I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Chiang Kai-shek (hidden) in Wuhan, He Yingqin, Han Fuju, the deputy commander of the Fifth Theater in Jinan, and Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater in Xuzhou, were shocked when they learned of the development. Shocked by the menacing onslaught, and also shocked by the collapse of the first theater in a few hours.

In the city of Xuzhou, General Li Zongren was anxious and anxious after learning about the incident: "The Japanese are still attacking North China! I really don't know whether Yan Xishan's Taihang Mountain defense line and Han Fuju's Yellow River defense line can stop the Japanese army...Yan Xishan is okay to say , he regards Shanxi Province as his lifeblood, and he must work hard, as for Han Fuju..." He became more and more anxious and worried.

The jurisdiction of the Fifth War Zone includes the entire territory of Shandong Province and the northern part of Jiangsu Province. Li Zongren is the commander of the theater, but he is the head of the Guangxi faction. His territory is thousands of miles away in Guangxi Province. The emperor of Shandong Province is Han Fuju, the deputy commander of the theater. , it is conceivable that Li Zongren's boss is an "outsider", and Han Fuju is the actual leader of most of the jurisdictions and troops in the Fifth War Zone. Li Zongren's control and restraint over Han Fuju is almost zero.

Regarding Li Zongren's order, Han Fuju naturally reluctantly listened to it when he wanted to hear it, and ignored it when he didn't want to hear it.

Li Zongren was the commander-in-chief of the war zone, but he could not enter Shandong Province, so he could only stay in Xuzhou instead of Jinan. The Guangxi army troops brought by Li Zongren were also blocked by Han Fuju from Shandong Province, so they could only stand by in northern Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

After learning that the Japanese army had begun to attack Shandong Province, Li Zongren hurriedly sent a telegram to Han Fuju, requesting (in fact, a request) that Han Fuju stop the Japanese army at the border of Shandong and Hebei, and expressed that the Gui army was willing to enter Shandong Province immediately to assist the Lu army in resisting the Japanese army.

Chiang Kai-shek also quickly sent a telegram. On the one hand, he asked Yan Xishan and Liu Zhi to stick to Shanxi and Henan provinces, and at the same time to fully reinforce Shandong province. Rely on the Yellow River, fight against the water, and stick to the north of Lu" (As we all know, about one-fifth of Shandong Province is north of the Yellow River, and about four-fifths are south of the Yellow River.

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Han Fuju returned two telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren, expressing that "we will fight with all our strength to defend the country". At the same time, in the telegram sent to Li Zongren, he stated that "the army in Shandong province can stop the Japanese army, and there is no need to use the Gui army for the time being." Then, Han Fuju Reorganize the flag and drums, and start to challenge the Japanese army in Lubei, north of the Yellow River.

In fact, Han Fuju was extremely angry at this time. On the one hand, he was angry with Chiang Kai-shek, because Chiang Kai-shek transferred all the aircraft of the Air Force stationed in Jinan and Linyi during the Battle of Pingjin, and transferred all the artillery in the Lu army, which seriously weakened the The strength of the Lu army to defend Shandong Province (Chiang Kai-shek did this for two reasons, one was that Han Fuju did not pull out a penny during the Battle of Pingjin, and the other was to take the opportunity to weaken Han Fuju's strength); on the other hand, he was angry with the Japanese because he had once Secretly signed the "Shandong Province Neutrality Agreement" with Kenji Doihara, promising that the Lu army would remain neutral during the North China War, and the Japanese army would not attack Shandong Province (because of this, the Lu army did not send a single soldier to participate in the Pingjin battle), but At this time, the Japanese betrayed their promises, reneged on their promises, and ferociously attacked Shandong Province (the reason why Lieutenant General Doihara planned to "take a breath") was for this reason. He wanted to solve Shandong Province without bloodshed and maintain the "neutrality agreement" he signed with Han Fuju earlier. However, Lieutenant General Isoya was eager for quick success and eager to make contributions, and directly led his troops to attack Shandong Province by force, which caused Han Fuju to no longer believe that Lieutenant General Doihara was actually true to his word, and destroyed Lieutenant General Doihara's plan).

