Zhang Xueliang was happy, suddenly frowned and looked at the newspaper, and said with a wry smile: "Mingcheng, how much of the good news you said about Xifengkou this time is true?" ”

Zhang Xueliang was also a leader in the war before, so he could naturally see that the battle report was wrong. It may be possible to kill and injure thousands of enemy troops, but what the hell is it that 1 plane was captured? 11 tanks and 6 armored vehicles were captured, and the tanks of the Japanese were really papier-mâché?

The results of the battles published in the newspapers must have moisture, and it is extremely watery!

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Six handsome, no matter whether the good news is true or not, it must be true." You tell me? ”

Zhang Xueliang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Indeed, it must be true." ”

The Chinese people urgently need this great victory, it can even be said to be the spiritual pillar of the Chinese military and civilians now, it has broken the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese invaders! Therefore, it must be true in order to inspire countless people to resist the war and strengthen the determination of the Chinese people to resist.

As for this "Xifengkou victory", there have been many discussions and studies in later generations, but they are all indifferent and incomprehensible.

According to some information, the 29th Army's broadsword team only repelled more than 500 Japanese troops; There is also information that the broadsword team killed more than 3,000 Japanese criminals. But in any case, the results of the defeat of the Japanese were real, and they did blow up 18 Japanese artillery.

As for the seizure of armored vehicles, planes, and so on, it is really a bit illusory to say, and those who are willing to believe it can believe it, and those who are unwilling to believe it can also be reasonably questioned.

But it is undeniable that those Broadsword fighters who fought bravely to kill the enemy were heroes. After a night raid, only a dozen people survived (some say 30), and this kind of night raid was fought several times before and after.

The equipment of the 29th Army is very simple, and it belongs to the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War Army, which is called the Huazi Army.

However, these "called Hanako" stubbornly held the Xifeng Pass for 10 days, not only repelling the enemy's attacks many times, but also rushing into the enemy's positions several times at night. And they were faced with machine guns and artillery, as well as the bombardment of aircraft, purely to resist artillery fire with flesh and blood.

Now the 29th Army is still defending at Xifengkou, and they have always held their positions in history. It was not until the defensive line of the friendly forces on the flank (Jin Sui Army) was broken that the 29th Army was forced to withdraw from Xifengkou, and the tenacity of its battle can be seen.

"It's a pity, it's a pity," Zhang Xueliang sighed, "This victory shouldn't have been won by Song Zheyuan." ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded in agreement: "It really shouldn't be let him fight." ”

Song Zheyuan belonged to Feng Yuxiang's right-hand man, one of the five tiger generals of the Northwest Army, and performed strong in many battles such as the warlord melee, the Northern Expedition, and the Central Plains War. This man is indeed strong in war, but he has a natural character flaw - or "strength".

To some extent, Song Zheyuan is equivalent to the "aggregate" of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. It combines the various advantages of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, and also includes the countless shortcomings of the two. This guy is cunning and reckless, greedy and righteous, and has a very strong desire for power.

During the Northern Expedition, Song Zheyuan was able to play the trick of killing prisoners, and he killed 3,000 people (some say 500 people). Not to mention that the captives he killed were compatriots, even if he was a second-pole warlord in Sichuan, he knew that he couldn't do such a thing as killing prisoners.

The reason why Zhang Xueliang said "pity" is because Song Zheyuan's identity is too embarrassing, and he is already doomed to tragedy in the future.

After the Great War of the Central Plains, with the fall of Feng Yuxiang, the military group of the "Northwest Army" actually disappeared. And Song Zheyuan belongs to the most powerful of the remnants of the Northwest Army, and he is now equivalent to the spiritual leader of the Northwest Army, and even Feng Yuxiang quietly wrote a letter to Song Zheyuan as the heir.

Now that Song Zheyuan has become a national hero with the 29th Army, he will inevitably expand his power rapidly, and he will even be able to absorb many former Northwest Army to take refuge.

