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After all, Hu Weidong wanted to fight the Japanese more than the civil war. However, with the remnants of the Japanese Army in Central China shrinking to the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou triangle, the Fifteenth Army did not have much room to play. The 152mm and 150mm cannons of the Army's heavy artillery brigade were difficult to damage.
The hull of a Japanese heavy cruiser on the Yangtze River. Although the 240mm heavy howitzer is powerful enough, it is inconvenient to maneuver and the number is too small. As for the anti-ship weapon bombardment
There are not many bombers left in the North China Air Force at present. The basic training of pilots and aviation school flight students has almost all been taken up. The range of the Soviet bombers of the Soviet Aid Air Force is too short. At least south of the Huaihe River
Before more than ten field airports are built, or 203mm caliber heavy howitzers are mass-produced and equipped with troops, although the 15th Army Group is strong, it is still unrealistic to forcefully cross the Yangtze River.
However, the frightened Central China Japanese Army also did not dare to compete with the 15th Army Group on land, so they voluntarily gave up most of the territory on the north bank of the Yangtze River (in fact, they did not occupy much territory in the first place. Due to insufficient troops, the countryside was basically
Unexpectedly, there are even some towns that can only rely on puppet troops to garrison, and not a single real Japanese can be discharged.), only Japanese warships cannons on the Yangtze River
Some strongholds were retained within Hecheng. As a result, the Central Plains Border Region further expanded, spanning the six provinces of Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu. The total population exceeded 90 million, which was greater than the total population of all other border regions and base areas behind enemy lines.
There are many more, and industrial strength accounts for more than 80% (Note 1). Except for the first line of land on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Hu Weidong suddenly discovered that the central
Almost all the tasks assigned by Yang to the Central Plains Border Region have been completed. If we want to expand further, we will have to compete with our brother troops for territory...
From this, Hu Weidong realized that the expansion of the Central Plains Border Region had reached its limit. It was basically certain that there would be no major battles to be fought in the next period. Hu Weidong's focus would inevitably shift to the economic construction of the border region, unless the 15th Group Army took over.
Go to cross-theater strategic combat missions like the four fields entering the pass in history.
However, this is okay. Hu Weidong has been really exhausted for more than a year. If he hadn't been physically strong enough, he would have been exhausted. Now he can just rest for a while. Although economic work may not be that easy, but
In any case, it cannot be compared with moving around to fight, often staying up for days and nights without sleep, and often having to march continuously or even urgently in exhaustion.
The 15th Army Group did not participate in the war, but the civil war was still continuing. In southern Shaanxi, Hu Zongnan had an army of 400,000, but he hunkered down in Xi'an and did not dare to take the initiative. However, his passive and conservative approach only made him return from illness.
Xu Haidong had no chance to take advantage of it. Since the North China Border Region and the Central Plains Border Region both occupied large areas of new territory,
The territory, just to restore order, takes up a lot of troops. In addition, the mountains and rivers in southern Shaanxi are overwhelming and the distance is long. Therefore, the two armies cannot send many reinforcements in a short time. Therefore, Xu Haidong now has only 100,000 troops (but then again)
, he was not originally the type who could command an army of hundreds of thousands).
If it were a field battle, he might not be able to win against Hu Zongnan's 400,000-strong army. But now that Hu Zongnan was retreating into the city, and a large number of forts and other solid fortifications had been built outside the city, Xu Haidong was really a little "mouse pulling a tortoise and he couldn't start" for a while.
Only some troops can be divided to develop the base area, while the main force stays outside Xi'an and watches. Hope
I hope Hu Zongnan can't help but send troops out of the city to give him an opportunity. But who knows that Hu Zongnan will not come out alive or dead. Xu Haidong is so angry that he can only use his 70,000 to 80,000 men to "siege" Xi'an, which has a garrison of 400,000.
City, thinking that the food and fodder consumption of the 400,000-strong army is not trivial. As long as the time is longer, the enemy will definitely not be able to hold on.
Who would have known that when Hu Zongnan was ordered to come to Xi'an in early 1938 to prevent the Red Se Party from infiltrating into northern Sichuan, he already knew that sooner or later this place would become the focus of attack by the Red Se Party's armed forces. Therefore, he had been desperately hoarding grain, grass and ammunition. Now the reserve amount is quite large.
It’s big, even if it costs 400,000
The military and the astonishing consumption of two to three hundred thousand citizens cannot last long, but one or two months will be no problem. Hu Zongnan's political vision has always been stronger than his military ability, and he has long seen that this time
The civil war will not last long. He only needs to hold on to Xi'an and let the Red Party regain control of Xi'an.
The northwest border area where Yang is located cannot be directly connected to the most important Central Plains border area, so it is completely worthy of his principal.
Compared with the limited progress in North China, the Central Plains and the northwest battlefield, Fang Yongle, the commander of the Red Army in Tibet, gave the central government a surprise. After learning the news of the "Southern Gan Incident", he made a prompt decision and immediately sent troops to conquer Lhasa without a trace.
The thousands of people prepared were disarmed and used this opportunity to marginalize the Kashag government and in fact completely control the country.
Zang's local power. After annexing those thousands of rebels and part of the Tibetan army, the total strength of the Red Party troops stationed in Tibet under Fang Yongle's command exceeded 30,000. If the road construction army is included, the number would not even be less than 100,000.
It stands to reason that with so many newly recruited troops, the troops should be reorganized and trained for a period of time to form combat effectiveness, but the young general Fang Yongle came to "train with battle". Once the situation in Lhasa was calmed down, he took the lead personally
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More than 10,000 people unexpectedly braved the severe winter cold of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and headed east over the mountains to invade the Xikang area. It is true that the Red Army troops stationed in Tibet at this time were not considered an elite division, but the problem was that the enemy was weaker.
Although Liu Wenhui, the warlord of Western Sichuan who occupied Xikang at this time, claimed to have an army of 30,000, he had poor equipment and lack of ammunition. A large part of them were "double-gun soldiers" with extremely poor combat effectiveness. He had no idea that the enemy would be here.
Ji Ji launched a massive attack without any preparation, and was naturally beaten to a pulp. Xikang
With rugged and steep terrain, extremely backward infrastructure and a harsh climate of high cold and hypoxia, Liu Wenhui actually lost the entire Xikang Province in less than a month (but this was also because Xikang was sparsely populated, and other places after taking Xichang
Basically, it all depends on the message.) No wonder Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Wuhan, was so angry that he called "Mother Xipi"
Note 1: Even if all the Soviet aid projects in the Northwest and North China Border Regions are completed, the industrial output value of the Central Plains Border Region will still account for more than half. What’s more, the equipment and talents bought back from the United States will definitely be given to the Central Plains Border Region nearby. The same is true for possible cooperation with Germany in the future.
Therefore, in terms of development potential, the Central Plains Border Region is still unparalleled. Even after the founding of New China, the Central Plains region has always been the most important industrial base. (To be continued.)