Miao Zhengliu, commander of the 57th Army, did not expect the Red Army to launch a general offensive today.

When the shells of the Red Army came like hail, he was taking a squad of officers around the city to inspect the construction of positions and fortifications. The shells fell beside him, and he knew it was bad, but he simply didn't have time to hide.

Although he was pounced on by the reacting guards, the 122 mm heavy gun was not something that a guard's body could protect. By the time the shells exploded and the smoke dispersed, the place where Miao Zhengliu had been killed had become a huge crater three meters deep and eight meters in diameter.

Not to mention that there was no trace of Miao Zhengliu and the guards, even his men were all wiped out. No one knew how many shells had been dropped there, and no one knew why the Red Army shells had hit so accurately: "Was Miao Zhengliu's bad luck or because the Red Army artillery knew he was here and went straight to him?" ”

No one bothered to the question, and no one mourned for Miu, because the Red Army's offensive had given them no time to think about anything, much less to grieve for others.

When the battle at Xinyang City was over, the Second Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by General Peng began to thrust into Zhumadian and Zhengzhou, while Guo Zhuocheng's Third Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army faced Fu Zuoyi's group army face to face.

Fu Zuoyi's group army was formed temporarily, and they were originally temporarily placed under Fu Zuoyi's command by various warlords in accordance with the orders of the Nanjing government. However, Fu Zuoyi was not happy at all: many troops arrived, but the commander-in-chief did not come to report, and some commander-in-chief came to report. Their troops were hundreds of miles away......

All in all. This army group of his can only be considered nominal. Its strength is far from that of an army group. This is also the reason why General Peng's Second Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army attacked the powerful Zhumadian and Zhengzhou, while Guo Zhuocheng's Third Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army faced the Fu-Zuoyi troops head-on.

Compared with the Second Army, Guo Zhuocheng's troops were much smaller in number, because his troops were mainly in the air force and armored forces, and now those who are dispatched to fight are pure infantry and artillery, and the combat effectiveness of his troops is naturally not as strong as that of General Lin's First Army and General Peng's Second Army.

It's just that neither Guo Shucheng, nor Mr. Peng, nor Mr. Lin thought that Fu Zuoyi was already ready for an uprising. When he learned that Xinyang City had been taken by the Red Army. Start implementing it right away.

Fu Zuoyi was a very smart man and a man who dared to think and do, and when he led the Northwest Army to attack Dongshuanghe Town in an attempt to recapture this important place, he knew the purpose of the Red Army—to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the Red Army's method of encircling and sending reinforcements was a little different: when other people took the encirclement point to send reinforcements, they generally surrounded that point, and then concentrated their main forces to annihilate the troops that came to support, and eliminated them before the reinforcements were concentrated and not in place, so as to destroy the enemy's living forces and prevent the encircled enemy and the enemy's reinforcements from forming a joint force.

Although the Red Army's encirclement and reinforcements this time also surrounded this point, they did not concentrate the main force to attack the reinforcements, but sat back and waited for the reinforcements to arrive. Sit back and wait for reinforcements to meet.

In the eyes of many officers, the Red Army did this either stupidly or because the Red Army's own troops were not in place and were not ready to annihilate the enemy. Or they saw that reinforcements from the Nanjing-Beijing government were constantly coming, so they did not dare to attack, and they retreated for fear of being surrounded by the Nanjing-Beijing army.

Only Fu Zuoyi was shocked, felt that the strength of the Red Army was far beyond his imagination, and knew why the Red Army did this: they were not unprepared, let alone afraid, but they were domineering, and they wanted to wipe out the defenders of Xinyang City and the reinforcements outside in the shortest possible time.

As a result, Fu Zuoyi quickened the pace of the uprising.

It really can't be done without hastening: if the Red Army had launched an attack on its own side, it would have been a surrender instead of an uprising. Although it is okay for him to lead his troops to surrender, and maybe he will be reused for a certain amount of time, how can it compare to an early uprising? I brought tens of thousands of rebels over, and I still have a little bargaining capital, and I can get more or less benefits.

Of course, this is only a personal matter, as a general with ideals and responsibilities, he thinks more about the fate of China, he does not want more soldiers, young and middle-aged people to die in the hands of domestic compatriots, if they want to die, they should also die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

He already knew that China would face the most dangerous period, that the Japanese devils had already made up their minds to invade China, and that now they were only short of time and opportunity, and neither Yan Xishan nor Zhang Xueliang had the confidence and ability to fight the Japanese invaders to the death.

Yan Xishan is a well-known sleek man, likes to choose between various forces, likes to dance on three eggs, and does not dare or want to use all his troops to fight the Japanese.

