After consulting the opinions of He Yingqin and Huang Shaohong in Peking, Chiang Kai-shek decided to draw Pang Bingxun's 40th Army and Xiao Zhichu's 26th Army to the northwest to participate in the bandit suppression operation.

According to Lao Jiang's original plan, he wanted to draw the 17th Army, the direct line of the Central Army with a strong combat power, but He Yingqin refused. After receiving the inquiry from Lao Jiang, He Yingqin became anxious. At present, there are Japanese troops in Pingjin area and troops of various factions within. If the 17th Army is transferred away, he may not sleep well. The heads of the three divisions of the 17th Army are all from the first phase of Huangpu and have a teacher-student relationship with He Yingqin. Most of the main commanders of each division are from various phases of Huangpu. With such a unit by his side, He Yingqin is much more confident when talking to those miscellaneous military leaders.

In a telegram sent to Chiang Kai-shek jointly with Huang Shaohong, He Yingqin made it clear that "there are strong enemies outside North China today, and the internal divisions are not in a different mindset. In fact, a powerful central force is needed to stay in Pingjin and deter all parties. Previously, the Central 87th Division had been transferred south, and the 17th Army was not suitable for being transferred to other sides. Moreover, the 17th Army suffered heavy losses in the Great Wall battle, so rest should be the priority."

In early September, although Feng Yuxiang returned to Mount Tai to live in seclusion, the problems of the Allied Army were not resolved. Considering the CCP forces that had been openly active in the department, as well as the Japanese troops inside and outside the Great Wall, and troops belonging to different factions such as the Northeast Army, Northwest Army, and Shanxi Sui Army, Lao Chiang also knew that He Yingqin's concerns were reasonable.

Besides, the 17th Army did suffer heavy losses in the Great Wall War and needed rest urgently. Among them, the 83rd Division, the most well-equipped German Equipment Division, fought to the end, and the division commander Liu Kan even sent all the sanitary soldiers and cooks. Faced with heavy losses, Liu Kan, the master who was considered to be very nervous and stubborn by Wei Lihuang, could not help but pull out his gun and commit suicide in his heart. If the Chief of Staff Fu Zhaoqian was about to stop him, he would probably be no longer here.

The 17th Army cannot be transferred, so Huang and the other two were to draw Pang Bingxun's 40th Army and Xiao Zhichu's 26th Army to the northwest. Previously, Yan Xishan had mentioned to Huang Shaohong that the troops from North China should be transferred to the northwest, first, good discipline, second, good combat effectiveness should be not bad, third, not too many.

Although Pang Bingxun's 40th Army is known as one army, the army has only one 39th division and its troops are less than 10,000.

As for Xiao Zhichu's 26th Army, it was not the 26th Army of the original Chiang Kai-shek. It was an army formed on the basis of the 44th Division in the spring of 1933 to strengthen the military forces of the Great Wall and the eastern Hebei region of the Great Wall and the 4th Independent Brigade of Wang Jinyong, under the army, with a force of about 20,000.

Both Pang and Xiao have a close relationship with the Northwest Army, and their combat effectiveness is not bad, and their discipline is acceptable. Overall, they also have nearly 30,000 troops, so it is appropriate to transfer them to the Northwest.

After the situation of sending troops from North China was confirmed, Chiang Kai-shek sent another call to Yan Xishan, hoping that the Jinsui Army could also mobilize troops to participate in the battle to wipe out the civilian bandits.

After his comeback, he repeatedly stated that only the central government's order was based on the plan and agreed to send troops to participate in the war. However, in addition to the 70th Division of Wang Jingguo who was stationed in Wuyuan and Linhe areas in Suixi, only one Kong Lingxun's 97th Division was added. In this regard, Yan Xishan's explanation was that Shanxi and Suiyuan provinces were seriously affected, and some officers and soldiers were being rescued and could not be withdrawn. The two units of Fu Zuoyi and Zhao Chengshou who came down from the Great Wall battlefield had just stabilized after continuous combat, so they should not move again, "I am afraid that the soldiers will complain and the morale of the army will be unstable."

