Chapter 148 Rehe Army
Zhang Xueliang looked at Zhang Xuewu and said, "You are lucky to win this battle in Rehe! You can't be so reckless in the future!"
Zhang Xuewu smiled and said, "I admit it too lucky, but the Japanese came with the mentality of luck. The materials and ammunitions have not arrived from North Korea, so the Japanese dared to mobilize the army to launch an offensive during the cold winter festival. In fact, the Japanese were on a big adventure. The initial defeat of our army helped boost the Japanese's arrogance. So they temporarily revised their battle plan, captured Chengde and hoarded materials, waited for the beginning of spring to attack the Great Wall, and even threatened the Pingjin area! I saw this point, and I bet that the Japanese were also lacking in preparation for the severe cold, and the Japanese army had not carried out any large-scale operations since the Russo-Japanese War. At best, they were elites on the training ground!"
Zhang Xueliang smiled slightly and said, "You! Can't you be more modest?"
Zhang Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Our soldiers use their lives. The fortifications are firm and the firepower is strong. There are aircraft support in the air, and artillery fire and tanks on the ground. The firepower of light weapons is several times stronger than that of the Japanese. For the Japanese who still use intensive infantry groups to charge, I don't beat them so much that they don't even know him. Even if I'm sorry to them! The winner will win. Why are I and a group of defeated generals? Increase their ambition and destroy their majesty?"
Zhang Xueliang smiled helplessly, put a few small sweet potatoes beside the stove, and used iron pliers to stir up the charcoal fire in the stove absent-mindedly, "Chengwen, in a few days, Nanjing's promotion orders, you are the youngest lieutenant general commander in China. When I became the corps commander, it would be warlord separatist. Now it is the Republic of China period. The teenage major general commander and the twenties governor were all jokes from the early years. Your position was made by you. Everyone was jealous of the credit wherever they were placed! But not everyone thinks this way. This time, Jiang Gong in Nanjing promoted you and everyone agreed with you. Many of them were probably malicious. These people who were wronged just wanted to praise you and kill you. I believe you understand the truth that wood is revealed by the wind in the forest."
Zhang Xuewu nodded with a serious expression and said, "The Nanjing government is so spared no effort. It is nothing more than the idea of a military official who is in a turbulent battle. My Northeast Army lost the land of the three provinces, and Rehe is my last foothold. Now, cousin, you are still restraining the provinces. I am afraid you are unable to do anything compared to the past! Although I am nominally the Central Army, in fact, you are connected with bloodlines between you and my brothers. I want to train a strong army. If the Japanese attack on me Rehe again, or if they are actually mature, I will advance to the battle of Retu. At that time, even if the Nanjing government does not want to, I will be dragged in by me. The Northeast will be our life. How can the Japanese occupy the place where our ancestors are located?"
Zhang Xueliang took a deep breath. At this moment, Zhang Xueliang had to admit that his cousin Zhang Xuewu was very good at inspiring. He planned with Chengwen, and it seemed that he had become bolder!
However, Zhang Xueliang is not Zhang Xuewu after all. His indecisive personality made him think and analyze more calmly. In fact, the more courage and courage it is more about the arrangement of troops to launch wars. The more you think, the more problems you find, the more you find, the more you find that it seems to be unfavorable to your side? All your courage was exhausted by rational analysis.
On this point, Zhang Xueliang also knew his weakness. Compared with the Japanese at the Chenyang Incident and the Japanese in the Battle of Rehe, it seems that the Japanese have been taking risks all the time. They dare to take action if they have a chance of winning with two points. If they have a chance of winning with three points and a chance of winning with four points, they dare to fight to the death. What a crazy nation-state this is?
Zhang Xueliang threw a hot sweet potato to Zhang Xuewu and said, "Rehe is such a hot sweet potato. The nearby Chahar and Suiyuan are like hot charcoal fires. It is not a wise move to take chestnuts from the fire, but it depends on whether the means of taking chestnuts from the fire are clever or not?"
Zhang Xuewu looked at Zhang Xueliang meaningfully. It can be said that they are now considered grasshoppers tied to a rope. Before, he was just the commander of the division, but he was not qualified enough, so Zhang Xueliang did not talk to him too much. Obviously, he has been promoted to Lieutenant General's commander and ruled a province, and it seems that he has such qualifications.
While peeling the sweet potato skin, Zhang Xueliang said expressionlessly: "The main reason why you want to be in Nanjing's Jiang Gong, is that you have my cousin. I have 300,000 Northeast Army officers and soldiers. These people are not the direct descendants of Nanjing, but the major troubles of Nanjing. With me, Zhang Hanqing, and I have 300,000 Northeast Army soldiers, you will have a good life in Nanjing. On the contrary, it is a cunning rabbit and dead hunting dog cooking! I believe that there is no need to tell you about such a simple truth. How to rectify the local area is your problem. Whether it is Chahar or Suiyuan, as long as you have the ability, you can eat it clearly?"
