Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 523: The Southern Anhui Incident Came to a Perfect Curtain Call -

Chapter 523: The Southern Anhui Incident Came to a Perfect Conclusion

As soon as this general order of the National Civil Affairs Fǔ came out, most of China was shocked, and neither the Japanese nor the Chinese expected that the National Civil Affairs Fǔ would back down. The Party Central Committee immediately replied to the National Civil Affairs in a high-profile manner, announcing that the Eighth Route Army was still subordinate to the National Revolutionary Army and subordinate to the Ministry of Military Affairs, so both the Eighth Route Army and the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region would fully cooperate with the National Civil Affairs.

And Han Yunhua's answer was even more straightforward: as long as the New Fourth Army successfully crossed the river and went north, then all the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region would immediately return to the defense area, and they would definitely not make any stops in the Henan region, and the county towns such as Nanle that they had occupied before would be immediately returned to the National Government.

On September 8, 1941, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army received a strict order from the central authorities that the top leaders of the New Fourth Army must cross the river to the north before September 10, and the follow-up troops must cross the river and go north before October 10, and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army must not delay it for any reason. After consultation between Ye Ting and Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, it was decided that the route of the New Fourth Army's northward movement would start from Yunling, cross Piling, pass through Jingde and Ningguo and enter southern Jiangsu through Tianmu Mountain, and then cross the river to northern Jiangsu.

Although this road is still the bloody road in history, Han Yunhua knows that the Nationalist Government will not attack the New Fourth Army this time no matter what, and as for the famous traitors around the high-ranking members of the New Fourth Army Military Department, they have already been secretly controlled by the special combat team members sent by Han Yunhua, and they will only be handed over to the New Fourth Army Military Department after they go north.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of the 9th, more than 9,000 troops from the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the troops in southern Anhui set out from the Yunling area of Jing County, preparing to divide into left, center, and right columns, and move to the north of the Yangtze River through southern Jiangsu. On September 17, Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, and Yuan Guoping, director of the Political Department, successfully arrived in the Jiangbei area, and the conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, known as the Southern Anhui Incident, was successfully resolved.

After receiving the latest battle report from the central government, Han Yunhua ordered Xu Shiyou's troops to immediately withdraw to southern Hebei to strictly defend against the sneak attack of the national government and the Japanese puppet army, while he himself returned to Zhangjiakou with a special combat team.

After returning to Zhangjiakou, Han Yunhua quickly threw himself into his work, and after more than five months of rest and recuperation, the temperament of all the troops of the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region has been greatly improved. In particular, the subordinate units of various military subdivisions have made great progress, and not only have the number of troops increased considerably, but also the quality of the troops has also been satisfactory.

Han Yunhua knew that the training of the troops was one thing, and the most important thing was to let the troops of each military subdivision go to the battlefield to see blood, so that the combat capability of the troops could be improved as a whole. As a result, Han Yunhua has carefully planned a large-scale military operation since he returned to Zhangjiakou, mainly for the purpose of training troops, but also for many strategic and tactical considerations.

Dezhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, in the northwest of Shandong Province, and is the northern gate of Shandong Province. Historically, Dezhou was an important wharf of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Since ancient times, Dezhou has been known as "Jiuda Tianqu" and "Shenjing Gateway", which is the north gate of Shandong and an important transportation hub in East and North China. The most important thing is that now the Japanese puppet army has regarded Dezhou as a nail to break into the land of Yanzhao, and we can see from the map that Dezhou is actually an enclave between central Hebei and southern Hebei. Now the Japanese puppet army has not only stationed a complete infantry division in Texas, but also stationed 2 puppet infantry divisions and a chariot wing, which is surprisingly strong.

Moreover, since Okamura Ninji took office as the commander of the North China Front, he has begun to continuously improve the defense capability of Texas, constantly mobilized Chinese farmers to strengthen the city fortifications of the entire Texas, and built a large number of new pillboxes and important large strongholds, which all show that the top management of the North China Front has enough evidence or judgment to prove that the squadron will regard Texas as a breakthrough point.

Unfortunately, Han Yunhua officially set his sights on Dezhou, this time he was going to mobilize 10 infantry divisions and 250,000 troops to besiege Dezhou and nearby cities and counties in Dezhou, the last time was to act with Okamura Ningji, but this time he was really prepared, for which he made a lot of preparations.

ZHANG Jiakou. Conference Room of the Headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

The meeting was held from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 22 September, and it is still going on, and even lunch and dinner are held in the conference room.

After taking a sip of the already cold boiled water, Han Yunhua stood up and said: "Everyone has already read the battle plan, what do you have to say, our most basic quality is to seek truth from facts, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, don't hide it, after that, let's hurry up and eat supper, I'm about to starve to death?" ”

"Hehehe, Commander, why didn't you let Huzi and them send supper to the conference room just now, a few of us are hungry, and we have to starve with your words!" Yang Chengwu quipped.

"Okay, as far as you know, I can tell you that the leader of this battle plan is your Southern Hebei Military Division, and when the time comes, you don't give me a soft-footed shrimp, if I can't defeat Texas, I will have to settle the general account with you, the commander." Han Yunhua said with a smile.

Although Yang Chengwu is now the commander of the military division, he is actually one year older than Han Yunhua, so the two of them get along very well, as long as they are not at war, it is difficult for the two of them to speak seriously.

"Commander, don't worry, our Southern Hebei Military Division has long been holding its breath, the last time we attacked Shandong, because the second regiment was surrounded, we couldn't exert much combat effectiveness at all, this time we say that we will enter Dezhou City, you are optimistic." Yang Chengwu wasted no time in his performance.

However, not all people want to fight, as the political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Luo Ronghuan knows better than anyone the current situation of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, don't look at the Inner Mongolia Military Region is now strong and strong, but in fact, there are many hidden dangers in the entire military region, both inside and outside, although these hidden dangers do not seem fatal now, but if they break out at a critical time, it will be bad, so he believes that what the Inner Mongolia Military Region wants now now is to develop carefully.

"Commander, we have finally been idle, should we let the troops continue to rest for a while, now that 250,000 troops have been dispatched, with the current economic strength of the military region, it will not last long at all, the commander should think about it carefully, right?" Luo Ronghuan suggested.

Han Yunhua said: "Is it that our military region is now a big business, so the big guys have some scruples, let me tell you, our ** Eighth Route Army is not the king of grass, what is the territory of a few provinces, in the future, we will not only have our own base areas, but even have our own independent and powerful country." So what we can do now is to keep exploring and developing. The current attack on Texas is not a whim of mine, but the existence of Texas has now seriously threatened the survival and development of the military region, and you can see that the geographical advantages of Dezhou are extremely obvious; it is bordered by Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Jinan in the south, Shijiazhuang in the west, and Bohai Bay. Looking at the current military arrangement of Texas, we can see at a glance that Okamura Ninji is not a defensive strategic arrangement, so we will pull out this nail in Texas. Secondly, comrades, think again, is it appropriate for our military region to continue training like this now? The Inner Mongolia Military Region has developed step by step by relying on military exploits, not by training. Therefore, in order to continuously improve the combat capability and survivability of the troops, we must fight, and fighting is not the goal. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］