Chapter 232 Entrustment

Therefore, although Song Zheyuan suddenly made this decision at the meeting of senior officers out of various psychology, Tang Qiuli's heart was still a little uncomfortable.

Song Zheyuan is a rather complex figure, his inner sense of patriotism and warlord consciousness is equally strong, often makes him fall into fierce ideological struggles, he has a deep-rooted warlord separatist mentality, what he did in Pingjin, half of it was forced by the Japanese, half still hoped to establish an independent kingdom, engage in military secession.

Chiang Kai-shek spent a lot of effort on him, but Song Zheyuan finally refused to surrender, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Song kept saying that he wanted to leave some foundation for Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, reflecting that Feng Yuxiang was always higher than Chiang Kai-shek in his heart, at that time, Chiang Kai-shek had achieved reunification, those who obeyed me prospered, and those who opposed me died, how many generals of the Northwest Army kept pace with the times and took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zheyuan's loyalty to Feng Yuxiang was sighing.

Song Zheyuan did not want to resist Japan and kill the enemy, but the warlord thinking ingrained in his mind finally ruined his military career, and Chiang Kai-shek was able to reuse Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming and others, as well as Sun Lianzhong and other Northwest Army generals, but he refused to use Song Zheyuan, which was to see through his selfish thoughts.

Zhang Zizhong fought hard with the 59th Army and the Itagaki Division that he had personally cultivated in southern Lunan, completely ignoring the casualties, and won the great victory in Linyi.

In the final analysis, Song Zheyuan was a figure created during the decades of warlord melee in China, although he had unyielding national integrity, but because of his fatal defects in thinking, he could not become the mainstay of resisting Japan and saving the country.

Song Zheyuan is such an old and sophisticated person, although Tang Qiuli did not have the slightest fluctuation in his expression, he still had that kind of faint smile, but the light that flashed in his eyes from time to time couldn't hide his eyes, how could he not know the heart of this young man.

Pulling Tang Qiuli's hand tightly, he leaned into his ear: "Brother, I know what you think, if Song asks for help in person, the elder brother will definitely refuse, this is suspected of taking advantage of the chaos, people who don't know the truth will misunderstand that the elder brother borrowed the power of Nanjing, squeezed out Song, and replaced him." ”

"Brother, personal honor and disgrace, compared with the overall situation of the country, which is more important, the elder brother knows that Song is not for anything else, just to preserve the blood and bones of the Northwest Army of the 29th Army, instead of dying in vain on the stupid decisions of some big people, and he is worthy of the old commander, Song is two words, please"

After speaking, there seemed to be a sense of pathos, the discomfort in Tang Qiu's centrifugation had long since disappeared, he was moved by Song Zheyuan's true feelings, for so many years, how could Commander Song not endure humiliation and burden, maneuver in many ways, and do everything possible to preserve the few remaining bloodlines in the northwest.

Chairman Chiang handed over such a mess in North China to the Northwest Army, which was not a descendant of the lineage, and pushed the 29th Army and Song Zheyuan to the cusp, so why didn't he have the intention of borrowing the Japanese sword to get rid of the 29th Army?

He understood that the old commander Song Zheyuan said was Feng Yuxiang, a veteran soldier with patriotism and national spirit, who had always been a model in Tang Qiu's centrifugation, and in the face of national righteousness, personal honor and disgrace were nothing.

At this moment, he was moved by the spiritual realm of these soldiers in this era, who are worried about the country and the people, although there are such and such shortcomings in their character, it is worth doing something for them just because they do not forget the great national righteousness and do not lose their national integrity

Since history has entrusted itself with such a heavy responsibility, let go of all the burdens and burdens, and use our own abilities to give the 29th Army a bright future, so that these soldiers can establish meritorious feats on the battlefield of killing the enemy, instead of becoming victims of politicians, political scheming, and mutual intrigues.

After making this decision, Tang Qiuli was relaxed, his eyes were calmly facing all the officers, the honesty and sincerity in his eyes were undisguised, between real soldiers, there were some intuition and connections that others could not understand, and sometimes, the soldiers believed in their own intuitive judgment.

The tense and slightly sad atmosphere in the conference room was gradually dissipating, and the senior officers of the 29th Army looked at Tang Qiuli and tended to be more kind and accepting.

Tang Qiuli stood up and solemnly saluted the officers present: "Colleagues of the 29th Army, Tang Qiuli is not yet a weak champion, but thanks to the army commander so important, entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, I should do my best, I, Tang Qiuli, raised the banner of rebellion in the northeast at the age of 16 to fight against the Japanese invaders, and there are nearly 200,000 Japanese devils who died at the hands of the soldiers of our independent division for more than four years, and Tang Qiuli is confident that he is worthy of the conscience of the Chinese."

