The spring in Harbin in the northeast is naturally later than the land of Jingchu, which is now in full bloom.

On the Songhua River near the left of Harbin, the ice has finally been opened, and only occasionally a little residual ice rolls up and down in the river, and the broken ice collides with each other, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

This spring in Harbin seems to be a little more prosperous and lively than in previous years. The relocation of the Northeast Army Marshal's Mansion naturally brought the entire Northeast of high-ranking officials and nobles, and the socialist transformation of China and G in Beijing and Tianjin also made many wealthy families in the Beijing and Tianjin areas give up the "Beijing hukou" with a bullish value, and run to Harbin to settle down. Naturally, the goods and specialties of Northeast China, as well as Japan and South China, were continuously transported along the South Manchurian Railway and the Middle East Railway. The shops in the Harbin business district are all piled up with a dazzling array of goods, and the restaurants and restaurants on both sides of the street are often full of high-profile friends, with beautiful Beijing films and Tianjin dialects with a slight Huaiyin, which sound one after another, but talk mostly about the feelings of the rest of the life after the catastrophe......

The representatives of the heroes in the gate also walked around the ice city outside the gate very frequently. Every once in a while, the Harbin Municipal Government will organize a bunch of idle citizens, holding all kinds of small flags, standing on both sides of the street, making the appearance of welcoming them. Of course, there is always a piece and a half of income for most of the day, which is also a beautiful thing for the small people of Shengdou.

In the north of Harbin, on the Sun Island on the north bank of the Songhua River, facing the Songhua River, a traditional Chinese-style house has been built. Although the scene of this house is not large, it is also clean, and every brick and tile and the small garden in the courtyard have obviously put a lot of thought into it. It seems that it is not an ordinary family, but I don't know which high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Northeast Army are a place to spend the summer.

But today, it seems that this mansion used to escape the summer has welcomed distinguished guests. On the newly paved asphalt road outside the house, a long line of black cars were parked, and heavily armed Northeast soldiers stood solemnly to protect them. At the bridge and wharf on the island, there are also additional sentry posts, and all idle people are not allowed to enter and exit.

It seems that a certain big man from the customs has moved in, and he wants to discuss the behind-the-scenes deal with Zhang Xueliang, the major commander of the Northeast Army, by taking advantage of the seclusion here, right? No small number of words

In the hall on the second floor of the house, there were not many people sitting, and in the center were two middle-aged soldiers, both of whom were in straight uniforms, with stars shining on their epaulettes. Both of them are in their forties, one is tall and has a neatly trimmed mustache, it is Guo Songling, the general staff of the Northeast Army; The other is short, black and thin, but his eyes are shining, and he also turns from time to time between talking and laughing, and at first glance he is a very shrewd character, who turned out to be He Chengjun, chairman of Hubei Province of the Kuomintang, a famous internal friend in the Republic of China era.

The windows of this hall face the Songhua River, and the surging river flows eastward, and a little farther away, you can faintly see the bustling and lively downtown of Harbin. He Chengjun pointed to the urban area in the distance, and said with a smile, Brother Maochen, the people in the customs could not imagine that there was such a prosperous and lively place in this icy and snowy Heilongjiang. Although this Harbin is not as good as Wuhan and Shanghai, it is not much stronger than Beijing and Tianjin at the moment. ”

Guo Songling waved his hand lightly and said with a smile, where is this prosperous and lively Harbin? It's not that the proposition of China G is not suitable for China's national conditions, and many rich and noble families in Beijing and Tianjin have to leave their hometowns and go to this bitter cold place outside the city to settle down, which makes this small Harbin a little more angry? Presumably, there are many talented people in Wuhan and Shanghai, right? Without a lot of words, I heard that Yenching University and Peiyang University have moved to Shanghai? ”

He Chengjun sighed lightly, these GCD people only copy the dogmas in the book of foreign devils, and do not care about China's reality at all. It is obviously a backward feudal country, and it is only right to engage in capitalism, and it is necessary to pull out the seedlings to help them develop socialism. Even according to the theories of their grandfather Marx, it can only be done after capitalism has developed to the extreme. The first launch should be carried out now, and it should also be the United States and the United Kingdom, can it be done in China? It's just that the common people are suffering......"

