Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 366: Chief Yan’s treat

Today, the meeting is still held, but the content of the meeting is centered around how to invade the Shaanxi-Gansu base area and defeat the Red Army, and how to deploy troops.

On the wall was a huge military map of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region. From time to time, senior generals walked over and explained their plans on how to deploy troops. Tang Qiuli watched this scene with great interest.

It turns out that history is not all true. The military meetings of the Communist Party of China are full of an atmosphere of military democracy. Everyone can speak freely, express their own opinions, come up with combat plans, and evaluate other people's plans. It is somewhat similar to

for today's bidding.

But Chairman Chiang just listened attentively and did not express any opinions. These senior generals of the Communist Party of China who dared to come up with their own plans were all battlefield veterans with great military talents. They were not all idiots as in the legend. Strangely.

Yes, they faced the Japanese Red Army but were repeatedly defeated. What was the reason? Tang Qiuli didn't understand it either, and probably Chairman Chiang had been thinking about it too.

On the issue of encircling and suppressing the Red Army, Tang Qiuli entered Cao's camp without saying a word. No one was counting on him anyway. Last night, he was worried about Chairman Chiang and asked him about his strategy for fighting the Red Army.

That would make him very embarrassed. If he really followed the encirclement and suppression plan he had made, the Red Army would only end up being annihilated. He knew the characteristics and combat methods of the Red Army very well, and every step of the plan was

Target their weaknesses,

If an unrealistic encirclement and suppression plan is made, then the Communist Party must be arranged to deliberately walk into the trap of the Red Army. The Communist Party will definitely lose the battle, and there will be heavy losses. What does Chairman Chiang think of him?

It's a dilemma.

How can Tang Qiuli be so embarrassed and how can he bear it? Both sides fighting are China's national defense forces, and the only ones who are cheap are the Japanese. Fortunately, Chairman Chiang did not mention a word, and Tang Qiuli was greatly relieved.

I just hope this battle doesn't break out.

The military meeting lasted for another whole day, allowing Tang Qiuli to have a thorough understanding of the fighting style and inherent ideas of the Communist Party of that era. After fierce debate, General Wei Lihuang's combat plan was approved.

Everyone, especially Chairman Chiang’s affirmation.

Wei Lihuang's combat plan drew on the experience of previous failures to suppress the Communists. It can be summarized as follows: three attack corps were formed, with Yan Xishan's Jin Army as the main force along the way, and five divisions of the Central Army, starting from Shanxi's

Liulin crossed the Yellow River to the west and pressed the Japanese Red Army from the northeast.

Along the way, Zhang Xueliang's Northeastern Army and Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army, with eight divisions attached to the Central Army, advanced northward from Xi'an and approached the Yan'an area where the revolution was located.

Along the way, the remaining 17 divisions of the Central Army were used as the main attacking corps, marching north from the direction of Baoji, with the main purpose of capturing Yan'an, the base of the Communist Party.

The three-pronged suppression corps, with the Central Army's assault corps as the main force, took the lead in launching the attack, and the other two advancing and suppressing corps followed up. After the Central Army's offensive corps launched the attack, they entered the battle.

The three-pronged army launched a fan-shaped offensive. Each unit must not disperse its forces. The main method of combat is to press step by step and press, so as to avoid being defeated by Zhu Mao's Red Army by seizing the opportunity like in previous encirclement and suppression campaigns.

Wei Lihuang particularly emphasized that the main purpose of this campaign to suppress the bandits was to destroy their foothold in northern Shaanxi, with the secondary goal of eliminating their effective forces. In a word, it was to drive the bandits deep into the northwest.

The desert, the Gobi wilderness.

Let the troops of the Five Horses from the Northwest and the harsh natural environment eliminate them. At the beginning of last year, the sweetness of the troops from the Five Horses from the Northwest destroying the Western Expeditionary Forces of Japan was still fresh in the memory of these senior officers of the central system.

This is a modern version of the encirclement of three and one missing. I am not in a hurry to fight you, but just squeeze you out of your foothold. Moreover, it is an iron barrel-like formation, allowing the Red Army to squeeze through seamlessly, allowing the five-horse army in the northwest to fight with you.

Work hard.

The five horses in the northwest are all very protective wolves. The Red Army has arrived at their doorstep. Why don't they risk their lives to fight the Red Army? After they have almost fought, the three-pronged army will then sweep away the remaining troops of the ***.

, one battle will determine the outcome.

Wei Lihuang's battle plan is not without thoroughness, but also extremely vicious. If he is not in a hurry to fight, he will use his superior force to push you to a dead end step by step. Once Wei Lihuang's plan is implemented, the Red Army will be exhausted from the expedition.

With tens of thousands of troops, they can only retreat gradually. In the end, they will have to fight to the death with the five local troops in the northwest.

Fortunately, Tang Qiuli knew history, and such a thing could never have happened. Otherwise, he would have been anxious to death. No matter how good the equipment he had to assist the Red Army, it could not withstand a force that was dozens of times different. Too many ants would kill an elephant, not to mention,

The 300,000 Central Army troops are not even tiny ants.

After the meeting, it was getting late, and Tang Qiuli decided to leave Luoyang and return to Peiping tomorrow. Before the meeting ended, Chairman Chiang had asked him to follow him to Xi'an, but Tang Qiuli ordered him to go back to Peiping first to hand over military affairs, so that he could go to the Northwest Suppression General with peace of mind.

He delayed taking office for the reason. Chairman Chiang also knew that the big mess in Pingjin, especially involving the Japanese, would be extremely easy to cause chaos if it was not properly arranged. Tang Qiuli's request was also reasonable.

