Liu Jiahui in Jinxi, Second Theater Command.

When Xu Youde walked in, Yan Xishan was lying on a rocking chair with his eyes closed.

"What do you say?" Xu Youde whispered a few words into Yan Xishan's ear, Yan Xishan's eyes suddenly widened, he looked at Xu Youde in disbelief, and said loudly, "The 39th Group Army wants to fight Taiyuan?" ”

Xu Youde didn't say anything, just handed over the telegram in his hand.

After reading the telegram in a hurry, Yan Xishan stood up from the rocking chair again, and said in a loud voice: "Oh, yes, yes, it's amazing, it's really amazing, Yue Weihan, this young man just dares to think and dare to do, he actually wants to fight Taiyuan, he actually wants to fight Taiyuan!" Tell me, what are the chances of Yue Weihan winning? ”

Xu Youde smiled bitterly: "This ...... It's really hard to say that you are lowly. ”

After saying this, Xu Youde said again: "However, since Yue Weihan was born out of the Four Elements Warehouse, has he done less things that people can't believe?" Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that Niangzi Guan is a big victory, that is a permanent division of the army, Yue Weihan said that if he was hit hard, he would have been hit hard, if he had changed someone to command, he would have died many times. ”

Yan Xishan said, "What do you mean...... Is it possible for Yue Weihan to conquer Taiyuan? ”

"It's not possible." Xu Youde shook his head and said, "But it will definitely be possible." ”

"You have so much faith in him?" Yan Xishan pondered for a moment and said, "However, no matter whether Yue Weihan can defeat Taiyuan or not, our Jin Sui army must participate in this operation, after all, this Shanxi is the Shanxi of our Shanxi people, and this Taiyuan is the Taiyuan of our Shanxi people after all, how can we do such a big operation without the participation of our Shanxi people?" ”

After saying this, Yan Xishan said: "Immediately telegraph and order all group armies to prepare for battle. ”

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Nakajo Mountain.

General Wei Lihuang was convening a meeting of the seven commanders of the Central Army stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain.

General Wei Lihuang raised Yang Changzhong's telegram and looked around at the crowd: "You all express your opinions, do we cooperate with the 39th Group Army's operation to attack Taiyuan?" If so, how? ”

"Cooperation? Match a fart! Hu Zongnan, the commander of the 1st Army, snorted sullenly, and said angrily, "Just because a 39th Group Army wants to attack Taiyuan, it's simply arrogant!" ”

For Yue Weihan, Hu Zongnan is extremely unhappy!

Shortly before the outbreak of the All-Out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Hu Zongnan had just been appointed by Chairman Chiang as the commander of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

In addition, Hu Zongnan has always maintained the promotion record of Huangpu generals.

The first to be promoted to lieutenant colonel battalion commander, the first to be promoted to colonel regiment commander, the first to be promoted to major general brigade commander, the first to be promoted to lieutenant general and division commander, and the fastest to be promoted to army commander and deputy commander-in-chief of the group army was Hu Zongnan.

What made Hu Zongnan especially intolerable was that Yue Weihan was only a tenth-stage student of Huangpu!

Moreover, when the Battle of Songhu had just broken out, Yue Weihan was just a captain infantry company commander of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, but after only a year, this guy stumbled to the high position of the commander-in-chief of the group army, and even ran in front of him Hu Zongnan!

Hu Zongnan was full of resentment towards Yue Weihan, so his tone was also very mean.

"Arrogance?" The commander of the 98th Army, Wu Shimin, said coldly, "I don't think so. ”

After saying this, Wu Shimin said: "After the outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan, the troops of the army stationed in North China were almost exhausted, and after the 20th Division was severely damaged at Niangzi Pass, the strength of the army stationed in Shanxi dropped to an unprecedented 40,000 people. ”

"Liberating Shanxi?" Hu Zongnan said coldly, "It's light, how can you recover?" ”

"That's a good question!" Tang Huaiyuan, the commander of the Third Army, said coldly, "How can you recover?" As long as you eat the little devils stationed in Shanxi, the whole province of Shanxi will naturally be recovered, Commander Hu, as a member of the party and a high-achieving student who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, you won't even know such a simple truth, right? ”

"You ......" Hu Zongnan was furious, but he couldn't find the words to refute.

"Okay, don't fight." General Wei Lihuang frowned, and said angrily, "Commander Wu is right, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if we miss the opportunity, we will become sinners of the nation and history!" After saying this, General Wei Lihuang said again, "Now, let's talk about how to cooperate with the 39th Group Army to fight this battle?" ”

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Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

"What? Yue Weihan, he wants to fight Taiyuan!? Chairman Jiang stood up from his chair when he heard this, looked at General He with a shocked face, and immediately scolded angrily, "Niang Xipi, what's going on? Yue Weihan, could it be that he was dizzy and wanted to bury the 100,000 elites of the 39th Group Army? ”

At this moment, Chairman Chiang's mentality is undoubtedly quite complicated.

