"I'm not sleepy, even if I hit Beiping, I can stand it!" As soon as Liu Fangwu heard the order to rest on the spot for the 18th Division, he shouted with a stiff neck.

"Okay, you're not sleepy, so can those soldiers not be sleepy? People are overtired, and their movements are deformed. Let's go to bed, after ** o'clock, it's our turn to attack again! Li Hong smiled beside him, the two of them used to be company commanders in the tax police corps, and they were also very familiar with each other.

"I don't want to sleep yet, and I can't sleep! Looking at this situation, are we going to attack all the way to Beiping City? Liu Fangwu lit a cigarette, squatted on the ground, looked up and asked Li Hongdao.

"Well, we're going to reclaim Beiping!" Li Hong nodded, thinking of the counterattack on Beiping, he was still a little excited in his heart. At this time, there was no longer a secret statement, and seeing the armored train preparing to move north, every soldier knew what they were going to do. At this time, the two sides only relied on the comparison of strength. Even if the devil knew that the vanguard army was going to attack Beiping, what could he do?

"Mobilize troops and block them in Tianjin!" Sugiyama Gen ordered directly.

Beiping cannot be lost, and Tianjin cannot be lost. At this time, Tianjin was the most prosperous city in the north, and the economic center of the north was the focus of the Devil Army. After Qingdao, which was supported by the navy, fell into the hands of the vanguard army, Tianjin's important surname became more prominent.

"There was a shortage of manpower, so the overseas Chinese issued guns to defend Tianjin together. Don't count on those Imperial Allies, many of them are wall-to-wall grass. As soon as the vanguard comes, they shoot from the back. Terauchi Shouichi said urgently.

"There are many concessions in Tianjin. The artillery and planes of the vanguard army did not have much effect, and the vanguard army absolutely did not dare to risk such a big thing in the world to throw bombs into the concession. Terauchi Shouichi picked up Lao Jiang's tricks in Shanghai, and turned the concession dance in his hand as a shield.

"The reinforcements of the 4th Reading Force Mixed Brigade have arrived in Baoding, and they are rushing towards Tianjin. In this way, as long as the vanguard army is dragged for half a month. When the time comes, the army of the empire will cut them all and surround them. Terauchi Shouichi hated that the vanguard army was like his nemesis, and he was unlucky every time he touched it. The previous series of actions made him lose face, and this time he lost Texas and Cangzhou and other places, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep his current position. As long as Tianjin is still in hand, there can still be a good step, if Tianjin loses again, it will be difficult to explain after going back.

The speed of the devil is also very fast, and at dawn, a long line of defense was laid out in Baoding, Xiongxian, Jinghai, and Tianjin.

The 27th Division, which was stationed near Xinxiang, mobilized a wing along the Pinghan Line and rushed to Shijiazhuang that night. The 27th Division of the Devils was formed by the garrison army of the North China Devils. This time they will all take back to the north and support Tianjin. Their vacancies will be replaced by the 16 Division stationed in Zhengzhou.

The other devils who stayed in the county towns also urgently contracted and rushed towards this newly established defense line together.

The long defense line was naturally understaffed, so the devils concentrated the defense on those four points, especially in Tianjin, and the surrounding areas including Tangshan, Qinhuangdao and Chengde have mobilized troops. The 2nd Reading Mixed Brigade of the Mongolian Army also rushed to Beiping.

A wing of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army was already preparing to set off from Shenyang.

"It's still understaffed!" Terauchi Shouichi sighed, the transfer of troops everywhere only looted so many people, and the two divisions in China heard that they had already set off, and a division that had planned to go to Shanghai would also come to North China with them, and it would only take two days. One of them is the 11th Division stationed in the country for a long time, and at this time only the Royal Division and the Guards Division are left in the country.

The training of new recruits also takes time, and since the beginning of the war, the preparation of the country has also been insufficient, and the guns used in the previous training have been sent to the battlefield.

