Chapter 1160: Target Shanghai
Thanks to book friends Lin Yuanfeng, Dead Big Head, Yu Yuan, Claireqi Manager Xin, Cai Yilei for voting for their support, and thank Book Friends for the dead head to reward 1CCO coins! Thank you my sincere friends!
Tang Xingying exclaimed: "The little devil really wants to fight the Soviet Union? ”
Luo Ronghuan, Xiang Ying, Ye Ting, and Cai Zhong were also shocked.
Liu Yimin said lightly: "This is just from a military point of view. State-to-nation wars are not child-to-child wars, but are limited by many factors. For example, political factors, economic factors, etc. Judging from the eyes, the little devil sharpened his knives, and it was imminent to start a war against the Soviet Union. In fact, the Kwantung Army's special large-scale exercise should be the general mobilization of the Japanese army in order to start a war against the Soviet Union, and a major war may break out between Japan and the Soviet Union anytime and anywhere. However, there is also a possibility that it will not be able to fight. ”
Luo Ronghuan said in a deep voice: "If you want to stop the Japanese army from advancing north to attack the Soviet Union, there is only one possibility, that is, the Soviet army quickly stabilizes the defensive line on the Western Front and crushes Hitler's rapid offensive." ”
Ye Ting continued: "That's impossible. In the short term, the western defense line of the Soviet Red Army has been completely broken through by the German army, and the main force of the Western Military District has been defeated. At present, it is impossible for the Soviet army to stabilize the defensive line, and it can only gradually retreat, keep the main force, and complete the war mobilization, so as to gradually stabilize the defensive line. This approach is the same as it was at the beginning of the war in our country. ”
Xiang Ying's thinking also regained clarity, and he interjected: "We should send a telegram to Lao Mao and telegraph to the Soviet Union in the name of the Central Committee, the top priority at the moment is to quickly mobilize second-line troops to block the offensive of the German Invaders, and in addition, we must quickly mobilize the people behind the enemy lines to wage guerrilla warfare, attack the supply lines of the German Invaders, and support the frontal war of resistance." ”
Cai Zhong said: "There is another way, can we telegraph to the Soviet Union, ask the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union to summon the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, and openly expose the conspiracy of the Japanese army in the radio newspapers, so as to show that the Red Army in the Far East has insight into the conspiracy of the Japanese army, and is ready to make the Japanese army understand that a sneak attack is impossible and frighten them." ”
A few people, one by one, express their own opinions.
Liu Yimin's heart turned upside down, he knew that the German army had completed Chapter 1162 regimental army and transferred troops for operations in the Ukrainian direction, which led to the weakening of the Soviet army's attack under the city of Moscow. At this time, Stalin showed the vision, courage and perseverance of the commander-in-chief, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party did not withdraw from Moscow and organized the defense of Moscow and Leningrad. As soon as the Japanese saw that the momentum of the German attack had slowed down, they judged that it was impossible for the German army to take Moscow before winter, and the US sanctions against Japan had completely forced Japan into a dead end, so the Japanese army stopped its plan to advance northward and attacked Pearl Harbor instead, launching the Pacific War.
Liu Yimin's thinking was different from that of Luo Ronghuan, what he wanted was for the Japanese army to advance north to start a war with the Soviet Union, and to start the war as soon as possible, and to expel the Soviet Far East Red Army from the Far East through the northward expansion. It would be better if the Japanese army would be dealt a heavy blow in the battle, and that Japan and the Soviet Union would be able to make peace and hand over the territory of the Far East that originally belonged to China to the puppet Manchukuo or the Japanese army.
In this way, when the Japanese army will transfer the main force of the Kwantung Army to the south of the Pacific Theater, our army will be able to concentrate the main force of Shandong, the main force of the 15th Division, and the main force of the Independent Division to take advantage of the situation to advance northward, adopt the method of large corps operations, and fight a decisive battle against the elite Kwantung Army in the Northeast Plain, and recover the lost territory in the northeast, including Vladivostok and Sakhalin Island, in one fell swoop, and lay the foundation for the territory of New China in the future.
The interests of the country are paramount!
