Chapter 143: The Battle of Jinzhou

On January 28, 1932, Zhang Shusheng was very worried about Kunming for a whole day, and the staff of the Supreme Chief's Office were cautious, thinking that the war had touched the angry nerves of the supreme leader in the southwest.

The war in the north is getting tighter and tighter, not to mention the confidential information obtained by the intelligence officers of the two major political axes in the north and the south, and even the major newspapers have begun to publish some war columns that indicate the coming storm.

After obtaining Zhang Xueliang's permission to go deep into the front line to conduct interviews, some war reporters found that the number of troops on the opposite side of the Ningjin defense line was increasing with the number of troops, and with the help of telescopes, they could even see that the troops were building forward positions.

Originally, the plane over Jinzhou that might not have been seen once a day before, but now it flies over in a while. Whether it is my own plane or Zhang Xueliang's latest plane, you have come and gone, and you have not started fighting, but you have fallen into a strange tranquility before the war, and you are doing the final test and reconnaissance.

"It is said that the heart is not dead, and there will be a big battle on the Ningjin defense line!!"

After this news spread far and wide in the north and south of the river, the people's worries increased a little, and many well-known anti-Japanese war figures even published articles one after another, urging the north and the south to put aside their differences as soon as possible and put their military focus on the war in the northeast.

When Zhang Shusheng returned home, he saw He Ningzheng and Lu Yunyan with the two little girls brought by their mothers there.

"What are you guys doing here?" Zhang Shusheng was stunned, although he did not oppose feudal superstition, but he also advocated the concept of science, and after a long time, he fiddled with paper money and candles at home.

"Ah, be cautious......" He Ning was the first to look up, seeing Zhang Shusheng's face was not good, and thought that he was unhappy that his two sisters were fiddling with these superstitious things at home, and couldn't help poking Lu Yunyan, the two looked at each other, and they both secretly blamed Zhang Shusheng for coming back too early.

"Okay, it's okay, I'll just ask casually."

Today is January 28th, another humiliating story in history, the 'taboo' of the 128 incident, so Zhang Shusheng's mood is a little low. However, history has changed, the 128 Incident did not happen, and he said that he did not make any major moves in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, and even their naval forces were not sent to the southeast, but gathered in the Bohai Sea.

In addition to sending two additional aircraft carriers and battleships, he also sent two additional divisions to the northeast, so that the strength of the army in the northeast is already on a par with that of the northeast army.

Originally, in history, these divisions and regiments would be engaged in the Battle of Songhu, but now they are gathered in the Northeast, and Zhang Shusheng, who has an absolute expectation of his invasion of China, naturally knows that there will be a big war in the Northeast.

Seeing that the war was getting closer and closer, he was also mentally prepared, and the fact that the 128 incident did not happen, which can only show that he put his strategic focus on the northeast, which is not progressing well. The army was bound to open a gap in the northeast and advance its sphere of influence to the extremely important Pingjin area.

Originally, in history, Jinzhou had already been lost at this time, and Zhang Xueliang, who had lost all the time, place, and people, had also retreated to Beiping.

But now, Zhang Xueliang not only did not take great strides back, but accepted the advice of the southern regime, vowed not to be a national sinner, on the one hand, actively called on the people to support the resistance, recruited new soldiers, and stepped up training; On the one hand, the Quartet raises military spending and procures arms and materials; At the same time, a huge amount of manpower was invested, and a sea of people was used to strengthen the Ningjin defense line, which had become the lifeline of China.

In order to save costs, Zhang Xueliang even took over several cement factories militarily, started work at night, produced cement, and then transported all of them to build fortifications.

As for domestic support, seeing that Zhang Xueliang's Ningjin defense line had begun to take shape after several months of construction, and another 200,000 Northeast Army troops were stationed, Chiang Kai-shek also ordered the allocation of a batch of materials, and on the basis of the first batch of 1 million silver dollars for the war of resistance, he also received a secret fund for the war of resistance from the three countries, although only a small part was allocated to Zhang Xueliang, but it also solved the urgent need. I have to say that although Chiang Kai-shek embezzled most of the funds for the Anti-Japanese War of this loan, he also provided Zhang Xueliang with considerable financial support, plus the allocation of a batch of guns and artillery, which can be regarded as doing something for the war.

