From to 1935 2020

As for Shanxi, which is about to become a battlefield, Yan Laoxi's main force is nominally about 10.But because of the existence of "group training" with Chinese characteristics, Yan Laoxi is a master of farming and military industry. Shanxi is a strong province in military industry second only to the Northeast. Shanxi has many guns and guns. Although he was defeated in the great war and was forced to go to the field, Centipede was dead but not stiff, and was forced by Chang Baldzi to disarm and dismantle factories.However, he has always played very well in "hiding soldiers in the gentry", and if necessary, he can mobilize more than 10 "gun-toting" militias from the people at any time.The last ones are Zhang and Yang from northern Shaanxi, and Ma Bufang and Sheng Shicai.

None of the troops mentioned above could be regarded as Chang Kaishen's people.

Chang Kaishen's truly influential troops in the north are the No.13 Army, commanded by Tang Enbo, whose main force is the 88th and 89th Divisions.The second is Wei Lihuang's No.14 Army in Henan, including Song Xilian's 36th Division, Leng Xin's 4th Division, etc., and the third is the Xue Yue Division that is now nailed to Hanzhong.The fourth is the third army of Zhu Peide's department. Although it is an army, and Zhu Peide has been a long-term supporter of Chang Baldzi's hardcore, but because it is not the Whampoa faction, its strength is relatively the weakest among the four main forces. (Even Chang Kaishen deliberately downsized and almost caused a mutiny) As for the fifth main force, it was the former first division Hu Zongnan who was originally his own son but now became the old Wang Yezhong next door. Strength is the last one among the five main forces.

In addition, Chang Kaishen still has some newly formed or retrained units left behind in Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan and other places. Since they will not go north for the time being, they are not considered.In addition, at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi, the 84th Division of the Gao Guizi Division, which was originally attached to the Central Army, was stationed in the Northwest Army, and the 32nd Army of Shang Zhen, which originally belonged to the Yan Xishan Division and later broke away from the Jin Dynasty and was attached to Chang Kaishen.In addition, there is a very capable Central Army unit: the 25th Division, whose division commander Guan Linzheng is also a rare hero, but this unit is currently being repaired in Henan.

The above five main forces are almost the main capital for Chang Kaishen to influence the political and military situation in the north.Because Xue Yue's troops were nailed to Hanzhong, not to mention for the time being, the new army lost all energy after being captured, and it is almost half useless now. The remaining three main forces of Tang, Wei, and Zhu were just now Chairman Li Runshi's attention in this battle. the most important goal.

In Chairman Li Runshi's plan, there are two strategic goals in this battle in Shanxi, one of which is to focus on eating at least one of the three teams in Shanxi.If the first strategic goal can be achieved, Chang Kaishen will lose most of his strategic mobile forces in the entire North China region, and he will have to sit down and negotiate honestly.

The second is to seize the Luliang area on the side of the Yellow River in Shanxi to establish a base area, as the most important lease and advance base for entering Shanxi.However, the final progress of the Red Army in Shanxi depends on the progress and income of the future Shanxi campaign.

-------------------- Chapter 122 Yan Laoxi's Wisdom --------------------

After the failure of the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan was forced to "reclusive" and went to the field. It was not until 1932 that he took advantage of the "September [-]th" opportunity to make a comeback.

In order to ease the conflict with Chiang Kai-shek and eliminate Chiang's doubts about Yan Xishan, he put forward slogans such as "self-improvement to save the country" and "manufacturing to save the country", established an economic construction committee, formulated a ten-year construction plan for Shanxi provincial government, and established the "Shanxi Provincial Government" The People's Public Enterprises Board" went all out to carry out economic construction, and used more than one-third of the army to build roads to show that they would no longer be militaristic; on the surface, they fully supported Chiang Kai-shek's major decisions.

