Fortunately, on the battlefield of Beiping, the current Japanese army is because of the important strategic position of Beiping. However, instead of sticking to Beiping City, it is still mainly to stick to the commanding heights and strategic points around Beiping. And at the commanding heights and strategic points around Beiping, they constantly and repeatedly fought with the attacking forces of the Anti-United Nations.

The Japanese army on the Beiping battlefield, in order to ensure the safety of the Beiping battlefield. Interspersed with clusters on Chen Hanzhang's western front, right under the nose of Okamura Ningji, he moved south along the root of the western city wall of Beiping. Instead of allowing the Japanese army to shrink its defense, it continued to launch tactical counterattacks on the battlefield around Beiping City in order to cut off the rear route of the anti-Japanese interspersed troops.

Attempts were made to broaden the depth of defense as much as possible, to ensure the safety of Beiping City, and to ensure the security of the location of the headquarters of the Front Army. Although Okamura Ninji's official residence and headquarters at the moment have long since moved into the former Beiyang Government Prime Minister's Office in the city. But this is a problem related to the unique face of the Orientals, and the Japanese troops on the battlefield in Beiping can only do their best.

The commander of a front army was blocked at the gate and beaten wildly, so he could only hold his head and defend it. This is impossible for the Japanese army to accept, either tactically or face-saving. Coupled with the strategic requirements, the Japanese army can be described as going all out in the struggle for peripheral positions.

In particular, the Xishan and Xiangshan in Pingxi, the line from Dashihe to Liuli River, the line of Gaoliying, Xiaotangshan and Shunyi in Pingbei, and the line of Tongzhou, Daxing and Majuqiao in Pingdong. The battle was extremely fierce, and the two armies were repeatedly rushing along the strategic points outside Beiping.

Only on the line from Niulanshan to Beixiaoying on both sides of the Chaobai River in Pingbei, a reinforced regiment of the Anti-Japanese Union attack force in Chengde, Pingbei, with the cooperation of an independent regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. With the main force of the 67th Infantry Brigade of the 63rd Division of the Japanese Army, it was repeatedly fought for more than ten times before finally determining the ownership of the location of the northern gateway of Beiping City.

After three days of fierce fighting, two-thirds of the casualties of the reinforced regiment were basically disabled. The independent regiment that participated in the battle in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region also suffered more than half of the casualties and could only be reduced to one battalion. And the 67th Brigade of the Japanese Army in front of it was basically put together as an empty shelf. When it was withdrawn to the Goryeo battalion, the entire brigade, including non-combatants such as horsemen, was less than 500 people.

In order to compete for this gateway to the Chaobai River Plain, in just three days, China and Japan fired more than 30,000 shells at this lonely hill in the piedmont plain. The position of the main peak of Niulan Mountain, which is more than 80 meters above sea level, was cut down by more than three meters by artillery shells, and the entire mountain was blown into a piece of floating soil. In the floating soil on the mountain that was blown up by the shells, I grabbed a handful of shrapnel and my hands were full of shrapnel.

The mountain was built in the late Yuan Dynasty Yuan Shenggong, and was blown up by dense shells, and there was not even a remnant of the wall left. Several surrounding villages were also destroyed in the ashes of the war. Although the price of this battle was not expensive, after taking the first line of Niulanshan, the Anti-Japanese Union completely opened the passage to Beiping in the south.

After this battle, the main force of the 63rd Division in Pingbei withdrew to the Goryeo Camp and Mapo in Xiaotangshan when more than half of the living force had been lost. This line is already located in the plains around Beiping, which is quite conducive to the anti-union to give full play to its advantage in firepower.

At present, the overall situation around Beiping has been completed to divide the Japanese army in all directions, which is also the main reason why Yang Zhen insisted on attacking Beiping first. The Japanese army's insistence on repeatedly fighting outside the city of Beiping also created a rather rare fighter for the Anti-Japanese Federation. The current fighter is a little inferior, and if it can't be caught, the price to pay will be much greater.

