Chapter 20: The Great War of Zhibong Begins
The battlefield of Jiangsu and Zhejiang fell into a stalemate, and the main force of the Soviet army gathered in Nanjing to defend against Gaoyang's attack, while the main force of the Zhejiang army went south to fight with Sun Chuanfang's Fujian-Jiangxi coalition army near Jiangshan in Zhejiang. received Gao Yang's money and watched the play on the wall in the Anhui army seat in the southern Anhui region, and Qi Xieyuan's secret song did not help. Gao Yang was busy changing the equipment of the troops, arranging for elite non-commissioned officers and officers to conduct surprise training, and assembling security regiments and local military subdivisions within the actual control area. As for Mr. Sun in the south, except for jumping out and waving his flag and shouting for a while when the war just started, there is no news now. Everyone is waiting to see what happens in the north.
Since he was driven out of the customs in 1922, Zhang Dashuai has always wanted to take revenge on Xue Shi and regain his lost power. Because most of his subordinates are from the green forest, they are basically rabble, and it is okay to rob homes and houses, and the elite of the well-equipped and well-trained direct army is basically a one-touch collapse in field battles. This is also the reason why Yushuai looks down on Zhang Dashuai.
Zhang Dashuai then made up his mind to reform the Feng army and reuse new generals. At the end of July 1922, the "Army Consolidation Office of the Three Eastern Provinces" was established. Sun Liechen was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Zhang Zuoxiang and Jiang Deng were elected as deputy supervisors, and Zhang Xueliang was appointed chief of staff.
First, reform the military system and reorganize the army. The original military system of the three eastern provinces was not unified, and the Army Consolidation Office this time unified the military system of the three provinces of Fengji, Heihei, and abolished the division-level number and changed it to a brigade system. After the reorganization of the Feng army, there were 27 brigades of the army and 5 brigades of cavalry. All of them are marked with 3 regiments. The artillery has 2 separate brigades and a heavy artillery regiment, and the other divisions and brigades do not have artillery regiments and artillery battalions. The total strength of the Feng army was about 250,000 people, and Japanese instructors were hired for training, and Japanese-style arms were purchased.
Second, build a navy and expand the air force. Since Zhang Zuolin was defeated in the first Zhifeng War, he deeply felt that he should control the sea surface and make it easy to advance and retreat. Therefore, it is determined to build a navy and strengthen coastal defense. Therefore, Shen Honglie was appointed as the chief of the Aviation Police Department, responsible for preparing for the establishment of the navy. Before the Second Zhifeng War, the Northeast Coastal Defense Fleet consisted of four ships: "Zhenhai", "Weihai", "Dinghai", and "Feipeng".
In order to expand the Air Force, the Northeast Aviation Department was established, and Zhang Xueliang was appointed as the general office of the Aviation Department of the three eastern provinces. After Zhang Xueliang took charge of the aviation department, he actively recruited talents, purchased additional aircraft, and set up an aviation school. Before the Second Zhifeng War, the Feng Army had more than 200 aircraft of various types in reserve, organized into five flight groups, and had good conditions for various facilities and training of flight personnel, ranking first in the country.
Third, strengthen equipment and expand arsenals. In 1922, Zhang Zuolin appointed Yang Yuting as the supervisor of the arsenals of the three northeastern provinces, and appointed Han Linchun as the general office. After their arrival, they recruited a large number of domestic and foreign military personnel and purchased various machines. Engaged in the production of arms. After the expansion, in addition to the original guns and ammunition, the arsenal can also produce new mountain artillery, field artillery, mortars and heavy artillery, and produces a large number of munitions every year, becoming the largest arsenal in the country.
Fourth, recruit and cultivate talents. The above-mentioned series of measures taken by the warlords of the Feng family to reorganize the army and the military are inseparable from the talents of all fields. Zhang Zuolin absorbs a large number of talents. Preferential policies have been adopted. At the same time, Yang Yuting, Zhang Xueliang, Han Linchun, Jiang Dengxuan, Guo Songling and others as the core, relying on personal relationships to recruit talents from all over the world, in addition, Zhang Zuolin also expanded enrollment in the "Army Lecture Hall of the Three Eastern Provinces" and established Northeastern University in order to cultivate talents. -- Because the Feng Department resolutely reused the new school of figures, recruited military talents from all over the country, and reorganized the army in only two years, the appearance of the Feng army was greatly changed, and the rabble of the past became a well-trained force, which laid the foundation for the second Zhifeng War.
