Chapter 42 Jehol
According to the information released after the war, the senior leaders of the Liefeng Army have always had fierce quarrels about entering the pass, especially at the General Staff Headquarters. Major General Genda, who was in charge of the first part of the battle, was an opposition.
Major General Genta Tsuki is the core figure in the planning of the attack on the Northeast in a complete and systematic manner. He gained a high reputation for this successful operation of the Guns. In three months, the Emperor personally ordered the emperor to surpass Teng Nian and become a major general. It can be said that he is a typical example of Feihuang Tengda's promotion to be promoted.
He himself is a firm anti-Tiele faction. He advocated: "The enemy of our country is Tiele, not the Chinese army within the pass... At present, we should step up the construction of Nan Manchuria in order to completely attack the cross-Iron Country..."
However, Colonel Fujiwara, the chief of the first combat department, said: "The Fengtian army retreated into the pass and vigorously assisted the bandits. If the enemy troops in the Great Wall line are not solved, they will not be able to find peace in the South Manchuria... and there is also Liu in their rear as support..."
There are 37 million people in the seven provinces controlled by Liu Jingxiao. This number is almost equivalent to the population of the Liefeng nation. The national population of the Republic of China was 44 million. Fujiwara further pointed out: "If it is not for the Fengtian army retreating into the pass, when he completes the rectification, and with the support of Liu Jingxiao, he may cross Shanhaiguan and attack outside the pass at any time..."
However, Major General Yuan Tianhu did not agree with this opinion. He believed that Liu Jingxiao could not fight for the Fengtian army without fundamentally touching his interests. Zhang Buqu, who retreated, could no longer control this army and could maintain the safety of Nanman in the short term.
The former adjutant of the 27th Cavalry Regiment, Master Qianwang Shendu, heard about Major General Gentian's deeds of leading his army across the river to attack. He claimed that he had a good impression of Gentian and claimed to be "Teacher Gentian". However, at this time, he held a saber in the military headquarters and shouted: "Which traitor dared not send troops? Long live Emperor Renxiao! Kill the traitor... we must send troops altogether!"
History is so interesting that the Fujiwara War Section Chief said to his boss very bluntly: "What I do now. Isn't it what you did a few months ago?"
Under such circumstances, Major General Gentian agreed to the operation of sending troops within the pass, but he ran to the Prime Minister the next morning and said, "Please deny the determination to send troops..."
However, he himself created the atmosphere of defeating the people, so that the orders of the central government could be disobeyed, and he himself could not resist this trend. On March 11, the meeting of the Five Prime Ministers decided to send troops to the pass, and due to controversy, the combat time was delayed on March 21.
The establishment of the "Independent Mixed Brigade" was carried out simultaneously with the dispute. After the Liefeng people started the war, although they did not form new divisions and units, they still maintained the system of thirteen divisions, but a large number of "Independent Border Guards" were successively formed, with more than ten "Independent Guards", and the total number of Liefeng troops in South Manchuria reached 300,000.
However, considering the actual situation of the combat field, the four divisions and four mixed brigades, which are the main field forces, all went south. Most of the troops left behind in South Manchuria were newly formed garrison troops and lacked field maneuverability. For this reason, the Liefeng people specially formed four "independent N mixed brigades". These independent mixed brigades were adapted from the reserve infantry brigade and had certain field maneuverability.
At the same time, the Liefeng people also formed the "Chinese garrison Mixed Brigade", which was the source of the "tragic and heroic troops" by the Liefeng people. The unit has a total of 5,500 people. It is ready to be responsible for the garrison tasks on the second line after going south. In addition to supplementing troops and newly formed troops, the Liefeng people's troops in South Manchuria reached 350,000.
In view of the actual situation of the battle field of the southward movement, the Liefeng people separated the troops into two general armies, and formed the Manchurian Army's general army in the South Manchuria Army. The southward movement was renamed the "Northern Branch Expeditionary Army" general army. The Northern Branch Army was composed of two armies, the First Army and the Twelfth Army. A total of 150,000 Liefeng Army.
The Liefeng Army's southward advance was naturally welcomed by Tiel. Although it divided the entire Northeast, the Tiel people were obviously much slower in the mobilization of the rebels in the territory. Nearly 100,000 rebels were still active in the territory. The 250,000 Tiel troops entered the Northeast and lost sight of the other. Fortunately, their supplies were not a big problem due to the wealth of the Northeast.
