Chapter 88: Heavy Troops Attack

Three days later, the news that Zhangjiakou was captured by Xu Guoren's department spread out, and at this time, the Northeast Army and the Central Army had already started an exchange of fire with Shi You's three divisions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the time being, he had no time to take care of the Chahar battle situation, but when he learned that Xu Guoren's troops had completely surrendered to the Communist Party, Chairman Jiang finally paid attention to it, and immediately ordered Fu Zuoyi and other troops of the Jin Sui Army to unite the cavalry of the Mongolian nobles on the steppe to form a rebel army, march into Chahar, and crusade against the independent division.

In the past three days, Chen Zhiyuan recruited a group of young students with progressive ideas, recruited them into the independent division, and formally established a field hospital directly under the headquarters of the independent division.

He served as the president and attending physician.

At the same time, Chen Zhiyuan also spent money on tailor shops to create a batch of red military flags.

In addition to the divisional flags of the independent divisions, the Red Army flags were created for the regiments and battalions, because from the moment of the occupation of Chahar, the time was ripe for the independent divisions to officially declare an uprising.

In addition to the military flags, Chen Zhiyuan also asked the blacksmith to help create a batch of charge horns and distribute them to all departments of the independent division.

Except for the fact that the military uniform will not have time to be changed uniformly for a while, the independent division has officially become a qualified Red Army unit.

In addition to the above, Chen Zhiyuan also selected suitable candidates among various units and developed them into backbone party members, so as to facilitate the political and ideological work of the troops, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness and combat consciousness of the troops.

Xu Guoren personally took the reconnaissance company and went out of the city to collect information around Zhangjiakou.

On this day, Xu Guoren and his cavalry scouts had just come to the area of Zhangbei County, north of Zhangjiakou, to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Within a radius of 300 miles from Zhangjiakou, except for the provincial capital Zhangjiakou, where there are formed local militia groups, there are hardly many troops stationed in the surrounding counties, towns, and towns.

Wherever Xu Guoren led the cavalry scouts to, most of these counties fell to the wind.

The next step is to send troops over to take over the city defense, and appoint officials to take over local affairs.

Fortunately, Chen Zhiyuan and the underground party organization are there, and Xu Guoren doesn't have to have a headache.

Just after riding a horse and leading the cavalry around Zhangbei County, and was about to enter the city for a meal, a cavalryman from a guard company came from the south to beat horses.

"Division commander, division commander, Political Commissar Chen, please hurry back, saying that there is an urgent military situation!" The soldiers of the guard company rode their horses and galloped to Xu Guoren, but they reported loudly before they had time to dismount.

Xu Guoren raised his eyebrows, and immediately pulled the reins of the horse and whipped the horse: "Go, go back!" ”

"Drive! Drive! Hundreds of scouts turned around and rode their horses to follow.

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Back at the division headquarters, Chen Zhiyuan had been waiting for a long time.

"Old Chen, what's the matter? So anxious to find me back. Xu Guoren turned over and dismounted, walked into the division headquarters and asked.

Chen Zhiyuan's expression was more solemn, and he raised his hand to beckon Xu Guoren into the house and said: "That's the case, we just got reliable information, the Nanjing government ordered the Jin Sui army Fu Zuoyi to gather a group of Mongolian cavalry, and is heading north from Datong, its forward has passed Tianzhen, and is advancing towards Chahar, the target is our independent division!" ”

When Xu Guoren heard this, he frowned and said, "In this way, our plan to expand the base area will have to be postponed." ”

"yes." Chen Zhiyuan nodded.

"Did you figure out how many enemy forces there were?" Xu Guoren still has a little impression of Fu Zuoyi's name, this person's most famous is the Battle of Zhuozhou, with less than 10,000 troops, he defended Zhuozhou and resisted the 50,000 troops of the Feng army for several months, thus becoming famous.

However, I don't know much about what happened after and before him.

Chen Zhiyuan said: "According to intelligence, the enemy who came this time was mainly Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, which was previously from the Jin Sui Army, and after the defeat of the Central Plains War, the Jin Sui Army was controlled by Zhang Xueliang, and Zhang reorganized it into the 7th Army of the Northeast Frontier Army.

Later, Fu Zuoyi led his troops to move to Suiyuan, and this army was changed to its current name, and the 35th Army had two divisions and four brigades, plus some directly subordinate troops of the military department, and the total strength was about 20,000 people.

However, in addition, there is also a group of Mongolian cavalry, and the strength is also about 8,000 people, so the total strength of the enemy this time is about 30,000 infantry cavalry. ”

"With an army of 30,000, and the enemy has nearly 10,000 cavalry, and his mobility is very strong, this battle is not easy to fight!" Xu Guoren felt a bitter cry in his heart, this base area has not yet begun to be built, and the enemy's heavy troops have come over, and it seems that the time is not yet ripe to establish a revolutionary base in Chahar.

So, he said to Chen Zhiyuan: "Old Chen, you have also seen that the enemy is menacing and strong, and Chahar is located in the Mongolian steppe, the terrain is flat, and Zhangjiakou is almost impossible to defend, so it is better for us to abandon Zhangjiakou and continue to go north while the enemy has not yet come." ”

Chen Zhiyuan also realized the seriousness of the problem, but he could not disobey the instructions and orders of the organization, and said with some embarrassment: "Guoren, the organization has just asked us to start revolutionary work on the spot, let's withdraw now, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain." ”

"That's better than the annihilation of the whole army, and besides, didn't Commissar Mao say, let's do it." Xu Guoren argued: "Moreover, the Party Central Committee is nearly 10,000 miles away in Shanghai, and it is not familiar with the situation in Chahar. As the saying goes, the generals are outside, and the king's order is not affected, so we should focus on preserving our strength.

I still say the same thing, it's better to live than anything, survival is the first priority, life is gone, what to take to revolution? Moreover, I don't want to take you to join the enemy, but to temporarily avoid the enemy's edge, in order to preserve our strength, as long as we can live, there will be opportunities in the future. ”

Chen Zhiyuan couldn't make up his mind, and said to Xu Guoren: "This matter is not trivial, I must ask the organization for instructions." ”

Xu Guoren was a little annoyed, he fought by asking for instructions, and his superiors were still thousands of miles away, so wouldn't he have even pants left to lose?

However, Chen Zhiyuan is his father's life-saving benefactor, and he met himself in danger, supported each other, and fought side by side to get to where he is today, Xu Guoren is not angry with him, after all, he is also abiding by his own principles.

So he forcibly suppressed his anger and said calmly: "Old Chen, it's okay to ask for instructions, but please be sure to think about it for our eight thousand soldiers." In this battle, the enemy was outnumbered, and Fu Zuoyi was born in the army, experienced in a hundred battles, and his department was also from the elite troops of the Jin Sui Army, which was by no means comparable to the previous miscellaneous troops of the Jin Sui Army.

We have just arrived in Zhangjiakou, our foothold is not stable, there is no foundation, and it will definitely not be beneficial to start a war with him, so my idea is to temporarily retreat, avoid his edge, and continue to go north. ”

Chen Zhiyuan nodded seriously to show understanding.

Then he went to ask for instructions in a complicated mood, and Xu Guoren went to mobilize the troops.

Regardless of whether he wants to fight or stay, as the military commander-in-chief, Xu Guoren must mobilize the troops in advance and make all preparations for dealing with them.