Whether militarily or politically, Lao Chiang will not sit idly by and watch the revival of the Northwest Army, and will inevitably suppress its development momentum as much as possible. And North China is Zhang Xueliang's territory, even if Zhang Xueliang is generous, the other generals of the Feng army do not want to see the Northwest Army grow.

From the moment Song Zheyuan played the "Xifengkou Victory", he was destined to face the double suppression of the central government and the Feng department.

And Song Zheyuan is an old warlord with a strong desire for power, he must not be willing to succumb to Chang Kaishen, let alone completely surrender to Zhang Xueliang, nor to welcome back his old boss Feng Yuxiang. Then he only had one choice left, which was to use his huge heroic fame to maneuver between the Japanese invaders, the Feng faction and the central government, and even chose to carry out limited cooperation with the Japanese in order to preserve his own strength.

Damn politics!

Damn warlord thinking!

If he were replaced by a great man of great talent like Taizu, he would definitely not persecute Song Zheyuan too much, after all, the other party's strength and fame were there. Let Song Zheyuan develop slowly in North China, as a barrier against the attack of the Japanese invaders, this is the best strategy for employing generals - not only to win the hearts of the people, but also to win the hearts of the military, not only to show their own measure, but also to disgust the Japanese, why not?

It's a pity that Chang Kaishen's pattern is too small, knowing that it is impossible to remove Song Zheyuan from military power, but he persecuted Song Zheyuan again and again, and almost forced Song Zheyuan to defect to the Japanese as a traitor.

This is purely thankless, and the people's hearts have been lost, and they have become infamous for persecuting anti-Japanese heroes.

Song Zheyuan in history, the idea is actually very simple, that is, he wants to hug the thigh of the center to develop himself. He even took the initiative to show favor and refused to cooperate with the Communist Party, so as not to arouse Chang Kaishen's disgust. But Chang Kaishen didn't appreciate it in all kinds of ways, and he was determined to swallow Song Zheyuan's troops.

Lao Jiang, sometimes his brain is really not good. It seems that as long as the warlords who are not under his control are bastards who must be killed, more and more people oppose him.

And Taizu is just the opposite, as long as they are not enemies, they are all friends. Even if they were enemies in the past, they can develop into friends in the future, so there are more and more people who support Taizu.

Relying on only one doctrine, it is impossible to achieve final victory in the Republic of China, which is in chaos and has internal and external difficulties. No matter how good the political ideology is, it is necessary to pay attention to appropriate methods, and the leaders must have a broad mind, and if Taizu is replaced as the leader of the Nanjing government, Song Zheyuan's troops will certainly be able to play a greater role.

Zhang Xueliang has been in charge of the Feng Department for many years, and he still has a basic mind. He could fully imagine that the chaos in North China in the next few years would be even more terrible than the Japanese attack.

Zhang Xueliang was forced to go into the field this time due to the Battle of Rehe, and Chang Kaishen must come over to meddle in North China affairs. Chang Kaishen will definitely not be able to take away the military power of the Feng department, but he will definitely get involved in civil affairs, and when the time comes, the bureaucrats of the central government and the Feng department will be able to play out their brains. Coupled with a Northwest Army (29th Army) that rose in the cracks, that was the situation of the Three Kingdoms melee.

If the Japanese are smart enough, they will no longer need to use force at all, and they will be able to take advantage of the contradictions in the three areas to slowly seize their own interests in North China.

Facts have proved that the Japanese are not fools, and they almost came up with the "autonomy of the five provinces of North China" in history.

Zhang Xueliang has nothing to do about it, although he understands it in his heart, he is powerless. Because of his limited ability, his reputation was ruined, and he was not enough to convince people, he could not suppress the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army that had been absorbed, let alone be an enemy of the central government.

Whoever messed things up, Zhang Xueliang had to be held accountable for it, because he was the titular lord of North China.

Zhang Xueliang now has dozens of cauldrons hanging above his head, just waiting for which one to fall, and his future task is not only to carry the pot. Bear the blame for the Central Committee, the Northwest Army, and the Jin Sui Army...... If you don't want to take the blame, there is only one option left: forcing Jiang to resist Japan.