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On the same day Chiang Kai-shek issued his pledge, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang met in Xinxiang, Henan, and then arrived in Zhengzhou in the same car to hold talks on the current situation and how to fight Chiang Kai-shek.

In the eyes of Yan and Feng, the anti-Chiang situation in front of him was very good: Li and Bai of the Guangxi clique were ready to fight against Chiang and were about to start operations; Zhang Xueliang of the Northeast, although he had not agreed to send troops, he promised to provide ammunition for the anti-Chiang coalition; Wang Jingwei also replied in Hong Kong to agree to cooperate and carry out major events; all friendly forces are willing to work together to fight against Chiang to the end. In view of this, Yan and Feng were full of confidence and agreed that the time was ripe and should actively prepare for the attack.

On May 4, Yan Xishan held a military meeting at the Bishagang Martyrs Temple in Zhengzhou, and further researched and deployed the entire combat strategy: Xuzhou and Wuhan were the first combat targets, and attacked by Jinpu, Longhai and Pinghan. The Jinpu route was appointed by the Third Front Army and took offensives with Xuzhou as the target; Longhai and Pinghan routes were transferred from the northwest to east, and the second Front Army was concentrated and timely took offensive defense. The Longhai Line was mainly powered by the Third Front Army, Sun Dianying, Wan Xuancai, Liu Maoen, Liu Chunrong and other troops and Shi You's third troops were directly commanded and dispatched by Xu Yongchang, the commander-in-chief of the Third Front Army; the Pinghan Line was mainly powered by the Second Front Army, and the

Fan Zhongxiu's troops cooperated in combat. In the triangular area east of Pinghan Road and south of Longhai Road, they were fortified at Lanfeng, Musi County, Fugou and Xuchang. The Fourth and Fifth Routes of the Second Front Army were about 100,000 troops as mobile reserves, and controlled them in Tongxu, Weishi, Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other places to support all parties. If the main force of the Chiang army attacked the Jinpu line, this army would drive Bengbu to threaten the Chiang army's retreat; if the main force of the Chiang army attacked from Pinghan Line, this army would turn to Wusheng Pass to support the two frontal troops to divert the offensive. The plan has been decided, and Yan appointed Lu Zhonglin as the commander-in-chief of the second and third fronts, and Xu Yongchang as the deputy commander-in-chief in order to unified command of the Longhai Line.

After the arrangement was made, Yan and Feng agreed that the military would be handed over to Feng Yuxiang and the politics would be presided over by Yan Xishan. Afterwards, Yan Xishan left Zhengzhou and returned to Taiyuan, while Feng Yuxiang would return to Luoyang.

In early May, Han Fuju and Chen and the two divisions of Chen and the two divisions of the Shih-Road began fierce battles. The three divisions of Shih-Road attacked Caozhou from Kaocheng, Henan, and Dongming Shandong. In addition to urgently ordering Chen and Ma Hongkui to block the two armies, Chiang Kai-shek also telegrammed Han Fuju to draw three brigades to southwest Shandong to assist. Because Han Fuju was very close to Shih-San and was unwilling to lead the troops to fight with the Shih-San, so he used the excuse that there were any abnormal movements in the northern Shandong and Jinan's defense. Not only did he refuse to draw troops south, he sent Chiang to transfer back to Chen and the 26th Army of Chen-Sao in northern Shandong to northern Shandong. Otherwise, his third army would have to concentrate all in the Jinan area, which was difficult to take into account western Shandong. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to agree to Han Fuju's second request and allow his third army to advance to northern Shandong.

Lao Chiang naturally knew that Han Fuju was avoiding the war, but because the defense in northern Shandong was indeed empty, and the defense of Jinpu Road was related to the overall situation. In addition, Han Fuju was originally a strong general of Feng's army, and his attitude was of great importance. In view of this, Lao Chiang had to pay special attention to Han Fuju's army. First of all, stabilize South Korea so that the troops would not have any accidents. But it was not enough to just stabilize him. He also had to further encourage him and try to bribe him and make him work hard for himself to win the war.

