War of Resistance

Chapter 306
After Han Fuqu ordered Sun Tongxuan, Cao Fulin, and Gu Liangmin to concentrate, he immediately issued an order to abandon Jinan.

So far, the four armies of Han Fuqu's Third Army, with a total of [-] troops, lost Jinan before firing a single shot!

Once the news spread to Wuhan, Generalissimo Jiang, who had already lost Nanjing under siege, was furious: he directly ordered Dai Li of the Secret Service to organize the arrest of Han Fuqu; Director Dai carried out the operation to arrest Han Fuqu.

In fact, Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, agreed a hundred times to the arrest of Han Fuqu——Han Fuqu led the third army to retreat without a fight, abandoned Jinan, and lost the natural danger of the Yellow River. The Nationalist Government and the National Revolutionary Army slapped Li Zongren hard on the face.

Li Zongren, as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, failed to manage the headquarters of the Third Army Group. His hat was turned up, which meant that his command was not strict and his command was not effective.The withdrawal of the Third Army is not only a disgrace to the Fifth Theater, but also a disgrace to the entire national army!

Ever since, the arrest of Han Fuqu has been put on the agenda.

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Li Zongren's Office, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Theater Command.

"Report to the commander, Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Seventh War Zone, called to ask the commander if he had received the gift?" A major ran in with a message and reported.

"Gift?" Li Zongren was a little confused. After all, his fifth war zone now has nearly 40 troops, and basically it is mainly composed of motley troops with many factions. Disobedience to command occurs.

One Han Fuqu has already troubled Li Zongren enough, but there can be no second one. He has been busy these days, so when he heard this telegram, he was a little dazed.

After all, there are many affairs, and it is normal to forget some things.

"Yes, that's what was written in Officer Tang's telegram." The major corrected his face.

Li Zongren thought about it for about half a minute, and finally remembered, he said: "Oh, that's right. It seems that Chief Tang said that he would send me a combat unit of the German Armor Reinforcement Regiment. I promised it before, and the designation seems to be the No. The Seventh Theater is directly under the First Regiment, right?"

"Sir, your memory is wrong." The major corrected Li Zongren's words, "The designation of this regiment is the first regiment directly under the third war zone. The troops that were formed directly in Nanjing during the Nanjing Defense War, although the designation is the third war zone. No., but its troops have never returned to the third war zone. Earlier, before crossing the river, Chief Tang had ordered this army to gather in Xuzhou."

When the major said this, Li Zongren had completely remembered, he rubbed his fists and said: "This Tang Shengzhi is really interesting, he sent me a German weapon strengthening group at once, it seems that I am not sure about this favor His."

As an old fox who has experienced officialdom and battlefields, how could Li Zongren not understand what Tang Shengzhi meant?
Tang Shengzhi and Li Zongren are old acquaintances, and they have a certain friendship in private, so at the last moment, Tang Shengzhi still gave him a final gift, let alone a big gift, it can only be said to be of moderate meaning, but it is also very interesting.

Nanjing fell, and the Seventh War Zone existed in name only. Most of the troops were destroyed in the defense of Nanjing. Among the German armor divisions, only the 36th Division was mostly withdrawn, and the others had already existed in name only.

This third war zone is directly under the first regiment. Although it is only a small reinforced regiment, it is a German armor reinforced regiment with excellent equipment. It can be used as a very sharp knife if it is used well.

Moreover, this regiment has not yet officially received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Wuhan Military Commission, but it just happened to start.If he didn't attack, Gu Zhutong would bring this army back to the third war zone.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, not to mention that it is not a mosquito, is it?This is quite a fat thigh...

"Immediately call the first regiment directly under the third war zone and ask where they have arrived!" Li Zongren is not the kind of person who does things in a hurry. Since he wants this army, he must act quickly.

What's more, the fifth theater is short of troops, especially excellent and capable troops, just like the No. 20 Second Army of the Sichuan Army under the command of Deng Xihou. Didn't Li Zongren also want it just now?

You must know that this No.20 Second Army is a unit that Yan Xishan, the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater, does not want, and it is also a unit that no theater is willing to accept.

There is also an interesting story about why the Sichuan Army was rejected by Yan Xishan, the commander of the second theater.

Deng Xihou's troops were originally stationed in Chengdu in western Sichuan. Because the waterway leading to the outside world was blocked by Liu Xiang's troops in the defense area, they could not buy ammunition to replenish them. Therefore, most of the firearms and weapons used by soldiers were made of clay and were extremely inferior.

Inspired by righteousness this time, the Deng Xihou Department of the Sichuan Army invited him out of Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance. According to the military order of the command headquarters, it was organized into the No. 20 Second Army, under the jurisdiction of the No. 40 First Army, and the No. 40 Fifth Army. Deng Xihou was the commander-in-chief. Sun Zhen As the deputy commander, Sun Zhen concurrently served as the commander of the No.40 First Army, and the commander of the No.40 Fifth Army was Chen Dingxun, a general from Deng Xihou's line.

