Devil's Army

Seeing that the Japanese were driven away from Lugou Bridge, the captain of the seventh company immediately led his soldiers back to the fortifications.

The squadron leader pointed to a burly officer and introduced him to the captain of the seventh company:

"This is Commander Lu from the Second Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army."

"Hello, Captain Lu!" The commander of the seventh company saluted and shouted to Captain Lu.

"Okay, hurry up and repair the fortifications. The Japanese may counterattack at any time."

"With you here, no matter how many devils come, they will become real ghosts."

The commander of the seventh company was glad that he followed the squadron leader's advice and evacuated the Lugou Bridge fortifications, otherwise they didn't know how many brothers would have to stay there.

Ikki Kiyonao was stunned by the powerful fighting power and fierce firepower of the Second Regiment, and he had not recovered for a while. He did not launch another major attack on Marco Polo Bridge for the whole afternoon.

But the Second Regiment Commander knew that the Marco Polo Bridge was the only bridge connecting Beiping with the outside world. Once the Marco Polo Bridge was lost, Beiping would become an isolated city. Therefore, the Japanese would never give up the Marco Polo Bridge.

Commander Kan'ichirō Tashiro was forced to retreat from Wanping City and Lugou Bridge under the surprise attack of the Second Brigade.

While readjusting his deployment, he asked for help from the Army Headquarters.

The Japanese Army Headquarters wanted to take over Beijing and North China as soon as possible, but they were also short of troops. So they released balloons to negotiate with Song Zheyuan, and at the same time transferred the 1st Mixed Brigade and the 11th Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army, the 20th Division in Korea, and six flying squadrons to the North China battlefield.

At that time, there were only 14,000 Japanese soldiers in the First Brigade of the Chinese Garrison Army around Beiping. Song Zheyuan had nearly 100,000 troops and the Second Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army had nearly 10,000 soldiers, which could easily defeat the First Brigade of the Japanese, so that the Japanese dared not have any idea of ​​attacking Beiping in a short period of time.

It's a pity that General Song always had illusions about peace. No wonder, General Song developed from a remnant of more than 3 soldiers living under the protection of others to command the richest area in the Beijing-Hebei area, and the annual tax revenue was enough to support more than 10 heavy troops under his command. How could he give up easily?

He immediately ordered a ceasefire and began negotiations with the Japanese army.

Soon, the Chinese negotiators realized that the Japanese side had no intention of negotiating and was just stalling for time, so they immediately reported this to General Song.

However, General Song did not dare to unilaterally stop the negotiations, and still hoped that the negotiations would be successful and maintain the status quo.

As more and more Japanese troops arrived in North China, the balance of the war began to tilt towards the Japanese army.

On July 7, Kiyoshi Kozuki became the commander of the Japanese garrison in China. He tore up the "He-Umezu Agreement", "Tanggu Agreement", "Qin-Tu Agreement" and other related agreements that would not escalate the situation. He shouted:

"From today on, the era of relying on agreements to gain the Empire's benefits is over. We must rely on force to gain the Empire's greatest benefits."

On July 7, a meeting on whether to fight or make peace with Japan was held at Song Zheyuan's residence in Tianjin.

The peace balloons released by the Japanese successfully disrupted the judgment of General Song Zheyuan and bought time for them to continue recruiting troops. Song Zheyuan and his men also missed the best opportunity to counterattack the Japanese invaders.

Finally, Katsuki Seiji issued an ultimatum of surrender to General Song Zheyuan.

On July 7, General Song finally saw through the evil ambitions of the Japanese invaders, rejected the devil's ultimatum, and issued an order for the entire 27th Army to resist in self-defense.

The 29th Army has since entered a full-scale anti-Japanese war. However, the Japanese troops in the North China Front Army are no longer the same as they were at the beginning of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and their strength has reached more than .

During this time, Wu Lang once reminded General Song to beware of Pan Yugui, a traitor who would leak the military secrets of the 29th Army to the Japanese.

General Song asked Wu Lang for evidence, but Wu Lang was unable to provide any. He couldn't say it was proven by history.

General Song told Wu Lang: "Pan Yugui is in a high position and has great power. We cannot arrest him easily without evidence. We cannot resort to unwarranted means like the devils did."

Wu Lang had no choice but to order the special forces still operating in Tianjin to eliminate the traitors.

With the help of the 38th Division, the special forces from Tianjin found Pan Yugui's residence and went into hiding.

Five special forces soldiers lay in ambush outside a two-story Italian-style building on Minzu Road, Hebei District, Tianjin until around four o'clock in the afternoon, when a black sedan drove over from the east of Tianjin.

The soldier from the 38th Division who was accompanying him said to the special operations team leader:

"Captain, this is Director Pan's car."

Five special forces members immediately jumped onto the road and forced the black car to stop with guns.

"What? You dare to shoot a government official in broad daylight?"

"Government officials? You traitor, tell me, where did you go just now?"

Pan Yugui knew that the truth had been exposed, but he remained stubborn and refused to admit it.

The squad leader turned around and pointed his gun at the driver and asked:

"Tell me, where did you go just now?"

The driver immediately raised his hands and cried, "Sir, we just went to the Japanese army. Sir, I'm just a driver. I don't know what Director Pan is doing!"

"You, you ungrateful wolf..."

Two gunshots rang out, and the squad leader cursed:

"You are worse than an animal, yet you still call others ungrateful!"

After scolding, the squad leader ordered the special forces to tie up the driver. He cut Pan Yugui with a dagger and wrote on the ground with blood: "The fate of a traitor."

At this time, voices were heard nearby. The squad leader threw the cloth and ordered the team members to retreat.