The news that Xu Rui personally led the Langya Brigade to raid the headquarters of the 89th Army and capture Han Deqin alive immediately spread throughout Funing, and then to the three divisions of the 89th Army.
Strictly speaking, the 89th Army actually only has the 33rd Division and the 117th Division under its jurisdiction. The other 112th Division is only temporarily under the organization of the 89th Army, so the 112th Division has nothing to do after hearing the news.
There was a big reaction, but the 33rd Division and the 117th Division reacted quickly after learning that Han Deqin was captured alive by Langya.
Almost as soon as they learned the news, Jia Yunshan, commander of the 33rd Division, and Li Shouwei, commander of the 117th Division, immediately gathered their troops and marched towards Funing. Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei both raised the banner of rescuing Han Deqin, but
The real motives of the two of them are not that simple.
Both Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei have been eyeing the position of commander of the 89th Army for a long time.
Ever since the day Han Deqin became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Sulu Theater, Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei had been looking forward to Han Deqin resigning as commander of the 89th Army so that they could take over. However, to their disappointment, Han Deqin refused to do so.
After leaving office, one must firmly hold on to the military power of the 89th Army. This is actually a very common phenomenon in the National Army.
In the National Army hierarchy, it is a common phenomenon for deputies at the upper level to hold concurrent posts at the lower level.
It is absolutely impossible to say that Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei have no complaints about this.
Now the opportunity has come. Xu Rui actually led the Langya Brigade to raid the headquarters of the 89th Army and captured Han Deqin alive. If they rushed to Funing with their troops at this time, they could take advantage of the chaos and capture Han Deqin.
Kill him, so that the position of commander of the 89th Army will be vacant, and they will have the opportunity to fill the vacancy and take over.
In fact, this is not the most tempting thing. The most tempting thing is that if we can wipe out the entire Langya Brigade this time and even kill Xu Rui, then the credit will be too great. When Chairman Chiang heard the news
Afterwards, it is entirely possible to appoint them as the commander-in-chief of a group army, or even as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Sulu theater like Han Deqin.
Therefore, neither Jia Yunshan nor Li Shouwei could refuse this temptation.
Therefore, Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei immediately gathered their troops and marched towards Funing.
Almost at the same time, the military commander also got the news through the spies lurking within the 89th Army, and reported it to Boss Dai immediately.
After receiving the secret message, Dai Li immediately drove to Chairman Chiang's official residence.
Chairman Chiang had the habit of getting up early. Even though today was the third day of the Lunar New Year, he still got up early and walked around in the back garden of his official residence in Chongqing, leaning on his civilized stick.
It can be said that Chairman Chiang's mood has not been very good these past few days.
The reason why Chairman Chiang is not in a good mood is because of the Communist Party.
Everyone in the world only knows that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek has always insisted that in order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first pacify the domestic situation. Even during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War and the second period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chairman Chiang never gave up this policy. However, few people
Do you know why Chairman Chiang persists in doing this for decades?
At that time, China was actually in a state of division. Whether it was the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Northwest Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guangxi Army or the Yunnan Army, they were all in fact independent. But why did Chairman Chiang regard the Red Army led by Chairman Mao as his ally?
But besides that, they don’t even pay attention to the Gui clan?
Because from the beginning to the end, Chairman Chiang’s policy of “pacifying foreign countries first” was aimed at the Red Army, not the Gui Army!
This has to start with a line of words that Chairman Chiang saw in the newspaper. That year was the 14th year of the Republic of China. When Chairman Chiang accidentally read the newspaper, he read a line of words from it, "Qinyuan".
There is one sentence in "Spring? Changsha" that left a very deep impression on Chairman Chiang, and that is the last sentence in the first half: Ask the vast earth, who is responsible for the ups and downs?
At that time, Chairman Chiang told Chen Cheng and He Yingqin who were beside him that Mao Zedong had great ambitions!
From that day on, Chairman Chiang officially began to regard Zhu Mao's Red Army as a nuisance, and established a national policy that in order to resist foreign aggression, he must first pacify the country. Because of this, Chairman Chiang did not hesitate to order Zhang Xueliang to abandon the four northeastern provinces, and even even ordered Zhang Xueliang to abandon the four northeastern provinces.
The Japanese have already extended their claws to North China, and Chairman Chiang still insists on suppressing the Communists in the northwest.
Then the Xi'an Incident happened, and then there was the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
However, although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began their second cooperation, Chairman Chiang has never relaxed his vigilance towards the Communist Party, or Chairman Mao, so once the time comes, Chairman Chiang will not hesitate to take action against the Communist Party.
But this time the Japanese secretly extended an olive branch, and Chairman Chiang believed that the time was ripe.
Therefore, Chairman Chiang decisively ordered four directions to attack the Communist Party at the same time.
However, the reality is very cruel. The operations in Shanxi and Taihang battlefields were quickly defeated. Zhu Huaibing's two main divisions were even wiped out. The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia battlefields, which Chairman Chiang had placed high hopes on, did not take advantage. The Communist Party quickly moved from
Two brigades of troops were transferred back from the front line and repulsed Hu Zongnan's First Army.
