Okamura Yasuji linked whether Heizhin can defend and even whether North China can resume its reintegration with the entry of the nine divisions of the Kwantung Army tomorrow, and even forced the base camp to further increase its troops with the issue of losing North China. This practice deeply angered Sugiyama Moto.

Although the Kwantung Army deployed the 10th, 14th and 71st Divisions in western Liaoning during the Japanese army's Xi'an operation and was ready to enter the pass through railways, after the large-scale attack by the Jinan War Zone Air Force on the 10th, not only were the bridges on the Beining Line destroyed, but even the roads entering and leaving the inside and outside the pass through Shanhaiguan were forced to be interrupted due to air raids. In addition, the two channels entering the pass through Rehe through Gubeikou and Xifengkou, as well as the relevant ports, docks, and ships in the Bohai Bay were also seriously damaged, causing the Kwantung Army to enter the pass...

Although the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army have sent forces to repair several passports, the Beining Line and the coastal port are key bombing targets of the Jinan War Zone Air Force. They have suffered consecutive air strikes within a few days since the guards headed north, and they will definitely not be able to resume traffic in the near future.

As for Gubeikou and Xifengkou passage, the former was deliberately reduced in the strike force during the air strike due to the People's Party armed forces, and the Japanese army worked together to focus on emergency repairs, and it is expected that the passage will be restored in the early morning of the 13th; the latter was due to the strong strength of the Jinan Air Force in the first air strike, which made it more difficult to repair, and it will not be used within the next ten days.

In this way, the Kwantung Army's access passage had to choose to be in the direction of Gubei exit.

Although Mijiro Umezu was extremely dissatisfied with the base camp's approach of almost issuing the Kanto Army, he also had a lot of opinions about Okamura of the North China Front Army. However, for the so-called "imperial interests" and "army glory", he ordered the first five divisions to fight south to assemble to Atako as soon as possible.

Previously, the three divisions, including the 10th, 14th and 71st in western Liaoning, were relatively close to Chengde and Luanping, and they basically arrived at the predetermined position before dawn on the 12th by hiking day and night. However, the 57th Division, originally west of Heihe, and the 2nd Chariot Division in Boli, had to assemble to Harbin first, and then go to Rehe via railway and highway.

Although the air strikes outside the barrier did not extend to the area north of Shenyang, Meijin could transfer the 57th Division and the 2nd Division of the chariot to Shenyang by railway during the day, in order to avoid the air strikes, the journey from Shenyang to Chengde had to be hiked day and night. In this way, the two divisions had to arrive at the Luanping line as soon as possible on the night of the 13th.

The Kwantung Army was able to assemble five divisions to Chengde, Luanping and other places in just a few days. The Japanese base camp also knew that this was the result of the efforts of the Kwantung Army Command. It was impossible to transfer the other four divisions to Chengde at the same time!

"Give the Kwantung Army a call and order the 57th Division and the 2nd Division of the War Tank to speed up the advancement so that they can enter the pass with the other three divisions in the early morning tomorrow! At the same time, urge Commander Umezin to speed up the aggregation of the other four divisions!" Considering that most of the North China has been lost, if the serious consequences of losing Pingzin again, Sugiyama Moto had to suppress the anger in his heart and said to Tanabe Moribu with a stern face, "In addition, if you send Okamura, the only troops that the base camp can draw in the near future! North China is indeed important, but the empire cannot ignore other areas of China for one North China, especially Manchuria! That is the foundation of the imperial continental policy! As for the transfer of troops from the Nanyang and Australian battlefields, it is not something the army can decide on by itself!"

"Your Excellency, do you agree with Okamura's request to send new fighters to North China to fight?" Tanabe Moritake recorded what Sugiyama said, and reminded him, "If there is an aviation force equipped with new fighters, the difficulty of fighting in North China will be reduced a lot, and the enemy's attack speed can be delayed to the minimum!"

Sugiyama Yuan stared at her eyes, waved her arms, and shouted with saliva: "Tanabianjun, I have also led the North China Front Army, and I also don't want to see the situation of North China's loss. But now, Nanyuan and Dongjuzi Airport have all been destroyed, but the base camp agreed to add new fighter jets there, and where can it land?"

"The new fighter jets can take off at Manchuria Airport and then fly over North China to fight." Tanabe Moribu suggested, "Since the enemy's fighter jets can take off from Jinan, Qingdao, Dezhou and other places. Air strikes in western Liaodong and Liaodong, then the Imperial Air Force should be able to do it."

