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"What exactly does this woman want! She returned the letter from the presidium, and she didn't read Mrs. Jiang's personal letter. She followed the Communist Party wholeheartedly, but she pretended to be the leader of the left wing of the Kuomintang." Yang Yongtai smiled wryly and shook his head. Soong Ching Ling is really worth [-] troops. With her in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to cheer for the CCP, most of the relevant resolutions of the Soviet Republic can be passed smoothly.

Wu Zhong also understands the reason for Yang Yongtai's distress. On the surface, their mission in Beijing seems to be negotiating with the CCP, but in fact they are contacting the democratic parties to make trouble for the CCP.But there is Soong Ching Ling in the CPPCC, and Yang Yongtai and Wu Zhong have tried various methods but have not achieved much success.

"Song Qingling is already a member of the CCP..." Yang Yongtai folded his arms, frowned, thinking hard, and obviously thought of some new trouble: "Could Zhang Xueliang have also secretly joined the CCP? Gongwei, you go to Wuhan On the other hand, I asked them if they still want to fight for Zhang Xueliang, and reminded them that without Zhang Xueliang's support, there was no need for me to stay in Beijing."

Wu Chong was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. From Yang Yongtai's tone, he heard that he meant to end his trip to Beijing and give up continuing to make trouble for the CCP. After thinking about it, Wu Chong still couldn't help asking: "Will the bureau give up Zhang Xueliang? "

"Perhaps." Yang Yongtai said: "If Zhang Xueliang's 15 troops take refuge in us, it's really not easy to arrange them. We definitely can't fight them. It's not enough to raise 6000 to 15 million for a year, and the Northeast Army has already given The Japanese and the Communist Party have infiltrated like a sieve. [-] people... can't be guarded against, so they should be sent to the Communist Party to clean up."

Wu Chong now understood that Zhang Xueliang's 15 troops were a force for the CCP, but nothing more than a trouble for the Kuomintang.Instead of taking this trouble back, it is better to kick the Communist Party.

After the telegram was sent, it was not until the next day that Wuhan received a call back. The KMT Presidium agreed with Yang Yongtai to end his work in Beijing.As for the work on Zhang Xueliang's side, there was no word in the telegram from the presidium, and it seemed that he really planned to give up.

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Tianjin, Zhang Xueliang's official residence.

Zhang Xueliang, the Security Commander of the Three Northeast Provinces who had already been kicked out of the Northeast, was just walking around in his study, restlessly.He was just wearing a bamboo cloth robe.After returning from defeat in the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang seldom wore military uniforms, and seldom went to the barracks, looking completely disheartened.Moreover, his body became thinner and thinner, and his narrow body seemed to be able to float when the wind blows when he wore a long robe.

At this time, Guo Songling was leaning against the lower chair, just looking at her student, as if waiting for him to make a decision.Zhou Enlai of the CCP has been in Tianjin these days, visiting Zhang Xueliang continuously, persuading him to join the Communist Party, and even offered him the high position of member of the Politburo and vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission!However, the Kuomintang was surprisingly indifferent. Not only did they not send anyone to promise high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but they also cut off the weapons, ammunition and military supplies of the Northeast Army!Completely closed the door to draw.It seems that the Northeast Army has no other way to go... Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling have been discussing repeatedly for days. The Kuomintang is powerful, and most of the final winners in this troubled world belong to them.But the CCP is not without a chance. Guo Songling has carefully studied the CCP's system and found that it is a political system that is particularly conducive to fighting. It can tap the last bit of power in the entire society for use in war.As long as the CCP's jurisdiction has one-fifth of the financial and material resources of the Kuomintang-controlled area, it is enough to compete for the country!In other words, as long as the CCP gets the Northeast, it is possible to win the final victory.And now that the Kuomintang is in trouble in the Northeast, the door to success seems to be opening to the CCP!

In the final analysis, Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army are no longer capable of surviving as an independent force. They can only choose between the KMT and the CCP to join, and the CCP has offered favorable conditions for members of the Politburo and the vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission... The Kuomintang But refused to bid!In this case, Zhang Xueliang would either go to the field to disband the Northeast Army, or he would have to make a revolution with the Communist Party!This is also a bit of a push to the top, right?