Not to mention Zhang Xueliang, who had already ruined his reputation by abandoning the three northeastern provinces to escape, and few people in the country would believe that he suddenly used his might to block the Japanese regardless of everything, and it was difficult for him to take on the heavy responsibility of leading the whole country to resist Japan.

If before there was still Jiang Jiaoshi who still had the ability to lead the whole country to resist Japan, then now the Kuomintang has no leadership talents, and can only rely on the Red Army. Now the Red Army has faintly become the largest military group in the country, and before they leave Sichuan, they may be inferior to the Northeast Army, but judging from the current few battles, the Northeast Army is not their opponent at all.

The Red Army had only three main forces, but these three main forces could attack from three sides, each of which was invincible and could beat the enemy, which was far beyond his imagination. Normally, the troops avoided fighting on two fronts, but now the Red Army is fighting on three fronts.

It's not that the commanders of the Red Army are stupid, it's because they have this self-confidence.

Fu Zuoyi summoned several cronies to discuss, and several of his cronies already knew about Fu Zuoyi's plan, and immediately stood up in favor of it, and threatened other generals who were still hesitant or even ready to oppose it.

In the end, after some preaching and persuasion by Fu Zuoyi, the officers under his command finally agreed to the uprising.

With their support, Fu Zuoyi called all the senior officers of the other units to the conference room in the name of convening a military meeting.

In the face of the majestic Fu Zuoyi, in the face of his cold cronies, and in the face of the black muzzles in the hands of the guards outside the conference room, many officers had to sign and agree to the uprising.

Fu Zuoyi did not care whether the officers from the various warlords sincerely followed him or falsely followed him, he immediately ordered a telegram to the whole country - the battlefield uprising, and all the 40,000 troops he led joined the Red Army!

In fact, he was a bit bragging, because the only troops who could join the Red Army were those who had already arrived near Xinyang City and were close to Dongshuanghe Town, and those troops who were still far away in Fuyang, Lu'an, and even Hefei were nominally under his leadership, but they could not really follow the uprising, they were still among the other armies, and if they really wanted to revolt, they would be annihilated by the surrounding armies immediately.

Of course, this is a small episode, after all, the troops who did not come over did not even have 10,000 horses, and there were still many people who revolted with him, more than 32,000 people.

After receiving this telegram, the mentality of the people of Chong-Qing and Nan-Jing was naturally completely different, but they also had the same feeling, that is, they were surprised.

The reason for the surprise of Mao Rundong, Zhou Luolai, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu of Chongqing was not the uprising of the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, or the Jin Army, but when the Red Army was strong and overwhelmed on the battlefield, whether it was Yan-Xishan's troops, Zhang-Xueliang's troops, or Feng-Yuxiang's troops, they were all likely to surrender and revolt.

They were surprised that the leader of the uprising turned out to be Fu Zuoyi, and the troops of the uprising were more than 30,000 people at once.

What kind of person is Fu Zuoyi, he is Yan Xishan's confidant, he once resisted the attack on Zhuozhou by 2 divisions and 2 brigades of the Feng army with a tired division, and held the city for three months to shock the whole country. Later, Yan-Xishan's attack on Lao Jiang failed, and Fu-Zuoyi's troops entered the command of Zhang Xueliang, but when Yan-Xishan, Zhang-Xueliang, and Feng-Yuxiang united to fight against Jiang again, Fu-Zuoyi was reused by Yan-Xishan again, and it can be said that Yan-Xishan had the grace of knowing him, but he rebelled and completely broke away from Yan-Xishan.

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Mao Rundong said with a smile: "This is called the general trend, the Yangtze River is rushing to the east, and the vast soup is rushing down, which cannot be stopped by any force." ”

Zhou Luolai also said with a smile: "General Yisheng's ability to focus on national affairs and national interests is admirable." He knows that the Chinese can no longer fight in their nests, and if our vitality is consumed in internal struggles, China will be in danger of losing the country, and there will be the possibility of extinction. It was very wise for him not to follow the clown of Yan Xishan. ”

Mr. Zhu asked: "Will this form a domino effect?" When a card falls, the cards behind it fall one after another? ”

Mao Rundong said with certainty: "It will be, it depends on whether there are more stupid people or more smart people." ......, O Rai, we must be ready for a great victory. Don't rush around and let people see jokes. Whether it is General Fu Zuoyi or other generals who will join us in the future, they will depend on how we do things, and we must not let them down. ”

Zhou Luo said confidently: "Hehe, they will not be disappointed, whether it is in economic construction or military, we will surprise them." ......, military affairs, you Mr. Zhu have to worry a lot, we have to be prepared to fight the Japanese devils. In terms of economic matters, let me try it, and I will definitely make the lives of the common people gradually better, so that they can have food and clothing. ”

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