The sky is heavy, the northwest wind is whizzing, and it seems that it is about to snow.
Luo Binghui, the commander of the security division of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Democratic Region Government, has been commanding troops to fight against the attack of the National Army for more than half a month. In the past half month, the various units of the security division have fought on both sides of the Weinan region and Shangluo region, fighting tenaciously, and have suffered a lot of losses. They have been replenished twice from the county garrison regiments coming from the rear. Luo Binghui's face twitched.
Before the Red Ninth Army captured the Long March, it had been expanded to the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division. When the Red Army occupied Chengdu and Fujia battles ended, the troops expanded again. When the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, it became the Ninth Regiment of the Third Division, and the 1 small regiment became a large regiment. However, the Red Ninth Regiment did not have so many technical arms, one regiment was 1,200 people, with a total force of more than 10,000.
After the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, the Red Ninth Army merged with the Xi'an Garrison District and was renamed the Security Division of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone. Luo Binghui was appointed as the division commander, Guo Tianmin was appointed as the chief of staff, He Changgong was appointed as the director of the Political Training Department, and Huang Su served as the deputy director. There were three brigades and nine regiments and the Xi'an Garrison District. After two years of development, Weinan and Shangluo Garrison District were added, and each county also added security regiments.
Later, Huang Su went to Shandong and stained the land of Taixi with blood.
Now, the security division has withdrawn from the Shangluo area and concentrates its forces to defend the Weinan front line.
Although Mao Zedong ordered the security division and security division to shrink and let the enemy attack the hinterland of Shaanxi, there was also a bottom line, and the bottom line of the eastern line was in Weinan. If the National Army captured Weinan, the central headquarters of Lintong would not be able to be saved and would have to be transferred immediately. Then Xi'an would not defend it. When the National Army occupied Xi'an and wanted to take it back, it would not be easy.
The defense battle in Weinan has been going on for two days. The troops of the National Army's First War Zone and Hu Zongnan who came from Shangluo have attacked each other on both sides, and have broken through the three defense lines outside the security division and are rushing towards the Weinan County!
At this time, Luo Binghui, who was in the Weinan Front Command, was anxiously saying to Guo Tianmin: "Chief of Staff, send a report to the Central Committee, please prepare to evacuate Lintong and move northward. Send a telegram to Lao Peng and ask where he was. If he can't get there, wait to collect the body of Luo Binghui!"
He Changgong made great contributions in Jinggangshan during his history. After joining the Red Fourth Front Army through the grasslands in the Long March, the Red Ninth Army, which served as the rear guard, was once attracted by Zhang Guotao. He Changgong was no longer trusted by the Central Committee. His status within the Party and within the army declined, and he no longer had the opportunity to stand alone. Now, history has changed, Zhang Guotao's problem has long been resolved, and the Red Ninth Army has also grown and grown into a security division. He Changgong still served as the political commissar of the security division. Even Luo Binghui was not sent to the New Fourth Army like in history, but was responsible for defending Xi'an.
Seeing that Luo Binghui was so impatient that his mouth was blistering, He said slowly: "Don't worry, the central government does not need to be transferred. We have been fighting for more than half a month and have won time for the main force to rush back.
I guess Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng has arrived and an order will arrive soon."
Sure enough, not long after, I received a telegram from Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and commander of Shaanxi Joint Defense, ordering the security division to shrink its entire line, concentrate its forces to defend Weinan County, and attract stubborn troops to Miji, Weinan County. The main force has arrived and is scheduled to counterattack at 4 pm.
Luo Binghui's strength disappeared without a trace, and he fell to a bench and muttered to himself: "God, we finally made it through!"
Seeing Luo Binghui's emotions, He Changgong said to Guo Tianmin: "Chief of Staff, implementing the order of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, ordering all troops to shrink the square line and concentrate in the direction of the county."
The security division contracted its position, the Kuomintang army rushed to chase and besieged Weinan County. The Kuomintang officers were busy allocating troops and firepower, and shouted the slogan of breaking through Weinan City and capturing Luo Binghui alive.
The search troops of the National Army have begun to search and advance west of Lingkou. The situation is clearly to quickly attack Lintong after capturing Weinan and attack Xi'an with the Western Front troops. Unfortunately, they have no time. Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, led the elite troops returning from the Shanxi battlefield, who had arrived at the Lingkou line. The entire army is resting in seclusion and preparing for the upcoming war.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, General Peng issued an order to launch a full-scale counterattack. In an instant, two artillery regiments roared, and groups of shells swept across the gray sky and smashed towards the army that was attacking wildly towards Weinan County.
