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"Report, Langfang battle report."

In Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek was just about to exchange opinions with He Yingqin on how to launch the Tianjin-Beijing Campaign. An attendant reported with joy in his voice outside that there was an urgent battle report.

The chairman was overjoyed and secretly wondered whether Chen Cheng had made great achievements in Langfang again?

"This Chen Cheng has a large number of soldiers and few generals. It is good to be able to defend Langfang. A big victory must be won through battle."[

"What the chairman said is that if this battle can achieve its basic combat objectives, the three Japanese divisions will suffer a heavy setback, or even be surrounded and annihilated by us. Years of military reforms have begun to bear fruit, and the combat effectiveness of the Central Division is far from

General Zhang Xueliang's Northeastern Army is comparable." He Yingqin said with a smile. Occasionally, a few words of compliment to the Chairman could ease the relationship between them.

"Where, Han Qing's troops blocked the Japanese army from going south, which was a great achievement. Unfortunately, the troops have poor equipment and low-quality personnel. In the end, they are just local troops. If I was given some more time, Mr. Jiang, I would be able to train him no matter what.

It’s time to hire hundreds of thousands of organizers. Time waits for no one.”

Chiang Kai-shek calmly took the telegram from the attendant and began to read it. However, in an instant, the joy on his face disappeared and he said lightly to the attendant who was still immersed in the battle report, "Go down."

He Yingqin stepped back slightly, but he noticed something and was not curious about the contents of the battle report. He couldn't help but look at the back of the attendant, maybe there would be a new person in the attendant's room soon.

"Humph, how did Chen Cheng fight? The two divisions' troops were only able to withstand four characters." Chairman Jiang seemed to have forgotten his self-ridicule just now, and said to himself, and handed the telegram to He Yingqin, signaling to him

Take a look, "Jingzhi, look at how this Chen Cheng fights."

He Yingqin took the battle report and discovered the problem with a simple scan. There was not much content in the battle report, and it was roughly divided into two pieces of news. One was that the two Japanese divisions were guarding the front and right defense lines of Langfang, which could not withstand the two Japanese divisions.

The fierce attack resulted in huge casualties. The only result was the annihilation of thousands of Japanese invaders. Air force support was urgently needed.

The second piece of news is a battle report about the leading regiment of the 19th Anti-Japanese Route Army.

According to the battle report, this vanguard group had advanced weapons and equipment, including some unheard-of weapons. In the early morning of May 7, the Japanese army pretended to attack the frontal position and right wing, but actually used a brigade as the leading force to launch an attack on the left and right positions guarded by the Southwest Army.

onslaught.

The results of the battle were great. With the cooperation of some advanced weapons, a large group of Japanese troops were massacred in front of the forward position guarded by two companies. The whole process was relatively easy. In addition to certain losses from the Japanese artillery shelling, the Japanese army from the air force to the army

They were all restrained accordingly, shooting down 11 Japanese aircraft and destroying 21 armored vehicles. Although they did not capture many Japanese soldiers, they captured a large number of weapons and ammunition.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese army still launched a regiment-sized attack. Unfortunately, this attack also ended hastily. The intensive firepower of the Southwest Army was like harvesting rice. Any Japanese army that could rush into the fifty meters in front of the trench

, May Day was spared. After losing more than 400 people again, the Japanese army retreated and temporarily launched a more reckless attack.

"Commissioner, is the combat effectiveness of this Southwest Army regiment so strong? Judging from the analysis of the Intelligence Special Section, the combat effectiveness of the Southwest Army is not that strong." He Yingqin, as a senior general of the **, is naturally knowledgeable. "

Intensive firepower, besides submachine guns, what other new weapons are they equipped with?"

Chiang Kai-shek snorted, "I'm afraid the people in Special Branch have done a lot of things to whitewash the situation. The analysis results are too ugly, and some people are afraid that it will be difficult to communicate in front of their superiors."

He Yingqin thought to himself, who said that the commission was not wise? It seems that he just pretended not to know about many things. "Severe punishment should be severe."

"These are all small things. The top priority is to urge the ministries to speed up the departure." Chiang Kai-shek was a little angry. The Central Division was fine and could board the train to go north tomorrow, but the second-class division near Zhengding was extremely slow and would be delayed for at least one more day.

Only then can we arrive.

He Yingqin closed the battle report and said with confidence, "Don't worry, Chairman, as long as we push more, Song Zheyuan from Zhengding and Han Fuqu from Shandong can be put to great use. These old horses from Feng Yuxiang's time were crying and shouting to resist the Japanese.

Well, I think the main force of these two people should be able to catch up with the battle. Plus the two reinforcements of the Central Division and the two Class A Divisions, hundreds of thousands of troops, the Japanese army will be unable to fly."

"I hope so." Chiang Kai-shek thought about it. The Japanese army was not as powerful as expected. Although Chen Cheng's 18th Route Army also suffered casualties, it at least defended Langfang and did not lose Peiping in one go.

Nanjing has won considerable public support across the country.

Victory is allowed but defeat is not allowed, fighting is allowed but no retreat is allowed.

