If there was anything worthy of Liu Lang's idea in the first half of the 25th year of the Republic of China, it might be that the Red Army launched the Eastern Expedition just like in the past.
Before the New Year, the Red Army, which had arrived in northern Shaanxi and established a firm foothold, held a meeting in "Wayaobao" and elected the top leader of its own military committee - Taizu, who successfully led the Red Army to successfully complete the strategic shift.
.At the same time, the basic principles of the Red Army strategy were formulated: combine civil war with national war, prepare for war against Japan, and expand the size of the army.
Yes, the Japanese invaders mobilized troops more and more frequently in the three northeastern provinces. Not only did the bald bosses in Nanjing feel tremendous pressure, but even the red troops in northern Shaanxi became more and more certain that the battle between the entire China and the Japanese invaders was over.
Unavoidable.
If there is no skin left, how can the hair be attached? At this time, it is obviously inappropriate to regard the Kuomintang led by the bald man as the biggest class enemy. The two brothers had to break in with a knife because of their different opinions.
The robbers who have been killed by the whole family should be driven away first before talking about anything else.
In order to develop and strengthen themselves and have enough strength to resist the Japanese army that was about to invade the north, the red troops who had just gained a foothold resolutely chose to cross the river and march eastward.
The Yellow River was crossed, and Shanxi was naturally conquered. Yan Laoxi, who was the Caotou King in Shanxi, was naturally not a good person in the eyes of the red troops. It would be best to overthrow his rule.
On February 17, after the New Year in 1936, Taizu personally signed the Eastern Expedition Declaration, and the Red Army of the Eastern Expedition entered a war-ready state. On February 20, the order to cross the river was officially issued. The Red Army 28th Army re-established the Red 1st Army, and the Red Army
The 15th Army Corps, with a total of more than 10,000 troops, was divided into three teams on the left, center and right. They crossed the Yellow River from an area of 100 miles along the Yellow River and advanced into Shanxi.
The bunkers laid out by Comrade Lao Yan along the Thousand Miles of Yellow River were destroyed with one blow. The red army equipment of this era was given by Liu Lang as a reorganization division equipment, making them much more powerful than themselves in time and space, with dense machine guns.
The firepower made the defending Jin army think for a moment that they had encountered a sneak attack by the Central Army.
Overnight, the red troops of the Eastern Expedition attacked several cities and beat the confident Comrade Yan to the point where he almost no longer doubted his life.
In March, the Red troops captured Xiaoyi County. Except for Zhou Gong, who stayed behind to raise supplies, several top Red leaders gathered in Xiaoyi County and prepared to pursue the victory, march eastward to Duijiu Valley, pass through Tongpu Road, and head for the Hebei anti-Japanese front line.
But Liu Lang knew that the idea of the Red Army was a good one, but the King of Shanxi would never be willing to lose a large piece of his territory like this. He would not let go of Duijiuyu, an important place in the valley, under any circumstances. Not only would it be heavily defended
, Moreover, Comrade Lao Yan was already a little panicked and had no sense to ask for help. According to the battle report, the Central Army of seven divisions mobilized by the bald man from Luoyang, Xuzhou, Wuhan and other places were already on the train and were about to enter Shanxi.
Next, the Red Army will face not only tens of thousands of Jin troops, but also tens of thousands of Central Army troops with better equipment than the Jin troops. The difficulties they will face can be imagined. If you retreat at this time, the losses will be greatly reduced.
After discussing with Zhang Ruhao at the regiment headquarters for half a day, Zhang Ruhao sent a secret telegram to Duke Zhou at the rear, conveying his and Liu Lang's opinions tactfully. However, the Red Army's frontline headquarters still launched the attack plan it had formulated.
Perhaps because the equipment has been strengthened, this battle was not as brutal as in the past. Although the Red Army did not achieve its expected strategic goal of opening up the Tongpu Line, the Jin Army did not take advantage. After a day of fierce fighting,
Both sides exited the battlefield and returned to their positions before the battle.
Facing the impending enemy force, the Red Army divided its main force into three groups. The Red Central Committee led the Red 28th Army to continue fighting in western Shanxi. The Red 15th Army marched northward and marched directly into Taiyuan to contain and mobilize the main force of the Jin Army and advance into Suiyuan.
On the Chahar Anti-Japanese Front, the 1st Red Army Corps went south to Hedong, mobilized the masses, expanded the Red Army and raised funds, and immediately divided its troops to join the party and advance to the Hebei Anti-Japanese Front.
Liu Lang was once again impressed by the Red Army's ability to follow the mass line. From mid-March to the end of April, in just over a month, he raised 400,000 yuan, recruited more than 7,000 people, organized more than 20 local guerrilla groups, and founded more than 20
Red political power in each township and village.
