At the same time, in the direction of Shanhaiguan, Suizhong County in the Liaoxi Corridor.//The fastest update//

Liu Jianguo finally led all the officers and soldiers of the 203rd Division to Suizhong to join the 200th Division.

Before them, Xing Zhanqing's Second Tank Division and three anti-aircraft regiments had already arrived.

At this point, the Northeast Frontier Defense Force has assembled two reorganized mechanized infantry divisions, one tank division, and three air defense regiments in Suizhong.

The total strength exceeds 58,000 people and nearly 60,000 troops.

Inside the temporary division headquarters, Huang Xiansheng said to Liu Jianguo, Xing Zhanqing, Niu Erzhu, Mi Xiong and others in high spirits: "Brothers, our army has been assembled, and the commander-in-chief just received a call, saying that they had left Chengde this morning and were marching south.

on the way.

It's time for us to officially march westward and attack Shanhaiguan."

Everyone nodded, and Niu Erzhu even said: "Master, I humbly ask for orders to go out to fight. Please approve me to lead a regiment under my command as a forward force to attack Shanhaiguan."

Huang Xiansheng nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, I will assign the tank regiment to your command. You will set off first. Commander Liu and Commander Xing and I will lead the main force and we will follow."

"Yes." Niu Erzhu responded happily, saluted, and hurriedly took the order and left.

"Jianguo and Zhanqing, we are all old acquaintances, and He Zhuguo and Liu Duoquan across the street are also old acquaintances.

This fight is more or less like fratricide, so I asked Deputy Commander Niu to lead the attack, do you understand?" Huang Xiansheng looked at the three of them meaningfully.

Indeed, they are all former members of the Northeast Army, and they are former colleagues with He Zhuguo and Yu Xuezhong. There is a sense of brotherhood.

Liu Jianguo lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "General Huang, don't mention the past things anymore. The reason why we parted ways is because we don't want to sit back and watch the country fall and our compatriots suffer.

Which one is right and which one is wrong? History will give the best proof.

Now, as the Northeast Frontier Defense Force, under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Zhang, we conquered Goryeo and defeated Japan and Russia. Which of the things we did was not satisfying and upright?

Today the commander-in-chief ordered us to enter the customs, so he must have a reason. Anyone who dares to block the progress of our army, no matter who he is, is our enemy. When we meet on the battlefield, either you die or I die. In the past

The righteousness of Pao Ze has already disappeared with the September 18th Incident and the gunfire of the Battle of Jinzhou."

Xing Zhanqing also nodded in agreement and said: "General Huang and Commander Liu are right. Think about the September 18th Incident and what the Northeast Army did when they came out of the border during the Liaodong Campaign. How did they ever regard us as brothers?

They even want to join forces with the Japanese to destroy us. How can such people be worthy of being our brothers? What do we have to worry about!"

Everything the two said was reasonable. Looking back on Marshal Zhang's inaction in the past and his subsequent behavior that could be called a traitor, Huang Xiansheng's mentality changed.

He nodded and said: "You two are right, I am too benevolent as a woman. From now on, there are only the enemy's army and our army, without the righteousness of the Northeast Army. We cannot be sorry for the great love shown to us by the commander-in-chief. Everyone, go and prepare."

Come on, the troops will set off immediately and send troops to Shanhaiguan."

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Shanhaiguan, 57th Army Headquarters.

Liu Duoquan, Zhang Tingshu and others were gathering to discuss the military situation, when a communications adjutant hurried in.

He saluted Zhang Tingshu and reported: "Master, the enemy troops in Suizhong have moved."

"Huh?" Zhang Tingshu, Liu Duoquan and others were all shocked. Liu Duoquan shouted over his servants and asked: "Tell me quickly. What is the specific situation? How many troops are there in the enemy army? Where are they now?"

The communications adjutant did not dare not answer. After looking at Zhang Tingshu and others, he said: "The enemy has many tanks and armored vehicles, and their strength may not be less than 100,000. In addition, their vanguard troops have already left Suizhong. They are driving rapidly towards Shanhaiguan. They are currently far away from us.

It’s already less than a hundred miles away.”

"An army of one hundred thousand?" The faces of Liu Duoquan, Zhang Tingshu, Taodong Fan and others all changed drastically. Liu Duoquan took a breath of air-conditioning and said with disbelief: "How is this possible? Huang Xiansheng only has one division, doesn't he?

?Why has the troop strength increased so much in less than two days?"

"Yes, didn't the Northeast Border Guard just finish the Battle of Koryo? I heard that a considerable number of troops were left on the Koryo Peninsula.

Why did Zhang Xinghan bring out another hundred thousand troops to attack us in such a short period of time?" Taodong Fan also followed in horror.

The communications adjutant obviously didn't know that there was a deviation in their intelligence. He lowered his head and said: "I don't know the specific situation. This is what our reconnaissance team reported."

Zhang Tingshu's face was grim, he was silent for a while, and then said to Liu Duoquan: "Brother Fangbo, the enemy has many troops and is coming fiercely. We should hurry up and send a message to General Yu and General He for help. We must ask them to send more reinforcements, otherwise Shanhaiguan cannot

You must be able to hold it!"

"Well, we also have more than 60,000 people. We have enough people to guard a Shanhaiguan Pass. What needs to be strengthened is the firepower. I will send a message to Commander Yu and ask him to transfer several artillery brigades to strengthen our artillery.

Strength." Liu Duoquan said immediately.

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Beiping City, Marshal's Mansion.

