6.97 The Thoughts of the Sichuan Army

On September 1, 1937, Yang Sen led his troops from Guizhou, trekked on foot, and completed a 50-day journey in 24 days to reach Chenxi, Hunan; Then he took a car and boat to Shanghai, and then threw himself into the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Sen's Sichuan Army, which has experienced the Sichuan Civil War for many years, has a rather backward tactical level; Suddenly faced with the well-equipped and well-trained Japanese army, he was at a great disadvantage. And the soldiers of the Sichuan army fought hard, gave up their bloody heads, and fought a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders. The 20th Army (about 12,000 people in two divisions, 4 brigades and 8 regiments under the command of Yang Sen) was put into the battlefield of Fuzaobang and Chenjiaxing. Commander Xiang Wenbin led the whole regiment to fight in Dunwu Temple, and repeatedly tug-of-war with the Japanese invaders, and finally there was only one battalion commander left, the company commander was either killed or wounded, the platoon commander was left with 4 people, and there were only more than 120 soldiers left, and the position was not lost; Regiment Commander Lin Xianghou was unfortunately shot and martyred, and the officers and soldiers of the department were beaten to only one battalion; Yang Sen's nephew, Yang Hanzhong, commander of the 134th Division, went to the front line to supervise the battle, and was also shot and wounded...... In the seven-day bloody battle, the 20th Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties and more than 5,000 wounded, more than 20 regimental and battalion commanders and more than 200 company platoon commanders. After the war, the highest authorities praised Janssen's bravery to his face, and Janssen almost shed tears: "Bench, my 12,000 brothers, now there are only 5,000 left......

Even more tragic was the 26th Division of the 43rd Army under Guo Rudong. The 43rd Army was also Yang Sen's old department, with only about 7,000 men in one division of the 26th Division. After a 46-day trek, they arrived in Kunshan on October 16, and the next day they entered the Dachang position to replace the 36th Division of the Central Army, which had to be withdrawn and rested due to heavy casualties. Song Xilian looked at the thin soldiers and shabby equipment of the Sichuan army, and couldn't help but worry about whether they could hold it.

Compared with the Japanese army, the equipment of the Sichuan army was pitiful, and what was even more pitiful was their lack of experience in warfare. Once, several thin-skinned tanks of the Japanese army attacked Dachang, and after being fired at by the artillery of the Central Army, they retreated in a hurry. The Sichuan army jumped out of the trench in pursuit, surrounded the tanks, but found that there was no way to shoot through their tortoise shells. As a result, most of the brothers of a battalion fell unjustly under the machine-gun fire of the devil tank.

That's it, the Sichuan army never flinched, fired cold guns, threw grenades, and gritted their teeth in hand-to-hand combat. After holding out for seven days and seven nights, two of the four regiment commanders of the 26th Division were killed, 13 of the 14 battalion commanders were killed or wounded, and more than 250 company and platoon commanders were killed or wounded...... There are only 700 soldiers left in the division who can still stand up, and the casualty rate is as high as 90%! However, the position was still not lost! As a result, the 26th Division was rated as one of the best units in the Battle of Songhu.

Yang Sen and Guo Rudong's Sichuan army suffered heavy losses in Shanghai, but because Yang Sen had a relatively good relationship with the highest authorities, they were basically treated fairly. The Battle of Songhu was a melting pot, and all armies across the country entered the battlefield regardless of factions, fighting side by side, and "dying together", which can be regarded as heroic and hearty.

In contrast, the main force of the Sichuan army led by Liu Xiang was regarded as a thorn in the side by the highest authorities, and it was natural that they were discriminated against and abused on the battlefield, and fell into the front and rear of the Japanese artillery fire and the white eyes of friendly troops.

