Chapter 211: Sending troops to North China (II)

In the office of the Chairman of the Military Commission, He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang and the Kuomintang Central Organization Minister Chen Lifu, who are known to the four giants of the Military Commission, are all sitting there.

"I came to you today to talk about the situation in North China. I just received a report from the Secret Service that the 29th Army had begun to assemble the 37th Division of the Beiping Defense Army and had begun to demolish the Beiping City Defense." Chiang Kai-shek said angrily.

Song Zheyuan issued the so-called declaration of peace in Tianjin, and sent Zhang Zizhong to negotiate with the Japanese, and refused to go north to reinforce Sun Lianzhong and Pang Bingxun's troops to go out to Baoding. These situations were already clear, but when he heard that the 29th began to assemble the 37th garrisons in Peking and demolished the Beiping city defense, he was shocked at the same time. Isn't this obvious that he wanted to hand over Peking to the Japanese?

"Speak privately and talk about peace lightly, and now I have to give up Peking again. What does Song Mingxuan want to do?" Chen Cheng was the first to slap the table. He had long been dissatisfied with Song Zheyuan, and had long been in harmony with the Japanese in central China. He, Chen Cheng, suffered losses in the battlefield of Songhu, and Song Zheyuan was fine. Not only did he negotiate with the Japanese in private, he was actually going to give up Peking now.

"What else do you want to do? You still want to keep your territory. Song Mingxuan is no longer the Song Mingxuan four years ago. He is holding two provinces and two cities in his hand. I think he is now trying to be the second Zhang Hanqing in order to continue to be his King of North China." Bai Chongxi sat on the sofa, glanced at Chen Cheng who was standing up, and said slowly.

In the Central Plains War, Song Zheyuan's troops were forced to advance closely, and finally had to retreat into a barren and small land in southern Shanxi, and almost unable to survive. They still rely on waving their tails and begging for mercy from Zhang Hanqing, then chairman of the Peking Branch of the Military Commission. After Xiao Zhenying ran around and bribed him from many ways, Zhang Hanqing agreed to Song Zheyuan recruit the remnants of the Northwest Army to form an army. First, they became the Third Army Northeast Frontier Defense Army, and then were reorganized into the 29th Army.

Later, in several incidents, Song Zheyuan stood in the right team, and at the same time, he severely damaged the Neon Army in the Great Wall War of Resistance. Xifengkou had a great victory. His record suddenly caused a sensation in the whole country. Song Zheyuan also became a famous anti-Japanese hero in the country. At that time, Zhang Hanqing had already stepped down and the situation in North China was complicated. In order to involve the Northeast Army and prevent the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek helped up the 29th Army, which had strong combat effectiveness, and gradually handed over Chahar, Hebei, Beiping and Tianjin to him.

With territory and power, Song Zheyuan began to change slowly. Especially in the past two years, with the Japanese's step by step, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to send the Central Army to Hebei and Chahar provinces several times, but they were rejected by Song Zheyuan on the grounds that he could not overstimulate the Japanese.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was busy suppressing the Communist Party on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was actively preparing to deal with Japan's invasion. He also needed Song Zheyuan to hold up the Neon Army in North China. Although he knew that Song Zheyuan's move was to guard against the central government, he had to satisfy him.

To this day, Song Zheyuan has long regarded himself as the King of North China and ignored the central government's repeated orders. In order to protect his territory, he even refused reinforcements, and wanted to hug the Japanese like he did when he shook his tail and begged for mercy. He was no longer the two banners that Song Zheyuan wrote after the Xifengkou victory four years ago, "I would rather be a dead ghost than a slave to the country." "I will advance but not retreat, but I will die before I die."

"The slogans of anti-Japanese war were shouted more beautiful than anyone else. Now that I have a territory, I am a turtle shrunk." Chen Cheng, who was indignant, couldn't help but say a slut in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and then immediately said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Commissioner, I suggest that the 29th Army must immediately restore the defense of Beiping and defend Beiping, and order Sun and Pang's troops to go north to reinforce, and at the same time, order the 29th Army to retreat to Baoding. Second, we should prepare for the loss of Peking and gather heavily on the Pinghan Line to prevent the Neon Army from occupying Beiping and heading south along the Pinghan Line."