After He Yingqin left, Chiang Kai-shek picked up the confidential phone and asked, "Can Gao Zhihang's two squadrons participate in the battle tomorrow?"

"Reporting to the committee, the aircraft has been overhauled and can participate in combat tomorrow. At present, everything at the airport is safe and has not encountered Japanese air attacks. Deputy Captain Gao Zhihang is taking off in person to be on guard."[

"Very good. The party and state have spent a lot of money training you. I hope you can produce results that satisfy the people of the country and me."

After putting down the phone, Chiang Kai-shek could not calm down for a long time. He looked at the giant map of China on the wall and deliberately ignored the large red area marked in the southwest. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. How could he, Chiang Kai-shek, be willing to lose it to the Japanese? How could he, Chiang Kai-shek?

I don’t want to imitate the magnanimity of the ancients who turned their boats and oars into ashes while talking and laughing.

During the negotiations, the reason why he insisted on not letting the Southwest Air Force go north was because of his long-term considerations. First of all, once the Southwest Air Force enters the hinterland of his sphere of influence and then cooperates with the so-called Southwest Anti-Japanese 19th Route Army, it will

Make it difficult for him to sleep and eat well.

He has long heard about the power of the Southwest Air Force. If after the war, this powerful air force covers the so-called 19th Route Army from resisting the enemy to staying on, Shanxi and other places may be lost.

Moreover, allowing Southwest to maintain a strong air force in the Tianjin-Beijing area is not conducive to Nanjing's control of the entire North China. What worries Chiang Kai-shek the most is that if Zhang Xueliang in the Northeast and Southwest get closer...

Perhaps at the beginning, the air force in the southwest would sincerely assist Zhang Xueliang in suppressing the Japanese army, and even rely on air superiority to achieve partial victory. But over time, what about Nanjing's influence? What about the influence of the party-state?

Not to mention, the greater the victory, the greater the profit Southwest will make.

This battle between Tianjin and Beijing needs to be won, but the Southwest Army and the Air Force should not play the main role together, but should only be part of it. After all, an army with a strong air force as the backing, and an army that integrates hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops

The army, the Southwest Army that jointly resisted Japan, has a completely different meaning.

People will habitually feel that more people will definitely have a greater effect. Although Southwest also contributed, it is only a small number of troops in an army. Nanjing is the main force, exhausting hundreds of thousands of troops from the provinces near Tianjin and Beijing.

"What a great victory, happy, happy"

In Kunming, Zhang Shusheng opened a bottle of wine as soon as he received the battle report. This was the Wuliangye Laojiao wine produced on the edge of the Minjiang River in Yibin after the liberation of Bashu. It was the only one he could drink at the moment, and it was considered a special supply.

of wine, but no one knew that Zhang Shusheng paid for it privately.

Jiang Baili was also in the office, discussing some matters about the 19th Route with Zhang Shusheng. After receiving the battle report, he looked at it briefly and said with joy, "Yes, Dai Anlan's regiment fought well. Typical tactics sent by military schools. These can be

They are all tactics and tactics taught in the Chinese Military Academy."

"Well, it's not easy."

Zhang Shusheng stood up and walked to the Langfang battlefield simulation sand table in the corner of the big office, looking at the three positions with red flags and blue flags placed on them, representing the three positions of Langfang.

The terrain here is not special. It can even be said that it can only be used to build fortifications. It is not dangerous. The terrain is relatively flat. The specially selected positions are only small ridges, which are far from being called highlands.

He knew very well that the Third Southwest Regiment should have been stronger in combat effectiveness, but several reasons affected its full performance. Of course, the Japanese army also had many problems.

First of all, the Southwest Army's most advantageous air force and artillery units and armored units did not appear at all. They only relied on the urgently allocated new anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers to suppress the attacking Japanese troops. Fortunately, it was a defensive war. If it was an offensive war, then

The third regiment, and even the third division that will arrive soon, will face a huge problem: there is no artillery preparation before the attack, no infantry and artillery coordination, Xu Jinmu, these things are listed as key subjects in southwest military training

, there is no coordinated combat between infantry and tanks, no armored assault, and of course there is no coordinated air-ground attack that has been trained for many years.

It can be said that the people in the southwest suffered a lot when they went north to fight against Japan. They had a lot of new equipment but could not use it.

Secondly, speaking of the Japanese army, the Japanese army in May 1932 was far from the Japanese army in 1937. Although there was no difference in fighting will and the quality of the commanders, in terms of weapons and equipment, the Japanese army at this time was

It was not as good as the Japanese army five or six years later. Although the army's artillery also gave the Japanese an advantage, the gap between the Japanese and Japanese was far less obvious than when the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937. The Japanese air force was also relatively weak.

, and the armored forces, the small tanks during the all-out war, were still armored chariots at this time. To say that they were tanks would be tantamount to lying.

