Chapter 426: Changes in Shanxi

"Now the central government can still fight for the north a little, can not let the northwest dominate the front, the Pingjin campaign on the whole is quite good, the northwest has successively prepared the 2nd and 3rd armies have exceeded 150,000 people, and immediately formed the 5th group army. At present, the southern Hebei front has begun to take shape, and the central government should also intervene, otherwise after a few battles, Song Zheyuan and their minds will not all go to the northwest to rely on Long. Bai Chongxi added.

Chairman Jiang nodded, and it was indeed inconvenient for Nanjing to directly stop the construction of airports in some important cities in Henan at this time, and the construction of the highway from Shaanxi to Henan and the extension of the railway branch line by requisitioning civilian servants to build the highway from Shaanxi to Henan. And Liu Zhi, in the face of the Northwest Army coming out of the east, naturally there is no way, as for Hebei, there is still one last chance to fight. The Northwest Army was so aggressive, and it was not much more worried than the movements in Shanghai, coupled with the attitude of the Northwest Army in the War of Resistance in the past, Chiang did not doubt that the Northwest would not make any efforts. In the past, the Northwest Army invested the most troops in the Great Wall War of Resistance, but this time the intensity was greater, in addition to one army in Zhao Tieshu's 2nd Army, there were also elite troops such as mechanized brigades, Yang Hucheng's 3rd Group Army, and the 5th Army behind, each group army had at least two divisions of the original Northwest Army descendants. And the performance of the Northeast Army in this Pingjin Battle was diametrically opposite to before, and it seemed that it was really shameful and courageous. Thinking of this, Jiang was a little angry, he had already begun to gain the right to dominate the Northeast Army, but as a result, because Zhang was so disturbed, the Northeast Army went to Jiang Li. At present, Jiang Liping has such a big help, and the more than 200,000 Northeast Army is not a Hunan army with backward equipment. Gui Jun.

"We'll see later. Think about defeat before you win. The Battle of Songhu, on which the central government had high hopes before, was also fought like this, and if the situation really took a sharp turn for the worse. Later, it was necessary to withdraw some troops from the north to defend Nanjing. ”

"Damn, this Yan Xishan drew troops from Suiyuan under the guise of conducting the Battle of Datong at the beginning, and now it's good, the Battle of Datong has not yet started to come to naught, ******** thinking about Baotaiyuan, Zhangjiakou, and Datong are all lost. The Japanese army has arrived in a steady stream, can Taiyuan be saved? ”

Compared with Nanjing, the northwest knows a little more about the situation in Shanxi. Although the Shanxi side is still shouting for the Battle of Datong, in fact, the troops near Datong have almost retreated. As long as anyone with a discerning eye can see that what Yan Xishan really wants to protect is Taiyuan. Feng Zhanhai, who had seen through Yan Xishan's intentions, was naturally not in a good mood at this time.

"Forget it, now that the main force of the Jin Sui army has withdrawn to Xinkou and Taiyuan, the Japanese army is moving south again, and he can't help but die. Transfer back the Flying Eagles stationed in Taiyuan and let the I15 fighters of the two squadrons. A squadron of bombers was stationed in Taiyuan and nearby airfields. Jiang Li looked at Gao Zhihangdao.

"Wouldn't the transfer of the first batch of arriving Su Ji to Shanxi affect the transaction with Nanjing?" Gao Zhihang reminded.

"There's no way around it. Yan Xishan still has high hopes for Taiyuan, the entire Taiyuan Arsenal has not moved, if it can't be defended, a huge arsenal will be cheaper to the Japanese. That's a big loss. In addition, although Chairman Chiang in Nanjing has improved his attitude compared with before, he still has illusions about the intervention of foreign powers and does not have a sufficient understanding of the severity of the situation. Only after the complete defeat of the Battle of Songhu could Chiang realize that the Great Powers were completely unreliable. Although the equipment of the Central Army is not advanced, and the aircraft, artillery, and armored forces are very weak, the number is there, as long as we block the North China Front, Nanjing will always be able to maintain for a period of time. ”

The capacity of the northwest is limited, in contrast, Nanjing has successively moved some military equipment along the coast, and at this time there is still no sign of large-scale demolition of the Taiyuan Arsenal, as one of the few large arsenals in the north, for the Republic of China, which has a very weak military industrial foundation at this time, the significance and role of the Taiyuan Arsenal will not be lower than that of one or two group armies. Falling into the hands of the Japanese army, it is naturally more conducive to abuse. For Jiang Li, even if it was to destroy the Taiyuan Arsenal, it was better than being robbed by the Japanese.

"Before, Yan Xishan had always been stubborn to isolate the forces of the Northwest Army from Shanxi, holding this kind of gateway view, but now that the Japanese army brigade has entered Shanxi, it seems that it is about to hit the area of Xinkou and Taiyuan. Yan Xishan is finally untenable now. Feng Zhanhai said with a smile, everything depends on good and bad, although the situation in Shanxi has deteriorated, but Yan Xishan has already relented and asked the northwest to send a group army-sized force into Shanxi to help in the war. As soon as this opening is opened, it will be more difficult for Yan Xishan to expel the forces of the Northwest Army from Shanxi in the future, and it is no wonder that Feng Zhanhai is in a good mood.

"This Shanxi is the Jin Sui Army, and the Central Army, plus our Northwest Army, the largest forces in the country have arrived, originally from the books, if you lose, it will inevitably be ugly, but the dragons have no leader, and they may not be able to play a beautiful record." Ma Zhanshan shook his head and smiled.

"Since I arrived in Shanxi, this command naturally still has to listen to Yan Xishan, Shanxi has some foundation after all, the terrain is not as good as North China, and the consumption rate of aircraft is faster than I expected, and I will add an order for another hundred planes on the Soviet side, but the training of pilots must keep up with some, but don't drive the Flying Dragon 2 or Eagle 3 when the time comes, and you can't do the Japanese army's 95 style." Jiang Li said that the fast consumption rate of the aircraft also means that the pilot's consumption rate is also fast.

"Northwest had some pilots in reserve earlier, and the pace of training is indeed a bit slow. The number of training planes on the Soviet side's side has reached 20, and after the hundreds of training planes have been discarded, plus the Hawk high-level two-seat training planes produced in the northwest, they are enough to meet the needs of the war. Gao Zhihang said.

"Vladivostok's machines have already been put on the train, and they will be able to solve some of the problems when they arrive." Jiang Li said that in fact, the production capacity of the northwest is not entirely a mechanical problem, and a considerable part of the reason is that the production capacity has not been reasonably played, after all, the large machinery purchased in the northwest has a certain capacity reservation. The industrial development of the northwest is too fast, there are many problems in the middle, and the layout is not reasonable enough. Just like some high-pixel cameras in later generations, the effect is not as good as that of the lower Apple mobile phone. This is also due to Jiang Li's continuous large-scale investment in Northwest Industry for several years, so that a considerable number of people have formed an inertia in their thinking, and habitually pinned their output on the machinery that was about to be shipped back from the outside. It's just that it's not necessary to talk too much to Gao Zhihang about the truth of industrial layout, after all, Gao Zhihang is a soldier, and industrial affairs are not his specialty. (To be continued.) )