Qian Zhuangfei sent another telegram, and after Luo Ronghuan read it, he handed it to Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin took the telegram and looked at it, it was sent by the chairman. The telegram said that the Soviet side sent a telegram asking ** to launch an active attack on the Japanese army, to contain the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army could not attack the Soviet Union. What the chairman meant was that Shaanxi was surrounded by heavy Kuomintang troops, and the first-line river defense troops on the Yellow River in the east still needed to guard against Japanese attacks on the long Yellow River defense line, and it was impossible for the garrison troops to draw troops. Due to the defeat of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain and the increasing passivity of the Jin Sui army, the Japanese army pointed all the spearheads of attack at our army in Shanxi. With the strength of our army in Shanxi, if a large-scale northward advance starts a major war with the Japanese army, it will be in the arms of the Japanese army, and it can only be a senseless sacrifice. The main force of our army in Shandong was divided and blocked by the Japanese railway line, and if we wanted to advance north, we must first start a major battle with the Japanese army in Shandong and defeat the Japanese army. Judging from the current situation, our army is unable to advance north to fight against the Soviet army. However, the Soviet Union was in a predicament, and both strategically and morally, our party and our army could not sit idly by and watch the Japanese army advance north to attack the Soviet Union. The chairman asked Liu Yimin to seriously analyze the situation and see if he could find a way to contain the Japanese army and avoid heavy losses.
After Liu Yimin read the telegram, he handed it to Xiang Ying, Ye Ting, and Cai Zhong for circulation.
After a few people finished reading, Liu Yimin said, "Let's go to the war room." With that, he got up and took the lead towards the war room.
Tang Xingying was not qualified to enter the war room, so she returned to the living room.
After entering the war room, Liu Yimin said: "Everyone has read the chairman's telegram, the situation in the Soviet Union is very critical, and the telegram is sent asking our army to cooperate with the operation and contain the Japanese army. Let's talk about it, what is your opinion? ”
At critical times, these people were able to calm down, silent, and thinking quietly.
After a long time, Luo Ronghuan said: "The chairman's analysis is reasonable, the next step of our army in Shanxi may become more and more difficult, if the northward advance is planned to fight against the Soviet army, it is likely to hit the iron plate headlong, and the gains outweigh the losses." Although our army in Shandong won successive battles and won great victories, the Japanese troops in the Shandong battlefield were fighting more and more, and the little devils kept staring at us and divided the main force of our army into several pieces. I am worried that in the future, there will be a situation in which the Kuomintang will not fight the devils, the devils will not fight the Kuomintang, and the Japanese puppets and stubborn families will fight us together. Then it will be even more difficult for our army. Another point is that it turned out that we sent an advance team to the northeast to the northeast, and the main task was to rescue the remnants of the Anti-Japanese Federation, but it also contained the intention of reconnoitring the enemy first and responding to the northward advance of the main force. But now the situation has changed, if the Kwantung Army is mobilized, the strength of the army will inevitably be extremely expanded, if our army advances north at this time, not to mention that it can not be able to block our Shandong Japanese army, even if it rushes to the northeast with scars, it is not the opponent of the Kwantung Army after the great expansion, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”
Liu Yimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and felt that the reason why Luo Ronghuan was able to lead the Shandong War of Resistance and become the marshal of our army's political work in history was indeed unique and pragmatic.
Ye Ting said: "As far as our army in Shandong is concerned, the only feasible way to deal with the Soviet army's operations is to launch a fierce offensive operation in the Shandong battlefield, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army in Shandong, forcing the Japanese army to send troops from the Kwantung Army to reinforce the Shandong battlefield and reduce the pressure on the Soviet army.
Cai Zhong directly asked: "In that case, will there be a situation in which the highly mobilized army of the Japanese army does not fight the Soviet Union but all flock to Shandong to wipe out or drive us out of Shandong?" ”
After speaking, Cai Zhong seemed to feel that he had not yet expressed it clearly, and then said: "The Soviet Union has made mistakes. At the time of the Zhang Gufeng incident, the commander made a speech and wrote an article, calling on the Soviet Red Army to go south and take the opportunity to destroy the Japanese Kwantung Army and help China defeat the Japanese. The Soviets were unmoved. By the time of the Battle of Normenhan, the Soviet army could also take advantage of the victory to pursue and inflict heavy losses on the Kwantung Army. As a result, the Soviet Union negotiated an armistice with the Japanese. I'm a straight man who doesn't like to listen! Let me say that the Soviet Union is watching Japan invade China, using China to contain Japan, and sacrificing China to avoid Japan from going to war against the Soviet Union. Now that Germany has declared war without declaring it, the Soviet Union is in trouble and asks our army to go north to attack the Japanese army. The Soviet Union also didn't want to think about how long it had been since we occupied Shaanxi, and how many groups of people asked them to support our army's military industrial construction and provide our army with some weapons and equipment, even if they paid for it. The Soviet Union was good, hundreds of millions of rubles of planes, artillery, machine guns, and rifles were given to Chiang Kai-shek, and not even a single bullet was given to us. Now if you want the Eighth Route Army, which relied on captured Japanese weapons and equipment, to fight to the death with the Japanese army armed with aircraft and warships, isn't it difficult for a strong man? ”
Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong have worked together with Liu Yimin for a long time, and under the influence of Liu Yimin, their ideas have long changed. However, what Cai Zhong said is indeed the truth, and it is likely that he represents the thoughts of many cadres. At least among the main forces in Shandong, this kind of thinking is afraid that it will prevail.
Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong's words felt unbelievable in Xiang Ying's ears. However, Xiang Ying is different from Wang Ming and Bo Gu, and he is a doer. Otherwise, he would not have been able to lead the three-year guerrilla war in the south. The truth just said in Liu Yimin, coupled with the words of Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, made Xiang Ying feel that he needed to rethink some problems.
Although Xiang Ying felt that it was necessary to state his opinion, this is the character that a loyal ** person should have!
Xiang Ying said: "Commander, political commissar, I think it is very important and necessary to respond to the Soviet army's operations. In the event that the Japanese army flanked the Soviet Union, it is indeed difficult to say whether the Red Army in the Far East would be able to repel the Japanese attack. If the Japanese army wins, the Soviet Union will be really very dangerous. I think that in order to defend the Soviet Union, our army should launch a large-scale attack on the Japanese army in Shandong without hesitation, even if all our troops are sacrificed. ”
Liu Yimin waved his hand and stopped everyone from discussing.
lit a cigarette and threw it to Xiang Ying and Cai Zhong, Liu Yimin said: "Don't be nervous, everyone, the difficulties of the Soviet Union are temporary, and the German devils cannot defeat the Soviet Union." Hitler wanted to defeat the Soviet Union, and there was only one way, and that was a quick victory. Using the blitzkrieg method, the main force of the Soviet Red Army was eliminated in World War I and forced the Soviet Union to surrender. However, Hitler miscalculated, the territory of the Soviet Union was vast, the population was far larger than that of Germany, and it could be attacked and defended, so how could it surrender to him? I estimate that Hitler, carried away by the victory, will soon misjudge that he has eliminated the main forces of the Soviet Red Army and will no longer have a problem taking Moscow. Soon, Hitler would divide his forces to wipe out the remnants of the Red Army trapped in the encirclement. In this way, the Soviet Union could gain an extremely valuable respite and deploy a strong defensive line in Leningrad and Moscow against the German army. As long as the Soviet Union can support Moscow until winter, Moscow under heavy snow will turn into ice, the tanks and cars of the German devils will not be able to start, and the guns will not be able to pull the bolt, and the situation on the battlefield will naturally change. At that time, Napoleon's army lost the war because of the weather. This time, the German devils will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the past."
Liu Yimin is accustomed to speaking straightforwardly, so that anyone can hear it clearly, and it is also easy to record.
Taking a beautiful puff of cigarette, Liu Yimin continued: "There are several reasons why I say this: First, the Russian nation has strong self-confidence, they once defeated Napoleon who captured Moscow, and they are not afraid of German devils in their hearts. Not to mention that the German devils may not be able to capture Moscow, even if they capture Moscow, what can they do? The Soviets will not surrender, they will only mobilize all the forces they can mobilize and rise up to resist the war. Second, the Soviet Union has already achieved industrialization and can continuously develop and produce new weapons, and it has a large number of trained technical soldiers and shooters to supplement its troops, thus having strong war potential. Third, Hitler made a strategic mistake, ignoring the actual situation of Germany's population and industry, and the front line of the frenzied invasion and German army was too long, and the troops were bound to be insufficient. Fourth, the United States and Britain could not sit idly by and watch Hitler defeat the Soviet Union, and from the sake of their own security, they would inevitably provide assistance to the Soviet Union in all aspects. It won't be long before the United States will send troops directly to fight the Germans. For these reasons alone, I dare to conclude that as long as the Soviet-German war dragged on, the German devils would have to be defeated! ”
Xiang Ying listened thoroughly, his eyes became brighter, and he asked loudly: "What if the Japanese army marches north to attack the Soviet Union?" ”
Liu Yimin smiled indifferently: "The only variable is in Japan." If the little devils really mobilized the whole country and went all out to the north, fought with the German devils, and copied the back road of the Soviet Union, then the Soviet Union would probably not be able to withstand it. Now look, the little devil is going to do it. ”
Several people were silent, waiting for Liu Yimin's next words.