Both sides were preparing to break their faces to compete for the hegemony of the entire Far East, but unfortunately the Tielites slandered too much energy in the battle with Zhang Buyun. If a war is fought now, although the Tielites under the Shuangying have a military force of 400,000 in the Far East and 200,000 troops, they are likely to lose, so it is a very pleasant thing to let the Liefeng people go to the south to fight to the death.
However, the Liefeng people hoped that the Tieles would provide practical help. After the dispute, the Tieles symbolically sent a Soriven detachment, which consisted of two thousand cavalry, two cavalry brigades, four cavalry regiments, and two infantry divisions, six infantry regiments, and were handed over to the Liefeng people to command, and then provided a small amount of supplies.
In addition to these 160,000 people, there were also a large number of puppet troops. According to the Liefeng people's own statistics, a large number of puppet troops followed the Liefeng army to the south, but most of them were huge and had no combat power. Only 6,000 people led by Chen Sheng and 2,000 people led by Liu Heiqi were slightly combat power.
Their opponent was about 400,000 Feng army troops led by Zhang Buyun, but the combat-capable troops were only 120,000 people led by Lin Yifa. The rest were all included miscellaneous troops, local troops, and they were alienated from the morality. The Feng army retreated into the pass suffered too much in the Northeast combat, and although they had been repaired, they had no combat power.
The Liefeng Army took the lead in breaking through Yuguan. A brigade of the defenders fought with the Liefeng Army. A regiment of the defenders could not stand up under the intensive artillery attack. After many bloody battles, the Liefeng Army also suffered a considerable loss. After the war, it was announced that "a total of 120 casualties in the Yuguan Battle", but the actual casualties were around 300.
After Yu Pass was lost, the Liefeng North Branch Army advanced towards Rehe. In this case, Zhang Buyun urgently sent a commander-in-chief of the Southeast Jinan coalition, asking for support from Liu Jingxiao's 17th Division, Su Xue's 23rd Division, the 1st Division of the Alliance, and six cavalry regiments under the Cavalry Command.
After receiving the telegram, Liu Jingxiao immediately convened a meeting of generals and officials above the division commander and above the governor. After presenting Zhang Buyun's telegram at the meeting, he asked: "Do you have any opinions?"
Sima Kan, who had just been transferred to the commander of the 17th Division, said first: "I personally obey the arrangements of the commander! This time the incident happened suddenly, but the troops were prepared for it. It was just Zhang Buyun... we can't get along with him!"
Secretary-General of Jiangsu Province Chen Fangren said: "We are prepared for our hometown of fish and water in Jiangsu Province! We can produce 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of stones of rice, but the general policy cannot be messed up! Zhang Buyun is too scheming, and we have been cheated more than once or twice!"
The most difficult thing is the naval commander Lu Da, who said at the meeting: "Our army will build new ships and will take at least the second half of the year to serve... The coastal defense can be said to be blank at the moment."
Ding Ning was named by Zhang Buyun, and she had no objection: "But there are too many six cavalry regiments. We only have a few cavalry regiments, and we have worked hard for so many years. If this battle is incorrect, Shandong's defense may be tight in the future!"
Liu Jingxiao smiled and said, "The war must not affect Shandong. This is a matter of principle! The cavalry regiment can come to Dezhou first and talk about it!"
The three divisions drawn by Zhang Buyun were all Liu Jingxiao's foundation cadres. Su Xue's 23rd Division was fine, and the other two divisions were the most basic units developed by the Old Ding Border Army. They were the most well-equipped, had the most personnel, and had the strongest combat effectiveness. As for the six regiments of the Cavalry Command, although Ding Ning's Cavalry Command only had a total of twelve independent cavalry regiments. This time, half of them were to be drawn.
Huaihai Governor Li Heyi is a real person. He has no talent. He just says what he thinks: "This time Zhang Buyun really wants too many... 50,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. It doesn't seem to be many... But our most basic troops are all in it. If there is any mistake, there will be difficulties in defending Shandong in the future!"
Since the invasion of the fierce wind, Liu Jingxiao immediately mobilized a total of 350,000 troops. There are hundreds of thousands of trained reserve personnel outside their hearts, but the field troops that can be mobile were about 150,000, and Zhang Buyun wanted to take away one-third of the most elite. Especially when he took away Su Xueshi, the backbone of the provincial army in Huaihai, Li Heyi was naturally unwilling to do so.
