In response to Yang Zhen's answer, the boss only gave a four-word answer of "do your best". As for the rest, it can only be determined by the development of the matter. After all, what does Okamura Neji think and can he agree to the exchange he proposed?
They could not predict the conditions. However, in order to put pressure on Okamura Neji, before the twenty-four-hour deadline arrived, Yang Zhen mobilized a force and launched an attack on the outer city area of Beiping.
The Japanese army never gave any reply to the request made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, nor did they ask for a ceasefire before the reply. Therefore, the launch of this attack did not violate any agreement. On the one hand, this attack was to put pressure on the Japanese army and force them to
They accepted the agreement. On the other hand, it was also to prepare the advance for attacking the city when necessary.
The purpose of this attack is to separate the inner city of Peiping from the outer city in the south and drive as many nails as possible into the city. If the situation permits, the siege of the imperial city will be completed directly.
Completely complete the attack on the remaining Japanese forces in Peiping City and complete the final preparations for the attack.
Yang Zhen ordered the troops that had seized Xizhimen to adopt tactics of continuous encroachment in the northwest city. Concentrate some of the troops and penetrate into the city little by little. Under the cooperation and guidance of the Peking underground party, tanks were assigned to infantry
Implement shallow and deep detours to gradually separate the Japanese troops in the northwest city from the main force in the city.
At the same time, various troops that have arrived outside the city launched attacks on various city gates of Peiping and tried their best to control the rest of the city walls except the south wall of Peiping's inner court. No matter what Neji Okamura's final choice is, seizing the city wall and all
The city gates must be built at the moment. But Yang Zhen still focused his attack on capturing the outer city.
The outer city of Peiping, to put it bluntly, is the Nancheng District of Peiping. It is connected to Fengtai in the south and is connected to Pinghan, Beining and other railways. It is the only place to enter Peiping. There is Zhengyangmen Railway Station between it and the inner city. Of course
Because the Japanese army's actions were too covert, Yang Zhen currently did not know that the Japanese army had built a temporary airport at the Temple of Heaven.
In the battle to separate the connection between the inner and outer cities of Peiping, Yang Zhen adopted two separate attacks from Guangqumen and Guang'anmen, simultaneously launching opposite attacks. Along the north wall of the inner city of Peiping, with Zhengyangmen as the center point,
Counterattack tactics. But focusing the attack on the northern part of the outer city can avoid the Temple of Heaven and Xiannong Altar in the south of the city.
The main force of the Japanese troops in the city has shrunk to the imperial city. The troops in the outer city are mainly concentrated on the line from the Temple of Heaven to Zhengyang Gate to ensure the connection between the inner and outer cities. Therefore, during this battle, the resistance forces advanced from east to west and made progress.
Quite quickly. After most of the day's fierce fighting, they basically controlled the outer city except for the Temple of Heaven, and cut off the ground connection between the inner and outer cities of Peiping.
Although the Japanese troops in the city dispatched several squadrons of troops from Zhengyangmen, Xuanwumen, and Chongwenmen respectively, trying to re-open the connection with the outer city and retake the outer city. But what was helpless was that the Anti-Japanese Alliance used intensive firepower to directly attack the city.
Completely sealing several gates on the southern wall of the inner city of Peiping, and launched an attack on North Xinhua Street inside the Peace Gate with a force.
The Japanese army's many counterattacks ultimately ended in failure. In the end, the Japanese army, unable to bear the heavy casualties, had to retreat to Zhengyangmen and gave up the defense of the Xuanwumen and Chongwenmen lines. Across the Dashilar, the old
Peiping's famous commercial street confronts the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
This attack not only captured most of the outer city of Beiping, but also seized most of the city gates and controlled 70% of the city wall except the south wall. Troops attacking from other directions also advanced in multiple directions.
Inside the city. There were also a lot of nails, large and small, hammered into the city.
