The development of things was always unexpected, and Jiang Li originally planned to let the Red * Army take root in Sichuan, and occupy as much territory as possible in Sichuan. It would have been much more convenient to coordinate the resources of Shou Sichuan in the later War of Resistance, but I didn't expect that the Red Army was also full of contradictions, and the Central Committee of the Red Army, which had trekked through mountains and rivers, had a falling out with Zhang Guotao's department. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led its troops to continue northward, and the 15th Route Army made way for the Central Red Army to reach northern Shaanxi smoothly. And Zhang Guotao also led his troops south to Chuankang and chose to set up a separate central government in Chuankang. However, although Zhang Guotao intended to split, his forces were still part of the Red Army, and they were still hostile to the warlords of central Sichuan and Nanjing. At this time, Nanjing also showed extraordinary means, in order to muddy the water in the northwest, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army was gradually transferred west to suppress the Communists. The main forces of the Northeast Army were gradually transferred out of the Hebei territory, and at the same time, the strength of the Red Army and the Northeast Army was consumed in the war against the Communist Party.

However, the Northeast Army's performance of half the battle again disappointed Chairman Chiang, who not only failed to annihilate the Red Army's vital forces, but suffered heavy losses in the battles of Laoshan and Zhiluozhen. The crushing defeat in the battle against the Red Army shocked the Nanking side. At the same time, the Japanese army stepped up its aggression against Suiyuan, and under the manipulation of the Kwantung Army, the Mongolian military government established in Huade was organized into two armies and nine divisions, with a total strength of nearly 15,000 troops, and divided into troops to attack Jining, Baotou and Hetao. At this time, the Kuomintang ****** had begun to harden its relations with Japan. Chairman Chiang telegraphed Yan Xishan to send troops to aid Sui. However, Yan Xishan feared that after sending troops to aid Sui, the Japanese army would take the opportunity to attack Shanxi, or arrive in northern Shaanxi for the Red Army's eastward crusade. He has been hesitant, so he asked for reinforcements from the Central Army.

Originally, due to the Red Army's northward movement, the situation in which the Northeast Army was transferred to the west and northwest was already in chaos. At this time, there was a Japanese puppet army stirring up trouble in Suiyuan. The Northeast Army, which was originally transferred to fight against the Red Army, has been in decline in the past two years. Taste the bitter fruit of losing your hometown. Despised by the local armies. This time, the Japanese puppet army invaded Suiyuan again, and the generals from the northeast from Zhang Xueliang and below asked for war to help Suiyuan resist the Japanese invasion. Although his attitude toward Japan tended to be tougher, at this time Chairman Chiang's focus was still on eliminating the Central Red Army that was heading north, and the situation in the northwest was already in chaos, so Chairman Chiang had no choice but to go to Luoyang in person and transfer five divisions of the Central Army into Shanxi, first, to prepare for the annihilation of the Central Red Army heading north. The second is to deter the Northeast Army, and the third is to prepare to aid the Sui War of Resistance under the critical situation.

"Yang Hucheng has a close relationship with Jiang Li, and recently Zhang Xueliang is very dissatisfied with the central government's policy of continuing to suppress the Communist Party and not agreeing to the Northeast Army's northward entry into the Sui War of Resistance, and it is too dangerous to go to Xi'an at this time!" Liu Zhi did not agree with Chairman Chiang's risk, and directly opposed it after hearing Chairman Chiang's plan, "A gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the person who is entrusted to the seat is concerned with the overall situation, how can he be alone in danger!" ”

"If Zhang Hanqing had the courage, he would not have lost the Northeast, Yang Hucheng has now been obedient to the central government. If it weren't for the fact that there was a Jiang Li behind him, he would have been subdued by the central government a long time ago. Besides, I went to Xi'an at the invitation of Zhang Hanqing. The Northeast Army was also involved, and they did not dare to do it. Chairman Jiang waved his hand.

However, the plan could never catch up with the changes, and with a thunderclap on the ground, Chen Jitang of the Guangdong department and Li Zongren of the Gui department canceled contact, and the two Guangxi set up a military committee and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to resist the Nanjing forces of Chairman Chiang who had been planning to eliminate the forces of the two Guangxi provinces in the name of resisting Japan and saving the country.

"Coupled with the problem of Suiyuan, I am afraid that Nanjing is also anxious now, and I don't have the energy to take care of the Central Red Army in northern Shaanxi anymore." The movement of the southwest soon entered the sight of the northwest, and Feng Zhanhai handed Jiang Lidao the telegram sent by the central government asking the northwest to send troops to aid Sui.

"Let's talk about the situation in Suiyuan, if you send troops, how many troops should you have?"

"Judging from the map, the terrain of Suiyuan is remote and the transportation is inconvenient, and the main force of the Kwantung Army is difficult to reach for a while. Therefore, the Japanese puppet army Li Shouxin was instigated, and Wang Ying invaded Sui. As far as the northwest is concerned, there is the same problem, so it is not recommended to send too many troops, only to increase consumption, Suiyuan is a barrier to the east of Ningxia, and cannot easily fall into the hands of the Japanese army, otherwise it will pose a great threat to the Helan Mountain industrial base, and the General Staff believes that an infantry brigade and a cavalry brigade are enough to respond to Fu Zuoyi's operations. Wang Tiehan said, "For Suiyuan, Yang Yaofeng is more familiar with it, and he can let him lead the army." ”

"Yang Yaofeng is now the division commander and deputy commander of the main division, so it is not appropriate for him to go. Also give the people below some opportunities to experience. Jiang Li waved his hand, "There are a lot of people in our army who started from Suiyuan, just pick one that can fight in the past, Li Shouxin, Wang Ying's puppet army is not the elite of the Japanese army, don't worry too much, on the contrary, the situation in central Sichuan is relatively tense now, and our Chairman Jiang has taken advantage of the pursuit of the Red Army to extend his power to the southwest, including Sichuan." Even if we can't fully grasp it, we must not let Nanjing control Sichuan. The 7th Division and the 11th Division were stationed in Guangyuan and Pingwu respectively, and merged into Jiang Wenhao's 3rd Army, and arrived at Deyang and Chuankang with Shi Yi, who suppressed bandits. ”

In this way, the 3rd Army has 4 divisions and 1 artillery brigade under its jurisdiction, and it is enough to launch a medium-sized campaign. If it had been placed in the past, Jiang Li would never have dared to place the four main divisions in northern Sichuan under such a tense situation in the northwest, and the road foundation would not be able to support such a large-scale operation. But in the past few years since Ma Zhuang pacified northern Sichuan, the railway to Guangyuan, to Qingchuan, and the highway to Pingwu have been built one after another, and the original shackles no longer exist.

"Commander, what is the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi doing now? Isn't our relationship with the Red Army in northern Shaanxi too close now, and letting them into northern Shaanxi has already aroused the dissatisfaction of Nanjing, and if we cooperate with the Red Army in northern Shaanxi to cut off the passage to the east, it will inevitably be worth the loss. After a while, Feng Zhanhai frowned and said.

"The Germans are not so reliable now, they may well have signed some kind of agreement with the Japanese, they have begun to withdraw some of their personnel, and some of the key points of cooperation that had been carried out have now been suspended. It is believed that it will not be long before all cooperation projects will be terminated and all researchers will be withdrawn from Germany. ”

"What? Is there such a thing? It was the first time for several senior leaders of the 15th Route Army to hear Jiang Li say this, and they all changed color, after all, in the growth of the 15th Route Army, Germany played a very important role. Allies who had always been very close were now suddenly pulling away, making these people feel more or less uncomfortable. (To be continued.) )