Chiang wants to be a fisherman

After losing the relevant heavy equipment, the length of the Second Army was reduced by half. The remaining 30,000 light infantrymen in the entire army slowly rushed towards the first military fortress in Shanxi that was blocking Sun Lianzhong at a speed of 30 kilometers a day.

However, as Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang had guessed before he divided his troops, the 20,000 Jinsui Army stationed in northern Shanxi did not intend to let the Second Army walk through this mountain road so easily and approach the Niangzi Pass.

The mighty team had just advanced less than five kilometers forward, and a dense gunshot suddenly rang out at the location of the Forward Battalion. Soon, the rapidly advancing troops stopped. Of course, the communications soldiers who had been in the conversation with the Forward Battalion also rushed to the army commander Sun Lianzhong and reported.

"Report to the military throne, the Forward Battalion reported that the troops were suddenly ambushed by a company of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and had lost an infantry platoon. The Forward Battalion is exchanging fire with the attackers, striving to wipe out them all..."

Soon, the dense gunfire stopped. The communications officer who had just reported walked to Sun Lianzhong again and reported: "Military throne, the battle has ended... However, the more than 100 Jinsui troops that attacked us were not eliminated and successfully retreated into the mountains and forests on both sides of the highway. In order to avoid being ambushed by the Jinsui army again, the vanguard battalion has given up the pursuit and retreating..."

After the words came, Sun Lianzhong, who looked dissatisfied, cursed loudly: "Go and ask what the vanguard battalion is for. Not only does it lose an infantry platoon, but one infantry battalion can't catch any enemy. If this happens again, the vanguard battalion will directly transport the baggage to me behind. I will change another unit to serve as the vanguard..."

At this moment, Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang, who was rushing to the scene, promptly rescued the communications officer: "Military. You can't blame the Forward Battalion... Look at the terrain on both sides of the highway, in addition to mountains, they are also mountains. As long as we ambush our Jinsui army, we will retreat with one blow. Even if the soldiers of the Forward Battalion have wings, they will not be able to catch up with the Jinsui army retreating into the mountains..."

Speaking of this, a solemn expression quickly appeared on Zhou Yunliang's face, and he continued to analyze at Sun Lianzhong with a heavy tone: "Anyway, the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi Sui Army in northern Shanxi is an expert who is very good at mountain warfare, and has almost applied the mountain terrain of northern Shanxi to the extreme. It is very similar to the mountain guerrilla warfare tactics that the commander-in-chief once told us..."

"Mountain guerrilla warfare... I also have some impression... According to the commander-in-chief, mountain guerrilla warfare is a combat method that the Red Party army is very good at. The Kuomintang Central Army's several heavy encirclements and suppression of the Red Party army were all defeated in this so-called mountain guerrilla warfare, and they suffered a lot and suffered heavy losses..." Sun Lianzhong also frowned and said to himself.

Of course, since Li Guosheng has talked about mountain guerrilla tactics to everyone, he must have talked about the specific solutions to mountain guerrilla tactics in later generations. Therefore, the solemn expression on Sun Lianzhong's face lasted only less than ten seconds, and was replaced by a sneer from the bottom of his heart. He said to Zhou Yunliang with a chill look on his face.

"Mountain guerrilla tactics are very good, then I, Sun Lianzhong, will break this mountain guerrilla tactic for him today..."

"Order. The Forward Battalion is immediately deployed in a combat formation and continue to search and move forward... Chief of Staff, you immediately contact the Air Force and draw a bomber team to follow the Forward Battalion. Search the mountains on both sides of the highway at a low altitude. Once you find the Jinsui army ambushing the Forward Battalion, don't be stingy with aviation bombs. Just drown them in the artillery fire..."

"Today I want to see how many infantry companies there are scattered in northern Shanxi to consume us."

"Yes, the military squad..."

On a ridge one kilometer away from the Forward Battalion, more than 100 Shanxi-Suizhou troops were hidden among the weeds, holding their weapons tightly, staring at the highway ahead without moving, waiting for the arrival of the Forward Battalion of the National Defense Forces.