The empire needs time to unleash a war machine, and perhaps half a year will be enough after it is far from the threat of Soviet Russia. But these require money, they need resources. Tianjin, like Shanghai in the south, cannot give up this money bag.

"The devil is moving very quickly this time!" Meng Xiang rubbed his brows and took a big sip of strong tea, "Attacking the Beijing-Tianjin region is like stabbing a hornet's nest." ”

"Isn't that my weakness! Why did I come here, wasn't it because of the rich resources of China? The rich Beijing-Tianjin region is one of the few pockets in China. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong have all fallen into his hands. More than half of Huaxia's money and goods have been controlled by Yue himself. The Central Plains has also fallen into the hands of the Yue army, and if Wuhan falls again, it will be difficult to recover the defeat with the strength of the Chinese people themselves. Jiang Baili sighed.

"As long as we Chinese people persist in resisting the war to the end, one day we will drive myself out." Meng Xiang thought about the history of the original time and space, and he was also a little emotional.

"Of course, even I didn't expect you to be the variable." Jiang Baili looked Meng Xiang up and down a few times, then shook his head and said, "You have risen too fast, it always feels unreal." ”

He pointed to the large military map hanging on the wall and said, "As long as they survive the first two rounds of attacks, they will not be able to follow." You are united with Soviet Russia in the north, and the United States, Britain, France, and Germany are enough to stand firm in Beijing and Tianjin, and develop based on Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong. As long as it takes two years, it can have 500,000 soldiers, pacify the entire North China, and then map the whole country. ”

Jiang Baili suddenly said that Xu Mou was a little angry. Just yesterday, Wang Jingwei, who had been silent for most of the month, still issued a telegram of public surrender to himself, and it was October 30, and it was a shocking coincidence that it was another telegram.

But not long after his telegram was sent, the vanguard gave him a slap in the face and captured Texas. At the same time, there was also a slap in the face from Konoe Fumi, whose second Konoe statement was released not long ago, declaring that if the central government "adheres to the policy of resisting the CCP, the empire will never withdraw its troops until it collapses."

The Central Army did not collapse, but it retreated step by step, which made people feel deeply helpless. If there is only the results of the Central Army, compared with Yan Xishan, Zhang Xueliang and others, the people will not have any complaints, the country is weak, so it is not bad to be able to retreat step by step. But at this time, the vanguard army was born, and in Shandong, it resisted the attack of the devils like a needle in the sea, and did not retreat a step. It is also a large-scale counteroffensive and constantly recovering lost ground. The territory is getting bigger and bigger, and the army is also increasing, from a local militia like a bandit who occupies the mountain at the beginning, to a big warlord entrenched in the whole of Shandong. At this time, he attacked Shandong and plotted the whole of North China.

Such a situation is no longer something that a local warlord can describe, and it is enough to carry the throne one after another.

The hope of the people was ignited all of a sudden, and no one would leave the things they could see in this life to future generations to solve. Driving him out is no longer a distant hope, it is really close at hand.

Since the Vanguard Army crossed the Yellow River, the number of people listening to the Pioneer Radio has increased dramatically. Pioneer Radio continued to broadcast live the latest events of the war until the Vanguard Army continued north after conquering Texas, and the country was boiling. This marked the beginning of the Chinese counteroffensive, and the vanguard army was not just acting as a local warlord to regain lost territory in Shandong. The significance of this step out of the province represents a victory in the national war of resistance.

Today it is Cangzhou, tomorrow it may be Beiping, and later it may be Nanjing and Guangzhou.

The Pioneer Army has achieved the first step towards the whole country from a region with a local surname.

The people who waited all night listening to the radio cheered and celebrated this new turning point. At this moment, the balance in the hearts of tens of millions of Chinese people fell to the side of the vanguard army. Even Jiang Baili unconsciously saw the vanguard army as a new hope.

