With Feng Yuxiang's surrender, the war situation in Shaanxi took a major turn!
Hanzhong fell into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army, causing Chen Shufan to feel great panic.
Although Chen Shufan was always wary of Feng Yuxiang, after the Nationalist Government's Northern Expedition began, Feng Yuxiang and his army became Shaanxi's barrier.
Now the "barrier" is on the verge of collapse. Hanzhong was lost in just a few days.
What's even more troublesome is that the Shaanxi Jing army actually accepted the reorganization of the Northern Expeditionary Army and was appointed as the 37th Division of the National [Revolutionary] Army.
The Northern Expeditionary Army and the Jingdong Army "colluded" together, and their power increased greatly. Although Hu Jingyi was detained by Chen Shufan, which briefly caused internal chaos in the Jingdong Army, after accepting the adaptation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the chaos was quickly calmed down.
After the war, the Northern Expeditionary Army began to dispatch its air force to bomb the Chen Army in Sanyuan and other places. Although it did not cause many casualties to the Chen Army, it had a huge impact on the confidence and morale of the soldiers on both sides.
Originally, Chen Shufan's wishful thinking was to use Feng Yuxiang to block the Northern Expeditionary Army, while he concentrated his efforts on joining Liu Zhenhua's Suppressing Army to eliminate the Suppressing Army. But now all this has come to nothing with Feng Yuxiang's failure...
"We have to rely on Liu Zhenhua's strength.," Chen Shufan murmured.
Liu Shilong, an old subordinate and fellow countryman, added: "It is true, Overseer, since Liu Zhenhua entered Shaanxi, the Overseer had promised him the position of governor, but he never fulfilled it. This also made Liu Zhenhua a little dissatisfied. When he went to suppress the Jing Dynasty,
They are also quite unresponsive. Now that Feng Yuxiang has failed and the situation is critical, I think Liu Zhenhua should be appointed governor of Shaanxi Province immediately and ordered to speed up the annihilation of the Jingdong regime, and then use all his strength to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army."
Chen Shufan had a headache.
The Northern Expeditionary Army, the Jingjun Army, the Zhensong Army, and the Shaanxi Army all gathered in Shaanxi. Shaanxi was in chaos, and wars were going on everywhere. I was simply trying to survive in the cracks.
It is not that he has never thought about having peace talks with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but first of all, the Northern Expeditionary Army is now in full swing and may not be willing to negotiate for peace. Secondly, Chen Shufan himself also knows that the public anger he has in Shaanxi is really too great.
I'm afraid that even if I surrender to the Northern Expeditionary Army in the future, I may not be able to reap any good fruits. "The only thing we can do is this." Chen Shufan sighed: "Immediately appoint Liu Zhenhua as the governor of Shaanxi and let the Zhensong Army attack Jing** with all its strength.
, No matter what, we must eliminate the Jing army as soon as possible, and then concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Northern Expeditionary Army."
"What should we do about Hu Jingyi, kill him or not?" Liu Shilong asked with a small nose.
"We can't kill, we can't kill. If we kill, we will lose all our last bit of capital. If we don't kill, we still have the capital to negotiate in case of failure in the future. If we kill, we will have no room for maneuver at all." Chen Shufan said with a bitter smile.
: “Not only cannot he be killed, but he must also be entertained with good wine and good food.
"Yes. How will the Northern Expedition deal with it?"
"Order!" Chen Shufan said with a straight face: "Southern Shaanxi garrison envoy Zhang Baolin, together with Xingping's Zhang Jinyinshi, Zeng Jixian's mixed brigade, etc., set up a defense line from Ningshan to Foping, and must stop the Bifa army's attack no matter what!
"
"yes!"
After issuing these orders, Chen Shufan felt a little more relaxed.
Suddenly there was a "boom" of drought thunder outside, which startled Chen Shufan. Thunder on a sunny day may not be a good sign...
"The capture of Hanzhong has made the road for our troops to enter Xi'an much smoother." In the headquarters, Bai Chongxi pointed to the map and said: "The 37th Division is holding on in Sanyuan and other places, forcing Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua to be unable to concentrate all their strength.
To deal with us, the aircraft we dispatched also gave great support to the Thirty-seventh Division. I believe that it will not be a problem to continue to hold on. We can devote all our energy to dealing with Chen Shufan. Once Chen Shufan's main force collapses, Liu Zhenhua will also
It’s hard to support a tree alone.”
Wang Mingzhang looked at the map for a while: "I have just received information that Chen Shufan has used two divisions and two mixed brigades to launch a decisive battle on the line from Ningshan to Foping. He wants to go all out."
"He had to do that!"
Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "If he loses Shaanxi, I'm afraid he will really be like a lost dog. Shaanxi's industrial and commercial circles, education circles, and farmers hate him to the bone! In order to increase strength, expand the army, and attack the Jing regime
, to maintain his position as governor, Chen Shufan planted opium on a large scale in Shaanxi to collect money. Starting from the spring of last year, Chen Shufan, through the county magistrates, ordered farmers to openly grow tobacco, and forced each county to pay 50% of the cultivated land area for tobacco.
After the smoking ban was lifted, Chen Shufan made a huge sum of money from it, but the pain and losses it caused to Shaanxi are immeasurable. The grain fields in Shaanxi decreased year by year, turning from a grain-producing area into a food-deficient area. The number of opium smokers in Shaanxi reached 2.
