Chapter 86: Attack on Zhangjiakou

Soon, Xu Guoren and Chen Zhiyuan received a reply, and the central government ordered them to seize Zhangjiakou by force, and use it as a base to vigorously develop and expand the revolutionary base area in Chahar. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The scene that Xu Guoren feared finally happened, and under Chen Zhiyuan's rendering, the high-level people who were thousands of miles away thought that the situation of the Chahar revolution was very good. Even they thought that Xu Guoren's previous plan to go north and enter the three eastern provinces was more risky and undesirable.

After all, it's not surprising that none of them are time-travelers and can't predict history.

Chen Zhiyuan took the call back and said to Xu Guoren excitedly: "Guoren, the superiors instructed us to attack Zhangjiakou, and this matter is all up to you." ”

"Old Chen, I still think it's better for us to continue to go north." Xu Guoren tried to make a last effort, because the armed forces that raised an incident in Chahar were not without them, and historically, after the defeat of the Great Wall and the fall of Rehe, Feng Yuxiang, the leader of the Northwest Army, had established the so-called Anti-Japanese Alliance Army in Zhangjiakou.

However, it soon collapsed under the flanking and joint attacks of the Japanese puppet army, the Central Army, the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army.

At that time, the Anti-Japanese Allied Army had grown to more than 100,000 people, and its strength was much stronger than its own independent divisions.

Chen Zhiyuan said with a serious face: "Guoren, this is an order of the central government, we must obey it, and the armed capture of Zhangjiakou, at present, there is a great success, why don't we try it?" ”

At this moment, Guo Shiyin came in a hurry.

Bringing a new telegram, Xu Guoren opened it and saw that it was from ******, who was then chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

In the telegram, Chairman Mao instructed Xu Guoren that, in view of the fact that Chahar is flat and surrounded by strong enemies, and there is basically no danger to defend, while abiding by the Party Central Committee's order to seize Zhangjiakou and develop the revolutionary base area on the spot, he should pay attention to the development and changes of the surrounding enemy situation, adapt to the situation, not be too blindly optimistic, fight hard with the enemy, and take the best policy to preserve the revolutionary strength as much as possible. ”

It turned out that Chairman Mao at this time happened to be the leader of the party, government and army of the Central Soviet Region, and it was the Central Committee led by Wang Ming who called back to Xu Guoren's independent division.

Chairman Mao learned of the current situation of the department, and in view of the fact that the party Central Committee had already issued orders and development guidelines to Xu Guoren's department, he sent a supplementary telegram to the independent division in his capacity as the leader of the central Soviet region.

It can be seen that Chairman Mao is still very strategic, and he knows that under the current circumstances, it seems easy to start an incident in Chahar, but in fact it is difficult. Therefore, remind Xu Guoren to pay attention to changes in the enemy's situation and be flexible.

After reading this telegram, Xu Guoren was in a good mood, because the central government still has people who understand, so he is much more relieved.

Otherwise, after seizing Zhangjiakou, once the strength expands and grows, the central government headed by Wang Ming orders itself to fight Pingjin, which will be self-defeating.

However, Xu Guoren, who is not very familiar with history, did not know that Wang Ming was already planning to attack Chairman Mao at this time, because it was impossible for a person with prestige and talent like Chairman Mao to obey him.

At this time, the **** Provisional Central Committee was still in Shanghai, the Soviet District, and it was only one of the revolutionary base areas led by the Communist Party of China, in addition, there were many large and small revolutionary base areas such as Hubei, Henan and Anhui.

They were all under the leadership of the Central Committee in Shanghai, and Wang Ming, with the support of the Comintern, rose from a nobody to the leader who actually controlled the Central Committee.

At this time, the influence of the Comintern on the Chinese revolution was still very great.

The situation was not completely improved until three years later, after the Red Army's Long March, after the Zunyi Conference, and after Chairman Mao obtained the leadership of the Central Committee.

Chairman Mao was a man who understood, and the so-called Comintern did not understand China's national conditions at all, let alone the factors for the success of the Chinese revolution.

After reading Chairman Mao's telegram, Xu Guoren smiled and said to Chen Zhiyuan: "This is a call from the Central Soviet Region, Chen Lao, you can also take a look." ”

After reading it, Chen Zhiyuan also nodded and said: "Commissar Mao's suggestion is still very reasonable, and we should adopt it." ”

"Of course." Xu Guoren was in a slightly better mood, and said to Chen Zhiyuan: "Old Chen, since this is the case, then let's start preparing to seize Zhangjiakou, does our underground party have a branch intelligence agency in Zhangjiakou?" ”

"There is." Chen Zhiyuan said: "What do you want to know?" ”

"The strength of the enemy army in Zhangjiakou and the details of its deployment, in short, the more the better." Xu Guoren said.

"Okay, I'll contact you right away, I'm sure there will be news soon." Chen Zhiyuan nodded.

After the troops rested for a day in Zhuoxian and replenished some of the grain and grass, Xu Guoren decided to secretly move the troops to Zhangjiakou.

In order to cover up people's eyes, Xu Guoren and Chen Zhiyuan decided after discussing that the troops would be divided into three routes, with Xu Guoren, Chen Zhiyuan, and Guo Hu each leading a main force regiment to march towards Zhangjiakou in unison.

Among them, the guard company, artillery battalion, and reconnaissance company all followed Xu Guoren's regiment, and this road was also the middle road.

When they were about to arrive near Zhangjiakou, the information of the underground party also came back.

According to the intelligence, the situation of the garrison in Zhangjiakou City at this time was basically the same as what they knew from the prisoners before.

There were only two militia regiments plus more than 1,000 Mongol cavalry, and the total number of police and gendarmes in the city was less than 4,000.

In terms of troops, Xu Guoren's independent division occupies an absolute advantage, let alone equipment.

After the capture of Baoding, the 1st Regiment of the Independent Division was not only equipped with all Chinese rifles and Czech light machine guns, but also had more than a dozen mortars in the artillery battalion, greatly increasing its firepower.

Moreover, the defenders still did not know that the independent division was coming to attack Zhangjiakou, so the time and place were favorable, and Xu Guoren almost occupied it.

Xu Guoren's middle route army, the cavalry troops, with lightning speed, first captured Xuanhua County, a barrier southeast of Chahar. Wipe out the defenders in the county.

At this time, the defenders were not equipped with telephones and radio stations, and their communications were very backward, so they could not report the news of the attack of the independent division in time.

While Xu Guoren took Xuanhua County, Guo Hu and Chen Zhiyuan led a regiment and continued to advance towards Zhangjiakou.

Xu Guoren could not take a break, and in order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, he ordered the artillery battalion and baggage to march behind, and personally led the reconnaissance company, the guard company and the first infantry regiment to march at full speed and rush to Zhangjiakou first.

It took about six hours for Xu Guoren to lead his troops to Zhangjiakou first, and immediately commanded a regiment to launch a surprise attack on the south gate of Zhangjiakou.

The sudden appearance of the independent division caught the defenders of Zhangjiakou by surprise.

A regiment and the cavalry fired a volley of fire, knocking dozens of defenders south of the city to the ground, and then rushed up and rushed into the south gate that had not yet had time to close, thus attacking the city of Zhangjiakou.

Not long after the battle began, Chen Zhiyuan, Guo Hu, and Guo Danian also led the second and third regiments to arrive one after another, and according to the original battle plan, they encircled Zhangjiakou.

Subsequently, the divisions of the independent division launched a full-scale offensive against it.