Thank you for the book friend Tian Cangye's reward again, and the following is the third update ^_^ of today

It turned out that although this Sun Yueqi was not as well-known as those "two bombs and one satellite" fathers, he presided over the construction of China's first oil mine - Yanchang Oil Mine and the larger Yumen Oilfield, and can be called the founder of the energy industry of the Republic of China and even New China, so it is not surprising that Hu Weidong would attach so much importance to him. However, although Hu Weidong is familiar with the name Sun Yueqi, he doesn't know where he holds what position every year, there are so many celebrities in the Republic of China, even if Hu Weidong has a good memory, it is impossible to remember them all, after all, his main business is military industry rather than coal, iron and oil

As a result, Sun Yueqi, who should have enjoyed preferential treatment as a Jishu expert, became a prisoner of the ranks because of his status as a major general of the national army, but fortunately, Hu Weidong arrived in time, otherwise this big bull might have to be repaired by the grassroots commanders and fighters of the Red Army who were excited by the crowd because of his various "reactionary" performances such as leading the crowd to protect the factory and protesting against the demolition of the factory

Fortunately, Sun Yueqi is not a narrow-minded person, and Hu Weidong learned that his son suffered from otitis media for a long time, and then asked the military doctor to cure him with penicillin, even if he had anger in his heart, it disappeared. At the same time, although it is highly used by the government, as an out-and-out industrial party, Sun Yueqi hopes to see China embark on the road of industrialization as soon as possible, and the trip to Luoyang is the first time he has seen the hope of realizing his ideals since returning to China, if there is no developed industry, no matter how well the mining industry develops, it will only be exploited by foreign countries, especially for a large country with a large population like China, so he resolutely gave up his rank of major general in the national army, and did his best for the cause of the people. As for Weng Wenhao, who had the grace of knowing him, he was one of the four major geologists of the Republic of China, and at this time he was the secretary general of the Executive Yuan of the State Government. Sun Yueqi had no choice but to say sorry.

Hu Weidong knew very well that Sun Yueqi was not only an outstanding mining engineer, but also an outstanding enterprise manager, and that as a standard industrialist, he learned that the Red Party attached great importance to industrialization and had little chance of throwing himself into the comprador government in Nanjing again, so Hu Weidong did not hesitate to appoint him as the general manager of the "Zhongyuan Mining Group," which had just been established, and let him take full charge of the coal and iron development in the western Henan Soviet region. And Sun Yueqi did not disappoint him, with the rapid development of heavy industry in the Soviet area, there has never been a shortage of coal, even if the reserves of iron ore are relatively insufficient, the output has been steadily increasing, Sun Yueqi is a great achievement!

On February 17, 1936, Taizu personally signed the Eastern Crusade Declaration, and the Eastern Expeditionary Red Army entered a state of imminent war, and Yan Xishan's mobile forces in his hands at this time were already overstretched, unable to preset a strong defense line along the river as in history, as a result, the Eastern Expeditionary Red Army easily broke into the northwest of Shanxi, and quickly divided into four routes, respectively commanded by Taizu, Peng Laozong, Lin Zong and the Red Army's first fierce general Xu Haidong, the entire northwest of Shanxi was turned upside down, and soon controlled a large area of the countryside and quickly established the red regime. Among them, Xu Haidong, a fierce general of the Red Army, who was known for his bravery, crossed the Tongpu Railway successively, broke through the defense line of the Fenhe fortress, turned to Fenyang and Xiaoyi, besieged Jiaocheng and Wenshui, and the vanguard cavalry company arrived at the Jin Temple and Xiaodian, and threatened Taiyuan, the provincial capital where Yan Xishan personally sat down, with only a few thousand Red Army. In order to prevent the hard-built Taiyuan from being destroyed in the flames of war, Yan Xishan transferred almost all the troops that could be mobilized to the front line to resist the attack of the Red Army, but how could the Jin Sui army, which had not fought a major battle for several years, be the opponent of the old Red Army that had just experienced a 25,000-mile long march?

In just one month in March, the Jin Sui army suffered nine consecutive defeats, with more than 10,000 casualties and many more captured. If it weren't for the fact that the local militia that Yan Xishan had always attached great importance to before, well assumed the duties of the reserve and replenished enough soldiers for the Jin Sui army on the front line, the front of the Jin Sui army would have collapsed long ago, but even so, Yan Xishan, who found that the Red Army seemed to be fighting more and more and stronger, was still anxious, and was forced to ask for help from several powerful factions in the neighboring places in a low voice. But whether it was Song Zheyuan or Han Fuqu, they were worried that the Japanese or the Central Army would take advantage of the situation and seize the territory after sending too many troops, and the helpless Yan Xishan had to pin his hopes on two former subordinates who he could not manage now...,

First of all, Shang Zhen in Henan, but because there were still tens of thousands of Red Army troops left in the Soviet area of western Henan, and the base area was about to expand to Zhengzhou, he did not dare to draw too many troops to rescue Shanxi. Moreover, although Shang Zhen came from the Jin Suijun system, he had long been at odds with Yan Xishan, so he immediately rejected his old boss's request for help on the grounds that Henan was "more banditic"; The other way is Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army garrisoning Suiyuan, which is different from Shang Zhen, who has openly stood on his own, nominally Fu Zuoyi is still a direct subordinate of Yan Xishan. Although the strength of the 35th Army is only more than 30,000, Fu Zuoyi is good at using troops, and the combat effectiveness of the 35th Army is also extremely strong, and it is the first-class military-level unit in China.

However, although Fu Zuoyi was nominally under the jurisdiction of Yan Xishan, he had in fact been in his own line since the Central Plains War, and Fu Zuoyi was a patriotic general who resolutely resisted Japan, and he agreed with the Red Party's idea of the anti-Japanese national united front, and was worried that the Japanese puppet army would take the opportunity to make trouble after he left Sui, so Yan Xishan's request for help was initially prevaricated on the grounds that he was worried that the Japanese puppet would take advantage of the situation. However, seeing that the Red Army was like a bamboo, and the Jin Sui Army was defeated again and again, Fu Zuoyi's mind gradually underwent subtle changes, and Yan Xishan, who was anxious, suffered a lot of money, and suddenly allocated 50 wagons of weapons and ammunition to the 35th Army and 1 million oceans of military spending, Fu Zuoyi finally led the main force of the 35th Army south into Shanxi, and exchanged fire with Lin Zonghong's 1st Army, which had advanced to the mountainous area in the northeast of Shanxi at this time.

If you talk about military talent and troop strength, Mr. Lin and the Red First Army under his command are not inferior to Fu Zuoyi's side, but the invincible experience since entering Shanxi has made Mr. Lin, who is not yet thirty years old at this time, inevitably a little complacent, and he is extremely contemptuous of the combat effectiveness of the Jin Sui Army, but he does not know that Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army is the only alternative in the Jin Sui Army, and Fu Zuoyi's department suddenly went south to beat Lin Zong unprepared, and as a result, the First Army suddenly suffered a big loss, and more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded in just a few days. Thanks to the main Red Army units with an extremely strong will to fight, otherwise it is possible to collapse all at once