The Travelers of the Heavens

Let’s put aside the matter of Mr. Soong Ching Ling leading the team to Beijing for the time being, and let’s take a look at the war situation on Rooster Land.

Back in early March 1939, Shanghuan Pudong Military Airport

""Commander-in-Chief, this is the president's plane." A major looked up and reminded Ninghuhang Guard Commander Niu Jiao.

Everyone looked up.

They saw the red"King Snake" plane hovering over the airport for a week, and then slowly landing.

After the plane stopped, the cabin door opened and the airport ground staff set up the gangway. Chi Lian slowly got off the plane wearing sunglasses. She had her hands in the pockets of her short jacket. She really didn’t know what her opponent was.

""Welcome to the President" Niu Jiao came up to him and gave him a military salute.

""Yeah." Chi Lian returned the greeting. Then she reached out to the side.

The accompanying officer handed a small box to Chi Lian.

Opening the box, there were four silver stars in two rows, eight in total. The rank of second-class three-star general was changed to first-class four-star general.

"This is His Highness's reward to you." After finishing, Chi Lian left these words and got into a Steyr 1500 senior officer bulletproof car to prepare for the Ning-Shanghai-Hangzhou Police Headquarters.

"Thank you to His Royal Highness the Regent for your cultivation." Niujiao, who was promoted to military rank on the spot, was still confused at this time, but he said immediately after he realized what he was doing.

"Come on, this is not the place to talk." Chi Lian opened the car window and urged.

""Yes." Niu Jiao also quickly got into another car, and then followed Chi Lian's car under the guidance of the pilot car and drove away from the airport back to Shanghuan City.

Chi Lian promoted Niu Jiao to a military rank, and now her own military rank What is it? Of course he is a special five-star general like Chu Bufan. This time Wang Yu came to the capital, and Chi Lian asked him for the rank of special general.

Wang Yu naturally agreed, so Chi Lian became the only general in the Kyushu Army. There are two special five-star generals. There are three other first-class four-star generals in the Kyushu Army, namely Wang Qi, the Protector of Anton, and Wang Zheng, the Protector of Northeast Xingyuan and Commander of the Eighth Corps (PS: February 1939 promoted) and the newly promoted Ninghuhang Garrison Commander Niu Jiao.

Five silver stars in a circle were pinned to Chi Lian's women's boat-shaped military cap, and the epaulettes on his jacket were also replaced with the same style of silver stars. This It is in line with her status as a presidential officer.

After arriving at the headquarters building

"President, do you want to take a rest first?" Niu Jiao asked.

""No rush, how are the preparations for the troops I need?" Chi Lian found a seat casually and asked.

"After receiving the president's order at the beginning of last month, I immediately ordered the 21st and 22nd Corps to assemble. At present, the two corps and eight armies are all assembled and ready to go out at any time," Niujiao said. At this time, the soldiers came in to serve tea.

"Very good, I am scheduled to go on the expedition on March 10th. Have the Japanese people said hello?" Chi Lian nodded and asked

"President, I have signed a letter with the Japanese commander stationed in central China, and they are willing to cooperate with our operations," Niujiao said.

"Okay, that's it," Chi Lian said.

Then Niu Jiao asked someone to take Chi Lian to the place where he was staying.

The 21st and 22nd Corps of the Kyushu Army that launched the Hengbao Battle this time included 8 corps and 32 divisions. There are two corps headquarters anti-aircraft artillery divisions (1,056 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers), heavy artillery divisions (576 artillery pieces of 105 mm and above caliber), and armored brigades (240"Mo" tanks), with a combat strength of about 1.03 million people.. If other forces such as logistics are included, the total strength of the Kyushu Army will reach more than 1.2 million.

In addition, the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army also provided a third tank equipped with 50 tanks (all Type 89A medium tanks or Type 95 light tanks). The 21st Tank Regiment and 50 aircraft of the Central China Japanese Army Air Force cooperated in the operation. The

21st Corps is briefly organized as: Commander, General Liu Changwu.

93rd Army (271st Division, 272nd Division, 280th Division, 281st Division)

94th Army ( 269th Division, 270th Division, 273th Division, 276th Division)

95th Army (274th Division, 289th Division, 290th Division, 292th Division)

96th Army (275th Division, 282th Division, 283th Division, 284th Division)

Corps Headquarters:

Independent 21st Heavy Artillery Division

Independent 21st Anti-aircraft

Artillery Division Independent 21st Armored Brigade

21st Corps Guard Brigade The 22nd

Corps is briefly organized as: Commander General Shen Chong.

103rd Army (312th Division, 314th Division, 319th Division, 332nd Division)

104th Army (313th Division) Division, 315th Division, 316th Division, 318th Division)

108th Army (317th Division, 322nd Division, 328th Division, 330th Division)

109th Army (320th Division, 321st Division, 322nd Division, 323rd Division)

Corps Headquarters: Independent

22nd Heavy Artillery Division

22nd Anti-aircraft

Artillery Division 22nd Independent Armored

Brigade 22nd Corps Guard Brigade

The two corps were temporarily combined into the"Southern Front Corps". Chi Lian personally served as the commander-in-chief, otherwise she would not have had to fly all the way to Shanghuan to mobilize troops.

Although the lineup is not strong, the number is large enough. Chi Lian's expedition must defeat the currently most prestigious Guangxi troops. As long as the Guangxi troops are dealt with, the war situation in Rooster Land will once again take a turn for the worse for the Kuomintang.

3 In the early morning of March 10, Chi Lian led the 94th and 95th armies of the 21st Corps, together with an anti-aircraft artillery division and two armored brigades, as well as the 21st Japanese tank regiment, by train to Chongqing. Liu Changwu and Shen Chong led the remaining troops. Drive to Chongqing by trucks, crawler transport vehicles, etc.

After the two armies converge in Chongqing, they will begin to attack southward. On the other side, the 216th Division of the"Red Snake King Snake" Corps also set off to northwest Shanxi to prepare for the battle. After arriving in Taiyuan City, they would compile the intelligence collected by the Japanese stationed there and target a secret arsenal of the Eighth Route Army. This led to the so-called"Battle of Lijiapo". In this battle, the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi The fight was very difficult. Although the Kyushu Army was finally"repelled" and some weapons, equipment and logistics supplies were seized, several regiments under the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army were severely damaged, and the minimum attrition was 60%. There were even two or three regiments that were almost wiped out, and the regiment leaders became platoon leaders or even squad leaders, which shows how tragic the war was.

But this is a story for another time.

The camera returns to the Forbidden City.

After Soong Ching Ling talked about old times with her sister, she was taken back to the palace where she stayed.

Some of the delegation members were arranged to live in one dormitory, while others were arranged to live alone.

For example, Soong Ching Ling, Kong Lingkan, and Kong Lingjun were arranged to live alone.

Liao Mengxing and Yang Lihua were arranged to live together.

Yang Liqing and Mu Zhenfang lived together.

Yang Liren and Chu Cai lived together.

Other agents of the Military Command Bureau posing as security personnel were arranged together, and they lived far away from the above-mentioned people.

On the evening of March 28, Wang Duo arranged a banquet to welcome Soong Ching Ling’s delegation in the Forbidden City’s Yangxin Hall.

""Eighth Prince, when can we see your father, the Regent?" Song Qingling had no intention of changing the cup and asked directly.

"Mrs. Sun, didn't you agree that the negotiations will only start on the 29th? Why are you so anxious? You have been tired all the way and should take a rest. This will also help the negotiations go smoothly." Wang Duo responded with a smile

"Okay then." Soong Ching Ling had nothing to say.