The silence of Peking is now so quiet. There is almost no trace of people on the street. Except for patrols, there are almost no citizens on the street. A very small number of citizens who have to go out quickly ran through the corners. The shops have all closed, several fighter planes flew past in the sky, and a string of flyers flew out under the wings.

"Letter to the Japanese army of Peking, Japanese officers and soldiers, you have been surrounded. The reinforcements closest to you are outside Shanhaiguan. The main force of the North China Expeditionary Army who fled from the Pingjin area has been completely wiped out. Senior generals such as Masazo Hebang and Tani Shouo have been captured. You are already in a desperate situation. Put down your weapons and surrender! Your relatives are looking forward to your safe return home."

The leaflet is written in Chinese and Japanese characters, and the end is also printed with a photo of Masami Kawabashi and Tani Shouo in the prisoner-of-war camp. Facing the camera, the two of them looked dull, and Masami Kawabashi was wrapped in gauze on his hands, which was obviously injured.

Okamura Yasuji stood at the top of the city wall, and there were dozens of soldiers standing sparsely. The soldiers were in a calm mood. They looked indifferently at the letter of persuasion floating in the sky. At the beginning of being surrounded, the soldiers were very nervous, but as time went by, the "Zhong"** team did not launch an attack. The officers at all levels did their best to stabilize the soldiers' emotions.

"Commander, General China has written you an open letter."

Tokuyen quickly came over and handed a leaflet he had just picked up to Okamura Yasuji. Okamura Yasuji was a little stunned, but took it over and opened it: "General Okamura Yasuji, more than ten years ago, met in Tianjin, and they were very happy. Zhuang remembered it in his heart and wanted to meet with the general again. Zhuang prepared some wine, and tomorrow afternoon, he met with the general again under the "pagoda of Buddhas in the ten directions" outside the city of Peiping."

The signature is Zhuang Jihua, the commander of the North China War Zone. After Okamura Yanji smiled coldly after reading it, he kneaded the flyers into a ball. "He knew very well what Zhuang Jihua would talk about when he met?

Tokunaga did not speak, but just waited quietly for Okamura Yasuji to make a decision. The cadres of the main departments of the entire headquarters retreated with the Chief of Staff of the Ogigoshi. He stayed with a few capable staff members. He thought he would only stay for a few days, but unexpectedly, in just a few days, his ambitions disappeared, and it broke like a soap bubble.

Not only did the senior generals even the second-class private with the lowest rank know that they had no way to escape, but some low-level officers sang "Kun's Day" from time to time, trying to fight to the last drop of blood, but Tokunaga knew that Okamura Yasuji didn't think so.

In the siege, "especially surrounded by enemy cities, soldiers in despair, military discipline usually quickly collapsed, and the same was true for the Japanese army. In the first few days, soldiers rob shops in the city, and even rushed to citizens' homes to rob gangs. Okamura Yasuji responded quickly and publicly shot several soldiers who robbed gangs, forcing a squadron leader to commit suicide by separating himself. At the same time, patrols were strengthened. "Soldiers were strictly prohibited from leaving the position and leaving the troops to take the streets. After these measures, the public security in the city quickly improved.

After solving the military discipline problem, Okamura Yasuji must also solve a problem that is almost impossible to solve in Tokunaga's view, "the way out for nearly 100,000 defenders in Higashi Tsu.

There are now more than 40,000 troops in Peking, 60,000 defenders in Tianjin, and a total of more than 100,000 troops in the two places. There are two ways out for these 100,000 troops: stick to it and break through.

To persevere, two conditions must be met: there are reinforcements outside and sufficient troops inside: But neither Pingjin nor Tianjin has it. If all the 100,000 defenders are concentrated in one city in Peking or Tianjin, it would be barely enough. Now it is scattered in two cities, no one can have it.

There are reinforcements outside, and the reinforcements that can be counted on now are the Kwantung Army outside Shanhaiguan. The Kwantung Army has gathered about 400,000 at Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou. In terms of quantity, there are a lot of troops, but Okamura and Tokunaga know that the essence of the Kwantung Army has been transferred to Nanyang and North China, and the remaining are some second-rate or even third-rate divisions with almost no tanks and planes, while the ones between them are the "Zhong"** team with a win-win battle among millions. Tokunaga even dares to assert that it is impossible for Okabe Naosaburo to step out of Shanhaiguan and defend in a flash. Then there is only one way left. Breakthrough. The hundreds of thousands of retreating troops led by Eyoushi Jingsan and Masazo Hebang were all wiped out. There are tens of thousands of them... I am afraid that the "Zhong"** team outside the city hopes that they will take this path the most.

Tokunaga became increasingly convinced of Okamura's judgment. Since there were a large number of ancient buildings in Peking, the Nakamura team would not attack Beiping. Since being surrounded, the Nakamura team has not launched an attack on Beiping, and no shells flew into Beiping City. The Nakamura team completely sat down to Okamura's adjustment of deployment. They took over the positions that the Japanese army gave up, and the Japanese army refused to release them, and they did not attack.

"The Chinese general challenged him." Okamura Yasuji laughed dryly: "Okay, send someone to tell him that I am willing to meet him, but the location is changed to Shihuiqiao."

Sihuiqiao is the place where the two armies face off. This place is within the range of both sides. Meeting here will take great danger, which is a test of the courage of the generals on both sides.

Tokura quickly sent the president of the Peking Maintenance Association and the second lieutenant Takakura out of the city with a white flag, and handed Okamura Yanji's reply to the Chinese side in front of the position of the "Zhongshi".

