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Chapter 1381: The tough Xu Hu

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    Handan, Hebei-Cha War Zone Chief¡¯s Department, Operations Command Room.

    Compared with the command room of Li Guoyao's headquarters, this place is much more luxurious. The huge terrain sand table is surrounded by an oval conference table. The chairs on both sides are filled with national army generals. Among them, the lowest ranking ones are all  Army Major General, the Colonel is barely visible.

    Sitting on the main seat is an army general wearing three general stars. This person is Jiang Dingwen, commander-in-chief of the First Theater Command Jianjicha Theater Command.

    Jiang Dingwen arrived in southern Hebei three days ago. His main task was to respond to Chongqing's call and planned to command the troops in southern Hebei to launch a large-scale attack against the Japanese army.

    The main reason why the troops in the Hebei-Cha War Zone were chosen to take action instead of the First War Zone was that after the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain, the First War Zone lost its strategic initiative and could only attack under the powerful offensive of various units of the Japanese First Army.  Barely trying to protect themselves, they were unable to fight back, so the only option was to launch an offensive in southern Hebei.

    The most important thing is that Jiang Dingwen learned that the Hebei-Cha War Zone has developed well in the past two years. Although there are not many main troops, there are two elite troops, Pang Bingxun and Li Guoyao, as well as the newly emerged Gao Jianhou's troops, which can be regarded as strong.

    And these troops have their own territory in recent years, ranging from one county to two or three counties. There have not been any large-scale battles. The troops are almost rested and ready for a fight with the Japs.

    " Anyway, Chongqing only requested to launch an offensive, and did not require a certain victory. Therefore, Jiang Dingwen came here to complete this task. After all, he wanted to maintain the image of his direct loyal minister in front of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

    Looking around at everyone present, Jiang Dingwen asked in a deep voice: "Is everyone here?"

    Chief of Staff Li Wenhao immediately stood up and said: "Sir, all the participants have arrived. However, the interim commander of the Ninth Army, Li Guoyao, who was originally scheduled to attend the meeting, is ill. Deputy Army Commander Xu Hu will attend the meeting instead!"

    Jiang Dingwen said coldly: "Are you feeling sick? Haha, our Commander Li is really lucky to be ill. He doesn't get sick sooner or later. He got sick as soon as the war zone commander's department had a meeting. It's so good!"

    While speaking, Jiang Dingwen kept staring at Xu Hu, obviously trying to give him a blow!

    However, Xu Hu was not used to this problem of his. Before coming, Li Guoyao had told Xu Hu that if Jiang Dingwen dared to embarrass him, there was no need to be polite, just fight him.

    At that moment, Xu Hu said calmly: "What are you saying, Commander Jiang? It seems as if our military commander did not come on purpose!"

    Xu Hu¡¯s attitude made everyone present stunned. They never expected that Xu Hu would speak like this. Isn¡¯t this clearly contradicting Jiang Dingwen?

    Sure enough, Jiang Dingwen slapped the table and said, "Humph, isn't it? I think your Ninth Army has won a few battles in recent years. It seems that you have lost sight of the superiors and inferiors. You don't know whose food you eat and who you fight for!"

    Xu Hu also said coldly: "I don't like hearing these words. Since the formation of the Ninth Army, I have fought 1,766 battles with the Japanese army, wiping out more than 100,000 enemies. Even in the first theater of operations at Zhongtiao Mountain,  During the retreat, our unit still went into battle without being called up by Chongqing, annihilating ten thousand enemies, and also rescued a large number of national army brothers who were surrounded by the Japanese army. We will know whether we are lost or not."

    "As for whom Chief Jiang said we eat for whom we fight, I would like to ask, whose food do you think we eat and for whom do we fight?"

    "As a soldier, do you still need me to teach you about such a problem?" Jiang Dingwen shouted in a deep voice.

    "Haha, there is no need to teach. We are all soldiers who have received formal military education. We have learned the Three People's Principles. We also know who gets paid, eats for whom, and works for whom. I just want to ask a question because of my humble position. I am temporarily  Where have the army's military pay and supplies gone for the past year and a half?" Xu Hu said.

    "What do you mean?"

    "Literally, our Ninth Army has not received military pay and supplies, especially ammunition supplies, since before the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain last year. I would like to ask the theater commander, where did the tens of thousands of brothers in our Ninth Army go?"

    "Chief Lu should still be in office last year, you should ask him!" Jiang Dingwen said coldly.

