Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Seeing the confidant chief of staff rushing into the office, Li Pinxian, who was always covered by a smile on his face, subconsciously asked: "Chief of staff, how is the situation, how did the other two commanders react, and whether they decided to carry out the order..."

The chief of staff did not speak immediately, but took a meaningful look at Yang Yongtai sitting next to Li Pinxian, the purpose of which was self-evident.Seeing this, Li Pinxian quickly replied: "Chief of Staff, this is the Secretary-General of the National Government Administration Council. He came to convey the appointment to me. It can be said that he is one of his own. If you have anything to say, don't hesitate..."

"Yes..." the chief of staff affirmed.

Immediately, he reported to Li Pinxian: "Military seat, Secretary-General Yang, the specific situation is as follows...For my temptation, Commander Xia Wei bluntly refused, and also persuaded us to obey the order together and not to do something that we regret for life. Things. As for Commander Huang Xuchu, his attitude was vague. He neither expressed his opposition to the execution of the order, nor expressed his consent to the execution of the order. As expected from his humble position, Commander Huang must be planning to sit back and wait for the reaction of our two armies..."

When Li Pinxian's expectant face became more and more gloomy, Yang Yongtai's eyes beside him quickly flashed a bright light.Then, he opened his mouth to analyze Li Pinxian: "Commander Li... No, I should call you Chairman Li now. This situation is not beyond the expectations of the central government."

"Commander Xia Wei, as a senior general of the Guangxi family trained by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, did not obey orders, which was beyond our expectations. However, as long as we win over Commander Huang Xuchu, we will have two armies in our hands." Forces. And the National Defense Forces. At most, there will be only one army and one so-called mountain division. At that time, the entire Guangxi Province will still be our world..."

The Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, who carried the rank of major general on his shoulders, said, "But, Secretary-General Yang, how can we win over Commander Huang? You know. Within our Guangxi faction, Commander Huang Xuchu has always been known for his cunning. If there is not enough I believe that Commander Huang will not choose to join us when the news is unknown..."

A cunning smile quickly passed from the corner of Yang Yongtai's mouth.Then, facing Li Pinxian beside him with a sly smile, he asked back: "As for the benefits and conditions that can make Commander Huang Xuchu's heart beat, it depends on Chairman Li just appointed by the central government, that is, your Commander Li... "

Because of Yang Yongtai's slightly reminding rhetorical question.A smile flashed unexpectedly on Li Pinxian's gloomy face, and he said, "Secretary-General Yang is right. Now I am the chairman of Guangxi Province and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army. I can definitely propose a condition that will satisfy Huang Xuchu. Support us against Li Zongren, against the National Defense Forces, drive the National Defense Forces out of Guangxi Province, and form a new Guangxi army...”[

After speaking, Li Pinxian shifted his gaze to the map.Thinking to himself, he said: "Xiawei No.15 Army is stationed in the south of Guangxi, and Huang Xuchu's headquarters is in the northwest of Guangxi, mainly in charge of Baise and Hechi. Since Huang Xuchu wants conditions, then I will In the name of the Chairman of Guangxi Province, hand over all the military and political power in Baise and Hechi to him. As long as he cooperates with our Seventh Army to drive the National Defense Force out of Guangxi and take down Xiawei's No.15 Army. He It is the Northwest King of Guangxi. Besides, if he is still not satisfied, I can also give Chongzuo to him..."

Before Li Pinxian finished speaking, the chief of staff standing in front of him was already getting anxious.He also doesn't care about his own identity.He stood up decisively and said, "Military seat, this is not giving half of Guangxi Province to Huang Xuchu. In this way, even if we drive the national defense forces out of Guangxi Province, we will only get half of Guangxi Province's territory and absolutely..."

Compared with the eagerness of the chief of staff, Yang Yongtai, who was standing beside Li Pinxian, showed a look of admiration on his face.Facing Li Pinxian in front of him, he praised without hesitation: "Those who achieve great things do not care about small things, Chairman Li, I admire your courage. But on the other hand, as long as you can completely drive the National Defense Forces out of Guangxi Province, even if you pay The entire western part of Guangxi is also very cost-effective for you."