Because the Eighth Route Army also had aircraft, the main force of the National Army's fighter jets was the Soviet Air Volunteer Team of Aid China. They were unwilling to confront the Eighth Route Army fighter jets. Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to leave his only air force and did not send planes to the war. The National Army lost its air reconnaissance methods and could not detect the marching route and accurate position of the Eighth Route Army's return troops. Although the frontline commanders knew that the Eighth Route Army's return troops had crossed the Yellow River, they did not know that they had arrived at the periphery of Weinan. The muzzles and muzzles were pointed at them in black!
The rumbling sound of cannons shocked the earth. The people of Weinan, who had been pacified for a long time, were attracted by the power of the Eighth Route Army artillery. Many people quietly climbed to the cliff and on the roof to see the spectacular scene of the Eighth Route Army artillery group bombardment.
The attack came too suddenly. The Kuomintang officers and soldiers who were attacking Weinan County were suddenly stunned.
It’s okay for Hu Zong’s officers and soldiers to come to the southern part of Hu Zong. After passing the Battle of Wuhan, they had seen the heavy artillery bombardment of the Japanese army, and knew to cover up and hide. The troops in the First War Zone were in vain. They were not the troops drawn from Zhongtiao Mountain, but were all troops drawn from Luoyang, Mianchi, Shanxian and Lingbao. Although the War of Resistance Against Japan lasted for two years, the brothers had not taken the fire with the Japanese. The impression in their minds was still in the impression of the firefighting between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party before the War of Resistance Against Japan. When did the Communist troops have such powerful artillery fire?
The officers waved their pistols and ordered their brothers to lie down and avoid shelling.
The artillery strikes the morale of the troops, destroys the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and also conveys the message that the main force of the Eighth Route Army who returned from Shanxi to aid to the battlefield! This time, the Chinese army officers and soldiers who were still clamoring to "rush into Weinan City and capture Luo Binghui alive" collapsed. They didn't bother to hide and retreated. The troops that were not bombarded also began to turn backwards to see who ran faster.
Rumble, rumble, the shells were extending, one after another, one after another, and group of shells chased the figures of the officers and soldiers of the National Army, exploded, exploded, exploded again!
At this moment, something that made the officers and soldiers of the National Army frightened. The main force of the Eighth Route Army of the eight brigades rushed up from both wings of Weinan County. The formation was clearly a pair of pliers that opened the tiger's mouth and clamped towards the National Army who were attacking Weinan!
There was a loud charge sound coming from the Qin 11th earth!
At this time, not only the Eighth Route Army that returned to the aid launched a charge, but the Eighth Route Army in Weinan County also rushed out of the city gate and shouted and rushed towards the national army. Even the militia and local armed forces who went to the front line to support the battle launched a charge with the troops.
At this time, the commanders of the Kuomintang army in charge knew that the situation was hopeless. If they did not retreat, they would be captured by the Eighth Route Army. A series of orders were passed down. Not only did the front-line troops besieging Weinan County began to retreat, but even the troops preparing for reinforcements began to retreat. The bandit style of the Kuomintang army appeared again, rushing to lead to a living defeat on the vast Qin 11 land.
If Chiang Kai-shek had flew over Weinan in a plane, he would have witnessed the tragic situation of the national army's retreat with his own eyes.
In history, when the Japanese army captured Lingbao Hangu Pass, the troops in Hu Zongnan who supported the Hangu Pass were defeated. The troops and divisions fled backwards. The American pilots in charge of reconnaissance reported to Chiang Kai-shek through airborne radio stations, and fired airborne machine guns to intercept the defeated troops of the National Army, hoping to keep them and rush back to the defense line, because there was no Japanese chasing figure behind the defeated soldiers. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek felt embarrassed in front of the Americans and ordered Hu Zongnan to shoot several division commanders, regiment commanders, and battalion commanders to be fine. Sadly, Hu Zongnan was indiscriminate, and even shot the battalion commander who fought stubbornly on the front line of Hangu Pass and opposed the commander retreating without orders. How could the soldiers fight against the Japanese without discrimination?
It was the first time since Mr. Peng personally commanded two artillery regiments to fight since joining the army.
