Although the stubborn resistance of our army brought great casualties to the army, it was ultimately defeated because it was outnumbered. Shanhaiguan was lost, and the fire inside and outside the city burned for 3 days and nights, and the remnants of the walls were scorched everywhere, and the dead bodies were in disarray. The three policemen of the Bac Ninh Railway refused to surrender, and the soldiers planted a banner on their backs that read "Welcome to the Great Yueben", paraded the streets around the city, and then escorted them to Nanguan to be shot.

After receiving the news, combined with the history he knew, Jin Zhao knew that the capture of Shanhaiguan was only the first step of the army, and the ultimate goal of the army was the entire Rehe Province, so Jin Zhao sent a telegram to Li Long, who had already gone north, and asked him to lead his troops north to Rehe to resist. Jin Zhao clearly remembered that Zhang Xueliang was bent on preserving his strength and had no determination to resist at all, and Tang Yulin fled without a fight, which eventually led to the defeat of the Rehe War of Resistance. Li Long's strength is weak, and even if he goes north to Rehe, he will not play a key role. But you can't just watch the little devils come and turn a blind eye! Even if it's just to kill one more devil, it's good.

At the beginning, after Li Long led his troops to the north, he did not immediately go north to the northeast to resist the uprising, but returned to his hometown of Hebei, and then organized the anti-Japanese volunteers. After more than half a year of development and Jin Zhao's covert support, Li Long's headquarters had grown to more than 1,500 people at this time, and played the banner of the North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and Li Long appointed himself commander-in-chief. After receiving Jin Zhao's order, Li Long did not dare to slack off, and immediately led his troops north to Rehe to participate in the Anti-Japanese War.

After the army occupied Shanhaiguan, it prepared to attack Rehe. The purpose of its attack on Rehe was to crush our main forces in the region and occupy the area east of the Great Wall; Blockading the communications inside and outside China's customs and severing the connection between the Northeast Anti-Japanese Forces and the Guannai will be conducive to their future "public security operations" in the Northeast; In order to attack North China, Inner Mongolia, and covet Outer Mongolia, open up a strategic base for advancement.

In this operation, the Kwantung Army fought in the "Nine? After the "18 Incident," the largest one was the one in which two divisions, three brigades, and other subordinate units were mobilized.

Garrisoned in Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, the 8th Division of the Army, Lieutenant General Nishiyichi of the division commander, the 6th Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade stationed in Tongliao, the commander of the 6th Division, Lieutenant General Masaemon Sakamoto, and the commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, Major General Kennosuke Motegi; The 14th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade were mixed into the 14th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade of the Brigade Commanders, Major General Hattori Hyojiro and Major General Nakake Shin. In addition, the army is also equipped with the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade and the Kwantung Army Flying Team, with a total strength of more than 50,000 troops.

In addition, there are also a large number of puppet troops to cooperate with the army. The puppet army Zhang Haipeng commanded about 12,000 troops, the puppet army Cheng Guorui's provisional 2nd Army of about 7,500 people, Liu Guitang's national defense guerrilla army of about 10,000 people, Li Shoushan's 1st Brigade of Reading Power about 2,500 people, and Ding Qiang's National Salvation Volunteer Army, Jin Bihui (Kawashima Yoshiko) Ding [***], etc., the total strength is not less than 50,000 people.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the battle, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Muto Nobuyoshi, the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Koiso Kuniaki, and the deputy chief of staff, Major General Okamura Ninji, rushed to Jinzhou to command the battle.

On January 28, Muto Nobuyoshi summoned the generals of the Yue Army to a meeting at the Jinzhou Headquarters. At the beginning of the meeting, Chief of Staff Koiso Kuniaki first introduced the situation of the Chinese defenders on the Rehe side. Koiso Kuniaki held a baton and pointed to the map on the wall and said loudly, "After many reconnaissances by the imperial army, I learned that the deployment of the Shina troops is as follows:

(1) Tang Yulin's 36th Division was about 32,000 men. It is deployed in Beipiao, Chaoyang, Jianping, Ningcheng, Chengde and Chifeng to the west of Yixian County. Wudan, one is located in Kailu, west of Tongliao.

