The first combat mission of the fully equipped 42nd Army was not to attack Linfen, where the Japanese army had a brigade stationed, but to suppress bandits.
The 42nd Army is basically composed of new recruits. It is unrealistic to send them out to fight now. Let the veterans lead the new recruits to find some bandits to run in and practice their skills.
On the contrary, the training intensity of the tank division was not very strong. This was thanks to Li Changshun who brought out many tankers.
There are many bandits who dominate the mountains in Shanxi. There are dozens of mountaintops, large and small. The strongest ones have two to three hundred men with one or two hundred guns, and the weak ones have more than a dozen people with seven or eight guns.
But Xie Tian ordered Fu Zuoyi to suppress the bandits, which made the bandits depressed.
You're a fucking big bandit yourself, but now that you've gotten out and changed hands, you start to suppress the bandits. You're not being particular about it.
Fu Zuoyi led the 42nd Army to launch an expedition in the east and west, but Yan Xishan, who was far away in Qiulin Town, northern Shaanxi, upset the table again.
Xie Baoqing and Fu Zuoyi, you two played a great game. You built the plank road openly and secretly attacked Chencang. It turns out that you two have been colluding for a long time. You just resigned due to illness, and within a few days you formed a group army. This matter You must have discussed it long ago, and I'm afraid it has been arranged for a long time.
Huang Shaohong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, looked at the furious Yan Xishan speechlessly and sighed secretly.
If you were tolerant, wouldn't Fu Zuoyi still be the commander-in-chief of your Seventh Army?
And you also got the important town of Datong for nothing.
The result is now good, you squeezed out Fu Zuoyi, and he became the commander-in-chief of the 42nd Army in the 10th Theater. With Xie Baoqing's knowledge and good deeds, Fu Zuoyi will definitely be able to show off his talents in the 10th Theater.
And you handed over the Seventh Army to the incompetent Zhao Shou Shou. I'm afraid it won't take long for this capable team to be led astray by Zhao Shou Shou.
Huang Shaohong sighed, thinking about retreating again.
There is probably no future for Yan Xishan, who is afraid of arms and legs and has a small foot. You see, Xie Baoqing fought vigorously in Shanxi. Now he has defeated Shanxi and regained Jingxing, and his troops are pointing directly at the vast North China Plain.
Let’s look at what our Second Theater has done in the past few years. We have retreated again and again. We retreated from Suiyuan, Shanxi, and the Yellow River. We haven’t fought a decent battle in so many years, including the Battle of Qikou and the Yellow River. The Battle of Niangziguan and the Battle of Taiyuan were major battles in which dozens of times the enemy's strength was organized, but they were defeated by the Japanese.
In the Battle of Niangziguan, 200,000 people could not defeat 9,000 Japanese soldiers.
In the Taiyuan defense battle, 300,000 people could not defeat 60,000 Japanese soldiers.
What a shame, I feel ashamed when I think about it.
Look at Xie Baoqing again, he has no face to compare with.
Huang Shaohong could see why Xie Baoqing had not attacked Linfen since he had recovered most of Shanxi.
Then Linfen was left to the second theater by Xie Baoqing.
As a result, Yang Aiyuan has not even formulated a battle plan to regain Linfen. Instead, he hired a concubine last month. I heard that she is still a student.
Since ancient times, Wenwen Township has been the Tomb of Heroes. The generals have no fighting spirit, so how can their soldiers think about fighting the Japanese.
That’s all, it’s okay not to keep this second theater.
Huang Shaohong had completely made up his mind this time. He returned to the cave where he lived temporarily, took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Chongqing Committee, requesting to be transferred from the Second War Zone to any war zone.
In the second war zone, people's hearts were fluctuating, but in the tenth war zone, morale was as high as a rainbow.
The Military Commission of the Chongqing National Government approved the application of the 10th Theater Command to establish the 42nd Army, and formally appointed Fu Zuoyi as the commander-in-chief of the 42nd Army, with the rank of second-level general.
At the same time, Xie Tianguan was promoted to a first-level general and was awarded the title of first-level general.
Xu Shiyou was awarded the rank of second-level general.
The Military Commission also awarded military ranks to several generals nominated by the 10th Theater Command, and none of them were rejected, including the rank of Major General Xu Jinghao.
The tenth war zone has made brilliant achievements and regained lost territory one after another. Who dares to say that he is not convinced?
Granting Xie Baoqing the rank of first-class general is not enough to commend Xie Baoqing for his military achievements. If it were not for the fact that the only highest military rank, special general, was specially tailored for Chiang Kai-shek, even granting Xie Baoqing the rank of special general would not be an exaggeration. .
Regarding the issue of Xie Tian, Jiang has discussed it several times with Commander He. Jiang intends to further win over Xie Tian and plans to transfer Xie Tian to the Military Commission of the National Revolutionary Army as the vice chairman and as his military deputy. However, Jiang’s motion But he was dissuaded by Chief He, and the reason for the dissuasion was the political tendency that Chiang was most afraid of.
So far, Xie Baoqing has not made his political leanings clear. Instead, he has written an "Ideal World".
Both Jiang and Director He have read and discussed Xie Baoqing's book countless times, and it feels like they are just talking.
The world described in this book is impossible to exist. Even the powerful United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, and Japan have not reached the heights described in the book. How can China achieve it?
It is impossible for this world to be without classes.
But it is undeniable that the ideal world described in Xie Baoqing's book is really beautiful, not so good that even Mr. Jiang and Mr. He yearn for it.
If we say what are the three books that have had the greatest influence on China in recent years, they must be "Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto" and this "Ideal World". Now the most discussed book in Chongqing is this "Ideal World".
Fortunately, Xie Baoqing did not form any political party, otherwise...
Jiang Du shuddered.
If Xie Baoqing were to form any political party, he would probably be a more difficult opponent than Yan'an.
If it were not for the outstanding military exploits of Xie Baoqing and the 10th Theater, which had exerted a huge influence among the people, leaving the Chongqing government with no choice but to fully support the 10th Theater to continue the war of resistance, Chiang Kai-shek would have even considered the nascent Xie Baoqing. The thoughts that come out of the cradle are lingering.
Don't dare to move. If we attack Xie Baoqing now, we will offend the public and possibly shake the foundation of the Chongqing government.
Jiang is looking for an opportunity. As long as Xie Baoqing loses one battle, he can use fair and just reasons to transfer Xie Baoqing from the Tenth War Zone. He can even take the opportunity to show his generosity and openness to others and transfer Xie Baoqing to Chongqing to hold a prominent position. This will not only bring Xie Baoqing under his control, but also make the world surrender. More importantly, it will also allow Xie Baoqing to give full play to his war genius, regain lost territory, expel the Tartars, eradicate dissidents, and enhance the prestige of our country.
With a pop, the Chairman accidentally blew out a snot bubble and burst it.
