No one who cares about the War of Resistance in China would have thought that Chiang Kai-shek would launch a large-scale attack in Shaanxi and Shanxi at this time. Foreign journalists stationed in Chongqing sent reports back to the country, with the title almost the same: "The civil war broke out in China.
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As the war broke out, Soong Ching Ling, who was in Chongqing, sent a joint letter with He Xiangning, Liu Yazi, and Peng Zemin to Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang Central Committee, angrily condemning the Kuomintang for fighting a civil war in the national crisis. The "Defense of China" founded by Soong Ching Ling in Hong Kong in January 1938
The alliance "is publicly refuted to the civil war, calling on the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to stop the exchange of fire, resolve disputes through negotiations, and unite in anti-Japanese war. The democratic figures in the rear, such as Zhang Lan and Li Jishen, called for the stopping of the civil war, and the guns were unanimous to the outside world.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi both believed that attacking Shaanxi at this time would only benefit the Japanese army and deplete China's national defense power. Mr. Chiang was too rash in his move, so he sent a newspaper to Chiang Kai-shek, suggesting that Chiang Kai-shek consider resolving the conflict between the two parties in politics.[]
Chiang Kai-shek thought he was sure to win, so he ignored the calls from all walks of life to oppose the civil war, but personally directed the various armies to fight.
Not only Chiang Kai-shek, but also representatives of the far-right forces within the Kuomintang were also full of confidence.
As soon as the Shanxi West Incident occurred, the Central Daily News and the Central Radio Station began publicity, and announced the Shanxi Death Column as a rebel according to Yan Xishan's caliber, expressing support for Commander Yan to attack the rebels and completely eliminate disobey the military order.
The decisive column of government orders.
He Yingqin also made a public conversation. During the conversation, He Yingqin said that the Communist Party did have results in fighting behind enemy lines. However, the results achieved by the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army did not cause great damage. The Communist Party insisted on the War of Resistance in Hebei and fought the guerrilla attacks of the National Army in Hebei.
The armed forces were almost completed by the Communist Party. The Communist Party of Shanxi insisted on the War of Resistance, and Shanxi was almost all the bases of the Eighth Route Army. The Communist Party insisted on the War of Resistance in Shandong, and everyone saw the facts clearly. Liu Yimin openly despised the orders of the Military Commission and ordered them to
General Yu Xuezhong, commander-in-chief of the Sulu War Theater, drove out of Shandong. The grassroots governments of the national governments in all counties and districts were destroyed. If we want to continue to develop like this, we will not wait for the Japanese to perish China, and the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party.
The Kuomintang and the National Government were eliminated. Judging from the practice of more than two years since the war began, the Communist Party took advantage of the opportunity of the War of Resistance to expand its armed forces, seize territory, and undermine the unity of national military orders and government orders. Now it is time to rectify the national army and to sanction the army that disobeys the orders.
It's time.
The Kuomintang's extreme right forces are in a state of clamor.
What Chiang Kai-shek could not have imagined was that at this time, Shaanxi was no longer the time for Yang Hucheng to rule Shaanxi. Although the main force of the Eighth Route Army had gone to the front line, the regular army left in Shaanxi was only the security division and security division, but Shaanxi began to carry out land reform after Liu Yimin captured Xi'an.
, organize training of local armed forces and militias. In the front line, the power of the mobilization mechanism of Shaanxi base areas was revealed. Local armed forces in the areas occupied by the Kuomintang army, militias started guerrilla warfare and spoke with guns to the Kuomintang army who came to grab the fruits of victory:
The security regiments and county brigades of various counties in mainland Shaanxi have received mobilization orders and are rushing to the front line.
The closest distance has arrived at the front line, supplementing the main force's combat losses and assisting the main force in the deployment. In this way, the Kuomintang army captured northern Sichuan from the southern route and Jiang Dingwen's troops and Hu Zongnan's troops cooperated, and occupied Hanzhong.
In most parts of Shangluo, it is absolutely impossible to cross the Qinling Mountains. The Eighth Route Army’s police division and the local armed forces that arrived rely on the Qinling Mountains and fought to the death without retreating.