At this time, Zhang Dashuai's soldiers were full of confidence, and they were only waiting for the soldiers to enter the customs and be ashamed!
On September 15, the Feng army attacked Rehe in two directions. The various units of Zhang Zongchang's brigade successively entered the border of Rehe Province for 40 or 50 miles, and the eight battalions of the garrison troops in Rehe Province had no combat effectiveness and retreated as soon as they made contact, and the Zhang Brigade advanced extremely rapidly. The Rehe Dutong Mi Zhenbiao Division and the 13th Division of Wang Huaiqing's Division, which went to reinforce it, were the weakest part of the direct army. From the 15th to the 22nd, Feng's army made smooth progress along the way, successively occupying Kailu and Chaoyang and began to launch an offensive against Lingyuan. At the same time, at Shanhaiguan, a war began between the main forces of the Fengzhi and Zhizhi armies.
On September 23, the famous defective general Feng Yuxiangcai and the Shaanxi division commander Hu Jingyi led their troops to leave the northern capital. When they reached Huairou, the troops stopped again, and asked the soldiers to drive in while building the road. Feng Yuxiang had already been in secret contact with the anti-direct alliance, and did not bring troops to the front line for reinforcements, but rubbed around the northern capital, waiting for the opportunity.
After several days of confrontation between the main forces of the Feng and Zhi armies in the Shanhaiguan area, the fighting became more intense from 28 September. The direct army was on the defensive, condescending, and occupied a geographical advantage. However, the 3rd Army, the elite unit of the Feng Army, under the command of Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, followed one after another and bravely attacked, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Feng's army broke through Jiumen on October 6, followed by Shimenzhai. On October 7, under the strong offensive of the Feng army, the direct army was unable to support the enemy, and after the nine gates were broken by the Feng army, Feng Yurong, the commander of the 13th Mixed Brigade of the Zhi Army, saw that there was no hope of defending the city, and committed suicide in fear of crime.
Due to the critical situation on the front line of Shanhaiguan, Yushuai urgently dispatched troops stationed in the northern capital to the front quickly, and he also left the northern capital on October 11 and set off to Luanzhou to sit in battle. On the 12th, Yushuai went to Shanhaiguan to inspect the battle situation and personally supervise the battle, so that the situation in front of the direct army could be stabilized.
As the throat of the Shanhaiguan, Zhang Dashuai will occupy it no matter what. Immediately, most of the air force and heavy artillery units were mobilized to bomb the positions of the direct army at Shanhaiguan indiscriminately, and at the same time, all units were strictly ordered to attack with all their might at all costs. Yu Shuai, who was in crisis, ordered Feng Yuxiang's troops to rush to reinforcements.
On October 15, when Wang Chengbin and Feng Yuxiang met at Gubeikou, they saw that the development of the war situation would not be conducive to the direct line, and the time they had been waiting for had come. On the 19th, Feng Yuxiang received an urgent telegram from Zhang Fangyan, chief of staff of the General Headquarters, urging Feng to quickly launch an offensive in order to cope with the operation in the direction of Shanhaiguan.
At the same time, Feng Yuxiang saw the battle report and learned that the direct army had suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and had been exhausted. Under these circumstances, Feng Yuxiang thought that the opportunity to return to the northern capital had come, so he ordered Sun Yue to quickly transfer the army stationed in the daimyo back to Nanyuan, and at the same time ordered his troops to change the rear team to the front team and immediately return to the northern capital.
Feng's army cut wires along the way, blocked the news, and quickly returned to the northern capital with a 70-kilometer march speed day and night. At 9 o'clock in the evening of October 22, Li Mingzhong, commander of the 8th Brigade of the Feng Army, and Lu Zhonglin, commander of the 22nd Brigade, took the lead in returning to the northern capital. Subsequently, Hu Jingyi's division of the Shaanxi army also marched into Tongzhou, cutting off the connection between Yushuai and the direction of the northern capital.
