Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Seeing that the National Defense Forces were powered on, Yan Xishan felt as if the end of the world was coming, and his whole body was shrouded in despair.Seeing the subordinates rushing over, I thought they were here to comfort me and give me advice.

However, as subordinates, instead of giving themselves any advice, they questioned themselves one after another...

Seeing the subordinates who were arguing more and more loudly in front of him, the desperate Yan Xishan finally spoke, no, he didn't speak in a plop, but roared: "Shut up, give me everything, shut up...Old man, I use so much money every year. Money supports you, gives you status, and gives you generous treatment. At such a critical juncture, is there no one who can advise the old man and me..."

After roaring, more than a dozen people quickly shut their mouths and stood motionless in front of Yan Xishan.Although we don't know the future of the Jinsui Army and Yan Xishan in front of us, in any case, Yan Xishan is still the "government" and "chairman" of Shanxi Province, and their boss.

Under Yan Xishan's sharp eyes, Zhao Chengshou, his confidant, stood up under everyone's strange gazes, and said to Yan Xishan, "Chairman Yan, the request made by the National Defense Forces is really serious. It's too much, we absolutely can't agree. Besides, even if we agree, we can't come up with more than 2 million yuan in cash in a short period of time..."

Hearing this, Yan Xishan's mood finally improved a lot.After a long sigh, he asked Zhao Chengshou: "If you don't agree to the request of the National Defense Army, then there are only two options left: a bloody battle with the National Defense Army to the end or surrendering Shanxi Province... Wait a minute... Do you want the old man to let me give you a chance?" Half of my life was handed over to the Wehrmacht..."

Yan Xishan's eyes quickly shot a chill at Zhao Chengshou, staring at Zhao Chengshou in front of him, waiting for Zhao Chengshou's answer.

Zhao Chengshou, who had a certain understanding of Yan Xishan's character, knew that Yan Xishan was already murderous at this moment.After shaking his head without hesitation, he explained to Yan Xishan: "Chairman Yan, you have misunderstood, I definitely did not mean to encourage you to hand over Shanxi Province. I just want to give you an analysis Take a look at the situation and put forward your own thoughts..."

After staring at Zhao Chengshou in front of him for a full minute, the fierce murderous aura emanating from Yan Xishan gradually dissipated.After taking a long breath, he asked: "Tell me about your analysis and ideas..."[

"Yes, Chairman Yan..."

Zhao Chengshou, who also breathed a sigh of relief, quickly walked to a map of North China in Yan Xishan's office, pointed to the map and analyzed: "According to intelligence, the National Defense Army has stationed a field army at the border between Shanxi and Hebei. That is to say, if the National Defense Force intends to take advantage of the situation and invade Shanxi, the most troops that can be dispatched are the Field Army."

at this time.The silent Yan Xishan suddenly interjected: "Although the strength of a field army is not large, it is less than 5. After all, our Jinsui Army has the strength of six armies. But, have you ever thought about it. Although we occupy The overall strength is superior, but in the North Shanxi region of Nuo Da, we only have [-] defenders. Do you think that [-] defenders can block the attack of the national defense army with a total strength of [-] well-equipped?"

At this moment, Yan Xishan was not the only one expressing doubts, the rest of the dozen or so people in the office all cast doubtful glances at Zhao Chengshou.

After a short period of contemplation on the map, Zhao Chengshou greeted everyone's eyes and said: "Chairman, in terms of local military strength, although we have no advantage. Even the equipment of the troops. We are not comparable to the National Defense Forces. However,, Everyone seems to have forgotten another prerequisite in a battle, the terrain of the battlefield..."

"Everyone look at the map, because Hebei is located in the North China Plain, which is very suitable for mechanized warfare. Therefore, the National Defense Forces that have basically realized mechanization can occupy the entire territory of Hebei in a short period of time. However, this method of fighting does not work in Shanxi Province. You know , except for a small number of plains, the entire Shanxi Province is mountainous and hilly, which is not suitable for mechanized corps to fight. Because the national defense army is equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, it must rely on a large number of vehicles to march. And if an army has a large number of vehicles When marching, you must rely on roads. Without roads, the various heavy weapons equipped by the National Defense Forces cannot be transported to the front line to participate in the battle in the first place. Compared with our Jinsui Army, the National Defense Forces that have lost heavy weapons and are only equipped with light weapons Is there a big difference..."

