Chapter 15: A Thousand Miles Leap (4)
Previously, even though the plane landed before 5:20, the original plan was that the People's Party's armed forces fought against Peking at 5:30. Although Liu Haidong moved troops quickly to the south of the city, it took nearly half an hour to travel back and forth. When he led the guard regiment of the Luxury Department to fly over the Dahongmen area, the ground had already started for more than a moment.
Although the battle started shortly, the officers and soldiers of the Special Corps had solved the enemies in the Yongdingmen area. One of them was advancing towards the city, and the other was blocking the counterattack of Lin Fangtaro's troops in the Dahongmen area. At the same time, the officers and soldiers also opened airborne grounds between Dahongmen and Yongdingmen to prepare for helicopter takeoff and landing. However, Liu Haidong did not allow the officers and soldiers of the Guard Corps to land immediately, but ordered more than 100 other aircraft to be suspended in the air and prepared to go to the ground to understand the situation before making arrangements.
"How is the counterattack between the Japanese on both sides of the north and south? How is our troops progressing in all directions?" As soon as he arrived at the ground, Liu Haidong asked his deputy Qin Han.
"The counterattack of Lin Fangtaro's troops in the south was just repelled by our troops. After the escort army launched an attack from the south of the city, the enemy troops were about to be destroyed, so they didn't care to organize their troops to counterattack!" Qin Han smiled easily and said, "In the direction of the city in the north, our troops are advancing towards the Temple of Heaven after taking down Yongding Gate. Because time is a bit tight, the Japanese devils there are also closely guarded and have not succeeded yet. However, our army has invested nearly two thousand troops there and cooperated in the air. It is estimated that it will take not long to take it! In addition, the two railway stations, Fengtai and Xizhimen, have been captured by our troops. So far, the progress has been relatively smooth in all places."
"Don't be careless! The Temple of Heaven is the location of the important evidence of the Japanese. Mr. and Chief of Staff Zhou once emphasized that the Japanese must disclose the crimes carried out by the Japanese in the Temple of Heaven, Union Medical College, Jingsheng Biological and Social Investigation Institute and other places to the world. We must complete the task!" Liu Haidong looked very serious. After thinking about it, he said again, "Since Lin Fangtaro's troops are no longer worthy of concern, then draw a thousand troops from here and add the guard regiment. First, take the two places of Union Hospital and the Investigation Institute! The action must be fast! Neither the Japanese can destroy the evidence of the crime, nor can they let them jump over the wall and spread bacterial weapons in the city of Peking!"
"Then divide the guard regiment into two, each with our 500 troops as the guide. Take down the two demon caves of the Medical College and the Investigation Institute first!" Qin Han also became solemnly and gritted his teeth and said, "Old Liu, you are here to command. I will contact you in the middle and you must eliminate these dog days as soon as possible!"
"That's fine!" Liu Haidong nodded heavily and reminded. "Not only should we beware of the Japanese's bacterial war, but also guard against poison and gas war! When each unit advances to key locations, we must wear gas masks!"
What Liu and Qin said were mainly aimed at the bacterial warfare bases set up by the Japanese army in Peking City, mainly three places including the Temple of Heaven, Union Medical College, and Jingsheng Biological and Social Survey Institute.
During the Republic of China, the Temple of Heaven was first designated as a forest art test site by the Beiyang government, and later established an infectious disease hospital, the Central Epidemic Prevention Office, the Biological Production Institute and other institutions here. After the fall of Peking in 1937, the Japanese took advantage of the equipment of the Government of the Republic of China in the Temple of Heaven and quickly established their second bacterial warfare base in China - the "North China Expeditionary Force Epidemic Prevention Water Supply Department", and conducted research, testing and production of bacterial weapons under the cover of the "Sanitation and Epidemic Prevention" sign. In 1939, the "North China Expeditionary Force Epidemic Prevention Water Supply Department" was renamed the "North China North Branch (A) 1855 Unit". Because the captain of the troops was Colonel Eiji Nishimura, this unit was also called the Xicun Army, and was one of the four new bacterial warfare units formed by the Japanese army in Peking, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Singapore.
After the establishment of the Nishimura army, many backbones of the Japanese 731 Bacterial Force were transferred to the headquarters, and even Shiro Ishii, the captain of the 731st Army, also served as technical guidance in the headquarters.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War at the end of 1941, the First Detachment of the 1855th Unit occupied the Union Medical College, which was originally funded by Rockefeller, and built it into the Health Quarantine Department of the 1855th Unit, specializing in the research of bacterial warfare agents.