He knew what Tang Qiuli was thinking. Xi'an was already turning into a powder keg. He didn't want to be Zhang Yang's prisoner. In a few days, an earth-shattering event would happen in Xi'an.

In the evening, Yan Xishan, who had always been low-key and scheming, suddenly sent his trusted lieutenant to deliver two invitations, inviting him and Mei Ting to attend a small private banquet.

Tang Qiuli didn't know what kind of medicine this Chief Yan, who was known for being good at calculations, was selling in the gourd. However, the invitations had been sent to him. If he didn't go, he would be rude and offend him, so he and

Mei Ting dressed casually and got into the car that picked them up.

When I arrived at the place, I entered the room and saw that it was indeed the small private banquet that Yan Xishan said. Including him and Mei Ting, there were only five people.

The host, Yan Xishan, and two others he was also very familiar with, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, saw him and Mei Ting arriving. The three of them quickly stood up and insisted on letting Tang Qiuli sit at the top. Today's Tang Qiuli, whose identity is

It's unusual. His position and status are higher than those three.

If Tang Qiuli is willing to do it, he will not do such stupid things that harm others and not benefit himself. What is the use of this false name? He wants to save face and suffer the consequences.

After some negotiation, Tang Qiuli insisted on sitting down and let tonight's boss, Chief Yan, sit at the top. He noticed that Zhang and Yang had nothing, but Chief Yan's face showed a look of relief.

Although the look was fleeting, he captured it keenly.

The offer to sit at the top is just a courtesy. If Tang Qiuli prides himself on his status and doesn't know how to be humble, Zhang and Yang will be nothing. Yan Xishan must be unhappy in his heart, because the young boy suddenly rises to a high position and climbs to the top.

On top of my head, I was not convinced at all, but now I saw Tang Qiuli was so arrogant.

Probably he had already begun to think about how to set some traps and stumbling blocks for this boy who didn't know what the world was like so that Tang Qiuli wouldn't cause trouble for himself.

There is a kind of person, try not to offend him as much as possible, otherwise, you will be in constant trouble and give you endless headaches. He Yingqin, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, is one, Dai Li, the Director of the Military Command Bureau, and the one in front of you, who looks harmless to humans and animals, has a look on his face.

Silly smile, Yan Xishan, Chief Yan, who is like a rich man in the countryside of Shanxi.

Yan Xishan first raised his glass and pointed out the purpose of this private gathering. It was nothing else. Everyone is making a living in North China. Pingjin is separated by the Taihang Mountains and Shaanxi is separated by the Yellow River. After all, everyone

They are all close neighbors and cannot live apart from the three-acre land in the north and south of the Yellow River and the east and west of the Taihang Mountains.

Today, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Tang Gao Sheng, I, Yan Xishan, have to be the host. To celebrate, there are no outsiders today, just us old neighbors, so we can chat freely.

Tang Qiuli understood that Yan Xishan wanted to touch the background of himself and Zhang Yang. After all, everyone would be participants in the military operation in the next few days. People from the central department, and Chief Yan could not play the rest.

, are all here.

Everyone started chatting mostly about anecdotes, romance and other topics, and they did not go behind Mei Ting's back. The three of them were sophisticated people and realized that this beautiful colonel was definitely Tang Qiuli's favorite, and the two of them were

Very emotional.

When the wine was in full swing, Zhang Xueliang was the first to get emotional. Maybe it was because he was in a bad mood recently, everything was not going well, and he was too depressed. While Tang Qiuli, Yan Xishan, and Yang Hucheng were still sober, Zhang Xueliang had already had sex.

When you are drunk, the so-called "drinking makes you sad and makes you even more sad."

He was full of contempt and hatred for Wei Lihuang's battle plan, and said bluntly: "This is not Chairman Chiang's intention, forcing the Northeastern Army and Brother Hucheng's Shaanxi Army to take the lead, and their eight divisions of the Central Army

Supervise the battle from behind."

"To be honest with you, Brother Hucheng and I have been fighting with the Communist Party and Zhu Mao's Red Army for more than a year, but we have never won a victory and lost troops and generals. The central government not only did not provide supplements, but also canceled the designation. This is clearly Chairman Chiang's attempt to eradicate dissidents.

, a means to take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the miscellaneous army."

"Hucheng and I thought over and over again. In order to avoid the fate of being wiped out and not wanting to fight another civil war, we signed an armistice agreement with the Red Army. Are our enemies the Japanese who are full of ambitions to subdue China? Or ***?

Yes, we should keep our guns focused on the outside world,"

"To this day, I, Zhang Hanqing and Brother Hucheng, are determined not to fight with the Red Army. I have also gone to the Chairman many times to persuade him not to fight with the Red Army anymore and to deal with the Japanese together. This is the mission of us soldiers.

."

"However, Chairman Chiang not only refused to listen to my advice, he also accused me of being seduced by the Communist Party and working for the bandits. I was disheartened. I will fight whoever wants to fight. Anyway, my Northeast Army

I will never fire another shot at the Red Army. Even if I am shot dead, it is still the same thing. At worst, I will defect to the Red Army."

After saying that, he drank the wine in one gulp, placed the glass heavily on the table, sighed and shook his head, looking sad and helpless.

Perhaps he was infected by Zhang Xueliang's emotions, and because the two of them were in the same boat and suffered the same fate, Yang Hucheng also drank the wine in one gulp.

The atmosphere in the room became solemn.

(To be continued)