Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Guotao, and Deng Yanda, the three main generals of the Central G side, also stood on the high ground behind their positions, holding binoculars in their hands and watching the battlefield filled with gunpowder. Again and again, the troops who watched with their own eyes retreated. Ji Hongchang, the tiger general who led the team to launch the attack, also hung up the color, bandaged it indiscriminately, picked up a machete, and led the troops to launch another fierce attack with a roar, it looked like it was really desperate enough, and it was really not the officers and soldiers who couldn't fight it again. Maybe...... It's time for the troops to take a breather, rest for some time, replenish their losses and weapons and ammunition, right? No small number of words

Feng Yuxiang secretly glanced at Zhang Guotao, who was pale, hesitated for a long time, and did not speak, but set his eyes on Deng Yanda, the chief of staff who also had a gloomy face. Deng Yanda saw Feng Yuxiang's eyes asking for help, put down the binoculars in his hand, and sighed softly Political commissar, these Jin troops seem to be well-trained, their positions are strong, and the firepower organization is not ...... And we have been fighting hard for many days, and the troops are exhausted and have insufficient supplies. Do you think you can take a break? Then apply for the transfer of the artillery division directly under the central government? ”

Zhang Guotao snorted, you were boasting before the war? The prestige of our ** army can be regarded as ruined in your hands."

In fact, he was also bitter in his heart, and in the past six days, he has been on the front line every day to supervise the battle. And he is not the kind of talented scholar who knows no soldiers. Whether these GIs sell their lives or not, he can see at a glance. It's just that he also has a strong idea of making contributions in his heart, and he also has the strongest ideal of becoming a hero who dominates the ups and downs of this era. But what about letting him encounter the most striking enemy every time? In 25 years, he met Japanese soldiers wearing Fengjun uniforms in Chahar, and in 26 years, he met Wang Zizhi, a madman...... In 27 years, he encountered the unfortunate incident of the Middle East Road incident, and later there was a Wang Zhongyi who was also counted in his account. Now he is actually going to be defeated in the hands of this group of Jin troops again

"No" Zhang Guotao gritted his teeth and made up his mind that we are tired, will the enemy be relaxed? We are short of supplies, and they are all sufficient without any difficulty? It's the last five minutes, and whoever can hold up will win the final victory."

Although the Third and Fourth Armies are no longer the brand of the Red Army, they are still the same in terms of organizational system, and the political commissars have made the final decision. So Zhang Guotao made up his mind, and Feng Yuxiang and Deng Yanda had no choice but to implement it.

A new offensive was quickly organized.

In fact, what Zhang Guotao said was not a complete layman, and Fu Zuoyi was gritting his teeth at this time. Today, the Third Army of the Central Army has attacked as many as thirteen times, and each time it is screaming and rushing, as if it is not tired at all, and it is not afraid of death. The 11th Brigade of the Yan Xishan faction has now been supplemented by him with battalions to Caijiagang, Lingshan, Nanhuaihua, Yangmingbao and other positions. At this time, the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, the last reserve, had also been sent. If the 12th Brigade is filled in, the attack of the Central Army will not stop, and the Jin army will probably collapse......

……

Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

Zhou Elai leaned on the sofa, his eyelids were heavy, but he gritted his teeth and didn't let him fall asleep. Since the start of the Xinkou Campaign, he can no longer sleep, especially in the past two days, the tide of the battle seems to be slipping towards the protracted Third Army, 100,000 people have been fighting hard for six days and have not broken through any of the main positions of the Xinkou Jin Army, and the tenacity of the Jin army's defense in this battle is completely beyond his expectations, and of course it is also beyond the expectations of the Soviet advisers.

In addition, the Central Special Branch, which has always been well-informed, seems to be deflated by Yan Xishan this time. So far, the deployment of the Jin army, the Central G side still doesn't know anything?