The Second Detachment forcibly occupied the Jingsheng Biological and Social Survey Institute, which had cooperative relations with Britain and the United States, and conducted bacterial vector cultivation and research. It is outrageous that in addition to cultivating flies, fleas, mice and other carriers here to spread malaria, plague and other diseases, the Japanese also used the captured Chinese people to experiment with bacterial weapons! Such behavior is not an exaggeration to cut a group of Japanese pirates into pieces, and it is no wonder that the People's Party armed forces never accept the Japanese surrender on the battlefield!
In original history, when Japan surrendered in 45, the name of the 1855th Unit mysteriously disappeared from the North China Front Army list, and a group of criminal chiefs escaped severe punishment. Now, with the purposeful rapid advancement of the People's Party's armed forces into the Beiping urban area, the Japanese's crimes are about to be revealed!
In fact, with the strength of the People's Party's armed forces, after the Soviet Union and Mongolia achieved phased results last fall, the People's Army and Guards had the ability to fight against Pingjin and win the battle. However, considering that the Pacific War had not yet broken out, the main force of the North China Front Army gathered in Hebei and Pingjin areas, once the battle started, it would cause many unfavorable factors. Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhou Mingyuan and others decided to put the war in 42 years.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army went to the Southeast Asian War to fight, and the People's Party's armed battle against Pingjin was naturally mentioned on the agenda. After the Xi'an war started, the North China Front Army went south again, and the time for the People's Army and Guard Army to fight against Pingjin was ripe.
However, considering the difficulties that will be faced in capturing Peking, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan decided to put the combat time into winter. Later, although the "Blizzard" combat plan has been adjusted many times, it has not crossed the bottom line of winter combat.
When it comes to capturing Peking, the most troublesome problems of the People's Party's armed forces are mainly two aspects: one is that they are worried that the Japanese army will blow up ancient buildings in the city of Peking and cause irreparable losses to national cultural treasures; the other is that they are worried that the Japanese army will carry out bacterial and poisonous gas wars in the city, and will bring 1.3 million people in the city.
If the Japanese army blows up one or two ancient buildings in the city of Peking, it will certainly cause irreparable losses to national cultural treasures, but the scope and consequences will be limited; but if the Japanese are crazy about using bacterial weapons to the city of Peking, it will be far-reaching!
If the Japanese really carry out bacterial war and poison gas war in the urban area, the cold climate and prevailing northwest wind can greatly inhibit the spread of bacteria and the concentration of poison gas, and reduce their harmful consequences. After all, although the People's Party has established increasingly powerful medical forces in the northwest, Shandong and other places, it can produce enough medicines for treatment and protection. However, it cannot guarantee that all people infected with diseases or poisons can be rescued and escaped from danger in a timely manner. It can take advantage of natural conditions and more restraints against bacterial war and poison gas war are always good.
Judging from the effect of the special-ranking aircraft landing operations, the Japanese army in the city was obviously caught off guard, and the characteristics were not lit up. The Japanese soldiers in various places seemed extremely hasty to respond. The special-ranking soldiers drove helicopters to cruising over Peking, using airborne weapons to strike important targets in the city reflected by the flares. The two possibilities that the People's Party was most worried about before the armed war have not yet appeared.
The North China Front Command located in Tieshizi Hutong is only more than ten kilometers away from the Dahongmen and Yongdingmen areas. In the headquarters, Okamura Yasuji could clearly hear the sound of gunfires from the south and the roar of helicopters from his head.
After Lin Fangtaro's troops informed Lin Fangtaro's troops that the People's Party armed forces carried out airborne in the Dahongmen area and cut off the passage of the troops to retreat to the city. After the news of the fall of Yongding Gate came, Okamura Yanji knew very well that Peking could not bear it anymore! However, the old Japanese still did not give up and had a pathological expectation for the Kwantung Army's southward corps, hoping to fight street fighting with the People's Party armed forces in the city, and dragged the reinforcements until reinforcements arrived.
Like a lonely wolf trapped in a cage and wild and difficult to tame, Okamura stared at her blood-filled eyes and paced back and forth in the headquarters. She was looking forward to the exact news about the Kwantung Army's southward corps. Not long ago, Okamura called the Rehe Guard Command in the name of the North China Front Army, and asked the local military and police to report the details of the Kwantung Army assembly site outside Gubeikou.
Just when Okamura was upset, Chief of Staff Ototo Miji walked in with a few telegrams in his hand, pale face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, there is news..."
Okamura's heart suddenly hangs, but she doesn't look back. After taking a deep breath, she asked in a dull voice: "What is the situation of the Southward Corps? How many troops can you reach Peiping today?"
