"Instruct all brigades and regiments to stand ready and prepare for battle at any time. At the same time, try to gather the escaped Beishuangmiao friendly troops and find those who are officials and send them to me immediately."
Guo Peirong, deputy commander of the 17th Division, received an urgent call from the forward position and almost without thinking, immediately issued a series of targeted orders.
Jiao Yida, commander of the 50th Brigade, asked hurriedly: "Deputy Commander Guo, would you like to send out the special agent companies of each brigade to assist? Our forward position is only four kilometers away from the Beishuangmiao line. If the Japanese army is still chasing and escaping,
Brothers from the 3rd Temporary Division of the 29th Army, we can also be of some help."
"Okay! Lao Jiao, you immediately report to Yuan Jin's 51st Brigade, and I will immediately call the division to report the details. Maybe these more than a thousand Japanese soldiers will be a good opportunity for our 17th Division to make contributions!"
Guo Peirong's uncontrollable excitement was beyond words.
Jiao Yida was overjoyed: "Okay! I will discuss it with Lao Yuan in person. Deputy Commander, if you can get permission to attack, you have to put our brigade in the main offensive position!"
...
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Han family ancestral hall in Gaolu Village, five kilometers south of Langfang, was the former enemy headquarters of the Seventeenth Army on the Eastern Front.
Lu Yixuan, the newly appointed lieutenant general and deputy commander of the 17th Army, received an urgent report from the 17th Division on the front line. His expression was solemn, and the fingers holding the phone receiver turned white due to the increased intensity unknowingly.
Around the square conference table, Chief of Staff of the 17th Army Huang Zhi, Chief of Operations Wen Junhao and other seven or eight generals almost held their breath, listening quietly to Lu Yixuan's questions and the voice of the 17th Division Commander Zhang Zuying on the microphone.
Lu Yixuan took off the microphone, shook it several times, picked it up again, quickly connected the phone to the legion headquarters in Bazhou, and quickly reported the emergency to the legion commander Hu Jialin.
Knowing that Hu Jialin and Zhang Chengzhu, who had been promoted to deputy commander and chief of staff of the army, were discussing the war situation and discussing coordination plans with General Wan Fulin, Lu Yixuan happily told the story of his quick action plan and asked Hu Jialin and the army headquarters to review and approve it as soon as possible.
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(Note: The 17th Army includes two new divisions: the 17th Army, the 40th Army, the 53rd Army and the 17th Army.)
Lu Yixuan returned to the big table and glanced around with a smile: "Although Commander Hu did not say it clearly, he has promised to immediately report the emergency incident at Beishuang Temple to Commander An. It is estimated that Commander Hu will take our initiative to eliminate Bei Shuang Temple."
The Shuangmiao Japanese army's action request was truthfully reported to Commander An for approval.
"Everyone knows that every move we make now will affect the overall situation. In Commander An's words, it will affect the attention of the military and civilians across the country, so we can't be careless. Furthermore, General Song Mingxuan and his party are still negotiating with the Japanese army in Tianjin. According to today's
Japanese radio news said that tomorrow
The results of the negotiations between the two parties have been announced. Therefore, the battle we really want to fight may not be possible as soon as we wish, but we must make all emergency preparations... Brother Ninth, your 118th Brigade must immediately cooperate with the 17th Division
The two brigades have entered combat readiness at the same time, let’s make preparations first.”
"Understood! I will give the order to the 118th Brigade right now." Yang Jiuxiao, commander of the 40th Division, strode to the telephone on the left.
Zhou Mingxi, chief of staff of the 17th Division, asked: "Commander, what should we do on the front line?"
"Don't worry, Commander Zhang has made appropriate arrangements. Your two forward brigades have launched active rescue operations. If my estimate is correct, most of the brothers from the 3rd Temporary Division of the 29th Army who escaped will go to our position.
Run, after all, we have been stationed in this area for three days, and they know very well where our forward position is.
"By the way, Lieutenant Chen, please make arrangements immediately. It is estimated that Director Huang and his party from the Legion's Political Department will arrive in two and a half hours. This is a very serious brutal killing incident. It is impossible for the Political Department to let go of this rare publicity
Chances are, if we don’t get it right, tomorrow all newspapers across the country will call this incident a tragedy, and we’ll have a lot of articles to write about.”
