The Northeastern Army's 300,000-strong force withdrew from the three Northeastern provinces without firing a single shot. Although there are different opinions on the real reason and there is no definite answer, for the Northeastern soldiers, the impact of this incident is far-reaching. On the one hand, the Northeastern soldiers think about it all the time. They want to fight back to avenge their shame. On the other hand, they still have a sense of fear deep in their hearts towards the Japanese army. This contradictory psychology allows Northeastern soldiers from top to bottom to despise life and death when their living environment is not good. They went to the battlefield regardless of their own safety, but when the living environment improved, their thoughts became complicated.
The Northeast Army changed its banner again, and the person who suffered the most was Marshal Zhang. However, no matter how uncomfortable he felt, after spending more than half a year in northern Myanmar, he made this decision with the intention of risking his life. "Three hundred thousand good men from the Northeast Follow me out of the three northeastern provinces. I can't let them bury their bones in a foreign country. I know Ouyang Yun very well. He is quite kind. If you follow the rules, he will never treat you badly." After talking to Liu Duo, When Quan waited for several old subordinates to talk about this matter, Marshal Zhang comforted everyone like this,
Unfortunately, he was unable to impose his will on others. Therefore, although the change of flag seemed smooth on the surface, there was actually an undercurrent. What Zhang Shaoshuai didn't know was that between him, Ouyang Yun and others, When he got to know each other and got really familiar with the identity of deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army and commander of the Eighth Army, the generals under him started from scratch and created two sets of leadership teams that were out of his control. Gao Pengyun followed the steps step by step like a snail. Moving forward, the 18th Xuexi Division, under the command of division commander Menkuili, took a rapid advance. From launching the cross-river attack to occupying Jiuhe, Menkuili's division only took two hours. After an hour and a half, they captured Jiangyi Town, which was less than 30 kilometers away from De'an County. After capturing Jiangyi Town, it was already dusk. Menkweili sent a telegram to Stern to ask if they wanted to attack De'an County at night. , Stern asked him to establish a defensive position on the spot to prevent the Japanese counterattack, and then went to see Marshal Zhang and turned to him for instructions.
Following the example of the Sixth Army, which sent two main divisions to help the Eighth Army attack Jiujiang, the main reason was that the Northeast Army lacked chariot troops. The secondary reason was that Ouyang Yun hoped that through the demonstration of the Jewish generals, the Northeast Army generals could master the characteristics of mechanized warfare as soon as possible. , when he discussed this arrangement with Marshal Zhang, he suggested that Marshal Zhang match Jewish units with units of the Northeastern Army at a ratio of one to two to achieve the purpose of quickly improving the adaptability of Northeastern Army officers and soldiers to mechanized operations. At that time, Marshal Zhang agreed, but in the specific implementation However, they encountered opposition from their generals. The most fierce opposition was from Miao Chengliu and He Guozhu. The reason for their opposition on the surface was that "people who are not from our race must have different minds." However, privately, they were worried that this was Ouyang Yun borrowed a knife to kill people, among which He Guozhu even swore to his confidant: "I heard that the most powerful among the Xuebing Army is not the Jewish Sixth Xue Army, but the Xue Yi Army that guards Guangzhou. Ouyang Yun really wants to To help us become familiar with mechanized combat tactics as quickly as possible, we should send Xue Yijun. The reason why he sent Xue Yijun is very simple. Xue Yijun is also a Chinese. They may not have the heart to use dirty tricks against us, but the Jews are different. , they are of a different culture and race than us, and have no psychological burden at all. The commander-in-chief is confused. If we really follow Ouyang Yun's arrangement, we will be cannon fodder."
Marshal Zhang wanted to unite his generals, but he had no choice but to compromise. This resulted in his arrangements for the war being completely different from what Ouyang Yun had given Stern. Stern did not doubt him, but seeing De'an County approaching, However, he remembered another mission that he had undertaken, so he came to seek Shaoshuai Zhang's opinion and asked whether he should wait until the Hexue 21st Division was reunited before launching the attack.
The Jews were simple and did not understand the tricks involved in combining and dividing troops, so they asked Marshal Zhang for instructions with good intentions. Marshal Zhang knew it hard and knew that he would not be able to make his generals work as one heart and one mind with the army in a short period of time. However, because of worries Ouyang Yun saw something that would cause misunderstanding. After thinking about it seriously, he simply changed the order of dispatching troops and transferred Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, which was originally the general reserve force, to the second echelon, and let them and Xue 18th Division Act as the main force in attacking De'an,
When Yu Xuezhong led his troops to fight guerrillas in Shandong and Jiangsu, he received weapons, equipment and military support from the Xuebing Army many times. He was considered the most favorable to the Xuebing Army among the former senior officials of the Northeast Army. Ouyang Yun mentioned him as the Eighth Army Corps. For this reason, the 51st Army moved to North China and Henan, and suffered heavy losses of soldiers. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was trying every possible means to find excuses to lose weight for the local faction troops, so at one point, he only had two divisions left under his command. , this situation changed after the Battle of Xuzhou. During the guerrilla period in Jiangsu and Suzhou, because he obtained a large number of 38-type rifles and medium-sized rifles from the Xuebing Army, he had the capital to gather the defeated troops and strengthen their strength, which coincided with the The Central Army was defeated again and again in the Battle of Wuhan and Changsha. Chiang Kai-shek was eager to use the local army to restore the decline in the anti-Japanese battlefield, so the establishment of the two divisions that had been taken back was returned. The 51st Army has been Active on the battlefield behind enemy lines, he was well aware of the domestic anti-Japanese war situation. When Yu Xuezhong privately considered the future of himself, his troops and the country, he became more and more attracted by the momentum of the Xuebing Army. At that time, he was determined to fight with the Xuebing Army. With the idea of maintaining good relations, he sent three batches of more than 40 middle and low-level officers to Guangzhou to study. Marshal Zhang announced the change of flag in Guangzhou, which was a dream for him. He immediately called to express his support, and then ordered his troops to divide into groups. From northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, he crossed the Yangtze River and went south, and was adapted in the Jingdezhen area.
Because the 51st Army received the cadet army’s standard weapons half a month earlier than the Northeast Expeditionary Force returned to various departments in China, and the more than 40 middle and low-level officers who had studied in Guangzhou had a certain understanding of the cadet army’s tactics and tactics, so the The Department was the first in the original Northeastern Army to be able to keep up with the tactical thinking of the Xuebing Army and possess the characteristics of the Xuebing Army.
The outstanding performance of the 51st Army made Marshal Zhang attach great importance to them. For the sake of safety, he decided to let them serve as a reserve team. But now, when other units are working against the will and inefficiency, he has to regard them as the most dangerous army. The core troops we rely on are coming to use,
After the reorganization of the 51st Army, it was organized into the 25th Academic Division, the 26th Academic Division, the 27th Academic Division and the 28th Academic Division, plus an independent mechanized infantry brigade directly under the corps. Each division is a single brigade. The 26th and 27th Xue Divisions did not join the offensive sequence and were responsible for the defense of Jingdezhen and Dongzhi County respectively. The 25th and 28th Xue Divisions that joined the offensive sequence were again The independent mechanized infantry brigade is stationed in Nanchang, Panyang,