Back to the Republic of China as a commander

At 1919 a.m. on October 24, the eighth year of the Republic of China (AD [-]), at the gate of the Daxing Palace in Nanjing, the official residence of the chairman of the National Government.

"Squeak..." With the screeching sound of violent friction between the tires and the road, Mr. Wang Jingwei, the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, rolled out of the car in pajamas, scaring his driver to slam on the brakes .

The soldiers of the national government chairman's guard guarding outside the Daxing Palace were also taken aback, thinking that something important had happened, they immediately raised their guns and asked, "Who is it?"

Wang Jingwei got up hastily, not bothering to pat the dirt off his pajamas, and shouted at the guards: "I am Wang Zhaoming, and I have the right to see Chairman Sun at any time, get out of the way..."

Sun Wen also walked to the living room in his pajamas with Soong Ching Ling's support, and couldn't help but yawned, "Zhao Ming, it's only ten o'clock in the morning, why are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

Although the national government does not have actual military power, the civil affairs and administrative power are truly in the palm of the hand.In addition, in recent years, Wang Zhenyu has a wealth of skills and powerful policies, so the national government is still very busy.Especially Sun Wen, chairman of the national government, has a lot of documents and decrees that need to be signed by him every day, and he has to prepare for the general election in the second half of next year.For this reason, Chairman Sun, who has a lot of things to do every day, specially changed his work and rest time. From [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm he sleeps, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] am the next day is his working time.When Wang Jingwei came, he had only slept for less than two hours, so he was naturally out of spirits.But Wang Jingwei didn't care about these anymore, he shouted emotionally: "Sir, there is a fight, there is a fight."

"Don't worry, speak slowly, what's the fight?"

"It's Shandong, it's Shandong. The Japanese army in Qingdao issued a notice. Last night, Wang Zhenyu's army suddenly attacked the Japanese army and killed more than 40 Japanese soldiers. The Japanese have issued a solemn statement. From now on, they are in a state of war with our national government. Yes, just now Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi was urgently invited by the Japanese side to make a briefing."

"Ah..." It was not Sun Wen who was surprised, but his young wife Soong Ching Ling.

Sun Wen didn't say anything, but calmly patted his wife's hand and said to the part-time secretary: "Go and invite Mr. Hu and Mr. Liao. I want to have a lunch with them..."

And at the headquarters of the Qingdao-Shandong dispatched army, Yuheng Kassei was crazily scolding Honjo Fan over the telephone line, "Baga, waste, unexpectedly a small group of Imperial Army warriors were killed by the Chinese, Honjo-sama, this is how you serve the Emperor Is it?... Immediately send troops to punish this Chinese army who dared to offend and desecrate the imperial army, and all of them will die."

In Jurentang, Beijing, Zhang Zuolin was in an unusually good mood at noon that day. He even ate two extra bowls of rice, and he did not forget to ask Yang Yuting to eat with him: "This time I see how arrogant Wang Zhenyu can be. I was thinking about how to find an excuse for the Japanese to beat him up. This is good, he went to provoke the Japanese before I could find it. Linge, you should send a telegram to Sun Liechen, Zhang Jinghui and the others immediately, and the military action in Shanxi will be sent to you. Let me hurry up, doesn't Yan Laoxi like to dance on eggs? Then I will smash his eggs and see how he jumps down?"

And in Tokyo, the worried Prime Minister Hara Kyoshi looked at his Minister of War Yoshiichi Tanaka and said very dissatisfied: "What's going on? Why did so many imperial soldiers die?"

Tanaka Yoshiichi smiled rebelliously and said: "This is normal. The violent attack was extremely shameful. These brave warriors have devoted their allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor. Your Excellency, I think it is time to consider using the navy. We should attack the Southern China Nationalist Government in an all-round way, and stop worrying about the ideas of the British and American powers. As long as we can severely crack down on the Southern China tyrants, then I believe that the high-level people in South China, including Sun Wen, will seek to cooperate with the empire and jointly To deal with that lawless Southern China warlord."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yuan Jing to express his position, Tanaka Yoshiichi got up with a relaxed face, bowed and left very rudely.The angry Yuan Jing sighed in his heart: "This person is a devil at all. In order to achieve his goal, he didn't take the life and death of the people seriously at all..."

However, although he was very dissatisfied with Tanaka and the military, Yuan Jing still instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge a strong protest, and stated to Britain, France and the United States that in view of the atrocities committed by the Chinese army, the Empire of Japan considered going beyond the boundaries of Shandong to conduct punitive operations against the entire South China. . .

Even the British Minister Zhu Erdian couldn't help frowning and said: "Don't these little Asians who seem to be righteous don't know that their army was killed on the Chinese territory? Don't they think that the squadron went to Tokyo to kill them?" people?"

However, no matter how abominable the Japanese were, Zhu Erdian still proceeded from the overall interests of the great powers in China, and chose to send a note to the governments of Beijing and Nanjing, asking them to immediately accept the mediation of the great powers and agree to accept the investigation.But until this time, the British did not agree with the Japanese to fight beyond the boundaries of Shandong. Just kidding, the British have no interest in turning the British Empire's investment area in China into a battleground between China and Japan.

