Chapter 556: Northeast People's Liberation Army

In fact, since the "918" incident, the performance of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation has been seen by the Party Central Committee, and they have gone from weak to strong, and then from strong to weak, and every detail has been clearly seen by the central authorities. The performance of leading cadres such as Yang Jingyu, Zhou Baozhong, Li Zhaolin, and Zhao Shangzhi has also been seen by the central authorities, and the development and setbacks of the military are often accompanied by the ups and downs of the political careers of these leading cadres. However, both the central government and the leading cadres of the Anti-Japanese Federation have to admit that 39 years was really a turning point for the Anti-Japanese Federation, and General Umezu Mijiro, who was the commander of the Kwantung Army at the time, was dissatisfied with the fact that the anti-United Nations fighters had turned the world upside down in the area ruled by the Kwantung Army, so he mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to carry out a long-term and large-scale brutal encirclement and suppression of the First Route Army led by Yang Jingyu, the Second Route Army led by Zhou Baozhong, and the Third Route Army led by military wizard Zhao Shangzhi. Soon the First Route Army was dispersed, Yang Jingyu and others died, and the rest of the troops moved to the mountains and forests, and the troops existed in name only; At the same time, the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army also suffered unprecedented blows, with heavy casualties, many units being wiped out as formations, and the strength of the Anti-United Nations was greatly damaged.

In addition, the most important thing is that Umezu Mijiro accepted the suggestion of Cheng Bin, commander of the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the 1st Route Army, a traitor to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, not only to carry out continuous "crusades" against the United Nations forces with strong troops, but also to strengthen the fascist rule of the Japanese puppet forces in the cities and villages. frantically slaughtered ** people and patriots in cities and towns, destroyed anti-Japanese and national salvation organizations, and strictly controlled people's activities; In the rural areas, the little devils and the two devils have stepped up their efforts to implement the policy of "group tribes," forcibly relocated the scattered peasant households to the "tribes" under their control, and implemented the system of protecting the armor and the law of joint sitting, so as to control the common people. In the anti-Japanese guerrilla areas, they practiced the inhumane "three-light policy" of burning, killing, and robbing all the people, creating no-man's land, cutting off the ties between the anti-United Nations forces and the masses, cutting off the supply sources of the anti-union forces, and tightening the economic blockade and political inducement to surrender. The large and small tunzi, on which the anti-coalition forces depended, were forcibly merged into extra-large tunzi, and heavily guarded by troops to prevent the Chinese in the tunzi from secretly contacting the fighters of the anti-coalition.

I have to say that this move is ruthless, after October 1939, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army fell into an extremely difficult period surrounded by the enemy. The commanders and fighters of the 1st Route Army led by Yang Jingyu ate tree bark and chewed grass roots in the ice and snow under the conditions of lack of food and clothing, and fought frequently against an enemy dozens of times more than their own, persisted in struggle, and worked hard; the troops were attrition too large and could not be replenished, the difficulties were getting worse day by day, and the guerrilla war suffered serious setbacks; even Yang Jingyu, commander-in-chief of the First Route Army, was unfortunately surrounded by the Japanese puppet army in Sandaoweizi, Baoan Village, in Mengjiang County, and finally died heroically. The Anti-Union has suffered an unprecedented setback, and its demise seems to be only a matter of time.

The turning point is called a turning point because of the miracle that occurred at this time. At this critical moment, a mysterious army suddenly appeared in the northeast, they were numerous and strong, and the organization was extremely tight, and the action was extremely flexible, in a very short period of time in the northeast region broke through the name of the big one, as long as the Japanese puppet army any Datun and Xiaotun fort strongholds were not spared as long as they looked at them. The tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, encircling three missing one, and internal and external flanking attacks are extremely well used, and the officers of the puppet Manchukuo who only fought cried and shouted for their mothers, and the Japanese Kwantung Army hated and admired this squadron.

