Section 3: The New and the Old (4)

As soon as the Fujian Revolution occurred, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and hurriedly took Jiang Dingwen as the commander, transferred 100,000 troops from the troops encircling and suppressing the Jiangxi Soviet area, and attacked Fujian in two ways. But Chiang Kai-shek's most heartfelt was Chen Jitang in Guangdong, Chen Jitang was originally a subordinate of Li Jishen, and now has 150,000 elite soldiers, if he raises troops to respond to Fujian, Guangxi Li Zongren is bound to raise troops in response, and the whole of South China will immediately change color.

On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the expulsion of Li Jishen, Chen Mingshu, and others from the party, and on the other hand, Huang Shaohong, Zhang Ji, Chen Zhaoying, and others urgently went to Guangdong to lobby Chen Jitang. Before the outbreak of the Chiang-Gui War in 1929, Chiang Kai-shek put Li Jishen under house arrest in Tangshan, Nanjing, and Li Jishen once brought a message to Chen Jitang and asked him to raise troops against Chiang, but Chen Jitang not only did not oppose Chiang, but united with Chiang Kai-shek to jointly deal with the Gui family and Zhang Fakui.

However, after Huang Shaohong and Chen Gongbo arrived in Guangzhou, they found that Guo Damao, the representative of Deng Yanda of the Third Party, had already been active in Guangzhou, and Chen Jitang's attitude had loosened somewhat. After receiving the report, Chiang Kai-shek immediately agreed to provide Guangdong with a loan of 12 million cotton and wheat and 2 million for the defense of Fujian, and at the same time appointed Yu Hanmou, commander of the First Army in Guangdong, as director of the Gannan Appeasement Office.

As soon as Chen Jitang's statement was published, he seriously understood that the failure of the Min Mutiny was a foregone conclusion, and he was a little angry in his heart, the launch time of the Min Mutiny was too early, and he had only been in Chongqing for a few months, and from the results, Chen Jitang had not been in good contact, and it had only been five months since the initial discussion, and the 19th Route Army had supported the central government in all the civil wars, and this sudden change was bound to cause confusion in the thinking of the middle and lower class soldiers, and would eventually give Chiang Kai-shek an opportunity to take advantage of.

I seriously don't know that the actual presiding officer of the Fujian incident is not the third party, nor Li Jishen, but Chen Mingshu. Deng Yanda reached an agreement with Chen Mingshu under the mediation of Huang Qixiang to cooperate against Chiang, and the 19th Route Army was brought out by Chen Mingshu, Chen Mingshu had absolute confidence in promoting the 19th Route Army against Chiang, and sure enough, he asked Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai to agree to oppose Chiang with a letter.

Deng Yanda did not agree to immediately raise the flag against Chiang, but persuaded him to wait for Guangdong and Guangxi to be properly connected before raising the flag, Chen Mingshu reluctantly waited for two months, and finally he could not wait, he thought that Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing political axe now seems to be stable, but in fact it is full of dangers. The military and civilians in various localities have long been dissatisfied with the internal reading of talents and the sale of sovereignty, and now as long as someone climbs high and raises the flag, all localities will surely respond like a cloud, and the phenomenon of defending the country will be repeated. His opinion was supported by Li Jishen, and the two secretly arrived in Fuzhou at the end of October to meet with Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, and decided to raise a banner against Chiang in November.

To their disappointment, all the people from north to south expressed their opposition after the tree flag, and Chen Jitang's treachery made them angry.

"With Fan Hanjie here, their failure is inevitable," Zhuang Jihua sighed, when he learned that Fan Hanjie was actually the deputy commander of the 19th Route Army, he couldn't help but be a little funny, a chess piece planted back then is still playing a role now: "It's a pity that such a force." ”

"Fan Hanjie? What's wrong with him? Seriously didn't understand the inside story, he thought that with Deng Yanda's presence, he could convince Fan Hanjie, but Zhuang Jihua's tone of voice made him shudder.

"When he went to Chen Mingshu, I approved it," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "I arranged for him to go back to the Guijun Military Academy, the purpose was to obtain the military deployment of the Yunnan Gui Army, after the end of the counterinsurgency, Chen Mingshu invited him to his troops, he didn't want to go, he wanted to go back to the teaching group, but I didn't agree, let him accept Chen Mingshu's invitation, originally wanted him to supervise Xu Chongzhi in the Guangdong Army, but I didn't expect him to stay there for eight years, and now he is actually the deputy commander of the 19th Route Army, All the military secrets that had him in the 19th Route Army were no longer secrets. ”

Cold sweat broke out in a serious vest, which was really unexpected to him, Fan Hanjie was already a spy at that time. What was Zhuang Jihua's position in Guangzhou back then? Chief of the Intelligence Section, but that was after the counterinsurgency, it seems that the relationship between Zhuang Jihua and Chiang Kai-shek has to be reassessed.

