Chapter 145: Disbanding the Allied Army
A small negligence on the part of Stalin did a great favor to the Chahar Allied Army, and since the Kwantung Army Headquarters did not follow up, on September 15, Nishiichi also returned to Chengde with the remaining 10,000 men of the Eighth Division. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Nishiyichi was also a proud general, and the battle of Chahar brought him great humiliation. It would be better if it was really a lack of strength and was defeated, but this defeat was entirely because of his carelessness, which caused the Eighth Division to suffer such a heavy blow, how could Xi Yiyi endure this breath.
After returning to Chengde, he immediately asked the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the domestic staff headquarters for reinforcements. Nishi's connections in the army are very extensive.
If it weren't for the defeat in the Battle of Chahar, he would soon have been promoted to general and appointed commander of the Tokyo garrison.
So even if he lost a battle, neither the General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo nor the Kwantung Army Command in the Northeast took any punishment against him, and quickly agreed to his request.
Although Hishikari Takashi himself did not have enough troops on hand, he still summoned more than 2,000 retired soldiers in the northeast and sent them to Rehe, and the general staff headquarters in Tokyo also mobilized more than 8,000 reserve soldiers, and also transferred a large number of lieutenants and adjutants to supplement the losses of the Eighth Division.
Even the candidates for the brigade commander have been prepared for Nishishi Yoshiichi, and as for the original brigade commander of the Fifth Brigade, Major General Nakazawa Mitsuo, he has been escorted back to Tokyo by the military police, and he will be tried by a special military court.
Of course, this series of transfers will not be completed in a few months, and even if the Eighth Division is re-replenished, there will still be a few months of running-in period, and it will depend on whether the international situation is suitable for action.
In short, as long as the little devils are not in a hurry, it is estimated that there will be no large-scale wars in Chahar for a long time in the future.
However, although the external crisis was temporarily settled, the pressure on them caused by the Central Army was increasing, and the Nationalist Government now occupied the orthodoxy after all, and the Allied forces could unite to fight against the Japanese army, but it was impossible to unite against the Nationalist Government.
Seeing the increasing prestige of the Allied army in front of the people of the whole country, Chiang Kai-shek also began to take action, he first denied the legitimacy of the anti-Japanese Allied army, strengthened the material blockade of Chahar, and banned weapons, ammunition, grain and military supplies from entering Chahar.
At the same time, he took out the set he was best at, with one hand and an official hat in the other, and constantly sent special envoys to make official wishes to the senior officials of the Allied Army, and even Feng Yuxiang, Fang Zhenwu, and Ji Hongchang, the leaders of the Allied Army, were wooed.
The 145th Brigade made a great contribution in this operation against Japan, and naturally it will not be an exception.
"Brigade seat, this time Chairman Jiang has made a lot of money, and even promised to upgrade our 145th Brigade to an army, and you will be directly promoted from a major general to a lieutenant general.
Wang Dazhu: They may all be major generals this time! This military rank, which can be recognized by the Ministry of Military Affairs, is much higher than the general Feng Changfeng.
And I've heard that they gave Commander-in-Chief Feng the post of vice chairman of the Military Council and minister of military affairs. ”
Zhangbei County, 145th Brigade Headquarters.
Li Han, Gao Jian, and Shi Shi'an were discussing in the conference room of the headquarters, and it was Gao Jian who spoke just now.
After the Eighth Division retreated to Chengde, Li Han led his troops to return to Chabei, and according to what he had agreed with Feng Lianqin before, Huade, Shangdu, Kangbao, Baochang, Guyuan, Duolun, Zhangbei and a large area of Mongolian grasslands under the jurisdiction of Chahar Eight Banners all became Li Han's territory.
In addition, Li Han also sent Yan Chihuo's security regiment to Xuanhua, and the security regiment was renamed the 145th Brigade and 17th Regiment, and the station was in Xuanhua.
Li Han will not give up Xuanhua, a land of ointment, don't look at the territory of Chabei, there is a lot of territory, but the population of several counties in Chabei is often not as large as the population of a county in Chanan.
"Now in order to disintegrate the allied army, the central government will naturally make a high wish for high-ranking officials, but once the allied army is dismantled, no one knows whether the central government will settle accounts after the autumn.
Just look at the fact that the Nationalist Government is only willing to promote us to the security forces, and the security forces are not considered to be officially established, and the government can abolish them at any time when the time comes.
Without military power, let alone a lieutenant general, even if you are a general, others will only treat you as a fart. ”
Shi Shi'an did not have a good impression of Chiang Kai-shek, although the fall of the Northeast had a lot to do with the young marshal, but he thought that Chiang Kai-shek was also 'indispensable'.
If Chiang Kai-shek hadn't publicly ordered the young marshal not to resist, the young marshal would have had concerns when he gave the order not to resist.
Moreover, after the Northeast Army abandoned the Northeast, Chiang Kai-shek did not settle the Northeast Army as he promised before, if it weren't for the fact that the Northeast Army still had a lot of territory in North China, he would almost have gone into exile on the streets.
"At present, the form of Chahar is confusing, and the central government has sent a large army to the north, and even the Eighth Division, which has just been hit hard, is ready to move.
