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Chapter 855 Passive response

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The Japanese fighters went crazy and poured out, and twice retaliated and bombed Miyun County intensively, not wanting to be shot down by the air defense forces again Six fighters, it is estimated that there is no way to fire the air defense artillery on the ground, or there is a new target, the Japanese planes then no longer appeared, and the battle on the Gubeikou line came to an abrupt end, and then for five consecutive days, the Japanese army did not launch any large-scale attacks on the Gubeikou line, and occasionally one or two high-flying Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared in the Gubeikou airspace, and they were also in a hurry to catch a glimpse, and did not dare to stay longer.

On the contrary, the fighting in the eastern front in the direction of Xifengkou, Luowenyu, Jielingkou, and Lengkou became more and more tense, and Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen, He Zhuguo, Wan Fulin and other units launched a fierce tug-of-war with the Japanese army, and the number of casualties rose sharply.

An Yi, who returned to the Tangshan headquarters in Beiping, was very busy, and according to the suggestions of Chen Lifu and others, Chairman Jiang, who felt that he was indebted, gave An Yi another political task - try to find time to mobilize in various colleges and universities for the Anti-Japanese War. In the Tangshan Command Headquarters, the decision-making groups with the two brands of the former enemy headquarters and the Fifth Army Corps analyzed the battle situation day and night to find fighters.

From top to bottom, no one wants to defend passively for a long time, but the friendly forces on all fronts are in a difficult situation, and the reinforcements from the headquarters have not yet fully arrived.

On 24 March, Chairman Chiang and his entourage came to Beiping from Baoding, and after holding a military meeting of the commanders and commanders of various corps at the general headquarters in the city, they came to the Tangshan camp to inspect the officers and men of Gu Changfeng's 44th Division, who were waiting to be summoned at any time after being replenished.

The generals of the various regiments who followed behind Chairman Chiang could only sigh with envy when they saw that the well-equipped and morale-boosting 44th Division had once again returned to its full strength of 13,000 officers and men, and that a heavy artillery battalion with 24 military trucks and 12 120 howitzers had been added.

Chairman Jiang and his entourage, as well as Yang Jie, commander of the Central Army, Xu Tingyao, deputy commander and other generals stayed in Tangshan, and then convened a military meeting of all departments of the Central Army to formally implement the spirit of the enlarged meeting held in Beiping City in the morning, and adjust the operational plans and tasks of An Yi's Fifth Army Corps and Yang Jie's Ninth Army Corps.

As soon as the meeting started for another three hours, after a simple dinner, the commanders of each division returned to their posts, and Chiang Kai-shek led Chen Lifu and Lin Wei to the office specially arranged for him, and called An Yi and Zhao Rui to talk in detail behind closed doors.

In the past 10 days, Chiang Kai-shek has continued to encourage all units to make concerted efforts to bravely resist the Japanese invasion, and at the same time, he has very skillfully damaged Feng Yuxiang and his anti-Japanese allied troops, who once again issued a mobilization order to the whole country for the war of resistance, and Chiang Kai-shek proudly said to more than 300 Chinese and foreign reporters at a news conference after holding a grand ceremony in Baoding for Lin Fei and Stevens, heroes of the air battle, Song Zheyuan, who made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Xifengkou, and other generals of the 17th Army, and the generals of the 17th Army who won the great victory at Gubeikou:

"General Feng Huanzhang's anti-Japanese allied forces telegraphed again, showing the world their determination to resist the war to the end without compromise, although so far no form of attack has been launched against the Japanese army, but the fierce political offensive and the firm anti-Japanese stance of the Allied soldiers are enough to make the Japanese army after the easy occupation of Duolun dare not take a further ......"

Chiang Kai-shek's words were soon widely disseminated and exaggerated by Chinese and foreign newspapers, and many pro-Chiang newspapers and a group of Confucian celebrities from all walks of life who shocked the whole country began to ridicule and satirize Feng Yuxiang day after day, some called the "anti-Japanese allied forces" a "political choir", some described Feng Yuxiang as "an opportunist who made a political and national fortune", and even worse, slandered Feng Yuxiang as a "dwarf of ideological giants" and slandered Feng Yuxiang and the anti-Japanese allies for colluding with "the red Russia that has not died since the Middle East Road Incident." They attempted to occupy Mongolia with the support of the new Tsarist Russia, and to imitate the puppets of the Manchurians in disguise," and slandered the anti-Japanese allied forces as "a group of selfish and selfish warlords and warlords with no sense of national responsibility." The overwhelming negative public opinion caused the reputation of Feng Yuxiang and his allies to be seriously damaged, and the prestige that he had built up with great difficulty quickly declined.

