Chapter 219: The Fall of Pingjin (II)

It was too late for Song Zheyuan to wake up at this time. Xiangyue Qingsi waited for the rest of the world. Not only did he not see the reply from the 29th Army, but he learned from the intelligence department that the 29th Army had begun to urgently mobilize troops, he expected that blackmail would be difficult to work anymore. Before the 29th Army could reply, he ordered a general attack on Peiping in the early morning of October 29th.

Song Zheyuan lost the most precious time, and the Neon Army would never give the 29th Army any chance to breathe. In the early morning of that day, the Neon Army, with the 20th Division as its main force, was equipped with forty heavy artillery, and launched a large-scale attack on Nanyuan, and also cut off the highway connection between Nanyuan and Beiping with the headquarters of the Mixed Fourth Brigade. The Kwantung Army mechanized troops from the south of Rehe River independently became the first, and the 11th Brigade attacked Beiyuan and Xiyuan from the north side of Beiping.

The Neon Army dispatched forty planes to bomb the fortifications of the Chinese defenders in turn. The fortifications built by the defenders were quickly engulfed by fire and dust. The battle was extremely tense and tragic. The 29th Army rushed to fight under the siege of heavy enemy troops, and soon showed signs of defeat. The entire army was quickly cut into several sections by the Neon Army and surrounded. In addition, the fortifications were simple. Especially in Nanyuan, the camp was only used to prevent surrounding obstacles as cover. Under the bombing of the enemy's superior artillery and aircraft, the defenders were blown away to the point of blood and flesh, which was terrible. The situation was extremely dangerous.

Nanyuan was originally the headquarters of the 29th Army. On the 28th, Song Zheyuan decided to fight with the Neon Army and moved the headquarters to Beiping City. Now Nanyuan is stationed with deputy commander Tong Linge as the regiment commander, the military training regiment composed of thousands of students, the Ninth Cavalry Division. Although Song Zheyuan had urgently ordered Zhao Dengyu's 132nd Division to garrison Nanyuan at night, the main force of the 132nd Division is still at the right side of Yongding River.

At dawn on October 29, the morning light was revealed, and a sharp and harsh alarm sound broke through the tranquility of Nanyuan in the morning. In a blink of an eye, several black dots that were squirming from the northeast had flew over Nanyuan. The sudden arrival of several Japanese planes made the Nanyuan defenders run out of the barracks and into the position. However, the Japanese planes did not bomb and strafuse, but hovered over the sky for two circles and then escaped along the old route. Obviously, this was the Neon Army's reconnaissance aircraft. Tong Linge, the highest commander of Nanyuan, immediately ordered the troops to prepare for the bombing of enemy planes.

Not long after, the first wave of five Neon Army bombers flew over Nanyuan amid the machine guns of the 29th Army. The enemy planes came prepared and only hovered over the camp for a week. Starting from the 9th Cavalry Division headquarters of the northeast corner, bombing began along the neatly arranged barracks. Accompanied by the fireworks rising into the air and the rubble flying everywhere, the military and training regiment barracks were broken in an instant, and the flames soared into the sky. With one hovering, the Japanese planes selected the bombing target on simple positions and obstacles on the outside of the camp.

Poor, the defenders of the 29th Army of China, not to mention combat aircraft, even air defense firearms. Some personnel and the horses of the cavalry division were not evacuated, shouting in the bombing of enemy planes, and moaning. The Chinese country paid a heavy casualties before they even saw the figures of the Neon Army.

After the plane bombed, it shook its fuselage proudly and flew back. Before the Chinese defenders could breathe a sigh of relief, the Neon Army's heavy artillery troops carried out a vast and long-range bombing on Nanyuan...

The Neon Army is showing power to Tong Lingge and the defenders of the Nanyuan Huaguo. The Neon Army, which has always been modernizing its weapons and equipment, attempted to suppress the opponent with this hanging sword and crush the opponent.

After the bombardment, the infantry of the Neon Army took advantage of the mist of dawn and began to attack the Nanyuanhua National Camp like a yellow tide. The Chinese defenders who were hastily responding to the battle shook off the dust and drilled out the collapsed fortifications, preparing to shoot at the Neon Army. At this time, Deputy Commander Tong Lingge appeared next to a small earthen house behind the front line. He ordered the commanders to order the troops to put the enemy within 200 meters to concentrate their firepower and shoot fiercely.

Four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, dense gunshots sounded on the Nanyuan defenders' positions. The Neon Army, who was yelling straight and yelling forward, seemed to have been touched by electricity, and the shouts stopped abruptly. The soldiers in the front row twisted their waists frantically, and the Neon Army behind them lay on the ground like a conditioned reflex, shooting against the Chinese defenders.

