Feng Yuxiang naturally heard what Song Zhewu said, but he didn't mind, for this young man whose age and qualifications were much worse than him, Feng Yuxiang had a strong sense of superiority. Therefore, Feng Yuxiang also showed a rare generosity, just smiled slightly, and continued to ask: "In other words, you annihilated the Soviet army with two and a half times the strength of the army, so how many troops does General Song think that the domestic Central Army, the Northwest Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Northeast Army will fight against the Soviet army, and to achieve the same results?" ”

Song Zhewu secretly sighed, this Feng Yuxiang is really a good hand in military affairs, and as soon as they met, he went straight to military issues, completely ignoring the fact that he was still under house arrest.

However, Feng Yuxiang's question made him very difficult to answer. In his opinion, if it is the elite of the 100,000 Central Army and the Northwest Army, if it can destroy the Soviet airfield in Dauri, it should be able to annihilate most of the Soviet army, but the casualties are probably greater. The Jin Sui Army and the Northeast Army may not be able to achieve this goal, and the best case scenario is to defeat the Soviet army.

But he couldn't say this answer, and such an answer inevitably made Feng Yuxiang feel that it meant to belittle the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, which made Song Zhewu very difficult.

After thinking about it, Song Zhewu said thoughtfully: "Counting the Northeast Army in Manchuria, the troops I could command at that time were three times that of the Soviet army, and I destroyed the Soviet army's airfield in advance, and the Soviet army only had heavy artillery and tanks left, and there was no air support, so this was such a big result." Moreover, when my troops suddenly appeared on the battlefield, the Soviet troops were completely defenseless, and as soon as the two armies were engaged, the two armies were mixed together, and the power of the Soviet army's heavy artillery and tanks was greatly reduced. ”

"In addition, comparatively speaking, the current Soviet army can be said to be the worst period of combat effectiveness, and it can be regarded as a second-rate level in Europe, even if it is fighting with a country like Poland, it does not have an absolute advantage, and their combat effectiveness should be similar to that of the army now, but they all have one characteristic, that is, they are very strong in their will to fight." However, compared with the squadron, they still have a great advantage, they not only have aircraft and tanks, but also a large number of heavy artillery, which we do not have, we only have small-caliber mountain artillery, not every unit has it, in terms of firepower alone, one division of the Soviet army can deal with our three divisions, and if it is a positional war, two divisions are also needed. ”

"Are you saying that the squadron [***], which is three times larger than the Soviet army, can only have a draw with the Soviet army? What if it was three divisions of the Northwest Army? Feng Yuxiang was a little unconvinced.

Song Zhewu is well-founded, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, [***] 100,000 people were able to resist a division of the Yue Army, but in order not to embarrass Feng Yuxiang too much, he still said: "I'm just saying that the general troops, if it is the Northwest Army, it should be able to hit the Soviet army hard." ”

"What if it's the Fourth Route Army?" Feng Yuxiang threw out another question that made Song Zhewu very difficult to answer.

"The strength of the Fourth Route Army at all levels is on the large side, and there are more than 100,000 troops in my three divisions." Song Zhewu meant that my three divisions could naturally annihilate the Soviet army, and he wanted to use this vague answer to prevaricate Feng Yuxiang's tricky question.

"What if it was only three times the size of the Soviet Fourth Route Army?" Feng Yuxiang asked unrelentingly.

"If it is three times the Soviet army, with my average troops, I can crush and annihilate most of them, and if it is my most elite troops, I can encircle and annihilate them." Song Zhewu was very dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's questioning, and he was no longer polite when he spoke.

Feng Yuxiang was not unhappy with Song Zhewu's answer, he lowered his head and thought for a while, nodded a little dejectedly and said: "Yes, the Fourth Route Army has not only defeated the troops of Han Fuyu, Shi Yousan and Tang Shengzhi, but even forced Li Delin's main force of the Nineteenth Army and the First Division of the Seventh Army in a short period of time, such a record is enough to show that the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Route Army is very outstanding." ”

However, the soldier's refusal to admit defeat soon made him a little disappointed and passed away in an instant, Feng Yuxiang raised his head high, and said proudly: "However, the Northwest Army's will to fight is the strongest in the country, and the most elite troops of my Northwest Army may not be worse than the Fourth Route Army, and Ji Hongchang's troops are definitely not worse than the Fourth Route Army, if his weapons and equipment are better, he can also annihilate the Soviet Army." ”

Regarding Feng Yuxiang's words, Song Zhewu thought it was true, whether it was Ji Hongchang's previous 22nd Division or the current 30th Division, they were all very strong combat units. If it weren't for Ji Hongchang's arrival from Ningxia with more than 2,000 people in the vanguard of the 30th Division, with more than 2,000 people, he could have resisted tens of thousands of pursuers with more than 2,000 people, so that Song Zheyuan and others could stabilize their positions, and it was likely that Tang Shengzhi would have been chased all the way into Shaanxi at that time. If Ji Hongchang's troops had the equipment of the Fourth Route Army, their combat effectiveness would definitely not be worse than that of the Fourth Route Army, and Song Zhewu had no objection to this.

Moreover, Song Zhewu still admires Feng Yuxiang's training, although the Northwest Army has always been short of food and ammunition, but the training and momentum are very high, and the entire Northwest Army completely adheres to Feng Yuxiang's will to be poor and strong.