Even the forward troops attacking from the direction of Xizhimen have already reached Shichahai, and the forward troops are pointing directly at the Di'anmen line at the north gate of the imperial city. The forward troops of the anti-union forces in the outer city are across Zhengyang Gate to Yongdingmen Street, which is Old Peiping.
The famous Tianqiao faced off with about half of the Japanese army that was besieged from the Temple of Heaven to Yongding Gate.
The Japanese army set up artillery positions inside the Temple of Heaven and Xiannong Altar. However, the anti-alliance forces participating in the battle for the outer city did not bring any artillery into the city in accordance with the requirements of their superiors. The Japanese army guarded the Temple of Heaven and Xiannong Altar in the outer city.
, and made it impossible for the Anti-Alliance's attacking troops to carry out artillery counterattacks. These two artillery positions brought great threats and losses to the Anti-Alliance's offensive on the outer city.
Although the frontline commanders repeatedly requested to remove the Temple of Heaven and Xiannongtan, the two most important strongholds of the Japanese army in the outer city of Peiping, as well as the two artillery positions set up inside, which may pose a considerable threat to the subsequent siege.
In the end, a temporary siege was chosen despite all the odds.
However, in order to suppress the threat of these two artillery positions to the city, Yang Zhen sent a group of aircraft to hover over the Temple of Heaven and Xiannong Altar. Although bombs could not be used to directly destroy these two Japanese artillery positions, they still gave the Japanese army this opportunity.
The two artillery positions bring a certain deterrent effect.
After the attack fleet arrived in the sky above the Temple of Heaven and Xiannong Altar, and fired a round of machine gun fire, the Japanese troops originally relied on their position and were not worried about being counterattacked by the Anti-Alliance artillery, but continued to pour artillery fire into the city.
The artilleryman immediately shut his mouth.
After taking over the outer city, the Japanese army in the city was actually completely cornered. The boss, who was striking while the iron was hot, once again sent people to negotiate with the Japanese army, urging Okamura Neiji to accept the terms of the Anti-Alliance, and to win the agreement of the remaining Japanese troops in the city to withdraw from Peking.
The Imperial City was located. At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Alliance also sent planes to drop a large number of Japanese leaflets into the city.
Facing the northern gate of the Imperial City, a small group of anti-Union forces has appeared around Di'anmen. The outer city was lost in such a short period of time, and the enemy has controlled most of the city walls of Peiping. Except for the Imperial City and the eastern half of the city,
The overall war situation inside and outside Beiping City has taken a sharp turn, and total collapse is imminent.
As well as being trapped in Mentougou, in the last twenty-four hours, half of the remaining troops were lost. The tanks of the Anti-Japanese Alliance have rushed to the command post, and the 110th Division, which has entered the last moment, is constantly sending distress telegrams.
The overall battle situation. Okamura Neiji, who was always hesitant, finally chose to accept the conditions of the Anti-Alliance.
What should I do if I don't accept it? Are the tens of thousands of expatriates in Peiping City and the remaining remnants of the two divisions really completely eliminated? And a large number of senior officers in the North China Front Army Headquarters, do they really want to be loyal to the emperor?
Or will the North China Front Army Headquarters really become the first front army headquarters to be eliminated since the establishment of the Japanese Army during the Meiji Restoration?
Although Okamura Neiji sent a telegram requesting instructions to the base camp and the dispatched force headquarters respectively before nodding, the reply from the base camp only told him to make his own decision. This was within the authority of his front army commander, and he did not need to ask the base camp for instructions on everything.
When it came to the commander of the Nanjing Expeditionary Army Headquarters, he still said something fair that the most important thing was to preserve the essence of the Imperial Army.
However, although the dispatched force headquarters gave a clear hint, it was just a hint. To say that it was a clear answer was actually not that at all. After going around, the answers given to Neji Okamura were all vague.
As for his remarks, it was actually up to General Okamura Neiji to make his own decision.
In fact, although the base camp and the Nanjing Expeditionary Forces Headquarters did not give Okamura Neiji a clear answer regarding the abandonment of Peiping, both the base camp and the Nanjing Expeditionary Forces Headquarters knew that Peiping could no longer be defended at this time.