"Your Excellency, Deputy Chief Takaichiro Kishitani and Police Director Tomoyuki Okawa, called each other in a joint call..." Ogito squirmed hard, feeling his mouth dry, and he forced himself to suppress his panic. He trembled in a deep tone as if he was lost, "The southward corps, five divisions, were all 'broken' in the enemy's air raid..."
"Who?! This is impossible!" Okamura turned around like a cat with a trampled tail. She snatched the telegraph from Ogito's hand, stared at her red eyes, and looked at the lights in the command center.
In the telegram, Takaichiro Kishitani and Tomoyuki Naikawa urgently described the results of the Rekawa Security Command personnel visiting the bottom of the Waida River Valley after the People's Party Air Force launched an air strike.
Although it was nearly six o'clock and the People's Army's air strike was coming to an end, the Japanese who went to explore could not get to the still burning. The explosive air strike area could only be confirmed by telescope observation and radio calls on the hills to confirm the relevant situation. However, the radio contact was ineffective, and the scenes seen in the telescope made the Japanese who were visiting them stunned!
In the area where the Kwantung Army went south, there was no living person! There were only a sea of fire, as well as coke-like corpses in the sea of fire, vehicles, supplies, and some vitrified ground, artillery and chariot components... Thinking of the unbearable heat wave that was one or two hundred meters away from the outer area, although it was unbelievable, it was not difficult for the Japanese to explore the conclusion that the entire army of the southward army was wiped out.
As for seeking evidence from the residents around, the Japanese devils didn't want to do it, but they couldn't find half a figure in the neighboring mountainous areas! The reason for this situation was not only related to the local people hiding from the war and hiding, but more of the result was the result of the previous rampage of the Japanese army.
Although Rehe was an area controlled by the Japanese army before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the local area was close to the three provinces of Jin, Cha and Hebei. Influenced by the armed forces of the People's Party and the forces of the People's Party, the resistance of the people of Rehe, especially the guerrillas under various banners, has not been cut off. In order to weaken the foundation of the guerrillas, the Kwantung Army forced the "gathering of families and villages" policy outside the pass in the 1930s and was copied to Rehe.
According to this policy, the Japanese demolished all the houses of the people in active areas of the Renan guerrillas, burned them down, forcibly concentrated the local people in flat areas to build them in several earthen enclosures, and were not allowed to enter and exit casually. In addition, in order to ensure the concealment of the southward movement, the Kwantung Army had sorted out the Renan mountainous areas. Therefore, before and after the People's Army's airstrike, not to mention the local residents in the area outside Gubeikou, even the guerrillas who were accustomed to the difficult environment could not find any trace!
However, the people in Gubei Foreign Affairs have no trace, but it also provides conditions for the People's Party armed forces to use cloud bombs to annihilate the enemy. If Umezu Mijiro knew the cause and effect, he would probably have regretted it and stamped his feet and beat his chest!
After reading the telegram, Okamura Yanji felt his blood surge. He felt dizzy in front of him, and he sat on the chair next to him. His face was already pale and there was no blood. However, he still whispered in disbelief: "Five divisions... This is impossible! This is impossible!"
"Your Excellency, now the southward corps is no longer expected. The enemy has entered the city of Peiping again. There are still strange planes in the sky attacking the ground. It's time to retreat!" Seeing that Okamura was in a state of ignorance, Miji Ogito did not care about the rudeness and hurried forward and urged, "If you don't retreat, you can't leave!"
"The situation in North China is already like this, but it also implicated the Kwantung Army in losing heavy troops. I am really a sinner of the empire!" Okamura felt a fever in his mind, and he took out his pistol and shivered to his head.
"Your Excellency, don't do this!" Ogito Miji hurried forward and took the gun from Okamura. At the same time, he called the two staff officers in the headquarters to set up Okamura and reminded him, "You will take the commander to retreat in a car as planned! Andajun is waiting outside the commander's department, and obey his command on all actions on the road!"
After Okamura was raised by the two of them, she struggled twice, but she didn't break free, and shouted: "Let me go! Haga! Let me go!"
"Your Excellency, I'm sorry! According to the command of the base camp, you must evacuate outside the pass in time!" Ogito Miji bowed to Okamura and said to the two staff officers, "Take the commander away!"
"Your Excellency, then won't you go together?" asked one of the staff officers.
"The enemy advanced too fast, and the Kwantung Army went south and broke out unexpectedly. The headquarters needs to be dealt with in time." Ogito Miji sighed helplessly and waved his hand. He said, "You go first, I will deal with it, and then lead the other personnel of the headquarters to evacuate!"
Two staff members rushed toward several cars that had already started at the entrance of the commander's department, and Anda 23 had led some personnel from the North China Front Command to wait there.
