In the past five days, Zhang Shaoshuai has not been able to sleep and eat, because the intelligence officers have not yet reported back the situation in the Central Plains. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It turned out that when he was in charge of the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang also had his secret department responsible for collecting intelligence.

Personnel are all over the place, especially in the areas north of the Yangtze River, and they basically have the eyes and ears of their Northeast Army.

However, due to the loss of the northeast and the loss of strong financial backing, the original departments have disappeared, and most of the branches of the intelligence departments in various places have lost contact.

Nowadays, it is much more difficult to get some information.

?Pig? Pig? Island? The novel was boring, and Zhang Shaoshuai, who was sitting in the office, stood up and took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer.

I walked to the window and began to swallow the clouds, and after a while, the office was filled with smoke.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside, Zhang Xueliang turned to look at the door, and saw the attendant adjutant Chen Dazhang walking from the corridor.

"Young marshal, Weifang is in an emergency." Chen Dazhang saluted at the door.

"Oh? What's the matter? Zhang Shaoshuai asked nervously.

"The rebels in Zibo suddenly left the city and moved south, took the initiative to attack, and advanced to Weifang. General Yu Xuezhong asked for instructions on what to do, whether to continue to hold on to Weifang, or take the initiative to attack and fight. ”

"Zibo defenders? Didn't they say before that they had less than five thousand? Dare to take the initiative with this little force? "Zhang Shaoshuai just wanted to instruct Chen Dazhang to call back Yu Xuezhong and Liu Duoquan, ordering them to attack immediately and defeat this arrogant rebel army who did not know whether to live or die.

Suddenly, there was another rush of footsteps in the corridor outside.

Chen Dazhang instinctively turned around, only to see a communication soldier walking quickly with a panicked face.

"What's the matter?" Chen Dazhang opened his mouth to ask.

The communications soldier handed him a telegram in his hand and said, "Central Plains urgent telegram." ”

Chen Dazhang's pupils tightened, he didn't dare to slack off, he hurriedly took it, turned around and handed it to Zhang Xueliang.

"Young marshal, an urgent call from the Central Plains."

Zhang Xueliang also hurriedly took the telegram, and after reading it in a hurry, his face suddenly turned pale. He said in a lost voice: "The Central Plains has been lost, and the hateful Jiang Zhongzheng actually concealed such information about the Central Plains from me, obviously trying to trap me in a place where there is no return." ”

Chen Dazhang looked frightened on the side, not knowing how to interject.

After a while, Zhang Shaoshuai, who had woken up from his anger, gritted his teeth and said: "Send a telegram to Yu Xuezhong immediately, and immediately lead the troops to withdraw to Qingdao." ”

Chen Dazhang said: "Young marshal, do you mean to give up Weifang?" ”

"Yes, not only must Weifang be abandoned, but even Qingdao must be prepared to retreat. After you notify the confidential room, you will go and inform Shen Honglie to come to my office immediately, and we will discuss the evacuation. Zhang Shaoshuai said.

Chen Dazhang nodded in response, and hurriedly turned around and left.

Not long after Chen Dazhang left, Shen Honglie arrived in a panic.

He didn't care about saluting, so he asked, "Young marshal, what's wrong, what's going on?" ”

"Zhang Xinghan's rebels had already crossed the Yellow River south, and Hu Zongnan couldn't resist. Most of the Central Plains has been exhausted by Zhang Xinghan.

Shandong has become a strategic Jedi and must not be defended. Zhang Shaoshuai said: "So, I came to you to discuss." How to transport our industrial and military facilities in Qingdao as much as possible. ”

Shen Honglie's face changed drastically and said, "What? What does the young marshal mean to abandon Qingdao? Shen Honglie has been operating in Qingdao for many years, and he really can't bear to give up.

Zhang Xueliang said impatiently: "Now that the Central Plains has been occupied by the rebels, the entire Shandong, and even the area north of the Huai River are no longer defensible.

In case the rebels of Xinghan after the capture of the Central Plains. Going out of Zhoukou to the east, going down to Fuyang and threatening Xuzhou, we don't even have a way to retreat.

So. While the situation has not deteriorated to this point, we should make early plans and withdraw ahead of schedule, so as to preserve this hard-won limited force in our hands to the greatest extent. ”

Shen Honglie nodded a little indifferently and asked, "Then the young marshal, you have thought about it, where are we going to retreat?" ”

"I thought about it, the French and the British had a lot of concessions in Shanghai, and we could temporarily evacuate to Shanghai by sea and seek refuge.

And then wait for the opportunity to develop. Zhang Xueliang said.

"By sea?" Shen Honglie said: "We have forty or fifty thousand horses, even if we are some logistics department staff, the total number is nearly 100,000, and the ships of the naval fleet are simply not enough to carry so many people to retreat." ”

Zhang Xueliang pondered: "You can select all the elite of the Marine Corps to take away, and the army is led by Yu Xuezhong and Liu Duoquan, and it will go south from Jiaozhou and move along the Jinpu Railway to the Lianghuai Valley."

When we arrived in Shanghai, I asked the British and French to find a way to get Chiang to let them go and transfer them to the Shanghai area. ”

Shen Honglie nodded noncommittally, and then took his leave and went to prepare.

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Weifang, Qingdao Army Headquarters.

Yu Xuezhong and Liu Duoquan were apprehensive, and finally waited for Zhang Shaoshuai's reply.