Everyone talked and kept talking, some of them agreed and some opposed, especially many generals thought that Zhang Buyun didn't even give a short promise, which was too unfavorable. Finally, Guo Junqing said: "Jingxiao, what do you mean!"
Liu Jingxiao sighed lightly before saying, "Zhang Buyun called me to send troops in January, and told me, "The spirit of the Liefeng Army has lost its spirit, and our army is strong in fighting. Just wait for the coalition forces to wipe out the enemy army, and then promise them to Henan and Hebei."... He even told me that as long as I am willing to send troops, this territory can be given up immediately!"
"I think this territory in Hebei and Henan has not been a year or two... I thought about agreeing to him, but I was always worried. In the last month, I took advantage of the honeymoon with Qiongyin and took a trip to the north..."
Li Heyi said first: "Teacher, when did you go? Why don't we know! What if something happens? "
Liu Jingxiao didn't answer his words, just said, "Do you still remember Chen Zhenlong?"
"Remember! He and us guarded Linxi City back then!"
Chen Zhenlong is the commander of the Rui army and serves as the commander of the Rehe Guardian. Lin Xi defended the city and sold his strength to sell the city. In the past decade, the flags have been changed frequently, but his Rui army is still occupying Rehe and has become the target of all parties to win over. Liu Jingxiao said: "I went north, and the first thing I wanted to see him... I have fought together at least..."
As he said that, Liu Jingxiao couldn't hide his face and twisted: "I really didn't expect Ruijun to be so unbearable..."
The generals and officials heard the slightest, and Sima Kan asked, "Is the Rui Army still worth fighting now?"
"Although our Rui army was less than the 20th battalion at that time, we could still fight. When it comes to combat effectiveness, it may not be weaker than our Dingbian Army at that time! But if we pull the Dingbian Army at that time to the Rehe River now, I guarantee that we can sweep the All Rehe River!"
Lu Da was shocked: "Is it actually coming to such a field?"
"I have seen it with my own eyes. There are eighty or ninety people on the roster of a border. It would be nice if there is a real number of thirty or forty people... There is a mansion above the company commander, and you can use five or six soldiers to build a house and work as a coolie. Everything is done. A platoon leader has two Mamu... I haven't named it in the barracks for half a month. God knows how many real numbers are! I heard that there are many bandits who have a famous place. After doing the case, I went to the military camp to hide..."
Liu Jingxiao sighed again: "This kind of army, not to mention fighting, even marching is a problem... I'm afraid even the Fujian civilian army is stronger than them... Alas, now there are sixty battalions of Rui army, which is not as good as less than twenty battalions back then..."
Sima Kan smiled and said, "Teacher... Are you walking around with Mrs. Mu, aren't you afraid of being moved?"
Liu Jingxiao shook her head: "So when the situation is wrong, I will bring more people. If I don't bring a guard platoon around me, I don't dare to leave the main road... I even died of my thoughts when I saw Chen Zhenlong!"
Lu Da asked: "How about the rest of the troops?"
Liu Jingxiao said in despair: "It's almost the same! Lin Yichen's troops are better, but after losing the Northeast, they have to pay no money, ammunition, and supply no supplies, so their morale is really not high..."
Guo Junqing understood what Liu Jingxiao meant: "Jingxiao, what do you mean is that we better not move?"
Liu Jingxiao didn't say anything, but Duan Zhijie said for him: "Now sending troops, it's a meat bun to beat a dog, and I'm afraid it will be sacrificed by Zhang Buyun and the others. We'd better be cautious..."
However, the situation of the war changed too quickly. On March 3, the 28th cavalry pioneered by the Fourth Brigade of the Liefeng Cavalry had already broken into Chengde. In just twelve days, most of the Rehe River had fallen.
The combat effectiveness of the Rui army was very low and most of them were defeated without fighting. The Northeast Rebels retreated to Rehe also had more troubles to the people and could not fight. The only fierceness that Liefeng encountered came from Long Wenmei, the old subordinate of Wang Ziqi. This army was originally a mixed system and had weak combat power, but Long Wenmei finally did something worth remembering for the rest of her life. He hurriedly occupied the position on the front line of Chifeng to resist. Faced with the attacks of the two brigades of the Liefeng Army and Chen Sheng's troops, the stalemate lasted for seven days and nights, killing and wounding more than a thousand Liefeng Army.
Chapter completed!