Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Wind and Cloud] Chapter 518: Rivalry-

Chapter 518: Rivalry

Although the actual combat strength of the First Theater was much weaker than that of Han Yunhua's department, Han Yunhua's move to send troops to Henan and eat up an infantry battalion of the 40th Army still greatly embarrassed the high-level of the Nationalist Government, especially Chiang Kai-shek himself and Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Considering that Han Yunhua's subordinates also had to deal with the huge pressure of the Japanese North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, the Nationalist Government did not think that Han Yunhua dared to transfer all his troops to Henan to participate in the war, so Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi all thought that it was necessary to deal a severe blow to Han Yunhua's reckless impulse this time, and they must not let ** be so arrogant.

Therefore, after deliberation and decision at the top level of the National Affairs and Civil Affairs Department, Pang Bingxun's 40th Army, the 27th and 31st Divisions of the Second Group Army, and the 79th Army of the Northern Henan Self-Defense Army were ordered to go north, and Han Yunhua's headquarters were ordered to return to southern Hebei immediately.

Obviously, this friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has attracted a lot of people's attention, and the situation in southern Anhui is enough to make people worry, but now Han Yunhua has "inserted" such a kick, and the confidence of the Chinese people in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cannot help but be shaken.

On August 16, the 40th Army was stationed in Puyang, and on the same day, the 27th Division of the Second Army was also stationed in Anyang. On the 17th, the 31st Division was stationed in Tang Yin, and soon Zhu Huaibing's 79th Army was also stationed in the front line of Xinxiang and Hebi.

On August 16, the central government ordered Han Yunhua's headquarters to immediately withdraw to southern Hebei, and strictly forbade the Inner Mongolian Ancient Military Region to create friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for any reason.

However, Han Yunhua did not receive a response, and Han Yunhua reported his judgment of the situation in southern Anhui to Yan'an, hoping that the central government could support their plan to move south to deal with the New Fourth Army. However, out of the defense of the anti-Japanese national united front, the central government categorically rejected Han Yunhua's request and ordered Han Yunhua to immediately return to southern Hebei with his troops and horses.

Han Yunhua understands the central government's considerations very well, but he knows the truth of the incident in southern Anhui. Therefore, Han Yunhua, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yun, and all the military and political cadres of the Northern Bureau and the Inner Mongolian Military Region jointly requested that the Inner Mongolian Military Region be given one week's time, and as long as the New Fourth Army can smoothly move north, the Inner Mongolian-Mongolian Military Region will immediately withdraw its troops. If there is a slight change in the national administration, the Inner Mongolian Ancient Military Region will strike first.

Although the central government was very annoyed by Han Yunhua's disobedience and disrespect, out of its consistent trust in Han Yunhua and his judgment of the situation, it finally agreed to Han Yunhua's request, but it was strictly forbidden for the Inner Mongolian Ancient Military Region and the National Government to cause conflicts, and it was necessary to restrain emotions and not cause uncontrollable disasters.

Southern Hebei. Daimyo Front Command.

"Report, military sub-district emergency call."

"Read!"

"Xu, Meng, and Wang: Order your 3rd Division to immediately move south, and authorize your division to immediately negotiate with the 40th Army of the National People's Republic of China, and ask the National Government to guarantee the safety of the New Fourth Army, as long as the New Fourth Army retreats safely to the north, then your troops will immediately withdraw their troops, otherwise they will completely occupy Henan Province, Han and Luo."

"Lao Meng, are your 59th Division ready?" After listening to the telegram sent by Han Yunhua, Xu Shiyou asked solemnly.

"It's ready, our 59th Division only has 12,000 people, so it's very convenient to assemble, besides, we came out of the ravine, and the march transfer is our strength." Meng Qingshan replied.

Xu Shiyou said: "That's good, that's good, Lao Meng, the weapons and equipment of your 59th Division are really poor, and the quality of the soldiers is very good, so you go to the logistics to get the equipment of a reinforced regiment now, and then unify the weapons of the troops. But in the future, we have to fight with the little devils with real swords and guns, and the role of weapons and equipment will be the key, so we will use this battle to train our troops. ”

"Okay, hehe, I'm thinking about how to ask the commander for some weapons and equipment these days, our Jizhong Military Region is poor, and many troops can't even reach a gun per person, such a force is okay to fight bandits and puppet troops, if it is against the little devils, it will be a lot worse. Fortunately, the weapons and equipment of a reinforced regiment can be regarded as a great help to us, and with so many new weapons, the combat effectiveness of the 59th Division will rise to a new level. Meng Qingshan said excitedly.

"Hehehe, Lao Meng, the commander is good to your Jizhong Military Region, our troops were captured by themselves, and the higher-level departments have never given any support, and they have to hand over part of the captured spoils. But I think you are only giving some preferential treatment at this stage, and after this period of time, when your division's combat effectiveness comes up, everything will depend on you. By the way, the number of your 59th Division is really too small, and the 12,000 people in other units of our military region are only 3 reinforced regiments, you must know that before a brigade of several masters of our military region reached more than 25,000 people, and your 59th is not even half of a brigade when you are left there, so the most important thing for you now is to recruit troops and expand the strength of your troops to a real division. Xu Shiyou suggested.

Meng Qingshan smiled bitterly: "I have long heard that the troops of the Inner Mongolia Ancient Military Region are all wealthy, and if you don't make a move, you will already be shocked by the earth, and now it seems that it is really like this, I really can't imagine what a scene of more than 25,000 people in an infantry brigade is, is it possible that each regiment also has ** thousand people, but Lao Xu You have a sentence that is very right, in this era, everything depends on strength to speak, and the commander can give us support the weapons and equipment of a reinforced regiment, but the time will definitely not be too long, This time, when we came from Jizhong, we heard Lao Li say that the military region seems to have begun to recruit new recruits again, and I am afraid that the commanders of our old troops will not have time to take care of it, and we will have to rely on ourselves for future development. ”

"Hehehe, okay, let's go and prepare, let's go and meet Pang Bingxun, this old boy, hello to everyone who knows each other, I am good, if you don't know each other, you have to wronged him and his 40th Army to our prisoner of war camp as a guest." Xu Shiyou said domineeringly.

"That's a good dare, hehe, I think the commander wants us to send troops to Henan, but I can't figure it out a little, there are so many divisions and brigades with strong combat effectiveness in the military region, why do you want to transfer our 59th Division, a recruit division, to the south, what does the commander mean?" Meng Qingshan asked suspiciously.

"Lao Meng, it can only be said that the commander cares for your division, you must know that many infantry divisions in the rear are busy saying good things about the relationship these days, and the purpose is to go to the front line. Why, because all the consumption of the troops on the front line is under the control of the military region, and only half of the captured booty is required, and the captured prisoners are all "handed over" to the political department of the military region for ideological education, and after passing the qualifications, half of the number of people surrendered by each unit will be returned. So you kid would be content, if it weren't for the fact that the commander favored your 59th Division. Xu Shiyou explained.

"So that's the case, hehehe, okay, this time I promise not to disgrace the commander, although our 59th Division is from the ravine, but no matter how you say it, it is also an old army that has been dealing with little devils for 4 years, and our old foundation is also a regular army, we have never been afraid of fighting, this time it depends on the performance of our 59th Division." Meng Qingshan patted his chest and said.

Xu Shiyou said loudly: "Okay, we have to have this kind of momentum, our team is the 'elite' of fighting devils, if even those miscellaneous armies of the Kuomintang ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］