Zhang Xuewu is a soldier, even if he wants to meddle in political affairs, he has to weigh his own weight, this kind of national policy matters, but also the Executive Yuan can make a final decision, Wang Jingwei, who served as the president of the Executive Yuan, can be described as high-spirited these days, the reason is very simple, Rehe defeated the old Jiang like an ant on a hot pot, Zhang Xueliang has a crisis of going to the field, only shouting to the end, Wang Jingwei, who has united the whole nation, has made a lot of money.

The staff of the Chinese Nationalist Axe in the League of Nations has expanded from 20 or 30 people to more than 100 at once, and Gu Weijun, Yan Huiqing, and others have been urgently recruited back to China to participate in the negotiations between Shanghai and the Yue Ben side.

Now that he has been defeated and wants to negotiate, Chiang Kai-shek is the chairman of the Military Commission, so it is naturally inconvenient for him to come forward, and the conditions for the previous cooperation are that Wang is in charge of the government and Chiang is in charge of the army, and the gently shaking feather fan in the scenery and the words himself are talking and laughing to solve all the problems that the war has not been able to solve, which is undoubtedly an errand for Wang Jingwei.

Wang Jingwei had been worried about losing the battle on the front line, and he had to carry the black pot and infamy, so the Rehe fiasco began, Wang Jingwei took the initiative and began to wantonly attack Zhang Xueliang, trying to divert the attention and attention of the people, so as not to be scolded when he finally came out to sign the treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country, Wang Jingwei was also staring at Rehe, although there are few people in the land in Rehe, but its "hot land" in a year, that is, there are at least more than 80 million smokers, and more than 700,000 smokers live by planting tobacco refining. You must know that the total tax revenue of the national political axe is only 270 million a year, and 80 million is definitely not a small number, and the provincial chairman should not be a military concurrently.

However, for Chiang Kai-shek, China had two major enemies, Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, for which Chiang Kai-shek once put forward a very famous viewpoint, that is, "the Japanese are in danger and the Russian is slow, and the Russian is in trouble and the Japanese are small!" The meaning is self-evident, on the issue of invading China's territory, it was said to be urgent and fast, but Soviet Russia was gradually encroaching, steady and efficient, so Chiang Kai-shek always believed that this was not China's henchman, but Soviet Russia was.

The Middle East Road incident completely broke off diplomatic relations between China and Russia, so he said that he unscrupulously launched the Shenyang Incident, and then invaded Rehe with heavy troops, then Chiang Kai-shek realized that the two evil neighbors could not be offended at the same time, so he planned to send Yan Huiqing to Soviet Russia to resume Sino-Soviet diplomacy, but this was just Chiang Kai-shek's wishful thinking, what did the Russians think? I'm afraid no one knows, and the Russians are not easy to get along with, they are authentic polar bears, large carnivores, especially the Russians are still worried about Tang Keyu and the Outer Mongolian land, and it is not as simple as losing a piece of meat if you are not careful.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's policy was that as long as the Japanese plague could be tolerated, he would first deal with the domestic warlord factions and the Russian trouble, but he didn't expect that the speed at which he kicked his nose and face was jaw-dropping? There is no way to return to Russia, but this move can be described as dangerous as the skin of the tiger, although the Chinese hate Yue himself the most, that is because of the massacre, looting, forcible annihilation, etc. in the Sino-Japanese war, but the Russians are the country that has swallowed the most Chinese land, and the Russians are notoriety and do not make profits, and the Russians are silently full of gold and yuanbao.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek is still a little hesitant on the issue of uniting Russia, it is easy to say that the Russians contain it, and the Russians are not fools, so the difficulty of doing it can be imagined, but Chiang Kai-shek is thinking about how to put Zhang Xuewu in the front at the moment, and Rehe does need a fierce general to guard the Quartet, and Zhang Xuewu, who is good at guarding, is naturally Chiang Kai-shek's best choice.

Nanjing's military orders slowed down the advance of the Chinese [***] team out of Rehe, Wang Yizhe's department and Yu Xuezhong's department formed a confrontation with the Yue army after recovering Shanhaiguan, and Chaoyang, which was abandoned by the Yue army, also returned to the control of the Zhong [***] team on April 8.

When the armies of all walks of life were busy in Rehe, Zhang Xuewu led the remnants of the new first division to take the lead in clearing out a large open space in the ruined city of Chengde, and mobilized hundreds of bricklayers to build a five-meter-square lower bottom and a ten-meter-high ten-meter-high soul tower with a shrinking top.

On both sides, it is engraved with eight big characters: the heart of the blue blood and the flag of Changyao! White flags whirl in the wind.

For Zhang Xuewu, the first priority after the war is not to show merit and reward, but how to appease the soul of the deceased and unite the hearts of the army! Zhang Xueliang and He Yingqin, who rushed from Beiping, Xu Tingyao, commander of the 17th Army, Guan Linzheng, commander of the 25th Division, Du Yuming, deputy commander of the 25th Division, Dai Anlan, regiment commander, Huang Jie, commander of the 2nd Division, and Liu Huan, commander of the 83rd Division, all attended the memorial ceremony.