As soon as Tang Qiuli's words fell, the rainstorm applause of the officers of the 29th Army below flooded the conference room.

These officers were all on the front line of face-to-face confrontation with the Japanese army, and they knew very well that the equipment, firepower, and training of the Japanese soldiers were more than ten times higher than that of the squadron.

And this Tang division commander, when he was 16 years old, fought with the Japanese in the northeast, led tens of thousands of people, and was able to achieve a brilliant record of destroying nearly 200,000 enemies.

Let me ask, such a record, can the one here match it? What is even more difficult is that in the process of fighting thousands of miles, he was able to retreat without having outstanding military command skills, and his subordinates were well-trained soldiers and men who had the determination to resist the enemy to the death

Tong Linge and Qin Dechun, deputy commanders of the 29th Army, are both veterans in the army, and they know that at any time, strength is the capital to speak, Tang Qiuli's independent division has nearly 80,000 people, and the total strength almost exceeds the entire strength of the 29th Army, and as for weapons and equipment, the 29th Army is even more unmatched.

As for whether Tang Qiuli took the opportunity to plot against the 29th Army and lose his position in the army, the two were not worried, people could not look down on their own rags, and those heavy weapons that the 29th Army regarded as treasures were still eliminated by independent divisions.

So, the two deputy army commanders took the lead in saying that they would follow the wishes of the old army commander and resolutely obey the orders of the deputy army commander Tang.

General Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 38th Division, was surging in his heart, the Japanese invaded our China, hindered by the shape, he could not go into battle to kill the enemy, seeing the Japanese invaders rampant and murderous in front of the Chinese people, his heart was dripping blood in pain more than once, and now, this young general who is less than 20 years old, has fought a bloody battle with the Japanese invaders for four years in the white mountains and black waters, and has achieved impressive results, which cannot but make him admire.

Such a Chinese man, which makes the Japanese frightened, what else do I Zhang Zizhong disobey? The general was tall and spoke passionately and heroically, and took the lead in saying that he would accept the command of Deputy Army Commander Tang, but if he could fight devils, the 38th Division would obey his dispatch at any time.

General Zhang Zizhong was martyred in May 1940 at the age of 49 in the battle against Japan in the mountainous areas of northwestern Hubei Province. According to historical records, when the general's coffin arrived in the county seat, the Japanese planes circled over the tens of thousands of people who greeted the coffins.

Tang Qiuli looked at these hot-blooded soldiers, there were several people here, all of whom were figures who flaunted the annals of history, and some of them were martyred on the battlefield, can their own appearance change their fate?

After the officers' feelings calmed down, Tang Qiuli continued: "Everyone, the independent division will never be stationed in the Pingjin area on a large scale, and the defense area of the 29th Army, the independent division will not take over one place, you can rest assured."

As soon as this remark came out, the officers were greatly shocked and even puzzled, since ancient times, that army is not for territory, no territory, it means that there is no foundation, sooner or later it will be swallowed up by other forces, and in North China, Pingjin region, it is definitely a piece of fat.

Tang Qiuli knew in his heart that the Sino-Japanese war that was about to break out, the Independent Division and the 29th Army would face a Japanese army several times larger than himself, and Beiping and Tianjin would be lost sooner or later.

He did this to show an attitude that although he took over the position of deputy commander of the 29th Army, he would never take advantage of it for himself, let his troops enter the Pingjin area, and squeeze out the 29th Army.

Moreover, in his heart, he already has a better choice than Pingjin, which is more conducive to the development of the army and a place to deal with devils for a long time, he didn't want Pingjin in the first place, why not raise his posture, it also solves their doubts, and it is more conducive to taking over and reorganizing the 29th Army in the future, and Tang Qiuli is happy to do it.

This showed that even Song Zheyuan was surprised, he asked Tang Qiuli to be the deputy commander, on the one hand, he took a fancy to Tang Qiuli's personality, on the other hand, he was also forced to formalize, he was ready to let the independent division enter Pingjin, which is also the price to pay.

Now, Tang Qiuli said that all the senior officers of the 29th Army completely believed in his sincerity, admired his attitude of taking the overall situation into account, and the slightest hostility and dissatisfaction with him all disappeared and regarded him as their own.

All the officers came to Tang Qiu, solemnly saluted the military, and resolutely said that they would absolutely obey the command of Deputy Commander Tang, even the two deputy commanders were no exception, because among those present, except for Song Zheyuan, only Tang Qiuli was a lieutenant general.

Tang Qiuli did not expect that this time he came to Beiping, originally for the territory on both sides of Taihang Mountain, but now, there is such a big windfall, this is nearly 100,000 well-trained soldiers, in the future anti-Japanese battlefield, will play an immeasurable role.

Tang Qiuli decided to surprise them again.

(To be continued)