As soon as he walked to the door, Zhuang Jihua caught up with him and added a message on the telegram: "All troops participating in the war, no matter how big the casualties, will retain their establishment after the war, and the commander of the unit will rebuild them, and the weapons funds will be provided by the central government." ”

Xu Zuyi took the telegram to look at He Yingqin, pulled Zhuang Jihua out of the door and asked in a low voice: "Cultural Revolution, is this appropriate?" Do you want to ask Chairman He first? ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head after thinking about it for a while and said, "There are some things that Chairman He doesn't know, so let's just send them like this." Xu Zuyi looked at the telegram in his hand, and seemed to understand a little, but after thinking about it, he didn't understand very well, and he left with doubts.

Zhuang Jihua turned around and returned to the war room, but Song Xilian had already quietly sat next to Du Yuming, the two were talking in a low voice, waiting for Zhuang Jihua to come over, Song Xilian winked at him and pulled back the chair next to him, signaling Zhuang Jihua to sit down.

"It's still here after all," Song Xilian said with a smile and whispered, "I can't bear the loneliness." ”

"How can I disobey the principal's order," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "Your whole division has arrived?" ”

"Then it doesn't need to be said," Song Xilian was a little surprised, and then reacted again: "Including artillery." ”

"The 87th Division is one of the best-equipped units in China, but it is still far behind the Yue Army." Du Yuming said with a sigh.

The 87th Division is a German armament division, in addition to the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, this unit is the best equipped, the whole division is 14,000 people, including two infantry brigades, the division directly under the unit and two supplementary regiments, artillery battalions, engineer battalions, communications battalions, etc., of which the artillery battalion has 20 artillery pieces of various kinds, regiments and battalions are equipped with mortars, each battalion is equipped with six heavy machine guns, each squad is equipped with a light machine gun, this kind of equipment is absolutely one of the best in the [***] team.

However, compared with the Kwantung Army, it was still far from being able to do so, with one division under the jurisdiction of two brigades and two infantry wings, and the infantry wing had three infantry brigades, four infantry squadrons, one machine gun squadron (eight heavy machine guns), one brigade artillery squadron (two 70mm infantry guns), three infantry squadrons, one machine gun group (two light machine guns), one grenadier group (two grenadiers), and two rifle groups. The division also has an artillery wing, a baggage wing, an engineer wing, a reconnaissance wing, a cavalry wing (four cavalry squadrons and a machine gun squadron), and an armored convoy. The number of the entire division is about 24,000 to 28,000, and in addition, it can also be temporarily equipped with other equipment when carrying out combat missions, such as increasing tank troops or special forces, up to 40,000 or 50,000.

"Well-equipped and well-equipped, poorly equipped and poorly equipped," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "If it was only with equipment, then Jiang Wushan and they would not have been wiped out long ago; So..., the key is the organization and here. Zhuang Jihua said, pointing his finger at his head.

Compared with the army, it is insufficient, but compared with the Red Army, let alone the 87th Division, the vast majority of the Kuomintang army is too strong, so Du Yuming and Song Xilian are not good at saying anything.

"Cultural Revolution, you've listened to it for so long, and you understand the situation clearly, let's talk about your opinion." Although He Yingqin was discussing with Song Zheyuan and them, he did not give up paying attention to Zhuang Jihua. He Yingqin understands Zhuang Jihua, during the first graduation exercise, the student team that fought with Zhuang Jihua's strategy almost completely defeated the teaching regiment that fought with his strategy, he believed that this son would be an excellent soldier in the future, and the subsequent Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition also proved that his judgment was right, during which he did not have the idea of winning over, but Chiang Kai-shek looked very closely, on the other hand, there were too few opportunities, when he was stationed in Chaoshan, Zhuang Jihua was in Guangzhou; When he commanded the troops to attack Fujian, Zhuang Jihua was in Nanchang; By the time he finally took charge of the Huangpu system, Zhuang Jihua had already gone abroad. So don't look at the same Huangpu department, Zhuang Jihua is fighting under his command for the first time.

