Chapter 312: Battle of Shenyang in the Western Expedition (2)
Less than a day after the Battle of Shenyang began, the Fifth and Sixth Columns had broken through the Japanese fortifications on the periphery of Shenyang, and were attacking Shenyang from three sides, but Lin Junxiong sat in the Lotus Mountain conference room with deep frowns, and Qiao Xinyu was also sitting on the side, constantly shaking his head.
It turned out that the intelligence agency had sent news that the Kuomintang navy had reached 20 nautical miles outside the port of Arthur, and had also sent two group armies to 80 kilometers outside Jinzhou, and had also telegraphed to the party Central Committee that they would launch a battle to recover the three northeastern provinces, hoping that the new First Army of the Chinese Communist Party would provide assistance in the spirit of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the great righteousness of reunification to resist Japan.
The more Qiao Xinyu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold: "Despicable and shameless, it was obviously our army that launched the reconquest war against Shenyang first, but now it's good, the Kuomintang has made the reconquest of Shenyang theirs with a telegram and a few newspapers." ”
"Lao Qiao, over the years, our party has silently and firmly resisted Japan, and the Kuomintang has played less tricks behind the scenes? At present, we are launching a war of all-out counterattack against the Japanese invaders, and we should focus on the overall situation, and wait until the anti-Japanese war is over! Lin Junxiong squeezed out a smile and said.
"Abandoning Shenyang is tantamount to giving up a position to the Kuomintang in the northeast, and it will also become a thorn in our body, making us uncomfortable all the time."
"Commander, political commissar, the Party Central Committee is in an emergency!" Shen Yushan walked in with an aggrieved face.
After reading the telegram, Lin Junxiong handed it to Qiao Xinyu, "The new First Army is the party's troops, and we are revolutionaries under the leadership of the party, and we should firmly carry out the party's orders." ”
Qiao Xinyu and Shen Yushan nodded with a wry smile.
"Then let the troops carry out the order, let the fifth column and the sixth column attack Shenyang with all their might, and wait until the Kuomintang army arrives, the fifth column will withdraw to the area of the Liaodong hills to set up defenses, and the sixth column will enter Rehe Province in the north, and I will also enter Rehe Province with the garrison headquarters, the Kuomintang has robbed Shenyang, I want to see if they are so shameless that they will rob Rehe!" Lin Junxiong's eyes burst with anger, the party's orders must be resolutely carried out, but he was still very angry in his heart that the Kuomintang took advantage of the fire to rob.
"Commander, what about Kota Mizunuma's 60th Division?"
Lin Junxiong smiled coldly: "Since the Kuomintang army wants to get Shenyang, it has to pay some price, let Mizunuma Hongtai lead the troops into the Liaodong hills and the five verticals, let's help the Kuomintang take Shenyang, Dalian, Lushun and Jinzhou and other places will let the Kuomintang fight by itself." ”
After receiving the order from the military headquarters of the New First Army, Diao Yongyun was a little depressed, and at the same time felt that Lin Junxiong had a heavy responsibility for letting the Fifth Column deploy defense in the Liaodong hills, and this defense line would be a security barrier to protect the Jilin and Heilongjiang areas, so he immediately asked Yun Dong to set off with a regiment to set up a defense line in the area of the main peak of Black Mountain in the northern part of the Liaodong hills, the main peak of Buyun Mountain in the central part of the country, and the isthmus of Jinxian County in the south, and at the same time mobilize personnel from the Gangshan base area to set up bases in three places to make preparations for the garrison of the troops in advance.
Taro Komanhara, who had nothing to do in Shenyang, ordered a division commander to negotiate with the 5th and 6th columns of the New First Army, threatening to blow up Shenyang, the second capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty; On the other hand, he rushed from the southwest of Shenyang to the Lushun City Fortress Headquarters, hoping to rush back in time to prevent Mizunuma Kota from taking the 60th Division away, leaving an elite force for the expected ten days of perseverance.
Diao Yongyun and Feng Zhansong had negotiated with the stubborn Japanese troops in Shenyang City and realized that the devils were delaying time, but through the information provided by the underground party comrades in Shenyang City, the devils were indeed arranging explosives and oil in many important places in the city, and there was a great tendency to burn jade.
On April 2, the two assault teams successfully entered Shenyang with the help of underground party comrades in the city. The comrades of the underground party launched propaganda, claiming that the Japanese troops in Shenyang had been abandoned, that the commander Komanhara Taro had fled with his cronies, and that the fifth and sixth columns of the New First Army demanded that the Japanese troops in the city lay down their arms and surrender.
At the same time, the 5th and 6th columns outside the city launched a fierce offensive, coupled with the destruction of explosives in many important places, the Japanese commanders defending the city completely collapsed and prepared to surrender to the new 1st army.
On the afternoon of April 2, the devils erected a white rise on the city of Shenyang, and agreed to open the city at four o'clock in the afternoon to surrender to the new first army, Diao Yongyun and Feng Zhansong breathed a sigh of relief, and took Shenyang in less than two days, although it was to be handed over to the Kuomintang army later, but it finally made a good start for the eastern expedition and the western expedition.
At 4:15 p.m., the defenders in the city of Devils did not surrender as scheduled, Diao Yongyun and Feng Zhansong felt that the situation was not good, and sure enough, soon the Japanese army in the city sent news that more than 100,000 Kuomintang troops in the west of Shenyang arrived and demanded that the Japanese surrender to them.
