War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 354 Additional Troops
The year 1933 passed in war and chaos. In this year, some people died on the battlefield, some were full of confidence, some were accumulating strength, and some were possessed by demons without knowing it and still thought they had achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven.

In September 1933, the Nationalist government divided eastern Hebei into Jimi and Luanyu regions and established two commissioners, Tao Shangming and Yin Rugeng. However, Tao never yielded to the Japanese invaders during his tenure, which made it impossible for the Japanese invaders to carry out many of their plans. So they put pressure on He Yingqin's Peking Military Branch through political means and dismissed him. Yin Rugeng became the only one in power from then on, and the Japanese took this opportunity to win over Wu Yiting of Xianghe, so that although Tongxian and Xianghe areas were still in the hands of the Nationalist government on the surface, in fact, they might not be.

Where are places like Natong County and Xianghe?

To the east of Peiping, to the southeast is Baodi, and to the south is Wuqing. Wuqing is right under Tianjin's nose. There is a Japanese fleet outside Tianjin Port, and there are Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin!

Under such circumstances, how could the Japanese invaders not create friction?
Even if the Japanese invaders wanted to slow down their expansion, the people below would not agree. Those who once caused friction in the Northeast have now become heroes in the eyes of all the devils, and their arrogance of winning battles one after another on this land...

So, from 1934 onwards, although the two countries had not yet gone to war, various events never stopped!

The HB incident, the Zhangbei incident, the Tongxian incident, the Xianghe incident, and all the way to the July 7 Incident, you were never allowed to have a day in peace!
Various events forced He Yingqin to be overwhelmed!
It all starts from this moment.

1934, at the beginning of the new year, on the first day of the new year, bad news was already waiting for Xu Chaoyang before he even opened his eyes!

"Chaoyang, it's time to wake up. It's time to pay New Year's greetings soon."

Xu Chaoyang, who was still in bed with a hangover, was called up by Yuan Fuzhen. Yuan Fuzhen, wearing silk pajamas, brought him a cup of coffee and placed it on the bedside: "Drink this, you will feel more energetic after drinking it."

"I don't drink."

Xu Chaoyang struggled to get up from the bed and sat there in a daze, not having any interest in the coffee next to him.

This was mainly due to a short video he watched in his own era. The video said that when food was scarce, someone added caffeine as "veterinary medicine" to the grass of cattle and horses. The animals that ate this "veterinary medicine" were both capable and ate less. At that time, Xu Chaoyang gave up this thing. He didn't want to be a beast of burden...

As the couple was talking, they heard hurried footsteps downstairs!

"Miss, son-in-law, the soldiers from Dagu Shipyard are here to wish you a happy new year~"

After hearing the shout, Xu Chaoyang put on his clothes and went downstairs without even washing his face. But when he went downstairs, he saw that almost all the officers of the 217th Regiment, led by Chang Zhan, were there!
"Chaoyang, we are not here to celebrate the New Year."

Chang Zhan said very seriously: "The devils have sent more troops!"

After hearing this, Xu Chaoyang immediately quickened his pace and asked as soon as he came down from upstairs: "What's going on?"

"The Japanese garrison in Tianjin has increased to eight squadrons. They entered Tianjin County early this morning and were specially assigned a field artillery squadron and an engineering squadron. I estimate that the current Japanese army in Tianjin has reached a size of at least 6,000 people, not counting other garrisons along the Tianjin-Beijing line."

Xu Chaoyang smiled sinisterly. He didn't expect that the Japanese had started preparing so early. No wonder they were able to quickly cut off Beijing's connections with other places as soon as the July 7 Incident broke out.

“Captain, they are coming for us.” Wang Tianhao said seriously, “Our people said that the devils have already set up a headquarters in Tianjin. The one coming this time is the former chief of staff of Songhu Expeditionary Force Commander Shirakawa Yoshinori. What’s his name… Yes, Tashiro Kanichiro!”

"He was the one who personally took the lead and led the Second Regiment to garrison Tianjin."

The second wing?

Xu Chaoyang muttered: "That is to say, the damned one still has at least one First Regiment in his hands..."

