Chapter 596 Distribution of Benefits

On 15 February, a national defense mobilization conference was held in Nanjing, and the local forces and factions present at the meeting were very clear in their hearts that at such a time, the purpose of Chairman Chiang's meeting was that Chiang fought two bloody battles with the Japanese in the Songhu and Hangzhou Bay areas, and although he kept Jiangnan alive and killed more than 200,000 Japanese troops, his own losses were several times that of the Japanese.

Fighting out are all his descendants, including more than a dozen German mechanization divisions, more than half of the staff has been reduced, the Japanese have retreated, no one dares to guarantee that they will not come back, Lao Jiang's purpose is to ask the princes from all walks of life to reach out to help, he is a little unable to bear it, and if he continues to fight, he is afraid that his family foundation for many years will be tossed out.

Now that they know the purpose of the meeting, the princes from all walks of life have made up their minds, no one will come forward first, look at the shape of the shì and then say, the good thing like Li Zongren's victory in Xuzhou of the Gui family is not something that everyone can encounter, these people have been fighting with Chairman Jiang for many years, and the basic routines are still understood, but there is one thing, the old Jiang first took his own troops to fight with the Japanese, and seized the opportunity in terms of justice and popular support.

The difference lies in how much blood is produced, whether it is to gnaw bones or eat meat, indeed, Chairman Chiang is now a little powerless, the two battles of Songhu, the central army has suffered great consumption, if there is a third time, he does not know whether the balance of victory will still be inclined to himself, judging by his intuition, the Japanese will not stop, maybe they are brewing the third battle of Songhu.

Therefore, he urgently needs the help of the princes from all walks of life, because this is no longer a matter of the national government, so the name of the meeting is called the National Defense General Mobilization Conference, the purpose is to gather the strength of the whole country to unanimously deal with the Japanese, he also knows that this meeting must be very difficult, these local powerful factions, are all domestic tigers, want them to send troops, more distressing than cutting their flesh, or there is no pain in the skin, if the Japanese hit their doorstep, they will know what it is like, Chairman Chiang walked into the venue, While thinking to himself.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the meeting, it fell into an entangled dispute, now, the battle line is very clear, the northern battlefield, is Tang Qiuli's Yellow River Valley Theater as the main line, in the face of six or seven hundred thousand Japanese troops, Shandong, after Han Fuyu was shot, the national government has not appointed a new chairman of the provincial government, with the deputy commander of the independent division, Liu Tiehan, the commander-in-chief of the east, temporarily replaced the military administration of Shandong, this is only Tang Qiuli's order.

Henan, Tang Enbo was shot by Tang Qiuli, the Eighth Army was dismissed, there was a power vacancy, the troops of the independent division, although stationed in Henan, but, are concentrated in the line from Zhengzhou to Anyang in northern Henan, in the face of the pressure of the Japanese army, I am afraid it is difficult to take charge of civil affairs, Shaanxi, since Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest in Northern Europe, Yang Hucheng was forced to go abroad for investigation, the Northeast Army and the Seventeenth Route Army were reorganized by Tang Qiuli, and they are currently in a state of no owner and belong to the independent division.

These three provinces, are a piece of fat, provoked the princes of all walks of life, the southern front, with the Songhu area and Hangzhou Bay generation as the main line, the Japanese twice sent troops from the sea, the Central Army more than 700,000 troops, in that strict defense, on the surface, the shape shì is not so tense in North China, everyone is from the army, know the key, once the Japanese break through the Central Army's Songhu and Hangzhou Bay defense line, down is a horse Pingchuan, no danger to defend the Jiangnan water town.

How many people are enough to fill in a frontal war of attrition with the Japanese? Weighing the pros and cons, if you have to send troops, the North China battlefield is a very good choice, the icing on the cake, you have to put the flowers in the right position, but where is Vice Chairman Tang's war zone, people are fighting well, and they don't need helpers at all, this is a bit unspeakable.

Therefore, the princes of all walks of life argued endlessly, and they all planned from their own interests, making Chairman Jiang on the stage angry, but it was not easy to attack, his face sank like water, and he drank boiled water one after another, but it was Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the Gui family, Wang Longyun of Yunnan, and Liu Xiang, the king of Sichuan, who were calm and did not say a word.

In the first battle of Xuzhou, the Gui Department was in the limelight, Li Zongren became a well-known hero of the Anti-Japanese War in the world, and played the reputation of the Gui Department, this is the biggest capital, needless to say, not to mention, he has other plans, the Sichuan Army is also famous for the Battle of Xuzhou, the troops of the eight divisions, that is a real battle with the Japanese, before Chairman Jiang did the national mobilization, the Sichuan Army went to the front line, and the work was done to the front, that person dared to say irresponsible things.

There is no need for Liu Xiang to participate in such a debate, Yunnan is in a corner, no matter which direction to send troops, it is the farthest route, and Yunnan's military strength is relatively weak among the princes of all walks of life, Long Yun can't make the mistake of being the first to be a hero, so Long Yun made up his mind and looked at the direction of the wind.