Just before everyone could see the figure of the Forward Camp, a dull roar slowly came to everyone's ears from far to near, followed by a black dot that appeared in the east of the sky. As the roar became louder, the silver-white bomber figures flying almost close to the ground quickly appeared in the sight of these Jinsui troops.

The faces of more than 100 Jinsui Army soldiers who were still full of confidence quickly turned pale. After all, for many Jinsui Army soldiers here, the bombers on their heads were the first time they saw them. Thinking of the descriptions of the powerful combat power of this kind of bomber by many veterans, some new recruits who had never experienced any battle formations even had a slight idea of ​​running away.

Especially the moment when the bomber swept past everyone's heads, even overturning many people's military caps and weeds on their bodies. The legs of some timid soldiers began to tremble slightly without realizing it.

It is certain that if the veterans around him had not been constantly using their strict eyes to stop him, these guilty new recruits would have thought they had exposed their target and jumped up from the ground regardless of everything and fled to the dense forest behind.

Seeing the bomber gradually fading away, the company commander, who suppressed the guilty expression, had to comfort his subordinates and said: "Brothers, don't worry, the enemy just used the plane to bluff and conduct air reconnaissance on the ground. Besides, even if the enemy plane found us, it would not be easy to bomb us accurately. We only have one infantry company, which has almost no bombing value for the air force. Therefore, everyone ignores the bomber overhead at all. They just need to lie here quietly, give a fatal blow to the Defense Forces vanguard battalion, and immediately retreat into the dense forest behind us and flee...."

After more than 100 Shanxi Sui Army slowly recovered its morale at the instigation of the company commander and re-entered the battle state. The very sparse search formation of the Forward Battalion finally appeared in front of everyone.

However, what surprised everyone was that the company commander of the Jinsui Army was not only not happy because of the appearance of the Jinsui Army, but was replaced by a hint of solemnity. In the eyes of this company commander who likes to compete very much, facing the search formation set up by the vanguard battalion, even if he uses all his firepower, he can only kill at most half a platoon of the National Defense Forces in a short period of time. Compared with the company that just won and successfully retreated, there is obviously no comparison.

However, even the smallest mosquito is still flesh. The competing mind of the same company commander only flashed through his mind and issued a fire order to his subordinates around him. Of course, as the company commander, he also pulled the submachine gun trigger in his hand to a soldier not far away.

The dense and crisp gunfire sounded from the submachine gun chamber in his hand. The dozen or so National Defense Army soldiers who were in the encirclement had not had time to react, just like wheat being cut down, were shot and fell to the ground. Of course, soldiers who were not attacked and were in combat subconsciously fell to the ground, raised their weapons, and shot dense revenge bullets at the Jinsui army that were constantly pouring ammunition at them on the ridge.

Seeing that he could no longer achieve any results, as more and more National Defense Forces joined the battle, his subordinates were gradually suppressed by the other party and could not lift their heads, the company commander of the Jinsui Army had to issue a retreat order with a look of unwillingness.

When more than 100 Shanxi Sui army lifted the thatched on their backs and wanted to retreat, a low-altitude bomber that rushed over after hearing the news had already appeared above everyone's heads.

"Don't be afraid, retreat to the woods immediately. We only have more than 100 people, and the enemy bombers cannot blow us. As long as we retreat into the woods, the enemy will not be able to do anything to us..." Seeing the subordinate who was slightly panicked because of the appearance of the National Defense Force bombers, the company commander reminded loudly while retreating.

Indeed, if the air bombing and airdropping were thumping aviation bombs, even if they were lucky enough to hit the target, they would not be able to deal a devastating blow to the Jinsui army. However, what these Jinsui army did not expect was that the two aviation bombs carried by this bomber were not ordinary bombs. They were just developed by the Arsenal Group.

A sharp whistling sounded in the air, and a one-ton-weight air bomb quickly broke away from the bomber's restraint and smashed towards the ground. Just as the mother bomb was less than fifty meters away from the ground, a violent explosion suddenly remembered that just now, a black bomb was like a scattering flower of a celestial girl, and quickly spread hundreds of small bombs weighing ten kilograms in the airspace of tens of thousands of square meters. Then, it fell on the ground of more than one hundred Shanxi Sui Army like rain.