After Lu Yixuan finished the arrangements, he ordered his brothers to put aside other issues for the time being and focus on formulating a combat plan to eliminate the Japanese troops in Beishuang Temple. He also put forward the operational requirements of "sudden fierceness, rapidity and efficiency", and then walked to the bathroom outside the side door. After relaxing, he went straight
Go to the telecommunications room.
After 9:30 in the evening, the sporadic gunfire in Beishuang Temple had stopped. There were burning bonfires everywhere inside and outside the town. The doors of civilians' homes in the town were knocked open by the brutal and brutal Japanese soldiers. All the food and meat were
and poultry were robbed, and cries, pleas, and exclamations came one after another.
Located on the bank of a small river in the south of the town, two young soldiers who had survived the disaster were soaked on the bank, looking through the dense weeds at the narrow military camp a hundred meters away.
Ten minutes ago, just when they made up their mind to escape to the Anjia Army position in the west, a squadron of Japanese cavalry arrived quickly and drove into the camp where more than 80 corpses had been cleared. Three transport trucks with dazzling lights,
They also arrived closely behind the cavalry, and under the command of several Japanese soldiers at the camp gate, they slowly drove into the small playground of the military camp.
"Brother Chunzi, can we...can we escape alive?" The voice was trembling and frightened.
The strong black man known as Chunzi shivered all over, retracted his head, licked his dry thick lips, and glanced at the cloudy sky, stagnantly for a long time:
"Four civilians, I don't know if I can escape. Nearly half of our cavalry battalion brothers are dead, and the rest are running away and hiding. There are no traces of them. There are large Japanese troops to the east and south, and to the north
They are the Jidong Self-Defense Forces who are acting as the Japs' lackeys. I don't know if everyone can escape alive. Alas...it doesn't matter.
What can you say, I want to take you out. I forced you to join the army. I originally expected General Song to be an anti-Japanese hero and would not let us brothers die in vain. Now it seems that it was my fault.
Brother, I can’t let your father, mother and sister be sorry. Even if my brother dies, I will take you to escape."
"elder brother……"
"Stop talking, we have to hurry up and escape to the Anjia Army's territory before the Japanese enter the camp and we don't have time to send out sentries. We'll be safe when we get there."
"Brother, can An's army take in people like us?"
"Yes! There is no team in the world that can compare with the Anjia Army. It's a pity that I don't have the ability. When I brought you out, I promised you that you would join the Anjia Army, but unexpectedly you entered the wrong barracks by mistake. I originally thought Commander Song
Also resolutely resist
Damn, how majestic was the song "March of the Broadsword" back then? Alas! Let's not talk about it anymore. It's important to escape. If we can get out alive, I will show my shame and ask the chief of the Anjia Army to accept us. If he doesn't allow me to give him
He knelt down."
"elder brother……"
"Stop crying! Shut up, go, follow me, and slowly wade across the river..."
...
At four o'clock in the morning, Anjia Army's Eastern Front Headquarters.
Two military off-road vehicles with no headlights turned on, covered with stars and moons, drove up to the Han family ancestral hall. Huang Yingwu and two political department officers in the vehicle quickly jumped out of the vehicle and saluted and greeted Lu Yixuan and others who lined up to greet them.
Then, everyone walked into the gatehouse together and turned to the small courtyard to the west.
The light of the horse lamp was dim, and only the facial features could be seen clearly. More than thirty men in ragged clothes, many of whom were still wrapped in gauze, were slumped against the wall in exhaustion. Among them were a few men with school officer rank insignia on their collars.
officer.
Dozens of haggard-looking men with dull eyes heard the footsteps and looked up in panic. They saw two lieutenant generals approaching surrounded by a group of generals. They were so frightened that they hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Huang Yingwu came to a stop in front of a lieutenant colonel officer. Looking at his injured arm hanging on his chest and his cheek that had just been sutured with more than ten stitches, he shook his head sadly and asked kindly: "Are you a supplementary officer for the first brigade of the third division?"
Regiment leader Gao Jinde, right?"
