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Text Chapter 451 The bloody battle in Shanxi (2)

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    The war in Shanxi started on the 10th and ended on the 24th. It was already the fifteenth day. The casualties of the two armies of Shang Zhen and Xu Yongchang were not small. Especially Shang Zhen, who was directly facing the elite of Fengjun.  Zhang Jinghui's troops suffered a lot of losses during the fight. They retreated from Datong to Shuozhou for a full 100 kilometers. Thanks to Shang Zhen's ability, he was able to fight repeatedly and maintain his own army while causing a certain amount of damage to Feng's army.  They did not break up, and finally successfully retreated into Shuozhou City. However, in the east, Xu Yongchang rarely stabilized his position. With the help of favorable terrain, he was stuck in Yangquan. No matter how Sun Liechen organized a death squad, he would not give up an inch of land anyway.  The Jin army alone blocked Sun Liechen.  "Warlord, please let me attack. I promise to block Zhang Jinghui's troops in Shuozhou and never let them go south. Please don't hesitate any more. Once Fengjun comes to Taiyuan and we sit in the isolated city, they only need to divide their troops.  If we enter southern Shanxi, we will be doomed." Fu Zuoyi, who had gained Yan Xishan's trust as the commander of the Taiyuan garrison, was asking to see Yan Xishan every day. In short, he wanted to lead his troops north to defend Shuozhou and block the iron hoof of Feng's army moving south.  Yan Xishan does not understand military affairs. He is worried that if this happens, there will be no army in Taiyuan. This makes Yan Xishan very scared. What is a governor without the protection of the army? It is nothing. So no matter how determined Fu Zuoyi is in asking for war, thinking  After a long time, Yan Xishan couldn't make up his mind.  Fu Zuoyi was anxious. He shouted to Yan Xishan: "Warlord, if Shuozhou is lost again, the entire war situation will be irreversible. I suggest you surrender to the Southern National Government immediately. This is the right way." Yan Xishan seemed to have been hit in the chest.  After a smothering attack, he didn't want to take refuge with Wang Zhenyu unless he had to. The principle of being a chicken head rather than a cow queen was still very popular, so Fu Zuoyi's words directly hit Yan Xishan's vitals. Yan Xishan murmured and asked  : "Then I will ask Yisheng to defend Shuozhou. This battle will definitely be a hard battle. Regardless of victory or defeat, is our Shanxi still the Shanxi of our Shanxi people?" Upon hearing this, Yan Xishan's military advisor Zhao Daiwen immediately fainted.  He stood up and urged: "Baichuan, you are confused. You are still hesitating here even though it is a fatal situation. You might as well listen to Yi Sheng and give it a try. Even if we fail, we are worthy of the heaven and earth and the fathers of Shanxi."  Folks, in addition, the honor of the Jin Army is also worthy of being defended by you, the head of the family." Seeing that Zhao Daiwen and Fu Zuoyi both advocated fighting Fengjun in Shuozhou, Yan Xishan nodded and said, "Then it's up to you, I'll give birth to you from Taiyuan.  The elite garrison will be mobilized to form a mixed brigade. You will serve as the brigade commander yourself, and then march to Shuozhou. As for Shang Zhen's troops, they will be taken over by you after they arrive in Shuozhou. Shang Zhen and the three division commanders will return to Taiyuan to report on their duties.  ,,." The next day, Fu Zuoyi led five thousand Jin army elites to Shuozhou, where they would write the most significant chapter in the Jin army's war history.  Fu Zuoyi is almost an outlier to the Jin army. Since ancient times, Shanxi people have been good at commerce and trade but not good at military affairs. This has a lot to do with their geographical environment. They are not as wealthy as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and their harvests are limited. Moreover, they are still facing the north at any time.  The threat of nomads, if Shanxi people still rely on martial arts to confront foreign enemies head-on, then this day will be impossible. Therefore, since the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi businessmen have been accustomed to dancing on two eggs, and Mongolia, Manchus  They are all hooking up, there is no way, otherwise they would not be able to survive, let alone grow. Let¡¯s not talk about right or wrong. This kind of regional culture naturally creates Shanxi people who look very civilized and kind. They are used to using their mouths.  Instead of solving problems with hands, in such a social atmosphere, the life ideal of Jin officers and soldiers is naturally to be promoted and make a fortune rather than to conquer the world. Fu Zuoyi is different. This man seems to be a born soldier, and his life ideal is naturally  The purpose is to build a strong army that can sweep the world and complete the reunification of the motherland. Therefore, the soldiers led by Fu Zuoyi have always been the champions of the Jin army, and he himself is indeed a shining star compared to the Jin army.  But Fu Zuoyi did not complain. After he obtained the rank of major general and the command of all the Jin troops in Shuozhou, he rushed to Shuozhou as quickly as possible and began to reorganize his troops. He planned to rely on this ancient city to fight to the death with Fengjun.  However, when he arrived in Shuozhou, Fu Zuoyi discovered that the situation was extremely unfavorable for his own side. The first thing to bear the brunt was the morale of the Jin army. After the Feng army had been driven back a full 200 kilometers from the northern front, the morale of the Jin army had long been gone.  The loss of morale in the army is manifested in two aspects: first, a lack of military discipline, and second, groups of deserters.  Fu Zuoyi had to end his inspection of the Jin army ahead of schedule, and summoned the officers of the entire Northern Front Corps and above for a lecture: "I know that failure has caused you to lose the courage to continue fighting, and fleeing has made you lose the blood of soldiers. Here,  Before the Feng army invaded, many of you may have never been on the battlefield, but your enemy is a tiger and wolf army composed of ruthless bandits. To be honest, being able to persist until now in the face of such a ferocious enemy has already made me proud.  