Yan Xishan made full use of the peaceful environment he won and relied on self-reliance to create light and heavy industries including mining, metallurgy, coal mining, power generation, machinery, chemicals, weapons, cement, leather, wool spinning, papermaking, cigarettes, matches, etc. within a few years. The Northwest Industrial Company of the factory and mine built the Tongpu Railway with a length of more than 860 kilometers, established the "Shanxi Provincial Business Commune", reorganized the Shanxi Provincial Bank, established new banks such as railways, salt industry, and reclamation, and established the "Four bank number" to set up a physical preparation library.On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Yan Xishan built a huge bureaucratic capital system in Shanxi, with assets reaching 2 million silver dollars.Its large scale, low investment, fast speed and high efficiency rank among the best in China.

——Anyone who has played the famous game "Hearts of Iron 3" knows that in Hearts of Iron 3, Yan Laoxi, the artificial AI, often automatically pushes the Japanese into the sea alone, so that this generation of games is dubbed by many players "Yan Laoxi's Ambition".

Yan Xishan's anti-communism has a long history. He supported Chiang Kai-shek's counter-revolutionary "encirclement and suppression" of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and once sent a division to Jiangxi to participate in the war.

In this plane, since the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants swept across the Northwest in the last few months of 1935, Yan Xishan, an old warlord, immediately became vigilant at the first moment, and shouted early on, "Ideological defense against communism, public defense against communism, politics against communism" , use force to prevent communism", and then use "nine parts of politics and one part of military to prevent communism, seven parts of politics and three parts of military to suppress communism".

In order to prevent communism, Yan Xishan even planned to implement "village public ownership" of land in Shanxi as the fundamental method of preventing communism; he set up "defense groups for preventing communism" and "groups for advocating justice" to train the people to "prevent communism and protect the countryside." (This is a historical fact)

Unlike Zhang Xueliang who was unconscious most of the time, Yan Laoxi actually saw everything clearly.Earlier, when Zhang, Yang, and the Red Army formed the Northwest Alliance and publicly shouted the slogan "stop the civil war and unify the outside world", Yan Laoxi also lost no time in shouting twice.While shouting, he repeatedly ordered his subordinates to strengthen the defense of the Yellow River defense line.

Fu Zuoyi and the Red Army were still separated by Ordos, six hundred miles away, so he couldn't sleep because of worry.He, Yan Laoxi, is only separated from the Red Army by the Yellow River, and the 10,000+ Red Army is standing directly at the door of his house. The mental pressure is much greater than that of Fu Zuoyi.In the past few months, Yan Laoxi's behavior has been contradictory. While desperately defending against the Communist Party, he is also desperately trying to please the Yan'an side. The Red Army wants to buy food, ammunition, and weapon spare parts, and he sells them all. I'm afraid that the Red Army "lived too hard and ran here to fight the autumn wind."

As for the exchange that the Red Army paid Yan Laoxi's weapons, it was not gold bars and silver dollars, but a medicine that sold well.As far as the result of the transaction is concerned, Yan Xishan is not at a disadvantage.But every time he sold a weapon to the Red Army, Yan Laoxi felt like putting a noose around his neck and tightening it, but he had to sell it because he was afraid.

——You know, in history, he only had to face the Red Army with more than 1 people, but now the "red monster" with more than 15 people is sleeping not far from the west bank of the Yellow River. He is not afraid of being able to sleep at night It is a strange thing to get it.

"The Chinese New Year is half a month away, and those red bandits probably won't come here before the Chinese New Year...the Yellow River in Yisheng Baotou has already frozen, so I don't know when the Yellow River will freeze here. superior."

Like Fu Zuoyi, Yan Laoxi felt bitter as he watched the weather getting colder and colder!

"I hope that what the newspaper said is true! Li Runshi really only wants Suiyuan... But Li Runshi is also a man who uses soldiers like a god. Everyone thinks that he will fight Suiyuan, but he may No way to fight! Besides, his troops have traveled [-] miles and fought so many battles immediately, so they must be very tired..."

Looking at the newspapers published in Taiyuan, where the topic of the Suiyuan crisis was being discussed wildly, Yan Xishan sincerely hoped that the contents above were true.