"What's the pity of rebellion," Teng Jie was a little unimpressed by Zhuang Jihua's words: "Captain, should we also send a telegram?" ”

"We send electricity? Why? Zhuang Jihua was a little surprised, after the Min Mutiny, all parties were electrified, supporting the central government, opposing the people's revolutionary political axe of the Republic of China, believing that the Min Mutiny was a useless move to split the country.

Teng Jie was stunned for a moment, he meant to make a statement and support the central counterinsurgency, but when Zhuang Jihua asked this, he didn't understand what Zhuang Jihua meant.

"Toshio, I know what you mean." Zhuang Jihua didn't wait for Teng Jie to ask questions and said: "But we are the principal's students, and it is natural to support the principal, you see that the power, Yunnan Longyun, Hunan He Jian, Northwest Majia, Shandong Han Fuqu, Shanxi Yan Xishan, Beiping Although He Jingzhi is leading, but the generals below are Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen and others, they need to send a telegram to show their attitude, we don't need to, our attitude has long been dead, we are born as people in the center, and death is the ghost of the center." ”

Zhuang Jihua said this, looked out the window and said faintly: "Is the loyalty that needs to be proved still loyalty?" ”

Teng Jie was taken aback, Li Zhilong was thoughtful, Zhuang Jihua turned around: "The failure of the Nineteenth Route Army has become inevitable, even if this is the case, then we are welcome, this unit has participated in the 128th Songhu War of Resistance, and has experience in fighting against each other, so it is a big loss to be dismissed like this, I think we can go to the integration of the part, what do you think?" ”

Seriously hearing this, my heart moved, since defeat became inevitable, then why can't we use the southwest to keep some seeds? Some of the depressed mood has improved a little again.

"Yes, those are all elite soldiers with rich combat experience, and it will be beneficial to be incorporated here, so I'll go."

"Will the headmaster agree?" Du Yuming was skeptical.

"I'll go ask for instructions, and if it's approved, Teacher Yan and Guangting will go." Zhuang Jihua's interest today is not high, there is no news from the north, Li Gao supports that he has cut off contact there, although there is no intelligence, but he thinks that the army will definitely use this opportunity to provoke trouble.

After He Guoguang's staff was rejected by Liu Xiang, he began to pour his anger out into the municipal construction of Yucheng, and proposed a huge municipal construction plan, which included repairing the streets, expanding the streets in the main urban area of Chongqing from the current three meters or so to four trucks passing side by side; demolition of shantytowns and construction of civilian settlements near Xiaojiawan, Daping and the Big Buddha Temple on the south bank; the establishment of civilian hospitals; construction of urban parks; One of the most important measures is to build a sewer system, hiring Yucheng Sanyi Architects to design the entire sewer system in Chongqing, Sanyi Architects was founded by Luo Jingzhong, who returned from Europe, he once designed Guangyangba Airport and Baishiyi Airport, which is very famous in the architectural circles of Chongqing, Zhuang Jihua also invited him to join the southwest development team, but he was reluctant to create something, did not agree.

He Guoguang's plan is a huge investment, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but feel a little heartache after the calculation, just the demolition and resettlement of residents will need 4 million, of which the construction of housing is secondary, mainly to provide employment opportunities, the total number of residents involved in this demolition is as high as 70,000, they were originally living and working in the urban area, and their source of livelihood will be cut off when they leave the urban area. In order to provide them with job opportunities, Zhuang Jihua had to invest in the construction of two factories, and at the same time mobilized the Rong group in Sichuan to build a garment factory and a printing and dyeing factory in the Big Buddha Temple to undertake orders for military uniforms and work clothes.

Of course, Zhuang Jihua added some of his things to this plan, and began to set up community and neighborhood offices, and established a resident ID card system, stipulating that residents over the age of 16 must apply for resident ID cards, and all resident ID cards should be made in duplicate, one for himself and one for the public security bureau.

Song Xilian led the newly formed 36th Division to quickly seize Yanping in northern Fujian in mid-December, opening the north gate to the inland of Fujian, the 19th Route Army was shaken, first of all, the People's Army mutiny incorporated after entering Fujian, Lu Xingbang announced that he was appointed as the commander of the 52nd Division appointed by the Nanjing political axe, and then Liu Heding, Zhou Zhiqun, Chen Qixuan and others successively telegraphed to support the Central Committee and take up the post appointed by Nanjing. The General Headquarters of the 19th Route Army decided to shrink its forces to secure Fuzhou, the capital of the New Deal Axe.