This is something very surprising, ??In my opinion, failure, fear, and defeat are the fate you should have. And now, you are only one step away from this fate. You can collapse at any time, but I want to ask you a question softly.  " Fu Zuoyi made a soft voice and suddenly shouted: "You can run away, you can give up your self-esteem as a man and your responsibilities as a soldier, but what about your fathers and fellow countrymen? They deserve to be extorted and plundered by the army. Where are your sisters, wives and daughters?  , they should be raped wantonly by Fengjun. Look at the people of Zhili and Shandong, how Fengjun treated them. You touch your eggs below to see if you are a man. Then look at yourselves.  Military uniform, see if your own performance is worthy of the honorary status of an officer. Your performance in the past ten days is simply a shame to our Jin Army. People like you are simply the scum of our Jin Army, and you are so shameless now.  I, Fu Zuoyi, don¡¯t believe that anyone is born a hero, let alone a coward. If you are still a man, have a little blood of a soldier, and know what integrity is, then don¡¯t be so selfish and be brave.  Here, on this city wall we are stepping on, use your lives to defend our fathers and fellow villagers, sisters, wives and daughters, and use your bravery to tell the grandsons of Fengjun who are the real men.  "The effect of Fu Zuoyi's lecture was obvious. At least these dizzy officers now remembered their responsibilities. They began to take the military discipline of their respective units seriously. The phenomenon of desertion immediately decreased, and each unit also began strict training and civil engineering operations.  But the effect of a lecture alone is very limited. Fu Zuoyi chose the stick and the carrot. First, the thirteen captured deserters were executed by the ruthless Fu Zuoyi in front of all the officers and soldiers.  Suddenly no one dared to be a deserter anymore. Secondly, various rewards and rewards were announced. Anyway, Yan Xishan was rich, so almost everyone was rewarded. This was very important. At least the morale that had plummeted due to consecutive losses returned to normal again.  Value, and more importantly, Yan Xishan is not only rich, he also has an arsenal. Although the Taiyuan arsenal has not reached its largest scale in history at this time, it is more than enough to arm the 40,000 Jin troops in Shuozhou City.  . Then Fu Zuoyi personally went down to the front line to urge the ministries to strengthen the city wall and build outer fortifications. Fu Zuoyi¡¯s attitude was to defend the city without fighting the city wall, so outside the north gate of Shuozhou, Fu Zuoyi built three roads based on the favorable terrain.  The last line of defense is based on two mountains and has a fire line. It is definitely easy to defend but difficult to attack. At the same time, Fu Zuoyi also pulled all the 75mm imitation Japanese mountain cannons he had on the mountain. The forty cannons were condescending. Once  The power of the attack must not be underestimated. Due to the terrain, these cannons can even support the first two lines of defense. As for the trenches, Fu Zuoyi, who received rigorous training at Wuhan Army University, strictly constructed the position construction method of the Youth Army and even built bunkers.  It can be said that the elastic defense has been moved to Shanxi, but it is unknown how much power the Jin army, which lacks the support of a strong industrial base and advanced equipment, can exert with such a position. But no matter what, Fu Zuoyi secretly encouraged himself to fight in Shuo.  Zhou blocked Fengjun, fought for Jin army, fought for Shanxi, and let those self-righteous Northeastern people see who is the pure man. On November 2, the eighth day after Fu Zuoyi arrived in Shuozhou, Fengzhou was defeated.  The Feng army finally arrived late. There was a reason for the Feng army's late arrival. Compared with the Jin army, they had more difficulties. As the front continued to advance, Zhang Jinghui's supply line became longer and longer.  Wan Fulin Division and Kan Chaoxi Division, who were responsible for the main attack, were not fuel-efficient. They soon stopped pursuing Shuozhou on the grounds that the ammunition consumption was too large and they were unable to continue, and the officers and soldiers were exhausted from successive battles. This also left room for Fu Zuoyi.  If there is no time, they can pursue at normal speed. Not to mention Fu Zuoyi, even if Kong Ming is alive, he can only continue to flee. Zhang Jinghui is a well-known good old man. His division commander wants to give up his choice. He does not want to punish these guys who are so bold and delay the military aircraft.  Instead, he sent a telegram to Beijing to urge supplies. As for Beijing, Zhang Zuolin was also overwhelmed by various requests for supplies. When it comes to this war, Zhang Zuolin was the least prepared. In the past two years, the budget deficit was  It would be good to be able to maintain the army, but hoarding supplies was impossible. In the middle of the year, we finally obtained a large amount of military supplies from the Japanese, and reluctantly launched the Shanxi operation. Unexpectedly, Sun Liechen and Zhang Jinghui were so prodigal, and it was not enough.  Most of them were destroyed in Taiyuan. It is not easy for the Japanese to take over. After all, Japan is now fighting against the Youth Army in Shandong. However, even so, Japan still squeezed out part of the original plan from Tianjin.  Military supplies shipped to Shandong were given to the Feng army to support their military operations in Shanxi.  These supplies are due to the threat of Qingdao PortWhen Haiwei's warehouse was full, it was temporarily transported to Tianjin for temporary release. However, Zhang Jinghui and his five divisions received this batch of supplies on November 1st, and they were delivered as quickly as possible.
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