In the next three days, the Japanese army and the Lu army (including the Lu Zhonglin troops who were pushed in front of the Lu army by Han Fuju to block bullets for the Lu army) fought several fierce battles in the Lubei area on the north bank of the Yellow River. However, the gap with the Japanese army in terms of weapons, quality, and system was too great. Coupled with the intrigue among high-level officials, the Japanese army broke through positions one after another.

In the sky of the battlefield, Japanese planes ran amok and bombed indiscriminately. On the ground, Japanese artillery swarms bombarded shells.

Han Fuju looked at this scene with regret and resentment, and he cursed: "Lao Jiang's youngest son is fighting in Nanjing, the sky is full of Lao Jiang's planes, and the Japanese planes are so beaten that they dare not show up. Now it's my turn to fight!" But Lao Jiang's plane didn't even come! How can I fight?"

Han Fuju worked hard in the Lubei War. When the battle was critical, he personally took the pistol brigade equivalent to his guard and the 20th Division of the Lu Army's elite main force led by his confidant Sun Tongxuan to the first front line to supervise and participate in the battle. The important town on the north bank of the Yellow River and Jiyang, which is the barrier in the north of Jinan, fought a bloody battle with the 10th Brigade of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army all day and night. During the bombardment of the Japanese aircraft and artillery groups, they struggled to kill and injure more than 20 Japanese soldiers. Fighting all over, Han Fuju himself was surrounded by the Japanese army in a small village, and was almost captured. Relying on the desperate charge of the confidant guards, Han Fuju managed to escape the encirclement of the Japanese army, and fled back to Jinan with only 30 people across the Yellow River (many later generations According to historical data, Han Fuju abandoned Shandong Province without firing a single shot.

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Han Fuju, who fled back to Jinan, was still in shock, and Chiang Kai-shek's telegram came again.

In the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek asked Han Fuju why he lost Jiyang, an important town on the north bank of the Yellow River, and asked Han Fuju to immediately reorganize his troops and counterattack Jiyang.

Han Fuju asked Chiang Kai-shek to "immediately dispatch no less than [-] aircraft and [-] artillery pieces to reinforce Shandong Province".

Chiang Kai-shek replied: "No, they are all on the Nanjing battlefield!"

Han Fuju was furious, and he cursed angrily: "Jiang Weiguo is in Nanjing, and there are so many planes, cannons and tanks that I can't run out of them, I don't even give any if I want it! It's clear that I'm going to be cannon fodder! Still beating me? Damn me! Almost died!"

Chiang Kai-shek then sent another telegram, claiming that there were no planes and cannons, but that the central army could be dispatched into Lu Province to participate in the war. Li Zongren also sent a telegram, saying that the 11th and 21st Group Armies of the Gui Army hoped to enter Lu Province to assist the Lu Army in combat, but they were all met. To Han Fuju refused.

Han Fuju was furious: "Sounds good! Assist in the battle? Bah! I don't want to turn against customers! I don't do stupid things like luring wolves into my house! Lao Jiang wants to annex Shandong Province, and Li Zongren actually wants to come to share a piece of the pie. It's just a dream!"

Local warlords like Han Fuju would face a "major problem" during the Anti-Japanese War, that is: the Japanese army came, and the provincial army could not hold on. Should the central army come in to help?If the central army is not allowed to enter, the province's army will definitely be defeated, and the Japanese army will capture the province. If the central army is allowed to enter, the province will definitely be annexed by the central army in the future.

Just as Yan Xishan said: "If the War of Resistance was defeated, Shanxi belonged to the Japanese; if it was won, Shanxi belonged to the Chairman! It's difficult!" In the original history, Liu Xiang's Sichuan Province and Longyun's Yunnan Province They were all controlled by the central military with this trick.

After fighting for a while, due to many reasons such as heavy losses and Chiang Kai-shek's reluctance to save him, Han Fuju began to retreat. Although he rejected the Japanese's many persuasion to surrender, he did not want to continue fighting.

After the war in Shandong lasted for a week, seeing that the Japanese army was approaching the north bank of the Yellow River and would cross the river at any time, Han Fuju did not try to consolidate the natural danger of the Yellow River, but ordered the troops to "retreat at their own discretion when necessary." The stored more than 5000 taels of gold, more than 5 taels of silver, and millions of dollars in funds were loaded by military vehicles and transported overnight to Nanyang, Henan Province.

