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Chapter 1088 Defending Honor (3)

In the early morning of 16 April, the 17 th Army's large-scale military exercise was suddenly launched without any warning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The two brigades of Lu Yixuan's 17th Division stationed in Cangzhou divided into two routes and killed Suning in the west, and the 51st Brigade stationed in Qingxian simultaneously launched martial law throughout the territory, and the brigade's artillery battalion was dispatched; With the help of the transport regiment directly under the headquarters, the officers and men of Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division, stationed in Hengshui, rode more than 100 cars and quickly went north along the highway and railway, among which the 119th Brigade, which was responsible for the assault mission, advanced at full speed by train.

In the Baoding area, Chief of Staff Yang Guan, who temporarily acted as the commander of the division, the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the First Division quickly attacked and began to launch fierce offensive and defensive exercises around Qingyuan Airport; Hu Jialin personally commanded the mountain brigade, antiaircraft artillery brigade, and artillery regiment directly under the southern Sichuan to rumble northward, rapidly advance to the blocking position set up in advance by the only brigade of the *** division, and launched a fierce artillery attack on the blocking position of Hanmatai north of Baiyangdian at 10 o'clock in the morning as planned.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Beiping, Tianjin, Langfang and other areas were terrified and chaotic, and the rumors that "the 17th Army attacked the Japanese invaders in Tianjin and wanted to completely control North China" spread rapidly, and the traitor organizations in all parts of North China remembered the murderous and bloody methods of Hu Jialin's 17th Army, and no longer ignored the dissuasion of the *** spies, and fled rampantly to the direction of Tianjin and Shanhaiguan; The North China garrison Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, and Wan Fulin were greatly shocked, and urgently assembled in panic, huddled in the barracks to prepare for battle, fearing that the sudden attack of the 17th Army would lead to large-scale retaliation by the Japanese army.

The Consul General in Beiping and the Consul General in Tianjin hurried to the Beiping Military Branch and the Hebei Provincial Government in Tianjin to ask He Yingqin and Yu Xuezhong severe questions and strong questions; The Tianjin garrison army and the marine brigade urgently assembled and hurriedly prepared for war, and Umezu Mijiro decisively issued an order to prepare for all street battles; The Kwantung Army Headquarters was taken aback when it received the urgent report, and immediately ordered all divisions, brigades and regiments in the Recha area to stop advancing and stand by in place, and at the same time urgently ordered a wing of the Kwantung Army stationed in Shanhaiguan to rush south and rush to the aid of Tianjin; The *** naval fleet stationed in Lushun received an urgent telegram from the General Staff Headquarters, laughing at the incompetence of the army, and on the other hand, it launched six large and small ships to transport the 3,000-man marines stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula to Tianjin to support.

Until noon, He Yingqin, Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, and others still did not receive a reply from the 17 th Army, and they were skeptical of the "routine exercise" report replied by the General Staff Headquarters. ”

What made He Yingqin even more mad was that the three urgent reports and telegrams sent to Chiang Kai-shek did not hear back at all, so that Song Zheyuan was so frightened that he asked twice: "Was the sudden attack of the 17th Army instigated by An Yi behind his back?" ”

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the entire region of North China was already full of panic, and the divisions and brigades of the 17 th Army were still rumbling northward at a frightening speed, showing no sign of stopping, and they stopped from time to time along the way to launch fierce confrontation exercises.

At 2:15 p.m., Chiang Kai-shek finally sent a reply telegram from Guiyang, confirming that this was "a small-scale spring exercise carefully organized by the General Staff Headquarters in accordance with the annual plan and initiated by the 17th Army. The exercise lasted 48 hours and was highly classified, and after the exercise ended, the 17th Army will be fully defended, so there is no need for panic among the troops stationed in various places."

He Yingqin was relieved, and immediately sent someone to the consulate to explain that this was also a normal military exercise carried out by the squadron on its own territory, although it had a strong target, but it did not damage the interests of various countries in China, and did not approach the Tianjin area, directly threatening the concessions of the great powers.

The generals Song Zheyuan, Wan Fulin, Shang Zhen, and other generals who gathered around He Yingqin and Yu Xuezhong and other generals who rushed to Tianjin looked at each other, and suddenly there was a very bad omen, speculating whether the close ties with the Japanese army and the compromise attitude towards Japan over the past year or so had aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of Chiang Kai-shek and the hardliners in the army, so they suddenly resorted to this insidious trick and touched the nerves of the armies in North China.