As soon as Okamura was put into the car, Anda 23 commanded a convoy of four cars to run towards Chaoyangmen. According to the original plan, the small convoy would drive along the highway through Tongzhou, Sanhe and other places to Xifengkou, and then hike over the mountains from there, meet with the personnel sent by Rehe to Kuancheng to greet them, and then retreat to Fengtian.
After seeing off Okamura, Miji Ogito looked at the headquarters that seemed a little empty and smiled bitterly. Since taking over as Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army on November 9, it has been less than four days, but Ogito has personally experienced the entire process of the North China Front Army's decline from prosperity to decline and entering the current journey of destruction. He himself has also changed from his previous high spirit to his current depression and even lost his will!
"Too fast! Too fast..." Ogito shook his head with a wry smile, then grabbed the phone on the table and tried to convey orders to the outside, but found that there was no signal on the phone. Ogito knew that this must have been the phone line cut off by the enemy from outside.
He threw the phone on the table dejectedly, and the Oichio walked out, but almost got into the arms of Nakashi Xi, the deputy chief of staff of the Front Army who had rushed over.
Nakamoto Shin-hi glanced at the empty room and asked, "Mr. Aoshima, where is the commander?"
"According to the order of the base camp, Andajun has accompanied the commander to retreat to the outside of the pass." Ogito looked at Nakamoto, and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"I just received several telegrams, including a joint telegram from Lin Fangtaro and Komatsuzaki Rio, reporting that the 110th Division and the 1st Mixed Brigade are about to be 'breaked'! Tianjin Takeshita Yoshiguchi also called and said that the 27th Division is about to be 'breaked'! There was also an emergency telegram from the commander of the Mongolian army, Nakata, saying that the People's Army is launching an attack on the southern entrance area and requesting reinforcements!" Nakamoshi Sadaki sighed and said dejectedly, "Everything is rushing together! Peace and Tianjin are finished! North China Front Army is finished..."
However, Ogito did not comment on what Nakamoto said, but only turned his somewhat sloppy mind to think of countermeasures and reminded: "In the Mongolian army, we have no soldiers to send, so we can only retreat to the Rehe area. In addition, if Yasudaro's troops were "Jade Broken", then there would be no force in the south of the city to block the enemy's heavy troops. However, before Beiping fell, we had to destroy the secrets of the front army. I didn't take office for a long time and didn't understand many aspects. I hope Nakamoto will give more tips to avoid missing out!"
Zhongxi, Xi, served as deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army in early July, more than four months earlier than Dachenghu, so hesitated for a moment and said: "In addition to the headquarters' need to deal with it, the 1855th Unit also needs to deal with it at the Temple of Heaven, Union Medical College, Jingsheng Biological and Social Investigation Institute and other research bases also need to deal with it. However, the enemy is advancing from the south towards the city, and there are planes attacking the ground in the air, and contacts from various places are interrupted, for fear that it will be too late!"
When I heard that the Temple of Heaven had a beginning and end, the big city was full of trouble. There was the first target of attack by the People's Party armed forces after breaking into the city from Yongding Gate. They lost contact for a while, and it was basically determined that they had encountered an unexpected situation. As the surroundings were getting closer and closer, the increasing gunfire, as well as the sound of enemy planes on their heads, the hospitals and investigation centers, and even the North China Front Command, could not last long.
"Do your best! In addition to the headquarters, send liaison personnel to other important places and notify the departments to take necessary measures to ensure that the secrets are not leaked. As for the headquarters, we will be responsible for handling them." Thinking about the difficulties, Oichio shook his head and sighed, "First call the base camp in the name of the Front Army Command to report the current situation of our department, then destroy the password and equipment, and make preparations for 'jagged'."
Miji Ogito and Nakamoto Satoki Nakamoto thought well, but it was too late to go! Just as two old Japanese commanded the front army command personnel to destroy relevant confidential information and were about to blow up the relevant buildings, the soldiers of the People's Army Special Column flew over the North China Front Army headquarters in a helicopter and used aircraft heavy machine guns and machine cannons to sweep the Japanese who were trying to resist on the ground!
After the Japanese army on the ground was eliminated, hundreds of special rank officers and soldiers used ropes to land from four helicopters to the ground and occupied the North China Front Command. This marked that the remaining Japanese troops in the city of Peking had completely lost command, and the rest were just struggling to death. During the occupation of the headquarters, Ogito Miji and Nakamoto Sadaki and other Japanese soldiers hiding in the house were all shot dead!
By noon on the 13th, not only did the remnants of Takeshita Yoshiguchi in Tianjin City be completely annihilated, but the Japanese army in Peking City were basically eliminated, and the Battle of Pingjin launched by the People's Party armed forces also declared the victory over!!!
Chapter completed!