What is even more surprising is that those landlord forces and bandit forces who are entangled in armed forces everywhere and resist the people's power are now becoming more and more ferocious, and yesterday they even attacked the supply line of the Third Army, although in the end they did not succeed and were killed and retreated by the officers and men who escorted the supplies. However, this is not a good sign after all, and all indications indicate that behind the armed forces of these landlords is probably the Kuomintang Right Central Committee, at least the miscellaneous guns and artillery obtained from them...... As for whether they provided them to Yan Xishan, and then Yan Xishan transferred these weapons to the local tyrants and inferior gentry, it is still unknown. Although this Jin army fought so-so, the secrecy work was indeed first-class, almost on par with China G

"Prime Minister." Secretary-General Zhao Yan appeared behind Zhou E from time to time, and Wuhan rejected our proposal. ”

Zhao Yan's proposal refers to the proposal of "dividing Shanxi equally", and China G passed this proposal through Zhang Naiqi, general manager of the Northern Shaanxi Energy Company in Wuhan, and Mao Renfeng, chairman of the North-South Exchange Foundation in Beijing, and finally got a reply from the other party today.

Zhou Elai didn't move, and asked lightly: Is there the latest battle report on the front line of Xinkou? ”

Zhao Yan opened the briefcase in his hand, his eyebrows twisted slightly, the battle report he had just received, today the Third Army launched fourteen fierce attacks, but it still did not break through the defense line of the Jin army. In addition......" Zhao Yan seemed to be a little hesitant, looking like he wanted to say something.

"Huh? Let's talk about it. Zhou Elai sat up straight, and the sleepiness just now was gone.

Zhao Yan said in a low voice Comrade Zhang Guotao sent a secret telegram, complaining that Feng Yuxiang was not in a good position to fight and was suspected of preserving his strength...... It was proposed that Comrade Xu Qian replace Feng Yuxiang in command of the Third Army. Comrade Deng Yanda's telegram said that the Third Group Army was exhausted from fighting for several days and hoped to rest for a few days, and at the same time transfer the artillery division directly under the Central Committee to Xinkou to help in the battle. ”

Zhou Elai whispered to himself the artillery division directly under the Central Committee...... "This unit is the tip of the heart of the Central G, with three heavy artillery regiments with a total of 72 152mm howitzers, all of which are "aided" by the Soviet Union (to be paid), and are now being deployed on the southern front to defend against the Kuomintang army. He pondered for a moment, raised his head and looked at Zhao Yan with blazing eyes, you go and tell Zhang Guotao that you must pay attention to uniting the old officers, especially Comrade Feng Yuxiang's suggestion to remove him and not mention it again in the future. In addition, Comrade Xu Qian was asked to bring a heavy artillery regiment to reinforce the Third Army, and at the same time served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army. As for resting and recuperating...... Let's rest until the heavy artillery regiment arrives. However, in this section, the Third Army had to dispatch elite troops to help the local government in Shanxi suppress the bandits. ”

He stood up, walked to the edge of the 50,000th large map hanging on the wall, stared at Zhengding's position, and calmly ordered the Fourth Route Army to also carry out the work of suppressing bandits, and must secretly eliminate these bandits who endangered the place within 15 days, and must not let them affect the following battle of Shanxi. ”

Zhao Yan used a pen to record the order dictated by Zhou Elai on a notepad, and just as he wanted to turn around and leave, Zhou Elai's slightly tired voice rang out again, so that the Politburo members in Beijing would come to the West Flower Hall for a meeting after dinner to discuss the next step. And also...... Before the meeting, let Comrade Gu Shunzhang come to the West Flower Hall first, I have important work to explain. ”

After Zhao Yan left quickly, Zhou Elai leaned back on the sofa, looked at the map on the wall from afar for a while, and suddenly sighed that they already had most of China...... But why did you delay the Northern Expedition? What the hell is the idea? ”

He knew in his heart that the Kuomintang with its tail between its legs and cats in the south had enough power to drive the Central G out of Beijing and grab Zhang Xueliang's northeast. Even if Japan and the Soviet Union intervened, they would have a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning. At that time, the Central G can only rely on the mountainous areas of northern Shaanxi, Suiyuan, and Shanxi to maneuver with the Kuomintang. But right now, they are holding such a good deck of cards and hiding aside, saying that they will not come down to play. Do they think the deck isn't big enough? Do you have to have five million tons of steel and battleships and aircraft carriers to play again? But can China put that big stack at the table?