Such a result made Chairman Chiang angry, but also secretly frightened.
In less than two years, the Nationalist Army was already at a disadvantage when facing the Communist Army!
You must know that Hu Zongnan's First Army was the elite of the National Army. It was equipped with all Soviet-style ordnance and even had an artillery regiment. However, such an elite unit and an army was defeated by two brigades of the Eighth Route Army.
Well, such a result is simply chilling.
This is not just the Eighth Route Army, there is also a New Fourth Army in central China!
Chairman Chiang cannot imagine what the situation will be like in another two years.
Thinking of the New Fourth Army, Chairman Chiang immediately remembered that Han Deqin's 89th Army also participated in this operation. At that moment, Chairman Chiang called the chief of guards Wang Shihe to him and asked: "Shihe, are there any troops in northern Jiangsu?"
information?"
Wang Shihe was about to say no, but hurried footsteps suddenly sounded behind him. When Chairman Chiang and Wang Shihe looked back, they saw Dai Li, the military commander, walking over in a hurry.
"Commissioner!" Dai Li hurriedly walked up to Chairman Jiang, then took off his wide-brimmed hat and bowed slightly, saying, "I just received a secret message from Jiangsu North Station. Just last night, Xu Rui personally led the Langya Brigade to make a surprise attack.
We arrived at the 89th Army Headquarters, and Han Deqin has put the Langya Brigade under control."
"What?" Chairman Jiang's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he lost his voice, "Xu Rui personally led the Langya Brigade to raid the headquarters of the 89th Army and captured Han Deqin? Is this true?"
"Yes." Dai Li nodded heavily and said, "The news is solid!"
Chairman Jiang's body swayed slightly, and Wang Shihe quickly stepped forward to help him.
Chairman Jiang felt his eyes go dark. This earth-shattering news reminded him of the Feixi Incident not long ago. Could it be that the tragic scene of the Feixi Incident was going to happen again in northern Jiangsu? Could it be that it would happen again this time?
Being brutally stabbed by Xu Rui? God, you can't do this!
Dai Li said softly: "Commitment, Subei is not Feixi."
"Subei is not Feixi?" Chairman Jiang rolled his dull eyes twice and asked, "What do you mean?"
Dai Li then continued: "Feixi is near Damei Mountain. It can be said to be at the doorstep of the Damei Mountain Independent Regiment. However, there are six to seven hundred miles between Northern Jiangsu and Damei Mountain!"
Chairman Jiang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. He had already understood the implication of Dai Li's words.
Dai Li said that Feixi was at the doorstep of Dameishan, so the Dameishan Independent Regiment could respond quickly, so after Langya captured Wan Xiangyun, the four divisions of the 32nd Army were defeated in the blink of an eye.
However, North Jiangsu is six to seven hundred miles away from Dameishan, so it is impossible for the Dameishan Independent Regiment to respond in time!
In other words, the raid by the Langya Brigade was just an isolated operation, and there was no cooperation from the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment behind it! This gave the National Army an opportunity.
Chairman Jiang couldn't help but think that maybe this time he could get Lang Ya and Xu Rui in one pot!
No matter how powerful Xu Rui is, he is still just one person. No matter how powerful Langya is, he can only fight with dozens of people. How can they defeat two divisions of the 89th Army with tens of thousands of people? What's more, in Funing,
There are also the 112th Division of the 57th Army nearby. The three divisions add up to nearly 20,000 people, but they can't defeat dozens of people?
The more Chairman Chiang thought about it, the more he felt that this was a rare and good opportunity.
At that moment, Chairman Chiang turned to Wang Shihe and said: "Shihe, in my own name, immediately call the 33rd Division, the 112th Division and the 117th Division and order them to surround Funing and not leave Xu.
Rui and the Langya Brigade led by him must annihilate Xu Rui and the Langya Brigade in Funing City!"
Wang Shihe hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Commissioner, Xu Rui is a hero of the Anti-Japanese War?"
Chairman Jiang couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this, because Wang Shihe was right. Xu Rui can be said to be a great hero in the hearts of the people across the country. If Xu Rui is really killed, it will not only arouse the anger of the military and civilians across the country, but also
It is more likely to seriously damage the reputation and image of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Dai Li lost no time and said: "Since you are entrusted, I will give you an order to capture Xu Rui alive as much as possible!"
"Yes, yes, arrest them alive." Chairman Jiang said happily, "Tell Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei that whoever catches Xu Rui will be the commander of the 89th Army. As for Han Deqin, he should concentrate on being his deputy commander of the theater.
Commander, the post of commander of the 89th Army should have been resigned long ago, Niang Xipi."
"The committee is wise." Although Wang Shihe sympathized with Xu Rui in his heart, he could only say this because no matter what, he was always Chairman Chiang's bodyguard. He must stand by Chiang Kai-shek at all times.
Considering the issue from the chairman's position, he came forward to speak for Xu Rui this time, which was actually an exception.
However, Chairman Chiang's expectations were doomed to fail.
Because Xu Rui and the Langya Brigade had already escaped.