Surprised, but Yan Xishan finally accepted this reality.
At that moment, Yan Xishan said again: "Now, Fu Zuoyi's pressure is much lighter."
Yan Xishan is really full of resentment towards Fu Zuoyi now. From the very beginning, Yan Xishan knew that Fu Zuoyi was not a thing in the pool, so he has been working hard to cultivate him. Fu Zuoyi also lived up to his expectations and graduated from Baoding Military Academy with extremely excellent results. , and then returned to Shanxi to join Yan Xishan's Jin army.
In the warlord melee that followed, Fu Zuoyi became Yan Xishan's number one general, and made many military exploits for Yan Laoxi. However, after the Taiyuan battle, Fu Zuoyi began to be dissatisfied with Yan Xishan, and Chiang Kai-shek knew about this. After the incident, he took the opportunity to interfere and set up a Northern Route Army, and simply let Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army set up its own business.
Now, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army is no longer under the command of Yan Xishan.
Generally speaking, the Jin-Sui Army will be divided into a whole. In fact, this is not the case. After the Battle of Taiyuan, the Jin Army and the Sui Army were actually divided into two different systems. Fu Zuoyi's Sui Army was already its own system. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek He also strongly supported Fu Zuoyi to contain Yan Xishan, so that Fu Zuoyi became the king of North China.
Of course, these are things for later. Fu Zuoyi's life is still very embarrassing now.
Because Yan Xishan is petty and a very vindictive person, he already holds a grudge against Fu Zuoyi.
This time the Japanese army attacked the Yellow River openly and attacked Suiyuan secretly. Not only did Yan Xishan not plan to send troops to flank the Japanese army and support Fu Zuoyi, he even secretly ordered the Jin army to prepare. What were they prepared for? Prepare to wait for Fu Zuoyi's Suiyuan Army to be defeated, take the opportunity to accept the Suiyuan Army's territory, and then recruit the Suiyuan Army's stragglers.
In other words, Yan Xishan deliberately wanted to watch the fire from the other side.
And from deep in his heart, Yan Xishan hoped that Fu Zuoyi would be defeated.
In Yan Xishan's narrow concept of right and wrong, Fu Zuoyi betrayed his great benefactor, that is, he was a white-eyed wolf. The white-eyed wolf should not have a good end. Therefore, when he learned that the Japanese army in Mongolia had mobilized a heavy group of troops and divided it into two Lu besieged Wuyuan, but he was actually very happy because Fu Zuoyi was finally going to get his comeuppance.
But now, the Eighth Route Army suddenly came out with a Chahar Independent Regiment that they had never heard of before. Moreover, this Chahar Independent Regiment recovered almost the entire Hetao Plain by itself, which caused heavy damage to the Japanese army. , then, in turn, it will give Fu Zuoyi great support.
In this way, the situation in Suiyuan will most likely disappoint Yan Xishan.
The adjutant said: "Otherwise, the final outcome of the Loop is still unknown."
"That's right." Yan Xishan was just regretting that God was blind. After hearing this, he immediately perked up and said, "That's right. Why did I forget that little Japan still has an infantry regiment in Hetao? The team plus an independent mountain artillery brigade, a cavalry division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, and the Chahar Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army may not be able to block the Japanese counterattack."
The reason why Yan Xishan knew that the Japanese army had so many troops in Hetao was not because the Jinsui Army's intelligence system was so powerful that it was able to obtain such top-secret information. In fact, it was the Japanese army's secret service that proactively leaked it to him. The Japanese army's intention was In order to intimidate Yan Xishan, the Jin army was forced to remain neutral during the battle of the Mongolian troops to encircle and annihilate Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army.
In fact, the Japanese army simply overthought it, and it was impossible for Yan Xishan to send troops to respond to Fu Zuoyi.
The adjutant nodded and said: "Commander, it's not that we may not be able to stop it. Judging from my humble position, it certainly can't be stopped. We have fought so many large-scale battles with the Japanese army. Others don't know how powerful the Japanese army is. How can you, Commander-in-Chief? Not sure? The Japanese army is attacking with tanks, artillery, and bombing planes. How can a few broken guns on Tubal Road be able to withstand it?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Yan Xishan said repeatedly, "Tuba Road is definitely unstoppable."
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Almost at the same time, in Wuyuan.
Fu Zuoyi said loudly in the conference room in front of more than a dozen senior generals of the 35th Army: "Everyone, Mr. Fu has had some contact with the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army. He knows that the Communist Party is a well-organized political party. The Eighth Route Army is an armed force with strict discipline and strong combat effectiveness!"
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi continued: "So, I firmly believe that the Chahar Independent Regiment will be able to thwart the Japanese counterattack and recover the entire Hetao Plain! And this is a heavy blow to the Japanese, and in turn, it will be a heavy blow to us in the 30s. This is a great encouragement to the Fifth Army, we must seize this opportunity to thwart this Japanese invasion!"
Now, Fu Zuoyi finally knows the news about the recovery of Hetao. To be honest, when he first heard the news, Fu Zuoyi's first reaction was disbelief. How could it be possible? How could it be possible to recover the entire Hetao Plain with just the strength of the Eighth Route Army? Even if they transfer all the river defense troops on the west bank of the Yellow River to Hetao, it may not be possible.
