"Commander, don't tell me that I haven't thought about these problems at all." Feng Zhanhai saw Jiang Li's clear face, and suddenly became a little angry.

"No matter what happens in Nanjing, we must also take the initiative to take the young marshal back, otherwise the hearts of the Northeast soldiers will be different. Chairman Chiang's move was carried out beautifully, taking retreat as advance. ”

The smile on Jiang Li's face at this time was accepted, and it was okay to let Zhang Xueliang come back, and even appointed him as the deputy director of the Northern Camp, on an equal footing with him. In addition, Zhang Xueliang is still the supreme commander of the Northeast Army in the end, and there are not a few generals who are loyal to Zhang Xueliang. But Nanjing detained Zhang Xueliang before, and on the one hand, he really had to repay the favor owed to Feng Zhi, so from this aspect, Jiang Li didn't think that he was a person who could play politics well. On the other hand, if he didn't put some effort into getting Zhang Xueliang out, I am afraid that the Northeast Army might not easily obey his dispatch and go to various places to resist the war. Chairman Chiang was a figure after all, and before he put pressure on Nanjing through Liu Xiang, Chairman Chiang quickly replied to him. Not a single soldier is wasted, but the effect is far greater than the threat of two or three divisions.

"Anyway, there is always some friendship between us and the young marshal and the Northeast Army, and now except for the northwest, who can ensure that the logistics of the Northeast Army are so perfect, and who can take them all the way to fight the Japanese army? As I said, whoever shakes the front of the unanimous war of resistance and threatens the current situation of the Republic of China will be my enemy. ”

"Hey, what do you mean, Commander?" Feng Zhanhai was taken aback.

"Things haven't progressed to that point, and at the moment our relationship with the young marshal is still quite good." Jiang Li showed an unfathomable smile on his face, since Nanjing can detain Zhang Xueliang. Jiang Li can naturally do this kind of thing. But here's the difference. Although Zhang Xueliang was detained in Nanjing, the Northeast Army wanted to fight northward, and did not want to fulfill Nanjing's wishes, so they always fought against the Red Army and local warlords. However, Jiang Li's approach is consistent with the thoughts of most generals and soldiers of the Northeast Army. The detention of Zhang Xueliang can also command these Northeast Army, but things have not progressed to that point yet.

"A commander is a commander after all."

Feng Zhanhai smiled, originally he thought that Jiang Li couldn't bear Zhang Xueliang. After all, Jiang Li's maternal uncle Huang Xiansheng was favored by Zhang Xueliang a lot before. In contrast, most of them used to be side branches of the Northeast Army, and they didn't have a deep friendship with Zhang Xueliang, but in contrast, their friendship with Jiang Li was trained in the war, and now they have worked together for five or six years, and they have been very strong. Feng Zhanhai naturally didn't want Zhang Xueliang to occupy Nestle after coming to the northwest. However, in contrast, no matter how big Zhang Xueliang's threat is, Feng Zhanhai and the others are most worried that Jiang Li will not be able to make up his mind. Even though the Northeast Army is not small, it has now been divided into pieces. Even if Zhang Xueliang wanted to gather the Northeast Army, it would depend on whether the Northwest General Staff would agree. Feng Zhanhai would be stupid to do such a thing. A scattered Northeast Army obviously could not become a strong pillar for Zhang Xueliang.

At this time, the scale of the Northwest Army in the headquarters was gradually expanding, and the number of troops lost by the Northeast Army in battle, except for the Northeast generals who recruited some men and horses in the local area during the abnormal wartime period, most of them were supplemented by the Northwest side, according to the calculations of the Northwest General Staff, after two or three years, the size of the Northwest Army will be at least one million, and the further it is pushed back, the more the Northeast Army will be diluted. By that time, the Northeast Army would no longer be a threat to the new Northwest, which controlled large areas such as Northwest, Henan, Suiyuan, and Northern Sichuan, and had even been almost assimilated. But the key is that Jiang Li must close his mouth now.

"Nanjing gave us eye medicine, we can't let him Jiang someone be too happy, it seems that the Japanese don't put enough pressure on them. The planes delivered to them in the second batch were dragged back. ”

Soon, Jiang Li made another decision, although he has never been a bird of Nanjing, but Nanjing does have a legal status in the Republic of China at this time, if Nanjing does not appoint Zhang Xueliang, the deputy director of the Northern Battalion, then it will be much more convenient for him to annex the Northeast Army.

In fact, at this time, Nanjing has gradually fallen in the Songhu area, and people with a discerning eye have already seen that Songhu is going to be unable to hold it, but including Chairman Chiang, there are still many people who pin their hopes on the intervention of the great powers, and Jiang Li invested the elite forces of the Northwest Army in North China, and played a little brilliantly, resulting in a third more Japanese tanks that should have appeared in the North China battlefield than before, and correspondingly, the Japanese tanks transferred to the Songhu theater have decreased a lot, and dozens of tanks are piled together. It's not something that ordinary battles can resist. Not only tanks, but even the aircraft that were supposed to be sent to the Songhu theater of operations have also seen a certain reduction.

Although the Japanese army's reserves were relatively perfect, before the July 7 Incident, after all, there were only 17 permanent divisions and regiments, and at least 3 to 4 divisions and regiments should be left in the northeast to prevent potential threats from the Soviet Union. At this time, the Japanese army that appeared in North China had the number of 8 divisions and regiments, and in the case of dividing the troops into several routes, it still did not occupy an absolute advantage, and on the Shanghai side, the Japanese army also successively increased its troops, and there were as many as 5 numbers, and the Japanese army had to leave some troops in the mainland, Taiwan, and Korea. At the same time, in Songhu, the casualties in North China also need to be constantly filled in with a large number of troops.

The more Japanese troops absorbed by North China, the less pressure on the Songhu side will naturally be. Therefore, although Chairman Chiang's side was struggling to cope at this time, it was not as embarrassed as it was in history. It is no wonder that Chairman Chiang felt that some internal intrigues would be nothing. However, Jiang Li is not a good gentleman, and Chairman Jiang can't recognize it, so he has to help him understand that at this time, instead of spending his mind on the northwest, it is better to think more about how to protect himself under the pressure of the Japanese army's step-by-step advance. Perhaps only after the fall of Nanjing can we realize the seriousness of the matter.

Jiang Li did not have much hope that Chairman Chiang would be able to hold Nanjing, but Wuhan could not be easily lost, and because of this, until now, Jiang Li has not transferred the five northwestern divisions stationed in northern Sichuan. In order to maintain the deterrent effect on Sichuan, let Chiang know that it was not a good idea to retreat to the Sichuan area, and force Chiang to defend Wuhan from the rear to ensure the safety of the southern section of the Pinghan Road. Chairman Chiang certainly did not want to be threatened by the northwest when he was in his area, and similarly, retreating to the southwest was not a good choice. After all, the transportation in the southwest is too backward, and once it retreats to the southwest, it looks like it has degenerated into a local warlord. Presumably, this is also something that Jiang is unwilling to accept.

The so-called guns in his hands, not panicked, plus in northern Sichuan, Jiang Li's descendants who can be mobilized at any time are still as high as more than 200,000, and this is still not counting those mobilized supplementary troops. However, with the ability of the northwest at this time, it was already extremely difficult to ensure the logistics in the three directions of Henan, Shanxi, and Suiyuan, the situation in Gansu was still a little better, and the transportation foundation between Shaanxi and Henan was still not good. (To be continued.) )