Nanjing Tangshan Hot Spring Villa.

The sunlight shone in through the window, and poured on Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Committee of the Nationalist Political Axe, who was working at the desk, just like the slippery hot spring water last night, so warm that people's hearts were suddenly desired.

At present, Chairman Chiang is pondering the telegram sent by Liu Jianxu last night. Yes, the elimination of a regiment and a division of the Red Bandits in World War I and the capture of more than 5,000 people was another great victory after the Battle of Xiangjiang. Unexpectedly, Liu Jianxu, a junior brother of the Baoding Military Academy, could really fight. How many people are left in the main force of the Red Bandits? It won't be more than 20,000 people. Where will they go next? Xiangxi? Desperately, a line of 300,000 troops and pillboxes awaited them. Traveling west to Guizhou? Not bad, yesterday the camp had strictly ordered the 25th Army's Wang Jialie Division to deploy along the line of Liping and Jinping to strictly prevent the Red Army from entering Guizhou. If Wang Jialie dared to disrespect the order and let the red bandits enter Guizhou, it just so happened that Xue Yue knew the intention of the base camp and would directly chase the red bandits into Guizhou, so let the red bandits be the pioneer of the central government's recovery of the southwest power. It is better for the red bandits to rush all over the southwest and northwest, so that the central government can justifiably clean up those warlords in the southwest and northwest who are superficially obedient to the central government, but in fact have been reading their strength.

Niang Xipi, these warlords do not have a good thing, and they do not understand the overall strategy of the central government to unify the whole country, accumulate strength, and meet the capital. The weakness of the country is caused by these warlords who do not understand the overall situation, only care about their own personal interests, and bring disaster to the country and the people.

After the end of the Northern Expedition, the country was basically unified, but large and small warlords under the banner of revolution controlled power in most of the regions. Considering that there were too many [***] troops, and the equipment was low, and the quality was too poor, he held a military reorganization meeting. Unexpectedly, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Li Zongren joined forces and fought with the central government. First, Feng Yuxiang fought alone, but after being defeated, he did not honestly admit his guilt, and even colluded with Yan Xishan and Li Zongren to come to a Central Plains war. Li Zongren, this guy, how many benefits he gained during the Northern Expedition, he was not satisfied, and he had to get involved every time he had the opportunity, and never forgot to oppose the central government. Yan Xishan, the old slippery head, I secretly ordered Han Fuqu to arrest him, but he escaped when he heard the news, and after returning to Shanxi, he did not repent, and dared to fight with Lao Tzu in the newspaper, and said that he was the source of the civil war and wanted to go into the field with me. Niang Xipi! What protects the party and saves the country, what opposes reading talents, what does he use people improperly, corrupt and degenerate, and what is worse than stopping chaos, is it simply selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, isn't it just trying to preserve power, expand territory, continue to contend with the central government, and maintain the selfish interests of individuals and small groups? Why do you say it so well? As a result, Yang Yongtai came up with a high idea to solve Feng Yuxiang's Second Group Army by economic means, Yan Xishan's Third Army by political means, and Li Zongren's Fourth Army by military means. Due to the correct strategy, the Central Army fought bravely and skillfully, and defeated these old hats. Feng Yuxiang became a loner, Yan Xishan retreated to Shanxi, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi became local powerful factions from large military groups that could influence the political situation of the whole country. Are you honest?

These guys are honest, Hu Hanmin, Wang Zhaoming and others in the party jumped out again, and they dared to force me to go into the wilderness, Niang Xipi! My rights are fought by the Whampoa Student Army, are you nerds who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures to go into the wilderness? Dare to set up another political axe in Guangzhou, against you! Hu Hanmin was directly imprisoned, be honest!

The damage inflicted on the central by these bastards is enormous. He was busy dealing with the fight with them, and as a result, he let * sit big in Jiangxi, and the encirclement and suppression were unsuccessful three times, and after each encirclement and suppression, the territory of the red bandits expanded a little, and there were more people. There is a great tendency to set the prairie on fire.