Before the war in Shanghai started, Chen Cheng, the main battle, had once launched a campaign in North China, and he would inevitably go straight to Wuhan along the Pinghan line, trying to divide the country into two.

"Chairman, am I going to tell Song Mingxuan about his interests in person?" Xu Yongchang said with a frown. He is the newly established Shijiazhuang camp director. Because he is troubled by everything, he has not yet taken office.

"Citchen, you don't know Song Mingxuan's character. He is already crazy at this time. Can you listen to your words? Maybe he thought you were harming him." He Yingqin also said at this time.

Xu Yongchang has always treated people as a gentleman and is kind-hearted. During the Central Plains War, Song Zheyuan and Sun Dianying were chased by Yang Hucheng all the way. When they were at the end of their journey, Xu Yongchang, who was the commander-in-chief of the Jinsui garrison, disagreed with the opposition and took them in, allowing them to survive in southern Jin. However, the good things Xu Yongchang did led to bad results. As time went by, the Song and Sun tribes were gradually unable to satisfy their status as the guest army. The urge to raise food and money to ravage the place from time to time, and even planned to seize the military and political power in Shanxi.

When Xu Yongchang remembered this past event, he couldn't help but sigh deeply and shook his head.

"Song Mingxuan is a trap, and he has reminded him more than once that it is the nature of the Japanese. He repeatedly ordered him to resist, and the central government also sent troops to reinforce him in time. But he... Forget it, let's not talk about it, he will suffer in the future. Now, we must face such a problem. Once Pingjin is lost, how should we deal with it?" Chiang Kai-shek waved.

As he said that, Chiang Kai-shek looked at Bai Chongxi and said, "Jiansheng, tell me." Although Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with Bai Chongxi's gloating words just now, he had to deny Xiao Zhuge's ability to use troops. Otherwise, Chiang Kai-shek would not have appointed him as the deputy chief of staff, and granted real power, which in fact had already undermined Cheng Songyun.

Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's face being severe, Bai Chongxi did not dare to be arrogant anymore. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Since the North China Incident, I have been considering the war in North China. Even if the 29th Army fought back, it would be a matter of time before the Neon Army occupied Pingjin. From the surface, after the Neon Army occupied Pingjin, the troops would be divided into two groups, one along the Jinpu Road, and the Central China Front Army in Nanjing attacked the north, and the two armies met in Xuzhou to occupy all the coasts of the Yangtze River.

Region. As Ci Xiu said, he took Wuhan straight along the Pinghan Line, while the Central China Front Army advanced west along the Yangtze River, attacked on both sides, and occupied Wuhan at the same time, while occupying Wuhan. Moreover, the terrain of North China is flat, which facilitates the movement of the Neon Army's mechanized troops, which is conducive to attack and defense. However, as long as we gather heavy troops on Pinghan and Jinpu lines, resist in succession, and use the natural danger of the Yellow River to block the Neon Army, it is obviously unlikely that the Neon Army will achieve these goals in the short term."

"However," said this, Bai Chongxi's words turned around, stood up, and walked to a huge map of North China hanging on the wall of Chiang Kai-shek's office. Everyone followed him.

"What I worry most is that the Neon Army is not divided into two groups, but three groups. After occupying Beiping, they go north along the Pingsui Line, occupy Zhangjiakou, and meet with the Kwantung Army outside the Great Wall, and then head south to Shanxi and Shaanxi. The most dangerous thing is that they occupy Shanxi and Shaanxi, cross the Qinling Mountains and attack Sichuan. After occupying Sichuan, they then divide into two groups, one from east to western Hubei and the other from south to Yunnan and Guizhou. The east-bound army meets the army from south along the Pinghan Road and occupy two lakes. This is the offensive route of the Mongols conquering the Southern Song Dynasty. If the Neon Army adopts this offensive route, then we will be extremely dangerous. So while we are deploying heavy troops on the Jinpu Road and Pinghan Line, we must block the Neon Army on the Pingsui Line and let the enemy going north suffer a setback, so that they can change their main attack along this route."

