Chapter 37 Forcible Military Command

"Okay, okay, I know that Boyuan will not let me down" The telegram of the victory flew to the Chongqing Military and Political Department, and He Yingqin himself personally sent the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek's desk, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was excited, praised Zhao Zhi again and again for being China's general Huben and that it was Huo Quai, who was a certain person in Chiang. On September 26th, the army crossed the river, and on the same day it conquered the defense line of Zhai Gongfang on the periphery of Tengchong, and besieged Tengchong City on the same day, and broke the city to take Tengchong the next day, and the thunder crossed the river in just three days, Zhao Zhi had already taken Tengchong, not only that, the troops of Thunder had surrounded the Japanese army of Longling and Songshan, and the situation on the west bank of the Nu River looked very good.

Thunder's withdrawal from Shanxi has always been a stone blocked in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, in fact, there is also Chiang Kai-shek's impetus in this matter, when Thunder occupied Zhangwu County to build a large number of buildings, there were people in the party clamoring to take back Zhangwu County and hand it over to the control of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek has always disagreed with this matter. When Zhao Zhi led his troops to fight Taiyuan City, this kind of voice once again filled the Kuomintang, Taiyuan is different from Zhangwu County, which is the capital of Shanxi, and has immeasurable value both in the hearts of the people and in politics.

Chiang Kai-shek, who had always had the dream of centralization, had to listen to the opinions of the party elders, and when Zhao Zhi proposed a thunderous withdrawal from Shanxi, he became a blind bystander, dealing with the officers of the Nationalist Army who were passive and slacking off during the Taiyuan operation, and he also reprimanded him a few words and it was over. Now it seems that the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Nationalist Government did underestimate the true strength of the thunder, and took back half of the territory on the west bank of the Nujiang River in only three days, and no anti-Japanese armed force in the country could do it, including the first army, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly regretted letting the thunder withdraw from Shanxi.

"How's the war going in Shanxi?" With the changes in the domestic anti-Japanese war situation, Chiang Kai-shek saw more and more clearly that this person was a guy who pulled the mountain to fight infighting, if it weren't for He Yingqin's influence in the party, Chiang Kai-shek would have let him go home to retire a long time ago.

"Yao Sheng's guerrilla army has been intercepting the Japanese army at the junction of Shanxi and Shandong, and now there is a momentum of gradual advance in Shandong, and the Ministry of Military Affairs has already sent a second batch of officers, and it is believed that the results of the guerrilla army will be further expanded. The troops of Zhongtiao Mountain are moving towards Jinzhong after a short rest, and the Japanese puppet army troops who confronted them a few days ago are also still cowering in the Jinzhong area, and the military and political department means to concentrate on fighting the Japanese army in Jinzhong, and strive to wipe out most of the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi in the Jinzhong area, so as to clear the obstacles for us to recover the entire territory of Shanxi" Speaking of the Shanxi war, He Yingqin talked endlessly.

Yao Sheng was previously vigorously promoted by the newspapers of the national government anti-journalist Yao Laoyu, listened to Zhao Zhi's suggestion, Yao Laoyu issued a convening order to convene the four provinces of the bandits to form a guerrilla army, under the recommendation of Zhao Zhi, Yao Laoyu was appointed by the national government as the major general of the guerrilla army, and the more than 4,000 bandits under his command also officially put on the uniform of the national army and became the national army unit. With the tactical guidance of the arms and mercenary instructors provided by Zhao Zhi, Yao Laoyu fought impressively at the junction of Shanxi and Shandong provinces, and in just a few months, he was promoted to a lieutenant general, and his name was changed to Yao Sheng.

"The 300,000 reserve troops trained in Yungui have also entered Shanxi, there is no major problem, and the recovery of the entire territory of Shanxi is just around the corner" He Yingqin's words were a little sour. Yao Laoyu, the rising star of the Anti-Japanese War, was recommended by Zhao Zhi, and the 300,000 reserve team trained by Yungui was also suggested by Zhao Zhi to Chiang Kai-shek, and the American-style weapons of 100,000 people were provided by Zhao Zhi free of charge.

"Chairman, this is something that the Thunder Faction plane just delivered" When Chiang Kai-shek was still looking at the map and discussing the war in Shanxi with He Yingqin, the attendant knocked on the door with a large envelope and came in. The brown paper envelope looked a little big, and it was quite thick, and neither Chiang Kai-shek nor He Yingqin could guess what was inside. In front of Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin, who had puzzled expressions, the attendant carefully opened the envelope and pulled out the contents of the envelope.

"Okay, good, it's still Boyuan's thoughtfulness, and I'll see the newspaper right away" Looking at the photo in his hand, Chiang Kai-shek completely ignored He Yingqin's discolored face, and once again praised Zhao Zhi for his reliable and thoughtful work. The envelope sent by Lei Ting on a special plane contained a stack of photos and several rolls of film, the contents of which were all the contents of Thunder's capture of Tengchong, and there were many scenes of bloody hulacha, but Chiang Kai-shek still watched it with relish, and He Yingqin, who was standing beside him, was pale by the content of the photos.

