Age of Rebirth

Chapter 470 Panicked Han Fuju

With the official signing of the Sino-Japanese Armistice Agreement in Nanjing, the Japanese Second and Third Fleets hovering in the waters off Hangzhou Bay, as well as the remnants of the former Shanghai Dispatch Army in the waters off Wusongkou, really disappeared from people's sight, and the cloud of war dissipated. matter.

Shanghai has returned to its former prosperity, and Nanjing is even more prosperous with singing and dancing. A group of swords and guns are put into storage, and horses are released to Nanshan. It is a far-off peaceful scene, and it is not even necessary to maintain a large military force in the Songhu area. The call for the abolition of the Songhu Garrison Command and the abolition of the Eighth Army has gradually become the mainstream thinking. Soldiers are no longer in the minds of the people. hero.

As for North China, it is far away from us, and it seems to be a matter of another world. Besides, there are a million soldiers of Vice Chairman Tang blocking it, and the Japanese cannot cross the Yellow River.

Those wealthy people who can embrace red and green, sell famous cars, eat wine and meat, and spend a lot of money in high-end places have become the objects of public admiration again. Even the Eighth Army that defends Hangzhou Bay has to be withdrawn. The Sulu Mobile Corps of the North China Independent Division, There is no need to stay in the Songhu-Hangzhou area. [

Inside the government, some people even questioned Vice Chairman Tang's intentions. After the Songhu war ended, why did he still maintain a huge military force here?It seems that there is an attempt to meddle in the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, Chairman Jiang does not believe it. Tang Qiuli has a lot of opportunities, so why make such a bad move. However, in the telegram, he also hinted at this very tactfully.

Of course, this cannot be said clearly. Chairman Jiang’s reason is that the huge strength of the Sulu Mobile Corps has been staying in the Jiangnan area for a long time, which may arouse the suspicion of people with ulterior motives. What’s more, the necessary supplies are all transported by the Northern Army Branch. The Northern Army Branch was so overwhelmed that it affected North China's preparations for war, and it also asked Tang Qiuli for his opinion on the abolition of the Songhu Garrison Command.

From the moment Tang Qiuli received the news that the Nanjing armistice agreement between China and Japan had been signed, he understood that the Japanese were ready and had completed a new deployment. The more reasonable and well-prepared Japanese army group is about to rush to the Songhu area again. The poor high-ranking officials are still dreaming of enjoying peace. Don’t you know that the Japanese have sharpened their knives and are about to strike. !

He had to rush back to the front line in North China. The Japanese army made some moves in Songhu. How could the millions of Japanese soldiers in North China be lonely? This also declared that his leisurely and beautiful life was officially over. His nagging, his wife's charming face like a flower, all of this will come to an end.

After lunch at my father-in-law's house, I dealt with some military affairs, and when I arrived at my parents' house with Mei Ting, it happened to be dinner. The family of four gathered around the table and ate delicious authentic Northeast dishes. My mother suddenly sighed, Tang Qiuli asked in amazement, and the mother said, when will I bring back a grandson to your father and me, I will be happy, and it will save me from having nothing to do all day and worrying about being idle.

Tang Qiuli laughed for a while, and hurriedly buried her head in eating, and said to herself, oh my god, this matter is not up to me, I have to rely on her, Mei Ting blushed, wishing she could get in through a crack in the ground, her mother-in-law is really outspoken , Seeing Tang Qiuli's sinister smile again, he was so angry that he pinched his thigh fiercely under the table, Tang Qiuli grinned in pain, just like a father seeing his daughter-in-law uncomfortable, he turned the conversation away.

On October [-], Tang Qiuli returned to the front line in North China from Dingbian. In the headquarters of the Shijiazhuang division, Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang reported to him the recent enemy situation. The Japanese army has not made any major moves recently, and the front is temporarily stable. It's just that the mobilization is frequent, and the troops are mainly concentrated in Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei, Baoding in southern Hebei, and Cangzhou, forming three heavy military groups.

In Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei, the total Japanese army strength is about 20, in Baoding in southern Hebei, the total Japanese army strength is about 40, and in Cangzhou, the Japanese army has a total strength of about 30. In these three places, there are more than [-] Japanese troops in North China. Human strength, at present, it is impossible to judge whether it will be activated or not. Our frontline troops are closely monitoring.

Looking at the three thick arrows on the map of the situation of the enemy and ourselves, representing the massing of the Japanese army, Tang Qiuli fought fiercely. The intention of the Japanese army in North China was obvious. The scale of the attack and the posture of the Japanese army showed that the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou in western Hebei must have attacked Datong via Yangyuan and Dongjingji, and surrounded Taiyuan from the north.

The Japanese army in Baoding in the south of Hebei must go south to Jingxing and Niangziguan to attack Shanxi and encircle Taiyuan from the west. It is also possible that a part of the troops will go directly south and attack Kaifeng in Henan via Xingtai, Handan, and Anyang. As for the Japanese army in Cangzhou, It was the troops attacking Shandong. They were all waiting, waiting for a time. This time was when the Japanese army on the southern front re-launched the Songhu Campaign.

In less than a week, there will be large-scale battles in Jiangnan and North China, and this time, it must be a decisive battle of life and death. He immediately ordered the independent divisions in various places to prepare for all battles. The Sulu mobile corps stationed in Hangzhou Bay, immediately Entering the first level of combat readiness, Liu Tiehan Dongzhi's troops set up defenses along the Yellow River and reported the information to Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju.

