Shen Honglie was pleasantly surprised when he heard that Zhang Xueliang wanted to fight for the position of mayor of Qingdao City, and then he came to his senses, and hurriedly and respectfully excused himself: "Young marshal, thank you for your love, but this position of mayor of Qingdao is really inappropriate, and it should be held by you personally." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Yes, I think what Brother Cheng Zhang said makes sense, young marshal, it is appropriate for you to take up the post of mayor of Qingdao in person." Liu Duoquan hurriedly nodded and said.

Seeing that the others wanted to persuade again, Zhang Xueliang immediately waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and said: "Everyone, I understand your thoughts, but I am really not suitable for the post of mayor of Qingdao, Brother Chengzhang is the most suitable candidate, I will do my best to recommend him in front of Chairman Jiang, so don't persuade you."

The most important thing for me now is to unite and develop with heart, starting from Qingdao, as long as you are united with Hanqing, I believe that we can definitely make a comeback! ”

"Yes! I will definitely follow the young marshal to the death and make a comeback! Everyone stood up and said.

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Nanjing, the residence of Chairman Chiang.

Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, came to Chairman Jiang's office with a telegram, and saluted Chairman Jiang, who was in the office, and reported: "Commission, I just got careful, Zhang Xueliang has returned to China." ”

"Oh? Where is he now? Hearing this, Chairman Jiang stopped what he was doing and raised his head and asked.

"In Qingdao, Shen Honglie and several of his subordinates received him." Wang Shihe said.

Qingdao? Chairman Jiang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said: "Zhang Hanqing is completely planted this time, so let's do it, you prepare a telegram for me, invite him to have time to come to Nanjing for a gathering, and I will personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for him." ”

At this time, there was no Double 12 incident, and Chairman Jiang still had a good impression of Zhang Shaoshuai, after all, he supported the troops to enter the customs at such a critical moment as the Central Plains War. He has made great contributions to winning a crucial battle.

Wang Shihe hurriedly bowed his head and continued: "Commission, at present, the situation in North China has returned to stability, and the territory of Zhang Xinghan's department has expanded to Suiyuan, Baoding, and Cangzhou.

In Hebei, our army still has the Zhengtai line, which is dominated by Shijiazhuang. ”

"Well, I see, you go down first." Chairman Jiang nodded and waved his hand.

"Yes." Wang Shihe respectfully withdrew.

Something. He has fulfilled his responsibilities in the report of the report, and as for what the leader thinks and plans to do, it is no longer something he needs to worry about.

However, it was still necessary to figure out the leader's thoughts, so as soon as he left the chairman's office, he did not rush to walk away, but deliberately slowed down and waited aside.

Sure enough, it hadn't been a minute. In the office, Chairman Jiang shouted: "Shihe, Shihe? ”

Wang Shihe hurriedly deliberately ran back, pushed the door in, and said breathlessly: "Bench." Your name is lowly? ”

Chairman Jiang nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you go and inform Jing Zhihe and Cixiu immediately, and ask them to come and discuss urgent matters with me quickly." ”

"Yes, let's go." Wang Shihe hurriedly bowed his head and answered. After saluting, he turned and walked away quickly.

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Beiping City, Headquarters of the 200th Division.

Zhang Xinghan, Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng and others have already eaten. This will return to the conference room, and is discussing the deployment of troops on the front line of Baoding and Cangzhou.

Everyone stood around the map, Zhang Xinghan moved a chair and sat down, holding a command pole in his hand, and pointed to Baoding and Cangzhou on the map: "Everyone, here, here, will be the focus of your defense in the future, on this line, you must deploy more than 70 percent of the troops, to ensure their safety, as the perimeter of Gongwei Pingjin." ”

"Commander, you mean that the 70,000 troops who were transferred out of the pass not long ago will not be transferred outside the pass, right?" Liu Jianguo asked tentatively.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "Yes, if you don't transfer away, you will be transferred to your command on the spot."

In order to facilitate command in the future, on the way to Beiping, I discussed with the chief of staff for a long time the matter of setting up a new command structure for our northeastern frontier troops. ”

"General, do you mean to set up a command structure at the military level?" Huang Xiansheng said: "This has to be approved by the Nanjing National Government, otherwise we don't have a regular number." ”

Zhang Xinghan shook his head with a smile and said: "Brother Alarm Zhong, first of all, I want to tell you that the additional command structure this time is not at the army level, and in order to facilitate the unified command of the garrisons in various provinces, cities, and regions, this time the additional organization is the group army.

Each army group has a number of infantry divisions and other units under its command.

There is no command structure at the military level.

Then there is the issue of the number, to this day, do you think the Nanjing government will still give us the number we want? ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, Liu Jianguo was Zhang Xinghan's original deputy battalion commander, an absolute confidant, and said cautiously: "What do you mean?" Are we self-reliant? ”

"Nonsense!" Zhang Xinghan suddenly became angry, pointed at Liu Jianguo and shouted to everyone: "There is one thing, you all have to pay attention to me, we will never do acts of splitting the country, at least before we go east to Japan, this is absolutely not allowed."