The most hateful thing is that because of the fight with these guys, Yue Kou took advantage of the situation and picked a big advantage. The "September 18" incident carried out by the Kwantung Army completely occupied thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the northeast. Zhang Hanqing, a loser, was busy dancing with beautiful women, so that hundreds of thousands of troops withdrew from the Northeast without firing a shot. In the end, some people in the Northeast Army even said that they were not allowed to resist on their own orders. Niang Xipi, a warlord is not a thing, and a warlord's son is not a thing when he becomes a warlord. I have said that when there is a conflict with the Japanese Kou, I will not fight back or scold back, and that is in order not to provide an excuse for large-scale aggression and to avoid the expansion of the situation. As a result, you are good, you will give him Shenyang when you attack Beidaying, you will give him Liaoning if you occupy Shenyang, and you will give him all the three eastern provinces if you occupy Liaoning. As a result, the Chinese people did not understand, and it was just a matter of saying that Zhang Hanqing was not resisting the general, but public opinion was one-sided, saying that it was he who ordered the Northeast Army not to resist. Niang Xipi, when the incident occurred, I was on the ship from Nanjing to Nanchang to deploy the Communists, and I didn't even know about it when the incident happened. Besides, the Northeast Army doesn't listen to orders in peacetime, so does it only listen to orders when it escapes?

It is said that if you occupy the northeast, you will occupy it. I can't get it back for a while, so let's kill the red bandits first. In the past few years, with the call of cracking down on local tyrants and dividing up the land, and coercing the ignorant and foolish people, the Red Army has grown to 300,000 people, forming six large base areas, with forces throughout several provinces, and becoming a more terrible henchman than the warlords and the Kou, relying on the local armies in Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei to control the situation. There's no way, hurry up and concentrate on encirclement and suppression!

As soon as the Red Bandits' Hubei-Henan-Anhui and Hunan-Hubei base areas were cut off and flew wildly, so that they could not support each other, the troops attacking the Jiangxi bandit area on the eastern front were eaten by the Red Bandits by three divisions. It's miserable, it's distressing! Just thinking about how to concentrate the main force to sweep away the bandit area in Jiangxi, the greedy Yue Kou began to attack Rehe again, triggering the Great Wall War of Resistance, and after a few months of fighting, the Tanggu Agreement was finally signed.

Now it's okay, the original policy of paying equal attention to resistance and suppression of red seems to be unworkable, and it just so happens that I will not move for the time being, so I will quickly adjust and concentrate on suppressing red.

This time, I have learned the lessons of the previous failures in encirclement and suppression, and I have grasped military encirclement and suppression with one hand and political construction with the other, and I have divided three parts military and seven parts politics. Militarily, hundreds of thousands of troops were concentrated, the tactics of encirclement of pillboxes were adopted, Yugong moved mountains, overhauled pillboxes and roads, and the main force steadily advanced, constantly pressing the space for the main force of the red bandits to operate, forcing them to confront each other head-on, so that their elite was consumed little by little in the positional warfare. Politically, we launched the New Life Movement, purified the minds of the people with the four-dimensional and eight-program principles of Confucianism, and started with the transformation of ordinary life such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so as to realize the militarization, production, and art of national life, so as to achieve the goal of transforming society and rejuvenating the country.

Seeing that the New Life Movement was slowly taking root in the hearts of the people and that the Red Bandits were exhausted, Li Jishen instigated the 19th Route Army to start the Fujian Incident, and set up another political axe under the banner of resistance. It's just a matter of resisting, what is the other political axe for, isn't it splitting? Fortunately, [***] is now the student baby in power, and he did not join forces with the Nineteenth Route Army, so that he could quickly extinguish the incident.

Finally, the Quartet was stable, and they could concentrate their forces to clean up the red bandits, and the German advisers also worked out a roller tactic, and they could immediately carry out a thunderous blow to the red bandits. See his big-headed ghost, resist? Do you need to resist it? Your surrender to the central government and let [***] kill you all is the greatest contribution to the confrontation! It took a long time to determine the whereabouts of the red bandits, and he hurriedly dispatched troops and laid down four blockade lines, so that he could be regarded as the loss of more than half of the red bandits in Xiangjiang.

Now it's okay, Liu Jianxu's fight, how many people to eliminate is secondary, the key is to play the intention and direction of the main force of the red bandits, as long as Bai Chongxi and Chen Jitang in the south of the passage can quickly pursue, Wang Jialie in the west can stop it, Xue Yue and Liu Jianxu's army squeezed from the east and north directions, it is estimated that it is time to close the net.

If Wang Jialie can't stop it, I'm sorry, it's not much use to ask for a double-spearman like him, and he will directly annex it. As for whether Bai Chongxi and Chen Jitang will do their best, it doesn't matter, as long as the red bandits are cleaned up, the matter of them and Yu Ben's secret sending of Qiubo should also be liquidated. Bai Chongxi is nothing, whether it is to contact Long Yun or communicate with Wang Jialie, he just wants to dominate Guangxi. Chen Jitang is different, not only did he secretly communicate with the red bandits, but he dared to brave the world's condemnation to accept the weapons donated by him, and asked him to be a military adviser, is he blind when he is the central government? Let's not get busy yet, let's see.

