Jiang Baili walked over and looked at the map, and Zhang Xinghan raised his hand and rustled on the map with a pencil. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It wasn't until Zhang Xinghan finished painting that Jiang Baili suddenly realized: "It seems that the Jin Suijun wants to retreat to Yanmen Pass." ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded, lit a cigarette and smoked: "That's right, Yan Xishan, the old fox, must be afraid that we will take the opportunity to enter Shanxi, so he decisively gave up Suiyuan and concentrated on guarding the three passes of Yanmen to ensure the safety of Shanxi. ”

Jiang Baili nodded and said: "That's true, Yanmen has had nine stops in the world since ancient times, and the honorific title headed by Yanmen is dangerous.

Although the Jin Sui army suffered heavy losses after this battle, but the strength still exists, if they really stick to Yanmen and other passes, if our army wants to break through forcibly, I am afraid it will not be so easy. ”

"If we concentrate the elite of our army and give full play to our artillery fire and air force superiority, it is not impossible to break through the Great Wall, but at present, our army has just won the three northwestern provinces, and now is the time to digest and stabilize, so it is really not appropriate to be greedy.

So, it's not time to go south to Shanxi! Zhang Xinghan pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to the pursuing troops, order them to continue the pursuit, stop the pursuit when they see Yanmen Pass, escort the prisoners, clean up the battlefield and return to Shuozhou, and garrison on the spot." We will not take Shanxi for the time being, but Suiyuan cannot be left out because of the transportation arteries such as the Pingsui Railway. ”

"Commander, what about the Eastern Front?" Jiang Baili nodded and asked.

"The Eastern Front? Where the situation is more complicated, send a telegram to Huang Xiansheng and let him go to the front line of Baoding and Cangzhou, and there is no need to go further south. Zhang Xinghan thought for a while.

"Yes, I'll let them know right away." Jiang Baili immediately took the order and left.

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At Yanmen Pass, Fu Zuoyi, Ye Qijie and others stood on the wall and looked at the mountain road outside the pass, only to see that the remnants of their own troops fled from time to time on the mountain road. They are all ragged, gray-headed, embarrassed, and demoralized, where is the spirit before the expedition?

Fu Zuoyi sighed and asked, "Brother Ye, how many troops have withdrawn?" ”

Ye Qijie said in a heavy tone: "At present, according to the reports of Ning Wu and Biguan, plus our Yanmen Pass, the total number of defeated troops withdrawn is less than 40,000. ”

"Forty thousand? More than 100,000 troops are gone? Fu Zuoyi's heart ached.

"It should be about the same, as it is now. In the end, no more than 50,000 people will be able to return. I think they were either captured or chased away, and they became stragglers, and not many of them were actually killed. Ye Qijie said.

Fu Zuoyi was even more uncomfortable when he heard this: "I would rather they all die in battle, and if they become prisoners, they will probably be reorganized and expanded into their troops by the Northeast Frontier Army, which is well equipped and has a high salary." The conditions are superior to ours in all aspects, and as long as we use a little means, we can recruit all these illiterate soldiers.

In this way, the Northeast border guards will become stronger. ”

Ye Qijie was also annoyed. He said dejectedly: "Yes, in the Battle of Pingjin, Zhang Xinghan captured more than 100,000 prisoners alone, and these people became a member of the Northeast Frontier Army in less than half a year." They are all veterans with combat experience and training, and they are all treasures, and they are in the hands of Zhang Xinghan. Changed weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness is rising! ”

"Most of the members of the Northeast Army are officers and soldiers from the Northeast, and they have taken refuge in Zhang Xinghan, they can not only turn over and become people, get better military salaries, but also go home, why not?" Fu Zuoyi paused, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't mention this, how are the reinforcements coming?" ”

"The reinforcements sent by the chairman have already set off with a division, and at most they will be able to reach Yanmen Pass tonight.

Other troops are being redeployed and are expected to arrive almost in the next three days. Ye Qijie replied.

"We have two divisions on our side, plus a division of fresh troops, and it is enough to defend one Yanmen Pass for the time being." Fu Zuoyi nodded and said: "Pass the order, the whole army will be vigilant and ready to fight at any time, this is the last barrier in our Shanxi, and there must be no more mistakes." ”

Ye Qijie nodded yes again and again, and the two stayed on the city wall for a while, then turned around and went down the city wall.

In the evening of the same day, Fu Zuoyi's command center.

"Brother Ye, it's been so long, why haven't the Northeast Border Guards chased after you?" Fu Zuoyi asked.

Ye Qijie was also puzzled: "Yes, the last batch of our troops withdrawn from Shuozhou said that Shuozhou was captured by the Northeast Frontier Army as early as the morning, and with their marching speed, it is impossible to catch up for such a long time." ”

"Could it be that something has changed?"

"No matter what happens to him, you immediately arrange for the reconnaissance unit to send someone out to reconnoiter at night, anyway, it's night, which is conducive to our action." Fu Zuoyi instructed.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Ye Qijie got up and left.

