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Chapter 772 focuses on the overall situation

The Japanese invaders suffered extremely heavy losses in just half a month, and all the departments were exhausted, especially the puppet Manchurian traitors retaliated by the "iron-blooded hoe traitor association" and the "Northeast hoe traitor alliance" and other underground armed forces such as the elusive attack, kidnapping, arson, etc., and the number of leaders was as many as 100 people, and the arrogance of the Japanese puppet forces was greatly reduced, and everyone was in danger. Jilin and more than 20 other cities and counties had no choice but to urgently impose martial law and curfews, and these scum who had been arrogant since the Japanese masters came to power finally realized the evil consequences of betraying the country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The resistance actions launched by various anti-Japanese armed forces forced the Japanese army in the northeast to postpone the launch of a full-scale war to the south twice, and the strength of the Japanese army was greatly tense for a while, and the Kwantung Army had to urgently recruit 10,000 young men and women from among the overseas Chinese in the entire northeast.

After the big traitor Zhang Haipeng and the puppet king Puyi and others were nervous, they took the initiative to recruit 100,000 puppet troops to cooperate with the Japanese army to carry out a larger-scale clean-up and search operation in the entire northeast region, and the Japanese puppet army in retaliation for the actions of the various units of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, gathered more than 3,000 villagers in Lijiagou, Pingdingshan and other villages near the Fushun Coal Mine who sympathized with the anti-Japanese armed forces or had relatives who fought bravely in the Volunteer Army, and carried out a massacre that exterminated humanity, and then chased and killed dozens of residents of Qianjinbao Village who fled after hearing the news. created the Fushun "Pingdingshan Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries.

The bloody slaughter carried out by the Japanese and traitor forces against the anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China and the civilians who sympathized with the anti-Japanese soldiers made the entire Northeast land rumored and bloody, and after 918, there was once again a large-scale wave of refugees, and the corpses of civilians slaughtered by the Japanese army in the streets and wilderness could be seen everywhere in every city, small town and village, and the Japanese invaders and traitors once again owed the Chinese nation a heavy blood debt.

The central government in Nanjing sent telegrams to China and foreign countries, and sent a letter to the League of Nations accusing the Japanese army of atrocities in Northeast China, but the Japanese Government ridiculed each other, accusing Chiang Kai-shek and the Nanjing Government of supporting the "Manchukuo rebel forces" and secretly aiding the "rebels" of various stripes in Manchukuo with a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and funds.

In the past two months, more than 750 "good-natured Japanese nationals" have been killed, and another 142 people are still missing; more than 1,600 "legal trading companies" and "legal residences" of overseas Chinese have been burned down, and seven branches of Japan's three major banks in northeast and north China have been stolen and looted, with a total loss of more than $4.5 million.

On the second day after the news was released, Chiang Kai-shek, who was inspecting Changsha, immediately issued a public statement, from the Jinan Massacre to the 128 War of Resistance at the beginning of the year, and from the September 18 Incident to the Fushun Pingdingshan Massacre, with a large number of indisputable and conclusive facts, he accused the Japanese invaders of their heinous crimes. At present, the intelligence department of the Central Military Commission is carrying out a nationwide campaign to eliminate traitors and oppose special forces, and is conducting interrogations of enemy and special elements who have been caught.

Chiang Kai-shek's public speech made the Japanese invaders angry and ashamed, and at the same time, anti-Japanese sentiment was rising in various parts of China, and the anti-Japanese actions in the northeast were in full swing, and there was a tendency for the wind to spread rapidly, and at this time, the news came one after another that three bridges and 100-meter riverside roadbeds on the four main railway lines in the northeast were blown up by the anti-Japanese forces, and the Japanese invaders were forced to transfer a large number of troops to the railway line to carry out maintenance and suppression. All trees within 100 meters on both sides of the railway line will be cut down.

For some reason, this secret operation, along with the details of the order, was completely exposed by several mainstream newspapers in Beijing and Shanghai, once again triggering an outcry from the Chinese government and an anti-Japanese wave throughout the country.

