Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Zhang Zongchang's entry into the Jin Dynasty was actually just Zhang Zuolin's idea, but if it spread to the exhausted Yan Xishan's ears, it would really kill you while you were sick.

In fact, as long as Yan Xishan has a little strategic vision, he will know that it is impossible for Zhang Zuolin to transfer troops into Jin Dynasty to fight at this time.Even if he could ignore the fact that logistics and supplies were difficult, he would not be able to drop Zhang Zongchang's army into Jin.

Because the war in the Shandong area has entered the outbreak stage at this time, Zhang Zongchang, as the most important pawn in Zhang Zuolin's hands, will not be easily mobilized, and it is even more impossible to use it in other battlefields.To put it simply, unless Zhang Zuolin became insane, he would never have fought on the Shanxi battlefield with the Zhi-Shandong coalition forces on the edge of Shandong.

It is also sad to say that the Shanxi battlefield, which determines the life and death of Yan Xishan and the real Jin army, is a dispensable abandonment for both the North and the South.The battlefield that truly determines China's future destiny was doomed from the very beginning of the entire war, and it could only be in Shandong, and it could only be a duel between Wang Zhenyu and the Japanese.

If China at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China is compared to the arcade games of later generations, then the challenger Wang Zhenyu encountered before, including Yuan Shikai, all the enemies, big and small, can only be regarded as small ones, and Japan is the biggest boss of this level .For Wang Zhenyu, defeating Japan can be regarded as a customs clearance.

At the moment, Wang Zhenyu is sitting behind the desk in Wenlu's study in East Lake, Wuhan. Unlike the military meeting held in the Standing Committee Building in Tianyuan Place in the past, Wang Zhenyu is sitting very lazy at the moment, leaning his neck on the back of the chair and looking at the ceiling.Sitting on the sofa in front of the desk were several core figures of the Youth Army, Wan Yaohuang, Xu Yuanquan, and Li Zongren.If these three people add Bai Chongxi and Jiang Fangzhen, they will be the five tiger generals under the command of the famous Wang Zhenyu.

With the development of the youth army, rankings such as the Five Tiger Generals, the Eight King Kongs, and the Thirteen Taibaos have also been released.On the one hand, this indicates that the Youth Army has gradually stabilized as a team, and on the other hand, it also shows that the Youth Army has begun to talk about seniority rankings as a team.

The five generals are naturally: Wan Yaohuang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Xu Yuanquan, Ma Xicheng.

The Eight Great Vajras refer to: Yang Wangui, Jiang Fangzhen, Tao Zhiyue, Wu Peifu, Xu Shuzheng, Liu Xing, Lu Diping, Zhao Dongsheng.

The Thirteen Taibao refers to: Zhang Zizhong, Xia Wei, Xue Yue, Li Pinxian, Liao Lei, He Yingqin, Zhu Peide, Liu Mingzhao, Fan Shisheng, Ye Kaixin, Gu Zhenglun, Song Haomin, Liu Zhenhuan.

Although Wan Yaohuang and Xu Yuanquan are both from Hubei, their relationship with each other is not harmonious, but this is also the reason why Wang Zhenyu allows two Hubei people to exist at the same time at the top.

Therefore, when Xu Yuanquan advocated an immediate attack on the Japanese army and concentrated superior forces to annihilate the aggressive Honzhuang Fan Division, Wan Yaohuang unceremoniously raised objections.

"I ask Mr. Xu to pay attention to one thing, that is, our army may have the ability to defeat the Japanese army in a field battle, but what is the strategic purpose of our Shandong battle this time? We want to use the Shandong battle to defeat Japanese imperialism and deter them. The other powers finally cleared the way for the unification of the country and the nation. So in order to achieve this goal, we should not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, let alone be satisfied with how many enemy troops were killed? With the current mobilization capabilities of the Japanese army, we Annihilating a division of the Japanese army is likely to cause more Japanese divisions to be sent to Shandong. Therefore, what we should do is to use a decisive battle to wipe out the Japanese army before the Japanese army recovers, and then Recover Shandong and complete the unification of the country before the Japanese army recovers."

Li Zongren agreed very much: "I also agree with Chief of Staff Wan's opinion. I also got a data from Ma Xicheng. At present, in terms of industrial output value and production capacity, the output of factories under the jurisdiction of our national government alone exceeds In addition, we have another advantage. This time, Japan sent troops to Russia's Siberia while sending troops to Shandong. In other words, we are hitting people with all our strength, while Japan can only use one hand. Support, judging from their current deployment, their understanding of us is seriously insufficient, otherwise they would not have made such an arrogant strategic layout..."

While Wang Zhenyu was listening, his secretary Chen Bulei opened the door and said, "Report to Chairman, Shanxi sent an urgent message that Yan Xishan, the governor of Shanxi, announced that he would accept the leadership of the Nationalist Government and change his flag. At the same time, I urge the young army to enter Jin to resist the Feng army..."

Wang Zhenyu smiled and said to the four who had stopped arguing: "It seems that Yan Baichuan scared Zhang Zuolin, and has decided to end the dangerous life of dancing on eggs. In this way, let Cheng Qian and the others enter Jin and send a notice to Zhang Zuolin , let them withdraw from Shanxi, or they will bear the consequences.”

