Rebirth of the National Marshal

It is not difficult to deal with the 29th Army. The 29th Army was also an anti-Japanese team in history. Although it did a lot of wrong things in the beginning, it was worthy of the people. What they lack most now is arms, but we have plenty of this thing. As long as we use this to pave the way, I believe they will give up Director Ma.

"Don't worry, Brother Hu. I haven't been hanging around in the capital for nothing these days. Of course I can do something, but I'm not familiar with the top brass of the 29th Army, so it's not easy to get in. I hope Brother Hu can introduce me to some people." The Northwest Army and the Central Army basically have no contact with each other, that's for sure.

Hu Lian also looked embarrassed. After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, he was taught not to have contact with those ragtag armies. He believed that those people had low combat effectiveness and backward weapons, and he really didn't think highly of them.

"To be honest, I'm not familiar with the people in the 29th Army, but I did meet Brigade Commander Zhao Dengyu once in Jiankang last year. I don't know if he would be willing to do me a favor. Of course, because of your problem, I will try tomorrow." Hu Lian said while eating. He didn't notice the serious expression on Mao Yuanshan's face.

General Zhao Dengyu was no ordinary man. He was a true combat hero. In early 1933, the Japanese invaders invaded Rehe Province, captured the provincial capital, and began to launch a massive attack on the various passes of the Great Wall. In order to destroy the enemy, Zhao Dengyu took advantage of the enemy's negligence in vigilance and led his troops to bypass the enemy from both wings and launch an outflanking attack, catching the enemy off guard and causing many casualties. After several days of fierce fighting, the enemy's repeated attacks were unsuccessful and their morale was completely frustrated. The Chinese army won the Battle of Xifengkou. In the Battle of Xifengkou, a total of to Japanese troops were annihilated, severely hitting the enemy's arrogance.

After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, in late July, tens of thousands of Japanese troops, under the cover of aircraft and tanks, launched a massive attack on Beijing, Tianjin and neighboring strategic locations. The Japanese army dispatched more than 7 aircraft to bomb positions in turn, and a mechanized force of 40 people launched a fierce attack from the ground. Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 3000nd Division, led his troops to fight against the Japanese invasion and guard the southern part outside the capital. The Japanese army cut the Chinese army into several sections and surrounded them. The troops fought alone and suffered heavy losses under the enemy's artillery fire and aircraft bombing. Zhao Dengyu led his troops to defend their positions and fight to the death. On July 132, 1937, on the way to retreat to Beijing, he was ambushed by the Japanese army at Dahongmen in Fengtai District and died heroically. He was only 7 years old when he died.

Mao Yuanshan admired this general from the bottom of his heart, so he was unusually serious just now.

"Don't worry, brother Hu. I have something that can help them get along. Come, let's drink." Mao Yuanshan filled Hu's glass. There were still many Mauser rifles and pistols in the warehouse. These things would allow him to talk to this anti-Japanese hero. It was said that the 29th Army couldn't even have one gun per person. These things of his would definitely be a timely help.

Hu Lian and people from the Jiankang government's Military and Political Department attended the welcome dinner hosted by the 29th Army that evening. Although the 29th Army had little money left, it could still come up with this little bit of money.

As for the Jiankang government, the people of the 29th Army hated it but dared not offend it because their purses were still in its hands. After the failure of the Central Plains War, the Northwest Army could be said to have lost its status. Even General Feng Yuxiang served as the vice chairman of the Military Commission without real power in the central government, not to mention the errand boys under them.

None of the people from the Jiankang government who came this time held important positions, so the standard of this reception was not very high. The leading figures of the 29th Army just came over to say hello and then left, leaving the rest of the matters to General Zhao Dengyu.

Even so, it can be seen that the 29th Army attaches great importance to this welcome party. Among the people who came from the Jiankang government, Hu Lian has the highest official rank, but he is only a colonel. Zhao Dengyu is a major general and brigadier general. In the National Government, such unequal reception is only seen here.

Logically speaking, Mao Yuanshan was absolutely not qualified to attend a reception of this scale, even if he was Chairman Chiang's nephew.

However, after the service chief of the 29th Army took 200 silver dollars from him, he came in so openly.

"Let me introduce you, everyone. This is our national hero, Captain Mao, who was the initiator of the Sino-Japanese conflict a few days ago. Hu Lian has really spared no effort in promoting Mao Yuanshan. Now Hu Lian basically knows that as long as he promotes the brand of Mao Yuanshan, he will have completed the task assigned to him by the Party-State, and the Party-State will be able to insert its own nails in North China. Although it is not good to say that there is still an internal conflict at this time, the whole Party-State has such a trend now, and he has no choice but to do so. However, this nail is for the anti-Japanese war, and doing so can be regarded as helping the entire country.

"Captain Mao, I thought you would be a big and strong man, but I didn't expect you to be a handsome young man. To be honest, I, Zhao, quite agree with what you do. The Japanese have caused a lot of trouble in the city recently. If we hadn't withdrawn from the capital because of that crappy He-Mei Agreement, we might have fought with them a long time ago. Now our brothers in the Third Regiment are extremely envious of you, Captain Mao, when they heard about your story. We also want to fight with the Japanese and avenge ourselves during the Great Wall War." The speaker was Zhao Lusheng, the commander of the Third Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division of the 37th Army. He was a company commander during the Great Wall War and is now the regiment commander. Only he himself knows how he became the regiment commander, because all his superiors in the Great Wall War were killed.