The War of Resistance

Shang Zhen and the others finally left Xi'an, but they did not return to the 7th Brigade. Instead, they walked with the head of the regiment named Lu Cao. They were invited by Lu Cao to help him train soldiers.

It turns out that Lu Cao also came to rescue Hao Zhenglong and the others.

It was Hao Zhenglong, Battalion Commander Sun and the others who had sent a message in advance that they needed rescue in this alley, and then Lu Cao brought someone here.

But the problem was that they hadn't met each other yet, Hao Zhenglong and the others couldn't figure out who Lu Chao was, so naturally they couldn't say anything.

But in the end, it was through the arrival of the Northeast Army from the fourth party. Shang Zhen and Lu Cao made Hao Zhenglong hide and found out that they were all friendly troops!

So far, Shang Zhen and his group's affairs in Xi'an have come to an end.

And at some point in the summer of the 26th year of the Republic of China, a senior general of the Central Army stood at a crack in a mountain above Lishan and was speaking: "Do you think the name I gave this pavilion is good?"

"Okay, okay! This name is well chosen, so that it can reflect the righteousness of our president!" Other officers beside him echoed.

Beside them is a crack in the mountain several meters wide, and at the exit of the crack in the mountain, there is now an additional pavilion, but the plaque on the pavilion has three big characters "Zhengqi Pavilion" written impressively!

If the emperor’s father is not called to go to the toilet, it is called respectful. If the emperor’s father is not called to eat, then he should eat.

It was here that the old man president of the Republic of China was captured by the Northeast Army last year.

According to the writing in later history books, the old man jumped out of the back window of the bedroom when he heard the gunshots outside, and hid in this mountain crack on the mountain.

When the Northeast Army soldiers who arrested him entered his bedroom to touch the blanket, the blanket was still warm.

But that is from the perspective of future generations, and now from the perspective of the generals under the president, the president of the Republic of China was captured by the rebels here, which must not be described in this way.

In their description, the president was in distress and hid in the mountains. When he saw rebel soldiers approaching, he came out of his hiding place and yelled at him.

And this can reflect the president's awe-inspiring righteousness! And this is the origin of the so-called "Zhengqi Pavilion".

But having said that, the pavilion is a serious pavilion, but no one knows whether the "righteousness" is serious or not!

Just a few years later, when the People's Republic of China was established, the plaque on this pavilion that read "Zhengqi Pavilion" was gone, and it was changed to "Zhujiang Pavilion".

However, as the so-called Thirty Years in Hedong, Thirty Years in Hexi, and a few more years later, in order to ease cross-strait relations, the "Catch Jiang Pavilion" became the "Soldier Admonishment Pavilion" again.

The change of the name of a pavilion seems to be a condensed history, who can explain the things in it?

There is always a process in the development of things.

The old man in Nanjing ignored the Northeast Army's desire to fight back to his hometown. Even when he went to Xi'an to oversee the battle, he was ready to replace the Northeast Army's command with someone. This was tantamount to depriving that Young Marshal Zhang of his military power.

The scholar can bear it or can't bear it, so it is only logical that he was detained by that young marshal Zhang for military remonstrance.

In the same way, after the Xi'an Incident, with the game of various political forces in China, there will be an ending after all.

At that time, many people thought that the Central Army and the Northeast Army would fight, and then the snipe and the clam would fight, and the fisherman would benefit. Of course, the fisherman here refers to the Japanese invaders in the four northeastern provinces.

But who would have thought that the result of this incident would be resolved peacefully!

The president promised not to fight the civil war against Japan and then became the president of the Republic of China. The young Marshal Zhang, who was admonishing him, was put under house arrest by him.

So what's next? The next thing was that the Northeast Army was "dismembered".

When later generations complained about the War of Resistance Against Japan, they always said that the Chinese army sometimes failed to implement orders and prohibitions. There are actually reasons for this.

To put it bluntly, the central government is a big warlord. The big warlords have the interests of the big warlords, and the local warlords have the interests of the local warlords. No one wants their own people to be cannon fodder in the front.

Take the Northeast Army as an example here.

If that Young Marshal Zhang was not imprisoned, the Nanjing central government at that time wanted to command the Northeast Army to fight where it had to go through Young Marshal Zhang, saying that the highest military commander of the Republic of China commanded a certain army of the motley army below. It is not easy to use where the division goes to fight.

This principle is also true for warlords in other places.

The Nanjing government wants to command the Guangdong Army, the Northwest Army, the Yunnan Army, and the Guangxi Army. If you want to command the troops below without going through their own leaders above, how can it be possible?