When the cannon fired, General Peng himself was also frightened. Thinking about the power of Liu Yimin when he commanded a war, General Peng immediately had an idea, that is, to use the four artillery regiments of the four divisions of the Shanxi battlefield. In that case, no matter how strong the Japanese fortifications are, they cannot block the bombardment of the artillery groups.
Mr. Peng was always a powerful general. The retreat of the Kuomintang army was exactly what he wanted. Orders were issued from the command center, and the troops pursued them relentlessly. Two artillery regiments followed. As long as the Kuomintang army established a line of defense and tried to block the bombs, the shells would fall like raindrops, shattering the national army's mentality of defending them little by little.
It turned out that the national army, who was still as strong as a bull, attacked wildly and attempted to capture Xi'an, turned into a defeated general under the iron fist of the main force of the Eighth Route Army!
Chiang Kai-shek might not have imagined this, but Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Peng Dehuai all thought that they had fought more and more wars with the national army and had a thorough understanding of the national army. They knew that such troops could only win battles but not defeat them. Once they were defeated, they would be lost and would not be defeated. The army could not be defeated. The 100,000 troops could finally collect 30,000, and 50,000 would be amazing.
Of course, there is another key factor. The National Army and the Eighth Route Army fight against the Japanese. When they fight against the Japanese, they are captured, and the consequences are very bad. The brothers can't fight without fighting. When they fight against the Eighth Route Army, they fight if they can't fight. If they can't beat them, they just kneel down and raise their hands to surrender. They are all Chinese troops, and the brothers of the Communist Party are aware of the preferential treatment of prisoners.
The rumbling cannons of the Eighth Route Army counterattack on the Weinan front woke up Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin and others who were still commanding the battle against the map in Chongqing. Their beautiful dreams were shattered in anger. Chiang Kai-shek's face turned pale, and he was so destined that he would kill people.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was still unwilling to fail and ordered Wei Lihuang, the commander of the First War Zone, to stabilize the Tongguan defense line and to meet the troops retreating from Weinan. At the same time, the troops advancing from Hanzhong, north and from Longnan, Tianshui, quickly advanced to Xi'an, seized the opportunity that the Eighth Route Army's return troops were pursuing the First War Zone troops and seized Xi'an.
Chiang Kai-shek firmly believed that as long as Xi'an was captured and Xi'an's strong city was deployed, the Eighth Route Army would not do anything.
Wei Lihuang turned out to be a stubborn anti-communist, and he captured Jinzhai, the center of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base. After capturing Jinzhai, Wei Lihuang's troops frantically captured the Red Army's family and used cars to sell the wives and sisters of the Red Army soldiers to other places, doing bad things. Many people in later generations who did not know his glorious history only knew about him cooperating with the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, but did not know about the fact that he had committed crimes in Henan-Anhui, and did not know about the old soldiers of the Fourth Red Army who came out of Hubei-Henan-Anhui couldn't help but draw out their guns and wanted to shoot him in one go.
After Wei Lihuang went to the battlefield of Anti-Japanese War, he fought bravely in the Battle of Xinkou. After the Battle of Taiyuan, Wei Lihuang was pursued by the Japanese army and almost became a prisoner of the Japanese army. Fortunately, General Zhu ordered the troops to reinforce, so he saved Wei Lihuang's life. In this way, Wei Lihuang became a good impression of the Eighth Route Army and was closely related to General Zhu and others.
This time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the First War Zone to capture Tongguan, capture Weinan, and then capture Xi'an. To be honest, Wei Lihuang disagreed. The Eighth Route Army fought desperately with the Japanese on the front line, but Chiang Kai-shek asked to attack Xian. What was going on? Moreover, Wei Lihuang knew in his heart that without the bloody battle of the Eighth Route Army, his Zhongtiaoshan defense line would not be able to block the Japanese attack. Therefore, Wei Lihuang's attitude was that Chiang Kai-shek's orders must be implemented, but it would be best to send someone else to command the attack on Weinan. He would not go there and he had to leave some room for meeting with Zhu and Peng in the future.
After receiving a report that the Eighth Route Army's return troops launched a counterattack on the Weinan front line and the National Army was defeated, Wei Lihuang, who was in the commander's headquarters of the First War Zone of Luoyang, immediately lamented and hit the iron plate again.