Guo Songling remained silent, and said with a smile that G's proposition was naturally a little radical, but the starting point was always good. Presumably, when they realize their mistakes, they will correct them in time, and Beijing and Tianjin will still be the first places in China to go at that time. ”

The corners of He Chengjun's mouth showed a hint of mockery to correct? What about corrections? If you don't engage in GCISM, then change to capitalism? Is a country changed and played by these people? Besides...... If you want to engage in GC doctrine, it is naturally the GCD to lead. That's the theory...... But if you engage in capitalism, wouldn't your young marshal Zhang know? Do you have to ask them to come? I don't think capitalism in the northeast has developed well, and under this round of the Great Depression, we in the south have suffered a lot of shocks, but you are more prosperous here than before. If Beijing and Tianjin can be the masters of the young marshal, how many crimes will the people have to suffer? ”

Guo Songling was slightly stunned when he heard this, but in a blink of an eye, he calmed down as usual, smiled and said Brother Xuezhu, our Northeast Army is already heartbroken in the Guannei. This time, the whole army has sworn that they will not enter the customs again, and they just want to live a peaceful and stable life in the northeast...... As for who is in charge of the country in Beijing and Tianjin, it has nothing to do with our Northeast Army. ”

He Chengjun smiled and the younger brother just got the news that the G army began to storm the key points such as Niu Huozhai, Wohu Mountain, and Shuangta Temple on the outskirts of Taiyuan in the early hours of this morning, and one launched ten charges, but all of them were repelled by the Jin army that was holding on to the danger According to the front-line battle report, in front of the positions of the Jin army, the corpses of the G army were piled up like a mountain, and the preliminary estimate was that the loss was around 10,000 people. After this battle, the G Army has been greatly injured, and this is the first day of the Taiyuan Campaign. If you fight for ten days and half a month, there will be another surprise army...... No, will Beijing and Tianjin change hands again? ”

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April 23, 1930.

Taiyuan periphery.

"Kill, rush, rush" The surrounding battlefield sounded a huge shout like a tsunami. The position between the two armies had been beaten into a muddy mess, and the corpses of the G Army and the Jin Army were lying in the middle. The spring rain was still pouring down, and in the muddy mountains, the soldiers of the G Army braved the rain of bullets, and many warriors had already fallen into the muddy water. The rest were still struggling forward, and the front ones had already rushed up the mountain, their white blades flashing with cold light, and they were shining little by little.

Ji Hongchang rushed to the front, the military uniform on his body had long been taken off and thrown away, and at this time he was shirtless again, brandishing a steel knife, shouting and charging This is the fifteenth charge launched by the G Army against the cow camel village today, and it is estimated that it is also the last charge

Niu Huozhai is the gateway to the east of Taiyuan City, capture the key points here, Yan Xishan's painstaking Taiyuan defense line will have a fatal breach, so the Jin army is here desperately struggling to resist, Yan Xishan even personally led the supervision team to press the formation in the back, and the Jin army's shells are also desperately fired as if they don't want money. Attacks and counterattacks alternated. The cyan hills have long been charred black. There weren't many fallen soldiers and officers on both sides, and there were dead bodies piled down the heights

The two sides fought desperately for a day, and one regiment of the Ninth Division of the Central Army to which the Central G belonged could not beat the other regiment and went up again, and now it has been replaced by the fourth regiment, and the commander of the company, Ji Hongchang, is shirtless, and this wave of charges is no longer in formation, and even the routine artillery fire before the attack is not needed, and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in blue-gray military uniforms followed their division commander with a heart-rending roar.

Behind the position of the Ninth Division of the Central Army, Feng Yuxiang was holding a telescope to watch the battle, and he was not distressed in his heart, fighting for life and death for half his life, and the dead people he had seen were not more than half of the way from Xinkou, and these most intimate soldiers who had been brought for many years had almost suffered 20,000 or 30,000 casualties until now. The prestige of the Jin army for being good at fighting defensive warfare is indeed true, and the ideological education and spiritual armament of the middle and G seem to be infinitely powerful

He also knew in his heart that such a battle would be replaced by the previous National Army or the 11th Division. At this point, it has long been impulsive, even the most elite third division of Wu Peifu can't fight such a vicious battle, but such an elite soldier is actually bleeding on the iron wall of the Jin army.