"So, I think that in this duel with the National Defense Forces, if our Jinsui Army wants to win, we must find a way to attack the roads in Shanxi Province... wantonly destroying all the road networks from Shanxi Province to Hebei. If the National Defense Forces If you really plan to march to Shanxi immediately, you must give up all kinds of heavy weapons equipped by the troops."

Yan Xishan's eyes lit up, and he said expectantly: "It's a good way... The National Defense Army has lost heavy weapons, but we have a certain number of heavy artillery that were originally assigned to various troops. It has a certain advantage. Of course, if the National Defense Army does not want to give up heavy weapons, and wait until he builds all the roads and enters Shanxi Province, our battle with the Central Army in southern Shanxi is over. At that time, we can gather heavy troops and use Shanxi to benefit us. The mountainous terrain is in a decisive battle with the National Defense Forces in northern Shanxi. At the very least, we can also inflict heavy losses on the National Defense Forces when we fail, so that we will not hand over Shanxi Province to the National Defense Forces without firing a single shot."

"The 'Chairman' is wise..." Zhao Chengshou replied with a look of support.

Under the gaze of renewed confidence at the banquet, he continued to point to the map and analyzed: "Next, let's discuss the two possible offensive methods that the National Defense Forces may adopt: First, bring heavy equipment and use engineers to open the way into northern Shanxi. If so, we will have enough time to deploy in northern Shanxi and fight a decisive battle with the National Defense Forces, which is the most beneficial plan for us."

"Second, give up heavy weapons and enter northern Shanxi with light infantry. If we do this, we will have to block the National Defense Forces with [-] troops living in northern Shanxi for at least half a month. Let's look at the map because of the special mountainous area in northern Shanxi Terrain, if the national defense army wants to attack Taiyuan through northern Shanxi, it must go through a series of checkpoint fortresses. However, our Jinsui army can fully use these checkpoint fortresses and adopt the method of blocking every step of the way to delay the national defense army as much as possible. The time under the city of Taiyuan..."

The confident smile on Yan Xishan's face became even stronger. After 2 minutes of silence, he compared the map.A pair of eyes quickly flashed two bright lights outward, and ordered to Zhao Chengshou: "Now I order: From today on, the entire northern Shanxi war will be handed over to Commander Zhao for unified command. At the same time, all local garrison forces and local "governments" in the entire northern Shanxi region must cooperate with Commander Zhao to block and delay the time when the national defense troops approach the city of Taiyuan..."

after one day.Without any response from Yan Xishan, Sun Lianzhong, the commander of the Second Army of the National Defense Army who is very familiar with the terrain of Shanxi and other places, seemed to be hit by gold falling from the sky, and quickly led the infantry 021 who had already assembled division.The 022 Infantry Division, the First Heavy Artillery Division, and the First Tank Regiment, with a total of [-] troops, like a long gray-green dragon, broke through the garrison camp of the Jinsui Army in front of them with an unstoppable posture and entered northern Shanxi.

However, just as Sun Lianzhong was sitting in a jeep with a high-spirited face, he began to fantasize about capturing Taiyuan City by himself.Capturing the "government" and "chairman" of Taiyuan Province... when the glorious record may appear.The jeep traveling at a constant speed seemed to hit a wall.Suddenly stopped, awakening Sun Lianzhong in his fantasy.

After glancing at the infantry who were also stopped on both sides of the jeep, Sun Lianzhong frowned, and asked the adjutant sitting in the front row: "Adjutant, go down immediately and ask. Why did the troops stop advancing..."[

"Yes..." Just as the adjutant opened the door and was about to jump out of the car, a motorcycle speeding in the opposite direction suddenly stopped beside the jeep.Afterwards, a communications staff officer with the rank of lieutenant on his shoulders walked towards him quickly.After paying a military salute to himself, he reported loudly: "Army seat, the vanguard reported that since entering northern Shanxi, the road has become rough. More importantly, there are obvious signs of man-made damage on the road ahead. If you don't move The engineers repaired the road, and all kinds of heavy weapons equipped by our army can pass through the law..."

