Ishihara Wan'er also followed suit, and then said indifferently: "I think that if the empire wants to achieve the final victory on the battlefield in China, we must first ensure that we have enough strategic resources, of course, these resources need to be imported, then we must ensure the smooth flow of the empire's sea routes, and the most important thing is that we need an ally." ”

"Allies?" Hideki Tojo asked puzzledly, "Please Ishihara-kun speak up!" ”

"Tojo-kun, you and I both know that most of the Empire's strategic materials are imported from the United States, so our relationship with the United States will directly affect whether the Empire's strategic materials are sufficient." Ishihara said: "So I think that the empire must ally with Europe and the United States, so that we can have sufficient strategic materials and strong allied support, and with the help of the United States, we can easily eliminate Zhang Mingyu's reading army, and even compete with the hateful Soviets." ”

"Ishihara-kun, and the alliance with the United States? I'm afraid this won't work, right? You know, the Americans have been helping the people of China all along. Hideki Tojo frowned and said, "They shouldn't be in alliance with us." ”

"Tojo-kun, the Americans provided some assistance to the Chinese people, but the Americans are not stupid, they are very cunning, so the assistance given to the Chinese people will never be in vain, so they also continued to sell us strategic materials such as steel and oil during the war, and took the opportunity to make a lot of war money. Therefore, the relationship between the Chinese and the Americans is not unbreakable, and it is not impossible for us to cooperate with the Americans. Everyone has a stake. Ishihara said with a smile.

"As you said, the Americans are very cunning, and if we cooperate with them, will we not be seeking the skin of the tiger?" Hideki Tojo asked.

"Tojo-kun, of course, we will not really cooperate with the Americans, but with the help of their abundant strategic resources such as steel, when I conquer all of China and successfully establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, then the Americans, hum....I believe that our heroic and invincible Imperial Army will be able to defeat the American soldiers." Ishihara replied with a smile.

"I want the West!" Hideki Tojo nodded and said, "Ishihara-kun's suggestion will be reported to His Majesty the Emperor Mingming, and Ishihara should continue to serve as the deputy chief of staff, let's work together for the Great East Asian Holy War!" ”

Ishihara hurriedly got up, bowed his head suddenly, and said, "Hai! Thank you Tojo-kun! ”

………………………… Fenyang City, the headquarters of the Second Theater of the National Revolutionary Army has been moved here at this time.

In the headquarters room, Yan Xishan sat on the sofa with a sad face, smoking foreign cigarettes in his mouth, General Wei Lihuang sat next to his left hand, Yan Xishan extinguished a cigarette butt and asked: "Brother Junru, what do you say we should do, he Zhang Mingyu is not leaving Taiyuan, you say this is not in line with common sense." ”

General Wei Lihuang smiled and said: "Commander, I can't think of any good way to do this for a while, after all, Taiyuan was defeated by the people's reading army, and they are also our squadron, so we really have no reason to drive them away." ”

"Oh, Junru brother, it's not right for you to say that, Shanxi is my hometown of Yan, and it is also the hometown of the children of the Sanjin Dynasty, Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province, as the provincial chairman of Shanxi Province, of course I have to work in Taiyuan, he Zhang Mingyuyi; is not subordinate to my second war zone battle sequence, the second is not my third Jin son, you said that he occupies Taiyuan and does not leave, isn't this riding on my head and? Yan Xishan complained.

After hearing this, General Wei Lihuang felt a burst of contempt in his heart: When I occupied your Taiyuan, I didn't see you so motivated, and now I think of fighting for territory.

But contempt is contempt, General Wei Lihuang still persuaded: "Brother Bochuan, now is the head of the national crisis, my generation, as a member of the party, should take it as their responsibility to resist and save the country, and don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place." If Brother Bochuan really wants to go back to Taiyuan, then I have a way, but I don't know if it will work. ”

As soon as he heard that there was a way, Yan Xishan's eyes lit up and said, "What way?" Speak quickly! ”

General Wei Lihuang picked up a cup of tea next to him, took a sip and said, "Brother Bochuan, you can send a telegram to the chairman of the committee, asking him to order Zhang Mingyu to lead the reading force to withdraw from Taiyuan, so that Zhang Mingyu may be able to give up Taiyuan." ”

Yan Xishan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, great, this kid Zhang Mingyu is a student of someone's little fellow, he should be able to listen to Jiang Zhongzheng's words!" I'm going to ask someone to draft a telegram and send it to Yucheng. ”

……………… The official residence of the leader of Yucheng.

It was already getting late at night, and the lights in Chairman Chiang's room were still on, and at this time he was completely sleepy, and he was caught up in one after another things that made him extremely annoying. When Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, gently opened the door of President Jiang's room with a telegram in his hand, he saw that Chairman Jiang was wearing a pajama and was approving documents.

He walked over softly, and then said softly: "Commission, I received a call from Chief Yan of the Second War Zone." ”

Chairman Jiang put down the document in his hand and said, "Yan Xishan? What's the matter with him at such a late hour? ”

"Yes." After Wang Shihe finished speaking, he respectfully handed the telegram in his hand to the chairman of the committee.

After reading the telegram in a hurry, Chairman Chiang muttered; Yan Xishan wanted to go back to Taiyuan .......... After thinking about it for a while, he immediately said to Wang Shihe: "Shihe, you immediately draft a telegram and send it to the Reading Army, to the effect that Zhang Mingyu will lead the Reading Army to withdraw from Taiyuan and take over Taiyuan by the Second War Zone!" ”

"Yes! Let's do it. Wang Shihe quickly finished taking notes, and then retreated respectfully.

