A radical division commander was even put under house arrest by Chen Cheng on the pretext of discussing the war.

On the one hand, he was arrogant about Nanjing's orders, but on the other hand, Chen Cheng was also considering how to deal with it. Conflicted, he was neither willing to surrender directly to the Southwest like Yang Hucheng and Yu Xuezhong on the Fuzhou battlefield, but he was even less willing to surrender to the Tianjin battlefield.

The Southwest Army took offensive action.

Chen Cheng's heart is very complicated. It can be said that as a man who was deeply involved in the battlefields of Tianjin and Beijing, he is the general in China who has the deepest understanding of the Southwest Army and the most contact with him, except Zhang Xueliang.[

However, his contradiction was bound to cause dissatisfaction in Nanjing. Sure enough, in mid-December, a telegram was sent to the Tianjin-Beijing military forces. Chen Cheng was promoted to deputy minister of the military, and Tang Enbo would succeed him as Tianjin's deputy minister.

The commander of the Beijing Theater Command led the Japanese troops in the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield to take military action against the Southwest Army. In order to appease Chen Cheng, Tang Enbo was accompanied by a senior Korean general, Fu Zuoyi.

"Cixiu, you have gone too far this time. As a senior general, disobeying orders is already a serious crime. But you should not have too much psychological burden. The Chairman will love you after all."

When looking at Chen Cheng, who was about the same age as himself but was already a famous anti-Japanese general, Fu Zuoyi felt a little complicated. The army's successive defeats and the constant incidents of surrender had no impact on a senior general of the army at his level.

It's a lot of pressure.

He was not even sure whether Chen Cheng, who had had considerable contact with the Southwest Army, was also planning to surrender.

Chen Cheng shook his head with a wry smile, and pointed casually in the direction of Tianjin, "Does General Fu also think that Chen Cheng is disloyal to the party and the country and is ready to surrender at any time?"

"Where do you start talking about this? I'm not unclear as a Cixiu person. He performed well on the Tianjin and Beijing battlefields. He is actually a famous general of our party and country. He is naturally loyal to the party and country." Fu Zuoyi smiled, but denied it, although he was convinced in his heart.

There is such speculation, and imagine that most of the important officials in Nanjing are also like this.

"General Fu, the situation is a bit chaotic now." Chen Cheng shook his head with a wry smile. Famous generals of the party and state, and close confidants of the committee, these are all passing by. He knew clearly in his heart.

In order to prevent himself from mutiny, Tang Enbo did not come to Peking alone to take office. There were two main divisions and five first-class divisions behind him. The Chairman was determined to kill the Southwest Army in the Tianjin-Beijing Theater.

Of course, if you disobey orders, you will also be 'promoted and gone'.

"The situation is indeed a bit "chaotic," Ci Xiu, and you understand well. There are constant reports of defeats in various places. The Chairman just wants to concentrate his forces to deal with the Southwest Army in Tianjin as soon as possible. After all, they are far away from the Southwest and have poor logistics. It is important to eliminate one of them as soon as possible.

Arm, these 100,000 troops will be able to march south. The combat effectiveness of our army is not at the same level, not only compared with the main force in the southwest, but also with the main force in the southwest.

Their new division ratio may not guarantee a guaranteed victory. What's more, the southwest has absolutely superior air force, armored forces, artillery, main offensive forces in three directions, and even individual equipment is enough to suppress us." Fu Zuoyi took out his hand.

He lit a cigarette, handed one to Chen Cheng, and continued, "If the one hundred thousand iron-blooded troops who fought against the Japanese invaders can go south, the war will be smoother."

Chen Cheng nodded. As a senior general, of course he knew the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. These anti-Japanese troops were not bad. After the bloody battle of the Anti-Japanese War, their combat effectiveness and fighting will were far stronger than other troops. The Southwest Army was in terms of equipment, soldier quality, and even fighting will.

They are far superior to **, so how can the Chairman not be anxious?

"I wonder what kind of mission General Fu has this time?"

"Haha, in addition to coming to express my condolences to Cixiu, who is also responsible for the battles of several divisions, after the incident in Yang Hucheng, the Chairman of the Generalissimo was even more worried about the dominance of one person, so he asked me to assist Tang Enbo." Fu Zuoyi smiled, the Chairman could not

No doubt, the Shaanxi Mutiny and Fuzhou Surrender, as well as more surrenders of troops of all sizes, forced him to tighten control over his troops.

Chen Cheng suddenly stopped, looked at Fu Zuoyi, and said seriously, "Actually, I am opposed to this war. These troops who have gone through the Anti-Japanese War are very precious. I can't see them killing each other, and General Fu also wants to

Think twice.”

He didn't say much. Based on his understanding of the Southwest, he believed that political workers would soon come to persuade and instigate the rebels. The reason why he did not waver was that he neither accepted the financial promises nor was moved by the national righteousness.

It's just to serve the party and the country and to serve the Chairman's cultivation.

But he firmly believed that among the important officials of the party and state nowadays, it would be difficult to find someone who could see the situation as clearly as he did. Of course, maybe the same could be said for Marshal Zhang from the Northeast.

