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"Fu Wen, how is Manchuria going? The Japanese attack seems to be going well recently. They have already approached Harbin in North Manchuria, right? Can the Anti-Japanese Alliance hold Harbin?" Chiang Kai-shek's voice was slightly worried, these two days The battle report sent by the Northeast Theater is indeed ugly.In South Manchuria, the 30 troops had to retreat to Huludao and Xingcheng due to poor logistics.And Beiman is facing the attack of Japan and the Soviet Union!The situation is even more critical. In addition, Wang Zhongyi's rear Mongolia is "threatened" by the CCP. The CCP has been building public opinion for going north through Mongolia to resist Japan...

"According to the situation we have so far, the total strength of the Japanese Kwantung Army is about 65. It is currently divided into two combat groups, the north and the south. The southern combat group is under the command of Kwantung Army Commander Takashi Hishikarari. It has about 40 divisions plus Some independent troops have a total strength of about [-]! It is [-] more than our total strength in western Liaoning! However, after continuous operations in the early stage, this army should have suffered heavy losses. After capturing most of the mountainous area in western Liaoning in the past two days, They are confronting our army on the outskirts of Huludao Fortress, and there is no sign of launching another attack for the time being," Luo Yaoguo said.Now he has returned to the post of chief of staff in Wuhan. The general staff is responsible for the wartime command and military orders of the entire National Revolutionary Army, so he has a very accurate grasp of the frontline situation.At this time, it is clear and logical.

Just as they were talking, the car stopped suddenly. It turned out that they had already arrived in the compound of the Military Commission. Natalie, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, got out of the car first and opened the door for Chiang Kai-shek. As soon as they entered the meeting building, they saw a group of generals and corrections wearing dark blue navy uniforms gathered together, chatting about something. Among them, the highest rank was Lieutenant General Zhao Zheng, the new commander of the Nanyang Fleet.

Chiang Kai-shek also noticed these naval officers, walked towards them, and stopped in front of Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng gave a military salute to Chiang Kai-shek, and Lao Jiang returned the salute more casually.

"You are Zhao Hanyu, Commander Zhao?"

"Yes, Zhao Zheng, the humble commander of the Nanyang Fleet." Zhao Zheng replied loudly.

"I've heard Jingguo mention your name a long time ago. You graduated from Etajima Marine School in Japan, and you are No.1 in the first phase of our Naval University. You are the idol of Jingguo and the others! I have long wanted to see you too. Seeing you, it's a pity that I can't spare time to go to Zhanjiang, today I finally saw the true face of Mount Lu."

Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, did not go to the Soviet Union to study in this time and space, but was admitted to the third phase of the Changzhou Island Naval Academy and will graduate in June this year.With such a son who works in the navy, Chiang Kai-shek naturally knows the famous Kuomintang navy general in front of him very well.

"A person with a humble position has a false name." Zhao Zheng said neither humble nor overbearing: "I'm sorry for the chairman's concern."

"Don't be modest, you are the commander-in-chief of the Beiyang Fleet this time in the Bohai Bay War! You were the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet Air Corps before, and you formed the Naval Aviation Corps of our National Revolutionary Army." Chiang Kai-shek patted Zhao Zheng on the shoulder, He turned his head and smiled at Luo Yaoguo: "What about Fuwen, why is this Commander Zhao still a lieutenant general? He has made such a great contribution, why should he be promoted in a special way? How about a general?"

"That's natural." Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "It was originally planned to be promoted to admiral after Hanyu's visit to Europe and return to China. In addition, Long Tenghui and Chen Choshuo (Chen Ce) will also be promoted to admirals, and Zhang Yiming will be promoted to middle class." General, Chen Si and Yu Yanshou are promoted to major generals."

Chiang Kai-shek was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, the name of Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy, was not included in the promotion list!Chen Shaokuan's military rank is Lieutenant General. He used to be the highest among active navy officers, but now there are three generals. Can Chen Shaokuan, the Minister of the Navy, continue to do so?

"Okay! Very good!" Chiang Kai-shek quickly realized that it was Luo Yaoguo who was pushing out the Fujian Navy, but he didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile.Then he and Luo Yaoguo walked into the war room of the Military Commission.

