The Eighth Route Army in the western section of the Yellow River is making new deployments, and Temple Shouichi in the eastern section is also making his own troop deployments.
The war has entered the end of 1937, and the city of Nanjing has been abandoned by the Nationalist Government. It is already a matter of time before the South is conquered. As the commander of the North China Front, Touichi Terauchi knew in his heart that once Nanjing was conquered, the biggest contributor would be Matsui Iwane.
How could the situation of the North China Front Army, which had tried so hard to provoke the war at the beginning, be so embarrassing? Therefore, the North China Front Army must at least have corresponding military exploits before they can be accountable to their subordinates. Otherwise, those lawless lower-level officers will not know what will happen.
Come.
Peiping, Tianjin, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, and Taiyuan were all captured, so the only place left that could demonstrate the imperial army's military prowess was Shandong.
Shandong is Han Fuqu's territory.
Han Fuqu's name often has a negative meaning in later generations, but at this time, Han Fuqu's reputation was pretty good both in the country and in Shandong. Of course, that was on the premise of ignoring his betrayal of Feng Yuxiang.
But for a warlord, it is normal to vote for you today and vote for him tomorrow.
Han Fuqu was born in a poor family in Ba County, Hebei Province. He loved stick dancing since he was a child. In 1910, he dropped out of school to work in farming because of his poor family. Later, he was introduced to Feng Yuxiang's army as a soldier. Because of his bravery in fighting, he was highly regarded by Feng Yuxiang. He followed Feng's
He was promoted continuously due to promotion. However, Feng Yuxiang treated his subordinates too harshly and was beaten and scolded at every turn. This made Han Fuqu, who already had a large number of soldiers, gradually feel dissatisfied. Finally, he betrayed Feng and surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek in a conflict. From then on, the eight-year war began.
Shandong King Life.
It is not necessarily true that Chiang Kai-shek and Han Fuqu are on good terms. Although Chiang Kai-shek made him the chairman of Shandong, there are a large number of troops in Shandong, such as the 17th Army, who are loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and many officials are loyal to the Nanjing government. Han Fuqu
He is an authentic traditional Chinese warlord who believes that what is mine is mine. Even if I belong to you in name, you cannot have anyone on my territory, so Han Fuqu first vigorously fired the officials loyal to Nanjing in the government.
, and killed Zhang Zongchang who wanted to retake Shandong, and then attacked the 17th Army and drove more than 20,000 people from the 17th Army out of Shandong. They also began to clear out the military commanders and other special agents in Shandong, as well as the party officials of the Red Party and the White Party.
Shandong became the real world of the Han family.
During the Republic of China, bandits broke out all over the pass, and the four most serious places were Henan, Shandong, Hunan, and Sichuan. Shandong has had strong folk customs since ancient times. During Zhang Zongchang's time, there were said to be 200,000 bandits, and there were many big bandits in the thousands.
, the largest Liu Guitang has more than 10,000 people, equipped with artillery and machine guns, and can already attack cities and demolish villages. It can be said that these people can become warlords as long as their brains are messed up. This also makes every village think of ways to protect themselves.
The reason why the later Taierzhuang buildings could withstand Japanese artillery fire was also because of this. Those strong fortresses were originally built to fight bandits. They were built so solidly that you can see from the side how terrifying the Shandong bandits were at this time. Han Fuqu led his troops vigorously
It took three or four years to clear the money, and then the public security in Shandong improved, and the big bandits were basically eliminated.
Han Fuqu could finally sit securely in his position as the King of Shandong, and was ready to seek development. Although Han Fuqu was born in poverty, he was proficient in writing and understood that China's problems could not be solved with guns. In this regard, Jiang Jie had always
He said it but never did it, but Han Fuqu actually took action. Han Fuqu not only encouraged education a lot, but also attached great importance to rural areas and rural construction. Because of his contact with the Red Party, he also learned to establish political power in the countryside.
This is something Jiang intermediary also failed to do.
It's a pity that Han Fuqu only knew that there was a problem, but he didn't know how to solve it, so he had to rely on shooting to solve the problem. For a while, he got the reputation of "Idiot Qingtian", Qingtian meant that he really wanted to govern
Good Shandong, the idiot is saying that he has no way of his own.
But in general, in Shandong during Han Fuqu's time, the private economy had recovered, and the people could basically focus on their livelihoods with peace of mind. Han Fuqu also took the opportunity to make a lot of money to feed his army. Of course, Han Fuqu himself can really be said to be honest.
, after all, you can’t say it’s corruption when you take something that belongs to you.
All Han Fuqu's actions were to prevent others from entering Shandong, but this time, the Japanese came.
