June 23, Taiyuan.

"The Fourth Army has reached the outskirts of Peiping and has taken control of Nanyuan Airport, Wanping, Mentougou, and Changping. All Japanese remaining soldiers have retreated to Beiping City, and the entire city has been surrounded by the Fourth Army."

Wu Zhan said with a smile:

"On the outskirts of Peiping, especially on the roads and railways leading to Chengde, Liaoning and other places, the Fourth Army encountered a large number of Japanese expatriates, dragging their families with them and looking terrified."

"How did Jia Dalin deal with these expatriates?" Chen Cheng asked.

"Unified seizure and seizure of property."

"Yeah." Chen Cheng touched his chin.

Tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates must have brought all their savings over the past few years with them when they left Peking with their families.

The fastest way to accumulate wealth is always war.

"What's the situation with the Japanese in Beiping City now? Especially the intelligence agency of the North China Front." Jiang Dong asked, squinting his eyes.

"Intelligence shows that the Japanese army still has about 10,000 regular troops in the city of Peiping, commanded by Major General Sanji Oshiroto, chief of staff of the North China Front. After Peiping was surrounded, the Japanese army did not allow a single citizen to leave the city, and at the same time they were building fortifications in various places.

It has the meaning of living and dying with the city.

The intelligence agencies have been busy evacuating major assets in the past few days. Recently, their main focus has been on controlling the leader of the Venezuelan army and the soldiers of the security army in the North China Political Affairs Commission.

As for whether a major destruction will be carried out before a major failure, we don't have the relevant information yet."

"Um."

Jiang Dong was still worried that the Japanese army would cause havoc in Peiping. After thinking about it, he said:

"Encircle the soldiers in Peking and wait for my order as to when to launch a general offensive.

Order Jia Dalin to first clean up the Japanese invaders outside Beiping City and strive to annihilate all the little Japanese invaders inside the Great Wall."

"clear!"

"Has the airborne regiment arrived at the designated location?"

"Yes, the plane is also ready. Just give the order and it will take off immediately!"

Jiang Dong nodded and moved his gaze southward.

Wu Zhan pointed to the sand table and said:

"The Fifth Army and Chief Chen's 11th Division have already invaded Tianjin and successfully cut off the Beining Railway. With the north and the south having difficulty taking care of each other, the Japanese invaders do not have many troops stationed in Tianjin. At the current speed, the Fifth Army

The army will probably be able to control the entire Tianjin within five days."

Wu Zhan glanced at Xie Chengrui beside him, frowned slightly and said:

"Commander-in-Chief, we encountered a problem when attacking Tianjin. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wei Junru asked for instructions, how should our army treat the concessions of imperialist countries in Tianjin?

Should we keep it as is or..."

Before Jiang Dong spoke, Chen Cheng said anxiously:

"The concession involves the foreign policy of a country and the government and should not be touched lightly. Especially now, we still need to obtain military assistance from these countries. Brother Jiang, the Chairman will not agree to us moving the concession, so we should keep it as it is."

Jiang Dong turned his head and glanced at Chen Cheng. Although his eyes were calm, the latter's heart pounded inexplicably and his tone became weaker and weaker.

Since the opening of the port for trade, Tianjin's development can be described as three changes in a day, with developed commerce and numerous factories.

Half of Tianjin's business is controlled by foreigners, and the other half was created by China's own entrepreneurs.

After the fall of Tianjin, the interests of foreigners were basically preserved, while the shares of Chinese entrepreneurs were plundered and occupied by the Japanese. Currently, except for those controlled by Europeans and Americans, most of Tianjin's enterprises are in Japanese hands.

Jiang Dong walked around the sand table without looking at anyone.

"The Japanese concession must be taken back. As for the concessions in Britain, France, Italy and other countries, let them remain as they are for the time being. I will deal with them myself after the military operation is over."

Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried about Jiang Dong's impulsive behavior just now.

Xie Chengrui and Wu Zhan had no objections to Jiang Dong's decision. Their areas of expertise were military affairs, but they were slightly weak in other aspects.

"Where is Ding Beifeng?" Jiang Dong stopped and asked.

"It should be in Baoding, where people from Fuxing Trading Co., Ltd. are taking over commercial resources such as shops left by Japanese overseas Chinese and other traitors." Xie Chengrui replied.

Jiang Dong glanced at the location of Baoding, and then said:

"Ask him to leave the affairs of Hebei to others, and inform Ding Beifeng to take capable forces to Tianjin.

