Gyeongbong Railway, Beiping Station.

Beiping Station of the Jingfeng Railway, has long been alerted by the soldiers of the Southwest Army, a train from the Ningjin defense line has just entered the station, after the battle of the Jinjing battlefield, this matter of life and death of the Ningjin defense line Jingfeng railway finally escaped the bad luck of being cut off.

"Salute!"

The train stopped, and a group of officers and soldiers from the southwest came down from the passenger car in front of them, and the first one had a shining general star on his shoulder, wearing a high-grade uniform made of high-end specialties in the southwest, and this person was actually a major general officer in the southwest.

"General Huo, Adjutant Lu, and Wang Jun, commander of the First Regiment of the Fourth Division, welcome the two to Beiping."

It was Wang Jun who was responsible for picking up the car.

In order to support Zhang Xueliang's war of resistance on the Ningjin defensive line, the Southwest Army carried out Zhang Shusheng's order after the end of the Battle of Beijing and Tianjin, and stored a part of the artillery and ammunition, as well as light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, in the Jingfeng Railway Railway Station, only waiting for the Northeast Army to receive it, load it and go north, and continue to participate in the battle with the Yue Army.

"Lieutenant Colonel Wang Jun, we meet again."

"Report to the instructor, the ninth phase of the Huaxia Military Academy, Wang Jun, an infantry scientist, reports to you."

"Haha, it's good, they've all become the head of the regiment."

Speaking of this Wang Jun, Huo Weiguo is familiar with it, when he served as a staff officer of the Southwest Army, he taught part-time at the Huaxia Military Academy during the period of time, and he happened to teach Wang Jun that time. Time flies so fast, the staff officer of the year is now a major general, and the student has also become the commander of the main division.

Lu Zhengde also returned a military salute, and now the relationship between the two sides is so close, only he, Zhang Xueliang's adjutant, knows best, as a young marshal commissioner, he not only accompanied Huo Weiguo to Beiping to receive this batch of equipment, but also to meet more senior officials in the southwest. "Commander Wang has worked hard, your army has fought bravely, and it is really admirable that you have just won a great victory in Tianjin and Beijing."

"Adjutant Lu is polite, the Northeast Army is fighting very well in Jinzhou. Presumably, Adjutant Lu is also often fighting on the front line. Wang Jun is not talking nonsense, there are several scars on Lu Zhengde's face, the most amazing scar, from the sideburns to the corner of the eye, people who have been on the battlefield know at a glance that it is left by the bullet passing by the head.

With some politeness, the three of them boarded a jeep and headed to the Southwest Army garrison in Beiping.

Huo Weiguo looked at the undulating scenery outside the car window, but thought of the current situation in Beiping.

After the Southwest Army and [***] joined forces to defeat the Yue Army and won the Battle of Jinjing, a problem arose.

The high-level leaders of the two sides issued orders almost immediately to quickly control the two cities of Beiping and Tianjin.

In Tianjin, because the Southwest Army infiltrated the city from the tunnel, after the battle, two regiments of troops quickly took control of all parts of Tianjin, opened the city gates, and only allowed the Southwest Army to enter the city.

Nanjing's political axe, which was thunderous, set his sights on Beiping.

Although the Nanjing political axe was extremely angry, when the two armies signed the "May 1 Cooperation Agreement" to fight together, there were no clear regulations on the distribution of spheres of influence after the war.

Perhaps at that time, the Nanjing National Political Axe was not too optimistic about this battle, or perhaps he did not expect the war to end so soon, when the problem was put on the table, the Nanjing Political Axe realized that the southwest was also sending troops and people, and tens of thousands of troops were fighting a battle, and it was impossible to go back empty-handed, and something had to be obtained.

As a result, Chen Cheng, who had received the death order of Chairman Chiang, immediately set about taking over the affairs of Beiping.

Almost at the same time, Chen Jun also ordered the Eighth Division of the Garrison Division, which had been withdrawn for some reason to rest and recuperate, to quickly take over Beiping.

After receiving the report of his subordinates, Chen Cheng did not dare or was unwilling to open fire with the Southwest Army, and ordered the troops to enter the city from the north gate, and the Southwest Army to enter the city from the east gate.

In the city of Tianjin, under the strong bayonet on the rifle of the Southwest Army, Chen Cheng had no choice but to give up after receiving the latest instructions from Nanjing.

Now it seems that the Southwest Army has taken advantage of a little bit, but in fact, if it were not for the tunnel leading to Tianjin City, the result of the Battle of Jinjing would be divided equally between the two sides at most.

It's not that Zhang Shusheng wants to 'fry each other too quickly', but considering the war in the northeast, in order to make the Ningjin defense line foolproof, he decided to take a city and a place, and Tianjin is close to the sea, and the terrain is much better than Beiping, so it was decisively taken by the Southwest Army.

As for Beiping, there are other considerations.

