Chapter 70: Chiang Gong’s decision

When this telegram that was as heavy as a tremendous telegram was sent to Lao Chiang, Lao Chiang's figure swayed slightly, and even the telegram slipped from his hand was not noticed. As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. The Chinese government has great expectations for the fairness of the League of Nations, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries also made corresponding promises. As a result, they encountered the extremely shameless Japan. I will not play with you anymore! Japan gave the League of Nations a slap. It can be said that this slap also woke up Lao Chiang who had a slight fantasy about the League of Nations. It is better to beg for yourself than to ask others!

As long as Rehe can persist for at least three months as Zhang Hanqing said, he can mobilize ten divisions from the front line of the bandit suppression, transfer all the troops from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Hunan to the front line of North China to fight a battle to restore the land with the Japanese. The winner can recover the lost land to show the determination of our country's national prestige, and at the same time, he can solve the local forces in China that have self-respecting troops in China. If defeated, he can also take advantage of the situation to unify the military and political power of the whole country, lie on firewood and taste gall to sharpen a sword for ten years, and bend the bow and shoot the Tianlang!

After a while, Lao Jiang, who had a pale face, asked Qian Dajun beside him and said, "Is there any countermeasures in the League of Nations? The plan to sanction Japan?"

Qian Dajun said helplessly: "The League of Nations is still holding a meeting to study specific countermeasures, but the United States, Britain and France have huge international trade with Japan, and their trade volume is not below our country. Moreover, the world's economy is in a bad mood today. It may be difficult to expect the League of Nations to impose economic sanctions on Japan!"

"Mom!" Lao Jiang slapped the table hard and said, "Does the Japanese take our tolerance as bullying? Go and invite Dean Song to come over. The army will go first before moving the food and grass. Without him, the God of Wealth, we can't do anything!"

Soon, Song Ziwen, who received the news, told the Chiang Kai-shek that the Kuomintang government was really out of money and could only take out four or five million to maintain the situation in Rehe. The money could barely last for two or three months, because the suppression of bandits had consumed a large amount of the central government's budget! If three more divisions of the Central Army were dispatched to Rehe to participate in the war, the central government's fiscal deficit would intensify. It was only February, and it was too early to be the end of the year.

Old Jiang looked at the frown Song Ziwen and sighed: "I promised Hanqing that he would be a reserve for the Central Army of six divisions. Now, with Zhang Xuewu's new First Division and the 17th Army, there are still two divisions left. I can't break my promise in this matter. Hanqing is under greater pressure than me, so I still have to think of a solution."

Song Ziwen spread his hands and said, "I have no choice but to think about it. There is no news about the US loans. The local government will entrust all the taxes they owed to the central government to Nanjing. Not to mention two divisions, even twenty divisions can guarantee sufficient transport to the front line."

After Song Ziwen left, the sad old Chiang sighed and came to the map. He was so full of money! For a moment, Chiang sighed. He didn't know if the Emperor Hirohito of Japan was also worried about the inability to mobilize the army without military expenditure?

Qian Dajun hesitated for a moment when he saw this: "Chairman, why don't we launch a fundraising? Just like the time when all walks of life in Nanjing raised more than one million for the Northeast Volunteers before!"

"Fundraising? Another cocktail party?" Lao Jiang, who was a plain person, frowned slightly and said, "In the face of national crisis, it is not convenient for me to go to luxury occasions like this. I will discuss it with my wife! She is an expert in this regard. I will be assured that she will go, and the effect will be better."

The Japanese army occupied Yuguan and advanced step by step, preparing to lead the war to Rehe, which attracted the attention of the people across the country. Under the pressure of domestic and foreign public opinion, the Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang government successively sent acting Premier and Minister of Finance Song Ziwen, Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Luo Wengan, Minister of Interior Huang Shaohong and others to arrive in Peiping one after another.

In the combat room of the Beiping Military Branch, Zhang Xueliang frowned and stared at the map. The Japanese army's large-scale invasion was a bit too aggressive, which made Zhang Xuewu, who had repeatedly vowed to the outside world to guard Rehe for at least three months, feel a little worried, but he has no way out. The three northeastern provinces retreat without fighting. If they lose Rehe now, there is probably no other place for Zhang Hanqing to stand in the country.

Tang Yulin and Wan Fulin were able to withstand the clamping and attack of the two Japanese armies? Zhang Xueliang hurriedly sent an urgent telegram to Zhang Zuoxiang, asking Zhang Zuoxiang to lead seven brigades of the reserve team to the Rehe supervision division. As a result, Zhang Zuoxiang was stunned when he received the telegram, because Zhang Zuoxiang's hand had not yet gathered and mobilized, except for his son Zhang Tingshu's 12th brigade. He had to use the general reserve team at the beginning of the battle. Zhang Zuoxiang's heart was also covered with an indelible shadow.

In desperation, Zhang Xueliang had to ask Nanjing for instructions frequently. On the night of February 21, he sent several telephones and seven telegrams, almost begging to ask Xu Tingyao's 17th Army to enter Rehe quickly.

Chiang Kai-shek did not understand the facts of the Rehe front, but the news brought back by He Yingqin was not optimistic. The Japanese had just attacked, and Zhang Xueliang used the general reserve team. Although the disparity between the enemy and us was the reason, the vast gap in the enemy and us was the most mountain passes, and it was also a fact that our army had the advantage of the terrain. Never let it be defeated again! Otherwise, whether it was Zhang Hanqing or Chiang Kai-shek, he would be blamed in front of the Chinese people, so Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered the troops of Xu Tingyao of the 17th Army to rush to Chengde to gather overnight.

Lao Chiang knew very well that in terms of the railway's transportation capacity and transportation capacity, the 17th Army, which had not yet been assembled, would take at least half a month to arrive in Chengde. What should we do if the civil war situation is irreversible in the past half month? More than 200,000 Northeast Army, nearly 50,000 Northwest Army and Jin army units, a total of more than 300,000 troops! The Central Army of his four divisions is not included, and it does not seem to be too worried about occupying the dangerous terrain defense?

Chiang Kai-shek breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Fengtian faction had very deep contradictions and barriers with the Northwest Army, all warlords were shouting more fiercely in the war. For example, the Sichuan Army often dispatched more than 100,000 troops to fight for three months, but less than a thousand people were killed or injured, but the Fengtian and the Northwest Army were really fighting. Both sides were injured in the bones of the Northwest Army's bravery and the Northeast Army's cannons. It is also a question whether they can cooperate without giving up their past grudges.

Perhaps they can all work together for the sake of the country's danger? Old Jiang did not notice at all. He seemed to have too high estimates of the awareness and sentiment of some generals in the factional warlords.

After giving orders to the 17th Army, the sleepy Chiang recalled the instructions he had given He Jingzhi before. The newly formed First Division was the only unit of the Central Army in Rehe at this moment.
Chapter completed!