During the past few weeks, more-the Fengtien army has absorbed about 80,000 of Chang Chung-chang's troops—the 20th Chih-La Army—and. rechristened them the 20th Fengtien Army. The units Aare still moving piecemeal from the 'Tsin-Pu railway to the Kin-Han Une and are being transported rapidly to the Honan border. This also is a Honanese force, made up very Inrgely - of bandit' material originally, which enjoys an envi able reputation for serious-rnindedt fighting but is nevertheless an alien force incorporated. into Manchr~ inh armies." The commander, Heueh-chung, who was formerly one of Wa Po-fi's oont trusted sub; has extricated ims srith'a show of somarhable coureg! from many difficult situations, In the autumn of 1921 at Ichang' he commanded the very small body of After Wu's defeat at Hankow in September 1926, Vu kept a sma: l force intact, eluded or fought way through the "Nationalist" forces on the Han river and got back into the Nanyang district of southern Honan by mountain trails, He acquired control of the Nanyang and Sungshan areas and later afforded Wu Pei-fu his last refuge and stronghold in the North.
In May last year he attempted a raid on the Kin-Han railway which threw the Reds in Hankow into n veritable panic, as one may read i "China in the' Grip of the Red but he was robbed of a base by the treachery and desertion of Wu's other officers and Vu Hsueh-chung, was left high and dry again with a small force ju the heart of a hostile country. Since then he has fought his way from southwestern Honan, though Feng Vu-hsiang's territory to southern Shantung where he finally effected a juncture with Sun Chuan-fang and Chang Chung-chang and, turning in his ks, proceeded to play a pai the defence of Shantung against the "Nationalists." The transfer of his force from Southern Shantung to the Chihli-Honan fron and its incorporation in the Fengtien army are steps taken at the suggestion of Chang Ifsueh-liang, according to newspaper report. Vu mon are very probably real asset, but their adoption by th: Fengtien command is nevertheless a violation of a principle to which the Chinese general who hapes conquer China can afford to make no exceptions, as all foreign military observers. in this country agree.
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