……

"Brother Jiansheng, Sihua, fifth brother...... What is this 'Free China Foundation'? ”

Luo Yaoguo sat in the office of the Military Commission, holding his head and just looking at a report he had just received. The cup of coffee on the table has long since run out of heat.

There was silence in the room, and it was Wu Ziliang who broke the silence for a long time, and the matter was mainly due to Chairman Jiang and Secretary General Yang in Zhang Luo. The investors were the Nanyang chaebol and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium, as well as the Beiyang consortium that fled from the north...... It's only twenty or thirty million. And it's not aimed at us, this money is mainly used to support the anti-G forces in the north, and it has little to do with us, so we can't turn against Chiang Kai-shek for this matter, so it's better to let them make trouble. ”

Luo Yaoguo suddenly glanced at this with his eyes like lightning, but Wu Ziliang leisurely tasted cold coffee.

"Fifth brother, do you really think so?"

Wu Ziliang smiled silently.

Luo Yaoguo said coldly, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were just staring at the country...... At all, we are now a player on the world stage. ”

Bai Chongxi frowned, it seemed that he didn't quite understand Luo Yaoguo's words, Brother Fuwen, if you go outside, you must first settle inside...... This is always not, right? There are not many words, no matter if there are interests in the world in the future, we should always reunify China first, and then go out to grab it. I agree with Chiang Kai-shek's view on this point, and so do most people in the General Staff. And now the attack of Zhongg in Shanxi also seems to have suffered a setback. In the past two days, the Xinkou line has been temporarily stopped, and there seems to be some problems in the rear of Zhongg. Many anti-G people in the northern Jin and Taihang Mountains have organized armed forces to resist the violence of China G*. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity......"

Luo Yaoguo just shook his head, no, no...... At present, the focus of our work is still on the 'Five-Year Plan,' and we must concentrate our efforts on raising the level of heavy industry to the level of the world's second-rate powers. Only in this way will we be able to make great gains in the future world wars...... Let's treat the fifteen southern provinces and the three northwestern provinces as one country. The hornet's nest of Zhong G must not be poked, otherwise it will not be uneven if there is no decision in three or five years. Moreover, the Soviet Union and Japan must not want us to be completely reunified, and when the time comes, they will intervene. So the five-year plan is complete......"

He turned his gaze to An Sihua, a "half-foreigner" who said that they were all army elites cultivated by the German Empire, and that they were naturally familiar with dominating the world and becoming imperialists. He met Luo Yaoguo's gaze and echoed loudly: Britain and France are now weakened, and they no longer have the strength to maintain world hegemony, and it is also impossible to continue to suppress Germany, and in the near future, a revived Germany will definitely drag Britain and France, the two decaying world empires, from the throne. At that time, French Indochina, British Burma, British Malaya, Dutch East Indies and other places. Almost four million square kilometers of colonies will become borderlands"

“…… At that time, as long as we have the strength of a second-rate power, we can easily grab them all, and with these millions of square kilometers of rich land, the population pressure in our country will be relieved at once, and with the resources and wealth there, our industry will not have to worry about being without markets and raw materials...... Therefore, we cannot afford to waste our energy and financial resources on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the civil war with China and China."

Luo Yaoguo stood up suddenly, and looked at Bai Chongxi and Wu Ziliang with blazing eyes, Brother Chonglou, do you understand now? What we want to seize is the hegemony of the entire Eastern world, not just ChinaOnly by seizing the hegemony of the entire Eastern world, can we have enough resources and wealth to solve the acute class contradictions and social problems in China. As a matter of fact...... This is how other great powers of the world have used this method against the socialists at home. You can't just rely on military means to deal with them, because you will only fall into a vicious circle of getting poorer and poorer and poorer. ”

Wu Ziliang said in a low voice, what about the 'Free China Foundation' supported by Chiang Kai-shek and those anti-G local forces? Shall we ......?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled coldly, let them make some small moves and make some trouble for Zhong G. However, we must guard the bottom line, and a full-scale war must not break out, and you must remember that we are only barely suppressing the social contradictions in the 15 southern provinces...... There is absolutely no solution to the problem, let alone the financial resources to solve the social problems in the north."