Speaking of the Sichuan Army of the North Road, that is, the 22nd Group Army (Deng Xihou was the commander, with the jurisdiction of the 41st, 45th, and 47th armies) entered Shaanxi on foot from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway, preparing to go to the Seventh Theater through Henan as originally planned, and join the Sichuan Army on the South Road. Who knew that after entering Shaanxi, Jiang Dingwen, the governor of Xi'an, waved his hand and ordered the train to be pulled directly to the second war zone in Shanxi Province. Deng Xihou was inexplicable, but he could only obey. The only request he made was that when the Sichuan army left Sichuan, the weather was still hot; Now that I have entered the north, the climate is getting colder, and I hope that the 10th War Zone will solve the cotton clothes. Jiang Dingwen replied: When you arrive in the second war zone, supplies and equipment will be sent to you by Yan Xishan.

So the Sichuan army was divided into military columns and went to the second theater one after another. At this time, the Second Theater was engaged in the Battle of Taiyuan with the Japanese invaders, and because Commander Yan Xishan and Deputy Commander Huang Shaohong were fighting each other, the battle situation was full of holes and precarious. After the Sichuan army arrived, it was immediately used as a band-aid by Huang Shaohong, and when he arrived at a regiment, he sent a regiment to the front line, and a battalion when he arrived at a battalion. The original 60,000 army was dismantled piecemeal and thrown everywhere. Yan Xishan's request for the Sichuan army to "provide cotton clothes" was as tight as ever - later, most of the materials he hoarded were used as trophies by the Japanese devils when Taiyuan fell.

The Battle of Taiyuan ended in the defeat of our army. The Sichuan army that participated in the Battle of Taiyuan had the 41st Army and the 45th Army, totaling 40,000 people. However, they did not form a complete battle sequence on the battlefield, and all of them were scattered on various fronts. In the process of retreating, they were abandoned by friendly forces, turned away, had no one to answer, no one to cover, and suffered heavy damage, and even Sun Zhen, the commander of the group army, was almost ambushed and killed. The 40,000 Sichuan army, which barely fought a decent battle, had already lost half of its troops. These sons and daughters who abandoned their bodies in a foreign land were still wearing the single clothes they wore when they left Sichuan. In the cold winds of the north, they won't feel cold anymore, will they?

Deng Xihou's department suffered a crushing defeat in Shanxi Province, and he felt depressed about falling apart. He said to Liu Xiang's liaison officer with deep sorrow: This time out of the Sichuan War of Resistance, our Sichuan army is like a child without a mother, and it is really not a way to be torn apart from the east and west. You go back and tell Chief Liu, and ask him to tell the highest authorities, put our Sichuan army together, and we will definitely obey his command.

When the Sichuan army came out of Sichuan, I felt that everyone was very close. It's death, we are all willing to die together!

Deng Xihou's words were passed on to Liu Xiang, but Liu Xiang was helpless. The supreme authorities have been plotting to seize Sichuan for a long time, and this time the Sichuan army is enthusiastic about the war of resistance, and the supreme authorities still do not forget the "original intention" behind it. Soon after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Xiang asked the highest authorities whether the original plan to reduce the establishment of the Sichuan army by one-third was postponed now that foreign enemies were invading and it was necessary to expand the armament war. The highest authorities replied that the War of Resistance was a War of Resistance, and the Sichuan Army should be compressed.

Originally, it was said that more than 100,000 troops of the Sichuan Army gathered in the Seventh War Zone to resist the war, but now the 22nd Group Army was pulled to Shanxi, and Liu Xiang's own 23rd Group Army was pulled to the southeast to participate in the defense of Nanjing. Under the toss of rebellion, the officers and men of the Sichuan army did not give up their ambition to serve the country, and fought bloodily against the Japanese invaders on the outskirts of Nanjing, and once won a small victory. However, in the end, the general situation is irreversible, and now, the Sichuan army that escaped from the sword of the Japanese army has to face the dismemberment of the Wuhan authorities.

In the past few days, the 23rd Army has been shrouded in a strange atmosphere, and mysterious figures have begun to appear one after another, and Pan Wenhua, the commander of the 23rd Army, feels that something is wrong......