Seeing Han Fuju's intensive transfer of property and materials, ready to give up Shandong Province, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren were shocked and anxious.

Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Han Fuju, asking Han Fuju to stick to the natural danger of the Yellow River. If the Yellow River was really broken by the Japanese army, he would stick to Jinan. Retire to the mountainous area of ​​Luzhong to continue to resist, "Don't let the Japanese pirates lay down their hands to determine the whole of Lu"; Li Zongren also emotionally sent a sincere telegram to Han Fuju, "Brother has ruled Lu for seven years, and I love the beautiful mountains and rivers of Lu Province and the diligent people. The love is deeper than that of the younger brother; I ask the older brother to persevere, and the younger brother will give everything to help."

But Han Fuju was already determined to preserve his strength, and he turned a deaf ear to the hard-working and golden words of Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren.

On March 3th, the Japanese army went to the north bank of the Yellow River, occupied the condescending Que Mountain, set up more than a dozen cannons on the mountain, and fired at the city of Jinan on the south bank across the Yellow River to demonstrate. The Gu Liangmin Department of the 14nd Division of the Lu Army defending Jinan City, according to Han Fuju's secret instructions, had no intention of fighting and quietly prepared to retreat.

It was the 10th Regiment of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army that went to the other side of the Yellow River in Jinan City. Colonel Akashiba Yaegzo, the commander of the regiment, looked at Jinan City on the other side of the Yellow River. Only one and a half brigades of his regiment reached the Yellow River, and the follow-up troops hadn't been able to catch up, but he couldn't wait like a reform-through-labor prisoner who had been released after serving his sentence visiting a kiln.

After thinking over and over again, Commander Chichai called the only brigade captain around him: "Do you dare to cross the Yellow River now?"

The captain said loudly: "Why don't you dare? Don't talk about the Yellow River, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, the Imperial Japanese Army will never hesitate and go forward bravely!"

Chief Chichai was overjoyed: "Okay! Now, listen to my order, and your brigade will immediately cross the Yellow River and attack Jinan City!"

This is simply an order given by a neurotic, but it is a "common thing" in the Japanese army and has been tried and tested.

Don't you see, when the Japanese army attacked Rehe Province, 128 cavalrymen of the vanguard of the Japanese army appeared outside the gate of Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province. A "war anecdote" in a provincial capital.

Colonel Chichai was obviously imitating the "predecessor's feat". According to his logic, if this brigade can achieve results after crossing the Yellow River, it is of course the best. If it is eliminated, it will only lose a brigade.

In fact, Chichai Dazuo’s move allowed him to obtain a grand slam-like harvest. When more than 22 people from the Japanese brigade crossed the Yellow River, more than [-] people from the [-]nd Division evacuated across the board without fighting spirit. Gu Liangmin He only knew that the Japanese army had crossed the Yellow River. He estimated that the Japanese army had at least a few thousand people, but he never thought that the Japanese army had only a mere thousand or so people, so he was timid before fighting. He ordered the entire line to retreat.

An hour later, General Toshiichi Terauchi received the almost triumphant news from General Rensuke Isotani: "Our division has captured Jinan City!"

The general in the temple was overjoyed and shocked: "Why so fast? I remember that most of your division is still in northern Lubei and scattered. Why did you capture Jinan City so quickly?"

Lieutenant General Isoya replied proudly: "Only one brigade was used! Your Excellency, I said earlier that any army in China is just an ant blocking the way in front of my 10th Division!"

A brigade of Japanese troops captured Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, in just one night; 30 Japanese troops failed to capture Nanjing for three months; forming an almost unimaginable, unbelievable, and extremely disparate contrast.

Knowing that Jinan fell overnight, both Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren were extremely shocked. Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Han Fuju's old chief, former commander of the Northwest Army, and current Vice Chairman of the Military Commission Feng Yuxiang to fly to the fifth theater to supervise the battle.

Feng Yuxiang sent seven telegrams to Han Fuju asking him to fight back against Jinan, but Han Fuju ignored them and refused to reply.

Feng Yuxiang was angry and sad: "The wings are hard! You don't listen to me anymore!" Han Fuju was originally Feng Yuxiang's subordinate, but at this time he was already a "feudal prince" with his own territory and influence. At that time, Feng Yuxiang, the old chief who had no real power, took it seriously.