He Yingqin knew that Zhao Zhi's troops could fight, but he didn't expect to be able to fight so well, not to mention taking Tengchong in three days, judging from the photos, the walls of Tengchong City were almost still intact, and in that case, to completely annihilate a wing of Japanese troops, I really don't know how Zhao Zhi did it. But no matter what, Thunder won a big victory this time, and in addition to palpitations, a smile began to appear on He Yingqin's face, after all, Thunder crossed the river to start a war in the name of the Nationalist Government, and the praise of recovering the lost territory still fell on the Nationalist Government in the end.

"Outside, outside, the national army crossed the Nu River and fought fiercely with the Japanese army, and conquered Tengchong in two days"

"Outside, outside, the national army regained the lost ground on the west bank of the Nujiang River, and the Japanese army was defeated and retreated"

With Chiang Kai-shek's personal order, all newspapers in Chongqing were in full swing, and a special issue was newly published to report on the Tengchong war, which not only had a detailed introduction and commentary on the Tengchong war, but also several large photographs on it. The most exhilarating thing is the photo of the Japanese corpses piled up into a mountain, due to the bad taste of the mercenaries, the Japanese corpses found in Tengchong City were piled up into a hill by the people, and a broken Japanese military flag was planted on the top of the corpse mountain, which was obviously a provocation to the Japanese army while showing off the results.

There is also a large photo on the outside, the photo shows a young soldier wearing the uniform of the national army is raising a blue sky and white sun flag from the head of Tengchong City, this photo is also the content of the people's talk. The swarthy smoke on the faces of the flag-raising soldiers, the blood stains on their uniforms, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers under their feet all reveal the fierceness and cruelty of the Tengchong siege battle, but no matter what, the blue sky and white sun flag representing the national government is finally raised at the head of Tengchong City, and for the people, this is enough.

As soon as the number was published, there was jubilation everywhere in the Kuomintang area, and after the national army recovered Taiyuan, this was another good news, and the time for a major counteroffensive had finally come. Under Chiang Kai-shek's strict orders, the military and police who took to the streets to maintain order also put away their guns and sticks, and replaced them with herbal tea and some food that had been prepared long ago, and the students participating in the celebration march could use them at will.

Zhao Zhi did not know that his unintentional actions would create such a situation in Chongqing, and the students, who had always been at odds with the Nationalist Government, actually opened their mouths to praise the government for the first time, and the South Bank Villa also specially summoned some student representatives for this purpose, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was in a good mood, even guaranteed on the spot that the Nationalist Army would recover all the lost territory on the west bank of the Nujiang River on the same day. And at this moment in Tengchong City, Zhao Zhizheng, who was nesting in a chair, looked at the Tengchong gentry in front of him with a sad face, the Yunnan dialect was fast, Zhao Zhi didn't understand it at all, this was simply a time-consuming time for chickens and ducks to talk about Lang.

Tengchong and Zhangwu County are different, Shanxi people love money, some big families regard money as more important than their own lives, rectify Zhangwu County, Zhao Zhi only needs to start with money. But Tengchong is not good, Tengchong was a place where celebrities gathered in ancient times, the atmosphere of culture and tradition is very strong, and it will not work at all to deal with the gentry in Tengchong City with the same set of dealing with Shanxi people, and the key people are not afraid of you. Just like the old guy with white hair in front of him, he has been muttering in front of Zhao Zhi for more than an hour, and he doesn't even mean to shut up at all, and most of his words are condemning Thunder's move to recruit people to build an airport outside the city.

The Yunnan-Burma highway is now impassable, and the armored troops of Thunder cannot enter Burma, and the only thing Zhao Zhi can rely on is the fighter troops, and it is proposed to build an airfield here in Tengchong to facilitate the transfer of fighters at the same time, and it can also save some fuel, but a group of gentry in Tengchong do not agree, they are afraid that Thunder will build an airfield here will attract a more violent counterattack by the Japanese army. "Ladies and gentlemen, I said that we are not the national army, but we are here to cross the river on behalf of the national government to recover the lost territory, and the airport was built to prevent the Japanese army, this decision cannot be canceled, please go back."

Zhao Zhi, who was busy dealing with these old men all morning, finally got angry, when the Japanese captured Tengchong, I didn't see you come to the door to ask for the people's lives, the Japanese were beaten away, and you got out one by one, do you want to try the bayonet of the thunder? Sending those photos to Chongqing is also a trick that Zhao Zhi came up with when he had no choice, the person wearing the uniform of the national army and raising the flag at the city gate in the photo is Xiao Ziyun, the black on his face and the blood stains on his body are all made temporarily, Zhao Zhi is to make Tengchong people and the outside world think that it is the troops of the national army who beat Tengchong, but now it seems that this trick is applicable to Chongqing, and Tengchong people don't seem to eat this set.

"From now until the national army really takes over here, Tengchong implements military management, and all the young and strong men must accept our conscription to build an airport outside the city, otherwise they will be killed on the spot as Japanese spies" Zhao Zhi directly lifted the table and drove out the gentry who came to him, he didn't expect that this appeasing people's hearts would be more tiring than fighting.