Just when Shanshanyuan, Fengwen and Wudou Akira were plotting together to mobilize troops to sweep the Eighth Route Army base, Liu Yimin was making the final preparations to sweep the Jianghuai River.
Historically, at this time, the New Fourth Army had only Gao Jingting's Fourth Detachment and Peng Xuefeng's Guerrilla Detachment in Henan and Anhui. The Eighth Route Army was only part of the 115th Division's eastward troops to develop into the Jiangsu and Anhui regions. The troops were very small in size and were in guerrilla destiny.
The status is incomparable to the current tutors' southbound troops, whether in terms of military strength or weapons.
In terms of enemy situation, the enemy situation in Jiangsu and Anhui areas at this time was different from that in history. Since Liu Yimin led his troops south twice and mobilized the main force of the Japanese army to leave Shandong, the Japanese army's mobilization efforts in Jiangsu and Anhui areas were much greater than in history. Basically, each county town was in the city.
All fell into the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops. Many bandit armed forces and local forces were either eliminated or turned into the arms of the Japanese army under the attack of the heavy army of the Japanese army. In northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, the headquarters of the 24th Army commanded by Han Deloitte
The Japanese army suffered heavy losses and was in the Yancheng and Funing area. They joined forces with the Eighth Route Army's northern Jiangsu Detachment to fight against the Japanese and puppet troops. The three cavalry battalions of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the middle of the Soviet Union and threatened the Japanese Yangtze River defense line. On the Anhui side, the fifth war zone of ***
The main force of the troops was guarding the Dabie Mountains, the Anhui Provincial Government was stationed in Lihuang County, and the New Fourth Army Guerrilla Detachment of the Henan-Anhui Border Area was the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, and the Central Anhui area was the 4th Army Detachment of the New Fourth Army.
After the Japanese army shrank its troops and retreated from Fuyang area, Hu Laohu led the Eighth Route Army cavalry brigade to occupy Fuyang, Mengcheng, Woyang, Boxian and Suxian, and opened up the northwest Anhui base area, which was integrated with Peng Xuefeng's tribe.
The troops of the Fifth War Zone also took the opportunity to recover Fuyang County, Huoqiu and other places, and pushed the defense line eastward.
As the four infantry brigades of the Eighth Route Army went south to northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu, they opened up contact with the northern Jiangsu detachment. However, since Liu Yimin implemented the strategy of occupying rural areas and developing hiddenly, he did not capture the county towns defended by the Japanese and puppet troops and
Key market towns, therefore, northern Jiangsu and northeast Anhui are still under the control of the Japanese and puppet troops as a whole.
Liu Yimin never fought a battle without confidence. During this period, he met with the artist condolence group led by Guo Moruo in Shuanggou Town, and wrote "On Party Democracy". He was very busy and Luo Yan, who followed him south.
But there was no idleness. The investigators scattered all directions with Shuanggou Town as the center, scattered the enemy situation in northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, northeastern Anhui and central Anhui.
Now, the Japanese Kwantung Army is fighting fire with the Soviet Red Army. The Central China Expeditionary Army has just completed the Nanchang Battle and the Suizao Battle. The North China Front Army's forces are scattered in several battlefields in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. The main force of the Japanese army in Anhui is only one 17th Division.
In northern Jiangsu, there is only one 15th division of the Soviet-Chinese and Japanese army, and the rest are some independent mixed brigades and garrisons. The entire Su-Anhui border area has been regarded as an occupied area by the Japanese army. Although there are more than 100,000 troops, it is distributed in such a large area.
In the area, the troops were extremely weak and could only control the main traffic lines and key towns. As for the puppet troops who followed the Japanese army's butts, in Liu Yimin's eyes, they were just transport teams that delivered guns and food, which was not worth mentioning.
