Fu Zuoyi said in his words: "Mention, why don't you mention it?" Either a quick withdrawal of troops, or a continuation of the increase in troops, isn't that our construction? ”

The deputy seemed to understand something, and his eyes lit up, but he asked very jumpingly, "Can they sit firmly in the world?" ”

Fu Zuoyi stared at his deputy for a long time before he said, "I don't know, but at least they can fight the Japanese for a longer time." ”

The deputy nodded and said, "Yes, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops fled into the pass without firing a shot. ”

……

Yan Xishan received a telegram from Fu Zuoyi as soon as possible, summoned Zhang Xueliang and Feng Yuxiang together, and asked, "What now?" Those poor sticks have become the climate, and we have to take them seriously. ”

Zhang Xueliang said categorically: "Is this still true? To mobilize heavy troops to attack, we must ensure that Xinyang is in my hands. Otherwise, we won't even have a way to escape. ”

Feng Yuxiang also echoed and said: "Brother Yan, we know that the Red Army is powerful, if it is not powerful, can we sit in this position now?" If it weren't for the fact that they defeated Jiang Jiaoshi's Central Army, we would have thought of Nan-Jing? I also came to follow the orders of someone Jiang. However, no matter how powerful their Red Army is, we will fight it, and if we don't fight, they will destroy us, and they will come to the Dragon Court. Anyway, we still have a fight, and we don't know who will kill the deer. Even if we use up our troops, we are still stronger than them, and with such a large territory as ours, it is not easy to expand our army? ”

Yan Xishan touched his head, sighed and said, "This position is not easy to sit in, but now it is a real internal and external trouble." Jiang was not willing to fail. And the Japanese are ready to move. Don't look at them supporting us now. But I know. As long as I can't support it anymore, the first to attack us will be the Japanese. I heard that they are now increasing their troops in the country and expanding their troops? ”

Feng Yuxiang nodded and said, "Yes, those turtle sons are even more fucked up than the British and American countries. Britain and the United States are now opposing us and supporting Chiang Kai-shi, but they are not yet ready to annex our country, and the Japanese are going to swallow our China to the bone. ”

Zhang Xueliang said: "Then we will only do two things now. The first thing is to stubbornly defend Xinyang and ensure that Xinyang does not fall into the hands of the Red Army, and the second thing is to strengthen the construction of the two national defense lines of the Wufu Line and the Xicheng Line to prevent the Japanese devils from suddenly attacking. ”

Yan Xishan also knew that more than half of the forces of the Nanjing government under his leadership were now relying on the Northeast Army led by Zhang Xueliang, and if Zhang Xueliang was not appeased, it would be impossible for him to secure the position of president that he had snatched. And Zhang Xueliang could not be willing to abandon the 60,000 horses in Xinyang.

Of course, Yan Xishan himself was reluctant to give up like this, at least at this stage, he still had to rely on the Northeast Army to support him.

Soon, the three of them came to an agreement: increase the troops! Raise troops in the direction of Xinyang!

After receiving Yan Xishan's telegram, Fu Zuoyi thought for a long time. Then he ordered all the troops that were attacking and advancing towards Dongshuanghe Town to retreat, leaving only a part of the troops on alert.

Seeing the Jin army and the Northwest army retreating. The Red Army did not pursue, but continued to build fortifications in the town of Dongshuanghe. This time, not only did the fortifications in the town be strengthened and expanded, but the fortifications and positions were also repaired outside the town, completely cutting off the connection between Xinyang and the mainland. The defenders of Xinyangli – the 57th Army – were thus alone.

Although Yan Xishan and Zhang Xueliang kept sending telegrams ordering them to defend Xinyang, telling them that reinforcements from outside were constantly marching towards the vicinity of Xinyang, the morale of the defenders in Xinyang City was not only not rising, but declining.

The first reason was because the cavalry units in front and the infantry divisions fled together without success.

Although the two units were deserters, their combat effectiveness could be called a regular breakout, and their escape could not be described as "rout". You must know the fate of being deserters on the battlefield, if they do not succeed in escaping or are caught by the commander-in-chief, they will be sent to a military court even if they are not shot on the spot, and they are ready to break the kettle and sink the boat by carrying the commander of the 57th Group Army, Miao Zhengliu, to escape, that is, they hope to succeed in the fight and escape. They have no way out at all, either they succeed in escaping or they are dead.

It can be said that their pressure was unprecedented, and their desperate determination was enormous, but they still failed and were still held back by the Red Army. And the Red Army was obviously caught off guard, apparently blocking them with a small number of troops.

You must know that the Red Army is not a fairy, when the cavalry and infantry mixed attack troops rushed out of Xinyang City, their commanders did not know whether these troops were the main attack force or a feint attack force, but they had to make two preparations, but it was absolutely impossible to transfer the main force of the Red Army guarding Dongshuanghe Town to block this "small force".

