Although Hu Weidong's crossing caused a butterfly effect, but the warlord position caused Song Zheyuan to still have illusions about the Japanese in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War as in history, and his compromise gave the Japanese army the opportunity to continue to increase troops in North China, when the Japanese army launched a general offensive with a strong force of four permanent divisions, even if the 29th Army now has a solid army of 100,000, it is simply unable to resist, Pingjin soon fell, and Zhang Zizhong, who was forced to bear the stigma as in history, finally succeeded in escaping from Tianjin and returned to the army. But he is regarded as a traitor by most Chinese people who don't know the truth

After taking Pingjin, with the follow-up reinforcements landing one after another, the Japanese army in North China, which has further increased to 150,000 troops, concentrated its forces along the Pingsui Line and marched westward, and the Battle of Nankou broke out, although the main general was Wei Lihuang, and there was a more warlike Fu Zuoyi to assist, and not the commander Tang who only thought about preserving his strength all day long in history, but the devil invested far more troops than in history, and finally after holding on for half a month, he had to abandon the Nankou defense line and retreat west because of more than half of the casualties. The situation of the War of Resistance in North China became more and more severe.

In the south, Lao Chiang ignored the opposition of many generals and decided to open up a second battlefield in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which was "not conducive to mechanized warfare", and the Battle of Songhu broke out, but the beginning of this battle was very different from history, the reason for this is that the strength of the Japanese army and the Japanese army are quite different from history, and the more direct reason is that Chen Mingren, the commander of the 88th Division of the German Armament Division (the commander of the 88th Division at this time in history is Sun Yuanliang, the "long-legged general") believes that Shanghai is within the range of the Japanese Navy's naval guns. And the Japanese marines, albeit in small numbers. However, there were strong fortifications available, and it was very unfavorable to fight here, so he flagrantly refused to carry out the task of Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Group Army, to let him attack the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, which made Zhang Zhizhong angry enough. However, although Chen Mingren is not popular, he was born in Huangpu, and the 88th Division is the ace of the Central Army, although Zhang Zhizhong is his boss. But there was nothing he could do about him, so he had to complain to Lao Jiang on the phone, but Chen Mingren didn't even listen to Lao Jiang's orders. And what to say, "The headmaster can remove me, but he can't let me carry out the wrong orders." ”

Lao Jiang was really trying to remove Chen Mingren from his post, but he learned that the other two German armament divisions had failed to attack smoothly but suffered heavy losses under Japanese naval guns and air raids. Now he finally understood that Chen Mingren's judgment was accurate, and at this time, the Japanese army continued to increase its troops in Shanghai, and the Songhu battlefield was rapidly becoming a flesh mill that made both warring sides miserable, and an 88th division was no longer enough to turn the tide of the war, so Lao Jiang reprimanded Chen Mingren on the phone and asked him to lead his troops to move to the Wufu defense fortification line as a reserve in Songhu, but he unexpectedly stabbed out the fact that the Wufu line was a tofu scum project, which could scare Lao Jiang out of a cold sweat. You must know that he has thrown one-third of his family into the Songhu battlefield, if there is a problem with the Wufu line, which is the second line of defense, these hundreds of thousands of troops will not be able to hold on. At that time, they will not even be able to withdraw, and the Japanese army can even drive straight to Nanjing, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In addition to being shocked, Lao Jiang, who has always been quite soft-hearted to those close to him, couldn't help but be furious about this, and ordered some of the people directly responsible for the incident to be shot. And asked Chen Mingren to immediately repair the fortifications on the spot and protect the retreat of the Songhu army. Because of this turmoil, Chen Mingren unexpectedly discovered a major hidden danger that cost at least 100,000 lives in history, but he also offended a group of powerful people (many of the people responsible for the murder had a deep background, or they would not have received such a big project at the beginning). ), which cast a shadow over his career

Because of the butterfly effect caused by Chen Mingren's disobedience. Although the results of Songhu in the early stage of the battle were smaller, but the casualties were greatly reduced, except for the 36th Division and the 87th Division that attacked in the early stage, the situation of the other troops was fine, and the rear movement of the front also somewhat reduced the lethality of the devil's planes and naval guns, so Songhu could hold on for the time being, and the situation was at least a little better than that of the North China battlefield. …,

However, on the whole, the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is not optimistic, if you do not count the strength of the Red Party, the current total strength is about 2.2 million, of which 780,000 are miscellaneous armies, and the Japanese army in addition to 21 permanent divisions and regiments with full formation, and 4 new ad hoc divisions and regiments for emergency, the total strength of the army exceeds 700,000 people, considering the huge gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, it is difficult to compete with the Japanese army alone, for this reason Lao Jiang urgently made an appointment with Zhou Gong, and asked all departments of the Red Party, especially the prestigious 15th Army, to send troops as soon as possible. to reduce stress.

After discussion, the Red Party Central Committee decided to let the 115th Division in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and the 120th and 129th Divisions that had just crossed the river and advance eastward, take the devil's baggage troops as the target, and fight some small and medium-scale ambush battles, so that the 300,000 people who retreated to Xinkou could breathe a sigh of relief, and if there were haode fighters, they could also attack the isolated brigade of the Japanese army and fight several battles of annihilation.

As for the 15 th Army, due to the limitations of the terrain, it has not been able to touch the Japanese army for the time being, if it insists on taking the initiative to attack the Japanese army, it must leave the Central Plains border area for thousands of miles, and the total strength of the Japanese army in North China is not comparable to that of the War of Resistance in North China, if the 15 th Army rushes out so far, it will be encircled if it is not done well, and it will not be able to withdraw back when the time comes, so it makes sense that the 15 th Army will not be able to fight even if it does not fight for the time being, but after receiving the telegram from the central government, Hu Weidong put forward a more Haode suggestion, "The 15 th Army is not only good at sports warfareFrom the perspective of the interests of our party and our army, once the 15 th Army takes over Zhongtiao Mountain, not only will there be a solid barrier to the north of the Luoyang Industrial Zone, but also the Central Plains Border Area and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region will also be directly connected, and the 15 th Army can also develop to the Wangwu Mountain area in the east, so as to obtain an advance base for advancing into the occupied area of North China, and the strategic significance is incalculable. ”

After Taizu read the telegram, he couldn't help but be moved, and immediately called back and asked, "If the Japanese army focuses on attacking, can the 15th Army hold it?" Can the loss of personnel and ammunition be sustained? ”

"Please rest assured that Zhongtiao Mountain is already easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is even more difficult to attack from north to south; if we can build the newly designed permanent fortification group as soon as possible, only one division and local militia need to resist the attack of ten permanent divisions of the Japanese army, and Zhongtiao Mountain is backed by the border area of the Central Plains, and it is very convenient to replenish materials and personnel, even if Lao Chiang wants us to issue a military order, we dare to come down," Hu Weidong immediately assured in a telegram on behalf of the 15 th Army. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )