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Shanxi, Datong City.

The cannon roared, blowing up the opposite Jin army's position into smoke and smoke. On the artillery position of the Red Army, 36 Soviet-made 76.2mm field guns were lined up on the spot, and the shells were piled up as high as a hill.

The commanders and fighters of the Red Army, with battalions as units, formed dense skirmish lines and launched an assault on the positions of the Jin army in various places around Datong.

GCD members and youth league members charged ahead, and Red Army soldiers followed closely behind. Let out an earth-shattering cry and rush up the hilltop and high ground. The soldiers of the Jin army held their positions and resisted as much as they could, but as long as the Red Army, which was not afraid of death, rushed into the position and fought with a white hand, the Jin army would often retreat and lose its position. The bright red flag of the Red Army immediately fluttered high over the position.

Every red flag planted on a freshly captured high ground, the Red Army commanders and fighters of the entire battlefield and the members of the peasant association who came to help them would let out a huge cheer!

On the camp of the Red Army in the north of Datong City, there were people and cars coming and going. The poor middle peasants in Shanxi, who were mobilized by the GCD, pushed wheelbarrows and mule-drawn carts to continuously transport supplies and ammunition, and then evacuated the wounded. On the periphery of the battlefield, there were also groups of Red Army cavalry galloping around, guarding the battlefield and reconnoitring the enemy. The siege of Datong by the Second Front Army of the Red Army was in full swing!

As soon as the order was given on 25 October, the Red Army's 1st and 2nd Front Armies entered Shanxi from the western and northern fronts. The Red Army on the Western Front, under the command of Mao Zd and Zhu D, forcibly crossed the Yellow River in Wubao County, and connected Wubao, Liulin, Luliang, Zhongyang and other counties, and pointed its troops directly at Fenyang, an important town in central Jin. The progress of the Red Second Front Army under the command of Zhou Elai and He L on the northern front was relatively slow, and the troops were under the city of Datong for more than ten days.

Datong is an important town in northern Shanxi, and it is close to the Suiyuan Soviet District of GCD, so Yan Xishan attaches great importance to its defense. Kong Fanfei, a famous general of the Jin Army, was assigned to command the Second Division of the Jin Army, plus the 11th Brigade, the Hand Grenadier Brigade and an artillery regiment to defend to the death. He also spent a huge amount of money to buy steel bars and ash to build reinforced concrete permanent fortifications inside and outside Datong City, in a vain attempt to build Datong into an impregnable anti-G fortress.

However, the weapons and equipment of the Red Army in this time and space are not millet plus rifles, because Suiyuan and Northern Shaanxi Soviet Regions are north of Outer Mongolia and connected to the Soviet Union, so they have also received "selfless" assistance from the Soviet big brother. Now the 1st, 2nd and 4th Fronts of the Red Army have an artillery regiment armed with 24 Russian-made Type 1902 field guns. These cannons showed their might in the Red Army's Eastern Crusade, especially in the Datong Siege, which played an extremely key role, as if a huge red hammer ruthlessly smashed the Jin army's defense line on the periphery of Datong City. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, all the outlying positions of Datong fell. The more than 20,000 defenders commanded by Kong Fanfei can now only gather on the core positions inside and outside the Datong city wall, and while resisting stubbornly, they will rush to Yan Xishan in Taiyuan City.

However, at this time, Yan Xishan could no longer send a single soldier to reinforce Datong. Yan Xishan's Jin army now has four divisions and eight brigades with a total strength of about 100,000 troops, of which two divisions and twelve brigades are the Jin army established by Yan Xishan, and two divisions and four brigades are the troops of the former Nationalist Third Army that defected to Shanxi with Xu Yongchang. Now these armies are either struggling to resist the Red Army on the Western Front, or are surrounded in the city of Datong, or have been wiped out by the Red Army. Even Laochao Taiyuan City only had a small number of garrisons left.

In the Overseer's Office in Taiyuan City. Yan Xishan, Zhao Daiwen, and Jia Jingde sat in the study, silent. Today, Yan Xishan didn't even bother to go to the command room, and when he went, it was full of news of defeat and asking for help, and he had no soldiers to send at all. At this time, Yan Xishan held a copy of the Shimono Power that had just been drafted in his hand, and looked at it over and over, and he didn't know how long he had been reading it. General Staff member Zhao Daiwen and Secretary General Jia Jingde sat on the side, both with pale faces.

The room was silent, except for the sound of papers shaking.

