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In the more than 20 years of history of the Republic of China, there has been a struggle of annexation and anti-annexation within the Chinese armed forces from beginning to end. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The problem first arose during the period when Sun Yat-sen relied on local warlords to establish his power, and although he was reorganized several times to suppress the rebellion, he finally formed a government army under the unified command of the military council. However, due to the fact that the first batch of eight armies was essentially divided into eight factions, and in the following Northern Expedition, various warlords accepted the integration of the Nationalist Government, which further complicated the already complex factional environment.

To put it simply, the army of the Republic of China government mainly comes from two aspects: one is formed by the government itself, and the other is the incorporation of local warlord forces. This is the central and local departments, that is, the later central army and miscellaneous armies

The main forces of the central department were divided into two groups, one was the Guangdong army organized by the former premier in Guangzhou in the early days, and the other was the Whampoa Military Academy students taught by the highest authorities, that is, the "Whampoa department" in the mouth of politicians.

Compared with the central system, the origin and composition of the local system is more complicated....

Some of these local armies developed from Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army in the Qing Dynasty, some emerged from the Xinhai Revolution, and some were actually bandit troops from Zhao'an.

In addition to the large number, another characteristic of the local miscellaneous army is the large number of factions. On the bright side, the local army has ten major units, including the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Jin Army, the Xingui Army, the Majia Army, the Dian Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guangdong Army, the Hunan Army, and the Guizhou Army, and the actual number is far more than that.

Take Sichuan's miscellaneous army as an example, although it is called the Sichuan Army externally, it is divided into more than a dozen internal units, which are not subordinate to each other, each has its own origins, and is actually not a complete force.

And this situation is not unique to the Sichuan army. The same is true of most of the southern warlords such as the Yunnan Army, the Guizhou Army, and the Hunan Army, although they are under the banner of a province, but in fact they are just a collection of different military systems in the same province.

In the warlord melee, the supreme authorities defeated other powerful factions and became the leader of the military and political power in the country. However, because of the limited strength of the supreme authorities themselves, and the fact that Japan was constantly making trouble, the supreme authorities had to rely on these warlords, who were nominally subservient to the central government, to maintain the status quo and maintain the government's rule.

In this environment of internal and external troubles, the proportion of miscellaneous armies in the Chinese army has always been high!

Taking the army sequence promulgated in 1933 before the Anti-Japanese War as an example, the army belonging to the Nanjing Nationalist Government had a total of 171 divisions and 40 independent brigades. The new warlords of the southwest, who were not included in this list but were still in opposition to the Central Army, had 65 divisions and 18 independent brigades. Among these many armies, there are only 27 divisions and 5 brigades under the Central Army, and the other 209 divisions and 53 brigades are miscellaneous armies.

After the "77 Incident", due to the invasion of the Japanese army and the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the warlords who came to the separatist side abandoned their old suspicions one after another and unified under the anti-Japanese banner of the Nanjing government. At this time, the number of "motley armies" also reached an unprecedented level.

By November 1938, the Wuhan Military Commission had a total of 104 corps and 5 cavalry corps, totaling 228 infantry divisions and 12 cavalry divisions. A total of 43 divisions are the Central Army, and the other 197 divisions are miscellaneous armies.

Carrying the same banner does not mean that it is a complete army! On the contrary, in such a situation, a new classification standard has emerged, and millions of Chinese troops have been classified into three, six, nine, and so on.

According to the degree of attention given to the various armed forces by the Wuhan Government's Military Commission, the Chinese army on the battlefield of resistance against Japan is now divided into five forces: the descendant army, the central army, the local army, the security regiment, and the militia group.

Among them, the most beautiful ones are naturally the descendants of the highest authorities, the "German Armament Division" and the Teaching Corps before the Anti-Japanese War, and now the 25th Group Army, the 200th Division, and the 74th Army all belong to this list.

These troops are the darlings of the highest authorities and the Military Council! Always given special care, weapons, ammunition, clothing, food and pay can be replenished without limits, which makes the local army very envious and jealous!

The treatment of the Central Army, which ranks second, is not bad, and all expenses are allocated by the central government. The consumption of equipment can also be replenished in a timely manner.

And the third-place miscellaneous troops were not so lucky!