When the communications adjutant presented the urgent message from Liu Duoquan and others, Yu Xuezhong and He Zhuguo, who were sitting in the Marshal's Mansion, also changed their expressions.

"One hundred thousand troops?!" At this moment, Yu Xuezhong and the others trembled with despair.

You must know that the combat power of Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Defense Force far exceeds that of the Japanese and Soviet armies. With the same strength, the Japanese and Russian armies are no match for them.

And Yu Xuezhong and the others also knew that the combat power of today's Northeast Army is much worse than that of the Japanese. It is not at the same level as the Northeast Border Defense Army, which is now so powerful and has just experienced bloody battles with the Japanese and Soviet troops.

The combat strength of this 100,000-strong army far exceeds that of the 200,000-strong Northeastern Army, not to mention that the current total strength of the Northeastern Army in the Ping-Tianjin area is only over 170,000, less than 200,000.

"Brother Yu, this battle is of great importance, we should contact the young marshal as soon as possible." He Zhuguo said to Xuezhong with despair in his eyes.

Yu Xuezhong gave a wry smile: "Young Marshal? He is going to Europe. He may still be on the way. He has not settled down. How can we contact him?"

"Then what should we do? Zhang Xinghan's 100,000-strong army is approaching fiercely. If we can't contact the young commander, Pingjin may change hands!" He Zhuguo was anxious.

"Let's do this. We first responded to Liu Duoquan's request for help and transferred the 6th, 7th, and 8th artillery brigades." Yu Xuezhong muttered: "In addition, we immediately jointly sent a letter to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing and Yan Xishan in Shanxi to generate electricity.

, asking them to send troops to reinforce us."

"The Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army?" He Zhuguo asked with some worry: "Will they be willing to send troops to help us? Maybe, they may pretend to destroy Guo and add insult to injury to us."

"It should be so. Now Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Defense Force has occupied the Korean Peninsula and the entire four northeastern provinces. If he is allowed to occupy Pingjin again, the battle flag of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force can go south at any time and encroach on the entire North China and even the northwest.

Whether it is Chairman Chiang's Central Army or Yan Xishan's Shanxi-Sui Army, they certainly do not want Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Defense Force to expand again.

In order to curb his development into North China, they should send troops to help us." Yu Xuezhong analyzed uncertainly.

After hearing Yu Xuezhong's analysis, He Zhuguo had no other choice, so he nodded in agreement.

The only thing left in the Northeastern Army is three artillery brigades, which were ordered to reinforce Shanhaiguan along the railway. Joint messages requesting reinforcements signed by Yu Xuezhong, He Zhuguo and others were also sent to Nanjing and Taiyuan one after another.

Nanjing, official residence of the leader of the National Government.

Regarding the Northeast Frontier Defense Force's intention to attack Peking and Tianjin, Chairman Chiang received some news two days ago, and also received a joint message requesting assistance from Yu Xuezhong, He Zhuguo and others.

At this meeting, Chairman Chiang summoned the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, He Yingqin, and his favorite general, Chen Cheng, the leader of the Civil Engineering Department.

The three of them sat on the sofa in Chairman Chiang's living room in order of priority. Chairman Chiang picked up a message on the coffee table and said to He Yingqin and Chen Cheng: "Respectfully, Ci Xiu, this is Yu Xue, commander of the 51st Army of the Northeast Army.

Please read the message jointly sent by He Zhuguo, commander of the 57th Zhonghe Army and others, asking for help."

After saying that, he handed the telegram to He Yingqin. He Yingqin took it respectfully and handed it to Chen Cheng after reading it.

After seeing both of them read it, Chairman Jiang said with a thick Ningbo accent: "What do you think? Should we send troops to rescue them?"

He Yingqin and Chen Cheng looked at each other and said: "Commissioner, Zhang Xueliang has gone abroad. The Northeastern Army in the Pingjin area is leaderless. If we don't reinforce them, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of Northeastern Army and the territory of Pingjin will be annexed by Zhang Xinghan.

Allowing Zhang Xinghan's unscrupulous development and expansion to continue is not beneficial to the party and the state. Zhang Xinghan is by no means comparable to Zhang Hanqing. If he becomes a leader, he will be more harmful than Zhang Zuolin."

He Yingqin's words resonated with Chen Cheng, and even Chairman Chiang nodded in recognition.

Chen Cheng said: "Minister He is right. In fact, in the past three years, Zhang Xinghan defeated the Japanese Kwantung Army with lightning speed and captured the four northeastern provinces. Now he has defeated the Japanese invaders in Goryeo and conquered the Goryeo Peninsula.

, has become a new land hegemon in Northeast Asia.

The orders given by you to the party, the state and the commissioners were obeyed and disobeyed in an extremely perfunctory manner. We must not continue to develop while indulging in him.

It must be contained, otherwise it will become a serious problem for the party and the country in the future. In the words of Minister He, its harm is no less than that of the former Fengcian warlord Zhang Zuolin, and may even be greater than the former."

"Well, what you two said makes sense. I was too careless in the past and took the overall situation into consideration, but I didn't expect that this kid Zhang Xinghan would develop so fast. It's like a divine help. It's really incredible." Chairman Jiang nodded.

Then he frowned slightly and said: "But the main force of our Central Army is suppressing the bandits. It is a critical moment now and we really can't mobilize too many troops to go north.

And our army of more than 100,000 people in North China must not only restrain the Shandong Army Han Fuqu and the Shanxi-Sui Army Yan Xishan, but also defend various places. I am afraid it will be difficult to stop Zhang Xinghan from going south!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome it.
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