In addition to the support from all walks of life, Nanjing's political axe, and overseas Chinese, Zhang Xueliang also received tremendous support from the southwest.

After the first batch of military supplies and funds, Zhang Shusheng quickly organized the second batch of military supplies, as many as 50,000 rifles, more than 1,000 heavy machine guns, and more than 300 cannons.

At the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed, and even as soon as the arms ship of the southwest political axe arrived in Hong Kong, he had to send personnel to receive it. But it turned out to make him extremely angry.

Although Zhang Shusheng did not come in person, he brought a large number of newspaper reporters and even foreign reporters with the ship, and the official accompanying the ship of the Southwest Political Axe was Li Zongren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Joint Political Axe.

At the wharf, Li Zongren made an enthusiastic speech in front of representatives of the Northeast Army, reporters, dock workers, Shanghai citizens, and officials who received the ship from Nanjing.

“…… The responsibility of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression does not distinguish between the north and the south, and all the people of China have the responsibility of defending the territory and resisting the war. Although the southwest is far away from the northeast, it also has the determination to resist the war. However, the transportation was not smooth, and it was impossible to send troops to directly participate in the war, so he could only assist General Zhang Xueliang in the northeast with great determination to resist the war.

After the tripartite joint negotiations between the Southwest Political Axe, the Nanjing National Political Axe, and the Northeast General Zhang Xueliang, the Anti-Japanese War talks achieved great results. The Southwest Political Axe promised to provide the second batch of military material support, including 50,000 rifles, 1,000 heavy machine guns, 1,500 light machine guns, 300 cannons, and supporting ammunition.

Of course, we would also like to thank the Nanjing Nationalists led by Mr. Chiang, who did not spare their hands in the face of the War of Resistance against Japan, and decided to support General Zhang Xueliang in the second batch of military aid allocated to the southwest.

In addition, in order to ensure that these anti-Japanese war materials were transported to the northeast as soon as possible, we specially invited reporters from well-known newspapers, including the Southwest People's Daily, the Declaration, and the Guangzhou Daily, to go to the northeast with the materials. And General Zhang Xueliang in the northeast also sent Chief of Staff Rong Zhen to the dock in person to receive and escort this batch of supplies.

In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that at a time of national crisis, if anyone stands on the opposite side of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and on the opposite side of the people and the nation, then he is the enemy of the whole country and the sinner of the nation, and he will surely be left behind for eternity and become a national sinner for all eternity......"

Chiang Kai-shek, who didn't even get the news of Rong Zhen's secret arrival in Shanghai, originally slandered that the southwest had crossed himself to provide assistance to the northeast, which was a show, and he was selling good to the people of the whole country and Zhang Xueliang. As a result, the southwest political axe actually sent supplies directly to Shanghai for landing, not only directly allowing the Northeast Army to receive them, but also sent reporters to accompany the group, and Chairman Chiang's calculation could not be sounded.

At the wharf, Foreign Minister Gu Weijun, who came forward to greet him on behalf of Nanjing's political axe, urgently asked Chairman Chiang for instructions, and after a great deal of rage, Chairman Chiang finally issued an important order.

“…… The Nanjing National Political Axe has always been committed to protecting the family and defending the country, and the people of Kangtai have taken it as their own responsibility, and now the southwest has the ambition to resist, and Chairman Chiang also has the determination to resist the war. Before the contemptible people came, the chairman of the committee had already given instructions. First, it is imperative to deliver this batch of military supplies aided by the southwest to General Zhang Xueliang as soon as possible. Second, in order to assist General Zhang Xueliang in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chairman Chiang ordered the urgent transfer of 20,000 new-style rifles, 150 artillery pieces, and supporting ammunition to General Zhang Xueliang's headquarters. In addition, due to the additional 2 million yuan of anti-Japanese war funds provided by the Southwest Political Axe, the Nanjing National Political Axe will also allocate 2 million oceans of special military expenditure... Chairman Chiang has given an order to Commander Chen Cheng of the 18th Army, ordering the whole army to move in the direction of Jinzhou in case of contingencies..."