Even after they surrendered to the central government, they could only receive a partial grant from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and most of the rest had to be raised locally by themselves.

The weapons and equipment supplied by the Central Military Commission to the miscellaneous armies are even more extremely poor, and basically all of them are eliminated by the Central Army, but the tasks assigned by the Central Military Commission to the miscellaneous armies are often the most difficult and costly work.

Such a gap has greatly dampened the feelings of the motley army headed by the local troops, and the ragtag army often swallows its anger in front of the descendant army, making their dissatisfaction worse day by day.

The side effect of the discord between the central and local departments is very obvious, and it has caused many contradictions within the Chinese military.

The descendants look down on the side and miscellaneous cards, and always let the miscellaneous cards act as cannon fodder when fighting. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the miscellaneous army often does not contribute to work. In addition, even the Chinese armed forces of the same system will sometimes have contradictions due to the struggle for power and profit, which has fundamentally formed a mutual distrust between the descendant troops, the central army, and the miscellaneous forces, and there is discord between the face and heart.

As a result, the performance of the miscellaneous army made the highest authorities more and more convinced that the combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous army was inferior to that of the descendants and the central army, so they intensified their efforts to treat them differently.

Under such a strong suppression, the life of the miscellaneous army is naturally even more difficult......

It should be known that after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began, under the banner of the National War of Resistance, with the exception of a few military departments such as the Jin Sui Army, the Ma Jiajun, the Xingui Army, the Liu Wenhui Sichuan Army, and the Dian Army, most of the miscellaneous armies left the territory where they had been entrenched for many years. Having lost their territory, these ragtag armies would have to rely economically on the central power. Food, ammunition, and soldiers all depend on the central government for money, and their independence is greatly restricted.

In addition, it is often difficult to replenish all the officers and men brought about by the war, especially the commanders at all levels of the miscellaneous army who have no reserves.

In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops, the miscellaneous army could only watch as a large number of Whampoa students continued to infiltrate and the local characteristics of their own troops gradually disappeared. As the command at all levels was gradually replaced by the Whampoa students, many miscellaneous armies were thus transformed into the Central Army or the Semi-Central Army.

In the case of small and weak warlord forces, the highest authorities have forcibly reorganized and annexed them by disrupting their structure and replacing their leading officers. Either they would take the opportunity to abolish their numbers after the casualties of the miscellaneous army reached a certain level, or disband, reorganize, and merge the remaining units with other units, and the vacated numbers would be obtained by the newly organized Central Army.

The intention of the supreme authority in doing this is obvious, that is, through constant attrition and annexation, the large local factions will be weakened, and some small local factions will gradually cease to exist.

As a result of this in the long run, the miscellaneous army became more and more reluctant to seriously contribute to the Wuhan government, especially when fighting in conjunction with the Central Army, and there was often a problem of miscommunication between the miscellaneous army and the Central Army, thus giving the Japanese a chance to break through.

What's even worse is that after witnessing the end of many miscellaneous armies one after another, the generals of the local factions already have fear of the Military Commission in their hearts!!

They began to be afraid of having anything to do with the Central Army, of the officials from Wuhan, of meeting the senior generals of the Central Army, because they didn't know when these people would appear with a large stack of thick documents, and then embezzle all the money they had accumulated over the years!

Under the influence of such an emotion, Li Pinxian, the commander of the 4th Corps, is equivalent to being roasted on the fire! On the one hand, he has to bear the pressure from the Wuhan Garrison Command and the Wuhan Military Commission, and on the other hand, he has to take care of the feelings of several miscellaneous armies from different factions.

In the Battle of Taierzhuang, because of the motley army boss of Chief Li, the performance of Li Pinxian's corps was not bad. By the time of the Battle of Huangmei Guangji, because Huang Haoran's troops were here to help Li Pinxian's corps, and Li Pinxian's corps was only an assist task, all of them rushed to the front were Huang Haoran's descendant troops, the 25th Group Army, so these miscellaneous generals had nothing to say.

But when it came to the current battle of Susong and Huangmei, the situation had changed! Huang Haoran actually let Li Pinxian's corps take on the task of frontally pressing the 27th Division this time, but he transferred all his 25th Army to the second line to rest! In the eyes of the miscellaneous generals of Li Pinxian's corps, this is not a good sign!