Li Zongren desperately contacted Han Fuju in a hurry, but all the telegrams he sent were like muddy cows. When he was helpless and burned, his old brother and deputy chief of staff Bai Chongxi came up with a countermeasure to save the crisis.

Bai Chongxi analyzed: "The only Japanese troops that ravaged southern Hebei and Lu provinces were the 10th and 14th divisions. From this we can see that although the Japanese troops are coming aggressively, they are not fully prepared and the follow-up main force will not arrive in time. The Sui army took the initiative to attack from Shanxi Province, attacking Shimen (Shijiazhuang), Hengshui, Jizhou and other places in central Hebei. If the Jin-Sui army succeeds, the 10th and 14th divisions of the Japanese army will become lone troops. Liu Zhi, Jiang Dingwen, Wei Lihuang and others lead their troops to counterattack, and it is very likely that they will eat up part of the Japanese army, drive them out of Lu Province, and recover part of the lost ground; Dare to continue to go deep alone, save Lunan, Luzhong, Ludong and other places and buy precious time for our army to launch a counterattack!"

After receiving this telegram from Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren suddenly had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He immediately sent a telegram to Yan Xishan, requesting that "the Jinsui army take the initiative to attack Shimen (Shijiazhuang), Hengshui, Jizhou and other places in the middle of Hebei, so as to save the land of Lu. Save yourself from the danger of hanging upside down."

Regarding Li Zongren's request, Yan Xishan pretended to be deaf and dumb, pushing three obstacles and four obstacles, claiming that "the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Army is performing its duties on the Taihang Mountain defense line, each unit has its own position, and cannot be easily transferred. Loopholes will inevitably lead to the Japanese army taking advantage of the gap and affecting the overall defense of Jin Province."

Seeing Yan Xishan's reply, Li Zongren was furious: "Shandong and Shanxi, lips are dead and teeth are cold! If Shandong is not lost, Shanxi and Shandong will be able to rely on each other. If Shandong is lost, Shanxi will be flanked by the Japanese army on both sides. Even such a simple truth can be ignored. I don’t understand, short-sighted!”

Due to the Jinsui Army's standstill and resignation, Shandong Province lost its last hope, and the situation further deteriorated sharply.

On March 3, a reinforced brigade of the Japanese army landed in Qingdao, and then drove straight in, plundering hundreds of miles, as if entering a land without people.

So far, the overall situation in Shandong Province has been defeated and completely irreversible.

At this time, Han Fuju was leading his troops to withdraw to the south of Henan Province. On the way, he had this conversation with Lu Zhonglin:

Lu Zhonglin: "Xiang Fang (written by Han Fuju), why are you doing this? You lost it too quickly! Sigh!"

Han Fuju: "Zuibo (Lu Zhonglin's name), we all came out of the Northwest Army, and we don't talk about two families. People like us, what do we rely on? It's the army and the territory, and the army Which is more important? Of course, the army! There is no army in the territory, and sooner or later the territory will be owned by others.

Although the loss of Shandong makes me feel distressed, it is secondary. After all, keeping the army is the first priority. Anyway, I still have [-] to [-] troops. With these [-] to [-] troops, I have the capital to make a comeback, Lao Jiang Don't dare to do anything to me!"

Lu Zhonglin: "That being said, but..."

Han Fuju: "What are you afraid of? I might as well tell you the truth. Liu Xiang is now the commander-in-chief of the Seventh War Zone. In fact, he is very dissatisfied with Lao Jiang. His Sichuan army has always been used by Lao Jiang as cannon fodder, and his hometown in Sichuan has also been destroyed. Lao Jiang is constantly infiltrating and controlling. He has already contacted me and intends to unite with me to 'anti-Jiang and Japan'. Originally, Song Zheyuan also received my secret letter, but he hesitated. Ruibo, Song Zheyuan's troops are now you In your hand, how about it? You can join in too!"

Lu Zhonglin: "Huh? Against Chiang Heri?"

Han Fuju: "Yes! After this major event is completed, Shandong can be taken back, and maybe one or two more provinces can be taken back. What am I afraid of? At that time, you and I will seal Tongguan (the throat passage from Henan Province to Shaanxi Province) At the same time, Liu Xiang mobilized the Sichuan Army to block the road to Sichuan and cut off Chiang Kai-shek's way to resist Japan.

