In the Northwest Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was shocked by the first battle, and the People's Party warlord troops were even more caught off guard than the August 1 Changnan Uprising.

When they heard the news, all walks of life across the country were not only shocked, but also couldn't believe it, even the Northeast Army, which was closest to the base area of the Red Army in the northwest, was at a loss for what to do at first time, and it was not until Wang Yizhe's 67th Army returned that everyone accepted this fact.

What the generals of the Northeast Army did not expect was that Wang Yizhe did not come back alone, and he was accompanied by Bai Fengxiang, who was captured together in the Battle of Wuqi Town last year, and the generals of the Northeast Army couldn't understand what this meant for a while.

After the Battle of Wuqi Town last year, not only did the Northeast Army lose the cavalry regiment of Bai Fengxiang's department, but the "On the Songhua River" that began to be sung afterwards directly shook the hearts of the Northeast Army, and completely disrupted the unity within the Northeast Army that was originally twisted into a rope for a while, and the Shaozhuang faction and the veteran faction gradually appeared two extreme opposing positions.

In the position of the civil war, the Shaozhuang faction is the main peace, and the veteran faction is the main battle, each of them is deadlocked, and there are faint signs of internal opening. Because of this, the Northeast Army, which was originally the main force in the northwest to suppress bandits, immediately became the biggest burden, causing Chang Kaishen to directly exclude the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army when he finally launched the encirclement and suppression campaign, and sent his own henchmen and the first army in the world.

In the encirclement and suppression campaign, although the Northeast Army was excluded, Zhang Xueliang finally dispatched Wang Yizhe's 67th Army to participate in the battle in order to establish that he and the Central Army were of one mind.

It's just that no one thought that Wang Yizhe's 67th Army did not fire a single shot, and the first army in the world over there had been completely annihilated.

For the failure of this encirclement and suppression, although the Northeast Army did not lose anything, Zhang Xueliang was very nervous, afraid that his sworn brother would finally put all the responsibility for the defeat on him, after all, as the main force of encirclement and suppression, his Northeast Army not only did not contribute, but did not even lose a little, which has to make people question.

Especially before that, after the singing of "On the Songhua River", the Datong Party directly issued the "Letter to All the Officers and Soldiers of the Northeast Army for the Red Army to Cooperate with the Northeast Army", and after that, many soldiers of the Northeast Army secretly ran to the Datong Party, so that it was rumored that the Northeast Army had formed a secret alliance with the Datong Party and was ready to "resist abnormally" together.

Although the rumors have not been confirmed, it has also made Chang Kaishen's trust in the Northeast Army continue to decline, and he is not even ready to borrow their hands in the final encirclement and suppression campaign.

The more worried, the more Zhang Xueliang didn't dare to offend his sworn brother, this place in Shaanxi was so poor that it couldn't support the 200,000 horses of the Northeast Army, and if you want to continue to live, you have to rely on the central political axe.

To this end, Zhang Xueliang gathered all the elders and asked everyone to discuss a way to come out and express their loyalty to the central political axe and his sworn brother.

It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as the telegram was sent, Wang Yizhe brought back Bai Fengxiang, who had been captured, didn't he die fast enough.

Although the Datong Party did not release the news that Bai Fengxiang and other captured generals had switched, but now Bai Fengxiang is not only not dead, but is living more and more moisturized, and his face is so ruddy that he is not like other generals of the Northeast Army who eat chaff and drink thin, and no one dares to believe that he has no collusion with the Datong Party.

Sure enough, after a simple meeting, Bai Fengxiang said his intentions, and on behalf of the Datong Party, he made a gesture to the Northeast Army, asking to "force Chang to resist" together, and to rescue the fathers and villagers who had fallen in the Northeast.

These things have already been said in the "Letter to All the Officers and Men of the Northeast Army for the Red Army to Cooperate with the Northeast Army", but no one thought that Bai Fengxiang, as the old department of the Northeast Army, would directly become a lobbyist for the Datong Party, and many veterans of the Northeast Army couldn't help but be angry for a while.