How to reward He Jian and Xiang Jun? Expansion, promotion, reward? Is it okay? It is absolutely impossible to expand the organization, and it is best to completely centralize He Jian's troops after the Red Army is defeated. Promotion? He Jian is now the commander-in-chief of the pursuit army, the provincial chairman, and the army general, how can he be promoted? If He Jian is willing to give up the provincial chairman, he can consider giving him a high position in the central government, like Feng Yuxiang, but it is estimated that He Jian will turn his face with himself, it will not work. You can consider promoting Liu Jianxu and several of his division commanders to the official position, so that they can know that all power lies in the central government. Reward? No, now the national political axe can only earn 350 million yuan a year, which is not enough for its own descendants, but it can't be said that it is not rewarded at all, so let's give some. Thinking of this, the chairman of the committee approved above: 200,000 yuan will be awarded to the ministry, and Commander-in-Chief He will report the list of meritorious personnel and promote them.

When the chief of the guard entered, Chiang Kai-shek had just finished signing and closing the file.

Seeing that the chairman of the committee had rested last night and looked very good, the chief of the guard said cautiously: "Report to the chairman of the committee, just now the air force called to report that Liu Jianxu, commander of the First Corps of the Pursuit Army, asked the air force to dispatch planes to search and reconnoiter Xikou and Xiaoshui in Tongdao County. The results of the investigation found many [***] soldiers' bodies in both places, and no signs of Red Army activity were found. The Air Force expanded its reconnaissance area, but no signs of red bandit activity were found in the passage area. ”

"What? Is there such a thing? ”

The guard officer became more and more cautious: "This is a transcript of the call, please take a look at it." ”

Chiang Kai-shek took the transcript and read it carefully, and asked, "Does Liu Jianxu have any new reports?" ”

"Report to the chairman, not for the time being?"

"What is He Jian doing?"

"Commander-in-Chief He is holding a press conference in Yueyang."

"Niang Xipi, Liu Jianxu lied about his exploits, He Yunqiao fell into the trap of a red bandit and didn't realize it, and he dared to hold a press conference, it's just a joke! Rice bucket, big rice bucket! ”

After venting, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the guard officer: "You go and inform Director Yang and Director He to come here immediately." The Air Force was ordered to immediately dispatch a comprehensive search and reconnaissance of Tongdao County, and it was necessary to find out the location of the main force of the red bandits, they would not be able to run far. As soon as He Jian and Liu Jianxu's telegram was reported, it was reported immediately. ”

The chief of the guard hurriedly stood up: "Yes!" And he walked out.

By the time Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang walked into the Tangshan Hot Spring Villa, Liu Jianxu's telegram was already lying quietly on Chiang Kai-shek's desk.

Seeing his two staff members coming, Chiang Kai-shek, who was staring at the window with his hands behind his back, turned around: "You are here?" Let's take a look at the telegram first, in one day and one night, three elite divisions were wiped out. It's a good fight, it's really a wise command, and the soldiers use their lives! Drive tens of thousands of people into the pockets of red bandits like pigs! Shame, shame like never before! ”

After reading the telegram, Yang Yongtai sighed: "I can't think of it, I really can't imagine that the red bandits at the end of the road can still carry out a Jedi counterattack!" I'm sure it must be * in power again. ”

He Guoguang sighed faintly: "It's a pity, if these three divisions of the Hunan Army were replaced by Bai Chongxi's three divisions or Chen Jitang's three divisions, it would be great." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was not surprised by the performance of the two aides, and the policy of killing three birds with one stone was itself the result of a secret chamber, both of which were major players, and naturally knew the decision of the central government to take back power in the southwest and build a strategic rear for the War of Resistance. As a matter of fact, it is impossible for this policy to be stopped because the three divisions of the Hunan Army have been wiped out. The question now is how to continue to pull He Jian, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Jitang into the chariot chasing the red bandits, and don't let them become shrinking turtles.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Let's discuss, what to do next." ”

Catching up with the chairman's black eyes, Yang Yongtai unconsciously straightened up, helped the glasses frame that had slipped a little, and said in a slow voice in his Cantonese accent: "The chairman of the committee doesn't need to be angry, although the red bandits have temporarily won the battle, the unfavorable situation of being pursued and suppressed has not changed. The top priority at the moment was to urge Bai Chongxi and Chen Jitang to march quickly, and mobilize He Jian to press the remaining divisions. Then the central army swept the formation from behind, and the red bandits still could not escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated. ”

"Do you think He Jian can still take out the remaining divisions? Do you think Bai Chongxi will continue to pursue the red bandits? Chiang Kai-shek's eyes flashed, and Yang Yongtai's heart was weak for a while.