"Most of the Liaodong airports have been destroyed. Do you need new fighter jets to take off from Fengtian Airport to North China for combat? Even if the new fighter jets have a long range, it is okay to fly from Fengtian to Pingjin. If the round trip distance is eliminated, how long can it stay in North China? If there is less piercing, it will only increase the losses. If there is too much piercing, it will affect the direction of Southeast Asia and Australia. Don't forget that the Zero fighter jets are controlled by the navy!" After venting for a while, considering that the consequences of the loss of Pingjin were too serious, Sugiyama Sora paused and relaxed the air duct, "If it is really necessary to pierce, then let the two flight squadrons in Manchuria try it out to see how effective it is, and then make a decision."

Tanabe Moritake thought carefully about the situation facing North China and felt that only those who could help Okamura. After sighing, he arranged according to Sugiyama Tsubaki's order. However, Sugiyama Tsubaki supported the battle in Xi'an, and thus caused the current crisis in North China to fall into anxiety, regret and blame himself, racking his brains to think about ways to get rid of the predicament and clear away responsibilities.

Due to the destruction of the 10th Division, Soichi Desouche had to leave the throne of the commander of the North China Front Army. Sugiyama Moto had previously been removed from office due to the failure of the People's Army and the flooding of North China. Compared with these two precedents, the current consequences of the failure of Xi'an and the crisis in North China are even more serious.

During the Xi'an operation, not only did the 3rd Division and the chariot clusters be destroyed, but most of the other troops entering Guanzhong also lost more than half of them. Not counting the losses in previous battles with the Chongqing authorities, the People's Party alone caused more than 100,000 troops to the Japanese army in the direction of Henan and Shaanxi since the armed attack, causing the remaining Japanese troops to retreat to southwest Henan from the Guanzhong and Longhai Lines, and then retreat to southern Henan and central China.

Since the People's Party's armed attack on North China, the 27th and 110th Divisions stationed in Mongolia and the Hebei Plain, as well as the 1st Brigade of the ** mixed 1st Brigade, also suffered double blows from the air and ground in just a few days and lost more than half.

Among them, the army stationed in Mongolia had retreated to the eastern Hepingxishan District of Chanan after losing most of its territory. With the advantage of the territory, it should be able to deal with the People's Army's eastward troops for a period of time; but the 27th Division had only remaining remaining troops in Haiguang Temple in Tianjin waiting for assistance, and it was about to collapse; while the 110th Division, the 1st Brigade of the Mixed-Industry, was retreating step by step north of the Yongding River, and it seemed that it would not last long.

Multiple divisions were destroyed, with more than 200,000 troops losing their troops. If North China is lost again... Sugiyama Moto is frightened whenever he thinks of this, he is sweating in cold sweat, and he doesn't know what outcome he will face. The only thing that can comfort Sugiyama Moto is that with Okamura Nagaji and Hata Shunruo in front of him, even if the worst result occurs, he should not have a cesarean section and apologize.

Sugiyama was thinking about it here, but after receiving a call from the base camp, Mejiro Umezu was very angry.

"Quick! Quick! How fast can it be?!" He waved the telegram in his hand loudly in the Kwantung Army Command and roared, "In three days, I wanted to draw nine divisions from Manchuria into the pass. Not to mention that the enemy is still conducting air strikes from time to time. Railway and road traffic has been severely damaged. Even if everything goes well in normal times, it is impossible! The new fighter plane transferred to Manchuria is going to fight in North China. Should Manchuria still defend air? Should I defend?!"

Although Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara was also deeply dissatisfied, he still comforted: "Your Excellency, it is indeed a bit inappropriate for the base camp to arrange this arrangement. However, Pingjin is at present in critical condition. If the two places are lost, the empire will lose the entire North China. The nearest to North China is our headquarters. The base camp is also drawing troops for emergency relief. As for allowing the 57th Division and the 2nd Division of the War Tanks to enter the pass early tomorrow morning with the other three divisions, as long as the Jinzhou-Chengde railway can be repaired in time before nightfall and transported by railways at night, it is not impossible."

"Kun Kasahara, if railway transportation is guaranteed, the two divisions can naturally arrive in Chengde and Luanping earlier. But that's not the case!" Meijinyu said angrily, "If the Kwantung Army has enough troops and plenty of time, no matter how many troops are drawn, it is impossible to draw. But now, Manchuria is also facing a serious threat from the armed forces of the People's Party. The base camp not only needs to draw the main force of the ground troops, but also needs to draw the only air force at present. If there is a problem with the safety of Manchuria, who should be responsible?!"