Taking into account the various factors, on May 10, Chiang Kai-shek went to Jinan to convene Chen Diaoyuan, Han Fuju, Ma Hongkui, He Yaozu and others to hold a meeting to determine Shandong's defense issues. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek specially invited the Army Administrator Cao Haosen to come to Jinan with him to convene Han Fuju and Chen Diaoyuan. Because Cao was originally the chief of staff of the Northwest Army and was the old boss of Han, he was an old acquaintance, and spoke to Han conveniently and effectively. Through Cao Haosen's reconciliation, Chiang promised that after the victory of the war, he appointed Han as the chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, and promised to ensure that Han would be transferred back to the Jinpu Road after the war in western Shandong of the 26th Army and the 15th Route Army, and returned to the Jinpu Road system. After receiving this promise from Chiang, Han Fuju was overjoyed. Then, at the military meeting held by Chiang, he said that everything would obey Chiang's command. Chiang saw that his goal had reached, and returned to Xuzhou that night.

On the same day that Jiang Jiang ran to Jinan to stabilize Han Fuju, Feng Yuxiang issued a progress order for the northern army.

The next day, Chiang Kai-shek faced the tit-for-tat and issued a general attack order in Xuzhou, ordering the Nanjing government to launch a full-scale attack on the anti-Chiang coalition. Immediately, the two sides launched a fierce battle on several fronts.

Previously, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang were both full of confidence and were optimistic about fighting with the Chiang army. However, when they really fought, they realized that it was not what they imagined. The first thing that came up with the problem was the Longhai Line that they had focused on.

The Longhai Line is in the middle area, the Jinpu Line and the Pinghan Line are its left and right wings, and the gains and losses of the Longhai Line will have a decisive impact on the entire battle situation. Therefore, the Chiang army and the anti-Chiang coalition forces both used their respective elite forces on the Longhai Line.

Starting from May 11, on the Longhai line, due to the fierce arrival of Chiang's army and the air force cooperated with the cooperation of combat, after several days of fierce fighting, Sun Dianying's two troops gradually became discontinued and retreated step by step. Sun's troops retreated to Bozhou, and Wanmen retreated to the vicinity of Guide. The Jiang army took advantage of the victory to attack with Gu Zhutong, Chen Jicheng, Chen Cheng and other divisions. Chiang Kai-zheng went to Ma Muji to supervise the battle on the 15th, and taught the First Division to besiege Guide.

It was raining and raining. Just when the anti-Chiang coalition army failed, Liu Maoen of the coalition army was dissatisfied with Yan, and Feng and the other two turned to Chiang. In the name of a meeting, they lured Wan Xuancai in Ningling as a letter of surrender. Wan Du was immediately surrounded, Guide was captured by Chiang's army, and the division commander Wan Dian and others were captured. The rest of the troops were commanded by Shi Zhenqing to break through the siege and retreat to the west, and Shi was acting as the military post of Wan Xuancai.

Liu Maoen's enlistment in Chiang caused great setbacks in the beginning of the war, disrupting the planned deployment of the coalition forces, and causing great chaos. First of all, Ningling, which was originally defended by Liu Maoen's troops, fell into the control of Chiang's army. Yang Xiaoou's troops and Sun Chu's troops of the Jinsui Army suffered certain losses, while Guan Fu'an's troops lost control in the chaos, and the losses were particularly serious. After Chiang's troops occupied Guide, their vanguard troops took advantage of the victory to occupy Liuhe Station west of Guide. Chiang Dingwen's troops also approached Musi County, attempting to cooperate with Chiang's frontal troops to siege Lanfeng. At this time, Sun Dianying's troops who retreated to Bozhou had completely lost contact with friendly forces. The three Shiyou tribes in western Shandong were also blocked by Chen Tiaoyuan's troops and could not move forward. The anti-Chiang coalition forces' war situation on the Longhai line was at risk of collapse.

