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Chiang flew on to Sian, summoned an emergency conference of his top military men. The entire Central China front hung in delicate balance. Any additional divisions the Gimo threw in to tip the scales would fatally weaken the sector from which they were withdrawn. His most dependable combat troops, the tough, hard-fighting veterans of General Fu Tso-yi, were already over-extended and outnumbered in the vital Peiping corridor...
Some no miles away in Sian, Shensi's Governor Chu Shao-chou, unable to reach Huang Ti's tomb this year, led a Nationalist ceremony of "distant obeisance...
Nationalist intelligence had learned a month ago that General Peng was ready to "establish merit" in the northwest. Nationalist planes, based at Sian, were alerted to watch for Red movements. Late in February, near Hangcheng, 5,000 Reds were spotted crossing the Yellow River in dozens of junks. The force headed for the Yellow Dragon mountains in southeast Shensi, where they joined another 4,000 Communists. Down from north Shensi came more. By month's end, General Peng had 60,000 troops...
...teetotaling reporter. He covered the 1911 revolution, and then, inspired by the events he had witnessed, became Dr. Sun Yat-sen's adviser. In the early '30s Donald joined the Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Ka-shek, and in 1936 helped negotiate Chiang's release in the Sian kidnaping incident...
...completely baffling. Its ultimate strategy hinged on control of China's arterial railroads. Like a huge capital A, these trunk lines run from Peiping (at the northern apex of the A) southward to Hankow and Nanking. The bar across the A was the Lunghai Railroad which meandered from Sian, in China's far west, to Laoyao, a minor port on the coast. For Nationalists and Communists alike, control of this A was a strategic necessity. Through its two-way gate Nationalists could move to conquer and hold Northern China. Communists hoped to pour through it to conquer...