"Perhaps, we should explain the current situation in Manchuria to the base camp and ask the base camp to increase its troops as soon as possible." Thinking of the current situation of Kanto Army's military withdrawal, Kasahara Yukio was also worried, and said, "We can't bring Manchuria, which is more important to the empire, for the sake of North China!"

"Then let's get the base camp. We can find ways to further accelerate the assembly speed of the 57th Division and the 2nd Division of the Warriors to the Luanping area, but whether we can enter the pass together in the early morning of tomorrow cannot be guaranteed!" Mei Jin suppressed his anger and said hard, "As for the other four divisions, they will definitely not be able to enter the pass tomorrow! The aviation force must be guarded against the enemy's air strikes, and it cannot be drawn! If the base camp still insists on it, then let them ask Gao Ming to be responsible for the Kwantung Army!"

Seeing that Umetsu not only forced the order of the base camp, but even resigned, Kasahara Yukio was shocked and quickly advised: "Your Excellency, just explain the situation facing Manchuria, why bother with the base camp? If another person really came to preside over the Kanto Army, it would cause greater losses to Manchuria and even the Empire if the situation was unknown!"

"If this is not the case, it will not be enough to let the base camp understand that the situation in Manchuria is also serious!" Umezu Mijiro said with a long face, "Kun Kasahara, don't say much, just draft the telegram!"

First, Okamura's call was threatened, and then Umezu made it clear in the reply to resign and competed with the previous order of the base camp. He encountered two consecutive encounters within a day, which made Sugiyama extremely angry. After reading Umezu's reply to the call, he threw the telegram aside and said angrily: "Hmph! It's the lower-minded again!"

However, although Sugiyama Moto was annoyed, he could not force Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army General Army, to resign. Considering that the Kwantung Army had to guard against air strikes from the People's Party and not many new fighter jets were equipped, Sugiyama Moto could only pinch his nose and agree to Umezu's opinion and revoke the previous order to dispatch aviation forces to North China.

Of course, the Kanto Army can speed up the assembly of the 57th Division and the 2nd Division of the War Tank so that it can enter the pass early tomorrow morning with the other three divisions. Sugiyama Moto was still happy to see it. No matter what, with the reinforcements of these five divisions, Okamura can support it in Pekinawa for at least a longer time, which creates an opportunity for the Japanese army to continue to send more troops to resolve the North China crisis.

Sugiyama Moto thought it was pretty good, but the People's Party armed forces would not give the Japanese a chance.

By nightfall on the 12th, the guards went north to various units after a day of attack and combat, and made considerable progress.

Among them, the Gaofeng School of the Second Army not only solved the majority of the remaining Japanese forces in Tianjin, but also compressed the limited Japanese troops such as Takeshita Yoshiguchi to the Haiguang Temple area and surrounded them. The main force led by Chief of Staff Yu Jingyang rushed along the Beining Line to the Luanhe Line, controlling the area between Leting and Lulong. The Kwantung Army's access channel was cut off and the Japanese army's escape route in the east were also blocked.

After crossing the Yongding River, the Lu Xueyi unit of the Fifth Army opened up contact with the Second Army in Tianjin along the Pingjin Railway Line, and captured Langfang and other places. They advanced northward to the Daxing area less than 30 kilometers away from Peking. They forced Lin Fangtaro to lead the 110th Division and mixed the remnants of the 1st Brigade to retreat to the defense between Daxing and Nanyuan.

In fact, if it were not for considering the fact that Okamura had to leave some thoughts for avoiding his early retreat to the north and causing the deployment of annihilation of the Kwantung Army's southward corps to fail, the Lu Xueyi unit could have completely wiped out Lin Fangtaro's troops with the cooperation of air force! Now, the Japanese who retreated between Daxing and Nanyuan, together with the wounded soldiers, were only about 4,000 left. This amount of troops can be solved by an assault by the Armored Division of the Fifth Army!

In addition, the Wude Qing army of the Third Group also advanced rapidly, and in the evening, it entered the Gaobeidian area. From Gaoyi to Gaobeidian, the Third Group attacked more than 260 kilometers in one day. It was the fastest among the guards' troops going north.

Although it was late, after arriving at Gaobeidian, Wu Deqing did not want to stop there, but issued an order: "Order the troops to advance overnight! Be sure to arrive in Liangxiang tonight! When attacking Peking tomorrow, you can't fall behind!"

"Now it is less than 100 kilometers away from Peking. If you move forward to Liangxiang, you will be able to form a group of the Fifth Army in Daxing!" Tian Qingbin, chief of the Army's General Staff, nodded in agreement, and asked again, "Lao Wu. The Kwantung Army's southward corps has not been destroyed yet. Can you be sure to attack Peiping tomorrow?"