Li Zongren was not annoyed, this time the task was to put the Nanjing political axe, but he didn't expect Jiang Guangtou to want to put the southwest political axe, but Chairman Jiang's abacus fell through again, "Yes, the second tranche of the southwest political axe's 2 million southwest yuan, totaling about 3 million oceans, has been sent to General Zhang Xueliang a week ago, and Chief of Staff Rong Zhen can testify." ”

At this time, Gu Weijun's face was ugly, and he said in his heart, the chairman finally vomited blood and planted the southwest, but he didn't expect that the 2 million people had been sent to the northeast. However, from a private point of view, Gu Weijun is still very happy, in any case, after this batch of materials and funds arrives in the Northeast, General Zhang Xueliang's War of Resistance will be greatly boosted. Moreover, from the 18th Route Army to Jinzhou, he could also feel that the chairman of the committee had wavered from the previous wavering and gradually inclined to resist the war. After these repeated actions, the chairman of the committee no longer dared to negotiate with Yue himself easily, but it was okay to do so, and he did not have to negotiate with Yue himself in a compromised manner.

Seeing that Zhang Shusheng was not angry, He Ning and the others waved away the two personal girls and ran to Zhang Shusheng's side, holding Zhang Shusheng alone.

He Ning was only in his twenties at this time, and Lu Yunyan was a little older, only 30 years old, which was the most tempting age for women. Moreover, because Zhang Shusheng asked the two of them to take some so-called 'supplements' from time to time, the two of them were simply outrageously young. If Zhang Shusheng looks like he is thirty years old, then the two of them have delicate skin like water, and their spirit is exactly the same as that of a twenty-year-old woman. Zhang Shusheng was a little selfish in this matter, and no one wanted his woman to lose her appearance early, so the second daughter, who was originally well-maintained, was even more blessed to retain her youth.

"Be careful, there are still two days left until Chinese New Year's Eve, and we were just preparing to worship the things of King Stove." Lu Yunyan saw that He Ning always glanced at her, knowing that she was too thin-skinned, and she didn't want to say it, but she was afraid that her two men would have some misunderstanding, so she took the initiative to explain.

"Worship the Lord of the Stove? I thought what to do, it's okay, traditional things can be regarded as our Chinese characteristics. Zhang Shusheng still distinguishes the difference between feudal traditional culture and excessive religious superstition with bad surnames, and he is also very measured in some relevant policy formulations, "Others worship for something, and the two of you don't lack anything, what do you want?" ”

"Once we seek peace for the country and the people, the War of Resistance will be successful."

"Two seeks, two seeks ......"

Lu Yunyan smiled and preemptively said what the two had prepared a long time ago, but He Ning couldn't say it.

"What do you ask for? Ghosts and spirits, just your old age. Zhang Shusheng lowered his head and incensed He Ning's cheeks, after so many years of marriage, He Ning is still like a young girl, I have to say, it is a miracle. Relatively speaking, Yun Yan is a charming young woman who looks like she is in her twenties.

He Ning blushed, hid her head in Zhang Shusheng's arms, and almost let Zhang Shusheng carry her away, and whispered, "It's Sister Yunyan who said it, she, she said ......"

"Be careful, Sister He Ning wants to add Ding's family to our Zhang family." Lu Yunyan chuckled and said it first, but He Ning's face suddenly turned red, and he retorted, "Where, how can there be." Sister Yunyan, you, you still said that you want to have twins. ”

After making trouble for a long time, it turned out to be this thing, and Zhang Shusheng's head suddenly became big. On the issue of having children, I really wondered why I wasn't pregnant yet. I was 20 years old when I came to this era, it was only 1915 at that time, and now it is 1932, and my 'real' age should be 37 years old. At this age, it's time to have children.

However, in addition to being more mature, his real mental age is very young, and even the whole person's body is extremely young, not long ago, when the little kid of the dream machine gave him a physical examination, he said that his biological age is equivalent to a 22-year-old youth without considering martial arts training and taking some super civilization secret medicine.

As for the problem of not being able to have children for a long time, the analysis result of the little kid is that Zhang Shusheng's life essence has all been used to transform his body. Now Zhang Shusheng's practice of some special martial arts and the reason for taking super-civilization secret medicine have made it difficult for him to judge Zhang Shusheng's future development.