The situation of Zhu Shaoliang's troops in the Eighth War Zone in Tianshui was relatively complicated and very different from that in history. In addition to Fu Zuoyi's troops in Suiyuan, the main forces in the Eighth War Zone in history were mainly Ma Bufang and Ma Hongfeng's troops.
Now after the Battle of Tianshui, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongshang's main force were eliminated. Ma Bufang fled back to Yushu's nest and was suppressed by Xue Yue from Lanzhou and Xining. Ma Hongshang was replaced by Ma Hongbin. Later, although Ma Hongshang used the original
Basically, he has regained the armed forces, but his strength is not as good as before. In the current Eighth War Zone, since Xue Yue led his troops eastward to fight against Japan, they have been newly formed troops, with limited combat power. In order to complete the combat mission, Zhu Shaoliang had to be appointed as an official.
Making a wish, let Ma Bufang, Ma Hongfeng and Ma Hongbin act as thugs, but these guys were scared by Liu Yimin and were only willing to follow behind to fight with the wind, and were unwilling to charge. In this way, Zhu Shaoliang still took advantage of the main force of the security division to fight.
The Sichuan North Army and the loopholes from Jiang Dingwen’s troops attacked from Ankang to Hanzhong occupied Longnan and Tianshui areas.
If Zhu Shaoliang attacks the hinterland of Shaanxi again, he will be unsure.
Chiang Kai-shek wanted to encircle and annihilate the main force of the garrison division, and ordered Zhu Shaoliang's troops to attack the garrison division.
The troops in the First War Zone that captured Tongguan were not progressing well. Facing the strong enemy, the Eighth Route Army Security Division adopted the method of Shanxi and Shandong Eighth Route Army to deal with Japanese devils, guerrilla warfare plus mine warfare, and fought step by step, resulting in the slow attack speed of the National Army.
The only weird thing about the battlefield is that neither planes from both sides participated in the battle.
At this time, Cheng Qian had been transferred from the commander of the First War Zone to the Director of the Tianshui Camp, responsible for unified command of the operations of the First War Zone, the Second War Zone, the Eighth War Zone, and the Tenth War Zone.
Cheng Qian is old and is known as a parent in Hunan. He considers the problems more comprehensively. He has a clearer understanding of the battlefield situation in front of him and knows that this battle cannot last. Once it lasts, the consequences will be serious when the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield in Shanxi return.
. Therefore, Cheng Qian sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek,
It is recommended to stop when the opportunity arises and negotiate with the Communist Party, so that the Communist Party can give up Hanzhong, Shangluo, and Weinan to end the battle action, and then change will occur later.
It was not that Chiang Kai-shek had not thought about the issue of the Eighth Route Army returning to aid in Shanxi. He mainly considered two points. First, Yan Xishan in Shanxi restrained the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army would also take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army. The main force of the Eighth Route Army could not withdraw too much. Second, according to the frontline report,
The main forces of the Eighth Route Army left behind in Shaanxi were the security division and security division. These two Lou troops had a wide defense surface and suffered heavy casualties in the battle a few days ago, and they were at the end of their strength. The subsequent reinforcements were all local armed forces and their combat effectiveness was limited. As long as they were added, they were added.
With the spirit, you can break through the Qinling defense line and capture Weinan. As long as you break through the Qinling defense line and capture Weinan, Xi'an will have no danger to defend. When the Eighth Route Army Shanxi troops rushed back, you can only sigh at the city.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ordered all troops to speed up the attack, and must break through the enemy in front and attack Xi'an together.
What Chiang Kai-shek and the generals of the National Army did not expect was that the security division and security division suddenly began to shrink their defense lines and retreated backwards.
Chiang Kai-shek joked that Cheng Qian was too conservative, and Mao Zedong could not hold on anymore, so he played the old trick again and wanted to set up a pocket to let the national army jump. Chiang Kai-shek was not afraid of this move. He had the experience of encircling Su Zai for the fifth time and ordered the troops to strictly order each other to
Go closer and move forward together to prevent Mao Zedong from acting like this.
