Age of Rebirth

Chapter 220 IX

Song Zheyuan, commander of the No. 20 Ninth Army of the Nationalist Army, and chairman of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee, was in a hurry in the military headquarters. As soon as Tang Qiuli entered the city, he had a conflict with Japanese ronin. After receiving a report from his subordinates, things got serious again later. This Master Tang actually had a conflict with the old man's Imperial Forest Army Gendarmerie, sweat dripped from his face.

I really don’t know the importance of it. In Beiping city, there are two kinds of people who can’t be messed with. One is the Japanese, backed by the whole of Japan, and the other is the Gendarmerie, with Chairman Jiang standing behind him. This Tang Qiuli is very good. In the city, these two groups of people were left in a daze, their heads were ashamed, and he had no idea how to end up next.

Song Zheyuan's life was very difficult. In North China, in addition to the Japanese army suppressing the border, the pro-Japanese faction inside the Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee, such as Wang Yitang, Qi Kuiyuan, and Wang Kemin, attacked him from time to time at government affairs meetings. The spokesperson of the Japanese in North China's political arena, in his remarks, the degree of pro-Japanese and flattery is simply outrageous.

More importantly, Army General He Yingqin, Minister of the Military and Political Department of the Nationalist Government and Acting Chairman of the Beiping Military Branch, was deeply dissatisfied with himself. My own intention was only delayed until now because it was difficult to find a suitable candidate for a while. [

Recall that since following the old chief general Feng Yuxiang, after the failure of the Great Wall War, he was transferred to Beiping to garrison. , was ordered to monitor himself and the 29th Army.

Thinking of these troubles, Song Zheyuan became even more irritable. He struggled to support the current situation in North China, but caused ordinary people to call him soft-boned, afraid of the Japanese, and the upper echelons were suspicious. There is only a tens of thousands of people from the 29th Army deploying defense here, not to mention the gap in weapons and equipment. Once a war starts with the Japanese, how many days can this little army last?

When Tang Qiuli arrived at the headquarters of the 29th Army, it was the time when Song Zheyuan was full of worries. When he met this big man from North China, Tang Qiuli was startled. Seems like a lot of unsolvable problems.

When Song Zheyuan saw Tang Qiuli, he was taken aback for a moment. He seemed a little unable to believe his eyes. He didn't expect Mr. Tang to be so young. Even though his secretary-general came back and described it, it was still beyond his expectation. .

The first time they met, Tang Qiuli left a very good impression on Song Zheyuan. This general Tang did not have the ostentation of a young man at all. Killing and decisive, perfectly fused together, standing there, like a sharp sword hidden in its sheath, but unable to completely hide the cold light.

He looked at himself with a smile, his eyes were warm but sharp, and his good upbringing made him even more personable. This is a young man that no one dares to despise.

At this moment, Song Zheyuan suddenly had a strong jealousy in his heart. This kind of jealousy is a middle-aged man's instinct for men younger than himself, both psychologically and physically. envy.

Song Zheyuan felt a sense of relief in his heart. Someone finally came to share the chaos in North China for him.

He stretched out his hand affectionately from a long distance, and walked quickly towards Tang Qiuli. Tang Qiuli first gave a standard military salute: "Mr. Song, Tang Qiuli, commander of the new North China Independent Division of the Nationalist Army, reports to Commander Song. waiting to be dispatched"

This is one of his identities. The independent division is under the control of the 29th Army. On this point, Tang Qiuli has done an impeccable job. People in the military pay special attention to this.

Afterwards, he bowed slightly again, "Chairman Song, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee, come to meet the chairman." This is another status, and it is a formality that must be passed in the political circle. , As the saying goes: "There are many people who don't blame people for being polite."

After this procedure, he held Song Zheyuan's hand tightly. Song Zheyuan looked at Tang Qiuli with admiration and was full of joy. This young man is by no means simple. It's really Song's luck that people are his assistants.

He was happy, and most of Song Zheyuan's melancholy dissipated. Based on his decades of life experience, the ups and downs of the military and officialdom, Song Zheyuan intuitively felt that this is a person who can entrust important things to him. Lilu.

Song Zheyuan never let go of Tang Qiuli's hand during the journey from outside the door to the military headquarters room, and called Tang Qiuli one by one. The guards stared in a daze, the commander had never acted like this before, and officials at that time paid attention to not showing emotions or anger.

Song Zheyuan's invisible actions made Tang Qiuli much more important in the minds of the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army. This was an unexpected harvest, which laid the initial foundation for him to take over and incorporate the 29th Army after the July [-]th Incident.