Fu Zuoyi stared at the map under the light, and said with a puzzled expression: "It's strange, is Zhang Xinghan doing some conspiracy?" ”

The reconnaissance troops of the Jin Sui army did not come back with news until dawn, and Fu Zuoyi had already fallen asleep on the map.

Suddenly someone woke up: "Military seat, military seat, wake up, wake up." ”

Fu Zuoyi woke up dizzy, looked up, and saw Ye Qijie standing in front of him with an excited expression, and asked, "Brother Ye, what's the matter?" ”

Ye Qijie was a little speechless with excitement, and said: "Junzao, good news, according to the report of our army's reconnaissance unit, the pursuit troops of the Northeast Frontier Army have all withdrawn to the Shuozhou area, and they have no intention of continuing to pursue south. ”

Fu Zuoyi suddenly fell asleep when he heard this, stood up quickly, and asked in surprise: "Brother Ye, what you said is true?" ”

Ye Qijie also nodded excitedly: "Well, it's true." ”

"Great, it seems that Zhang Xinghan is not ready to attack Shanxi." Fu Zuoyi was overjoyed.

Ye Qijie nodded yes.

Suddenly, Fu Zuoyi said again: "However, Brother Ye, then we can't be careful, we still have to be vigilant, in case this is Zhang Xinghan's paralyzing strategy." ”

"Yes, the military seat is wise!" Ye Qijie nodded again.

That being said, both of them were obviously in a much lighter mood than yesterday, and although they were in danger, they both knew it.

Against such a tough opponent as the Northeast Frontier Army, even if there is a steep place like Yanmen Pass, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.

Two days later, the Northeast Frontier Army still did not attack, and Fu Zuoyi, Ye Qijie and others relieved themselves and reported the situation to Yan Xishan, who was far away in Taiyuan.

In the Yan Mansion, after listening to Xu Youde's report, Yan Xishan took out a sweat towel and wiped his forehead, and said with relief: "Great, great, damn it, as long as Zhang Xinghan doesn't attack, everything will be fine, everything will be fine." ”

Yang Aiyuan, who was on the side, smiled and said: "Chairman, it seems that Zhang Xinghan does not dare to take such a big risk to annex my Shanxi now, and in a short period of time, we Shanxi can sit back and relax." ”

"But Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Mongolia all fell into the hands of Zhang Xinghan.

Being a neighbor with such a powerful and dangerous warlord, I can't sleep well! ”

Yang Aiyuan persuaded in a good voice: "Chairman, don't worry too much, your body is important, everything has a solution, Zhang Xinghan has just annexed several northwestern provinces, and it will take some time to digest, plus there are Russians in the north and Japanese in the east are still eyeing him, in a short period of time, he should not be able to continue to expand his territory in the south."

Moreover, it is said that Chairman Chiang has made considerable progress in the southern corner bow, and he should be able to free up his hands to deal with the north.

Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Army rose rapidly, as if it had the momentum of restoring Zhang Zuolin's original warlordship.

Chairman Chiang and the others will never sit idly by, and as long as we join forces with the Central Army, we will certainly be able to restrain Zhang Xinghan's strategic intention of moving south. Yang Aiyuan analyzed.

"I hope so, but we also have to expand our armaments as much as possible to improve our combat effectiveness." Yan Xishan Road.

"Commander, our troop strength is almost the limit of Shanxi Province's human and financial resources, and now that we have lost Suiyuan, I am afraid it will be difficult to expand again." Yang Aiyuan said.

"What then?" As soon as he mentioned the loss of Suiyuan Province, Yan Laoxi felt a pain in his flesh.

"Don't worry, Chairman, the size of our troops is actually not a lot.

What we lack is more advanced weapons and equipment, and what you think, Mr. Chairman, is there a big gap between us and Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Army with our current level of equipment?

I heard that their ordinary infantry were armed with either submachine guns or machine guns, and the rifle they were generally equipped with was also an advanced rifle that we had never seen before.

A rifle rapid-fire is almost as good as an infantry squad of ours, and their machine guns are even more impressive.

Not to mention that they also have an air force and massive tank armored forces. Yang Aiyuan was envious and a little lost.

Hearing Yang Aiyuan say this, Yan Laoxi was even more disappointed, his territory was small, and he had never been able to compare with Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang's Feng warlords in terms of financial and material resources and military strength.

Although there is some development in military weapons, it is still worse than the Northeast Army, the Navy and Air Force have the Northeast Army, and the Jin Sui Army does not even have a single warship, which is the lack of innate advantages, and it is also the wordless pain in Chief Yan's heart.

"But Chairman, you don't have to be discouraged, Shanxi is mountainous and the terrain is precipitous, and the real tank, artillery and aircraft units may not be able to play their due role.

Although we fall short in this area, we need not be too discouraged.

In my opinion, we should strengthen the individual weapons of our infantry as soon as possible, such as more advanced rifles, machine guns and small-caliber artillery, and find a way to buy them, with which our combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

Relying on the favorable terrain, it may not be without the strength to fight with the Northeast Frontier Army. Yang Aiyuan stated his opinion. (To be continued......)