When this army first appeared, it did not attract the attention of Yang Jingyu and others, because there were many names of various anti-Japanese armed forces in history, and most of them ended up tragically, either erased by the little devils in the black land of the northeast or merged by other anti-Japanese forces, and even some of them changed their identities and became bandits. Danshi soon Yang Jingyu, Zhou Baozhong, Zhao Shangzhi and others couldn't sit still, because this sudden anti-Japanese armed force was not the same as they expected, first of all, this army was extremely well organized, and it seemed to be dominated by cavalry, often immobile like a mountain, often thunderous at every turn. …,

According to the information provided by the common people, the number of people seems to have far exceeded their expectations, and the name given to them turned out to be the Advance Army, and the commander's name was Li Dingguo. These are nothing, and Yang Jingyu and others have never heard of them. The most important thing about Danshi is that this unit is carrying a red flag with a sickle and axe, which makes Yang Jingyu and others ecstatic, because only the troops under the leadership of ** will use such a flag.

Subsequently, this army continued to miraculously, from the Heilongjiang River to the Songhua River, from the Songnen Plain to the Liaohe Plain, the Kwantung Army repeatedly dispatched divisional and regimental troops to encircle and suppress them, but there was no effect at all, and a large number of puppet troops were beaten and cried wolves into a formation to surrender to this advance army.

With the containment of the advance army, the Anti-Japanese Federation finally survived those difficult years. After the three major provincial party committees of Manchuria jointly called the central government to inquire, they finally learned that this mysterious army was sent by Han Yunhua, the most amazing military and political cadre in the party, to support the Northeast War of Resistance, and that Li Dingguo, who was like a demon god in the Japanese puppet army in the northeast, was actually Han Yunhua's guard.

After determining the identity of the advance army, the two armies carried out all-round cooperation, and at that time, Yang Jingyu was very smart not to mention the question of leadership, and there was no one in command of whom on both sides, but only mutual cooperation and mutual help. And because they are all people's armies under the leadership of the first leader, the cooperation between the two forces is extremely tacit, and sometimes they will consciously enter the battle without even contacting each other, and they have inflicted heavy losses on the Kwantung Army many times, and this situation has continued until the arrival of Lu Zhengcao.

Lu Zhengcao took Han Yunhua's orders and a large number of elite troops out of the customs, and in a very short period of time, a large number of stragglers and bandits in the mountains and forests who originally belonged to the Northeast Army were absorbed, and the Northeast Advance Army led by him accepted the territory laid down by Li Dingguo and others, and completely mastered the distribution of the Japanese puppet army in the Northeast in a very short time.

Lu Zhengcao's combat command style is completely different from Li Dingguo, compared with Li Dingguo, who was born in special forces, Lu Zhengcao is more inclined to fight large-scale siege warfare and positional warfare, and under his command to advance into the army, it is called attacking the city, and even face to face with the Kwantung Army many times, and for a time Lu Zhengcao's name resounded in the northeast. In addition, Lu Zhengcao, an iron-blooded man who was originally from the Northeast Army, was able to win the favor of the people in Northeast China, and in just a few months, the anti-Japanese situation in Northeast China had a feeling of seeing the sun and the moon through the clouds.

At this time, the existence of the anti-union and the provincial party committees such as South Manchuria, North Manchuria, and Jidong has become an unscrupulous embarrassment, and the anti-union that originally belonged to the head snake is now zhende is compared to the strong dragon of the advance army, and even the main direction of the attack of the Japanese puppet army has also turned to the advance army, as for the resistance to the United Nations with less than 20,000 people left, although it is far better than the historical situation, Danshi is much worse than the advance army, and the original tacit cooperation between the two sides seems to have a different taste.