The Japanese are in front of Lao Jiang, and we are behind. "

Lu Zhonglin: "Xiang Fang, this matter is too big, let me think about it..."

Han Fuju: "What are you afraid of? Lao Jiang and his youngest son are both in the city of Nanjing now, and it's hard to fly, and He Yingqin secretly wanted to replace him. The success rate of this matter is very sure! Don't even think about it!..."

After the Japanese army officially attacked North China, within four hours, southern Hebei fell, and within 20 days, the entire Shandong Province fell, and the situation in North China deteriorated rapidly.

"Fuck!" In Nanjing, Jiang Weiguo crumpled up the telegram and threw it on the ground. He was angry at first, then sad, "Yes, this is the true face of the Chinese army! How much can I change alone? Sigh!"

Episode 324 Helpless

On March 1938, 3, in East Asia, the Japanese army was invincible and invincible in Shandong Province, China; in Europe, Hitler's Germany officially launched its second external expansion. More than 12 German troops marched into the Rhine Demilitarized Zone and recovered this piece of territory that belonged to Germany but the German army was not allowed to garrison. The second time now is the "German-Austrian merger".

Amid the verbal condemnation or tacit recognition of Britain and France and the warm welcome of most of the Austrian people, more than [-] German troops marched into the territory of neighboring Austria almost without firing a single shot, declaring that Hitler's motherland, Austria, was no longer a sovereign country. Continue to exist, but become part of Germany, Germany and Austria complete the merger.

The German-Austrian merger gave Germany about 8.4 square kilometers of land and about 700 million people (mostly Germans). The German territory expanded by 17% and the population increased by 10%.

Jiang Weiguo sent a congratulatory telegram to Hitler, and Hitler quickly sent Jiang Weiguo a reply.

In the call back, Hitler first thanked Jiang Weiguo for his congratulations, and then reminded Jiang Weiguo cryptically: Although the Chinese army performed well and severely damaged the Japanese army, Japan’s military strength is still very strong and surpasses that of China. The current development of the situation in North China proves that This, therefore, continues to do more harm than good to China. Of course, China cannot accept a "peace of humiliation", but it can accept a "peace of justice, mutual benefit and win-win".

With the truce between China and Japan, China can stop the continued loss of national power and military power and gain valuable time for construction and development.

Between China and Japan, Hitler was definitely very inclined to China, but he was also very aware of China's weakness: big but not strong.

If China wants to become big and strong, it must stop the war with Japan, stop the loss of national power and military power, and gain precious time to build and develop.

Hitler understood that China alone was not enough for Germany, and it was better to include Japan.

For the Sino-Japanese war, Hitler felt "distressed". In his heart, China and Japan would be Germany's allies in the future. Watching the allies fighting each other and depleting each other's national strength and military strength, this "Germany, China and Japan" tripartite alliance " The "Civil War" was definitely not good for Germany, and Hitler certainly felt distressed.

After reading Hitler's telegram, Jiang Weiguo was silent for a long time, thinking repeatedly in his mind: "What should I do? What should I do now?"

The situation in North China continued to deteriorate, almost out of control.

In the middle and late March, the Japanese army had completed the occupation of the entire territory of Hebei Province, and at the same time basically completed the control of Shandong Province. Next, the Japanese army continued to attack crazily. ", among which the 10th Division is the worst. This division has always taken the lead in the battle of attacking southern Hebei and sweeping Shandong, and won the title of "Vanguard". During this high-intensity combat period, the division "even slept while marching in a hurry." It is said that more than 300 officers and soldiers in the division died of exhaustion or vomited blood because they were too exhausted.

When the 10th Division of the Japanese Army swept across Shandong, the 14th Division assisted the 10th Division and launched a tentative attack on the northern part of Henan Province. It was continuously transported to North China, and two new divisions were added, and they were two "special divisions". First of all, these two divisions have also been greatly strengthened, with each division exceeding 4 The military strength is equipped with a large number of tanks and heavy artillery. Secondly, these two divisions have no official designation and can be called "mixed divisions" (the Japanese army only has mixed brigades, but no mixed divisions), because these two divisions are from East China. The troops that were smuggled to the battlefield in North China were quietly transferred from the battlefield to be "cobbled together". This brigade came from this division, and that brigade came from that division. They are Lieutenant General Tojo Hideki and Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro respectively, so these two divisions are called "Tojo Division" and "Itagaki Division".