"Junzuo, two more groups of people entered Tang Shizun's residence last night, I'm afraid there is something here...... Although Commander Rao was martyred, Guangde was lost in the hands of our 23rd Army after all, and the highest authorities have been holding on to the loss of Guangde by the 154th Division, and now there have been people on Tang Shizun's side who have been active, I am worried that these things are aimed at your ......."

Zhou Shaoxuan, the commander of the 14th Independent Brigade, sat opposite Pan Wenhua and said very loudly, Tian Zhongyi, the commander of the 13th Independent Brigade, and Liu Zhaomu, the commander of the 146th Division, both have a bitter face, their loyalty to Pan Wenhua is not as good as Zhou Shaoxuan, and they know very well who they are at the residence of Tang Shizun, the commander of the 21st Army, because these people have also come to them, although the conditions have not yet been negotiated, but who is more powerful between Liu Xiang and the highest authorities is a matter of obviousness, and it is not difficult to make a choice.

The reason why Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi are still willing to listen to Pan Wenhua and Zhou Shaoxuan's nagging is mainly because they are still a little uneasy about Wuhan, after all, the Sichuan army is a piece of the heart of the highest authorities, and Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi don't count how much sincerity there is in Wuhan's wooing.

But when the wind and rain were in such turmoil, Liu Xiang, the "chief helmsman" of the Sichuan army, fell ill, and now he is lying in the hospital in Hankou.

After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, Liu Xiang sent a telegram asking for a general mobilization of the whole country to fight to the death with Japan. He ordered the commanders of all armies and divisions directly under his jurisdiction to gallop back to their original defenses within three days and reorganize their troops in accordance with the order. Liu Xiang issued the "Letter to the Military and Civilian Citizens of Sichuan Kang", calling on the military and people of Sichuan to make great sacrifices for the War of Resistance: "When the National War of Resistance has been launched, the responsibility of the people of Sichuan is particularly heavy compared to other provinces!" "The generals of the Sichuan army have asked for a war of resistance. It took only three days for the reorganization of the various armies in Sichuan and Kang to be completed, and the Chongqing camp organized the inspection committee, sent Xia Douyin as the director, and sent personnel to set off for inspection. Liu Xiang led his troops out of Sichuan to resist the war and served as the commander of the Seventh Theater, and the combat territory was west of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu and parts of northern Zhejiang and southern Anhui. Deng Hanxiang, secretary general of the provincial government, and others advised Liu Xiang, who was sick, not to stay in Sichuan. Liu Xiang said: "In the past, I fought a civil war for many years, and my face was not very glorious, but today I am serving the country, how can I be in the rear!" As a result, on November 23, Liu Xiang's stomach disease suddenly recurred, he vomited blood, and was escorted to Wuhu Hospital in a coma, and on the 28th, he was sent to Hankou Wanguo Hospital for medical treatment.

The Sichuan army was originally lined with small hills, and with Liu Xiang, the chief helmsman, he could barely hold on to the Sichuan army, but now that Liu Xiang is ill, there will be problems within the Sichuan army immediately.

It is also strange to say that the Sichuan officials who went to Hankou to visit Liu Xiang found that Liu Xiang's illness seemed to be getting worse and worse, and rumors had begun to circulate in the Sichuan army that the highest authorities were detaining Liu Xiang in Wuhan and wanted to attack the Sichuan army.

Therefore, when people came to Wuhan, Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi both chose to meet secretly, and they also wanted to arrange a way back for themselves, since Wuhan had done work for Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi, the generals of the first-class Sichuan Army in divisions and brigades, Tang Shizun, the commander of the 21st Army, who occupied half of the 23rd Army Corps, Wuhan would not let it go.

It's just that I don't know what kind of attitude Tang Shizun has adopted now, whether it is to delay the time first, or whether he has betrayed the Sichuan army, Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi are of course worried about the latter, once the 21st Army falls to Wuhan, then the value of their two division commanders and brigade commanders will be greatly reduced, and it will not be at any price......

