Devil's Army

The 219th Regiment and the st and nd Regiments of the nd Brigade of the st Army withdrew to Baoding overnight.

The next day, the Second Regiment of the Japanese China Garrison occupied Wanping City and Lugou Bridge, and the Lugou Bridge in Wanping City fell.

Due to the strong intervention of the Second Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army, Wanping City and Lugou Bridge were able to hold out for three days longer than in history.

After the fall of Wanping City and Lugou Bridge, the Japanese attacked Beiping with all their might. The fall of Nanyuan also left Beiping with no defenses.

General Song’s telegram requesting assistance to the Nanjing government never received a response, let alone the central government sending reinforcements.

The 27th Independent Brigade and the st Squadron of the Special Operations Force single-handedly blocked the Japanese for a long time, but suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to Chahar.

Before the retreat, the squadron leader left behind a special forces team to assist Li Hongmei and others in protecting the military families from evacuating the city of Beiping.

Many ordinary people on the streets were fleeing the city of Peking with large and small bags.

In order to force the 29th Army to surrender, the Japanese spies who had sneaked into Beiping City in advance began to capture the families of the 29th Army generals. Among them, the most spies attacked General Song’s mansion.

Li Hongmei, who had been alert to the situation on the street, suddenly discovered that more than a dozen unidentified people were suddenly surrounding the Song Mansion in the chaotic street, and hurried downstairs to check the situation.

Two people asked Aunt Hu to open the door through the iron gate, saying that they were sent by General Song to pick up the concubine from leaving Peking.

Li Hongmei stopped Aunt Hu and asked them:

"Were you sent by General Song?"

"Yes, Peking has fallen. General Song sent us to pick up the concubine and take her out of Peking." One of them, a tall man who looked like a soldier, spoke to Li Hongmei in a fluent northeastern accent.

The concubine who was packing in the house heard their conversation and hurriedly packed her things, preparing to leave Peking with them.

"General Song's family affairs are usually handed over to his bodyguard captain Xu Yonghua. Why didn't he come today?" Li Hongmei made up a name to blackmail the two people.

"Captain Xu has something to do today, so he asked us to come over and take charge of this matter."

"No, you are not sent by General Song. You are the devils."

Wei Ke and another female special forces member, who had already walked out of the hall door, immediately stopped Mrs. Li and her maid and pulled them into the house when they heard Li Hongmei say this.

The two men who knocked on the door saw that their plan was exposed and hurriedly tried to draw their pistols from their waists.

Li Hongmei pulled out her pistol faster than them and knocked them down with two shots.

After knocking down the two men outside the iron gate, Li Hongmei immediately rolled behind a tree in the courtyard.

The other strange men had already surrounded the group and were shooting towards the gate with their guns raised.

Aunt Hu was unable to dodge and fell in a pool of blood.

On the left side of the big iron gate, a man climbed up the wall and raised his gun, ready to shoot Li Hongmei behind the big tree.

Wei Ke, who was in the house, saw it and quickly shot him down with one shot. The man fell headfirst into the courtyard.

There was a burst of gunfire from General Song's residence, and the glass in the residence was shattered by bullets.

The concubine was so frightened that she held her head and squatted on the ground, not daring to move.

The two special forces members following the concubine quickly helped the concubine and her maid into the room, and then walked to the window to block the devils.

More and more Japanese spies surrounded the Song Mansion, and the special forces had no way to replenish their bullets.

While ordering everyone to save ammunition, Li Hongmei looked around, trying to find a direction to break out.

But to Li Hongmei's disappointment, the Song Mansion was right next to the street, and the three sides where she could escape were surrounded by the Japanese.

One after another, the Japanese soldiers climbed over the wall and jumped down into the courtyard. At this time, Li Hongmei's pistol had no bullets left.

A Japanese soldier pointed his pistol at Li Hongmei behind the tree.

Li Hongmei smiled charmingly, threw away the pistol and raised her hands.

Seeing that the Japanese had relaxed their vigilance, Li Hongmei suddenly changed her expression. She grabbed the Japanese's right hand holding the gun and smashed it against the tree.

The Japanese soldier's gun fell under the tree, and Li Hongmei kicked the Japanese soldier away.

The other two Japanese soldiers who had already jumped off the wall raised their guns and started shooting.

The poor Japanese soldier who was kicked away by Li Hongmei was hit by several bullets, vomited blood, and fell to the ground and died.

Li Hongmei took the opportunity to pick up the gun, jumped out from behind the tree, and knocked down the two Japanese soldiers with two shots, then hid behind the tree again.

Three more Japanese soldiers jumped down the wall and walked towards Li Hongmei. The Japanese soldiers on the wall kept firing at the gate and windows, suppressing Wei Ke and the others, and covering the three Japanese soldiers as they approached Li Hongmei.

Wei Ke and the others were extremely anxious in the house, but the three devils had already walked into the blind spot of Wei Ke and the others' shooting. Unless Wei Ke and the others risked rushing out of the door, there was nothing they could do.

At this time, the special forces squad left behind by the captain of the first squadron had already rushed over with the commander of the 132nd Division and several other families of officers from the 37th Division to meet up with Li Hongmei and the others.

Seeing this situation, the squad leader left five special forces members to protect the families of the 29th Army, and he led the rest of the team members to rush forward and shoot at the Japanese soldiers lying on the wall of the Song Mansion.

When Li Hongmei heard the gunshots outside the wall, she was overjoyed. She jumped out of the tree and shot at the three Japanese soldiers approaching her.