When the dinner was about to end, a colonel officer hurriedly walked into the banquet hall, came to Hu Jialin and whispered for a while. Hu Jialin quickly stood up and walked quickly to An Yi's side.
An Yi took a look at the message and stood up suddenly: "Is this true?"
Hu Jialin whispered: "The operations department is still closely comparing the photos. If further detailed information is needed, a reconnaissance plane will be sent out early tomorrow morning to take photos of key areas. Now it is basically confirmed that in the area east of Tangshan, according to the military camp's
Judging from the number and scale, the Japanese army has assembled at least five or more divisions. Although it is still unclear where the Japanese tanks and artillery are, I believe there will be many."
An Yi pondered for a moment, "I will go to see Cheng Songyun later, and then go to Tong County to see Liu Zhi. After returning, I will leave for Baoding. After getting the latest information tomorrow morning, I will immediately take a special plane back to Nanjing. I want to meet with the principal and persuade him to change his mind.
East battle plan. Beard, I want you to formulate it immediately
A Peiping defensive operation plan to comprehensively respond to Japanese attacks from eastern Hebei and northern Hebei. In addition, Tianjin must strengthen its defense and, if necessary, mobilize the 68th Division that is being reorganized in the border area between Hebei and Henan. The enemy is likely to
The idea is to launch a joint attack between the north and the south."
Hu Jialin nodded in agreement. When Ye Qing and Zhou Ziwei heard An Yi's words, their expressions changed. Ye Qing grabbed An Yi's hand:
"Xiao Yi, I will go with you to Tong County to meet Liu Zhi in a moment. I will return to Nanjing with you tomorrow, and then I will transfer back to Xufu."
An Yi said solemnly: "Sister Qing, even if you don't want to leave, I will escort you away. Peking will be peaceful for a few days. It is expected that a decisive battle of unprecedented scale will begin on the line between Peiping and Tianjin. Can I take you to see Liu Zhi?
, but you just need to observe calmly and don’t talk nonsense. In fact, I don’t care about
I don’t have much hope for this trip, and Liu Zhi, who is eager to make meritorious deeds, will never give up this opportunity to make achievements. But even if there is a chance, I will give it a try, otherwise Liu Zhi will command the troops to go out tomorrow morning.
If you want to save it, you will have to spend more energy.”
Zhou Ziwei whispered: "General An, is there danger in Peiping? Is it true that my grandfather was right?"
An Yi was slightly startled: "Miss Zhou, you mean to say that Commander Yu has anticipated today's situation, so he repeatedly asked Cheng Songgong to arrange for you and your family to evacuate south?"
Zhou Ziwei nodded: "Yes, grandpa said that the Japanese army's behavior was very abnormal. Based on his sense of smell for many years of fighting, the Japanese army must be playing a big conspiracy. In addition, after the tragedy of Meihua Temple, he said that if we stay in Peiping, it will only interfere with
He advises Commander Cheng."
An Yi couldn't help but be impressed by the judgment of Wu Peifu, a veteran, and thought for a while and said: "Miss Zhou, I will go back to Nanjing tomorrow, accompanied by two A5 transport planes, which can provide ten seats. If you don't mind,
please
You and your family are ready. After I come back from Tongxian tonight, I will go to Baoding with us first and arrive in Nanjing tomorrow morning. After arriving in Nanjing, whether you take a Southwest Airlines flight or take a boat to Xufu,
It’s much more convenient.”
Zhou Ziwei looked at Ye Qing timidly. Ye Qing stopped making excuses and encouraged him: "Ziwei, your grandpa is with the theater headquarters. There shouldn't be any danger. But you and your parents have special status and shouldn't stay here anymore."
I took a risk in Peiping. If your father is really capable, he can apply for a loan from our Southwest Bank, and I can be your family's guarantor."
Zhou Ziwei smiled gratefully at Ye Qing and hesitated: "But, ten seats are too few. Our Zhou family, Wu family and Lu family combined have more than fifty people. This...
..”
An Yi said: "We'll wait until we get to Baoding first. If that doesn't work, my special plane can fly one more time. Anyway, I have to stay in Nanjing for a day or two. It's no problem."
Zhou Ziwei said gratefully: "Thank you, General An. I'll go find my grandpa right now. I still need to clean up the house. I don't know if I can make it in time."
