Just when Sun Buyi returned to Shanghai, Lieutenant General Kozuki Kiyoshi, who succeeded Anichiro Tashiro, had just boarded his own special plane and took off from Japan, heading straight for Tianjin.

This time the Japanese cabinet has made up its mind to completely solve the North China issue. Lieutenant General Kozuki Kiyoshi, a fascist soldier who has always been known for his experience in studying "infantry tactics", naturally became the new commander of the North China garrison.

Good candidate.

As early as the Jinan Massacre in 1928, Kozuki Kiyoshi was the first to propose to the Japanese cabinet that a part of the Japanese army stationed in the Northeast be urgently transferred to Shandong to block the advance of the Northern Expeditionary Army, thus opening up the use of force.

A precedent for interfering in China’s internal affairs.

During the September 18th Incident in 1931, Kozuki Kiyoshi was the vanguard of the invasion of Northeast China. He served as the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army and led his troops to invade Tieling.

Therefore, when the Japanese cabinet received the news that the North China Garrison Army suffered successive setbacks in Pingjin, and that even the commander of the North China Garrison Army, Tashiro Anichiro, was killed in the Kaiguang Temple, it was furious and immediately ordered Kozuki Kiyoshi to fly directly from the Japanese mainland.

Tianjin, succeeded Anichiro Tashiro.

At the same time, the Japanese cabinet dispatched the Kwantung Army Suzuki Shigeyasu Independent Mixed Brigade (the 11th Brigade), the Kwantung Army Chahar Deployment Corps Sakai Hoji Brigade (the 1st Brigade), and the division commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo led the

A total of 60,000 soldiers from the 20th Division of the Korean Garrison Army, the Japanese 5th Division led by Seishiro Itagaki, and the Japanese 2nd Flying Regiment commanded by Commander Saburo Ando, ​​and more than 120 fighter planes immediately set off for North China.

All troops are unified under the command of Xiangyue Qingsi and are responsible for attacking the 29th China Army stationed in North China.

In addition, puppet troops with various names, including the Jidong Puppet Security Force, the Mongolian-Han Hui Puppet Self-Defense Force, the Puppet Manchukuo-Mongolia Expeditionary-Suiyuan Army, the Puppet-Mongolian Expeditionary-Suiyuan Army, etc. also received orders and began to attack the Pingjin area.

March forward and cooperate with the main force of the Japanese army in combat.

In Japan, 100,000 tons of military supplies were all shipped out, and together with the Japanese Fifth Division led by Itagaki Seishiro, they headed straight to Tianjin Tanggu Port...

At this time, Xiangyue Qingji, who was sitting firmly in the special plane, was smugly immersed in the fantasy of how many military honors he could get after launching the attack on the 29th North China Army. The powerful force of nearly 100,000 people was far superior to

With the weapons and equipment of the 29th China Army, plus the support of hundreds of fighter jets from a flying group, what else could I ask for?

The only issue that Kozuki Seiji feels it is necessary to consider now is how long it will take for him to conquer Pingjin, drive all the 29th Army out of North China, and completely solve the North China problem. Kozuki Seiji himself estimates that it is about

It takes three to five days, which should be enough!

Just when the special plane on which Kozuki Kiyoshi was about to arrive over Tianjin, the operator on the special plane suddenly received a telegram from the Japanese headquarters at Haiguang Temple in Tianjin.

The telegram stated that after Tianjin Dongjuzi Airport was attacked with heavy artillery by enemies suspected of being the 29th Army, the entire airport facilities and runways were severely damaged and are still unusable to this day. Therefore, for safety reasons, I hope Lieutenant General Xiang Yueqingji

It is best to change the landing location of the special plane you are traveling on.

After hearing the contents of the telegram read out by his subordinates, Kozuki Seiji was so angry that he was furious. These idiots stationed in Tianjin are an absolute disgrace to the Japanese Empire! Kozuki Seiji couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart. After being bombed, the Dongjuzi Airport and

Tianjin East Railway Station was not enough. In the end, even the headquarters of Kaiguang Temple was raided by the other party, and his predecessor, Commander Amiichiro Tashiro, died violently!

