But then again, to say how much Fu Zuoyi appreciates the Communist Party and even has a progressive tendency is simply wishful thinking. Fundamentally speaking, Fu Zuoyi is a new warlord of the Kuomintang. In addition to being able to abide by the national bottom line and having a strong patriotic tendency, he has other
The direction is no different from other warlords.
To give a simple example, the Soviet Union once stated that it would provide a batch of supplies to the CCP. However, due to obstruction by the Kuomintang, it could not be transported through the Northwest Highway. Therefore, the most it could do was send them to the Sino-Mongolian border. Next, the CCP would have to collect the supplies itself.
There are three options at this time.
The first option is to send a small team of cavalry to travel secretly to Suiyuan and northern Shaanxi. The advantage of this is that it will not be discovered by the Japs, but the disadvantage is that it can only transport very small supplies at a time, which is of little use.
The second option is to form a transport team with tens of thousands of pack horses to travel between Suiyuan and northern Shaanxi. The advantage of this is that it can transport a large amount of supplies at one time, but the disadvantage is that it is easily discovered by the little devils and then recruited.
Once the transport team is intercepted by the Japanese attack, the losses will be huge.
The third option was to secretly pay protection fees to Fu Zuoyi's troops who were operating in Suiyuan and ask the 7th Cavalry Division to protect the Eighth Route Army's transport team. However, after initial contact, Yan'an immediately gave up this idea because Fu Zuoyi actually opened his mouth.
Sixty percent of Soviet aid supplies must be taken away!
It can be seen that the main purpose of Fu Zuoyi's pro-communist behavior is to use the CCP to help him do mass work in Suiyuan Province. Therefore, when the Japanese army attacks the Yellow River defense line this time, Fu Zuoyi will definitely express his views, but he will definitely not
Risking the loss of troops and generals and working hard to help.
Fu Zuoyi said: "The question now is, how can we help?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen officers below immediately started whispering.
Six months ago, Fu Zuoyi took office as the deputy commander-in-chief of the second theater and commander-in-chief of the North Route Army. He officially got rid of the constraints of Yan Xishan, the commander-in-chief of the second theater. However, his defense zone only had one province, Suiyuan, and most of it.
Some county towns have been lost, and only a few county towns such as Dongsheng County in the Yike Zhao League are still in his hands. Of course, the townships and most rural areas other than the county towns are still under the control of the National Army.
As for the so-called North Route Army of the Second War Zone, there is only Fu Zuoyi's old unit, that is, the 35th Army.
The only difference from before is that the National Army High Command gave Fu Zuoyi two new division numbers.
The 35th Army has the 101st Division under its jurisdiction, plus the newly formed 31st Division and the newly formed 32nd Division. However, these two new divisions have just been formed. They are not only officers, but also the backbone of the battle.
There is a severe shortage of equipment, and the equipment is also very crude. Many recruits who have just joined the army have never even touched a gun, and their combat effectiveness is very low.
Objectively speaking, these two new editors do not have combat effectiveness.
Therefore, the only troops that the so-called Northern Route Army can really fight are the 101st Division.
In addition, Men Bingyue's 7th Cavalry Division was also temporarily under the command of the Northern Route Army.
These are all the military forces Fu Zuoyi has in his hands. These troops not only need to be used to defend Suiyuan Province, but also need to divide their forces to go south to help the Eighth Route Army defend the Yellow River. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is, but no matter how difficult the situation is, they still do this job
I have to help, and surface documentation still needs to be done.
The Communist Party had helped them a lot before.
Now that the Communist Party is in trouble, they refuse to save them. That is called ungratefulness.
However, as Fu Zuoyi said, how to help the Communist Party is a big problem.
More than a dozen senior generals of the Northern Route Army discussed for a long time, and finally decided to send the 7th Cavalry Division south, because the two new divisions did not have any combat effectiveness at all, and they would not be able to help if they were sent. If they were forced to send troops, they might not go as far as The Taoist people ran away in mid-flight. Needless to say, many of the soldiers in the two new divisions were strong men.
As for the 101st Division, it is the basic base of the Northern Route Army and must not be touched lightly.
Therefore, the only one that Fu Zuoyi could and was willing to move was the 7th Cavalry Division.
Although Men Bingyue, commander of the 7th Cavalry Division, was not very happy, he could only obey.
In any case, their 7th Cavalry Division is now part of the Northern Route Army.
Back at the headquarters, Men Bingyue asked his adjutant to summon the brigade chiefs for a meeting.
The Seventh Cavalry Division has three cavalry brigades, and each cavalry brigade has two cavalry regiments. In other words, the Seventh Cavalry Division has six cavalry regiments, even in Chahar and Suiyuan, which are famous for their cavalry. area, this is also a very large cavalry. If it is full, the entire division will have more than 5,000 cavalry!
Unfortunately, the 7th Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses in the counterattack half a month ago and has not recovered yet. After all, the cavalry is different from the infantry. The infantry only needs to recruit people, and they can train slowly even without any military foundation. , but cavalry is not good. Even if there are sufficient troops, war horses are still needed.
However, war horses are extremely expensive strategic materials.
Therefore, it is much more difficult to replenish cavalry than infantry!