An Yi nodded to her and said to Hu Jialin again: "Huzi, you have to stay in Peiping temporarily and help me build the structure of this group army headquarters. You have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders!"
Hu Jialin said with a smile: "We have been working together for so long, and I will do my best even if you don't tell me. Alas, it would be great if Ji Nan was here at this time. Relatively speaking, he is more suitable for these jobs than me. In fact,
I prefer to lead troops and fight."
"Yes, I also hope that Jinan can come back to help us. There are so many tasks at hand now... No, no, I will go back to Nanjing this time. I want to advise the principal to ask Jinan to come back from Germany as soon as possible.
As war breaks out between China and Japan, cooperation between us and Germany will become increasingly difficult. Hitler will lead
Germany's guided expansion requires Japan's powerful navy. In the exchanges between countries, the party with relatively few interests will be gradually abandoned. Fortunately, we have obtained almost all of Germany's high and new technologies before, and now we only need to convert them into production capacity.
That's it." An Yi realized for the first time that he missed Yin Jinan so much.
"And Dongzi, he is your brother and has been working in the Military Industry Administration. It is not a problem if he continues like this. Anyway, there are so many positions now. Rather than taking advantage of others, it is better to take advantage of your own brother. Take action when it is time to take action!" Hu Jialin reminded.
"Dongzi can't do it. He is now the lieutenant general director of the General Affairs Department of the Military Industry Administration. He is responsible for the planning, management and material allocation of the national military industry enterprises. We need to use Dongzi to continuously strengthen the relationship between the centrally-affiliated military industry enterprises and the Xiangxi Arsenal, Xufu Arsenal and
Business contacts and technical exchanges between our weapons research institutes, such as the Jiangnan Arsenal, which has been moved to Chongqing, are being helped by the technical experts we sent
After technological upgrading, the Sanqi anti-tank artillery can be mass-produced after the transformation is completed. Firstly, it can reduce the production pressure of our arsenal. Secondly, it can greatly increase the popularity of the Sanqi anti-artillery in the army. In the future, it will face the Japanese tanks.
and firepower points, there is no need to sacrifice human lives to fill them. Currently, the Military Industry Administration has more than 30 military factories under its jurisdiction, and most of them have been moved to the southwest and northwest regions. Dongzi has a very heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so he cannot move!"
Speaking of this, An Yi was inspired and had an idea: "But if you say so, I have an idea. Zhao Rui and Yang Fei are currently staying in the fourth hall. It is really a huge waste of talent. Yang Fei has been in charge of Shanghai before.
and the intelligence work in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, I decided to let him hand over the work in his hands to Zhao Rui and come out to lead the troops, otherwise
He has been stuck in the intelligence field, and he is really worried about living up to what he learned while studying in Germany. In 128, didn't Yang Fei serve as the major general commander of the 24th Army's teaching division and chief of staff of the army? These many years of intelligence work have made him
The achievements achieved are inseparable from his efforts. After Ye Cheng became the commander of the New Second Route Army, the post of Chief of Staff of the Second Route Army became idle.
Let's just let Yang Fei do it, I believe he will do a great job; and Qu Muchen, he was snatched by the first department when he came back from Germany, and later served as an instructor in the Lushan Officer Training Corps. Before the Xi'an Incident
We finally asked us to come back and serve as the capital's air defense commander. Both Yang Fei and Zhao Rui experienced the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War and the Changchun War.
He was able to handle the test of the Anti-Japanese War in the city on his own, but Mu Chen was doing a job that he was unfamiliar with. Well, this time Mu Chen also had to be transferred and temporarily took on the post of Chief of Staff of the First Group Army, while Tu Zhirong took over Mu Chen's vacancy.
Let’s transfer some manpower from the air defense major of the Xufu Aviation School to enrich the air defense force, so that we can cover everything!”
Hu Jialin nodded repeatedly: "This arrangement is very good, and the talents who have returned from studying in Germany in the next few batches are not playing their due role now. We have to investigate carefully, otherwise it will be your fault and my fault if we block the way!
"
An Yi agreed with a smile. Seeing that everyone at the table had almost finished eating, he strode towards Cheng Qian.
"Are you saying that the Southwest Air Force has discovered that the Japanese army has deployed a large number of troops on the front line in eastern Hebei?" Cheng Qian stood up and asked dubiously.