What is gratifying is that compared with the original history, the Japanese Army is much stronger. In the original history, the Japanese equipment was poor, if it were not for the reorganization after the outbreak of the All-out Anti-Japanese War, and the later Americans in accordance with the Military Aid to China Act

Supporting Chiang Kai-shek's plan to strengthen the army, the Japanese's combat effectiveness may even be equivalent to that of the Northeast Army staying in the trenches of Jinzhou at this time.

"Commander, although the Japanese army failed in their attack, I think Shirakawa Yoshinori will not give up. In their view, the greater the loss, the more blood and shame they have to wash away. The Japanese are a crazy nation. Although Shirakawa Yoshinori

He is relatively calm, but it is difficult to decide the overall situation." Both Jiang Baili and Shirakawa Yoshinori graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy, but he was in the ninth batch, while the latter was in the first batch. With the prestige of Shirakawa Yoshinori's qualifications, he was appointed to Tianjin

It is also reasonable to dispatch the commander-in-chief of the army. But unfortunately, this is not a very good commander. At least as far as Jiang Baili knows, he is not ranked among the top three in Japan. "Artillery attacks and air strikes may be

It will become more violent, and the Third Regiment will still have to endure a lot of hardships."

Zhang Shusheng: "Yes, so the follow-up plan must be implemented in advance. It would be great if Chiang Kai-shek's hundreds of thousands of second- and third-line troops could not be eaten by others. Go down and carefully select which two divisions are suitable for formation.

Join the 19th Route Army. Since it is the 19th Route Army, we have to organize it into an army. Three main divisions will go north. I will see how arrogant the Japanese can be."

He was also angry. Although the small victory was gratifying, the overall situation in Tianjin and Beijing was still not optimistic. According to the latest intelligence, the two divisions at the coastal ports on the Sea of ​​Japan were not transferred to the Northeast at all, but were about to head to Tianjin...

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With as many as five divisions of troops, Zhang Shusheng felt horrified just thinking about it. The Japanese really wanted to finish their work in one battle, completely eliminate the Kuomintang forces around Tianjin and Beijing, then securely occupy Pingjin, and finally encircle Ningxia.

Jin defense line.

It has to be said that if Zhang Shusheng were the commander, he would also choose such a strategy, which would not only pose a sufficient threat to southern China, but also completely solve the problems in Northeast and North China.

What Jiang Baili had just discussed with him was how to "reorganize" more troops into the 19th Route Army. But ultimately, Zhang Shusheng had thought of this last resort early on. It wasn't that he had much foresight, but that he originally

Historically, some military forces have adopted similar approaches.

Isn't it an army? Then we should organize more people. Three companies in one battalion is too few. Three battalions in one regiment are too few? Then put in four.

By building the plank road openly and secretly visiting Chen Cang, Zhang Shusheng hoped to rely on this 19th Route Army to bully the Japanese.

Of course, some supporting actions must be completed smoothly to ensure the perfect implementation of the plan.

After Jiang Baili left, Zhao Ziyun came to the office.

"How's the plan going?"

Zhao Ziyun saluted with a slap, then opened the file and replied: "Teacher, the personnel of the Special Intelligence Department have successfully bribed the Yan Xishan garrison at Taiyuan North Airport. Some nearby residents also offered generous benefits on the grounds that the Japanese army might attack the airport.

Compensation allowed them to move away.

As for the Peiping Airport, since the two squadrons of the Communist Party of China will be stationed in the next two days, it will be too difficult for us to carry out small operations. At present, the Special Intelligence Department and a platoon of soldiers dressed in plain clothes use a mining industry company as their eyes and ears to recruit

A large number of civilians were mobilized to build an 'ore sorting yard' in the Daxing area, a suburb far away from the city. Because this mining company had already stored a batch of cement ready for road construction, and with the overnight production of its own cement mines, it was basically able to

Meet the needs of runway construction."

"How long will it take to repair it? The war waits for no one." Zhang Shusheng was most concerned about this issue.

"It should be soon. When the Third Division arrives, a batch of urgently needed cement accelerator will be transported by truck. We have paid three times the wages to the workers. Everyone's motivation can be described as crazy.

It is estimated that aircraft will be able to take off and land within a week, and if we work overtime, we will be able to form a high-frequency take-off and landing combat capability within 20 days."

Zhang Shusheng nodded with satisfaction. Whether this frontline airport can be repaired and whether it can be repaired at the speed of emergency field airport construction during wartime will affect the development of the entire Tianjin-Beijing war, and will have a major impact on a series of subsequent plans.

You know, such an urgent construction of a reinforced field airport regardless of cost, if it still doesn't work, Zhang Shusheng can only admit that he is unlucky. The Air Force cannot fly to Peking Airport to compete with the Japanese for position. At least, this southwest frontline airport is in

Before being exposed, there should be absolute safety. The airport security accompanying the Fifth Division going north, the arrival of air defense troops, and the successive arrival of fighter jets from Taiyuan will all be part of the plan.

He also told Zhao Ziyun some things that needed special attention, and then the latter left and looked at the calendar on the table. Zhang Shusheng walked forward and looked to the north, "What kind of things will He An's special forces bring to me?"

What about the surprise? It must not be a failure."
Chapter completed!