With the escalation of the war situation, Chiang Kai-shek began to constantly dispatch troops north, first ordered the new 26th Army Qiu Qingquan to go south under the command of Song Zheyuan, and then Shang Zhen's 33rd Army was also unified to Song Zheyuan, and at the same time ordered Yan Xishan to send elite troops to the Pingjin area.

But then a very unpleasant thing happened, Qiu Qingquan's division had a military conflict with the Tiger Division, and a company under the 26th Army was disarmed by the Tiger Division because of military discipline problems, and Qiu Qingquan retreated to Shijiazhuang in a fit of rage and did not take a step forward.

Before Yan Xishan's troops patrolled and captured, Shang Zhen saw that the strength of the Japanese was too large, and he also showed weakness, and the speed of the march was very slow.

Liu Yuan suggested that Tang Enbo's 15th Army and Huang Botao's 36th Division be transferred north, but they were opposed by Liu Ruming, the general of the Northwest Yuan Army, and it was difficult to move forward.

It was difficult for the military order to reach the north, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel very helpless, but Liu Yuan was preparing to mobilize the Sichuan army, and he really didn't have anyone who could do it, and now he really didn't have anyone who could easily command the chaotic warlords, but with the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't sleep and was a little afraid.

Zhou Enlai, who came to Lushan to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek, saw that Chiang Kai-shek was in a bad mood, so he explained Chiang Kai-shek's mood on the side, Zhou Enlai was a very good talker, and he was also engaged in political work, so after a few words, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy.

"Xiangyu, you were originally my subordinate, why do you have to follow in the footsteps of the Red Party? Wouldn't it be nice to come back to me? You can see that your few words have made me feel a lot better, at least I have the confidence to resist Japan. Chiang Kai-shek pulled Zhou Enlai's shoulders and said with emotion.

"Chairman, you see that I am in the Red Party, and I am also your subordinate, but the place of work is different, I am in the Red Party, at least there is a bridge of communication between the Red Party and the Kuomintang, so that the two parties can work together to resist Japan." Zhou Enlai shook his head and politely rejected Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek is not a foolish person, and he knows that the melon that is twisted is not sweet. He nodded and said, "Xiangyu, people at our level know very well that the Japanese can't win us, and we will still have a life-and-death battle at that time, and without Zhang Xueliang, I'm afraid you won't be as lucky as the Xi'an Incident, I'm Chiang Kai-shek has done something wrong, so I'll give you a promise, if the Red Party is wiped out by us, you come back and continue to help me, at least I can give you the position of prime minister." ”

"Chairman Xie Lu, if there is really that day, I, Zhou Xiangyu, am willing to continue to work for the country." Zhou said with a smile. After the conversation was over, Chiang Kai-shek hurried back to Nanjing.

Going down the river, rows of steamers went up the river, looking at the countless steamers, Chiang Kai-shek sighed with emotion, "Back then, the steamers of Western countries pulled all the raw materials from us, and I didn't expect that there would be a day when things were pulled to us. Chen Bui nodded and said, "Liu Fuguo does have the talent of Zaifu, even Mr. Yang Yongtai is full of admiration for this, you see that everything that starts with C is a ship from the Southwest Special Economic Zone." ”

"What does a C start with?" Chiang Kai-shek asked puzzled.

"I don't know much about Western studies, and I heard my colleagues in the office say that C is the first letter of China, and China means Republic of China."

"Republic of China, this Liu Fuguo is so big-minded." Chiang Kai-shek's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then he changed the topic and said, "Bray, do you think Song Zheyuan can hold it?" ”

"What I am most afraid of in a war is that there will be contradictions between generals, and Song Zheyuan may not be able to hold Pingjin." Chen Bui cupped his eyes on the bridge of his nose and said regretfully. In fact, many people know about this result, but even Liu Yuan doesn't want to say it.

Chen Bui was the first to tell Chiang Kai-shek this.

Chiang Kai-shek's face was full of bitterness, "You are the first person to tell me the truth, they are all shouting to resist Japan, but they can't even keep the peace, how to resist this day, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Beijing, intercepted it and destroyed the Southern Ming, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on." ”

"Yes, the auxiliary country plan is very good, if we are given five years, let us complete the second five-year plan, then we will continue to radiate the fruits of the development of the special zone to other regions, then we will have the hope of completing the preparation of basic industries, and the war will not be so terrible." Chen Bui understood the bitterness in Chiang Kai-shek's heart very well, if the war was lost, others might be able to become slaves and help the Japanese control the Chinese people, but what about Chiang Kai-shek? Could he have surrendered with the others, and if he really failed, then the only thing Chiang Kai-shek could do was to die to thank his countrymen.