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A large military map was placed in front of the map table in the war room of the Military Commission. Several deputy chiefs of the general staff and heads of several departments had already gathered here, waiting for Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo.Seeing them coming in, they all stood up and saluted, and then everyone stood in front of the map platform. Bai Chongxi, the deputy chief of staff, introduced the latest combat deployment of the Northeast Theater to Chiang Kai-shek.

"After the victory of the Bohai Bay naval battle, our army has controlled the command of the sea in Bohai Bay. Lushunkou and the entrance of Bohai Bay have been completely blocked by mines. Now there is no way for Japanese surface ships to come in, and there is no way to use Lushunkou and Dalian Bay to come in. Delivery of supplies. All the logistics lines of the Japanese army can only be transported by land on the Korean Peninsula, so the analysis of the Northeast Theater believes that Japan is unable to increase its troops to the Northeast, and the 65 troops may have exceeded the limit of the Japanese army’s supply capabilities.”

Modern warfare is all about logistics, especially now that the Kuomintang and the Japanese army have invested hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northeast, and they are consuming huge amounts of supplies every day. The shrinking defense of the Kuomintang army during this period is also caused by poor logistics. , It's not that the combat power is inferior to the opponent.Therefore, Bai Chongxi focused on the issue of blocking the Japanese army's supply port as soon as he came up.The main content of the Kuomintang-Communist negotiations held in Xi'an this time was also to transport supplies to the northeast through Zhili.

"The latest idea of ​​the Northeast Theater is to launch a counter-offensive to Jinzhou and the mountains in western Liaoning after the Huludao port is repaired, so as to attract the main force of the Japanese army. At the same time, the Marine Corps and one or two infantry divisions will be mobilized. Landing." Bai Chongxi picked up a pointer and pointed to Yingkou on the map, and introduced:

"Yingkou is located at the estuary of the Liaohe River, and it is also on the main road leading to Shenyang and Western Liaoning on the Liaodong Peninsula. If Yingkou is occupied by our army, it will threaten Japan's base camp in Manchuria 'Kandong Prefecture' and the important town in Northeast China. The safety of Shenyang. Moreover, the logistics line of the Japanese army's South Manchuria combat group will also be under the vanguard of our army. If this battle can succeed, the entire Northeast War of Resistance will quickly move towards victory!"

Hearing that the War of Resistance in Northeast China would soon lead to victory, Chiang Kai-shek raised his eyebrows, and a trace of excitement flashed across his face, but in a blink of an eye he became serious again, and his eyes turned from South Manchuria to North Manchuria.

"Fuwen." Luo Yaoguo, who was squinting his eyes and imagining every detail of the Yingkou landing battle, turned to look at Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at him solemnly: "I have no doubt that the soldiers of the national army can drive out the Japanese invaders. The main problem is to regain the mountains and rivers! During this time, the CCP’s influence in Manchuria has also developed rapidly, right? It seems that they fought with Wang Zhongyi’s troops a few days ago. I don’t want us to fight off the Japanese with great difficulty, but the territory It was captured by the Communist Party." Chiang Kai-shek paused and said: "With the Chinese Communist Party, we must not only negotiate the division of the territory first at the negotiating table, but also consider the issue of occupying the territory in specific operations, and we must also do a good job. Prepare for friction with the CCP. Manchuria is close to the Soviet Union...the CCP has an advantage over us there!"

Luo Yaoguo nodded, of course he knew that the Kuomintang's defeat in the civil war in another time and space started from the Northeast.Here, the CCP's territory and army are no less than in history. Once a civil war breaks out in the Northeast, maybe the CCP can achieve a good record.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Jie, I will definitely negotiate with the CCP. They are currently troubled by internal and external troubles."

