"Hu Zongnan, where is this dog now!?"

When Li Zongren learned that Hu Zongnan had abandoned Xinyang, he was furious and scolded in response.

Li Zongren had already left the hospital in late September and went into battle sick. The chairman of the NPC Standing Committee was very touched by his actions and greatly appreciated his actions. However, Li Zongren did not need any appreciation, what he needed was a sword from above that could perform the duties of a theater commander.

In the battle of Taierzhuang, if it weren't for this sword hanging over Tang Enbo's head, the final loser would be him, not Lieutenant General Isoya. If that were the case, Sun Lianzhong and his tens of thousands of officers and soldiers would be buried in Taierzhuang in vain, and he would no longer be able to command local troops.

But today, Chairman Chiang did not hand over to him this sword that was cut first and then played. Before leaving, he only left Li Zongren with a worthless nonsense: "Delin, in difficult times, the safety of the party-state depends on you pillars." Fight well, all the troops in the 5th theater are your subordinates, and they will listen to your command. ”

Li Zongren was about to plead, but Chairman Jiang patted him on the shoulder, turned around and got into the car, and walked away.

The problem was not solved, and Li Zongren became worried about Hu Zongnan's department. Compared with the dilapidated departments, Hu Zongnan's army is the last trump card in his hand after all, but this trump card seems to be stained with magic power, and he is not very obedient.

Now, all the worries have finally become a reality, which makes Li Zongren want to cry without tears, and his anger does not subside, and he scolds loudly: "Hu Zongnan, this dog thing, is a big deal!" ”

The careful chief of staff Xu Zuyi thought for a moment and replied cautiously: "The southern part of Hu Zong has now entered Nanyang and retreated more than 100 miles to the west."

Li Zongren was still angry, and he didn't want to let Hu Zongnan go easily, so he ordered: "Send a report to Nanyang immediately and order Hu Zongnan to return to the Sanguan defense area in northern Hubei Province." Tell him that the military is on top and that there is no delay! ”

Chief of Staff Xu knew that Li Zongren was angry, so he didn't speak immediately.

After a while, Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi saw that Li Zongren had calmed down a bit, and Fang Jin said: "Duke De, Hu Zongnan's fox is a fake tiger, and even if he dares to disobey the order to retreat westward, it is just wishful thinking to make him afraid of returning to defense. Besides, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army has turned south and rushed straight to Sanguan, even if Hu Zongnan obeys his fate, I am afraid that time will not allow. At present, the top priority is still the Sun and Li corps north of the Pinghan Line, and they must seize the time to get rid of the enemy and avoid the danger of encirclement. ”

Xu Zuyi was obviously calmer than his superiors, and at the critical moment, he explained the current key points to Li Zongren and fulfilled his duties as chief of staff.

Li Zongren pushed open the window, letting the cool breeze blow his hot face, and didn't say a word for a long time. Xu Zuyi, who was behind him, knew the pain and worry in Li Zongren's heart, but he was speechless for a while.

A series of long sighs of weakness finally came out of Li Zongren's mouth, and he said bitterly: "Defeat after defeat, who is defeated?" I really feel sorry for those officers and soldiers who have buried their bones in other places. Alas! China, which is scattered, has made a big deal because of those losers. ”

After sighing, Li Zongren turned around and ordered: "Chief of Staff Xu, you immediately inform Sun and Li's troops to get rid of the enemy and retreat to northern Hubei according to the situation." In addition, the defenders of the three passes were informed that they must hold their positions to the death, and they were not allowed to withdraw even to the last man. Let's buy the last time for Wuhan. ”

After speaking, Li Zongren took off his military hat, slammed it on the table, gritted his teeth and cursed hatefully: "Hu Zongnan, this dog, I must sue him to the Military Commission!" ”

Li Zongren did what he said, and immediately submitted a letter to the Military Commission, complaining that Hu Zongnan did not obey the order and withdrew westward without authorization, causing the main army of the 5th Theater to fall into passivity.

Li Zongren's report reads:

On October 12, Xinyang was lost. Originally, the headquarters had telegraphed Hu Zongnan to retreat from Yangnan and guard Tongbai Pingping Pass to cover the retreat of the Eastern Hubei army to the west. However, Hu did not listen to the order, and actually moved the seven divisions of his entire army to the west and retreated to Nanyang, so that the front gate of the Pinghan Road was wide open.

Hu Zong's southern part is a 'descendant' unit, and at this critical juncture of the war, he dares to disobey orders, which is really unorthodox. ……

However, the origami complaint sank into the sea, and there was no more news. Li Zongren was completely helpless against Hu Zongnan.

In fact, as early as after the Battle of Songhu, Hu Zongnan was transferred to Bengbu, and when the chairman handed over Hu Zongnan to the Fifth War Zone, hidden dangers had already been buried.