"What about the proposal put forward by China G to divide Shanxi equally? Shall we respond? Bai Chongxi hesitated for a moment and asked again.

"Ignore them." Luo Yaoguo shook his head slowly, it was too early to discuss this issue, and he would wait until Yan Xishan really couldn't stand it. However, it is better not to manage the southern part of Shanxi directly, and it is better to continue to hand it over to Yan Xishan for management. ”

……

March 11, 19th year of the Republic of China.

Among the mountains in the eastern part of Wutai County, Shanxi.

In this era, the Wutai Mountain area at the northern end of the Taihang Mountains is still covered with a large area of dense forest, the mountains on both sides are lush and green, a mountain road, zigzag from Shizui Village to pass, turn to the northeast of Zhili Fuping County direction.

Shizui Village is a village built by the mountain, with the big stones that can be seen everywhere on the Taihang Mountain to build a circle of low walls, a blue sky and white sun full of red "Wuhan version" of the national flag of the Republic of China, in the sun under the cold wind fluttering. All the entrances to the cottage were blocked with stones, and hundreds of black holes protruded from the low walls, all aimed at the way up the mountain.

On a hillside opposite Shizui Village, the officers and men of the central part of the brigade were crowded together, sitting on the ground with rifles with bayonets in their hands, looking at each other nervously. The officers stood at the front of their ranks, looking out at the cottage that was waiting on the other side. That's the den of bandits they're going to capture today. It is estimated that there are probably hundreds of bandits or villains called militia groups entrenched there, and a few days ago, these villains also took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of China G concentrated in Zhengding County to sneak into the territory of Zhili under the jurisdiction of China G to do evil...... Sneak attack on Fuping County, killing dozens of county party committee cadres and Red Guard soldiers, and also burning half of the county town, committing heinous crimes, so a regiment of the 11th Division of the Fourth Route Army of the Central Army was ordered to destroy them.

On the top of the hill behind the sortie position, regiment commander Su Y and Comrade Fang Zhimin, political commissar of the division who had personally come to the front enemy to supervise the battle, stood side by side. The sculpture usually looks forward with a telescope in its hands. Adjust the magnification of the eyepiece only occasionally. At this time, the eyebrows of both of them were slightly frowned, and their faces were a little solemn. It seems that there is not a small cottage guarded by a group of rabble, but a fortress defended by the elite troops of the Kuomintang.

However, it took a long time for Fang Zhimin to put down the binoculars and turn his head to look at Comrade Su Y Su Y, can your regiment take this cottage before it gets dark Don't skip words.

Su Y turned around halfway, gave a military salute, and asked the chief to rest assured that the 43rd Regiment would guarantee to complete the task."

Fang Zhimin nodded, sighed softly, hurry up and do a good job, there are still a few bandit cottages waiting for us to cook after the fight."

"Hmm." Su Y nodded, and said with a smile, Political Commissar Fang can rest assured, these bandits have no combat effectiveness, and we can destroy as many as we can not only train the team, but also capture weapons and ammunition, killing multiple birds with one stone. ”

Fang Zhimin smiled and didn't say anything more. Su Y raised his right hand high and swung it down.

Immediately on the hillside, about a battalion of soldiers, led by the officer, stood up and descended the hill in whole formation. Then at the foot of the Shizui Zhai Mountain, the attacking skirmish line was discharged, and there was no artillery cover to start the charge at the speed of walking, but four heavy machine guns were mounted on both sides of the attacking team, and the wall of the cottage was strafed with side fire to cover the infantry to attack......

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