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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 473 Panic Han Fuju

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    Chapter 473 Panic Han Fuju

    With the formal signing of the Nanjing Armistice Agreement between China and Japan, the Japanese Second and Third Fleets lingering off the coast of Hangzhou Bay, as well as the remnants of the former Shanghai Expeditionary Force off Wusongkou, have truly disappeared from people's sight, and the clouds of war have dispersed.  matter.

    Shanghai has returned to its former prosperity, and Nanjing is singing and dancing, with swords and guns put into storage, and horses released to the Nanshan Mountains. Everything has returned to normal, as if the war two months ago that swallowed up hundreds of thousands of lives has ended.  It is a very distant peaceful scene, and it is not even necessary to maintain a large military strength in the Songhu area. The call to abolish the Songhu Garrison Command and abolish the establishment of the Eighth Army has gradually become the mainstream thought. Soldiers are no longer in the minds of the people.  hero.

    As for North China, it is far away from us. It seems to be a matter in another world. Besides, Vice Chairman Tang¡¯s millions of troops are blocking it, so the Japanese cannot cross the Yellow River.

    Those wealthy people who can embrace wealth, buy expensive cars, eat wine and meat, and spend a lot of money in high-end places have once again become the objects of admiration of the people. Even the Eighth Army defending Hangzhou Bay has to be abolished, and the Sulu Mobile Corps of the North China First Division  , there is no need to stay in the Songhuhang area.

    Within the government, some people even questioned Vice Chairman Tang¡¯s intentions. The war in Songhu was over, so why did they still maintain a huge military force here?  There seemed to be an attempt to get involved in the prosperous place south of the Yangtze River. Chairman Chiang certainly didn't believe it. Tang Qiuli had plenty of opportunities, so why would he make such a trick? However, he also hinted about this very tactfully in the telegram.

    Of course, this cannot be said clearly. Chairman Chiang¡¯s reason is that the huge force of the Sulu Mobile Corps staying in the Jiangnan area for a long time may arouse unwarranted suspicions from people with ulterior motives. Moreover, the required supplies are all transported long distances by the Northern Army Branch. If things go on like this, it is feared that  The Northern Army branch was so overwhelmed that it affected North China's preparations for war, and it even sought Tang Qiuli's opinion on the dismantling of the Songhu Garrison Command.

    The moment Tang Qiuli received the news that the Nanjing Armistice Agreement between China and Japan had been signed, he understood that the Japanese were ready and had completed new deployments. The war would restart at the end of October or early November.  The more reasonable and well-prepared Japanese army will attack the Songhu area again. The poor government officials are still dreaming of enjoying peace. Don't they know that the Japanese have sharpened their knives and are preparing to take action?  !

    He had to rush back to the front line in North China. The Japanese army was taking action in Songhu. How could the millions of Japanese soldiers in North China be lonely? This also announced that his leisurely and beautiful life was officially over. Every day he ate home-made food cooked by his mother, and heard her constant chatter in his ears.  His nagging, his wife¡¯s beautiful face beside him, all of this must come to an end.

    After lunch at the father-in-law's house, we took care of some military affairs. When Mei Ting and she arrived at her parents' house, it happened to be dinner. The family of four gathered around the table and ate delicious authentic Northeastern food. My mother suddenly sighed,  Tang Qiuli asked in surprise, mother said, "When will your father and I get a grandson back, we will be happy, and it will save us from having nothing to do all day long."

    Tang Qiuli laughed sarcastically, and hurriedly buried his head in the food, saying to himself, "Oh my God, this matter is not my decision, it has to depend on her." Mei Ting blushed, wishing she could get through a crack in the ground, her mother-in-law was really outspoken.  , saw Tang Qiuli smiling evilly again, and was so angry that she pinched his thigh hard under the table. The pain made Tang Qiuli grin, but it was his father who saw his daughter-in-law's uncomfortable look and said something to her.