After reading Yan Xishan's reply, Lao Jiang shook his head and sighed, knowing that this Yan Lao Xi may never be able to change his habit of making small plans in his life. However, since there are Wang Jingguo's 70th Division and Kong Lingxun's 97th Division with a total of more than 30,000 troops available, it is also good.

According to the opinions of He, Huang, Yan and others, after determining the troops transferred from North China to the Northwest to fight, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order on September 10 in the name of the Military Commission, appointing Yang Hucheng as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression, Ma Hongkui and Sun Dianying as the deputy commander-in-chief, and was scheduled to take the opportunity to suppress the "civilian bandits" in the mid-10s.

In order to coordinate the combat operations of various departments, in this battle, Yang Hucheng and Jing Yuexiu were the Eastern Route Army, and Yang Hucheng also served as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, and went out of Zhiluo Pass to attack the Ziwuling line westward; Ma Hongkui, Sun Dianying, Ma Bufang, Pang Bingxun, Xiao Zhichu, Wang Jingguo, Kong Lingxun and other troops were the Northern Route Army, with Ma Hongkui as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, and Sun Dianying was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, and the army was the front line of the Northern Route Army, and the army was the Southern Route Army, and Hu Zongnan was the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, and the army was the commander-in-chief of the Hexi Corridor.

While mobilizing one million troops in the south to prepare for the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Communist Party of China's Soviet Area, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized nearly 300,000 troops to attack the People's Army in the northwest, which can be called a big deal.

Among the four armies that were attacking the northwest, Ningxia Hexi's Northern Army had the strongest troops, with a total of more than 170,000 troops; the eastern army of Yang and Jing units in Shaanxi also concentrated more than 50,000 troops; the southern army Hu and Lu units also concentrated more than 50,000 troops; the fewest troops, and the Western Army's Cambridge and Qing units used to restrain the People's Army, also had about 10,000 troops.

With such a large number of troops, Yan Xishan has a certain confidence from Chiang Kai-shek to He Yingqin. As the leader of the Northern Army, Ma Hongkui and Sun Dianying and others have even expanded their confidence. More than 170,000 troops were only used to attack the western part of Ningxia He, and even if they were to use people to pile up the "people bandits".

However, Fu Zuoyi, who was watching coldly in Guisui, reminded his brother Wang Jingguo: "The result of this battle may not be as good as you wish. I'm better off when fighting, and it's better to be more careful."

After experiencing the Central Plains War and the Great Wall War, although Fu Zuoyi also hoped that the country would be unified and not be interested in factional struggles, as a member of the Jinsui Army, he had a swornful relationship with Wang Jingguo, so he really didn't want to see any mistakes in this sworn brother.

After receiving the order to dispatch troops, Wang Jingguo, who ran to Guisui to ask Fu Zuoyi for advice, was stunned: "Can you still not be able to take down a Ningxia Hexi? Brother, you are too worried, right?"

"If there are too many people, our Great Wall will not be so bad." Fu Zuoyi sighed and said, "Although the People's Army does not have Japanese planes and tanks, they have occupied Ningxia for more than two years and have built a complete defense system. In addition, the narrow terrain of Hexi in Ningxia is not conducive to the development of attack troops. If there are too many people, they may not be able to win safely."

Fu Zuoyi was young among the sworn brothers, but Wang Jingguo knew that his brother was really capable, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't do the kind of thing that counts money for others and loses money. With your reminder from Chief Yan and brother, I will never let the brothers of the 70th Division get the fire for others."

Although he agreed to send two divisions to the war, Wang Jingguo was Yan Laoxi's direct subordinate. He was sent by Yan Laoxi to participate in the war because he was stationed in Wuyuan, Linhe and other places. He was sent by Yan Laoxi to participate in the war because of his balance of all parties under his command. Of course, Yan Xishan, who has always been good at calculating, has long reminded Wang Jingguo that he should pay attention to. However, Yan Xishan's reminder was based on the consideration of more results after victory, while Fu Zuoyi's reminder was based on the consideration of defeat.

By September 22, all the troops invaded and suppressed had been assembled and the offensive could be launched only after the deployment was carried out according to the original combat plan.