All the surviving officers and soldiers of the new 1st Division are wearing linen and filial piety at the moment, and they have finished lining up in front of the monument, the cold and shining bayonets and tattered military uniforms seem to record the cruelty of the previous bloody battle, Zhang Xuewu looked around and walked up to the podium, knocked on the microphone with his hand, and there was a banging sound from the loudspeaker.

All the personnel stood solemnly, Zhang Xueliang, He Yingqin and others sat on the ceremonial platform and looked at Zhang Xuewu's back, Zhang Xuewu first took off his hat and stood up in silence for three minutes, all the generals present stood up and took off their hats to mourn, the officers raised their hands and saluted, the soldiers saluted with guns, and in the mournful slow-pitched assembly horn, thinking of the tearing and tearing and this piece of ruins, many officers and soldiers burst into tears.

Zhang Xuewu glanced at the many reporters in the audience, and said in a deep voice: "The headquarters of the newly formed First Division of our National Revolutionary Army was ordered to defend the dangerous city of Chengde, fought a bloody battle with Yue Kou for more than ten days, killed and wounded more than 50,000 Yue troops, and achieved an unprecedented victory in Chengde under the counterattack of friendly forces!" The monument behind me is made of 10,270 blue bricks of the city wall, each brick is soaked with the blood of our officers and soldiers, and each brick has the name of an officer and soldier, who defended the reading power of the nation and the integrity of the national territory with their flesh and blood! As a soldier, the land of the country! Not an inch of land! ”

At this time, many people found out that sure enough, the blue bricks of the monument were engraved with the names and unit numbers and positions.

Zhang Xuewu paused slightly and said: "We have an ancient Chinese saying called Tianli Zhaozhang, today he said that the Kou slaves committed my Shenzhou burning, killing and looting, killing my brothers and humiliating my sisters, and he said that I also led my troops to land in this book, and I will make his blood debt repayable!" ”

Zhang Xuewu waved his right arm vigorously, and more than 5,000 officers and soldiers in the audience shouted at the same time: "Blood debt and blood repayment!" Blood debt and blood repayment! Blood debt and blood repayment! ”

Immediately, hundreds of people in tattered clothes were guided to the front desk by the military police with panicked expressions, Huang Tao next to Zhang Xuewu wore white gloves and opened a thick file with a solemn expression, Huang Tao glanced at Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu nodded!

Huang Tao took a deep breath and said, "Wang Fugui! The corporal squad deputy of the first regiment and the second company of the first battalion killed six members of the army, including one captain, and the pension was seven yuan, and the reward for killing the Japanese was one hundred and twenty yuan! It was collected by his widowed mother Hu Li and his wife Qi Erhong. ”

"I've kowtowed to Lord Qingtian!" A woman pulling two five- and six-year-old children knelt on the ground with a gray-haired old woman and kowtowed to Zhang Xuewu and Huang Tao!

Zhang Xuewu hurriedly helped the old man up and said: "Your son is a hero, he sacrificed bravely, if there is any difficulty in the family, just come to the army, the army is your home, you are all martyrs, your relatives have sacrificed their lives for the country, it is the glory of Wushang!" ”

Huang Tao was reading the deeds of the heroes, handing over the relics of the martyrs to the families, and counting the pensions on the spot.

Zhang Xuewu sent out tens of thousands of oceans without a beating of his heart after a while, and then waved his hand and said: "I will verify the pensions and rewards of the remaining brothers who died in the battle and send them to their families one by one. ”

Long live the division! Banzai! In the midst of cheers, Zhang Xueliang privately admired Zhang Xuewu's hand is so beautiful, I am afraid that after today's new first division, the more than 5,000 people who survived this life will only be Zhang Xuewu's horse head, Zhang Xueliang glanced at the empty big money box, and looked at Zhang Xuewu in surprise: "Chengwen!" Where did you get all this money? Is it worth sending it like this? ”

Zhang Xuewu smiled slightly and said: "I copied Tang Erhu's house, this is part of it, if people have no faith, they will not stand, and the soldiers will serve and defend to the death, what is this money, but if the money is not enough, I have to think of a way for my cousin!" ”

When Zhang Xueliang heard that Zhang Xuewu asked him to find a way, he had no choice but to smile helplessly: "You have a treat that night, I have to eat you, Minister He will have good news to tell you at that time!" ”

He Yingqin smiled and patted Zhang Xuewu's shoulder and said: "The Nanjing Central Political Axe has decided to transfer 600 middle and low-level officers and 8,000 veterans from various units to supplement your department, award you the second-class Guanghua and first-class Baoding medals, and promote you to the commander of the [***] lieutenant general, and award the honorary call sign Huben!" The headquarters of the newly formed First Division was reorganized into the Rehe Army and the Yihuben Army, and the headquarters was called the newly formed First Army Corps of the National Revolutionary Army, and there were three to five divisions under its jurisdiction. ”