Regarding this situation, Lu Zhengcao quickly reported to Han Yunhua, and Han Yunhua did not dare to slack off, although Han Yunhua did not openly argue with the national government, Danshi was not afraid of any friction. If there is any disharmony between Danshi and **'s own troops, it will be very bad, Han Yunhua knows very well the root cause of the contradiction between the two sides, and to put it bluntly, it is just a false name. It's like I've always been the boss of this area.,Danshi suddenly a stranger came.,In a very short period of time, he surpassed me, the old boss, and became the new overlord.,Although we're a system from the background.,Danshi's uncomfortable emotions will still be there.,It's not hostile emotions.,It's a very normal ordinary human emotion.。

Han Yunhua is a more careful person, some things he would rather strangle in the cradle, or in order to prevent trouble, anyway, Han Yunhua made a report to the central government on the situation of the War of Resistance in the next two years, in which Han Yunhua expounded on the dynamics of today's domestic and international anti-fascist wars, and pointed out that if you want to defeat the Japanese devils as soon as possible in this war, you must formulate a new strategic concept. As far as the Inner Mongolia Military Region, which is the largest military group under the leadership of the first leader, must also find its own position in this war. …,

According to Han Yunhua's strategic concept, the Inner Mongolia Military Region will only be interested in two regions in the next two years, one is Shandong, where the headquarters of the North China Front Army is now located, and the other is the northeast region, which has been occupied by the Japanese army for 11 years. In this report, Han Yunhua analyzed the embarrassing situation faced by the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and Han Yunhua pointed out sharply that with the improvement of the situation in the War of Resistance Against Japan, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese army is defeated and retreated, and the inevitable contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will raise their heads at one time.

Since it is necessary to send troops to the Northeast, then it is necessary to coordinate with other ** leading armed forces in the Northeast, whether it is a reorganization or a merger, the Central Committee must make a ruling, and then clarify the leadership, although this is unfair to all the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast, including the Anti-Japanese Federation, Danshi can save a lot of trouble, so there is also the scene of Han Yunhua in the north. In terms of Han Yunhua's temper, a single cowhide coaxing Ivanov is not worth his enthusiasm for such a mobilization, but Danshi's acceptance of the Anti-Japanese Federation made Han Yunhua have to come, because whether it is Zhou Baozhong or Li Zhaolin and others, they are all heroes and veterans in the party, and Han Yunhua and the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region must not neglect these heroes. In the war against Japan for more than 10 years, nearly 50,000 soldiers and commanders of the Anti-Japanese Federation died in the northeast region, and more than 160 military and political cadres at and above the division level alone died in the northeast. In the face of such a heroic army, Han Yunhua must give enough both face and inside, otherwise he will not be happy in his heart.

After the study and decision of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, since it has decided to revoke the name of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, which has existed for more than ten years, it is necessary to make the fighters of the Anti-Japanese Federation not have antipathy to the new number, so the number of the advance army cannot be used, and the military region cannot let the central government bear the infamy of being a commander with a big fist. In the end, Han Yunhua made the decision to establish the Northeast People's Liberation Army, which is equivalent to the various military subdivisions under the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

The newly established Northeast People's Liberation Army (PLA) has three field armies and one headquarters, each field army has three infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade, and one artillery brigade, with a total of 62,000 troops. The PLA General Headquarters has four reinforced infantry divisions and one cavalry division under its direct jurisdiction, and the PLA General Headquarters also has a number of technical arms under its jurisdiction, such as artillery, engineering, communications, and health.

According to Han Yunhua's subdivision, the total strength of the entire Northeast People's Liberation Army at full strength was 258,000 people, and now in addition to the remaining more than 20,000 people in the Anti-Japanese Federation, the total strength of Lu Zhengcao and Li Dingguo's troops is more than 100,000, and the remaining 130,000 troops must be recruited, which is a big problem for the newly established PLA.

However, Han Yunhua didn't care, he knew that it was difficult, Danshi Han Yunhua thought that the PLA should be put up first, and after careful consideration by Han Yunhua, the commander of the newly established Northeast People's Liberation Army was Lu Zhengcao, the political commissar was Zhou Baozhong, and the deputy commander and chief of staff was Wei Xinmin. Li Dingguo, commander of the First Field Army, Li Zhaolin, commander of the Second Field Army, and commander of the Third Field Army are temporarily absent.

Since there are only about 120,000 troops, all the troops are only half of what they were at full strength. After announcing the appointment of the troops, Han Yunhua began to conduct surprise training for military and political cadres above the division level of the People's Liberation Army, for cadres at this level, the training is not to teach them how to fight, in fact, these veterans who have fought hard against the Japanese puppet army in the northeast region for more than ten years may be better than him Han Yunhua can fight, and in terms of the special natural environment in the northeast region, Han Yunhua is not necessarily much stronger than them.

