The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Beginning on July 1937, 7, the 〖ri〗 army stationed in Pingjin began to launch military exercises. Outside Wanping City and around Fengtai, the newly added troops mobilized day and night and refused to stop. It seemed to be no different from usual.

But the Wang Zhangtang Department of the tank regiment not far away from them dared not be careless, squatting in the newly repaired barracks and watching the latest military report, Wang Zhangtang gritted his teeth and said to a group of officers above the battalion in an unimpressive manner: " 〖ri〗I started to toss again. This time it seems that it will be serious. We will bear the brunt and will definitely become their targets. For safety reasons, the superior ordered us to launch a joint military exercise with the [-]th Army immediately, pull the troops out, and enter Reserve the combat area just in case."

The work of the North China intelligence team was very effective, especially with the convenience of the [-]th Army, it directly set up the listening stations in Beiping and Tianjin, and even deciphered the various telegrams sent by the Japanese army from south to north, and the direct order was naturally inevitable. However, relevant sensitive words, personnel transfers, frequent occurrences of troop numbers, and unusual movements of the Liaoning Japanese Army were all intercepted by the pervasive intelligence department and quickly analyzed.

There are various indications that 〖ri〗 himself has become restless again.Combined with 〖ri〗the public opinion report obtained by the "commercial agency" composed entirely of foreign devils in the local area, 〖ri〗The propaganda of the army and the young men clamoring for war is higher than the day after day, according to their habits Analysis, the probability of doing it is very high!

According to Jiang Baili's analysis, 〖ri〗The ethos of "down to overcome the top" among Japanese soldiers has evolved into a culture that has spread throughout the entire army and cannot be eliminated;The practice of launching a war without permission and attempting to gain fame and status with the victory of the military is basically rampant. Almost every assistant officer and even general officer in the 〖〗 country has this kind of big dream.

The power of inertia is really terrifying, especially when a nation or a country is swept up by some general trend, it will only become bigger and bigger like a snowball rolling down from the top of a snow mountain. Heavier and heavier, faster and faster, out of control!

Song Zheyuan also felt something was wrong.These days, 〖ri〗The public relations and threats to him from the secret service agencies and the military have actually begun to decrease.There are more sweet words, more relaxed conditions, and many unreasonable demands began to decrease. Those who didn’t know it thought that 〖ri〗 had stopped eating meat and grazing grass. Such an abnormal behavior made him shudder. Looking at Zhu Bin again I understand the information sent, dammit, this is going to be done!

The 〖ri〗book before the Battle of Shanghai in 1932 also put on such a face.Come again now, if you fall for the trick again, you have a problem with your IQ!Even Americans can see that "this is the short calm before the storm, and something terrible is brewing!"

So following the exercises of the Japanese army, the No. 20 army began to mobilize in a hurry.

The quality of the first batch of officers who completed training and started their duties has improved a lot, and some unnecessary delays and bad style of procrastination have changed a lot.And they have a better understanding of the rational distribution and coordination of a large number of newly acquired heavy weapons. They can't afford or maintain too complicated technical weapons, such as air force and tanks, so they don't bother at all. There are all these things on Bin's side, and their advantages complement each other.

After Wang Zhangtang's tank regiment all left the camp.The Feng Zhian Department of the 37th Division stationed around Beiping immediately cooperated and stepped up the coordinated deployment according to the tactics that have been jointly deduced many times in the past year. The defenders are each other's horns.

On the Shandong side, Zhu Bin sent the 29th Division led by Yu Baoguo out of De County.Part of the force even extended to Cang County, and the reconnaissance team led by Ma Rulong dispersed and placed it around Pingjin in the form of elite squads. , to investigate the movements of the Japanese army nearby.

The 22nd Division led by Yu Baoguo himself was transferred from Southwest Shandong to Jinan, and as a reserve team, it could cross the Yellow River to support the front at any time.

The First Marine Division with Wang Haiqing as the commander was dispatched from the station to the front line of Qingyanwei to prevent the Japanese army from landing and raiding the base camp.The nearly 20 defense forces in Shandong have been transferred from the second line to the first line, stepping up training centers equipped with technical weapons and mechanical equipment to enter various places, and working overtime.

Far away in Yunnan, in the Wangbeishan Department, in addition to the official 20th Division, the nearly 5 guards that have been trained in the past year have begun to transfer to official arms, and the rotating second squadron has set out from the port one after another, cruising in the South China Sea. , be alert to possible attacks from the Japanese army at any time---the reputation of the little devil is too bad, so I have to be careful.

The first squadron returned to the mainland, under the leadership of the "commander of dog shit" Wang Da, drove out of the military port. The main force wandered back and forth from along the Shandong line to Zhoushan. The first-class submarines and the second batch of self-built "Song"-class submarines were all scattered, almost all over the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and some boldly crossed the island chain directly to the east of 〖ri〗 Japan for nearby surveillance and investigation.

The mountain was raining and the wind was blowing all over the building, an unprecedented dignified atmosphere weighed heavily on the sky of North China.

The Kwantung Army’s change〖ri〗It is impossible not to hear the local news, but the people in the Ministry of the Army not only did not stop it after learning about it, they either pretended not to know anything, or simply expressed their support and increased their efforts to submit letters to the cabinet Twice a day, Lu Xiangsugiyama urged the cabinet to quickly determine the policy and attitude towards China, and kill the opponent's growing national strength and resistance to Japan as soon as possible.

Although there is no constraint from the Emperor's Dao faction, the non-cooperation of the navy and army within 〖ri〗, and the alienation of the Kansai and Kanto chaebols make it impossible for them to be a united officer after all.

What's more troublesome is that both sides are still screaming for signs of ignorance.Don't say that the navy doesn't do anything and doesn't know shame. In fact, they know it clearly in their hearts, but they are just not prepared.

1937年7月15ri，ri军新编成之第5师团板垣征四郎部、第14师团土肥原贤二部首先从山海关悄悄南下进入河北进逼唐山，第6师团谷寿夫部、第10师团矶谷廉介部则从热河进逼密云，行动速度之快令人猝不及防！

At the same time, the mixed 2nd Brigade (a part of the 11st Division), the 2th Brigade, and the main force of the garrison troops of Hebian Zhengsan, who were pretentiously performing exercises around Peiping, suddenly left their respective military exercise areas and quickly gathered towards Peiping. Looking at its posture, it happens to be surrounded by three sides!The Riverside Brigade approached Wanping, and the 11nd Brigade and the [-]th Brigade surrounded Nanyuan. The course of action was almost the same as last year, but the number of people had tripled!

More than that, when the troops on both sides were mobilizing together, the main force of the Third Fleet, which had been keeping quiet under the leadership of Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi, suddenly set off from Lushun and aggressively moved towards Yantai and Weihai. The Marine Corps made no secret of its activities, and even revealed its secret domestically developed "Shenzhou Maru" amphibious landing ship!

Wang Dazhi's No. 1 Squadron immediately began to attack northward from Qingdao Port, while the shore-based air force took off to stop it. Red alarms resounded all over Shandong in an instant, and the tense situation was about to be completely broken!to be continued