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Chapter 917 The Powerful Suppression of Bandits

In July 1933, the weather was unusually hot, and the situation in the whole of China seemed to be affected by this hot weather. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In mid-July, the civil war in Sichuan intensified, and Liu Wenhui, who was beaten out of Chengdu by Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou, was defeated again and again, and was forced to retreat to the west bank of the Minjiang River on the 18th. At noon on the 19th, Liu Wenhui, who had returned to Leshan from inspecting the defense at the rear base on the Eastern Front, sent a telegram to the whole country: Because the central government favored and connived at Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou to launch a civil war and eliminate dissidents, he resigned from the post of chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and director of the Department of Civil Affairs from now on, and vowed to lead the officers and men of his headquarters to fight to the end with the support of the people of Bashu!

Liu Wenhui's vigorous telegram aroused deep concern among the central government, and Wang Ching-wei, the premier, separately telegraphed the two sides of the conflict to mediate and issued a public statement not accepting Liu Wenhui's resignation. Chiang Kai-shek, who began to train the officers of Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Northern Hubei in Lushan, also felt that the time was not right for Erliu to start a war at this time, and once Liu Xiang defeated Liu Wenhui, it would form a situation of dominance, which would not be conducive to the entry of the central army into Sichuan in the future, so he called Liu Xiang continuously, hoping that he would stop the attack and concentrate his forces on eradicating the red regime in northern Sichuan and the growing Zhang Guotao and Xu Qian.

On the morning of 19 July, Hu Hanmin, Li Jishen, Tang Zhaoyi, Chen Jitang, Chen Shuming, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and others sent a telegram to the whole country, warning the central government in Nanjing not to send troops into Chahar to attack Feng Yuxiang's allied army, which was committed to resisting Japan and saving the country, otherwise the Guangzhou political conference would take necessary action.

It turned out that perceiving that Feng Yuxiang, with the support of Soviet Russia and **, had an attempt to establish a new central government, and at the same time feared the emergence of another red regime in Chahar, Chiang Kai-shek decided to strangle this unstable factor in the cradle and prepared to mobilize heavy troops to the north. The southern warlords who are cold-mouthed are naturally unwilling to be defeated by their allies, so this statement is released.

An hour later, Feng Yuxiang issued a telegram to the whole country, once again expressing his determination to resist the war to the end and never compromise with the Japanese invaders, urging the Nanjing government to immediately cancel the "Tanggu Agreement" and other traitorous treaties, otherwise it would exercise sovereignty over the three eastern provinces and the Rehe region on behalf of the national anti-Japanese alliance. In the afternoon, Sun Liangcheng's division of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army blew up the iron bridge of the Pingsui Railway to Mingzhi, which was supported by the people of the whole country.

On the morning of 20 July, the Nanjing Central Government, Wang Jingwei, President of the Executive Yuan, and Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Military Commission, issued a telegram strongly accusing Feng Yuxiang of colluding with Soviet Russia and China in an attempt to split the country and provoke war in North China. The Government Council later announced a loan agreement with the British government, under which the loan of £4.7 million will be used for the construction of the Hunan and Guangdong sections of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, so as to ensure that the railway, which has been under construction since the last century, will be completed as soon as possible.

At 3 p.m. on the same day, An Yi, director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region Pacification Office, and Zhang Hongluan, director of the Xiangxi Pacification Office, jointly issued a telegram on the suppression of bandits, saying that the two sides would jointly dispatch three divisions and 40,000 elite troops to encircle and suppress the bandits and Huang Han troops rampaging on the Sichuan-Hubei border from the east and south.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Xiang, Sichuan Provincial Aftermath Supervision Office and Commander-in-Chief of the Suppression of Bandits, issued a telegram expressing respect and appreciation for the joint military action of An Yi and Zhang Hongluan, and at the same time announcing that the Fourth Division of the 21 st Army under his command would work closely with the anti-bandit units in southern Sichuan and western Hunan to thoroughly eradicate the bandit problem in Sichuan and Hubei.

It was still 4 o'clock in the afternoon of this day, under the strong pressure of the Japanese Kwantung Army and the minister stationed in Beiping, Hao Peng, a famous traitor who had been released by the Beiping Military Commission 10 days ago and commander of the "Tianjin People's Self-Defense Force," the largest puppet army in Hebei Province and the long-term support of the Japanese Government and the Kwantung Army, was sniped by a mysterious gunman remotely when he walked out of the gate of the Japanese Consulate in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin.