The conference room was surprisingly calm, and none of the hot-tempered generals and commanders of the North China armies were angry, but sat down to drink tea with gloomy faces and thoughts.

Wan Fulin thought further, He Yingqin, the Minister of Military Affairs, was appointed by the Government Council, and accepted the dual leadership of Wang Jingwei's central government and Chiang Kai-shek's Central Military Commission, and the Beiping Army Branch accepted the leadership of the Central Committee's meeting, and this sudden exercise was initiated by the General Staff Headquarters, and accepted the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission. The General Staff Headquarters itself is an institution at the same level as the Ministry of Military Affairs, and there is no question of who leads whom, not to mention that the two generals who now control the General Staff Headquarters are An Yi and Ge Jingen, and Yang Jie, who was approved by the first meeting at the beginning of the month to serve as the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters again, may not have taken office yet, even if he takes office, he will not refute the face of An Yi and Ge Jingen, who have been colleagues for several years, not to mention that behind An Yi and Ge Jingen is Chiang Kai-shek.

Secondly, Wan Fulin believes that He Yingqin has been too close to Wang Jingwei for more than half a year, and in many of the most advanced positions and compromises with Japan, he is consistent with Wang Jingwei's views, the only difference is that the degree is different, and it is likely that he annoyed the old master Chiang Kai-shek, and Lao Chiang only through Hu Jialin, a descendant general who guarded central Hebei and southern Hebei, commanded the powerful 17th Army to carry out such a large-scale sudden exercise, the purpose was to give Wang Jingwei and other pro-Japanese factions a little color, and to sound the alarm for He Yingqin and the generals of the garrisons in North China, so as to deter political opponents and regain the leadership of the government, at the very least, Wang Jingwei and his faction will be in a hurry, tired of dealing with the diplomatic reproaches of the great powers, especially ***, if they don't make North China, it will change the sky, and then affect the garrisons in North China, at that time, everyone must make a clear choice.

Shang Zhen saw Wan Fulin drinking tea silently with a calm face, which was very different from Yu Xuezhong, whose face changed sharply, and thought that Jiang was still old and spicy!

Wan Fulin suddenly turned his head and saw the meaningful smile on Shang Zhen's face, knowing that Shang Zhen had also thought of many substantive questions like himself, he showed a smile at the moment, put down the teacup gently, and just wanted to say something to break the embarrassing and dull atmosphere, but He Yingqin's words rang out in the first half a beat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the matter has been clarified, there is no need for us to discuss it again, but we will do more aftermath work after we go back, appease the military and civilians, and ensure the stability of North China.

Song Zheyuan saw He Yingqin standing up with a serious expression, tightened the armed belt on his stomach that was beginning to get fat, and hurriedly got up and asked, "Brother Jing, where are you going?" ”

"Go to Baoding, I want to meet Hu Jialin and see what kind of reputation he is doing?" He Yingqin replied calmly, but the look of chagrin in his eyes already showed that he had no calm and peaceful state of mind at this moment.

Song Zheyuan also wanted to go along, but just as he was about to move, Shang Zhen grabbed the corner of his clothes under the table, hesitated slightly, and sat back.

Shang Zhen smiled comfortably and said with a very regretful tone: "Junior brother heard that Brother Hu's 17th Army has just replenished three special brigades, and when their new armored vehicles were put on the board in Hankou, it was spread all over our army, and I heard that this kind of six-wheel drive high-horsepower chariot has strong firepower, and the new special steel armor can easily resist the close-range fire of heavy machine guns, and ordinary cluster grenades are helpless, and the younger brother and the brothers in the army are very envious!" I just don't want to add trouble to Brother Jing's official duties, so let's find another time for us to observe and learn from the scriptures, haha! ”

Everyone immediately understood, knowing that He Yingqin went to Baoding, there must be no good result, rather than standing aside and watching the two sides with deep grievances angry, it is better not to touch this mold, not to mention that after going, it is possible that Hu Jialin and the group of young Zhuang faction of the Seventeenth Army misunderstood that He Yingqin was giving He Yingqin a fist, so that the last two ends are not people, let alone drawn.

