Chapter two hundred and forty-eight the galloping award from the mountain city
Yanzhou, inside a cave dwelling.
As the smoke filled the air, the chairman and party elders eagerly awaited the telegram from the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
A clerk hurried into the cave and shouted excitedly: "Chief, telegram, telegram from the front line!"
The chairman received the telegram, and other people came to him one after another.
"Okay, okay, this is an exciting victory. The Chinese military and civilians need this victory so much!" The chairman raised his head, with a smile on his face.
"The Hundred Regiments War is worthy of its name. It not only broke the Japanese army's cage policy, but also broke the rumors about our Eighth Route Army wandering around without attacking!"
"Chairman, I think we can call the comrades in the Southern Bureau to publicize it in mountain towns!" Comrade Wu Hao suggested.
"Can!"
On that day, the Central Military Commission sent a message to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters: "The Hundred Regiment Battle is inspiring. Can we organize one or two more battles like this?"
On the same day, the Central Military Commission issued an instruction on the next step of military operations, requiring the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to focus on attacking the enemy. They should follow the example of the Hundred Regiment War and organize one to several planned large-scale counterattacks in Shandong and Central China.
enemy offensive action.
In North China, the Hundred Regiment Campaign should be expanded to those enemies that have not yet been attacked to reduce enemy-occupied areas, expand base areas, open blockades, improve combat effectiveness, and continue to develop the number of people's troops in Shandong and central China, giving 200
Tens of thousands of friendly troops exerted a good influence on millions of people in the rear areas and enemy-occupied areas, delaying the enemy's offensive plans towards Chongqing and other places.
Mountain City, Huangshan Official Residence.
"Principal, the Luoyang Station of our Military Command discovered the frequent mobilization of Eighth Route Army troops a few days ago. However, the matter was so big that Yunong did not dare to take charge of it and ordered it to conduct a detailed investigation. As a result, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army launched a transport movement last night.
The attack on the line!" Dai Chunfenghui reported.
Long before the Hundred Regiments War, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters contacted the Chief of Guard of the National Army’s First Theater Zone through secret channels, but...
As soon as he finished speaking, Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Yingqin walked quickly to Chang Kaishen's lounge.
Pushing the door open, I found that Dai Chunfeng from the Military Command Bureau was already inside.
He Yingqin was not surprised by this. You must know that the military commander was Chang Kaishen's eyes. Since the war of resistance against Japan, his strength has expanded not a little bit, and he has now joined the army.
"Principal, there are two telegrams. One is a report on a series of military operations in North China reported by the Eighth Route Army this morning, and the other is an investigation report on the Eighth Route Army's war situation sent by the First Theater Command!" He Yingqin observed carefully.
Seeing Chang Kaishen's expression normal, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Chang Kaishen read the telegram, and there was an inexplicable look on his face. He didn't know what he thought of, and it took him a long time to say: "It's a pity that such an excellent soldier and general can't be used by me!"
"The principal is worried. I, a descendant of Huangpu, are no less powerful than the Eighth Route Army. Under the leadership of the principal and working together, we will definitely achieve the great cause of the party and the country." He Yingqin said with a straight face.
"Yes, I have so many talented people from Huangpu, and they are all the leaders of the Party and state!" Chang Kaishen said with a smile on his face.
"Jingzhi, what do you think about the Eighth Route Army's series of operations in North China?"
He Yingqin was at ease and knew that what Chang Kaishen was asking was not this, but to test his attitude towards Japan.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, with the end of the Battle of Wuhan, China and Japan entered a stalemate stage. The Japanese army finally discovered how unrealistic their talk of occupying China within three months was, and at this time Chang Kaishen was also beaten.
Exhausted and defeated all the way, he moved the government to the mountain city, and the war was temporarily at a stalemate.
Gu Hui
At this time, Japan wanted to quickly solve the China problem. From its unilateral intention to rely entirely on its military means, it naturally began to lead to a strategy that focused on political coercion and supplemented by military response.
In December 1939, Japan's "Tong Plan" concept, which attempted to force Chang Kaishen to surrender, entered the tentative implementation stage.
The "Tong Plan" was a so-called Sino-Japanese friendly armistice agreement in the name of "joint suppression of communism" that was used by Japan to force China to accept the reality of the independence of Manchukuo in Northeast China.