At this time, I didn't want to regain lost territory and establish a powerful Su-An base, and God would not be willing to travel through Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the Chairman and the headquarters, reporting on the enemy situation in northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, northeastern Anhui, and eastern Anhui. He was determined to concentrate the troops to go south to teach the First Brigade, the New Brigade, the New Third Brigade, the New Seventh Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade,
The Eighth Route Army Northern Jiangsu Detachment, the New Fourth Army Guerrilla Detachment, the New Fourth Army Fourth Detachment and the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Unit in Central Jiangsu, galloped across the Jiangsu and Anhui areas, completely smashed the Japanese and puppet regime system, reorganized the landlord armed forces, and established the Huaibei base area and Huainan base area.
, the base area of northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu, which is a consolidated base area in the Great Jiangsu Border Region.
In the telegram, Liu Yimin said that establishing the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region base is to implement the policy of "consolidating North China and developing Central China" decided by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee. Judging from the overall situation of the national war of resistance, only Jiangsu Han Deloitte's unit in the Jiangsu-Anhui region is adhering to the Soviet Union.
In the northern enemy-behind the War of Resistance, most of the Jiangsu and Anhui areas fell. Occupation and consolidation of this area and undermining the Japanese and puppet rear system was of great significance to persisting in the long-term resistance and accelerating the victory of the War of Resistance.
Liu Yimin suggested that the instructor was the strategic decisive force of our army. After the opening of the Su-Anhui Border Region, Liu Yimin himself and his main force could not stay in the Su-Anhui Border Region for a long time. It is urgently necessary for the central government to dispatch major cadres to take charge of the Su-Anhui Border Region. Can we consider politically from the Central Plains
The bureau advances eastward, and the New Fourth Army moves northward to the north, Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the New Fourth Army Ye and Xiang head of the Jiangsu-Anhui border area. If the New Fourth Army headquarters cannot cross the river for the time being, Chen Yi and Su Yu should be transferred to cross the river, and Liu Shaoqi will be responsible for the political responsibility, and the military will be carried out.
Chen Yi was in charge, Su Yu crossed the river to take charge of Suzhong, Peng Xuefeng was in Huaibei, Gao Jingting was in Huainan, and Zhang Jingwu, commander of the Northern Su Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and Li Congmin, political commissar, were in charge of northern Su.
*** Reply to the call: "The Japanese army in North China is huge in strength, the struggle is becoming increasingly difficult, and the enemy forces in central China are relatively weak. When a nationwide mutation occurs, our army must not be limited to death north of the Yellow River and not enter the Central Plains. Therefore, central China is important to me
lifeline.”
The Chairman said in the telegram that Liu Yimin had a very accurate vision. At this time, the army was launched in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area. Even if the Japanese army in the area cannot be completely eradicated, they can still occupy a vast area, expand our army's living space, and compress the enemy's living space. As long as they can occupy it,
In the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Area, our main force can roar down from Shandong at any time, cut off the Japanese Yangtze River defense line, and cut the Japanese army in Songhu and the Japanese army in Wuhan into two sections.
Of course, the Chairman reminded that this is a long-term goal, and thinking like this in the short term is just a matter of paper, and one must be exhausted.
In the telegram, the Chairman specifically instructed the strategies that should be adopted in the struggle in the Jiangsu and Anhui regions. Among them, the Guangxi troops in the Fuyang area west of the road would not sit idly by the Guangxi troops in the Fifth War Zone, and the Japanese troops would not sit idly by. The Guangxi troops,
Both Japanese troops are too powerful. Once both sides attack our army together, our troops will inevitably withdraw from the area. Moreover, the cavalry brigade is the most powerful cavalry unit of my teacher and even the entire army, and may be transferred to participate in the war at any time. In view of this, in the northwest Anhui
The region should be handed over to Peng Xuefeng's troops to develop. In the northeast of Anhui, Zhang Aiping should be instructed to quickly form a brigade-level unit unit force, which can be directly under Peng Xuefeng's command. After the situation in northern Jiangsu was opened, the central government will send Huang Kecheng to the south to unify the anti-Japanese struggle in northern Jiangsu.
