Chapter 637: Jianghu Help (Thanks to Black Celery for the Reward)

The Pingjin Campaign was the first battle in the full-scale war of resistance launched by the devils, marking the full start of the war of resistance against Japan.

Before that, the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which was initiated by the devils, was far less large-scale than this one.

Like the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the two warring parties were the 29th Army of China and the North China Garrison Army of the island country.

The difference is that the 29th Army of China has not changed much, but the North China Garrison Army from the island country has changed a lot.

Specifically, the scale of the North China Garrison Army has increased by more than ten times.

The battle sites of the Pingjin Campaign, as the name suggests, are in the Beiping area and the Tianjin area.

Because the devils are numerous and powerful, and their heavy weapons such as airplanes and artillery far exceed those of the 29th Army, they can achieve a comprehensive crushing. Therefore, the 29th Army took the defensive route.

What makes people sigh is that even in defense, the 29th Army is very passive.

Once the situation is irreversible, if they continue to persist, there will be the danger of annihilation. There is no way, the 29th Army can only retreat with hatred.

The devils were too despicable. In order to win more easily, while transferring troops from other places to the Pingjin area, they repeatedly deceived Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, and pretended to negotiate with him to cover up the troop movement.

Intelligence from all sides showed that the devils had bad intentions.

In the later period of the devils' troop movement, Song Zheyuan also came to his senses.

So Song Zheyuan also made targeted arrangements.

On July 16, he drafted a preparatory combat order:

Feng Zhian, the commander of the 37th Division of the 29th Army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief;

The 27th Brigade of the 132nd Division of Zhao Dengyu guarded the city of Beiping, and the rest of the troops cooperated with the 37th Division to attack the enemy in Fengtai and Tongxian;

The 38th Division of Zhang Zizhong attacked the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Haiguang Temple in Tianjin;

The 143rd Division of Liu Ruming attacked Nankou and attacked Changping, Miyun, Gaoliying and other places.

Although the 29th Army had made targeted arrangements, it was a pity that it was too late and the situation was very passive:

On the evening of the 25th, the Japanese invaders began to invade Langfang and occupied it on the 26th.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Japanese invaders issued an ultimatum to the 29th Army;

At 19:00 on the same day, a Japanese brigade drove through Guang'anmen and entered the city of Beiping, but was blocked by the defenders;

On the 27th, the Japanese invaders attacked the 29th Army garrisons in Tongxian, Tuanhe, Xiaotangshan and other places. Unable to resist, the 29th Army retreated to Nanyuan and Beiyuan respectively;

At 8 am on the 28th, under the command of the new commander of the North China Garrison Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, the Japanese invaders launched a general attack on the 29th Army in the Beiping area!

The main attacking force of the Japanese invaders was the 20th Division. With the support of a large number of aircraft and artillery, they attacked the 29th Army Special Brigade, the 114th Brigade of the 38th Division, the 9th Cavalry Division and other units stationed in Nanyuan.

Under the attack of the Japanese army, the Nanyuan defenders lost their command, fought on their own, and suffered countless casualties.

It must be said that at this time, a historical celebrity was guarding Nanyuan.

His name is Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 132nd Division. Together with the deputy commander Tong Lingge, he was responsible for commanding and coordinating all the troops in Nanyuan.

In fact, Zhao Dengyu was already very famous in the Great Wall War of Resistance before the full-scale war of resistance.

The reason for his fame was a battle in that war, known as the Xifengkou Victory!

Because Xifengkou is a stone mountain, it is not convenient to build bunkers and fortifications. The defenders suffered particularly heavy casualties under the superior artillery fire of the devils.

It seemed that there was a danger of annihilation.

At the critical moment, Zhao Dengyu stood up again!

Zhao Dengyu was a great expert in leading troops to fight.

In terms of cold weapons, especially the attainments of broadswords, he can be said to have reached the pinnacle.

To be precise, because he was well versed in Wuji swordsmanship, he was elected as the captain of the 29th Army's broadsword team.

In fact, during the Great Wall War of Resistance, before the victory at Xifengkou, Zhao Dengyu had fought hand-to-hand combat with the devils many times and was injured.

Seeing that the Xifengkou position was about to be captured by the devil's artillery fire and there was a danger of annihilation, Zhao Dengyu became anxious.

He sent two regiments, and led one of them to go around the rear of the devils and launch a night attack on the devil's artillery position.

Under the personal leadership of Zhao Dengyu, the warriors of the two regiments fought a bloody battle with the devils.

As a result, because of the fierce fighting, Zhao Dengyu's two swords were even cut off.

And his left leg was slightly injured in the battle.

In this battle, Zhao Dengyu's troops killed more than 500 devils and blew up 18 cannons, achieving China's first major victory since the "September 18th" Incident, which was the victory at Xifengkou.

After the war, Zhao Dengyu was promoted to the commander of the 132nd Division because of his great achievements. He was successfully promoted to lieutenant general the following year.

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Now, guarding Nanyuan, Zhao Dengyu said that it was very strenuous and passive.

Yes, the devils dispatched more than 40 planes to bomb their positions in turn.

That's not all, there are tens of thousands of mechanized troops, who are launching fierce attacks from the ground!

What made Zhao Dengyu anxious was that under the attack of the devil's superior forces, the troops were cut into several sections by the devil.

The most important thing is that every Chinese unit was divided and surrounded by the devil.

In other words, every Chinese unit entered a situation of fighting alone.

Naturally, under the bombardment of the devil's artillery and aircraft, and under the attack of the devil's ground forces, every unit suffered heavy losses.

The situation was very serious and the situation was very passive, but Zhao Dengyu still led his troops to defend their positions and fight to the death.

The whole army was about to be annihilated. At the critical moment, under the advice of a caring person, Zhao Dengyu sent Ye Tian an emergency rescue order with the purpose of trying his best.

Of course, Zhao Dengyu didn't know Ye Tian's telegram contact information.

There was no way, so he had to contact him in a roundabout way.

He first contacted the Peking Office of the Fuxing Society, and then entrusted the other party to forward the telegram to Ye Tian.

Ye Tian had an anti-Japanese and national salvation army under his command, which was very powerful and had made countless contributions.

And Ye Tian was personally appointed as the head of the non-staff regiment by Jiang Jieshi because of these great contributions.

Although these things were not publicized in a big way, caring people could still find out about them.

Moreover, in a small circle, it was still widely spread.

However, because the anti-Japanese and national salvation army was too mysterious, no one knew how many troops it had.

According to various intelligence reports, according to various generals, the anti-Japanese and national salvation army had at most two or three hundred people.

In other words, in fact, the organization of the anti-Japanese and national salvation army was just a battalion.

Even more likely, the level will be lowered to just a company-level unit!

In the telegram, Zhao Dengyu asked Ye Tian to let him lead his troops to destroy the Japanese artillery positions.

In fact, Zhao Dengyu did not think about letting his subordinates come forward to destroy the Japanese artillery positions.

And, in order to achieve this goal, many people in Zhao Dengyu's troops have died.