Diao Yongyun and Feng Zhansong discussed, ordered the troops to launch a general attack on Shenyang from the east, and the hard-earned Shenyang City should be given to the Kuomintang troops who did not spend a single shot in vain, they were very aggrieved, and the two planned to hand over Shenyang City to the Kuomintang troops after the troops took it, at least let everyone know that Shenyang City was recovered by the new army, not captured by the Kuomintang troops.
When the Fifth Column and the Sixth Column of the New First Army almost controlled the entire city of Shenyang, the Kuomintang troops in the west woke up from a dream, thinking that the New First Army was going to forcibly occupy Shenyang, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Shenyang, and the Fifth and Sixth Columns also did not show weakness and launched a fierce counterattack, and the two sides fought for less than an hour, and the Kuomintang troops lost nearly 10,000 and had to retreat 10 kilometers, and asked why the New First Army did not abide by the high-level agreement reached by the two sides and tried to forcibly occupy Shenyang.
Diao Yongyun came to the Kuomintang troops with more than a dozen commandos, and came out to greet Meng Lei, the deputy commander of the Kuomintang group army.
"Your army did not abide by the unified anti-Japanese agreement between the CCP and the central government, and even opened fire on friendly forces, is it your Commander Lin who wants to provoke a war now?" As soon as Meng Lei met, he asked forcefully.
"Our army has successfully occupied Shenyang, and it was your army that took the lead in launching the attack, and nearly a million people in Shenyang seem to be able to testify." Diao Yongyun countered with reason.
Meng Lei's face couldn't help but turn red, it was he who issued the order to attack Shenyang, and when he heard Diao Yongyun say it, he was speechless for a while.
"The Kuomintang and the Communist Party did say in advance that our new army would cooperate with you, but your army was too slow, and we all took Shenyang, so you can feel it, but you can rest assured, our party is not as despicable and shameless as some people, since you have arrived, our army will naturally withdraw from Shenyang."
Meng Lei's eyes turned cold, this Diao Yongyun is the commander of the five columns of the new First Army, if he is killed, and another reason is made up to make Lin Junxiong lose a right-hand man, I believe that Lin Junxiong has no choice but to be heartbroken. He waved viciously, and immediately more than a dozen people rushed up with submachine guns.
"Commander Diao, should I say that you are bold or that you are stupid, you will dare to break into our headquarters with such a dozen people, and after solving you on the spot, you will call the CCP, Commander Diao was attacked by the remnants of the Japanese army and died heroically, I don't know how your Party Central Committee will react."
"In the past hour, our army has suffered nearly 100 casualties, I don't know how many of your troops have been damaged, there are nearly 10,000, right? Before dark, if I don't go back, more than 100,000 people in the 5th and 6th columns of the new 1st Army will attack with all their might, I wonder if the more than 100,000 people in your army can escape? Diao Yongyun couldn't help laughing after speaking, there was no fear on his face, and the commando captain who followed Diao Yongyun glanced at him, and in less than five seconds, more than ten Kuomintang soldiers who were chilled by Diao Yongyun's laughter were restrained.
Meng Lei retreated in horror, and a commando rushed over, and before Meng Lei could pull out his pistol, he felt a cold muzzle aimed at the back of his head.
Diao Yongyun's face that was still smiling just now suddenly sank, and he said coldly to Meng Lei: "I know it's you, I just came in person, in the past, you had some festivals with our Commander Lin, and Commander Lin has a lot, don't worry about you, you dare to send it to the door yourself." ”
Meng Lei's legs couldn't stop trembling, and he said tremblingly: "Don't mess around and kill me, you can't escape." ”
Diao Yongyun walked up to Meng Lei, stared at his face with wide eyes, and said slowly: "You'd better not come up with any moths, otherwise there are a hundred ways to die for you to choose." You dare to do something unfavorable to Commander Lin, or if it is unfavorable to Commander Lin, the hundreds of thousands of brothers in the New First Army are not vegetarians, and we are not afraid of the millions of elites of the Kwantung Army, what are you! ”
Diao Yongyun walked far away with more than a dozen people, Meng Lei came back to his senses, and he didn't even dare to give the order to chase and kill, because he believed that what Diao Yongyun said was true, as long as he didn't go, his troops would be attacked by two columns of the New First Army, and one fifth column could destroy four well-equipped Japanese divisions, and his own group army had no chance of winning in the face of two New First Army columns.
Meng Lei began to regret his impulsiveness, and even laughed at his own inadequacy, he had heard about Lin Junxiong's various legends in the Northeast, and he still contemptuously ridiculed him, but just an hour after the firefight, the New First Army injured nearly 100 people, and his own troops injured nearly 10,000 people.
Meng Lei finally understood that the gap between himself and Lin Junxiong had become wider and wider in the past few years, and he regarded him as an opponent, but others had long forgotten about him, a clown who jumped off the beam, and he sat on the ground dejectedly, without any fighting spirit.
The Fifth Column and the Sixth Column of the New First Army withdrew from Shenyang that night, the Fifth Column withdrew to the area around the main peak of Buyun Mountain in the middle of the Liaodong hills, and the Sixth Column marched to the area of Montenegro according to Lin Junxiong's deployment.
When the Kuomintang spies in Shenyang sent the news of the withdrawal of the New First Army to Meng Lei, Meng Lei still couldn't believe it, and when he entered Shenyang with his troops, the war report that the secretary had made a big show had already been sent to the Nationalist Government.
At the end of the Battle of Shenyang, the Kuomintang, which only shot at the New First Army, vigorously preached that it had recovered the Shenyang area, but the troops fighting in the Lushun and Dalian areas had bitter words, and not only failed to destroy the remnants of the Japanese army, but were defeated and retreated by the Japanese army.