CHAPTER XV

For the change of generals, in fact, Chiang Kai-shek has his own considerations, that is, Chiang Kai-shek has always wanted to find a time to find a gold-plated opportunity for his old brothers.

The Songhu battlefield was fought well, and Liu Yuan took care of it, so Chiang Kai-shek moved the opportunity to let Chen Cheng and Liu Zhi go to Liu Yuan to gild.

As a result, Chiang Kai-shek sent several telegrams, but Liu Yuan did not respond at all, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel very uncomfortable, so Chiang Kai-shek found Yang Yongtai.

Yang Yongtai didn't expect that Chiang Kai-shek didn't discuss such a thing with him.

"Chairman, this matter is not proper, why don't you discuss it with me?" Yang Yongtai complained a little, over the years, Yang Yongtai had a feeling that Chiang Kai-shek often did not like to discuss with himself, and chose to measure by himself, and it didn't matter if he measured by himself, but he did not have the farsightedness of Liu Yuan and Mao. So he turned out to be Chiang Kai-shek's expert in wiping his ass.

"Oh! Is this something wrong? Liu Zhi's ability to lead troops is still good. Chiang Kai-shek looked at Yang Yongtai suspiciously, in his own opinion, Liu Zhi was his own lucky general.

"Chairman, many times, many things, you can't just believe the words of the people around you, but also listen to the rumors outside, do you know what the people under the road call Liu Zhi?" Yang Yongtai was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek and didn't care whether Chiang Kai-shek liked his words or not.

"Oh, I really don't know the Tao of this, you also know the Tao of the Road, the people around me are full of mouths, who will tell me the truth, if it's ugly, only you and Fuguo are really loyal people." Chiang Kai-shek said with emotion, he knew that Yang Yongtai would not fool himself.

Yang Yongtai's face was ugly, and he said, "I heard that Liu Yuan joked with his staff officers, Liu Zhi, a flying dolphin, can be called a general!" ”

"Bastard, how is Liu Zhi bad, that is also his teacher, teacher, what qualifications does he have to criticize Liu Zhi like this." Chiang Kai-shek said angrily.

"Chairman, times have changed, some people don't want to forge ahead, it's really time to retreat, if they don't know how to give way to young people, it's definitely not a good thing. In the past, there was a war, it was a civil war, and people couldn't do it with a single shot, and they often fired a few shots, and everyone began to fight with bayonets, and generals like Liu Zhi led the troops well, at least they couldn't make big mistakes, but now? We have submarines, howitzers, airplanes, and combat vehicles, and the enemy is hundreds of times more powerful than before. Yang Yongtai said bluntly.

"But Zhang Zhizhong has not changed much, what do you think he commanded in the Battle of Songhu? Liu Yuan created such good conditions for him, the weapons were openly supplied, and the army was the best, he couldn't defeat it. In Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, Zhang Zhizhong was no different from Liu Zhi and others, and he even thought many times that as long as there was a problem in the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Zhizhong would be the scapegoat.

"Chairman of the Committee, you only saw the stalemate subordinates in the Battle of Songhu, I don't know if you have thought about it, the war has been fought for so many days, who is the initiative?" Yang Yongtai asked.

"Naturally, in our hands, I, Chiang Kai-shek, have endured humiliation and burdens for so many years, and I have been fighting hard for so many years, and I can finally raise my eyebrows once." Chiang Kai-shek said conceitedly, at this time, he mostly forgot everything that Liu Yuan helped him do.

Yang Yongtai ignored the conceited Chiang Kai-shek and continued to ask, "The war has been going on for so long, and the Japanese troops have supported so many times in a row, but apart from the leading group army, have we invested other troops?" ”

"That's not true, but it can't all be put on Zhang Zhizhong, and when Liu Yuan fought the battle of Chahar in the northeast, he was much more beautiful than him." Chiang Kai-shek questioned Zhang Zhizhong and said.

Yang Yongtai shook his head and said, "Chairman, why do you think so? Not to mention that in terms of command, Zhang Zhizhong was originally inferior to Liu Yuan, and secondly, Liu Yuan also used stratagem to let the Japanese disperse their forces before he gained the initiative in the war, but this time the form is different, we have been fighting with the Japanese from the beginning, and it is really not easy for us to maintain the initiative in our hands. ”

"According to what you say, Zhang Zhizhong is indeed good, but he has been in the military academy all these years, and who did he learn from these advanced command ideas?" Chiang Kai-shek was even more puzzled.

"This is your question Dai Li, intelligence work has always been presided over by him." Yang Yongtai looked at Dai Li, who had always been an old monk, and when he saw Yang Yongtai shouting his name, he immediately came to his senses and looked at Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Dai Li, and Dai Li immediately explained.

"At that time, Liu Yuan set up a military group in the army, they often discussed the latest tactics and command methods together, and published a military newspaper in a row, I heard the seniors say, there were a few people who were very thick-skinned back then, and they studied with them, the most diligent of which was Chief of Staff He, followed by our General Zhang Zhizhong, although he was nominally Liu Yuan's instructor, but he definitely learned a lot from Liu Yuan." Dai Li explained.

Yang Yongtai nodded and said, "No wonder, General Zhang Zhizhong commanded a war with planes and chariots for the first time, and the scale was so large, there was no mistake, and there was a reason." ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and said, "Originally, seeing that Zhang Zhizhong's command of the troops failed to counterattack, I want to change the future, even if Liu Yuan looks down on Liu Zhi, I can always send Chen Cheng, as soon as you say so, I think let Zhang Zhizhong continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, but although Liu Yuan has not said it, but I feel that after the little devil increased his troops this time, he was under a lot of pressure, I think so, we immediately ordered the 21st Group Army to speed up the march, and at the same time ordered the troops around Nanjing to rush to Shanghai." ”

Yang Yongtai unknowingly helped Liu Yuan, not that Yang Yongtai liked Liu Yuan, but in Yang Yongtai's eyes, Liu Yuan was a capable and practical person, and he didn't want Chiang Kai-shek, a temporary change of general, to make Liu Yuan busy.

And after this incident, Liu Yuan turned out to be abnormal, although he still kept transferring troops, but with the expansion of the scale of the battle array, Liu Yuan seemed to have changed his style, that is, to let Zhang Zhizhong set the troops into a defensive posture.

Although Zhang Zhizhong did not understand the reason for Liu Yuan's order, he still did it, and the first thing to reflect was the 88th Division, which immediately stopped attacking the urban area and turned to defense, but the 87th Division and the 36th Division had already killed the red eye, and did not care about the orders of the theater command, and continued to attack the Japanese.

Zhang Zhizhong reported to the Theater Command, demanding full responsibility and requesting support from the Theater Command.