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Chapter 389 Looking northwest

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    After settling Mongolia, Zhang Hanqing, who had a heavy army, naturally wanted to take the next step.  According to the established plan, Zhang Hanqing formed the "Anxi Army to stabilize the northwest", referred to as the "Anxi Army", and appointed himself the commander-in-chief, in the name of crusading against Zhang Guangjian and stabilizing the northwest.

    He used the 1st Division of Han Linchun and the 1st Division of the Jieyi Qiaoyuan Special Forces Brigade, the 1st Guards Division, and two independent brigades of Song Jiuling and Qi Enming as the main force of the "Anxi Army", and also transferred the 1st Guards Brigade Student Training Group led by Wang Yizhe from Liaoning  , on November 20, the two armies took a pledge of arms from the Ongjin Valley in Mongolia.

    ?? Han Linchun is the first brave general under his command, he is resourceful and does not stick to trivial matters.  Based on the reality that the northwest is vast, sparsely populated and lacking in resources, he proposed to adopt a "quick war and quick decision" strategically and a "violent attack and hard attack" tactically. The operational requirement is to "annihilate the main force of the enemy" and the operational purpose is to "win the enemy's territory."  All victory¡±.  What a joke, with so many people and such strong firepower, if we can't defeat a few tired soldiers from remote and poor provinces, we'd be ashamed to death.

    In order to enhance the military power, Zhang Hanqing mimeographed thousands of copies of the "Message to the Northwest Generals", which said: "Our army does not distinguish between races, does not pay attention to region, does not care about relatives, regardless of religion, and appoints talents and talents.  . I lead an army of one hundred thousand, and I am invincible. I am looking at Shuo Fang in the palm of my hand. If I take Longban and explore the bag, I can throw a whip into the Yellow River and cross it in a day. I can drink my horse in Qinghai, which is not far away."

    With Han Linchun's entire division of the Fengjun Army, the First Guard Division, the First Special Operations Brigade and the Student Teaching Group as the left route army, they attacked Yinchuan via the Alxa League, with Han Linchun as the commander-in-chief.  Assemble two regiments of the cavalry brigade of Zhang Chengde's "Anmeng Army", and the Song Jiuling Independent Brigade and Qi Enming Independent Brigade of the Fengjun Army who came from behind to support them. There are about 25,000 people as the right route army, with Guo Songling as the commander-in-chief, and the weak troops along Juyanhai  Shuihe attacked Suzhou and Ganzhou as a feint attack.  Zhang Hanqing moved with the Left Route Army.

    The main force of the Guards Division did not follow the battle because it was worried about the recurrence of Mongolia in history. It was left in Mongolia to assist Ji Yiqiao in reorganizing the Mongolian security forces and as general backup.

    There is a reason why we chose the northwest direction as the breakthrough point.

    Before the Zhi-Wan War, the Anhui clique once owned northern Zhili (Beijing, Tianjin, Rehe, Chahar), Shandong, Shanghai, Anhui, Shaanxi, Fujian and other provinces, and also took advantage of the central government's orthodoxy. Of course, Fengjun would not  They dare to openly target the Central Committee as their enemy, and they are not strong enough.  Therefore, going north to Hulunbuir is a good strategy. Solving the Mongolian problem is a move that wins the hearts of the people, but it has no significant effect on increasing strength.  It was not until the Northeastern United Provincial Autonomous Government took the "May 4th Movement" as an opportunity to join forces with Jehol and Chahar that the Fengjun Army's strength was strengthened in the north, but it has not yet formed an overwhelming advantage over other warlords.

    At this time, the Zhili clique is preparing for a thunderous blow against the Anhui clique: Zhili, Suiyuan, and the three governors of the Yangtze River, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Hubei, are brewing a huge war.  Because on the eve of the May 4th Movement, the North-South peace talks held in Shanghai collapsed.  A major change ensued, which greatly disappointed the Anhui clique in front of the Chinese people. At the end of November, the Zhili clique signed the "Draft of the National Salvation Alliance" with powerful factions from the five southwestern provinces (Dian, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Sichuan) and Hunan to jointly fight against  Anhui system.  Anyone with a discerning eye knows that a violent storm is inevitable.

    As someone who has been there, Zhang Hanqing clearly knows that the Zhi-Wan War next year is inevitable, and then the first Zhi-Feng War in 1922 ended with the defeat of the Feng army.  Although the Feng faction made a comeback in 1924 and won in one fell swoop, they missed a good opportunity. At this time, the southern National Revolutionary Army had grown in strength and finally succeeded in the Northern Expedition. Then there was a new round of melee, which allowed Japan to take advantage.

    How can the Feng system obtain the maximum benefit in this round of battle?  Zhang Hanqing had already agreed on the follow-up strategy before sending troops to Outer Mongolia: the main force of the Feng army would detour to Mongolia, take advantage of the great opportunity when the central and local governments were unable to take care of the northwest, decisively capture the northwest hinterland of Gansu, and wait for an opportunity to peek at Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Xinjiang.

    The current commander-in-chief of Suiyuan is Cai Chengxun, the Zhili general and former commander of the First Division of the Central Army. At this time, a big war is brewing in the Zhili clique, so he has a resigned attitude towards the confrontation between the Anxi Army and Zhang Guangjian and others.  Not only that, he also gave way to the main road in Suiyuan, letting Dengkou and Wuhai go for the People's Army to enter.

    After the Zhili-Anhui War in history, Shaanxi was annexed by Feng Yuxiang's troops of the Zhili Army, and later became the glory of Feng's "Northwestern Army".  Sichuan has always been known as the "Land of Abundance" and is the barrier to the southwest.  Xinjiang has a vast territory, and during the civil war, it was the strategic rear area.  These three places are all good places to support war. As long as any one is captured, there is basically no need for the Northeast United Provincial Autonomous Government to travel thousands of miles away for logistical supplies.  Moreover, if Zhang Zuolin is using troops in the northwest, no matter how bad he is, he will not dare to fight on two fronts and go out of the border to cause the failure of the first direct-to-Fengtian war.

    In the early days of the Republic of China, Gansu was called Greater Gansu. It was not until 1928 that it was divided into the three provinces of Ningxia, Qinghai, and Gansu.  Zhang Guangjian, the governor of Gansu in 1919, had always supported the Anhui clique.  Zhang Guangjian was appointed by Yuan Shikai in 1914.??The four counties of Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Dunhuang were opened by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.  In exchange for the troops on the right route passing through Liangzhou (Wuwei) and Hezhou (Linxia) under their control without any bloodshed, they threatened Lanzhou from the north and west.  As long as Wuwei succeeds, it will be like cutting off Gansu from the middle. Not only will the march be much closer, but it will also be possible to go south and approach the Yellow River without any obstacles along the way.

    The feasibility of this strategy lies in the fact that after Zhang Guangjian, a figure from the Anhui clique, took over Gansu, he used Beiyang forces to control Gansu and forced Ma Anliang, who was at the height of his power, to return to his hometown in Hezhou. The Ma Tingxi clique was at odds with the Gansu governor.

    If Ma Tingxiu is divided, the Gansu war will save time and effort.  As long as Zhang Guangjian is defeated, when to deal with Ma Tingxiang depends on Fengjun's mood.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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