Liu Yimin said unhurriedly: "The little devil wants to go north to attack the Soviet Union, and we can't stop it." After all, they have a complete military industrial system, a complete training and mobilization mechanism, and a population of nearly 100 million, so it is not difficult to organize an army of 1 million people. However, the Red Army in the Far East is not a soft persimmon, especially now, the Red Army in the Far East has become highly vigilant, and the possibility of a sneak attack by the little devils is basically zero. This battle is likely to be a tough battle. The Red Army in the Far East was superior to a high degree of mechanization and had complete defense fortifications. In particular, Vladivostok is the largest military base in the Soviet Far East, and in my opinion, there must be complete and strong permanent fortifications, and the little devils will have to pay a heavy price if they want to capture Vladivostok! The Japanese army won by taking advantage of the fire to rob, and the timing of the attack was well chosen. In this way, even if the Japanese army were able to defeat the Red Army in the Far East, it would probably suffer heavy losses. In my opinion, unless the Red Army in the Far East voluntarily abandons the Far East and retreats, otherwise this vicious battle is likely to be a situation in which the Japanese army will win a crushing victory. ”
Liu Yimin's unhurried voice could be heard clearly: "After the Japanese army defeats the Red Army in the Far East, it will inevitably take advantage of the victory to advance westward. At this time, there were three factors that would hold back the Japanese army's westward advance. One is our factor. Although we could not stop the Japanese army from advancing north to attack the Soviet Union, we absolutely could not sit idly by and watch the Soviet Union occupy the erosion, which would be an immeasurable loss to the anti-fascist battlefield in the world. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is for us, for the sake of the victory of the international anti-fascist war, we will take all measures to force the Japanese army to send troops back to the Kannai battlefield and do our utmost to reduce the pressure on the Soviet battlefield. The second factor is that in order to curb the momentum of Japanese aggression, the United States will inevitably adopt the most severe sanctions against Japan. Little Japan has no gasoline and diesel, and it is impossible for it to continue westward expansion. The third factor was the Soviet Union, which, in order to avoid a two-sided war, was likely to make peace with Japan through diplomatic means, in exchange for benefits for the Japanese army's dismissal. Of course, this is all my inference based on the current situation, which is not necessarily accurate, and can be verified by time. ”
After Liu Yimin said these three factors, a few people present thought about it, so they didn't interject and waited for Liu Yimin to finish his words.
I heard Liu Yimin say again: "How can we deal with the Soviet army? Now the idea of going north and directly fighting the Kwantung Army is definitely unrealistic. I was thinking that for our army, it was not an opportunity for the Japanese army to advance north to attack the Soviet Union. If you think about it, the Japanese army will inevitably mobilize in order to advance northward, and it will inevitably draw troops from North China and Central China, so that our pressure will be reduced. At the same time, once the Japanese army advances north and sees the results of the battle, the Japanese army in North China will inevitably not be able to sit still and will launch a sweep of our base areas. As long as the devils leave the established positions, our army will be able to fight a battle with large captures and small casualties, and reverse the anti-Japanese situation in Shandong and even North China. There will even be a situation in which the situation will be even better if the Kwantung Army suffers too many casualties and the Japanese army will inevitably continue to draw troops from North China. ”
As he spoke, Liu Yimin seemed to see the prospect of victory, and his tone became cheerful: "There is a good opportunity in front of us, waiting for us to grasp and take advantage of it." ”
At this point, several people's eyes lit up, and they almost asked in unison: "What chance?" ”
Liu Yimin turned around and walked to the large map hanging on the wall of the war room, stretched out his finger and pointed at Shanghai, and said, "This is it." Our army is going to attack Shanghai! ”
Luo Ronghuan, Xiang Ying, Ye Ting, and Cai Zhong all took a breath of cold air: "You want to attack Shanghai?" ”
Liu Yimin nodded, still unhurriedly: "Let's think about it, before the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Navy had a base in Shanghai. Now, Shanghai is the heart city of the Japanese puppet army. There is a lot of money there, all kinds of materials that we can't move, and all kinds of talents stranded in Shanghai. The capture of Shanghai will greatly raise our army's economic strength, weaponry, and material supply to a higher level. And the Japanese puppet army, because the economic lifeline was cut off by me, will be half poor when it lands. Without Shanghai's money and materials, why would Wang Jingwei jump? What else did the Japanese Central China troops take to fight? As long as Shanghai is taken, there is no need to think about it, the Japanese base camp will fall into chaos, and they will have to desperately mobilize troops to rescue and recapture Shanghai. Moreover, due to the huge losses, the Japanese army will have to speed up the pace of plundering resources in Southeast Asia and will inevitably start a war with the United States. Let's think about it, the Japanese army itself has fallen into the quagmire of the war of aggression against China and cannot extricate itself, and now it has to fight the Soviet Union and the United States. ”
Dear book friends: Please vote!