After this group of 'descendants' of the Central Army arrived in Bengbu, they never wanted Li Zongren to report. At the same time, they used force against each other to fight for the retreating soldiers, and they caused a miasma.

After the loss of Xuzhou, the Commander's Department was stationed in eastern Hubei, and the Military Command Department even explicitly ordered Hu Zongnan to be subordinate to the Fifth War Zone, but Hu Zongnan never reported to Li Zongren the situation between the enemy and us.

When Xinyang was in danger, he actually withdrew to Nanyang without authorization. If this matter is not done by the 'descendant' general, it will undoubtedly be severely punished. But in the end, the Military Commission was unable to do so.

Hu Zongnan is proud of himself and has no military law. But Chiang Kai-shek did not have Zhuge Liang's determination and foresight to kill Ma Jian with tears, and Li Zongren wanted to bring him down, which was not easy to talk about.

When a military commander makes a mistake, someone will always come out and be blackened, which has almost become a tradition of the national army. Gui Yongqing, who had the battle of Lanfeng before, Long Muhan carried the black cauldron and was killed; There was Li Yunheng who was in the fortress, but Xue Weiying carried the black pot and was killed.

Hu Zongnan also had to find someone to carry the black cauldron on his back, so as to carry forward the tradition of the national army carrying the black cauldron. The unlucky, of course, is the ragtag army. Miscellaneous generals who are not Chiang's "descendants" are always so unlucky.

Major General Zeng Yuan, the commander of the 124th Division, who had been fighting bloodily in Luoshan for many days, became Hu Zongnan's scapegoat, and almost bowed to the sword of military law.

The battle of Luoshan in the 124th division was meritorious. However, in the later stage of the war, Hu Zongnan not only withdrew the main force in the Luoshan area, but even the artillery supporting the operation also withdrew to Xinyang.

The 124th Division fought hard for several days, and there was not a single soldier to reinforce it. On the contrary, the withdrawal of the main force of the corps caused the Japanese army to return to the west of Luoshan. If it does not retreat in time, the 124th Division may become the only division to be completely annihilated in the Battle of Wuhan.

?? Later, in the military court, when Hu Zongnan took responsibility for the loss of Xinyang and Luoshan, the spearhead would be pointed at Zeng Yuan.

As a general of the Sichuan Army, Division Commander Zeng Yuan knew that Chairman Jiang could squeeze out the word "kill" between his dentures at any time. At that time, he couldn't tell even if he was wronged. He repeatedly explained, almost with a crying voice, that the retreat of the whole division was really helpless, but Chairman Chiang just grabbed Luo Shan and did not let go. Commander Zeng was almost desperate.

If it weren't for the old boss Sun Zhen who came forward to speak and repeatedly vouched for Zeng Yuan, he asked Chairman Jiang to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions. In this way, Zeng Yuan saved his life by remembering two major mistakes.

Since then, the generals of the Sichuan Army of the 22nd Group Army have hated Hu Zongnan very much. He was also extremely indignant at Chairman Chiang's practice of discriminating against the local army. Although no one dared to say it on the surface, their hearts were full of anger.

The chairman of the NPC National Committee is so protective of his lineage and the Huangpu generals that the future troubles are far-reaching. As a result, the local army was chilled, and bought a lot of hidden dangers for the subsequent War of Resistance and even the War of Liberation.

How many more days would it be a sin? The Sichuan army is not convinced! The local army that rushed to Wuhan to fight, and the officers above the regimental level were not convinced! Those miscellaneous troops who are not descendants have fought for the Sichuan army. At the same time, they are even more worried about the catastrophe that they might suddenly fly in one day.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression for a year, the Kuomintang army was defeated like a mountain, and Chairman Chiang repeatedly shouted that military law should be strictly enforced, and military discipline should be rectified. However, when some generals who cowered in order to affirm military law were executed, there was almost always a peculiar scene, which overshadowed the sacred military law of the Kuomintang.

Han Fuyu, the highest-ranking general of the Kuomintang army who was executed in the Anti-Japanese War, retreated from the battle, losing thousands of miles of land, and not killing was not enough to anger the people. But why did Liu Zhi, who fled without a fight in North China, retreated hundreds of miles a day, and gained the infamy of being a "long-legged general", but why did he get away with it, and why did he still occupy a high position in the military? Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie's generation are the same, where is the military law?

Hu Zongnan ignored the orders of the commander of the theater and withdrew westward without authorization, causing Xinyang and Northern Hubei to lose all their opponents, and Wuhan trembled.

In this eventful autumn and when the nation is in danger, the national law is as heavy as a mountain, and the military law cannot be blasphemed!

(PS: There are many reasons for Chairman Chiang's defeat, and protecting his descendants is one of the important reasons, otherwise there would not have been so many rebellious troops.) As Li Zongren said, it really chills the local officers and soldiers who died fighting for the country~)

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