The Northern Jiangsu Detachment was under the command of Huang Kecheng, and Liu Yimin was also responsible for the dispatch of a brigade of Huang Kecheng. In the eastern Anhui region, the New Fourth Army is forming a Jiangbei command post, with Zhang Yunyi and Deng Zihui in charge, and unified command of the Jiangbei troops in Anhui. In the central Jiangsu region, the Central Jiangsu region is now Japan
The puppet forces are strong, and after our army enters, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the Japanese army. Once the Japanese army launches a large-scale counterattack, the forces of four infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade will be limited to the Suzhong Water Network area and lack of motorized ships, which will be very important.
Passive. Moreover, although Vice Chairman Zhou personally went to southern Anhui to determine the strategy of consolidation, fighting eastward, and developing northward, due to the limited strength of the New Fourth Army, if the entire army wants to cross the Yangtze River, he must give up the southern Anhui base, and Ye Xiang and his two men
There is no consensus on this. Chen Yi, Su Yu's first and second detachments are being deployed in the south of the Yangtze River, and their butts are not yet hot. It is impossible to cross the river north in the short term. Based on this situation, after the troops heading south enter Suzhong, a brigade should be left to insist on Suzhong.
During the War of Resistance, we were waiting to meet the main force of the New Fourth Army to cross the river and head north.
As for the organizational leadership of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region, the Chairman's telegram said that the Central Plains Bureau and the New Fourth Army were the main ones. Comrade Liu Shaoqi has been allowed to advance eastward. If the New Fourth Army headquarters can advance north quickly, the leadership organs will be formed by Liu Shaoqi, Xiang Ying, Ye Ting and Chen Yi. .If the New Fourth Army headquarters cannot move north quickly, the general will send a telegram to Chen Yi to go north quickly and replace the military command of the Jiangsu and Anhui regions. In Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi did not go north, and Liu Yimin unified the command of the party, government and military in the Jiangsu and Anhui regions. This opinion will be conveyed to the Central Plains Bureau and the New Fourth Army. .
The Chairman also asked Liu Yimin in the telegram why he recommended Chen Yi to stay in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area?
The Chairman also informed that the commander of the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting, came to the Fourth Detachment to form the Jiangbei Command. Liu Yimin could contact Ye Ting when he went south. It would be best to meet him and have a detailed discussion.
At the end of the telegram, the chairman criticized Liu Yimin for being immature. Although the article "On Party Democracy" has a good idea and is well-discussed and worthy of reference, it should be reported for internal discussion and should not be published in the newspaper. Now there are comrades in the Party who are now engaging in this article. Wen's viewpoint raised questions, especially the term system issue. Some comrades linked this viewpoint with Comrade Stalin's time of office, believing that it would hurt the relationship between the two parties and the feelings of Soviet comrades. This matter needs further observation.
After reading the Chairman's telegram, Liu Yimin thought for a long time and knew that he had made some things simple. He was determined to fight to the Yangtze River to pick up the New Fourth Army across the river and advance north, but the only one who can cross the river in the New Fourth Army is Guan Wenmo's troops, which is just now. The reorganized guerrilla armed forces have obviously insufficient combat effectiveness. Only when the war to the east is firmly resisted by the third war zone, will the main force of the New Fourth Army cross the river in large numbers. Nothing can be urgent. It seems that when Chen Yi entered Suzhong, he was It is impossible to have the opportunity to cross the river and go north to meet with yourself.
When Liu Yimin thought of Chen Yi, he thought of the Chairman's question, why did he recommend Chen Yi to be in the Su-Anhui Border Region? When he thought about the article "On Party Democracy" mentioned by the Chairman, Liu Yimin felt that he had to explain it clearly to the Chairman, otherwise it would cause misunderstandings. , If someone spreads right and wrong from it, it will be another storm.