Today, as soon as Zhou Enlai left, Zhang Xueliang summoned Guo Songling and told him the favorable terms offered by the CCP as soon as they met.The Northeast Army, including the Northeast Army Navy, was reorganized into the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army after the founding of the Chinese Soviet Republic. Zhang Xueliang joined the Communist Party of China as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and chief of staff of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.Moreover, officers in the Northeast Army who are unwilling to join the CCP can freely and immediately, and the CCP will never stop them.This condition is really generous to the extreme, but Zhang Xueliang has been unable to make up his mind, he just dragged his feet, pacing in circles, the atmosphere in the room was in this silence, making people feel more and more suffocated, Feeling more and more out of breath!

In the end, Guo Songling couldn't hold back anymore. She stood up and sighed: "Hanqing! There is no other way out now. Why don't you fight with the Communist Party first! I think all of these Communists seem to be gangsters. The appearance of the big event is much better than those of the Kuomintang. And their doctrine is said to be the truth, and in the end the whole world belongs to them, and our Northeast Army is just a step ahead."

After Guo Songling said these insincere words, she was already hoarse!

Zhang Xueliang turned his head slowly, and sighed before he could speak: "...take a step first, and you can't turn back after taking this step. How much territory does the CCP have now? Hehe, Zhili, Beijing, Chahar, Suiyuan, Lubei, Jinbei, Shanbei, and at most half of Rehe...I don’t know if I can receive 4000 to 45 million yuan a year? They have six route armies, we have three route armies, if all If it is full, it will be 50 troops! In addition to the local troops, navy, and auxiliary forces, there will be more than 4000...and there is a central government, and there are so many democrats...how can these [-] million be enough? eat?"

Guo Songling also groaned in his heart. If those sites were in the hands of the Northeast Army, if the tariffs were not counted, it would be 2000 million a year, and that would be based on the combined commercial taxes of Tianjin and Beijing.Now... relying solely on farmers to pay public grain, I really don't know what it is like to be poor!But until now, there is no other way out, so he could only squeeze out a smile: "Hanqing, the comrades in the CCP are not afraid of difficulties, what do we have to be afraid of? Let them go out as soon as possible if they are afraid of suffering and poverty. I still have some savings in my pocket, so I'll distribute them to them...the rest, who are not afraid of hardship or poverty, may fight together, and maybe they will be able to find a way out. Moreover, the Kuomintang is about to start a war with 100 million Japanese troops in the Northeast. I estimate that it will take two or three years to decide the outcome of the war, and by then the CCP may have recuperated and regained its vitality, while the Kuomintang and Japan will suffer from both losses, and this country will probably be surnamed communism.”

Zhang Xueliang gritted his teeth and nodded heavily: "That's right! It's not that the CCP has no chance, and the KMT is too complacent now! They thought that with their 30-[-] troops in the Northeast, plus the mobs of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, they could defeat the millions of Japanese. The army is here! I think the Northeast War of Resistance will depend on the Communist Party in the end, as long as the Northeast can be returned to the Communist Party, coupled with the support of the Soviet people...the Chinese Communist Party must have a chance."

Seeing that Zhang Xueliang had finally made up his mind, Guo Songling let out a long breath, as if a stone had fallen to the ground.The Young Marshal Zhang in front of him, who had regained his confidence, would never have imagined that Guo Songling was tired of fighting for power and profit, and now he just wanted to retire to the countryside and stop asking about worldly affairs.Before retiring, he was able to find a home for Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army, and he was worthy of his master and apprentice.Although it's not the most ideal ending, it's better than disarming and returning to the fields, right?After all, Zhang Xueliang is still young, still patriotic, and wants to contribute to the country and the nation. Since the Kuomintang refuses to give him this opportunity, then join the Communist Party.

Zhang Xueliang also let out a sigh of relief. Thinking of the Kuomintang that kicked him away after using it and ignored it, he couldn't help but want to see their unlucky appearance... They should be unlucky soon, right?

Chapter 0551

Early February, [-] AD.

As the Spring Festival approached, a sudden heavy snowfall turned the entire land of the Central Plains into a vast expanse of whiteness. The turbulent Yellow River was also covered by hard and thick ice at this moment, and was frozen on this ancient and vicissitudes of land.