"Because, although the western part of Guangxi occupies half of Guangxi Province in terms of land area, the financial revenue of the entire western part can barely reach less than [-]% of the entire Guangxi Province. With less than [-]% of the financial revenue of Guangxi Province, Huang Xuchu An army commander can support at most one army. However, Chairman Li, who owns most of the financial revenue of Guangxi Province, can support two armies. In troubled times, the army is the foundation of a foothold. With the troops in hand, Chairman Li is still worried that he will not be able to control the entire Guangxi Province?"

Being able to serve as one of the few lieutenant generals in the Republic of China in troubled times, Li Pinxian not only possesses high military command ability, but also has very high political acumen.

Before Secretary-General Yang Yongtai spoke, Li Pinxian, who made the decision to give half of the province to Huang Xuchu, had already thought of this deep meaning.

After nodding to Yang Yongtai with approval, he said meaningfully: "Chief of Staff, Secretary-General Yang is right. The territory is gone, we can still grab it. But, people and money are gone, There is nothing left. So, as long as we have money, we can raise more troops. And with more troops, we can seize more territory. The present pay is only for the future to gain more... ..."

With the conditions proposed by Chairman Li Pinxian, the Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army embarked on the journey to White again.With Li Pinxian's expectations for the future, he went to Baibai to persuade Huang Xuchu to join his side and drive the National Defense Forces out of Guangxi Province.

In order to be the provincial chairman and to keep his position in Guangxi Province, when Li Pinxian began to connect with others.Commander Xia Wei, who noticed something strange from the mouth of the Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, in order to leave a good impression on the National Defense Forces, immediately transmitted his discovery to the National Defense Army Mountain Group Army Headquarters in Nanning City through radio waves.

Li Guosheng, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, learned of the shocking changes in Guangxi through a telegram forwarded by the former mountain division commander Yang Xiankun of the National Defense Forces.Of course, this shocking change is still going on secretly at this moment, and it has not shown on the bright side.

Faced with speculation from Yang Xiankun and Xia Wei.Although Li Guosheng wanted to go to Guangxi to deal with it himself.However, after serious thinking.I still denied this idea and decided to take Li Zongren to Guangxi.On the one hand to deal with this matter, on the other hand to officially announce to the world the fact that the Guangxi faction has been incorporated into the National Defense Forces...

Under the escort of the navy, it took only three days for Li Guosheng and Li Zongren to appear in Nanning City.At the same time, Bai Chongxi, Commander of the Mountain Group Army, and Yang Xiankun, Deputy Commander, appointed by the General Command of the National Defense Forces, also immediately gathered at the Mountain Group Army Headquarters in Nanning...

Looking at Yang Xiankun, who hadn't seen him in half a year and who didn't exude the mature temperament of a soldier, Li Guosheng nodded very satisfied.then.After returning a military salute to Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun, he said, "Commander Bai, Deputy Commander Yang, you have worked hard for the past six months..."

Afterwards, Li Zongren, who had completely dismissed his military post, also said, "Jingzhi, Deputy Commander Yang, I won't say much. I believe you all know the ultimate purpose of the commander-in-chief and I rushing here. Let's make a long story short. You two first introduce the current situation in Guangxi, and let me see how this Li Pinxian betrayed the Guangxi faction, and for his own self-interest, he did not hesitate to risk the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Seventh Army...you know. The Seventh Army is the original unit of our Guangxi Clan, and it can also be said to be the most elite unit among the [-] troops in Guangxi. The loss of one soldier and one soldier is the loss of our National Defense Army..."