As he said that, Bai Chongxi picked up the baton and pointed at a very small place located in the northwest of Beiping, and continued: "The key to blocking the Pingsui Line is here - Nankou. Nankou, although it is a small town at the foot of Badaling in the Great Wall, it is the only gateway to enter Cha and Sui. If you keep the Southkou, Zhangjiakou is a safe place. And the Southkou - Zhangjiakou area is also the junction of the four provinces of Ji, Cha, Jin, Sui and Yinshan, Yanshan and Taihang Mountain. Occupying this place, one can occupy Chahar, two can enter Sui Province westward, and the three canals open into the Jin gate, control Shanxi and then overlook the North China Plain. Such strategic areas are all fought for by military strategists. And for the Neon Army, there are more important things.

One reason. Conquering China is its overall idea. Conquering Pingjin and conquering North China is just a matter of expanding a piece of territory. But if the Sui Cha channel is opened and the Neon Army and the Kwantung Army are connected together, the strategic situation of the Neon Army will immediately change significantly. Based on the Northeast, the North China base in the north, and North China as the backing, the Neon Army will have a consolidated rear and a huge strategic base. Next, the smaller one will go south to Taiyuan and west to Baotou; if the larger ones can go south along the Pinghan Line and go south to Wuhan and detour to the southeast. If the South entrance and Zhangjiakou are the first major gateway to stop the grand strategic attempt of the Neon Army from being able to achieve, then the South entrance has become the outpost position for the first gate."

After all, Xiao Zhuge is Xiao Zhuge, and everyone nodded unstoppable through this strategic prediction.

"Well, what Jiansheng said makes sense. Now we must change the Japanese combat route. We would rather let them go south along the Pinghan Line than let the Japanese follow the old path of Kublai Khan." Chiang Kai-shek paused and said in a stressful tone: "The three provinces of Shanxi, Suiyuan and Shaanxi must be defended."

He Yingqin carefully looked at the map and said, "The problem now is which army to send to guard Nankou? This is also Song Mingxuan's territory. There is only Liu Ruming's second division in the entire province." As he said, He Yingqin couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if Tang Enbo's thirteenth army was still there."

In order to prevent the Red Army from running eastward in northern Shaanxi, Tang Enbo's 13th Army was stationed in the Pingdiquan area of ​​Suiyuan. After Hangzhou fell, in order to prevent the Neon Army from attacking Jiangxi along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to transfer the 13th Army to the eastern area of ​​western Zhejiang-Jiangxi.

Since the Battle of Songhu Nanjing, the Central Army has suffered losses and most of them have been in the rest and recuperation stage. There are indeed not many troops that can be adjusted. Hearing He Yingqin's words, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but frown.

"I think Hu Zongnan's 17th Legion can be transferred to the south entrance." Chen Cheng thought for a while and suggested.

"No, Shaanxi's troops cannot move." Chiang Kai-shek flatly rejected Chen Cheng's proposal. On the one hand, the Central Army in Shaanxi must guard against the fall of Shanxi, the Neon Army crossed the Yellow River to march into Guanzhong; more importantly, northern Shaanxi also had Chiang Kai-shek's confidant troubles, nearly 40,000 to 50,000 Red Army. Once the Central Army was transferred to the east, wouldn't Shaanxi fall into the hands of GCD? In Chiang Kai-shek's view, this is no different from being occupied by the Japanese.

Of course, Chen Cheng understood what Chiang Kai-shek meant, but he looked at Chen Lifu who had not spoken much, and couldn't help but feel moved, saying, "The battle with the Japanese is getting bigger and bigger. Now the Japanese are fighting in North China. How is the negotiations with GCD? They have been singing a high-profile campaign to fight against Japan. Over the years, they have been accusing the government of not fighting against Japan. They still have 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Now we will give them a chance to drive them to the front line of the anti-Japanese war and let the people across the country take a good look at who is the real anti-Japanese war and who is the fake anti-Japanese war."

In the eyes of many direct generals, gcd is essentially no different from those local warlords. Moreover, gcd has to hold the banner of overthrowing the government and fight for ten years, and the grudges between the two parties are getting deeper and deeper.

"Their asking price is too high. If they agree to them now, there will be endless troubles in the future." Chen Lifu frowned.

