I talked casually with Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang, and clearly told them that I would not kill them, but hoped that they would cooperate with the Northeast Border Guards to take over all parts of the Northwest, and if they behaved well, they would arrange for them to retire in some suitable locations in the Northeast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The second horse is already meat on the chopping board, how dare he say a word, after they nodded again and again, Zhang Xinghan took Jiang Baili and left.

When he came to Ma Hongkui's provincial chairman's compound and looked around, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "A barren Ningxia Provincial Chairman's compound is not much worse than the official residence of Chairman Jiang in Nanjing. ”

"Yes, during the reign of Ma Jiajun, the people of the northwest lived in misery, and if we want to collect the novels of "Pig", "Pig" and "Island" to win the hearts of the people, we should appropriately reduce their burden." Jiang Baili said.

Speaking reasonably, Zhang Xinghan nodded and pondered for a while, and said: "In this way, Chief of Staff, you immediately announce in the name of you and me that all the people in the northwest will be exempted from all taxes and compulsory service for three years in the area ruled by our Northeast Frontier Army, and not a grain of grain or a single coin will be collected for three years, so that the people can resume production and normal life as soon as possible."

In addition, when the troops are completely and stably stationed, we will also select suitable administrative officials in various localities and, with the cooperation of the Secrecy Bureau, supervise the implementation of our policy of exempting taxes in various localities, crack down on corrupt officials, corrupt officials, and bully landlords, so as to ensure the stable development of all localities in the northwest.

Of course, these need to be implemented slowly in the later stage, so leave it to Minister Zang to worry about. ”

"The commander is wise, this move will definitely win the hearts of the people in the northwest, and in less than three years, the northwest can be connected with the northeast and become a solid base for our northeast frontier army." Jiang Baili smiled happily

"Our relationship with the common people is like a boat and water, water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat, this truth has so many precedents and bloody lessons for thousands of years. When you come to us, you can't help but learn from it! Zhang Xinghan said.

While the two were talking, Guo Zhong suddenly walked over with an anxious look, and said without saluting: "Commander, Chief of Staff, Liu Guodong called, the 35th Army of the Jin Sui Army suddenly launched an attack on the Pingsui Line where our army was stationed, and at the same time, Song Zheyuan's 29th Army also invaded Chahar again. Probably already gathered in the Great Equal. ”

Zhang Xinghan was first taken aback when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "It seems that Chief Yan really can't bear to be lonely, it's okay, this time we will beat him well, Jin Suijun's development in recent years has indeed been too fast and too stable." ”

"Our army has already solved the Ma family's army, and the Jin Sui army still dares to start a war with us at this time?" Jiang Baili was a little surprised.

"The Battle of Yinchuan has just ended, and Chief Yan's intelligence may be wrong, or he may think that the main force of our army is on the west bank of the Yellow River. If you want to take the opportunity to recapture Suiyuan and Chahar, you may not be sure. Zhang Xinghan said: "No matter what, since they took the initiative to provoke the war, then we must give a severe blow to the Jin Sui army, otherwise it will not be conducive to our stability of the situation in the northwest." ”

Jiang Baili nodded and said, "Since that's the case." What should we do next? Do you want to order Shen Ke and them to postpone their westward advance, cross the Yellow River eastward, and cooperate with Liu Guodong to flank the Jin Sui army? ”

Zhang Xinghan shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not necessary at all. We still have a division in Rehe, and there are more than 130,000 people in Pingjin, so there are so many troops left unused here. Do you want to be a spectator? ”

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Fifty-five kilometers southwest of Zhangjiakou, Huai'an County, which borders Tianzhen County in Suiyuan, is the gateway to the southern end of Zhangjiakou.

After the Northeast Frontier Army marched westward, Liu Guodong sent Wu Chengfeng to lead an infantry regiment and an artillery battalion to garrison in case the Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army served as the forward support for the defense of Zhangjiakou.

Eight hours ago, the first part of the Jin Sui Army and the main force of the 29th Army suddenly entered Huai'an County from Lego and Tianzhen and launched an attack on the defenders of Huai'an County.

Wu Chengfeng commanded the troops to resolutely fight back, and with the assistance of artillery and air force, they had successively thwarted several attacks by the 29th Army and the combined forces of the Jinsui Army.

The corpses of Huai'an County are all over the field, and the blood is flowing like a river.

At the head of the city, Wu Chengfeng led several guards to inspect in person without fear of danger, which greatly boosted and boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers of the defenders.

Suddenly, a communications soldier rushed up to the city, caught up with Wu Chengfeng and reported: "Deputy division, no, I just got the latest information from our army's reconnaissance plane, and the remnants of the former Northeast Army Wan Fulin in the direction of Wei County and Guangling also suddenly went north, and now it is less than 30 kilometers away from Huai'an County. ”

"Got it, send a telegram to the division and ask where the reinforcements are." A trace of worry flashed in Wu Chengfeng's eyes, and he waved his hand as if he didn't care.

"Yes." The signal soldier happily stepped forward and immediately turned and took the order.

"Vice-division, the enemy is attacking again." A major officer guarding behind the battlement wall suddenly shouted loudly.

When Wu Chengfeng heard this, he turned around and looked out of the city, only to see that in the wilderness thousands of miles away from the city, countless Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army coalition army were rushing towards this side in the dark.