Zhang Mingrui, Zhou Hao, Yang Tianming and others would naturally not be indifferent to Chiang Kai-shek mobilizing troops to suppress the People's Army.

In fact, all the units of the bandit suppression army transported westward through the Pingsui Line, Huamei Company was located at Datong Station and Baotou Station Office Wang Tieshan, Wu Mingshan and others would report to Liu Chenglin as soon as possible, and pass through Liu Chenglin to Zhang Mingrui and others. No one could escape the transfer from Sun Dianying's troops to Pang Bingxun, Xiao Zhichu, and Kong Lingxun.

As for the forces participating in the battle of Ma Hongkui, Ma Bufang and Wang Jingguo, Wang Tieshan, Wu Mingshan, Liu Chenglin and others, through the daily supply of flour and other materials transported to Suiyuan regularly, they can also infer that it is absolutely inseparable.

With more than 170,000 troops, each person consumes only one kilogram of noodles a day, it will have 85 tons of noodles a day. If other daily needs are added, there will be more. In addition to Huamei Company's 40 tons of trucks running on the Pingsui Line, most of the other cars are loaded with a load of more than 20 tons. With a carriage of more than 20 tons, even a train has 40 trains, and only about 1,000 tons of materials are transported. This also makes the relevant material transport vehicles have to travel every 10 days.

After finding out the most critical forces of the enemy, it is no problem for the other troops. Jing Yuexiu, Yanghucheng and Jing Yuexiu, has fought twice in Shaanxi, and the troops can only be about 50,000; in the south, Hu Zongnan and Lu Dachang, the troops should be about 50,000; as for the Ma Bu Qing army in the west, the troops are a partial division, at best, only more than 20,000 troops. In this way, the total force of the various troops to attack and suppression is as high as 300,000.

Since we calculated the enemy's strength and knew the direction of the troops, Zhang Mingrui, Zhou Hao, Yang Tianming and others held a meeting to adjust the deployment of the troops. At the meeting, Yang Tianming said: "Now there are 178,000 enemy troops in Hexi, Ningxia, and it is difficult to deal with so many enemies by just the first column. Therefore, we must make adjustments to the original deployment of troops."

Although Hexi in Ningxia has established complete fortifications based on the Helan Mountain terrain, the length of Ningxia Hexi is about 300 kilometers north and south. If there are enemy troops crossing mountains and ridges at all costs, it is definitely not enough to rely on the first column to have 35,000 troops. What's more, the first column was originally responsible for the defense mission of Hedong in Ningxia.

"Because I have to take on the defensive operations in the Longnan, Shaanxi, and Hexi directions, I suggest that the second, third and fourth columns will not be adjusted in the original tasks. All the troops of the fifth column except the cavalry units will be transferred to Hexi, Ningxia to Hexi, to deal with the enemy's attacks." Yang Tianming pointed at the sand table and continued.

After this adjustment, Ningxia Hexi will have 67,000 troops. If it is based on its inherent fortifications to defend, there will be basically no big problem.

"I have no objection, but, in this way, can the troops attacking northern Shaanxi be used?" The fifth column had some doubts.

"Attacking northern Shaanxi is mainly a word of 'fast'. You must seize our original area before Yan Xishan crosses the river, Yang Hucheng and other troops heading north to rescue." Zhou Hao analyzed, "Therefore, cavalry raids are the key. Although it is also important for infantry to follow up, it can be adjusted."

After pausing, Zhou Hao said again: "In addition to the adjustments mentioned by Tianming, I will draw 10,000 infantry from the Sixth Column to join Hexi, Ningxia. In addition, Ningxia Hedong is also connected by the Sixth Column. Yanchi and other places. At best, 5,000 people are left to deal with the face-to-face enemies in northern Shaanxi. Also, I suggest that all the 75 artillery guns of the Cannon Column be strengthened to Hexi, Ningxia."

If Zhou Hao said, Ningxia Hexi would have 77,000 troops, and 46 75-caliber artillery pieces, plus fortifications and machine gun firepower, it would be safe to deal with 178,000 enemy troops...

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