Chapter 397: Battle Clouds Gather
It is no wonder that the base camp of the Japanese army and the headquarters of the North China garrison army are nervous, Tang Qiuli's grass stick is too terrifying, more than 600,000 troops, across the four northern provinces and Pingjin area, the movement is also too big, not to mention, the troops commanded by Tang Qiuli, the devil of this branch, have far exceeded the Japanese troops in North China.
The other squadrons can not be taken to heart, the troops of the North China Independent Division, but the old fritters who have fought in the Northeast and the Kwantung Army for many years are fierce and cruel, and almost every soldier's hands are stained with the blood of the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire.
Such a murderous and cunning army, coupled with Tang Qiuli's devil, was placed on the periphery of Pingjin, near the Japanese army, the Japanese army's base camp and the senior officers of the North China garrison army, so could they sleep peacefully? In the middle of the night, I dreamed of gunshots all over my ears.
By the middle of April, the squadron finally stopped tossing, and all returned to their respective defense areas, and the Japanese generals were greatly relieved, plus the Japanese army in North China, after many replenishments, the total strength has reached nearly 400,000 people, and the heavy troops are in hand, and they have the confidence in their hearts, and they are bold again, and they recalculate the plan to start a war in North China.
As a result, the Japanese troops in various parts of North China began to become active, and military exercises continued, and they were all hypothetical targets of the Chinese garrison, which were very strong against xìng.
During this period, he sent a long secret telegram to Chairman Chiang, which was classified as the highest secret, and the telegram indicated that only Chairman Chiang could read it, and Tang Qiuli once again asked Chairman Chiang for approval to take the lead in North China, taking advantage of the fact that the overall deployment of the Japanese army in North China had not yet been completed and preparations for war with our country, and completely annihilated the Japanese army in North China in one fell swoop.
Catching him off guard, he could also curb the Japanese army's attempt to invade the south, and he now has the strength and ability.
Chairman Chiang replied, using very euphemistic words, but his attitude was very resolute, "The Sino-Japanese war must not be started by our side first, and if we look closely at the movements of the Japanese army, we have no intention of starting a war against us, and if we start a war first, we will lose our morality and damage our international reputation, and the government is seeking other ways to solve it. ”
After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli was speechless for a while, the current situation in North China can be seen by a blind person, and Chairman Jiang will not be clear? What is he worried about and afraid of?
The Japanese have all hit their homes, what morality and international reputation, how to fight, it is also to expel the invaders, other ways, it is not the League of Nations to speak, Northeast 918 has made a fuss, what is the result, the Japanese have not occupied the Northeast for six years, máo is one less plum, and they also support a Manchukuo, the League of Nations, not even a fart.
This is also Tang Qiuli, who has such a big face, so that the grumpy old man, patience xìngzi, gave him a detailed explanation, although he knocked on the side and clicked a lot of words, after all, he didn't say it explicitly, if he changed someone else, he didn't know how many times he scolded "Niang Xipi", a document came down, and he went home to farm, and if he couldn't look down on it, he would simply send it to prison.
Tang Qiuli was indignantly annoyed, he was quite dissatisfied with the old man, he didn't want to strike first, but he was not arrogant, he couldn't afford to fight and lose with his own strength against the power of the Japanese nation.
Just when Mei Ting came in, she saw her husband's angry face, and knew that it was Chairman Jiang's telegram that caused the trouble, and gently comforted him.
She knows Tang Qiuli's temper very well, don't look at her husband's usual kindness and gentleness, once he starts a fire, he has the intention of killing, but only in front of himself, he has no scruples, which makes Mei Ting see a more and more real Tang Qiuli, and gradually go deeper into his inner world.
After a prison sāo, the depression in my heart disappeared a lot, and I smiled apologetically at Mei Ting, Mei Ting was embarrassed, just like watching a big boy play a temper there, Tang Qiuli loved his wife more and more, in front of her, there was incomparably relaxed and casual, this feeling, when I got along with Xiǎo Ling, it was just not as deep as it is now, maybe it was because of my young age, right?
Mei Ting's xìng ge, since she got married, has changed more, only when she put on the military uniform, Tang Qiuli noticed his wife's other identity, ** active colonel, chief secretary of the secretariat of the North China Independent Division.
Prison sāo to prison sāo, the work at hand still has to be done, he has concentrated on arranging the next move, Mei Ting made him a cup of tea, and quietly left his office, Tang Qiuli at this time, absolutely does not want anyone to disturb.
He had no choice but to send another telegram to Chairman Chiang, reminding him that the focus of defense should be on Shanghai and the surrounding areas to guard against possible landing actions by the Japanese army, and that there was an attempt to attack Nanjing.
praised him for his foresight, insight, and his own thinking, the military committee must make corresponding arrangements, Qiuli does not have to worry and worry, Tang Qiuli knows that he scratched the itch of the old man, Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is his money bag, lifeline, and his birthplace, and he can't afford to lose it if he doesn't want to.