For Shandong Province, where the Yellow River enters the sea, this is a busy winter. Throughout the land of Qilu, several major highways are full of trucks and carriages full of supplies, heading towards Laizhou in the Bohai Bay. Advance in the direction of Longkou.There are two small seaports there that are also extremely busy during this time. Thousands of tons of various materials are shipped from there every day and sent to the port of Huludao across the sea to supply the thirteen troops deployed on the battlefield in western Liaoning. There are three divisions and three brigades of the army, and an aviation division with more than 300 aircraft.

Shandong, Weifang Railway Station.

A series of trains roared into this small station, and each train that came was loaded with various supplies.There is an endless stream of people on the platform in the station, constantly moving materials out of the carriages with open doors and stacking them on the open space inside and outside Weifang Station.

Fan Hanjie, commander of the Joint Logistics Command of the National Revolutionary Army, is in the only open area in the station.The entire station inside and outside has been piled up with all kinds of materials, only this place is still vacant. A military tent is pitched up, and two simple desks are piled up inside the tent with ammunition boxes, one of which has two desks on it. On the radio station, a young man who looked like a staff officer was reporting to him.

Fan Hanjie obviously lost a lot of weight, his chin became sharper, and his beard seemed to have not been shaved for a few days. The woolen military overcoat was wrapped tightly around his body. With the tent door opened, he could clearly see groups of infantrymen standing in front of the officers. Under the command, boxes of supplies were removed from the train.

"This is the report I just got. The Huludao military depot reported that after more than a month of rush transportation, the shortage of shells has been resolved. At present, the divisions and brigades on the front line have five bases of shells, and there are still five bases of reserves in the depot warehouse. The total reserve of artillery shells including mortar shells is more than 300 million rounds, which is enough to cope with a large-scale battle. The logistics headquarters of each division and brigade are protected, and each unit has reached the base of ten bullets, and there are still ten bullets in the depot warehouse Base. In terms of fuel, the [-]st Light Armored Division and the [-]nd Light Armored Division have enough fuel, and the spare fuel is also in the five bases. The fuel required by the trucks of other infantry divisions and brigades is not enough, and it will take at least five days to meet the needs. Air Force There are ten bases of fuel in the airport and logistics warehouse of the Second Air Division, and the ammunition is basically sufficient, but there are only two bases in the logistics warehouse. To meet the needs of long-term combat, at least ten bases must be added. In addition, light armor The division’s spare tanks and aviation division’s spare planes have not yet arrived. Food, building materials..."

After the staff reported, he looked up at Fan Hanjie and said hesitantly: "Commander, the supplies stored by the various troops in western Liaoning and the Huludao military station are enough to support a large-scale battle... The responsibility for not meeting the plan is not ours, but the shipping. Insufficient strength, the Beijing government recalled their navy, and now the sea transportation is only [-]% of the original, and all kinds of materials have been piled up at the Weifang Military Station and the two ports of Longkou and Laizhou.”

Although Fan Hanjie, the joint logistics commander, personally came to Weifang to supervise the rush to transport supplies, but the land route going north was interrupted because the relationship between the two parties was almost broken. Transportation capacity has also been reduced by 380%.So now the entire transportation plan is only less than 48% complete.Although it is enough to support a large-scale battle, it cannot support persistent operations after the shipping is cut off for a short period of time.In addition, due to the impassability of the railway, a 210mm caliber train gun originally planned could not be transported to Huludao...Now the Huludao Fortress has only four 280mm howitzers in addition to the [-] [-]mm howitzers of an Army Heavy Artillery Brigade The caliber coastal defense guns are basically unable to deal with the battleships breaking in madly.

Fan Hanjie shook his head and did not speak. Luo Yaoguo and An Sihua would not be satisfied with this result. Although the Northeast battlefield is calm at the moment, Fan Hanjie vaguely estimated that the Japanese invaders would launch an attack before the end of April at the latest, and the time of this attack The scale far exceeds the Battle of Western Liaoning, and the duration also exceeds the Battle of Western Liaoning. It is likely to last for several months, and the most worrying thing is that the shipping line may be cut off by the Japanese army in the next war!If you can't reserve enough supplies before the war, the Liaoxi army is very likely to be defeated due to lack of supplies!