As Wang Zhenyu mentioned in his speech to the senior officers of the Youth Army: "There is no axiom and justice in this world at all. All right and wrong are only between victory and defeat. Winners and losers are the same in ancient and modern China and abroad. . .”

Li Weidong is a very bold guy. After killing so many Japanese in Gaoxinzhuang, he did not immediately choose to retreat like ordinary people. He hid as far away as possible.Because his intuition told himself that the Japanese would definitely not give up after losing so many troops at once. At this time, if such a small number of people play escape, there is a high probability that they will not be able to escape.So Li Weidong did the opposite, and together with Gao Qiang and other locals, instead advanced towards the hinterland of the Japanese army.

This trick was beyond the expectations of the Japanese, and the result was that Fan Zhuang dug three feet into the ground but couldn't find Li Weidong and the others. Fan Zhuang could only jump in anger, and then repeated the title of trash he got from Yuheng Yicheng Send it out level by level.

As a result, the Benzhuang Fan Division became a waste division, and the waste division gave up the task of searching for a small Chinese army, and began to cross the Jiaolai River and march towards Jinan.

Zhang Zizhong naturally received the news. In order to avoid the loss of a small group of troops, except for the Ninth Company, which lost contact due to the sudden rush, the other teams asked to retreat to the Linzi defense line.Zhang Zizhong's intention is obvious, to prevent small groups of troops from vainly sacrificing in front of the overwhelmingly superior Japanese army.

Later generations have such an evaluation of the history of the Republic of China. Warlords are everywhere, but there are two like Wang Zhenyu and Yan Xishan who like to engage in construction. Therefore, China not only did not become weaker because of the civil war, but became stronger during the war. Yes, this cannot but be said to be a miracle.However, it is the same construction, and there are still differences in actual operation.Yan Xishan started construction behind closed doors in Shanxi, which is a bit like a self-cultivating farmer, so the speed is naturally not fast enough.But Wang Zhenyu is different. From mobilizing the internal potential of the major business gangs in Hongjiang, to contacting Luxembourg with external forces, and finally "colluding" with Britain and France to obtain resources, every step is cheating and abducting by all means. The speed of development achieved under such conditions is naturally not Yan Xishan. This little local tyrant is comparable.Then again, if Yan Xishan is like Wang Zhenyu, Zhang Zuolin wouldn't dare to make Shanxi's idea with ten guts?

With a whole body of meat and no sharp teeth, who would not be slaughtered by such a pig?

Under Beijing's three reminders a day, Feng Jun naturally attacked with all his strength, and it seemed that he did not hesitate to kill or die.Chief of Staff of the Fengjun Yang Yuting also came to the front line to supervise the battle, and he did not come empty-handed. He brought a full 300 million cash, saying that he would pay the whole army after the capture of Shanxi, and it was cash.You must know that Fengjun’s salary is depreciating every day. You can buy three catties of pork for ten yuan in the morning, but you may only be able to buy three apples at night. It costs 100 yuan to buy it.

So as soon as Yang Yuting said he found Dayang, Feng Jun's morale immediately rose.

The rewards offered by the Jin Army are more substantial than those offered by Feng Jun. Yan Xishan has cashed out the entire provincial treasury. As long as he can block Feng Jun, among other things, 150 yuan per person will be cashed out.But the Jin army was quite convinced of Yan Xishan, and secondly, they also knew that these Fengjun came like locusts. From the perspective of protecting the country, they couldn't help but fight desperately.

So Shanxi was immediately turned into a piece of scorched earth, but generally speaking, the Jin army was at a disadvantage.

For the sake of the battle, Yan Xishan has lost his temper. He only has two things these days. He goes to the office in the morning to listen to yesterday's defeat report, and goes home in the afternoon to drink tea and chat with Yang Yongtai, the representative of the South. The matter of making a living in the national government.

In fact, everyone has no opinion on the overall direction, and the main problem lies in the treatment.Yan Xishan is a land rich man in Shanxi, his thinking is very clear, he also wants the land and the army.And it is impossible for Wang Zhenyu, who has clearly determined to complete the national unification, to allow a future China to appear as a country within a country, let alone the existence of warlords.The national government can only provide Yan Xishan with high-ranking officials and generous salary. As for the others, I am sorry that there is no more.

Naturally, Yan Xishan quit. After all, the Jin army is still working hard to resist the enemy, and his family fortune is basically still there. The psychology of luck makes him always fantasize about breaking through the situation.Surprisingly, Yang Yongtai was not persecuted. He just drank tea and chatted all over the place every day, and finally said goodbye and left.Although the youth army of the five divisions in the Zhengzhou area built a pontoon bridge to cross the river, they insisted on staying calm. Anyway, they would not cross the river without Yan Xishan's invitation.Needless to say, Yan Xishan was moved by this bit of gentlemanliness.