He Yingqin's footsteps froze for a moment, and at this time, where did he not know what the old fox Shang Zhen was thinking? couldn't help squeezing out a smile, nodded and watched the generals get up and go out, and suddenly felt that Shang Zhen's sleek personality and tepid personality were almost exactly the same as his fighting style.

The generals made an appointment to go to Baoding to see the new equipment of the new army, greeted each other and returned to their respective camps.

Forty minutes later, Yan Xishan, who was nervously following the situation in North China in Taiyuan, received a detailed secret report from Shang Zhen. ”

The henchmen hurriedly asked the reason, Yan Xishan briefly reported the content of the message, and finally laughed heartily in an exclamation: "Wang Jingwei, that guy is going to be unlucky this time, I'm afraid that the consuls and envoys of various countries in Beijing have broken through his threshold, and I am afraid that he will not be able to explain clearly if he gives him two more mouths, and the dignified chairman, vice chairman of the Central Committee, and president of the Government Affairs Yuan, who is also the foreign minister, actually knows nothing about the exercises of a garrison, what will the friendly countries think?" What will all walks of life and feudal officials across the country think? Ha ha! What is even more wonderful is that the exercise area is in North China, which is currently the most sensitive, and so far there is no sign of stopping, and the sentence in Qiyu's (Shang Zhen) telegram, 'It is very likely to cross its defense area and march to the southwest of Tianjin', completely grasped the character of Hu Jialin of the 17th Army, and with Hu Jialin's ruthlessness, he finally did not frighten the *** people in Tianjin, did not establish his military prestige, and did not safeguard his honor, which was equivalent to the entire exercise being in vain. In Baoding, he was able to kill four or five hundred people without blinking, and the next day he shot more than three hundred people again, just to kill chickens to show the monkeys, what else did this kid dare not do? There's a kind of it! ”

The henchmen nodded frequently, sighing for a while.

Sun Chu, the general of the Jin Sui Army, was very thoughtful, and asked the point in one sentence: "Commander, did Lao Jiang use a plan to knock on the mountains and shock the tigers against the princes of North China?" ”

Yan Xishan nodded and looked at Sun Chu approvingly: "Well said! Cui Ya (Sun Chu) has made a lot of progress in the past two years! At this time, I am afraid that the commanders of the armies at both ends of the first rat are restless, especially Song Zheyuan and Yu Xuezhong, in order to keep their own territory and position for a year, they have constantly voted for the favor of others, and they have openly hired a large number of instructors to teach in the army, Song Zheyuan's army instructors have been equipped to the regimental and battalion level, and the first person has seen through everything inside and out, including the crotch, and he has to endure the scolding of the *** people at both ends for three days, and they have to shake when the Japanese army sneezes.

"On the other hand, my Jin Sui Army, an army led by Qiyu is stationed in Pingjin and Tianjin, and I haven't invited any *** instructors, haven't you always been calm? So far, *** people have to woo and lure in a low voice, and they still don't dare to say a cruel word to my Jin Suijun, and make a judgment!

"In this exercise, I'm afraid the most uncomfortable ones are Yu Xuezhong and Song Zheyuan, anyway, Wan Fulin's troops will soon go south to suppress bandits, Zhang Hanqing was compensated by Lao Jiang, and had to give up the territory of North China, and the Northeast Army has no face to continue to stay in North China, a land of right and wrong, for us, it is a great opportunity! Haha, fighting a war and playing *** is like doing business, Lao Jiang made a good deal this time! ”

Artillery Commander Zhou Dai stroked his long beard and nodded: "It's a talent who planned this exercise!" I'm afraid it's from Yang Jie, right? ”

Yan Xishan smiled slightly: "No, no! Yang Jie had just assumed the post of deputy chief of staff again at the beginning of the month, and Ge Jingen had been following the chairman to command the bandits, neither of them had the time, nor could they command Hu Jialin's 17th Army, only one person could do it, and that was An Yi. ”

Everyone thought so, and Yan Xishan continued: "Everyone, what do you say, how is An Yi's kid doing business? ”

"Why do you need to say it?!" Who doesn't know that An Yi is now the richest man in the country.

Yan Xishan nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, An Yi can do business to such a state, do you need to talk about other aspects?" Ha ha! Our children are getting better and better at doing business, and the back waves of the Yangtze River are pushing the front waves......"