Without waiting for Zhang Xueliang to speak, Miao Chengliu, one of the elders, took the lead in jumping out and roaring: "Okay, you Bai Fengxiang, for so many years, what is there to be sorry for you, I didn't expect you to be a white-eyed wolf, captured by the red bandits once, and changed your flag when you turned around?" ”

Being scolded so much, Bai Fengxiang was not angry, but said kindly: "The young marshal treats his humble duties like a mountain, how can he be that white-eyed wolf?" ”

"Defect to the red bandits, be a lobbyist for the red bandits, what is not a white-eyed wolf?" Miao Chengliu continued to roar.

"Hehe, although he is speaking on behalf of the Datong Party this time, he has never taken refuge in the Datong Party, let alone the intention of joining the Datong Party." Bai Fengxiang said.

"I don't understand what you're saying." Miao Chengliu snorted and said what many people were thinking.

"Don't hide it from the chiefs, the lowly has never had any good impression of the Datong Party and the Red Bandits, and the failure of the last Battle of Wuqi Town is a great shame in the life of the lowly one, but the one who knows the times is a handsome, and the lowly is not willing to watch his brother walk into the abyss of no return." Long before he was ready to come back, Bai Fengxiang had already thought of this situation, and couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

"Forever?" Miao Chengliu was preconceived, and decided that Bai Fengxiang was a lobbyist of the Datong Party, no matter what Bai Fengxiang said, he couldn't listen to it, and he sneered, "Although the Northeast Army is now defeated, it still has nearly 200,000 guns, who in the country can make us never recover?" ”

"200,000 men and horses without logistical support, how is it compared to the Central Army and the fierce Ma Jiajun who have enough food and salary?" Bai Fengxiang asked lightly, and then said, "How is Hu Zongnan, the henchman of the chairman, the first army in the world that is powerful in the world, easily wiped out by the Datong Party, and I ask Chief Miao that he thinks he can defeat such an enemy?" ”

"You are destroying your own ambition with the prestige of others, how can there be a coward like you in our Northeast Army?" Faced with the fact that the first army in the world was completely wiped out, Miao Chengliu didn't know what to say, so he had to scold angrily.

Zhang Xueliang, who was on the side, saw that the two had been arguing for a long time, and there seemed to be signs of becoming more and more intense, so he interjected in time and said: "Division Commander Bai, we all know the news of the Northwest Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, and the destruction of the Central Army and the Ma Jiajun together, but the situation here is really unbelievable and unbelievable. You've been in the Red Bandit Army for a while, so you should know a little more than we do, has the Datong Party really become so powerful? ”

Seeing that Zhang Xueliang asked, his attitude was much better than that of Miao Chengliu, Bai Fengxiang replied respectfully: "Back to the young marshal, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is indeed not what it used to be, otherwise how would I come out to take on the role of this peacemaker, the main purpose is not to want my brother to sacrifice in the civil war with the Datong Party needlessly, and I don't even have the chance to go home at the end." ”

"Could it be that the rumors from the outside world that the Datong Party received assistance from Soviet Russia in the northwest are true?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

"I don't know if it was Soviet Russian aid, but what is certain is that the Datong Party did receive a huge amount of aid." Bai Fengxiang continued, "As early as last year's Battle of Wuqi Town, the Datong Party received assistance, and all of them changed into new-style camouflage uniforms, and the guys in their hands were even stronger, and the firepower of one squad exceeded one of our platoons. If it weren't for that, how could my cavalry unit be routed so quickly, and in the end there would not even be a chance to escape. ”

"One squad outweighs one of our platoons in firepower? Are the weapons of the Red Bandit Army so advanced? Hearing Bai Fengxiang's words, Miao Chengliu, who was in an unhappy mood, sneered.

"Two submachine guns, a light machine gun, a new grenade launcher, eight semi-automatic rifles, not to mention the domestic, even military powers like Germany and France do not have such a powerful firepower configuration." In order to strengthen his persuasiveness, Bai Fengxiang briefly talked about the firepower configuration of the Red Army class that he had learned.