An Yi answered affirmatively: "This is the information detected by our latest high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Although the Japanese military camps are well hidden, and many are covered with large camouflage nets, we can still get a glimpse from the clues set up in their barracks.
Clues. The Japanese army’s intentions are very clear.
Obviously, they want to eat up our main force in Jidong in one go, then attack all the way west, take advantage of its mechanized troops and artillery fire, occupy Beiping and surrounding areas in one fell swoop, and then go all the way south to join the Japanese army in Tianjin.
Our army is rushing across the Yellow River."
Cheng Qian thought for a moment and shook his head: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible. General Zhou Zhirou's air force conducts reconnaissance on the front lines of eastern Hebei and northern Hebei every day, but no abnormalities are found. Why did General An transfer two reconnaissance aircraft from Bengbu?"
When the plane arrived in Baoding, the problem was discovered immediately? I think this
It should be an empty city strategy used by the Japanese army after seeing our frequent aerial reconnaissance. The purpose is to intimidate our army and buy time for them to assemble and transport troops domestically. Being too cautious will only quickly wipe out the strategic initiative we have won before. We can
You can’t be confused at this time!”
Wu Peifu, who was sitting next to Cheng Qian, said: "Brother Songyun, you are a graduate of the sixth batch of the Japanese Army Sergeant School. Based on your understanding of the Japanese army over the years, how long do you think it will take for the Japanese army to mobilize heavy troops to North China? In addition, based on your understanding of the Japanese army over the years, how long does it take for the Japanese army to mobilize heavy troops to North China?"
With the quality of the Japanese army, how long will it take to arm a division and send it to the North China battlefield?"
Cheng Qian's cold sweat broke out one by one, his face became more and more ugly, and his whole body seemed to be exhausted. He sat back on his seat feebly and murmured: "If this is really the case, what should we do?"
An Yi solemnly suggested: "I would like to ask the theater headquarters to give Liu Jingfu an order to ask him not to act rashly for the time being. All decisions will be made after I return to Nanjing and report to the committee."
Cheng Qian took out his handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "What if the Japanese army created a trap to confuse us? The Chairman of the Generalissimo was very dissatisfied with the ineffectiveness of other troops in our theater, and said that the battle was all fought by the Fifth Army.
What do other troops do? At this time, any delay in decision-making will be considered by the commission and the Central Military Commission as a delay in fighting... General An, please let me think about it again, think about it...
..”
Seeing that Cheng Qian refused to give the order, An Yi had no choice but to say: "Song Gong, I am going to see Liu Jingfu right away and try to persuade him. If both the theater headquarters and the former enemy headquarters think it is not suitable to fight, I don't want to give the order.
I will blame you. I just want to delay it for one day. When I go to Nanjing to see the commissioner, if the commissioner and the Military Commission still want you to attack, then we can start the attack again, okay? One day! Just one day!"
Cheng Qian breathed a hard breath, turned his head, looked at Wu Peifu who nodded slightly, and finally made up his mind: "Okay! I will give the order when I return to Jurentang later, but if Liu Jingfu doesn't listen, I will also
no way!"
An Yi nodded happily: "No matter what, we have to give it a try. In addition, Song Mingxuan had better ask Song Mingxuan's 29th Group Army to quickly dig anti-tank trenches around its defense lines and lay out more anti-tank infantry mines."
, and at the same time build strong fortifications, it is best to build more anti-gun holes. I am worried that the Japanese army’s counterattack will be all-round, and Huairou, Shunyi and Beiyuan lines may become another main attack direction of the Japanese army.”
Cheng Qian finally regained some of his energy: "General An, you mean to say that the Japanese 21st Independent Brigade that withdrew from Huairou may come back? This is a bit alarmist! Everyone knows that defense is better than offense.
It's much easier. If this Ishikawa brigade is really capable, how can they be willing to evacuate? They will definitely defend Huairou, waiting for reinforcements! Therefore, I believe that there may be danger on the front line in eastern Hebei, but in northern Hebei - it is absolutely impossible!
"
An Yi sighed. He knew that a series of victories had long paralyzed the consciousness of Cheng Qian and many senior generals, and they were unable to carefully consider the dangers that might arise at any time.
However, relatively speaking, the most dangerous person at present is Liu Zhi. If he cannot be stopped from sending troops, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops may fall into a trap carefully set by the Japanese army. Then it will be troublesome to clean up the mess!