Therefore, I hope you will remember that no matter what time comes, we are all Chinese soldiers and defenders of the Chinese nation. ”

Liu Jianguo and the others immediately bowed their heads and remained silent.

After a pause, Zhang Xinghan continued: "As for the number issue, don't get entangled in it, before I came, the chief of staff and I have already checked the official establishment of the existing army of the National Revolutionary Army, and have a preliminary plan, and when I return to Jilin, I should announce it to you soon."

Everyone should remember that we were all members of the National Revolutionary Army before the Japanese could make a comeback at any time, and we made it our duty to safeguard national dignity and defend our homeland from infringement. ”

Huang Xiansheng and the others nodded, expressing their agreement with Zhang Xinghan's ideas and decisions.

Subsequently, Huang Xiansheng asked: "Commander, this time you left the 70,000-strong army in Pingjin, and the main force of the Western Expedition also stayed in Suiyuan, Chahar and the three northwestern provinces.

Isn't our strength much weaker in the pass, and you don't have much mobile force in your hands, so in case the Goryeo Peninsula or the Russians make a comeback, how can we deal with it outside the pass? ”

After Huang Xiansheng said this, everyone was also a little worried, and they all looked at Zhang Xinghan.

Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili looked at each other and smiled, Jiang Baili said: "You don't have to worry about this, let's tell you the truth, in this western expedition, we just captured the Jin Sui army, and captured 30,000 or 40,000 people, as well as the Ma Jiajun and their militia groups that have all surrendered, and the number of soldiers has increased by at least 100,000.

In addition, we have newly acquired the five northwestern provinces, plus Baoding and Cangzhou, and the population of the territory has greatly expanded, and the source of soldiers that can be recruited has also greatly increased.

The commander has already made a preliminary plan to recruit 100,000 more northwestern soldiers from the above five provinces on the basis of our existing situation within the next year.

Northwest people can bear hardships and stand hard work, and they are all good soldiers.

Within three years, the total strength of our northeastern frontier troops must reach at least 1 million or more, so that we can cope with possible changes and emergencies in the future. ”

Hearing Jiang Baili say this, everyone was relieved, and they were even more excited, a million army, by that time, the Northeast Frontier Army would develop into a powerful existence that truly dominated Northeast Asia.

Thinking of the possible crusade across the sea, everyone was in a surging mood and excited.

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When Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili returned to Jilin, it was already a week later.

During this time, Zhang Xinghua took advantage of the rare truce to return home with his wife and children and looked at his nephew Zhang Jianhai.

In addition, he also brought back a good news, Su Hanyun is pregnant with another child.

Zhang Weiguo can already walk, and he will surround Zhang Xinghua and call him uncle.

The little guy is tiger-headed and tiger-brained, and he is deeply loved by Zhang Xinghua.

He was also very tired of Zhang Xinghan, and as soon as he saw Zhang Xinghan, he opened his arms to ask his uncle to hug him.

After the family finished eating, several women whispered in the room, and the brothers Zhang Xinghan and Zhang Xinghua rarely stayed with their father.

The grandfather drank tea and gathered around the chessboard and began to play chess.

It's the end of April, and the weather is getting warmer, but of course, April and May in the Northeast are still colder than in the south.

However, it is impossible for Zhang Xinghan and Zhang Xinghua to wear too much with iron-clad bodies.

Both were wearing a pair of trousers, military boots, and a white shirt on top.

While playing chess, Zhang Yuxi said meaningfully: "Xinghan, now the Northeast Frontier Army under your command is in full swing, and the territory has caught up with Zhang Zuolin back then."

But the more this happens, the more careful you two become, whether it's the Japanese, or the Russians, or the southerners, they are eager to deal with you.

Zhang Zuolin's fate is a good illustration of a problem, that is, the gun shot the first bird, I hope you keep this in mind, your father and your mother are very worried, do you know? ”

"Dad, don't worry about this, Xinghua and I will pay attention." Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

"Yes, big brother is right, we will all pay attention." Zhang Xinghua nodded hurriedly.

"Well, I believe you, your two brothers are too much to me and your mother expected, you are too promising.

The two of us are also foolish, you young people are much smarter and more cautious than us.

However, how can a father and mother not worry about their children? Zhang Yuxi seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be humane to the two of them.

Both brothers were extremely filial, and they nodded in unison.

Zhang Xinghua held the somewhat dry hand of his old hand and said, "Dad, you and your mother can rest assured, we will really be fine." ”

"Dad, Xinghua is right, we will be fine, but you and your mother, don't think too much, enjoy your happiness, your fourth grandson is about to be born!" Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, happy and happy, happy." Zhang Yuxi smiled from ear to ear and nodded repeatedly. (To be continued......)