In the end, Yan Xishan shook his hand, put the paper on the table, covered his face with both hands, and sighed deeply: "What a dream for fifteen years!" It's time to wake up...... It's just that I, Yan Xishan, can't stand those subordinates who have followed me for many years! It's all my Yan Xishan's incompetence, which makes everyone come up empty! ”

Listened to Yan Laoxi's lament. Jia Jingde's heart was sour, and tears almost fell. He has been in the Yan Xishan shogunate since the first year of the Republic of China and has been the secretary general, and he has been doing it for fifteen years now! He couldn't understand why this overseer, who was also a first-class "diligent and loving the people" in the Republic of China, was going to fail! And it made it like a traitor that everyone shouted and beats. If you want to talk about Yan Xishan's bad things, he also knows all about it, and touching his conscience is relatively rare among Chinese warlords.

And this Shanxi is also a rare paradise in the north. Fifteen years of turmoil, this Shanxi is no different from the peaceful and prosperous era under the management of Yan Xishan. It was shocking that it had not suffered a single military disaster, and many railways, highways, and water conservancy facilities had been built. It can be regarded as benefiting the people, but as soon as this GCD came, why did the people still respond in groups to support the Red Army?

"Brother Baichuan." Zhao Daiwen, the general senator who had been silent on the side, sighed and spoke: "Now we haven't reached the last moment, let's not send out this Shimono power for the time being." ”

"Yes! Baigong, we can still ask the central government for help. Jia Jingde was also busy giving Yan Xishan ideas. Now I'm afraid that the only one who can save Shanxi is the Feng Central Committee, right?

Yan Xishan glanced at the two henchmen, shook his head and sighed: "If you want to send the soldiers into our Shanxi, I still have to go to the field in the end." And...... Feng is now in financial difficulties, and seeing the wealth of our Shanxi, it is not yet ...... I can't do something like this to lure a wolf into the house. When the time comes, I will not only go into the wilderness, but also bear the infamy of harming the people. It's too rowing, so I'd better go out into the wild as soon as possible......"

Zhao Daiwen took a deep breath, crumpled the Shimono Electrification drafted by Yan Xishan himself, and threw it into the corner. He glanced at Yan Xishan, who was depressed, and sneered, "Brother Baichuan." We really haven't reached that time yet, even if we don't ask for the Feng Department, there is still a soldier who can be used, we ask Wu Ziyu to lead the troops into Jin! ”

"Wu Ziyu?" Yan Xishan's eyes widened, just looking at Zhao Daiwen.

Zhao Daiwen's face was solemn and frowned, as if he was thinking hard: "Wu Ziyu still has 50,000 soldiers, and he is also known as the elite. It should be better than our Jin army, which has little actual combat experience, but we didn't invite them to deal with the Red Army. It's about guarding against the army! ”

Yan Xishan's eyes widened, just looking at Zhao Daiwen. Zhao Daiwen had a calm face and talked eloquently: "The current situation in the northern country is actually GCD fighting with Feng for the world!" It was they who fought each other, but we, the irrelevant passers-by, became the delicacy for them to fill their bellies and grow their strength. We are this passer-by, Wu Ziyu is now also a passer-by who is about to be eaten, and now we two passers-by can fight for a way to survive in a group. I suggest that we invite Wu Ziyu and Feng Jun to enter Jin at the same time, and we will join forces with Wu Ziyu to defend the city, and invite Feng Jun to fight with the Red Army in the field...... Let them go to fight with the two tigers, and we will be a passer-by. ”

"That's ...... Will it work? Yan Xishan hesitated.

Zhao Daiwen smiled deeply: "If we can do it, we still have a way to live, if not...... Let's go to the wild with Brother Baichuan and go to Shanghai to be an apartment? ”

Yan Xishan stroked his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Brother Cilong is reasonable, this time we are a dead horse as a live horse to heal, if we can do it, even if we escape the catastrophe, it is not a big deal or go into the wilderness!" ”