Zhang Xuewu frowned slightly. Perhaps Zhang Xueliang was not as good as him in terms of strategy and tactics, but he was not as experienced as Zhang Xueliang in how to become an official and manage the party. After all, he was the master of his experience. Moreover, the tricks of the officialdom were not like those in later novels. If you are not careful, you will be a lifelong future!
Zhang Xueliang smiled meaningfully and said, "If Chahar and Suiyuan are in turmoil and the officials who have taken office are repeatedly blocked and robbed, what will happen if the local government is inactive? You are a soldier. Although you are the chairman of a province, you know that the Executive Yuan has already hated the soldiers as the chairman of the province. However, those scholars will only shout slogans, and most of them are corrupt officials and incompetent people. Do you understand what I said?"
Zhang Xuewu looked at Zhang Xueliang in surprise. If Zhang Xueliang's so-called attainments in military strategy and tactics really dare not make him complimentary, but in terms of being foolish, Zhang Xuewu felt that he had to learn too much. Before, he just imagined to control Chahar and Suiyuan in his hands. Chahar was a strategic priority, especially his capital Zhangjiakou, which was close to the border area between Su and Meng.
Now Zhang Xueliang has pointed out the methods and practices for himself. It can be said that today Zhang Xueliang came here to explain to Zhang Xuewu. The so-called brothers work together to cut off gold! This means that all Zhang Xuewu's future actions will be supported and helped by Zhang Xueliang.
Undoubtedly, Zhang Xueliang, who was guilty, was extremely generous. There was news in Nanjing that planned to add 600 grassroots officers to Zhang Xuewu, but because he could not draw enough grassroots officers for a while, he could only add 300 for the time being. He then transferred a fully established main force from the three divisions of the 17th Army and directly allocated it to Zhang Xuewu. Fortunately, Zhang Xuewu wanted people not to be equipped, and even so, Guan Linzheng, Huang Jie, Liu Kan and others were heartbroken. Zhang Xuewu once found Guan Linzheng and wanted Dai Anlan, the leader of the army, but was very angry and returned in disgrace.
Regarding the supplement between Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang waved his hand generously. Five hundred platoon-level grassroots officers, ten thousand carefully selected veterans, 20,000 new recruits trained in Tangshan, and two students from Peking who were all middle school or above. All of them were supplemented with Zhang Xuewu. The remaining part of the shortage of troops was recruited by Zhang Xuewu to recruit young men and strong men.
After Zhang Xueliang was in Chengde for a few days, after seeing Zhang Xueliang off, Zhang Xuewu felt that everything in front of him suddenly became clear? With the support from Nanjing and the dual support from Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xuewu could definitely let go of the vast world of Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan.
After the Battle of Rehe in Zhang Xuewu's memory, facing the ambitious Japanese Empire, Sino-Soviet diplomatic relations will soon resume, which is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhang Xuewu. The greed of the polar bear makes it easier for Zhang Xuewu to obtain weapons, and some of Zhang Xuewu's designs and ideas must also be realized through the polar bear's military factory. In the future, resisting the large-scale invasion of the Japanese army, he must have a backing to rely on.
In fact, Zhang Xuewu has not considered cooperating with other aspects. For example, Germany and the United States are one of the choices, but the United States is neutral, and domestic isolationism is prevalent, and only recognizes money! Until the end of 1941, the United States was still exporting scrap steel, aircraft engines, refined oil, rubber, grain, etc. to Japan, while Japan transformed its resources plundered on the Chinese battlefield into purchasing power. It can be said that in history, from the outbreak of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War in 1937 to the Pearl Harbor incident in 1942, almost every dollar was stained with the blood of Chinese military and civilians. In disguise, it was the US export economy that supported Japan's war of aggression against China.
Therefore, Zhang Xuewu has no special favor to Americans, and the United States is Japan's major exporter. In some aspects, the little arms he bought is not enough for Americans to get stuck in the teeth. Once the Japanese government puts pressure on him, the Americans are likely to unilaterally tear up the contract.
The weapons placed in the Germans are indeed very good. Compared with Soviet weapons, the design concept and production process of German weapons are definitely ahead of the age. However, Jurchenov once said that under basically the same equal conditions, when the mass is proportional to the quantity, the quality will defeat the quantity, and when the quantity and mass reach the critical point of six to one, the quantity will overwhelm the quality.
In fact, during World War II, taking tanks as an example, the mass of Germany was indeed overwhelmed by the Soviet Union, so Zhang Xuewu could only make more preparations. As for how to hook up with the Soviets and arouse the other party's interest and attention, Zhang Xuewu decided to work hard on the design concept drawings of old tank armored vehicles.
Chapter completed!