As the 20th Division of the Japanese Army breached the city gates of Beiping City and entered the city, it not only shocked the citizens of major cities across the country, but also caused an uproar in the foreign public concessions, and there was a lot of discussion.
Even the second theater stationed by the Nationalist Army, which was already arranging troops, horses, food and grass to prepare for the Japanese army to launch a new invasion after occupying Peiping, was under the command of Commander Yan and was in full readiness.
“I didn’t expect that Peiping was finally captured by the Japanese army!”
"It seems that my Taiyuan and the entire north are in danger!"
"These damn Japanese troops are really too ambitious. Once Beiping City is captured by them, they will definitely continue to send their troops north to attack Tianjin and our side!"
"It seems that I have to think of a way to deal with these damn Japanese troops!"
"My territory must not fall into the hands of these Japanese troops, especially the headquarters in Taiyuan!"
However, at the headquarters in Taiyuan, Commander Yan, as the commander of the second theater, was becoming increasingly irritable at this moment.
And in the office of his headquarters, he went back and forth,
He felt that once Peiping fell, Tianjin and his Taiyuan area would be the first to bear the brunt.
He firmly believed that the Japanese army would definitely attack.
Therefore, his mind was also rapidly thinking about how he could protect his territory and repel the Japanese attack.
He also knew something about the combat prowess of the Japanese army.
Although he has not yet had a large-scale direct combat confrontation with the Japanese army,
But now, judging from the combat effectiveness of the German weapon clone troops stationed on the other side of Beiping City, and even the deployment of tanks and chariots, they still cannot hold on to Peiping, which has already made Commander Yan feel uneasy.
stand up.
You must know that he himself does not have a tank unit that can compete with Zhou Wenhua's German clone army, but his tank unit with so many new tanks is still unable to defeat the massive offensive operations of the Japanese army.
So for the first time, he re-understood the combat capabilities of the Japanese army.
"No! You can't just wait and wait for death!"
"I have to cry for poverty, just like President Chang constantly cries for poverty, asking him to dispatch elite troops to help me defeat the Japanese invasion. We even have to unite all the forces that are fighting against the Japanese army!"
Finally, Commander Yan made his decision immediately.
at the same time,
After the July 7th Incident, after Peking and Tianjin fell one after another, when the war situation in North China was in a very critical situation,
The main force of the 115th Division, the 120th Division and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army were successively ordered to go to the anti-Japanese front line in North China to implement the operational strategic policy of establishing anti-Japanese base areas, in order to contain and consume the effective forces of the Japanese army, and to cooperate with the national army and the Japanese army.
An army, a large-scale battle on a frontal battlefield,
However, when Peiping was captured by the Japanese 20th Division at a huge cost of casualties,
The main force of the 115th Division, the main force of the 120th Division and the main force of the 129th Division have not yet been reorganized into the Eighth Route Army.
But when the division commanders and chiefs of staff of these three divisions learned the shocking bad news that Peiping was already under the iron heel of the fallen Japanese army,
Their three division commanders and three chiefs of staff immediately held an emergency combat meeting and gathered together to discuss the next combat plan against the Japanese invaders.
"What should we do? Now that Peiping has fallen to the Japanese army, the next target of these Japanese invaders' invasion operations will definitely be Tianjin, or even our Commander Yan's Shanxi area!"
"Once these two places are fully occupied by the Japanese army, the entire north will be in danger!"
"So we must find a way to solve this problem. We cannot let the Japanese army do whatever they want and occupy these important areas!"
"We can't recapture Peiping now. Even the elite German armed forces that kept sending good news, as well as their new tank units, were defeated by the Japanese army's large-scale invasion and offensive operations. I'm afraid we can't go there
In Peiping, too many people just die!"
"And we can't do anything on the Tianjin side. It's too far away from us, and it's not even our jurisdiction!"
"So what do you think? Do you have any good opinions? Now the war situation is getting more and more critical!"
When everyone gathered in a conference room filled with guards,
Commander He, the main force of the 120th Division, also immediately raised his concerns.
And he also looked at everyone with his questioning eyes, waiting for their responses.
"We don't have many good solutions now, especially since our current weapons, equipment, and ammunition are very scarce and inferior. Even most people are still using cold weapons!"
"So we really can't fight head-on with the Japanese elite main force on the frontal battlefield! We can only fight ambush warfare and guerrilla warfare!"
Commander Liu of the 129th Division also responded with a solemn expression.
After he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell into silence, so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
At this time,
"Report! Leaders!"
"A group of transportation teams came to the outskirts of our 115th Division. They said they were ordered to deliver weapons, equipment, and ammunition to us for use in our future fight against the Japanese invaders. The person who donated these equipment was a wealthy businessman named Zhou Wenhua!"
"They are engaged in foreign trade and freight forwarding on the Songhu side, and there is a lot of business!"
"Please advise, should we accept these donated weapons, equipment, and ammunition?"
"Not only do they have brand-new rifles, they also have light and heavy machine guns, and mortars!"
“I’m so greedy looking at it!”
At this time,
Panting, sweating profusely, excited and excited, a team leader ran outside the conference room and stood outside to report loudly.
Because the guards hadn't let him enter the conference room yet.
"What!"
After hearing this,
Immediately, all the division commanders and chiefs of staff who attended the meeting were shocked and exclaimed in unison.