Chapter 747 Central Emergency Order (Please subscribe!)
central emergency order
In the Taiyuan *** war room, just when all the central leaders were concentrating their limited energy on the central and southern regions to decide the fate of more than one million *** in the grand battle. Ye Jianying, Chief of General Staff of the Military Commission, held a
After sealing the telegram, he rushed into the office with a nervous look on his face. Then, he exclaimed in surprise to the three leaders.
"Chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief, something happened, something big happened..."
"Jianying, what is it that makes you, the Chief of General Staff of the Military Commission, so nervous..." Seeing the nervous Chief of Staff in front of him, a bad premonition appeared in the Chairman's mind. At the same time, the Chairman
His brows also wrinkled for the first time, and then he asked.
"Reporting to Chairman, our party's intelligence agency in Hubei has just sent urgent information. The 500,000 elite *** deployed by the National Government in Hubei have been completely surrounded by the Kwantung Army since nine o'clock this morning.
"Chinese..." Chief of Staff Ye Jianying replied.
"The Kwantung Army's 250,000 men surrounded the 500,000-strong Japanese army. How is that possible? Chief of Staff, you are right..." Upon hearing this shocking news, the commander-in-chief's face showed a subconscious look.
He showed a look of disbelief, and then exclaimed in surprise.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, this is top-secret information sent after repeated verification by intelligence personnel. There is absolutely no problem? In addition, our party's intelligence personnel hidden within the National Government also sent a telegram, confirming this matter
The authenticity." In response to the Commander-in-Chief's rhetorical question, Chief of Staff Ye Jianying replied with certainty.
"Comrade Jianying, please tell us how the Kwantung Army relied on its 250,000 men to surround a total of 500,000 elite troops. If nothing else happens, if you want to accomplish this huge strategic goal,
You little devil, you must have played some trick. Otherwise, five hundred thousand elite *** would not be vegetarians..." The chairman nodded and then asked rhetorically.
"Chairman Yingming..." Ye Jianying nodded affirmatively. Then, she opened her mouth to explain.
"Chairman, leaders, the situation is like this... The Kwantung Army broke through a position on the Japanese defense line two days ago, within a few hours. Of course, because the entire communication system of the Japanese army was
Both the bombing and artillery attacks suffered devastating blows from the Kwantung Army's artillery fire. The news that the position had been breached by the Kwantung Army did not reach their headquarters until one day later. And within this day, the Kwantung Army mobilized an entire force through this breakthrough.
Two light divisions advanced towards the city of Yichang with a forced march. Finally, at nine o'clock this morning, they occupied the city of Yichang that the Communists voluntarily abandoned, cutting off the retreat route of 500,000 Japanese troops to Chongqing and Sichuan...
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For a moment, the entire war room fell into deep thought as Chief of Staff Ye Jianying explained. Several people frowned and stared at the battle map in front of them...
After a short period of reflection, the chairman first broke the silence of the office and asked the commander-in-chief, who was also frowning in front of him: "Boss, what do you think of this matter... What is the reason why *** took the initiative to abandon Yichang City?
What kind of purpose is it? In addition, after the Kwantung Army captures Yichang City, what consequences will it have for the 500,000 people in Hubei Province?"
"Chairman... To tell you the truth, this time, I admire our old rival, Chairman Chiang. I can definitely say that this time, our Chairman Chiang rarely made the right move: you see,
If Yichang City is voluntarily abandoned, the 500,000 elite troops stationed in Hubei may still have a way out and can be preserved. However, if Yichang is trapped and Yichang City is destroyed, the 500,000 elite troops may be able to survive.
The end. But now I am worried about a problem..." A look of deep worry immediately appeared on the commander-in-chief's face.
"What's the problem?" the chairman asked, frowning.
"Whether the 500,000 *** troops hoarded in Hubei can advance and retreat in an orderly manner in the face of the pressure from the elite Kwantung Army is a matter of life and death for the 500,000 ***. Otherwise, almost
The great defeat that happened on the Songhu battlefield years ago will happen to these 500,000 people again..." the commander-in-chief replied with a worried look on his face.
"Well... the boss is right. I hope that the *** troops, after the last battle of Songhu, can learn some lessons and fight well in this battle of Hubei..." The chairman nodded helplessly and replied.
However, the chairman obviously overestimated the virtue of some senior officers in the *** army. Just as a few people finished speaking, Director Li Kelong of the Intelligence Department rushed into the office with an anxious look on his face and exclaimed again.
"Chairman, heads, something happened, something happened in Hubei..." After saying that, he handed the telegram in his hand to the chairman in front of him.
After quickly browsing the telegram in his hand, the chairman's face immediately showed a look of pain. He said to the two partners behind him who also looked anxious: "Well, boss, I will do whatever I'm afraid of.
Although Chiang Kai-shek made a correct decision, he never forgot one thing he has always liked to do, which is to continuously weaken the strength of non-direct troops through war..."