"Destroy the road... How many miles of roads have been destroyed..." Sun Lianzhong asked subconsciously, frowning.

The communications staff replied: "There is no specific news yet, but the vanguard has sent a reconnaissance force to investigate. No surprises, there will be results within a few minutes..."

Sun Lianzhong nodded and signaled the communications staff to leave, then signaled the adjutant to get off the car, and then ordered: "Contact the chief of staff immediately, the damaged road ahead must be the work of the Jinsui army. If the road ahead is destroyed by the Jinsui army The army was destroyed, and our battle plan for marching into Shanxi and going straight to Taiyuan must be changed."

When Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang came to Sun Lianzhong in a hurry, the communications staff officer who had just left also galloped towards his position again on a motorcycle.After paying a military salute to himself and Zhou Yunliang, he reported loudly: "Secretary, Chief of Staff, there is news from the Qianfeng Battalion..."

Under Sun Lianzhong's signal, the communication staff officer reported out of breath: "Frontier Battalion Report: The reconnaissance platoon ordered to investigate forward has walked a full five kilometers, and the road under its feet is still in a state of destruction. At present, in order to avoid being attacked, the reconnaissance platoon It has been ordered to retreat, and the Qianfeng Battalion estimates that in order to slow down our army's offensive speed, the front section may have been completely destroyed by the Jinsui Army."

Sun Lianzhong's frowning face was quickly replaced by a solemn expression, and he ordered to the adjutant: "Map..."

When a huge map of Shanxi was displayed in front of the two of them, they asked Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang, "Old Zhou, what do you think of this move of the Jinsui Army..."

Zhou Yunliang pondered: "You just mentioned the final destination of the Jinsui Army. From the map, because of the unique mountainous terrain in Shanxi Province, if we want to go straight to Taiyuan City from here, we can only go through Niangzi along this road. After Guan arrived in Pingding, there was a second road to choose from. Obviously, the Jinsui army calculated that we must take this road, and then wreak havoc on this road, slowing down our army's attack speed."

Sun Lianzhong didn't speak, and turned to the communications staff officer who had just opened his mouth and asked: "Contact the Qianfeng Battalion, if the engineer regiment directly under the general headquarters sends us to the front to build a bridge and pave the road, how much can we march forward every day based on the damage to the road?" kilometer."

After waiting for less than 1 minute, I directly contacted the communications staff of the Qianfeng Battalion with the radio on the motorcycle and reported: "Army seat, the Qianfeng Battalion reported that the entire road surface was almost completely dug up, and some places were even several meters deep. Even if all the engineering regiments are transferred to the front, at most ten kilometers of road surface can only be repaired every day..."

At this moment, Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang suddenly interjected: "That is to say. Without any attack, it will take us at least five days to reach Niangziguan, which is [-] kilometers away. Of course, if Jinsui If the army planted some landmines on our way forward, and even dispatched some small groups of troops to attack us at any time, it would take us longer."

"Yes, Chief of Staff..." the communications staff replied.

The Chief of Staff broke into reality.The expression on Sun Lianzhong's face quickly became serious.He said to himself: "Under such circumstances, our original battle plan must be changed."Otherwise, according to the marching method of engineers and soldiers opening the way, it would take one month.It may not be possible to come to the city of Taiyuan..."

"If the situation of the battle really turns into this situation, then we have violated the original intention of the headquarters to 'take Shanxi in a quick battle'. No, we must not let the Jinsui Army's goal be achieved. We must find a way to change this situation. The dangerous situation where the Sui army is leading the way, puts the initiative on the battlefield in our own hands."

