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Whether it is the General Front Committee of the Taiyuan Campaign, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the Beijing Government's General Staff Headquarters, or even the National Revolutionary Army General Staff Headquarters in Wuhan, they all have the same opinion.The sooner the CCP takes Taiyuan, the better the situation will be for them. If the war is delayed, the possibility of the Kuomintang interfering in the war will be greater!At that time, the main force of the CCP will be under the fortification of the city, and it will encounter internal and external attacks. Not to mention the entire army will be wiped out, it will also have to be injured.

After about seven days of adjustment and preparation, as many as 15 siege troops have gradually entered their positions.Under the "resolute request" of Feng Yuxiang, Xu Xiangqian and others, Zhang Guotao once again handed over the glorious task of the main attack to the Third Army after two rounds of supplements.This army has fought all the way from Xinkou. After the baptism of the war, it has also purged a large number of unsteady old officers. Right now, their morale is high and they are eager to fight!The entire battlefield was filled with a scene of full soldiers and horses.

As the elite Fourth Route Army, although they did not get such a glorious task as the main attack, the burden on their shoulders was even heavier!Their task is to serve as the general reserve team of the campaign and to prevent the Kuomintang army from going north to reinforce the Jin army!If their army does not fight, it will be enough. If they want to fight, they will encounter the most powerful army in China right now.

Above the artillery positions, three Communist officers with shining generals were strolling. Everywhere they passed, all the officers and soldiers stood at attention and saluted.Of these three generals, the middle one is General Zhang Guotao, the political commissar of the Third Army. In this time and space, the Communist Party has taken over Beijing and become the central government by accident. Naturally, the military rank system of the Beiyang government has been adopted. So Zhang Guotao was also awarded the rank of general!The other two are Lieutenant General Xu Xiangqian, deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, and Lieutenant General Ye Ting, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army.

Three people walk in the rain.I was drenched all over.But they don't care.Looking at the spectacular scene of more than 100 cannons neatly arranged on the artillery position, the three of them frowned slightly.

"Comrade Political Commissar, according to the report of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, Yan Xishan took advantage of our fierce battle in Xinkou and mobilized 10,000+ civilians to strengthen the city defense day and night. A large number of outlying strongholds, deep positions and city defense fortifications were built. Taiyuan has It is a multi-level and deep circular defense system that is composed of various fortresses, trenches, and secret passages, relying on each other."

It was Xu Xiangqian who spoke. After Deng Yanda was transferred to Tianjin to participate in the peace conference, he presided over the work of the staff department.Naturally, he was the first to see the information sent by the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, and Zhang Guotao was actually an amateur who led troops to fight, and only gave orders.

"Can you beat it down?"

Xu Xiangqian hesitated for a while, leaned closer to Zhang Guotao, and said in a low voice: "To be honest, it will be difficult. The enemy has now shrunk into a ball and become a hard walnut. Relying on the solid city defense, we may suffer heavy losses if we attack by force." At that time...the Kuomintang army in the south is afraid that they will go north and attack the enemy in Taiyuan from inside and outside, and eat us up!"

"Commander Ye, what do you think?" Zhang Guotao frowned when he heard that the Kuomintang army did not dare to underestimate him.

Ye Ting smiled faintly: "It's just a matter of time to fight Taiyuan. The Jin army's combat effectiveness is not enough. We spend more time and sacrifice more soldiers, and we can always fight. But the problem... is over there, if As soon as they start, this battle may be reversed! Therefore, my idea is to take advantage of the fact that the two divisions of the Kuomintang are still in the south. Let’s concentrate the main force to fight once! Put the Fourth Route Army in and strive for a quick battle. quick decision."

"What if you can't fight?" Zhang Guotao asked again.

"Then change the storm into a siege. At worst, the siege lasts for a year or so, and Yan Xishan is so hungry that he surrenders. This will only take a little longer, and the casualties of the troops can be greatly reduced. In case the Kuomintang army goes north to interfere in the war, we will also You can transfer to the mountain in time." Ye Ting smiled and said his plan.

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Wuhan East Lake, Luo Yaoguo Mansion "Bei Lu".

"Your Excellency Marshal, although Mr. Zhang has already informed me of your requirements and conditions. But I still want to confirm again, are you really planning to establish an aircraft manufacturing company under the current economic depression? And Still want to hire me as the general manager of the company? I can't guarantee that I'm making money for you."