Yan Xishan knew that Chang Kaishen was frantically dispatching troops. Zhu Peide's Third Army and the new First Army had already left Henan for Hebei, while Tang Enbo's No.13 Army had even obtained Chang Kaishen internally believed that the four tanks lost in Nanchang must have fallen into the hands of the red bandits. In addition, the mysterious tank that appeared in the battle of Baozuo was now also confirmed to be true. something to do.

"Tanks are to be defeated with tanks!"

This is the opinion of the German consultants around Chang Kaishen.So Chang Kaishen sent three Vik tanks and four CV33 tanks from the Tax Police Regiment to Hebei by railway at one go, and handed them over to Tang Enbo's No.13 Army to command.

"I hope that Li Runshi's eyes will be fixed on Su Yuan, but not on the three-acre field of my old Yan's family..."

When reading the newspaper, Yan Laoxi really wanted to hope that the content on it was true.

"I am an old man who has worked hard for many years to accumulate such a little property. Chang Kaishen, Li Runshi, you two young people don't practice martial arts, and you are always thinking about my little pension property..."

Depressed, Yan Xishan called the guards, took a car, and headed for the Taiyuan Arsenal, which was his sweetheart.A burst of intense firecrackers on the road caught his attention. He tilted his head and looked through the car window. It turned out that a shop with "Tianma Far East International Firm" on the roadside was officially opened today.

This is a big company that has gained fame in the Republic of China in recent months. The big boss behind it is the famous "Golden Princess". Just last month, they opened their "branch" to Taiyuan.

On the first day in Taiyuan, the very "fake foreign devil" Pan Hannian came to visit Yan Laoxi with a lot of gifts.He brought streptomycin "healing shares" for 20 people as a meeting gift, and instantly became the guest of Yan Laoxi's family.

Then, with the support of Yan Xi Xishan, he bought a house in Taiyuan. After renovation, he finally opened for business today.His so-called "commercial firm" actually sells all kinds of smuggled goods, and he does whatever business makes money, and he dares to do any business.Yan Xishan knew that all they were doing was smuggling, and they were in collusion with the Central Command and the 29th Route Army.However, after entering Yan Laoxi's territory, the taxes that should be paid to Yan Laoxi were not missed.

One of the biggest changes this firm brought to Taiyuan was the introduction of more than 30 foreign trucks, which greatly accelerated the logistics here in Taiyuan. Yan Laoxi also bought several trucks for his own use through the firm.In return for receiving a heavy gift from him, the Jin Army also entrusted him with the transportation of some unimportant military supplies. The current cooperation between the two parties is very satisfactory.

In addition to the truck, Pan Hannian brought another thing that was hard to say, but very popular.

It was a black drug called "Jiangfeng Pill". It was very popular in Shanxi and even the wealthy circles of the Republic of China as soon as it was released.

Without him, if you really eat one grain, you will be able to "subdue the phoenix" alive and well at night, and become a man among men!Those who have used it all applaud, even if a refined version of the pill is sold at a high price of ten oceans, it will be quickly wiped out.

Yan Laoxi has also used it, and it is indeed a good thing.

Even the "Flower Building" in Taiyuan has now secretly bought a batch of it.And this thing has recently become popular and sought after in Pingjin and Shanghai.The reason why Yan Laoxi is so familiar with it is that Pan Hannian is very good at being a man: he has given Yan Laoxi full responsibility for the sales agency of the drug in Shanxi.

In the past half a month, more than [-] pills have been sold from Yan Xishan alone, and both parties have made a lot of profits.Today the firm opened, and all the celebrities from Shanxi came to join in the show. Yan Laoxi kept his status and it was not convenient to go, but he also sent his younger sister to celebrate and give gifts.And that night, Yan Laoxi knew that the gift that Pan Hannian gave back that day was a bunch of "Jiangfeng Pills" to the celebrities at the scene, so that the business of the major brothels in Taiyuan was very good in the next few days.

The so-called Jiangfeng Wan is actually the "Viagra" of later generations.However, this pill was not obtained by Huang Ke through the space-time channel, but the "chemical skills" taught to him by his chemical mother with the help of Rhubarb Ke: the main active ingredient, sildenafil, can actually be obtained through a chemical reaction. Synthesized - it's just that the procedure is a little more complicated, but as long as there are raw materials, it's not a problem.