Chen Lifu was responsible for the negotiations on establishing a united front of the anti-Japanese war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Except for Chiang Kai-shek, no one else was very clear about the progress of the negotiations.

"Lifu, let's talk, let's discuss it together." Jiang Zhongzheng said.

Chen Lifu nodded and said, "Actually, the initial offer of GCD was like a lion. Later, after we signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, they finally made some concessions with the intervention of the Soviet Union, but this concession was limited to the superficial and did not involve core issues at all." As he said that, Chen Lifu roughly introduced the latest situation of the negotiations and the main differences between the two sides.

What has reached an agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China is that the two sides agreed to stop the civil war, the GCD side stopped overthrowing all activities of the government and the land policy, the number of troops, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi was organized into the First Army and the Third Division, and the guerrillas in the South were organized into a B-type army; the Kuomintang stopped encircling and suppressing GCD, proclaiming GCD as a legal party, and the GCD people participated in the government. However, at present, the two sides were stalemate in the government and the army. The Kuomintang demanded the abolition of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the army was directly commanded by the Military Commission, the central government sent a political training group to the station, and the main generals were appointed by the central government. All of these GCD side refused. Their request was completely against the tit-for-tat, requiring Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia to be set up as a special zone, and the army was commanded by the Communist Party of China itself, with an independent command system, and refused to send anyone to the Kuomintang.

"No, this is absolutely not possible. A country can only have one government, that is, the National Government. The chairman is the commander who leads the national anti-Japanese war. How can a GCD establish a different government? The army must also be commanded and commanded independently? What are the joint anti-Japanese war? The Military Commission cannot command their army. Is this the same as it is. I think they just want to use the name of anti-Japanese war to achieve the reality of expansion." He Yingqin said dissatisfiedly.

"What a pity, if there are two more years, we can completely wipe them out." Chen Cheng couldn't help but sigh. During the Double Twelve Incident, he was also detained by Zhang Hanqing, and he is still worried about this.

Although Chen Lifu had reported these situations to Chiang Kai-shek, after hearing the dissatisfaction of the two generals under him, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but frown. gcd has always been a big trouble in his heart. He had experienced their power during the Northern Expedition back then. They were not like other warlords, as long as they were wiped out, they would have arisen again after the spring breeze.

"Some things are understandable. After fighting for ten years, it has accumulated so much hatred, and it is difficult to eliminate them all at once. This time, the Japanese will inevitably threaten their survival. The Japanese also hate GCism. This move is to guard against both the Japanese and us." Xu Yongchang, who has always been kind, said: "I think they want to retain the border government, which is acceptable, but in name should be set as the SAR government under the National Government. As for the military's command issue, independent command is definitely not enough. It must be included in the command system of the Military Commission, otherwise how to fight."

"They have a strong ability to bewitch. They used to fight with Zhang Hanqing and Yang Hucheng, and now they are frequently active in Shanxi. They also set up a "Sacrifice and Save the Country" with Yan Baichuan. In name, they are under the banner of anti-Japanese war. In essence, they are like Minister Xu said just now, both guarding against the Japanese and us." Chen Lifu said with a frown.

"They are also for common interests. Over the years, Yan Baichuan has been refusing to enter the Central Army. In the past, he relied on the Japanese to secretly fight against the Central Committee. After GCD arrived in northern Shaanxi, he also beat and pulled GCD, and said that Yan was dancing on the Kuomintang, GCD and the Japanese. GCD, they wanted to survive, and after the failure of the Eastern Expedition, they had to cooperate with Yan Baichuan. Yan Baichuan was smarter than Song Mingxuan, and he raised GCD to establish his image of anti-Japanese resistance and competed with the Central Committee. However, he did not dare to openly take the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, so he came up with a sacrifice alliance. However, this time, President Yan made the wrong plan. The Japanese were going to touch his old nest in Shanxi." Speaking of Yan Xishan, He Yingqin smiled faintly.

"Hmph, the enemy is in the face of the most critical moment, and they are still fighting their own small plans. They are not thinking about uniting and fighting against Japan's invasion together, but thinking about how to expand their territory and protect their army." Now the situation in North China is critical, and Chiang Kai-shek is thinking about the complex forces in North China that are not under his control.
Chapter completed!