Although compared with other Whampoa generals, Huang Haoran is definitely a moderate. But he also had the "bad deeds" of recruiting "local friendly forces" in the Songhu retreat and the Nanjing Breakout, and when he was in Wuhu, he directly swallowed up the first division of the Sichuan army! Later, Cao Fulin's 55th Army was also pulled away from Sun Tongxuan.

If you look at it purely from the number of annexed miscellaneous armies, Huang Haoran's troops can definitely rank in the top three in the Central Army! Above Huang Haoran are only Chen Cixiu and Hu Zongnan.

I have to guard against it!

Therefore, from the time when Huang Haoran's attack order reached the headquarters of Li Pinxian's corps, these miscellaneous generals of the 4th Corps held a meeting every day to discuss how they should tide over this difficulty!

Not only can we not offend Huang Haoran, let Wuhan find a reason to clean up their miscellaneous cards, but also can't suffer too many casualties in the battle, it is best to clean up the 27th Division of the Japanese Army by the way!

But does this method of the best of all three really exist?

In fact, they didn't even count it in their own hearts!

Some are just endless quarrels......

"Today, the garrison headquarters has called again to urge us to press the whole army and storm the front of the 27th Division! As the saying goes, you can do it twice! Think about it! How many times has this been the first time we have violated the yang and the yin? If it weren't for Mr. Huang's kindness, we would have gone to the military justice department a long time ago! Let's fight with the devil with your heart! Ladies and gentlemen......"

The general who opened his mouth was He Zhizhong, the commander of the 86th Army, formerly known as Liangquan, alias Nong, Han nationality, a native of Tongzi County, Guizhou, a senior general of the Guizhou Army, and a graduate of the second phase of the Guizhou Army Lecture Hall. is Wong Kar Lie's cousin.

These miscellaneous generals of the 4th Corps obviously didn't buy He Zhizhong, not only did no one want to answer, but many people deliberately turned their faces to the side.

There are two reasons for this: First, in 1935, the central forces entered Guizhou and reformed the Guizhou army, and today's Guizhou army has actually become a semi-central army.

The second reason why He Zhizhong is not treated by other miscellaneous army generals is related to Huang Haoran, and now the 121st Division under Huang Haoran was originally subordinate to He Zhizhong's 86th Army, and after the Battle of Huangmei Susong started, the 86th Army was the most serious unit in the 4th Corps! It's hard not to feel that there is an agreement between He Zhizhong and Huang Haoran!

Maybe He Zhizhong will take all the members of the 86th Army to Huang Haoran after this battle! So how can the words of such a person be believed?

Seeing the reaction of the friendly generals, He Zhizhong sighed. Now in the 4th Corps, He Zhizhong has no friendship with the three major forces of the Xingui Department, the Sichuan Army, and the Northwest Army, and his 86th Army has only one 103rd Division left after losing the 121st Division. To be strong, not to be strong. It doesn't matter if you want a relationship, naturally no one will want to pay attention to you.

That's it! Why don't you go back!

"In that case, I don't have any interest here... Ladies and gentlemen, I take my leave! Our Qianjun is one step ahead! As for your troops, in good conscience ......! ”

The meeting had just begun, and a military commander was gone! Things didn't go well at the beginning, which made Li Pinxian's mood seem more and more gloomy!

The miscellaneous generals transferred all their anger towards the Central Department to He Zhizhong, and they shouted at the back of He Zhizhong leaving:

"What else are you talking about! It has long been disbanded! Now it's just a bunch of dogs under the highest authorities! ”

"Phew! What kind of righteousness is Ling Ran! Your Qianjun army has run out, and the military committee will make up for you! If Lao Tzu's troops run out, Ge Lao Tzu will take care of it! ”

This swear word with a strong Sichuan flavor came from Wang Zanxu, commander of the 29th Group Army of the Sichuan Army.

If Qianjun is Huang Haoran's supporter, then Wang Zan Xubu of the Sichuan Army is Huang Haoran's staunch opponent! When the warlords in central Sichuan were fighting, Wang Zhanxu was originally Yang Sen's subordinate, but later he sent a telegram to support Liu Xiang's defection.