"During the retreat of the ***, Chen Cheng brazenly ordered more than 200,000 non-direct *** troops to take charge of the rear, while his own enemy attacking troops took the initiative to retreat. The morale of the troops was severely hit. In addition,
During the process of changing the defense, the Kwantung Army suddenly launched a fierce attack. As a result, the entire defense line only lasted for less than a few hours before being defeated... So far, except for hundreds of thousands of elite ***
, except for those who were hastily gathered by Chen Cheng. The remaining 300,000 people have been defeated by the Kwantung Army's pursuit. At that time, there may be only one result to greet them, and that is to become the ghosts of the Kwantung Army.
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"It's over. The 500,000 elite *** in Hubei are over..." the commander-in-chief said with certainty.
"Chairman, Enlai, judging from the current situation, if these hundreds of thousands of *** troops do not receive foreign aid in a short period of time. With the current strength and material reserves of the *** in the encirclement, at most they will only
It can last for three months…”
At this moment, Vice Chairman Zhou, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Chairman, Commander-in-Chief. In a short period of time, it is impossible for these hundreds of thousands of people surrounded by Hubei to have foreign aid. In order to
In response to this attack by the Japanese troops stationed in China, the Nationalist Government deployed almost all its elites to fill this nearly 1,000-kilometer defense line. Even if Chiang Kai-shek has this intention, he does not have the ability."
For a moment, the entire war room fell into silence because of this desperate conclusion. In this solemn atmosphere, several people silently stared at the combat map in front of them, digesting what they had just heard.
This is shocking news.
A few minutes later, the chairman first broke the solemn atmosphere in the war room and said: "Enlai, boss, as we just analyzed, in this battle, Chiang Kai-shek's *** troops will eventually end in failure.
At that time, the entire Central and South China region will definitely fall into the hands of the Japanese army. We are already clear about the next strategic direction of the Japanese army, which is to occupy Central and South China, consolidate Central and South China, and attack North China. Therefore, we absolutely cannot tolerate the Japanese army's presence in the entire southern region.
Accumulate strength steadily and develop..."
"Chairman, what you mean is to dispatch troops south to the Japanese army's rear area. Just like how our army developed base areas behind enemy lines in North China, the Japanese army's rear area..." The commander-in-chief's eyes lit up, and he followed.
Finally, he spoke with excitement.
"That's what I mean..." As he spoke, the chairman's eyes showed a rare edge. Then he pointed at the battle map in front of him and said.
"Look at the map. In order to respond to this attack, the Japanese army concentrated almost all the forces on the entire Chinese battlefield. Not only did they mobilize all the elite Kwantung Army, but more importantly, they also mobilized almost all the field troops in Central China. According to intelligence
It shows that at present, the Japanese military strength in the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui areas is almost in a vacuum..."
"If we take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the main force of the Japanese army is completely attracted by the remnants of the Japanese army in Hunan and Hubei provinces, we send an elite force to suddenly go south and attack these three provinces. Think about it, what will happen?
Such a result will have a huge impact on the entire Anti-Japanese War situation..." Having said this, the chairman's face was enveloped in a thick smile. A pair of eyes, staring at the commander-in-chief in front of him, waiting for the commander-in-chief
answer.
"As a large number of Japanese troops were mobilized from Jiangsu and Anhui, in the entire defense area, except for a small number of local Japanese garrison troops, only the Imperial Association Army led by the Nanjing Puppet National Government remained. With the combat effectiveness displayed by the Imperial Association Army,
As long as we can send a sufficient number of elite troops, I can guarantee that we can completely capture these two provinces in just one month..." the commander-in-chief replied with a heroic look.
"So, boss, who do you think we should give this task to?" The chairman nodded in agreement. Then, he asked with a smile on his face.
"Needless to say, of course it is Comrade Liu Hua, the current commander-in-chief of Dongye..." The chairman's voice had just finished. Without even thinking, the commander-in-chief spoke without hesitation...
"It's true that heroes think alike. Boss, my candidate is also Comrade Liu Hua... Jianying, in the name of ***, immediately sent a telegram to Comrade Liu Hua in Fengtian: Order Comrade Liu Hua to immediately carry out the work in hand.
Temporarily handed it over to the hands of Comrades Luo Ronghuan and Zuo Quan. Then rush to Taiyuan to accept the new task...quickly," the chairman ordered affirmatively.
In the Hubei region, great changes were taking place in the great battle that affected the fate of hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops. In the war room of the Northeast Field Army headquarters in Fengtian City, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan, and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan were surrounding
In front of a huge combat sand table, the latest combat orders were issued to all participating troops based on the ever-changing enemy situation on the sand table.
"Reporting to all commanders, Commander Sun of the First Corps reported victory in a telegram: After two days of bloody fighting, the 23rd and 2nd Corps, at the cost of sacrificing 5,329 people and seriously injuring 2,489 people, completely annihilated all the garrison troops in Siping City. At present,
The entire Siping City has been completely occupied by our army..." the combat staff reported with excitement.