"Master Liu! Brigadier Tian! What do you guys think? Let's talk about it too! It's all Brother Pao! Let's go forward and retreat together! ”

Zhou Shaoxuan handed the words to Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi, but Liu Zhaomu and Tian Zhongyi didn't dare to answer, seeing the performance of Liu and Tian, Pan Wenhua suddenly understood seven or eight points in his heart!

"Okay, you 'Tang Plague Pig'! A few months ago, you were impassioned in front of the Sichuan fathers, but now that Commander Liu is sick, you have played the tricks of the civil war again! Do you sell your own people's glory? Today Wuhan Jue has value to promise you, tomorrow if you have no value? Commander Liu handed over Sichuan to the highest authorities for the War of Resistance, what happened now? Do you still dare to hook up with Wuhan? ”

Although Pan Wenhua's words were scolding Tang Shizun, they were actually warning Tian Zhongyi and Liu Zhaomu that Wuhan was not so kind, and the Sichuan Army Deng Xihou in Shanxi had been dismantled and scattered in Wuhan, and if the 23rd Army Corps was scattered again, Sichuan would have the surname Jiang!

Tian Zhongyi and Liu Zhaomu's faces were a little feverish, although Pan Wenhua's beating was relatively hidden, but Zhou Shaoxuan, the commander of the 14th Independent Brigade, still heard the voice of Xuan, but he didn't expect Tian Zhongyi and Liu Zhaomu to also hook up with Wuhan Zhou Shaoxuan was very angry, and he took the case:

"Han Bao! Commander Liu is not dead! I'm in a hurry to find my godfather! Sichuan is defeated in the hands of you melon babies! ”

"Brigadier Zhou! We are also expedient! Now the National Anti-Japanese War Force is one, how can there be any Sichuan Army Central Army! It's all Chinese soldiers! When the Military Commission comes, we can't blow it out! Throne! I, Brigadier Hetian, really just coping with it......"

Liu Zhaomu, the division commander, reacted relatively quickly, he immediately pulled Tian Zhongyi to his side, the 145th Division was basically disabled in Guangde, and the troops that could actually be mobilized in Pan Wenhua's hands were the 145th Division and Zhou Shaoxuan's 14th Independent Brigade, as long as he pulled Tian Zhongyi, it was also the strength of one division and one brigade, and Pan Wenhua did not dare to start.

Tian Zhongyi also reacted after a while, but he was unwilling to antagonize Pan Wenhua, after all, Pan Wenhua was Liu Xiang's henchman, and the 23rd Army was Liu Xiang's family.

Tian Zhongyi's ambiguous attitude made Liu Zhaomu's heart tremble, and now the situation became very unfavorable to him, and Liu Zhaomu's attitude on the side of the 21st Army was not very clear now, and he regretted that he jumped out too early.

"Throne! Brother is also for the sake of the Sichuan army! Now far away from Sichuan, even Commander Liu has no way, how can we fight with the Military Commission? If you button down a big hat of 'sabotage the War of Resistance', we will die without a place to be buried! ”

Liu Zhaomu saw that he couldn't use his strength to fight against Pan Wenhua, so he immediately changed his pitiful expression, Zhou Shaoxuan snorted coldly and was about to get angry, Pan Wenhua waved his hand to stop Zhou Shaoxuan.

"Master Liu, I won't say those kind words, everyone wants a way out, but Wuhan is definitely not a good choice! Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen's present is our tomorrow! When the 23rd Army is broken up and smashed like the 22nd Army, the ghosts will not pay attention to us! You can only protect yourself by hugging together! ”

Pan Wenhua's words caused Tian Zhongyi to misunderstand, and in Tian Zhongyi's heart, there was no other way but to take refuge in Wuhan, otherwise...... I have to take refuge with the Japanese!

"Lao Tzu should not be a traitor! I can't go back to Sichuan if I die for the Japanese! Lao Tzu won't do it even if he dies! ”

Tian Zhongyi's voice was sharp and scary, how could he take refuge in Wuhan under the guise of obeying the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War and defect to the Japanese? Then you have to let the Sichuan fathers dig up the ancestral grave?

