Halfway through the meeting, an officer from the Security Section suddenly walked in and whispered a few words into the ear of Chief No. 4. As the director of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army, Chief No. 4, in addition to assisting Chief No. 2 in the work of the New Fourth Army, did his usual job.
In addition to political work, he must also lead the command of the southern secret front.
After listening to the security officer's report, Chief No. 4's expression immediately changed.
Chief No. 4 waved his hand to dismiss the security officer, and then reported to Chief No. 2: "Secretary Xiang, something happened. The Songhu detachment's secret camp in Puxi was raided by the Japs and Wang Puppet Agent No. 76, causing heavy losses in personnel and materials.
The party committee of the detachment called and requested that the activities be transferred from public to underground activities.”
The faces of several leaders present at the meeting darkened when they heard this.
The Songhu Detachment is an armed force of the New Fourth Army operating in Pudong, Puxi and eastern Zhejiang. It has a small number of troops, only a hundred people at full strength. However, because the area of activity is close to the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, every move it makes will be criticized by the West.
The media knows it, so it has great influence.
Of course, there can be another explanation in reverse, that is, the Japanese and puppet forces have very strict control over the Songhu area, that is, the corner of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou. The armed forces led by our party and the armed forces led by the Kuomintang,
No large-scale public activities can be held in this area.
Because as the scale of the army expands, the threat becomes greater. The Japanese and puppet troops cannot sit idly by and must send troops to encircle and suppress them. Moreover, because the area of activity is near Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, the transportation in this area is very convenient. When the Japanese and puppet troops come,
Go freely and form a large-scale armed force that often fails to respond quickly and is surrounded.
Therefore, only small-scale armed struggles can be carried out in the Songhu area.
The Songhu detachment is one of the many armed forces in the Songhu area, and its scale is relatively large.
Now that the Songhu Detachment has suffered a heavy blow, it also means that the party's anti-Japanese war activities in the Songhu area have suffered a heavy blow. This is undoubtedly extremely detrimental to the party's work, because the main task of an armed force like the Songhu Detachment is not only to fight against the Japanese
The pseudo-forces are even more responsible for protecting transportation lines.
Needless to say, there are actually several secret transportation lines between Shanghai and various bases of the New Fourth Army. These transportation lines are composed of countless transportation stations. Each transportation station is composed of one or several forts. In Songhu,
In addition to fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops, various armed forces in the region are also tasked with protecting these transportation stations.
However, since the Japanese government shifted its focus from military offensive to political surrender three months ago, it has stopped its offensive against the National Army on the frontal battlefield and at the same time turned its main energy to the vast occupied areas. One of the measures is to
Elite field troops were mobilized from the front line and returned to the rear to eliminate the guerrilla armed forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
After several months of suppression, the guerrilla armed forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have been severely damaged.
For example, the Kuomintang's guerrilla forces operating behind enemy lines in the Songhu area, the Loyalty and National Salvation Army, deputy commander-in-chief He Xingjian, betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy at the beginning of the year, taking away 50,000 troops. As a result, the Kuomintang's guerrilla forces in southern Jiangsu were almost wiped out.
Even Chairman Chiang was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days.
Although there has not been a large-scale treason and surrender to the enemy on the Communist Party side, there are not a few people like the Songhu detachment this time who were forced to turn from the public to underground activities due to successive heavy losses. To put it bluntly, from the public to the underground
Underground activities are actually equivalent to the elimination of these armed forces.
Before the Songhu detachment, several armed forces had been eliminated.
However, this time the Songhu detachment was also forced to move underground, but it still shocked the top brass of the New Fourth Army.
The No. 1 leader said in a deep voice: "It seems that we have underestimated the determination of the little devils. Looking at their posture, they will never give up until the armed forces of our New Fourth Army behind enemy lines in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou area are uprooted! So,
It is necessary to remind the armed forces in Shanghai, Ningxia and Hangzhou that they must be prepared for an arduous war of resistance."
"Hey, this is really evil!" Commander No. 4 said bitterly, "Our party's armed forces behind enemy lines are developing very well in central China and even in the whole of China. Why is it that it doesn't work well in the triangle area of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou?
What happened? The development of the first team and the second team in southern Jiangsu was not very smooth before. It was only after arriving in Jiangbei that the situation improved. After the first team and the second team left southern Jiangsu, the situation in the entire Songhu area began to take a turn for the worse. What happened?
Why?"
Chief No. 5 said: "The anti-Japanese war situation in the Songhu area has been delayed. There are many problems. For example, the Japanese and puppet forces are stronger than other areas, and the land and water transportation is very convenient, which is conducive to the rapid maneuvering of the Japanese and puppet troops.
For example, the Songhu area has a large number of armed forces, but they lack unified and effective command, etc. There are many problems, but in my opinion, the main problem is the lack of cadres. The Songhu area lacks someone who is authoritative and can open up the situation.
Military chief."
"Speaking of cadres, aren't there ready-made ones?" Chief No. 3 suddenly had a whim and suggested, "Let me tell you guys, what do you think about sending Xu Rui to Songhu to take charge of the overall situation?"
