Zhang Xueliang came back from the distraction just now, and nodded a little mechanically: "Dazhang, immediately plan a telegram in my name, send a telegram to my brother, the thief Kou Nan invaded East China, my brother and Governor Han are difficult to support alone, and the Yellow River and Mount Tai in the northern Lubei region have all fallen into the hands of the enemy." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The land of Qilu is in danger, and East China is in danger, please take the overall situation as the priority, and quickly send reinforcements to the north, and the younger brother is willing to lead the soldiers of the department as the vanguard, and swear to fight to the death with the Zhang Xinghan thieves and rebels.

The situation is critical, but my brother Mingjian and my brother Hanqing are in urgent need of reinforcements in Qingdao! ”

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Nanjing City, the official residence of the Duke of Chiang.

'Pig', 'Pig', 'Island', 'Novel'''' Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, read Zhang Xueliang's telegram in front of Chairman Chiang, and when he saw Chairman Chiang sitting on the sofa with the same expression, he put the telegram away and stood aside respectfully.

After a long while, Chairman Jiang ordered in a somewhat tired tone: "Shihe, go and inform Jiansheng and Cixiu that they will come to see me quickly." ”

"Yes, take a seat." Wang Shihe hurriedly stepped forward and quickly took the order to leave.

Within half an hour, Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng arrived together.

Chairman Chiang casually beckoned the two to sit down opposite him, and then instructed Wang Shihe to read Zhang Xiaoliu's telegram asking for help to the two of them.

While they were watching, Chairman Jiang said: "Zhang Hanqing has called for help, he also fought a small victory in Weifang, and now the counterattack has reached Zibo, but it has not been able to continue to advance."

Zhang Xinghan has already sent reinforcements to Zibo, and he is afraid that he will not be able to stop the Northeast Army from continuing to move south, so he wants to ask the central government to send reinforcements, what do you think about this? ”

Bai Chongxi, who had already read the message, took the lead in raising his head and speaking: "Commission, if the Central Plains is not lost, we can still mobilize reinforcements to go north along the Jinpu Railway."

Although we dare not say that we will definitely be able to thwart the Northeast Army and the Luzhong region, we can telegraphically order Han Fuqu and Zhang Hanqing to shrink their forces, resist step by step, and delay the offensive edge of the Northeast Army.

In the end, the enemy and us fought in the area north of Xuzhou. Duel it out.

No matter how bad it is, we also have plenty of time to rely on the natural danger of the Huai River to build a defensive line and block the mechanized clusters of the Northeast Army with the water network area of the two Huai River basins.

But at present, the Central Plains has been broken through by the Northeast Army, and two-thirds of the Central Plains have fallen into the hands of the Northeast Army.

The danger of the Yellow River no longer exists, and the Northeast Army can also divide its troops to advance eastward along the Longhai Line, sweeping Xuzhou and cutting off the connection between Jiangsu and Shandong, Anhui and other places.

The Jinpu Railway was cut off, so there was no strategic value in defending the north of the Huai River.

There is no need to increase troops to the north. Because that can only be in vain, in vain in the precious living force. ”

Bai Chongxi's words were very much in line with Chairman Jiang's heart, and the latter couldn't help but nod lightly.

Chen Cheng also observed his words and echoed and said: "Commission, Brother Jiansheng is reasonable, Shandong is undefensible, and it is futile to send troops."

We should still deploy our precious forces in the Lianghuai Valley and the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, so as to make sure that everything is possible. ”

"As for Han Fuqu and Zhang Hanqing's second department, it is impossible for the committee to reply truthfully, and they should pretend to agree. Let them continue to hold on and delay the southward march of the Northeast Army as much as possible.

In order to prevent Han Fuqu from rebelling, one or two divisions should also be sent north along the Jinpu Railway, bluffing as reinforcements. appease the hearts of Han and Zhang. Bai Chongxi said in a flat tone.

As everyone knows, his seemingly frivolous words directly sent nearly 100,000 Qingdao troops and Shandong troops to death.

Chairman Jiang was also slightly surprised by Xiao Zhuge 's ruthlessness, but fortunately, both Han Fuqu's Shandong Army and Zhang Hanqing's Qingdao Army. None of them are his henchmen of Chairman Chiang, who are affiliated with the Central Army.

He didn't feel sorry when he died.

nodded in agreement, and assigned Bai and Chen to act accordingly.

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Qingdao, the Young Marshal's Mansion.

He received a somewhat vague response from Chairman Chiang. Zhang Shaoshuai said to Shen Honglie with some drums in his heart: "Chengzhang, judging from the telegram, Chairman Jiang seems to have a somewhat cold attitude towards sending troops north for reinforcements. ”

"Oh?" Shen Honglie asked curiously, "Young Marshal, what did you say in the telegram?" ”

Zhang Xueliang handed the telegram to Shen Honglie casually, Shen Honglie took it and read it, and said suspiciously: "Young marshal, isn't it clearly written on this telegram that my brother is anxious, and my brother already knows everything, and he will send reinforcements to the north by train on the same day to reinforce him, and I hope we will do our best to hold on to the reinforcements?" ”

However, in his private capacity, he persuaded me to leave Qingdao and go to Nanjing. I'm worried that this sentence has another meaning. Zhang Xueliang has not been dealing with his sworn brother for a day or two, analyzed.

"What does the young marshal mean is that Chairman Chiang intends to give up Shandong?" Shen Honglie's face changed and asked.

Zhang Xueliang pondered thoughtfully: "It's hard to say, Yan Xishan defected, and the entire north of the Yellow River has become Zhang Xinghan's world, and the momentum is better than ours at the beginning."

