I have to admit that Guo Biao has indeed grown up in the past few years following Ouyang Yun, from a simple soldier to a politician with certain vision and insight.
After hearing his words, Mu Jiandie felt more relaxed. After calming down, he thought about it seriously and suggested staying in Fuling for a while. He said: "It is not suitable to go back to Chongqing at the moment, but we can't say leaving either." Let's go. The current political situation in Chongqing is quite complicated. Several forces have joined in this fight. The result is hard to predict. Let's stay and see how the situation develops. If several parties form an intractable situation, hehe , then we will go in. Once we leave, Chongqing will become a vacuum, and it will be impossible for us to benefit from it. Lao Guo, what do you think?"
After calming down, Mu Jiandie's analytical ability was still quite strong. Guo Biao was obviously not as good as him in this regard. Guo Biao thought about it and agreed to his suggestion.
They temporarily stayed in Fuling, and then the Hu Tong team member who served as the guide came forward to find the people from Hu Tong's Fuling team to get the radio, and immediately sent a message to the headquarters to report the latest situation.
Just in the past few days, a vigorous student movement began in Chongqing. This revolution, known as the "February 13 Movement" in history, initially targeted the Wang clique directly according to Chiang Kai-shek's wishes, but after After Wang Xi presented a series of evidence, the relevant parties lost control of its direction and immediately pointed at Chiang Kai-shek.
When Mu Jiandie and Guo Biao were still climbing mountains and wading to escape to Fuling, Guangzhou, Ouyang Yun had already learned about the incident. When he saw the relevant news reports, his first reaction was to curse: "Damn it, dog bites dog." It's hairy on the lips." Immediately he was worried that the situation in Chongqing would get out of control and affect the Anti-Japanese War. He couldn't help but be very worried about his two divisions who were still outside. That afternoon, he sent a telegram to Zhang Zizhong, asking him to come to Guangdong, even if He didn't want to come, but the First Division and the Mountain Division had to come back after school.
During an extraordinary period of war between the two countries, the great turmoil in a country's political situation will inevitably affect its troops fighting on the front line. The overall quality of the Chinese army is currently like this. By then, as long as the Japanese seize the opportunity, a major defeat for Chiang Kai-shek will be inevitable. , the area under the jurisdiction of the Xuebing Army is basically not affected by this incident. If the Japanese want to take this opportunity to provoke provocations in the three southern provinces, they will only get themselves into trouble. But it is hard to say in North China and Central China.
It has been more than half a year since the 1st Xuexue Division and the Mountain Division followed Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army to fight in various places. The loss of soldiers was severe. What made Ouyang Yun especially heartbroken was that because the ammunition was not matched and there was no fuel, the two semi-mechanized divisions were now useless. They became pure infantry. As a result, the two student divisions, which were originally quite strong in combat effectiveness and were regarded as the main force by Zhang Zizhong, suddenly became inferior divisions that were not even as good as the local troops.
There is no way. They are used to automatic weapons and suddenly switch to medium and formal weapons. The Sanba Gai is even made in Hanyang. The accuracy is only a little better than that of the new recruits Danzi. However, the past fighting style has developed a group that likes to concentrate firepower to charge. Personality, however, after changing weapons, this has become the most fatal weakness.
At this time, Zhang Zizhong finally understood that the most important reason why the Xuebing Army is strong is its advanced equipment. Once this biggest advantage is weakened, the Xuebing Army will no longer be so mysterious. Zhang Zizhong's original plan He exchanged his three residual divisions for the two elite divisions of the Xuebing Army, but now he misses his three residual divisions very much.
The fighting method of the Xuebing Army cannot be maintained by ordinary troops. Ammunition is consumed too quickly. If you want to maintain continuous fighting, logistics must keep up. The problem of ammunition is actually easy to solve. After all, it is not a high-end technology. Although the materials consumed are tight, they are not impossible to obtain. The biggest problem for Zhang Zizhong is fuel. Currently, China's Xuebingjun can produce its own fuel, and the scale is not large (the oil fields in Hainan have not yet formed a large scale. Xuebingjun has not yet formed a large-scale oil field. Nowadays, all wars are fought on the basis of the Renqiu Oilfield), and other places rely on imported oil. Therefore, where does the 57th Army, which is a partial division, get so much fuel?
Zhang Zizhong originally intended to have the First Xueyi Division and the Mountain Division withdraw to Guangdong, but the distance was too far. Unfortunately, several officers were staring at these two mechanized troops (they did not know Zhang Zizhong's predicament. In their minds, this The two student divisions are still the only purely mechanized troops in China), so he did not dare to let them leave at all.
After receiving the telegram from Ouyang Yun, Zhang Zizhong was very conflicted. After the establishment of the 57th Army, he first fought alone in North China, then went to Xuzhou, and then to Shaanxi. As they got further and further away from the base camp, their treatment became worse and worse. Now, the whole army has not been paid for three months. This has seriously affected the morale of the officers and soldiers. Some of the officers and soldiers who have always been proud of their strict discipline have actually started to engage in petty theft. ,
Going to Guangzhou means joining the Xuebing Army. Zhang Zizhong can ignore the changes in military rank and status. The question is what his subordinates will think. At present, the Xuebing Army is already a group army. The 57th Army is one level higher, so after the 57th Army passes, it can only be incorporated into the cadet army. At that time, it will definitely be broken up and reorganized into several divisions. The selection of officers of the cadet army is completely different from that of the 57th Army. In order to master this, Ouyang Yun To form an army, some officers must be appointed and dismissed. If one of them is not handled properly, trouble may arise.
He was hesitant in his heart, so he first asked Zhao Dengyu to discuss it. Although Zhao Dengyu had been very unhappy with Ouyang Yun, he was very much in favor of going to Guangdong. According to his words: Now everyone doesn't even have food to eat, and they still care about these false reputations. Sir, don't worry. I can guarantee that if you propose to go to Guangdong, all the officers and soldiers will definitely support it.
After finding some confidence from Zhao Dengyu, Zhang Zizhong immediately made an appointment with Guo Da, Huang Haifu and Guo Muyue.
After the troops changed their weapons, their combat effectiveness deteriorated greatly. Guo Da and Huang Haifu were a little afraid of seeing Zhang Zizhong during this period. Why, they thought it was embarrassing. They were not afraid of losing their own people, but they were ashamed of losing the face of the Xuebing Army. It would be unbearable for them to touch the Commander-in-Chief's face.
Zhang Zizhong originally thought that they would definitely cheer, but who knew that after the three of them listened to him relaying Ouyang Yun's telegram, they all remained silent. Then under his urging, Guo Muyue said, "We can't just go back like this."
Guo Da and Huang Haifu immediately said: "Yes, we can't just go back."
Zhang Zizhong was puzzled and didn't know what went wrong, so he asked: "Why."
Guo Da, Huang Haifu and other officers had discussed relevant issues privately and made decisions. Among the three, Guo Muyue came up late and has now become the leader of the military strategists. Guo Da and Huang Haifu both looked at him. Said: "Commander, this is the case. We feel that although this situation is difficult for our two divisions, it is also an opportunity. We think so. We cannot always fight near the jurisdiction. Once a combat mission is carried out at a relatively long distance, if the war cannot end quickly, there will always be a problem of insufficient ammunition supply. Therefore, we feel that instead of waiting until that day to figure out a solution, it is better to seize the opportunity to train the troops now. ."
Zhang Zizhong understood and was surprised. He asked, "What do you mean, you want to take this opportunity to train the team's ability to adapt to other gun types."
"Yes, Commander, we have a request. Do you think we can replenish some troops on the spot? We have suffered too much damage recently, which has affected our combat effectiveness."
They don't want to go to Guangdong now. In addition to the reasons mentioned by Guo Muyue, another consideration is that they don't want to go back with such a force that has lost more than 50%. They must at least replenish the force.
Zhang Zizhong said: "There is no problem in replenishing troops on the spot, but how to solve the problem of military pay? As you know, Chongqing has not paid us for three months, and the supply line in Guangdong has been cut off again."
"We can ask the Commander-in-Chief to airdrop, but this requires you to send electricity to the Commander-in-Chief."
Zhang Zizhong had thought about asking Ouyang Yun to airdrop supplies as early as two months ago, but he didn't know much about the aerial capabilities of the Xuebing Army, so from his understanding, there was no plane that could carry supplies from such a long distance. After listening to Guo Muyue's words, he said: "I can send this telegram, but will it be useful? Is the distance too far?"
As an old man in the Xuebing Army, Guo Da knows the situation of the Air Force better than Guo Muyue and Huang Haifu. He said: "Distance is not a problem. Our Xuebing Army has large aircraft that can fly as far as more than 3,000 kilometers. Now The most difficult part is how to convince the commander-in-chief to give up the order to transfer us back."
It was the first time Zhang Zizhong heard that an airplane could fly more than three thousand kilometers. He was surprised and asked: "It is true that it can fly more than three thousand kilometers."
Guo Da nodded firmly,
Zhang Zizhong's mind immediately came to life, and he asked: "How much supplies can this kind of plane carry at one time, and how many such planes do you have in total now?"
"If we fly here, we should be able to carry at least five or six tons. When we came out, there were thirteen such aircraft, and there should be more now."
Zhang Zizhong thought for a while, then made a decision, and said: "Then as you said, we will keep insisting. Don't worry about sending telegrams. You can just focus on recruiting soldiers during this period. By the way, I suddenly have something A very good idea, can your parked tanks be used to train soldiers? In the future, we will definitely go to Guangdong. Hey, your commander-in-chief is a big business. Sooner or later, I will go to eat big business. The soldiers must first become familiar with these chariots, and then they can form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible."
Zhang Zizhong's impromptu words opened a door for Guo Da and others. They originally regarded the stopped tank as a trouble because they were worried that it would be captured by the Japanese, but now they discovered another use for it. Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Originally, the recruits recruited here would have to be retrained to adapt to new equipment and weapons after returning to Guangzhou. But now, with these stopped tanks, they can do it at the same time. Two kinds of training,