Liu Yimin immediately called the chairman and first mentioned the recommendation of Chen Yi, the reason was that Chen Yi was a hero of the meeting in Jinggangshan. Before going north to talk to the chairman in Xi'an, the chairman said many times that Chen Yi was generous and open-minded. Yes, right, no, right, wrong. , a revolutionary who is loyal to the Party. Now, Chen Yi's position in the New Fourth Army is second only to Ye and Xiang, and he is good at balancing relations, which is convenient for coordinating the relationship between the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the *** in the Jiangsu and Anhui regions. As for military command, in addition to Chen Yi, the central government The designated Su Yu, Su Yu, Huang Kecheng, Peng Xuefeng, Huaibei, Zhang Yunyi, and Gao Jingting were all talented in our army's generals. Especially Su Yu, who was able to attack Nanjing under the heavy Japanese army's heavy army sweep, was a magical stroke. He assisted Chen Yi. With the support of the Eighth Route Army, you can return to Shandong with confidence, and the base areas in the Jiangsu-Anhui border areas can be safe.
Then, Liu Yimin once again stated the reason why the New Fourth Army headquarters should advance northward. The main reason is that the mountainous areas in southern Anhui are not conducive to the large-scale development of the main force of the New Fourth Army, and are surrounded by the Japanese army and the Third War Zone of ***. *** has now demarcated the Eighth Route Army. , The scope of the combat area of the New Fourth Army was to limit the development of our party and our army. The reason why the Eighth Route Army went south to open up the base area of the Jiangsu-Anhui border area under this situation was mainly because the instructor was the main force of our army, and Han Deloitte from northern Jiangsu was also good. Even the Guangxi clan in the fifth war zone cannot take risks to limit the movement of the main force of the tutor. However, the strength of the New Fourth Army has not yet reached the level of the various tutors. It has been isolated in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time and must be consolidated to the south and fight to the east, which will inevitably cause the ***The jealousy of the hard-line generals within the country, and the side attack of Zhongyi in the Battle of the New Fourth Army in the Anti-Lotustang of the Battle of the New Fourth Army was proved. Over time, more and more frictions were caused. Small frictions turned into big frictions, and there would inevitably be great dangers. Therefore, it is best to ask the Chairman to call Ye and Chief Xiang to carefully analyze the interests and cross the river and head north as soon as possible.
Liu Yimin once again reported that his original intention of writing "On Party Democracy" was to ensure the prosperity of our party and the future of the new China from a systematic perspective and solve the problems of the rise and fall of feudal dynasties in history. As for the issue of Comrade Stalin's term, Liu Yimin
He said that he was just a theoretical discussion, considering the issues of our party and not involving the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. However, the current Japanese army is fighting with the Soviet army, and the situation in Europe is also very tense, and Comrade Stalin needs to lead the Soviet Union through the war crisis. If in the future, he will be
Comrade Stalin may seriously reflect on the existing problems and the policies of the Soviet Communist Party. Now in the war period, theoretical discussions are just discussions, and history is constantly developing. These discussions, no matter whether they are right or wrong, as long as they can
Just be verified by practice.
The Chairman will call soon. This time, he did not criticize Liu Yimin for his overall vision and unique vision. He said that he would send a call to Xiang Ying, which made him plan to advance north early.
After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin sent a message to Hu Laohu, asking him to hand over the defense of the base area in northwest Anhui to Peng Xuefeng's New Fourth Army Guerrilla Detachment, and Peng Xuefeng unified the local armed forces in the Henan-Anhui border area and northwest Anhui region. The cavalry brigade quickly crossed the Jinpu Road and headed towards Shuanggou
Town assembles.
After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin suddenly remembered that Gao Jingting was shot in history after Ye Ting arrived at the Fourth Detachment for delaying the eastward entry into central Anhui. Now the Fourth Detachment has entered eastern Anhui according to the requirements of his conversation with Gao Jingting, and the troops have also grown to 10,000.
Many people, the Chairman only said in the telegram that Ye Ting went to the Fourth Detachment to form the Jiangbei Command, but did not say that Gao Jingting was involved. He should not have another tragedy in history!
Liu Yimin immediately sent a telegram to Ye Ting and Gao Jingting.