Chiang Kai-shek could not have imagined that the strength of the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party had grown beyond his imagination.
He only knew that Liu Yimin's instructors developed rapidly and had huge troops. He didn't know that in addition to the 120th Division in Jinsui, Lin Biao's 115th Division, Liu Bocheng's 129th Division, and Xu Xiangqian's independent division all developed rapidly, including the 129th Division.
Including the southern Hebei army, 11 new brigades were organized. Just 129
The division is not as strong as the 115th Division!
What Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that Liu Yimin not only equipped the four divisions with the artillery regiments that captured the Japanese army, but also equipped the Military Commission with direct artillery regiments and air defense regiments, but also handed over most of the ammunition seized at Shimen to the headquarters. At this moment, the Eighth Route Army deputy
Commander-in-chief Peng Dehuai led his independence division, 129
The two main brigades drawn by the division, six newly formed brigades, a total of eight brigades and two artillery regiments, crossed the Yellow River and were advancing rapidly towards Weinan! Moreover, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Chaji, and Shanxi-Suizhou,
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The division also dispatched troops to rush to Shaanxi to support the battle. These were all troops fighting on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War!
The sword is about to be unsheathed, Chiang Kai-shek is still ignorant, and he is dreaming of capturing Xi'an!
Liu Yimin, who was far away in Dadian, Shandong, was afraid of watching the evolution of the battlefield in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
There is a gold mine dug by the former Red Seventh Army Corps in Tongguan. Hanzhong is the location of the former Red Army Arsenal. Although the arsenal was destroyed by the Japanese army fleet, Hanzhong's superior geographical location can also be an ideal location for rebuilding a large-scale logistics base. Now,
With Chiang Kai-shek's fight, the gold mine could not be opened and Hanzhong would not be able to be saved. How could Liu Yimin be willing?
At the beginning, Liu Yimin was very angry at Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist climax and firmly supported the Central Committee's counterattack. However, after calming down, he felt that this kind of hard attack was not a solution. The Japanese army was already staring at the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line with fierce eyes, and had already launched it.
Many sieges failed. This time, the first war zone attacked Tongguan and Weinan, and the troops would inevitably be drawn from Zhongtiaoshan. These troops collided with our army's main force to help Shaanxi. With the style of General Peng, they would definitely be beaten up.
If this is the case, once the Japanese army launches the Zhongtiaoshan Battle, the Zhongtiaoshan defenders will inevitably be defeated even more miserably.
Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the Chairman, proposing that from a strategic perspective, it is not the best time to weaken Chiang Kai-shek. After our reinforcements arrived, should we consider mainly defeating the war and scaring Chiang Kai-shek away?
In the fight of death, even if our army's return to the aid forces have strong combat effectiveness, it is likely that they will only fight for both sides of the loss. Although Chiang Kai-shek's troops will certainly suffer heavy blows, our army's casualties will not be small. Therefore, we should still focus on political solutions and cannot expand them at will.
Military strike amplitude.
This telegram from Liu Yimin calmed down Mao Zedong. After repeated thinking and weighing, he decided to adopt the method of supporting Yan Xishan in Shanxi to attack senior officers of Yan's army, quelling the Western Shanxi Incident as soon as possible, and supporting Yan to resist Japan. He attacked Chiang Kai-shek with a concentrated attack.
The National Army attacked Weinan and scared away Chiang Kai-shek's South and West Route troops in one battle.
In order to ensure the implementation of this strategy, the Central Committee immediately issued an order and issued a telegram to the whole country, appointing Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, as the commander of the Shaanxi joint defense, and unified the anti-stubborn operation in Shaanxi. At the same time, the Chairman replied to Liu Yimin and ordered him to
After Peng Dehuai started, he immediately made a public conversation to the public to intimidate Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan.
It was already late December. Under the command of General Peng, the Eighth Route Army's rescuing troops arrived in Weinan, set up a net, and waited for the National Army to drill in.
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