A dense and violent explosion sounded on the ground, and a hundred black smoke rose rapidly on the ground that was still calm just now. More than one hundred Jinsui troops were fleeing their lives. Unexpectedly, they were covered in the explosion area of ​​100 small bombs. As for whether these more than one hundred Jinsui troops could survive, it depends on their luck.

In this way, with the cooperation of air bombers and aviation sub-combinations, although the Forward Battalion lost another infantry company, the Shanxi Sui Army lost to the hands of the National Defense Forces, which had reached six infantry companies, with almost a thousand troops.

Faced with such huge losses, the commander-in-chief of the Jinsui Army, who had already arrived in Niangzi Pass, had to stop this meaningless mountain guerrilla warfare and allow the National Defense Force to advance to Niangzi Pass at a speed of 30 kilometers per day.

Of course, although the mountain guerrilla warfare failed, Zhao Chengshou was full of confidence in the combat plan he had formulated. Because, according to intelligence, the National Defense Forces advancing to Xiniangzi Pass only carried mortars and a small number of split mountain running, and did not have a heavy artillery of 105 mm caliber or above.

He not only has a heavy artillery regiment specially assigned by Chairman Yan before leaving, but also an independent heavy artillery regiment stationed in northern Shanxi, two field artillery battalions, and nearly ten mountain artillery companies... With such a powerful firepower configuration, Zhao Chengshou is confident that he can deal major blows and kills to the hurried National Defense Forces at Niangzi Pass.

Zhao Chengshou, commander-in-chief of the Shanxi Sui Army, and Sun Lianzhong, commander of the Second Army of the National Defense Army, were both planning a bloody battle for the upcoming Niangziguan. Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Nanjing, was in a state of deep thought and meditation towards the information in his hand.

After putting down the telegram, Lao Jiang asked directly to Dai Li in front of him: "In other words, Li Guosheng, who is far away in Shenyang, wants to be a fisherman again. Eating Hebei and Chahar provinces in one bite can't satisfy his appetite. Now he extends his tentacles to Shanxi. Taking advantage of the opportunity of our Central Army fighting with the main force of the Jinsui Army, he first took over the northern Shanxi, which has a large amount of coal mine resources at a speed of thunder... and then erodes the entire Shanxi Province step by step..."

"Yes, principal..." Dai Li replied affirmatively.

Then, pointing to the map and analyzed: "However, the National Defense Forces still underestimated Yan Xishan's determination to fight to the death in order to defend his foundation. Judging from the current situation, the entire northern Jin Dynasty is still within a controllable range. After all, the National Defense Forces, which have gone deep into the army, have given up all their heavy equipment and no longer have the advantage of equipment. As expected, the two armies will engage in a bloody battle in the Niangzi Pass area to determine the ownership of the entire northern Jin Dynasty..."

He was a gun envoy by Li Guosheng, a defense army several times, not only that. The National Defense Army, who had been a fisherman for many times, expanded its strength step by step without paying much price. Seeing that the territory and population occupied by the National Defense Army would exceed his own. The anger in Chiang Kai-shek was conceivable and he cursed at Dai Li again.

"My mother, Li Guosheng is too cunning. He has been a fisherman for so many times but is not satisfied... Since he, Li Guosheng, still wants to be a fisherman in this battle for Shanxi, I just don't let him realize his dream. Not only can the National Defense Force realize his dream, our central government will also taste the taste of being a fisherman this time..."

Dai Li frowned and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Principal, what do you mean?"

"The battle in southern Shanxi immediately ended, and let Yan Xishan transfer all the troops scattered in southern Shanxi to northern Shanxi, so that the Jinsui Army and the National Defense Force would fight hard in northern Shanxi. Our Central Army gathered heavy troops on the border of Shanxi Province. No matter which side of the battle in northern Shanxi achieved victory, we immediately sent troops to southern Shanxi and occupied southern Shanxi..."