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and then stood up and said, "My idea is not very mature, but I can talk about the general feeling. Speaking of this, he left his seat and walked to the map: "I just listened to the introduction and made a summary, starting from March 5, the Great Wall began to fight at the passes, March 5 at Gubeikou, March 4 at Lengkou, March 9 at Xifengkou; Among them, Lengkou was captured by the army on March 4, and then recaptured by our army, I don't know if you have noticed such a situation, these three main passes, the most fierce attack of the army is always only one, at most no more than two, such as the Xifeng Pass from the 11th to the 12th, and the Jieling Pass on the 12th, but the fighting in the rest of the places during this period is relatively calm, so I want to ask why? ”

"It's hard to explain, it's said that the army is not strong enough." Du Yuming replied. The people present were not very accustomed to Zhuang Jihua's way of speaking, but this did not include Du Yuming, Song Xilian was also Zhuang Jihua's old subordinate, but he had been away for too long, and he was a little unfamiliar with Zhuang Jihua's heuristic conversation.

"The explanation is reasonable, the army is insufficient," Zhuang Jihua nodded with satisfaction, he picked up the baton and drew a line along the Great Wall on the map: "From Shanhaiguan to Chadong, the entire front is more than 1,000 miles long, and the pass is nearly 100. ”

"How is the oil cavity slippery?" He Yingqin frowned and said, he is a teacher in Whampoa, he is qualified to criticize, and he is also the only qualified person in this group, including Huang Shaohong.

Zhuang Jihua respectfully agreed and then explained: "The humble position means that the few plans I heard are pure defense, no matter what kind of defense is adopted, I can calmly mobilize troops and concentrate superior forces at each point. Look at Chadong again, in the face of Li Fuying's entire army in Dushikou, they actually only have six or seven thousand puppet troops in Yu Zhishan plus a hundred little devils. There are more than 13,000 people in the 61st Army, as well as the 35th Army, which can go to the battlefield at any time, and tens of thousands of volunteers who have retreated from Rehe. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua shook his head and sighed, He Yingqin knew in his heart what Zhuang Jihua wanted to do, he shook his head in his heart, he didn't think about the counterattack from Chadong, but this idea disappeared after only one trip in his mind, although the counterattack in Chadong was good, but this means that the war has expanded, Chiang Kai-shek will not agree, and with the counteroffensive of the 61st Army and the 35th Army, will Yan Xishan agree?

Sure enough, Xu Yongchang coughed a little embarrassed and said: "Although the Chadong counteroffensive is good, the 61st Army and the 35th Army are strategic reserves, and the transportation in the Chadong area is inconvenient, and it is difficult to replenish, and don't look at Yu Zhishan as a puppet army, the equipment is not much worse than that of the Yue Army." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled and said: "Although Mr. He didn't say it, I think you probably already know that the chairman means to stop the war as much as possible." ”

He Yingqin's face changed, and he hurriedly stopped: "Don't talk nonsense about the Cultural Revolution, although the chairman of the committee has said diplomatic representations, diplomatic negotiations do not mean that you will not fight." ”

Yu Xuezhong's expression was calm, but the faces of Song Zheyuan, Xu Yongchang and others changed, Zhuang Jihua looked at them one by one, but said indifferently: "Peace talks are not about not resisting, let alone betraying the country, but because of strength; The chairman of the committee wants a truce, and I agree with this decision, why? Because our strength is too poor, it will take at least 10 years to prepare for an all-out war, so the purpose of our war at this stage is to delay the time for a full-scale outbreak of war, and this is the strategic goal we want to achieve in this war. Therefore, we must develop tactics in line with strategy. But there is a way to make peace with this, if you ask grandpa to tell grandma to go to them, they will kick their noses in the face and ask for a price, so they will only sit down and negotiate well if they are hurt. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly: "Ladies and gentlemen, when the principal summoned me after I returned to China last year, I told him that within two years, the army would definitely attack Rehe Chahar, why? Because the three eastern provinces were lost too quickly, and the price paid by the army was too small, to put it simply, at the time of 918, if the army paid a loss of 100,000 horses, even if the three eastern provinces were lost, it could still maintain ten years of peace in Rehe and Chahar; In the same way, if the army is easy to get it again this time, then the army will inevitably reach out to Pingjin in three or four years. At that time, we have no way to retreat, and we must fight an all-out war, so for the safety of Pingjin and Tianjin, in order to win more time to prepare for war, we must fight this battle well, teach ourselves a lesson, and tell them that they will pay back when they come out to mix! ”