"Wait, Secretary Chen" was suddenly stopped by Wang Zhenyu when Chen Bulei was about to turn around to deliver the order: "Go and ask Minister Zhou Lanzhou to come over, why is there still no news from Russia? It's already November. If there is no news, it will be too late..."

No one here could understand what Wang Zhenyu meant when he said it was too late, but Dian Ao could feel what Wang Zhenyu meant when he was thousands of kilometers away in Russia.

Damn Siberia is so cold that I don't know what words to use to describe it.At this time, Omsk was shrouded in an atmosphere of failure inside and outside.

General Kolchak sat by the fire, quietly listening to the quarrel of his generals.The Red Army has already advanced to Omsk. The British and French are obviously unreliable. Facing the powerful offensive of the Red Army, they actually suggested that Kolchak retreat, but they did not tell him where to retreat in this damn winter position up.

But the most unreliable ones are the Japanese. They actually suggested that Kolchak retreat directly to the Far East, where the Japanese stationed eight divisions. They planned to support a puppet regime to ensure their occupation of the Far East.Kolchak, who was desperate in history, did choose the most terrifying path, but it is different now, because of Diao's relationship, Kolchak has an extra option.At least in his heart, there is no need to take millions of Russians across Siberia in this freezing and snowy time, risking death.

"Retreat to the Xinjiang region of your country?" Kolchak hesitated and asked again: "What are your conditions?"

Dian Ao likes to deal with smart people like Kolchak: "In fact, the conditions of our Chairman Wang are much better than those of the Japanese. First of all, we will be responsible for the life, work and employment of all immigrants in your country. At the same time, we will keep your For the army, of course, weapons and ammunition must be handed over first, and then temporarily transformed into agricultural reclamation troops, and the establishment will not be dismantled in principle. As for the golden general, you can continue to use it, we have no idea about it."

Hearing the last sentence, Kolchak couldn't help but wryly smiled. Everyone said that they had no idea about the five hundred tons of gold in their hands, but in fact, everyone was full of ideas and wanted to steal it for themselves. .

But the situation is stronger than others. Just now Dian Ao handed over a personal letter from Wang Zhenyu to Kolchak, and Kolchak, who is proficient in Chinese, was sweating on his forehead after reading it.

The bitter cold wind roared, and the blizzard pierced the body like a saw, bringing indescribable suffering to the rare mass migration in history.Before long, on the boundless Siberian snowfield, frozen people, abandoned sleds, frozen horses, together with dead bodies and never-ending snow all around, covered the roads of Siberia.A completely unimaginable scene appeared on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal: a general's wife was about to give birth on the ice, but there was no one who could go to help, and people walked past her with heavy steps and expressionless faces.The general used his body to block a partition wall, originally to prevent people from seeing his wife giving birth, but he was really frozen as motionless as a wall.The general's wife and the child who was about to be born froze to death together, and after a while, everyone froze to death...

Thinking of the horrible scene described in the letter, Kolchak couldn't help being shaken. He felt that if he really believed in the Japanese, his final fate would definitely not be much better.But he still worriedly asked his last question: "Mr. Diao, my biggest problem now is that I have [-] tons of gold. Once I enter your country, if the big powers intervene, what will your chairman do?"

Dian Ao smiled and said: "Our chairman is not even afraid of the Germans, who else should he be afraid of? And I must tell you that our army is now in a state of war against the Japanese. For us, there is nothing to worry about. I'm worried. Also, please rest assured that we have cooperated with Luxembourgers, Belgians, Britons, and Frenchmen, and we will never betray our partners."

Kolchak nodded. On November 11, 6 million Russians who followed Kolchak left Omsk. However, unlike in history, they did not follow the railway to the Far East, but went south to Ala. In the Republic of China, the world was shocked for a while. Where is Kolchak going? . .

Wang Zhenyu didn't know that the goddess of luck was already waving to him. He had just approved a secret telegram sent by the general staff of the Northern Expedition Army at this moment, and he was not in a good mood. . .

A day later, by the Yellow River, Jiang Zhiqing, the chief of staff of the Third Division of the Youth Army in military uniform, was looking at Shanxi on the other side of the river with a telescope.

It's funny to say that when Wang Zhenyu recruited Jiang Zhiqing back then, this kid didn't give any face at all, and directly rejected the recruitment.But later, under the pressure of life, Jiang Zhiqing entered the European Expeditionary Force as a political cadre on the recommendation of Dai Jitao.After two years of hard work, he only got the rank of brigadier general in the youth army. At this time, Jiang Zhiqing's mentality also changed dramatically.From a follower of Sun Wen to a backbone member of the Youth Army.He realized that the future of political cadres was very limited. In order to change this, in order to continue to maintain a life of having a car in and out and a servant at home, Jiang Zhiqing threw all his revolutionary ideals back to Sun Wen, and he chose to become a military cadre.The chief of staff of the third division major general is a good position, but Jiang Zhiqingzhi is not here. What he wants is to become the division commander and the core figure of the youth army.

And this battle in Shanxi may be a rare opportunity for him to realize his ambition.Jiang Zhiqing is already a general, it is absolutely impossible for you to let him go back to be a bum in Shanghai.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiqing coughed and said: "Order to go down and cross the river..."