At present, the Seventh Cavalry Division still has three brigades and six regiments, but in fact, the total cavalry is only more than 2,000 cavalry, which can barely make up three cavalry regiments, but even so, it is not worse than other cavalry divisions. , it is precisely because of this that Fu Zuoyi thought of transferring the 7th Cavalry Division south to cross the Yellow River to help the Eighth Route Army defend Yan'an.
Of course, the 7th Cavalry Division cannot go deep into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, nor can it directly participate in the battle to defend the Yellow River defense line. Their task is to contain the Mongolian cavalry group that intends to move south from Baotou. This is already what the 7th Cavalry Division can do. The help provided by the Eighth Route Army was at its limit, but it was already extremely valuable.
After the meeting, Men Bingyue led the main force of the 7th Cavalry Division southward.
However, the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia knew about it just after the 7th Cavalry Division started.
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Baotou, headquarters of the cavalry group of the Japanese Army in Mongolia.
The group leader of the cavalry group, Masaro Baba, was playing chess with the chief of staff of the Mongolian Army, Shigeru Kei Takahashi, who came to supervise the battle. The brigade commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, Shigeru Katagiri, sat and watched.
The commander of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Cavalry Group, Yoshizo Kojima, was not there.
The chess game has entered the middle stage. Baba Masahiro caught a big dragon of Takahashi Shigeki and pursued him. Takahashi Shigeki was robbing everywhere, trying to muddy the water. However, in Katagiri's view, Takahashi Shigeki His efforts were in vain, because his dragon had been trapped to death by Masahiro Baba.
Takahashi Shigejukei wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "The general's chess-playing style is exactly the same as his combat style. They both advocate attack to the extreme, which is difficult to resist."
Baba Masahiro laughed and said proudly: "Takahashi-kun's chess skills are not bad either."
"Compared with the General, I'm far behind." After saying this, Takahashi Shigejuaki threw the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess basket, then pushed the chessboard in front of him forward, and he immediately admitted defeat.
The master of the racecourse then ordered the orderlies to remove the chess sets and put the tea sets on them.
"Takahashi-kun, you have a good taste." Baba Masao said with a smile as he warmed the fire and boiled water, "I just got a piece of Pu'er cake half a month ago. It is an old cake with a great taste."
"Sodes." Takahashi Shigejue said happily, "I have to taste it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese officer hurried in with documents in his arms. He put his feet back and stood at attention. He gave a heavy nod to Masahiro Baba, then stood up and said: "Your Excellency General, there is an urgent call from Wuhara!"
The Japanese Special High School deployed a large number of spies to Fu Zuoyi's home base of Wuyuan County, but the Military Command turned a blind eye to Suiyuan. Due to the lack of countermeasures, every move of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army was under Japanese surveillance.
On the other hand, Fu Zuoyi knew nothing about the movements of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia.
Masahiro Baba waved his hand and said: "Read it!"
"Hai." The Japanese officer paused again, opened the folder and read aloud, "Your Excellency, Group Commander, the main force of the 7th Cavalry Division of the China Army has moved south at 12 noon, Sheep and Scorpion."
Baba Shoro had just picked up the teapot and was scalding the tea set over a high flame. When he suddenly heard the news, his hand movements immediately stopped in the air. Takahashi Shigejukei next to him also immediately turned to look at the Japanese officer.
After a while, Masahiro Baba suddenly slammed the tea set on the coffee table and said: "Yoshi, it seems that the scimitar plan formulated by the front army headquarters has worked. Fu Zuoyi was indeed fooled and used the most powerful mobile force in his hand.
The 7th Cavalry Division was sent to Hetao, but this gave us the opportunity to gather together and annihilate them."
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Let’s go back to the 7th Cavalry Division.
After crossing the Yellow River at Sifentan in Wuyuan County, Men Bingyue ordered six cavalry regiments to spread out and advance eastward. Men Bingyue's intention was to make the noise as loud as possible to attract the Japanese.
Pay attention, and then attract the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, so that the pressure on the Eighth Route Army in the south will be lighter.
Before dividing the troops, Men Bingyue specially called the six regiment commanders to him.
"Listen to me, we must make the momentum bigger." Men Bingyue glanced at the faces of the six cavalry commanders one by one, and said, "But remember one thing, don't fight with the Japanese!
Once the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia changes direction and rushes towards us, they will immediately turn around and retreat, do you hear this clearly?"
"Listen clearly!" the six cavalry regiment commanders in front of him responded loudly.
"Go." Men Bingyue waved his hand again, and the six regiment leaders separated.
Watching the figures of the six regiment commanders go away, Mrs. Zhao, the commander of the 19th Cavalry Brigade, said: "Master, why do you feel something is wrong in this humble position? There seems to be something wrong with this Japanese action?"
"Something's not right?" Men Bingyue felt a sudden thought in his heart and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Zhao shook her head and said: "It's hard to say that this is a humble position. Anyway, I just feel that the smell is not right."
"Hey, I'm afraid you've eaten too much mutton, right? The smell is wrong, really." Men Bingyue didn't take it to heart, and the other two cavalry brigade commanders also burst out laughing when they heard this.