Chapter 1: The Darkness Before Dawn
In this time and space. March 17, 1936 was destined to be a historic date. On the morning of that day, the 8th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese North China Tun Garrison, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Hirano Ikehide, drove to camp between Huilongmiao and Dayao, which was close to the Chinese garrison at Lugou Bridge, and began the so-called exercise at 7:30 p.m. At around 21:45, the Japanese army claimed that gunshots were heard in the exercise area and that a soldier (Kikujiro Shimura) was "missing", and immediately forcibly asked to enter Wanping City, the garrison of the Chinese garrison, to search, but the Chinese defenders learned the 001 Brigade of the 1st Division of the Military Academy and the 002nd Regiment sternly refused. On the one hand, the Japanese army deployed for battle, and on the other hand, under the pretext of "gunfire" and the "disappearance" of soldiers, they pretended to negotiate with the Chinese side. At around 24 o'clock, the authorities of the 29th Army stationed in Peiping received a telephone call from Matsui Taikuro, head of the Japanese secret service in Peiping. Matsui said: The Japanese army was conducting a drill on the outskirts of Lugou Bridge yesterday, and when they suddenly heard the sound of gunfire, they immediately collected their troops and called them by name, and found that a soldier was missing, suspected of being looted by the Chinese garrison at Lugou Bridge, and demanded that they immediately enter the city to search it.
If it weren't for Ouyang Yun's appearance, the protagonists of the Chinese side would have been replaced by Ji Xingwen and his 129th Regiment, and then the 29th Army and Song Zheyuan. And now, because Ouyang Yun had already made arrangements for this day, the object that the Japanese would face now had changed.
At the beginning, when Ouyang Yun arranged heavy troops in Wanping, Li Tieshu and the others felt a little puzzled. From the perspective of the 59th Army and the 29th Army, the existence of the student army in Wanping is a bit interesting, just like a bone spur stuck between the 29th Army and the 59th Army - of course, with the current relationship between Zhang Zizhong and Ouyang Yun, Zhang Zizhong does not feel that it is a bone spur but a sharp blade that can support himself at the key.
The sudden appearance of the 59th Army posed a considerable threat to the position of the Cadet Army in North China. Before this, the Jicha area was a situation where the student army was dominant, but now, it is two heroes. How did the 59th Army emerge, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was the hands and feet of Nanjing. For this reason, Zhang Zizhong talked to Ouyang Yun on the phone just after getting the news. The more he came into contact with Ouyang Yun and the more times he went to Renqiu, the more Zhang Zizhong felt that Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army were unattainable. He is an old soldier, and he can't do anything else, but his military vision is quite poisonous. The things that have been concocted by the research and development of the apprentices are miraculous skills in the eyes of some people, but in Zhang Zizhong's view, those are real killing weapons, which can determine the outcome of a battle. The terrible thing is that the Cadet Research Institute is still improving, and those weapons and equipment have further prospects.
Fox Tong has a complete spy system in Nanjing, and there is only rumor of merging the 38th Division and the 132nd Division to form the 59th Army. Zhang Zizhong was not surprised at all when he called at this time, and he was also clear about what he wanted to show. At that time, Ouyang Yun only asked Zhang Zizhong three questions: "Senior Commander Zhang, will you be treasonous?" ”
"Just kidding, how could it be?!"
"Will you do things that harm the country and harm the people?"
"Of course not, I don't dare to say anything else, in terms of not disturbing the people, our 29th Division is the best in the 38th Army."
"Then will you commit a thousand fingers and leave a stink for thousands of years because of a person's selfish desires?"
Faced with the third question with too broad meaning, Zhang Zizhong hesitated for a while, but he still gave the answer Ouyang Yun wanted: "No!" ”
Ouyang Yun smiled: "Then it's over, I won't do the three points above." In this case, Brother Zhang, we will always be comrades-in-arms and not enemies! How to say that we are all Chinese, right? We all have the unique blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang......"
"Ouyang, I understand! Thank you! ”
"I thank you too!"
When it came to the last thing on the phone, both of them laughed.
The commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army in Wanping is Fu Kaiming, the brigade commander of the 001 Brigade. Fu Kaiming was originally from the First Regiment of Xian, but after the victory in Tianjin, Ouyang Yun was withdrawn from the Broadsword Special Operations Brigade and was directly promoted from a squadron leader to a brigade commander. If there is any aspect of the biggest change in the Cadet Army after the Tianjin victory, it is that Ouyang Yun is not as "nepotistic" as before in the appointment of officers. It is undeniable that before this, the officers from the 1st Regiment of the former Xian Regiment were not as fast as the former Cadet Corps and the 129th Regiment in terms of promotion. This undoubtedly led to complaints in the hearts of some officers and men of the former Constitutional First Regiment, and thus they were a little passive and slacking off their work. This is also one of the reasons why the single male is so eager to perform after the wolf's teeth have been hit hard. As a result of this change, the officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the former Constitution are now much better than before, both in terms of training enthusiasm and discipline observance.
Thinking about the actions of the Japanese, it is quite interesting to think about it, Wanping now obviously belongs to the defense area of the Xuebing Army, but Matsui's protest call was made to the 29th Army authorities. What's the mystery behind this? It turned out that the Kwantung Army was not dead, and it was still dreaming of autonomy in North China, and because of the bad relations with the Xuebing Army and the 38th Division, they pinned their best hopes on Song Zheyuan, and made a wish that if Song cooperated with the Japanese to carry out the North China autonomy plan, all the Jicha areas, including Wanping, would be placed under the jurisdiction of the 29th Army.
So far, the two sides have not yet reached an agreement on the issue of prisoners of war, but this group of dog guys does not have a long memory, and they still dream of being the second in the army world, thinking that they can force Song Zheyuan to surrender with the prestige of the imperial army. They really underestimated Song Zheyuan's IQ, Song was able to endure humiliation and burden, and the Cadet Army was getting stronger day by day, and he could tolerate the separation of the 38th Division and the 132nd Division from the establishment of the 59th Army, how could he not see the situation clearly? As a result, Matsui's phone call not only did not have a deterrent effect, but on the contrary, it touched the dust. The left-behind personnel of the 29th Army Headquarters also replied enough: "Want to enter Wanping City to search? It's okay, you can ask Commander Ouyang of the Xuebing Army if he agrees, right? Wanhei is now their defense zone, Captain Matsui? Is there a phone number from Commander Ouyang? Do you want me to give it to you? It's just that Commander Ouyang's temper is not very good, you have to be careful, don't be cheap and don't get it but touch your nose...... Hey, hey?! "Hey, what's the hang?!"
Of course Matsui is going to hang, he has already touched a nose of ash.