Meng Xiang smiled silently. Two years? Xu Tu Nationwide? A year later, the second grand event of the distribution of spoils, the world war was about to break out. Why bother staring at this small territory in the country and fighting with Lao Jiang and other forces?

Even himself, Meng Xiang no longer regarded them as too much of a threat. In the next year of development, the strength of the vanguard army will surely surpass all the strength of the vanguard army in China. All that's left is to think about how best to use my kitchen knife.

"It's dawn!" Meng Xiang looked out the window and said to Fan Chong, "Operation Divine Soldier has begun, right?" ”

Fan Chong looked at his watch, and the time displayed on it was 6:19.

Production of such watches has only just begun in the Special Administrative Region. It was only 26 years before the world's first winding wristwatch appeared. There is no doubt that this hands-free watch is more convenient than a pocket watch. In World War II, Rolex became famous. Meng Xiang always remembers the top ten brands born in World War II, in order to seize the market, after starting in Yantai, Meng Xiang set up a new watch factory in Yantai. With the help of this abundant capital and the cooperation with other small watch factories, the factory has begun to take shape.

In the military, time is always one of the most important factors. The research of precision machinery is also indispensable in the future in missile guidance and radar. Mengxiang established this factory in order to take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with the Germans at this time and for a period of time in the future to introduce the precision machining technology of the Germans. The military industry is too sensitive, so Meng Xiang first put the production research of watches in front.

With the help of the Germans, the first wristwatch in the Special Administrative Region was produced.

"Stars! Let's call it the Star Watch! "Rolex is still just a local brand, Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin have been famous for a long time, and Meng Xiang is too lazy to plagiarize, so he directly took a name casually.

"It can form a series, Polaris, the Big Dipper, Venus, Saturn, etc., can be applied, there are many stars in the sky, and this series can be used for many years. There is also a name, a civilian watch, called the plum watch. How to say, plum blossom is also our current national flower. Meng Xiang thought of later generations, domestic brands are becoming more and more like foreign names, but foreign classic products have taken a good Chinese name. The Swiss famous watch, which had not yet accepted the suggestion of the agent Gu Meiyou, hung the plum blossom logo, was taken back by Meng Xiang.

On his wrist is the first star watch to be produced. Although the current production is still very low, Meng Xiang has decided in his heart to promote a large number of star watches to the world in World War II. What he wants to make the people proud of is no longer wearing a Rolex wrist, but wearing a star watch to show off to foreigners.

"It's already moving!" Fan Chong nodded. The original plan was to start at 6 o'clock.

"You're too big, one person weighs two people. This makes the aircraft extra fuel-intensive. Lin Yuezun glanced at the 2-meter-tall Mu Zhuzhu and said with a sigh. His father, Lin Jingchu, was a well-known businessman in Nanyang, and he was dazzled since he was a child, paying special attention to the economy, and the topic was withdrawn to the top at every turn. Because of his financially sensitive surname, he was transferred from the bomber fleet to a transport plane formation, which made him depressed for several days.

Mu Xuanzhu smiled silently and continued to organize his umbrella bag.

"It's rare for you to be a paratrooper with such a physique!" Lin Yuezun shook his head with a smile and said, there are enough people over there for a paratrooper squad of twelve people.

"He's our squad leader! Skydiving technique is the best among us. A soldier next to him chimed in.

"You, you are really unseemly!" Lin Yuezun smiled colorlessly, he knew what weight meant in the air. The size and weight of Mu Zhuzhu are much more difficult for the skydiving industry.

Mu Xuanzhu just smiled at Lin Yuezun and nodded, he didn't expect it when he stepped into the paratrooper business. Because of his body, he stood taller than others, but he wanted to stand on his heels, and when the paratroopers were recruiting men in the troops, he chose to sign up on impulse.

At that time, many people were laughed at, but the clone instructor of the test gave him a test and taught him basic movements, which made Mu Xuanzhu persevere. Since childhood, his body was not clumsy when he learned martial arts and hunting with his father, and he quickly passed the test and became a paratrooper in the Airborne Regiment of the Pioneer Army. And in the subsequent training, he performed prominently and was selected as the team leader.

