In the early years of the Republic of China, there were many factions and warlords in China. Even now, although the Chongqing government claims to be the central government, in fact there are still many separatist warlords. Chiang Kai-shek's road to "party-state" dictatorship is not smooth, and if It’s not that the Red Army took advantage of the encirclement and suppression to consolidate local areas, and later took advantage of the Anti-Japanese War to organize war zones. The current Chongqing government and the so-called Central Army are not necessarily much stronger than the student army.
The warlord separatism of the Republic of China did hinder the development, unity and growth of the country, but judging from their performance in the Anti-Japanese War, those who later left infamy in the history books, such as the King of Shanxi, the King of Qinghai, the King of Sichuan, and the King of Yunnan , they are actually cute, at least in the face of patriotism, they did not shirk or escape. Only then did several major battles occur, and only then did we have the current situation.
The Chongqing government established the Chinese Expeditionary Force, but the Central Army sent no one. The army was composed of the Northeast Army and the Cadet Army, but the logistics was handled by the Yunnan Army. With a single order, Chiang Kai-shek merged the three largest warlord forces into one. Together, and if one of the three major warlords has selfish motives, or wants to take advantage of the opportunity to dominate one family, then no matter what the final results of the expeditionary force will be, the beneficiaries will be Chiang Kai-shek and his "party-state" government.
Jiang obviously had bad intentions, but Ouyang Yun laughed and said that he was doomed to miscalculate. He dared to say so because he had laid an ambush around Yunnan Wang Longyun as early as three years ago. This person was exactly Huang Zilin, a fortune teller from Peiping Tianqiao who was known as the "Huang Banxian", Huang Zilin first appeared next to Chen Jitang. The Cantonese clique collapsed. After Chen Jitang left office, he became a celebrity in the industry because of his fairy saying that "the opportunity cannot be missed" and was invited by Long Yun. , continue to play his role as a master,
Huang Zilin took the various anecdotes about Long Yun that Ouyang Yun wrote to him. It was not difficult to play the role of this expert. Long Yun was dubious at first, but then became more trusting. Later, Huang Banxian was invited to make every major decision. Helping him to predict the fortune, he unknowingly fell into the trap, and his acting style showed obvious traces of "Huang Banxian". Old Chiang Kai-shek thought that Long Yun served as the "logistics manager" of the expeditionary force, and he would definitely take advantage of the opportunity and would not tolerate it. The emergence of another king in Yunnan would be like planting a bomb behind the expeditionary force. However, Ouyang Yun believed that as long as Huang Zilin could grasp the right balance, Long Yun would not only not hold back the expeditionary force, but could even become a member of the Northeast Army. and a good ally in the Xuebing Army,
The expeditionary army in Chiang Kai-shek's imagination consisted of four armies from the Northeastern Army, namely the 53rd Army, the 57th Army, the 67th Army and the 2nd Cavalry Army; and three armies from the Xueying Army, namely the First Academy Army. Learn from the Third Army, learn from the Fifth Army. When this order came to Ouyang Yun, he sneered on the spot and said to Li Tieshu, who happened to be in his office: "I know, the tropical jungles in Southeast Asia are dense, and the cavalry will be pure targets when they enter." , Old Man Jiang has made it clear that he wants to exclude dissidents, but, are all the people in his country blind? From Male Gobi, he is too lazy to even make superficial remarks, so I have no choice but to completely betray him. It seems that I have to hurry up. Contact Commander Li, otherwise you will be too passive."
The formation of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was exactly what Ouyang Yun wanted for the Xuebing Army. For the Northeastern Army, its conspiratorial implications were too strong. At its peak, the Northeastern Army had an army of 400,000. Not only that, it also had the top ranks in the country at that time. With an air force and a sizable navy, such a large-scale elite armed force is said to be not enough to unify the country on the land of China, but it is more than enough to defend the three northeastern provinces and kill people. However, once it leaves its home base, it is like floating. It was as if Ping had lost her roots. Her former glory was like smoke after the rain, and she no longer regained her former glory.
Marshal Zhang didn't know people well. He thought that as Jiang's sworn brother and the second-ranking figure in the Central Army, Chiang would never take action against the Northeastern Army. But he didn't know that no matter how high he held the banner of supporting Chiang, he would never do anything to the Northeast Army. No matter how high it is, how loud the slogans are, as long as the Northeast Army still has the "Zhang" seal engraved on its body, Chiang Kai-shek cannot tolerate it continuing to exist on such a scale.
The Xi'an Incident was an opportunity. Marshal Zhang escorted old Chiang Kai-shek to leave Xi'an, and the Northeast Army ushered in a major reorganization. Well, the A division became a B division, and the A army became a B army. It only took Old Jiang A single piece of paper significantly reduced the size of the Northeast Army. After reorganization, the Northeast Army had six infantry corps and 13 divisions. 91st Division) and a cavalry corps, the number of soldiers directly increased from 300,000 to less than 200,000. Before the establishment of the expeditionary force, Liu Duoquan’s 49th Army had not been able to replenish its soldiers due to many wars, and now it existed in name only. And Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army was fighting guerrillas in the Lunan area and suffered heavy casualties. The current strength of the army is less than half of its original size.
If the Xi'an Incident was the starting point for the decline of the Northeast Army, then the Chongqing Incident was an opportunity for Marshal Zhang and the Northeast Army to rise again. However, in terms of long-sleeved skills, Marshal Zhang was obviously no match for Chiang Kai-shek. No, after just over half a year, the dormant Chiang Kai-shek re-emerged with a high profile and once again took complete control of the situation in Chongqing. At this time, representatives from Britain and France came to Chongqing to negotiate a military alliance. The expeditionary force was naturally established, and Chiang Kai-shek also seized the opportunity to take over the remaining Northeastern Army. All the new troops were incorporated,
Old Chiang Kai-shek turned his hands to turn rain into clouds, and the Northeast Army encountered an unprecedented crisis. The Zhang Mansion on Daping Road has been shrouded in haze these days. All people entering and exiting are cautious, for fear of making too much noise. It disturbed Shaoshuai Zhang who was meditating in the study.
Marshal Zhang has been depressed for the past few days, as depressed as the hot weather in early summer in Chongqing. Ouyang Yun, who is far away in Guangzhou, seems to have thought about what kind of state of mind he is in. After getting in touch with Li Zongren and reaching a tacit understanding, he sent him a message. telegram,
Mu Jiandie visited Zhang Mansion with a telegram. When he entered the courtyard, he found that the atmosphere inside was a bit strange, so he said to Marshal Zhang's adjutant who was receiving him: "Our commander-in-chief knows that Marshal Zhang has been in a bad mood these days, so he asked me to represent him on behalf of the front office." I came to express my condolences and please let me meet the young commander."
The adjutant did not dare to make any decisions, so he could only inform Miss Zhao Si, who was in charge, that
Miss Zhao Si received the report and immediately went to Shaoshuai Zhang's study. At this moment, she was the only one who dared to disturb Shaoshuai Zhang's meditation. She pushed open the door of the study, walked to Shaoshuai Zhang and said: "Han Qing, Xuebingjun Director Mu is here, please go out and see him. You are always like this and I am very worried. It would be good to go out and sit for a while and take a breath."
In front of Miss Zhao Si, Marshal Zhang would smile no matter how bad his mood was. Hearing this, he said softly: "The Xuebing Army and our Northeastern Army are now brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter, I will just meet Director Mu."