Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 229 Storm threatens the city

Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army and chairman of the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee, was anxious in the military headquarters. Tang Qiuli had a conflict with the Japanese ronin as soon as he entered the city.

After receiving a report from his subordinates, the matter became serious again. Commander Tang actually had a conflict with the old man's Royal Guards Military Police Regiment, and the sweat on his face dropped.

I really don’t know the importance. In the city of Peiping, there are two kinds of people who cannot be offended. One is the Japanese, who have the support of the entire Japanese country behind them, and the other is the military police regiment, with Chairman Chiang standing behind them. This Tang Qiuli is so good. He just entered

He left the city in such a state that the two groups of people were left in darkness and disgraced. He had no idea in his mind how to end the situation.

Song Zheyuan's life was very difficult. In North China, in addition to the Japanese army pressing down on the border, pro-Japanese factions within the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee, such as Wang Yitang, Qi Kuiyuan, Wang Kemin and others, attacked him from time to time in government affairs meetings.

The Japanese spokesmen in North China's political arena were pro-Japanese and pro-Japanese in their remarks, which was simply outrageous.

More importantly, Army General He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government and Acting Chairman of the Peking Military Branch, was already deeply dissatisfied with himself. He believed that he was not directly from a direct lineage. He understood that General He's intentions were inaccurate and had been replaced long ago.

My intention was delayed until now because it was difficult to find a suitable candidate.

Recall that since following the old commander, General Feng Yuxiang, after the failure of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to Peiping to garrison. The senior officials of the national government have been quite dissatisfied with themselves. They have long regarded themselves as aliens and have taken precautions. A gendarmerie regiment stationed in Peiping

, who was ordered to monitor himself and the 29th Army.

Thinking of these chaos, Song Zheyuan felt even more irritable. He was struggling to support the current situation in North China, but instead caused ordinary people to call him weak and afraid of the Japanese. There were many suspicions at the top. How did they know that in the huge North China,

There are only tens of thousands of troops of the 29th Army stationed here, not to mention the gap in weapons and equipment. Once a war breaks out with the Japanese, how many days can this small army last?

When Tang Qiuli arrived at the headquarters of the 29th Army, it was when Song Zheyuan was filled with sorrow. When he met this big boss from North China, Tang Qiuli was shocked. His face was dark, his brows were furrowed, and his face was filled with sorrow.

It seems that there are many problems that are difficult to solve.

When Song Zheyuan saw Tang Qiuli, he was startled. He seemed to be a little bit unable to believe his eyes. He didn't expect that Mr. Tang was so young. Even though his secretary-general came back to describe it, it was still beyond his expectation.

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When they met for the first time, Tang Qiuli left a very good impression on Song Zheyuan. This Tang general did not have the arrogance of a young man. He had a straight military uniform, a tall and slender figure, a heroic face, a bookish air, and the appearance of an iron-blooded soldier.

The decisiveness of killing is perfectly integrated there, like a sharp sword hidden in the sheath, but it cannot completely hide the cold light.

He looked at himself with a smile, his eyes were gentle but sharp, and his good upbringing made him more graceful. He was a young man that no one dared to look down upon.

At this moment, Song Zheyuan suddenly felt a strong jealousy in his heart. This kind of jealousy was the instinctive feeling of a middle-aged man, both mentally and physically, towards a man younger than himself.

envy.

Song Zheyuan felt a sense of relief in his heart. Finally, someone came to share the mess in North China.

He extended his hand affectionately from afar and walked quickly towards Tang Qiuli. Tang Qiuli first gave a standard military salute: "Commander Song, Commander of the new North China Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Tang Qiuli, reports to Commander Song.

, at your disposal.”

This is one of his identities. The ** division is under the control of the 29th Army. On this point, Tang Qiuli has done an impeccable job. People in the military circle pay special attention to this. The relationship between superiors and subordinates cannot be chaotic, let alone go through the motions.

Then, he bowed slightly and said, "Chairman Song, Vice Chairman of the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee Tang Qiuli, come to meet the Chairman." This is another status, a formality that must be done in the political world, and that kind of etiquette is not considered partial.

, as the saying goes: "It is not strange to be polite to many people."

After completing this procedure, he held Song Zheyuan's hand tightly. Song Zheyuan looked at Tang Qiuli with admiration and was filled with joy. This young man was by no means simple. He grasped the scale between superiors and subordinates just right, and there was no leakage.

It is really a blessing for Song to have someone as his deputy.

He was happy in his heart, and most of Song Zheyuan's melancholy had dissipated. With his decades of life experience, ups and downs in the military and officialdom, Song Zheyuan intuitively felt that this was a person who could be entrusted with big things. His heart was very magnanimous, without official desires and

Lilu.

From outside the door to the military headquarters room, Song Zheyuan did not let go of Tang Qiuli's mouth. He called Tang "Brother", even though the age difference between the two was more than 20 years, and pulled Chief of Staff Zhang and the accompanying adjutant.

The guards were stunned when they saw it. The army commander had never behaved like this before. Officials at that time were very particular about keeping their emotions and anger a secret.