"It's almost the same." Wu De's Qing Dynasty blew on his hands, rubbing his hands to keep warm, and analyzed, "It's been almost three days and nights since our army headed north, and the assembly of the Kwantung Army's southward corps should be over. I guess the sir is about to take action. Besides, our three armies have not only controlled most of the Tianjin Hepingjin Railway, but the vanguard is less than half a day away from Peking. Such heavy troops are so close that it will take a long time to delay the time, and the old Japanese in Okamura will definitely be suspicious. If the Kwantung Army headed southward corps and Okamura slipped away, it would be a loss! It's estimated that the attack will not be later than tomorrow night!"

"That's true!" Tian Qingbin thought for a moment and understood it, and said further, "Since our army headed north, it has not taken action at night. This can be explained by the cold winter night. But if hundreds of thousands of troops are only two or thirty kilometers away from Peking, but they are out of the way, as long as the old Japanese in Okamura are not completely stupid, they will definitely see it! It's time to take action!"

From Gaobeidian to Liangxiang, it was only about fifty kilometers. Apart from spending some time across the Juma River near Liulidian, the Qing army of Wude did not encounter much obstacles. Of course, this was because the Lu Xueyi army had previously annihilated the 110th Division and the ** to become the main force of the 1st Brigade. By 8 o'clock in the evening, the Third Army had advanced to the Liangxiang area and established contact with the Lu Xueyi army.

At this point, the northward troops of the guards had blocked the Japanese army's escape route in the east and south directions. If they were to advance to Yanqing and Huailai, the people's army, Okamura's troops were surrounded on three sides.

"Although the enemy has advanced to two or three hundred kilometers south of Beiping, Takeshita Jun is still insisting in Tianjin, and the Gubei exit passage can be repaired tonight. The Kanto Army's southward troops can reinforce Peiping before tomorrow morning!" Okamura Yasuji, who had been sitting in front of the map for a day, was not only to give his subordinates a grand atmosphere, but also to comfort himself. He stared at his blood-filled eyes and said excitedly, "As long as there is enough troops, the front army can persist in Pingjin for a longer time! If the enemy can be dragged to Pingjin by the severe winter cold, and after the subsequent reinforcements arrive, they will make a concerted effort to completely reverse the tension in North China!"

Although the Kwantung Army was about to enter the pass, Okamura said it was indeed inflammatory. But think about how big the people's army and guards were around, Okito Miji and others still felt cold in their hearts. They just couldn't miss Okamura's meaning, so they squeezed out a smile and gritted their teeth and praised: "Your Excellency!"

The Japanese army also wanted to turn the situation around, but the People's Party armed forces were preparing to nail the last coffin to completely bury the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army's southward corps led by Okamura!

"Lao Ge, our company sent personnel to report just now. A large number of new chariots were found near Luanping, as well as a large number of Japanese troops. The 2nd Division of the Japanese Warriors went south!" At around 3 a.m. on the 13th, Xie Mengqing, the company commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Regiment of the People's Army Special Column who had been lurking for two or three days in Renan, Pingbei Mountains, quietly came to the place of the company commander Ge Fangwu, and said with his eyes shining, "It's time to contact the headquarters!"

Ge Fangwu was overjoyed, but he asked with concern: "It's confirmed that it's a chariot division? Not a chariot united by the infantry division, right?"

"There are not as many chariots as the three divisions that arrived in front. They must be the Japanese chariot division!" Xie Mengqing said with confidence, "And, in addition to the chariots, there are also many Japanese chariots. It is very likely that even another infantry division has gone south!"

"Let's go! Take me to the observation post for you!" Ge Fangwu patted Xie Mengqing on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "As long as you confirm, you will send a report to the headquarters and stew these bastards in one go!"

At the observation post of the Second Company, through the high-power glimmer night vision instrument, Ge Fangwu, who was lying on the ground, clearly saw a large number of Japanese chariots and Japanese soldiers who were so cold that they stomped their feet and rubbed their hands. In excitement, he couldn't help but punch the ground and whispered: "It's done! The fish are all in the net!"

After confirming, Xie and Ge used the secret back to the radio station and sent a secret telegram to the People's Army headquarters far away in Lanzhou that "five fish are in sight, the dam will collapse, so it is advisable to cast a net as soon as possible."

After receiving the telegram, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan issued a "lightning strike" combat order to the Air Force, which was already ready. The bombers of the three aviation divisions of the Yulin War Zone and more than 600 bombers directly under the People's Army Headquarters were all dispatched and rushed towards the Renan and Pingbei mountains!

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