Now I don't know what the situation is on the battlefield in the Central Plains, and Han Fuqu is powerless to resist the attack of the rebels in Shandong, so the world is unpredictable. ”

After speaking, Zhang Shaoshuai instructed Chen Dazhang, the adjutant of the attendants: "Dazhang, you immediately arrange for someone to find out if there are any latest changes in the Central Plains." ”

Chen Dazhang saluted, turned around and left.

Shen Honglie asked: "Young marshal, will our army continue to besiege Zibo?" ”

"The situation is unknown, just in case, send a telegram to Yu Xuezhong, ask them to stop the siege, and then withdraw to Weifang, send more reconnaissance troops, and keep in touch with us at any time, so as to be in order!" Zhang Xueliang made a rare and correct decision.

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In Zibo City, the smoke has not completely dissipated, and the air is filled with the choking smell.

Liu Jianguo, with a team of guards, was patrolling the city.

After leading his troops into the city, reinforcements quickly took over the defenders and took on the defense of the four gates.

Due to the relative strength of the enemy, the defenders fought extremely fiercely, and more than 3,000 people participated in the defense of the city, and more than two-thirds were killed or wounded.

During the inspection, the bodies of the fallen soldiers could be seen everywhere, and some civilians and reinforcements were busy gathering them.

Not long after, Liu Jianguo followed the devastated streets to the wartime hospital in the center of the city.

The hospital was converted from a former restaurant, and the huge hospital was overcrowded because there were too many wounded soldiers.

Many of the soldiers with less wounded even lined up at the gates and in some corridors.

Seeing Liu Jianguo striding towards with the general on his shoulder, the sharp-eyed wounded soldiers saw him and immediately beckoned his companions to stand up and salute to greet him.

Most of these wounded soldiers belonged to the First Group Army of the Northeast Army, and the First Group Army was the group army that inherited the old foundation of the Seventh Brigade of Zhang Xinghan's starting army.

Some of the backbone of the middle and grassroots are veterans who have come out of independent divisions.

Inheriting the tenacious combat style and iron-blooded consciousness of the original independent division, their minds have long regarded Zhang Xinghan as the spiritual leader and the support of his soul willpower.

Seeing the arrival of Liu Jianguo, an old acquaintance and old boss, some wounded soldiers shed tears of excitement and guilt.

A lieutenant colonel officer with bandages everywhere on his head, legs and arms saluted Liu Jianguo with tears in his eyes: "Old sir, we are incompetent, we have suffered a defeat in Weifang, and we have been a shame to our old army and the commander-in-chief!" ”

Liu Jianguo looked at the iron-clad man in front of him, his body was scarred, and the white gauze had been soaked with blood, and it appeared quickly and eye-catching red.

Moved in his heart, he patted him lightly on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Brother, you have not disgraced the old troops, nor have you disgraced the commander-in-chief, you are all good, with less than a regiment of troops, it is a pity that the 20,000 Shandong army has attacked for nearly two days and two nights."

You are all men of iron, and the Commander-in-Chief and I are proud of you, and the Commander-in-Chief instructed me in a telegram to express his condolences to you on his behalf.

said that you will always be the most capable iron-blooded elite of our Northeast Army.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the battle of Weifang, we suffered a small loss, after two days and so on, the general seat will come, will definitely lead us to win back ten times and a hundred times. ”

The lieutenant colonel officer and the wounded soldiers were moved, and they all exclaimed: "Sir, you, you just said that the commander-in-chief is also coming?" ”

"Yes, he is on his way to come now, he can come in two or three days at most, you all have to take care of your injuries, and when the commander-in-chief comes, you can follow him to continue to charge, shame on you!" Liu Jianguo nodded.

"Yes, please rest assured, sir, we must take good care of our injuries, no, we are not injured, as long as you and the commander-in-chief give an order, we can still rush to the line of fire and fight those Shandong troops to the end!" The lieutenant colonel's eyes were filled with tears, and his tone was slumped for a while.

The wounded soldiers around them echoed one after another, their morale was high, and the crowd was excited, and the psychological impact of their defeat in the Battle of Weifang was suddenly swept away.

In fact, the military soul of this army has been forged as early as the northeast, and the reason why these soldiers who survived the bloody battle were able to quickly form a defense line in Zibo after the new defeat in Weifang, and tried their best to fight to the death.

It is because the god of war in their hearts is supporting, spurring them to die and fight to the end.

Because in their minds, as long as they think of Zhang Xinghan, as long as they think of the commander-in-chief who makes them respect like a god, they must not be a bad seed, and they must not embarrass the commander-in-chief, otherwise they are not worthy of being his soldiers.

It was precisely these beliefs and ideas that enabled them to maintain their high morale and sense of battle in the desperate situation of being outnumbered by the enemy and besieged, and persevered until Liu Jianguo's reinforcements arrived by relying on weapons and equipment that were much more advanced than the enemy in their hands and superior firepower.

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After nearly five days of rapid marching, Zhang Xinghan led the guard battalion to Zibo.

In the past five days, on the battlefield of the Central Plains, the three-way army of Liu Guodong, Yang Aiyuan and Xu Yongchang has made new progress, and has attacked the city of Xinyang.

The entire Central Plains region has basically fallen into the hands of the Northeast Army.

The only thing that has not made progress is the Shandong war situation, and on the Jining battlefield, Han Fuqu's Shandong army is still resisting stubbornly.

However, there were some changes on the battlefield of Zibo, and the besieging Qingdao army had stopped its offensive since four days earlier and withdrew to Weifang.

Zhang Xinghan grasped this information through the radio on the way here. (To be continued......)

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