The person who spoke was a Russian, not a Russian, but a White Russian who was exiled in the United States and became a naturalized American. His name was Alexander Shevelsky.He is a tall and thin guy in his 40s, with a slightly bald forehead, a slightly high nose bridge, and big eyes. He looks so innocent.Otherwise, I wouldn't say that I can't guarantee to make money in front of my future boss.But Luo Yaoguo didn't believe this at all, this guy was Alexander Shevelsky!The famous P-47 in World War II was designed and produced by his Republic Aircraft Company. In addition, there is a White Russian named Alexander Katveli as his partner. At this moment, it is also used by the Chinese Embassy in France. Military officer Liao Yunze is here, on his way to China...

Luo Yaoguo put down the teacup in his hand with a smile, and nodded at the honest Russian: "Mr. Shevelsky, what I value is your design talent and ability to manage production. As for the order, you don't need to worry about it." , as long as there is a good product, we are not afraid that we will not be able to sell it here. Besides, in fact, I am not in a hurry to make money..."

Seversky's eyes widened. How could there be such a boss?If it weren't for the fact that China has really risen rapidly in the past two years, and has also tinkered with the Me-1 series of aircraft, which has become famous internationally, he would have thought that the famous Chinese Marshal in front of him had embezzled too much money and had no place to spend it. !

"Mr. Seversky, our Republic Aircraft Company is currently designing new aircraft with the latest technology." Zhang Yu, who accompanied Seversky to Beilu, introduced.This so-called "Republic Aircraft Company" was established solely by Luo Yaoguo with 1000 million French currency, but the main purpose was really not to make money.In fact, Luo Yaoguo doesn't like money very much... The establishment of the aircraft company is also to promote the rapid development of China's aircraft manufacturing industry.

"We now have a cooperation project with the Aviation Research Institute of the Ministry of Armaments, which is the Yan-1 aircraft." Luo Yaoguo smiled and pointed to Zhang Yu:

"Mr. Zhang is the chief designer of Yan-1, as well as the designer and shareholder of our Republic company. However, this Yan-1 aircraft is only a prototype, and there are still many technical difficulties to be overcome, so I hope to use Shevelsky The talents of Mr. and other outstanding aircraft designers... At present, Republic Aircraft Company is only responsible for the design and development of aircraft. I hope you can organize an effective design and development team as soon as possible. As for the remuneration... I can give a relatively high Salary, but I also hope to see results as soon as possible.

In addition, Gonghe's plant has now started construction, and it is expected that equipment can be purchased and installed next year, and it is estimated that it will be fully completed and put into operation in [-].After that, our Republic Aircraft Company will start producing aircraft, so you, as the general manager of the company, will be very busy in the next two to three years. "

The timetable given by Luo Yaoguo is definitely not aimless.Taking advantage of the Great Depression in the past few years, the factory was first built at a very cheap price.It was completed and put into operation in [-], [-] and [-], and a technical school was opened to train skilled workers along the way.At this time, it has been nine years since the political training in most parts of the southern country. Tens of millions of young people who have received basic education have begun to enter the society. It should not be difficult to recruit workers with basic cultural knowledge.If all goes well, by [-] and [-], the Republic Company will be on the right track... Are you afraid that there will be no orders by then?

Seversky thought about it for a while. The opportunity in front of him was really good. After all, the US economy was in a terrible depression right now. Many of his ideals could not be realized, and the laboratory had no funds to maintain it.Can someone take a fancy to his talent at this moment, hire him with a high salary to manage and build an aircraft manufacturing company, such a good thing... If he refuses again, I guess the Almighty God will not forgive his greed, right?

"Well, Your Excellency Marshal, I am very happy to serve you." Shevelski shrugged and said with a smile: "I will dedicate all my talents to you, and the best plane will appear in front of you at that time .”

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Just as she was sending away the freshly baked foreign devil general manager of China Republic Aircraft Corporation, Shevelsky, Luo Yaoguo saw another foreign devil, Natalie, a busty beauty, hurried into the study.

"Fuwen, I just got the news." Natalie's expression was a little nervous for the first time, and she leaned into Luo Yaoguo's ear and whispered softly: "There may be an anti-communist conspiracy between Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan, and they plan to use the city defense of Taiyuan to consume The strength of the communist army. After the communist army suffers heavy losses, they will find an excuse to go to war and invest in the No.11 division and the first division that marched into Shanxi to raid the back of the communist army's siege troops. They want to wipe out the main force of the communist party in one fell swoop troops, and then provoke a full-scale civil war! Completely wipe out the Communist Party!"

Luo Yaoguo laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Chiang Kai-shek's military talent is much stronger than the legends! If this plan succeeds...the CCP will have to go back and forth."