Naturally, the result of the examination was that Zhang Shusheng should not worry, he would be able to give birth sooner or later, but he didn't know when.

Of course Zhang Shusheng is not in a hurry, the dream machine is his biggest reliance, as long as he can rise to a higher level, he has everything, whether it is martial arts, secret medicine, physical civilization, spiritual civilization, or cultivation civilization, as long as he can make himself stronger, he will not refuse. So after more than ten years, he himself doesn't know how good he is.

Moreover, in order to quietly develop his power, expand Chinese civilization, and upgrade his dream machine, he never thought about being a martial arts master in the past, because as a leader and a national pioneer, these are not necessary. Of course, occasionally when he was irritable and stressed, he would run to the basement alone to smash steel and play.

"Don't worry, we are all still young, this matter of having children, as long as we start now, it will definitely come." After speaking, Zhang Shusheng didn't care about the two of them, and when he saw that there was no one in the house, he directly picked up the two and threw them on the bed.

Regarding the 128 incident, it did not come, but it made him a little irritated by a series of things about the battle with himself in Jinzhou in the northeast, a thrill that changed history, and a sense of fear that he could not completely control history, intertwined, and he needed to vent at this time.

In the house, Zhang Shusheng punished the two women in vain before lying there and enjoying a beautiful massage. The two girls were paralyzed and weak, if they hadn't been exchanged, they would have fainted by him, even if the two sisters took turns to fight, Zhang Shusheng also opened the bow left and right, and begged for mercy from the two of them.

"Be careful, you, you're really getting more and more powerful, it's really not good, you better marry two more, anyway, there is more than one of our two sisters."

"What do you say, you think there are fewer people in the family? If you really want to marry back from the seventh or eighth room, I see how the two of you can laugh. Zhang Shusheng scolded with a smile. Over the years, the government affairs in the southwest have become more and more busy, and only when he is at home, can he live as an ordinary person, but now, the more powerful he is, the two women are not as open to him as they were back then.

Lu Yunyan and He Ning have been preoccupied recently, and occasionally encounter Zhang Shusheng's gaze and are a little evasive, today is an opportunity, He Ning looked at Lu Yunyan for a long time, and the latter finally spoke.

"Be careful, my uncle is getting older, and he's been messing around lately, but I think he has some things to say that makes sense." Lu Yunyan said while massaging Zhang Shusheng.

"Huh? What words. ”

"Uncle is his own person, he speaks straight, don't blame him. Uncle said that although there is no such thing as an emperor through the ages, your future career will definitely be comparable to those emperors of the ages. Uncle means that you can't always have no heirs, even if you ......" cheerful Lu Yunyan didn't dare to continue, for fear that Zhang Shu would get angry. She usually doesn't dare to mention this kind of thing, Zhang Shusheng sometimes starts a fire, and the two women are scared like kittens, but now that ** has just ended, the two of them have the courage.

He Ning also snorted: "Dad, Dad also said that the scale of Shusheng Company is getting bigger and bigger, whether it is patriotic or for the rejuvenation of the nation, these are your own industries......"

Zhang Shusheng: "I have already said the problem of Shusheng Company, its development and growth is with the southwest political axe, in this process, it will inevitably be taken care of by the policy or the help of the people below, many places, and even take advantage of the national and political axe." ”

"However, every year we pay a very heavy tax."

"Needless to say, Dad is thinking too much, what is he doing with so much money? Is it possible to buy the whole earth? "Zhang Shusheng doesn't love money, but he thinks that He Ning's father thinks a little more, although the old man is also thinking about the Zhang family and his daughter, but after all, his vision is limited. For the arrangement of Shusheng Company, he has already made a decision, and now the situation is undecided, so it is just a temporary heavy tax system.

As for Lu Rongting's meaning, Zhang Shusheng also knew that the old man was afraid that Zhang Shusheng would lose power if he made a mistake, or if he didn't have time to cultivate the prestige of his heirs, he would cheapen others. The old man didn't want Zhang Shusheng to be restored, at most he wanted the Zhang family to be in power for a few more years.