He Yingqin paused for a moment and continued: "The chairman of the committee is very concerned about the defense of Rehe, so he has deep and high hopes for the upcoming Rehe Army, and the Ministry of Military Affairs will fully cooperate in terms of armaments, weapons and ammunition. ”

For He Yingqin to solve the mystery in advance, Zhang Xueliang smiled at the surprised Zhang Xuewu and said: "I am the commander of the army at the age of twenty-two, and you are almost twenty-five years old, what is there to be surprised?" Leaving you in Rehe this time is Minister He's recommendation and the meaning of Jiang Gong in Nanjing, the situation in Rehe must have an iron-fisted person to carry out a thorough rectification, you not only have to serve as the commander of the Rehe Army, but also serve as the chairman of Rehe Province, Chengwen remember! Rehe and Shanhaiguan are the two gates of Pingjin, if Chengde once lost, the army will be able to drive straight in, cut off my Jinpu Road along the line, and divide troops into Shanxi to cut off the railway along my Zhengtai Road, the strategic rush has to be defended! ”

In an instant, Zhang Xuewu understood, he had been strange before? Why are all the generals of the Central Army who are here today, and the 29th Army, the 32nd Army, and the Northeast Army are all advancing towards Chaoyang, but the three divisions of the Central Army, which have the strongest combat effectiveness, are hovering around Chengde, and it turns out that they are escorting themselves, the commander of the Xinzha Army and the chairman of the province?

However, the honorary call sign of Tiger Ben made Zhang Xuewu a little embarrassed, which was obviously to rob the business of the 57th Division of the 74th Army in later generations, but the Tiger Ben of the 57th Division is a code name, and the code name and the call sign are very different, the code name is reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs by itself, and the call sign is like a flying tiger flag, which can only be issued by the Supreme Military Commission under the order of the chairman, and the awarded troops are required to have absolutely outstanding merits.

In the evening, Zhang Xuewu hosted a banquet for Zhang Xueliang, He Yingqin, Xu Tingyao, Guan Linzheng, Huang Jie, Du Yuming, Liu Huan, Dai Anlan, and a large number of reporters.

Since Chengde is in ruins, the dinner was held in a huge tent, but all the dishes were canned. Is it sake to drink? Everyone who attended the dinner was slightly stunned, and Zhang Xuewu immediately explained: "Since it is to entertain everyone, of course, you have to use the captured loot!" This time it is to teach me a lesson, telling them not to be arrogant and arrogant, not to deceive me and no one in China, dare to invade my territory again, and kill him and wipe out the whole army, if they do not withdraw from the three northeastern provinces as soon as possible, the tens of thousands of corpses outside will be the end of their crimes. ”

A reporter with gold-rimmed glasses saw that Zhang Xuewu was talking scary, looked around and said, "General Zhang Xuewu, since today is a celebration banquet, don't you want to say something?" ”

Zhang Xuewu was slightly stunned, looked at the reporter and said, "May I ask which newspaper you are from?" ”

The reporter was also slightly stunned, and then said: "My person Cao Qiuhua is a columnist for Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, and I have come to interview General Zhang Xuewu, the supreme commander of the Lone Army in the Desperate Region. ”

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said without humility or arrogance: "Then please allow me to correct you a mistake, that is, this is not a celebration banquet, I am an unqualified commander, the victory was won with the blood of the brothers, this is not my personal credit, those brothers who sacrificed are the real heroes, they deserve it!" Moreover, the victory of a battle was indispensable to the strategic planning of Chairman Jiang of the Nanjing Military Commission, Vice Chairman Zhang of the Beiping Military Branch, and Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and of course, the full cooperation of friendly forces. ”

Zhang Xuewu turned around and raised his glass high and said: "Please allow me to give this first cup to those brave and fearless soldiers who died in the Battle of Chengde, the territory of the country, every inch of land will be fought for!" If anyone dares to invade and occupy the territory of our country, as a soldier, he should fight to the end with the spirit of every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood! Sacrificed Heroic Souls, please go all the way! ”

Zhang Xuewu spilled a cup on the ground! Zhang Xueliang, He Yingqin, Xu Tingyao, Guan Linzheng, Huang Jie, Liu Huan and others were immediately surrounded by reporters, and everyone was responding to the reporters' interviews with a trace of solemnity.

It can be said that Zhang Xuewu's trick is not too kind, but for Zhang Xueliang, or He Yingqin, or even Xu Tingyao, Guan Linzheng, Huang Jie, Liu Huan and others, they are still very happy, everyone understands the reason of the sedan chair, if Zhang Xuewu himself is in the limelight alone today, no one can say a word, who let the family be trapped alone in the Jedi, stunned to resist the onslaught of nearly 200,000 troops of the army, Chengde City was in ruins, and he himself was not able to completely occupy it, just by virtue of this, Zhang Xuewu is qualified!

(To be continued)