In case this force was only a feint force, and if the main forces of the 57th Army followed behind and attacked Dongshuanghe Town, then the town of Dongshuanghe occupied by the Red Army would change hands, and the 57th Army of the Northeast Army would break through and flee.

What's more, at that time, the reinforcements of the Northwest Army led by Fu Zuoyi were already close to Dongshuanghe Town, and it was even more impossible for the Red Army to mobilize more troops to stop this "small army".

With a small number of troops, the Red Army was able to block the attack of an infantry division and a cavalry regiment without much effort, and now that they have built positions and strengthened their troops, can their own 57th Army still escape and hold Xinyang City?

After a little analysis like this, the more bottomless the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Northeast defending the city became, and the more weak they became, the more panicked they became.

Another reason for the low morale of the Northeast Army was that the Red Army surrounding Xinyang City was too cunning, and they either bombarded Xinyang City with heavy artillery one after another, so that the hearts of the Northeast officers and soldiers guarding the city were about to jump out of their throats, and their whole bodies trembled and panicked, or they suddenly calmed down, and there was no movement, which made people panic, and they didn't know what the other party was doing, and they didn't know when the other party would give them a look, and their expressions were always tense and extremely uncomfortable.

If the defenders of the city send reconnaissance troops out of the city, it is often meat buns and dogs - there is no return. When a good company goes out, only one or two people come back, and the other more than 100 people disappear out of thin air. It was very strange that the people in the city could not hear any gunshots, nor could they feel any fighting.

But the result was in front of everyone - the people were gone.

Listening to those soldiers who came back from despair to report that those of his companions died for no reason, as long as they walked out of the place less than three miles away from Xinyang City, their Northeast Army was like entering the death zone, and from time to time there was a scream in the ranks, and people were killed or wounded one by one, some of their heads exploded, some of them had holes in their chests, and some of them were shot in the abdomen, and the bullets that the other party only fired over, there was basically no gunshot, at most it was the sound of bullets piercing the air, or a dull and low pop.

Some clever people say that it was the Red Army that installed a silencer on the muzzle of the gun, so that the gunfire could not be heard.

If you can't hear the gunshot, it is naturally difficult to find out the location of the shooter, that is, you can't shoot back, and at most you will shoot at the place you suspect. The constant casualties on their own side undoubtedly increased the fear of the people, and during this period of time, the artillery of the Red Army made a lot of noise, and many times the officers led by the enemy were killed by the other side, and this reconnaissance unit also rushed to surrender, shouting for the Red Army to come and receive them, and not to fight them again.

The soldiers who came back to report the news were simply deliberately released by the Red Army, in order to let them convey their frightened words and deeds to every officer and soldier in Xinyang City, so that their morale would be lowered and their fear would be higher.

The purpose of the Red Army was naturally achieved, and the Northeast Army trapped in Xinyang City now knew nothing about the outside world except fear, and they did not know anything about the situation of the Red Army surrounding Xinyang City, and they did not know at all how the other side would deploy troops and set up positions.

The only thing they could do was to keep asking for help from the Nanjing side, constantly asking their superiors to send troops over, and constantly asking General Fu-Zuoyi on the periphery to immediately launch an attack and communicate Yangcheng with the outside world.

At the same time, it also required the Northeast Army, Northwest Army, and Jin Army in the direction of Zhengzhou and Zhumadian to attack Gan'an Town and build a road to communicate with Yangcheng from the north.

In addition, they also prayed in their hearts that the Red Army would move slowly, and wait for the Northeast Army, Northwest Army, and Jin Army in the north and south directions to arrive before making a move.

Although the rhythm of the Red Army was not controlled by the besieged Northeast Army, President Peng and Guo Zhuocheng seemed to be really acting according to the wishes of their defenders, and they did not make a move. It was not until most of the reinforcements sent by Nanjing had already approached Gan'an Town and had begun to join forces with Fu's troops that the Second and Third Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army launched a general attack on the besieged city of Xinyang.

The offensive of the Red Army can be described as overwhelming, with powerful artillery as the precursor, and the defenders' fortifications and positions were cleared for an hour and a half, before the infantry began an orderly attack.

Sharp artillery fire, accurate shooting, and high morale were not at all something that the panicked Northeast Army could resist, and when the infiltrated Red Army special forces appeared in the city to shoot at those officers, the Northeast Army in Xinyang City knew that the general trend had gone, and one by one had no fighting spirit.

Many officers and men even breathed a sigh of relief, and instead of organizing a contingent to resist, they gathered their weapons and lined up to wait for the Red Army to receive them.

The battle lasted just over two hours from beginning to end, and more than 40,000 Northeast troops in the city surrendered to the Red Army.

The only thing that made Mr. Peng unhappy was that Miao Zhengliu, the commander of the 57th Group Army, was blown to pieces by bombs in the first round of artillery fire, and even the corpses could not be gathered, so it was impossible to capture him all at once.

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