Beginning on December 5, An Yi took Hu Jialin, deputy commander of the 17th Army and commander of the independent division, Gu Changfeng, commander of the 44th Division, and Lu Yixuan, commander of the 17th Division, who had not yet officially announced the number, to conduct detailed field investigations in the Rehe area and the front line of the Great Wall, and successively visited Song Zheyuan, Tang Yulin, Shang Zhen and other generals. They had an open and frank discussion on the division of the established defense area and possible future cooperation, and did not return to the Tangshan Hotel until the afternoon of 15 July.

The next day, An Yi led Chief of Staff Zhao Rui, Director of Intelligence Liu Qing and others to Beiping City to visit the young marshal.

In view of the fact that the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th divisions of the Japanese army were secretly assembling on the front line of Suizhong and Jinzhou, after repeated discussions between An Yi and more than 20 commanders of the three divisions under his command, they unanimously agreed that we should not passively wait and take a defensive position, but should take the initiative to attack one part of the enemy and strive to annihilate it before the Japanese army is most likely to attack from the east and the west, quickly gather heavy troops, and use the superior lines of communication to launch a surprise attack on Chengde and Zhangjiakou, so as to completely disrupt the Japanese army's operational deployment and win opportunities for friendly forces from all walks of life along the entire defense line.

After reading the detailed battle plan handed over by An Yi, the young marshal nodded frequently and praised it, but did not express support or opposition, but ordered the adjutant to immediately invite the auxiliary commander Zhang Zuoxiang.

An Yi knew what Zhang Xueliang was worried about, three days ago the central government and the Central Military Commission had set the tone for the upcoming large-scale war, and Chairman Jiang sent a secret telegram to the young marshal, once again repeating the eight-character policy of this war: resolutely resist, fighting and talking.

Under this guiding principle, the young marshal's hesitation is understandable, and the Northeast Army is not united, monolithic, from the marshal Zhang Zuolin to the young marshal in charge of the army in the past ten years, the Northeast Army internal disagreements continued, under the strong pressure of the Japanese invaders, the generals of the various armies never had a unified opinion, there are not a few generals who are partial to self-protection and strive to preserve their strength, and the appearance of the spirit is separated and then centrifuged and detached, and finally developed to lead the troops to mutiny and fight in the same room, and it has also happened many times. Two of them almost broke up the entire Northeast Army and faced dissolution, and now the situation is more difficult and worse than any previous one. Therefore, An Yi did not make any requests to embarrass the young marshal, nor did he further explain his bottom line, but patiently waited for the young marshal to think about and experience, and then started to discuss.

Zhang Zuoxiang, who arrived in a hurry, finished reading An Yi's battle plan, closed the document and bowed his head in contemplation, without saying a word for a long time. In the small conference room in the side hall, the atmosphere was solemn and lonely, and even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Zhang Zuoxiang, who had finished smoking a cigarette, finally raised his head, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at An Yi, and asked kindly: "What do you mean by the virtuous nephew, do you want to hand over this sophisticated but also variable-filled initiative to my Northeast Army to complete?" ”

"The seniors are as wise as torches! How can the younger generation hide this little bit of fancy intestines from your old man's eyes? ”

An Yi nodded and smiled: "That's the case, in fact, it doesn't matter who implements this plan, the scale is not big or small, and the maximum investment is the strength of a brigade." After discussing with the brothers, the juniors agreed that if your unit could not draw troops for a while, the juniors' direct troops plus one regiment of each of the three divisions would carry it out, provided that a certain temporary number of the Northeast Army should be used to avoid people's eyes.

"Please believe that this move does not shirk responsibility, smear the face of the Northeast Army, and bring unnecessary political and diplomatic troubles, but a contingency plan for the younger generations and others in desperation. At present, the Japanese army is moving frequently, and the troops are gathering slowly and secretly to the front line of Suizhong and Jinzhou, which seems to be unfazed, but in fact the fierce appearance has already appeared, and the information in this regard, the young marshal and the auxiliary commander are much clearer than the juniors, and many of the conclusions of the juniors still rely on the information provided by the brothers of the Northeast Army. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang and the young marshal looked at each other and smiled, and asked An Yi in a low voice: "Has this rigorous and excellent battle plan been submitted to Chairman Jiang for approval?" ”