, 30%, causing great harm. The people of Shaanxi hated Chen Shufan deeply, and on this basis, the movement to expel Chen continued to develop in depth."
"This is our opportunity." Wang Mingzhang said with a smile: "When we went on the expedition, Commander Heng actually said that military strikes are secondary, how to mobilize the local people and expel these warlords is the most important. In the places we control,
I have issued a notice to calm the people, eliminate the harm of opium, restore grain production, stabilize the local area, and contact all anti-Chen forces."
Bai Chongxi nodded and said: "Chen Shufan can't hold on for much longer."
"Report!" Following the report, Sun Lianzhong, who had just been appointed as the regiment leader, walked in: "Our forward troops encountered Chen Jun in Chenggu and started fighting."
"What are the casualties?"
"A platoon of Chen's army was wiped out. Eight of our troops were killed and more than a dozen wounded."
Wang Mingzhang thought for a moment: "Order the planes to increase their bombing intensity. Commander Sun, go to the front line and personally command, first capture Chenggu, and then capture Yangxian County. How many days do you need?"
"Report to the commander-in-chief, three days!"
"Okay, I'll go to Yang County for lunch in three days!"
"Yes!" Sun Lianzhong replied enthusiastically, turned and left.
Sun Lianzhong was the first person on Wang Hengyue's list for Wang Mingzhang. When Feng Yuxiang surrendered and was forced to "go abroad for inspection," Sun Lianzhong and Feng Yuxiang's former subordinates originally did not want to do it and wanted to resign together, but they were rejected by Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi.
Let’s work together to save him.
Wang Mingzhang didn't say anything else, he just put the list Wang Hengyue gave him in front of these officers.
"Sun Lianzhong is a man of perseverance and perseverance. With his talents as a general, he can be promoted to the regiment leader. Tong Linge is generous and heroic. With his talents as a general, he can be promoted to the regiment leader."
The names of Feng Yuxiang's subordinates all appeared on the list, and Wang Hengyue also gave them high praise, which surprised these young generals.
There is nothing more exciting than praise from an "enemy."
Seeing that the emotions of these officers gradually calmed down, Bai Chongxi took advantage of the situation and said: "It is not a shameful thing for you to fail, and it is not a shameful thing to serve for the Northern Expeditionary Army.
I was also a member of the Guangxi Army back then, and now I am still serving the president. What we want to overthrow is the warlords and build a brand new country. Rather than serve a certain faction. I am about the same age as you, and I still want to make contributions.
"Fighting for the country and the nation, do you want to retire at such a young age?"
Wang Mingzhang also said: "There is no distinction between the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, and the Shaanxi Army. In fact, we are all the armies of China. The unification of the north and the south is inevitable. If you want to build a strong army, you must absolutely leave it."
Without telling you, I have already arranged your position here, so I ask you to think twice about where to go."
After a long period of consideration, Sun Lianzhong accepted the appointment as the head of the 82nd Regiment, and Tong Linge accepted the appointment as the head of the 83rd Regiment. These former subordinates of Feng Yuxiang all received promotions to varying degrees.
The strange thing is that the first three friends who defected on the battlefield, such as Shi Yousan and Han Fuqu, not only did not receive promotions, but were also transferred away from the main front-line troops.
I am afraid that only he himself knows best what the president thinks.
But this is fine. People like Sun Lianzhong have always looked down on those who defected on the battlefield, so transferring people like Shi Yousan away will actually be an encouragement to them.
Future generals such as Sun Lianzhong and Tong Linge have finally become members of the National Revolutionary Army at this moment!
On the Chenggu front line, the battle is about to break out.
Sun Lianzhong gathered all the officers of the regiment in front of him. Instead of assigning combat tasks, he told his story there: "I went to private school for several years, but I didn't have much interest in studying. I often skipped school, and my biggest hobby was
I was working with animals or driving carts. From then on, I grew tall, broad-shouldered and round-waisted, and quite strong. But I neither wanted to continue studying nor work in farming, so the villagers gave me a nickname:
I was "silly" and later I secretly joined the army. My mother ordered my brother Sun Lianxi to rush to the recruitment office to persuade me. Since my family was rich and our property increased year by year, not only did I not have to join the army, but my family also needed his help for the family business.
He asked me to go home: At the same time, Wang Hu, the magistrate of Xiong County, negotiated with the recruitment office to be expelled. Brothers, I said to my brother at that time, "A man should be determined to serve the country. How can he spend his whole life in the countryside with the grass and trees? Join the army."
Your ambition cannot be changed." My brother was very moved after hearing this, so he gave up the idea of persuading me to go home."
He glanced at his subordinates: "A man should be determined to serve the country, how can he spend his whole life in the fields and the grass and trees? The ambition to join the army cannot be changed! We are now the National Revolutionary Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army. In order to complete
Fighting for the great cause of the Northern Expedition, this ambition cannot be changed. I give you these words I once said. I hope you will fight the enemy bravely on the battlefield. The ambition of the Northern Expedition is also unchangeable!"
"Yes!" one of his subordinates responded. Sun Lianzhong pulled out his command sword and said sternly: "Each company attacks and the city must be captured within three hours!"!