In today's China, compared with the Nanjing National Government and the Southwest United Government, they are lagging behind in all aspects. Whether it is military, science and technology, politics, economy, education, etc., they are almost in all aspects.

Behind. Judging from the officers and soldiers of the Southwest he has come into contact with, whether he is a grassroots general like Chen Jun or a small pawn, he can give people the same feeling as the officers and soldiers of the Communist Party of China.

Their mental outlook, their political consciousness, and their thoughts are all incomparable to the officers and soldiers of the Communist Party of China.

To give the simplest example, Chen Cheng once asked an injured Southwest Army soldier why he was fighting. As a result, the soldier, whose whole head was wrapped like a rice dumpling, actually struggled to take out a photo and pointed to the one above.

The young woman holding the child said, "To protect her, so that the little one can live a good life in the future."

He still clearly remembered that he was only visiting the field hospital as an ordinary Kuomintang officer, and the other party did not know that he was Chen Cheng.

Seeing himself shaking his head, Xiao Bing thought he didn't believe him, and then added, "Sir, don't laugh at me. I have no education, but what I tell is the truth. I don't know how to speak, but the political commissar taught us that our contribution is not only to make people

My wife and children can live a good life, and I am also trying to make millions of Chinese people live a good life."

"Aren't you afraid of sacrifice?"

"It's a lie to say that I'm not afraid, but the squad leader said, why did you come to the army if you were afraid of death? It's better to hold the baby at home. Now that you're here, you have to go to work."

"If this was a leader's idea, how amazing it would be, but it was just instilled into the soldiers." Chen Cheng still remembered his emotion at that time.

Fu Zuoyi stretched out his hand and shook hands with Chen Cheng. The military vehicles in the distance had been waiting for a long time. A special plane would take Chen Cheng to Nanjing. As for whether he would be put under house arrest or put on the shelf after arriving in Nanjing, it would depend on how well the discussion went between him and the Chairman.

Already.

However, from the deepest part of his heart, Fu Zuoyi was not optimistic about Chen Cheng's future, especially when such a coup failed completely. Perhaps it would be a good thing not to find an excuse to be thrown into prison.

In late December of that year, Tang Enbo and Fu Zuoyi officially took over the Tianjin-Beijing theater. After a short period of training and the replacement of several "problematic" division commanders, Tang Enbo ordered an attack on the Chinese troops in the Tianjin-Beijing area.

Relying on the front lines of Tianjin, Langfang and Daxing Airport, the Southwest Army launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army of hundreds of thousands.

At the same time, the Southwest aircraft carrier task force escorted a large number of supplies to land in Tianjin. On the same day, the warships and aircraft launched a fierce air attack on the attackers attacking the Daxing defense circle, cooperating with the fighter planes at Daxing Airport.

The two anti-Japanese armies finally and inevitably collided together. At this time, there was no right or wrong. The National Government of Southwest China and Nanjing must decide the outcome through an all-round battle. The Tianjin-Beijing battlefield is one of the key battlefields.

, will inevitably become a battle for many important targets. Fortunately, neither side has carried out large-scale destruction of the city, and is more engaged in large-scale field battles.

On January 1, 2011, Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Zhang Xueliang, ordering Zhang Xueliang to leave behind "sufficient defense line defenders" and then return to Tianjin to inject a support force into the stalemate battlefield.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's telegram was actually rejected by Zhang Xueliang personally. On January 2, 1932, he issued a nationwide telegram announcing that the Northeast Army would change its flag for the second time and break away from the Kuomintang. It resolutely raised the banner of the Southwest Army's Golden Dragon Flag and telegraphed

Please send troops from the Southwest to reorganize the Northeast Army as soon as possible.

On that day, the Ningjin Defense Line, which spread over several places, was filled with joy. The Northeastern Army, which had long been full of longing for the southwest, cheered and boiled. You must know that the Northeastern Army surrendered to the Kuomintang not long ago, and most of the generals at all levels were still loyal to the Kuomintang.

Zhang Xueliang had a good impression of the Southwest Army, which vigorously supported the Northeast Army in the War of Resistance, but lacked loyalty to Nanjing. Although the change of flag was very sudden, it was supported by the majority of Northeast officers and soldiers.

Zhang Xueliang said this in the announcement of changing the banner: "...aiming to build a powerful China with equality, freedom, prosperity, integrity, and justice, rather than succumbing to the rule of a decadent regime, specifically changing the banner and obeying the orders of the Southwest. Hope everyone

male……"

When the power came out, the world was shocked. Before the National Government in Nanjing had time to respond, Zhang Shusheng, the top leader of the Southwest, personally followed the power and ordered Zhang Xueliang to be the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army of the Southwest Army, and appointed Huo Weiguo as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army.

command, and expressed his willingness to treat the 200,000 Northeastern Army with sincerity and assume the responsibility for pensions, supplies and other issues of the Northeastern Army.

At the same time, the Southwest announced that it would increase supplies to the Northeastern Army, and responded to Zhang Xueliang's request for reorganization by saying, "It is special during wartime and can be reorganized later."