However, when they opened the message and looked at it, the two were completely dumbfounded.

They looked at each other and said, "Retreat? Give up Weifang? ”

After speaking, Liu Duoquan looked up at the communication soldier who sent the telegram with a face of disbelief, and asked, "Is it true that this telegram was sent by the young marshal?" ”

The communication soldier didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly nodded and confirmed: "Sir, it is indeed sent by the young marshal, there will be no mistake, if you are really not at ease, you will call Qingdao back to confirm it?" ”

Before Liu Duoquan could express his position, Yu Xuezhong waved his hand to stop him and said, "No need, it seems that the order is true." ”

"Huh?" Liu Duoquan looked at him in surprise, and saw Yu Xuezhong's face solemnly looking down at the message in his hand.

Remembering that he had only read the message just now, he seemed to have only read it once, and he was shocked by the content of the first half, and it seemed that there was still something underneath.

So he reached out and took the message from Yu Xuezhong's hand, and looked down carefully, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

The Central Plains has been captured by Zhang Xinghan's rebels, so in this way, Shandong has indeed become a strategic dead land, and there is no value in holding on.

He and Yu Xuezhong are both professional soldiers, and their many years of military career have long had a not too bad strategic vision, and they can see that the situation in Shandong is irreparable, and if they don't retreat early, the situation may deteriorate to a point that they can't imagine and dare not imagine.

"Brother Fang Bo (Liu Duoquan's cousin), the matter has come to this, let's hurry up and obey the young marshal's military order and prepare to retreat." Yu Xuezhong looked at Liu Duoquan, who was still in shock. Helpless way.

Liu Duoquan nodded with a blank expression, which can be regarded as agreeing.

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On the official road from Zibo to Weifang.

Zhang Xinghan led an army of 6,000 to Weifang with a swagger, and his own air force planes roared past in the sky from time to time.

It was the reconnaissance plane and fighter plane that had been ordered to rush to the support.

On the official road, the 6,000 troops all rode military trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles to form a huge convoy.

A convoy of hundreds of military trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles rode along the official road, bringing up huge clouds of smoke and dust wherever they passed, covering the sky and the sun.

Like a swept steel dragon, everywhere it passed. The smoke and dust filled the sky, and the momentum was huge.

Zhang Xinghan was sitting in an armored car, closing his eyes very firmly and resting.

He also carried a captured Japanese emperor's general knife in both hands, a pair of black cowhide boots, a light blue military uniform, an army cloth cap, and an American M1911 gun on his waist.

Carrying two golden stars on his shoulders, he is burly and gives people a momentum that is not angry and arrogant.

Years of iron-blooded journey, commanding millions of armies on the battlefield accumulated over time. He has already lived up to the young and immature young soldier who crossed over at the beginning.

There is already the majestic temperament of some superiors.

Suddenly, the radio on the signal soldier in the car ticked, and after a while, the signal soldier turned around. He handed a telegram that had just been translated to Zhang Xinghan and said: "Headquarters, the latest information that our reconnaissance plane has just detected is that the enemy troops in Weifang suddenly abandoned the city and fled south. ”

Zhang Xinghan's slightly closed eyes opened in vain, and he took the message and glanced at it. After a little contemplation, he ordered: "Send a telegram to Zhang Tingshu immediately and tell him." The enemy may have realized the disadvantage of the overall strategic situation and wanted to escape, so let him immediately change the original battle plan, and after arriving in Linyi, immediately advance to Jiaozhou, seize this place, and then defend it for me at all costs. ”

"Yes." The signal soldier answered, and immediately turned around and began to generate electricity.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Xinghan's mouth, and he said secretly: Little Liuzi, the sea route is not passable, this time I see you fleeing there, just be honest, it's time to go back to the three eastern provinces to confess to your father and fellow villagers.

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Jiaozhou County is located in the southwest of Jiaodong Peninsula and Jiaozhou Bay, which is the only way for Qingdao's defenders to flee south.

Zhang Shaoshuai chose to flee south by sea and land soldiers, but he didn't want Zhang Xinghan to make arrangements.

Time passed, and another day and night passed in a blink of an eye, and Yu Xuezhong and Liu Duoquan's troops were attacked and harassed by the air force of the Northeast Army on the way to retreat, and the retreat was slow.

Finally, at about seven o'clock in the evening, they withdrew to Gaomi County, which was thirty kilometers away from Jiaozhou County.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhang Shaoshuai ordered them to be stationed in Gaomi County on the spot, and did not transfer them to Qingdao.

Zhang Shaoshuai was worried that once more than 20,000 troops also entered Qingdao, it would cause unnecessary confusion when the troops boarded the ships and retreated.

Because fools know that it is safe and fast to escape by boat.

One day and one night is definitely not enough for Zhang Shaoshuai and Shen Honglie to move, after all, they have also been operating in Qingdao for several years.

In the past two years, it has received covert support from Western powers, and even quietly built a small arsenal.

These machines and equipment, the worker Zhang Shaoshuai wants to take away, because this is the capital for a comeback in the future.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that when Zhang Shaoshuai and Shen Honglie were busy moving in Qingdao, Yu Xuezhong and Liu Duoquan left their troops in Gaomi, they also rode back to Qingdao overnight to meet the young marshal.

After nearly 30 hours of rapid marching, one of Zhang Tingshu's 9,000 troops suddenly appeared outside Jiaozhou County.

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