Yang Yongtai took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his bald top: "Report to the chairman, it is a good word for He Jian." Didn't he lose three divisions? I am afraid that what he is most worried about now is that the chairman of the committee will revoke the names of these three divisions. We can let him restore the structure of these three divisions, the central authorities can provide equipment, and the officers at the division and brigade level can be nominated by He Jian and appointed by the central authorities, but officers below the regimental level must be sent to the Lushan Officer Training Corps for training. ”

Looking at Chiang Kai-shek's impassiveness, Yang Yongtai continued: "As for Bai Chongxi, it is estimated that he will shrink his forces for the time being and will not be able to hold out. However, it can be seen from the results of this battle that * is coming back, and he will not go to Xiangxi's pocket. The biggest possibility is to go west to Guizhou, so that the central army can wave Guizhou. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi will not watch the central government oust Wang Jialie from power, and they are likely to intervene and echo Wang Jialie from afar and form an alliance to protect themselves. Didn't Li Zongren make a statement in Guangzhou yesterday calling for entering Guizhou to suppress bandits? Therefore, Bai Chongxi will not be lonely. The shrunken turtle won't be able to be a turtle for long, as long as the red bandits run west, as long as Xue Yue enters Guizhou, the Gui army will definitely follow into Guizhou. At that time, as long as we make clever use of it, we can make Bai Chongxi not only unable to save Wang Jialie, but also have to bite with the red bandits, and he will not be a human being. ”

He Guoguang interjected: "I agree with Director Yang's analysis of the red bandits' westward flight to Guizhou and Bai Chongxi, but I don't agree with He Jian's analysis. He Jian is determined not to attack this time, and he will immediately propose to the chairman of the committee to withdraw his troops to encircle and suppress the Helong bandits in Xiangxi. After all, the loss of the three elite divisions is not something that can be made up casually. If it is done according to Director Yang's method, it can only intensify He Jian's vigilance, and this method is not advisable. In my opinion, if He Jian wants to withdraw his troops, let him withdraw, anyway, the Xiangxi defense line is enough to block the red bandits from going north. It's just that the time for the red bandits to go west to Guizhou will not be far away, maybe it will start now, and we have to arrange it in advance. I have an idea to make good use of the Sichuan army, after all, they have strong troops, and Liu Xiang is very afraid that the red bandits will enter the middle of Sichuan and join Xu Qian. When the commission formulated the outline for suppressing bandits in the area west of Xiangshui, the Sichuan army was not given a task, and now is the time to use them. There is also Long Yun in Yunnan, who can also order him to send troops to Guizhou to stop the red bandits. ”

Seeing that the two staff members finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and finally said: "Order Bai Chongxi and Chen Jitang to speed up the attack; He Jian and Liu Jianxu were ordered to strictly prevent the red bandits from moving north to Xiangxi, and to continue to pursue and suppress the red bandits with no less than two divisions; ordered Xue Yue to lead his troops to continue the pursuit and be ready to enter Guiyang at any time; He ordered Wang Jialie to strictly guard the line of Liping and Jinping, and ordered Liu Xiang to quickly mobilize and enter the northern Qianbei area to stand by. Ordered Long Yun to prepare to support Guizhou. You should go down and organize and draw up a specific battle plan. When necessary, I will personally fly to the front line to supervise the battle. ”

After a pause, Chiang Kai-shek said: "The responsibility for this defeat must be investigated, and Liu Jianxu should be removed from his post as commander of the First Corps of the Pursuit and Suppression Army and commander of the 28th Army, and he should be allowed to continue to exercise his powers and make meritorious contributions." 200,000 yuan was allocated to He Jian for the compensation of the fallen soldiers. ”

Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang glanced at each other, and said in unison: "The commission is wise, this move is strict in rewards and punishments, and sympathetic to subordinates, and it will definitely be able to boost morale and share the enemy's hatred." ”

The two staff members left, and Chiang Kai-shek called the chief of the guard: "You go and inform Madame, get ready, and we will go back immediately." ”