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he smashed his fist on the table viciously, Zhuang Jihua's momentum calmed the generals and lieutenant generals in the room, and Song Zheyuan asked hesitantly after a long time: "Since the skylight has been opened, then we will put the words on the table; Chairman He came to Peking to negotiate with a mission, so he arranged such a restrained style of play, which we all know; But according to your style of play, what should I do if I want to fight a big battle? ”

He Yingqin shook his head helplessly, he didn't want to keep the matter of the peace talks a secret, but he didn't expect that this was just the beginning, these people knew everything, he was just about to explain, but Zhuang Jihua replied first: "General Song has a lot of concerns, so I'll talk about my views first." After 918, although the people of the Northeast occupied the Northeast, the resistance of the people in the Northeast has not stopped, and the volunteers are all over the three eastern provinces, and the Yue Army cannot quell the flame of resistance in a short time, so they cannot invest a large number of troops in the Guannai; Secondly, the war costs money, the economy was affected by the Great Depression, fell into a serious recession, and the domestic contradictions were deep, in order to pass on the crisis, to pass on the domestic contradictions, so they launched 918, and now they have launched an invasion of Rehe, but if this war drags on, their economy will be dragged down, you must know that almost all the resources in this book are bought from abroad, all of them ask for money, so they will not fight, otherwise why did they only send so many people to Rehe, what they want to do now is to stabilize the Northeast. ”

Song Zheyuan looked at Yu Xuezhong and Xu Yongchang suspiciously, but both of them were bowing their heads and pondering, after Zhang Xueliang resigned, Zhang Zuoxiang was the acting commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, Yu Xuezhong and Wang Yizhe were the deputy commanders-in-chief, Zhang Zuoxiang felt that the battle was not fought well and he had no face to see people, so he ran to Tianjin and threw the troops to Yu Xuezhong and Wang Yizhe, Wang Yizhe commanded the troops on the front line of Luandong, and let Yu Xuezhong stay in Beiping, nominally to prepare materials for the front line, but in fact to stay by He Yingqin's side to protect the interests of the Northeast Army.

"General Zhuang, I have no objection to Chadong's counterattack, but will Yan Xishan do it?" Yu Xuezhong asked.

"I'm afraid Yan Xishan won't do anything about the Chadong counteroffensive alone," Zhuang Jihua said. ”

Zhuang Jihua said and picked up the baton and pointed at Xifengkou and said: "On the whole, our current situation is actually quite good, after the defeat of the Yue army at Xifengkou, their targets turned to Gubeikou and Lengkou, maybe they forgot that Xifengkou is the hub of the entire battlefield, and attacking from here can cut the eastern and western fronts of the Yue army." Therefore, I believe that the 87th Division should be used to strengthen the Xifengkou front and launch an attack on the enemy from here, General Wei Lihuang's headquarters should strengthen Gubeikou, Xiao Zhichu's 26th Army should strengthen Lengkou, and Shangguan Yunxiang's third column should also be strengthened to the Lengkou direction. Looking at the east again, Fu Zuoyi could command the Seventh Army Corps to attack the west of Rehe with Sun Dianying's headquarters of the 41st Army that had retreated to Guyuan, and order the anti-Japanese volunteers who retreated to Rehe to go deep behind the enemy, with the goal of cutting off this transportation line of the Yue Army. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that if this battle is fought, even if the Eighth Division is not completely annihilated, it can be beaten to half-cripples, and then we will sit down and negotiate with Yu Ben." Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "I don't know what Yan Xishan thinks, but as long as the price is right, I think he will do it." ”

"Will the chairman of this planning committee agree?" He Yingqin didn't approve of this plan very much, but Zhuang Jihua was not a well-behaved person since he was in Huangpu, and it was impossible for him to stay there quietly and be beaten.

After the Battle of Niuxing, he discussed with Xue Yue in Shanghai the use of tactics in this battle, and he secretly compared it, if he wanted to fight in his place, he couldn't fight this result, at least he didn't dare to fight two of the three night attacks.

"If you agree, and everyone has no opinion, I will report it to the chairman." Zhuang Jihua looked at him calmly.

(To be continued)