Chapter 463 July 7 Incident

While deceiving Song Zheyuan, the North China Garrison Army occupied the Fengtai area through various tricks.

Then, the devils set their sights on the nearby Lugou Bridge.

The North China Garrison Army did this with deep intentions.

Today, Beiping has been surrounded on three sides by the North China Garrison Army, with only one road in the south, which can barely connect with various places in southern China.

To the north is the sharp-tongued Kwantung Army with more than 200,000 troops;

To the west is the pseudo-Mongolian Army controlled by the Kwantung Army, with a total of eight divisions and about 40,000 troops;

To the east is the "Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government" controlled by the North China Garrison Army. The name of the army is the Hebei Security Team, with a strength of 17,000 people.

Beiping was surrounded on three sides, so Lugou Bridge became the only channel for Beiping to the outside world.

Once Lugou Bridge was occupied by the devils, the connection with various places in the south was cut off, and Beiping would become a dead city.

As we all know, Beiping has been an important town in North China for hundreds of years.

If Beiping becomes a dead city, the consequences will be disastrous.

After controlling Beiping, the territory of the 29th Army will be further compressed.

It won't be long before the North China Garrison Army will take over the entire Pingjin area sooner or later.

Then, if nothing unexpected happens, the devil will extend his claws beyond the Pingjin area and invade the whole of China.

Therefore, the North China region in 1937, especially Beiping, can be described as a city under the pressure of wind and rain.

The storm is coming, but Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, has not taken it too seriously in the face of the encroachment of the North China Garrison Army.

However, within the 29th Army, the grassroots officers and soldiers are eager to try and plan to show their swords with the devils.

In the Great Wall Battle before the full-scale war of resistance, the 29th Army's one-meter-long, seven-jin-weight sword, plus grenades, did not inflict heavy damage on the devils.

Of course, as the leader of 100,000 soldiers, Song Zheyuan is not stupid, and is also preparing for a full-scale war, but the preparations are not very sufficient.

Song Zheyuan ordered the main force, the 37th Division, to guard the area around Lugou Bridge.

In addition, the headquarters of the 29th Army was also deployed in the Nanyuan area ten kilometers away from Lugou Bridge.

However, apart from this, Song Zheyuan did not make any more moves.

In addition, although the Nanjing government was well aware of the situation here, it had to keep a low profile and had no control over the Pingjin area, so it could only worry.

In this situation, Ye Tian led the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, along the country roads or the wilderness, day and night, and finally came to the Lugou Bridge area.

It is now four o'clock in the afternoon of July 6, and the July 7 Lugou Bridge Incident will break out tomorrow night.

Ye Tian believes that 93 people staying together, although under the guise of a caravan, are still too eye-catching.

So, after signaling the troops to stop advancing, Ye Tian ordered the five male ninjas to go out for reconnaissance immediately and find a better place to stay as soon as possible, so that the troops can lie dormant so that they can participate in the battle tomorrow night.

The five male Genin lived up to Ye Tian's expectations and completed the task gloriously three hours later.

A wretched Japanese dyeing factory was easily taken down by them, and dozens of Japanese were wiped out.

After receiving this news, Ye Tian led his troops and rushed over openly.

Ye Tian knew that this station was temporary, so he did not let the dead soldiers reinforce and build fortifications.

In addition, on the night of July 6 and the morning of July 7, Ye Tian continued to let the five male Genin scout the enemy situation nearby.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the information, after letting Qianchuan Shilang sit in the station, Ye Tian took Fujiwara Kumiko and Ono Yuri and left the station and scouted around.

As in history, on the afternoon of July 7, the third battalion of the first regiment of the North China Garrison Army jumped out.

The battalion commander, Major Ichiki Kiyonao, personally ordered the captain of the eighth squadron, Captain Shimizu Seiro, to lead the team, and the whole army came to the Lugou Bridge area with live ammunition.

As usual, in order to confuse the nearby Chinese defenders, the Eighth Squadron still used the guise of an exercise.

At 7:30 p.m., the devil's exercise began.

However, at 10:40 p.m., this group of devils claimed that during their exercise, an outsider shot a cold gun.

Moreover, a soldier named Shimura Kikujiro disappeared without a trace.

For this reason, the squadron leader Shimizu Jielang and the head of the Peking Secret Service Agency jumped out one after another and urgently contacted the 29th Army Headquarters, requesting to enter Wanping County for a search.

Their reason was simple, suspecting that the soldier was captured by the Wanping garrison.

Wanping County, located in the southwest of Peking, is today's Lugouqiao Town.

The 219th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the 37th Division of the 29th Army guarded Wanping County, and the regiment commander was Ji Xingwen.

Knowing that this was a provocation by the devils, Ji Xingwen, like his superiors, rejected the devils' unreasonable demands without hesitation.

While the 29th Army sent people to negotiate with the North China Garrison Army, the North China Garrison Army sent reinforcements to the Marco Polo Bridge area.

In order to capture the Marco Polo Bridge in one fell swoop, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the North China Garrison Army, Mutaguchi Ren, personally led his troops to rush over.

Mutaguchi Ren brought the 92nd Infantry Artillery Company directly under the regiment, and another company of infantry.

In this way, if the 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron of the 3rd Battalion is included, the devils have eight 92nd Infantry Artillery.

At 5:30 in the morning, Mutaguchi Ren had just stopped and automatically ignored the news that the missing devil had returned, and ordered the troops to start shelling immediately.

After being bombarded, the 219th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the 37th Division of the 29th Army, led by the regiment commander Ji Xingwen, began to fight back without hesitation.

And, while being forced to fight back, Ji Xingwen did not forget to report to the 29th Army Headquarters.

Suddenly receiving the military information that the Japanese attacked Lugou Bridge, the commander of the 29th Army, Song Zheyuan, woke up from his dream.

Song Zheyuan ordered the 219th Regiment to defend the city to the death and live and die with the Lugou Bridge not far away.

Thus, the prelude to the full-scale war of resistance was opened!

One hour later, in the station of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

After receiving the news that the Japanese had sent a large number of reinforcements to Lugou Bridge and Wanping City, Ye Tian returned to the rented land urgently.

After distributing weapons and ammunition, waiting for 92 dead soldiers to hang their equipment on tactical vests and put on Japanese military uniforms, Ye Tian tried his best to control the rage in his heart, and he was full of heroic spirit and spoke loudly.

"Check the equipment and prepare for battle!"

Thinking that they would soon show up in front of their master, the 92 warriors did not dare to neglect it. According to Ye Tian's special instructions, they roared in unison.

"Hi!"

Seeing that his subordinates were ready, Ye Tian waved his hand and roared again: "Let's go!"

Soon, along the pre-planned trail, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army began a forced march.

In fact, over the past ten days, based on the actual situation in the Lugou Bridge area, Ye Tian had carefully considered and conducted countless war chess deductions, and had already thought of a series of excellent plans.

The full-scale war of resistance has begun. Ye Tian said that the wild power in his body is gathering more and more, and it is very uncomfortable not to vent it.