If the Japanese army really retreated back to Beiping City on all fronts, Yang Zhen didn't know if he could give the order to attack. Because in his contingency plan, it was required that once the troops attacked the city, except for the stage of breaking through the city walls, they were not allowed to use artillery when they were advancing in depth.

Beiping is the capital of the feudal dynasties for nearly a thousand years, and it has undergone continuous maintenance since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Not only are the walls high and thick, but they are also divided into inner and outer walls. Although part of the city wall was demolished in order to repair roads and railways after entering the Republic of China, the overall structure remained exceptionally intact.

And the city is full of large and small, almost labyrinthine alleys. What's more, there are so many splendid ancient buildings, and some people even say that every brick and tile in Beiping City is condensed with history. Even if artillery is not used, after such a large-scale battle, the losses suffered in Beiping City can be imagined.

In addition, the Japanese army has always been known for its tenacity, and the cost of the siege troops can be imagined if artillery is not used in this situation. In other words, in order to attack the city if necessary, Yang Zhen was ready to pay a considerable price, even a broken price.

And this kind of price is something that Yang Zhen will not be willing to give up easily. What's more, once the city of Beiping is really broken, not only the central government, but also as a front-line commander, will also have to carry a very heavy political and historical burden. Who can say clearly what is right or wrong?

The Anti-Japanese Union banned the use of artillery, but who can guarantee that the Japanese army will not use artillery? But at the moment, fortunately, the Japanese army put almost all the living forces outside the city and fought with the attacking troops point by point. This created a fairly good foundation for the Anti-United Nations to annihilate the enemy outside the city.

As long as you don't have to forcibly attack the city, pay a part of the price outside the city, and completely crush the heavy army cluster around Beiping City. In order to ensure the stability of the rear of the ongoing southward combat troops, and to solve the largest strategic cluster of the Japanese army in the entire North China battlefield, Yang Zhen also agreed.

If you can annihilate as many Japanese forces outside the city as possible, then you will still face a siege. But the price paid will be much less damage to the thousand-year-old capital of Beiping. Therefore, under the current situation, after repeated measurements, Yang Zhen still decided to resolutely regard the Beiping battlefield as one of the key battlefields.

Seeing that the boss couldn't convince Yang Zhen, who was very resolute, he finally decided that the two of them would report their opinions to the Central Committee and let the chairman decide. However, before we get a concrete reply from the central authorities, we still have to continue to fight this campaign. Although the boss did not agree with Yang Zhen's opinion, he still fully respected the rights of Yang Zhen, a front-line commander, at a critical moment.

In view of the current changes, Yang Zhen ordered the armored brigade, which had broken through the defense line of Sanjiadian, to immediately seize the Shijingshan Iron Works, Changxindian, and Changyang with the strength of no less than two battalions, and to immediately seize the first line of Shijingshan Iron Works, Changxindian, and Changyang, and cut off the passage of the 110th Division to withdraw to Beiping City in an unfavorable battle situation. and cooperated with the troops attacking from the front line of Fangshan to complete the encirclement of the 110th Division.

The main force did whatever it took to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the 8th Brigade of the Japanese Army in the shortest possible time. The troops from the front of Fangshan, with the strength of no less than one reinforced regiment, attacked and advanced in the direction of Tantuosi and Yongding, cutting off the connection between the 8th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade and the 110th Division.

The troops in the Pingbei battlefield were ordered to seize Qinghuayuan, Haidian, and Beiyuan within 12 hours at all costs, cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Pingbei and Beiping City, and seize the line of Cui Gezhuang and Jiangtai, and cut off the passage for the 63rd Division of the Japanese Army to withdraw to Beiping.

And concentrate all the forces and firepower to solve this 63rd Division in the shortest possible time. Considering that the entire Goryeo battalion is on the line with Xiaotangshan, it is located in the Chaobai River Plain, which is conducive to the rapid movement of armored troops. In order to complete the siege and annihilation of Pingbei as soon as possible, Yang Zhen finally strengthened an independent tank regiment in the reserve to the Pingbei battlefield.