Speaking of business, the four quickly walked to the map.Bai Chongxi, commander of the Mountain Army.First of all, he opened his mouth and introduced: "President, Chairman. After investigation by our intelligence agents scattered in the original Guangxi faction, Li Pinxian, the commander of the Seventh Army, has contacted Huang Xuchu's headquarters stationed in Baise, and there are signs of unity..." [

Speaking of this, Bai Chongxi pointed to the red arrows just drawn on the map, and said: "This is the military mobilization of Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu's troops in the past few days. With one exception, all their troops are pointing at our garrison. The Xiawei Division and the Mountain Division in the Nanning area. So far, the troops scattered in these areas have reached four divisions..."

Yang Xiankun, the deputy commander of the Mountain Group Army, added immediately afterward: "After receiving the news that Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu, commanders of the army, may rebel, I once thought about dispatching special forces to Baise and Guilin to carry out a beheading operation. However, since the two decided to After the rebellion, martial law was imposed on the two cities, leaving the special forces with no chance at all..."

Just when Li Guosheng was deep in thought, Li Zongren, who was standing next to Li Guosheng, said: "With Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu joining forces, our [-]th Army and Mountain Division, including Nanning, will be surrounded by these two armies. Therefore, except for the south side near the sea, we are already surrounded by the enemy on three sides..."

"In addition, once this battle breaks out, with the strength of the Seventh Army, the [-] troops in Guangxi Province will definitely suffer heavy losses in this battle..."

At this moment, Li Guosheng's calm facial expression finally changed a little, and he said coldly to the people in front of him: "If this matter is really just an internal matter of the Guangxi Clan, then with the strong combat power of the Mountain Division, it is enough Resolve the battle in a short period of time, eliminate Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu, and reduce the loss of Guangxi Province as much as possible. After all, since half a year ago, Guangxi Province has belonged to a piece of land under the control of our National Defense Forces, and any loss is ours. Wehrmacht losses..."

Having said that, Li Guosheng changed the subject and continued: "However, I think this matter is far from as simple as we imagined... Everyone, this is the telegram I received from the intelligence headquarters on the ship. ..."

"When we went to Guangxi, that is, when Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu began to dispatch troops, the central government troops located in Guangdong Province also began to mobilize, targeting Wuzhou, where the [-]th Army was stationed. Not only that, according to Nanjing intelligence According to the information sent by the sub-office, Yang Yongtai, Secretary-General of the Government Affairs Council, who has an important position in the Nanjing Central Government, has suddenly disappeared in Nanjing a week ago and disappeared... If I don’t expect, this Yang Yongtai is now in Li Pinxian's headquarters, assist Li Pinxian in hosting this rebellion..."

Li Zongren reacted suddenly, and exclaimed to Li Guosheng: "Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean to say: there is a shadow of the central government behind this rebellion. What's more, this rebellion may be led by the central government..."

"Well..." Li Guosheng nodded noncommittally and replied: "Without the shadow of the central government, Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu would never have united so quickly. Especially the cunning Huang Xuchu, there is no reason for him to be tempted. Absolutely not." Taking such a risk to rebel, being an enemy of our Wehrmacht..."

After a short thought.Especially after analyzing Huang Xuchu's character, Li Zongren had to agree with this idea.Facing Li Guosheng, he agreed: "Commander-in-chief, you are right. From the beginning of my acquaintance, Huang Xuchu is a master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles. He will never let others manipulate him if he has no benefits. But if he can give Huang Xuchu enough benefits People, apart from the central government, there is no one else, including Li Pinxian..."

Hearing this, Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun frowned subconsciously.Because the complexity of this matter has completely exceeded my expectations.Even the central government in Nanjing got involved.

However, what surprised Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun was that Li Guosheng's facial expression did not change at all from the beginning to the end.Seeing this, as a veteran who had followed Li Guosheng, Deputy Commander Yang Xiankun's face quickly flashed a gleam.Then, facing the calm Li Guosheng in front of him, he asked, "Commander-in-Chief, is there anything you can do?"

Li Guosheng nodded in agreement, under the surprised gazes of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.He opened his mouth and said, "Generally speaking, this issue needs to be divided into two parts... First, smash Lao Jiang's conspiracy, so that Lao Jiang can't lose everything. Second, do everything possible to smash Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu. Conspiracy."