In a telegram to Ye Ting, Liu Yimin said that he was in Shuanggou Town and was about to command his troops to sweep northeastern Anhui and develop towards eastern Anhui and central Jiangsu. He asked Commander Ye to stay in the fourth detachment for a longer time and be able to meet him.
I have many questions to learn from Commander Ye.
The telegram to Gao Jingting said that Commander Ye was the founder of the Nanchang Uprising and was one of the founders of our army. He should learn more from Commander Ye. In addition, Liu Yimin told Gao Jingting that the Eighth Route Army's southward troops were about to go south to fight, and it could be quickly
Meet the fourth team.
Liu Yimin didn't know that Gao Jingting had been arrested at this time. The reason was that Yang Kezhi, the leader of the 7th regiment of Gao Jingting's troops, and Cao Yufu, the deputy regiment commander, rebelled and surrendered to the enemy. It was said that they were all in the Dabie Mountains who insisted on guerrilla poverty and were afraid of poverty. Yang Kezhi and Cao Yufu led them.
The troops seized a batch of property from the Tuweizi, but after hesitation, they did not hand over all of them, leaving behind some yellow and white things. They were all from the Red Army, and Yang Kezhi and Cao Yufu's actions were immediately reported to the detachment headquarters.
At this time, Zhang Yunyi, Zheng Weisanhe, former political commissar of the 25th Army of the Lao Red Army in Hubei, Henan and Anhui period, and Zhang Guotao, the vanguard of the anti-counterfeiting of Hubei, Henan and Anhui period, was sent back to the Fourth Detachment again. Zhang Yunyi directly commanded the Eighth Detachment.
The regiment opened the base in eastern Anhui, and Dai Jiying served as deputy commander of the Fourth Detachment and commander of the Jiangbei Guerrilla Column. Because Dai Jiying was famous for killing people in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, the Fourth Detachment could not avoid it at all. Gao Jingting warned the cadres and soldiers.
Don't tell Dai Jiying if you have anything to do, be careful of being punished. This time, Dai Jiying competed with Gao Jingting and reported to the New Fourth Army headquarters and the Central Committee many times that Gao Jingting did not obey the command of the military headquarters. If it weren't for Liu Yimin and Gao Jingting's criticism and education after meeting
He had specifically told Xiang Ying about meeting Gao Jingting in Xi'an, and Gao Jingting's situation would be even more difficult.
When Yang Kezhi and Cao Yufu saw that the matter was exposed, they regretted it, fearing that they would pursue it and kill them. After discussing, they joined the Guangxi army with the unsent property. Before leaving, they pulled away some people and guns.
Ye Ting came to the Fourth Detachment this time to build the Jiangbei Command. The main reason for building the Jiangbei Command is to solve the problem of the Fourth Detachment. Of course, it is different from history. Gao Jingting did not go east to Anhui in history.
Dong, missed the opportunity to establish a base in eastern Anhui, giving Liao Lei of the Guangxi clan the opportunity to appoint a commissioner, county magistrate, and recruit the Youzai armed forces in eastern Anhui. Now, due to the two heavy troops of the Japanese army going south to pursue the instructor, the fifth war zone
The troops had retreated to the Dabie Mountains. They just took advantage of the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army shrinking their troops to recover Fuyang and Huoqiu. They didn't have time to move towards northeastern Anhui and east of Anhui. The Fourth Detachment advanced eastward with all its might and was in eastern Anhui.
He has initially gained a foothold. The problem of the Fourth Detachment that Ye Ting wants to solve is to put it bluntly that Gao Jingting, Dai Jiying and others have been badly united. When he set off, Ye Ting reported to Chiang Kai-shek, the Third War Zone and the Central Committee that he was going to Jiangbei
The establishment of a command center. Since the Fourth Detachment belongs to the fifth theater sequence and the main forces of the New Fourth Army, the first, second and third detachments belong to the third theater sequence, there is indeed a problem of poor command.
Once Yang Kezhi and Cao Yufu defected, the problem became serious.