Naturally, Zhang Shusheng didn't think about the restoration, but for the inheritance of his heirs, Zhang Shusheng is not absolutely in favor of and absolutely against, the pros and cons are not to see who is in charge of the country, but to see which group of people will control the country. There is no absolute in the future, but Zhang Shusheng is confident that he will definitely put the country first, whether his heirs continue to lead the whole nation or others, he will ensure the healthy development of this nation. It doesn't matter who is in power, even if the heir is in power, he will not absolutely oppose it.

"Okay, okay, look at your frown, don't be annoyed, I won't talk about it in the future." Lu Yunyan was also afraid, Zhang Shusheng's majesty has increased over the years, and even he, who is his wife, dare not touch his moldy head, knowing that he really loves the two of them is enough.

He Ning also lay on Zhang Shusheng's right chest and said carefully, "I won't let my father care about this anymore." Be cautious, there is a football match on the first day of the Lunar New Year, this is a football match, will you go? ”

A soccer match? Zhang Shusheng knew. There will be a charity match between the football team and the KPA football team prepared for this year's Olympics.

"Recently, there has been a lot of tension in the north, and with war imminent, I need to be more visible in public places. Lee Hye Tong and their team are doing very well, and I have some expectations for them to perform at this year's Olympics. "If Zhang Shusheng wants to go, it will be the whole family. Although there is no such habit of senior leaders in the southwest taking their wives to attend various venues, Zhang Shusheng is different after all, and Lu Yunyan is the deputy director of Zhang Shusheng's office, and He Ning is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and they also happen to attend this kind of event.

He didn't let his wife hold a prominent position, because it was never necessary, but the two women were involved in the work of the southwest political axe from the beginning, and the promotion naturally went with the waves.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Southwest Anti-Japanese Football Charity Match was held at the football field of Southwest University in Kunming.

The lineup of the Olympic team is led by the well-known Li Huitang. The 11 team members are Li Huitang, Sun Jinshun, Li Tiansheng, Bao Jiaping, Tan Jiangbai, Xu Yahui, Huang Meishun, Chen Zhenhe, Cao Guicheng, Feng Jingxiang, and Ye Beihua.

The KPA team is mainly composed of football enthusiasts from military institutions, and these players who have loved to play football since their college days or military school days also play good football.

On the rostrum, Zhang Shusheng and Bai Chongxi, director of the Southwest Anti-Japanese War Committee, as well as Yuan Jiagu, minister of education, and Yan Wangshan, minister of culture and sports, sat on the rostrum.

Nearly 30,000 people came to the arena, and if it weren't for the army to maintain order and the southwest, which had not organized large-scale events or ceremonies, would have even been caught off guard.

In the game, the Olympic team led by Li Huitang performed exceptionally well, although the style of the army team was very tenacious and fought hard, but it was still inferior to this group of professional players in the end.

The result of the game was 6-2, and Lee Hye Tang scored three goals alone. The members of the army were not discouraged, and finally lined up to salute these honorable players, and Li Huitang also returned the salute with the players.

Then comes the donation process. What's more interesting is that in addition to selling a five-cent ticket symbolically, this charity competition does not accept individual donations, only donations from enterprises and units.

Zhang Shusheng did not donate alone, but the main departments of the political axe have donated, although it is not much, but it is not a lot. Subsequently, the southwest enterprise companies represented by Shusheng Company also made donations, especially Shusheng Company, which directly donated 2 million yuan from Southwest China.

The final preliminary statistics showed that the charity competition raised a total of nearly 4 million yuan in anti-Japanese donations.

Zhang Shusheng made a speech at the end, claiming that even if the northeast was thousands of miles away, the southwest would not turn a blind eye, and would definitely organize more support and raise more funds for the war of resistance. This huge amount of 4 million yuan for the Anti-Japanese War was signed and received by Zhang Xueliang's wife Yu Fengzhi on the spot, and then sent to the northeast by the commissioner sent by the southwest.

After everything was over, Zhang Shusheng summoned the players of the two teams and told him about the important surnames of the development of national sports, and he also put forward some hopes for the Olympic team. In the conversation with Li Huitang, he found that this is a person who loves football very much, and he invited him from Guangdong to give him a chance to develop football, but he didn't expect the team to perform very well.