There is a reason why Chiang Kai-shek has been in a bad mood recently, in fact, Chiang Kai-shek does not want to fight this war in his heart, but if he does not fight, then he will lose the support of the people, and he will also be a traitor, but if the war is fought, will the Nationalist Government have enough power to confront others? After the loss of North China, where is the next location?

Chiang Kai-shek looked at the river that was gone, and couldn't help but think of the ancestor who hit the water in the middle stream, "Since you can't dodge, then let's go to war, I, Chiang Kai-shek, have long been not the Chiang Kai-shek of the past, and the Central Army under me is not the Central Army of the year, our national government has the support of hundreds of millions of people, and this battle will be won." ”

At this moment, Liu Yuan, who returned to the southwest, immediately convened a meeting of the Southwest Special Administrative Region Power Elite Alliance, and representatives of various regions, administrative officials and generals of the Southwest Special Administrative Region were present one after another.

Jiang Baili took the thick white paper in his hand and explained the contents of the Strategic Research Department to everyone. I will make the issues between China and Japan clear, and give everyone half an hour to discuss them afterwards.

Liu Yuan sat and thought, and a bunch of people had gathered around him, Liu Xiang, Du Yuming, Pan Wenhua, Deng Xihou, Li Zhilong and others, they knew that Liu Yuan was thinking, and they didn't disturb Liu Yuan, but talked to each other.

"You said Chairman Jiang, how much effort did you have with the little devil this time." Deng Xihou asked Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang was not in good health, so he was very smoky about smokers, and knocked off the patriotic cigarette in Zuo Quan's hand and said, "Little ghost, in front of the chief, it's best not to smoke." ”

Then he walked up to Deng Xihou and said, "Lao Jiang can't do it this time, they don't want us to go southwest, this time the little devil is typical of destroying the country, he Lao Jiang is not a big one, then the people will let him step down, so even if he is bitter by the Red Party, he has to endure going up and fighting with the little devil." ”

"What do you say the chairman does? If there is something to let the central government hold on to it, we are at a critical juncture of development in the southwest, we must continue to develop, in the past two years, the people in our southwest have lived a good life, and we are very wise to retreat. Liu Wenhui said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, when Liu Yuan said that the Yunnan-Burma Highway should be built, I also opposed it! Now that there is the Yunnan-Burma Highway, our Southwest Special Economic Zone is like chopping a major artery, and the speed is thrown out of the central eight streets, I think it is better for us to build a Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and when the time comes, we will get the Southwest of Tibet. Deng Xihou also said very happily.

Zuo Quan had a dark face, and he didn't speak on the side, which made everyone very incomprehensible, Liu Xiang patted Zuo Quan's shoulder and asked, "Hey little ghost, didn't I say two words about you, I'm embarrassed." ”

Zuo Quan glanced at the pensive Liu Yuan and said, "If a full-scale war breaks out, our Southwest Special Administrative Region will definitely go out of Sichuan." At that time, most of the strength of the southwest will definitely be used for war, and the development of the southwest will stop. ”

"What, he is an immortal, he is fighting in the war, why do you want us to send troops." Tian Songyao said excitedly, why did everyone dismiss the team back then, didn't they let the people of the southwest live a good life? Why let the Sichuan people continue to fight, he Tian Songyao was the first to disagree.

"Confused, no matter how much we toss, we are all Chinese, once a full-scale war breaks out, we must send the most elite troops. Don't forget that we are a special zone, and the central government has given us so much convenience, which proves that our responsibility is also very great. Liu Xiang looked at everyone seriously.

"Senior, what does the boss think in his heart, whether he will fight with the Japanese or not." Wang Yaowu was a general who came from the northwest, and the movement at the door was a bit loud and loud, so everyone heard his question clearly.

Li Zhilin shook his head and said, "I'm not in charge, you go and ask the boss." Li Zhilong pursed his lips and said, he also wanted to know the answer to Lu Dao's question, but he knew that Lu Dao Liu Yuan was in a bad mood, so he was not ready to ask this question himself.

"Boss, hurry up and expand my organization, I'll go fight devils." Wang Yaowu ran to Liu Yuan with a black face, and asked without any concern, he is not as face-saving as Li Zhilong, he is a person who has been scolded by the boss twice in three days, in his opinion, the boss scolds you, that is to treat you as his own.

Liu Yuan was distracted, and he didn't hear what Wang Yaowu was saying at all, Wang Yaowu thought that Liu Yuan ignored him, so he was ready to grind and brew hard, but he had already rushed to Hu Lian, who was squatting on the side and drinking tea, and pulled it aside.

"You and they are not of the same generation, what did you do in the past."

"You said that the boss will not resent the principal because of the fact that the principal locked him up in Nanjing, and he will not go out of Sichuan to resist the Japanese." Wang Yaowu asked in a low voice.