At this time, Shanhaiguan had been broken by the Feng army, and Yushuai retreated all the way with the defeated soldiers, not noticing Feng Yuxiang's movements.
On October 23, Feng Yuxiang, the army's inspection envoy and commander of the 11th Division, Hu Jingyi, commander of the 1st Division of the Shaanxi Army, and Sun Yue, the commander of the Daimyo's town guard and commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade, jointly issued a telegram calling for peace. In the telegram, they described the Zhifeng War as a "private fight" between Wu and Zhang, and denounced Yushuai for "relying on the prestige of victory, coercing the head of state to respect himself, taking the authority of the country in control, and treating the Xinjiang officials as if they were servants, acting as one person's anger, and rejuvenating the desperate army...... and asking the president to explicitly order the police to be punished to thank the countrymen, and to make an armistice and use the Soviet people to plight the people." The Northern Capital Incident, which changed the fate of modern Chinese history, began.
What was Gao Yang doing during this time? First of all, Gao Yang went north to visit Mr. Zhou Xuexi, and said frankly in the Zhou Mansion: "Ma Lianjia is a scourge in Anhui Province, and the people are oppressed, so there are high officials chasing him." However, the senior officer was born in the military and did not know anything about civil affairs, so he specially invited Mr. Zhou to serve as the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Aftermath Committee, and asked the old man to plan for his hometown and return to Anhui. The people of the province are looking forward to it. ”
"The old man is close to the age of sixteen, and I wanted to live here for a long time, since the hometown father and old man still have a place to use the old man, the old man is afraid, so he will return to his hometown to make a little progress." Mr. Zhou said.
"The people's livelihood in Anhui Province is all up to Mr. Zhou." Gao Yang stood up and bowed.
After that, he returned to Anqing to set up an aftermath committee to deal with people's livelihood matters, and militarily, Weix was responsible for seizing the time to train recruits and organize troops. After that, he hurried back to the original plane.
After nominally taking full control of the province, complete the mission and gain 50,000 energy points. After that, the origin gave Gao Yang a temptation that he couldn't refuse. "Although the CIA has been staring at you, you are not a big person, and in the eyes of the CIA you are just a level that needs attention. You have clones to monitor in Africa, but you can't stay on this plane forever, can you? How long has it been since I saw your parents? And that flight attendant, how long have you not been in touch. ”
The words of origin made Gao Yang feel as natural as chatting between friends, Gao Yang was surprised and said, "I feel that you are becoming more and more human, and you were like a machine at the beginning, what's going on?" ”
"The more energy points you get, the more functions I have, don't you like this kind of emotional language?" Origin continued.
"Forget it, that's it, I want to go back too, but if the two of me appear at the same time, then the CIA will not pay attention but chase and kill." Gao Yang said helplessly.
"There was no way before, but now there is, this time you get 50,000 energy points, and you have a new way to solve it." The tone of the origin is somewhat cheerful.
"How do you feel like you really want me to use up all my energy points quickly?" Gao Yang said suspiciously.
"Here's how I can go back to the original plane, and then I can hack into the CIA's internal network, modify your data to be harmless, and revoke your surveillance. Because you're not a big person, you're almost never detected. After that, the entire planet network will give you a fake resume certificate to change to a new identity, of course, it is still you, just to give you a reasonable explanation of your financial resources. As long as you don't go all out to track it down by an agency like the CIA, you won't find out, but you still have to keep a low profile. The origin tone explained in detail.
"How much? Phew, no, how many energy points. "Gao Yang is in a hurry, I'm going crazy after staying here for a few months, and I don't even have a TV! Gao Yang, who didn't watch TV in the original time and space, is now very nostalgic! I miss my parents, I miss the internet, I miss the toilet so much! As long as you can go back and use as many energy points as you want!
Originally, everything Gao Yang did in 1924 was to get energy points and return to the original time and space to use! The original plane is his main battlefield!
"Fifty thousand points." There was a feeling of a weasel meeting a hen in the origin sound.
"Your sister!"