In fact, the Japanese have tried to lure Han Fuqu to surrender more than once. Since September 18, the Japanese have invited Han Fuqu to drink flower wine again and again, trying to soften Han Fuqu and let him join the North China Autonomous Government. However, Han Fuqu, the King of Shandong, refused to do so and went to give you Japan.
People are treated like dogs. It would be fine if your Japanese army were just next to Shandong. Now you are thousands of miles away from me. You really think I am stupid.
The Japanese saw that there was no movement in Han Fuqu after several years, so they asked Huagu Zheng, one of the culprits of the September 18th Incident, to persuade him. Huagu Zheng had been in Jinan for a long time and was very familiar with Hanfuqu. He told the military on the spot that Hanfuqu could be captured.
Han Fuju judged the situation and knew that this time was different from the past. The Japanese might use force directly this time, so he also prepared some countermeasures.
He walked into the Japanese consulate with more than 100 heavily armed guards and himself carrying a pistol.
Hua Guzheng still received him warmly and made Han Fuju half drunk.
Seeing that the time seemed to be ripe, Hua Guzheng took out a document and said to Han Fuju: The North China Autonomous Government is about to be formed. This government means to invite Shandong to also join the autonomy, and Chairman Han will serve as the head of the North China Autonomous Government. This is Shandong's declaration of agreement.
The announcement of joining the North China Autonomous Government is requested to be signed by Chairman Han.
Who would have thought that when the drunken Han Fuju heard these words, he slammed the wine glass in his hand to the ground and cursed, "Fuck you! You **** have gone too far to bully others. Let me take it for granted."
Traitor? Then you are really blind! What bullshit autonomy, this is a fucking traitor! Let’s make it clear, there is no way for me to be a traitor!”
Then Han Fuju stood up and left.
Hua Guzheng saw that he was too soft and decided to be tough. The Japanese soldiers inside the consulate swarmed out and surrounded Han Fuju and his guards. All the bullets were loaded and ready to fire at any time.
Unexpectedly, Han Fuju was not afraid at all. He sneered and said, "This is Shandong, and it is my Han Fuju's territory, not North China, not Manchuria. I have the power in my hands. If anyone makes me angry, don't blame me for being rude!"
During the tense confrontation between the two sides, suddenly the consulate guard ran over in a panic and said to Hanatani, "The consulate has been surrounded by Chinese troops. They have also set up cannons and are ready to fire."
Huagu hurriedly ran to the window to look, and saw that the consulate was surrounded. An entire 15th mortar battalion of Han Fuju's Shandong Army was calibrating and might fire on the consulate at any time.
If the bombing were really fired, it is estimated that no one in the consulate would survive. Besides, if Han Fuju cannot be forced to surrender, what is the use of killing him? If Han Fuju is killed, Chiang Kai-shek will immediately arrange for a pro-central Shandong provincial chairman. This can only
It’s even worse for Japan! Hua Guzheng can only let Han Fuqu leave in a big way.
Han Fuqu also regarded himself as an anti-Japanese pioneer. When Zhang Zizhong fled from Peking and was condemned as a traitor by the whole country, he finally escaped to Shandong and was immediately arrested by Han Fuqu. Han Fuqu scolded Zhang Zizhong and sent him to Nanjing.
Jiang intermediary.
Shandong's Yima Pingchuan is an excellent place for the Japanese army to exert its mechanized power. At this time, the Japanese army has arrived in Shandong. Han Fuqu is actually extremely afraid. His family knows his own affairs best. Han Fuqu has always been semi-independent of Nanjing.
All of his troops were exhausted, and Han Fuqu himself didn’t believe that Jiang Jie would replenish him. More importantly, Han Fuju was afraid that once he lost his military power, he would be killed by Chiang Jie with excuses, because during the Xi’an Incident that year, the whole country was
Among the two people who condemned Zhang and Yang, he was the only one who praised Zhang's extraordinary action as a "wise feat" in his telegram, and informed Zhang and Yang that his troops would "be ordered to drive westward and hope that there will be no misunderstandings when the two armies come into contact." He
The secret telegram was immediately deciphered by Nanjing agents, causing a stir. Nanjing's senior officials were extremely shocked and immediately sent Jiang Bocheng to fly to Jinan to meet with Han. At the same time, he called Song Zheyuan for his opinion. Han Fuqu then changed his mind, but this matter had already become the second choice of Jiang and Han.
There is a hurdle that people can never overcome.
Therefore, Han Fuqu was prepared to preserve his strength from the beginning. This was also the initial plan of a series of warlords such as Song Zheyuan and Yan Xishan against Japan. Therefore, it is really not easy for Chiang to mediate the head of state as he only has a few subordinates.
