Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 314 Tianjin, Tianjin

Yan'an.

"Zhuxi, Commander Lin called and said that the special envoy has left Hebei for Shanxi with Qi Xieyuan and a teaching group!"

The elegant man held a telegram and spoke to the majestic man in front of him.

“Do they have guns?”

The majestic man took the telegram and began to read it.

"no!"

The elegant man shook his head: "All weapons have been confiscated and will be escorted by our people throughout the journey!"

"so be it!"

The dignified man put down the telegram: "Tell Commander Lin, Shandong Military Region, Jin-Cha-Ji to speed up the recovery of Hebei region."

"I just received news that the Japanese naval fleet entered Tianjin Port, and the Kwantung Army took over Shanhaiguan and Chengde."

“Tianjin is not easy to deal with!”

The elegant man frowned. A big reason why Commander Lin was able to let Qi Xieyuan hide in Tianjin for so long was because of its complexity.

In addition to being the largest inland foreign trade port in northern China, Tianjin Port was also the city with the most concessions in China and even in the world.

Now that the Japanese fleet has arrived and there are many concessions in Tianjin, Commander Lin will be restricted if he wants to retake Tianjin.

"It's not easy to handle, but we have to handle it!"

The dignified man took out a pen and wrote a telegram: "Send this telegram and ask Commander Lin and his men to come back so we can discuss a solution!"

"Row!"

The elegant man took the telegram and wanted to leave, but then he thought of something and suddenly said, "Someone suggested leaving Qi Xieyuan in Shanxi!"

"No!"

The dignified man waved his hand and said, "First, keeping him here is not in line with our usual style of doing things. Second, he can really help the Kuomintang if he returns to the South."

"Now that the Japanese army is heading south with all their might, I still sincerely hope that they can stop the Japanese army."

mountain city.

Before Qi Xieyuan returned to Chongqing, Guangtou couldn't wait to hold a press conference and announced that the Kuomintang and the Eighth Route Army had jointly recovered a large area of ​​Hebei.

Even the supreme commander of the North China Pacification Army turned to the light and became the commander of the Ninth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

Wow, as soon as the news came out, the scene immediately became lively.

For so long, we have been hearing news about the Eighth Route Army regaining lost territory, and now we can finally hear that the Kuomintang has regained lost territory.

"Then may I ask, how did your party transfer troops to Hebei to recover the lost territory across Henan and Jinan?"

Of course, there were also some reporters who were not tactful and immediately raised their hands to express their doubts about the matter.

"Haha, this journalist friend is really funny!"

The bald man pretended to be humorous and said, "Don't you know that the Eighth Route Army is called the Eighteenth Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army?"

"They are just a troop under the Nationalist Government. Do we have to tell you that we secretly mobilized troops and entered Hebei from Shanxi?"

"Then may I ask, what do you think of the Japanese army's full-scale advance southward?"

Just when the tactless reporter wanted to ask about the specific situation, another reporter spoke first and asked a question that the bald man wanted to hear.

The bald man looked at the reporter with appreciation and said, "This friend asked a very good question!"

"Regarding the Japanese army's full-scale southward advance, whether it was intentional on the part of some troops or because the Japanese army felt that our national army was an easy target."

"We will all use the most powerful counterattack to prove that our national army is no worse than some other troops."

After a passionate speech, the bald man changed the subject: "Of course, the Japanese army's full-scale southward advance also put a certain amount of pressure on us."

"In order to better protect the people, I hope everyone can donate enthusiastically to reduce the sacrifice of soldiers on the front line!"

At this press conference, some reporters were keenly aware of the problems.

But after Baldy sent people to have friendly exchanges with these newspapers, the areas controlled by the Nationalist government became peaceful, and everywhere there were cheers of the Nationalist army regaining lost territory.

At the same time, Secretary Chen took advantage of this favorable situation and sent people to collect donations door to door.

He also thought that after Qi Xieyuan returned, he would send him to collect donations from various wealthy households. With this man's personal testimony, the donation effect would surely be very good.

