With the surrender of Feng Yuxiang, the war situation in Shaanxi has taken a major turn!

Hanzhong fell into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which made Chen Shufan feel a great panic.

Although Chen Shufan was always on guard against Feng Yuxiang, after the start of the Northern Expedition of the Nationalist Axe, Feng Yuxiang and his army became a barrier for Shaanxi.

Now, the "barrier" is about to collapse at the touch of a button, and Hanzhong will be lost in just a few days.

And what is even more troublesome is that Shaanxi Jing [***] actually accepted the reorganization of the Northern Expeditionary Army and was appointed as the 37th Division of the National Revolutionary Army.

Although Hu Jingyi was detained by Chen Shufan, which once caused chaos within Jing[***], after accepting the reorganization of the Northern Expeditionary Army, this confusion was quickly quelled.

After that, the Northern Expeditionary Army began to dispatch air forces to bomb the Chen army in Sanyuan and other places. Although it did not cause much damage to Chen's army, the impact on the confidence and morale of the soldiers on both sides was enormous.

Originally, in Chen Shufan's wishful thinking, Feng Yuxiang was used to block the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he concentrated his forces and united with Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army to concentrate all his efforts to eliminate the Zhensong Army, but now all this has come to naught with Feng Yuxiang's defeat

"I have to rely on Liu Zhenhua's strength." Chen Shufan muttered.

The old subordinate, fellow villager Liu Shilong, said: "That's true, overseer, since Liu Zhenhua entered Shaanxi, the overseer has promised to be the governor, but it has not been fulfilled, which also makes Liu Zhenhua a little dissatisfied, and when he enters Jing [***], he is also quite hard. Now that Feng Yuxiang has failed and the situation is critical, I think that Liu Zhenhua should be appointed as the governor of Shaanxi Province immediately, and ordered him to speed up the extermination of Jing [***], and then go all out to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army. ”

Chen Shufan had a headache.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, Jing [***], Zhensong Army, and Shaanxi Army all gathered in Shaanxi, and Shaanxi was in chaos, and there were wars everywhere. I am simply trying to survive in the cracks.

It's not that he didn't think about holding peace talks with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but firstly, now that the Northern Expeditionary Army is in full swing, he may not be willing to negotiate peace, and secondly, Chen Shufan himself knows that his public anger in Shaanxi is too great.

I'm afraid that even if I surrender to the Northern Expeditionary Army in the future, I may not have any good fruit to eat

"That's all I can do." Chen Shufan sighed: "Immediately appoint Liu Zhenhua as the governor of Shaanxi Province, let the Zhensong army attack Jing [***] with all its might, eliminate Jing [***] as soon as possible no matter what, and then concentrate on dealing with the Northern Expeditionary Army." ”

"What should Hu Jingyi do, kill or not?" Liu Shilong asked cautiously.

"We can't kill, we can't kill, we don't have any capital at all. If we don't kill, in the event of failure in the future, we will have the capital to negotiate, and if we do, we will have no room for maneuver at all. Chen Shufan smiled bitterly and said: "Not only can you not kill, but you also have to treat you with good wine and food." ”

"Yes. So how did the Northern Expeditionary Army deal with it? ”

"Command!" Chen Shufan's expression was straight: "Zhang Baolin, the guard of southern Shaanxi, Zhang Jinyin, who united Xingping, Zeng Jixian mixed into a brigade, etc., laid down a defensive line from Ningshan to Foping, and blocked the attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army no matter what!" ”

"Yes!"

After giving these orders, Chen Shufan's heart was a little more relaxed.

Outside, there was a sudden "boom" sounding thunder on a dry day, which startled Chen Shufan. Thunder on a sunny day, I'm afraid it may not be a good sign

"The capture of Hanzhong has made the road for our troops to enter Xi'an much smoother." In the headquarters, Bai Chongxi pointed to the map and said: "The 37th Division is holding on to Sanyuan and other places, forcing Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua to be unable to concentrate all their forces to deal with us, and the planes we dispatched have also given great support to the 37th Division, I believe that it is not a big problem to continue to hold on, we can devote all our energy to dealing with Chen Shufan, and as soon as Chen Shufan's main force collapses, Liu Zhenhua will be unable to support it alone." ”

Wang Mingzhang looked at the map for a while: "I just got the information that Chen Shufan used two divisions and two mixed brigades to start a decisive battle on the line from Ningshan to Foping, and he wanted to fight hard." ”

"He had to do that!"

Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "If he loses Shaanxi, I'm afraid he will really be like a lost dog." Shaanxi's industrial and commercial circles, education circles, and farmers hate him to the core! In order to increase his strength, expand the army, fight against Jing [***], and maintain the position of the overseer, Chen Shufan planted opium in Shaanxi to collect money. Beginning last spring, Chen Shufan, through the county magistrates, explicitly ordered the peasants to grow tobacco openly and forced the counties to pay 50 percent of the cultivated land for tobacco. After the smoking ban was lifted, Chen Shufan made a huge amount of money from it, but the pain and losses brought to Shaanxi are incalculable. Shaanxi's grain fields are decreasing year by year, and the number of people smoking opium in Shaanxi has reached 2 to 30 percent, causing great harm. The people of Shaanxi hated Chen Shufan to the core, and on this basis, the movement to drive Chen continued to develop in depth. ”

"This is our chance." Wang Mingzhang said with a smile: "When he set out on the expedition, Heng Shuai never said that military strikes are secondary, and how to mobilize the local people and expel these warlords is the most important thing." In the areas under our control, I have issued a proclamation to stop the harm of opium, restore grain production, stabilize the locality, and liaise with all anti-Chen forces. ”

Bai Chongxi nodded and said, "Chen Shufan won't last long. ”

"Report!" With the sound of the report, Sun Lianzhong, who had just been appointed as the commander of the regiment, walked in: "My forward troops encountered Chen's army in Chenggu and engaged in battle. ”

"What about the casualties?"

"Annihilated a platoon of Chen's army, eight people were killed and more than ten were wounded."

Wang Mingzhang thought for a moment: "Order the planes to increase their bombing intensity." Commander Sun, you go to the front line to personally command, first take the city, and then take Yangxian. How many days do you need? ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief, three days!"

"Okay, I'll go to Yangxian for lunch in three days!"

"Yes!" Sun Lianzhong replied in a high-spirited voice and turned to leave.

Sun Lianzhong was the first on Wang Hengyue's list of Wang Mingzhang, when Feng Yuxiang surrendered and was forced to "go abroad for investigation", Sun Lianzhong, Feng Yuxiang's previous subordinates, didn't want to do it, and also wanted to resign together, but Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi tried their best to keep it.

Wang Mingzhang didn't say anything else, but just put the list that Wang Hengyue gave him in front of these officers.

"Sun Lianzhong, who is stoic and outstanding, can be promoted to the head of the regiment Tong Linge is generous and heroic, and the talent of the general can be the head of the regiment"

The names of Feng Yuxiang's subordinates all appeared in this list, and Wang Hengyue also gave them a high evaluation, which surprised these young generals.

There is nothing other than praise from the "enemy", more exciting.

Seeing that the emotions of these officers gradually calmed down, Bai Chongxi took advantage of the situation and said; "It's not a shame for you to fail, and it's not a shame to serve the Northern Expeditionary Army. I was also a member of the Gui Army back then, and now I am still serving the president. What we want is to defeat the warlords and build a whole new country. Instead of working for a particular faction. I am the same age as you, and I still want to make contributions and fight for the country and the nation, do you want to retire at a young age? ”

Wang Mingzhang also said: "There is no distinction between the Sichuan army, the Gui army, and the Shaanxi army, in fact, everyone is China's army, and the unification of the north and the south is inevitable. ”

After a long period of consideration, Sun Lianzhong accepted the appointment of the head of the 82nd Regiment, and Tong Linge accepted the appointment of the head of the 83rd Regiment.

And the strange thing is that Shi Yousan and Han Fuqu, who were the first to defect on the battlefield, were not promoted, but were also transferred away from the main force on the front line

What the president thinks, I'm afraid only he knows best in his own heart.

But it's okay in this way, Sun Lianzhong's group of people have always looked down on those who defected on the battlefield, and transferring Shi Yousan and others away is an encouragement for them.

Sun Lianzhong and Tong Linge, these future generals, at this moment, have finally become members of the National Revolutionary Army!

And on the Chenggu front, the battle is on the verge of breaking out.

Sun Lianzhong gathered all the officers of the regiment in front of him, did not assign combat tasks, but told his story there:

"I went to private school for a few years, but I didn't have much interest in studying, I often skipped school, and my biggest hobby was fiddling with livestock or driving a big car. After that, I grew tall, broad-shouldered, round-waisted, and quite strong. But I didn't want to continue my studies or farming, so the villagers gave me a nickname and called me a 'fool'. Later, when I secretly joined the army, my mother ordered my elder brother Sun Lianxi to rush to the recruiting office to persuade me to go home on the grounds that my family was rich and my land was increasing year by year, not only did I not have to become a soldier, but the family business still needed his help in cooking; At the same time, Wang Hu, the magistrate of Tuoxiong County, negotiated with the recruitment office to remove the name. Brethren, I said to my brother at the time, 'If a man should aspire to serve his country, how can he grow old with the grass and trees?' The will to join the army cannot be changed! My brother was so moved that he stopped trying to persuade me to go home."

He glanced at his men:

"A man should be determined to serve the country, how can he die with the grass and trees? The will to join the army cannot be changed! We are now the National Revolutionary Army, the Northern Expeditionary Army, and we are fighting to accomplish the great cause of the Northern Expedition. I send you this sentence that I once said, I hope that you will fight bravely on the battlefield, and the will of the Northern Expedition will also be unchangeable! ”

"Yes!" The subordinates responded together, and Sun Lianzhong pulled out his command knife. Sharply said:

"Each company is assaulting, and the city must be captured within three hours!"

(To be continued)