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After reading the situation reported by the Central Committee and the headquarters, Liu Yimin realized that he had taken precautions and put so much effort into doing the work of Xiang Ying and Ye Ting, and now it seems that it was basically in vain, and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui still fell into the trap of ** and the Japanese army.

From the time that Northern Jiangsu talked to Ye Tingchang about meeting Xiang Ying at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee in Xi'an, how long has it been, and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army is still in the Yunling area in southern Anhui. Liu Yimin wants to scold his mother when he thinks about it!

However, Liu Yimin can't care about scolding his mother now, if he watches the tragedy of the Southern Anhui Incident happen, then he is not Liu Yimin!

Liu Yimin knew in his heart that Ye Ting and Xiang Ying could not be blamed entirely on this, and the first to set up the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui was agreed upon by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The New Fourth Army is subordinate to the Third Theater sequence, not to mention that the military headquarters has withdrawn from southern Anhui, even if Ye Ting and Xiang Ying want to leave southern Anhui, they have to ask Gu Zhutong for leave, otherwise it will be a violation of military discipline, and there is no Ye and Xiang who said what Gu Zhutong said; Moreover, the strategic position of southern Anhui is very important, and under normal circumstances, the central authorities cannot make up their minds to give up completely. Although he had already told the chairman and Ye Ting and Xiang Ying that it was dangerous for the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army to stay in southern Anhui, when the danger did not really come, who would really be willing to give up this strategic fulcrum for a leader with a little strategic awareness? It's a pity that when the danger really comes, it will be difficult to take the initiative to abandon southern Anhui.

It can be seen from the telegram that Ye Ting and Xiang Ying have done a lot of work in order to carry out the task of crossing the river to the north. They successively chose three routes to cross the river:

The first line is the northern line, that is, from Yunling, where the military headquarters is located, directly north through Tongling and Fanchang across the Yangtze River. This is the line of communication between the southern Anhui military headquarters and the Jiangbei Command, and Ye Ting and Zhang Yunyi led the Jiangbei Command to cross the river along this route. The advantages of this road are that the distance is relatively short, the conditions for the masses are better, and it does not pass through the Kuomintang defense area. The areas along the way were the areas of activity of our three detachments and the Jiangbei guerrilla column. The disadvantage is that it has to pass through the enemy-occupied water network area for 50 miles, and it also has to cross the enemy's puppet blockade line on the Yangtze River, which is not conducive to the crossing of the river by large troops. In mid-November, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying sent Zhang Yuanshou, former head of the military headquarters' general station, and Zhang Yunlong, a staff officer, to lead some cadres and some of the battlefield to form an advance reconnaissance detachment to reconnoiter the route of crossing the river, collect boats, and set up a command center for crossing the river with Zeng Xisheng as the commander and Zhang Zhengkun and Sun Zhongde as the deputy commanders at Linjiangba in Wuwei Dongxiang, Jiangbei, to be responsible for the preparations for the northward crossing, and to prepare for the sudden northward crossing of the whole army in mid-December. Unfortunately, while the Kuomintang explicitly ordered the New Fourth Army to cross north from Tongling and Fanchang, it also secretly ordered Li Pinxian to mobilize two divisions to Tongcheng, Lujiang, and Wuwei to control the ferry, build fortifications, and rob some of the ships I had collected. Not counting that, the Kuomintang deliberately publicized in the newspapers the news that our army had crossed the Yangtze River from Tongling and Fanchang to the north, which led to the increase of troops in the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's China Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, and strengthened patrols and vigilance in the areas along the Yangtze River and on the river, thus frustrating our plan to "secretly cross" the Yangtze River.

The second line is the eastern line, which runs from the station through Matou Town in Jing County, Yangliupu in Xuancheng County, Sunjiabu, Bijiaqiao, Langxi, Meizhu Town, and Nandu Town to the Qiqiao and Shuixi areas, and then enters the enemy-occupied area in southern Jiangsu and crosses the river from near Zhenjiang. This route is the line of communication between the military headquarters in southern Anhui and the southern Soviet army, and there have been military stations along the way, with a certain mass base, and in early December, 1,800 non-combatants of the military headquarters had crossed the river to the north from this road to southern Jiangsu. However, Gu Zhutong deployed the troops of the 52nd Division and the 108th Division here, and did not allow our army to pass through here. Moreover, Tan Zhenlin, deputy commander of the three detachments in southern Jiangsu, reported that the Japanese puppet army in southern Jiangsu already knew that our army was going to cross the river from this place, and began a sweep, and this road was not passable!

