like the weasel who had aimed at the jī nest féi tender xiǎojī, I thought that I was completely sure, and my hand was captured, but I didn't know, as soon as I started, I was broken with my claws.

The Japanese emperor was so angry that he convened a pre-imperial meeting on 10 July to review the war in Beiping and hold the generals responsible.

On 11 July, the Japanese North China Garrison Army Headquarters issued an appeal for an armistice, claiming that the clash on the night of 7 July was caused by the generals concerned disobeying orders and sending troops without authorization, which led to a large-scale clash between the Japanese and Chinese armies, and that the Japanese Empire, which had no intention of starting a war on the political side of the Republic of China, now demanded a ceasefire on the spot.

Tang Qiuli looked at the Japanese armistice agreement transferred from the national government, and even sneered and did not give it, ceasefire on the spot, the Japanese did not suffer, they still occupied Beiping City, and, using the time of the ceasefire, the Japanese army can adjust its deployment and increase troops to North China.

The Japanese are smart, the Chinese are fools?

Chairman Chiang asked Tang Qiuli for his opinion, and Tang Qiuli replied, "Chairman Xun Jian, the Japanese intention to cease fire is obviously a plan to delay the army and seek the sake of the Japanese, but in order to express our country's sincerity and have no intention of expanding the war, we can agree to the Japanese ceasefire agreement on the spot." ”

Chairman Jiang was greatly relieved, the war in North China should not be expanded, Tang Qiuli knows my heart very well, the Japanese are very happy, the Chinese have been fooled, Tang Qiuli secretly laughed, you say a cease-fire, a cease-fire? A big gift for you

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