It is worth mentioning that Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki had just been transferred from the East China battlefield to the North China battlefield. He became depressed and depressed due to repeated setbacks in the Nanjing War, and his friend Ishihara Kanji helped him He was transferred from East China to North China, "to win new victories and use victories to inspire oneself".

The Tojo Division and Itagaki Division, which arrived at the North China battlefield, immediately launched a massive attack on Shanxi Province in late March.

First attack southern Hebei, then Shandong, and then decide to attack Shanxi, Henan, or northern Jiangsu according to the situation of the war. This is the Japanese army's battle plan for the North China Front Army, but after it was put into action, there was a deviation. First, the speed of the Japanese army's progress It was much higher than the Japanese army expected. It took only four hours to take southern Hebei, which was originally planned to take two days, and only 20 days to take Shandong, which was originally planned to take two months. I believe that "the progress of the imperial army can be so fast and smooth" "It can be seen from this that it is a foolish thing for the imperial army to consume a large number of troops on the Nanjing battlefield" "If all the troops used to attack Nanjing are invested in North China, I am afraid that the imperial army has already fought from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River." Second, the actual number of troops used by the Japanese army was much lower than the Japanese army expected. Shandong Province, which was originally planned to take four or five divisions, only took one and a half divisions. Just took it down.

Because the speed of progress was too fast and the number of troops used was too small, the generals in the temple were caught off guard. His troops captured more than 20 square kilometers of land within 16 days. It has not been fully transported, what should I do next?The general in the temple planned to suspend the attack, fight steadily, and digest the results of the battle that had already come to his mouth, but was strongly opposed by Lieutenant General Ji Gu and other front-line generals. ! Stop, they may be relieved, we must continue to attack! Keep attacking!"

The general in the temple was a little worried: "But we don't have enough troops..."

"The imperial army can completely fight the Chinese army with one enemy ten or even one enemy twenty! The current strength of the imperial army is more than enough!"

After thinking over and over again, the general in the temple nodded and approved the tactic of "attacking from three sides, chasing fiercely".

Therefore, the Japanese army swept up Shandong on the one hand, carried out tentative attacks on Henan and northern Jiangsu on the one hand, and launched a strong attack on Shanxi on the other hand.

About 20 Japanese troops fought against about 100 million Chinese troops. As a result, the Japanese army not only chased the Chinese army, but even fought on three fronts, completely ignoring the Chinese army.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Weiguo felt deeply ashamed, and he was in great pain: "Why did the Japanese army beat the Chinese army during the eight-year war of resistance? It was not because the Japanese army was too strong, but because the Chinese army was too weak! In the final analysis, The Chinese do not live up to their expectations! So much so that they were beaten by the Japanese army that was beaten by the Western army! Thinking of my Chinese ancestors, they once shook the world, and those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away! But today, we are reduced to nothing. Let the Japanese slaves ride on their necks!"

Song Zheyuan was caught off guard by the Japanese army, because he did not expect the Japanese army to attack him suddenly; Han Fuju was also caught off guard by the Japanese army, because it was Song Zheyuan's turn after a few hours of beating; Yan Xishan was also caught off guard by the Japanese army, because he He didn't expect Shandong to be lost so quickly, and he thought that the Japanese army would attack his Shanxi after completely defeating Shandong. Maybe the Japanese army would go to Henan or northern Jiangsu after defeating Shandong, and would not attack Shanxi at all, but the Japanese army did not. He had to be caught off guard while fighting Shandong while fighting Henan, and northern Jiangsu while fighting his Shanxi.

Yan Xishan has a "special relationship" with the Japanese. He graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy in his early years and has always been an important target for the Japanese to do everything possible to win him over. When he participated in the domestic warlords' melee, the Japanese also gave him support many times, such as the Central Plains War Later, Yan Xishan was kicked out of the throne of "King of Shanxi" by Chiang Kai-shek because he stood in the wrong team, but he was protected by the Japanese in the Luda area controlled by the Kwantung Army, and finally returned to the throne of "King of Shanxi" with the strong support of the Japanese. throne.