Song Zheyuan's unseen actions greatly increased Tang Qiuli's weight in the minds of the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army. This was an unexpected gain and laid the initial foundation for him to take over and integrate the 29th Army after the July 7th Incident.

After sitting down, Song Zheyuan was introduced to Tang Qiuli in detail about the current situation in North China, especially the movements of the Japanese. Talking about the current chaos in North China, Song Zheyuan's mood, which had just become much clearer, became heavy again.

The Japanese were pressing harder and harder in the Peking-Tianjin area. Not only did they set up an autonomous government for the prevention of communism in eastern Hebei, they also wanted to establish autonomy for the five provinces of North China. On the outskirts of Peiping, to the west were the bandits Li Shouxin and Wang Ying who had been bribed by the Japanese.

Troops, to the east are the security teams of Yin Rugeng's Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government, who are dedicated to serving the Japanese, and to the north are the puppet troops assembled in Rehe Province.

The Japanese army deployed a large number of defenses in these three directions, forming a circular encirclement with the Japanese army as the backbone and the puppet troops as subordinates. Only the southwest of Peiping and the Yongding River area were still under the control of the 29th Army. However, it was also controlled by the 29th Army.

Gradually compress strategic space.

It can be said that Peiping is besieged on three sides and the situation is critical. It is like a ripe peach in the pocket of the Japanese. As long as the Japanese want to take action, they can do it at any time.

I have repeatedly proposed to General He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government and the Peking Military Branch, that we need to increase military strength in North China to counter the Japanese who are pressing forward every step of the way.

However, in addition to giving himself a scolding, General He also said that he had ulterior motives and deliberately stirred up trouble in order to undermine the current stable situation in North China and affect the government's policy toward Japan.

Several big hats came down, and it became clear that Song Zheyuan was determined to reorganize his armaments and fight against the Japanese, but there was nothing he could do about it. These crimes were so serious that he might even lose his head.

After Song Zheyuan finished speaking, he sighed and shook his head, with a look of helplessness and frustration in his heart.

When Song Zheyuan introduced the situation, Tang Qiuli said nothing and just listened quietly. He knew the general situation of Peiping's military situation during this period from history. However, when he was in the actual environment of this era,

, still had a shocking feeling that the situation in Peiping was actually so critical, far more serious than he imagined.

He heard that Song Zheyuan went to He Yingqin and asked for more troops to be sent to North China. He also sighed secretly in his heart. Brother Song really went to the wrong temple. This General He was a well-known close friend among all the important officials of the National Government.

Japanese style, his early experience of studying in Japan gave him a natural affinity for Japan.

Asking him to ask for more troops? Isn't that looking for bad luck? It was this man who, while presiding over the overall situation in North China, signed the infamous "Tanggu Agreement" with Yoshijiro Umezu, the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which brought Jidong and Chabei to the north.

Several cities and counties were designated as demilitarized zones, and all Chinese Communist troops were evacuated from the above-mentioned areas. The North China authorities were not allowed to support anti-Japanese activities, anti-Japanese groups were disbanded within a time limit, and all anti-Japanese propaganda activities were stopped.

This agreement alone gave up the Northeast and North China corridors from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, and all natural dangers were lost, allowing the Japanese army to march straight into the land of North China, the key points of Ping and Tianjin, and seize the opportunity, and the Japanese troops stationed in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin

After shaking hands and joining forces, the entire Northeast became the strategic rear and material supply base for the Japanese army's all-out invasion of China.

Not only that, when the Japanese invaders were heavily surrounded by troops, they also transferred Yu Xuezhong's troops away from North China, allowing the 29th Army to exclusively support all defenses in North China. Furthermore, due to the loss of geographical advantages, they were compressed around Pingjin.

The situation is extremely passive.

This triggered the "December 9th" student movement that shocked China and the rest of the world. The Duke also ordered a severe crackdown. The Third Military Police Regiment stationed in Peiping, his thugs, came to him and asked for more troops to be sent to North China. The results can be imagined.

You know, it's a blessing that Brother Song can come back unscathed.

Now, Peiping was actually an isolated city. Tang Qiuli understood why the Japanese had to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China in Wanping City near Marco Polo Bridge, in order to cut off the only retreat of the 29th Army in Peiping City and annihilate it on the spot.

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Song Zheyuan's mood became heavier and heavier. Tang Qiuli discovered carefully that the powerlessness and helplessness from the bottom of his heart made this frontier official with tens of thousands of troops in his hands filled him with exhaustion. When he first saw him,

The excitement was dispersed without a trace by the current chaotic situation.

The room was silent for a moment. Song Zheyuan looked up at Tang Qiuli. He was surprised to find that the young general had a calm face and his clear eyes still had that calm demeanor. He seemed to have no concern for the current dangerous situation.

Don't worry.

"This person is either more courageous and confident than others, or he is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He lacks enough attention to deal with the current situation in North China. No matter from which perspective, the appearance of this person will definitely bring chaos and dullness to the political situation in North China.

Come with different impacts, since

He was not alone in the Political Affairs Committee. From the moment he entered Peking, he did two things that others were afraid to avoid. His stance and attitude towards the Japanese were clear at a glance. In this regard, he was quite similar to himself.

".Song Zheyuan thought to himself.

To be continued

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