"Report, Langfang war report."

In Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek was just about to exchange views with He Yingqin on how to start the Battle of Tianjin-Beijing, when an attendant reported happily in his voice outside, an urgent battle report.

The chairman of the committee was overjoyed, and secretly said that Chen Cheng had made contributions in Langfang again?

"This Chen Cheng, a major general with few soldiers, it is good to be able to hold Langfang, and a big victory still depends on the battle."

"What the chairman said is that if the basic operational objectives of this battle can be achieved, the three divisions of the Chinese army will suffer heavy setbacks and even be surrounded and annihilated by us. Years of military reform have yielded initial results, and the combat effectiveness of the Central Division is far from being comparable to that of General Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army. He Yingqin said with a smile, occasionally saying a few words to compliment the chairman of the committee, which can also ease the relationship between them.

"Where, Han Qing's troops blocked the southward movement of the Yue army, which is also a miracle. It is a pity that the equipment of the troops is inferior and the quality of the personnel is low, and in the final analysis, it is also a local army. If I give Jiang someone some more time, I can't say that I can train hundreds of thousands of reconstructors. Time is running out! ”

Chiang Kai-shek calmly took the telegram in the hand of the attendant, and immediately flipped through it, but in an instant, the joy on his face disappeared, and he said lightly to the attendant who was still immersed in the war report, "Go down." ”

He Yingqin stepped back slightly, but he found something, and he was not curious about the content of the battle report. He couldn't help but look at the back of the squire, maybe soon the squire's room will be improved again.

"Hmph, how did Chen Cheng fight. The strength of the two divisions was only able to withstand four words. Chairman Jiang seemed to have forgotten the self-ridicule just now, and said to himself, handed the telegram to He Yingqin, and motioned for him to take a look, "Jingzhi, look at how this Chen Cheng fought." ”

He Yingqin took the battle report, and found the problem with a simple sweep, the battle report did not contain much content, and it was roughly divided into two news, one was that the two divisions of [***] respectively held the front and right flank defense lines of Langfang, which were able to withstand the fierce attack of the two divisions of the Yue Army, with huge casualties, and the only result was the annihilation of thousands of Yue Kou, and the air force was urgently needed to support Yunyun.

The second news is about the battle report of the vanguard regiment of the 19th Route Army.

This vanguard regiment, according to the war report, was advanced in weaponry and had some weapons that had never been heard of. In the early morning of 7 May, the army feinted to attack the front position and the right flank, and in fact, with a brigade as the leading force, launched a fierce attack on the left and right positions guarded by the southwest army.

The results of the battle were very great, and it was only the forward position guarded by two companies, and with the cooperation of some advanced weapons, a large group of Japanese troops was slaughtered in front of the position. The whole process was extremely easy, and in addition to suffering certain losses from the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army, the Syrian army from the air force to the army was restrained accordingly, shooting down 11 Syrian planes and destroying 21 ironclad vehicles.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yue army still launched an attack on the scale of a wing, but unfortunately, this attack also ended hastily, and the intensive firepower of the Southwest Army was like harvesting rice, and all the Yue troops who could rush into the 50-meter range in front of the trench were spared on May Day. After losing more than 400 men again, the army retreated, and for the time being, it attacked more recklessly.

"Commission, is the combat effectiveness of a regiment of the Southwest Army so strong? Judging from the analysis of the intelligence special section, the combat power of the Southwest Army is not so strong. "He Yingqin, as a [***] senior general, is naturally also knowledgeable, "Dense firepower, in addition to submachine guns, what new weapons are they equipped with?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek snorted lightly, "The people of Tek are afraid that they have done a lot of things to whitewash the peace." The results of the analysis are too ugly to write, and some people are afraid that they will not be able to communicate in front of their bosses. ”

He Yingqin secretly said in his heart, who said that the commission is not wise, it seems that he just pretends not to know about many things, "Severely punished, should be severely punished." ”

"These are all small things, and the top priority is to urge all departments to speed up the operation." Chiang Kai-shek was a little annoyed, the Central Division was fine, and it would be able to board the bus and go north tomorrow, but the Second Division near Zhengding was extremely slow, and it would take at least one more day of delay to arrive.

He Yingqin closed the battle report and said with confidence, "Don't worry, chairman, as long as we urge more, Song Zheyuan in Zhengding and Han Fuqu in Shandong can be of great use." These old men and horses of Feng Yuxiang back then, weren't they crying and shouting to resist before, I think the main force of these two people should be able to catch up with the battle. In addition to the two reinforced Central Divisions and two first-class divisions, more than 100,000 troops, it is difficult for the army to fly. ”

"I hope so." Chiang Kai-shek thought about it, the army was not as strong as expected, although Chen Cheng's 18th Route Army also had casualties, but at least held Langfang, did not lose Beiping in one go, which at least won considerable public opinion for Nanjing in the country.

Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose, and Xu is not allowed to retreat.

After He Yingqin left, Chiang Kai-shek picked up the confidential phone and asked, "Can Gao Zhihang's two squadrons participate in the battle tomorrow?" ”

"Report to the commission, the plane has been overhauled and will be able to participate in the battle tomorrow. At present, everything at the airport is safe, and there has not yet been an air raid by the Chinese army, and Deputy Captain Gao Zhihang is personally taking to the air to put on alert. ”

"Very good, the party-state has spent a lot of money to train you, and I hope you can come up with a result that satisfies the people and makes me satisfied."

Putting down the phone, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't calm down for a long time, looking at the huge map of China on the wall, deliberately ignoring the large marked red area in the southwest, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, how could he Chiang Kai-shek be willing to throw it to himself, and he Chiang Kai-shek didn't want to learn from the boldness of the ancients who talked and laughed and disappeared.

During the negotiations, the reason why he insisted on not allowing the Southwest Air Force to go north was because of his long-term considerations. First of all, once the air force in the southwest is allowed to enter the hinterland of his sphere of influence, and then cooperate with the so-called 19th Route Army of the Southwest Resistance, it will make it difficult for him to sleep.

He had heard of the strength of the Southwest Air Force for a long time, and if after the battle, this powerful air force covered the so-called 19th Route Army from defending against the enemy to relying on it, I am afraid that Shanxi and other places would be lost. Moreover, allowing the southwest to maintain a strong air force in the area around Tianjin and Beijing is not conducive to Nanjing's control of the whole of North China. What worries Chiang Kai-shek the most is that if Zhang Xueliang in the northeast gets closer to the southwest...... Maybe at the beginning, the air force units in the southwest would really assist Zhang Xueliang in suppressing the Yue army, and even rely on air superiority to achieve partial victories, but over time, what about Nanjing's influence? What about the influence of the party-state?

Not to mention, if the victory is greater, the southwest will profit greater.

This battle of Tianjin and Beijing needs to be won, but it should not be the main role of the Southwest Army and the Air Force singing together, but only becoming a part. After all, the significance of an army with a strong air force as a backing and a southwest army that has integrated into the hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops and fought together is completely different.

People will habitually feel that the large number of people must play a big role, although the southwest has also contributed, but after all, it is only a small number of people in an army, and Nanjing is the main force, pouring out tens of thousands of troops in the provinces near Tianjin and Beijing.

"What a big win, happy, happy!"

Kunming, Zhang Shusheng opened a bottle of wine as soon as he received the war report, this is after the liberation of Bashu, produced from Wuliangye Laojiao wine on the edge of the Minjiang River in Yibin, he can drink it at present, it is a special wine, but no one knows that Zhang Shusheng bought this wine with private payment.

Jiang Baili was also in the office, discussing some matters with Zhang Shusheng about the Nineteenth Road. After receiving the battle report, after a brief glance, he frowned, "Yes, Dai Anlan's regiment fought well, typical military academy tactics, these are the tactics and tactics that have been talked about in the military academy of the Chinese academy." ”

"Well, it's not easy."

Zhang Shusheng got up and walked to the Langfang battlefield simulation sand table in the corner of the big office, and looked at the three positions with red flags and blue flags on them, representing the three positions in Langfang.

The terrain here is not special, it can even be said that it can only be said to be able to build fortifications, not to mention the danger, the terrain is relatively flat, and the specially selected position construction section is only a few small ridges, far from being called a high ground.

He knew very well that the original combat effectiveness of the Third Regiment in the Southwest should have been stronger, but it was only because of several reasons that it affected its thorough performance. Of course, there are also many problems with the army.

First of all, the most superior air force, artillery unit, and armored unit of the Southwest Army did not appear at all, and only relied on the new anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers urgently allocated to suppress the attacking army. Fortunately, it was a defensive battle, and if it was an offensive battle, the Third Regiment, and even the Third Division, which would arrive later, would face a huge problem: there was no artillery preparation before the attack, no infantry and artillery coordination, and the Xu Jin barrage, which was listed as a key subject in the military training in the southwest, and there was no infantry and tank coordinated operations, no armored assault, and of course, no air-ground coordinated attack that had been trained for many years.

It can be said that the southwest, which went north to resist the war, fought very aggrievedly, and there were a lot of new equipment that could not be used.

Secondly, when it comes to the army, the army in May 1932 is far from the army that was in 1937 in later generations, although there is no difference in the will to fight, and there is no distinction between high and low commanders, but in terms of weapons and equipment, the army at this time is not as good as the army five or six years later. Although the army's artillery also formed an advantage over [***], it was far less obvious than the gap between [***] and the army when the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937. And the air force of the army is also relatively weak, and there are armored units, small tanks during the all-out war of resistance, and at this time they are still some ironclad chariots, and it is tantamount to lying to say that they are tanks.