Chen Jun and Jiang Baili sat in Tianjin, and the southern city of Beiping City was led by Ye Jianxiong, the commander of the Eighth Division, and relied on the Eighth Division of the garrison that entered the city with the main force and the Daxing Airport, which was very close to the southern city, and the southwest was firmly in the hands of the half of the city of Beiping.

"Defend the country."

When Huo Weiguo and the others came to the headquarters of the Eighth Division, they unexpectedly saw Jiang Baili. When Huo Weiguo was brought back to the southwest by Cai Yi, he worshipped Cai Yi as his teacher, and naturally, Jiang Baili can be regarded as his uncle.

"Chief of Staff!" Huo Weiguo and Wang Jun saw that it was Jiang Baili, and immediately stood up and saluted.

Accompanied by Ye Jianxiong, commander of the Eighth Garrison Division, Lu Zhengde went to visit the exhibition of the achievements of the Beijing-Tianjin operation; he came to Beiping for another important task, and he also had to come into contact with high-level officials in the southwest.

In addition to a clerk of the General Staff Department in the room, there were only Huo Weiguo and Jiang Baili.

"Chief of Staff, what is the situation in Jinjing now?" As a member of the southwest, this is what Huo Weiguo is most concerned about, and after sitting down, he asked about the current situation.

Jiang Baili opened a map, which clearly marked the comparison of the distribution of forces between the Southwest Army and [***] in the Beijing-Tianjin area today.

"From the current point of view, Tianjin City is under the firm control of our army, and Chen Cheng was afraid that the two armies would clash, so he gave up his plan to let the troops force into the city. Now, in addition to our control of Tianjin, a coastal city, Beiping Nancheng is also under our firm control.

However, after all, both sides of the battle of Tianjin and Beijing contributed a lot, and nominally, Tianjin and Beiping are also the sphere of influence of the Kuomintang, in order to dispel the possible hatred of the grassroots against us, and also to find an excuse, we declared to the outside world that we were garrisoning Tianjin, to prevent changes in the Ningjin defense line, and to prepare for the subsequent war of resistance against Japan. As for Peiping, Foreign Minister Li Zongren had personally telegraphed the Nanjing political axe, saying that the southwest political axe was willing to negotiate with the Kuomintang on the matter of garrisoning Beiping. ”

Huo Weiguo nodded, although the southwest really wanted to occupy Tianjin and leave a northern advance base, if it really withdrew and the whole army waved back to the southwest, not to mention that the army might make a comeback, and when the battle to liberate the northeast was launched, it would also be tied.

And in case the Ningjin defense line is broken by the Yue army, then it is difficult to resist the southward Yue army alone, and the Beijing-Tianjin area, which took a lot of effort to keep, is very likely to fall again.

This is also the reason why Chiang Kai-shek did not completely tear his face, since he wanted to pull the Southwest Army into the queue of resistance to the Yue Army, then it was necessary to provide a station to the Southwest, obviously, Tianjin was occupied and would become the advance base of the Southwest Army, and Beiping would have to be taken back through negotiations.

"In the direction of Jinzhou, the offensive momentum of the Yue army is not as fierce as in the previous months, and there are signs that the Yue army is building a strong position in the direction of Jinzhou. Judging from all indications, it is very likely that the Yue army gave up the plan to break through the Ningjin defense line and entered a defensive operation, intending to digest the entire northeast territory. Huo Weiguo, as the general adviser of the Volunteer Army, still has a clear view of the strategic situation, at this time, if the southwest and the Kuomintang put aside all their prejudices and form a coalition to go north, it is very likely to recapture the northeast in one fell swoop, but he knows that this is just wishful thinking as a soldier, whether it is the southwest or Chiang Kai-shek, will not go north hastily again.

Since Zhang Xueliang has not been defeated, he can only continue to insist alone. The reason why the Battle of Jinjing touched the nerves of both sides was that their hands were stretched too long, and neither side could tolerate the loss of the entire north of North China.

Similarly, it is impossible for the two sides to take the initiative to mobilize their armies to the north in the case of domestic confrontation and plunge their elites into the war for the liberation of the Northeast, which may be far away.

"How is Zhang Xueliang's job doing?" This is a matter of great concern to Jiang Baili, and in the next series of strategic plans, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army will be a very key chess piece.

"The plan is going very smoothly, before I left, Wang Gongliang was officially seconded and appointed as the commander of the 17th Division of the Northeast Army, and many other officers have already entered the staff of the Northeast Army to take up positions and carry out their work. Our people are all doing well, dare to fight, and never regard the war as a matter for the Northeast Army. There was a volunteer officer named Chai Chun, when he was serving as the commander of the recruit battalion, he actually pulled a regiment of recruits to support when the war was urgent, and held the precarious position. Afterwards, because of his excellent performance, Zhang Xueliang promoted him to the head of the new corps. ”

In fact, the reason why Huo Weiguo was able to stand out and serve as the general adviser of the Southwest Volunteer Army in the direction of Jinzhou was because he proposed the plan itself. A series of plans to win over Zhang Xueliang were formulated before the army attacked Jinzhou.