After Christmas, after the chemical raw materials ordered by Huang Ke through the American foreign company arrived, he went off in person and synthesized more than [-] kilograms of sildenafil raw materials in one day.Then, according to the formula provided by my mother, I mixed it with other messy "ineffective traditional Chinese medicine" that I had prepared a long time ago. In Shanghai, Pingjin and other places under the name of "Pills", it was "free trial" at first. After receiving rave reviews, it began to be sold on a large scale. Once it was listed, it was highly sought after.

The reason for adding those "ineffective traditional Chinese medicines" is to prevent people from analyzing the effective ingredients and imitating them to confuse them.

Like streptomycin, when selling medicine, he doesn’t eat alone. He only finds powerful people from all sides to act as “agents” and sells in different regions. After earning benefits, Yan Laoxi is naturally in charge here in Shanxi.

"It's really a young man! That Lin Changhe (Pan Hannian's pseudonym), no, to be precise, it should be his so-called cousin Huang Ke. He is really a shrewd young man who knows how to behave!"

Yan Laoxi didn't get out of the car, and ordered to continue driving after taking a look.Pan Hannian, who was surrounded by a group of Shanxi celebrities, smiled when he saw Yan Laoxi's car.The Jiangfeng Pill that Huang Ke made is easy to use and "low in cost". When doing business in various places, it is more effective than the current ocean. Throw out a piece of "Jiangfeng Pill", and the men are very happy to see it.In Tianjin, Pan Hannian even used it to easily break through several foreign customs joints.

And the manufacturing cost of these drugs that brought huge benefits to the Red Army, according to Huang Ke privately disclosed to Pan Han, from equipment to drugs, the total will not exceed [-] oceans, and the benefits obtained from it are simply a hundred times Not only that.

At that time, Huang Ke said to Pan Hannian:

"Old Pan, this is the power of knowledge! This is what industrial countries use to harvest agricultural countries. The terrible industrial scissors make huge profits!"

But Yan Xishan, who was sitting in the car, was thinking about another thing at this moment.

The Red Army bought weapons and ammunition from him, and what they paid was a medicine called "green plum", which is an oral medicine pressed into dark green tablets. It can be "falling plum".Similar to "Jiangfeng Wan", in order to prevent outsiders from finding out the active ingredients and causing unnecessary associations, Qingmei also infiltrated a lot of "useless" other traditional Chinese medicines and dressed them up like traditional Chinese medicine pills.

The drug appeared here in Shanxi two months ago—provided by the Red Army and sold by Yan Laoxi.As soon as it appeared, it was like "Jiangfeng Pill", and was favored by many gentry and brothel bitches...

Compared with "Jiangfeng Pills" which are distributed in all provinces across the country, "Qingmei" is sold exclusively by Yan Laoxi in the north, making him huge profits.

The Red Army did not pay, but used the medicine to exchange a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food from Yan Laoxi.Yan Laoxi earned more profit by reselling the medicine than directly receiving ocean gold bars.

When Yan Laoxi arrived at the Taiyuan Arsenal, he happened to see three brand new Citigroup trucks pulling three loads of munitions, escorted by a truckload of Jin army guards, and had just driven out of the factory.

These three loads of ammunition were to be sent to the Yellow River, and then transported to the Red Army on the other side...

Looking at this scene, Yan Laoxi couldn't help thinking of what a certain patriarch of the Communist Party said:

"The capitalist will sell the last rope to hang himself."

He didn't really want to sell it, but they gave too much, and the green plum medicine was really easy to sell in various parts of the Republic of China, and the huge profits were too high.

As for whether Li Runshi will call over with the ammunition he sold one day—isn’t there a Standing Committee Chairman behind me?I know that your two families have been coveting my Shanxi for a long time. Once Li Runshi makes a move, you, Chang Kaishen, will definitely "interact" with him.Chang Kaishen has accumulated so many troops in Hebei now, he said he is ready to support Suiyuan at any time, but Hebei is close to Shanxi, you can also attack my Shanxi at any time!