Happily, [***] is much stronger than the original history. Originally, if it weren't for the reorganization after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the later Americans' plan to strengthen the army according to the Military Aid to China Act, [***]'s combat effectiveness would probably only be equivalent to that of the Northeast Army staying in the Jinzhou trenches at this time.

"Commander-in-chief, although the army has failed in the attack, I think Shirakawa Yoshino will not give up, in their opinion, the greater the loss, the more they will wash their blood and shame. He is a crazy nation. Although Yoshinori Shirakawa is relatively calm, it is difficult to decide the overall situation. "Jiang Baili and Shirakawa Yoshinori both graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, but he is the ninth period, and the latter is the first period, with the prestige of Shirakawa Yoshinori's qualifications, it is reasonable to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Dispatch Army. But this is not a very good commander, at least as far as Jiang Baili knows, in his own country, he is not ranked in the top three. "The artillery and air raids may be more violent, and the three regiments will still suffer a lot."

Zhang Shusheng: "Yes, so the follow-up plan should be implemented in advance, just with Chiang Kai-shek's hundreds of thousands of second-line and third-line troops, it would be good if they would not be eaten by others." Since it is the 19th Route Army, we will make up a corps size for him, and the three main divisions will go north, and I will see how arrogant I can be. ”

He was also angry, although the small victory was gratifying, but the overall situation in Tianjin and Beijing was still not optimistic, according to the latest intelligence, the two divisions in the coastal ports of Benhai were not transferred to the northeast at all, but were about to leave for Tianjin...... With as many as five divisions and regiments, Zhang Shusheng felt creepy just thinking about it, and said that he wanted to finish his work in one battle, completely wipe out the Kuomintang forces around Tianjin, and then occupy Pingjin peacefully, and finally encircle the Ningjin defense line.

I have to say that if Zhang Shusheng were the commander, he would also choose such a strategy, which would not only form a sufficient coercion against southern China, but also completely solve the problems in the northeast and north China.

What Jiang Baili had just discussed with him was how to "reorganize" more troops into the 19th Route Army. And at the root of it, Zhang Shusheng thought of this trick early on, not because he was prescient, but because in the original history, some military forces also adopted similar methods.

Isn't it an army? Then make up more people, one battalion and three companies are too few? Three battalions in one regiment are also missing? Make up four of them.

Ming repaired the plank road, and secretly Chen Cang, Zhang Shusheng was counting on relying on this 19th Road 'army' to bully himself.

Of course, some of the supporting actions must be successfully completed to ensure the perfect implementation of the plan.

After Jiang Baili left, Zhao Ziyun came to the office.

"How's the plan going?"

Zhao Ziyun snapped a salute, then opened the file and replied: "Teacher, the personnel of the Special Intelligence Department have successfully bribed the Yan Xishan garrison troops at Taiyuan North Airport, and some nearby residents have also given generous compensation to let them move away on the grounds that the army may attack the airport.

As for the Beiping Airport, since the two squadrons of [***] will be stationed in the next two days, it will be too difficult for us to make small moves. At present, the Special Intelligence Department and a platoon of soldiers dressed in plainclothes have recruited a large number of people to build an 'ore sorting yard' in the Daxing area, a suburb far from the city, because the mining company has already stored a batch of cement for road construction, and in addition to the overnight production of its own cement mine, it can basically meet the needs of runway construction. ”

"How long will it take to repair, the war waits for no one." Zhang Shusheng is most concerned about this issue.

"It should be soon, as soon as the third division arrives, a batch of much-needed cement quick-setting agent will be transported with the truck, and we have tripled the wages of the people, and everyone's enthusiasm is enough to be described as crazy.

It is estimated that the aircraft will be able to take off and land within a week, and if we work overtime, we will be able to form a high-frequency take-off and landing capability within 20 days. ”

Zhang Shusheng nodded with satisfaction, whether this front-line airfield can be repaired, and whether it can be repaired at the speed of urgently building a field airfield in wartime, will affect the development of the entire Jinjing war, and will have a major impact on a series of follow-up plans.

You must know that if it is not possible to urgently build a strengthened field airfield at any cost, Zhang Shusheng can only consider himself unlucky. The Air Force must not fly to Beiping Airport to compete for a position with [***], at least, this southwestern front-line airfield should have absolute security before it is exposed. The arrival of airfield guards and air defense units accompanying the Fifth Division's northward march and the stationing of fighter planes from Taiyuan will all be part of the plan.

He instructed Zhao Ziyun some things that needed special attention, and the latter left, looking at the calendar on the table, Zhang Shusheng walked to the window and looked north, "He An's special forces, what kind of surprise will it bring me?" It must not be a failure. ”――

(To be continued)