At the end of April, the units under the headquarters of the Northeast Tǐng Advance Headquarters of the Independent Division had completed tactical drills and daily training, and the troops' equipment had been replaced, and many light and heavy machine guns and artillery pieces of various calibers had been added, thus greatly increasing the firepower of the troops.
At the beginning of May, the earth chūn back, peach and plum blooming, willow new branches, shallow grass square green, swallows murmuring, cotton-wool-like clouds, lazily floating in the blue sky, the land of Kanto is now chūn cold and steep, and the banks of the Yellow River are intoxicating with warm winds.
Liu Tiehan led eight infantry brigades and one mixed cavalry brigade, totaling more than 143,000 people, from various garrisons in Shaanxi to Luoyang, Henan.
For a time, Yushan Avenue, chariots and horses Xiao Xiao, cavalry, infantry, artillery cars, rolled up the yellow dust in the sky, from Shaanxi Shangluo, Tongguan, divided into two roads, into Henan, in Luoyang into a share.
After stopping in Luoyang for a while, after replenishing the supplies and breeding, he passed through Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and went all the way along the left bank of the Yellow River, through Heze and Dingtao, and entered the territory of Shandong Province.
This is Tang Qiuli's last move in the Yellow River Valley, he really has no confidence in Han Fuyu's Han Qingtian's troops, in history, Han Fuyu's troops, the Japanese are far away, and before they hear the sound of gunfire, they will collapse for thousands of miles.
Discarded the natural danger of the Yellow River and the land of Shandong, in fact, Han Fuyu's troops were not without the strength of a battle, but they lost such a big face because they met such a commander.
There is also what makes him tempted, Han Fuyu has an air force in his hand, although the number of planes is not much, and they are all some old-fashioned two-wing planes, but after all, they are guys with wings, and they can come in handy when it is critical.
Speaking of which, Han Fuyu was still his subordinate, and all the troops of the Yellow River Valley Command could freely garrison in various places, and the telegram to him was a notice to prepare in advance for the troops of the independent division.
Han Fuyu was quite unhappy about the troops of the independent division entering Shandong, and he said in a reply to Tang Qiuli: "Vice Chairman Tang Xun Jian, the defense and local security of Shandong Province, and the troops of this province can fully bear it, and it is more than enough. ”
"Besides, your army has come from afar, and it is a guest army from a foreign country, if there is a conflict with the local sergeants, resulting in a two-part fight, it will be impossible to talk to Vice Chairman Tang and me on face, so I will think twice about Vice Chairman Tang and take back my fate."
In a word, simply refuse, none of you should come, the matter of Shandong Province, I Han someone is even, so you don't need to be careful.
Han Fuyu thinks that Tang Qiuli's move is to snatch food from his mouth and his rice bowl, and he has crossed the line, which is a great threat to his fundamental interests, Shandong is the territory of Han Fuyu's people, and he does not inquire, since I grabbed the territory of Shandong, for so many years, no military leader has sent a person or a gun here.
Even Chairman Jiang is no exception, but after all, he is his top boss, and there is no reasonable excuse for refusing, and he can't swallow this breath, and when they get a firm foothold, it will be too late.
So, Han Qingtian and Master Han immediately flew to Nanjing by special plane, and directly sued Tang Qiuli from Chairman Jiang, saying that he was taking the opportunity to expand his own power so that he could compete with Chairman Jiang for the world in the future.
After hearing this, Chairman Jiang was expressionless, and threw him a sentence: "This is an internal affair of the Yellow River Valley Theater Command, and the military committee does not need to do anything about the normal troop movement. ”
Yes, I called it back directly, Han Fuyu was so angry that he almost turned his back on it, you guys have discussed it, you covet my old Han's territory, and find an excuse to fight for it, they are all snakes and rats, all the way.
Nanjing had no effect, Han Fuyu had a plan, kept making trouble, Liu Tiehan responded calmly, resolved them one by one, and gave Han Fuyu a few secret losses, and got rid of more than 10,000 of his horses, Han Fuyu was honest and reluctantly accepted the fait accompli.
After Liu Tiehan's troops gained a firm foothold, they quickly established defensive lines at various key points at the boundary between Hebei and Shandong, and some troops, on the south bank of the Yellow River, built a large number of fortifications, and made corresponding arrangements for the Japanese army's possible strategy of forcibly crossing the Yellow River, which was also the second line of defense of the Northeast Tǐng Advance Headquarters of the Independent Division.
After all the affairs were arranged, Tang Qiuli returned to Beiping, where he had been absent for a few months, and this was what he was most concerned about.
There is one more important thing that has not been done, time is not waiting, and it must be arranged immediately.