Tianjin's business is booming, so he informed Ding Beifeng to try to make the business transition as smooth as possible.

I remember they also sent people to Beiping. The two places have the same principle.

No wanton destruction is allowed, these places will belong to us from now on, and business should be restored as soon as possible."

"yes!"

"Also, inform the Fifth Army not to forget Dagukou while attacking the city.

The port is the passage for Japanese bridges to retreat and support the Japanese army. We must seize the opportunity to capture it and pay attention to the warships of various countries parked in the port or at sea."

"Okay." Xie Chengrui said:

"I personally called the old man and asked him to pay attention to these issues."

Jiangdong nodded.

Xie Chengrui left quickly and Wu Zhan continued to introduce military information:

"After occupying Xuzhou, the Seventh Army attacked the East China Sea along the Longhai Railway. It has now captured Donghai and Dapu, and is clearing out the remaining Japanese aggressors in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu with the cooperation of the guerrillas in northern Jiangsu.

The Young Guards have successively occupied Linyi and Zhucheng along the Gaoxu Highway (Gaomi-Xuzhou). They will reach the Gaomi area tomorrow, cut off the Jiaoji Railway, and attack Qingdao."

Jiang Dong's mouth finally showed a smile,

"In this way, we have surrounded the Japanese troops in Hebei and Shandong, and Okamura Neji has no way to retreat.

It’s time to deal with the main force of the Japanese army!”

Wu Zhan chuckled lightly, and then continued:

"Wang Laohu's 3rd Army has already reached Changqing, which is less than a hundred miles away from Jinan.

The Sixth Army has arrived in Yannian and is moving up the Yellow River, preparing to attack the Japanese invaders south of Jiyang.

Lao Zhang's First Army has already set up a posture in the north, and after the other two armies are in place, he will cooperate with the Eighth Army in the encirclement to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders."

…

On the sand table of North China, the small Jiyang is not conspicuous, but a decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people is about to break out here, and the mountains will roar and the earth will shake.

In nearly 10 days, Okamura Neiji suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but he was still unable to break through the Eighth Army's frontal defense.

Although he mobilized a large number of tanks and aircraft, it was still to no avail.

The 10 days were difficult for both the enemy and our soldiers around Jiyang.

The Japanese army launched death charges again and again, but they were crushed by the 22nd and 23rd Divisions with fierce firepower.

After 10 days of fighting, the Eighth Army consumed a large amount of ammunition and its food supplies were at the bottom.

The soldiers fought off the Japanese attacks again and again with half-empty stomachs.

The scope of activities of the Eighth Army was reduced by 1/3, and the casualties paid by the Japanese army to capture these places were several times that of the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division.

As time went by, the resistance of the Eighth Army became more and more determined, and the Japanese invaders' advance became more and more difficult.

Japanese officers and soldiers all knew that hundreds of thousands of well-equipped Chinese troops were surrounding them from all directions, and a larger encirclement was about to form.

Some people proposed to retreat to the Jiaodong Peninsula and wait for support from the base camp, but all these proposals were rejected by Okamura Neji.

Until Wang Laohu's third army appeared outside Jinan.

The Sixth Corps attacked with great speed, and when surrounded, its position was even more solid.

The casualties of nearly 20,000 soldiers, especially the threat from the Third Army, made Okamura Neiji gradually let go of his obsession and admitted that the Imperial Army was really inferior to the Sixth Army.

He sat on the chair with a blank expression, looking blankly at the situation map of the enemy and ourselves in front of him.

The map clearly conveyed a message to him,

The North China Front is finished.

There is also a telegram on the side of the map, and the text seems to be sent from the base camp.

Everyone in the headquarters walked very quietly, for fear of making a big noise and making the general dissatisfied.

"Dong dong dong..."

Suddenly, there was the sound of rapid footsteps, followed by the sound of violent breathing.

Everyone looked sideways. When they saw the leader of the division, Gong Yuan, their faces became serious. They stopped what they were doing and were ready to listen to what Gong Yuan had to say.

"Your Excellency, General, the aerial reconnaissance plane just reported that it discovered the Chinese army's super-large-caliber heavy artillery north of Jiyang.

Based on the pilot's description, we judge that what appeared in the north of Jiyang should be the mortar that Jiangdong used to attack Kaifeng and Xuzhou."

Gong Yuan gasped and said quickly:

"Your Excellency, the caliber of this mortar is at least 500 mm.
To be continued...