"Hell, how can it be, the boss is not that kind of person." Hu Lian pouted and said.

"Then I'll let the boss expand for me, why does the boss ignore me, you are all army commanders, Lao Tzu is still the division commander, I don't know how depressed Lu Dao is, the last time I drank, Zhang Lingfu laughed at me again." Wang Yaowu said dissatisfied.

"Hey, hey, what do you say, I have military exploits, do you understand combat exploits, a student army gives you can block a division in Itagaki? But I analyze that if the war starts, you can at least be a military commander. Hu Lian analyzed on the side.

"Really." Wang Yaowu asked excitedly.

Ignoring Wang Yaowu's exaggerated demeanor, Zhang Lingfu asked Hu Lian the first question, "You kid is well-informed, you say that Song Zheyuan's guy can hold Beijing, I heard that the group of hooligans of the Tiger Division are stiff with Qiu Qingquan, and the Central Army is nested in Shijiazhuang." ”

"How can a child be an opponent of an adult, if Song Zheyuan wasn't a veteran of the Northwest Army, I wouldn't let him be the commander of the 29th Army, he had too many thoughts."

Needless to say, it was Liu Yuan who spoke.

"That's a problem." After these years of rapid development, the southwest has almost reached the point of blind obedience to Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan said that he may go to the moon tomorrow, and some people will believe it.

"Everyone, be quiet, let me now share my views on the Sino-Japanese incident."

Liu Yuan waved his hand, and everyone returned to their positions. Liu Yuan straightened up and said, "The Japanese want to take North China 100% this time, which can be seen from the information we have obtained, the Japanese emperor has increased his troops, and it is impossible not to fight it." A few days ago, Chairman Chiang made a speech at Lushan, and I think everyone knows very well that there is no distinction between north and south, and people regardless of men, women, and children, all have the responsibility of resisting the war and defending the land, and this shows the attitude of the chairman of the committee and also the attitude of Nanjing, so the Japanese will not retreat, and we will not be able to retreat this time. ”

"What I have in my hand is an order letter given to me by the chairman, and the chairman made it very clear in the telegram that if I want to do a good job in war mobilization, the 400,000 Sichuan troops must be ready to leave Sichuan at any time."

After speaking, Liu Yuan paused and said to Li An, "Tell me about the situation in Japan." ”

"The Japanese cabinet has been aligned with the emperor, and in a month at the latest, a full-scale war will definitely break out." ”

Ang Lee's words were like gunpowder, causing the huge conference room to burst into flames at once.

"Fight and fight, even if you die in battle, you won't be a slave to the little devil."

"For this day, how many years have we been preparing for it, there must be a break."

"The existence of the elite alliance of powerful countries is to serve the country and the nation, we have no need to retreat, the country is not free, the nation is not free, and the individual will never be free."

"Soldiers, you have long been prepared for the horse leather shroud."

Jiang Baili, Liu Xiang, Feng Yuxiang and several people's eyes were always staring at Liu Yuan, their eyes were extremely complicated, they admired this young man very much, since the end of the Northern Expedition, he had been preparing for today, and now that this day has really come, they don't know if this young man can take on this responsibility.

Liu Xiang was the first to stand up and coughed, everyone knew that Liu Yuan, the eldest brother, and the nominal head of the southwest must have something to say. So the venue became extremely quiet.

On behalf of the government of the Southwest Special Administrative Region and the headquarters of the Elite Alliance of Powerful Powers of the Southwest Special Administrative Region, I would like to see that Comrade Liu Yuan has been granted the supreme command authority, and all the military and civilians of the Southwest Special Administrative Region should follow Comrade Liu Yuan's command from today onwards, and Comrade Liu Yuan will transfer as many troops as he wants from the southwest, and we will give as many soldiers as we want, and how many weapons we want, even if we smash the pot and sell iron, we will take it out even if we want food, even if we are hungry, and ask for military uniforms, even if the old Liu Xiang has no clothes to wear, we must organize the people of Sichuan to donate clothes and materials. After the last day, I promised that the Japanese would not surrender for a day, and that the soldiers in the southwest would not return to their hometowns for a day, and asked Comrade Liu Yuan to hold a pledge meeting as soon as possible.

On the one hand, Liu Xiang is Liu Yuan's elder brother and can replace Liu Yuan, and on the other hand, Liu Xiang himself is also a Sichuan warlord and can represent the Sichuan warlords of the past.

"He is an immortal, fight and fight, I, Deng Xihou, am the first to support Liu Yuan, commander-in-chief, don't look at my age, and my military knowledge is not as good as you young people, but it is always okay to carry ammunition and lead the army and horses, if I am unfortunate enough to die on the battlefield, at least we Sichuan people remember, I Deng Xihou is a gentleman." Deng Xihou was the first to respond to Liu Xiang, and he said it very tragically.

