War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 232 Urgent transfer to the customs!

Zhangjiakou.

Military Department.

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call!
Song Zheyuan was sleeping on the single bed in the military department and was snoring. At this moment, footsteps kept coming from outside the door, as if a pot of boiling water had exploded...

"Quick, pass the message immediately, we want to see the commander."

A chief of staff and four staff officers arrived at 3:20 a.m., and they looked like they couldn't wait any longer.

"Chief of Staff, the commander just took a break. Not long ago, Duolun's people sent back a message saying that the 41st Army has appeared near Lindong. The commander spent half the night looking at the map..."

"Stop talking nonsense to me and report it immediately!"

"Who?"

Song Zheyuan, who had been snoring loudly just now, opened the door and pushed the guard at the door aside. Before he opened his eyes, he heard the voices of his subordinates.

"General, great victory in Duolun!"

"The 217th Regiment ambushed Zhang Haipeng, and the 41st Army cut off this guy's retreat. Your beloved treasure Xu Chaoyang personally defeated Zhang Haipeng on the battlefield, and now he is feared by Rehe and eastern Mongolia!"

Song Zheyuan was still rubbing his face with his hands, trying to sober himself up, but he suddenly stopped when the chief of staff spoke. He then took his head away from his hands and asked very seriously, "Say it again?"

"Wang Changhai led the 217th Regiment to personally go to the danger, rescued Xu Chaoyang from Zhang Haipeng's pursuit, and also ambushed Zhang Haipeng..."

Song Zheyuan didn't understand. A regiment was sent to defeat an ambush of Zhang Haipeng's 10,000 men. Was this an ambush or an attempt to win military merit?
"At this time, the 41st Army, which had already entered Chahar, crossed the entire Chahar and appeared behind Lin Dong's Zhang Haipeng, and entered from behind Zhang Haipeng's troops. The 217th Regiment held its position tightly and blocked the front. The 41st Army surrounded Zhang Haipeng from three directions, trapping him to death in the plain area with no defenses. In one battle, more than puppet troops were killed and more than prisoners were captured. Xu Chaoyang killed Zhang Haipeng himself!"

Song Zhe is a log.

He stood there staring at the chief of staff with no expression on his face.

"Commander?"

"Commander?"

Song Zheyuan opened his lips slightly, and asked, still in shock, "Where is the 41st Army now?"

"It should be on the way from Lindong to Duolun."

Song Zheyuan asked again: "What about the south? Have you heard any news?"

The Chief of Staff immediately shook his head: "Probably... not yet... we must be the first to get the news."

Song Zheyuan said immediately: "Immediately, immediately, verify the military situation. After verification, there is no need to report. Immediately telegraph to the Beiping Military Branch and Nanjing. At the beginning of the telegram, add a sentence 'Our 29th Army cannot bear the suffering of the people', and at the end, add a sentence 'Song Zheyuan swears to die for the people of the world'!"

After he finished speaking, Song Zheyuan added: "The rest of the military information remains unchanged..."

"Also, promote Brigade Commander Zhao of the 37th Brigade of the 109th Division..."

Before he could finish his words, Song Zhe's original plan was to follow the line of the 109th Brigade, remove the military headquarters for Brigade Commander Zhao, vacate the position for the promotion of Wang Changhai, and then kill Xu Chaoyang in the 217th Regiment, and give Duolun and the 217th Regiment to him.

Xu Chaoyang's contribution this time is really huge. If he doesn't win the hearts of the people first, wouldn't that make his subordinates feel disappointed?

But the chief of staff interrupted him directly: "General, there is more important news!"

"Speak!" Song Zheyuan was so anxious. The chief of staff continued: "The main force of the Japanese 13th Division attacked the 13th Brigade of the Northeast Army, Yu Zhaolin's unit, and encountered the th Brigade's desperate resistance. The Japanese army of more than people led more than tanks to launch a crushing attack, and the planes in the air bombed continuously..."

"Although the 13th Brigade suffered heavy casualties, its position was never lost, forcing the Japanese army to bypass the 13th Brigade and attack Lingyuan where the 16th Brigade was located behind it. The 16th Division, reinforced by the 16th Mixed Brigade, launched an attack on the 8th Brigade in Lingyuan. As a result, the 19th Brigade, the th Brigade, and the th Brigade were defeated in one blow and retreated under the attack of the Japanese army. The battle lasted only one day, and Lingyuan was lost, causing the entire Rehe line to be shaken."