    On October 30, Tang Qiuli returned to the North China front from Dingbian. At the Shijiazhuang division headquarters, Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang reported to him the enemy's situation in the recent period. The Japanese army had not made any major moves recently, and the front was in a temporarily stable state.  However, the mobilization was frequent and the troops were mainly concentrated in Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei, Baoding and Cangzhou in southern Hebei, forming three heavily armed groups.

    The total strength of the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei was about 200,000, the total strength of the Japanese army in Baoding in southern Hebei was about 400,000, and the total strength of the Japanese army in Cangzhou was about 300,000. In these three places, more than 90 Japanese troops in North China were concentrated.  At present, the starting direction of the tens of thousands of troops cannot be determined. Our frontline troops are closely monitoring them.

    Looking at the three thick arrows on the map of the enemy's situation, which represented the heavy concentration of Japanese troops, Tang Qiuli suddenly shuddered. The intention of the Japanese army in North China was obvious. They were waiting for the Japanese army on the southern front to launch an attack, and then launched the largest attack in North China.  The scale of the attack and the posture of the Japanese army showed that the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou in western Hebei must pass through Yangyuan and Dongjing, attack Datong, and surround Taiyuan from the north.

    The Japanese army in Baoding in southern Hebei will definitely go south to Jingxing and Niangziguan to attack Shanxi and surround Taiyuan from the west. It is also possible that a part of the force will be divided and go directly south through Xingtai, Handan and Anyang to attack Kaifeng in Henan. As for the Japanese army in Cangzhou,  It is the troops attacking Shandong. They are all waiting for a time. This time is when the Japanese army on the southern front restarts the Battle of Songhu.

    In less than a week, Jiangnan and North China will both?A large-scale war, and this time, it must be a decisive battle of life and death. He immediately ordered the ** division troops in various places to make all battle preparations. The Sulu Mobile Corps stationed in Hangzhou Bay immediately entered the first level of combat readiness. Liu Tiehandong  The troops assigned to him deployed defenses along the Yellow River and reported the information to Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju.

    Troops on the Hebei front line in Laiyuan, Shijiazhuang, and Hengshui are ready to abandon the plain towns where they are currently stationed and shrink to the Taihang Mountains to avoid the enemy's edge and look for fighter opportunities. He does not want to fight with more than 900,000 Japanese troops on the Great Plains of North China.  , fighting a war of attrition.

    He specially ordered Tang Enbo's Eighth Army on the Yellow River defense line in Henan to raise the alert level. If the Japanese army group approaches, they can rely on the urban defenses of Tangyin, Hebi, and Xinxiang to resist. However, Zhengzhou and Luoyang on the south bank of the Yellow River must hold fast.  , never give up.

    If the Japanese army invaded with part of its force, they would resolutely block the Japanese army on the Anyang front line, and then there would be new combat tasks. He explained to Tang Enbo in great detail. In the final analysis, he was still worried about the commander of the Tang Army. Who knew where he would be?  At the critical moment, whether he can lose the chain, but with his 230,000 troops, it should not be a problem to defend the key points on the south bank of the Yellow River.

    After thinking about it, I still felt unconvinced, so I sent a telegram to Su Jingfeng's Yellow River and Henan Defense Line Guard Corps, with more than 29,000 troops, to immediately station in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng as a backup force for the Tang Army.

    Finally, he personally wrote a long letter to Chief Yan of Shanxi, clarifying the dangerous situation Shanxi was currently facing, hoping that he would take corresponding measures and take precautions seriously. This time, the Japanese army must take the capture of all of Shanxi as their main operational purpose.  Datong in northern Shanxi, and Niangziguan and Yangquan in eastern Shanxi must be the main battlefields. The main force of the Jin army can be concentrated in these two directions. Relying on solid city defenses to slow down the Japanese attack speed, Shanxi will be safe.  .

