"But their armament is relatively backward, and most of them are small-caliber artillery. Some of them are Jin-made firearms. Su Zongzhen paused, and said to his tiger commander with a smile: "Actually, Yan Xishan's management of Shanxi is good. ”

Su Zongzhe didn't exaggerate this, although Yan Xishan had his own careful thoughts, he did manage Shanxi well. The Taiyuan Arsenal run by Yan Xishan is one of the few factories in China that began to copy Thomson 1921 in the early days.

As early as 1926, the Taiyuan Arsenal was able to imitate Thomson 1921. At that time, there were more than 200 machines, and by 1928 it was able to produce 900 guns per month.

After the "Central Plains War" in 1930, it was taken over by the Nationalist Government and stopped manufacturing firearms. After Yan Xishan's return, production began again, and from 1932 to 1934, when it was renamed Renshen Manufactory, it continued to produce this gun, with a maximum monthly output of 250 pieces.

At the same time, the 75-mm mountain guns of the Jin 13-year, 17-year-old and 36-year-old models manufactured by the Taiyuan Arsenal are not bad. In 1924, it could produce as many as 30 doors per month.

Of course, at this time, most of the parts imported from Germany were used. After it was completely self-produced, the production dropped. It is only 40 doors per year.

At the same time, in 1929, the Shanxi Military Technology Training Factory successfully trial-produced the 18-year-old 88-mm field gun in imitation of the Suluotong 88-mm field gun, with a muzzle velocity of 525 m/s and a maximum firing range of 1 meter, and its performance was close to that of the Liao 14-year-old 77-mm field gun.

Of course, Yan Laoxi and the three eastern provinces still can't compare. After all, the three eastern provinces were old and scraped left and right, and they were stunned to support a large number of industries.

Although Yan Laoxi worked hard, it was really nothing compared to Lao Zhang's achievements. But he is much better than other warlords, and he is also one of the few local warlords who can produce their own guns.

"Puff~ We can't look down on the family background!" Tu Menghu also knew Yan Xishan's family background, but he really came from the bottom of his heart when he didn't like it.

Su Zongzhe, who was beside him, could only smile bitterly when he heard this, and the domestic warlords who could make the three eastern provinces look at him really didn't have it. Not to mention the local forces, it was the former national capital that was red in the three eastern provinces to death.

It can produce its own coal mines, iron ore, its own oil fields, and develop a series ・・・・・・of industrial bases including aircraft, tanks, automobiles, firearms, etc., which is enough to make the almost poor government red.

What the government is most interested in is the investment of various countries in the three eastern provinces. Countless factories are lined up, including smelting, trading, petrochemical ・・・・・・ and so on, which is equivalent to putting a thick protective cover on the three eastern provinces.

Not to mention that the three eastern provinces used these investments to make a fortune, they also made the countries passively become his protective umbrella. On several occasions, the Wehrmacht challenged Japan's interests, but Japan was forced to back down under the coercion of the United States.

I have to say that the three eastern provinces are very easy to gobble up. Of course, this is inseparable from Yan Zhengqing's contributions. The old fox is very good at this hand, slowly taking advantage of it but not beating it to death.

Fighting and slaughtering the tiger and his father, as well as the generals under his command, are extremely good. But when it comes to negotiations, Yan Zhengqing, Yang Yuting and other old guys can blow up their ten streets.

"But in the end, his Jin Sui army is China's army, and they are not good." Tu Menghu followed his own teacher who lacked virtue and smoked, and he didn't learn much about the various methods of Yangmou and pit people, and he was extremely skillful in playing.

"Sixth Uncle Qi, you send a telegram to Yan Laoxi. Let's just say that we will definitely resist the Japanese, but if I want to save him, we have to see if he is an anti-Japanese team. Tu Menghu waved his hand and said to Su Zongzhe: "It's a mess, it's better to fight a team!" He Yan Laoxi wants me to help, and it will be done! Take the Japanese head in exchange! ”

Su Zongzhen nodded, which was also reasonable. It's impossible that I'll run thousands of miles and you'll not move in the end, right?! This is also outrageous, our national defense force is not a shield for your Jin Sui army.

If I want to help you, I'll have to come out and play a lap on your own, right?!

"Don't worry about troop losses, how much he loses, I'll give him how much I replenish!" Tu Menghu opened his mouth and smiled, and the teeth exposed in his mouth looked so calm.

"There is no shortage of guns in our defense forces, but you have to have the ability to get them! Don't let me give you guns with my left hand, you can send them to the Japanese with your right hand! Pick it up and fight our defense forces! If you want guns, it's still the same sentence: take the heads of the Japanese in exchange! ”

Su Zongzhen nodded and recorded Tu Qianjun's order. Seeing that Tu Qianjun had no other orders, he turned around and went down to call Yan Xishan back.

Yan Laoxi, who was in Taiyuan, was now restless, he didn't expect the Japanese to rush towards Henan so quickly. Now the situation in Henan, Yan Laoxi knows it in his heart.

After the withdrawal of the Central Army, the defense there was empty! Yan Xishan didn't have the idea of grabbing the territory, but thinking of the head of the Central Army that the Japanese beat in Wuhan broke blood, Yan Xishan's heart was weak for a while.

Just stick to your own Shanxi, and Henan will poke this hornet's nest by itself.