The Red 15th Army Corps, which was responsible for containment operations, also used Taizu's flexible guerrilla tactics that had begun to take shape to the extreme, and went around the Luliang Mountains in Linxian, Fangshan, Lishi, and Zhongyang areas with the Jin army.
Successively inflicted heavy losses on the pursuing enemies in Caojiapo, Baiwen Town, Yukou, Getong, Jinluo and other places, and captured Guo Dengying, the leader of the 392nd Regiment of the Jin Army, and more than 400 officers and soldiers below him in the battle at Dashuitou Village in Zhongyang County.
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By late April, the Red 15th Army passed through the suburbs of Damai and Shuangchi Town and entered Pengmen of Xi County to join forces with the Red Headquarters, which had moved to western Shanxi. The Red 15th Army marched northward on March 18 and returned to Pengmen in late April.
It lasted more than a month and traveled more than a thousand miles, and fought in more than 20 counties in the central Shanxi plain and the Luliang Mountains in northern Shanxi. It not only effectively contained the main force of the Jin army, but also cooperated with the strategic actions of the red troops on the southern front and covered the red army.
The 28th Army's cross-river battle, and publicity and mobilization of the masses in the vast areas of central and northwestern Shanxi, actively raised funds to expand the Red Army, which laid the foundation for the red troops to move eastward to resist Japan and establish the base area in northwestern Shanxi.
What impressed Liu Lang the most was not just the military victory of the Red Army. Duke Zhou, who was in the rear, and Marshal Zhang's secret envoy in Luochuan reached an agreement to "stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan". This was not enough to make Liu Lang stunned, because that was
The moment the red troops crossed the Western Sichuan Plateau and Gannan and arrived in northern Shaanxi, the two leaders of the Northeastern Army and the Northwest Army already had that tendency, and now it is just a matter of course.
What struck Liu Lang most astonishing was that at the moment when the bald boss of the Central Army was still plotting how to annihilate the Red troops in the Luliang Mountains, Comrade Lao Yan had a secret conversation with the Red Party members who came into contact with him through various channels.
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Comrade Lao Yan didn't want to fight. At the invitation of the famous warlord leader, the bald man who had the ambition to dispatch seven divisions to Shanxi and wanted to defeat the Red Army in one fell swoop probably wanted to vomit blood at that moment.
Liu Tuanzuo, who had experienced this personally, finally understood that he was still too immature in front of these big guys. The establishment of the anti-Japanese united front was not just wishful thinking with patriotic enthusiasm, but also a necessity of fists. Liu Lang, the founder of the Republic,
Their wisdom can only be described as amazing.
In May, the Red Army returned to northern Shaanxi, and Taizu personally signed the "Armistice Agreement and Unanimous Anti-Japanese Electrification". The Red Army's Eastern Expedition, which lasted for 117 days, ended successfully.
This battle not only played the prelude to the people's army under the leadership of the Red Party rising up to resist the Japanese invaders, but also laid a historic foundation for the Red Party to use Shanxi as a strategic fulcrum to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Absolutely
It can be considered a strategic victory.
This time Liu Lang just acted as a bystander and took no action, but this time, they did an even better job than before.
Before the blood of the bald man who had been paired up with the King of Shanxi could be spilled, on June 1, the "Guangdong and Guangxi Incident" broke out, shocking the whole country.
In the name of the "Anti-Japanese Movement", the two major warlords in Guangdong and Guangxi launched an attack on the Central Army led by the bald boss. The incident launched by the two major warlords this time is essentially different from the "Fujian Incident" launched by General Cai Tingkai and others.
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Most of them are out of their own interests. What's more serious is that they disrupted the national government's efforts to organize the army to prepare for a full-scale war with the Japanese invaders. The huge manpower and material resources consumed by the 400,000 Central Army soldiers going south have made all knowledgeable people aware of the situation.
Heartbroken.
This time, under the persuasion of Liu Lang, who came to Chengdu overnight, Liu Xiang firmly stood on the side of the bald man and issued a statement to support the central government. China did not have much time to prepare, let alone selfish interests.
Waste more time.
At the direction of the Central Army's soldiers, the Guangdong warlord Chen Dao's subordinates all defected to Guangdong. Guangdong was defeated without a fight. Guangxi, which was weak and weak, also chose peace talks with the mediation of all parties. In September, under the bald leader's personal
With the sincerity of going to Guangzhou, the sworn brothers, Mr. Li and Mr. Bald, reconciled again and ended the confrontation.
Liu Lang also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that history had not been changed. One year before the all-out war with the Japanese invaders, China could finally prepare for the war with all its strength. Although Boss Li had a rift with the bald boss,
However, in the face of the danger of the country and the nation, he still showed the courage he should have as the leader of a province.
In the future national war, all the elite members of the Guangxi clan will emerge, and most of them will die in that flesh and blood mill.
However, in the summer when the country was in turmoil and people were worried, Liu Lang still received good news.