After getting the bonus of the Northwest Army, especially the low-level officers and technical troops, Beiyang suddenly became larger, and the establishment of Beiyang towns has not changed, it is still the same as it was, with 23,000 people in a town, which is less than the 27,000 people in a division in the northwest.

In the end, in a town, the number of light and heavy machine guns has increased significantly, reaching an astonishing 1000, Beiyang's light weapon firepower, compared with before, has a huge improvement, as for heavy weapons, it is reborn, not to mention small-caliber mortars, 75 guns, strategic large-caliber artillery, each town in Beiyang has 24 guns of more than 100 mm, of which 16 are 108 and 8 are 155, time relationship, and some arsenals in Beijing are opened, and the artillery is relatively old, The earliest even reached more than 2 years.

With the current science and technology in the northwest, even if the 155 artillery guns two years ago may not be worse than the 180 artillery guns in the mainstream Europe and the United States now, but it is finally a weakness, and even if the strength of Beiyang's strength, soldiers and training level has been strengthened, it is impossible to be like the Northwest Army, fighting more with less, and the Japanese army that can still fight has lost its armor, and the strength of Beiyang's soldiers is a little worse than that of the Japanese, and in terms of firepower, it is slightly higher than that of Japan, which is equivalent to half a catty and eight taels.

In this case, it is not impossible to let Beiyang fight head-on with the Japanese, but it is not so necessary, and the General Staff has studied carefully for several days, especially on the Beiyang side. Reflecting the situation, the Japanese minister had before the move in the south. Several invitations, which made the staff see an opportunity. Such an operation was designed.

Taking advantage of Japan's defeat, it took the initiative to get closer to Japan and strive to enter Tianjin, and the Northwest Army will also cooperate accordingly and strive to perform this scene well.

Everything went very smoothly, the Japanese did not think that Beiyang was cheating, although Japan was defeated, but the strength still existed, and Beiyang joined. The strength is limited, but it can still be used as cannon fodder, especially in the situation where the Northwest Army is pressing step by step, with Beiyang defending in Tianjin, it can be regarded as holding the back road steadily.

Nearly a million troops, even if they successfully retreat to Tianjin, are also unsafe, looking at the appearance of the Northwest Army, it is obvious that they don't care about Beiyang at all. It directly crossed the border between Shandong and Hebei and entered the actual control area of Beiyang.

The reason why Beiyang is willing to get closer is probably also directly related to this, and the two battles. The combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army made a deep impression on the Japanese, to put it bluntly. The Japanese were scared, otherwise they would not have left in a group of millions of troops. Although the British and French had been contacted, their merchant ships would be responsible for transporting Japanese troops to mainland China or Korea. But how to get on the ship, once they retreat to Tianjin and are surrounded by the Northwest Army, they are not roundworms in the belly of the Northwest, and they will not know that the Northwest will avoid this kind of direct attack on the fortified city as much as possible, so as to avoid a large number of losses in personnel.

At this time, Beiyang took the initiative to come up, so that the Japanese moved their minds, the defense of the city war, not relying on how many people, the big deal is to make some blood, the weapons supported by the Americans, a large number of support Beiyang, anyway, people go back, it is impossible to transport all the weapons back, with the support of Britain and the United States, after failure, there will be again, just use Beiyang to resist mines.

The Japanese generously let Beiyang enter Tianjin, Beiyang also did it carefully, in order not to arouse the vigilance of the Japanese, most of the artillery was in the form of parts and munitions, entered the city of Tianjin, and the number of Beiyang troops entering Tianjin was slightly more, 7 towns, 154,000 people.

Near Tianjin, at the peak, there were even 1.5 million troops, although not all of them were stationed in the city, but now, there are less than 3 wings in Tianjin, that is to say, more than 10,000 people, a tenfold gap, the Japanese didn't even think much about it, and directly gave up the military camp in the core area.

Tianjin City, once the industrial core of Beiyang, from the era of the Beiyang Navy, is one of China's slight heavy industry cities, to Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, began to gradually ignore heavy industry, most of the weapons, are used to buy, once the Beiyang era left behind the factory, most of the poor management declined, but there are no light industry factories to make money.

After the Japanese came to Tianjin, although they did not rob in Tianjin, they actually controlled Tianjin, some factories could not produce, and some raw materials were also occupied by the Japanese in various names.

On the day of entry, there was no action, not Beiyang's soft-heartedness, but most of the Japanese army, did not reach the right position, if Beiyang was in Tianjin, if the start was early, the Japanese army was too far away from Tianjin, in a relatively large place, the room for activity would become larger, only when the Japanese army was less than 2 days away from Tianjin, that is, when it was no more than 70 kilometers, and then occupy, so that it might be able to squeeze the Japanese army in a space of about 30 kilometers, which is not a large vertical and horizontal area for millions of peopleIf you continue to squeeze, it may be smaller.