Today's offensive has failed, although Ji Hongchang is still leading his troops to launch the last round of attacks, although he has also rushed to the Jin army's position and started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. But Feng Yuxiang had already seen the result...... Years of military experience told him that the Ninth Division, which served as the main attack on Niuhuo Village, was now at the end of its strength. They had been fighting for a day, charging repeatedly, and their energy and physical strength had been completely exhausted. Now he only relied on the last trace of residual courage to launch a charge, and the opponent obviously still had the strength to spare.

Through the binoculars, Feng Yuxiang clearly saw that the Jin army with neat uniforms had joined the battle group. As soon as he saw these new forces, his final charge was over. Sure enough, the officers and men of the 9th Division began to retreat, and finally turned into a fledgling. Ji Hongchang jumped to his feet and scolded there to no avail, and in the end he himself was taken down by several henchmen.

Feng Yuxiang let out a long breath, waved his hand and ordered the artillery to open fire to contain Ji Hongchang's people. Take a break, let's attack again."

After a while, it finally got dark, and the sound of gunfire and fighting could no longer be heard on the entire battlefield, only the seriously wounded and not dead were still groaning miserably. Like the bloody defeat under the Niu Camel Village, the onslaught on the key points such as Wohu Mountain and Shuangta Temple on the periphery of Taiyuan also ended in failure.

After this battle, the forces of all parties can be regarded as completely clearing how impregnable the defense of Taiyuan City is. With elite soldiers like the Chinese G army who are good at fighting tough battles, they fought hard for a day and charged fifteen times, but they did not even capture an inch of position

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Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall. An enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China is underway.

Hearing the news of the failure of the attack on the periphery of Taiyuan, Zhou Elai just sighed but didn't expect Yan Xishan to be stubborn like this, comrades, it seems that the possibility of quickly eliminating Yan Xishan's group under Taiyuan City is gone, what should be done next? I'd like to hear your opinions. ”

The room fell silent, and the participants were obviously a little surprised by this sudden defeat, after all, the Shanxi front line has been playing triumphant songs all the way in the past few days.

"E, come." Mao ZD solemnly glanced at Zhou Elai, no matter how strong Taiyuan is, after all, it is only a lonely city, and there has been no foreign aid to defend the lonely city since ancient times, and it is inevitable that the city will be defeated in the end. So now we have to consider not that Taiyuan Jiancheng should be fought, but that there is strength to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, I estimate that the reason why Yan Xishan and the Taiyuan defenders are so stubborn now, I am afraid that the reason is to stubbornly wait for reinforcements, right? No less words"

"Runzhi, what do you mean......" Zhou Elai looked serious, in fact, he had been worried that the Kuomintang army in the south would take advantage of the main force of the G Army to besiege Taiyuan, and go north and attack Yan Xishan inside and outside......

Mao ZD accentuated his tone: If Yan Xishan didn't get a promise from the Kuomintang, would he be willing to stay in the lonely city of Taiyuan now and wait to die? He can completely abandon the city and flee to Linfen, if he doesn't flee and chooses to defend the city, there must be a conspiracy here. We must heighten our vigilance and strictly guard against the Kuomintang army taking the opportunity to attack our main force under the city of Taiyuan. ”

Zhou Elai nodded slightly, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became gloomy. Mao ZD took a puff of cigarette, and then said that the best strategy now is to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, occupy the Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains on both sides, develop land **, and establish a consolidated base area. In this way, we are invincible in Shanxi and even in the whole of North China, and even if the Kuomintang army goes north, we will be able to rely on the dangerous terrain of the base area and the support of the masses of the people to fight them to the end. ”

Zhou Elai took a deep breath, he had already heard the meaning of Mao ZD's words, Mao ZD had already decided that the Kuomintang was going to interfere in the battle of Shanxi, maybe they were waiting for the opportunity when the Chinese G could not attack for a long time and suffered heavy losses