Fortunately, Tashiro Anichiro was already terminally ill. After he arrived in Tianjin, he could still claim that Tashiro Anichiro died of illness in the headquarters of Kaikoji Temple and devoted himself to the service of His Majesty the Emperor. In this way, he could cover up the situation for the North China garrison.

A little face.

As for the Colonel Hagataka who is temporarily replacing Anichiro Tashiro and commanding the North China garrison in Tianjin, Kozuki Kiyoshi thinks he is a complete coward! In the previous telegram sent to the Japanese cabinet, the Colonel Hakataka repeatedly emphasized that there is a

A troop that had never been seen before, wearing the skull and lightning logo, participated in all the battles from Dragon King Temple to Haiguang Temple.

This special unit had strange tactics, well-equipped equipment, and extremely fierce firepower. The North China garrison suffered heavy casualties under the continuous raids of this unit. In particular, the armored train equipped with heavy artillery that this unit rode on was a great blow to North China.

The garrison caused great losses.

Colonel Xuan Gao believed that although the weapons and armored vehicles used by this unit wearing the skull and lightning logo were models that he had never seen before, the helmets and auxiliary equipment such as gas masks and water bottles they used were

It is very close to the German armorers trained by Germany for China! Therefore, Colonel Xuan Gao suspected that it was probably the German military advisory group that sold a batch of very advanced weapons and equipment to the China army and used North China as the source of these weapons and equipment.

Proving ground!

After receiving the report from Colonel Hsugaka, the Japanese Cabinet found the content of the report a bit bizarre, but out of consideration for the disintegration of Germany-China relations and for Germany to recall the military advisory team stationed in China as soon as possible, the Japanese Cabinet

However, he immediately ordered the Japanese ambassador to Germany to submit a written protest to Germany, accusing Alexander von Falkenhausen, who served as the head of the German Military Advisory Group in China, of selling heavy duty to the 29th China Army stationed in the Beiping-Tianjin area.

arms.

However, in the view of Seiji Kozuki, this is simply a lame farce. In addition to the armored train, the sniper rifles that Colonel Xuan Taka mentioned can shoot continuously, the machine guns that fire as fast as machine guns, and the

The rumors that the soldiers were still able to continue fighting as if nothing happened were completely false. It was just Colonel Xuan Gao trying to excuse his own incompetence!

Even if we take a step back, even if the equipment that Colonel Xuan Gao mentioned does exist in this world, can local Chinese troops like the 29th Army afford these equipment without the support of Nanjing?

Even if they can afford it, can they afford it?

Kozuki Seiji decided that after he arrived in Tianjin, the first thing to do was to relieve Colonel Xuan Daka of his command. This coward had been frightened by the attack of the Chinese soldiers and had lost his honor as a samurai of the Japanese Empire.

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The special plane that Kozuki Seiji took finally landed in the suburbs of Tianjin. Of course, it was an emergency landing. Stepping out of the bruised and bruised special plane, Kozuki Seiji secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He finally did not become the first person to be killed in a plane crash.

's general.

The reason why Kaugetsu Kiyoshi chose to take the risk and make an emergency landing in Tianjin was not because of any military emergency. After all, the party preparing to launch an attack on North China was not the 29th Army of China. Kaugetsu Kiyoshi just stubbornly believed that he was not like Colonel Xuan Gao.

He was a coward, so he had to show courage and courage consistent with his military rank, which is why he made an emergency landing in the suburbs of Tianjin.

Accompanied by a group of Rizzo officers from the Haiguang Temple headquarters, Xiangyue Qingji personally inspected Tianjin Dongjuzi Airport and Tianjin East Railway Station. The extent of damage to Dongjuzi Airport was truly shocking, and it would not be operational in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the damage to Tianjin East Railway Station was not very serious and would not affect the arrival time of reinforcements heading to Tianjin from outside the customs.

"Gentlemen! This time the base camp is very concerned about the situation in North China! Reinforcements from Manchuria and Japan to Tianjin will arrive here soon. So I order! From now on, increase manpower and repair the East Bureau day and night.

Airport! Concentrate all the existing trucks of the North China Garrison to transport the military supplies arriving at Tanggu Port from Japan to Tianjin!" Xiangyue Qingji said expressionlessly, "We must complete the inspection before July 28, 1937.
Chapter completed!