Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 425: Jiangnan is busy recruiting troops

This stalemate and temporary calm made people mistakenly think that the war had solidified in North China in early August 1937. Only Tang Qiuli, the Chief of General Staff of the Japanese base camp in Peiping, Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen, and

The titular Supreme Commander of the North China Expeditionary Force, Koyuki Kiyoshi, knew this.

The calm on the surface is to prepare for a more violent and fatal blow. The two sides are already fighting with their eyes red, and their fangs are stained with the blood of their opponents. There is no possibility of stopping. Once the war begins, unless one side falls.

Otherwise, there is no possibility of closure. Moreover, this small loss is just a slight skin injury to the powerful Japanese Empire.

Zai Ren believed that the fundamental reason for the defeat in the first battle in North China was that the intelligence channels were not smooth. The Japanese Army's more than 200,000 troops were ambushed in the suburbs of Peiping, but we knew nothing about it and thought the opponent was just the 29th Army of China's miscellaneous troops.

, and ended up eating a lot of

Fortunately, Zai Ren saw the real reason for the failure on the night of the July 7th Incident. Although there was some intention to excuse his old friend Xiang Yue Qingji, he also told the truth. This guy, who can achieve the position of chief of general staff of the base camp, is not

làng has a false reputation.

Subsequently, he coordinated the base camp intelligence headquarters to secretly move the headquarters of the "Bamboo" agency among the "Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum" four major spy agencies outside the Japanese military spy system from Shanghai to Peiping, and established a secret agency parallel to the Japanese spy agency in Peiping.

Another intelligence system besides Changxiao Lin Duoxi's second system.

His order to Abezo, the current director of the "Bamboo" agency, is to focus on collecting all intelligence about Tang Qiuli and the North China Army. I want to know everything about him, crack the intelligence network of the Army in North China, and cut off

The intelligence source of the ** division, I hope Mr. Abe can become the nemesis of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli. I look forward to your good news.

Tang Qiuli knew all the news about the Japanese army's increase in troops in North China. The intelligence system of the Japanese Army covered Northeast and North China, but he did not know that in order to deal with him, Zai Ren arranged a special spy agency to collect information about himself and the troops.

This is an invisible hidden line that will cause Tang Qiuli to suffer a big loss sooner or later, and his achievements in North China will also be written into the history of the Republic of China.

According to the war history of the Republic of China, the Japanese invaded China and had planned it for a long time. They first provoked the enemy under the Wanping City in Beiping. Our country could not bear it and fought back. General Tang Qiuli, the vice chairman of the National Military Commission, and the handsome tiger and the brave warrior, all fought in the three battles in North China.

Heavy

The Japanese were defeated, causing them to lose more than 300,000 soldiers, and many Japanese chiefs were killed. They killed the Japanese ambitions of southward invasion in the Pingjin area, and protected the land south of the Yellow River from the Japanese. Vice Chairman of the Tang Dynasty deserves the most credit.

, so this battle became famous all over the world.

However, Tang Qiuli knew the bitter truth. In the fierce fighting in North China and Northeast China for more than 20 days, all units of the ** division suffered losses of one and a half brigades, nearly 20,000 people, and all of them were the backbone of the army, veterans, and **

The starting troops of the division, including the loss of more than one brigade under Liu Tiehan of the East Point, and the entire ** division system, including three and a half brigades, lost their combat effectiveness, were severely weakened, and had to be transferred back to the Huangyadong base area in the Taihang Mountains to rest and recuperate.

On the other hand, the Japanese army lost more than 300,000 people and quickly increased its troops to more than 1.1 million. It also added a large number of technical arms. Its war mobilization ability made Tang Qiuli deeply alert. Japan had been planning for a long time, and the government

It was a hasty response to the battle, and the quality of the soldiers alone was far behind. In addition to the various units of the ** division, the weapons and equipment also lagged far behind Japan.

Coupled with the unparalleled appeal and inciting power of Emperor Hirohito, the Japanese people's fanatical militaristic ideas and samurai spirit, it is extremely easy for Japan to mobilize the whole country. Looking back at today's Republic of China, Chairman Chiang is known as the national leader. In fact,

, the powerful local factions, all have their own secrets, each has his own little calculation, and they all want to take advantage of the situation. Not to mention, Commander Yan of Shanxi was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army.

, and I didn’t see him reaching out to help.

Tang Qiuli relied on the strength of his family to fight against the might of Japan as a whole, and won a complete victory in the first battle. He took advantage of the fact that the Japanese did not know his true identity and took advantage of being caught unawares. I am afraid that future battles will not be so easy to win.

Expanding the size of the army and establishing a force that can cope with several battlefields at the same time, as well as a large number of high-quality reserve forces, are the only things he can do. Now is the best time. He asked Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Nanjing for instructions. In view of the current situation of the army

The military strength has fallen far behind the Japanese army in North China, and the potential of soldiers in various parts of North China has been nearly exhausted. Our ministry plans to recruit new soldiers from all over the country to increase its strength to compete with the Japanese army.

The required funds and weapons and equipment can be solved by the Peking Army branch if the government does have practical difficulties. It’s a joke. Recruiting troops in Chairman Chiang’s territory is tantamount to poaching others. Without the old man’s consent, how many people can you take away?

It's Boss Dai and those guys, so I won't let you feel any pain.

He was too embarrassed to ask the old man to use people and dig into his own pocket to resolve these matters. With the current financial situation of the *** division, there was no problem at all. There was another sentence that he thought about again and again but did not mention to Chairman Chiang, that is, Shanxi Chief Yan

Where, in addition to the 300,000 Jin troops, there is at least a potential of 150,000 to 200,000 troops.