Although Chiang Kai-shek's military command ability is not very good, he is very powerful in political level and conspiracy. Before Dai Li could react, he ordered again: "Yunnong, immediately notify Minister He to come to my place immediately. If Yan Xishan wants to withdraw the southern Jin army to northern Jin and fight the decisive battle with the National Defense Force, we must make some arrangements. Otherwise, Yan Xishan, who was born as a landlord and merchant, would never be fooled..."

After Dai Li told me along the way, he had already understood what Old Jiang was thinking. He Yingqin, who had just walked into the office, said with a compliment before Jiang could speak: "Chairman, I fully support your decision?"

Old Jiang nodded with satisfaction and asked He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, my worry just now, Yunong should have told you what you have to do to solve Yan Xishan's worries. Let Yan Xishan feel at ease to mobilize troops to fight the National Defense Forces in northern Shanxi."

Under the anticipation of Lao Jiang's eyes, a helpless expression from the heart quickly flashed across He Yingqin's face. Then, he replied to Lao Jiang: "Chairman, we actually don't have to do anything. Just tell Yan Xishan that we will suspend the battle in southern Shanxi, wait for them to solve the national defense force that went deep into northern Shanxi, and then decide with them to join the southern Shanxi. Yan Xishan, who is already in a state of burning eyebrows, will draw heavy troops from southern Shanxi to northern Shanxi to participate in the war..."

Old Jiang retorted with an incredible look on his face: "Impossible, Yan Xishan is not a fool, and he will not believe us completely. Jingzhi, if you are Yan Xishan, would you be able to transfer the southern Jin army to northern Jin to participate in the war with confidence when the Central Army is under the pressure of the army? You are not worried that he has just transferred the army, so we will take advantage of the situation to attack southern Jin..."

He Yingqin shook his head very decisively, and then asked reluctantly: "Chairman, do you think that for the Jinsui Army Yan Xishan, our threat is greater or the National Defense Forces. In addition, for our Central Army, the Jinsui Army of Yan Xishan's threat is greater or the National Defense Forces."

"Although this fact is cruel, we have to admit that the National Defense Forces have gradually surpassed the central government's military strength. In this case, are we willing to be neighbors with Yan Xishan or with the National Defense Forces?"

"If we really plan to watch the tiger fight and want to be this fisherman, we must not attack Yan Xishan at this time and take advantage of the situation to march into southern Shanxi. Because, once we force Yan Xishan into an urgent situation, facing the powerful national defense force, Yan Xishan, the Shanxi Sui Army, may follow the footsteps of the Northeast Army and directly join the National Defense Force. At that time, even if we occupy southern Shanxi, the righteous national defense force in our hands can drive us out of southern Shanxi. Of course, we can also not give up southern Shanxi, but there is a prerequisite that our Central Army is ready to fight a decisive battle with the National Defense Force."

"So, as long as we express our sincerity to Yan Xishan, even if Yan Xishan knows that we are sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, he will be relieved to transfer the southern Jin army to northern Jin, because he has enough weight in his hand and is not afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to rob."

A trace of anger and frustration from the bottom of my heart quickly rushed to the heart of the veteran, and shouted to his subordinates in front of him: "Xipi, this is the benefit of having strength in his hands. If my Central Army also has the strong military strength of the National Defense Force, I can attack Shanxi regardless of everything and swallow Shanxi Province..."

After saying that, he said to He Yingqin: "Jingzhi is right. We can't force Yan Xishan too fast. If it is true, Yan Xishan will probably change his flag and join the National Defense Forces like the Northeast Army. At that time, we will really lose all the money and may also provoke the giant of the National Defense Forces. You must know that our opponents are not only the National Defense Forces, but also the Hunan Army, the Hubei Army, the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army...."

"Chairman wise..." Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek figured it out and was not furious because he uncovered the Central Army's scars, He Yingqin quickly spoke up and said in a compliment.

Lao Jiang waved his hand, and after a brief thought, he ordered He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, since you already know my thoughts, then I will leave this matter to you. At the same time, we informed Ci Xiu of our thoughts and asked Ci Xiu to withdraw his troops at any time. This time, our central government will also be a fisherman and watch the tiger fight in the mountains."
Chapter completed!