As the order was given, the 5th Front Army's General Zhang Zuoxiang began to mobilize.
On September 14th, 1928, Zhang Zuoxiang ordered Tang Yulin, commander of the 12th Army stationed in Rehe, to attack Guyuan, the important town of Chahar.
Although Tang Yulin's troops were well-equipped, they were lazy in training and had low combat strength.
In order to achieve the desired effect before Yan Laoxi could react.
After fully listening to Jiang Bai's suggestion, Zhang Zuoxiang once again ordered the commander of the 30th Army, Yu Zhishan, to advance west along the defense line of the Great Wall and form a pincer attack with Tang Yulin's troops.
In order to guard against Zhang Zuolin, Yan Laoxi had used special war funds to build a large number of war fortresses and blockhouses in the north of Chahar, relying on the favorable terrain. At the same time, he had also sent seventeen garrison divisions to guard Chahar, focusing on the defense of the Feng system.
However, as the situation at the frontlines became more tense, Yan Laoxi had transferred fifteen Garrison Divisions to the south.
As a result, the entire Chahar region was left with only two garrison divisions and several security columns.
In the face of Tang Yulin's 12th Army, the Jin Division's 9th Garrison Division stationed in Guyuan only put up a symbolic resistance for two days before retreating.
At the same time, Yu Zhishan's 30th division was also progressing smoothly.
The next day, they took down Wanquan and left a division here to guard it.
Yu Zhishan met up with Tang Yulin's troops and headed towards the other regions of Chahar.
When Yan Laoxi, who was personally supervising the battle at the front line of Xuzhou, received the battle report on this matter.
The Feng faction had already completely occupied the northern part of Chahar, and they were also conducting probing attacks on the important towns in the southern part of Chahar to determine the strength of the garrison forces in the southern part of Chahar.
"F * cking Zhang Yuting!"
Yan Laoxi, who reeked of gunpowder, tore the telegram into pieces angrily after reading it. His face was filled with anger as he said,
"I didn't take the initiative to hit him, but this old fellow actually stared at my nest!”
"Do you really think I'm a vegetarian?”
"Fight! Beat him up! Since I could defeat him once, I can defeat him a second time!”
"Commander-in-chief, you can't do that!”
Chief of Staff Wang Shouren said,""The battle in Xu Zhou has now entered a critical moment of the final battle. We only need to continue fighting for two more days before we can successfully take down Xu Zhou!”
"If we split up our forces to attack the Feng faction at this time, let's not talk about whether we can defeat the 300,000 soldiers of the Feng faction.”
"Just fighting on these two fronts is a disastrous outcome for our logistics system!”
As the saying goes, logistics was the key to war.
In order to win this battle in Xuzhou, Yan Laoxi had almost all the resources he could mobilize and piled them up on the battlefield in Xuzhou.
Whether it was the roads or the railway, they were all operating at full capacity.
If the second battlefield was opened in the north at this time, the supply of supplies at the front line would definitely face a serious shortage, and there was even the risk of running out of food!
If it really came to that juncture, the battle in Xuzhou would definitely be lost!
Unexpectedly, not only did Yan Laoxi not listen to his advice, he slammed the table and roared,"
"Motherf * cker, are we going to sit back and watch that old brat Zhang Zuolin swallow the northern part of Chahar?？”
"Originally, I could attack Rehe at any time and threaten Fengtian.”
"In the end, the situation has been reversed. Instead, he came over to threaten me!”
"Once the southern part of Chahar is occupied by this kid, the connection between Shanxi Province and the Jingjin region will be completely cut off!”
"I will never allow this to happen!”
After listening to Yan Laoxi's analysis, the officers in the tent were speechless.
It had to be said that Feng Xi's military operation this time not only caught Yan Xishan off guard, but it also made Yan Xishan extremely uncomfortable.
If Zhang Zuolin had attacked the Beijing-Tianjin region, Yan Xishan would have mobilized his troops to counterattack without hesitation.
In this way, even if he transferred half of his troops from Xuzhou's battlefield.
Then Feng Yuxiang and Li Zong couldn't say anything.
After all, he was going to destroy his own nest. He couldn't possibly continue to stand there and watch!？
However, Zhang Zuolin did not attack the Beijing-Tianjin region, nor Shanxi Province, but the northern part of Chahar!
This made things difficult for Yan Laoxi.
If you said that you would send reinforcements back, Li Zongren and Feng Yuxiang would definitely be the first to object.
"Is a mere place in the middle of nowhere worth making such a big fuss over? Don't tell me you want us to die in front while you sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor!？”
The entire southern part of Chahar was under Zhang Zuoxiang's covetous gaze.
As long as Zhang Zuoxiang was willing, he could send troops at any time to cut off the Jin faction's territory!
Yan Laoxi's expression changed for a long time before he finally made up his mind and shouted,
"F * ck him! Since you played dirty first, don't blame me for being ruthless!”
"Go! Immediately contact that Japanese guy from Kawashima!”
At the same time, Beiping, Dongjiao Minxiang, inside the Japanese embassy.
The ambassador to Peiping, Kawashima Saio, was discussing the war in the Central Plains with Nezu Izumi, the director of the South Manchuria Railroad Corporation.
Originally, the meeting was supposed to be attended by the Japanese ambassador to Fengtian, Ito Sasaki.
However, ever since Ito Sasaki's death in a car accident at the entrance of the 7th Enhancer Division's headquarters…
The Japanese no longer sent ambassadors to the Mukden Embassy. Instead, Nezu Izumi, who had a good relationship with Yang Yuting, was in charge of the northeast issue.
"Baka! This Zhang Zuolin has ruined our plans time and time again. Does he really want to be our enemy?？”
After receiving the observation report from the battle in the northern part of Chahar.
Natsuya Nezu flew into a rage.
Even before the large-scale mobilization of the Fifth Front Army, he had already obtained this news from the spies that the Japanese had planted in the Feng faction.
However, this highly confidential military operation was progressing very quickly.
Before Zhang Zuoxiang mobilized for the war, he avoided the pro-Japanese officers and released a large number of smoke bombs.
This made Nezu Izumi completely ignorant of Zhang Zuoxiang's specific attack plan!
"We absolutely cannot allow Zhang Zuolin to further encroach on the southern part of Chahar! Otherwise, if such a situation happens, all our previous efforts will be in vain!”
Kawashima Zuo's face was gloomy, and his heart was filled with anger.
If Yan Laoxi could successfully defeat the Jinling government and set up a puppet regime in Jinling.
As the main person in charge of wooing Yan Laoxi, he would definitely be rewarded in the country.
From then on, he would rise all the way to the top and might even take up important positions in the cabinet.
If his luck was a little better, he might even be able to take on the role of Lu Xiang!
However, he never expected that just as Yan Laoxi was about to win, Zhang Zuolin would suddenly appear!
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