Wu Chengfeng immediately pulled out his matching gun, and ordered loudly: "Everyone is ready to fight." ”

After squatting down, Wu Chengfeng turned to a guard and said, "Go, immediately notify the artillery battalion and give me a hard blow to his son of a bitch!" ”

"Yes." The guard nodded sharply, and quickly rushed down the city to receive the order.

At this time, the enemy army has not yet entered the effective firing range, although the machine gun can fire, but at such a long distance, the bullets are floating, and the lethality is limited, which is really too wasteful.

So the whole battlefield was still quite silent, Wu Chengfeng squatted on the head of the city, and could vaguely hear the wheezing of his subordinates next to him and the sporadic collision between some grenades, bayonets, and rifle machine guns.

About ten minutes had passed, and the enemy had already entered within five hundred meters, and at this moment, the artillery battalion deployed hidden in the city suddenly opened fire.

The deafening sound of artillery shelling suddenly sounded from behind Wu Chengfeng and the officers and men.

Looking back, I saw dozens of cannonballs flying with a long dazzling scarlet tail flame, and then smashed down five hundred meters away outside the city.

A violent explosion of "boom, boom, boom and boom......" sounded, and in the raging fire and air current, countless soldiers of the Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army were blown into the sky.

Bloody rain and bloody wind, severed limbs and broken arms flew everywhere, and a miserable scream vaguely overshadowed the earth-shattering explosion.

The artillery battalion's shelling was just right, but after suffering this sudden fire blow and suffering a suffocating loss, the attacking troops of the Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army advanced instead of retreating.

Led by a few mid-level and junior officers, they accelerated in vain and quickly approached the city wall in a line of skirmishers, many of whom were carrying improvised wooden ladders.

"Rush! Kill! Listening to the deafening shouts of killing from the city, Wu Chengfeng put the pistol on the battlement wall, took the machine gun from the hand of a machine gunner, aimed it forward, held his breath, and then suddenly roared angrily: "Brothers, hit me!" ”

Before he finished speaking, the machine gun in his hand suddenly let out a roar, and a hot and dazzling tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle.

The hot bullets whizzed towards the city, and the two Jin Sui soldiers holding Hanyang were too late to dodge, and they were shot continuously and fell.

As soon as he opened fire, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Frontier Guards at the head of the city also pulled the trigger, and Garand semi-automatic rifles, MP38 submachine guns, MG42 general-purpose machine guns and some Bazooka rocket launchers roared one after another.

For a time, bullets rained down on the city, and the Jin Sui army and the 29th officers and soldiers who attacked and charged under the city screamed again and again, and people kept being shot and fell to the ground.

While they charged, they also raised their guns from time to time to return fire, but there was a huge gap in the performance of rifles, submachine guns and machine guns on both sides.

Although the Jin Sui army had a large number, the sustained and intensive firepower was not at all the same level as the defenders of the Northeast Frontier Army.

As the distance approached, a group of bombardiers of the northeastern frontier guards at the head of the city suddenly pulled grenades again, and then threw them with all their might.

Condescendingly, the grenade flew out of the distance with the momentum, and it was landing in the crowd of Jin Suijun dozens of meters away.

"Boom, boom, boom......" A series of explosions sounded almost at the same time, and several Jin Suijun carrying a ladder were blown up, screaming and falling to the ground in all directions, and the ladder was also blown to pieces in the firelight.

Wu Chengfeng's machine gun fired wildly, the chain of bullets was rapidly getting shorter, and the bullet casings quickly piled up into a small mountain under his feet.

A rocketeer carried Bazooka to a firing dock and fired a shot at the crowded area below the city.

"Yu ......" a high-explosive bomb flew in a straight line towards the city with a piercing whistling sound.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, a red light flashed, and the four Jin Sui troops couldn't dodge and were blown into bloody corpses.

However, the rocket soldier was obviously a little unlucky, and before he could change his position, a stray bullet flew from under the city, and hit him in the forehead with a pop.

The bullet almost pierced his brain, the red and white mixture flowed from the wound on his forehead, and the bazooka in his hand fell to the ground quietly, and the rocketeer fell to the side with his eyes wide open and his face dry.

When the fierce battle was in full swing, the guard who had been ordered to leave rushed over in the rain of bullets, came to Wu Chengfeng's side, and shouted to Wu Chengfeng at the top of his voice: "Deputy division, division seat called back!" ”

The machine gun in Wu Chengfeng's hand did not stop roaring, did not hear clearly, and asked loudly, "What did you say?" ”

The guard had no choice but to say with all his might: "The division has called back, he has already sent reinforcements from a tank battalion and two infantry battalions, and they will be here soon, let's hold on a little longer!" ”

Wu Chengfeng nodded, and his subordinates did not stop shooting: "I know, Lao Tzu has a regiment of troops, and it is not a problem until tomorrow, but it is the remnants of Wan Fulin in Wei County and Guangling, we can't let them join in, if we don't make a detour to attack Zhangjiakou and threaten our back road, you immediately call back to the division in my name, let the reinforcements directly bypass Huai'an County, meet the remnants of Wan Fulin, defeat them, and then detour back to the rear of the Jin Sui army, we should join forces inside and outside, and defeat them in one fell swoop!" (To be continued......)