Song Zheyuan didn't know what to say. One brigade could hold off the attack of the Eighth Division, but three brigades were defeated at the first blow. Is this human language? How come the more people there are, the worse they are at fighting?

"Yu Zhaolin's troops were forced to retreat westward."

"Afterwards, Pingquan was also occupied by the Japanese army, and the entire Lingyuan and Pingquan line fell into the hands of the Japanese army."

"The Japanese army broke through the defense line on three fronts, north, south and center, and entered the heart of Rehe..."

"Old Tang..."

Song Zheyuan stared at the chief of staff and asked, "Surrender?"

"Alas." The chief of staff sighed, "The first reaction of this Rehe leader was not to organize defense, but to detain more than 200 military trucks at the front. The vehicles that were supposed to pull artillery to the battlefield were transporting Lao Tang's gold, silver, jewelry, and opium to the Tianjin Concession."

"This caused the Chengde defenders to move their guns slowly, allowing the 8th Division's armored vehicle vanguard to enter Chengde without a fight. The entire Rehe area fell into the hands of the devils."

He ran away!
Song Zheyuan finally understood. He finally understood why Xu Chaoyang fought so fiercely in Lindong, but still no Japanese troops paid attention to him. The Sixth Division was busy advancing with the Eighth Division to occupy the entire Rehe. How could they have time to care about Zhang Haipeng's life or death?
Not to mention Zhang Haipeng, at this time even if the 41st Army and the 29th Army went to Lindong and flattened Lindong, the Japanese would not turn back!

This kid Xu Chaoyang has taken advantage of a unique advantage and made such a great contribution... This is fate!

"Promotion..." Just as Song Zheyuan finished speaking, the chief of staff continued, "Commander, there is more important news!"

Song Zheyuan didn't want to hear it anymore. Rehe, how long did it take to resist before the whole territory fell? At this time, what good news could there be?

"Go ahead." He had changed from the eager "Go ahead!" at the beginning to a listless "Go ahead". The change in his mood was so great that almost everyone could see it.

"The master inside the pass has resigned."

Song Zhe's original listless mood changed again, and he quickly looked up at his chief of staff.

During the warlord period, there was an unwritten rule that once a leader of a faction stepped down, no matter how serious his crimes were, they would be forgiven. However, after Xiao Liuzi gave up his family business in the Northeast, he now gave up the entire Northeast Army. This cannot be explained by just saying he is a playboy!
It's just like a little kid who, under pressure, says to the world after trying to no avail: "I'll give it all to you. I don't want to play anymore!"

Isn't this too childish?
"What about the whole North China?" Song Zheyuan asked with his eyes wide open.

"So far, the government has not given any response. The news is just that the master in the interior of the country unilaterally resigned after losing the entire territory of Rehe."

Can he not resign?

There are countless natural dangers in Rehe. If everyone is united, even if the Japanese have airplanes, cannons, tanks and armored vehicles, the entire territory will not fall in such a short time.
Old Tang is even worse. He had a tendency to surrender to the Japanese from the beginning. He regarded himself as the father of Xiao Liuzi. He never listened to orders or instructions, and he didn't take Zhang Laoba, who was supervising the battle, seriously at all.
Although the principal had warned Xiao Liuzi before the war that Tang was a cancer and asked him to get rid of him quickly to ensure the smooth progress of the Rehe War, Xiao Liuzi was reluctant to do it for various reasons. As a result, when the Rehe War broke out, Old Tang still stationed his troops at the border and did not allow Xiao Liuzi to enter Rehe...

How to fight this battle?
Lao Tang had no intention of fighting to the death in Rehe!

"Commander, although Rehe has been lost, the Japanese have no intention of stopping. The news we have received is that the 14th and 33rd Brigades are already preparing to move south. You must make a decision as soon as possible."

14. 33rd Brigade?

Song Zheyuan turned around and went back to the house. The moment he looked at the map, he immediately saw the obstacles of the Great Wall!

Then, he quickly raised his head, put aside all his previous thoughts, and immediately shouted, "Urgently dispatch Zhao's troops to enter the pass!"

(End of this chapter)