Chapter 425 Jiangnan is busy with recruitment

This kind of stalemate and temporary calm made people mistakenly believe that the war had been frozen in North China in early August 1937, and only Tang Qiuli and Prince Zaihito of the Japanese Army's base camp, Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, who had already arrived in Beiping, and the nominal Supreme Commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Kazuki Kiyoji, understood in their hearts.

The calm on the surface is to breed a more violent and deadly blow, the two sides are already fighting red eyes, the fangs have been stained with the blood of the opponent's wolf, there is no possibility of stopping, once the war is opened, unless one side falls, otherwise, there is no possibility of closing, not to mention, this little loss, for the powerful Japanese Empire, is just a little hurt.

And Zairen believes that the fundamental reason for the defeat in the first battle in North China is that the intelligence channels are not smooth, and more than 200,000 men and horses of the independent division are ambushed in the suburbs of Beiping, but we don't know anything, and we think that the opponent is just the 29th Army, which is a miscellaneous force, and as a result, it suffers a big loss.

Subsequently, he coordinated with the intelligence headquarters of the base camp to secretly move the headquarters of the "bamboo" organs, among the four major secret agencies of the Japanese army, "Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju", from Shanghai to Beiping, and set up another intelligence system parallel to the system of the head of the Japanese special service in Beiping.

His order to An Beisan, the current organ of the "Bamboo" organ, is to focus on collecting all the information about Tang Qiuli and the North China Independent Division, I want to know his one, crack the intelligence network of the Independent Division in North China, cut off the intelligence source of the Independent Division, and hope that Abe-kun can become the nemesis of the devil Tang Qiuli in China, and I look forward to your good news.

Tang Qiuli knew all the news about the Japanese army's increase in North China, and the intelligence system of the independent division, covering the Northeast and North China, but he didn't know that in order to deal with him, Zairen arranged a special agency to collect information about himself and the troops, which was an invisible dark line, which would sooner or later make Tang Qiuli suffer a big loss, and his achievements in North China were also written into the history of the Republic of China.

According to the history of the war of the Republic of China, the Japanese invaded China, planned for a long time, first provoked under the city of Wanping in Beiping, our country could not bear it, and fought back, General Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the State Government, Shuai Hu Benjian'er, three wars in North China, all of which severely defeated the Japanese, so that they lost more than 300,000 soldiers, and many Japanese chieftains were killed, and the ambition of the Japanese to invade the south was in the Pingjin area, and the land south of the Yellow River was protected from the misery of the Japanese.

Tang Qiuli knew that after more than 20 days of fierce fighting in North China and Northeast China, the various units of the independent division lost one and a half brigades, nearly 20,000 people, and all the troops who fought were the backbone of the troops, veterans, and the starting troops of the independent division, including nearly one or more brigades lost by Liu Tiehan's division in the east, and the entire independent division system, which had three and a half brigades, lost its combat effectiveness and suffered a great loss of vitality, and had to be transferred back to the Huangya Dòng base area in Taihang Mountain to rest.

On the other hand, the Japanese army lost more than 300,000 troops, rapidly increased its troops to more than 1.1 million, and also increased a large number of technical arms, and its ability to mobilize for war made Tang Qiuli deeply vigilant; Japan had been planning for a long time, and the national government was rushing to respond to the war, and the number of soldiers alone was far behind Japan, and in addition to the various units under the independent division, weapons and equipment were also far behind Japan.

Coupled with the incomparable appeal and incitement of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, the fanatical militaristic ideology of the Japanese people and the god of bushido, the general mobilization of the whole country in Japan is extremely easy, on the other hand, in today's Republic of China, Chairman Jiang is named the leader of the country, in fact, the local powerful factions, each with their own agenda, Yang Feng yīn violated, they all want to take advantage of the Luàn bureau to get a handful, not to mention, the governor of Shanxi, when he was fighting with the Japanese army, he did not see him reach out to help.

Tang Qiuli used the strength of his family to fight against the power of the Japanese nation, and won a complete victory in the first battle, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese did not understand their own details, and took advantage of the surprise attack on their unpreparedness, and the future battles may not be so easy to fight.

Expanding the size of the troops, building up a force that can cope with several battlefields at the same time, and a large number of reserve troops with high suzhì is the only thing he can do, and now is the best time, he asked Chairman Chiang in Nanjing, in view of the fact that the current strength of the troops is far behind the Japanese army in North China, and the potential of the troops in all parts of North China is nearly exhausted, our department plans to recruit new soldiers throughout the country to increase the strength to contend with the Japanese army.

The required funds and weapons and equipment, if the government does have practical difficulties, can be solved by the Beiping Army Branch, jokes, conscription in Chairman Chiang's territory is equivalent to digging people's corners, without the consent of the old man, you can take a few people, just Boss Dai's guys, let you ròu not feel distressed.