An Yi sighed, took out three telegrams from the briefcase beside him, and slowly handed them to the desktop between Zhang Zuoxiang and the young marshal: "Our government is too weak, as the saying goes, a weak country has no diplomacy, and the central officials who have just moved back to Nanjing from Luoyang to work are old and serious on the surface, and they are strict in their righteousness, but in fact, they are panicked in their hearts. They may have forgotten that although the Northeast is now under the iron heel of the violent sun, it is still our sacred and inviolable land...... The three replies, all of which vetoed the request of the juniors and the staff office of the former commander to 'seize the opportunity to take the initiative,' and strictly ordered that the consent of the young marshal and the auxiliary commander must be obtained in advance for any combat operation of our unit. ”

After reading the message, Zhang Zuoxiang and the young marshal shook their heads in unison and sighed slightly. Zhang Zuoxiang suggested euphemistically: "It stands to reason that there is no big problem, but even the virtuous nephew cannot obtain the consent of Chairman Jiang, and the old man and the young marshal do not dare to act arbitrarily in this situation, after all, the possible impact is too great." If the virtuous nephew has already made up his mind, why does he still care about a name and number? It can be carried out in the name of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Detachment under the virtuous nephew! ”

An Yi smiled helplessly, and did not say anything to explain, Zhao Rui respectfully said the reason for An Yi: "Auxiliary commander, after a short rest and recuperation, Yang Jiuxiao's department has gone north, and is working closely with the anti-Japanese friendly troops stationed in the Great Black Mountain all year round. Yang Jiuxiao's division had actually attracted most of the main forces of the Japanese army in the Chaoyang direction, causing a short period of weakness in the Japanese army's strength in the Chaoyang area, and if we did not seize this rare opportunity, it was very likely that we would lose this good opportunity to annihilate the enemy in less than five days.

"If this action plan is agreed by the auxiliary commander and the young marshal, Yang Jiuxiao's troops will inevitably take the initiative to attack with great fanfare, so as to attract more troops of the Japanese army and create better conditions for our army to raid Chaoyang again and annihilate the living forces of the Japanese army. The art of war is cloudy, proud and can't go back. This time, the younger generations did the opposite, hoping to take advantage of the terrain and speed advantages to fight a good battle in this area, although this battle was not large, but it was of great help to us to determine the combat intentions of the Japanese army, and the positive effect brought by this was obvious. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang and the young marshal looked at each other again, after this explanation, they finally knew what kind of medicine An Yi was selling in the gourd, at present it was impossible to determine the main direction of the Japanese army's upcoming attack, and the opinions of the generals and commanders of the various armies were also extremely complicated, if An Yi's plan to take the initiative to attack was successful, it would definitely make the sinister and cunning Japanese invaders show their flaws, and then unify their thinking to form a consensus, which would bring huge benefits to the armament war.

Zhang Zuoxiang nodded appreciatively to An Yi, a group of wise and brave young people: "You want to hide even my troops stationed in the area of the line of action, right...... I know that the more secrecy this kind of operation is, the better, but have you ever thought about it? If it is discovered by the generals of our army stationed along the route, will there be a sense of disappointment and alienation from the upper echelons? Do you think that they can't be trusted by those of us who are in power? Will this lead to the other extreme? Although the virtuous nephew and the young marshal have not been friends for a long time, they trust and respect each other, and they see each other frankly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are confidants and friends, so I believe that the young marshal will also tell the virtuous nephew all the worries in his heart. At this critical moment, all the heroes are called to resist Japan together, in fact, many people are digging into my corner, some generals of our army are tempted in every way, all kinds of confusion, at this time if something goes wrong, the virtuous nephew said, what should we do in the Northeast Army? ”

An Yi tried his best to suppress the disappointment and anxiety in his heart, nodded respectfully, and stood up with a reluctant smile: "Since this is the case, let's put it down for the time being, everything is focused on the overall situation, the juniors and others respect the opinions of the seniors, and no longer mention such plans in the future, the juniors are abrupt, and I ask the seniors to forgive me!" ”

Zhang Zuoxiang laughed heartily, patted An Yi on the shoulder and praised a few words, and left in the urging outside the door. An Yi knew that the young marshal had been very busy these days, and he did not leave any more time to delay the young marshal, so after politely saying goodbye, he led the brothers to leave slowly.