Hearing that the Datong Party not only equipped submachine guns and light machine guns to the squad level, but even equipped them with guns and grenades, the generals of the Northeast Army gasped, such an infantry squad is too extravagant, and the semi-automatic rifle alone is not something that ordinary troops can afford.

"What does Division Commander Bai mean that the Red Bandit Army is now full of this infantry squad configuration?" Zhang Xueliang asked in disbelief.

"Yes, not only that, but the company and battalion levels of the Datong Party are equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and each regiment is equipped with an artillery battalion, using a new type of artillery that has never been seen before, with twelve barrels, and can fire twelve shells at the same time, it seems that the Red Army calls it 107 multiple rocket launchers, and one rocket artillery can withstand twelve 105 artillery pieces." Bai Fengxiang continued.

"This, this, this...... How could the Datong Party have such powerful artillery? Bai Fengxiang, are you alarmist? Hearing this, Miao Chengliu roared in disbelief.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, if Chief Miao doesn't believe it, he can personally lead the troops to the base of the Datong Party to have a look, but I can't guarantee whether he can come back alive." Bai Fengxiang, who has been scolded again and again, couldn't help but say such a sentence coldly.

"You ......" Although Miao Chengliu is reckless, he will not do stupid things, the first army in the world is finished, how could he run to die, but he was robbed so much by a junior like Bai Fengxiang that he couldn't swallow it in one breath, but you couldn't find anything to say for a long time, so you had to shut up.

Seeing that Miao Chengliu finally shut up, Bai Fengxiang turned to Zhang Xueliang and continued: "Young marshal, if it is not for the prestige of others to destroy their own ambitions, it is really that the Datong Party is now powerful, and it is no longer the rogue who was driven by the Central Army and us last year. After receiving such a huge amount of aid, the Datong Party was not only reborn from the ashes, but also easily wiped out Ma Jiajun, who had been entrenched in the northwest for many years, and the first army in the world, which had been the most confidant of the chairman of the National People's Congress for many years. ”

"Hehe, Master Bai means that we simply surrender to the Datong Party, right?" At this time, Wan Fulin, who had not spoken, suddenly said, in a very bad tone.

"This is not what the meaning of lowly duties, and the Datong Party does not mean to annex our Northeast Army, but wants to unite with our Northeast Army to fight together, as early as in the "Red Army is willing to join forces with the Northeast Army to all the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army", it has been said, hasn't Commander Wan read it?" Bai Fengxiang said.

"That's the wolf ambition of the Datong Party, the slogan is good, and it's not for its own interests, really when we are all fools?" Wan Fulin said with a snort.

"Whether the wolf is ambitious or not, in the words of the Datong Party, is to speak with facts." Bai Fengxiang said with a smile, "What's more, the Datong Party has always prided itself as a teacher of justice, and attaches great importance to its own words, deeds and commitments. Even if it is for its own signboard, the Datong Party will not do anything untrustworthy, let alone be able to fight back to the Northeast, don't the brothers want to? ”

Fight back to the Northeast, which of the generals of the Northeast Army present does not want to, but the devil is so powerful, who is confident in really fighting, even if the Datong Party is now so strong that it wants to fight back to the Northeast, there is still a Jin Sui Army of Yan Xishan and Song Zheyuan's 29th Army in the middle.

Even if the little devils are really beaten away, the three eastern provinces are so fertile territory, who will manage it is an important question, the Northeast Army is unwilling to give up, and the Datong Party will be so generous, who will listen to whom when the time comes.

In short, whether it is a question of feasibility or selfishness, most of the veterans of the Northeast Army do not think that they can cooperate with the Datong Party, and there are too many irreconcilable problems between the two armies.

After arguing for a long time, there was no consensus, and in the end everyone had to break up unhappily, Bai Fengxiang was also arranged by Zhang Xueliang to read a small courtyard, in addition to a few Red Army security fighters led by Bai Fengxiang, a small army was sent to the outside, although it was nominally a guard, it was actually similar to house arrest.

After many years of Rong Ma career, Bai Fengxiang has long been not worried about his life and death, and he doesn't care about this kind of house arrest at all, he has conveyed the words that should be conveyed, and the rest is to see Zhang Xueliang's choice has been the follow-up actions of the Datong Party, the only thing that makes him feel unhappy is that he is used to the life of the Datong Party with three meals a day and full meals, but he is a little unaccustomed to it after returning to the Northeast Army.