Originally, Wei Lihuang was determined and had a tenacious style of fighting. If he had personally commanded the troops, he would probably have to take Weinan at least two days in advance. When Mr. Peng led the reinforcements back, he would probably have to fight Wei Lihuang near Xi'an. Because Wei Lihuang was unwilling to fight directly with the Eighth Route Army, he sent Deputy Commander Liu Zhi as the commander of the front enemy. At this time, Liu Zhi no longer had the style of the Five Tiger Generals when Chiang Kai-shek started his career in Huangpu. He was exhausted all his energy on the belly of his concubines. He fought hard and wasted time, so that the Eighth Route Army's return troops would return to the aid calmly from the battlefield in Shanxi, and beat him alone.
After receiving the order from Chiang Kai-shek to stabilize the front line of Tongguan, Wei Lihuang immediately gave Liu Zhi a strict order to set up his command center in Tongguan, establish a defense line in Tongguan, rely on the fragile line to defend the enemy, resolutely withstand the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army, and cover the retreat of the front-line troops.
Liu Zhi received a telegram from Wei Lihuang, scolding Wei Lihuang for standing and talking without pain. The troops were defeated on the whole line, and the soldiers could not find their generals, and the generals could not find their soldiers. How to gather the troops to stabilize the defense line?
At the critical moment, Hu Zongnan, who had experienced the test of the Wuhan Battle, rescued the troops of the First War Zone.
At this time, Hu Zongnan was the commander of the 34th Army. After participating in the Suizao Battle, he stationed in Nanyang. This time he was ordered to capture the Shangluo area and attacked Weinan with the troops of the First War Zone.
Chiang Kai-shek's intention to fight was to regain Xi'an, drive Mao Zedong to northern Shaanxi or pass Huang Tong. Hu Zongnan's goal was clearer, that is, to completely eliminate the Communist Party's Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone!
This time, Hu Zongnan, who was once captured and released by Liu Yimin, learned from his abilities. He no longer rushed forward during the war. Instead, he strictly followed the infantry tactical requirements and launched an attack on the front and left. In this way, the troops involved in the front line of Weinan were only part of the 34th Army, and the main force was still behind!
Because of this, after Hu Zongnan's 34th Army was defeated, the subsequent troops were able to quickly occupy the position, stabilize the position, and began to launch a counterattack against the main force of the pursuing Eighth Route Army to cover the retreat of the First War Zone troops.
In this way, the main force of the Eighth Route Army had to turn, first defeating Hu Zongnan, and then chase and annihilate the defeated troops in the First War Zone.
In the eyes of Mr. Peng, Hu Zongnan was just a fool and was not worth mentioning at all. Now Hu Zongnan's troops dared to counterattack the return troops with two artillery regiments, which made Mr. Peng furious. He immediately rushed forward and pointed the attack finger at Hu Zongnan's troops.
Historically, from the Red Army to the early stages of the Liberation War, our army's equipment was too different from that of the national army. It was entirely based on correct strategies and tactics and the skillful command art and the brave spirit of the soldiers.
When our army's equipment was improved in the late period of the Liberation War, the Kuomintang army was no longer an opponent. Back then, General Peng commanded more than 20,000 Northwest Field Army to fight against Hu Zongnan's 200,000 elite troops, and finally defeated Hu Zongnan to flee to the Fourth 11, and finally fled to Taiwan alone. Now, the Eighth Route Army's return to the aid forces commanded by General Peng has two heavy artillery regiments, which has exceeded Hu Zongnan's territory. With General Peng's command level and the tactical level of the main force of the Eighth Route Army who had been honed on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War for two years, Hu Zongnan was no match for the fierce attack, and could only retreat step by step. However, Hu Zongnan achieved the purpose of delaying the Eighth Route Army's pursuit of the defeated troops in the First War Zone.
The Battle of Weinan lasted for two days. When the Eighth Route Army returned to the aid forces to repel Hu Zongnan, the First War Zone troops had already established a defense line on the front line of Tongguan.
At this time, the troops withdrawn from Jinsui and Jinchaji have also arrived in Xi'an, met with the security division and started a counterattack.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek realized that his plan had failed and it was impossible to occupy Xi'an for the time being. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ordered all troops to establish defense lines and launch a positional offensive and defensive battle with the Eighth Route Army.
Among them, the First War Zone troops defended the Tongguan defense line to the death, Hu Zongnan's 34th Army consolidated the occupation of the Shangluo area, Jiang Dingwen's troops on the southern line and the large troops from 11th from the north, and Gansu's troops advancing east were deployed on the north side of the Qinling Mountains and defended on the Qinling Mountains.
Chapter completed!