The joyful laughter on New Year's Day had not yet dissipated, and finally there was an accident in the north, and the army used the excuse that the Chinese [***] team entered the demilitarized zone and broke the armistice agreement, and then launched an attack on the Chinese [***] team; The world was shocked by the tearing up of the armistice agreement so quickly, and the credibility of the political axe was questioned all over the world.

After the defeat of the Great Wall, the army strengthened the strength of the Kwantung Army, and the Kwantung Army increased sharply from six divisions to 11 divisions, and this time five divisions and two mixed brigades joined the Rehe operation, with a total strength of 160,000 troops, and at the same time a flying division was transferred to join the operation.

The strength of the Chinese defenders did not increase but decreased, the total strength was reduced from 300,000 to 200,000, and there were many internal contradictions, Song Zheyuan Shangzhen quickly gave up the Guanwai, retreated to Xifengkou and Lengkou, Xu Tingyao also concocted the same method, retreated to Gubeikou; He Yingqin still sent Xiong Bin to negotiate with him, but he didn't want to see him.

The resistance to the Great Wall Pass lasted only five days, the first to be broken through was the Jieling Pass, and then the two divisions of the Yue Army outflanked the Lengkou defenders, the 141st Division fought hard in Jianchang Battalion, Shang Zhen led the Empress Cang to retreat, and successively abandoned Qian'an and Fengxian; The loss of Lengkou led to the threat of the flank of Xifengkou, and the 29th Army abandoned Xifengkou and Xingcheng and retreated to Zunhua; The Northeast Army in Luandong was even more unbearable, continuously abandoning Funing, Changli, and Lulong, and retreating to the west of the Luanhe River, and the army followed and pursued, forcibly crossing the Luanhe River, Wang Yizhe reluctantly resisted for a day and continued to retreat westward, all the way to Fengnan and Baodi, and his retreat affected the 29th Army and the 32nd Army, and Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen retreated together.

In order to defeat this central army, the army mobilized two divisions, the eighth and sixth divisions, to launch an attack on Gubeikou. Under the wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the 17th Army, the two divisions attacked frantically, and finally suffered more than half of the casualties, and Gubeikou fell. The next day, Xinkailing and Miyun fell.

In just half a month, the army broke through the Great Wall on all fronts, and the troops reached directly under the city of Pingjin. It is said that the plane is hovering at a low altitude in Beiping City.

The 19th Route Army of Fujian announced that it was willing to negotiate with the Nanjing political axe to stop the civil war, stop the civil war, and the generals of the Central Army who participated in the war also moved to Chiang Kai-shek and proposed an armistice to fight in the north. But Chiang Kai-shek was unmoved, and announced that whoever wanted to go north would be immediately dismissed from his post and sent to a military court for disturbing the morale of the army.

Chiang Kai-shek's toughness stabilized the Central Army, and no one mentioned the matter of going north again, and he was bent on attacking Fujian. The offensive of the Central Army was fierce, and soon overcame Gutian and Shuikou, Fuzhou was exposed to the attack gun, Li Jishen and others were very disappointed and left Fuzhou and fled to Hong Kong, and the rest of the 19th Route Army retreated to Quanzhou under the leadership of Cai Tingkai, and Cai Tingkai also left Fujian to avoid overseas in the middle. The remainder of the 19th Route Army elected Mao Weishou and Zhang Yan as the new leaders.

The defeat on the front line of the Great Wall caused the anti-Japanese salvation movement to continue to rise, and the people were extremely indignant, and students in Beiping, Nanjing, and Shanghai took to the streets again, and students from all over the country were preparing to go to Beijing to petition. At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek saw that the goal of forcing Li Jishen to leave and weakening the 19th Route Army had been achieved, so he said that he could accept the surrender of the 19th Route Army, and proposed that all armies be reduced to divisions according to the original number, and that all division commanders and regiment commanders should be replaced by the central government, and that the army, division, and regiment commanders of the original 19th Route Army should be sent abroad by the central government or sent to study at the Army University or senior education classes according to their own volition. The rest of the Nineteenth Road has been surrounded, and there is no way but to accept it.

Chiang Kai-shek won an unprecedented victory in the south, but the situation in the north was a mess. At the same time, Fu Zuoyi's department was urgently transferred to support Beiping, and Fu Zuoyi's department rushed to help Beiping, and walked 140 kilometers in two days to stop the Yue army.

At this moment, the strategic goal of seizing Rehe, occupying the Great Wall, and overlooking the entire North China Plain has been achieved, and seeing that the [***] team began to gather northward, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Ryokarataka, ordered a truce.

Xiong Bin finally received a response from Yue himself in Tianjin, and he said that he sent him to a warship outside Tanggu Port to sign the "Tanggu Agreement."

History has come around and returned to the starting point, but Zhuang Jihua has been greatly encouraged by it.

(To be continued)