Precisely because there are many factions with different political orders and different ideas, the command system of the entire Chinese army is undoubtedly inefficient.

However, in actual combat, direct line, non-direct line, miscellaneous, and various interests are mixed together. Although they all want to resist Japan, they also want other troops to be cannon fodder. They do their own thing in the middle, and it is conceivable that there will be a rout on the battlefield in many cases.

Well, now that Young Marshal Zhang has been imprisoned, and the young men of the Northeast Army have assassinated some senior generals of the Northeast Army, then the Northeast Army will no longer be a whole after all. There is meaning.

It turned out that the person supported by the Northeast Army was Shaoshuai Zhang, but now the person supported must be the President of the Republic of China.

In late April of the 26th year of the Republic of China, the reorganization of the Northeast Army was basically completed.

After reorganization, there are six armies, 49th, 51st, 53rd, 57th, 67th, and cavalry army. In the past, each army had three to five divisions. After the reorganization and reduction, there are basically two divisions. An embarrassing situation: no military supplies outside, no supplementary soldiers inside, and the lack of the rear base of the three northeastern provinces, so the Northeast Army is even more isolated and helpless

The Cavalry Army was stationed in Xianyang, Shaanxi, the 53rd Army was stationed in Baoding, Hebei, and the 57th Army moved to Taikang, Huaiyang, Zhoukou, Henan. The 67th Army was stationed in Fuyang, Bozhou, AH, and the 51st Army moved to Bengbu, AH, and then moved to Huaiyin, Jiangsu.

In this way, the entire Northeast Army is distributed in five provinces including Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, AH, and Jiangsu. This time, looking at the Northeast Army from the garrison, it has been disintegrated, and it no longer has the overall deterrent force of the group.

Although the Northeast Army with military divisions and brigades is still there, they are already subordinate to the central government, and there is no subordination relationship between them.

So far, the aftermath of the Xi'an Incident has come to an end.

But as soon as the domestic situation stopped, the foreign enemies came again.

As the theme song of a movie in later generations sang: "

In 1937,

The Japanese devils entered the Central Plains,

First occupy the Marco Polo Bridge,

After occupying Shanhaiguan,

Burned, killed and looted Jinan.

The devil just fired a cannon,

The Eighth Route Army pulled the big tie,

took aim,

Bagou!

kill a translator

Stretch your feet to the west! "

On July 7, the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Japanese army bombarded the Marco Polo Bridge, and the all-out war of resistance began. The 29th Army, which had enjoyed a great reputation during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, suffered a major blow from the Japanese army this time.

The military headquarters of the 29th Army in Nanyuan was attacked, Tong Linge, the deputy commander, and Zhao Dengyu, the division commander, were killed. The troops directly under the military headquarters and the 1st, 32nd Division were outnumbered and defeated. Nanyuan was lost, the defense line of the 29th Army was cut down in the middle, and finally had to retreat to Baoding.

At this time, the Chinese Communist Party's warning sound of "Pingjin is in crisis, North China is in crisis, and the Chinese nation is in crisis" spread throughout China.

On July 17, the great president of the Republic of China issued a statement on the Lugouqiao Incident in Lushan, saying the main idea of ​​"responsive to war and not seeking war", including the phrase that many people in later generations have said "Peace is no longer easy." It can be obtained that if a war breaks out, there will be no distinction between the north and the south, no distinction between the years, no matter who is old or young, everyone has the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war, and they will be determined to sacrifice everything."

There is no doubt that China is a weak country, but as the president of the Republic of China, he put forward a challenge, that is to say, as long as the enemy continues to invade, then it will have to fight, and this Lushan speech is his declaration of resistance, which means that the National Government Finally began to resist.

China was really weak at that time.

It can be seen from his speech that he certainly hopes that the Japanese will not push their feet.

It's just that the Japanese invaders are jackals and beasts, and he has already eaten a bite of meat on the prey of China.

Since people have already swallowed this mouthful of meat, how can they spit it out?

Not only can't you spit out this mouthful of meat, they also want to eat your elbow groove and even your internal organs!

It is futile to say anything else at this point, the Japanese invaders came here to destroy China.

The country is already weak, and the step-by-step concessions have finally fueled the ambitions of that little Japan. The all-out war of aggression against China is irreversible!

But this brings up another topic.

The national government at that time had already acquiesced in the existence of Manchukuo.

If the Japanese aggressors were not ambitious and contented, and launched the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that led to a full-scale war of aggression against China, would the three northeastern provinces no longer be part of China's territory?