After arranging Bai Fengxiang, Zhang Xueliang also returned to his living room, originally wanted to make some tea to drink, but because of his irritable mood, he never got it right, and finally had to throw it away, sitting on the chair sullenly and sighing.

Since the 918 incident, he has basically borne all the infamy in the whole world, and he has not been very happy every day. Despite this, he has to endure everything for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army, all because he is the son of Zhang Zuolin and the young marshal of the Northeast Army.

After a few years of wandering in the pass, and a few years of suppressing bandits, although it was a little green at first, it gradually grew a lot.

On the one hand, he does not believe in the Datong Party, and on the other hand, the Northeast Army is now extremely dependent on the central political axe, and if there is a little sign of rebellion, his sworn brother will cut off the supply of the Northeast Army, and when the time comes, the Northeast Army will fall apart without anyone fighting.

A more important reason is that there are also many factions within the Northeast Army, and many things are not what he wants, especially in this special period, it is not excluded that many people will abandon him at a critical moment.

The song "On the Songhua River" disturbed the military spirit of the Northeast Army, and at the same time aroused Zhang Xueliang's homesickness, emotionally speaking, he very much hoped to stop the civil war, but this initiative was not in his hands.

Now that Chang Kaishen has lost the first army in the world, according to Zhang Xueliang's understanding of his sworn brother, the follow-up retaliation will come soon, maybe the first unlucky one is his Northeast Army, a poor guard can cover him with many crimes, and it will be a disaster for the entire Northeast Army at that time.

That's why he hurried to Chang Kaishen as soon as the battle ended, and vowed to seek justice for the first army in the world.

But after learning the information that Bai Fengxiang brought back, he was a little shaken, if the Datong Party was really as powerful as Bai Fengxiang said, his Northeast Army rushed up and it was not a fish to be slaughtered on someone else's board, and such a thing of an egg hitting a stone would not be done by a fool.

However, if Chang Kaishen is loyal to him and asks him to attack the base of the Datong Party, will he fight or not at that time.

If you don't fight, won't it add to Chang Kaishen's suspicions, and make the Northeast Army even more sad in the future.

Thinking of these things, Zhang Xueliang was very irritable, not counting the internal problems of the Northeast Army, whether it was war or peace, half of the men and horses would have to be separated from him. As the young marshal of the Northeast Army, he really didn't want to see his father's life's hard work ruined in his own hands.

When he was depressed, he didn't expect that his adjutant and confidential secretary Miao Jianqiu would come to him at this time.

Although Miao Jianqiu has studied in Yueben, he does not have a natural good impression of Yueben like other students who have stayed in Yueben, but he does not have much good impression of Yueben because of his wolf ambitions for China, especially after 918, and he is a hardcore anti-Japanese element within the Northeast Army.

It's just that he doesn't have military power in his hands, just Zhang Xueliang's confidential secretary, otherwise he would have pulled out the troops and fought back early, and the reason why he would have stayed by Zhang Xueliang's side was to persuade Zhang Xueliang to return to the Northeast through his own efforts, but unfortunately it has had no effect.

Seeing Miao Jianqiu appear, Zhang Xueliang naturally guessed his purpose, but he didn't turn him away. After many years of getting along, the two have long been very familiar with each other, and it is precisely because he understands Miao Jianqiu's personality that he has always kept Miao Jianqiu by his side as a confidential secretary, always reminding him of the national hatred and family hatred he carries.

When he entered the room and sat down, Miao Jianqiu didn't talk nonsense, his crooked way of speaking was not suitable for him and Zhang Xueliang, so he asked, "Young marshal, what are you hesitating about now?" It is said that Kou is getting tighter and tighter now, but the chairman of the committee is still thinking about eliminating internal troubles. Suppressing bandits and bandits, after so many years of unsuccessful suppression, and now they are letting the red bandits become bigger in the northwest, do we really want to do nothing for the world? (To be continued.) )