Tong Linge led the way and stood on the front line, commanding the officers and soldiers of the military training regiment and the student army training regiment to fight the charge of the 20th Division of the Neon Army. The Neon Army rushed upwards and collapsed in groups. The open area of ​​400 meters wide became a natural cemetery for the Japanese.

The military training team and the student training team are both the future elites of the 29th Army. Many college students took the initiative to join the army after the Lugou Bridge Incident. Although they faced the Japanese planes and cannons, they had a strong willpower in fighting.

However, the Neon Army was well-equipped, experienced a long battle formation, and was prepared for a long time. With the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the Neon Army, in less than half a day, the defense line composed of military training regiments and student soldiers could not withstand the impact of the 20th Division, which was broken through by the Neon Army. Seeing that it could not be supported, Tong Lin ordered the defense forces of the outer trench into the camp along the trench and use the inner fort to organize defense.

At this time, Zhang Shouling, the head of the military training regiment, ran to Tong Lingge panting and said in a angrily voice: "What seems to be a problem? We are fighting here. Why are the Japanese reinforcements coming so quickly and so many? Didn't the military headquarters fight? How could this be possible?"

The original military headquarters was the 9th Cavalry Division of Zheng Dazhang of the 29th Army and the 132nd Division of Zhao Dengyu who arrived in Nanyuan first. Looking at the situation in front of him, Tong Linge also felt something strange, so he took Zhang Shouling off the position.

But the phone was not connected. Tong and Zhang knew nothing about the situation of Zhao Dengyu and Zheng Dazhang's cavalry divisions in the military headquarters. The news brought back by the person sent to contact him made Tong and Zhang and Zhang fall into an ice cellar, and they are cold from head to toe: there is no one in the military headquarters.

Tong Linge felt that the situation was serious, so he led Zhang Shouling straight to Zheng Dazhang's cavalry division headquarters. The empty camp of the 9th Cavalry Division was everywhere and there was no one. Tong and Zhang searched everywhere but there was still no one. In the end, the guards worked hard to find a disheveled cavalry division soldier in the air raid shelter.

"Where is your troops?" Tong Lingge asked anxiously to the trembling soldier in front of him.

"It was just dawn today, and all the Japanese planes were removed after bombing."

"Where is Commander Zheng? He also followed the troops?" Zhang Shouling asked angrily.

"Yes, he led his troops to withdraw at dawn, too."

After hearing what the soldiers in front of him said, Lieutenant General Tong Lingge, who was called "Tong Shanren" by the entire 29th Army for his tolerance, couldn't help but get angry and roared, "Zheng Caiting, this bastard, withdrew before the battle, but did not notify friendly troops. I must go to the military throne to sue him."

However, since things have come to this point, it is useless. Tong Lingge and everyone left the camp. As soon as he left the camp, he saw the military commander hurriedly running towards them: "Deputy Commander Tong, you can find you. The military commander ordered all the troops in Nanyuan to retreat to the city immediately. The phone could not be reached, so I sent me to pass the order."

"Do Commander Zhao know the retreat order?" Tong Linge suddenly remembered that there was also the direct troops of the 132nd Division who had just arrived last night, so he tried to ask the messenger.

"Teacher Zhao has already left Nanyuan. It was about eight or nine o'clock in the morning." The messenger said hurriedly.

While speaking, on the highway outside the camp, the defeated troops who had retreated from the defense zone of the 132nd Division flocked by in a mess. After inquiring, the defense zone of the 132nd Division had been captured by the Neon Army, and the troops were in chaos and collapsed into Beiping City.

"Nonsense! It's really nonsense! What kind of chaos is fighting? It's not in touch with each other, and you don't even ask for a retreat. Can you retreat with such an uncovered retreat?!" Tong Linge vented aimlessly. He was just the deputy commander in charge of the military training regiment in the 29th Army. The heads of each unit below were Song Zheyuan's old subordinates. He didn't take Tong Linge seriously, let alone at this critical moment of life and death, he had already gone to escape.

"Brother Jie, the troops are in chaos now, and it may be difficult to assemble again. It is better to let the troops retreat first and cover and contain them near the Dahongmen adjustment post." The education chief Zhang Shouling is not from the Northwest Army system. He is an old man from the Northeast Army and has a lot of knowledge about the troops. Seeing the situation, he immediately advised Tong Linge.

