The term "Third War Zone" may be far away for Dai Zhihong, but it is by no means unheard of.
Wasn't the Battle of Songhu fought in the third theater? The commander-in-chief of the theater was still Chiang Zhongzheng, Chairman of the Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Aren’t the regiments directly under the Third War Zone directly under Chairman Chiang Kai-shek? If this really offended Chairman Chiang, would he still be able to stay in China? This is a question that you can figure out with your toes.
Therefore, Dai Zhihong made a decision in an instant. No matter from any aspect, he must not offend the leader Zhang in front of him.
Of course, this was just Dai Zhihong's personal idea. He didn't know that the third theater was already under the full responsibility of Commander Gu Zhutong.
If Gu Zhutong, the deputy commander of the Third War Zone, lacked anything, the only thing he lacked was the title of chief commander.
But for Dai Zhihong, no matter what, Zhang Tianhai was an existence that he could not reach, so he decided that even if Commander Huo wanted to cause trouble for him, he would have to do this.
In fact, as soon as the gunshots were fired, Huo Qiming, the urban defense commander of Jiashan County, immediately adopted emergency response measures.
There were gunshots in Jiashan County, a small and peaceful county? This is not only a provocation to Police Chief Dai Zhihong, but also a contempt for him, Huo Qiming.
No, the troops of the militia have been gathered, there are three companies in total. He wants to see who is so bold and dares to stir up trouble on his land? What's more, the source of the trouble was his Yishantang. Although Yishantang was run by his brother-in-law, it actually didn't work for him.
He, Huo Qiming, wanted to see which foreign army dared to be so bold!
Looking at the three companies of militia officers and soldiers who were relatively strong in front of him, Huo Qiming nodded with great satisfaction.
"Let's go! Get rid of harm for the people!" As he said this, Huo Qiming, who was wearing a goose green uniform of the Central Army, took out his pistol and set off with the more than 300 dissatisfied troops.
Except for the militia groups in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are relatively fully staffed, when they go to places farther away, they start to have empty pay, especially the lowest level militia groups. Oh, by the way, these militia groups just need to change their numbers. It became a supplementary group.
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Just when Huo Qiming led three companies of officers and soldiers from the militia to find trouble with Zhang Tianhai, Pang Bingxun, the commander of the 40th Army Corps, encountered trouble at this moment.
Although Pang Bingxun's 40th Legion sounds very powerful, compared to Tang Enbo's 20th Legion, Pang Bingxun's 40th Legion is like a child and an adult.
Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps had strong soldiers and horses, with more than 60,000 armored men, but the 40th Army Corps had only one Thirty-ninth Division to compare with.
The 40th Army Corps has a Thirty-ninth Division, plus a special agent regiment. There are five regiments in total. Even including the logistics troops, there are only more than 10,000 people.
Pang Bingxun is 58 years old this year. Like Zhang Zizhong and others, he was born in Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. This time, he cried to Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth theater, with tears in his eyes. What was he crying about?
Then turn the camera to Xuzhou, the Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters, and the Commander-in-Chief's Office of Li Zongren.
"Chief Li, you must help me this time. Now the Ministry of Military Affairs is going to lay off my army!" Pang Bingxun sat opposite Li Zongren with a droopy old face. His expression was that of a person with great hatred and deep suffering, just like He was picked up in the middle of the night and unjustly accused of sleeping with someone else's wife.
"Then you should send a telegram and report to Chief He of the Military and Political Department. In my impression, Chief He is a very talkative person." Li Zongren said in standard Guangxi Mandarin.
As soon as he heard what Li Zongren said, Pang Bingxun became anxious: "Mr. Li, you can't just ignore him! Then Chief He from the Military and Political Department wants to talk to you, but he can't talk to us juniors." That’s easy to talk about. The chiefs of the Military and Political Department have made it clear that if our 40th Army Corps does not lay off the special agent group, our food and salary will be stopped.”
"So, the Ministry of Military Affairs must lay off your army?" Li Zongren frowned slightly.
"No, I only have so many people in the 40th Army Corps. If I have to lay off my army, I won't be able to fight the next battle!" Hearing what Pang Bingxun said, Li Zongren also understood what he meant. Difficulties.
It is understandable that the central government should vigorously develop the central army and then gradually dismantle the local army. But is it too hasty?
Although Li Zongren is now the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, he seems to have unlimited glory, but in fact the only ones he can command are Li Pinxian's 11th Army and Liao Lei's 21st Army.
Because these are all young soldiers from Guangxi, who followed Li Zongren out of Guangxi to fight against Japan.
Looking at the rest of the troops, they are all troops from other factions. Maybe Lu Han's 60th Army will obey the command, but compared to the complicated local army units in the fifth theater, it is still a drop in the bucket.
Li Zongren suddenly realized that this was an opportunity to conquer the 40th Legion of the Northwest Army. All troops in the fifth theater must obey his orders, even Tang Enbo's 20th Legion was no exception.
"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, but I am willing to give it a try, provided that I have a necessary condition. That is, from this time on, your 40th Legion must unconditionally obey the orders of the theater commander, and you must never do anything like that. It's an act of disobedience." Li Zongren said with a serious look on his face.
Seeing Li Zongren's intention to move, Pang Bingxun quickly responded: "Yes! As long as Mr. De Lin (Li Zongren, also known as De Lin) comes to help this time, there will be no one in the 40th Army Corps starting from Pang Bingxun who disobeys the order. Mr. De Lin You can order me to be shot!"
"However, Gengchen (Pang Bingxun's nickname is Gengchen). Let me start with the ugly words here. Now our Republic of China is facing a great enemy. According to reliable information, the Japanese army in North China is led by the Second Army headed by Hisao Nishio and Seishiro Itagaki. The 5th Division and Isotani Rensuke's 10th Division headed south along Jinpu Road and headed straight for Jinan. The Japanese army in central China, with Fujita Susumu's 3rd Division and Ogisu Rippei's 3rd Division as the main force, headed south along Jinpu Road. The 13th Division and Yoshika Ryosuke's Ninth Division were the main forces moving north along Zhenjiang and other places. The main force of Commander Gu Zhutong's Third Theater Division had already begun fighting to defend Chuzhou. More than 200,000 Japanese troops were fighting to open up the Jinpu Line. And if you are heading straight towards Xuzhou with all your strength, if you are timid, I am afraid that Chairman Chiang will be the first to ask for your head. That’s all I’ll say.” Li Zongren’s tone was very serious, without any hint of joking. .
Just kidding, how many troops of the Central Army have been maimed and wiped out in the Battle of Songhu? Even in the Battle of Nanjing, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek put the only four elite divisions of the Central Army's German weapons in the battle, knowing that he couldn't do anything. Nanjing.
From these actions, we can see Chairman Chiang's determination to resist the war. Li Zongren's words are by no means alarmist. If Pang Bingxun's 40th Army Corps fights cowardly to preserve its strength, they will definitely be killed.
Although Chairman Chiang has no intention of touching the leaders of the local factions, he can still easily deal with a timid little regiment commander.
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