In the evening of the same day, the angry Japanese consul in Tianjin issued a notice claiming that "this is a heinous act that challenges the Japanese Empire" and strongly demanded an explanation from the Beiping Military and Political Commission and the Hebei Provincial Government. At 9 o'clock in the evening, He Yingqin, chairman of the Beiping Military and Political Commission, and Yu Xuezhong, chairman of Hebei Province, issued circulars one after another, sternly condemning this barbaric and despicable act of attempting to provoke a dispute between China and Japan, solemnly announcing that this matter had nothing to do with the Chinese Government, the Hebei Provincial Government, and the army, and that they would cooperate with the Japanese side in launching an investigation operation and strive to apprehend the murderer at an early date.

On that day, Dai Li, one of the leaders of the Blue Coat Society under the leadership of the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang, happened to be on business in Beiping, and after the incident, Dai Li had already left Beiping for Baoding. In a diplomatic note submitted to He Yingqin, chairman of the Beiping Military and Political Committee, the Japanese side demanded an explanation on this.

Ten o'clock in the evening, Baoding, Hebei, the headquarters of the 17th Army of the Central Army.

In the conference hall of the headquarters of the big camp in Baoding City, the 17th Army has three divisions, the Independent Division, the 17th Division, and the 40th Division, and generals and colonels at and above the regimental level gathered together to make predictions and deduce on the map the anti-bandit operations being carried out by the 24th Army and the 44th Army, which are thousands of miles away from the Sichuan-Hunan border.

Due to years of wars and disasters in the northern region, coupled with the covert support of Japan's North China secret service organizations, 85 of the 107 counties in Shandong Province are entrenched by armed bandits, of which there are more than 300 bandit armed forces with more than 100 people and relatively large forces, especially in the border areas of Hebei and Shandong. The bandit armed forces are not only large in number and large in scale, but also possess a large number of standard weapons and equipment and a relatively complete organizational form, and have developed to the point of attacking county-level towns, killing people and setting fires, committing adultery, kidnapping, ransom and looting, and committing all kinds of evils, seriously threatening the lives and property of local governments and innocent people, and even the hometowns of Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin have not been spared.

In view of this, after the armistice in North China, an important task assigned to the 17 th Army by the central government and the Central Military Commission was to suppress bandits.

After more than a month of rest, replenishment, and strict training, the three divisions of the 17th Army that had settled down were strong and strong, and they were of one heart and one mind, and the army commander Hu Jialin was finally able to free up his hands to deal with bandits inside and outside his jurisdiction.

Due to An Yi's repeated calls and warnings, Hu Jialin, Wu Liheng, Lu Yixuan, Yang Jiuxiao and other generals tightly sealed off the many incidents that have occurred in a row this month, although Hu Jialin and other generals were angry and extremely worried, and they hated to immediately lead their troops south to make their positions clear, give the aggressive Principal Jiang a dismissal, and let all the conspiracies and tricks against An Jiajun go bankrupt.

However, under An Yi's order to take into account the overall situation and retreat and forbearance, no one dared to act rashly, let alone let the nearly 50,000 soldiers of the whole army know about it. For this reason, Hu Jialin and the commanders of the divisions adopted the strictest closed training measures, and for a month-long period, they did not allow a single newspaper to flow into the barracks, so as to avoid the fierce reaction that caused people to worry day and night, and you must know that whether it was the independent division, Lu Yixuan's 17th Division, and Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division, most of the elite brigades, regiments, and commanders at all levels were from the Anjia Army, and after the armistice, they quietly absorbed 20,000 old brothers from the 24 th Army that was "disarmed on the spot." If the soldiers were to learn that Chairman Chiang and the central government had repeatedly suppressed and attacked their old troops, it would be unimaginable what the consequences would be, and even Hu Jialin thought that he was not sure of controlling it.

At this time, An Yi in southern Sichuan and Zhang Hongluan in western Hunan launched a high-profile joint anti-bandit operation between the two armies, and at the suggestion of Wu Liheng and Lu Yixuan, Hu Jialin obtained An Yi's approval, and under the pretext of a military meeting, he gathered the commanders of all divisions and regiments to carry out long-distance synchronous discussions and deductions on the map for the ongoing suppression of bandits in southern Sichuan.

The fine tradition of brainstorming, studying, and deducing exercises was formed as early as the period of the model battalion of the Anjia Army, so the various units were familiar with the road and did not have the slightest rustiness, and the commanders of Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division also gradually developed this good habit because they fought side by side with Gu Changfeng's troops for several months, and they also supplemented the old brothers of a brigade of the 24th Army and nearly 100 middle and low-level commanders.

Yang Guan, who has now been promoted to chief of staff of the 17th Army, stood in front of the huge military map of Sichuan-Hunan and held in his hand the battle reports constantly sent by the front-line headquarters of the 24th Army to suppress bandits, and instructed two operational staff officers to mark the marching routes and battle line composition of the 3rd Division, 39th Division, and 44th Division of the 44th Army one by one.