This time out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, the No.20 Second Army, led by Deng and Sun, went to the second theater to participate in the Shanxi defense battle.However, the army hastily set out, trekking long distances, and there is no organization of supply depots along the way, so it is necessary to buy food and grass on the spot, which has a great impact on military discipline-such a large army, and it is far away when going north, it is inevitable that there will be some divisions that rob food. .

Deng Xihou's troops arrived in Shanxi, but Taiyuan had already been declared lost. The Japanese army rushed to the left and right of the national army with mobile and fast troops. warehouse, without asking for instructions, broke into the door and replenished without authorization.Cough cough, to put it bluntly, it is a robbery.

This matter was quickly learned by Yan Xishan, the commander of the second war zone. Yan Xishan was furious, and immediately called the command headquarters to ask the Sichuan Army to transfer.

After receiving this problem, the High Command immediately raised it in the daily report in the high-level meeting. Chiang Kai-shek was also very angry when he heard this report, and said: "If the second theater refuses to take it, let them be transferred to the first theater. Ask Chief Cheng if you want it?"

Soon, the Military Commission called Zhengzhou to Cheng Qian, the commander of the First Theater Command, to inform him of the order and to tell the truth about it.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Qian had heard about the Sichuan Army's style for a long time, but he refused directly on the phone.

Later, the Military Commission had nothing to do. After Lin Wei, the deputy chief of the Military Order Department, reported the news to Chairman Jiang and asked for instructions, Chiang Kai-shek was in a bad mood because of his initial loss in Nanjing. Furious, he said, "Then send them back and let them go back to Sichuan to become kings and emperors!"

Bai Chongxi listened from the side, and persuaded him: "Let me call Xuzhou and ask Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone if he wants it?"

Afterwards, Bai Chongxi immediately asked Li Zongren by long-distance call from Wuhan, and told what happened.

For Li Zongren at this time, it was the time when Han Fuqu retreated without a fight and had no reinforcements to transfer, so he said to Bai Chongxi: "It's very good! It's very good! I need soldiers now, please hurry up They were transferred to Xuzhou!"

When Bai Chongxi heard that Li Zongren agreed so readily, he reminded him: "Of course their combat capabilities are worse."

Unexpectedly, Li Zongren said with a wry smile: "Zhuge Liang made grass-roots soldiers as suspicious soldiers. They are better than grass-people, right? Please call them quickly!"

As a result, the No.20 Second Army of the Sichuan Army was assigned to the fifth theater of battle on December 1937, 12.

Coincidentally, it was also half an hour before Li Zongren called to ask Zhang Tianhai where the first regiment directly under the third war zone was.

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After receiving the telegram from Li Zongren in the Fifth War Zone, Guo Qiliang was not in a general embarrassment. After all, they were ordered by Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Nanjing Garrison, to go north to Xuzhou. The order, said to be assigned to the order of the fifth theater.

However, Xuzhou is the territory of Chief Li Zongren of the Fifth War Zone, so he has to report.

Now Guo Qiliang really wants to wait for Zhang Tianhai, but isn't the call from Chief Li, the commander of the fifth war zone, just to urge them to report to Xuzhou as soon as possible?No guarantee, there is a big battle to be fought.

As for whether it will be classified as the battle order of the fifth theater, these are not what he should care about when he is young like Guo Qiliang. What he needs to care about is how to reply to this telegram from Chief Li so that the leader Zhang Tianhai will not be exposed. Things that are not in the regiment headquarters.

Disobedience on the battlefield is a big problem. If it is exposed, it will have a great impact on Zhang Yulin's personal future, and it will be a bad impact, so Guo Qiliang feels very embarrassed.

"Chief of Staff Guo, how should I reply to this telegram?" Zheng Man asked Guo Qiliang at the temporary regiment headquarters of the Zhiyi Regiment.

I saw Guo Qiliang sighed softly: "Hey, to be honest, I am also very embarrassed. It must be extremely bad to deceive the officer. The key is that after lying, no one can help us get the lie back. "

From Guo Qiliang's point of view, Zhang Tianhai hasn't had any news for so long, so something has happened.

"Don't worry, according to reliable news, Zhang Yulin has already led his troops on the way north." Zheng Man smiled slightly, but he didn't know where the reliable news came from.

After hearing the news, Guo Qiliang finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he immediately made a decision, and said seriously: "That's all right, Chief Zheng, you immediately call back Chief Li of the Fifth War Zone, and tell us The first regiment directly under the third war zone will soon arrive in Xuzhou!"

Guo Qiliang could only buy Zhang Tianhai two more days.

"Yes! Chief of Staff!" Zheng Man returned a military salute, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was even wider, like a freshly bloomed mountain flower, extremely beautiful.

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