Yan Xishan in history

is a complex character, so complex that it is difficult to express it in a sentence or two or a paragraph. Attitude towards the war against Japan.

Historically, Yan Xishan was the first local senior general to unite with the Red to form an anti-Japanese army. This made the Shanxi region a "model war zone" for the national anti-Japanese resistance in the three years of 1936~1939.

But at the same time, like many old-style warlords, he has a feudal "emperor" mentality. In his opinion, Shanxi is his Yan Xishan's territory. But in fact, the red color is constantly developing, and the army subordinate to Yan Xishan is losing and falling.

This made Yan Laoxi's stinginess recur. He began to try to clear the Red of influence in Shanxi, even at the expense of launching an armed attack. But this not only did not hit the red, but made Jiang Zhongzheng find an opportunity to intervene in Shanxi.

After this incident, Yan Xishan's mood became desperate. The anti-Japanese attitude also wavered. After 1939, he secretly sent people to contact the Japanese army six times in an attempt to establish a non-attack pact between the two sides.

Finally, from August 8 to 11, 1941, Yan Xishan and the Japanese side signed an agreement called the "Basic Agreement between the Japanese Army and the Jin Sui Army" in Fenyang City.

The Japanese representatives were Tanabe Moritake, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, and his attaché included Kusuyama Hideyoshi, chief of staff of the Japanese Shanxi Dispatch Army, Wakamatsu, commander of the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade, Su Tiren, governor of Shanxi Province, and Liang Shangchun, counselor of the Provincial Public Office.

The Yan side was represented by Zhao Chengshou, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Group Army, and his attachés included Xu Zhiren, chief of staff of the Seventh Group Army Headquarters, Wen Huaiguang, commander of the First Cavalry Army, Qi Fengzhou, chief of staff, and Zhao Rui, commander of the First Cavalry Division.

The terms of the agreement are roughly as follows: Japan and Yan will cancel the state of hostilities, support each other, and jointly "oppose the Red Army". The Japanese army withdrew from the county seat of Xiaoyi, allowing the Yan army to station.

Even in 1942, Yan Xishan once wanted to surrender directly to the Japanese army. However, the great internal opposition forced him to consider the consequences of the rebellion in the event of surrender.

As Yan Xishan's henchman, Zhao Daiwen once bumped into Yan Xishan face to face for this, and even claimed that if Yan Xishan chose to surrender, then he would rather jump into the Yellow River and die than go back to Taiyuan with Yan Xishan. This huge disagreement made Yan Xishan hesitate, and finally chose to wait and see.

With such historical experience, how do you get Tu Menghu to trust this person?!

"Commander, the imperial capital is calling!" Zhao Daiwen hurriedly walked into Yan Xishan's mansion and said to Yan Xishan, who was restless. Yan Xishan stood up violently when he heard this.

"Oh?! Cilong! Show me! Zhao Daiwen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took this telegram to Yan Xishan. Yan Xishan took the telegram and looked around, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

Zhao Daiwen was also silent, he had read this telegram. He knew exactly what it was. But at this time, he is not in a position to express his opinion.

The content of this telegram was simple, the tiger would only consider whether to provide support until he saw the performance of the Jin Sui army. The implication is very clear: if you don't fight, I can watch the Japanese fight.

This approach is very simple: it is to force the Jin Sui army to choose between resisting Japan and not resisting Japan. Or, fight with the Wehrmacht against Japan and the Japanese fiercely, which can be regarded as a vote.

Or, go directly to the Japanese to join Wang Zhaoming's faction. He didn't leave Yan Xishan much choice, or he was confident that he would be able to handle it no matter how Yan Xishan chose.

"Cilong・・・・・・ this slaughtering tiger is going to swallow our Shanxi・・・・・・" Yan Xishan was silent for a while, and then said to Zhao Daiwen: "His hand...... It's Yangmou, and we really can't refuse......"

Zhao Daiwen sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't?!" It seemed reasonable to ask us to be stationed in Henan to fight the Japanese army. And he also made it clear in his telegram that he would replenish his troops and weapons if there was a loss. If you talk about it, you really don't lose our ・・・・・・."

But Yan Laoxi and Zhao Daiwen are both old foxes, how can they not see the potential plan of slaughtering the tiger?! First of all, this was to force the Jin Sui army to leave Shanxi, and secondly, this was to force them to go to war with the Japanese army.

And the last one, what are the additional soldiers?! To put it bluntly, it is to infiltrate the sand of the Jin Sui army! If it seeps in, it's hard to get out. And when the Jin Sui Army was replaced by the weapons of the Wehrmacht, those ammunition must not be supplied by the Wehrmacht?! Do they dare to move those Wehrmacht officers and soldiers so easily?!

"Cilong, you brought Yisheng and Xingru here, we have to discuss this matter..." Yan Xishan rubbed his brows and said to Zhao Daiwen: "Our Jin Suijun ・・・・・・ hehe, there may be no Jin Suijun in the future......"

Zhao Daiwen was extremely gloomy when he heard this, but he couldn't say anything comforting and could only nod his head and leave.

Since the beginning of the war, there has been almost no fighting around Shanxi. The Jin Sui army remained extremely intact. This integrity is clearly grossly unreasonable. A certain tiger does not want to see this "wholeness." ”

He forced Yan Xishan to make a choice: Or, resist Japan and kill the enemy for eternity. Or, learn from Wang Zhaoming, and then leave a stench for 10,000 years.