Speaking of this, a firm expression quickly appeared on Sun Lianzhong's face, and he said decisively to Zhou Yunliang: "Old Zhou, it seems that if you want to make a quick decision and come to the city of Taiyuan, there is only one way..."

Zhou Yunliang, who also had a dignified face, replied thoughtfully: "Military seat. You mean to give up all heavy equipment. The whole army only carries light equipment that can be taken away, and rushed all the way to Taiyuan City..."

After receiving Sun Lianzhong's affirmative answer, a worried expression from the heart quickly appeared on Zhou Yunliang's face, and he reminded Sun Lianzhong: "Army seat, according to information, the Jinsui Army has two divisions of more than 2 troops in northern Shanxi." In addition, there is a heavy artillery regiment and heavy equipment from several mountain artillery battalions. Coupled with the special mountainous terrain in northern Shanxi, I am worried that we will lose to the Jinsui army in local battles after giving up heavy equipment."

"What you said is unreasonable." Sun Lianzhong replied in a deep voice.

Then the topic changed, and he said firmly to Zhou Yunliang: "However, even so, we must divide our troops and give up these heavy weapons for the time being."

Seeing the puzzled expression on Zhou Yunliang's face, Sun Lianzhong pointed to the direction of Jinnan, and said to Zhou Yunliang, "Old Zhou, you only thought of the battle in northern Jin, not southern Jin..."

"According to the information forwarded to us by the headquarters, the Jinsui Army has fought two beautiful annihilation battles in southern Shanxi, successfully annihilating more than 3 people from the four main regiments of the Central Army. Coupled with other losses, the Central Army has fought in southern Shanxi. The losses on the battlefield have reached an astonishing 12 people. You must know that the Central Army has only [-] troops on the entire Jinnan battlefield. Losing a quarter of its troops at a time can definitely make the Central Army on the Jinnan battlefield reach the level of injury. It's a bone-chilling point."

"Think about it, the Central Army lost so much at one time, while the Jinsui Army suffered heavy losses, but it showed a trend of getting more and more courageous as they fought. According to the analysis of the Intelligence Bureau, the battle situation on the battlefield in southern Shanxi will be within a month. The result is determined within. Once the Jinsui army on the battlefield in southern Shanxi is allowed to enter northern Shanxi, the pressure we face will suddenly increase. At that time, our task of winning Shanxi quickly will become even more distant. out of reach."

Seeing Zhou Yunliang who was silent, Sun Lianzhong continued: "As for your worries, we can completely consider it from another angle. Since our National Defense Forces changed their equipment, the troops' dependence on various heavy equipment has been evident. It has become higher and higher. In this case, I think we should let the soldiers practice how to fight the enemy without the support of heavy equipment, and pass this actual combat training.”

"In addition, although we lost most of the heavy equipment, there is one item that can offset all the heavy equipment we gave up, and that is the air force..."

"As long as we report the situation to the headquarters, the headquarters will definitely deploy at least one air force regiment to Shijiazhuang to provide us with strong air support anytime and anywhere. In the case of air support, do you think that the artillery units owned by the Jinsui Army Do you still dare to attack us unscrupulously..."

"A pure infantry unit that has lost its artillery, I, Sun Lianzhong, am confident that with the two divisions in my hand, we can tear all the enemies in front of us to pieces, and open a road to Taiyuan in the mountainous area of ​​northern Shanxi..."

The National Defense Army is an invincible air force. Not only did Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang not think of it for a while, but even Yan Xishan, who was far away in Taiyuan, and Zhao Chengshou, the planner of the entire Jinbei campaign of the Jinsui Army, seemed to have forgotten the existence of such a strong army. .

You must know that no matter how dangerous the terrain of Niangziguan and other checkpoints is, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces, these so-called military fortresses will be razed to the ground, and will eventually be trampled underfoot by the offensive troops of the National Defense Forces.

Until then, encouraged by Sun Lianzhong's confident look, the worried look on Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang's face finally eased.After a short period of contemplation, he supported Sun Lianzhong: "Military seat, I support your decision, and I will immediately order the staff to formulate a plan for the division of troops..."

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