"I'm not worried about negotiations." Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand, looked away from the map platform, and walked around the war room:

"After defeating the Japanese, the main threat we face is the Soviet Union and the Communist Party. After this war, the Communist Party will establish a direct land connection with the Soviet Union...and when we digest Zhili, Beijing, Tianjin and After the two provinces of Liaoning and Jilin, the issue of national unification will inevitably be solved. Will the Communist Party be willing to be a parliamentary party without an army or a territory? I don’t have any hope for this. Fight! Although the Northeast Anti-Japanese War and the Kuomintang-Communist negotiations appear to be anti-Japanese, they are actually planning for the future decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party! Therefore, the CCP will not let go of any opportunity to strengthen itself. One paper agreement fundamentally restricts I can't help them, I hope we won't be tied up by a piece of paper! Fuwen, Jiansheng, do you understand?"

Luo Yaoguo faintly felt that Chiang Kai-shek might have made up his mind to finally solve the CCP issue!Maybe it won't be long before he will promote the war against communism, and what Chiang Kai-shek is doing right now is laying out the layout for the future civil war...

After coming out of the war room, Chiang Kai-shek invited Luo Yaoguo into his office, and the two closed the door and started plotting again.

"Fuwen, is there any problem with Wang Zhongyi? He has been king and hegemony for so long, will he be willing to step back and become a senior general of the national army?" Chiang Kai-shek's tone was full of doubts.

"Does Mr. Jie have any suggestions?" Luo Yaoguo didn't seem to have any good solution, his face was filled with worry.

"Eastern Mongolia, Ulanqab, Greater Khingan Mountains, and Jilin Province are all given to him. Let him serve as a buffer zone between us and the CCP. In the Northeast, we will use Liaoning Province as the core territory." A trace of sarcasm flashed in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes: "Wang Zhongyi is still a member of the Communist Party. He is a vague area, which is just used as a buffer."

"Yes, absolutely." Luo Yaoguo agreed: "We will let Wang Zhongyi continue to muddle along, as long as the CCP does not expel him. But what about Chen Cixiu's troops and Jiang Dengxuan's and Yu Xuezhong's troops? Should the National Revolutionary Army be left to Wang Zhongyi?"

"Do you have any secrets?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with interest.

"Of course it is reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army, but it is also difficult to reorganize." Luo Yaoguo laughed.

Chiang Kai-shek also smiled. Of course he knew that Luo Yaoguo hated the warlords, but the KMT's development to such a degree over the years had a lot to do with the continuous elimination of the warlords and the building of the national army.However, the reorganization of the Confrontation Alliance is more complicated. Among them, the three armies were originally formed with the officers of the National Revolutionary Army as the core, so there is no problem in reorganizing them into two divisions.But the First Army and the Third Army are different. If they are not careful, they may defect to the Communist Party. Uh, no, they seem to be at the Communist Party’s end now, right?They are the warlords at the head of the CCP.

"Then reorganize the 25th and 26th divisions of the Anti-Japanese Army and leave 20 soldiers for Wang Zhongyi." Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and finalized the reorganization of the Anti-Japanese Army. Who should be in command of the Yingkou landing battle? The navy or the army? How should it be fought?"

Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, and answered carefully: "The landing battle should be a joint operation between the navy and the army, but the key factor for the success of the landing should be the navy. I suggest that Long Tenghui, the commander of the Navy's Beiyang Fleet (Zhao Zheng transferred to him after he left) I did) to direct the landing. However, the army also has to send staff to participate in the formulation of the landing plan. This is the first landing battle of our National Revolutionary Army. Neither the army nor the navy has much experience, so we can only proceed in the process of groping."

Chiang Kai-shek frowned and remained silent for a while: "This landing... will there be no problem? Our navy doesn't seem to have any large warships. Can it effectively support the landing operation?"

Luo Yaoguo scratched his head, hesitated for a while before saying: "Actually, the navy has a battlecruiser available right now, named 'Yavoz Selim Sultan', which has a displacement of more than 2 tons and has ten 280 A battleship with 150mm naval guns and twelve [-]mm secondary guns. It belongs to the Turkish Navy, but it was sent to the Germania Shipyard in Guangzhou three years ago for modernization and modification. Now it has been basically completed. I think we can requisition it temporarily it."