………………… The next morning, Zhang Mingyu took Tie Niu and others out of the city to hunt, he had not exercised his marksmanship for a long time, he rarely had Yaxing, let Tie Niu take a platoon of soldiers to Taiyuan Dongshan, just when Zhang Mingyu was having fun, a communication soldier quickly ran over, came to Zhang Mingyu, and said uprightly: "Military seat, Yucheng Chairman Jiang called!" ”

"Chairman Chiang?" Zhang Mingyu handed over the shotgun in his hand to Tie Niu, immediately took the telegram, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, his face changed slightly: "Let Lao Tzu withdraw from Taiyuan!" ”

The iron bull next to him was confused and said, "Junzao, are we still hunting?" ”

"Humph!" Zhang Mingyu snorted coldly and said, "Go back to the military headquarters!" After saying that, he took the lead and walked down the mountain.

…………… Half an hour later, in the city of Taiyuan.

"What? Let us withdraw from Taiyuan, we have suffered so many casualties, and finally defeated Taiyuan, now let us withdraw, if we don't withdraw, if we die, we won't withdraw! Zhang Biao jumped three feet high when he heard this.

"That's right! Junzuo, we can't withdraw, Taiyuan is so big, it's not easy to fight down, and now he Jin Suijun wants to come to grab our results, let's do his mother's dream of spring and autumn! Ling Tianbao also shouted.

"Who said they were going to withdraw?" Zhang Mingyu said coldly: "Communication troops, call back to Yucheng, just say that there are still remnants of the enemy in Taiyuan, and the army around Taiyuan is eyeing each other, and our department cannot withdraw in reality. ”

"Yes!" The Signal Corps took the order and left.

Immediately, Zhang Mingyu said sharply: "Now I will order ........."

Zhang Biao, Ling Tianbao stood up snapped, Zhang Mingyu paused and said: "I order, all the officers and soldiers of the First Division and the Second Division immediately enter the first-level combat readiness state, and be on standby at any time to deal with special situations that may occur at any time!" Although Zhang Mingyu does not want the Chinese to fight the Chinese, the necessary self-defense still needs to be done. God knows if he, Yan Xishan, will suddenly attack. As for Taiyuan Zhang Mingyu is now killed and will not let him out, first of all, he needs all kinds of factories and enterprises in Taiyuan City, and he needs Shanxi's rich coal and other resources.

The most important thing is that he wants to use Shanxi as a springboard to prepare for the next counterattack on Shijiazhuang and even Pingjin, so at this time, Shanxi Zhang Mingyu will not give up an inch of land!

"Yes!" The two gladly accepted the order.

………………………… Fenyang, Second Theater Command.

Yan Xishan's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "What are you talking about?" Zhang Mingyu is unwilling to withdraw from Taiyuan? Grandma is a bear, this Zhang Mingyu doesn't even listen to his principal's words? It's really daring. ”

General Wei Lihuang smiled on the side and said: "Brother Bochuan, don't be angry, if Zhang Mingyu listens to the old man, how can he read the army at this time?" Haha......"

Yan Xishan said in an unkind tone: "Brother Junru, this is your mistake, knowing that this matter is difficult to achieve, why do you want me to send this telegram!" ”

General Wei Lihuang smiled and said nothing, where was the only one left, Yan Xishan, sulking. Yan Xishan suddenly asked: "Brother Junru, you said that if we raid Taiyuan with lightning speed, how sure will we be to take Taiyuan?" ”

General Wei Lihuang shook his head and said, "Brother Bo Chuan, how does the combat strength of the troops belonging to our Second War Zone compare to himself? ”

Yan Xishan shook his head and said, "I have the assistance of the Air Force, and the artillery firepower is stronger than ours, so it's not as good." ”

"Then do you think we will be able to defeat the Reading Force Army, which is stronger than the Yue himself?" General Wei Lihuang asked rhetorically.

"This ........." Yan Xishan still said unwillingly: "Our army has 200,000 people, and the reading army is at most 100,000, and their strength in Taiyuan will not exceed 50,000 at most, and our army has an absolute superiority in strength......"

Before Yan Xishan finished speaking, General Wei Lihuang directly interrupted him and said: "In the battle of Xinkou, our army has more than 300,000, and the army is less than 20,000, what is the result?" ”

Yan Xishan was speechless for a moment, so he had to sigh repeatedly.

………………………… The official residence of the leader of Yucheng.

After Chairman Jiang received Zhang Mingyu's reply, he was furious and scolded: "Niang Xipi, Zhang Mingyu, this bastard, openly disobeyed my order and called me Dai Li!" ”

Wang Shihe saw that Chairman Jiang was angry, so frightened that he crawled out with a belt, and soon Dai Li rushed over.

As soon as Chairman Jiang saw Dai Li, he immediately said in an ordered tone: "Yunong, why hasn't the person you sent move yet, hurry up and inform him, let him act as soon as possible, and be sure to bring Zhang Mingyu back to me, I will personally ask him who gave him the courage to openly refute me several times!" ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, Yu Nong will do his best to pretend to be this! Dai Li saw that the chairman of the committee was angry, and hurriedly bowed his head in response.

(To be continued)