He was also embarrassed to let the old man go out of his pocket to solve these things, with the current family background of the independent division, there was no problem at all, and there was another sentence he thought about again and again, and did not bring it up to Chairman Jiang, that is, where is the governor of Shanxi, in addition to the 300,000 Jin troops, at least there are 150,000 to 200,000 soldiers.

But that is the territory of the sī people who are covered by the hands of Chief Yan, the iron country, others take a few more looks, the old man can draw a gun to face each other, with Chairman Jiang's superb wrist, the ability to call the wind and rain, pondered for several years, and did not chā into a foot, finally had the opportunity to cross the Yellow River in the eastward expedition of the Red Army, the Central Army of eight divisions, hurried to the ground in Shanxi, but was used by Chief Yan as a thug, and the Red Army fought to the death, and in the end failed to stand still, and worked in vain.

I took food in his mouth, not to mention Chief Yan's reaction, is it unclear whether it is difficult for Chairman Jiang? And the old man's whole body is full of hearts, abacus pulled to the thief, one careless, don't follow his way, or wait for the Japanese to launch the next stage of the offensive, lure this Japanese wolf to his home, eat his sheep, take away his child, he should be in a hurry.

At that time, he couldn't help it, when he asked for help, it was not too late to put forward the conditions, Tang Qiuli's consideration was very correct, Yan Xishan had not yet felt the immediate threat of the Japanese, there was the North China Independent Division in front of him, he was happy to watch the excitement, as long as the Japanese did not enter Shanxi, it didn't matter who he fought with, as long as he didn't touch a piece of firewood and grass from my old man.

Chairman Jiang received Tang Qiuli's telegram requesting conscription in the Jiangnan area, knowing that what he said was the truth, and Dai Li's Military Command Bureau was not idle, and the information about the large increase in the Japanese army's base camp to the North China battlefield was continuously sent to his desk.

At the plenary meeting of the Military Commission, Chairman Chiang took out Tang Qiuli's telegram to solicit the opinions of the members of the Military Commission, but he did not expect that the majority of those who held opposing views were actually the majority, and their reason was that the strength of Vice Chairman Tang under his command now exceeded 1.5 million, far exceeding the strength of the Japanese army in North China, and that there was no need to increase the number of troops due to the natural danger of the Yellow River.

What's more, the locations of this conscription are all in the mainland, and once it is implemented, it will have an impact on the potential of the mainland's troop resources; in the future, once a large-scale war breaks out in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be too late to replenish the current troops.

Dare to be affectionate, these important members of the military committee put the Jin army troops in Yan Xishan in Shanxi and the Lu army troops in Han Fuyu in Shandong under the name of Tang Qiuli, so that the calculation is not as many as 1.5 million people, but Chairman Jiang is like a mirror, these military leaders, their roots are all in the Jiangnan area, that person has his own descendant troops, Tang Qiuli's recruitment in Jiangnan is tantamount to touching their fundamental interests.

There is also a little bit of indescribable Xiǎo thoughts, such a young Tang Qiuli, his outstanding military exploits in North China, let these veterans of the army, who claim to be generals in the army, lead the army for many years, but have no brilliant achievements, are jealous, and wish they had the opportunity to dismantle the stage, to be honest, they have also doubted Tang Qiuli's requirements, if it weren't for Dai Li's intelligence, I really don't know the pressure Qiuli is facing.

Tang Qiuli nominally led millions of troops, and Chairman Jiang, who has always regarded military power as the foundation of his foothold, knows very well that there are three flavors, Yan Xishan and Han Fuyu's troops, Tang Qiuli can command them, but they can't use them, those two people, regard soldiers as their own lifeblood, and occupy the capital of the territory, where are they willing to take it out and fight with the Japanese.

The combat effectiveness of the former Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army is also clearly displayed there, and what Tang Qiuli can really use is the more than 100,000 horses of the independent division, and in the face of more than one million Japanese troops, it is indeed powerless, and it is reasonable to put forward the request for conscription.

Therefore, in the face of the opposition of the senior members, Chairman Chiang took out Dai Li's information, Dai Li's information was very detailed, even the strength of each wing of the Japanese army, the name of the commander, etc., were completely written on it, the numbers were the most convincing, all the senior members were silent, they understood in their hearts, Chairman Jiang came up with this information, the current Tang Qiuli, in front of Chairman Chiang, has everything he wants, and sometimes, he takes the initiative to give it without asking, and he will fight again, and it is not only Tang Qiuli who will offend, but also Chairman Chiang.

After this meeting, the Military Committee of the National Government issued a general mobilization order in the face of the whole country, calling on promising young people to join the army and fight against the Japanese army, which means that this is a national war mobilization in the face of unprecedented pressure from Japan.

The telegram to Tang Qiuli was personally drafted by Chairman Chiang, "Qiuli, I know everything about your situation, the war situation in North China is tied to you, and the cadres are important, and all units are not allowed to recruit new soldiers at present, but priority is given to the independent division in North China. ”

As a result, all over the country, there was a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army.

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