"What a mess!" Chief No. 1 said immediately, "You mean to completely transfer Comrade Xiao Xu away from Dameishan? Comrade Xiao Xu worked hard and worked hard to create the Dameishan base area. In the sense of revolution, the Dameishan base area
It was created by Comrade Xiao Xu, how can we transfer him, the founder, away from Damei Mountain?"
"But the question is, didn't he make a mistake now?" Chief No. 3 retorted weakly.
"I think this is a very good mistake." The No. 2 chief interjected, "Transferring Comrade Xiao Xu from Dameishan because of a small mistake does sound like killing a donkey, but this is
It's not impossible to solve. We can keep him the position of commander of Dameishan Military Division, and his organizational connections can also be retained in Dameishan. Transferring him to Songhu this time can be regarded as a secondment. Once the situation in Songhu opens up
Okay, just transfer him back to Dameishan."
"That's not impossible." Chief No. 1 nodded, and then asked, "But what will happen to Dameishan after Xiao Xu leaves? It is no exaggeration to say that the current Dameishan base is the center of our New Fourth Army.
Even if the Dabie Mountain base area develops and expands in the future, I am afraid it will not be able to replace the status of Damei Mountain. How can such an important place be without a military chief to preside over the situation for a long time? Is Wang Husheng always in charge of the work? "
"Wang Husheng must not be able to do it." The No. 2 leader shook his head and said, "Comrade Xu Rui is certainly at fault for this military operation against the 32nd Army, and Comrade Wang Husheng is also to blame, so he must also be punished.
Now since Comrade Xu Rui is being transferred to Songhu, then Comrade Wang Husheng should also be transferred to Songhu, and the two of them should be paired up."
"Then who will be responsible for the work of Dameishan?" Chief No. 1 frowned and said, "Leave it to Leng Tiefeng?"
"Old Ye, this is what I think." The No. 2 leader said, "For the needs of the united front work, and in order to unite the Kuomintang as much as possible, the central government asked us to abandon the base areas in southern Anhui and go north to central Anhui. I admit that I had some doubts before.
, mainly because he was reluctant to leave the foundation of southern Anhui, but now something like this happened. Xu Rui not only annihilated the 32nd Army, but also occupied the entire central Anhui and Dabie Mountain base areas. Although the Kuomintang side has not said a word until now, but
They are afraid that they are already furious, so I think we need to make some concessions."
The words of the No. 2 leader set the tone for the entire incident.
The implication of the No. 2 leader is that the Dabie Mountains and Wanzhong are not ready to be returned to the Kuomintang.
But as compensation, the New Fourth Army can hand over the territory in southern Anhui to the National Army's Third Theater Command.
Chief No. 1 asked: "Lao Xiang, do you mean to move the general headquarters to the Dameishan base area?"
"Yes, in fact, our military headquarters should have moved to Dameishan long ago." The No. 2 commander nodded and said, "Now that the Dameishan base area has been connected with the Central Jiangsu and Northern Jiangsu base areas, it is even more important to move the military headquarters to Dameishan.
After the Meishan base area was established, he immediately established the Jiangsu-Anhui base area to comprehensively lead the anti-Japanese armed struggle behind enemy lines in the Dabie Mountains, central Anhui area, Dameishan area, central Jiangsu area and northern Jiangsu area. As for the Dameishan base area, it was immediately reorganized into a directly subordinate division.
There will be no headquarters for the time being, and it will be directly led and commanded by the military department. What do you think, Lao Ye?"
Chief No. 1 thought for a while and said, "This is okay."
According to the statement of the No. 2 commander, it is actually equivalent to reorganizing the Dameishan Military Division into the first division of the newly established Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region. The position of commander of the first division is still reserved for Xu Rui. When did the situation in the Songhu area open up?
,Xu Rui can return to the first division as commander at any time.
Moreover, from the perspective of administrative ranks, the newly established Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region will definitely be a large military region. As the first division under the Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region, Dameishan is actually equivalent to a small military region. At this time, Dameishan Military Division has the administrative
In terms of rank, it is just a military division under a small military region, so in a sense, Xu Rui is equivalent to being promoted.
This is also in line with the psychological expectations of Chief No. 1, because in the eyes of Chief No. 1, the Kuomintang and Chairman Chiang simply deserved it. Xu Rui did nothing wrong in this matter. Who asked you to grab supplies? Since you dare to grab supplies
We have supplies, so we should be aware of being retaliated against, so Xu Rui is right.
Not only was Xu Rui right, he also played extremely well and should be rewarded!
Therefore, Chief No. 1 is very satisfied with the plan proposed by Chief No. 2.
At that moment, the No. 1 leader nodded and said: "This plan is good, so let's do it."
"Okay, then this matter is settled." The No. 2 leader nodded and said, "However, the position of commander of the first division of the Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region should not be made public yet, otherwise Xu Rui will make a big change?
Several leaders present at the meeting burst out laughing when they heard this.
PS: The map has been officially changed. It’s surprising, it’s not northwest, it’s Songhu.