This can also be regarded as an explanation to the Northeast Army. Instead of rushing to point fingers at the Northeast Army, Zhang Xueliang was given full command privileges, and Huo Weiguo was only assisted to coordinate the command of the war of resistance.

The Northeast Mutiny dealt a blow to the Nanjing National Government as if it had knocked down one mountain and then knocked down several others. The chain reaction was so bad that Chiang Kai-shek had to personally issue a telegram of rebuke.

In the message, Chairman Chiang rebuked Zhang Xueliang for disobeying the Central Committee and scheming with the Southwest for a long time. Any act of rebellion would be severely punished.

The second flag-changing incident in Northeast China had an extremely wide-reaching impact and seemed to set a flag for other anti-Japanese forces.

On January 15, 2016, after nearly half a month of siege by the Southwest Army, the old and cunning Yan Xishan finally became the second Japanese predator to succumb after the change of flag in the Northeast. Yan Xishan announced the arrest of those loyal to Nanjing in Taiyuan

The two division commanders accepted the reorganization of the Southwest Army at the same time.

Correspondingly, the Southwest announced the appointment of Yan Xishan as the governor of Shanxi Province. At the same time, the Southwest Army completed the screening of the Shanxi army and eliminated a group of bad apples who were like public enemies of the people, and temporarily organized the Shanxi army to wait for the battle.

Later unified and reorganized.

After Shanxi passed, and after Chen Tiaoyuan's troops were completely defeated in Hubei, the whole province of Hunan announced that it would join the Southwest Joint Governance "Government".

On February 1, 2011, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces announced their separation from the Nanjing National Government, and at the same time announced that they would join the Southwest Joint Government on the grounds that "public opinion cannot be violated and should be in compliance with the people's wishes."

Southwest also issued an announcement at the same time, welcoming these provinces that surrendered, and stated that during the future reorganization of the "government", former Kuomintang officials at all levels will be given the same treatment and assessment opportunities. As long as they pass strict assessment, Southwest will never exclude Kuomintang officials from joining.

New "Government".

February of 2018 was a very lively month. On the entire Northern Expedition battlefield, a total of 15 division commanders led their troops to surrender to the southwest. Among them were even Xu Yongchang, deputy commander of the Central China Theater, and Xue Yue, commander of the 15th Army of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Southeast Theater.

In addition, Hubei announced that it would join the Southwest United Autonomous Government.

In March of that year, Han Fuqu and Song Zheyuan jointly led their troops to fight against Chiang Kai-shek. They suddenly turned their guns and pointed them at Tang Enbo. The two men combined a total of 8 second-class division troops, which instantly became the Southwest Army. And Zhang Zizhong, who had a straightforward personality and an upright man,

He even angrily rebuked Tang Enbo, stating that the KMT was losing its battle, and asked him to see the situation clearly and end the civil war as soon as possible.

After Han Fuqu and his two men rebelled against the Kuomintang, the situation of the Kuomintang on the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield began to take a turn for the worse. Even Zhang Xueliang from the Northeast sent four divisions of reinforcements south to support the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield.

On March 15, 2015, Fu Zuoyi, who had been in contact with the Southwest for a long time, was finally moved by the national righteousness. He led his troops to surrender, and sent out surprise troops to capture Tang Enbo and nearly a hundred other party-state officials who hated the Southwest. After the command center was seized, the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield

The situation reversed, and more than 100,000 rebels finally surrendered, changed flags, and belonged to the Southwest.

After the Tianjin-Beijing Campaign, Fu Zuoyi's troops stayed in Tianjin, Song Zheyuan led his troops in Hebei, and Han Fuqu returned to Shandong and announced the change of flag in Shandong. After completing preparations and relieving his worries, Chen Jun led four divisions and nearly 60,000 elite troops to leave Tianjin.

, began to attack southward along the Jinpu Line.

At the same time, the Southwest Army, under the command of Tao Qian, became the fastest-growing party. It captured Hangzhou as early as early March and marched to Shanghai.

Facing the Southwest Army, which was already close at hand, the Kuomintang gathered nearly 300,000 troops and built the Songhu Defense Line, which was known as an iron barrel.

On March 20, 2011, the first unit of the Southwest Army landed in Shanghai by ship, disembarked from the Yangtze River Estuary, and launched a fierce attack on the flanks of the Japanese Songhu Defense Line along the direction of Baoshan. At the same time, the main force of the Southwest Army launched a fierce attack from the front. Under the attack of aircraft and tanks,

In collaboration,

The southeastern cluster, which had been supplemented to 8 divisions, broke through at once, and it took a week to completely resolve the battle. The result of the battle was that most of the rebels surrendered, and most of the others fled back to their hometowns, but not many were actually killed or injured.

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At the same time, the Southwest Group in charge of Wu Tiejun set out from Shanxi and captured Henan in half a month. It followed an almost parallel trend with Chen Jun's Tianjin-Beijing Army, passing through Anhui and heading towards Nanjing.

Compared with the Southeast Army, Southwest Army, and Tianjin-Beijing Army, although the Central China Army is not large in number, with only six divisions, the Southwest Army is elite and well-equipped, and it can also break through the siege of 200,000 people.
To be continued...