The third line is the southern line, which is to open south from the station, pass through Maolin, Sanxi, Jingde, Ningguo and Langxi near the foot of Tianmu Mountain, detour to Liyang in southern Jiangsu, and then wait to cross north. The disadvantage of this line is that the troops lack reconnaissance and the terrain is not very familiar, and the advantage is that there are only one division and three regiments of the 40th Division on the southern front. Moreover, Ye Ting also went to see Gu Zhutong in person and asked to take a detour north through this route. Gu Zhutong swore that he would use his personality to guarantee that the route would be safe without Japanese puppet troops.

Historically, the route finally decided by the New Fourth Army Branch on December 28 was the Southern Front. As a result, 9,000 loyal and brave soldiers of the New Fourth Army were sent into Shangguan Yunxiang's ambush circle.

Although Ye Ting and Xiang Ying have done so much work, they have delayed time and missed the best opportunity to cross the river to the north, making the secret northward crossing that could have been very smooth come to naught, causing a desperate crisis for the New Fourth Army.

Of course, one of the important reasons why the New Fourth Army has not yet moved is that the office of the Eighth Route Army in Chongqing called to send eight comrades to southern Anhui to withdraw with the army to the north.

Today is already December 27th, Shangguan Yunxiang's 40th Division has been deployed on the front line of Xingtan Pass in the Maolin area, if Ye Ting and Xiang Ying still have the illusion of going south safely, or think that they can use the six regiments of the New Fourth Army to break through the defense line laid by the three regiments of the 40th Division, the southern Anhui incident will be inevitable.

Liu Yimin wandered around the room, thought twice, and drafted a telegram from the Central Committee and transferred Ye, Xiang, Liu, and Chen.

In the telegram, Liu Yimin wrote: "One hundred thousand urgent! Our army in southern Anhui has now fallen into the encirclement of the third theater of the Kuomintang and is in danger! Any idea that the Kuomintang may not have the determination to wipe out the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army is a crime and irresponsible for the lives of nearly 10,000 loyal and brave soldiers of our army in southern Anhui! Chiang Kai-shek will not let our army in southern Anhui withdraw from southern Anhui and cross the river to join the battlefield in northern Jiangsu, and must wipe out our army in southern Anhui in this area. Our army in southern Anhui is no longer transferring across the river to the north, but breaking through, a breakthrough in a life-and-death struggle! The top priority at the moment is not to discuss and discuss the issue of which route to choose from, but to rush for time and leave immediately! Time determines the victory or defeat of our army in southern Anhui! Rush to break out of the encirclement before Gu Zhutong and Shangguan Yunxiang completely sealed the breakthrough channel, and our army was completely alive; Otherwise, it's a dead end!

The current situation: To the east of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Yunling is the 52nd Division and the 108th Division that have completed the assembly, to the southeast is the 62nd Division, to the south is the 40th Division and the 79th Division, to the west is the new 7th Division, 144th Division and 116th Division of the 50th Army of the Sichuan Army, and to the north is the 15th Division of the Japanese Army.

Chiang Kai-shek's wishful thinking: if our army does not move at Yunling, in the name of disobeying military orders, it will be killed from the east, south and west, capture Yunling, and completely destroy our army; If our army goes north to cross the river through Tongling and Fanchang, the main force will be pressed from three sides, and the Yangtze River defense line of the Japanese puppet army will be forced by our army, and kill people with a knife, even if our army breaks through the Japanese puppet defense line and crosses the river, it will also find Li Pinxian to strike, which is a plan to pressure the south and block the north; If our army crosses the river to the east through southern Jiangsu and goes north, it will be intercepted by the 52nd Division and the 108th Division, even if our army arrives in southern Jiangsu, it will also encounter the Japanese puppet army that is sweeping in southern Jiangsu, and it will also be flanked by Shangguan Yunxiang, who is chasing after him; If our army goes south, it seems to be relatively safe, but in fact it is extremely dangerous.

In view of such a sinister situation, the central government is requested to immediately order Ye and Xiang:

1. Determined to go north from Yunling and cross the river between Tongling and Fanchang. The reason is that this line is a defense area and a secret communication line of our army, and although Li Pinxian snatched some of our army's ferries, there are still some ferries available. Our army is extremely familiar with the terrain of this line, the road is close, it can avoid the first encirclement, covertly engage the enemy, tear the hole in the Japanese puppet defense line, cross the river to the north, and meet our army in the north of the river in the shortest time and at the fastest speed. Moreover, although the Japanese army increased its troops in Tongling and Fanchang, it only added two warships on the river, and it was impossible to completely blockade the Yangtze River.