Natalie frowned slightly, and said softly: "Didn't you always oppose an all-out war with the CCP? Why is this attitude now? Have you changed your mind?"

Luo Yaoguo just smiled and shook his head.He also knows that what Chiang Kai-shek is doing now is also for the sake of the Kuomintang.In this regard, he was also a little helpless... because although the current National Revolutionary Army is a bit "nationalized", it is not a real national army after all!This army also has its own will, and like the Japanese army today, it is almost a living thing.Luo Yaoguo could feel that this living creature wanted to fight the Communist Party now!And Chiang Kai-shek just followed this trend.If it weren't for this, I, the "anti-war faction", wouldn't have known of Chiang's plan until now.If you continue to stop it blindly, I'm afraid you will be outraged in the end.

"Should I inform the CCP and let them..." Natalie hesitated for a while, then shook her head again and did not continue.There is no impenetrable wall in the world. In the eyes of the Kuomintang people, this matter is nothing but inside and out.

Luo Yaoguo smiled and shook his hand: "Let's continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb about this matter. It's not that I don't want to deal with it, but I really can't. As for the CCP... we don't want to inform them, those people have sharp noses, and they will definitely smell it." It's smelly. As for what method they use to resolve it, it has nothing to do with us."

Natalie snorted, and the worries on her face disappeared. Instead, she smiled sweetly: "So this war won't destroy the achievements of our southern economic construction?"

Luo Yaoguo sighed softly: "Probably not, because some people have been waiting for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as they make a move, I will have a way to put the brakes on this war. But before that, I really There's nothing I can do, and I don't want to be that guy everyone hates."

"You mean the Japanese?" Natalie smiled slightly: "These guys are waiting for their chance."

Luo Yaoguo said solemnly: "It's just a gamble that will make the Japanese lose all their wealth..."

Chapter 0495 Strange Storm ([-])

The spring in Harbin in Northeast China naturally comes later than in the land of Jingchu, where the spring is already blooming.

On the Songhua River near Harbin, the ice has finally melted, but occasionally a little bit of residual ice rolls up and down in the river, and when the broken ice collides, it makes a crisp and pleasant sound.

This spring in Harbin seems to be a bit more bustling than in previous years.The move-in of the Northeast Army’s Marshal’s Mansion naturally brought dignitaries from the entire Northeast. The CCP’s socialist transformation in Beijing and Tianjin also made many wealthy families in the Beijing and Tianjin areas give up the “Beijing Hukou” which was worth a lot of money, and went eastward. Settled down in Harbin.Naturally, special products from the Northeast, Japan and South China were brought in continuously along the South-Manchuria Railway and the Middle East Railway.The shops in the business district of Harbin are filled with a wide variety of goods, and the restaurants and restaurants lined up on both sides of the street are often full of guests. Nice Beijing movies and Tianjin dialect with a Huai accent sound out one after another. But it is mostly the emotion of the rest of the life after the catastrophe...

The representatives of the heroes in the pass also walked to the ice city outside the pass very frequently during this time.From time to time, the Harbin municipal government will organize a group of idle citizens, holding various small banners, standing on both sides of the street, as if to welcome them.Of course, there will always be one and a half yuan in the account after standing for a long time, which is also a good thing for the small people of Shengdou.

In the north of Harbin, on the Sun Island on the north bank of the Songhua River, facing the Songhua River, a traditional Chinese-style house was newly built.Although this house is not big, it is clean and tidy, with every brick and tile and the small garden in the yard, it is obvious that a lot of thought has been put into it.It seems that it is not an ordinary family, but a place where a high-ranking official of the Northeast Army spends summer.

But today, it seems that this house used to escape the summer heat has welcomed some distinguished guests.On the newly paved asphalt road outside the house, there was a long line of black cars parked, guarded by soldiers from the Northeast with live ammunition.Guard posts were also sent to the bridge pier on the island, and all idlers were not allowed to enter or leave.

It seems that a certain important person from the customs has moved in. Taking advantage of the quietness here, he wants to discuss some behind-the-scenes transactions with Zhang Xueliang, the young commander of the Northeast Army?

In the hall on the second floor of the house, there were not many people sitting, and in the middle were two middle-aged soldiers, both in military uniforms, with stars shining on their epaulettes.Both of them are in their 40s. One is tall and has a neatly trimmed mustache. He is Guo Songling, the General Counselor of the Northeast Army; It turns around from time to time, and at first glance it looks like an extremely shrewd person. He turned out to be He Chengjun, the chairman of Hubei Province of the Kuomintang, and a famous internal diplomat in the Republic of China.

