On November 23, three newspapers in Peiping and the "Oriental News" in Shanghai all published in prominent positions the story that Yang Jiuxiao's anti-Japanese detachment wiped out more than 370 Japanese troops and more than 500 puppet troops in the Chaoyang area of western Liaoning.
The "Central Daily News" responded with rare speed and published the full text of the commendation order issued by the Nanjing Central Military Commission and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. The radio station under An Yi publicized the achievements of Yang Jiuxiao's anti-Japanese detachment to the whole country for three consecutive days.
Achievements, described the battle in detail, and spoke highly of Yang Jiuxiao and his soldiers.
As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation. Newspapers across the country called this exciting anti-Japanese act the "Great Victory in Western Liaoning." The name of the anti-Japanese hero Yang Jiuxiao was praised by soldiers and civilians across the country almost overnight, greatly inspiring the country.
The army and the people set a shining example for the entire nation's anti-Japanese cause.
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Feng Yuxiang, who was preparing for the National Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Headquarters, held an emergency meeting. More than 20 generals including Fang Zhenwu, Sun Liangcheng, Ji Hongchang, and Tong Linge gathered together. Chief of Staff Qiu Shanning informed the participants of the "Great Victory in Liaoxi" and the detachment.
The situation of Commander Yang Jiuxiao.
The generals were very surprised by this and had doubts. They all asked how true this news was. Ma Zhanshan, Su Bingwen and other troops were the largest anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast. So far, only these two troops had achieved the goal of annihilating more than 300 Japanese troops.
Although Yang Jiuxiao's Northeast Anti-Japanese Detachment had made several admirable attacks on the Japanese army and had a great impact, this military operation in western Liaoning was no longer an ordinary small fight.
How could Yang Jiuxiao, who was the commander of a small battalion of the Northeast Army more than a year ago, have such planning and organizational capabilities for a large-scale military operation that was carefully planned and invested with thousands of troops?
At Feng Yuxiang's signal, Qiu Shanning called Song Xiude, the intelligence chief who was standing behind him. This intelligence chief, who has been active all year round and is very familiar with the situation in North China and Northeast China.
Realize something.
Song Xiude, who looks elegant and is not yet 28 years old, reported calmly: "According to the intelligence sent back by our Jinzhou Intelligence Station and Peking Liaison Office, the sudden war launched by Yang Jiuxiao's team in Chaoyang three days ago is true. We
The news obtained from within the puppet army is that two squadrons of the Ikeda Battalion of the 7th Independent Brigade of the Kwantung Army, as well as a team of more than 50 people led by Ikeda, a total of 391 people were annihilated, with only one young Japanese second lieutenant.
Because he had a high fever and escaped disaster, Zhang Haipeng's puppet army's Chaoyang garrison of nearly 600 people was annihilated and more than 480 people were killed. The remaining more than 100 people took off their clothes and fled into ordinary people's homes after gunfire rang out in the city.
He escaped and was lucky enough to survive. Over the past few days, the war repeatedly promoted by newspapers and radio stations was basically true. The only thing that was not mentioned by any newspaper or radio station was that Yang Jiuxiao's troops still followed the unique iron-blooded style of the past year and cut down
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers were beheaded, and all the Japanese corpses were stripped naked, not to mention the guns and ammunition left behind."
When the generals heard this, they started talking, and they all looked up to Yang Jiuxiao and his anti-Japanese detachment with admiration.
Ji Hongchang, the fierce general who had just returned to Feng Yuxiang, asked loudly: "Commander, can you contact this Yang Jiuxiao and ask him to come to us?"
Feng Yuxiang smiled, waved his hands and said, "I haven't even finished listening to what I said. Why are you so anxious? Xiude, go on."
Song Xiude nodded respectfully and continued: "Based on the intelligence collection of our intelligence office in the past six months, it can be said that we have a relatively clear understanding of the various anti-Japanese teams in the entire Northeast. The only thing we lack is understanding of Yang Jiuxiao and his anti-Japanese detachment. This time If it hadn't been for the exclusive series of reports by Shanghai Oriental News Agency, we would not have known that Yang Jiuxiao was responsible for the previous bombing of the Shenyang Shilihe Railway Bridge.
"Two months ago, my subordinates learned from the Montenegro railway attack that Yang Jiuxiao's department, which blew up the Japanese military train and kidnapped a large number of cotton-padded clothes, quilts and other military supplies, seemed to grow stronger overnight. Based on that incident, we obtained According to the intelligence, Yang Jiuxiao's troops have grown to more than 3,000 people, and are well-equipped and well-trained. After two months of investigation and a large amount of intelligence analysis, his subordinates can even conclude that this team is not only equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, but also has radios. Taiwan and its professional staff team must have established an efficient intelligence network throughout the Liaoning region, otherwise they would not be able to do such clean things. What is very strange is that this original team The troops belonging to the Northeastern Army twice rejected the Northeastern Army's request for them to rejoin the army. In one of them, the confidential adjutant of Zhang Zuoxiang, the Northeastern Army's auxiliary commander, even went to see Yang Jiuxiao in person, but was still rejected. From this we came to He raised a lot of doubts and asked two questions for the three intelligence stations in Shenyang, Jinzhou and Peiping to figure out. First, where did this well-trained team with excellent combat effectiveness come from such sophisticated equipment and abundant funds? Second Second, what is the real relationship between them and the Northeastern Army?"
The appetites of the generals were all whetted by the articulate and calm-looking Song Xiude. These fierce generals who had experienced hundreds of battles and commanded thousands of armies were all looking at Song Xiude without blinking. Feng Yuxiang also showed appreciation on his face. smile.
Song Xiude continued: "It wasn't until last night that the intelligence sent back by the Peking Station gave us a clue. More than 400 wounded soldiers from Yang Jiuxiao's department quietly bypassed the north of Lingyuan and entered the Chengde area. With the support, they were quickly transported to Peiping, and at 5 a.m. the next day, they were all put on the special train waiting at Changping South Station and headed south quickly. The brothers at Peiping Station finally found out that the destination of the special train was Baoding. Reminiscing that the train was just established last month The Intelligence Department of the Central Army's Baoding Depot believes that the matter is of great importance and currently does not dare to draw a conclusion easily. It can only report to the Chief of Staff and the Marshal urgently."
The generals were in an uproar, and Sun Liangcheng loudly exclaimed that Chiang Kai-shek's black hands would not stretch out so long, right? Ji Hongchang asked if the Northeast Army, under pressure from the Japanese, denied the suspicion and was still commanding Yang Jiuxiao's troops behind the scenes. Military operations? Only Tong Linge asked what was going on at the Central Military Station in Baoding?
Chief of Staff Qiu Shanning high-fived everyone to quiet down: "Everyone, we still lack understanding of the Central Military Depot in Baoding. According to the intelligence analysis sent back in the past week, this military depot with a dedicated railway line has stationed more than 4,000 Central Army troops, serving as depot guards. The mission is also a reinforcement regiment of the Central Army, and so far, the number of the regiment is not clear. The military station is tightly guarded and the operations are covered up. It is surprising. Another thing that deserves our attention is that a Central Army The engineering regiment with advanced equipment suddenly drove into Qingyuan in the south of Baoding three days ago and carried out day and night repairs and leveling of the original abandoned airport. Therefore, the intelligence office was right not to easily draw conclusions about the final ownership of Yang Jiuxiao's department. , today’s emergency meeting, the focus of discussion is this issue. If the forces behind Yang Jiuxiao’s department are not clarified as soon as possible, it will have a great impact on the National Anti-Japanese Alliance we are preparing to build. Let’s not talk about the political impact for the time being, only the military impact. Needless to say, everyone knows the impact."
Feng Yuxiang kindly asked Song Xiude to step down and raised three questions for discussion by the participants.
After more than three hours of intense analysis and debate, he still could not draw a conclusion on the ownership of Yang Jiuxiao's department. Seeing this, Feng Yuxiang was very cautious, pondered for a moment, and discussed in a low voice with Qiu Shanning, the chief of staff beside him.
A few minutes later, Feng Yuxiang turned to Sun Liangcheng and said with a smile: "Liangchen, how about you go to Peiping? The Northeastern Army has contacted us twice, hoping to jointly negotiate the cause of anti-Japanese war. It would be good for you to meet the young marshal to connect with us.
Also, your little brother An Yi is camped at Tangshan Hot Spring. You haven’t seen each other for a few years, right? In our army, you are the only one who has the best relationship with him, so it’s just right for you to go. Another one, An Yi’s subordinate
The 44th Division of the fierce general Gu Changfeng and Gu Madman has arrived in Tangshan a few days ago. Can you go and see for me whether this famous army is worthy of its name? Based on the comprehensive analysis of the current situation, Nanjing and Peiping have reached a unified anti-Japanese stance.
Otherwise, several direct divisions of the Central Army under An Yi would not have arrived around Peiping so quickly."
"yes!"
Sun Liangcheng answered loudly without hesitation, feeling quite complicated and full of expectations for this trip.
Feng Yuxiang glanced around and stood up: "Everyone, judging from the current situation, resisting Japan has become a consensus across the country. Although Chiang Kai-shek is still commanding his main force to encircle and suppress the Communist army, under the strong anti-Japanese pressure from the military and civilians across the country, he has to
It is worth noting that he sent his favorite protégé, the famous anti-Japanese general An Yi, as the former enemy's chief of staff, as well as the Independent Division, 17th Division, 44th Division and other units under An Yi, together with General Xu Tingyao
The two elite divisions under his command, which are both direct descendants of Huangpu, formed the Seventeenth Army together. This move won Chiang Kai-shek a lot of praise, blocked the mouths of those of us in the opposition, and won the political initiative. Now it is time for us to have
It’s time to express what we have said. Recently, the newspapers in Shanghai and Nanjing have been constantly criticizing and slandering us. They also said that I, Feng Yuxiang, was a conspirator who only told lies and was an out-and-out old warlord. Haha! So,
I have to show something, comply with the people's sentiments, comply with your anti-Japanese demands, and use practical actions to give those pro-Chiang public opinion with ulterior motives a resounding slap in the face."
Feng Yuxiang stopped and said loudly: "The 'Great Victory of Western Liaoning', which has won high praise from the whole country in the past few days, is not just a successful partial victory against Japan, but an important military operation with deep significance. If my estimate is correct, the north
Ma Zhanshan, Su Bingwen, Jilin's Li Haiqing, Rehe's Feng Zhanhai, Liaodong's Tang Juwu, as well as our east Feng Yong and the Communist Bayan Anti-Japanese Column, etc., will soon be inspired by this victory to launch
own military operations. Some of them may even launch large-scale multi-faceted military operations against the Japanese invaders under the unified command of the Northeast Army, which has been secretly supporting them, because we can see very clearly that a full-scale invasion by the Japanese army is imminent.
Later, the Japanese army accelerated its move southward, and the mobilization of troops heading westward is strong evidence. The "Great Victory in Western Liaoning" achieved by Yang Jiuxiao's troops has successfully delayed the Kwantung Army's 7th Independent Brigade from moving southward, at least it has delayed the move southward.
The Japanese troops attacked Chengde. Inferring further from this, I can say with certainty that Nanjing and Peiping have an overall plan, and this plan is still in progress. Their primary purpose at present is probably to unite and launch
All the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast region are doing their best to hold back the Japanese aggressors from moving southward and westward, so as to gain valuable time for comprehensive preparations for war."
The generals all agreed with Feng Yuxiang's analysis. The slower ones suddenly realized this, while the quick ones thought of the secret northward transfer of Shang Zhen, the main force in Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army.
Feng Yuxiang continued: "In this case, we should temporarily give up all grievances, put aside personal and collective gains and losses, put the interests of the country and the nation first, and strive to mobilize all forces within this period of time to launch a massacre against the Japanese invaders.
A large-scale military strike. The most important topic of today's meeting is this. I hope you can come up with an action plan before midnight. Everyone, work hard!"
"As ordered -" all the generals replied in unison.