Chapter 265: Preparation (I)
Since Liu Yimin felt that the war clouds were dense, he immediately took countermeasures. In addition to asking Qian Zhuangfei to contact comrades from Tianjin, he ordered the southern Hebei troops to send cavalry reconnaissance troops to take them to the radio station to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army on Pinghan Road, and ordered Liu
Establish and send reconnaissance troops to Dexian to monitor the movements of the enemy on Jinpu Road. At the same time, report your own analysis and judgment to the headquarters and chairman.
At this time, it was when Chiang Kai-shek held a military meeting in Luoyang to deploy combat plans for the First and Second War Zones.
This time Chiang Kai-shek came to Luoyang to hold a military meeting, which was slightly different from history. Because the teacher seized Tianjin and forced the enemy's main force to pull back, the pressure along the Yangtze River was reduced sharply. The national army won valuable time for supplementary training, and the Japanese offensive was temporarily
Slow down. Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood, he specially asked the 18th Army and the local troops of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone to attend the meeting when he was planning a list of personnel to participate in the Luoyang Military Conference. He also specially asked the instructor Liu Yimin and his wife Chen Yaoguang to attend the meeting.
The top secret telegram from the staff officer of Chiang Kai-shek's servants to Zhu De, commander of the 18th Army, said that the chairman missed his adopted daughter and hoped to have a chance in Luoyang.
Unexpectedly, after receiving the telegram, the 18th Group Army reported to the chairman in a very tactful way that the instructor retreated from Tianjin and was surrounded and pursued by the Japanese army. The troops suffered heavy losses, so Commander Liu Yimin could not leave the troops to attend the meeting.
The chairman really missed his adopted daughter, so he could ask his instructor to send someone to escort Chen Yaoguang across the blockade line and turn to Shanxi to Luoyang. However, the journey was difficult, and it was difficult to ensure that Chen Yaoguang could catch up with the chairman's time in Luoyang. Of course, Chen Yaoguang could also be allowed to
After rushing to Shanxi, I went directly to Wuhan to meet the chairman and his wife, and talked about family affection.
The instructor is organized by the local army, and the National Government is not responsible for military pay and grain and ammunition supply. When it was reorganized, in order not to overstimulate the National Government, it only reported to Nanjing according to the organization of the 3rd Brigade and the Ninth Regiment. Therefore, although Chiang Kai-shek knew the original
The Red Seventh Army is powerful, but I don’t know the true strength of the teacher now. Because there are always troops left in such a large place in Shaanxi, and Xi’an is the defense ground of the former Red Seventh Army, so Liu Yimin cannot do anything to his home. In addition, the troops are added.
During the reorganization, He Long's 120th Division was obviously weak in strength, and it was impossible for the Communist Party to draw troops from the Red Seventh Army to supplement the 120th Division. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the troops who taught the mentors to the front line would not exceed 30,000. In addition to the Battle of Taiyuan,
In the Battle of Tianjin, Liu Yimin repeatedly reported heavy casualties in the army. Referring to the proportion of casualties between the elite troops of the National Army and the Japanese army during the battle, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the current teachers were estimated to be more than 10,000, and at most no more than 20,000. If this is the case, the Japanese army will be allowed to do so.
After chasing for a while, it is hard to say how many people the instructor can have left. In this way, Chiang Kai-shek no longer worried about whether Liu Yimin could come to attend the military meeting.
The attendant's office immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army that the war was urgent and Commander Liu Yimin could not attend the Luoyang meeting. Please convey the greetings of Chairman and Mrs. Jiang to Commander Liu Yimin and Mrs. Chen Yaoguang. Mrs. Jiang prayed every day, begging God to bless the hero's instructor to break through safely.
, pray for the safety of Liu Yimin and his wife.
After the telegram from the attendant's room arrived at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai cursed at a glance: "It's like playing the piano randomly. The Japanese army is about to attack, and they are still in the mood to play such a low-level trick of destroying other people's families and sow discord. It's simply shameful!
What about Mrs. Chen Yaoguang? She is just a entourage officer of Tang Xingying. If you want to meet and talk about family affection, just take the person back, so as to avoid being annoying!"
Of course, the headquarters still forwarded the telegram from the attendant's room to the instructor.