"The middle strategy is to change the assault to the siege." Mao ZD's tone became more and more heavy, and a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and the purpose of the siege was still to reach an armistice agreement with Yan Xishan for a political settlement. However, I guess Yan Xishan will not hand over Taiyuan, and can we make some concessions in this regard? ”

“…… As for the next strategy, it is natural to continue to storm Taiyuan, and even we can transfer the Eighth Route Army deployed in Zhili and Lubei to Taiyuan to join the offensive and strive to completely annihilate the Yan Xishan group and seize Taiyuan before the Kuomintang army intervenes. It's just that in this way, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”

Now that the situation in China has become increasingly clear, the future of China will be either surnamed Guo or G, so the two have gradually moved towards incompatibility. The stubborn forces in the Kuomintang do not want to uproot the GCD and completely eliminate it all the time, and in the same way, the Central G has long had the idea of eliminating the Kuomintang reactionaries and carrying out the disease to the end. It's just that the two sides have never been sure to destroy each other, so the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has never broken out. But if the main force of the Central G is under the fortified city, it will not be conquered for a long time, and there will be heavy casualties...... Will the Kuomintang let go of this opportunity? Thinking of this, Zhou Elai only shook his head slightly, and now is the critical moment for China's first world, and Taiyuan is the key to victory or defeat...... It's too conservative, and the strategy is too aggressive, and only the middle strategy is the most suitable. On the one hand, we will strengthen our unity with all factions and strive for a political settlement of the battle of Taiyuan. ”

Mao ZD laughed and said a political settlement? Do we still want Taiyuan City? Don't Taiyuan words...... This battle may be over, but if we want to negotiate Taiyuan through negotiations, I am afraid that Yan Laoxi will not agree if we are not besieged to the end of the mountains and rivers, and we are only 150,000 people under Taiyuan City, and we have to besiege and block reinforcements, but I am afraid that the troops are too small, right? Without a lot of words, why don't you transfer the Eighth Route Army to the Shanxi battlefield? ”

It was again to transfer the Eighth Route Army into Jin Zhou E to understand the meaning of Mao ZD. This Eighth Route Army is the elite main force of the Central G, and it is also the foundation of Mao ZD's Red First Army, and now they are placed on the Zhili Plain to block the Kuomintang army from moving north. To be honest, with the Kuomintang army's current powerful ground-to-air firepower, in East Asia, I am afraid that there is no army that can compete with the Japanese army head-on, and neither can the Eighth Route Army. In the past, the Kuomintang army had no intention of going north, and it was okay to put the Eighth Route Army on the Zhili Plain to show its posture, but now it has smelled the gunpowder of the Kuomintang army going north, and it would be too stupid to put them on the plain where there is no danger to defend and wait to be beaten. But the question is that the Eighth Route Army is gone, who will defend the Zhili Plain and the Lubei Plain? Is it really a few Red Guards to put on a show? Moreover, at present, the Soviet Union and GC International attach great importance to China, the world's most populous socialist country......

Seeing Zhou Elai's hesitant look, Mao ZD smiled faintly, and now the smooth solution of Taiyuan is the top priority of all work, as for the defense of the Zhili Plain, I suggest that it can be handed over to the 19th Route Army to be responsible, with them, the Kuomintang leftists, the Kuomintang rightists must not dare to make a mistake. The defense of Beijing City is to be the responsibility of the 18th Route Army, so that if we transfer one road army and two road armies, we should be able to protect Beijing and Tianjin. Comrade E, what do you think of this suggestion? ”

The 19th Route Army was used to replace the 8th Route Army...... Zhou Elai picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, then nodded slowly I agree with Comrade Mao ZD's suggestion to strengthen the Eighth Route Army to the Shanxi front, and at the same time reorganize the General Front Committee of the Taiyuan Campaign, with Comrade Zhu D as the first secretary of the General Front Committee and Comrade Zhang Guotao as the second secretary. The 19th Route Army was transferred to the Zhili Plain to replace the 8th Route Army, and the 18th Route Army was stationed in Beijing. ”

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