Long Yun didn't talk a lot in the past, but today he was also infected by this bloody atmosphere, "I, Long Yun, am not good at leading troops, but I can assure you that as long as I am in one day, the Yunnan-Burma Highway will not stop, and Yunnan is definitely the most stable rear for everyone." ”

"Fight!" I don't know that the general was the first to shout, and then the generals of the entire office shouted together, "Fight!" War! War! ”

Liu Yuan stood up and applauded vigorously, this is different from the applause after the political struggle after the political struggle for the sake of the regime, this is the applause for the dignity of the nation, Liu Yuan is very clear, after this meeting, there will be countless Sichuan soldiers out of Sichuan, with their feet and blood to re-measure our rivers and mountains, 400,000 sounds a lot, but how many people can come back, Liu Yuan himself is not clear.

The applause lasted for five minutes, and after the last moment, Liu Yuan waved his hand, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Liu Yuan looked at Jiang Baili and Feng Yuxiang, and as a result, the representatives of the two strategic research departments shook their heads, and Liu Yuan knew that they wanted to let themselves say it, so that it would be convincing to be with their families.

Liu Yuan walked to the map and stroked the begonia leaves with pity. There is a kind of love that emanates from the blood and no one can stop it.

"We don't have specific data on the military equipment of the Japanese army at the moment, so what we can do now is to analyze it strategically."

"The fall of the Pingjin area has become a foregone conclusion, so what will they do after the loss of Pingjin, if I am the commander of the North China garrison army Xiangyue Qingji, I will adopt two strategies, one is to go south along the Pinghan Railway, rush to Shijiazhuang with lightning momentum, and then seize Kaifeng; The other option is to take Suiyuan, and then take Shanxi, and stabilize North China, so I conclude that there must be a bloody battle in Shanxi, so we must at least take out a corps of troops to cross eastern Sichuan, along our railway line, and rush to Shanxi. ”

Liu Yuan continued, "Wang Yaowu, Zhang Lingfu, Hu Lian, and Pan Wenhua are in charge of an army, forming a strategic corps, and they can set off at any time. Du Yuming, Song Xilian, Guan Linzheng, and He Long will each lead an army to form a group army of the four armed forces, and I will personally serve as the commander. The Strategic Corps is the first Sichuan unit. ”

"Where is our military group?" Nie Rongzhen asked suspiciously.

"You can be responsible for assembling troops, many things can't be decided yet, it depends on the change of form."

Liu Yuan continued, "Now we have formed a wartime headquarters with me as the core, and we are required to quickly assemble all units while maintaining radio contact with me. ”

The military meeting of the Southwest Special Administrative Region was held for a whole day, and Liu Yuan led the officers and men of the Southwest Special Administrative Region to send a telegram to the whole country, announcing that the Southwest Special Administrative Region had entered a state of war, supporting the central leadership, and persisting in resisting Japan.

After Liu Yuan's statement, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Han Fuqu in Shandong, and Li Zongren in Xingui sent telegrams to support the anti-Japanese resistance and support the central leadership, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi returned to the central government to express their support for Chiang Kai-shek.

On September 1, the Japanese reinforcements arrived in Beiping, the Japanese army blitzed Langfang, the 29th Army was defeated, and Zhao Dengyu fought a bloody battle at Guang'anmen and repelled the Japanese army.

On September 5, Nanyuan was lost, and Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army and lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, died heroically.

This once arrogantly said, "The central government has issued an order to resist Japan, if Lin Ge does not take the lead, you can go to the front, gouge out my eyes, and cut off my ears." ”

It was the first high-ranking general to die in the course of China's resistance against Japan. He was posthumously promoted to general. , Pan Yugui, the chief of administrative affairs of the Jicha, wantonly betrayed the interests of the 29th Army, which led to the Japanese army knowing that a large number of the 29th Army was deployed, including the military operation of General Zhao Dengyu, and set up an ambush on the march road to Nanyuan.

On the way to support, General Zhao Dengyu was ambushed by the enemy and the whole army was annihilated.

On September 3, Song Zheyuan retreated.

On 5 September, Pingjin was lost, and on 6 September, Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed military commanders from all over the country to participate in the National Defense Conference in Nanjing, opening the first page of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

In order to make the novel not violate national policy, the content of the novel has been partially adjusted for a lot of time, I hope that the scholarly school will not be angry, and there is an explanation of Liu Yuan's reaction to the Xi'an Incident, in fact, if you study history a little, you can understand that the fall of the national government is directly related to the Xi'an Incident.