During this time, Yan Laoxi was caught between two powerful enemies, and his fear of Chang Kaishen's Central Army was no less than that of Li Runshi's Red Army to the west.

Yan Laoxi said viciously in his heart:

"Li Runshi is really coming, if I can stop it, I will block it. If I can't stop it, I will hide and defend. Just defend the key points of Taiyuan, Linfen, and Datong-the rest of the place, let you fight and bite each other!"

"Li Runshi must have spent a lot of ammunition to fight Sanma this time! He won't be able to capture much of the Sanma gang..."

From Yan Laoxi's point of view, what he is doing now is not wrong at all: Although Li Runshi's Red Army has been very prosperous recently, compared with Chang Kaishen, who has an army of one million, his strength is still much weaker.He sold arms to Li Runshi as a "capital bandit", which evened the gap in strength between the two sides.

"Li Runshi really led the troops to fight, so I shrank my defense and asked Chang Kaishen for help! I know you can't help it, and you will definitely come. At that time, I will sit on the wall and watch the tigers fight... ..."

Although Yan Laoxi loves money, he is also half-forced by the situation to sell arms and gangsters, but as a veteran warlord who has lived a fine life, he is still very "visionary" in some places.

In history, when the Red Army marched to the east, there were less than [-] people. At that time, he thought he could repel the Red Army with the Jinsui army, but he couldn't stop it. Then Chang Kaishen took the opportunity to enter Jin in the name of rescue.And the current strength of the Red Army is there, and Yan Laoxi knew from the beginning that he could not stop it.If you can't stop it, then don't stop it.Not only does he not block, he will deliberately indulge...

In the past few months, he has not really done nothing.Since November, the fortifications outside Taiyuan City have been under construction without stopping for a day.Yan Laoxi has made a lot of money recently. When building fortifications, cement and steel are not polite at all when using them.He has decided in his heart that he wants to build Taiyuan into an Eastern Verdun......

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It was just dawn outside.

The "empty" sound of the diesel engine sounded all night.

Elena was awakened by shock after shock, accompanied by physical pleasure.

She pinched the face of the boy who was still in her body and refused to come out, and said softly:

"I just made up the demon last night. You have been by my side all the time. You haven't been separated. You don't need to make up."

"Here's breakfast, I'm hungry."

The boy lowered his head, buried his breasts, and drank the facial cleanser.

"Don't mess around, it's already dawn."

"It's okay, just don't call out..."

Elena clenched her teeth, and gently twisted her body in cooperation.

An hour later, the well-dressed two stood side by side on the bow of the boat, and the Longquan wharf could be seen in the distance.

During the Republic of China, Longquan County was under the jurisdiction of Lishui in the west of Zhejiang Province. It is close to Fujian and Jiangxi and has extremely rich water resources.Huang Ke and Elena wanted to go to Southwest Zhejiang, besides flying, the fastest way was to take water.

The two of them, accompanied by several Red Army bodyguards and a special pass issued by the Chairman of the Standing Committee, set off from Hangzhou all the way south. Most of the time they hired boats to travel by water. After three days of traveling, I finally arrived at Longquan by boat on January [-]th.

The boat they hired was a private boat owned by a wealthy local family. There was a special private room on the boat, which naturally became Huang Ke and Elena's favorite cabin.This private wupeng boat was originally powered by a primitive punting boat. After hiring this boat, Huang Ke brought a diesel engine and a propeller in his carry-on space. One night, I finally arrived at Longquan shortly after dawn.

Starting from Longquan, walking south for dozens of miles, you will enter the "bandit area". This is Huang Ke's first aid mission ordered by the central government. ——Originally, this task was to be carried out at the beginning of the month, but because of Elena's abnormal health, it was delayed until now.

At this time last year, the Red Ten Army, where Su Yu belonged, was almost completely wiped out under the siege of the Kuomintang troops.Only the vanguard troops led by Su Yu and Liu Ying broke through the siege with hundreds of people and entered the southern Zhejiang area. At this time, there were only more than [-] troops left in his troops.

