Just when Liu Zheliang began to make big moves in Dongshan, Wanping, the historic battle began. At about ten o'clock in the evening on March 17, after the unreasonable request to enter the city for search was sternly rejected by the Xuebing Army garrison, Hirano Chihide issued an order to fire on the two bunkers in the Marco Polo River on the side of the Marco Polo Bridge, and then launched an attack on the Marco Polo Bridge with a small force.
In Wanping City, Fu Kaiming and his staff have been ready to fight since the Japs made their unreasonable request to enter the city. Marco Polo Bridge, as the throat of Wanping, was originally garrisoned by one company, but now it has been increased to two companies. A company, and on the city wall corresponding to the Marco Polo Bridge section, Fu Kaiming also arranged a battalion of defensive troops. In addition, an anti-aircraft artillery company and a field artillery company that were added at the end of last year also quickly entered the position, and Li Tieshu led After the 001 Brigade, 001 Regiment and several military region staff officers arrived, they made some adjustments. Among them, one battalion was used to exit the east gate of Wanping from the tunnel (Wanping City has two east and west gates, of which the west gate faces the Lugou Water, and the east gate on the Lugou Water The bridge is the Marco Polo Bridge), which is hidden in the courtyard between the two bunkers outside the east gate.
In the east of Wanping City, there were no forts outside the west gate. After the Xuebing Army took control of Wanping, Ouyang Yun, because he was familiar with this period of history, built two forts about 150 meters outside the east gate and two on both sides of the Marco Polo Bridge outside the west gate. Among them, a wall about three meters high was built between the grain bunkers at the east gate, forming a small outer city outline.
The four fortresses in Wanping are very solidly built, especially the two on the Marco Polo River, with a diameter of more than 50 meters and a height of more than 30 meters. They are all built with stone strips with a width of more than half a meter. That is to say , the wall thickness of the bunker reached half a meter,
As soon as the Japs' cannons were fired, the chief officers in the two bunkers on the Lugou River dialed the telephone number leading to the regiment headquarters. Among them, the one who took the lead was Wang Deshui, the platoon leader of the first platoon of the third company of the second battalion. When the call came, Fu Kaiming's slightly hoarse voice came from the head, and Wang Deshui shouted in an excited and joyful tone: "Come here, the little devil is having sex, the little devil is having sex."
Before Fu Kaiming could respond, Li Tieshu next to him heard it and couldn't help but wonder: "The Japanese are starting to launch an attack by firing artillery. But what is this kid happy about?"
Fu Kaiming chuckled, and first gave the order to fight, asking Wang Deshui to beat him hard, and then said to Li Tieshu with a shy smile: "Deputy Commander, you don't know, since the great victory in Tianjin, brothers have been holding back a lot of energy in their hearts. We are all looking forward to fighting as soon as possible, haha, now that the little Japanese dares to take the initiative to cause trouble, we naturally want it."
After hearing his lofty remarks, Li Tieshu couldn't laugh or cry at first, but then he became serious when he remembered something and asked: "Commander Fu, from what you say, do you think the Japanese are particularly vulnerable?"
Fu Kaiming said without thinking: "Of course, even the 38th Division can easily defeat them, let alone us."
After hearing what he said, Li Tieshu couldn't help but frowned. Thinking about it, he felt that this was a serious problem. He said sternly: "Commander Fu, it's good that you have confidence and courage, but if you just rely on the battle in Tianjin, you won't be able to win." To think that the Japanese are vulnerable is to violate the taboo of arrogant soldiers. Well, let me call the military commander first. You can go to the tower to direct the battle. Just stay calm. The little devil is not a piece of tofu. I can let you Knead it as you like.”
Li Tieshu's words were actually a bit harsh, but Fu Kaiming didn't seem to hear it. He responded, and then hurried out of the headquarters with several regiment staff members and went straight to the tower.
Ren Qiu, in the large conference room of the Xuebing Army camp, in addition to Ji Xingwen and Li Tieshu, other senior generals of the Xuebing Army including Jiang Shuren and Fan Xudong were also present.
Next to the conference room, the military staff of the Xuebing Army were doing homework around the sand table with Wanping as the center.
There was silence in the large conference room. Everyone was staring at the three phones in front of Ouyang Yun. Suddenly, the clear phone rang. Ouyang Yun put the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray and grabbed the microphone: "Hello. , I am Ouyang Yun."
"Military seat, it's begun." Li Tieshu's voice came over the phone, and everyone exhaled in unison. Among them, Jiang Shuren and Fan Xudong's expressions became solemn, while Guo Biao and Shan Renxiong had bright eyes. The expressions of Zhang Zhen and Ouyang Yun are somewhat similar, that is, there is no special expression on their faces.
"Old Li, I'll leave Wanping to you." Ouyang Yun said, and after a few words with Li Tieshu, he put down the phone, glanced at everyone, and then dialed the direct number to Ji Xingwen.
Ji Xingwen was still in Zhangjiakou at this time. At this time, he was with his deputy division commander and chief of staff, including the following brigade commanders. They were all qualified to participate in the conference call, just like Ouyang Yun and the others. , they were also waiting quietly. The phone rang. He picked it up and heard Ouyang Yun's voice. He asked: "Military seat, has it finally started?"
"It's started. Are you ready?"
Ji Xingwen put the microphone in front of a microphone and said, "Okay."
Ouyang Yun took the phone, glanced at Zhang Zhen and the others, and said: "Everyone, everyone has heard it. Now, I declare that the Xuebing Army and the Hebei-Cha Autonomous Government have entered a state of war. According to the Autonomous Government Director's Order No. 36015, , all counties and cities under the rule have entered a wartime system, and all official actions to meet war needs are the top priority. Troops are stationed in various regions, the Self-Defense Forces have entered wartime, all officers and soldiers have stopped all vacation activities, government staff, and foreign affairs staff, Personnel stationed abroad are not allowed to leave specific areas without authorization and are not allowed to accept media interviews without authorization. Do you have any objections?"
"No."
"Okay, let's make a detailed division of labor for the current work. Finance Minister Jiang, from today on, I will trouble you with government affairs; Director Fan, you will have to worry more about industrial and agricultural production, Lao Zhang..." Ouyang Yun began Tasks were assigned one by one, first political, economic and diplomatic, then military,
After the great victory in Tianjin, Ouyang Yun knew that this day would not be too far away, and after learning that a military coup had occurred in Japan, he was even more convinced that the Japanese would definitely take action by the end of this year at the latest. From that time, He was thinking about what would happen to the areas under his control that were on the front line if the war broke out.
As a time traveler, Ouyang Yun does not actually have the talents of a politician or military strategist. However, due to his insight into history and his diligence, he knows that the stupid bird flies first. Therefore, although this wartime system that consumes a lot of his brain cells is not perfect, , but it is enough for the Hebei-Cha Autonomous Region and the Xuebing Army to transition to wartime normally. What he needs to do next, and what he can do, is to do his best to use the Xuebing Army to attract the military power of North China and even China. They are all being pulled into the big oven of anti-Japanese war. Sooner or later, China and Japan will start fighting. North China is destined to become the front line. But this time, will it be easily occupied by the Japanese like that period of history?