War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 425: Falling from the altar! (Thanks to 'G Dream Walk' for the 1500+918 reward!)
In real history, when the July 7 Incident just started, not only Song Zheyuan thought it was a small-scale friction, even the Japanese had no idea of ​​"expanding the war". They felt that the real rival was still the "Soviet Union".

After the July 7 Incident, the Japanese were always arguing between the two factions of "expanding the war" and "not expanding the war". The main reason why the "expanding faction" finally prevailed was that the lower-level troops directly triggered the entire war with the mentality of "wondering between fighting and not fighting will never have a result". However, since the Fengtai Incident, the strategic goal of the Japanese was indeed Lugou Bridge, so this was basically a planned but unorganized battle in the official history.

Ji Xingwen, who was stationed in Wanping, was called "Ji Bold" by Zhao Dengyu. He was a man who fought without regard for his life. Adding to the frustration of these days and the expectations of the people, he led his troops to fight the Japanese directly. In Wanping alone, the stalemate with the Japanese lasted until July 29th!

While the July 7 Incident was ongoing, Song Zheyuan was not actually prepared for a full-scale war with the Japanese army. Therefore, from the beginning of the July 7 Incident to the time when the Japanese decided to send more troops, the two sides were still in a situation of fighting and talking during the five days when the war broke out.

At this time, Jinling's attitude became extremely firm.

After learning that friction had occurred in Peking, Jinling issued eleven urgent orders to Song Zheyuan, who wrote the diary, to prepare for a full-scale war. If negotiations were carried out, no sovereignty would be lost. He also promised to urgently dispatch four divisions to Peking for reinforcement to ensure that the ancient capital would not be lost.

On July 11, the Japanese held an emergency meeting of the five ministers and the cabinet of the province, foreign affairs, army, navy, and Tibet, and approved the plan of the Japanese army to occupy the Peiping-Tianjin area. It was decided that the 1th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army, the 20st Independent Mixed Brigade and the 18th Division of the Korean Army, and flying squadrons of the aviation corps and five infantry divisions from the mainland would be transferred to North China.

On the same day, Tashiro Kan'ichirō died of illness and Katsuki Seiji took over.

From then on, the full-scale war of resistance broke out and the situation was completely irreversible.

Kozuki Seiji decided to use the first batch of additional troops to annihilate the 29th Army in one fell swoop. He ordered the increase of troops in Fengtai and Tongxian. The main force of the Kwantung Army reinforcements was assembled in Miyun, and the air force was assembled in Tianjin. He was required to complete the deployment before July 20.

That is to say, before the 20th in official history, the 29th Army had never encountered an attack by the elite Japanese troops, and it was always the garrison troops that fought against them.

This was also the reason why Xu Chaoyang had to encourage the 38th Division to eliminate the Tianjin garrison troops in advance. He knew that this was an irreversible battle, and he also knew that the Japanese had no time to reinforce. Killing the garrison troops at this time would kill the garrison troops' manpower to the greatest extent.

But Song Zheyuan couldn't stand it anymore.

Let him return to Beiping to discuss military affairs...

The Japanese's revenge was imminent. With the arrival of Kiyoshi Kozuki on July 12, Tianjin had already increased its troops to more than 30,000. At this time, Xu Chaoyang's main regiment, the elite of the main regiment, whose equipment was one level higher than that of all the troops in the country, why didn't he stay in the garrison to defend it tightly, but went to Peiping to hold a combat meeting?
Of course Xu Chaoyang is not stupid!
After sending the Martin furnace out, he left Tianjin that day, but along the way, Xu Chaoyang did not head towards Beijing at all. Instead, he ran out of the city and headed south, rushing all the way.

He knew that the entire 29th Army would be thrown into chaos in the next few days and would not have the energy to pay attention to him. The Japanese attack alone would be enough to cause them a lot of trouble.

Gala la la la!
Peking, railway station.

When the iron door of the carriage was opened, Song Zheyuan saw that the carriage was full of Japanese soldiers with their hands tied and kneeling in front of a corpse. Even at this time, they were still kneeling in an orderly manner, while the jujube-shaped head lying on the iron sheet of the train was already dead.

When Song Zheyuan saw the body of Tashiro Kanichiro lying on the iron sheet with one eye sealed with gauze, he turned around and said, "The whole country has been informed that Tashiro Kanichiro was killed by our army. In the battle of Tianjin, our 38th Division showed its might, defeated the Japanese garrison troops, and recovered the Japanese concession in Tianjin!"

At this time, Song Zheyuan certainly could not sing praises for Xu Chaoyang anymore, so he naturally had to add glory to the 38th Division. These days, whoever controls the right to speak can deify others.