With such a past, of course Wang Zhanxu does not want to fall into the hands of Huang Haoran, because Huang Haoran will soon become Yang Sen's son-in-law, and God knows if Huang Haoran will take him Wang Zhanxu as a meeting gift to his future father-in-law.

But don't look at Wang Zanxu's shouting, in fact, he is also a character who is unwilling to come forward to take ideas, and the rest of Liu Ruming is the same, they all hope that Li Pinxian will be in front, confront Huang Haoran, and then the fisherman will benefit!

Li Pinxian shook his head gently, how can such a plate of loose sand make a difference?

On the question of whether to disobey Huang Haoran's orders, Li Pinxian is actually a centrist, after all, before this, Huang Haoran had helped him Li Pinxian! If Huang Haoran hadn't brought troops to reinforce at that time, just one 6th Division would have made Li Pinxian unrecoverable! If Guangji is lost, the people below may not be good, but he, the commander of the corps, will definitely have to carry the black pot!

It stands to reason that Li Pinxian should know how to repay his kindness and fight a good battle for Huang Haoran, but at this time, he received a secret message from "Xiao Zhuge ".

Compared with the frequent good news on the battlefield on the southern front, the battle on the battlefield on the northern front was much more tragic, and the troops in the five theaters were already overstretched, and "Xiao Zhuge " hoped that Li Pinxian's corps could turn north as soon as possible.

In the opinion of "Xiao Zhuge ", Huang Haoran's actions in Susong seem to be very irresolute, if he is willing to spend more lives to fill it, then the end of the 27th Division will come sooner, and the Fifth War Zone can logically move Li Pinxian's 4th Corps to the northern front.

You must know that there are only two corps-level units in the five theaters, and Li Pinxian's corps has not been able to be established for a long time, and the gold content of the commander of "Xiao Zhuge " will be greatly reduced! Who wants to do this?

So "Xiao Zhuge " secretly instructed Li Pinxian to pay attention to preserving his strength in the battle, so as to wait for the future war! As for the frontal battle to encircle and annihilate the 27th Division, it is best to lose it to Huang Haoran's Jiang Defense Army.

On the one hand, he is the current top boss, and on the other hand, he is the old chief of the Gui family, and he is caught in the middle, Li Pinxian is embarrassed!

Naturally, it was more difficult for him to come up with an idea......

"Commander, it's still your idea!"

"That's right, Brother Heling! Our brothers and sisters will listen to you! ”

After burying He Zhizhong, the miscellaneous generals began to turn their guns, they were pushing Li Pinxian to block the sword!

Damn! Whoever takes the idea is the grandson! Let's just hug each other and mess around!

Li Pinxian felt irritable for no reason, and then he waved his big hand and said loudly: "Discuss again!" ”

To discuss again is to study and study, discuss and discuss, and compare and compare...... In other words, this meeting has been defeated again!

For this result, the miscellaneous generals under Li Pinxian are satisfied, they are not the commanders of the 4th Corps, and the anger of the highest authorities is falling, and Li Pinxian must be burned to death before it will be their turn!

At present, the new Gui system is the largest force in the country except for the Central Army, and if Li Pinxian, a general of the Gui family, moves, will the highest authorities do such a stupid thing?

This Li Pinxian is really a good shield!

The people with ghosts in their hearts slowly dispersed......

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Tiger Leaping Abyss is really a very apt place name.

When Shi Changhai, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Battalion of the 531st Regiment, saw the "two cliffs at a distance of one or twenty steps" in the guide's mouth, there was only this sigh left in his head!

Narrow pass! It's so fresh! First put aside the bottomless abyss, just looking at the thick moss on the opposite cliff, Commander Shi had a headache!

"Dude! Are you sure this place will still be able to leave in the first half of the year? How come I haven't even seen the slightest trace of the single-plank bridge you mentioned? It's a dead end! ”

Oppugn! Strong skepticism! Company Commander Shi decided that the thick moss would never grow in a few months! After putting a few trees like a gamble to build a bridge but all of them slipped into the abyss, Commander Shi was in a hurry! He called the guide to his side and asked loudly. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )