In July 1933, the weather was extremely hot, and the situation in China as a whole seemed to be affected by the hot weather. Sparks burst out everywhere, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder everywhere.
In mid-July, the civil war in Sichuan intensified. Liu Wenhui, who was beaten out of Chengdu by Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou, was defeated again and again. On the 18th, he was forced to retreat to the west bank of the Minjiang River. At noon on the 19th, Liu Wenhui returned to Leshan from the eastern rear base to inspect defense.
Telegraph nationwide: Due to the central government's partiality and connivance with Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou launched a civil war to eliminate dissidents. He resigned from his position as Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and Director of the Department of Civil Affairs from now on, vowing to lead his troops and fight to the end with the support of the Bashu people!
Liu Wenhui's aggressive electrification aroused deep concern in the central government. Executive President Wang Jingwei called both parties to the conflict to mediate and made a public statement that he would not accept Liu Wenhui's resignation. Training for Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, and Northern Hubei Roads was started in Lushan
Chiang Kai-shek, the "bandit-suppressing" officer, also felt that it was not the right time for Liu Xiang to start fighting at this time. Once Liu Xiang defeated Liu Wenhui, a dominant family would be formed, which would not be conducive to the Central Army's entry into Sichuan in the future, so he called Liu Xiang continuously, hoping that he could
Stop the offensive, concentrate on eradicating the red regime in northern Sichuan and the growing Zhang Guotao, and move forward slowly.
On the morning of the 19th, Hu Hanmin, Li Jishen, Tang Zhaoyi, Chen Jitang, Chen Shuming, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others sent a telegram to the whole country, warning the Nanjing central government not to send troops into Chahar to attack Feng Yuxiang's allied forces who were responsible for resisting Japan and saving the country, otherwise the Guangzhou Political Conference
Necessary action will be taken.
It turned out that, realizing that Feng Yuxiang had the intention to establish a separate central government with the support of Soviet Russia and the Communist Party, and fearing that another red regime would emerge in Chahar, Chiang Kai-shek decided to nip this unstable factor in the cradle and prepared to mobilize heavy troops to go north.
.The southern warlords, who are dying and cold-hearted, are naturally unwilling to accept the defeat of their allies, so they issued this statement.
An hour later, Feng Yuxiang issued a telegram to the whole country, once again stating his determination to fight to the end and never compromise with the Japanese invaders. He urged the Nanjing government to immediately cancel the "Tanggu Agreement" and other traitorous treaties, otherwise it would represent the National Anti-Japanese Alliance and attack the fallen Northeastern provinces.
The Herehe area exercised sovereignty. In the afternoon, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Sun Liangcheng's troops blew up the iron bridge of the Pingsui Railway to express their ambition, which was supported by the people across the country.
On the morning of the 20th, the Nanjing Central Government, Executive President Wang Jingwei, and Chairman of the Military Commission Chiang Kai-shek issued a telegram, strongly accusing Feng Yuxiang of colluding with Soviet Russia and the Communist Party, attempting to split the country, and provoking the war in North China. The Government Affairs Council later announced the "criminal act"
In the loan agreement reached with the British government, the loan of 4.7 million pounds will be fully used for the construction of the Hunan-Guangdong section of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway to ensure that this railway, which has been under construction since the last century, will be fully connected as soon as possible.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on the same day, An Yi, director of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Region Appeasement Office, and Zhang Hongluan, director of the Western Hunan Appeasement Office, jointly announced a campaign to suppress bandits. The two sides would jointly dispatch three divisions of 40,000 elite troops from the east and south to attack the bandits rampant in Sichuan.
The Huang Han tribe, the fierce bandits on the Hubei border, launched an encirclement and suppression campaign.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Xiang, the Sichuan Provincial Disaster Supervisor and Commander-in-Chief of Bandit Suppression, issued a message expressing respect and appreciation for the joint military operations of An Yi and Zhang Hongluan. He also announced that the Fourth Division of the 21st Army under his command would cooperate with southern Sichuan and Western Hunan to suppress bandits.
Close cooperation between the troops will surely eradicate the banditry in Sichuan and Hubei.
It was still four o'clock in the afternoon that day. Under strong pressure from the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Minister in Peiping, the famous traitor who was released by the Peiping Military Commission ten days ago was the "Tianjin People's Self-Defense Force", the largest puppet army in Hebei that had long been supported by the Japanese government and the Kwantung Army.
Commander Hao Peng was shot dead by a mysterious gunman from a distance when he walked out of the gate of the Japanese Consulate in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin. Hao Peng was shot in the forehead and died on the spot. During a large-scale search, the Japanese Concession military police seized a Japanese rifle abandoned by the gunman.
That night, the angry Japanese consul in Tianjin issued a notice, claiming that "this was a bad act that challenged the Japanese Empire" and strongly demanded an explanation from the Peiping Military and Political Commission and the Hebei Provincial Government. At 9 p.m., the chairman of the Peking Military and Political Commission
He Yingqin and Hebei Provincial Chairman Yu Xuezhong issued notices, severely condemning this barbaric and despicable attempt to provoke disputes between China and Japan. They solemnly declared that this matter has nothing to do with the Chinese government, the Hebei Provincial Government and the army, stating
We will cooperate with Japan in launching detective operations and strive to bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible.
On that day, Dai Li, one of the leaders of the Lanyi Society, who was affiliated with the leadership of the Central Party Committee of the Kuomintang, happened to be in Peiping on business. After the incident, Dai Li had left Peiping for Baoding. In a diplomatic note submitted to He Yingqin, Chairman of the Peking Military and Political Commission, the Japanese side requested that
This is explained.
Ten o'clock in the evening, Baoding, Hebei Province, Central Army's 17th Army Headquarters.
In the headquarters conference hall located in the main camp in Baoding City, the 17th Army has three divisions: the independent division, the 17th Division, and the 40th Division. Generals and colonels at regiment level and above gathered together to discuss Sichuan and Hunan, which are thousands of miles away.
The 24th Army and the 44th Army of the border fraternal forces are carrying out anti-bandit operations, making predictions and chart deductions.
Due to years of war and disasters in the northern region, as well as the covert support of Japan's North China spy organization, 85 of the 107 counties in Shandong Province are armed with bandits, with more than a hundred of them and powerful bandits.
There are more than 300 armed groups, especially in the border areas of Hebei and Shandong. Banditry is more serious along the eastern coast of Hebei and in the border areas with Shandong and Henan. The bandit armed forces are not only large in number and scale, but also possess a large number of standard weapons and equipment.
A relatively complete organizational form has developed to the point where they attack county-level towns, commit murder, arson, rape, kidnapping, ransom and looting, and commit all kinds of evil, seriously threatening the lives and property of local governments and innocent people. Even the hometowns of Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin cannot
Being spared shows how arrogant and domineering he is.
In view of this, after the armistice in North China, an important task assigned to the 17th Army by the central government and the Central Military Commission was to suppress bandits.
After more than a month of rest, replenishment and rigorous training, the three divisions of the settled Seventeenth Army were strong and united. Commander Hu Jialin was finally free to deal with bandits inside and outside his jurisdiction.
Due to An Yi's repeated warning calls, generals such as Hu Jialin, Wu Liheng, Lu Yixuan, and Yang Jiuxiao strictly blocked many incidents that occurred this month. Although generals such as Hu Jialin were angry and worried, they wished they could immediately lead their troops south to express their position.
Give the aggressive Principal Jiang a decisive blow and put an end to all the conspiracies and schemes against An Jiajun.
However, under An Yi's order to take the overall situation into consideration and be patient and forbearing, no one dared to act rashly, let alone let the nearly 50,000 soldiers in the army know about it. For this reason, Hu Jialin and the chief officers of each division adopted the most stringent closed training measures.
, in a month-long period, not a single newspaper was allowed to flow into the military camp, thus avoiding violent reactions that worried people day and night. You must know that whether it is the Independent Division, the 17th Division of Lu Yixuan, or the 40th Division of Yang Jiuxiao
, most of the elite brigades, regiments and commanders at all levels came from the Anjia Army. After the armistice, they quietly absorbed 20,000 old brothers from the "disarmament on the spot" 24th Army. If the soldiers knew that Chairman Chiang and
The central government has repeatedly suppressed and attacked its old troops, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Even Hu Jialin thinks he has no control over it.
After the crisis passed, Hu Jialin and his brothers could finally relax and prepare to start a large-scale anti-bandit operation. At this time, An Yi from southern Sichuan and Zhang Hongluan from Xiangxi launched a high-profile joint anti-bandit operation between the two armies. At the suggestion of Wu Liheng and Lu Yixuan
Next, Hu Jialin obtained An Yi's approval and used the military meeting as an excuse to gather commanders from all divisions and above to conduct remote synchronous discussions and map deductions on the ongoing bandit suppression in southern Sichuan.
This fine tradition of brainstorming, studying and deducing has been formed as early as the Anjia Army Model Camp. Therefore, each unit is familiar with the routine and there is no unfamiliarity. The commanders of Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division also fought side by side with Gu Changfeng's unit for several months.
, and added old brothers from a brigade of the 24th Army and nearly a hundred middle and low-level commanders, and gradually developed this good habit.
Yang Guan, who has been promoted to the chief of staff of the 17th Army, stood in front of the huge military map of Sichuan and Hunan. He held the battle reports constantly sent from the 24th Army's bandit suppression frontline headquarters and ordered the two combat staff officers to direct the 44th Army's bandit suppression frontline command.
The marching routes and battle line compositions of the Third Division, the 39th Division of the 24th Army, and the 44th Division were marked one by one. More than a hundred generals above the regiment were seated solemnly and attentively. Everyone's eyes followed Yang Guan's baton.
Keep moving.
Twenty minutes later, after the map drawing was completed, Yang Guan made a brief summary and raised a series of questions for everyone to discuss regarding the location of the three divisions and the possible purpose of the formation.
Hu Jialin looked around the room full of generals and saw everyone whispering and talking happily. He stood up gently, walked out of the side door calmly, went to the bottom of the big tree in the center of the yard, lit a cigarette, and took a short rest. A well-built swimmer
The guard hesitated for a moment ten meters away, then strode up to Hu Jialin and saluted. This man was the Jiangyang thief Ling Xing who came to visit Hu Jialin from southern Sichuan. After being deeply moved, he finally decided to join the army.
Hu Jialin showed a rare smile: "Junior brother, what have you gained after following your senior brother Zong for a month?"
"This is an eye-opener for me. I thought I was great. Who knew that after training with the brothers from the Special Forces Brigade under Brother Zong, I realized that I am far behind in many aspects. I am convinced."
Ling Xing was greatly moved. After a month of training, he finally understood what is a true warrior, what is a king of war, what is the highest pursuit of life and the highest expression of self-worth. After repeated comparisons and mutual discussions,
After frequent exchanges with each other, Ling Xing truly admired Zong Xingzhen, who had been promoted to the intelligence director of the 17th Army, and his brothers in the Special Forces Brigade, which also strengthened his confidence in joining the military.
Hu Jialin nodded happily, took out the cigarette and handed it to Ling Xing.
Ling Xing shook his head and did not answer. He took a half step forward and asked in a low voice: "Brother, is the person who shot that shot in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin this afternoon one of our brothers?"
"No...what's wrong? What do you think?" Hu Jialin asked.
Ling Xing was quite surprised. He didn't expect that in addition to his own Seventeenth Army, there were such elusive masters in North China. Ling Xing was very familiar with Tianjin and knew how difficult it was to commit an assassination in the heavily guarded Japanese Concession. Not only did it require
With superb skills and superb marksmanship, you must also have accurate intelligence and strict planning. Otherwise, even if the assassination is successful, it will be difficult for the gunman to escape unscathed. So I will share my analysis of this beautiful assassination operation,
Then he asked with full of doubts: "Brother, who do you think did it?"
Hu Jialin did not answer, but asked: "Who do you think will benefit after this operation? Who will be harmed after this operation? What impact has this successful assassination operation had so far? What effect has been achieved? Think clearly
These issues should be almost settled.”
Ling Xing nodded, thought for a long time, suddenly raised his head, and said with great certainty: "If it's not General Feng Huanzhang, the commander-in-chief of the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, it's our Brother An, or it's you, Senior Brother. Apart from these three parts, there are very few people
With such strength, there is no need to take such a big risk... Sneaking into the Japanese concession to assassinate him is clearly a kind of violent revenge and shock, because this Hao Peng is a national scum, and killing him at the gate of the Japanese will not only
It can combat the arrogance of the Japanese, deter traitors from all over North China, and can even stir up political chaos in North China and influence the choices of local armed forces, large and small. So far, it seems that these goals have been achieved."
Hu Jialin smiled with satisfaction: "Junior brother, you are actually very talented and have military talent. Your senior brother and the captains of the special brigade came back and praised you full of praise in front of me. They all said that after this bandit suppression is completed, we will not
After summarizing the experience of one or two large-scale actions, you can definitely take the lead and take charge of it on your own.
"However, Brother Yu still recommends that you return to southern Sichuan and study special majors at the Military Academy for another year and a half. This will make you more solid and more helpful to your future."
"Senior brother, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to follow you." Ling Xing said seriously.
Hu Jialin laughed: "You don't want to compete with Old Ding who stopped you anymore? And you don't want to go back to Commander An?"
Ling Xing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and didn't answer.
Hu Jialin put away his smile and said seriously: "Junior brother, if you go to southern Sichuan, your progress will be faster, and your mind and vision will be broader. If you are willing, I will let Commander An take you personally. You will be better than him by his side.
It's much more promising if you stay with Brother Yu. Now let me tell you, the shot fired in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin in the afternoon was done by the brothers from the North China Intelligence Station under Commander An. It was clean and neat, right? Just one bullet is more effective than using a thousand
A battle with tens of thousands of troops would be more effective. Think about it, if you walk around the world and grudge your whole life, can you have such honor and pride once? Can you make such a huge contribution to the country? Commander An gave an order,
With just one bullet, my brothers can do things that our fathers could not do in their lifetimes, are you right?"
Ling Xing stared blankly at Hu Jialin who spoke earnestly, and after a long time he nodded solemnly: "Brother, I listen to you!"