"report!"

"The 38th Division called to say that the 217th Regiment had left Tianjin and was heading for Beijing."

Song Zheyuan immediately turned his head and looked over, shouting fiercely: "Didn't I just let Xu Chaoyang come over?"

The signalman was stunned for a moment: "Lao Ding, then I'll call the 38th Division and ask them to stop the 217th Regiment?"

Qin Dechun pushed the communications soldier and said, "Can we stop them?" Then he waved at the communications soldier.

"Let's transfer Zhao Dengyu. With him here, Xu Chaoyang, this stubborn ass, will have no choice but to admit his guilt and face the punishment."

Qin Dechun was afraid that after dealing with Xu Chaoyang, it would cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers of the 217th Regiment. These beasts who could even hold down the Japanese were almost invincible in the th Army. If they caused trouble in Peking, all the great achievements of Tianjin would be wiped out...

"What about these people?" Song Zheyuan pointed at the Japanese prisoners in the car.

Qin Dechun smiled and said, "Call more reporters and hold a public trial. Let the people of Beiping participate in the trial. This time, we will give the people the power. We don't care how they try or sentence us. We just maintain order and execute the judgment. As long as this matter is done, Lao Ding, the people's hearts in North China are in your hands."

"Is it?"

"No."

"Hahahahahaha!"

Song Zheyuan was very happy. He had only seen the results of the battle in Tianjin at Baitaizi, Xifengkou. Now the whole of North China would be united again. His own Dagu Shipyard had already moved to Zhangjiakou. Fighting the devils was nothing more than a matter of fighting a few battles and then continuing the negotiations. At worst, he could give them the territory of Chabei. Anyway, all the troops had been withdrawn to garrison Beiping.

"Give the order that after the train unloads the prisoners, it should head straight to Zhangjiakou and not stop along the way."

……

On July 10, the friction in Wanping continued, and the Japanese invaders directly sent planes to bomb Wanping;
On July 11, the Japanese invaders had assembled their forces in North China and formally demanded that we withdraw our garrison troops in Beijing, the Hebei-Chahar government agencies, and ban anti-Japanese speech organizations, so that the two sides could resume peace talks. On July 12, the public trial in Beijing began. Soldiers of the 29th Army conducted a public trial at Caishikou that year. It is said that the people in Caishikou did not say a word that day, let alone allow you to try. When a Japanese soldier was pushed up, they began to scream endlessly: "Kill him!!!"

Hatred!

Why did Song Zheyuan do this?
Because he knew that the discussion was over.

He couldn't fulfill any of Japan's requests!
To evacuate Beiping, isn't that just asking Song Zheyuan to get out? To abolish the Jicha government agencies, isn't that just asking Song Zheyuan to pack up and get out? To ban anti-Japanese speech, isn't that just asking Song Zheyuan to pack up and get out and then shut up!
Then what else is there to talk about?
This doesn't look like a negotiation!
On the afternoon of July 12, the Martin furnace that Song Zheyuan was transporting to Zhangjiakou was robbed. Song Zheyuan was furious. He felt that it must have been done by the Japanese!
On July 13, Song Zheyuan realized that not only the Martin furnace was robbed, but even the train was lost. When the train was found, it had already arrived at the Shanxi border. They learned the news only after Yan Laoxizi called to inquire.

On July 16, Song Zheyuan, who was at the center of the storm, unfolded the map again and found that the enemy's troops in the Pingjin area had reached 100,000. He began to feel fortunate for his decision. If he had bowed his head and become a grandson, now even if he was kneeling, the enemy would still attack Beiping...

But he began to worry about how to fight this battle.

On July 17, the diary writer published the "Lushan Declaration". The famous sentence "If the war breaks out, everyone, regardless of gender, age, will have the responsibility to defend the country and fight the enemy, and everyone must be determined to sacrifice everything" appeared in major newspapers and magazines.

On July 20, the Japanese army launched a fierce offensive. We received accurate intelligence that the Japanese troops in the Peiping-Tianjin area had increased to eight divisions with a total of about 160,000 troops.

The Japanese Kwantung Army's 20st Mixed Brigade and th Brigade arrived in the Gaoliying area of ​​Shunyi first, the th Division of the Japanese Army in Korea had also arrived in Tianjin, and the nd Regiment of the Japanese Garrison Army and its cavalry and artillery arrived in Tong County. At this time, Peiping was already in the encirclement.

On July 20, the Japanese army launched an attack on Langfang with the arrived Korean 113th Division. The th Brigade fought hard and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. At noon the next day, the Japanese army occupied Langfang and the traffic between Beijing and Tianjin was completely cut off.