In February 1932, Yu Fengzhi returned to Zhang Xueliang in Jinzhou, northeast, and the accompanying southwest delegates gave Zhang Xueliang 4 million yuan of anti-Japanese war funds on the spot. In order to show his public intentions, Zhang Xueliang also anxious to send a large number of reporters to testify, and announced the use of this money on the spot. The first is to train new soldiers, the second is to purchase a batch of arms from the southwest, and the third is to strengthen the Ningjin defense line.

"Madam, how do you feel about Zhang Shusheng when you go to the southwest this time?"

After the press conference, Zhang Xueliang was still very excited, he did not transfer the money to his account, but gave the money to the Special Committee of the Northeast Anti-Japanese War and took care of it. In order to prove his innocence, this committee is responsible for supervising all anti-war money and materials sent by third parties. As the proposer of this plan, the Southwest Political Axe also sent several officials, including Mr. Lu Xun, Cai Yuanpei and other well-known people in society who actively advocated the War of Resistance against Japan, to form this special committee for the War of Resistance in Northeast China.

Yu Fengzhi had a deep impression of the southwest, there, she felt as if she had gone abroad, and she also had a very deep impression of Zhang Shusheng, "Han Qing, you haven't been to the southwest, you definitely can't imagine what the southwest is like now." The prosperity of Kunming has surpassed that of Tokyo. The cars on the streets, the clothes of pedestrians, and the goods in the shops are even better than those in the Shanghai Concession, and I am afraid that they are similar to the Western cities in the newspapers. ”

"In that case, this money will not make President Zhang's family bankrupt. That's good, that's good. Zhang Xueliang is actually really grateful to Zhang Shusheng, not the chief of the southwest who is thousands of miles away, at this time, he is definitely a national sinner, and he has nothing to say.

Moreover, because of his active operation, the Northeast Army did not get the guidance of some excellent instructors from the southwest, and successfully built this Ningjin defense line, and the training of recruits was much more efficient than before, and some specially hired volunteers of the Southwest Army were tacitly joined by him, and they worked very hard for the training of the Northeast New Army.

In fact, he was very ashamed of the repeated donations led by Zhang Shusheng, he had no money, but let the southwest repeatedly pay for it, but the northeast nominally belonged to the Nanjing National Government. Chairman Chiang, the sworn elder brother, was not satisfied with the war, but the leader of the southwest, who was thousands of miles away, worked very hard, which made him both moved and a little indignant.

"This Chief Zhang is really a leader for the country and the people." Yu Fengzhi also commented, "Moreover, his voice in the southwest is terrifying. There, many people may have forgotten Premier Sun, but everyone knows that this President Zhang is good. There is a portrait of him hanging in every elementary school classroom, and the children know that because of this supreme chief named Zhang Shusheng, everyone can go to school and eat. ”

"I really want to see him, maybe ......" Zhang Xueliang did not continue, the current situation, it is too early to say anything, saying that he is about to launch a large-scale attack, it is important to solve this problem first.

"There will be a chance, Chief Zhang also said that you can rest assured that the southwest will never sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and will definitely put the country and the nation first."

"That's fine." Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but sigh, this Chief Zhang is really a person who does great things. If Chairman Jiang is replaced in the southwest, it is estimated that not only will he not be in charge of the northeast, but he will step up his occupation.

However, in the final analysis, Zhang Xueliang at this time has already made up his mind to fight to the end. At that time, he almost became a national sinner, but he had completely awakened to everything, and it became his most important task to stop himself.

"Han Qing, where are you going? I haven't had lunch yet. Yu Fengzhi couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied when he saw that Zhang Xueliang was going out again after saying a few words.

"What kind of lunch do you have, I may call every minute, I will go to the defense line to see, and eat with the soldiers at noon."

"Alas, I'm going with you, I just came back, and I haven't stayed with you for a while, so I can also encourage the soldiers to go together."

Yu Fengzhi secretly said that her husband has really completely changed a person, compared with before the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Xueliang, who was indecisive and lacked determination in everything, has become determined at this time, and he works hard for anything related to the Anti-Japanese War, and strives to do his best.

(To be continued)