Because it involves the sovereignty of Northeast China, this plan has been carried out in secret, and Chang Kaishen's final bottom line is precisely to want China and Japan to return to before the July 7th Incident.
Just as Chang Kaishen was preparing to hold the so-called meeting of the three giants (Chang, Wang, and Banheng Seishiro) around the "Tong Plan" in Changsha, the Hundred Regiment War began!
The Chang Kaishen Group found that in this battle, there was an opportunity to expand the interests of the Chinese side in the agreement, and temporarily terminated the "Tong Plan".
Then, after Japan completely signed the Axis Agreement with Germany and Italy, it forced the United States and Britain to end their appeasement policy towards Japan and begin to provide strong support to China.
The "Tong Project" had just died at this time, and Chang Kaishen naturally took a breath of cold air, thankful that he was so sophisticated and cunning that he escaped political disaster.
In the second half of 1939, the winter offensive launched by Chang Kaishen did not achieve actual results, and the Sino-Japanese front remained unchanged. Then from April to the end of June 1940, Germany attacked and occupied France in Europe.
In Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, domestic pro-German and pro-Japanese voices are on the rise.
This situation stimulated Japan. In order to speed up the pace of the "Tong Plan", they launched the Zaoyi Campaign and occupied Yichang, directly threatening the mountain city.
At the same time, it forced the United States, Britain and France to appease Japan, allowing Britain and France to close the southwest international corridor between China and Myanmar and China and Vietnam.
Economic blockade, military offensive, and using Yichang as a base, targeted the rear areas such as Chongqing and carried out large-scale bombing aimed at destroying the Chinese military and civilians' anti-Japanese fighting spirit.
Regarding all this, the Chairman pointedly pointed out: "Japan is trying to cut off transportation in southwest China to force China to make peace, and Chang Kaishen will not be able to continue the war of resistance without foreign aid, so there is the possibility of peaceful compromise in China's war of resistance."
In order to fully cope with Germany and safeguard their huge trade interests with Japan (the United States sells steel and oil to Japan, and British warships and merchant ships even help Japan transport materials for Japan's invasion of China), the United States and Britain actually mediate between China and Japan in accordance with Japan's "mediation"
war.
On August 20, the Hundred Regiment War officially started in accordance with the order. The Japanese army was caught off guard by this "heart-popping" strategy. At the same time, it also allowed the Chiang Group to see that Japan's military attack on Chongqing was somewhat bluffing, thus prompting it to
The progress of the "Tong Project" was stopped at a critical moment.
On the other hand, Chang Kaishen was sure that the United States would definitely join the war, so he began to prepare to preserve his strength so that he could deal with Yan'an in the future.
"Principal, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is a shot in the arm, which can extinguish the disharmonious voices within the party and state!" He Yingqin said.
"The will of the 400 million people to resist the war is firm. We cannot let the Eighth Route Army dominate the front. We must let all theaters investigate the gist of guerrilla tactics. We will imitate the Eighth Route Army's tactics and let the people see the government's determination to resist the war!" Chang Kaishen said in his heart
We are even more wary of the Eighth Route Army, but we cannot be less enthusiastic about it.
Chang Kaishen also issued instructions to generals in various theaters, asking them to imitate the Eighth Route Army's tactics:
The essence of guerrilla tactics is to be fully prepared, to operate secretly and to investigate thoroughly, and its foundation is to organize and protect the people in various areas behind enemy lines.
Each war zone should take the guerrilla sabotage actions of the 18th Group Army in Zhengtai, Tongpu, and Pinghan as a rule and formulate a long-term plan from September to December this year to strengthen guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, focusing on railways and highways.
, carry out planned and organized long-term destruction of various waterway transportation lines, military depots, warehouses, airports, automobiles, gasoline depots, etc.
During this guerrilla period, the first priority is to prevent the enemy from deploying troops in various areas, destroying its autumn offensive in October, and creating a favorable situation for our army.
Chang Kaishen also received the "Chidian Award":
Your department has seen the good opportunity and attacked decisively, dealing a heavy blow to the enemy. It is a good use. In addition to sending orders to other relevant theaters to actively attack in order to support the department's operations, you still hope to supervise the department to take active actions and not to take a breather with the enemy.
The most important thing is to completely cut off the enemy's traffic when possible.