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By mid-April 1943, all of Hebei Province except Tianjin was recovered.

Most of the Japanese garrison troops and pacification troops scattered across the country were captured and sent to Ningxia, Hexi Corridor, Xinjiang and other places to participate in the construction of the motherland.

In the Inner Mongolia region, most of the troops stationed in Mongolia fled to Heilongjiang, leaving only the pseudo-Mongolian military government as resistance force.

The Baotou Front Army and the Northeast People's Autonomous Army effortlessly reached the area controlled by the puppet Manchukuo and stopped.

This also made the people of the puppet state of Manchukuo feel relieved, and they began to frantically seek help from the Kwantung Army and the Japanese military headquarters.

Yan'an.

"Comrade Yangchun, long time no see!"

"Hello, Comrade Fu Pian."

"Comrade Zongren, you have worked hard in Shandong!"

In the room, the main military commanders who were in charge of recovering Hebei greeted each other.

These people cooperated with each other in Hebei, but had no chance to meet. Even when they came to Shaanxi, they couldn't go together because they had to deal with various affairs. They started chatting enthusiastically as soon as they met today.

"Ahem.....be quiet, Zhuxi is here!"

At this time, the elegant man walked into the room and preached.

After hearing this, the room immediately became quiet. Everyone stopped talking and returned to their seats.

There was a sound of a door opening, and a dignified man walked in with a report.

"Now that everyone is here, let's first discuss the restoration of Hebei, the resettlement of personnel, and the issue of beating the local tyrants and dividing the land!"

Two hours later, after these more complex and more important issues were discussed, some Eighth Route Army officers consciously picked up their notebooks and left the meeting room.

A guard brought a plate of peanuts, dates and tea.

"Come, let's eat and talk!"

The dignified man took out a pack of cigarettes and distributed cigarettes to everyone while greeting them.

"Hey, Zhonghua cigarettes, today we are going to fight the local tyrants!"

Comrade Fu Pian took the cigarette, looked at it, and joked.

"You have made great contributions in recovering Hebei!"

The dignified man said generously: "Let's finish this pack of cigarettes together today!"

"Then we won't be polite!"

"Whoo~~~"

Everyone lit up their cigarettes and took a puff.

The majestic man said, "What do you think about Tianjin?"

"I think we should proceed with caution!"

Comrade Yang Chun frowned while holding a cigarette and said, "There are too many foreign embassies in Tianjin, and each embassy has its own military force, which makes it extremely difficult to manage."

"Moreover, the remaining 300-plus Japanese garrison troops have retreated to Tianjin Port, relying on the naval fleet stationed at the port for defense."

"Well, that's a problem!"

Comrade Fu Pian echoed: "One of the main reasons why Shanghai was not defended was that the Japanese troops attacking the city had the assistance of large-caliber naval guns, and the nationalist fortifications were completely ineffective."

"That's going to be a fight too!"

Comrade Zongren said firmly: "I think that attacking Tianjin has very important political significance besides military purposes."

"Tianjin has many embassies, which is conducive to our communication with the international community. Moreover, taking Tianjin will give us an outlet to the sea, where we can train our navy and prepare for future wars!"

"Well, my opinion is the same as Comrade Zongren's!"

The dignified man nodded and said, "Tianjin must be taken. You may not know that Minister Zhao also sent a message, hoping that we will not hesitate and take Tianjin."

"He can also provide a new type of weapon to help you quickly capture Tianjin."

"Minister Zhao?"

Everyone was thinking: "Is Minister Zhao going to make new weapons again?"

"That's right!"

The dignified man smiled and said, "He just got the U-boat information from the Germans. He can't study it without a port!"

"U-boat, this is great!"

Comrade Yang Chun said happily: "I heard that the Germans relied on U-boats and the so-called wolf pack tactics to gain a foothold on the sea."

"If we also have this kind of submarine, then we can fight back against the Japanese at sea!"

"In that case, what are you waiting for? Let's take Tianjin and seize Tianjin Port!"

Comrade Fu Pian threw away his cigarette butt and said firmly.

"agree."

"agree."