Chapter 315: The situation of defeat

Jiang Ruiyuan was also clear-headed and made corresponding arrangements for the Northwest Army, as well as the troops of Bai and Yan.

He first appointed Han Fuju as the commander-in-chief of the First Legion, refused to defend the south bank of the Yellow River, and blocked the Jin army from the Jinpu Road to the south. He also let Liu Zhi be the commander-in-chief of the Second Legion, defending Xuzhou, Dangshan, Suxian and guarding the western front.

He Chengjun was the commander-in-chief of the Third Corps, and was divided into various places south of Xuchang, Pinghan Road. Chen Diaoyuan was the commander-in-chief of the General Reserve Corps, and he and Ma Hongkui's troops were deployed in Jining and Caozhou in western Shandong, and refused to be the three divisions of Shi You. In addition, Yang Hucheng's troops were guarded in the Nanyang area and Fan Shisheng's troops were guarded in the Xiangfan area.

He also sent people to the enemy's rear to divide and disintegrate the middle and lower-level officers. Even if these people cannot turn against each other, as long as they succeed, they will be ambiguous.

Yang Yongtai said it nicely, but Jiang Ruiyuan knew the overall situation and specific military information, but knew that the situation was not so optimistic. To a large extent, this military meeting was not for discussion and decision-making, but for everyone to calm down first. If it weren't for this, it would be expected that war would really start, and there would definitely be many people pulling their backs in the back.

On May 1st, the energetic Yan Xishan and Feng Huanzhang met in Xinxiang and arrived in Zhengzhou on the same bus on three days. The two met and agreed that the current situation was very favorable.

Bai Chongxi of the Guangxi clan was ready to fight against Jiang's military and was about to start operations. Although Zhang Hanqing of the Northeast was unable to send troops for the time being, he had agreed to provide ammunition and other assistance to the coalition forces.

In terms of politics, Wang Zhaoming replied to the telegram and agreed to cooperate and carry out major events together. All friendly forces are willing to work together to fight back to the end. Judging from the overall situation, the time is ripe, so we should actively prepare for the attack.

They were very confident about this big revenge. The day after Yan Xishan arrived in Zhengzhou, he held a military meeting at the Bishagang Martyrs Temple in Zhengzhou, and further research and specific deployment of the entire combat strategy.

The Jin army planned to take Xuzhou and Wuhan as the first phase of combat targets, and attacked by Jinpu, Longhai and Pinghan. The Jinpu route was led by the Third Front Army and took the offensive with Xuzhou as the target.

The Longhai and Pinghan routes were temporarily adopted as the Second Front Army was transferred from the northwest and east, and the concentration was needed. The Longhai line was mainly powered by the Third Front Army, with Sun Dianying, Wan Xuancai, Liu Maoen, Liu Chunrong and other troops and Shi You's third troops all under the command and dispatch of Xu Yongchang, the commander-in-chief of the Third Front Army, directly commanding and dispatching.

The Pinghan Line was mainly powered by the Second Front Army, and Fan Zhongxiu's troops cooperated to fight. In the triangular area east of Pinghan Road and south of Longhai Road, it was fortified at the Lanfeng, Musi County, Fugou and Xuchang. The Fourth and Fifth Route Army of the Second Front Army were about 100,000 troops as a mobile reserve team, and controlled in Tongxu, Weishi, Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other places to support all parties.

If the main force of the Jiang army attacked the Jinpu line, this army would drive to Bengbu to threaten the rear of the Central Army. If the main force of the Central Army attacked from the Pinghan line, this army would turn to Wusheng Pass and support the frontal forces of the two routes to divert the offensive.

After the plan was decided, Yan immediately appointed Lu Zhonglin as the commander-in-chief of the front army in the second and third fronts, and Xu Yongchang as the deputy commander-in-chief for unified command in front of the formation.

The current situation of the entire battle situation is that the Longhai Line is located in the center of the overall situation, Jinpu and Pinghan are its left and right wings. Therefore, both sides use their main forces on the Longhai Line, because the gains and losses in this aspect will have a decisive role in the entire battle situation.

Although the Chinese army did not participate in the war, they still made a request to watch the battle with the Central Army. Originally, Jiang Ruiyuan was still cold-hearted, but after receiving the willingness of the Hualian government to assist military supplies, his attitude also changed.