After being seated, Song Zheyuan was introduced to Tang Qiuli in detail by the current situation in North China, especially the movements of the Japanese. When it came to the current chaos in North China, Song Zheyuan's mood, which had been much clearer just now, became heavy again.

The Japanese are pressing hard in the Pingjin area, setting up an autonomous government in the east of Hebei to prevent the Communist Party, but what is the self-government of the five provinces of North China? On the outskirts of Beiping, to the west are the bandits of Li Shouxin and Wang Ying, who were bought by the Japanese To the east is Yin Rugeng's security team of the East Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government, who are desperately working for the Japanese, and to the north are the puppet troops assembled in Rehe Province.

The Japanese army deployed a large number of defenses in these three directions, forming a circular encirclement with the Japanese army as the backbone and the puppet army as the subsidiary. Only the southwest of Beiping and the Yongding River area are still under the control of the 29th Army, but it has also been gradually compressed. strategic space.

It can be said that Beiping is besieged on three sides, and the situation is critical. It is like a ripe peach in the Japanese pocket. As long as the devil wants to do it, he can do it at any time. [

I have repeatedly proposed to General He Yingqin, the acting chairman of the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government and the Beiping Military Branch, that we need to increase military strength in North China to counter the pressing Japanese.

However, in addition to reprimanding himself, General He also said that he had ulterior motives and deliberately provoked troubles to undermine the current stable situation in North China and affect the government's policies and policies toward Japan.

A few big hats are suppressed, Xiao is Song Zheyuan's intention to rearm his armaments and fight against the Japanese, but he can do nothing, these charges are too big, and his head may be lost.

After Song Zheyuan finished speaking, he sighed again and again and shook his head, his face full of frustration.

When Song Zheyuan introduced the situation, Tang Qiuli didn't say a word, but just listened quietly. He knew the general situation of Beiping's military situation in this period from history, but when he was in the actual environment of this era , still has a shocking feeling that the situation in Beiping is so critical that it is far more serious than he imagined.

When he heard that Song Zheyuan went to He Yingqin and asked to send more troops to North China, he also sighed secretly in his heart. Brother Song really went to the wrong temple. This Admiral He is a well-known relative among all the important officials of the Nationalist Government. Japanese Pai, the experience of studying in Japan in his early years gave him a natural intimacy with Japan.

Looking for him to ask for additional troops?Isn't that looking for bad luck? This is the man who signed the infamous "Tanggu Agreement" with Yoshijiro Umezu, the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, during the period of presiding over the overall situation in North China. It is a demilitarized zone, and all the teams are withdrawn from the above-mentioned areas. The North China authorities are not allowed to support anti-Japanese activities, disband anti-Japanese groups within a time limit, and stop all anti-Japanese activities.

This agreement alone gave up the line between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, the Northeast and North China passages, and lost all natural dangers, so that the Japanese army could drive straight into the North China land, the Pingjin key points, and seize the opportunity, and the Japanese troops stationed in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin Shaking hands and joining forces, the entire Northeast has become a strategic rear and material supply base for the Japanese army to invade China in an all-round way.

Not only that, but Yu Xuezhong's troops were also transferred away from North China under the circumstances that the Japanese invaders were surrounded by heavy troops, so that the 29th Army independently supported all the defenses of North China. Because of the loss of geographical advantages, they were compressed around Pingjin, and the situation was extremely passive. .

As a result, the "[-]" student movement that shocked China and the world was triggered, and the father ordered strict suppression. The third military police regiment stationed in Beiping was his thug, and he asked him to send more troops to North China. The result was predictable. You know, it's all very lucky that Brother Song can come back unscathed.

Now, Beiping is actually an isolated city. Tang Qiuli understood why the Japanese devils had to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China in Wanping City near Lugou Bridge, in order to cut off the only retreat route of the 29th Army in Beiping City and annihilate them on the spot.

Song Zheyuan's mood became more and more heavy. Tang Qiuli carefully discovered that the strength and sense of indifference from the bottom of the heart of this frontier official with tens of thousands of soldiers in his hand filled him with exhaustion. When he first saw him, The excitement was dispelled by the current chaotic situation.

The room fell silent for a moment, Song Zheyuan looked up at Tang Qiuli, he was surprised to find that this young general had a calm face, and his clear eyes still had that calm demeanor, and he seemed to have no fear of the current dangerous situation. do not worry.

"This person is either courageous and confident, or he is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He does not pay enough attention to the current situation in North China. No matter from which point of view, the appearance of this person will definitely bring chaos and dullness to the political situation in North China. In the political affairs committee, he was not alone. Since he first entered Beijing, he did two things that others feared to avoid. His position and attitude towards the Japanese were clear at a glance. It's quite similar to myself."Song Zheyuan thought to himself.

(To be continued)