The troops on the front lines of Laiyuan, Shijiazhuang, and Hengshui in Hebei are ready to abandon the plain towns they are currently stationed at any time and shrink to the Taihang Mountains to avoid the enemy's edge and look for fighter opportunities. He doesn't want to be on the North China Plain with more than 90 Japanese troops. Fight a war of attrition.

He specially ordered Tang Enbo's Eighth Army on the Yellow River defense line in Henan to raise the level of alert. If the heavy Japanese army approached, they could rely on the urban defenses of Tangyin, Hebi, and Xinxiang to resist steadily. However, Zhengzhou and Luoyang on the south bank of the Yellow River must stick to it. , never give up.

If the Japanese army invades with part of its troops, they will resolutely stop the Japanese army on the front line of Anyang, and then there will be new combat missions. He explained to Tang Enbo in great detail. At the critical moment, whether he can lose the chain, but with his 23 troops, it should not be a problem to defend the key points on the south bank of the Yellow River.

After thinking about it, he was still not convinced, so he sent a telegram to order Su Jingfeng's Yellow River Henan Defense Line Defense Corps, with more than [-] troops, to immediately station in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng as the backup force of Tang Corps.

In the end, he personally wrote a long letter to Chief Officer Yan in Shanxi, clarifying the dangerous situation Shanxi is currently facing, and hoped that he would take corresponding measures to take serious precautions. Datong in the north of Shanxi, Niangziguan and Yangquan in the east of Shanxi must be the main battlefields. The main force of the Jin army can be concentrated in these two directions. .

Shanxi is the main battlefield of this war. He very much hopes that Yan Xishan can pay attention to the situation in front of him, resist the 20 Japanese troops on the North Road, and buy himself time so that he can move his troops eastward and meet Liu Tiehan's eastward command. Troops, wipe out all the Japanese troops that attacked Shandong from Cangzhou, this battle is easy to fight, and then go back to the west and wipe out all the Japanese troops that attacked Shanxi, otherwise, with our current strength, we will be stretched. .

And once the gate of Shanxi is opened by the Japanese army, the Yellow River defense line will face fierce Japanese attacks everywhere, and it will collapse sooner or later. Shandong Liu Tiehan Dongzhi troops, Songhu Qiusheng brother's Sulu Mobile Corps, will be attacked by the Japanese army on both sides, and will be wiped out. Once the Japanese troops from the north and the south join together, the whole situation will be corrupted and can't be dealt with.

After Yan Xishan received Tang Qiuli's handwritten letter, he twirled his beard, and with a sly gleam in his eyes, he asked the generals under him, what do you think of this matter, there are old men on the top, the senior generals of the Jin army, who dare to speak nonsense, They all looked at Chief Yan, knowing that the old man had already made up his mind, so he just listened to the yelling. [

Yan Xishan was very satisfied with the performance of the generals. He knew in his heart that it was not a day or two since Vice Chairman Tang wanted to attack him with 40 Jin troops. In the Zhangjiakou area in the west, a large number of Japanese troops were assembled, and they crossed the Shanxi-Hebei border as soon as they lifted their legs, and arrived in Datong. It was the old man's pocketbook, and the high-quality coal produced was exchanged for him every day. Never lose it.

Therefore, Yan Xishan's combat readiness situation is that the 26 divisions of the Jin Army's First Group Army with [-] people, led by the commander-in-chief Zhao Chengshou, will all head towards Datong, deploy defenses in Xubao and the ancient city, and build fortifications. Zhao Chengshou's order is that he must stick to it and not take a step back, otherwise, he will come to see him.

Zhao Chengshou knew the weight of these words, and he also knew the position of the Datong mining area in the old man's heart. Therefore, when he arrived in the Datong area, he did a very solid and well-prepared job. This was also the only line of defense that the Japanese army did not break through in Shanxi after the battle started. , Keeping the northern gate of Taiyuan also gave Tang Qiuli time to readjust his strategy.

As for the line between Yangquan and Niangziguan, after crossing the border is Shijiazhuang in Hebei. He only sent two divisions. The old man thought cunningly that there was Tang Qiuli's independent division standing in front of him, so he didn't have to add patches to others. In response to Jing'er, it's very good to think about it. This is also the execution of the order of his commander-in-chief in the theater, and no one can fault it.

After receiving Liu Tiehan's notification, Han Fuju, king of Shandong, attached great importance to it and started to act immediately. However, this Han Qingtian's action was not to adjust deployment, mobilize troops, and prepare for defense, but was busy selling fixed assets and transferring family wealth. Most of the gold and silver treasures were deposited in the Deutsche Bank in Qingdao, and a small part was carried with him.

He also transferred the three divisions of the cronies to the vicinity of Jinan as his own escort team. After finishing all these tasks, he lived in fear every day in the provincial government building. He is on standby at all times. If the wind is not right, the chairman of Shandong Province is ready to leave millions of Qilu elders behind and run away by himself.

Han Fuju's actions caused great panic among the people, and various rumors spread all over the sky in Jinan City. Liu Tiehan saw that this was not a sign, and held a meeting in Jinan in the name of the highest military officer of the Central Army's North China Independent Division stationed in Shandong. The press conference and the public refutation of rumors stabilized the hearts of the people.

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