During the entire Central Plains War, Jiang Ruiyuan used troops in this area, such as Liu Zhi, Gu Zhutong, Chen Jicheng, Jiang Dingwen, Xiong Shihui, Wang Jun, Yang Shengzhi, Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, Ye Kaixin, Qin Qinglin, Zhang Lisheng, Zhang Zhizhong, Feng Yipei and other troops, all of which were elite troops of the Central Army.

Yan and Feng used the troops in this regard, including the three armies of Sun Chu, Yang Xiaoou and Guan Fu'an of the Jin army and the superior artillery troops. The troops of Sun Liangcheng, Song Zheyuan, Sun Lianzhong, Ji Hongchang and other troops of the Northwest Army, and the cavalry group of Zheng Dazhang were also very powerful teams.

In actual situations, the two sides are different. Jiang Ruiyuan mastered the transportation lines between railways and shipping, and the military transport was rapid. Most of the troops could be mobilized and concentrated on the battlefield in a short period of time. The supply of food, fodder and ammunition was also very convenient. The soldiers could maintain full energy without long journeys.

The Northwest Army was not the case. At the beginning of the war against Jiang, except for Sun Liangcheng, Song Zheyuan, Pang Bingxun and other parts, which were located in the Guanzhong Plain, which was close to Longhai Road and was easier to transfer eastward, Zhang Weixi and Liu Ruming's troops stationed in southern Shaanxi needed to pass through the mountainous areas and were restrained by Chiang's army in Xiangfan.

As for Sun Lianzhong's troops who were far away in Gan, Ning and Qing, they all rely on hiking troops, which requires more time. This is far from comparable to the Central Army. The troops were on an expedition and were waiting for their labor. Moreover, the gap between them was also widened in terms of material preparation and delivery capabilities.

Don’t underestimate this. War is not just about raising a gun and slamming it. You must be careful and do a good job in planning.

Especially these domestic military organizations are not rich, and they must be orderly in the distribution of weapons and ammunition, and make predictions and adjustments according to the needs of the war situation. Jiang Ruiyuan has established a complete and reasonable logistics system and will undoubtedly win many advantages in the family management of the coalition forces.

From the beginning of the war, the balance of victory had been tilted towards the Central Army.

In early May, Yan Feng's coalition took Shi Yousan as the left side, from Kaocheng to Heze and Dingtao to search forward. Wanxuancai was the middle side, and Sun Dianying was the right side, from Guide, Bozhou to Dangshan and Xuzhou to search forward.

Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan, the two front-line generals and deputy commanders of the Third Front Army, were under control and command by Feng Yuxiang and Lu Zhonglin on the Longhai Line. After the three armies and artillery units commanded by Xu and Yang arrived at the Longhai Line, Xu set up a headquarters in Lanfeng and supported Wan and Sun's troops with most of the troops.

On May 11, the two sides began to have a large-scale contact. Because the Central Army's counterattack was very powerful and the air force cooperated with the cooperation, the fierce battles lasted for several days. The Sun's army gradually became despaired and retreated step by step. Sun's army retreated to Bozhou, and the Wanmen retreated to the vicinity of Guide. Zhong Yang's army took advantage of the victory to attack.

On the 15th, Jiang Ruiyuan personally went to Ma Muji to supervise the battle and taught the First Division to besiege Guide. At this time, the stalemate of the war caused the contradictions within the coalition to gradually reveal. Liu Maoen was dissatisfied with Yan, and Feng surrendered to Jiang, and in the name of holding a meeting, he lured Wan Xuancai in Ningling.

Wan Xuancai's troops were immediately surrounded, Guide was captured by Chiang's army, and the division commander Wan Dian and others were captured. The remaining troops were commanded by Shi Zhenqing to break through and retreat westward, acting as Wan Xuancai's military post. Such a sudden change immediately caused great military chaos.

First of all, Ningling, which was originally defended by Liu Maoen, was under the control of Sui County. The Yang Xiaoou tribe and Sun Chu tribe of the Jin army suffered certain losses, while Guan Fu'an tribe lost control in the chaos, and the losses were particularly great.

After the Central Army occupied Guide, its vanguard troops took advantage of the victory to occupy Liuhe Station west of Guide. Jiang Dingwen's troops also approached Musi County, attempting to cooperate with the Chiang army's frontal troops to siege Lanfeng. At this point, Sun Dianying, who retreated to Bozhou, lost contact with friendly forces. The three Shiyou tribes in western Shandong were also blocked by Chen Tiaoyuan's troops and could not move forward.

