December 2, Beijing, the capital.

There was light snow falling in the sky, and it was freezing cold.

Commander Tang sent a large number of intelligence agents for 10 consecutive days but could not find where Liu Feiyang's troops were hiding.

Because he did not expect that Liu Feiyang's troops were not in the capital at all, but in the woods of the city near the capital, training his infantry and tanks for coordinated operations, and secretly dispatching another 1,800 people to him from Commander Bai.

The regiment is undergoing all the training for changing uniforms.

The time now is afternoon,

The news of the complete fall of Guangde has also been conveyed to Commander Tang's residence.

Originally, according to the historical trend, the Chairman would not leave Wuhan, the capital, until November 29 after inspecting the Fukuo position.

Commander Tang should have held a press conference on November 27 and delivered a speech in front of reporters from newspapers across the country, saying, "It is his duty as a soldier to defend the country and resist the enemy, so he will definitely make the enemy attack."

The Japanese troops in the capital paid a heavy price, and he himself will live and die with the capital!',

But all this happened a little earlier with the appearance of Liu Feiyang.

But no matter what, there is still no way to solve the big defeat situation, and Liu Feiyang did not intervene.

So on the afternoon of December 2, Commander Tang immediately received the bad news that Guangde had fallen to the Japanese army.

With the fall of Guangde, the Japanese army also surrounded the capital city from the east, south and west. This means that the capital city at this moment has become a dangerous city full of dangers.

There is no more foreign aid.

For this reason, when Commander Tang received the bad news, the first thing he did was to immediately ask each army to send additional reconnaissance troops to detect all the movements of the incoming Japanese troops on the front line and where they had arrived.

At the same time, the 74th Army, the 66th Army, and the 83rd Army also quickly deployed the capital's peripheral defense lines in the Chunhua, Niushou Mountain, and Fangshan areas, because this will be the key place for the Japanese army to attack the city.

While these troops were deploying defenses in panic,

Commander Tang also called Commander Yu, the commander of the 74th Army.

The 74th Army was left by the Chairman, and together with the 36th Division, the 87th Division, and the 88th Division, the elite troops of the national army, they fought side by side to defend the capital city of Beijing.

However, Commander Hu's 1st Army had already been dispatched by the Chairman to Pukou in the rear and was stationed there.

"Commander Yu!"

"Tell me the truth, now that Guangde has fallen, and the Jiangyin Fortress also fell to the Japanese army yesterday, how long do you think we can hold on to the capital?"

"Do we still have any hope of winning?"

When Commander Yu arrived at the living room of Commander Tang's residence, Commander Tang immediately got straight to the point and asked anxiously.

Regarding Commander Tang’s straightforward inquiry,

Commander Yu's facial expression is also very complicated.

In fact, when the capital of Beijing decided to resist the incoming Japanese army, Commander Yu once asked his favorite general, Commander Wang of the 51st Division.

"Zuo Min! Chairman, let us stay and defend the capital!"

"What do you think of this battle? Can we withstand it?"

This was the question Commander Yu asked Commander Wang on the night he was retained by the Chairman.

"I feel that with our current defeat, there is no way we can hold on to the capital!"

"Because first, many troops were defeated at the Battle of Songhu. Not only did the officers and soldiers lose morale, but even their commanders lost their will to fight and the confidence to continue fighting!"

"As the saying goes, soldiers are greedy for life, but soldiers have no intention of dying. Why fight?"

"The second point is that Commander Tang was appointed as a new officer, and most of the troops he took over were the direct line ace troops left by the Chairman to defend the capital. All the officers are proud soldiers. You feel that none of them have ever commanded before.

Can Commander Tang, who is fighting a large force, command these ace direct line officers to work together to fight the enemy?"

"Even if they are not officers from the ace troops, those officers from the miscellaneous troops are still willing to go through fire and water to kill the Japanese and die for Commander Tang without any conditions?"

"Moreover, many troops now lack logistical supplies, weapons and equipment, and even healing medicines are in short supply!"

"The third point is that the key to holding on to the capital is actually to hold on to the outer suburban areas. Unfortunately, we simply do not have so many troops to form a defense-in-depth deployment to resist the incoming Japanese army!"

"That's why I boldly believe that the capital cannot be defended!"

Mr. Wang also dug into his heart and analyzed all his inner thoughts.

After hearing this, Commander Yu also sighed deeply,

So at this moment, when Commander Tang asked Commander Yu this question again, his heart was extremely complicated.

"I think it can't be defended anymore, because now not only Guangde has fallen, but Jiangyin Fortress and the Kunshan line have also fallen, and the Wufu defense line and other defense lines have also collapsed!"

"The current capital city is about to be invaded by the Japanese army, so the situation is not optimistic!"

"Commander Tang!"

However, after sighing, Commander Yu did not conceal his inner thoughts and spoke truthfully.

As for whether he is worried that Commander Tang will be furious, Commander Yu is not afraid at all, because he has the military power of the 74th Army in his hands, and Commander Tang, who is flashy and has no real power of his own direct troops,

The military power of the commander is different.

Therefore, there is no need for him to be too concerned about the other party and tell him too false information.

"Then how long do you think we can hold on here?"

"How many casualties can we inflict on the Japanese army?"

"Whether it's a victory or a disastrous defeat, I hope to make these damn Japanese troops pay a heavy price!"

Regarding Commander Yu's frankness, Commander Tang sighed helplessly and asked again with hope.

"I don't know this either!"

"It all depends on fate, because the morale of our troops is very low now!"

"I'm afraid that many officers and soldiers are very afraid of the Japanese army's attack. I'm very worried that many of the defeated troops will surrender to the Japanese army, or face the Japanese army's attack and be defeated in a single blow!"

Commander Yu, however, frankly expressed his inner worries.

"..."

In response to this, Commander Tang was speechless for a moment and was speechless.

He knew very well that the 74th Army was an elite force. Whether it was the configuration of weapons and equipment or the combat capabilities of its officers and soldiers, it could be compared with the 87th and 88th Divisions of the Chairman's German Arms Division.

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There won't be a big difference in their fighting prowess.

But as the commander-in-chief of such an elite force is so passive, one can imagine the situation of other miscellaneous troops and defeated troops.

"If a general is greedy for life, and a soldier has no intention of dying, why fight?"

After hearing this, Commander Tang couldn't help but think of what Commander Wang once said to Commander Yu.

"Is it true that the capital cannot continue to hold on?"

After a long time, Commander Tang also showed an extremely disappointed expression, closed his eyes deeply, and sighed deeply in his heart.

At this moment, Commander Yu was thinking about how to save more of his direct troops so that they could leave the capital for future use in the war of resistance.

The cold wind outside Commander Tang's residence was also carrying goose feather snowflakes, flying more energetically and coldly.

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Chapter completed!