Without waiting for Feng Yuxiang to launch a counterattack, He Yingqin, the new chairman of the Beiping Military Commission, held a high-profile press conference to introduce the situation on the front line of the Great Wall, and then publicly stated: The Central Military Commission sincerely hopes that at the critical moment of internal and external troubles, Feng Yuxiang can give up political differences, accept material assistance from the Nationalist Government and the Central Military Commission, and lead his officers and men to bravely resist the Japanese invaders for the country and the people, instead of indifferently watching and watching.

As soon as He Yingqin's words came out, it was like adding fuel to the fire, once again trapping Feng Yuxiang and the Anti-Japanese Allied Army in an extremely unfavorable situation, and all walks of life across the country reacted strongly, and they criticized Feng Yuxiang and the Anti-Japanese Allied Army one after another: You don't even accept the materials allocated by the central government, what do you want to do? Why have you been shouting slogans for months, but I haven't seen you fight honestly? Has it really become a puppet of the new Tsarist Russia? Is it taking the opportunity of the national disaster to sit on the sidelines and try to cut off the throne?

The power of public opinion is incomparably strong, and in the face of wave after wave of misunderstandings and accusations, Feng Yuxiang and the officers and men of the allied army, who have been waiting for him for several months, are full of anger, but they are helpless. For three months, Feng Yuxiang, who would express his thoughts on the War of Resistance to the whole country almost every two days, hated it in his heart, but because of the outstanding performance of An Yi and his army, as well as the great victory of the 17th Army on the front line of Gubeikou, he was unable to carry out a-for-tat counterattack against Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and various policies as before.

In the current national upsurge of the anti-Japanese war, Chiang Kai-shek went to the front line in North China to "command" regardless of the danger, and the various corps finally gained a firm foothold after successive defeats, and then won the great victory of destroying thousands of enemies one by one at Gubeikou and Xifengkou, and the results were gratifying. Among them, more than 600 Japanese soldiers captured by Chiang Kai-shek's descendant unit of the 17th Army in the Gubeikou counterattack have been escorted to the Langfang camp to make a public appearance, and Chinese and foreign journalists, the International Red Cross, and even the Japanese diplomatic department have all gone to Langfang to visit and verify, and a large number of reports and photos about the prisoners of war have been overwhelming, arousing a huge sense of pride and honor among the whole people, and Chiang Kai-shek's prestige has also soared rapidly.

At this time, if Feng Yuxiang and his generals of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army continued to criticize Chiang Kai-shek as before, not only would they fail to achieve any goal, but they might be violently attacked by all walks of life and the mainstream media throughout the country - in the critical period of the all-out war of resistance, it is useless to talk beautifully, what the people need to see is real action, and they need to see battles that can inspire people regardless of victory or defeat. The anti-Japanese allied forces, which had wanted to wait for complete and adequate preparations to launch an attack on Japan, finally launched the "Duolun Campaign" with great momentum under extremely passive public opinion.

It can be said that in this political confrontation, Chiang Kai-shek once again defeated Feng Yuxiang, the eldest brother of the sworn brother, and won quite thoroughly and beautifully. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek, who had just finished inspecting Gu Changfeng's 44th Division, was already very happy and satisfied when he saw An Yi and Zhao Rui come in to salute.

"Sit down, all of you...... An Yi, Duolun has been fighting for a day and a night, how is the battle going now? Chiang Kai-shek asked kindly.

An Yi and Zhao Rui sat down respectfully, and smiled at each other when they heard Chiang Kai-shek's question.

Zhao Rui's chin raised slightly, signaling An Yi to answer, An Yi nodded, and reported in a low voice: "The battle was very intense, and Sun Dianying, who was withdrawn by the Military Commission from the 40th Division of the Central Army because of his passive avoidance of the war, performed very well this time, Ji Hongchang A division mainly attacked the frontal Japanese army in Duolun, Sun Dianying's 18,000 officers and soldiers fought on the left and right flanks, and the three wings of the Japanese army in Duolun struggled to support, if General Feng Yuxiang worked harder at this time and decisively transferred the reserve division in his hand, he might be able to completely recover Duolun before the arrival of reinforcements from the Japanese army on the northern route, and then forced the Japanese army to the Chifeng line, where the foothold was unstable, and the worst result was also a confrontation.