"It's...sir...it's a humble job, a humble job, a humble job, no shame in seeing others..."
Big tears suddenly poured out of the lieutenant colonel's sunken eyes, flowed through the long bayonet wound on his cheek, and disappeared into his thick, dirty beard.
Huang Yingwu gently patted the lieutenant colonel's other hand: "High school, don't be sad. None of our brothers in the Fifth Corps look down on you because of your current situation. On the contrary, we all feel sad and angry like brothers, thinking about you wholeheartedly.
How can I avenge you? You are the new editors among the temporary editors.
Brigade, in such a sudden situation, it is already very good that more than two thousand brothers can escape. Although we don't know whether the other two thousand brothers are alive or dead now, you and the officers here can manage the two thousand brothers.
Bringing more than 1,430 brothers who have never fired their guns to us is an achievement in itself.
"If we really want to pursue the case, we can only hold it accountable to your division commander, brigade commander, and your headquarters. Therefore, you and your brothers must not have any ideological baggage. Once you are in our army, we will become one family."
The officers were extremely moved and couldn't help crying when they thought of the sudden disaster.
Huang Yingwu and Lu Yixuan looked at each other, shook their heads sadly, and turned to the crying men again: "High school, now is not the time to be sad. We need to ask the high school and brothers for help to immediately tell the details of the entire incident.
Tell us one by one about the atrocities committed by the Japanese aggressors, the general number and designation of the Japanese troops, etc., so that we can report it to the Central Military Commission in the shortest possible time and come up with countermeasures as soon as possible."
Gao Jinde wiped away his tears suddenly, and when he raised his head, the wound on his cheek opened again. He pushed away the ambulance soldier who came up, and stared at Huang Yingwu in great pain:
"General, aren't you the Anjia Army? Aren't you trying to protect your homeland and the country and fight against Japan? Why don't you fight? General, give me the order and fight. I, Gao, don't want anything anymore. I will just be a small soldier in your Anjia Army."
, okay?”
The crying stopped and roars resounded. At this moment, more than thirty officers who had narrowly escaped death gathered around them, demanding to fight side by side with An Jiajun. Their sad eyes and faces distorted by anger and shame made Huang Yingwu and An Jiajun
The military general was very sad.
Huang Yingwu raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet: "We must fight. If we don't fight, why are we here? But when to fight and how to fight is not something I can say. Brothers, I understand your thoughts. Don't
Urgent, as long as you have the guts, don't worry about not having a fight. Maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow. As long as you are willing, we will issue you weapons then and charge forward.
"However, before that, you must tell us the situation after yesterday evening in detail, so that we can understand what happened. To put it bluntly, even if An Jiajun goes to fight immediately, he will not fight unprepared
Battle, do you understand?
"Okay, start immediately. I will be outside, waiting for the results of your statement, and then report it to the Central Military Commission immediately."
...
Six forty in the morning, Lushan, meeting room of the Military Commission Hall.
After reading the long message, Chiang Kai-shek stood up extremely heavily. His clenched cheeks twitched a few times before slowly calming down. He asked An Yi, Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin in front of him: "What do you think?"
Bai Chongxi's face was calm and his lips were slightly closed. He Yingqin looked both ways, and then sighed: "Yesterday, my subordinates called Song Mingxuan and asked him to stop negotiations and immediately enter a state of combat readiness. Unfortunately, there was no reply. Now such a bad thing has happened.
Incident, I wonder where he will go?”
"An Yi, what about you?"
Chiang Kai-shek knew that of all the people in front of him, he could only get what he wanted from An Yi's mouth.
An Yi raised his head and replied loudly: "Principal, this is an extremely bad and brutal massacre that blatantly tramples on the dignity of our army and national interests. My subordinates have sent detailed reports to their newspapers and all familiar news agencies, saying
It’s called the ‘Beishuang Temple Brutal Massacre Incident’.”
Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment, suddenly came to his senses, and nodded slightly: "Very good, you can use public opinion to force Song Mingxuan and the others to expose it boldly. I wonder how he will face the anti-Japanese voices of the military and civilians across the country this time? But don't come forward for the time being.
, don’t go to North China, wait and see, wait two days, just two days..."