Chapter 619 National Hero

While Ye Tian was looking for a chance to fight, the situation in North China was treacherous and full of the dark clouds of war.

After Ye Tian killed the commander of the North China Garrison Army, Tadashi Kanichiro, after some operations, Kiyoshi Kozuki came to the fore.

Compared with his predecessor, Kiyoshi Kozuki was even more despicable.

In him, the devils' bullying, cowardly, and despicable character was fully reflected.

In the Pingjin area, there were nearly 100,000 people in the 29th Army alone. If they rashly tore their faces completely, tens of thousands of devils would not be enough for them to deal with.

Even if more traitors were added, they were not the opponents of the 29th Army.

Yes, no matter how strong the devils' combat effectiveness was and how advanced their weapons were, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed in the face of the siege of so many people in the 29th Army.

Even being destroyed by the 29th Corps was not impossible.

Considering these situations, under the advice of a large number of staff officers, Kiyoshi Kozuki began to deceive the 29th Army in various ways.

After actively provoking the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Kiyoshi Kozuki and the 29th Army had many negotiations.

Relying on the strong national strength of the island country, Kiyoshi Kozuki once again made various unreasonable demands to the 29th Army, such as ceding land, paying compensation, and withdrawing troops.

In order to keep a low profile, that is, to continue to develop, and wait until the strength is strong enough to show the sword to the devil, the 29th Army agreed to many unreasonable demands of Kiyoshi Kozuki.

It must be said that even during the interval of negotiations, the devil did not stop attacking various important targets in the Pingjin area.

Every time, when the 29th Army questioned the devil, the devil always prevaricated with excuses such as military exercises.

While fooling the 29th Army in various ways, not allowing them to deploy troops and prepare for battle, a large number of devils continued to gather in the Pingjin area from the three northeastern provinces and various ports.

Feeling that it was almost time, in order to have a legitimate reason, when the combat deployment was basically completed, that is, more than 100,000 devils gathered in the Pingjin area, Kiyoshi Kozuki once again displayed conspiracy and tricks.

On July 25 and 26, for two consecutive days, the devils deliberately created the Langfang Incident and the Guang'anmen Incident.

Then, on the afternoon of the 26th, the North China Garrison Army issued an ultimatum to the 29th Army.

The devils demanded that the 29th Army must withdraw from the Pingjin area before the 28th, otherwise they would take action.

Obviously, Kozuki Seiji threatened the 29th Army with a full-scale war.

At this time, it was discovered that Kozuki Seiji's appetite was so big, like an insatiable hungry wolf, which led to the retreat of the 29th Army. Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, woke up again.

Once Kozuki Seiji's request was agreed, that is, to withdraw from the Pingjin area, the 29th Army would become a homeless child.

It must be said that since the late Qing Dynasty, China has been in a state of warlord separatism and chaos.

Although the new Nanjing government has been established long ago, due to historical reasons, although it has obtained the orthodox status, it can only absolutely control the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Most other areas of China are controlled by various warlords.

That is to say, in most parts of China, the warlords did not listen to the orders from the orthodox government, let alone pay taxes to the government.

The 29th Army was special. Other warlords obeyed the central government in name, but the 29th Army did not even in name.

To be precise, the 29th Army was a third force between the Chinese government and the island country.

Once it withdrew from the Pingjin area, and the rest of China was controlled by various warlords, the 29th Army had no other choice but to submit to the central government.

Of course, after the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Jiang Jieshi made a call on Mount Lushan and issued a Lushan Declaration.

With the words "No matter where you are, no matter how old you are, you all have the responsibility to defend your territory and fight the war", Jiang Jieshi received the response of most warlords.

In this case, even if the 29th Army wanted to surrender to a friendly warlord, no one dared to take it in.

Yes, once the 29th Army was taken in, it would give people the impression of undermining the war of resistance.

Brothers look at each other from the wall, but defend against insults from outside!

At this time, the whole of China is united against the outside world. If there is any more trouble, it will be very discordant.

Other warlords have sworn to the government, saying that they will provide people, guns and food to participate in the war of resistance.

Instead of actively participating in the war of resistance, they took the opportunity to expand their armed forces!

The amount of information here is really too much, and it is not surprising that others have wild thoughts.

There is a saying that goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox!

Being used to being the boss, not many people want to be someone else's subordinate, and Song Zheyuan is such a person.

It is intolerable, no need to endure it anymore!

The opportunity to show the sword to the North China Garrison Army has arrived!

Even if you lose, you have to lose it in a spectacular way!

At that time, if it really doesn't work, just surrender to the central government!

So, facing the unreasonable demands of the devils, Song Zheyuan expressed a stern refusal.

On the 27th, Song Zheyuan sent a telegram to the whole country, saying that he would respond to Jiang Jieshi's call and resolutely defend the land and fight the war!

When he found out that the 29th Army was going to fight him, Kiyoshi Kozuki was furious and felt that his dignity was greatly insulted.

So he immediately reported to the island country headquarters.

On the same day, the island country's General Staff, with the approval of the Emperor, ordered the North China Garrison Army to attack the 29th Army.

In addition, continue to send troops from the country to the Pingjin area.

This time, the scale of the Japanese reinforcements was even larger, with 5 divisions, about 200,000 Japanese!

Of course, the island country headquarters issued a formal combat mission to Kiyoshi Kozuki:

Crush the Chinese army in the Pingjin area!

In this way, after deceiving the 29th Army for half a month, the bloody battle of Pingjin was detonated.

The devil's primary target was Tianjin City, and then Beijing.

The reason was very simple. For many years, the headquarters of the North China Garrison Army was arranged in Tianjin.

Naturally, Tianjin was very unlucky and became the first target of the North China Garrison Army.

There was no hope for peace, and the bloody battle of Pingjin was inevitable!

There was no way to retreat, and the 29th Army automatically ignored the fact that the soldiers' military literacy and weapons and equipment were far inferior to those of the devils, and began to resist!

At this moment, some troops of the 38th Division of the 29th Army were stationed in Tianjin.

The commander of the 38th Division was Zhang Zizhong, a national hero.

In the Great Wall War of Resistance in the local war of resistance, and in many major battles in the overall war of resistance, Zhang Zizhong made many military exploits.

Zhang Zizhong was from Linqing, Shandong. In 1917, he joined Feng Yuxiang's troops and later joined the government army.

Because of his numerous military exploits, Zhang Zizhong was promoted all the way and was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army.

It must be said that Zhang Zizhong fought very tenaciously and often charged into battle as the commander-in-chief!

This is enough for most people to give him a thumbs up.

However, it is precisely because of this that it is a pity that this star general fell.