Seeing the sun flag on the sand table in front of Siping, it immediately turned into a small red flag. After hearing the first substantive telegram of victory in two days, the political commissar Luo Ronghuan, who looked excited, spoke first.
: "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, Siping has finally been obtained. As long as Siping is obtained, the Kwantung Army's carefully deployed Tietong around Changchun will be opened up by us. With this breakthrough, the next battle of the entire counterattack,
It will be easier to fight..."
"The political commissar is right. As long as we successfully capture Siping, we have the conditions to give the Kwantung Army in the entire Jilin area a center to flourish. They will attack from inside and outside and eliminate a large number of their effective forces... Commander-in-Chief, will you start the second battle immediately?
In the first stage of the battle, Commander Sun in the Siping area was ordered to immediately mobilize at least one army to advance from the rear to the Liaoyuan area. Cooperating with the third corps led by Vice General Yang, they attacked from front to back and captured the important town of Liaoyuan in one fell swoop.
Finally, gradually clear out all the military fortresses with heavy Japanese troops stationed around Changchun, completely isolating the political center of Changchun..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan nodded in agreement. Pointing to the battle map in front of him, he suggested with excitement.
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After quickly glancing at the combat map in front of him, Liu Hua nodded affirmatively after the enemy and our troop deployments were all reflected in his mind. Then, he gave a decisive order to the chief of staff in front of him.
"Chief of Staff, time is not waiting for me, so let's do this. Immediately follow the scheduled combat plan and send a telegram to Commander Sun. Immediately start to implement the second phase of the combat plan. Within five days, cooperate with the third corps to capture the important town of Liaoyuan...
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"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan replied decisively.
Seeing the Chief of Staff leaving quickly in front of him, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua was in a very good mood.
Because he believed that according to the current progress of the various combat units of the Northeast Field Army, as long as the development goes smoothly and there are no major surprises, the entire three northeastern provinces, except for Harbin and Changchun, will still be in the hands of the Kwantung Army after the war.
The huge three northeastern provinces will surely become a powerful base area for the Northeast Field Army. At that time, as long as the time is right, it will be an easy task for the Northeast Field Army, which has strong soldiers and horses and has grown stronger, to regain the entire three northeastern provinces.
However, what Liu Hua didn't expect was that just when he wanted to give the little devils who stayed in the three eastern provinces a central flower, the 250,000 elite Kwantung Army soldiers on the battlefield in Hubei also used this tactic.
We are encircling and annihilating the 500,000 elite *** who have been hoarding in Hubei.
"Commander-in-Chief, urgent call..." A rapid voice reached everyone's ears. Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, who had just left the war room less than ten minutes ago, appeared in front of everyone panting.
"***. At this time, the central government sent us a telegram. Something must have happened. Chief of Staff, what is the specific content?" Liu Hua asked after a brief shock on his face.
"Report to the commander-in-chief. The chairman orders you to immediately hand over the command of the troops to the hands of the political commissar. Then, rush to *** in the shortest possible time and prepare to accept new tasks..." Regarding the content of the telegram, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan,
He also had a puzzled look on his face and replied referring to the telegram in his hand.
"Accepting a new mission, and it's at this critical time... No, something must have happened..." After hearing Zuo Quan's answer, Liu Hua's eyes lit up and he quickly asked.
"Commander-in-chief, you mean something happened in the south..." Zuo Quan said thoughtfully, pointing to the national map on the wall.
"That must be the case. You see, since the Kwantung Army broke through from the three eastern provinces, we have focused all our energy on the Northeastern battlefield. We have paid almost no attention to this decisive battle that took place on the southern battlefield.
If nothing unexpected happens, something big must have happened in the great battle that took place on the southern battlefield during this period. Otherwise, the Communist Party of China would not be so anxious and issue such an urgent order..." Commander-in-Chief
Liu Hua replied affirmatively.
Seeing the nervous Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua in front of him, Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan also realized the seriousness of the matter. Then he spoke.
"Commander-in-Chief, what should we do next?"
"The political commissar, chief of staff, and the central government's orders are very clear. Therefore, all the wars in the Northeast will be left in the hands of the two of you. I believe that as long as there are no big surprises, this counterattack will be ours."
The Northeast Field Army will definitely achieve unexpected results. Therefore, I have no worries about leaving the war in the Northeast to you." Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua replied with certainty.
"As for me, in accordance with the chairman's order, I immediately led a cavalry regiment and rushed to Taiyuan to prepare to accept the new order from the central government..."
"Okay, then let's do this...Commander-in-Chief, don't worry. With me and the Chief of Staff here, there will definitely be no accidents. Currently, the Eighth Route Army operating in the Pingjin area is also launching counterattacks.
Counterattack in the Pingjin area. Therefore, I am very reassured about your safety... However, on the way to the central government, you must bring a radio. If there is any situation, we will get in touch through the radio..." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan was very sure