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When Zhang Xueliang was brought back to Wuhan for confinement by Chiang Kai-shek, Deng Yanda, a representative of the Communist Party of China, also arrived at the headquarters of the North Sea Fleet of the Red Navy in Tianjin.Since the current Central Committee of the Communist Party of China cannot determine whether Zhang Xueliang is really a traitor or has been kidnapped, it is not known what to do with the three Red Army Corps and Red Navy adapted from the Northeast Army.We had no choice but to send Deng Yanda, a relatively "neutral" Kuomintang leftist leader, to Tianjin to find out what Zhang Xueliang's subordinates were saying, and try to stabilize these army leaders.

Deng Yanda was drinking tea in the living room of the Red Navy Headquarters, looking boredly at the military port outside the window, and only saw a few steel towers standing upright on the sea outside the pier. On the flagpole, a bright red sickle and hammer flag fluttered in the wind!Deng Yanda guessed that it must be the three Soviet battleships sunk in the water, right?During this period of time, a lot of disturbances have been caused because of them.He propped his head on one hand, thinking about the question Zhou Enlai explained.

The generals of the Red Navy and the Red Eighth, Red Ninth, and Red Tenth Army Corps are now somewhat ambiguous. After Zhang Xueliang's so-called "anti-Soviet electrification" and "anti-Soviet declaration" were published, these generals neither announced their response to Zhang Xueliang, nor declared their support. Instead, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China chose to remain silent.As for the political cadres sent by the CCP, these Northeast Army generals advised them to stay at home to "sick" and did not deprive them of their posts, let alone expel them.

Regarding the strange behavior of the former generals of the Northeast Army, after discussing with Deng Yanda, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yanda agreed that Zhang Xueliang was probably kidnapped!Because Zhang Xueliang must have channels and secret codes to communicate with his confidantes, if Zhang Xueliang has really betrayed the revolution, then he will definitely issue orders to his subordinates to rebel, and now the Kuomintang has a great advantage in the country, these people are used to seeing the wind It is impossible for the warlord at the helm to hesitate.The only reasonable explanation is that these people can't actually contact Zhang Xueliang who has lost his freedom.

From these clues, Zhou Enlai has already detected the truth of the matter, but it does not mean that he can put 120 hearts on these former generals of the Northeast Army.Zhou Enlai and Deng Yanda are very familiar with the nature of warlords who are ungrateful for profit. They will not be truly loyal to any force. They are just bought or surrendered to an absolute superiority. Definitely the Democratic Party.If the price given by the Kuomintang is right, the possibility of these small warlords under Zhang Xueliang's rebellion is extremely high.

Deng Yanda thought all the way today, but he didn't know how to persuade these former generals of the Northeast Army.I believe these generals also know that the Communist Party, like the Kuomintang, cannot tolerate warlords, and sooner or later they will have to reorganize their army.The reason why they chose the Communist Party is entirely because Zhang Xueliang is their lord, and now this lord has lost control of them!Where these small warlords will eventually fall, I am afraid it all depends on the bids of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

But what price will the Kuomintang give?This is another question that Deng Yanda can't figure out.Judging from the current situation, it seems that the Kuomintang just kidnapped Zhang Xueliang, and did not take action to bribe his subordinates. Did they have time to do so?Or did you not intend to buy it at all?If the Kuomintang didn't buy off Zhang Xueliang's subordinates, it would be much easier to stabilize them.

"General Zesheng, rare guest, rare guest!"

Deng Yanda looked up and realized that Wang Yizhe, the commander of the Eighth Army of the Red Army, and Shen Honglie, the deputy commander of the Red Navy, had entered at some point. He stood up with a slight smile, and cupped his hands at the two of them: "Zhang Gong, General Ding Fang, I don't know the two of you. Have you ever contacted General Hanqing? I was entrusted by a friend, and I want to pass some words to General Hanqing, can you two make it easier?"

Chapter 0576 Enemy, me, friends fight! ([-]) Vacation treatment

Shen Honglie and Wang Yizhe looked at each other, hurriedly asked the adjutant to serve tea, and then ordered them to guard the door and not allow anyone to approach.Shen Honglie and Wang Yizhe sat opposite Deng Yanda, neither of them answered Deng Yanda's question immediately, and the room fell into silence for a while.