Pan Wenhua glared at Tian Zhongyi and said angrily: "Do you want you to remind Lao Tzu?" Even the 'Tang Plague Pig' knows that he can't take refuge in the Japanese! I don't know? ”

"That'...... Who else dares to turn against Wuhan and take us in? ...... in Yunnan? Or is it ...... Guangxi? ”

It was Liu Zhaomu who spoke, Pan Wenhua glanced at Pan Wenhua meaningfully, this Liu Zhaomu can think of Long Yun and Chief Li, his IQ is indeed much higher than Tian Zhongyi, but unfortunately, his bones are softer......

"No one from the local forces dares to ask us now, and our cooperation object can only be the Central Military ......"

Pan Wenhua's words were interrupted by Tian Zhongyi's urgent roar, Tian Zhongyi spoke quickly: "Central Army? Isn't that just following Wuhan? It's not the same thing yet......"

"You know what! The Central Army and the Central Army are not the same! Look at Wei Lihuang in Shanxi! There are also Yan Xishan and Huang Shaohong, Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen's 22nd Group Army was completely destroyed by these three people! After the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, there were not a few local troops that were annexed by the Central Army, and almost all of them were scattered and reorganized, but the 121st Division of the Dian Army remained as a whole! Haven't you thought of anything yet? ”

Pan Wenhua interrupted Tian Zhongyi's interjection with a shout, and he went on to finish his discovery, Liu Zhaomu, Zhou Shaoxuan, and Tian Zhongyi were all lost in thought.

"Junza, isn't the 121st Division assigned to Huang Haoran's 99th Army? Do you mean we're going to Nanjing too? ”

Zhou Shaoxuan was the first to speak, although his guess was not all hit, but most of them were right.

"We're not going to Nanjing! But you must contact Huang Haoran immediately! Huang Haoran is different from the ordinary generals of the Central Army, he can tolerate people and is resolute in resisting Japan! The 23 Legion is in his hands, not only can he avoid the fate of being divided, but also can use the blood of the devil to comfort the Sichuan fathers! The 99th Army is also the Central Army, and Huang Haoran is the favorite general of the highest authorities, as long as he speaks, Wuhan will have no opinion! ”

Pan Wenhua actually played with such an idea! This was completely unexpected by Liu Zhaomu, Zhou Shaoxuan and Tian Zhongyi! What puzzled the three people was that the 23rd Army Corps of the Sichuan Army was a group army structure, and Huang Haoran's 99th Army was only a military-level formation, and it would not work in theory to let a group army be annexed by an ordinary army!

Liu Zhaomu expressed his worries, and Pan Wenhua smiled and said: "Huang Haoran is in the oil pot in Nanjing for the highest authorities, after this battle is over, will he still be an ordinary lieutenant general.......?"

Liu Zhaomu, Zhou Shaoxuan and Tian Zhongyi suddenly realized! Indeed, Huang Haoran's troops have won the most battles in the entire Chinese army, and if Huang Haoran is not promoted after the end of the Battle of Nanjing, it will be unreasonable!

"But, we don't have any friendship with Huang Haoran? Even if he doesn't swallow our 23rd Army, Wuhan will give him other troops, how can we make Huang Haoran accept us? ”

Zhou Shaoxuan is very willing to join Huang Haoran's command, what is the 121st Division before joining the 99th Army? Now the cow's is the same as what! "JoongAng Daily" has been on it several times! Zhou Shaoxuan doesn't think that the Sichuan army is worse than the Yunnan army! He was just worried that Huang Haoran had too many choices, and he couldn't look down on the 23rd Army Corps, which was poorly equipped and had serious casualties.

"I've thought about this for a long time! Wuhu is the only way for Huang Haoran to withdraw his troops, as long as he helps Huang Haoran guard the door here, when the Nanjing garrison retreats west, we will follow the 99th Army, Huang Haoran is not Yan Xishan! He is not the master of unloading and killing donkeys! ”

Liu Zhaomu, Zhou Shaoxuan and Tian Zhongyi suddenly felt excited! They said in unison, "That's it!" ”

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