But he had no way to complete the task of stockpiling enough supplies before the war started.He has a very strong feeling that the outcome of the next battle will determine the outcome of the entire war, and even the fate of China and Japan, so there is absolutely no room for loss.

The staff officer didn't wait for Fan Hanjie's answer, so he put the documents into the document bag, and then sat behind the desk set up by the ammunition box and continued to prepare the documents for the military meeting to be held in Jinan.

The radio was ticking, and the adjutant took the telegram from the translator: "Commander, Chief of Staff Luo has ordered you to rush to Jinan Wanzhuyuan immediately."

"Call back, as ordered." Fan Hanjie didn't turn his head back, when a major officer hurried in from outside, holding a document in his hand.

"Commander, the problem is serious." Fan Hanjie looked back at him, and the major looked down at the document and said, "This is the weather forecast just received. There is another cold air coming down from Siberia, and the temperature in the entire northeast is expected to drop again. It’s about to freeze! This ice situation is expected to last for more than ten days, and ships will not be able to re-enter Huludao Port until February 12.”

The major finished speaking in one breath, and then looked at Fan Hanjie. Fan Hanjie's heart sank. This time it was a man-made disaster combined with a natural disaster. Huludao Port will not be opened for another ten days, which means that at least [-] tons of supplies cannot be transported in time. However, the material reserves in the hands of the Liaoxi army became even more tense.

"Commander, now we can only find a way to go by land. If the Chinese Communist Party agrees to allow us to use the Jinpu Line and the Beining Line..." The major hesitated for a while before making a suggestion.

Fan Hanjie sighed, borrowing excuses from the CCP is not something that a small joint logistics commander like him can do. Even Luo Yaoguo, the chief of the general staff, may not be able to get through. After a while, he was forced to raise the signboard of the Soviet government in advance and lost a lot of points in the south. He is now in a fit of anger.

"Let's go to Jinan first, I can only ask the assistant commander to make up his mind." Fan Hanjie shook his head with a wry smile, beckoned to his adjutant and staff, and then strode towards the platform.There are more than a dozen empty trains going to Jinan every day, and Fan Hanjie can get on any one of them, and he will arrive in Jinan within a few hours.

The Northeast Theater currently has three headquarters in Huludao, Harbin, and Jinan, which are headed by General An Sihua, Commander of the Northeast Theater, Admiral Wang Zhongyi, Deputy Commander, and Vice Admiral Long Tenghui.Among them, the Jinan Command is mainly responsible for commanding naval operations in the Bohai Bay.

Although Jinan is not a former enemy, the atmosphere is clearly wartime. Soldiers and patrols are everywhere, and there are many guard posts along the way. The newly rebuilt Jinan Railway Station (destroyed in the 1928 Battle of Shandong) is even more vigilant inside and outside. The security was so strict that even a senior general like Fan Hanjie had to be checked by two checkpoints.

The Jinan headquarters did not send a car to pick them up. Fan Hanjie and his party took a car from the Jinan Military Station of the Joint Logistics Command and hurried to the headquarters in Wanzhuyuan. It was already sunset when they arrived there.

After entering Wanzhuyuan, Fan Hanjie found that the atmosphere in the headquarters was quite relaxed. Luo Yaoguo was not in Wanzhuyuan, but went to Shandong Provincial Experimental Theater with Natalie to watch the 16-year-old female artist who is currently becoming popular in Jinan Miss Li Yunhe starred in the play "Nara".This made Fan Hanjie heave a sigh of relief, and hurried to see Long Tenghui, the deputy commander of the war zone.

"Commander Long, the fire is imminent! The temperature in the Northeast is about to drop sharply, and Huludao Port is about to freeze. What should we do?"

Fan Hanjie's words made Long Tenghui, who had been smiling calmly, suddenly become nervous.Although he is currently the deputy commander of the war zone, he is not in charge of logistics and transportation, but when the CCP recalled the Northeast Army Navy last month, he rejected the suggestion of Zhao Zheng, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, to seize the Northeast Army Navy. Insufficient capacity.If the battle is delayed because of this, the consequences will be serious!

"Commander Fan, how long can the reserves on the western Liaoning front line last?" Long Tenghui asked Fan Hanjie closely.Fan Hanjie shook his head and sighed: "At most, we can fight a battle that lasts for a month."