But that was the enemy's territory held by Chief Yan, and the country was iron-forged. If anyone looked at it a few times, the old man would draw a gun and point it at him. With Chairman Chiang's superb skills and ability to call upon the wind and rain, even after thinking about it for several years, nothing happened.

Go in and kick it, okay

It was not easy for the Red Army to cross the Yellow River in its eastward expedition. Eight divisions of the Central Army hurriedly and slowly reached the ground in Shanxi. However, they were used by Chief Yan as thugs and fought to the death with the Red Army. In the end, they were defeated.

If you can stand still, your work has been in vain.

I put food in his mouth, not to mention Chief Yan's reaction. Isn't it clear that he was trying to make things difficult for Chairman Chiang? Moreover, that guy was full of evil intentions, and he was very careful with his abacus. One careless move,

Instead of following his path, he should wait for the Japanese to launch the next stage of their offensive and lure the Japanese wolf to his doorstep, eat his sheep, and take away his children. He should be anxious.

At that time, he had no choice but to ask for help. It was not too late to raise conditions. Tang Qiuli's consideration was correct. Yan Xishan had not yet felt the immediate threat from the Japanese. With the North China Army's presence,

With the front blocked, he was happy to watch the fun. As long as the Japanese didn't enter Shanxi, it didn't matter who he fought with, as long as he didn't touch a piece of my old man's firewood.

Chairman Chiang received Tang Qiuli's telegram requesting to recruit troops in the Jiangnan area, and knew that what he said was the truth. Dai Li's Military Control Bureau was also not idle. Information about the Japanese base camp's massive increase in troops to the North China battlefield was continuously sent to him.

On the desk, here

Although it was Dai Li's official job at the Military Command Bureau, and he was repaying Tang Qiuli's crucial letter for saving his life from Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's guns, there was an element of exaggeration in it. However,

This was a great help to Tang Qiuli.

At the plenary meeting of the Military Committee, Chairman Chiang took out Tang Qiuli's telegram and solicited the opinions of the members of the Military Committee. Unexpectedly, there were a majority of those who opposed it. Their reason was that the number of troops currently under the command of Vice Chairman Tang was

, already more than 1.5 million people, far exceeding the strength of the Japanese army in North China, and occupying the natural danger of the Yellow River, there is no need to increase the number of troops.

What's more, the locations of this recruitment are all in the mainland. Once implemented, it will have an impact on the potential of the mainland's military resources. In the future, if a large-scale war breaks out in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be too late to replenish the current troops. Vice Chairman Tang's intentions

, is it worth debating?

I'm sorry, these important members of the Military Commission put the Jin Army troops of Yan Xishan in Shanxi and the Lu Army of Han Fuju in Shandong under the name of Tang Qiuli. In total, there are not as many as 1.5 million people.

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Chairman Chiang was as clear as a mirror. These military officials had their roots in the Jiangnan area, and each of them had his own direct troops. Tang Qiuli's recruitment of troops in Jiangnan was tantamount to touching their fundamental interests.

There is also an indescribable little thought. Such a young Tang Qiuli, with his outstanding military exploits in North China, makes these military veterans who claim to be military generals and have led the army for many years but have no brilliant achievements, feel in their hearts.

He was jealous and eager for the opportunity to cause trouble. To be honest, he had doubts about Tang Qiuli's request. If it weren't for Dai Li's information, he would not have known the pressure Qiu Li was facing.

Tang Qiuli nominally leads millions of troops. Chairman Chiang, who has always regarded military power as the basis for his foothold, is well aware of the three flavors. Tang Qiuli can command the troops of Yan Xishan and Han Fuju, but he cannot use them.

Those two men regarded soldiers as their lifeblood, and they were not willing to use their capital to occupy the territory to fight the Japanese.

The combat effectiveness of the former Northeastern Army and the 17th Route Army was also obvious. What Tang Qiuli could really use was the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Japanese Army. Facing more than one million Japanese troops, they were indeed unable to cope with it, so he proposed to recruit troops.

The request was reasonable. If Tang Qiuli collapsed in North China, the sight of more than one million Japanese troops marching south like locusts would make Chairman Chiang shudder. His base in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would surely be lost.

Therefore, in the face of the objections of the senior officials, Chairman Chiang took out Dai Li's intelligence. Dai Li's intelligence was very detailed. Even the strength of each Japanese army regiment, the name of the commander, etc. were completely written on it, with numbers.

The most convincing, all the officials remained silent

They knew in their hearts what Chairman Chiang meant when he came up with this information. Now, in front of Chairman Chiang, Tang Qiuli responded to every request. Sometimes, he even took the initiative to give even if he didn't ask for anything. If he tried to cross the border again, he would offend not only

Not only Tang Qiuli, but also Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

After this meeting, the National Government Military Commission issued a general mobilization order to the whole country, calling on promising young people to join the army and fight against the Japanese army. This also meant that this was a nationwide war mobilization in the face of unprecedented pressure from Japan.

The telegram to Tang Qiuli was written by Chairman Chiang himself, "Qiu Li, I am fully aware of your situation. The war situation in North China depends on you. It is of great importance. All units are not allowed to recruit new soldiers at the moment. Priority is given to North China."

** Division, as for the required military expenses and equipment, I have ordered the Minister of Finance, Song Ziwen, and the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, Chen Cheng, to first prepare the required amount of 250,000 people. You can rest assured that the central government will fully support it, Chiang Kai-shek."

As a result, there was a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army all over the country.

To be continued

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