Han Yunhua's training is actually to let these army commanders and division commanders clearly understand the strategic position in the northeast region and the real situation of the Japanese army now, the original armed forces in the northeast region are varied, and Danshi has now become an elite armed force with unified clothing, unified organization and unified command after thorough reorganization, Han Yunhua will never allow the squadron in the northeast to wear new clothes and follow the old road. He is determined to win the Northeast, and everyone must recognize this situation. …,

During the training, Han Yunhua started from the current situation in the northeast region, collected all kinds of information about the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchukuo, and clearly showed the distribution of the Japanese puppet forces on a map, so that all the commanders and fighters participating in the training clearly knew how many enemies they were facing, but they had a relatively clear understanding of the strength of the Japanese puppet army.

The training time is not long, in Han Yunhua's opinion, a week is enough, for these cadres who have gone through strong winds and waves, the drum does not need a hammer, as long as they are given an idea, it is enough for them to create a shijie. After recognizing the distribution of forces of the Japanese puppet army, these division-level cadres can definitely give full play to their tactics.

On March 13, the last day of the training, the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Federation came with urgent news that Zhao Shangzhi, the former commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Federation, was wounded and captured by the enemy who had infiltrated the team when he attacked the Wutonghe puppet police substation in Heli County.

Zhao Shangzhi, who was born in 1908, is not yet 33 years old this year, but Danshi Yijing has 17 years of military experience, and he is one of the few senior cadres who have received a formal military education. Zhao Shangzhi entered the Whampoa Military Academy in 1925 to study, and at the beginning of 1932, he was in charge of the work of the Military Commission of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of China, and was a colleague of Yang Jingyu. Since February 1934, he has served as the commander of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army and the commander of the Third Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army.

To tell the truth, Han Yunhua has actually heard of this famous general of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the reason why the position of commander of the Third Field Army is temporarily vacant is for him, for no other reason, because Zhao Shangzhi himself is a real leader, and he is also a rare military cadre who is good at attacking tough battles and positional warfare. **What are these armed liliang leaders look like, I'm afraid Han Yunhua has the most right to speak, he has fought both guerrilla warfare and positional warfare and tough battles, and now he also controls several provinces, in terms of overall speaking, he is far more aware of the armed liliang under the leadership of ** than the average Eighth Route Army cadre.

To put it bluntly, in Han Yunhua's eyes, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party of China are stubborn in their will to fight, but Danshi lacks effective and unified command, not to mention the complexity of the composition of the troops, and they also rely too much on guerrilla tactics. Although this is directly related to the difficulties faced by the Eighth Route Army, it is not right or wrong, but Danshi has led to a very serious problem, that is, in the long run, the regular armed forces and local armed forces such as guerrillas led by ** lack the experience of fighting large-scale positional warfare and attacking fortified positions.

If it is said that it is two years before the Anti-Japanese War, Han Yunhua is acceptable, after all, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, both the ** and the Nationalist Government were at an absolute disadvantage, and the positional warfare in the face of the absolute pressure of the Japanese army was still far less cost-effective than guerrilla warfare. Danshi is different now, with the strong rise of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the outbreak of the Pacific War, the absolute superiority of the Japanese army is gradually being lost, and at this time attacking fortifications has become the inevitable trend of future wars, so a military cadre who is good at and has experience in attacking tough battles is very important to Han Yunhua and the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region.

Moreover, among the senior leaders of the newly established Northeast People's Liberation Army, whether it is Lu Zhengcao or Li Dingguo, Zhou Baozhong and Li Zhaolin, they are all good at fighting guerrilla warfare, but the northeast, which is the base of the Japanese army's heavy industry, has many cities and strongholds, and it will suffer a loss when it encounters the Jiancheng artillery troops, so Han Yunhua planned to use him as the commander of the Third Field Army after learning about Zhao Shangzhi, but Danshi did not Xiangdao Zhao Shangzhi was captured by the enemy in the battle.

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