Yan and Feng were worried, so Lao Chiang was naturally happy. Because the battle was going smoothly, Lao Chiang went to Guide to supervise the battle, hoping to defeat the Jinsui Army in front of Longhai. Lao Chiang used the main force of Liu Zhi's Second Corps to attack Lanfeng fiercely and cooperated with the air force to bomb. However, because the Jinsui Army had built solid fortifications on this line in advance, and Yan Xishan transferred a preparation to reinforce with an army on the Jinpu Line. After the increase in troops, he adopted a defensive momentum, and exerted the power of artillery to curb the Chiang army's offensive momentum. Seeing that the frontal attack was not conducive, Chiang Kai-shek expanded to the right wing of the Jin army, and Chen Cheng's 11th Division advanced from the south side of Longhai Road, posing a great threat to the right rear of the Jinsui Army.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, if Chiang Kai-shek army was allowed to break through the defense line of the Jinsui Army, the entire battle situation on the Longhai Line would take a sharp turn, so he had to put Sun Liangcheng's troops, who were controlled in Zhengzhou as a reserve team, into the battle early. In order to allow Sun Liangcheng's troops to give Chen Cheng's troops, the elite Chiang Kai-shek army, to face, to attack Chen Cheng's troops, Feng Yuxiang sent Ji Hongchang to lead his troops to cooperate with Sun Liangcheng to launch a fierce attack from Musi County.

Sun and Ji were known for their bravery and good at fighting, and their troops were vital forces that had just joined the battle. Once they joined the battle, Chen Cheng's troops suffered great setbacks and were even surrounded by Sun and Ji's troops several times and were seriously damaged. It was only when the Chen troops were well equipped and the machine gun firepower was strong that they could break out. Sun and Ji's troops followed closely, while Chen's troops retreated step by step. At the same time, other units on the line also made progress. After more than 10 days of fierce fighting, the Chiang army was shaken by it. It was not until early June that the Chiang army reinforcements arrived and the entire line was withdrawn to Dingtao, Cao County, Minquan, and Heyangji lines were considered to be stable. In this battle, the Sun and Ji's troops made the fastest progress, but unfortunately, the Jinsui army and Pang army on both sides advanced slowly and did not cooperate enough, so they failed to deal a greater blow to the Chiang army.

During this fierce battle on the Longhai Line, Chiang Kai-shek was almost captured. On May 31, Chiang Kai-shek was commanding the battle at Zhuji Station in Guide. Feng Yuxiang's army Zheng Dazhang led cavalry to gallop for more than 80 miles at night, attacked the Guide Airport, burned 12 planes, captured more than 50 pilots and ground crews, and withdrew safely after completing the mission. At that time, the Zheng department did not know that Chiang Kai-shek was at Zhuji Station near the airport, and its headquarters was located at On the train, there were only 200 guards guards. In distress, all of Lao Chiang's guards were distributed to the station to shoot intensively. Zheng Dazhang's surprise attack troops had only more than a thousand cavalry and saw the station's gunfire. They mistakenly thought that there were large forces of Chiang's army on the station, and because they were inconvenient to attack at night, they had to quickly evacuate the scene and speed away. If Zheng Dazhang's surprise attack troops at that time had obtained the real situation, Lao Chiang would probably be captured.

After a month of bloody battles on the Longhai Line, a stalemate finally formed. Both sides had to deep trenches and high bases, and a scene similar to the battlefield on the Western Front during World War I appeared.

Lao Jiang won first and then lost on the Longhai line, while the battle situation on the Jinpu line and Pinghan line is also worrying.

In early May, the Shanxi-Sui Army began to attack south along the Jinpu Line. Fu Zuoyi's troops searched and promoted from Dezhou to Pingyuan and Yucheng. At that time, the Shanxi-Sui Army had a total of 6 troops on the Jinpu Line, which was a huge momentum. In mid-May, the anti-Chiang coalition army lost on the Longhai Line. In order to support the Longhai Line, the Shanxi-Sui Army near the Jinpu Line devoted all its strength and attacked south in three routes. The middle route attacked Pingyuan and Yucheng on the front side; the west route attacked Dong'a and Pingyin; the east route advanced towards Qingcheng.