After the inspection, Lin Yuezun smiled and shouted to the back: "All sit down, ready to take off!" ”

The three engines of the Junker lady roared at the same time, and after receiving the signal from the commander, the plane slowly taxied, getting faster and faster in continuous acceleration, and finally took off at the end of the runway, flying towards the dawn when the sky was getting brighter and brighter. On the Yantai Airport below, there were Junker ladies flying up one after another, merging into the huge transport aircraft formation in the air. The prelude to Operation Divine Soldiers from the Sky has begun.

Compared with the C-47, the Junker lady, who is cheaper and more durable, has become the absolute main force of the paratrooper aircraft.

In the neat formation of 50 Junkers, there are only 32 specialized parachute planes Ju-52/3MG4EF, and the others are ordinary transport models, and the corresponding personnel have also been reduced a lot. And in order to guarantee the firepower of the paratroopers, a special equipment box is needed to store reserve weapons and ammunition. This also took up part of the weight, so that each Junkers lady carried only 12 paratroopers.

The equipment box is made of rattan and bamboo with the surname of the bullet, and it comes with a parachute to land. Machine guns, light mortars and other weapons were loaded there. The biggest weakness of the paratroopers is the problem of firepower. With only the paratroopers' own sommi and pistols, they could not face the enemy's artillery bombardment.

Without the support of the base, it can only be supplied on its own.

"It's flying!" Although it was not the first time to see the flight of the ME323D giant glider, the people at the airport cheered for the take-off of this giant flying monster.

The monoplane with a wingspan of 55.2 meters is a miracle of mankind, with huge wing shadows overshadowing the morning light.

The D model is powered and no longer needs to be towed by a dangerous three-horse carriage, but the heavy fuselage also requires a hydrogen oxide fueled rocket for takeoff.

Although it could carry 120 heavily armed soldiers, Meng Xiang did not dare to risk this wooden, seemingly thin plane. Even though it is sturdy and durable, and the failure rate is very low, Meng Xiang still chooses to only use it for freight. With it, artillery pieces of caliber up to 150 mm can be transported, even armored vehicles, trucks, light tanks, etc.

"Flying there from Yantai, it's no problem for such an aircraft to load 12 tons!" Meron Ann, who is responsible for leading the maintenance of the aircraft, packs the ticket. The Pioneer Army, which has all kinds of aircraft, is undoubtedly very attractive to Mei Longan, who has always been obsessed with building Huaxia's own aircraft, and after receiving the invitation of the Pioneer Army, he agreed without hesitation. He also brought some of his former subordinates at the Shaoguan Aircraft Factory in Guangzhou, as well as the constantly improving Fuxing prototype aircraft.

"He can carry more!" Wang Zhu looked up to the sky and watched the giant bird me323d fly higher and higher, and couldn't help but sigh. He was also pulled over by Meng Xiang, who had already heard of his name, along with Qian Changzuo and Zhu Lin.

The aircraft factories of the Central Army can only assemble some imported aircraft parts, and in the continuous transactions with the vanguard army, these parts do not need to be assembled by themselves, and they all drive the planes directly. The mere repair of airplanes makes these heroes who study airplanes useless. After Meng Xiang promised to build a first-class aircraft factory in China and develop his own aircraft, they were attracted by the many planes of the Pioneer Army, and finally agreed to come to the Pioneer Army.

There are three more of these giant birds waiting to take off on the runway. The nose of one of them was also opened, and several soldiers were dragging a 105-mm howitzer into the plane. The other two were already loaded with cargo and a dozen soldiers accompanying them.

"Ready to take off!" After the ground crew gave the signal that they were ready, the control tower signaled that it was ready to take off.

Another giant bird flew into the sky, and soon a flight formation was formed, accompanied by the Hellcat escorting the flight next to them, and flew to their destination - Shanhaiguan.