The failure in the early stage caused Su Yu's department to suffer a lot, the radio station was destroyed, and he lost contact with the central government.Fang Zhimin and other high-level officials were captured or sacrificed, but unexpectedly pushed Su Yu to the position of leader of the advance division of the remnant army of more than [-] people.

For Su Yu, without the random remote command of some people, he got the opportunity to show his outstanding military talent.

-------------------- Chapter 123 Reunion --------------------

In southern Zhejiang, Su Yu organized the remnant army of 500 people into three detachments and one direct subordinate team according to the actual situation. After reorganization, each detachment was only equivalent to the size of a company. Useful for guerrilla warfare.

Second, choose southwest Zhejiang as the breakthrough location.Southwestern Zhejiang is located at the junction of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi. It belongs to the "three no-regards" area. More importantly, it can also support each other with base areas such as eastern Fujian, northern Fujian, and Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.

The third point is even more important.Every Red Army soldier in every team is required to learn to fight guerrilla warfare.This is a combat deployment that Su Yu has devoted the most energy to, because many difficulties have arisen in the actual implementation process.

——It is not surprising that the Red Army has to relearn guerrilla warfare.Before the Five Anti-Five Campaigns, the previous four rounds of encirclement and suppression were victorious again and again, and the number of opponents they faced increased each time. The Red Army in the Ruijin base area, in fact, most of the time, it was the corps that fought mobile.

Most of the advancing division came from the original Red Seventh Army, and they were better at field combat. They had seldom fought guerrilla warfare with more than a hundred people, or even dozens of people.

During this period, Su Yu "broke up" the troops in time according to his actual situation.Dozens or even dozens of people can go out to carry out guerrilla warfare, seize the opportunity, and leave after fighting.Su Yu asked each team to go out for at least half a month, but many people often came back within 3 days: they didn't know how to fight.

As a commander, Su Yu did not blame his subordinates.Instead, he changed the plan again.Since everyone can't last for half a month, let's start with 3 days. I got used to it in 3 days, and changed it to 5 days, 7 days, and 10 days until everyone can fully cope with the guerrilla warfare strategy for half a month.In the end, one of Su Yu's squad leaders could lead his troops to complete this "target".

In such repeated actual combat training, the soldiers gradually understood Su Yu's painstaking efforts.Without a mass base, the enemy is strong and we are weak, if we continue to fight in the original way, with corps and divisions as units, the advancing division will not be able to gain a foothold in Zhejiang.In fact, when the Red Tenth Army (the Red Tenth Army and the Red Seventh Army merged) was formed, Zhu De raised an objection: given the situation of the Red Army at that time, it should no longer fight as a unit of the Red Army.Su Yu's tactics coincided with that of Commander Zhu at that time

Don't look at the tactical adjustment as if it is just a few words: break it into parts, guerrilla warfare, it's as simple as it is literally, and it involves a major transformation of the entire team's strategic and tactical style.

Throughout 1935, Su Yu's troops had been operating at the junction of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi, breaking the encirclement and suppression of the surrounding party troops many times, and constantly developing.By January 1936, according to reports from the last group of liaison officers who had sent him medicine and radio stations, the total strength of Su Yu’s guerrilla forces now exceeded 200, and he even captured more than a dozen people including Ruian, Pingyang, and Taishun. A remote county in southern Zhejiang as a base.

For the weak Red Army, once a base area is established, they are no longer bandits and have their own roots.Needless to say the advantages, but the biggest disadvantage is that when the surrounding enemy forces encircle and suppress, in order to defend the base area, the military deployment is often limited, losing maneuverability and falling into another trap. After the main force of the Red Army was forced to leave the base areas for the Long March in 1934, many of the guerrilla units that stayed in place, after their strength had grown to a certain level, expanded their strength. In the base area, it began to fight a big battle with the surrounding security regiments and the Kuomintang encirclement and suppression forces, and then suffered heavy losses again.