Chapter 33: The Battle at the Airport (1)
"Yo Xi, this attack must be resolved quickly, so Itagaki-kun, I have ordered the remaining artillery to carry poison gas bombs to attack with the army." Ishihara Wan'er looked at his friends meaningfully, and said, "The airport is very important to the people of China, and I think they will definitely deploy heavy troops for defense, so ......"
"Ishihara-kun, please don't worry too much, I have my own measure, however, there is one thing that Ishihara-kun needs to do quickly, the Second Field Artillery Wing is almost completely wiped out, and we urgently need the support of the formed artillery unit, Ishihara-kun, you have to immediately ask Commander Honjo Shigeru to send additional artillery support, the sooner the better." Itagaki Seishiro Road.
"I'll do it right away."
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In the evening, on the campus of Yenching University in the western suburbs of Beiping.
So far, more than 20 hours have passed since the outbreak of the September 18 Incident, and compared with the fierce fighting and killings outside the Guan, the campus of Yenching University seems much quieter and more peaceful.
The moonlight sprinkled softly on the campus, as if it was dressed in a layer of silver makeup; There was a bit of silence. The cool breeze blows gently and makes the flowers and trees sway.
A teacher in the north corner of the campus did not turn off the lights as early as usual, and the lights are still bright, which is particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
On the campus, a young female teacher wearing black-rimmed glasses was excitedly announcing to dozens of male and female students in the classroom: "Students, according to the latest news, I brazenly launched an attack on Beidaying and Shenyang City garrisoned by our Northeast Army last night.
At this point, when the national crisis is at hand and the nation is in danger, the school has decided to organize all teachers and students to march and petition in Beiping City tomorrow, calling on the people to rise up and resist, and urging Zhang Xueliang to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity by force, and I hope everyone can participate. ”
"I'll participate."
"I'm participating, too." Dozens of male and female students expressed their indignant statements, but one of them fell into a deep silence.
"Daddy, big brother, are you all okay? Don't let anything happen, God willing. Sitting in the back row, Zhang Xinghua, who was quite handsome, muttered a prayer to himself.
"Xinghua, what's wrong with you? What are you talking about? At some point, the young female teacher had already walked up to him, and seeing that he had not gathered together like the other students to discuss how to march and petition and protest wishes, the young female teacher couldn't help but ask with some doubts.
"Teacher Su, I'm fine." Hearing the sound of that day, Zhang Xinghua woke up from his contemplation, looked up at the beautiful face that had haunted him for many years, and replied with a smile.
Three years ago, he was only eighteen years old, and when they first met, he fell in love with this fairy-like gentle girl at first sight, even if she was a few years older than him, she was his own teacher.
Although it is unethical, Zhang Xinghua doesn't care, because he knows that she is not ruthless to him.
It's just a secular vision, and the gap between the two families' backgrounds makes them have to stop outside the door of love.
"Are you really okay?" Su Hanyun knew that Zhang Xinghua's family was in the Northeast, so she asked worriedly.
"Teacher Su, do you know what the situation is in Shenyang now? Has it fallen? Zhang Xinghua didn't want to ask her more, but when he thought of his parents and eldest brother who were far away in Shenyang, he couldn't bear it anymore.
"It shouldn't have fallen yet, the specific news will be known later, don't worry too much." Su Hanyun replied in a concerned tone.
"Hmm." Although Zhang Xinghua was worried in his heart, in the case of unclear circumstances, he did not make any abnormal behaviors in his head, but nodded knowingly.
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At the same time, Zhang Xueliang was in his mansion in Beiping.
More than 20 hours have passed since the outbreak of the 918 Incident, and Zhang Xueliang has begun to be extremely anxious from his initial surprise.
Because he had just received the news, Huang Xiansheng handed over the command of the defenders to Zhang Xinghan, who had made the first contribution, and this news was confirmed from Wang Yizhe, who was retreating towards Jinzhou.
At the same time, Wang Yizhe also reported to him a news that made him even more stumbling, according to the report of the scouts of the recruits who stayed behind in the Seventh Brigade, Zhang Xinghan led the defenders to defeat the Yue army again under the city of Fengtian, not to repel it, but to defeat it in a serious way.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang also learned that the air force that he and his father had spent countless generations to build was also in the hands of Zhang Xinghan, and used the air force to participate in the counterattack against the Yue army.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang fell into a hesitant contradiction, on the one hand, he did not want his subordinates to resist, so as to give the army an excuse to expand the situation and conduct a large-scale war, on the other hand, he was a little unwilling to give up the three eastern provinces that his father had worked so hard to fight.