"Oh! That's all." Tong Linge sighed, and then retreated north surrounded by people. Along the way, the Neon Army planes chased the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army who were retreating on the highway, bombing and shooting frantically. Fortunately, the green gauze tents on both sides of the highway became some of the protective umbrellas for the scattered soldiers of the Chinese country. Although the defeated army suffered casualties, the losses were not large.

At Dahongmen, Tong Linge led a team of three or four thousand people assembled, and began to retreat in an orderly manner to the city. Before he walked far, a dense sound of gunfire suddenly came from the front. In a blink of an eye, the fierce shooting sound spread back along the Chinese team. Half a minute later, several Japanese planes appeared on the heads of the retreating team again, bombing and strafing violently.

There is no doubt that the Neon Army, which clearly defended the 29th Army, had been ambushed in the next ambush, and the country in China has been ambushed!

The ambush was the riverside brigade of the North China garrison army of Japan. The unit first attacked the Second Regiment and killed the 29th Army camp of the 29th Army stationed in Dahongmen. Then, the main force of the brigade was set up in the Dahongmen area, and finally intercepted the Chinese national guards from Nanyuanche.

Although the commander of the Riverside Brigade, Major General Hebian Zhengsan often came and went with the generals of the 29th Army and was very familiar with Tong Lingge and most senior generals of the 29th Army, the ambush at this moment was merciless and ordered the superior forces to maximize their firepower advantages.

The Chinese national team, which plunged into the ambush circle by the river, was terrible. The neon army ambushed positions on both sides of the road, was as dense as rain and blue smoke; on the road, the Chinese national flesh and blood were flying, and the casualties were pillowing, screaming and whining were endless. The battlefield was too bloody, and even full of the smell of a slaughterhouse.

Tong Linge in the middle and rear of the queue was stunned by the sudden blow. He was stunned for a moment, and he shouted with red eyes: "Let's go down! Hiddenly, evacuate to both sides!"

But the deafening sound of gunfire and the sound of Japanese planes in the sky drowned his shouts. Seeing that the deputy commander's target was exposed, a entourage wanted to pull him to the side of the road. Tong Lingge pushed the entourage away and shouted: "Get out, do you want the brothers to let the Japanese kill you? Hurry up, let the defender company rush forward to the side and follow the front troops."

Tong Lingge, who was surrounded by several officers and guards, stood on the road with several officers and guards, and looked particularly conspicuous. A round of machine gun bullets shot from a small mound in the distance. Tong Lingge and his adjutants and followers fell in a pool of blood. After a while, Tong Lingge gritted his teeth and struggled to stand up. His legs were shot through by the bullets of the Neon Army, and blood was flowing. A captain of the military training regiment surrounded him and advised him to go back and cure his injuries first. He gritted his teeth and spit out a few words: "The situation is too urgent. The situation is big. The matter of fighting the enemy is big, and personal safety is small. You can attack quickly, don't worry about me!"

Everyone gritted their teeth and cried to say goodbye to their deputy commander and rushed forward. Tong Lingge stood there, mobilizing the troops and adjusting their deployment in order to get rid of the dilemma after being ambushed. But objectively, he said that it was almost impossible to break through in an organized manner at this time. The elite 70,000 brigades by the riverside brigade had both chariots and planes, and had their heads cut off and surrounded more than 4,000 defeated troops in China in the center, so it was not easy to break through.

But Tong Linge endured the leg injury and repelled several charges from the Neon Army. At this time, the riverside was like a fierce and cunning cheetah, sometimes killing opponents with firepower, and sometimes launching small-scale attacks, constantly consuming the increasingly weakening power of the Chinese national team. Tong Linge saw through the Neon Army's tricks and ordered the messenger to say: "Go and notify the troops, bypass the highway, use the crops on both sides of the road to break into pieces, and break through and retreat to the city."

At this time, another batch of enemy planes flew over the highway and threw down clusters of dense bombs. Tong Linge was swallowed by the soaring smoke and dust, and fell down, and never stood up again.

On the evening of the same day, the 132nd Division, which was about to retreat to Beiping City, was also suddenly attacked by the Neon Army on the highway in Huangting, southern suburbs of Beiping. The 132nd Division suffered heavy losses and the division commander Zhao Dengyu was killed.

Nanyuan was lost, Tong Linge and Zhao Dengyu were killed, and more than half of the 132nd Division were injured and half of the military training regiment were almost wiped out. When the Beiping Military Department heard the news, Song Zheyuan stood silent, then hugged his head and cried, roaring in pain: "Broken my left arm. The Japanese devils, this hatred is irreconcilable, and we will be repaid in the future!"
Chapter completed!