To be honest, Liu Yimin really wanted to attend the Luoyang conference, but unfortunately he broke out from Tianjin late and couldn't catch up. In addition, it is now the time when the construction of the western Shandong base area is in full swing.
When he saw the telegram from the attendant's room, he was already angry. Cai Zhong joked with him again, saying that Chairman Jiang wanted to be his father-in-law and was almost crazy, which made Liu Yimin so angry that he rolled his eyes.
After being angry, Liu Yimin said hatefully: "Since Chiang Kai-shek is determined to make Chen Yaoguang my wife, I think that girl is really good. I will take her into the house tonight and guarantee it in ten months.
Let Chairman Jiang be the grandfather and see who suffers a great loss!”
This statement made the whole room full of people unable to open their mouths.
In the end, Luo Ronghuan criticized Cai Zhong for not making jokes about his division commander in the future. If something really happened, I am afraid that it is not just the division commander who was in trouble for the inspection, and no one could escape.
After the incident, Liu Yimin did not attend the Luoyang military conference and was busy pursuing the construction of the base. However, when Tang Xingying heard the wind, she saw Chen Yaoguang's eyes getting worse and worse, and she also specially pulled out two soldiers from her guard squad.
As Chen Yaoguang's guard, he was required to protect Chen Yaoguang's safety in a row, avoid accidents, and not to explain to Mrs. Jiang.
The Luoyang Military Conference was held as scheduled.
At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek summarized the combat situation since the war between the First and Second War Zones, focusing on commending our army's fighting spirit of death in the Xinkou Battle, and commending the Eighth Route Army for its flexible tactics and brave officers and soldiers, especially
The Eighth Route Army instructors and the 115th Division in succession of severe damage to the Japanese invaders. The instructors successively recovered Taiyuan and Tianjin, and demonstrated the prestige of the Chinese army.
When Chiang Kai-shek was praising his teacher, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. The teacher was so capable, but unfortunately it was not his own army. I don’t know whether Chen Yaoguang was playing a role, and I never saw any punishment from the CCP or the CCP.
What about alienation? Ni Hua is coming back soon, so you have to make good use of it.
Of course, this idea was just a flash. Chiang Kai-shek then criticized some troops in the First War Zone, who were defeated when they heard the police and had no courage to fight against the enemy at the beginning of the war. Now the main force of the Japanese army is around Tianjin, the first north of the Yellow River.
The war zone was only facing a 14th Division of Kenji Doihara. Hundreds of thousands of troops in the first war zone were afraid of the enemy like a tiger and did not dare to take active attacks to wipe out the enemy. This was formed with the spirit of our army fighting desperately along the Yangtze River in Shanxi and along the Yangtze River.
With strong contrast, if the combat strategy is not changed, it will be severely punished by military law.
When talking about this, Chiang Kai-shek's tone suddenly became stern: "The former deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone and chairman of Shandong Province, Han Fuqu, disobeyed military orders and retreated without authorization, resulting in the fall of most of Shandong. Recently, he was arrested at the Kaifeng combat conference and accepted
Military law trial. You must learn from your lessons and don’t follow the footsteps of Han Xiangfang.”
Hearing the gloomy words, the generals present were all covered in hair and bones. Cheng Qian, the commander of the First War Zone, immediately stood up and expressed his opinion, vigorously rectifying the troops, strictly guarding the Yellow River defense, and actively launching an offensive against the 24th Corps of Tuohirahara in northern Henan
Battle.
Yan Xishan, commander of the Second War Zone, and Wei Lihuang, commander of the 14th Army, also stood up and expressed their views, resolutely obeying the orders of the Military Commission, concentrate their efforts to defend the defense lines of southern Shanxi and Zhongtiaoshan, and organize troops to actively carry out offensive operations against the Japanese army living in Taiyuan.
, strive to expel the Japanese army from Shanxi as soon as possible.
Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, pointed out in his speech: "Although the main force of the Japanese army has retaliated against Tianjin, eased the pressure on the battlefields of central China and Shanxi, Jinpu and Pinghan lines, the strength of the Japanese heavy army group in North China is even greater and reliable.
Information: The total number of Japanese troops in North China is as high as 15 divisions and three independent brigades. These 15 divisions are all four-unit divisions. When the full unit is complete, each division has 28,200 people, plus three independent brigades.