2. Please ask the central authorities to order: From now on, the military command of the southern Anhui unit of the New Fourth Army will belong to army commander Ye Ting, and Xiang Ying will play the role of ensuring Ye Ting's unimpeded command. The reason is that Xiang Ying is good at guerrilla warfare and lacks experience in commanding large troops to attack fortified positions. For the safety of the nearly 10,000 officers and men of the New Fourth Army and for the party's cause to avoid heavy losses, senior leaders should take the lead in carrying out the central orders. Violators will be strictly held accountable.

3. The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army should draw lessons from the battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March, smash all the jars and jars, prepare dry rations for three days per person, thoroughly light the troops, concentrate the whole army, tightly seal the news, move north in concealment, form an attack arrow, and act on the night of the 28th, tearing open the defense line of the Japanese puppet army and crossing the river to the north.

Fourth, in order to cover the crossing of the river by the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army: A. Liu and Chen are requested to immediately release the news that Zhao Xiaoman, head of the Art Troupe of the Shandong Military Region, led a delegation to express condolences to a detachment of the New Fourth Army; B. Immediately order the New Third Brigade and the New Seventh Brigade that ended the Caodian Campaign to march to the eastern Anhui region in a tough manner, unite the Fourth and Fifth Detachments of the New Fourth Army, threaten Li Pinxian's troops, and meet the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army to cross the river; C. Order the First and Second Air Brigades of the Eighth Route Army to dispatch all their warplanes to the New Fourth Army's scheduled ferry port early on the morning of 29 June to bomb the Japanese puppet army, especially to find and destroy the Japanese patrol ships on the river, and cover the New Fourth Army's military headquarters across the river. After completing the mission, they quickly flew back to the base area in Shandong, Shandong, and our army in Shandong will cover the safe landing of the fighters of the aviation brigade with strong ground anti-aircraft firepower. It should be made clear to the commanders of the aviation brigade, Feng Dafei and Chang Qiankun, that in order to rescue our army in southern Anhui, they will not hesitate to sacrifice all aircraft.

Fifth, the good opportunity for our army to withdraw north in southern Anhui has long been missed, and we cannot make mistakes again and again. If Xiang Ying and Ye Ting still can't work together at this time to bring the troops out of a desperate situation, they will definitely bear historical responsibility! Think twice! ”

Liu Yimin originally thought about ordering the First and Second Aviation Brigades to bomb Li Pinxian's position, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no need, as long as Mr. Chen and the others announced the news that the Art Troupe had expressed their condolences to the New Fourth Army that had ended the Caodian Campaign, whether it was Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater or Li Pinxian, chairman of Anhui Province and commander of Anhui Security, I am afraid that they would immediately guess that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong Province would be hidden in the south and north of Jiangsu. In addition, the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade was dispatched, and the falsehood was real, true and false, and it scared Li Pinxian away! Again, as long as Ye and Xiang can act according to this plan, our army will be able to get rid of the encirclement of Shangguan Yunxiang, and only need to deal with the Yangtze River defense line of the Japanese puppet army, go north to resist Japan, and take the initiative politically, and there is no need to bomb Li Pinxian's position, unless Li Pinxian does not open his eyes and resolutely block our army.

As for whether Ye Ting and Xiang Ying will resolutely implement this plan, Liu Yimin is not worried at all. Needless to say, Ye Ting originally agreed and deployed the New Fourth Army to develop northward, and coupled with his own enlightenment in northern Jiangsu, he would definitely resolutely implement it. Although Xiang Ying had suggested to Bogu during the Red Army's Long March that the chairman should not be allowed to accompany the army's Long March, and he was one of the 28 and a half Bolsheviks that Wang Ming had said, he was a staunch revolutionary and the main leader of the New Fourth Army.

In history, the reason why Xiang Ying chose to go south and detour to southern Jiangsu was because the situation at that time was indeed that the south road was relatively safe, and there was Gu Zhutong's guarantee. Xiang Ying's mistake was that when he encountered the resolute resistance of the 40th Division, he did not support Ye Ting's suggestion to concentrate on the attack and open the bloody road, but instead ordered the military headquarters to turn around and return, missing the only opportunity to forcibly break through. This is mainly because Xiang Ying insisted on three years of guerrilla warfare in the south, was a guerrilla expert, had no experience in commanding large troops to attack fortified positions, was unwilling to sacrifice the backbone of the Red Army in strong offensive operations, and wanted to rely on the complex terrain of southern Anhui to deal with the siege with guerrilla warfare. It's a pity that the ** army is strong, and it was an ambush war, and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui was quickly dispersed, and Xiang Ying himself died under the traitor's gun 20 days after the incident in southern Anhui. Now with the air support of the First and Second Brigades of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the fathers of Ye Ting and Xiang Ying, even a battalion commander and company commander know what to do.

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