    A disdainful smile suddenly appeared on Xu Hu's face, and then he said: "If you say so, then you don't have to ask whose food we eat and who we fight for, because now the Jiujiu Army eats the food of the common people, and we  We should also fight for the common people.¡±

    After saying that, Xu Hu suddenly stood up and said: "It seems that Commander Jiang has a deep prejudice against our Ninth Army. If this is the case, then there is no need to hold this combat meeting. Farewell!"

      There was a loud "pop", Jiang Dingwen slapped the table hard, and then shouted: "Are your Ninth Army going to rebel?"

    "Rebellion, haha? You can ask everyone here, if the Jiujiu Army rebels, can you stop it?"

    Xu Hu then said: "Our military commander asked me to tell you something. If you want to gain military glory, we have no objection to the Ninth Army for the time being, but please don't target our department, otherwise it will make you feel uncomfortable."

    "In addition, in view of your insults and irresponsible words and deeds towards our temporary ninth army, our temporary ninth army will complain to the Military Commission and recommend the replacement of the commander-in-chief of the Hebei-Cha theater."

    After saying this, Xu Hu left the conference room with everyone's stunned eyes without looking back!

    After a short silence, Jiang Dingwen¡¯s angry roar came from the conference room

    After receiving the situation report from Xu Hu, Li Guoyao smiled. He knew that Jiang Dingwen would definitely be dissatisfied if he did not attend this meeting, because as expected, Jiang Dingwen definitely planned to let the Jiujiu Army take the lead in this battle.

    However, if he does not attend the meeting and Xu Hu cannot directly make the decision, he will definitely be dissatisfied.

    ¡°Moreover, Jiang Dingwen claimed to be a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, and He Yingqin supported him, so he acted without scruples, and it was to be expected that he would cause trouble at the meeting.

    Therefore, when Li Guoyao asked Xu Hu to rush to Handan, he said that there was no need to be afraid of him. In North China, Jiang Dingwen was nothing!

    "And Li Guoyao will never let this guy command his troops. This is not a personal grudge, but because this guy is a idiot. If the troops are handed over to him, the result will be heavy losses and no achievements.

    Li Guoyao has evidence for this. As expected, this guy will stay in the position of commander-in-chief of the First Theater Zone until 1944, a period of three years.

    During the past three years, under his command, the First War Zone could only remain on the defensive. It no longer regained the strength it had during the Wei Lihuang period when it was evenly matched and took the initiative to attack from time to time.

    By April 1944, the Japanese invaders launched the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign in order to open up the mainland communication line from North China to Nanyang.  Subsequently, the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River and entered Henan, attempting to cut China into two parts.

    In this battle, the Japanese army invested about five or six divisions and one armored brigade, with a total strength of less than 120,000. However, the Kuomintang army commanded by Jiang Dingwen participated in the battle with more than 400,000 troops, three or four times the number of the enemy.

    But Jiang Dingwen was obsessed with feasting and was not well prepared.  Before the war, he had convened a meeting of generals above the military level, but he did not develop a battle plan, nor did he adjust or strengthen the deployment of troops. He only studied a plan for the rapid evacuation of officers' families, luggage, and documents.

    Therefore, in the face of the Japanese offensive, the national army commanded by Jiang Dingwen hurriedly responded to the battle and collapsed at the first touch.

    In less than a month, the Japanese army captured Luoyang, where the First Theater Command was located. Jiang Dingwen ordered the important bridges in Luoyang to be blown up to prevent the Japanese army from advancing, and led his troops to retreat to the Funiu Mountains.

    In more than a month, Jiang Dingwen lost thousands of miles of territory, 38 cities were captured by the enemy, and more than 200,000 troops were lost.

    The Central Plains was defeated, the whole country was shocked, and public opinion was in an uproar.

    " Such a fool general wants to command these motley crews in Jinan. Li Guoyao doesn't know where this guy got the courage. Did Liang Jingru give it to him?

    ¡°And this guy attacked Xu Hu as soon as he came up. He obviously had a deep prejudice against Jiujiu Army, and he avoided talking about Xu Hu¡¯s request for pay. He had no sincerity at all, so Li Guoyao supported Xu Hu¡¯s move.

    Subsequently, Li Guoyao personally drafted a telegram to complain to Chongqing about Jiang Dingwen's behavior and recommended that the commander-in-chief of the Hebei-Chacha Theater be replaced.

    Of course, Li Guoyao also knew that Xu Hu's behavior would definitely be over-interpreted by some people in the Military Commission, and he would inevitably be criticized, so he attached a combat plan to the back of this telegram - Recover Suiyuan  !

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