However, it can be assumed that if the two major armies of the Red Party had besieged Kaifeng for a while before launching an attack according to the original plan, then the overall deployment of the Central Plains Battle would have been completely disrupted by the unexpected "Southern Gansu Incident".
Will let some of the four to five million Japanese troops, even
If all of them escape from the encirclement, the two major armies of the Red Party will suffer a severe defeat. And if Chiang Kai-shek joins forces with the Japanese army, the consequences will be even more disastrous. Not only will the two major armies and the people in the border areas pay a heavy price, but the war of resistance will also suffer.
Final victory will also be delayed by at least one to two years.
But Hu Weidong did not think that Chiang Kai-shek, who was "boundless in democracy and fearless in dictatorship", had the guts to really cooperate with the Japanese despite being called a "traitor".
Jiang and Jiang tried their best to avoid conflicts.
It was just a surprise, otherwise there would be no reason for the "time difference" that made it difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to get off this time. After thinking about this, Hu Weidong breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he also understood the "time difference" that was unexpectedly caused by the Japanese army's surrender.
And feel happy.
It is also worth mentioning that the former commander of Japan's Central China Expeditionary Force, Shunroku Hata, who surrendered shortly after he learned about the "Southern Gan Incident", couldn't help but regret it. If there had been no "Southern Gan Incident", Shunroku Hata could have argued that it was true.
He couldn't defeat him. With his background and connections, at least it would not be difficult to save his family. However, the "Southern Gansu Incident" was a golden opportunity that he missed.
Changing the direction of the war, this crime was too great, even if he was a prince, he could not bear it. Therefore, in order to avoid harming his family, Shunroku Hata had no choice but to commit suicide in order to reduce the charges on him as much as possible. Many other prisoners were
Japanese Army officers also followed his example, and some even tried to escape from the prison camp but were decisively suppressed by the 15th Army, resulting in more than 500 deaths.
Compared with Hu Weidong, Taizu was even more furious when he learned the news of the "Southern Gansu Incident". On the one hand, he severely criticized Xiang Ying and others for their stubborn insistence on Wang Ming's line, and used this to remove the last point of the Internationalists.
The remaining forces were completely driven away from the front line, and on the other hand, they launched a comprehensive counterattack against the Chiang regime.
On January 15, 1939, Taizu, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Red Party, sent a message to the entire party and army, "All Chiang's benevolence, righteousness, and morality are lies. Do not believe them. The Central Committee decided to launch a comprehensive counterattack both politically and militarily."
He also emphasized that "Only a fierce and resolute all-out counterattack can save the anti-Japanese national united front that has been severely damaged by Chiang. We must not be afraid of rupture. If we fight back violently, our moderate attitude must be ended immediately."
Politically, the powerful propaganda agency of the Red Party made Chiang Kai-shek the target of criticism. The image of the leader of the Anti-Japanese War that he had finally cultivated also suffered an unprecedented impact. The Red Party's military strength was countless times stronger than in history.
This made the local powerful factions in the Kuomintang even more
They all rose up to rebuke Chiang Kai-shek in order to distance themselves from the relationship and prevent themselves from becoming scapegoats and being attacked by the Red Party armed forces. For the same reason, unlike the historical emphasis on political means, the Red Party in this time and space paid more attention to military counterattacks. Three
The combined effort dealt a heavy blow to the Chiang regime.
First, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which was on its way back to the North China Border Region, was ordered to divide into three groups and march all the way to Taiyuan, striving to use this opportunity to completely eradicate Yan Xishan's forces. Although Yan Xishan has not expressed his opinion on the "Southern Gansu Incident" so far,
However, his political attitude has always been to the right, and he has owed blood debts to the Red Party and the masses. Just in case, it is better to strike first.
More importantly, although the 15th Red Army occupied Taiyuan, due to time constraints, they only had time to move away military industry and some heavy industry equipment. However, Yan Xishan’s achievements in building Shanxi were not only limited to military industry and heavy industry;
Taiyuan. As for Shanxi
Once occupied by the Japanese invaders and quickly defeated by the Fifteenth Army and the Eighth Route Army, these factories did not suffer much damage. At least one-third of the total production capacity of Shanxi's industry was at its peak. It is rare to see it now.
Lao Chiang sent me an excuse, how can I not eat this piece of fat?
Poor Yan Xishan, although he is very hostile to the Red Party in his heart, the Shanxi-Sui Army has been severely weakened after the defeat of Xinkou, and only Taiyuan and other large and medium-sized cities in Shanxi are left under its jurisdiction. The territory is far less than before, and the number of troops that can be fed is naturally much smaller.
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Therefore, the strength of the troops has not yet been restored to more than 100,000, and nearly two-thirds of them are still the Shanxi New Army, which is actually controlled by the Red Party to a large extent. Under such circumstances, how can Yan Xishan still have the courage to take the initiative to attack the Red Party?
Provocative?
But even though Yan Xishan had been a little daughter-in-law for more than a year cautiously, he was still unable to escape the inevitable. There were 200,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army outside, and more than 50,000 Shanxi New Army soldiers inside, who rebelled and broke away from the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Faced with the civil war in which compatriots fought against each other, the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army, especially the lower-level officers and soldiers, could not muster much fighting spirit. After the enemy troops came, they surrendered or even defected. The 34th Army of the Eighth Route Army only spent less than half
In just one month, the whole territory of Shanxi was wiped out. Less than 3,000 people died in the Shanxi-Sui Army's stubborn resistance. The rest all revolted or were captured. The Eighth Route Army suffered only more than 500 casualties (including the Shanxi New Army and other uprising troops).
If so, it would be more than 1,500 people.), most of whom died in the fighting of the militia armed forces. Liu Bocheng, commander of the 34th Army, could not help but sigh, "Since the beginning of the army, there has never been a battle so easy."
Seeing that Taiyuan was difficult to defend, Yan Xishan immediately abandoned his subordinates and fled south by plane, but was driven back to the airport by a fighter squadron of the North China Aviation Corps. Yan Xishan finally did not have the courage to commit suicide and had to surrender to the 34th Army.
Relations, Yan Xishan would not be easy off even if he surrendered, but Hu Weidong believed that he had made certain contributions to China's industrialization and Shanxi's people's livelihood, and considered
Taking into account the needs of the united front work, he specially interceded for him, and the white area working group in the party also agreed. Therefore, Yan Xishan was not too embarrassed. After a short period of political study, he even expressed his gratitude because of his emphasis on hard work.
Because of his work style, he was given the opportunity to be reactivated. He successively served as Minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry (Note 1), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, etc. Of course, these are all things for a later time.
Note 1: In this time and space, the ministries and commissions when New China was first founded were different from those in history. The industrial aspect was divided into eight ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, the Ministry of Machinery Industry, and the Ministry of Electrical Industry, referred to as the First Ministry of Machinery and the Second Ministry of Machinery (