The Republic of Heroes

Li Youting personally took command of the first battle in Luoyang, and rushed to the Henan Independent First Brigade stationed in Yanshi overnight.Luoyang is located on the Longhai Line. The Japanese army suddenly occupied this ancient capital and cut off the east-west traffic. No one can take this responsibility.

The Henan First Independent Brigade is Li Youting's old foundation, which was born out of the Shandong Army Independent Brigade. After he became the chairman of the Henan Provincial Government with the support of Wu Xiaoliang, he expanded the first division and the third brigade with the independent brigade as the backbone, so the Henan First Independent Brigade It is definitely the main force of the main force in the Henan army.

After a research plan by the staff department, it was decided to use a surprise attack to catch the Japanese occupying Luoyang by surprise.The task of the assault was handed over to the tank regiment formed with the full support of Wu Xiaoliang, and launched a general attack on the urban area on the outskirts of Luoyang that night.

But the result was surprising. When the tank regiment broke through the east gate of Luoyang and entered the urban area, it was not blocked by a single bullet. From the train station to the city hall to the security headquarters, there was not even a ghost.In the city shrouded in pitch-black night, apart from the restless scene, it was unexpectedly peaceful as if nothing had happened.

After the entire Henan First Independent Brigade entered Luoyang City, Li Youting ordered martial law to block the city and at the same time conducted a thorough combing, but still no trace of the Japanese army was found.It wasn't until dawn that the Henan Second Independent Brigade coming from Yiyang drove to the outskirts of Luoyang, and it was confirmed that the Japanese army had disappeared out of the Luoyang city.

How could this make Li Youting reconciled, Wu Xiaoliang was relieved to hand over the military and political power of Henan Province to him to act as an agent, but such a shameful thing happened in the end.Immediately send people to visit the people in the city, and gather government personnel to investigate what happened in Luoyang City during this day and night.

The results obtained were unanimous, and there were several hours of buzzing over Luoyang before dark, which should be swarms of planes.Later, Li Youting went to Luoyang Airport in person and confirmed from the airport staff that there were indeed a large number of Japanese military planes taking off and landing at Luoyang Airport.

However, no one knows the specific details.

"Hey! The Japanese devils drove us all to the warehouse, neither killing nor fighting, until we heard the planes whizzing by outside, and then, and then us, our own people came..."

Li Youting's face was livid, and he didn't care about the impolite nagging of the airport maintenance worker who was a witness. It seemed that the Japanese army was attacking suddenly and retreating suddenly, and they came here for the purpose of slapping their faces. He unconsciously touched two It's hard enough to beat yourself in the face.

The situation in front of him made him very embarrassed, but he had no choice but to send a telegram to Kaifeng truthfully, reporting the situation in Luoyang in detail.

This lightning raid not only gave Li Youting a slap in the face, but also sounded the alarm for Wu Xiaoliang.The Japanese airborne raid on Luoyang reminded him to take key anti-airborne measures for key targets, otherwise if something goes wrong, the loss will be irreparable.

Luoyang was lost and then lost and regained. This matter quickly aroused an uproar in the country. Nanjing quickly stated that due to the rampant Japanese army, the first-tier cities on the Yellow River were in danger of falling into the battlefield at any time, and proposed to hold this national reconciliation in Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government. General Assembly.

However, soon Nanjing was severely slapped in the face, and the student movement intensified again, almost causing bloodshed again. For a while, the Nanjing Nationalist Government was unanimously condemned by the whole country, and almost fell into a situation where everyone shouted and beat them.However, Li Zongren, Chen Jitang and others from the Guangxi and Cantonese factions resolutely opposed the suggestion that the meeting should be held in a southern city far away from the northern war zone. Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, Yan Xishan and others firmly advocated holding the meeting in Xi'an.

After fighting back and forth, the Nanjing side simply flicked their sleeves and proposed to shelve the meeting, and wait for everyone to reach a consensus or have a suitable opportunity to hold it again.Seeing that the reconciliation conference was about to be messed up, Wu Xiaoliang worriedly put forward a compromise proposal, hoping that colleagues across the country would put the country and the nation first and make a choice between Wuhan and Chongqing.

The heads of several major warlords thought about it and thought about it, and finally chose Wuhan.

So it was decided that half a month later, that is, on December 24, a reconciliation conference will be officially held in Wuhan.

The trip to Luoyang was in vain. Wu Xiaoliang didn't intend to return to Jinan so soon. Now that he had already come out, he simply went west along the Longhai Line to Xi'an for inspection. However, there was a sudden disharmony behind Jinan sound.

"Junzuo, Jinan Telegram!"

Li Youting accompanied him all the way, and just after arriving in Zhengzhou, he received an urgent telegram from Jinan.

When Wu Xiaoliang looked up, he found that Li Youting personally delivered the telegram.

"This is all the job of the confidential secretary. How did Jing Cong deliver the telegram in person?"

Li Youting respectfully said: "I have something important to report, but I just met him, but it is not as urgent as the telegram from Jinan."

"There is trouble in Jinan. Unidentified militants have occupied the railway station on the Jiaoji Line. Li Qianting asked for instructions on how to deal with it."

Wu Xiaoliang's heart moved, there were only a few people who could make Li Zejun helpless, could it be him?Suddenly a face appeared in front of him.

"Tell him to act in accordance with the law, to be impartial, and not to favor one's own interests!"

Li Youting didn't know the specific affairs in Jinan. He thought it was the relatives and subordinates of some military and political officials who were making trouble again. Li Zejun was afraid that it would affect the overall situation and it would be difficult to make a decision for a while.

Wu Xiaoliang didn't pay much attention to this matter at first. With Li Zejun's ability and the 57th Division, it would never cause much disaster. He just felt a little emotional, and the internal fighting was endless. Perhaps this was just the beginning.

Suddenly, the confidential secretary knocked on the door again and came in, "Chairman, there is an urgent call from Xi'an. Chairman Zhang has personally arrived in Tongguan to meet the chairman! Call to inquire about the train number and time to arrive in Tongguan."

Wu Xiaoliang asked the confidential secretary to reply according to the procedure, and waved him away.

"Zhang Hanqing may have encountered a problem. The situation in Xi'an is the most complicated among the three provinces of Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi."

Wu Xiaoliang didn't know much about Zhang Xueliang's situation in Xi'an. Hearing that Li Youting seemed to know something inside, he asked, "Does Jing Cong know something inside? Tell me!"

"The Northeast Army has been in Shaanxi for a long time, and it is fighting with Yang Hucheng of the Northwest Army. The situation is indeed not good. Recently, I heard that it is not very happy with Yan'an. Several regiments have announced their defection from the Northeast Army. Zhang Hanqing is now in Xi'an, but Feeling like sitting on pins and needles, he can't wait to leave Shaanxi immediately and go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese devils, otherwise the [-] Northeast Army will tend to fall apart."

"Well, that's true, but Zhang Hanqing is still overly impatient. The War of Resistance Against Japan is a protracted war..."

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