    Shanxi is the main battlefield of this war. He very much hopes that Yan Xishan can pay attention to the situation at hand and resist the 200,000 Japanese troops on the north road, buying time for himself so that he can free up his hands to march eastward and join Liu Tie and Han Dong.  Direct the troops to annihilate all the Japanese troops who went south from Cangzhou to attack Shandong. This battle will be easier to fight. Then, return to the west and annihilate the Japanese troops attacking Shanxi. Otherwise, with the current strength of our own troops, we will be stretched thin, and we will not be able to do anything.  Take into consideration.

    Once the gate of Shanxi is opened by the Japanese army, the Yellow River defense line will face fierce attacks from the Japanese army at every turn. Sooner or later, collapse will happen. Liu Tiehan's East Command troops in Shandong and the Sulu Mobile Corps of Songhu Qiu Sheng's brother will be attacked from both sides by the Japanese army and fall into extinction.  Once the Japanese troops on the northern and southern fronts converged, the entire situation would become irremediable.

    After receiving Tang Qiuli's autographed letter, Yan Xishan twirled his beard, with a cunning light in his eyes, and asked his generals, "What do you think of this matter? There are old men above me. Among the senior generals of the Jin army, who dares to talk nonsense?"  They all looked at Commander Yan and knew that the old man had already made a plan in his heart, so he just had to listen to his orders.

    Yan Xishan was very satisfied with the performance of the generals. He knew in his heart that Vice Chairman Tang had been targeting his 400,000 Jin troops for more than a day or two. This time, he did it again. However, his own intelligence system also confirmed that Jixi  A large number of Japanese troops gathered in the Zhangjiakou area. They crossed the Shanxi-Hebei border and arrived in Datong. That was the old man's pocket. The high-quality coal produced bought him a lot of money every day.  Can't throw it away.

    Therefore, Yan Xishan's combat readiness situation is that the 12 divisions of the Jin Army's First Group Army, with 260,000 men, led by Commander-in-Chief Zhao Chengshou, are all heading towards Datong to set up defenses and build fortifications in the area of ??Xubao and the ancient city.  His order to Zhao Chengshou was that he must stand firm and not retreat even a step, otherwise, he would come to see him with his head raised.

    Zhao Chengshou knew the weight of these words and the position of the Datong mining area in the old man's heart. Therefore, when he arrived in the Datong area, he made very practical and well-prepared preparations. This was also the only line of defense in Shanxi that the Japanese army did not break after the battle started.  , protecting the northern gate of Taiyuan, and giving Tang Qiuli time to readjust his strategy.

    As for the line between Yangquan and Niangziguan, just across the border is Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. He only sent two divisions. The old man thought slyly that Tang Qiuli's military divisions were in front of him, so he couldn't make any mistakes for others.  , In response to Jing'er, the idea was very good. This was also the execution of his order as the commander-in-chief of the war zone, and no one could find fault.

    After receiving Liu Tiehan's notification, Han Fuju, the king of Shandong, took it very seriously and started to take action immediately. However, Han Qingtian's actions were not to adjust deployment, mobilize troops, and prepare for defense. Instead, he was busy selling off fixed assets and transferring family property.  Most of the gold and silver treasures were deposited in Deutsche Bank in Qingdao, and a small amount was carried with them.

    He also transferred three divisions of his trusted troops to the vicinity of Jinan as his escort team. After all this work, he lived in fear in the provincial government building every day, with eight cars filled with gas outside the door.?The driver was eating and drinking in the car and was always on standby. If something went wrong, the Shandong Provincial Chairman was prepared to abandon millions of Qilu elders and run away on his own.

    Han Fuju's actions caused great panic among the people, and various rumors spread all over the city of Jinan. Liu Tiehan saw that there was no sign of it, so he held a meeting in Jinan in the name of the highest military officer of the Central Army's North China Division stationed in Shandong.  A press conference was held to openly spread the rumors, which stabilized the public sentiment.

    (To be continued)
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