The total Japanese army's total force in North China has reached 440,000. Although the Japanese divisions suffered certain losses in the early stage of the battle, the main force of the Fifth Division was annihilated, the 20th Division, the 109th Division, the 109th Division, the 1st
The division, the independent brigade of the garrison army, etc., were all hit hard by us. However, due to the perfect mobilization system and the well-trained reserve service, we can quickly make up for the damage to the war. According to information, this time, in addition to the selection of the independent mixed brigade of the Guards this time, the Japanese army has selected the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Guards
In addition to joining the Fifth Division and restoring the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division, the combat losses of each unit were supplemented. In addition to transporting several complete divisions, the troops transported by the Japanese joint fleet also sent supplementary troops. Now, in addition to
First, the second independent mixed brigade guards Shandong, and the Independent brigade guards Beiping, there are two divisions in Taiyuan and one division in northern Henan. The remaining 12 divisions are around Tianjin.
Where will the regiment go next and how to deal with the thunder strikes of these 12 divisions are the key issues that we should study at this meeting. I suggest that we carefully study our tactics and quickly formulate response strategies. Otherwise,
Once the Japanese army is launched, it may end up losing territory and losing thousands of miles."
After Mr. Zhu's statement, the atmosphere in the venue became more and more serious.
Chiang Kai-shek looked at Mr. Zhu and asked, "Brother Yujie, is the information reliable?"
Mr. Zhu glanced at Chiang Kai-shek and felt that there was no joy or anger from the white face. He said, "Report to Chairman, the information is absolutely reliable. When the Japanese army reoccupied Taiyuan, they transferred the First Division of the Kwantung Army.
The Eighth Division and the 25th Division formed the Kwantung Army's southward corps. One of the Eighth Division was completely wiped out by my 115th Division at Yanmen Pass, and the cavalry corps was severely damaged by me. Later, our instructor captured the
After Tianjin, the Japanese army was annihilated, and the Tanggu was stationed in Tianjin, with 7,000 troops, mainly a corps of the former North China Zhutun Army Independent Brigade, as well as a brigade of the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin and a brigade of the Marine Corps. Later, the instructor was in Langfang.
The cavalry corps of the 1st Division were wiped out and the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division was severely damaged in Cang County. Now, the Japanese army transported the 21st Division, the 22nd Division, and the 20th Division from the local area.
The Third Division formed a new 24th Division in Harbin and also rushed south to Tianjin. The four divisions and the 25th Division of the Kwantung Army's southward corps were all newly formed divisions, and were dispatched by Mongolian and Xinjiang.
In the name of the army, the Japanese army joined the North China Front Army. In addition, the Japanese army pulled back the Sixth Division, the 16th Division and the Guoqi Detachment from the 10th Central China Army. In this way, almost all the Japanese elite divisions were concentrated in North China, and their troops were
Unrivaled huge.”
The more Chiang Kai-shek heard, his eyebrows became tighter and tighter. When General Zhu finished reporting, Chiang Kai-shek had already stood up and walked around the conference room, cursing his mother Xipi.
Zhang Qun, Secretary-General of the Military Commission and Bai Chongxi, who accompanied him, could no longer sit still, stood up and rushed to the map of the First War Zone Command. Their actions led to Cheng Qian and Yan Xishan also getting up.
Look at the map.
Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly announced the recess and discussed the situation.
During dinner, Chiang Kai-shek and these generals had dinner in the headquarters.
The military meeting did not start again until 9 pm.
After Chiang Kai-shek made a brief speech, Bai Chongxi made an operational arrangement.
The Tongpu Railway in Shanxi is divided into four lines north and south, east and west, and the southern line is commanded by Wei Lihuang. The 14th Army of Wei Lihuang, the 17th Army of Yang Hucheng, and the troops under the command of the 14th Army of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The line of defense ensures that the Japanese army is blocking the pace of going south and ensures that the Yellow River at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi are guarded.
The Northern Line is led by the 115th Division and the 120th Division of the 18th Army, and is equipped with Fu Zuoyi's troops. It uses the complex terrain of northern Shanxi to block and delay the enemy step by step, and resolutely delay the enemy's offensive pace. It is best to force the Japanese army to divide the troops and annihilate them.
The battle commander was Peng Dehuai, deputy commander of the 18th Army.
On the western front, Yan Xishan's main force defended the western Shanxi, with Yang Aiyuan as the commander-in-chief, resolutely blocking the Japanese army's attempt to attack the Yellow River to the west.
