The integration of the entire Northeastern Army into the Chinese Army was a major event during the Anti-Japanese War in China. This event directly changed the power structure of China at that time. The name Northeastern Army disappeared from the long history and was replaced by the First Northeastern Army. and the Second Army of the Northeast. With the addition of the Northeast Army, the Cadet Army has actually replaced the Central Army and become China's largest combat force. After the merger of the two armies, Marshal Zhang went to Guangzhou to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief and cadet of the Cadet Army. The deputy director of the military special zone and the student army dispatched teaching teams and guidance at all levels. The political director was involved in the military construction of the Northeast Army. The political director also served as the logistics chief of the troops at all levels, focusing on both material and ideological work to ensure that they could Get in,
The merger of the two armies aroused Lao Chiang's high vigilance. However, because the Japanese army launched the Qinling Operation, he had to concentrate on dealing with the crisis in Shaanxi for the time being.
The Japanese army launched the Qinling Operation on May 5. Coincidentally, this day happened to be the Army Day of the Xuebing Army. So when Guangzhou was holding a celebration ceremony, North China also became lively. The Japanese North China Front Army was in command Under the personal command of Kanokamura Neiji, more than a hundred gliders were dispatched, carrying nearly 15,000 Japanese troops. Under the cover of nearly fifty Zero Fighters and dozens of bombers, they flew over the Qinling Mountains in the eastern part of the Weinan Plain in Guanzhong. An emergency landing was carried out in the countryside of Weinan County. In the end, at the cost of more than ten fighter planes crashing and more than a thousand casualties, the Japanese army successfully completed this incredible emergency landing operation.
Xue Bingjun Hu Tong's work efficiency is extremely high, so the Xue Bing Army Headquarters judged the Japanese army's way of carrying out the Qinling Operation early and sent a message to the Central Army and the GCD Army to remind them. Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek was not willing to transfer from Chongqing. The aviation force used to assist in defense, but the GCD Army did not have an air force at all. Therefore, although Hu Zongnan's Eighth Theater and the GCD Army assembled superior forces in Xi'an and Yan'an, they were unable to crush the Japanese army in the first place and obtain an advance base. Waiting for Hu Zongnan In response, three divisions were sent to reinforce Weinan. Weinan had fallen.
By about four o'clock in the afternoon that day, more than 300 Japanese gliders had successfully landed in the Weinan countryside. The size of the Japanese army in Weinan had also increased to three divisions, and they had artillery and a small number of tanks. They had more than 30,000 elite Japanese troops armed to the teeth. , According to past experience, Hu Zongnan had to mobilize 100,000 troops to fight the enemy. Hu Zongnan actually had 150,000 Central Army troops, but they were stationed in Xi'an, Yulin, and Qingyang. He received a report and learned that the Japanese army in Weinan The number has increased to 30,000, so we can only regretfully cancel the plan to continue to reinforce Weinan, shrink our troops and switch to a defensive state.
The Tokyo base camp of Japan has high hopes for the Qinling Operation. They believe that capturing Shaanxi and Sichuan will not only deal a heavy blow to the GCD army and shake its foundation, but also force Chiang Kai-shek to the negotiating table. As long as the central government headed by Chiang Kai-shek can be forced to sign With the alliance under the city, the empire could concentrate its forces to fight in the Pacific, and even send troops to the Soviet Union. The establishment of the Wang puppet regime in Nanjing had originally made the Japanese give up negotiating with Chiang Kai-shek, but the fall of the Madang Fortress made the Japanese sober. They The biggest enemy in China was not the Central Army led by Chiang Kai-shek, but the cadet army led by Ouyang Yun. It happened that Ishihara Kanji, who was transferred to the deputy minister of the Army Province, proposed the "threat theory of the cadet army", so the stubborn Tojo Hideki They had to admit this fact, and gradually agreed to negotiate peace with the Chongqing government, allowing Chiang Kai-shek to use the name of the central government to suppress the student army and implement the strategy of using China to control China.
When the report of the successful crash landing of the first batch of gliders came back, Tokyo was boiling. From Emperor Hirohito to ordinary Tokyo citizens, all the Japanese were ecstatic, as if they had defeated China and the Chinese government had surrendered to the empire.
When the same battle report reached Guangzhou, Ouyang Yun immediately withdrew from the Army Day activities and convened a meeting with all senior military officers in Yangcheng. "The little devil has become smarter and knows how to pick the soft bones first. The Japanese army's intention is obvious. We must crush the resistance of the central government by sending troops to the rear, and then concentrate our superior forces for a decisive battle with our army. Regardless of whether the Central Army and the GCD Army can block the Japanese offensive, we must prepare for the worst and prepare for the worst. The first batch of US aid ordnance It will be shipped next week at the latest. By then, the troops exchanged by the factions will also be in place. Mr. Ji, you are responsible for the deployment of officers. Lao Li, you are responsible for training. I hope that the combined army will be able to do so in three months. Come in handy, and then immediately launch the Battle of the Two Lakes to completely drive the Japanese out of the two lakes..."
More than 30,000 Japanese troops successfully made an emergency landing on the Weinan Plain in Guanzhong. Even if they had a forward base to attack the rear area, this was only a hidden threat to the Xuebing Army, but it was a burning and critical military situation to the Central Army and the GCD Army. , Chongqing and Yan'an have been in a bleak atmosphere these days, with soldiers coming in and out. Chongqing seems to have returned to the days when there was no air force escort and the airspace was controlled by the Japanese aviation force. The threat that was so close at hand made Chiang Kai-shek worried. During this time, he frequently The general was summoned to inspect the troops, and under his direct order, nearly half a million Central Army and Sichuan troops began to rush from the front line of Guizhou, Chongqing and Sichuan to Shaanxi. A battle concerning the fate of the rear area was brewing. In addition to mobilizing The army actively responded to the war, and Chiang Kai-shek began to re-examine the relationship between China and the United States. No, it should be the relationship between the Central Army and the U.S. government. What is not known is that during Mrs. Chiang’s visit to the United States, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff once proposed a A Sino-US military cooperation agreement. In this agreement, the Americans proposed to form a Sino-US coalition force. China would provide the personnel, and the United States would provide weapons instructors and have the highest command authority of this force. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek felt that this agreement was a violation of power and humiliating the country. The purpose of the Americans was just to hope that the Chinese would help them fight in the Pacific, so they flatly refused at the time. Later, as the U.S. government followed the path of the military academy and gave up contact with the central government, this aroused the hatred of Chiang Kai-shek. Naturally, he looked down upon the agreement even more, but now, in the face of the cruel reality, he decided to bow to the Americans.
After all, Weinan is still some distance away from Chongqing, and it is only about two hundred kilometers away from Yan'an. Two hundred kilometers away, if it is a mechanized march, the Japanese army can arrive at night. This makes the GCD people headed by MZD feel a chill to the bone. That is self-deception, because no one knows how many troops the Japanese army will dispatch in the end, and according to the information provided by the Xuebing Army, nearly 100,000 Kwantung Army troops have landed in Qingdao by sea. If these 100,000 Japanese troops are deployed in Shaanxi, then Yan'an Even a decent resistance will not be organized. Since it is impossible to hold on, we can only move to more remote mountainous areas. The problem arises again. With the establishment of the Anti-Japanese United Front, according to the consensus reached by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the GCD Army In Shaanxi, there is only the base area of Yan'an. So where can they go after Yan'an? Go north, south or west. In the Yan'an cave dwelling, Lao Mao was deeply stumped by this question while holding a cigarette in his mouth.