Twenty minutes later, after the drawing of the map was completed, Yang Guan made a brief summary and put forward a series of questions for discussion on the location of the three divisions and the possible purpose of the formation.

Hu Jialin looked around the school, saw that everyone was talking happily, stood up gently, walked out of the side door quietly, came to the big tree in the middle of the courtyard, lit a cigarette, and rested for a while. A well-built traveling guard hesitated ten meters away, strode up to Hu Jialin, and saluted. This person came to Hu Jialin from southern Sichuan to visit, and after being deeply moved, he finally decided to join the army Jiang Yang thief Ling Xing.

Hu Jialin showed a rare smile: "Senior brother, follow your senior brother for a month, what do you gain?" ”

"The little brother is an eye-opener, it turns out that I thought I was very remarkable, who knew that after training with the brothers of the special brigade under the command of the sect senior brother, I knew that I was a big step behind in many aspects, and the little brother was convinced."

Ling Xing sighed with emotion, after a month of training, he finally understood what is a real martial artist, what is called a soldier king, what is the highest pursuit of life and the highest embodiment of self-worth, after repeated comparisons and frequent exchanges with each other, Ling Xing sincerely admired Zong Xingzhen, who had been promoted to the director of the intelligence department of the 17th Army, and the brothers of the special brigade under his command, and also strengthened his confidence in joining the army.

Hu Jialin nodded with satisfaction, took out a cigarette and handed it to Ling Xing.

Ling Xing shook his head and didn't answer, took half a step forward, and asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, is the person who shot that shot in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin in the afternoon our brother?" ”

"It's not...... What's wrong? What do you think? Hu Jialin asked.

Ling Xing was quite surprised, he didn't expect that in addition to the Seventeenth Army where he was located, there were such elusive masters in North China. Ling Xing was very familiar with Tianjin, and knew how difficult it was to assassinate in the heavily guarded Japanese Concession, not only to have superb skills and superb marksmanship, but also to have accurate intelligence and strict planning, otherwise even if the assassination was successful, it would be difficult for the gunman to retreat, so he told his analysis of this beautiful assassination operation, and then asked with doubts: "Senior brother, who do you think did it?" ”

Hu Jialin did not answer, but asked, "Who do you think will benefit after this operation?" Who was damaged after this operation? What is the current impact of this successful assassination attempt? What was the result? If you think about these questions, you should be about the same. ”

Ling Xing nodded, pondered for a long time, raised his head suddenly, and said with great certainty: "If it weren't for General Feng Huanzhang, the commander of the Chahar Anti-Japanese Alliance, it would be our Big Brother An, or it would be you Senior Brother at all." Apart from these three parts, few people have such strength, and there is no need to take such a big risk...... Infiltrating the Japanese concession to assassinate is clearly a kind of strong revenge and deterrence, because this Hao Peng is a national scum, and slaughtering him at the gate of the Japanese can not only combat the arrogance of the Japanese, but also deter traitors in all parts of North China, and even provoke chaos in the political situation in North China, and influence the choice of armed forces in large and small places. ”

Hu Jialin smiled with satisfaction: "Senior brother, in fact, you are very talented, and you also have military talent, your senior brother and those detachment captains of the special brigade came back and praised you in front of me, saying that when this crackdown on bandits is completed, and after one or two large-scale operations experience summary, you can completely provoke the beam and take charge alone."

"However, Brother Yu still suggests that you return to southern Sichuan and study in the special major of the non-commissioned officer school for another year and a half, which will be more solid and more helpful to your future."

"Senior brother, the younger brother doesn't want to go anywhere, he just wants to follow you." Ling Xing said with a serious face.

Hu Jialin laughed: "Don't you want to compete with Lao Ding who stopped you again?" Don't want to go back to Commander An? ”

Ling Xing was stunned for a moment, but he smiled and didn't answer.

Hu Jialin put away his smile and said, "Senior brother, if you go to southern Sichuan, your progress will be faster, and your mind and vision will be broader." If you want, I will let Commander An personally take you, you are by his side, it is much more useful than being by the side of the foolish brother. Now I'll tell you that the shot fired in the Japanese concession in Tianjin in the afternoon was done by the brothers of the North China Intelligence Station under the command of Commander An, cleanly, right? As long as a bullet, it is better than using thousands of troops to fight a game, think about it, walking the rivers and lakes for a lifetime, can you have such glory and pride once? Can you make such a huge contribution to the nation of the nation? With an order from Commander An and a bullet from his brothers, he can do what our fathers want to do and can't do in their lifetime, are you right? ”

Ling Xing looked at Hu Jialin in a daze, and nodded heavily for a long time: "Senior brother, I listen to you!" ”