The eastern front was commanded by Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the 18th Army. The 129th Division of the 18th Army, the independent division guarded the southeastern and central Jin, and implemented strict solid walls and clearing the fields. Small troops attacked from multiple routes to harass the enemy with guerrilla warfare.
All units of the 18th Group Army are responsible for the task of cutting off the enemy's supply line. They must try to entangle the enemy, delay the enemy's attack, and buy time for the defense line in southern and western Shanxi. The security divisions and security divisions that remain in Shaanxi must be responsible for the river defense mission from Tongguan to Yulin to ensure that the Japanese army cannot
Attack Shaanxi and then attack the rear. At the same time, local troops in Shaanxi must be prepared to cross the river to reinforce western Shanxi and southern Shanxi.
Yan Xishan, commander of the First War Zone, Zhu De, deputy commander of the First War, and Wei Lihuang must be fully responsible for the war in Shanxi. Those who fail to obey their orders and give up their positions privately will implement battlefield disciplines no matter which level of generals.
In the direction of Pinghan Line, the main forces of the First War Zone should gather between Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, strictly guard the river defense, and make preparations for reinforcement of the Fifth and Second War Zones. Now all troops in northern Henan should actively launch an active campaign to the 14th Division.
The offensive forced them to cross the river to fight, attracting the heavy Japanese army from North China to divide their troops to help.
The commander of the First War Zone was fully responsible for the Pinghan Line.
All troops on the Jinpu Line are under the command of Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth War Zone. According to the plan of the Military Commission, defensive operations will be organized with Xuzhou as the core. The Chairman will personally visit Xuzhou to guide and deploy.
After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek made another speech.
At this time, the enemy situation was serious, and Chiang Kai-shek did not care about being polite, and came up and said, "The strategic position on both sides of the Jinpu Line is important. Niang Xipi, and the Korean Xiangfang dared to hook up with the Japanese army and secretly contacted the Japanese side with the central government behind their backs.
The main force has not arrived yet, and he was about to collapse with the enemy in Cang County. He gave up on defending Jinan privately, and even Tai'an, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. What is the use of such a provincial chairman, such a general? He is afraid of the Japanese attack, so why not be afraid of national laws and military laws.
Is it? Now the Japanese heavy army group is about to go south to raid the defense lines of our army. Although the main attack direction of the Japanese army has not yet been implemented, we are all leading troops. No matter how hidden the Japanese attack focus is, it cannot escape our gaze. Shanxi is the roof of North China,
The Central Plains barrier is strategic and important. The same is true for the defense of northern Henan and the Yellow River. Once the Japanese army breaks through the river defense, the Longhai Railway will be cut off, and the gateway to the heartland of the Central Plains will be opened. The Japanese army can quickly go south to attack Wuhan. Our
The situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan is dangerous. Xuzhou on the Jinpu Line is even more important. If you defend Xuzhou, you can divide the Japanese army into two battlefields, North China and Central China, and you cannot support each other well. If you lose Xuzhou, the Japanese army can connect north and south and make great use of it.
With the advantage of high mechanization, we can go westward to attack Wuhan. No problem can occur in these three places! We are revolutionary soldiers and we have the responsibility to defend our territory. We must learn from Liu Yimin, not from Han Xiangfang. We must be real heroes, not be afraid of death. Which one
If you dare not obey command, you will be dealt with by military law."
Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek raised his voice: "This time General Liu Yimin led his troops to capture Tianjin, and on behalf of the National Government, he publicly pronounced the verdict and shot a large number of traitors such as Yin Rugeng and Yoshiko Kawashima, which greatly shocked those who do not want the country, the nation, and the
The guys of the ancestors greatly increased the ambition of the Chinese people. Chairman Lin Sen of the National Government not only ordered commendations, but also took out money from his own private deposits to reward teachers. Newspapers from all over the country promoted the achievements of the mentors. This shows that as long as they were sincere in the war of resistance,
You will be rewarded by the leader and loved by the people. Those who do not resist generals and those who turn a blind eye to military orders must seriously think about how military laws and national laws will treat them in the future. Especially those who have fantasies about the Japanese army and secretly reconcile
If the Japanese army is hooking up, think clearly. Even if I don’t pursue you, the Military Commission will not pursue you. When you meet Liu Yimin, can he let you go? Comrades, I will once again remind you that it is Mr. Jiang Baili.