As soon as the war in North China ended, Yan Xishan returned to Taiyuan, carefully calculated the fine accounts for more than three months, and pulled the abacus beads, which made the old man so distressed that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

After more than three months of fighting, the main force of the Jin army lost more than 200,000 people, including the five divisions that were annexed by Tang Qiuli.

While ordering his subordinates to register all the soldiers, weapons, equipment, and material losses, and prepare to bargain with Chairman Chiang, he always thought that he was being stabbed for him Jiang someone, and the government couldn't go without blood, right? It is said that in those days, the old man had no joy to win the battle, he was unwilling to eat, he kept scolding in his mouth, and he didn't know who he was scolding, and the old man was really distressed.

Anyway, he thinks that among the local powerful factions, he has contributed the most and suffered the greatest losses, which makes Yan Xishan, who has always been good at calculation, indignant, and this time he has suffered a big loss, and he is ready to go to Nanjing to ask for an explanation.

After Yan Xishan finished talking about a lot of the Jin army's achievements and losses, no one really refuted him, but he was also quite disapproving, you Shanxi is on the front line in North China, and it is right to fight these battles, not to mention, it is your own territory that is being defended, no one has said this, and you can't offend Yan Xishan, after all, the Jin army and the Japanese have really done a few battles.

After Yan Xishan finished speaking, seeing that no one opposed him, the end was even more sufficient, and then said: "With the power of Shanxi Province, against more than two-thirds of the total strength of the Japanese in North China, and the people of Sanjin, the price paid can be described as a big one. ”

"Therefore, the military committee of the government of Baichuan has re-demarcated the North China Theater and set up a separate theater with the three adjacent provinces of Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi, which can concentrate the manpower and financial resources of several provinces to form a unified military command system, so that it can be like an arm-to-arm command, so that it can make long-term maneuvers with nearly one million Japanese troops in North China and block the Japanese from moving south."

Originally, Yan Xishan also planned to include Shandong, so that his sphere of influence could be extended to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, however, before the meeting, he found Li Zongren and planned to probe the wind, after all, the Xuzhou Theater was at the junction of Sulu, and if he wanted to fight the idea of Shandong, Li Zongren, the leader of the Gui family, could not get around, and he also carried the power of Xuzhou's great victory, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Gui family were stationed in Xuzhou.

Who knows, as soon as he showed a little tone, Li Zongren bluntly said to Yan Xishan: "Brother Baichuan, with the operational scope of the Xuzhou Theater, it will include the three provinces of Sulu and Anhui, which is an inseparable whole, if Shandong is assigned to other theaters, it will artificially cause the strategic separation of the Xuzhou Theater, which is not conducive to the overall situation. ”

The meaning is obvious, Shandong is my Li Zongren's meat, the Gui army and the Sichuan army, the territory that was exchanged for tens of thousands of lives, how can you let others get involved, you Yan Xishan don't bother, what is the idea, Yan Xishan had to swallow his saliva, and then reached an agreement with Li Zongren, he did not touch Shandong, Li Zongren at the meeting, vigorously supported his proposal, in turn, Yan Xishan also supported Li Zongren's proposal, this is a win-win agreement, but they all ignored Tang Qiuli.

After Yan Xishan finished speaking, the princes from all walks of life attending the meeting understood Yan Xishan's true intentions, he had taken a fancy to the territory of Shaanxi and Henan, and took the opportunity to expand his influence to the Central Plains, the abacus was good, but this was wishful thinking, Vice Chairman Tang's Yellow River Basin Theater already included the above three provinces, isn't this snatching meat from Tang Qiuli's mouth to eat? In these years, where there is territory, there is strength.

With Tang Qiuli's strength, it is categorically difficult to accept Yan Xishan's construction, wait, for a while, there will be a good show, most of the princes here are still seeing Tang Qiuli for the first time, they have only heard of his name before, they have not seen him, and they don't know his depth, they all have a good show, and they all set their eyes on Tang Qiuli on the rostrum.

On the rostrum, there are only three or five people, who can do it on the stage, are all veterans of the national government, although they are highly respected, but they have no real power, that is, symbolic meaning, the real power is in the hands of the two government giants sitting in the front row, one is the behind-the-scenes commander of the southern front, Chairman Jiang of the national government, the other is the commander of the northern front, the second person of the national government Vice Chairman Tang Qiuli, these two people, decide the fate of the Republic of China.

Tang Qiuli felt the gaze of the audience, he had a general understanding of the thoughts of the princes from all sides from Dai Li, and he was not surprised by Yan Xishan's suggestion, if Yan Xishan didn't take the opportunity to reach out and reap the benefits, it would be strange, it would not be Yan Xishan, even Chairman Jiang also turned his face, looking at Tang Qiuli's expression, his eyes were quite complicated.

Tang Qiuli remained silent, his face was calm, he knew very well that Yan Xishan was just a beginning, and next, someone would jump out, which involved the redistribution of interests, and he didn't want to get more benefits.

Sure enough, when everyone was paying attention to Tang Qiuli, another person stood up, Tang Qiuli couldn't help but smile, it must be you, or not, shake out all the foundations, and save the right answers one by one.

(To be continued)