(2) Feng Zhanhai's 63rd Army, with about 10,000 men, was located in the areas of Xiawazi, Niugutu, Baoguotu, Yilongyong, and Qinglongshan east of Aohan Banner; Li Haiqing's anti-Japanese troops numbered about 3,000 and were located near the Naiman Banner and the Guli Benhua and the Eight Immortal Tubes to the east of it; Deng Wen's anti-Japanese troops were about 6,000 people, stationed in Linxi, Daban, Lindong and other places in Inner Mongolia.

(3) Sun Dianying's 40th Army, with about 20,000 men, was located in the Longhua and Weichang areas north of Chengde.

(4) Zhang Xueliang's four infantry brigades of about 30,000 men and two cavalry brigades of about 3,000 men were stationed in the areas of Pingquan, Lingyuan, Yebaishou, Kazuo, and Jianchang; 3 infantry brigades and 2 cavalry brigades of about 27,000 people, located in Funing, Lulong, and Changli south of Shanhaiguan; 4 infantry brigades are located in Tianjin; 7 infantry brigades are located in Beiping; 1 infantry brigade and 1 cavalry division are located in Zhangjiakou; 1 infantry brigade is located at Gubeikou.

(5) Shang Zhenzhi's 32nd Army numbered about 36,000 and was located near Tangshan.

(6) About 20,000 people of the 29th Army of Song Zheyuan's 3rd Army Corps, which were transferred from Chahar Province, were located in Jixian, Zunhua, and Yutian areas northeast of Beiping.

(7) The 106th Division of Shen Ke of the Northeast Army is about 8,000 people, located in the areas of Dongjiakou, Qingshankou, Taipingzhai, Sassafras Yazikou and Xiaomaping east of Xifengkou.

(8) There are about 6,000 volunteers in Jinzhou, located in the nearby mountainous areas west of Jinzhou and Suizhong.

(ix) Aviation Forces, with a total of 22 aircraft of various types. That is, the Nanyuan Airport in Beiping has 8 fighter planes and 1 reconnaissance plane; The western suburbs airfield in Beiping has 6 fighter planes, 1 reconnaissance plane, and 3 transport planes; Haiyang Town Airport, west of Shanhaiguan, has 2 trainer planes. ”

After saying all this, Xiao Iso Guozhao immediately concluded, "Through the above-mentioned reconnaissance, I know that in terms of defensive deployment, the focus of our [***] team is on the Jianchang, Kazuo, Lingyuan, and Pingquan areas in eastern Hebei and outside the Great Wall. After finishing speaking, Koiso Kuniaki bowed respectfully to Muto Nobuyoshi and the generals of the army.

A smile appeared on the corner of Muto Nobuyoshi's mouth, obviously very satisfied with the information of the special high class, nodded and said, "Xiao Iso-kun has worked hard!" ”

Koiso Kuniaki hurriedly lowered his head and said respectfully, "Loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor is the duty of the imperial samurai!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Muto Nobuyoshi nodded approvingly and said, "Based on the above situation, I have decided to use two divisions, two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, artillery, chariots, and aviation units to set off from the areas along the railway in Suizhong, Jinzhou, Tahushan, Zhangwu, and Tongliao in five routes, and to advance in unison, coordinate with each other, and strengthen the rapid detour of the right flank (east and north flank). Launched an attack on the Chinese army in Chifeng, Chengde and the Gubeikou of the Great Wall, Qiangzilu, Huangya Pass, Malan Pass, Luowenyu, Xifengkou, Lengkou, Jielingkou, Yiyuankou and other places, so as to achieve the operational goal of defeating the Chinese army and occupying Rehe. ”

"Hayi!" A group of generals responded respectfully.

General Muto Nobuyoshi looked at the generals in front of him, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, "Now there is Laogang Village-kun, read out the specific battle order!" (To be continued.) )