"As the battle line lengthens, the Japanese army is overstretched, and it will be difficult to draw reinforcements in a few days, so that the war will develop in favor of the Allied forces...... Although the Allied Army did not have the claimed 100,000 but only 60,000, the Japanese army on the North Route currently had only three brigades and one cavalry wing, and the total strength was less than 40,000. ”

Chiang Kai-shek bowed slightly in agreement, and Lin Wei asked with a smile: "General An, General Zhao, do you think the allied forces will seize this opportunity to give it a go?" ”

An Yi smiled bitterly, shook his head and did not answer, Zhao Rui saw that everyone was looking at him with concern, so he had to bite the bullet and say the consensus reached with An Yi after analysis:

"My subordinates are not very optimistic about this - although the Anti-Japanese Allied Army has been established for many days, so far, we still can't figure out the real equipment level, combat effectiveness, command system, and so on of General Feng Yuxiang's Allied Army, so it is difficult to draw conclusions. If our Fifth Army Corps were to lead this major battle, we would naturally not let go of this rare opportunity, and we could even seize the favorable opportunity when the Japanese army could not transfer reinforcements within two days, and do our best to fight a fierce battle, annihilating the Japanese army's vital forces, and at the same time, we could also burn the flames of war to the Chifeng line, so that we could not only regain the strategic location in the area east of Duolun, but also boost morale and boost the people's morale. We in China lack everything, that is, there is no shortage of people, we can afford it completely, and the Japanese army may not be able to stand it, and when his reinforcements arrive, it will be another state and another way of fighting. ”

"Well said! Very good! ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Zhao Rui with appreciation: "Zhao Rui, since following An Yi, you have become mature, and you have matured very quickly, I am very relieved, I am very relieved!" ”

"Thank you to the principal for cultivating!" Zhao Rui hurriedly stood upright.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Don't be too restrained, sit down...... An Yi, I heard that yesterday morning, Peng Zhenguo's division was attacked by the Japanese Army's 7th Independent Mixed Brigade and a cavalry brigade, and after the defeat, he gave up Longhua and led the remnants to the north to defect to Feng Huanzhang's anti-Japanese allied army? ”

An Yi nodded a little sadly: "That's true!" However, General Peng Zhenguo can't be complained about this matter, he only has a brigade of troops in his hands, and it is simply unrealistic for him to stick to Longhua, which faces the enemy on three sides. On the afternoon of the day before yesterday, after receiving the information, the student called General Peng Zhenguo, suggesting that he immediately abandon Longhua and lead his troops to retreat westward, and guarantee in the name of the former enemy's commander-in-chief that he would not be punished for this, but for some reason, he did not accept it.

"At noon today, the student and Senior Brother Zhao received a complete report on the whole matter and learned that because General Peng Zhenguo generously assisted Gu Changfeng and Yang Jiuxiao in breaking through the siege, the students gratefully gave him the equipment of the main regiment, which also included new clothing, shoes and hats in addition to steel helmets. It is estimated that perhaps it is precisely because of the great increase in equipment and the fact that General Peng Zhenguo wants to fight a beautiful battle to boost the morale of the army, and then retreat calmly.

"Who knew that when the Japanese army saw General Peng Zhenguo's regiment, they mistakenly thought that it was the main force of our Central Army, so a wing of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade attacked from the front, and the cavalry brigade made a detour of 17 kilometers and suddenly came out from behind, and the general Peng Zhenguo's headquarters who suffered from the encirclement was quickly routed on the whole line.

"The Japanese army ignored the officers and soldiers on both wings who fled, concentrated all their forces to surround General Peng Zhenguo's main force in camouflage uniforms and well-equipped, and launched a formation like crazy to rush and kill, and completely annihilated the regiment in ten minutes.

Everyone looked at each other in shock, but they didn't expect that there would be such an allusion. Lin Wei couldn't help laughing, and everyone savored it, and then laughed.

Chiang Kai-shek covered his mouth and laughed, and asked An Yi: "How do you know the whole process so well?" ”

An Yi replied with a smile: "Because a company under the command of General Peng Zhenguo took the initiative to come to us after the troops broke up, the company commander of this company fought side by side with several lieutenants of our department when he assisted Hutou and them to break through, and formed a deep friendship. ”

Everyone suddenly realized and nodded frequently, Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly, and asked again: "Is Xia Jian's 39th Division okay in Langfang?" Also, how many soldiers have been recruited by each division of your Fifth Army during this time? ”

An Yi replied truthfully: "After the 39th Division entered the Langfang camp a week ago, it immediately started preparations for battle, and now all the work is basically ready, and it can be driven to the battlefield with just one order." The recruitment work went very smoothly, with more than 38,000 young men signing up, and 13,000 of them were left behind after the physical examination, and they were already divided into divisions for training. In addition, more than 6,000 officers and men from the Northeast who had been dispersed defected to General Yang Jiuxiao, who had played a majestic and imposing role in western Liaoning, and the 40 th Division under his command was soon full, and since all the soldiers recruited were veterans, it only took one more month of political education and internal adjustment to be able to go to the battlefield. ”

"What? How many people did you recruit? ”

Lin Wei was amazed, Chiang Kai-shek was also deeply surprised, looked at An Yi and Zhao Rui, who were happy, and couldn't help sighing: "Other friendly troops complained to me, there are less than 5,000 recruits in a month, and more than 40,000 people have been recruited in less than ten days, and you can choose fat and thin calmly, which is touching in comparison!" Only your An Jiajun has such appeal......"