A truly one-hearted person.
Chiang Kai-shek was also very afraid of Han Fuqu's defection to Japan, so he quickly organized Han Fuju's 3rd Route Army, plus Northeast Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, and Navy Admiral Shen Honglie's Qingdao Garrison and Third Fleet into the Third Group Army, with Han Fuju in charge.
Commander-in-chief Yu Xuezhong and Shen Honglie serve as deputy commanders-in-chief.
Chiang intermediary gave it to senior officials, and the Japanese came again, so let's fight. In fact, the Japanese army at this time was extremely exhausted after half a year of fighting. Han Fuqu ordered Cao Fulin's 29th Division and Zhan Shutang's
The 81st Division slowly marched towards Hebei. It was a long journey, but Han Fuqu didn't expect that the National Army would fight the Japanese army in Hebei for several months, while his troops still won the victory in Mulberry Garden, and
Excited by the victory, he rushed straight to Cangzhou.
Han Fuqu, who was afraid of the Japanese army's plot, quickly ordered his troops to turn back, and the whole army was so angry that they cursed each other.
At this time, Hebei had been completely captured by the Japanese army. Shouichi in the temple pointed his finger at the Yellow River and shouted, "Come here, order the 10th Division to move into Shandong, using the Yellow River as the terminal line. Order the 5th Division to return as soon as possible and prepare for the war."
Reinforcements from the 10th Division."
Seeing that the Japanese army was really attacking Shandong, Han Fuqu could only bite the bullet and push forward. The two armies began to confront each other in Dezhou in northern Shandong.
——Han Fuqu Headquarters
Han Fuqu sat in the middle, looking at the map in the middle, thinking about something in his heart.
At this time, a middle-aged general walked in, but it was Sun Tongxuan, commander of the 12th Army.
Han Fuqu raised his head and said, "Old Sun, how are the brothers? Also, have the troops who retreated from Hebei been driven away?"
Sun Tongxuan seemed to struggle for a while and said to the staff beside her, "You guys get out."
The staff officers looked at Han Fuqu and saw Han Fuqu nodded before walking out.
Sun Tongxuan then said to Han Fuqu, "Mr. Han, we can't do this anymore. The brothers below can hardly bear it. Most of our troops are locals from Shandong. If we don't fight again, the brothers will organize their own organizations to fight with the Japanese."
Fight."
Han Fuqu stood up and pointed at the map and said, "We only have three divisions now, with only 40,000 to 50,000 people. Opposite us are more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers. How do you think we can defend this vast plain in Shandong?"
Sun Tongxuan stamped her feet and said, "I won't be able to lead this army if we don't guard it anymore."
Han Fuqu also raised his voice and shouted, "Don't I want to defend it? The Japanese have more cannons than we have machine guns. The only way out is to defend the Yellow River and rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River. Now that we have wiped out all the troops, who will defend the Yellow River? Who will defend Jinan?"
?Is it you or me?”
At this time, a signal soldier knocked on the door and said, "Report, central emergency call."
Han Fuqu said doubtfully, "Jiang Agent? Bring it here."
At first glance, it turned out that Chiang Kai-shek had transferred an artillery brigade to him and ordered him to defend Dezhou.
Han Fuqu nodded and said to Sun Tongxuan, "Chiang Kai-shek has spent a lot of money. It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is sincere in resisting Japan. Maybe this war can really be fought."
Sun Tongxuan also said happily, "Mr. Han, let's fight."
Han Fuqu hammered hard and said, "Hit!!"
Boom, another round of artillery fire came. The 12th Army in the position no longer knew how many times this was the Japanese artillery fire. They just felt that the artillery fire seemed to be endless.
Isotani Rensuke looked at the crumbling Linyi position and said with a smile, "This is one of Han Fuqu's generals. He seems to have some fighting ability."
The staff officer next to him said, "This is Cao Fulin's 29th Division. It was lucky enough to defeat a brigade of our army in Mulberry Garden."
Isotani Rensuke raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh! In that case, let's let that brigade be the vanguard to fight for shame. How is the war in Jiyang?"
The staff officer replied, "Han Fuqu personally led the pistol brigade to take charge, but in front of our army's tanks, the army will be defeated."
This staff officer was right. Han Fuqu's troops, which had not engaged in modern warfare for seven years, were not very effective in combat. When they saw dozens of Japanese tanks and overwhelming aircraft, all the officers, including Han Fuqu,
Almost stupid.
But Han Fuqu was a local warlord after all, and he still had some foundation. Han Fuqu held a telescope on a high mountain and watched the Japanese offensive become more and more fierce. Soon the Japanese tanks broke through the army's defense line. The bloody Shandong men
They all picked up explosive packs and grenades and rushed towards the Japanese tank. However, flesh and blood is no match for steel. Often dozens of casualties cannot really blow up a Japanese tank. They gritted their teeth and shouted, "
Call me Sun Xuefa."
Sun Tongxuan, who had been shouting Zhan next to her, hesitated a little when she heard these words and said, "Mr. Han, please don't think about it again."
Han Fuqu's eyes were not big, but they were wide-eyed at this moment and he said, "Good steel must be used on the blade. If you don't use it at this time, let me use it whenever you want."
Sun Xuefa is the commander of the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division of the 12th Army. This is Han Fuqu's most direct unit, and it even has a tank brigade. I only saw Sun Xuefa sitting in a Renault tank with a dozen of Han Fuqu's hard-earned savings.
The tank suddenly rushed out from the side. Sun Xuefa took the lead and fired first. Renault's 37-gun easily tore through the side armor of the Japanese tank. An orange-red fire ball was followed by scattered parts.
"Okay, just beat me like this!" Han Fuqu clapped his legs and shouted. Of course, Sun Xuefa on the battlefield could not hear Han Fuqu's cry. At this time, his infantry also rushed forward. The Japanese army did not think of the Chinese on the opposite side.
The army actually had chariots, and the war became tense for a while.
Han Fuqu saw that the Japanese army was gradually suppressed into a small area by his own defense line and the 60th Brigade, and he immediately judged that the artillery attack at this time would definitely yield results.
The artillery that Chiang sent to Han Fuqu was only a 75mm mountain artillery. It was unable to cope with the 105mm heavy artillery of the Japanese army on the opposite side, so Han Fuqu could only use it hiddenly, for fear of being counterattacked by the Japanese artillery force.
"Quickly, let the artillerymen hit me, hit from the middle of the Japanese, and interrupt their communication. As long as we hold on to this wave, the battle will be easy to fight." Han Fuqu shouted.
But after a quarter of an hour, there was still no movement. This was war time. An angry Han Fuqu cursed, "What the hell is going on? Is the barrel blocked?"
I only saw a signal soldier saying with horrified eyes, "Report to the commander, then, then Brigadier Hong has run away!"
"What?" Han Fuqu grabbed the communications soldier, hung him high, and cursed, "What's going on? Why did he escape? Where is our artillery? Where is my cannon?"
The communications soldier stammered, "Then Brigadier Hong has a telegram from his commission, ordering them to mobilize their defenses. They also took our cannon away. Captain Liu was beaten up when he refused. He's outside now."
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Han Fuqu looked at the leader of his mountain artillery regiment with a bruised nose and swollen face. He couldn't express his anger and shouted angrily, "Ah!!!!"
The fighter plane disappeared as soon as the total number of Japanese tanks was much more than that of the Shandong Army. Sun Xuefa desperately led his troops to destroy more than a dozen Japanese tanks, but he was soon surrounded by Japanese tanks added from the rear. Sun Xuefa
Seeing that there was no other way, he quickly shouted, "Retreat, retreat!"
At this time, a Japanese 89 tank that had been targeting him for a long time fired a cannon, and Sun Xuefa's tank and he disappeared into the ball of fire.
The Japanese artillery bombardment began. Hundreds of cannons violently bombarded the 60th Brigade position. Han Fuqu looked at the troops disappearing in the artillery fire and burst into tears. This was all his money. He stamped his feet and shouted, "Withdraw, withdraw!"
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Indeed, without artillery, facing the Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks, any further fight would be a defeat. However, it was already a tense war, so how could it be so easy to retreat?
Suddenly, the army was defeated. The Japanese army pursued them wildly, and soon it turned into a chaotic battle. Han Fuqu himself and a guard ran out on a motorcycle. The exchange of fire between the remnants of the Shandong Army and the Japanese army lasted for more than a week before it ended completely.
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Han Fuqu, who had retreated to Jinan, took stock and found that there were only more than 10,000 defeated soldiers left in the 40,000 to 50,000-strong army. All heavy weapons were lost. Han Fuqu grabbed Sun Tongxuan and shouted, "Fight, fight, fight, they are all gone! I said it."
We can’t fight, but you just have to fight. It’s okay now, we’ve spent all our money! Just wait, our death is coming soon.”
At this time, a telegram flew to Han Fuqu, but it was a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek's agent blaming him for missing the Texas area.
Han Fuqu shook the telegram and said to Sun Tongxuan, "Did you see it? By the time this Bald Jiang reaches peace talks with the Japanese, we will be doomed. Order the troops to withdraw to the south of the Yellow River. As long as the troops are in hand, we will survive."