.Rather than letting a front army headquarters be buried with a general commander, it is better to use this opportunity to withdraw.
However, neither the base camp nor the headquarters of the dispatched troops are willing to bear the reputation of abandoning Peiping. What kind of place is Peiping? It was the capital of several generations of Chinese dynasties. Compared with Nanjing, the former capital of the Chinese government, as one of several modern Chinese
Peiping, the capital of the dynasty, has even greater significance in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Moreover, Beiping City is not only the hub of the North China railway line, but also the spiritual and cultural center of China in modern times. Its position in the Japanese military's strategic pattern in the entire North China is no greater than Xinjing's position in Manchuria. And for the entire China
In general, the city of Peiping far exceeds Xinjing, which is located in a corner of China.
Abandoning Peiping was undoubtedly an extremely embarrassing thing for the Japanese Army. So no one was willing to take responsibility, even sharing it with Okamura Neji. Until the connection between the inner and outer cities had been cut off, and the people trapped in Peiping
The North China Front Army Headquarters was actually unable to evacuate.
It was really unacceptable for the base camp where an active army general died in battle, and the headquarters of the dispatched army sent a vague telegram to Okamura Neiji. Despite the center's intention, Okamura Neiji was still told to run away. But
On the surface, no one said it clearly.
Fortunately, Okamura Neiji was also a decisive person and was not affected by the vague answers from the base camp and the dispatched troops. After receiving a request for further negotiations from outside the city, it was more like an ultimatum than a negotiation.
The unfavorable situation made him finally make up his mind.
However, he did not send the original deputy chief of staff of the front army to preside over this negotiation. Instead, he sent the more mature and steady chief of staff of the front army, Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji, to personally preside over the negotiation. As for the young people of the front army who were determined to fight to the death
The officers were directly controlled by the gendarmerie he sent.
At this critical moment, which is related to the life and death of the entire front army headquarters and whether tens of thousands of expatriates in Beiping City can evacuate, it is not the time for them to act on their impulses. Okamura Neiji, who also served as a staff officer, knows very well that in the Japanese army, these
Human energy. So before formal negotiations, simply control them all to prevent these people from causing trouble.
During the negotiations, the Anti-Japanese Alliance agreed to give way to Zhengyangmen Station, allowing the Japanese troops and Japanese expatriates in Peiping City to evacuate from Zhengyangmen Station to Fengtai. They gave way to the siege of the Temple of Heaven and the Xiannong Altar, and released the trapped Tiantan and Xiannongtan.
The Japanese troops in Nongtan and the Japanese expatriates who had evacuated there evacuated to Zhengyangmen Railway Station together.
At the same time, the 110th Division stopped being trapped in Mentougou, and the Japanese army, which had been less than half of the regiment, was finally dealt with. A route was opened for the remnants of the 110th Division to evacuate to Fengtai Station to join the Japanese troops and expatriates who had withdrawn from Peiping.
Use Fengtai Station in the south of Beiping City as the starting point for evacuation to Tianjin.
But the boss who presided over the negotiations behind the scenes, at the insistence of Yang Zhen, rejected Lieutenant General Ojoto Sanji's request to let go of the eastern front of Peiping and let the 59th Division withdraw into Peiping. Instead, he insisted that the remnants of the 59th Division
Departing from Tongzhou and getting on the train at Anding Station, we also requested the Japanese troops in the Mentougou area to withdraw directly to Fengtai and not enter the city of Peiping.
The Anti-Japanese League must send troops to monitor along the way, but as long as the Japanese army does not take the initiative to attack, the Anti-Japanese League will ensure that the agreement is fulfilled. The Anti-Japanese League agreed that the Japanese officers and soldiers can carry weapons and ammunition with them, and the expatriates can also carry away their belongings. The entire Pingjin battlefield ceased fighting.
Two days to ensure the evacuation of Japanese troops around Peiping.