The devil is eyeing him, and if the Central Army doesn't help, it will be fine, and he will do something against the Allied Army, and Chairman Chiang is not afraid that it will ruin his own reputation. ”
Li Han knew that Chiang Kai-shek was jealous of Feng Yuxiang's comeback, and Chiang Kai-shek, as an old man of the central government, wanted to truly unify the national power, and he also understood this, but understanding was one thing.
But when this incident really happened, it was another matter, more than a dozen people of the Allied Army had just fought with a division of the Japanese army for so long, and it took tens of thousands of sacrifices to defeat the devils.
Before he had time to take a breath, he immediately faced the encirclement and suppression of the Central Army, who would not be heartbroken when he saw such a thing that loved his relatives and enemies were happy!
Even if the Nationalist Government wanted to unify the national power, it had to divide the time and timing, and when the Japanese army attacked Chahar, the central government not only did not send troops, but also blocked the passage of military supplies into Chahar when the Allied forces won a great victory.
Now that the devil has withdrawn from the army, and has sent tens of thousands of elite troops to fight his own people, if it weren't for the devil being by his side, Li Han really wanted to take the 145th Brigade to fight a big battle with the Central Army, so that he would know that the local army was not so easy to deal with.
"Brigade seat, our allied army even repelled the Eighth Division, and the Central Army has only tens of thousands of people in North China, and its combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, if they dare to make a move, we will fight with them."
After Gao Jian listened to the words of Shi Shi'an and Li Han, his heart immediately burned with a raging fire, if it was really as the brigade and the deputy brigade commander said, then Chiang Kai-shek was really too hateful, and he was still the leader of a country.
"Don't underestimate the Central Army, during the Central Plains War, would the Central Army have more troops than Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren? But in the end, it was not the Central Army that won
Moreover, in the previous war against Japan, everyone hated the same enemy, so naturally they would fight to the death, and if the opponent was replaced by the Central Army, it would not be possible.
After all, the Central Army occupies the orthodoxy and occupies the name of righteousness, and if we win the war, it is okay, we still have a chance to be recruited.
If it fails, I am afraid that everyone will turn from soldiers to bandits from now on, and how many people in the ranks of the Allied Army have voluntarily become bandits.
The soldiers risked their lives to defeat the Japanese, and it was enough to be wronged that they were not rewarded, and if they were to be bandits, then we who were commanders would be too sorry for them.
This is not the most important thing, if we start with the Central Army, I am afraid that the Japanese will be the happiest.
Although the Eighth Division has lost more than half of it, there are still more than 10,000 people left, and there are still tens of thousands of puppet troops, if we lose too much in the battle with the Central Army, what will we do to resist the Japanese attack at that time. ”
These are the reasons why Li Han does not want to go against the Central Army, although the Central Army has repeatedly forced the Allied Army, as long as they do not do it to themselves first, Li Han will not take the initiative to attack the Central Army, and he must save a penny of vitality for Chahar Province.
Moreover, after the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Central Army will also become the main force of the War of Resistance, and they may join forces to resist the enemy at that time. At this time, when the swords and soldiers meet, they will definitely leave a mustard, and they will talk about cooperation in the future, which will definitely be much more difficult.
"What then! Could it be that our allies are just at the mercy of the central army! ”
Gao Jian said excitedly, he really couldn't understand why the Central Army was unreasonable, why he had to tie his hands when it was time to do it.
"It can't be helped, that's the advantage of being orthodox. And even if they do it, do you think the Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army will stand by and watch, no matter how powerful the Central Army is, their hands will not be able to reach North China now.
But the Allied forces are different, Shanxi, Suiyuan, and Hebei all border Chahar, and if we wave our troops south, we can enter Shanxi or Hebei within a few days.
I didn't see the equipment and supplies that Yan Laoxi promised to the commander-in-chief before, but now there is no news.
Moreover, due to the blockade of the Central Army, the military supplies urgently needed by the Allied forces have also been extremely tight, and except for our brigade, which can normally issue military salaries, all other departments have begun to default on military salaries.
It is estimated that there is no need for the Central Army to take action, so we have to be locked up in Chahar, and the troops may collapse without a fight. ”
Shi Shi'an said that he also supported Li Han's approach, and it was better not to participate in it at this time, unless the central army reached the head, otherwise, they would stay silently in Chabei to develop.
Despite the defeat of the Japanese offensive, the Allied forces were in an increasingly difficult situation, not only without funds, but also on the verge of bankruptcy. Internally, there are also Feng Zhanhai, Li Zhongyi, Tan Zixin and other departments that have accepted the adaptation of the central government more or less explicitly or implicitly.
Troubled at home and abroad, after much thought, Feng Yuxiang decided to go into the wilderness, announced the dissolution of the allied army, and the various departments went to stay and settle for themselves, and he went to Mount Tai to live in seclusion.
At this time, Song Zheyuan, on the orders of He Yingqin, came up with a plan for the integration of most of the allied army, the integration of a small number of troops, and the division of those who insisted on refusing to be incorporated or disbanded, then divided, bribed or even solved by force.