Due to Liu Maoen's enlistment in Jiang, the war initiated by Feng Huanzhang this time suffered great setbacks from the beginning, which disrupted the planned plan.

On May 15, a statement issued by Hualian official was the last straw that crushed the camel of the anti-Jiang Lianjun. Li Wansheng personally issued a telegram to announce his support to the central government and called on all provinces to stop fighting to preserve the vitality of China.

From the perspective of morality and politics, Feng Huanzhang and others who launched the war privately naturally became the culprits and were cursed by the people. The statements of the Chinese army largely dismantled the so-called anti-Jiang coalition. Bai Chongxi had to shrink his troops and strengthen the defense of Ganzhou Province.

The other fronts, who were still waiting and watching, had an ambiguous attitude, and looked at the central government and secretly sent a secret message. The military supplies that Zhang Hanqing promised to send were not seen for a long time, but Feng Huanzhang had no choice but to be humiliated by himself.

In June 1930, Guangzhou ushered in another hot summer. Hualian, which implemented a planned economic system, has now become a huge factory and an amazing research institution. The Industrial and Economic Union replaced several major industrial and commercial groups and became the real core of the entire society.

On a farm in the southern suburbs of Guangzhou, several young men rode horses and wore Western-style riding outfits, which were heroic and handsome.

"Yang, isn't this a chance for us to challenge Jiang?" The person in charge was naturally Zhong Yang, but the one who spoke beside him was his friend Wang Liwen. Over the years, the two of them had formed a deep friendship due to frequent exchanges in the military field.

"What does such an opportunity mean to us?" Zhong Yang didn't want to explain many inner thoughts in detail. In fact, his eyes were still considering the possibility of Japan's full invasion of China.

Compared with Jiang Ruiyuan, Yan Xishan, Feng Huanzhang or Bai Chongxi, they are not enough to take on heavy responsibilities. It is the summer of 1930, and it is only a little over a year before the first wave of Japanese invasion of China. The central government is the best barrier in its ideal, protecting the Central Plains for the Alliance of China.

If the Chinese army intervened in the war now, it would likely destroy such a situation. The Central Army, which was too weakened, would likely not be able to fulfill Zhong Yang's strategic expectations for Jiang Ruiyuan. If even Japan's second wave of offensive could not be stopped, the Japanese regular army would sweep the general trend and roll south.

Whether Hualian can survive alone is a very worthy question. Even if he wins in the end, the situation where the entire Eastern world is lost is not what Zhong Yang hopes to see?

However, these things cannot be explained in detail with Wang Liwen.

Wang Liwen's opinions also represent the attitude of many military generals in the army. They are eager for war in order to gain a high status within the organization through military merits.

"Yang, is it too early to support Jiang Ruiyuan now? And with such a great opportunity, we cannot send troops to fight, which has caused a lot of complaints in the army." Wang Liwen is also a veteran and knows some of Zhong Yang's background, so this detail involving the intentions of the military must be told to him.

"We always have to stand on the side of the winners, and the faster the better, otherwise how can we reflect our value?" Whether it is because of the memory of another time and space, or the information available at Zhong Yang, it shows that Jiang Ruiyuan will be the final winner of the Central Plains War.

Wang Liwen was speechless about Zhong Yang's confidence. He held the reins' right hand and stretched out a finger and gently tapped the horse's back. This was his habit. Whenever he encountered a problem that needed to be thought about, he would subconsciously make such a move.

"What I don't understand is that even though our army has shown such strong combat power, why is there such a split and internal strife within the ** government? Are you not afraid of being profitable by our fishermen?" Wang Liwen naturally had the confidence to speak like this, which is honor and pride.

"Jiang Ruiyuan is a talent. Do you think he can't see it? In fact, he was quite tolerant and restrained in the several attacks of our army. This is to judge the difference in strength between the two sides. Our army is sharp, but we have also been logistics and not good at defense."

Wang Liwen also understood what Zhong Yang said. In fact, it was not that the Chinese army was not good at defending, but that the army was not large and it was difficult to defend a vast territory. Moreover, because the construction cycle of the industrial production model was too long, Hualian did not have an urgent need for the field.

Jiang Ruiyuan also saw this and exchanged space for time. If he wanted to improve his territory construction first, he would accumulate enough strength before deciding the outcome.

Moreover, the economic reform of the Hualian also made all forces mistakenly believe that the Chinese army consumed a lot of vitality in the last war and now they still need to rest and be unable to fight. It is precisely because of this illusion that Feng Huanzhang and others dared to launch a civil war and provoke the ruling authority of the central government.