On the one hand, Chairman Chiang was really worried that this operation would bury the 39th Group Army.

However, on the other hand, Chairman Jiang was worried that Yue Weihan would really conquer Taiyuan and recover the entire territory of Shanxi, and if Yue Weihan really conquered Taiyuan and recovered the entire territory of Shanxi, then his prestige and status in the minds of the Chinese people would skyrocket, and he might even catch up with the height of him and Jiang, and if he didn't do well, he might even overpower him and Jiang.

Such a result could not be accepted by Chairman Chiang under any circumstances.

Therefore, the 39th Group Army's military operation against Taiyuan, regardless of victory or defeat, was not a good thing for Chairman Chiang, and of course he must resolutely oppose it.

Admiral He smiled bitterly and said: "Yue Weihan said in the telegram that as long as the Jin Sui Army in the northwest of Jin and the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain can fully cooperate, he will be ninety percent sure that he will take Taiyuan and even recover the entire territory of Shanxi!" If the 39th Group Army can really recover the entire territory of Shanxi, it will be a great encouragement to the whole people, and it will also be a major blow to the army! ”

"Ninety percent sure?" Chairman Jiang said angrily, "Can you believe this kind of nonsense? ”

The task of the 39th Group Army is to hold the Jingcheng Pass, effectively cut off the Zhengtai Railway and the Shitai Highway, so that Shanxi's coal, iron ore and other resources cannot be transported abroad. ”

"...... the commission," General He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say a few more words.

"Alright, alright." Chairman Jiang waved his hand impatiently, and said angrily, "Jingzhi, don't say any more, hurry up and send a report to Yue Weihan, and ask him to cancel this operation!" In addition, a report was sent to the second war zone, so that Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang could not cooperate with Yue Weihan to fight Taiyuan no matter what. ”

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" When Admiral He heard this, his face suddenly changed.

Based on He Yingqin's understanding of Yue Weihan, once this kid makes a decision, it will definitely be implemented, even if Chairman Jiang resolutely opposes it, it will not be able to stop it.

But Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang in the second theater are different, although these two are both party-state veterans, they will never dare to openly disobey orders like Yue Weihan, once the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army do not cooperate, and only rely on Yue Weihan's 39th Group Army to fight Taiyuan, it will be too risky, Chairman Jiang's move is undoubtedly at the bottom of the kettle, not authentic.

"What's wrong?" Chairman Jiang said angrily, "As long as Yue Weihan doesn't fight Taiyuan, won't there be nothing?" If Yue Weihan insists on going his own way and takes 100,000 soldiers of the 39th Group Army to die, we can't let the 200,000 soldiers of the Central Army and the Jintuo Army follow him to death, right? ”

"But the ...... commission," Admiral He said hurriedly, "I think that this battle has a great chance of winning!" ”

"Okay, don't say anything." Chairman Jiang said coldly, "I'm tired and need to rest." ”

Admiral He was stunned for a moment, and finally could only sigh and turn around and leave Chairman Chiang's study, deep in Admiral He's heart, he still regretted that he had missed such a great opportunity to recover Taiyuan and even the whole of Shanxi, but since Chairman Chiang had made up his mind, there was nothing to think about.

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Liu Jiahui in Jinxi, Second Theater Command.

The attendant adjutant Xu Youde strode into the cave and said loudly: "General, Chairman Jiang has ordered that the Jin Sui Army shall not cooperate with the actions of the 39th Group Army, and those who violate the military law will be dealt with." ”

"What do you say?" Yan Xishan said in disbelief, "Not allowed to cooperate with the action? ”

"Yes." Xu Youde nodded and handed the telegram in his hand to Yan Xishan.

After reading the telegram, Yan Xishan's face immediately became gloomy, and after a moment of silence, he said: "In this way, you immediately go and send another telegram to Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi, and the plan of action will remain the same, but when the action is made, the troops will no longer wear the uniforms of the Jin Sui Army, and will wear the clothes of the common people...... Go to war as a militia. ”

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Zhongtiao Mountain, the garrison of the Central Army.

It was already late at night, but General Wei Lihuang was still busy in the war room, discussing with Tang Huaiyuan, Wu Shimin, Gao Guizi and other army commanders around the map how to cooperate with the military operations of the 39th Group Army.......

General Wei Lihuang and the others hurriedly stood upright, their eyes leveled ahead.

Only then did Hu Zongnan unfold the telegram and read triumphantly: "Zhongtiao Mountain Theater: Today, it is said that the situation is strong, our army is weak, and there is no possibility of a large-scale counteroffensive, and the 39th Group Army has been ordered to cancel the operational plan of attacking Taiyuan, and your theater must not cooperate with the action, the Military Commission, Chiang." ”

(To be continued)