While issuing a general attack order to the Pingbei and Pingxi battlefields, Yang Zhen ordered the troops on the front line of Tongzhou to be sure to entangle the Japanese 59th Division and the independent mixed 9th Brigade to the death. At the same time, a division of the reserve that had already arrived in Huairou was ordered to strengthen a 150 howitzer battalion, four 105 howitzer batteries, and a 122 rocket artillery battalion, and immediately forcibly interspersed in the direction of Shuangqiao.

Cooperate with the troops on the battlefield in Tongzhou to cut off the connection between the enemy in Tongzhou and Beiping City. The 3rd Independent Brigade of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, which had already arrived in Changping County, was ordered to immediately move south to the north of Beiping City, cut off the Tonggu Railway, and launch a tentative attack on the northern suburbs of Beiping City.

The order is making every effort to build the Chifeng-Chengde railway line and the Chifeng-Linxi railway line. The troops of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 11th regiments of the railway corps and the 9th and 13th regiments of the engineering corps are rushing to repair the Chengde-Gubeikou railway. Immediately dispatch the troops of the two regiments to enter the customs from Gubeikou, and make every effort to rush to repair the section from Niulanshan to Gubeikou on the Tonggu Railway, so as to ensure that the combat materials can be directly transported to Huairou.

Yang Zhen's successive orders were tantamount to issuing a general attack order to all troops on the battlefield around Beiping. Although the boss did not agree with his plan, after several hesitations, the boss finally chose to remain silent. However, after the general attack order was issued, the boss mobilized a former Tsinghua University student from Peking from the Military Commission to mark on the map the ancient buildings that were absolutely not allowed to be destroyed.

After receiving this map, Yang Zhen did not hesitate at all. Immediately copy this map and distribute it to all cadres at and above the regimental level of the participating troops. He also directly contacted the military and political chiefs of the various divisions of the participating units and clearly told them that the political commissars at all levels have the final say when the combat area involves ancient buildings.

Although Yang Zhen did not give any promises, such a disguised statement. Before receiving a clear reply from the central government, the boss was slightly relieved. Although the boss also knows that there are royal gardens and temple buildings everywhere inside and outside the city, and there are mausoleums of emperors and generals everywhere outside the city.

The unprecedented fierce battle that broke out around Beiping City could not avoid the possibility of destroying ancient buildings. Niulanshan fought a bloody battle, although it took the first line of Niulanshan and opened the passage to the Chaobai River Plain. However, almost all the ancient buildings around Niulan Mountain have been destroyed.

On the Xishan Front, there were many tombs of Manchu princes, which were also in ruins under the artillery fire. Even the mausoleum of Guangxu's father, because it was one of the main defensive positions of the Japanese army, was beaten into ruins by artillery fire. Even buildings such as the Summer Palace and Jingtai Mausoleum in the northwestern suburbs of Beiping, as well as the world-famous Tsinghua Garden, have dropped a few shells.

A piece of fish with white flowers was blown up in Kunming Lake, and several craters were also blown out on the top of Jingtai Tomb. The teaching building left behind by Tsinghua University after the westward relocation of Tsinghua University in Tsinghua Park was also blown out of several holes. There are some things that you can't completely scruple about, and it's a real gun, not a drill on a training ground.

And the staff officer of the Military Commission, who graduated from Tsinghua University, even if he was born in old Beiping, he could not find out how many valuable ancient buildings and tombs there were around Beiping. When marking the map, tell the boss clearly. This map shows only the more famous and large-scale ancient buildings.

Like the Ming Tombs in Changping, the Qinghua Garden, the Summer Palace, the Baiyun Temple, the Tantuo Temple, and the remnants of the Old Summer Palace in the west of Beiping, there are a series of obvious ancient buildings. As well as the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun and the Moon, etc., which are relatively famous ancient buildings in the inner and outer cities of Beiping.