A large number of businessmen turned their investments to a free market. Compared with the increasingly tightly regulated Hualian, the new economic reform of the Nanjing ** government is obviously much freer. Under the rule of Hualian, almost all production and living supplies in major cities and towns had to be supplied with tickets.

In addition to considering economic benefits, the company's development also requires more consideration of the issue of authority value. Especially for industries with high pollution, the money earned may be worthless, because once the authority value is cleared, it means the company's bankruptcy and bankruptcy.

Various strict management policies are actually showing these greedy national capitalists the economic development attitude of Hualian. In addition to enterprises and companies that join the Industrial and Economic Union, which can obtain technical assistance and policy support, it is simply difficult for private capital to gain a place in Hualian.

This is also the main reason why many private capital withdraw from Guangdong and Guangxi, and this situation has also led to misjudgment by other domestic warlord forces. Their thinking is still in the last century and they cannot see the future development trends clearly.

In a blink of an eye, it was September, and the battle situation took a sharp turn, and the anti-Jiang coalition finally sacrificed its decline. Especially the Northwest Army, it was already facing the signs of a total collapse.

The Northwest Army led by Feng Huanzhang was a feudal military group developed by a mixed brigade. He had always had a high prestige in this military group. However, he neither had certain political propositions nor could he put forward a clear political program.

He has always used some empty slogans to save the country and the people and the relationship between individuals as the ideological basis for maintaining this group. At the same time, he has always adopted a paternalistic style, individual arbitrary, and lacks effective means to maintain feelings with his subordinates.

This made many generals in the Northwest Army who held real power deeply dissatisfied with this, just like children who grew up do not want to be bound by their parents anymore. However, this is not a rebellious adolescent restlessness, but a very simple demand for the people. Under the militarized ** system, this tendency is more obvious.

The day after Feng arrived in Tongguan, he held a meeting with the participation of generals above the division commander and above, announcing the determination to unite Yan to defeat Jiang and the significance of doing so. At the meeting, except for the division commander Ge Yunlong who advocated the defence of Jiang, everyone remained silent. The generals of the Northwest Army here all believed that the Northwest Army suffered from Yan's losses many times and were deceived by Yan. If Yan did not defeat Yan, it would be difficult for the Northwest Army to develop in the north.

This is also because the two armies have formed a deep hatred in the past, so how could it be reduced because of the political needs of the chief general? It would be fine if Feng Huanzhang could still control his army well, but during the days when he was under house arrest in Yan Xishan, these subordinates had tried the taste of power, so how could they crawl at someone's feet again?

Feng's senior generals and aides generally had resistance to the war between Yan and Jiang. This was not only because they were tired of war, but more importantly because they knew Feng and Yan's abilities and practices from experience. They believed that Feng could only fight and was completely amateur politics.

Yan was also a petty man, like a money shop boss, who could only calculate small accounts and not achieve great things. Even if Yan and Jiang win military victory, there was no way to move forward politically. What's more, following such a boss really had no future.

On the contrary, Jiang Ruiyuan's methods and mind deeply impressed these brave men. As one goes up and down, the separation of the army has also become an irreversible defeat.

At the beginning of the war, due to the high voices of anti-Jiang in all aspects and the strong lineup of anti-Jiang military, the generals of the Northwest Army had no room for hesitation and Feng's orders.

At the same time, they also wanted to make several provinces of territories in this war as a supplement to the barren and painful areas in the northwest. Therefore, the Northwest Army still showed the spirit of tenacious, brave and hard fighting in the war. However, after several battles, some generals gradually felt that it was difficult to supplement the loss of troops and the consumption of weapons, so they had the idea of ​​preserving their strength.

In the late stage of the war, the August offensive on the Longhai Line was not successful, the Jin army on the Jinpu Line was defeated again, the Central Army changed from disadvantage to advantage, while the Yan Feng coalition changed from active to passive, and some generals saw that the military was less and less promising.

What should I do after failure? Still going back to the northwest? These very realistic questions have begun to constantly question the hearts of many people. Under such torture, the situation of defeat is inevitable.

Most of the Northwest Army really did not want to go to the Northwest again to endure hardships, especially after the severe drought in Shaanxi Province, they were hungry and no one wanted to go back. They were all wandering and waiting and looking for their own way out. In addition, Jiang Ruiyuan four sent people to tempt various parties, and some generals with unstable will embark on the road to surrender to the central government.

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