Speaking of this, there was a hint of murderous intent.Quickly exude you from Li Guosheng.Then, facing Li Zongren and others in front of him with a sneer on his face, he said: "Since the National Defense Forces' war against Japan and the Soviet Union began. Lao Jiang has repeatedly provoked our National Defense Forces. However, in order to avoid the outbreak of civil war, let The people fell into turmoil again, and our National Defense Forces endured it. But this time, I decided not to bear it anymore, to show Lao Jiang a little color, so that he would never dare to spy on our National Defense Forces again."

In Li Zongren's heart, Lao Jiang is also his lifelong opponent.Especially after several successive defeats against Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren was full of hatred for Chiang Kai-shek, who held the central government and was arrogant.However, because of his lack of strength, these thoughts can only be thought about.

However, since joining the National Defense Forces, this idea in Li Zongren's heart finally had a chance to be realized.For half a year, he has been thinking about when the National Defense Forces will enter the border and deal a fatal blow to his old opponent, Lao Jiang.Now, Li Zongren, who finally heard that the commander-in-chief in front of him was going to clean up Lao Jiang and was eager to see Lao Jiang's jokes, hurriedly asked.

"Commander-in-chief, how do we fight, how do we give back to Chiang, you just give the order... The remaining tens of thousands of troops in Guangxi promise to obey the order, we will fight wherever you say, even if it is going up the mountain of swords and going down into the sea of ​​fire And before it's too late..."

Of course Li Guosheng knew Li Zongren's mood, nodded noncommittally, and then replied to Li Zongren: "Old Li, I'm going to disappoint you again...Although I intend to give Lao Jiang some color, so that Lao Jiang will never dare to spy on our National Defense Forces again. However, the scale of this war must be controlled, so that no war breaks out, after all, our national defense force is currently in the process of reorganization, and it is not suitable for large-scale battles for the time being."

Although a look of disappointment flashed across Li Zongren's face, he still said indifferently on the surface: "Commander-in-Chief, as long as Lao Jiang can be embarrassed, I, Li Zongren, will be happy... To tell the truth, in decades of military career , I, Li Zongren, have almost never defeated Lao Jiang, and I have been suppressed and beaten by Lao Jiang...you can give orders..."

Li Guosheng's murderous face was gradually covered by a serious expression, and he ordered to the people in front of him: "In addition to the army and air force with a combat effectiveness much higher than that of the Central Army, our National Defense Force also has an army that does not even have the Central Government Army." Naval forces. In that case, what I mean is: dispatch the naval fleet and force Lao Jiang to withdraw all the Central Army that is approaching Guangxi Province..."

Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on Li Guosheng's face again, and he continued: "Old Li, you said that if our naval fleet suddenly appeared in Guangzhou and Nanjing, two strategic places, it would bring a big blow to the central government of Nanjing. How much impact it will have, and how much impact it will have on the local army in Guangdong who want to take advantage of the fire..."

"As Nanjing is the seat of the central government, if even the minimum level of security cannot be achieved, Lao Jiang, who is the head of the central government, will definitely be criticized by people from all walks of life in the government. At the same time, Lao Jiang's prestige in the central government is also It will be hit unprecedentedly. In the absence of a navy to compete with us, in the face of the naval deterrence of our National Defense Forces, what Chiang can do is to negotiate with us..."

"As for Guangzhou... As the capital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou is also the economic, political and cultural center of Guangdong Province. More importantly, the general fiscal and taxation of the entire Guangdong Province comes from Guangzhou. Therefore, for the local warlords in Guangdong Province, Guangzhou It is their lifeblood. Our fleet will not only sail into Guangzhou, but it will be close to the coast of Guangdong Province, which is enough to cause a shock in the entire Guangdong Province, forcing the Guangdong Provincial Army stationed in the mighty Wuzhou to take the initiative to withdraw troops and ask us for negotiations..."( To be continued..)