In the final analysis, Chiang Kai-shek was too timid at that time, and let Zhang Xueliang block the army first, and wait for the two sides to weaken each other before sending troops. On the other hand, he sent Chen Cheng to lead his troops to station in the area of Jinjing, which can be regarded as bringing Jinjing into the sphere of influence of the Kuomintang.

In the case of the tight war, Zhang Xueliang only had assistance from the southwest, and although the Kuomintang also made some supplies, it did not send a single soldier. On the contrary, a few so-called war correspondents made this young marshal extremely angry.

Time did not wait, when the southwest's movements in Jinzhou became bigger and bigger, and the news from all sides became more and more unfavorable, Nanjing finally prepared to mobilize heavy troops to go north in the name of supporting the Ningjin defense line, but the Battle of Jinjing broke out again.

"Well, the Kuomintang side can't spare its hands to manage Jinzhou for the time being, and you have to do further work with Zhang Xueliang. But this Lu Zhengde, since he is Zhang Xueliang's messenger, have you ever known some of his hole cards? Jiang Baili reminded.

"I don't know, I deliberately tricked him along the way, but this person is also a good person, Gu Zuo said him, but I don't think it should be a big problem."

The two said some key points to the Northeast plan, which allowed people to find Ye Jianxiong and the others who were walking, and Jiang Baili and him would have a secret meeting.

The two didn't know what to say, but in the end, Jiang Baili personally sent Lu Zhengde to the door of the headquarters and waved goodbye with a smile.

"The chief of staff is in a good mood." Ye Jianxiong jokingly said that he could also guess that the secret talks between the two should have achieved some breakthrough progress.

"You kid, let's go, accompany me to the play, as soon as this war stops, I will recite the old tune of this Peking Opera Garden." Jiang Baili thought of the secret conversation with Lu Zhengde, and he was in a good mood.

In August 1932, the armies of the Southwest and the Kuomintang, which had just won a great victory in the Beijing-Tianjin Battlefield, did not move north as the domestic people expected, but stopped at Beijing and Tianjin. Under the pretext of lack of logistics and urgent need for rectification, the Kuomintang troops said that it was advisable to recover the northeast.

The southwest side also consumed a huge amount of ammunition and said that it would rest and recuperate when needed, but promised that the southwest army would never return to the southwest until the northeast was liberated.

At the end of August 1932, after negotiations, the Southwest Army withdrew from Beiping and handed over the city of Beiping to the Kuomintang political axe, but it would garrison troops on the front line of Tianjin-Langfang-Daxing Airport.

"Please come in."

Hearing the knock on the door, Chen Jun, who was checking the latest military information, raised his head, but saw Jiang Baili, the chief of staff, pushing the door and coming over.

"Chen Jun, what are you looking at?"

"It's the Chief of Staff, please take a seat. I'm looking at an order just issued by the military department, come, please have tea. ”

Knowing that Jiang Baili must have also received this appointment notice, Chen Jun poured tea for Jiang Baili and talked about the appointment in his hand.

"Do you not understand the decision of the military department?"

The military department ordered half of the planes at Daxing Airport to be transferred back to the southwest, and Jiang Baili, as chief of staff, was also asked for advice by Zhang Shusheng, although he was far away in Tianjin.

"It's nothing, I'm wondering if the military department has any new battle plan." Chen Jun didn't ask Jiang Baili, he knew that he shouldn't know the military situation, he didn't need to know, although the chief of staff was in front of him, but the discipline was like a mountain.

"Don't worry, you kid won't be lonely in Tianjin, have you read the morning's report? The Kuomintang is ready to move. This is the reason why Jiang Baili personally looked for Chen Jun.

"Well, judging from the intelligence, it seems that the Nanjing side has a plan, and it is necessary for us to strengthen our vigilance."

"It's exactly what I want, come, let's discuss how to arrange, Daxing Airport, Langfang, Tianjin, these three points and one line are more stable." Jiang Baili walked to the map and discussed with Chen Jun the changes that needed to be made in the deployment of troops just in case.

In September 1932, under the pretext that the defenders of Daxing Airport had stolen the cultural relics of the Forbidden City in Beiping, a first-class unit surrounded Daxing Airport with great momentum, intending to take over Daxing Airport by force, and as a result, it confronted a regiment of the southwest garrison relying on the position. Although no fighting broke out between the two sides, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Chen Cheng ordered the Eighth Division to rush to the aid of the blocked first-class division, while the Southwest Army urgently mobilized the main fourth division from Langfang to Daxing Airport.

The situation in Beijing and Tianjin is tense again, and a storm is coming.

(To be continued)