"One month." Long Tenghui breathed a sigh of relief, and looked down on the worried Fan Hanjie in his heart: "In a month, Huludao will be frozen, and then it will be better. Besides, Liaoxi is not right now. Is there no war yet?"

Fan Hanjie smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Commander Long, when the battle starts, the Japanese navy will definitely break into the Bohai Bay. Can your Beiyang Fleet stop it?"

Long Tenghui waved his hand indifferently, and laughed loudly: "That's impossible, we have planes in the sky, submarines under the water, and the surface of the water is covered with mines, small Japanese warships can't withstand the bombing of the planes, big warships... Are they willing to take this risk? Brother, don’t forget that our 20-ton battleships will be in active service by the 23rd year of the Republic of China. If the Japanese lose a few battleships in the Bohai Bay, they will cry It's too late."

Long Tenghui smiled and motioned Fan Hanjie and the others to sit down, asked the orderly to pour tea for them, and then said with a smile: "Brother Hanjie, don't worry, the assistant commander also knows your logistics difficulties. He came to Jinan to cooperate with the CCP. The representative of the Chinese Communist Party is negotiating the borrowing and renting of naval ships, and he is watching a play with the representative of the CCP, Xuan Xiafu."

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"First of all, I am a person, a person like you—at least I have to learn to be a person." When Nora, played by Li Yunhe on the stage, uttered this classic line, there was thunderous enthusiasm in the theater applause.And in a luxuriously decorated box, Xuan Xiafu, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, watched Luo Yaoguo sitting next to him with eyes full of sympathy, regret, contempt, condemnation, er, a little bit of appreciation and surprise. Natalie Leshinskaya.Of course, Xuan Revolutionists feel that they are not admiring Natalie's self-indulgence and betraying the revolution to become the concubine of a reactionary warlord. They are just admiring the sexy and charming angel face, while they are only surprised by the bumpy devil figure. Well, growing up like this is really too...

"Sir, Mr. Xuan, what are you thinking?" Luo Yaoguo's concerned voice suddenly rang in Xuan Xiafu's ear.Only then did Xuan Xiafu realize that the play was over, he didn't know how long he had been distracted, all the audience had already left, the theater was pitch black, only the dim lights were left in this box.

"Oh, I'm thinking about the excuse offered by Chief of Staff Luo." Xuan Xiafu hurriedly sat upright, frowned slightly, looking like he was thinking, and after a long while, he sighed deeply: " It is reasonable to say that the equipment of ten light infantry divisions is not too small. But... now the relationship between the north and the south is tense, and you in the south have been accusing our party of dictatorship for no reason in the newspapers. This is a very unfriendly approach. To this The comrades in our party are very angry, if you really have the sincerity to fight against Japan together, shouldn’t you first eliminate this kind of influence that is not detrimental to our party?”

"Mr. Xuan, the front line in the west of Liaoning is very tight right now." Natalie smiled beautifully and said, "You blocked the land passage and recalled the Northeast Army Navy, so that we don't even have enough sea transportation capacity now... The materials for the front line in western Liaoning lasted for a month..."

At this moment, Luo Yaoguo coughed lightly, winked at Natalie quickly, and interjected: "Mr. Xuan, I will try my best to fight for your request at the presidium meeting, but I also hope that you can make the Northeast The actual difficulties and threats of the War of Resistance were truthfully reported to the Central Committee of your party, and I believe they will definitely make the right choice." As he spoke, he pulled Natalie and stood up: "There is an important meeting in the Northeast Theater Excuse me." After speaking, he and Natalie left in a hurry.

The news that the Kuomintang army on the front line in western Liaoning was in short supply and could only last for a month was quickly transmitted to Beijing by telegram and placed on Zhou Enlai's desk. Bureau members Mao Zedong, Xiang Ying, Zhu De, Wang Ming, Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Wentian, alternate member Gu Shunzhang, Comintern adviser Mif and others were invited to discuss. The small study room immediately seemed cramped after nine people entered.

"What do you think of this?" Zhou Enlai put aside the pleasantries at the meeting, and asked straightforwardly: "The Kuomintang borrowed equipment from ten light infantry divisions from us. It seems that the battle situation in western Liaoning is really in danger."