……

After the night battle in Qi County, the distribution map of Henan's forces changed almost every day. The rapid expansion of the light blue, which represented the left wing of the Kuomintang, was almost to include the entire province of Henan. First of all, Kaifeng, the provincial city of Henan, was occupied by the cavalry brigade of the 21st Division on November 6 of the 15th year of the Republic of China. Three days later, on November 9, the 42nd Brigade of the 21st Division, led by Li Yunlong (a real person), a famous general of the Shaanxi Army with the same name as the protagonist of a later TV series, captured Zhengzhou, an important city at the intersection of the Jinghan Line and the Longhai Line. On the 12th and 13th of November, the 1st Division of the Yu Army, which had taken refuge with the left wing of the Kuomintang, captured Xinxiang and Puyang on the north bank of the Yellow River, as well as Anyang, which had been abandoned. On the same day, the 41st Brigade commanded by Jiang Guangnai also captured Xuchang, an important city in central Henan Province, and the cavalry brigade commanded by Li Jicai also captured Shangqiu, an important town in eastern Henan. After another day, the Kuomintang rightists in the south finally could not hold back, and sent troops north into Xinyang, which had been abandoned by the direct army, and at the same time sent troops to cross the Huai River to expel the Anhui troops entrenched in Xuzhou and Huaibei, and completely controlled the two provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu.

November 16, 15th year of the Republic of China. Kaifeng City, Henan Military Supervision Bureau.

The hall of the superintendent was already full of people, and several tables were set up for a casual banquet. The civil and military leaders of the left wing of the Kuomintang were scattered among them. The table was full of exquisite dishes.

Today is the banquet practiced by Liao Zhongkai, Deng Yanda, Hu Jingyi and others for Luo Yaoguo. After less than a month of fighting, the Kuomintang left had taken control of large swathes of central and eastern Henan Province. Moreover, last night, Wu Peifu had already abandoned the Luoyang army to cross the Yellow River north and retreated to Shanxi. Early this morning, the 1st Brigade of the 21st Division, under the command of brigade commander Yue Weijun, entered Luoyang City before Feng Yuxiang's national army. Since then, the battle of Henan has been successfully concluded, and Luo Yaoguo's short-term mission has also had a good result.

"This time, we can take Henan so quickly, but thanks to Brother Fuwen's advice, now the younger brother will toast a glass first, and I also wish our party can complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, and fulfill the wish of the prime minister for many years." The first to stand up was the complacent Deng Yanda, who stood upright, holding his wine glass high, as if he was participating in a military parade.

Luo Yaoguo had no choice but to stand up and clink glasses with him, but in his heart he was very dissatisfied with his ideal of completing the Northern Expedition. At this time, the strategy adopted by the Kuomintang was to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king", and before the construction of heavy industry in the south achieved certain results, it also needed a central committee of the Feng system with a black cauldron. If once you knock them out...... Won't the Kuomintang become a major target in the future? More importantly, how will the Kuomintang get along with GCD after ruling the north? If you don't do it, it will be difficult for one mountain to accommodate two tigers, and a big war is inevitable.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo's face changed slightly, and he smiled reluctantly:

"Gong Liao, Brother Choice, Brother Kasama. Before returning to the center, I have one last piece of advice for you, and now is no longer the time for China to fight a civil war behind closed doors. When formulating the direction of future strategic development, we must also weigh one of the following strengths, especially the attitude of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union. All kinds of information we have now show that this book has ambitions for Northeast China. In the same way, Soviet Russia's ambitions for our Outer Mongolia have long been known to the world...... Moreover, Soviet Russia and GCD are not on the same path as us after all. Until we find a way to get along with it, the success of the Northern Expedition is probably the time for the relationship between the two parties to break down! When the time comes......"

“…… Now that Outer Mongolia has fallen, we are powerless to recover for the time being. The Northeast, on the other hand, will be defended by the Feng Army, according to the information I have. As long as the Feng army collapses or the main force enters the pass in a big way, it is possible to launch an incident, seize the northeast, or support a puppet regime...... or foster a puppet state. At that time, if our Kuomintang holds the central power, it will be our duty to defend the territory! If we don't send troops to restore the Northeast, I am afraid that the whole country will scold us as Han and annihilate thieves, and we will lose our righteous reputation...... And to regain lost ground, it is indeed not something that China's current industrial strength can support. You also have rich experience in warfare, and you should be able to understand that the reconquest of lost territory is an offensive operation, not a defensive one, and that it is difficult to be sure of victory without twice the combat strength of the army. This kind of war is simply not something that an agricultural country can afford, and then we will face the dilemma of losing strength in vain if we fight, and losing the popularity of the people if we do not fight! ”

Luo Yaoguo raised the wine glass in his hand, glanced coldly at everyone in the room, and sighed again: "I implore you here, until the construction of heavy industry in our south is completed, temporarily retain the central government, their hundreds of thousands of troops are not just reactionary troops!" It is also a national force to defend the country and defend the Northeast! Destroying them is tantamount to leaving our three northeastern provinces defenseless in the face of powerful bandits! ”