Fu Zuoyi did not dare to say that he had full control of the Eighth Route Army's strength in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, but he also knew that they were closely related to each other, so he could not believe it even more, because the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region not only had to deploy heavy troops on the Yellow River defense line in the east, but also had to guard against The Japanese would also deploy heavy troops in the west and south to guard against provocations from Hu Zongnan and Yan Xishan's troops.
Under such circumstances, how many more troops could the Eighth Route Army mobilize to march north
Because of this, Fu Zuoyi's first reaction was disbelief. In his opinion, this was simply impossible.
We really can't blame Fu Zuoyi for being stubborn, because he doesn't know the power of special operations at all.
Without special operations, the Eighth Route Army can only fight hard battles honestly. If this is the case, even if all the troops from the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region are mobilized, they may not be able to win the Yikezhao League, let alone send more flowers. More than a dozen combat groups attacked more than a dozen county banners in Hetao at the same time, but with special operations, everything was immediately different.
Therefore, Fu Zuoyi could not imagine how the Chahar Independent Group could do it.
However, it is unimaginable and unimaginable, but Fu Zuoyi also knows that ** never lies.
Since ** dares to say that the Loop has been liberated, then it must have been liberated! Although what is the origin of the Chahar Independent Group that liberated the Hetao? It is unknown at the moment, but one thing is certain, that is, the accident that happened in Hetao will seriously threaten the Japanese army behind them, and at the same time greatly improve the dilemma faced by the 35th Army.
"Half a month!" Fu Zuoyi said in a deep voice, "As long as we hold on for half a month, the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia will have no choice but to retreat! Because the loss of Hetao not only means that the Japanese's logistics supply line has been exposed to the Eighth Route Army's front, but also It also means that they have lost the support of grain and grass from the big granary of Hetao!"
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi said loudly: "As long as we hold on for half a month, the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia will inevitably be forced to withdraw due to lack of supplies!"
Hearing this, the dozen or so senior generals of the Suiyuan Army who attended the meeting suddenly became energetic. Before this, they really lacked confidence in winning this war of resistance, because the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia not only had a superior strength compared to their 35th Army. , the equipment gap between the two sides is even greater, and the Mongolian army also has a powerful cavalry group!
Therefore, no matter how this battle is fought, the 35th Army has no chance of winning.
However, if you only stick to it for half a month, it will be a different matter immediately.
After all, the Suiyuan Army has been operating in Wuyuan for more than a year and has built a solid fortification group. With these fortifications, it may not be able to block the fierce attack of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia for a long time, but it is possible to block it for more than half a month. ! Therefore, when they learned that they would only be able to hold on for half a month, the generals of the Suiyuan Army immediately became more confident.
At the end of the meeting, the generals of the Suiyuan Army left one after another.
It wasn't until all the senior generals left that Deputy Army Commander Ye Qijie whispered to Fu Zuoyi: "Chief Commander, there is another possibility about the Loop that you didn't mention just now."
Fu Zuoyi said: "You mean, the Eighth Route Army can't stop the Hetao Japs from counterattacking?"
"So you know the commander-in-chief?" Ye Qijie was surprised at first when he heard this, and then asked, "I wonder if the commander-in-chief thinks that the Chahar Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army can stop the counterattack of the Hetao Japs?"
"Is there any need to say it?" Fu Zuoyi said angrily, "It must be unstoppable."
After a slight pause, Fu Zuoyi continued: "I don't know how the Chahar Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army captured the flags of the Yike Zhao League and a dozen other counties, but one thing is certain, the Japanese who stayed in Hetao are still There is a regiment, plus the first cavalry division of the Puppet Mongolian Army in Altan Ezil, with a strength of close to 10,000 people. This is definitely not something that a mere independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army can contend with head-on. Therefore, we still have to do a good job Prepare to abandon the defense.”
I bet what Fu Zuoyi just said was a lie. He didn't think he could defend Wuyuan at all.
"Abandon the defense?" Ye Qijie said in surprise, "Chief Commander, didn't you just say you wanted to defend to the death?"
"Are you stupid?" Fu Zuoyi said angrily, "Have you forgotten the lesson of Taiyuan back then?"
Ye Qijie's heart sank when he heard this. When he was defending Taiyuan, Yan Xishan said that he could abandon the defense if he could no longer defend it. As a result, within two days, the Jin army outside Taiyuan was completely defeated. Although Fu Zuoyi fought desperately, It was impossible to defend Taiyuan with only a defeated army of the 35th Military Region, so the city could only be abandoned.
Because of this, Fu Zuoyi officially fell out with Yan Xishan.
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi continued: "If I just said we would abandon the defense, would you believe it? Within three days, the last foundation of Wuyuan City would have been lost. In this way, we would have no time to move! We can only tell the soldiers Only by holding on to death will they be determined to fight the Japs to the death, so that we will have enough time to transfer supplies."
"Oh, yes, that's right." Ye Qijie said suddenly, "Wuyuan City can be left to the little devils, but not a single bit of the cattle, sheep, livestock, military supplies and personnel in the city can be left behind."