Chapter 390: Concept of Joint Operation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party
October 15, 1940.
Shortly after the headquarters organization withdrew to the southeast of Shexian County, on the same day, the deputy chief of staff also came with the 22nd Regiment to join them.
Subsequently, Zhou Weihan sent a telegram to invite the head of the headquarters to come to the front line to command operations. The final arrangement was for the boss to stay behind and the deputy chief of staff to visit the front line in person.
After annihilating the main force of the Japanese army of the 41st Division, the situation in Tainan became peaceful. The Japanese army sent aircraft for reconnaissance many times, but no trace of the Eighth Route Army, which was fighting fiercely with the 41st Division, was found.
Wang Yigong's 4th regiment rested in Pingshun, Zhou Weihan led the main force to hide in the mountains of southeastern Lu, and Ding Wei's 28th regiment hid in the border between Licheng and Lucheng.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to rest and recuperate, the seriously injured members of each unit were escorted to Yamawang Mountain by local armed forces.
On the night of the 15th, the deputy chief of staff came with Xu Dali's Second Regiment to join Zhou Weihan.
"Zhou Weihan, I haven't even had a good night's sleep in the past few days. You are so good!" the deputy chief of staff complained as soon as they met.
"Chief of Staff, it's not that I don't want you to rest, but the situation doesn't allow it. The fighter plane is fleeting, and you have to take care of it at the critical moment!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"I see that the Tainan Military Region is doing quite well under your command. I'm here, but don't think someone will overwhelm you when the time comes!"
"No way, no!"
Then Zhou Weihan asked Xing Zhiguo to introduce the current situation.
Zhou Weihan led his troops to suddenly emerge in Tainan. Compared with the same period in history, it was tantamount to strengthening the Eighth Route Army. With a main force of nearly 20,000 people, the Eighth Route Army had room to protect itself in Tainan.
But it was just self-protection, and Zhou Weihan was still not satisfied.
"Then what? I asked you why you asked me to come here, but you will give me difficult problems!" the deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
"Don't forget that in June, the recalcitrant troops were still engaging in friction with our Eighth Route Army in Tainan. According to the agreement between the two parties, Lintun Highway, Changzhi and the south of Pingshun are the territory of the National Army, and our Eighth Route Army is operating in the north!"
"Lao Chiang Kai-shek is on very tight guard against our Eighth Route Army. In Lin County, Gaoping, Huguan, and Lingchuan in the southern region of Changzhi, there are miscellaneous armed forces of the Forty Army in the Hebei-Cha War Zone of the National Army. The New Fifth Army is at the forefront. Do you think they are
Is the target just the Japanese army?" the deputy chief of staff said one after another.
"Chief of Staff, I understand everything you said. I am a soldier. I don't understand political matters. I only think about fighting!" Zhou Weihan explained.
"I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the national army, but I can't bear to have them close to my Tainan base. From a military point of view, Taihang, Taiyue and Zhongtiao Mountain are the horns of each other, and they form an invisible alliance.
A barrier, even if the Japanese army has the upper hand in military power, if they want to take action, they have to think carefully!"
"Our Taihang and Taiyue base areas are easy to talk about, and the Japanese army has been raiding them many times and nothing can be done. But Zhongtiao Mountain is different. The national army in the first theater seems to have a lot of troops. In my opinion, their military deployment is independent of each other.
They are all loopholes!”
Zhongtiao Mountain is 150 kilometers long from east to west and only 55 kilometers wide from north to south. It starts from Yongji in the west and ends at Jiyuan in the east, with Yuanqu as the center.
Its terrain is like a tachyon in the north-south direction. It has no strategic depth and is backed by the Yellow River. It will break with the slightest force.
And Zhongtiao Mountain, the so-called guerrilla base that disturbs public order, is actually in name only.
First of all, as a unit that fights deep behind enemy lines, under the tight blockade of the Japanese army, it is in a combat state without rear areas and has difficulty in supplying supplies. This requires the base area to have self-sufficient economic power, and the Zhongtiao Mountain base area is barren and the people are poor.
, even in the best of times, the conditions in the mountains were difficult to feed people.
Most of the food supplies for the various units in the first theater were transferred from the rear. Once the Yellow River crossing was occupied by the Japanese army and the supply line was cut off, the consequences can be imagined.
Secondly, compared with the Eighth Route Army base area, the Zhongtiao Mountain base area did not mobilize the masses, a large number of people were forcibly recruited to do labor, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were prevalent, and the burden on the people was too heavy.
Coupled with the serious internal factional struggle, Wei was nominally the commander of the first theater, but in fact he commanded not many troops.
The deputy chief of staff waved his hand and then said: "I understand the reason why the lips are dying and the teeth are cold, and I also understand the reason why fighter planes are hard to find, but why should the national army join forces with our Eighth Route Army to fight?"
"Are all the generals of the national army blind? After taking the southern area of Changzhi, the east side of Zhongtiao Mountain will be protected. Even if a war does break out, once the national army in Zhongtiao Mountain loses the war, there will be more
One day to retreat!" Zhou Weihan became anxious upon hearing this.
There is a reason for the deputy chief of staff to be worried. Even within the first theater, there are many people who are eyeing Wei's position.
Moreover, even if the National Army agrees to the request for joint operations, with the execution ability of the National Army troops and the internal ventilation of the National Army, the Japanese army cannot be unprepared. By then, the day lily will be cold, and it may be another futile farce.
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"The idea of walking on two legs is a good one, but don't have high expectations. I will report this matter to the Central Military Commission as soon as possible and communicate with the First Theater Command as soon as possible!" the deputy chief of staff finally said.
Then, the deputy chief of staff did not delay and asked the accompanying telegraph operator to send multiple telegrams.
Before the joint operation was settled, Zhou Weihan did not intend to let his troops take the initiative to attack. Temporary concealment could also prevent the Japanese army from taking precautions in advance.
Early the next morning, Yanzhou sent a reply. The teacher comrades and others highly praised the combat plan and gave instructions.
On the same day, comrades from the Eighth Route Army's Zhuyu Office and the First Theater Office began to contact the National Army.
The important thing about this strategy is to be surprised. Our comrades in charge of communication were worried that the battle plan would be known by moles within the national army, so they communicated directly with his attendants and met with Jiang.
Jiang was previously jealous of the achievements of the Eighth Route Army in launching the Hundred Regiment Campaign in North China. Now he saw the Japanese army carrying out a large-scale raid on the Eighth Route Army's base areas and wanted to watch the fun.
It was not until our comrades presented the battle plan that Jiang suddenly realized that there was such an excellent counterattack opportunity in the Tainan region.
When Jiang saw that the Eighth Route Army was fighting vigorously in North China, he had long thought of launching a counterattack against the Japanese army to restore the national army's reputation in the country.
Several senior officials of the national army were immediately summoned to discuss whether this combat plan was feasible.
Zhou Weihan didn't know what happened next, but on the third day, the deputy chief of staff informed Zhou Weihan that the national army had agreed to the request for joint operations.
"Is the national army so efficient this time?" Zhou Weihan said in surprise.
"I'm also very surprised. According to the comrades who went to communicate, Chiang Kai-shek was very excited when he saw the battle plan!" said the deputy chief of staff.
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he felt guilty. Master micromanipulator, please don't come to the front line to direct operations in person.