However, Song Zhewu still wanted to stimulate the arrogant Feng Yuxiang a little more and suppress Feng Yuxiang's momentum, so that it would be easier to persuade Feng Yuxiang later.

"Division Commander Ji Hongchang's troops are indeed very capable of fighting tough battles, in fact, Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan's troops are also very strong, but there are not many such troops in the Northwest Army now."

At the mention of Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan, Feng Yuxiang's eyes instantly shot out a cold light, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but in the blink of an eye, his eyes dimmed again.

Song Zhewu ignored Feng Yuxiang's demeanor and continued: "It's a pity that the commander of the Northwest Army who can fight like this is not in harmony with other generals of the Northwest Army, which has a great impact on combat effectiveness. For example, as far as I know, Ji Hongchang and Song Zheyuan are at odds, Song Zheyuan and Sun Liangcheng are not convinced by each other, both of them have a gap with Liu Yufen, and Lu Junlin can't command Sun Liangcheng. If this continues, the future of the Northwest Army is worrying! ”

Although there is no obvious faction in the Northwest Army, there are still gangs, but many generals of the Northwest Army are stubborn, and these contradictions are difficult to reconcile, especially when he is not in the Northwest Army, these contradictions will be completely exposed, which will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, but even threaten its survival. This question gave Feng Yuxiang a headache, and now he couldn't wait to go back and quickly reorganize the troops.

But Feng Yuxiang didn't want to show it, he understood that Song Zhewu was using the Northwest Army to stimulate him, and he was leading the conversation to the topic of anti-Jiang.

Feng Yuxiang looked at Song Zhewu and said in a mocking tone: "It seems that General Song knows our Northwest Army very well!" ”

Then he seemed to suddenly remember, and asked Song Zhewu: "I heard that General Song and Ming Xuan are clan brothers, and I also supported him with some military salaries and food during my time in the Northwest Army, so I want to thank you very much!" ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu did not ask Feng Yuxiang to go back to Taiyuan to discuss with Yan Xishan about the joint anti-Chiang matter, but talked with Feng Yuxiang about military issues such as the Soviet Army and the Northwest Army, Zhao Pilian, who was sitting on the side, was a little unstable, and without waiting for Song Zhewu to answer, he coughed dryly and said: "General Huanzhang, Wen Ge and I came to ask General Huanzhang to return to Taiyuan to discuss the anti-Chiang plan on the order of Baigong. ”

"Hahaha," Feng Yuxiang suddenly burst out laughing without warning. Feng Yuxiang's smile frightened the unprepared Zhao Pilian's hand shook, and the tea in the teacup in his hand spilled all over.

Zhao Pilian didn't understand why Feng Yuxiang suddenly laughed, and when he was at a loss, Feng Yuxiang suddenly stopped laughing, and said to Zhao Pilian in a mocking tone: "My old Feng doesn't dare to oppose Jiang anymore, last October, Baichuan and I made an appointment to jointly oppose Jiang, I believed it and ordered the Northwest Army to go out of Tongguan." However, after the war between the Northwest Army and the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army did not move, and even refused to give the promised food, salary and ammunition, so that the Northwest Army suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to Shaanxi. ”

Feng Yuxiang leaned comfortably on the back of the chair and said leisurely: "My old Feng came to Shanxi to discuss with Baichuan to jointly oppose Jiang, but I didn't expect to be placed under house arrest by Baichuan. But it's okay, my old Feng Rongma has never recuperated so well in half his life. Now, not only do I have good wine and meat every day, but I also have a book city to accompany me to study, and I have never had such a comfortable life in the military for more than 30 years, so I don't want to go to Taiyuan, and I don't want to go against Jiang ......."

Yesterday, he used knives and guns, and he was fighting and making trouble to go to Taiyuan to find Yan Xishan, and today he looked like a fool, which made Zhao Pilian, who came back to his senses, very helpless, so he had to smile awkwardly and said: "General Huanzhang said that he was joking, and last year's incident Baigong also had unspeakable secrets at that time, and Baigong regretted it afterwards." As for Baigong's arrangement for General Huanzhang to live in Xihui, this is by no means a house arrest, Lao Jiang repeatedly urged General Huanzhang to go abroad, or Baigong handed over General Huanzhang, all of which were prevaricated by Baigong under the pretext. Nanjing has a lot of eyes and ears in Taiyuan, if General Huanzhang swaggers through the market again, I am afraid that there will be accidents, this is the last resort of Baigong. ”

"So my old Feng still has to thank Baichuan?" Feng Yuxiang said with a sneer.

"Since Chiang Kai-shek wants me to go abroad, I won't trouble Baichuan and save him from embarrassment. Annoyed that Zhiqing went back and told Baichuan that I just want to go abroad as soon as possible, just so that I can take the opportunity to go to Europe and the United States to go around and see the world. I'm not interested in anything other than going overseas. ”

Feng Yuxiang sternly refused to oppose Jiang, which surprised Zhao Pilian, he thought that Feng Yuxiang would happily go to Taiyuan with them, but he didn't expect it to be such a scene. Zhao Pilian looked at Song Zhewu pleadingly.

Song Zhewu lit a cigarette next to him, took a deep breath, and then said a little teasingly: "Just now Mr. Zhiqing said that Mr. Feng is not under house arrest here, so let me ask Mr. Zhiqing, if a person is restricted from leaving a certain place and is guarded by heavy soldiers, this is not house arrest, then what is house arrest?" ”

(To be continued)