The Japanese army did not suspect it, Duan Qirui led Beiyang, so he lived with trepidation, but he didn't expect that he really got the benefits when the Japanese army was 200 kilometers away from Tianjin, the top commander of the Japanese army who stayed in Tianjin, the commander of the lieutenant general, Kitanomurafu, suddenly visited, which made Duan Qirui slightly surprised.

Fortunately, Duan Qirui suppressed the panic in his heart, listening to Kitano Villager's intentions, Kitano Villager didn't notice Duan Qirui's panic, and said to himself, the more Duan Qirui listened, the happier he became, it turned out that they were here to strengthen Beiyang.

Tianjin is the logistics base of the Japanese, although it is said that the army of 1.5 million has taken away a large number of munitions, but the follow-up Americans also brought some, which is equivalent to an excess, the Japanese army has lost one-third of its strength, their weapons will be vacant, and it is completely unnecessary to transport them, so they can only be cheap Beiyang. In another sense, the stronger the Beiyang is, the more it will be able to become Japan's backing, and it would be better if it could thwart the Northwest, of course, this is impossible.

Duan Qirui almost smiled, a full set of American-style equipment, the Japanese supported a total of almost 200 guns of more than 150, plus other light and heavy machine guns, small-caliber artillery, enough to support the technical equipment of the two towns, this is not the kind of Beiyang before, but the kind of northwest strengthening.

It's stupid not to take the benefits, now Tianjin City, the comparison between the Japanese army and the Beiyang Army, it's only a matter of time to take it, but the Japanese are not good men and women, once the situation is not good, maybe they will blow up this batch of weapons and equipment, and now they are given to Beiyang in vain.

Beino Murafu saw Duan Qirui smiling and accepting the gift, and he also smiled in his heart, took a short hand, and ate a short mouth, as long as Beiyang took the benefits of the Japanese, he would not treat the Japanese as cattle and horses, besides, after the Japanese withdrew, Beiyang was the master of Tianjin, so how could he defend it.

The Japanese moved quickly, and let Beiyang send someone to accept it in the afternoon, for fear that something would happen, the Japanese were also very generous, and even sent 10 cars, all of which were newly produced trucks in the United States, and the quality could not be compared with the northwest, but it was always a sum of money.

Things have to be in the bag to be considered peace of mind, calculate the time, the Japanese army is almost away from Tianjin, there is still a little more than 4 days away, Duan Qirui in order to avoid long nights and dreams, if it is easy to take Tianjin in one day, there is still time to arm, if it is a little later, it is rushed up by the Japanese army of millions, then it is all over.

After contacting the Northwest with a secret radio station and expressing his opinions, the Northwest Staff agreed and everything was under control.

After the Japanese supported a batch of weapons in Beiyang, when they had the sweet dream of letting Beiyang break off and they successfully escaped, they did not expect that next, Beiyang, led by Duan Qirui and others, suddenly changed their faces, and had already made the northwest accept a part of the Beiyang control area, and announced that it would be incorporated into the northwest, no longer under the banner of Beiyang, but a part of China.

This news was sent directly to the rest of the world through a clear cable telegram, and this was also a signal, a signal that the Beiyang Army had begun to attack, and the Beiyang Army had begun to attack the logistics troops left behind by Japan.

The logistics force of the Japanese army is also quite strong, but their number is very small after all, only 3 wings, less than 20,000 people, and there is a 10-fold gap between Beiyang, plus the Beiyang army has been strengthened in the northwest, or the first attack, taking advantage of it.

At the beginning, he successfully defeated 7 brigades of Japanese troops and wiped out almost a wing, but then, after the Japanese reacted, relying on a thick defense, they resisted the Beiyang troops, and after several unsuccessful impacts, Duan Qirui had to order a little rectification and gather a little force to attack again.

The tenfold gap is not so easy to erase, and the Japanese are also taking advantage of the geographical advantage to make Beiyang unable to expand, just when Duan Qirui was anxious, ready to mobilize heavy artillery bombardment, and then fill it with human lives, suddenly a few gunshots, it turned out that in order to ensure the victory of Beiyang, the staff also sent two companies of special forces, although there were only a few hundred people, in this kind of urban combat, it played an extremely outstanding role.

With the help of the special forces, the Japanese troops of the remaining two wings were immediately lost, and they were taken without much loss to Beiyang, and Tianjin was easily occupied by Beiyang. (To be continued.) )