The windows of this hall are facing the Songhua River, where you can see the river flowing eastward, and a little further away, you can vaguely see the bustling and lively urban area of ​​Harbin.He Chengjun pointed to the urban area in the distance, and said with a smile: "Brother Maochen, the people in the pass never imagined that there would be such a bustling and lively place in this icy and snowy Heilongjiang. Although Harbin is not comparable to Wuhan and Shanghai, it is still better than Wuhan and Shanghai." The next Beijing and Tianjin came, but I don’t know how much stronger they are.”

Guo Songling waved her hand lightly and said with a smile: "Where is this bustling and lively Harbin? It's not that the CCP's proposition is not suitable for China's national conditions. Many wealthy families in Beijing and Tianjin had to leave their homes and go to this bitter cold place outside the Great Wall to settle down. The little Harbin is a little more angry? Presumably there are many talented people going south from Wuhan and Shanghai, right? I heard that Yenching University and Beiyang University have all moved to Shanghai?"

He Chengjun sighed softly: "These communists only know how to copy the dogma in the foreign devil's book, and they don't care about China's reality at all. It is obviously a backward feudal country, and it is only right to pursue capitalism, and they have to push the seedlings to promote socialism. Even according to the theory of their ancestor Marx, it can only be done after the development of capitalism to the extreme. Right now, it should be done in the United States and Britain. How can it be done in China? It just hurts the common people..."

Guo Songling remained calm and said with a smile: "The CCP's proposition is naturally a bit radical, but the starting point is always good. Presumably when they realize their mistakes, they will correct them in time. By then, Beijing and Tianjin will still be the first in China. place."

A trace of sarcasm appeared on the corner of He Chengjun's mouth: "Correction? What kind of correction? If you don't practice communism, will you change it back to capitalism? Is a country just being changed by them to play around with? Besides...communism This is their theory... But if you want to engage in capitalism, wouldn’t your Young Marshal Zhang not know it? Do you have to ask them to come? I think the capitalism in Northeast China is developing well! Under the Great Depression, our south has been hit a lot, but your here is more prosperous than before. If Beijing and Tianjin can be ruled by the young marshal, how much less suffering will the people suffer?"

Guo Songling was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he calmed down again in a blink of an eye, smiled and said: "Brother Xuezhu, our Northeast Army is heartbroken in the pass. The entire army has sworn not to enter the pass this time." I just want to live my life in the Northeast safely... As for who is in charge of Beijing and Tianjin, it has nothing to do with our Northeast Army."

He Chengjun smiled: "My little brother just got the news that the communist army started storming Niutuo Village, Crouching Tiger Mountain, Shuangta Temple and other key points in the outskirts of Taiyuan in the early morning of this morning. They launched ten charges in one morning, but all of them were held by the Jin army who was firmly defending. Repulse! According to the battle reports from the front, the corpses of the communist army piled up in front of the various positions of the Jin army. According to preliminary estimates, the loss was around [-] people. One day. If we fight for ten days and a half months, and there is another surprise soldier... I wonder if Beijing and Tianjin will change hands again?"

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AD 23, April [-]rd.

The periphery of Taiyuan.

"Kill! Go!" There was a huge shout like a mountain roar and a tsunami on the surrounding battlefield.The position between the two armies has been beaten into a muddy mass, and the corpses of the communist army and the Jin army are lying in the middle.The pattering spring rain was still pouring down. In the muddy mountains, Communist soldiers braved the rain of bullets, and many warriors had already fallen into the muddy water.The rest are still struggling forward, and the front one has rushed to the top of the mountain, with white blades shining coldly, and moving little by little.

Ji Hongchang rushed to the front, and he took off his military uniform and threw it somewhere. Now he went into battle shirtless, brandishing a steel knife, and shouting to charge!This is the No. 15 charge launched by the communist army against Niutuo Village today, and it is probably the last charge!

Niutuo Village is the gateway to the east of Taiyuan City, if the main points here are captured, there will be a fatal breach in Yan Xishan's painstakingly managed Taiyuan defense line!Therefore, the Jin army struggled and resisted desperately here. Yan Xishan even personally led the supervising team to hold the battle behind, and the Jin army fired shells desperately as if they didn't need money.Attacks and counterattacks were staged alternately.The cyan mountain had long been beaten into scorched black.I don't know how many soldiers and officers fell on both sides, and there are layers of dead bodies under the high ground!