Seeing that the Jinsui Army was coming fiercely, Han Fuju ordered Xu Guilin's 59th Brigade to defend Qingcheng and Wan Guozhen's 60th Brigade to defend Dong'a; he himself led Sun Tongxuan and Gu Liangmin to lead the 85th Brigade of Zhanshutang and Rong Guangxing's 87th Brigade to Yucheng to defend the enemy. However, the Korean army had just been transferred to Shandong, but the situation was not familiar, and he was exhausted from traveling a long distance, and he gradually lost his support after the battle.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Han Fuju sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, requesting the fifteenth army to be transferred north to reinforce. However, Chiang was already less powerful than the anti-Chiang coalition forces, and he was fighting on several fronts, and he was even more in a shortage. After receiving a telegram from Han Fuju, Chiang had no troops to send, so he could only send Han Fuju to retract and allow him to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River, demolish the railway, wait for reinforcements, and prepare for a counterattack.

On June 2, the Korean army withdrew to defend the south bank of the Yellow River and demolished the Yellow River Iron Bridge on the Jinpu Road. The Jinsui Army crossed the Yellow River from Qingcheng and Dong'a respectively. Due to the lack of troops from Han Fuju, the Jinsui Army rushed straight into the river without encountering resistance after crossing the river. The western route was heading straight to Tai'an and marched towards Jinan. Yan Xishan appointed Shi Yousan as the chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government and established the provincial government in Dezhou. Qin Jianbin was temporarily acting as chairman. Shi Yousan was still commanding the battle on the front line.

In mid-June, in order to prevent the Jinsui Army from advancing south from Qingcheng, Han Fuju urgently ordered Cao Fulin to lead the 87th Brigade of Rongguangxing, Qiao Lizhi Brigade and Xu Guilin Brigade to organize a counterattack. During this counterattack operation, Xu Guilin, commander of the 59th Brigade of Han Fuju's troops, was killed. In order to ensure that the Jiaoji Railway was safe and there was a way to retreat east, Han Fuju personally went to the front line to supervise the battle and attacked the Jinsui Army fiercely, and then he defeated the Jinsui Army on the east.

On June 21, the Shanxi-Suizhou Army launched a full-scale attack, and Han Fuju's troops were defeated. On the 24th, the traffic from Jinan to Tai'an was cut off. In order to preserve its strength, Han Fuju withdrew from Jinan and retreated to Jiaodong on the pretext that reinforcements had not arrived.

Han Fuju's retreat to Jiaodong was a headache for Chiang Kai-shek. In fact, as early as mid-June, when the Jinsui Army was approaching Tai'an on the west side, Han Fuju had the intention to retreat to Jiaodong, but the liaison officer Jiang Bocheng dissuaded that if he had to ensure the transportation of the Jinpu railway, he had to retreat south to Tai'an and Yanzhou. Because of Jiang Bocheng's dissuasion, Han Fuju delayed the time for retreating east along the Jiaoji Line by several days.

However, Han Fuju was not stupid. He had already judged that the Jinpu Road was the main attack direction of the Jinsui Army. If he retreated south of the Jinpu Road, it would become a shield for Chiang Kai-shek. Although Chiang promised to hand over Shandong to him after the war, his troops would have to last until the final victory. If he fought all his starting troops, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely not hand over Shandong to him. Now he retreated east along the Jiaoji Line, not only could he avoid the frontal sharpness of the Jinsui Army and preserve his own strength, but he could also rely on the railway to obtain supplies from Qingdao and other places in time. Even if Chiang Kai-shek was defeated, he and others could also transfer to other places through Qingdao Port.

However, Han Fuju's retreat eastward gave most of the Shandong section of Jinpu Road to the Jinsui Army, allowing him to attack Xuzhou along the way. This forced Chiang Kai-shek to mobilize other troops and organize forces to defend.
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