Wang Tianhao immediately said, "I sent someone to check this morning, but there's no reply yet."

Xu Chaoyang raised his head again: "Have you contacted the Beiping Military Branch?"

Chang Zhan responded: "I have contacted them. The news from Peking is that the First Regiment under this Tianshiro An'ichirō should be stationed in Luanzhou, Shanhaiguan, and Qinhuangdao..."

"Should? Then where the hell is he stationed?"

Wang Tianhao then said, "That's why I sent someone to investigate. The information from Peking is not as good as saying that the First Regiment is stationed in North China. It's too general."

"This time it's really exciting. In a small city like Tianjin, there are 1,000 British troops, 1,300 American troops, 1,800 French troops, and 400 Italian troops. This time the Japanese invaders directly sent 6,000 troops in. Not only do these guys not treat us as human beings, in their eyes, they don't even treat the British, French, American, and Italian guys as human beings at all. They are too rampant."

"Tell our people to set up MG30 and all artillery at various garrison points in Dagu, and inform the Beiping Military Branch, saying that I said so, and have them issue a 'peace statement' declaring that the 29th Regiment of the 217th Army is only stationed there and does not want to have any friction with any party!"

"Also, pass on my military order. Anyone who dares to come to Dagu to create friction or provocation, no matter which side they are from, will be killed immediately. You can be soft on the surface, but you must be tough on the ground!" "Yes!"

Liu Gen straightened his body and stood at attention, but he looked around in confusion and asked, "Why don't I understand? How come it's about 'peace' and guns..."

Wang Tianhao said to him: "Are you stupid? How can peace be negotiated?"

"Go!"

After Xu Chaoyang gave the final order, everyone stood at attention again and shouted, "Yes!"

These arrogant and brave soldiers walked out of the small western-style building with bodies as strong as tigers and bears. Xu Chaoyang watched them get into the car from the open door and drove away in a cloud of dust before he narrowed his eyes slightly.

He knew that a fight could not start at the moment, but he had to make a strong gesture, otherwise, how could he live like this in the future?

The Japanese army suddenly increased its troops without any reason. It was obvious that they were coming for the 217th Regiment. They were guarding against you. This was when the Dagu Shipyard had not yet started production...

bell!
At this moment, the phone rang on the coffee table next to the sofa in the living room. Xu Chaoyang picked up the receiver with one hand and the receiver with the other hand and put them to his lips. This small western-style building still uses the oldest telephone, and these two devices are needed to complete a call.

"I, He Yingqin."

It was obvious that the news of the Japanese reinforcements had been passed on to the highest level in Beijing: "What is the situation in Tianjin?"

"Nothing's happening yet."

"Remember, don't take the initiative to provoke trouble!" After He Yingqin said this, Xu Chaoyang felt very uncomfortable...

But I had to answer, "Yes!"

……

Tianjin.

The moment my second sister was walking on the street in her military uniform with her hands in her pockets, I remembered that this was the only moment she could completely relax since she followed Xu Chaoyang out of the Northeast.

Today was the day she had agreed to watch a movie with Duan Jingwen. She said she wanted to see how a person was put into a small box and then put on the big screen.

Even my second sister wanted to find a piece of slightly feminine clothing in her bag, but after searching through all her luggage, she discovered that her bag was filled with military uniforms!

The uniforms of the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, and the National Government, but there was not a single piece of women's clothing...

She wanted to go out to buy a few pieces, but when she got to the clothing store with the windows filled with dresses, she couldn't move her legs to go in.

I always feel embarrassed...

Forget it.

In the end, the second sister, still wearing her military uniform and with her hands in her pockets, walked to the agreed location, which should be the entrance of the alley where Duan Jingwen lived.

"Look, is that the old Duan family?"

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the day when ordinary people go out to pay New Year's greetings. My second sister had just stood here when she heard the people coming in and out behind her mumbling something.

"How immoral! How can someone come to collect debts on New Year's Day?"

At that moment, the second sister turned around, but she never pulled her hands out of her pockets. She didn't take it seriously and walked into the alley...

(End of this chapter)