Deng Yanda sipped his tea silently, while his eyes wandered across the two former generals of the Northeast Army, trying to find some clues from their expressions.It took me a while to hear Wang Yizhe put down his teacup, drooping his head and saying: "General Zesheng, to tell you the truth, we have no way to contact Vice Chairman Zhang now. Vice Chairman Zhang has probably had an accident. We suspect that he was given by the Kuomintang... ..."

Wang Yizhe didn't go any further when he said this, but looked up at Deng Yanda's reaction.

"Mr. Zhang, General Ding Fang, can you now confirm that Vice Chairman Zhang was kidnapped by the Kuomintang?" Deng Yanda spoke slowly, watching the expressions of the two people opposite him while talking. Although Wang Yizhe was a little downcast, he was still He was relatively calm; while Shen Honglie was a little apprehensive and uneasy. Beads of sweat kept pouring out of his forehead. Up to now, he had not said a word when he met Deng Yanda. go.The expression on his face was very strange.

Deng Yanda emphasized his tone: "The Kuomintang's purpose of kidnapping Vice Chairman Zhang is obvious. Apart from undermining the War of Resistance and Sino-Soviet relations, it is to drive a wedge between the CCP and the former Northeast Army system. Our top priority now is to rescue Zhang. Vice-Chairman; the second is to smash the KMT’s conspiracy and maintain the unity of the Red Army. If the Red Army can maintain unity, the KMT will lose the value of continuing to detain Vice-Chairman Zhang, and the possibility of releasing him will increase.”

"The unity of the Red Army" actually alludes to the party's leadership, which is military power!Wang Yizhe looked serious. In fact, at the just-concluded emergency meeting of generals of the Northeast Army system, all parties were most concerned about "military power". At this critical moment, military power is not only the guarantee of future prosperity, but also directly related to To the safety of life.If once the military power is lost, it will be a human sword, and I will be a fish!

"General Zesheng." Wang Yizhe took a deep breath and frowned deeply: "We have discussed and decided that the most important thing now is the life safety of Vice Chairman Zhang! Only the unity of the Red Army. If Vice Chairman Zhang is killed... the consequences will be unimaginable, and the Northeast Army system will also be divided."

Wang Yizhe's words were very clear, which made Deng Yanda a little disappointed. Right now, Zhang Xueliang's life was already in the hands of the Kuomintang.These generals of the Northeast Army system keep saying that Zhang Xueliang's life is the most important thing. Doesn't this mean that the Kuomintang can use Zhang Xueliang's life safety to threaten the entire Northeast Army system?

Deng Yanda thought about it carefully, and found that Chiang Kai-shek's move really hit the nail on the head. Now the Northeast Army system only obeys Zhang Xueliang's order, and the Communist Party has drawn 10,000+ Northeast Army into the revolutionary ranks by wooing Zhang Xueliang.With these 10,000+ troops, the CCP can continue to deal with the Kuomintang, especially after the defeat of the Japanese aggressors when they develop to the Northeast, they need these Northeast local snakes.Without these Northeastern armies, the CCP’s current total strength is only about 20, which is even less than Wang Zhongyi’s anti-union forces. It is already the limit to be able to conquer Outer Mongolia and finally form a situation of separatism in Inner and Outer Mongolia.And if the Northeast Army joins the Kuomintang camp to fight against the CCP, the consequences will be even more unimaginable!But now Zhang Xueliang, the key piece to control the Northeast Army, was taken off the chessboard by Chiang Kai-shek, put it in his pocket and brought it home... How shameless!

Although Chiang Kai-shek's move is a bit despicable, it is very effective. The strategic layout of the CCP has now been completely disrupted.At this moment, Deng Yanda even faintly felt that this revolution might fail!This was something he had never thought of before.But now to save the revolution, it seems that we have to find a way to get Zhang Xueliang out of Chiang Kai-shek's pocket.

"If Vice Chairman Zhang makes a mistake, the CCP and the Northeast Army will suffer unimaginable losses, and the only way to ensure the safety of Vice Chairman Zhang is to unite the CCP and the Northeast Army." Deng Yanda thought a lot, A new proposal was also put forward, changing "Unity of the Red Army" to "Unity" of the CCP and the Northeast Army.