Well said, although the Japanese army is strong, as long as we persist in the war of resistance, do not compromise, and do not surrender, China will not perish. China has hope!"
These words were praised, criticized, encouraged, warned, and full of threats. However, soldiers in the war years liked this, which caused widespread applause from the generals. Chiang Kai-shek himself also felt very
Satisfied, shook hands with every general.
After the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek met with the Eighth Route Army generals in turn, and talked about the teacher-student friendship with Lin Biao and Xu Xiangqian, and also made some suggestive efforts to win over He Long and Liu Bocheng, but the results were not ideal. These people were stubborn and obeyed orders to unite to fight against Japan.
Yes, as for other things, it seems that they don’t understand Chinese and cannot understand what the chairman means. Especially Peng Dehuai, he asked for military pay and weapons and ammunition from the scene, and he didn’t talk about anything else, and he said it very well: Chairman Lin Sen
We all use private funds to reward teachers. Shouldn’t the National Government pay, give out military pay, clothing, weapons and ammunition to such a heroic unit?
Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to say that these issues were held after the battle and the situation was stable, and then a meeting was held to study it.
Finally, Chiang Kai-shek asked General Zhu, where is the instructor of General Peng, Liu Yimin? Is the loss of the troops great? Is there still no combat capability?
Mr. Zhu replied that the instructor had just emerged from the east of Hebei. Now the guerrillas in Pingjin area have suffered a lot of casualties, but because Liu Yimin was training tightly, the main force should still have the strength to fight again. However, it is now the heavy army group of the Japanese army.
Chase and search them, there are planes in the sky, tanks on the ground, and warships in the sea. Once the troops emerge, they will be strongly attacked by the Japanese. At this time, if this broken heroic unit is allowed to fight the Japanese to death, they will only be able to
The enemy died together. This also fell into the trap of the Japanese army.
Chiang Kai-shek said a few times, and in his unique Ningbo accent, he said slowly: "Brother Yujie, I carefully studied Liu Yimin's tactics and found that he was particularly good at long-distance raids, and he would not fight the Japanese army if he attacked.
The bone-sealing point that cannot be rescued. This time the Japanese army's troops were too large. Whether they attacked Xuzhou, southern Jin, or crossed the river to attack the heartland of the Central Plains, they might not be able to contain them by relying on the power of a war zone alone. They divided their troops into two groups
Or three attacks, you also know the situation during the Battle of Xinkou. I am worried that the main force of our army will be seriously damaged. What is most worrying is that even if our army makes a major sacrifice, it may not be able to stop the enemy's pace.
The national war situation says that we need time to complete the deployment of defending the Central Plains and defending Wuhan.”
Mr. Peng is always straightforward and can't stand it, so he said directly: "Chairman Jiang, please speak directly if you mean anything, don't be so polite."
Chiang Kai-shek then said: "This time the Japanese army will not launch, and once it is launched, it will be a thunder attack. I would like to ask the two to give orders to the instructors, so that Liu Yimin and others will seize the opportunity of the empty rear of the enemy after the Japanese army is launched, and fight.
A battle like Taiyuan and Tianjin disrupted the enemy's deployment and forced them to return to rescue. I also thought that the Japanese army must strengthen the defense of Peking and Tianjin now, and there may not be a chance there. Bai Jiansheng and Yue Jun
After discussing, I felt that Shijiazhuang and Jinan were both good. Attacking Shijiazhuang, you could mobilize the Japanese army on the Pinghan Line and the Japanese army in Shanxi to return to aid. Attacking Jinan could force the Japanese army on the Jinpu Line to attack the advancement of the Japanese army. After the Japanese army launched the entire line, let the instructor do this.
Just a pull can alleviate the crisis on our front line. I wonder what you two mean by.”
Before the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek felt that the teacher had been greatly weakened, and it didn't matter whether Liu Yimin came to the meeting or not. As the situation became serious, he immediately hoped that God would bless him and let the teacher suffer less losses and give the Japanese invaders.
A ruthless person, alleviate the crisis in the war. Think about the crisis in the central China battlefield and the Shanxi battlefield, when Liu Yimin attacked Tianjin, he would disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack this time, Liu Yimin could capture Peiping
Chapter completed!