Devil's Army

At this time, the 11th Brigade, the Independent Brigade responsible for recovering Hebei Province, had already recovered Baoding, Langfang, and other important cities.

The Jidong Independent Brigade recaptured important cities such as Cangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Handan, and Xingtai.

It opened up a passage to the base of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army on the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains.

The Second Brigade headed westward and recaptured cities such as Lu'an (Changzhi), Yangquan, and Jinzhou in the middle and western sections of the Taihang Mountains.

It was connected with part of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and General Pang's 24th Army of the Nanjing Government Army.

The 5th Brigade recaptured Zhangjiakou, an important city in North China.

In the entire Hebei Province, only Tianjin and Beiping remained unrecovered. (During the Wang Puppet Government's division, the Nanjing government designated Beiping and Tianjin as municipalities directly under the central government.)

Soldiers from the 11th Brigade and the Independent Brigade frequently attacked Japanese and puppet troops coming out of Tianjin and Beijing to confiscate supplies.

The person in charge of the defense of Peking and Tianjin at that time was General Okamura Yasuji, who was known as an expert on China.

The 66th Infantry Brigade and the 67th Infantry Brigade stationed in Baoding and Langfang retreated to Tianjin and Beijing after their defeat.

Together with the existing 15th Independent Mixed Brigade, 63rd Division, Development Corps, Security Brigade and other troops in Peking and Tianjin, the total strength was more than 5.

The 11th Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army and the Independent Brigade with nearly 2 people had no way of taking Tianjin and Beijing.

However, having lost air superiority, Commander Okamura Yasuji was unable to repel the encirclement of the 11th Brigade and the Independent Brigade.

Because they had just organized their troops to counterattack, they were immediately attacked by the Devil Forces Air Force.

His air force at Tianjin Dongjuzi Airport and Beijing Nanyuan Airport only dared to protect the airspace security of Tianjin and Beijing with the support of anti-aircraft artillery units, and was completely unable to engage in air combat with the air force of the devil's forces.

General Okamura Yasuji was very angry about this, but he was powerless to change the status quo.

Since he entered the Chinese battlefield, he had never felt so helpless and humiliated as he did today.

The chief of staff gave him a suggestion, pretending to negotiate peace with the devil troops while requesting the Army Department to reinforce with new fighter planes.

Leng Feng received the telegram from the Independent Brigade Commander Zhang, sneered and replied:

We will not accept the Japanese army's peace talks on Chinese soil. However, the various units are currently engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese army and are unable to reinforce the Independent Brigade and the 11th Brigade attacking Peking and Tianjin.

They could hold a fake peace talk with the Japanese army, and then recapture Tianjin and Beijing in one fell swoop when troops from other places completed the task of expelling the local Japanese invaders and rushed to reinforce.

Leng Feng knew better than anyone that the Japanese invaders had suffered over 15 casualties from the first atomic bomb dropped by the United States four or five years earlier. However, the Japanese imperialists, determined to maintain their militarism, had proposed a plan to sacrifice million people in self-defense.

How could Japan, with its remaining military might, truly negotiate with the First Anti-Japanese Army? Furthermore, the negotiations were being conducted on Chinese soil.

The reason why Commander Okamura Yasuji proposed peace talks now is nothing more than the shortage of strategic supplies and troops, and they are waiting for reinforcements.

Of course, Leng Feng also took into account that the Japanese army was waiting for the arrival of domestic fighter jets to compete with them for air supremacy in China.

Leng Feng was also waiting. Now that a full-scale war had broken out with the Japanese invaders, his troops were stretched thin everywhere.

In a few months, if another 30 to 50 Japanese troops were eliminated, his infantry would be able to drive the Japanese invaders out of Chinese territory with its superior force.

After receiving Leng Feng's reply, Brigade Commander Zhang immediately agreed to negotiate with them.

Okamura Yasuji could not afford to lose face by negotiating with the Chinese army.

He arranged for the commander of the 66th Infantry Brigade who had retreated from Langfang to represent him in negotiations with Brigade Commander Zhang.