Chapter 353: Northwest Merger
In the Northwest Incident, there was an additional Northwest Army that was much stronger than the original history, and Chairman Chiang would naturally not be able to do it without coming up with some dry goods, after all, the original Northeast Army and Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army were still a vulnerable group under the threat of hundreds of thousands of Central Army, and dozens of central planes could grow straight into the skies over Shaanxi. The Central Army could enter Shaanxi at any time, but due to Jiang Li's intervention. The original military superiority no longer exists. Even if the war is won, it will certainly be another war of the Central Plains of an even greater scale, and it will be difficult to end it for a few years, and it is impossible for Chairman Nanking to hang the throne in the war for a few years, and even if he is the main battle faction, it is impossible for him to provoke a nationwide civil war because of Chairman Chiang alone, and the final result is not that the northwest will not be able to withstand the pressure, but that Nanjing will abandon him as chairman and elect another one. He has a lot of opponents in Nanjing, and when he was in Nanjing before, he was forced to announce his departure twice, let alone when he was not there.
Under the persuasion of Soong Meiling, Dai Li, and Chen Cheng, Chairman Chiang, who had only agreed to make verbal promises, finally agreed to make a positive response to Zhang Yang's proposal for a unified war of resistance.
In any case, Chairman Chiang's response relieved the Northwest and Jiang Li, although Jiang Li was not afraid of the Whampoa Army in Nanjing, Jiang Li did not want to expend his limited strength in this civil war. According to the current process, as long as Chiang is detained, Nanjing, which has no leader, can only go to the line of the unified war of resistance. At this time, Jiang Li also began to contact the high-level in northern Shaanxi to discuss the issue of some personnel of the Northwest Army joining the party. At the same time, the war mobilization plan for the northwest was discussed, and Japan had since assassinated Inukai and other moderates. It has gone further and further on the path of militaristic expansion. And the Northwest is also undergoing the final war mobilization. Everything is going according to Jiang Li's plan. But plans never keep up with change.
This change came from Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueliang only took a few henchmen with him without ventilating the senior generals of the Northeast Army, and only left Yang Hucheng with a handful of instructions, "When my brother leaves Shaanxi, in case of an accident, please obey Hucheng and wait for the command." Sincerely, He, Wang, Miao, Dong and all army and division commanders. Chang. Twenty-five days! ”
"Ming Xiu plank road, secretly cross Chen Cang, I fell for Zhang Xueliang's plan!" Ran away from Chairman Jiang, Yang Hucheng panicked for a while, it was not convenient to shoot telegrams, and flew directly from Xi'an to Lanzhou, at this time he was sitting in front of Jiang Li, and said with some pain, "I knew that if I started on the same day, I would have left Jiang as a scourge!" Zhang Xueliang is really confused. He wants to fulfill his promise and speak of his chivalry. What good fruit did he think he could eat if he got Jiang away? ”
Historically, Zhang Xueliang used an airplane to get Jiang away, but this time, because the Northwest Air Force was stationed at Xi'an Airport, the airport was strictly controlled, but Zhang Xueliang thought of using the method of transferring contracts to replace Chairman Jiang and rushed all the way to Lintong. If you want to catch up again, it's too late.
"Small things are smart, big things are confused, this is probably a portrayal of his life. Zhang Xueliang's brain is indeed bad at watching the romance! Mr. Zhou couldn't help but complain at this time, "But now is not the time to hold accountable, and I don't know how Chairman Jiang will treat the northwest after he escapes safely to Henan." In addition, Zhang Xueliang's throwing the Northeast Army in Shaanxi is also a problem that needs to be dealt with very much. ”
"Political Commissar Zhou and Brother Yang don't worry too much, I think this chairman has no time to take care of the northwest issue now, this Xi'an incident, some of Nanjing's heads have jumped out, he has to go back to Beijing first to stabilize the situation, and clean up those who want to suppress the Northwest Army by force. I can't take care of us for a while. Jiang Li waved his hand and said, "So we still have a period of time to prepare, if we want Nanjing to have no idea of using force, we have to show the strength to deter them, and by the way, also to deter the Northeast Army, Brother Yang can not worry that I will put the troops in Xi'an?" ”
"What, Brother Jiang, do you have any other good things hidden and not pulled out?" Yang Hucheng said jokingly.
"In the past few years, the commander has been reorganizing the army in the northwest, and he naturally has some background." Before Jiang Li could say anything, Feng Zhanhai had already walked in from the door.
"It's okay, this time I offended the chairman of the committee, and now Shaanxi has my 17th Route Army, the Northeast Army, and the Red Army, Shaanxi has become a hodgepodge, and there is no more 15th Route Army." Yang Hucheng shrugged his shoulders, he was completely singleton this time, and let Jiang Li drive the troops to Shaanxi, which was considered to be completely soft on Jiang Li, but this was also a helpless thing, during the period when Chairman Jiang was detained in Xi'an, he wanted to kill Jiang more than once. This has long reached Jiang's ears, with Jiang's character, how can it be possible not to take revenge on Yang Hucheng. Once Chiang returned to Nanjing and stabilized the situation, he could be transferred out of Shaanxi and removed from the position of chairman of Shaanxi Province with a single order. At this time, looking at the entire Republic of China, only Jiang Li has the strength to protect him.
"Since last year, the number of the Kwantung Army has begun to swell dramatically, and now it has increased to 7 divisions, counting the puppet army, the Japanese have hundreds of thousands of troops in the northeast. And with the Japanese rebuilding the arsenal in Mukden, the Kwantung Army expanded at an astonishing rate. Information from all quarters shows that the Japanese are about to take action, and now that the country and nation have reached the final point of life and death, they should indeed put aside regional and factional views and unite to resist Japan. Jiang Li looked at Yang Hucheng with a burning gaze, "In retrospect in the future, Brother Yang will know how wise today's decision was." ”
Jiang Li said to Feng Zhanhai again, "Brother Shoushan, immediately inform Liu Zhanxiong, Sun Liren led his troops to Xi'an. The Northwest Army has been fighting for several years, and it's time to pull it out and prepare to fight with the Japanese! ”
"Yes, Commander!" Feng Zhanhai's spirit was lifted, and Yang Hucheng's approval was tantamount to the official integration of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Northwest Army at this time was the real Northwest Army! After encompassing more than 10 million people in Shaanxi, another province was added, and the 15th Route Army completely opened up the joints of the east, and no longer passed through the territory of Shaanxi as a guest.
"Okay, from then on, the Red Army, the 15th Route Army, and the 17th Route Army have been integrated, and the northwest is an iron plate. Based on this, it is completely possible to deal with the Japanese army to the end and no longer make any compromises! Mr. Zhou was also quite excited, and couldn't help but stand up. The Xi'an Incident was a major turning point in the domestic situation, and the importance of the Lanzhou Conference may not be under the Xi'an Incident. (To be continued.) )