Although he Zhang Xiaoliu is a loser, he has a huge family business, and it is inevitable that he will throw it away, and it will inevitably hurt a little.
In the case of not knowing what to do, Zhang Xueliang naturally fell into an anxious situation, the policy of non-resistance is an established decision in Nanjing's political axe to secure the outside and the inside, before the settlement of a certain army, Jiang Gong and even the entire national political axe and he Zhang Hanqing are not optimistic about the outbreak of a large-scale national war with himself in advance.
Especially he Zhang Hanqing, not long ago, in order to compete with the Russians for the Eastern Railway, he led the elite of the Northeast Army and Lao Maozi to fight, but the result was a fiasco.
In his subconscious, his Northeast Army couldn't even defeat the Russians, so how could it be the person who defeated the Russians many years ago with outnumbered enemies?
Therefore, he lacked the courage to resist, and even though he knew that the army was likely to take action, he still gave the troops an order not to resist.
At this point, Jiang Gong of Nanjing had an amazing tacit understanding with him, and Jiang Gong did not want to resist in his heart, at least not now, because he thought that his internal troubles had not been eliminated, and it was difficult to compete with Yue himself.
Of course, as the leader of a country, it is naturally impossible for Jiang Gong to directly issue a non-resistance order to the Northeast Army, so this order can only be issued by Zhang Xiaoliu, who also has a non-resistance mentality.
That is, the sinners of the black pot nation are borne by you, just like after the defeat of the Great Wall War of Resistance in history, in order to deal with the condemnation of public opinion, Jiang Gong said to Zhang Xiaoliu meaningfully, "Now the people of the country are very dissatisfied with us, and one of us must go down, so that we can stop their mouths." ”
In the end, Zhang Xiaoliu was very righteous and knowledgeable, and went to Europe to visit.
Therefore, in terms of non-resistance, Zhang Xiaoliu has always maintained an amazing tacit understanding with Nanjing Political Axe, and everything is unspoken.
If you Zhang Xueliang want the Northeast Army to resist, then okay, as long as you are sure to be able to stop the soldiers who are going to conquer the country.
Zhang Xueliang is not Zhang Zuolin, he doesn't have the courage, let alone the courage, in the jade burning and preserving the strength, he chose the latter.
As mentioned earlier, in order to preserve his strength, he ordered the Northeast Army not to resist, but when Zhang Xinghan won one victory after another in Shenyang, he fell into a contradiction again, and he did not know whether to defend or give up completely.
People are complex animals, and Zhang Xiaoliu's performance at this time fully interprets this sentence.
After weighing it again and again, Zhang Xueliang still made up his mind, he picked up his pen and began to write a telegram, he wanted to personally write a telegram to Zhang Xinghan, urging him to abandon Shenyang and lead the army to retreat to Jinzhou.
Since he has given up most of the Northeast, it makes no sense for Zhang Xinghan to stick to a lonely city in Shenyang, through the battle of Beidaying and Shenyang, Zhang Xueliang, who is still a knowledgeable person, has seen that this Zhang Xinghan is a talent who can be entrusted with important tasks.
Such talents, he should stay by his side and focus on cultivating them in order to prepare for the future.
I have to say that Zhang Xiaoliu, as one of the four most beautiful men in the Republic of China, writes very quickly, in just ten minutes, two pieces of rice paper have been written by him, and after putting down the pen, Zhang Xiaoliu immediately shouted very majestically to the door: "Adjutant!" ”
"Young marshal!" An attendant lieutenant entered and saluted, "What do you command?" ”
"Go and hand over this telegram to the Ministry of Communications, and let them send it to Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the Shenyang City Defense Command." Zhang Xiaoliu handed the telegram to the attendant adjutant, and did not forget to instruct: "Add a sentence at the end of the telegram, this order is urgent, and the virtuous brother must not shirk." ”
"Yes!" The attendant adjutant took the telegram and stood up suddenly, and immediately gladly took the order.