On the afternoon of July 26, Kozuki Seiji issued an ultimatum to the 29th Army, ordering our troops to retreat to the west of the Yongding River. Song Zheyuan refused to compromise with the Japanese invaders and decided to launch a counterattack.

But he seemed to have forgotten that the 217th Army under his command was no longer the unit in Xifengkou. This unit was just like Xu Chaoyang's th Regiment, and had just learned to enjoy the peace and prosperity...

At 7:00 p.m. on July 26, a squadron of Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai boarded military vehicles and pretended that the Japanese embassy guards in Peiping were returning from a field exercise, attempting to enter Peiping through Guang'anmen.

Liu Ruzhen of the 679th Regiment saw through their plan and pretended to let them pass, allowing them to enter more than half of the city and launch an attack. The Japanese invaders were immediately disrupted and suffered heavy losses.

Since then, both sides have known that the other side has entered a full state of combat readiness. There is no more pretense at the negotiation table, and a real confrontation has begun.

On July 27, the Japanese side issued an order for a full-scale offensive and specified the attack directions of many troops.

In the north, the 1st Independent Infantry Brigade of Gaoliying attacked Xiaotangshan;

To the west, the Second Regiment of the Garrison Army attacked Tong County;

The 20th Division in the south attacked Tuanhe from Langfang;

The 29th Army was defeated in public and retreated to Nanyuan and Beiyuan respectively...

At that moment, all the citizens of Peking who had screamed "Kill him" at the "public trial" fell silent, and countless questions of "Why can't you do it anymore?" arose in their hearts. They remembered that the army stationed in Peking was the one that killed the devils with broadswords at Xifengkou. How come they couldn't fight after using the Liao Type 13 rifle and the devil's Type rifle?
Didn’t you play well in Tianjin?

But no ordinary people know what the 29th Army has experienced. They don’t care about the planes bombing outside the city or the tanks and armored vehicles roaring on the battlefield. The ordinary people only care about the results!
Song Zheyuan certainly had no time to care about what the common people thought. He urged the four divisions in Jinling to move north and ordered all the troops to assemble. However, it was too late.

The Japanese army pressing on the outskirts of Beijing launched a general offensive at 38 a.m. on the 114th. The 9th Division, supported by aircraft and artillery, attacked the th Army Special Service Brigade, the th Brigade of the th Division, and the th Cavalry Division...

All communications of the 29th Army were cut off and the battlefield was completely divided. Song Zhe was obviously in Peiping, but the command system simply failed. If he wanted to issue an order, he had to send people into the encirclement first, which led to each unit fighting on its own and eventually the fall of Nanyuan.

The Japanese demonstrated on the spot to all the people in Peiping how they defeated the 29th Army. From then on, the anti-Japanese sentiment that had just been aroused in the people of Peiping was completely extinguished, and they lived their lives one day at a time.

The main force of the Japanese brigade stationed in Fengtai arrived at Dahongmen and completely cut off the connection between Nanyuan and the Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee, blocking the reinforcements of the 29th Army. The deputy commander of the 29th Army, Tong Linge, and the division commander, Zhao Dengyu, died for their country!
According to rumors, Zhao Dengyu could have retreated, but someone close to him revealed the news and route of the retreat to the Japanese invaders in advance, allowing the Japanese invaders to know the retreat route early, which led to Zhao Dengyu being ambushed. What the Japanese did not expect was that Tong Lingge was also among them.

In the north, the Japanese 1st Independent Brigade captured Qinghe, and the defending Jibei Security Force retreated to Huangsi. The Japanese 11th Independent Brigade continued to attack Huangsi and Beiyuan. The Jibei Security Force was defeated and retreated directly. The 39th Brigade was disarmed. At this point, the east, south and north of Peiping were occupied by the Japanese army. Song Zheyuan had no power to turn the tide and decided to retreat westward to Baoding. The fall of Peiping was only a matter of time.

On the 31st, Peking fell.

In an urgent telegram sent to Nanjing for help, Song Zheyuan wrote in his diary that as long as they held out for three days, reinforcements would arrive immediately. However, until Song Zheyuan withdrew on the 31st, the 29th Army had not seen any reinforcements.

On the 31st of the same year, the diary writer published a "Letter to All Soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War", encouraging the entire army to "expel the Japanese invaders and revive the nation".

On August 12, the person who wrote the diary was elected commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force. A real war was about to begin!

　Thanks to 'G梦行' for the reward of 1500+918. I don't have to spend any more money, old friend. This makes me so embarrassed. Just be here, be obedient, just be here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)