Xinheren was handed over step by step and soon handed over to Zhuang Jihua who had already reached Tongzhou. After watching it, Zhuang Jihua laughed and said to Takakura and Maintenance President Takakura and said very simply: "Okay, let's follow General Okamura's simplicity. I'll wait for him at Sihuiqiao, and it will be tomorrow.

"Cultural Revolution!" Gong Xiuhua was shocked and quickly dissuaded. You know, even if the Japanese army was defeated in a crushing defeat, even if it could be said that Tetsuokamura Yasuji surrendered, if the fanatical Japanese subordinate officer was unwilling to give up, he would have taken Zhuang Jihua's life with one shot.

"Nothing." Zhuang Jihua knew Gong Xiuhua's concerns and said indifferently: "I met General Okamura during the Armistice negotiations in Rehe, and I know him well. I believe he would not have lost his samurai dignity and come to plot against me."

"General Zhuang, be careful." Weber did not agree. In his opinion, this kind of coach had the European cavalry demeanor when he met before the war, but the Japanese had a bad reputation. It was extremely inappropriate to engage in this cavalry demeanor with Japanese, and the location was so dangerous.

"Commander! I firmly object to it!" Xu Zuyi objected even more. This was simply Duke Xiang of Song. Even if Okamura Nishiji's delegation wanted to surrender, there was no need for a commander to take such a risk.

"Brother Yan Mou, Okamura Shige's letter of war, why don't Genge respond?" Zhuang Jihua's mouth was filled with confidence, but this smile seemed very terrible in Takakura's eyes. As a Japanese officer, he knew some of the chronic diseases of the Japanese army. If Japanese soldiers could not control their emotions and fired a shot, the two major generals in North China would be completely finished.

But even so, the Chinese God of War still dared to accept the invitation from Okamura Yasuji. This is really terrible. What kind of confidence is this? How confident is it to have to have to accept such an invitation.

"Wencao, I don't agree." Yu Jishi also stood up to dissuade him. From the Expeditionary Force to the North China War Zone, his mood was a little complicated. He remembered what Chiang Kai-shek said to him before his trip, asking him to pay close attention to the situation in the North China War Zone, especially the generals of the various army.

This made him a little puzzled, but Chen Guofu came to visit and Yu Jishi guessed Chiang Kai-shek's intention from Chen Guofu's words, which shocked and embarrassed him. But it was obvious that this was Chiang Kai-shek's meaning, and he could only accept it, but he was not sure what to do and was unwilling to do it.

"I dare not go when Okamura Yanji bets," Zhuang Jihua looked at Takakura, as if he didn't care at all that he heard the differences within them: "I just don't let him do it."

As he said that, Zhuang Jihua signed the letter of agreement on the reply, and then sealed it into the envelope and handed it to Takakura. From beginning to end, Takakura maintained a solemn posture. At this moment, he took the letter from Zhuang Jihua with both hands.

"What's your name?" After Takakura accepted the letter, Zhuang Jihua seemed to remember the messenger.

"Takakura Jiro."

"Where are you from? Who else is there in the family?"

"I am from Fukushima, and I have a mother, sister, and a younger brother at home. I have already enlisted in the army." Takakura's tone was very respectful.

"Oh, where is he?"

Takakura's eyes were complicated, and he paused and said: "He has been loyal to His Majesty and was killed in the Shandong Battle."

"Well, it's a pity." Zhuang Jihua sighed and looked at him gently: "This war,

Tens of millions of our compatriots died, and millions of you died, but why should we fight this war? We are the two countries that can live in peace and develop together, but you must annex China."

Zhuang Jihua said, shook his head. Takakura graduated from the Japanese Military Academy. However, due to the heavy casualties in the war, the students of the Military Academy could no longer be as strict as before. Instead, they were quick-trained in half a year. Takakura is an excellent product of this quick-training system, so he was assigned to the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, but did not go to the grassroots troops, otherwise he would not have survived now.

"We are here to help Nakakura argue.

"Do you believe this kind of lie?" Zhuang Jihua shook his head and sighed, looking at Takakura with pity: "Watch it with your brain. If we implement what you do in China in Japan? Would you think we are helping you? Go back, think carefully with your own thoughts, and don't believe whatever others say."

Takakura's face was flushed, but before leaving, he still saluted Zhuang Jihua respectfully, and was sent back to Peking with President Fuji.

As soon as Takakura left, the command center immediately started arguing. Yu Jishi, Xu Zuyi, and Gong Xiuhua all opposed it. Mei Youlan's attitude was extremely firm and she firmly opposed him to meet Okamura Yasuji.

"Brother! I want to tell my aunt! I also want to tell my grandpa!" Mei Youlan was so anxious that she cried in her eyes. She grabbed Zhuang Jihua's arm and stopped him loudly.

"Wencao!" Xu Zuyi didn't know how to persuade him, and he became angry: "You are the commander-in-chief of the entire army! If something happens to you, what should I do with a million troops in North China?"

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Brother Yan Mou, Liangzhen, younger sister, Mr. Weber, the Japanese army has no record of institutional surrender. If Okamura Yasuji could surrender in an institutional manner, this would set a precedent for the Japanese army and would have an immeasurable impact on future operations, not to mention that this could preserve the ancient city of Peking.

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Speaking of this, he looked at Yu Jishi and Xu Zuyi: "I am missing from the expeditionary army and I am still winning battles, and I am missing from the North China War Zone. Liangzhen and Yan Mou can still command these millions of tigers." @.
Chapter completed!