Chapter 1144 Deployment of the Military Commission

Thank you to the book friends markleu, Wei Ge 6328, and Luban of the Ministry of Industry for voting! Liu Yimin is not afraid that the Japanese army will know about this matter, and if the Japanese army thinks that our army has insight into its conspiracy and abandons the Zhongtiao Mountain battle plan, Liu Yimin will not be able to ask for it. Because the defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain is too important, it not only protects western Henan, but also protects the Weinan region of Shaanxi. If Zhongtiao Mountain is lost, the Japanese army can kill at any time in western Henan or even attack the Weinan area. Even if the Japanese ground forces did not attack the Weinan area, the Japanese planes would have blown up the road from Tongguan to Weinan into a scorched earth.

Everyone knows the important strategic position of Nakajo Mountain. No, after Chiang Kai-shek saw Liu Yimin's telegram, he immediately called He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and others.

These people all understand the overall strategy, and as soon as they read the telegram, they knew that what Liu Yimin said was reasonable, and the Japanese army was probably secretly dispatching troops to prepare to attack Zhongtiao Mountain under the cover of the Battle of Southern Henan, the Battle of Shanggao, and the southeast coastal operation!

He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, pondered for a while and began to speak. He first denounced Liu Yimin for talking nonsense, slandering the anti-Japanese meritorious troops, and excusing the New Fourth Army for disobeying orders, and then said: "Although Liu Yimin talks a lot of nonsense, there are two desirable points, one is that he still calls ** our army, which shows that he has a sense of the country and obedience to the leader. The second is that he sees the problem accurately and can find the strategic support point of Zhongtiao Mountain at once. Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army should attack central and southern Lu on a large scale at this time, or continue to sweep the base area of the first country. There is a natural danger of the Yellow River in the south of Zhongtiao Mountain, and even if the Japanese army captures Zhongtiao Mountain, it will be difficult to cross the Yellow River. Wouldn't it be beneficial for the Japanese army to fight with the Eighth Route Army in North China? Therefore, if there is really a big battle in which the Japanese army attacks Zhongtiao Mountain, then Liu Yimin's strategic vision is too clever! ”

Liu Fei, director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, attracted the attention of Chiang Kai-shek because of his accurate judgment during the Battle of Zaoyi. In the church, Chiang Kai-shek motioned for him to talk about his views.

Liu Fei's view is basically close to Liu Yimin, what he said is that the Japanese army is likely to launch the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, for two reasons, one is that if the Japanese army captures Zhongtiao Mountain, it can go south to western Henan anytime and anywhere and attack the main force of the first theater. Once the Japanese army defeats the main force of the first theater, there will be no more ** main force in the entire Central Plains, and the manpower and material resources of the Central Plains will be used by the Japanese puppets. The other is that one of the main reasons why the Japanese army lost one after another in the North China battlefield against the Eighth Route Army was the lack of strong puppet army cooperation. If the Japanese army captured Zhongtiao Mountain, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, Sun Dianying's Army, Pang Bingxun's Department, Sun Liangcheng's Department, etc., would all become rootless. Maybe there will be a scandalous drama of a large army being forced to surrender. If these troops surrender to the Japanese army, the strength of the puppet army will be greatly strengthened, and the Japanese army can concentrate on fighting the Eighth Route Army. It is very likely that the Japanese army was determined to fight the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain because they saw through the supporting role of the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line on the troops in North China.

After Liu Fei finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek said "um" and said: "Zhongtiao Mountain cannot be lost, and Luoyang cannot be lost." Jingzhi and Jiansheng, do you two think about any good way to delay the Japanese army's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain and give our army more time to prepare for the battle? ”

Bai Chongxi groaned for a while and said: "There is a way to delay the Japanese army's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain, but the key is that it may not work. One is to order the Japanese troops of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to launch an active attack, destroy the communication lines of the Japanese army's troop transport, and delay the time for the devils to assemble troops. The other is to order the forces in Chapter 1144 to attack Nakajo Mountain. The third method is to strengthen the garrison of Zhongtiao Mountain, and transfer Jiang Ding's Ministry of Culture and Hu Zong to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain. ”

Before Bai Chongxi finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek snorted lightly from his nose, and Bai Chongxi stopped and said no more.

He Yingqin said slowly: "** must cooperate with the battle. The Zhongtiao Mountain defense line not only protects western Henan, but more importantly, Tongguan and Weinan in Shaanxi. ** If we do not cooperate with the battle, we will retreat the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain and let the Japanese army kill them towards Fenglingdu. That place is very suitable for crossing the river, and I am not afraid of not fighting with the Japanese army. ”

He Yingqin's words sound very harsh, but from the standpoint of the Kuomintang, there is some truth in it. Because the whole province of Shaanxi is the base of the Eighth Route Army, Chiang Kai-shek is always thinking about taking Shaanxi back, driving the leading organs of the first class away from Xi'an and driving them across the Yellow River. Why do you want to mention guarding the East Gate?

For a while, several people in the room stopped talking, and they all seemed to be a little moved.

Liu Yimin also took into account at that time that for **, the importance of the current Zhongtiao Mountain defense line is far less important than in history. Historically, the Central Committee of our Party was cramped and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area, and the 800-mile Qinchuan was the granary of the first class, and Hu Zongnan was heavily garrisoned. The current Shaanxi is the base camp of our party and our army, maybe Chiang Kai-shek dreamed of letting the Japanese army kill Shaanxi! But, in any case, the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line also sheltered the western Henan defense area of the first theater of operations, and Chiang Kai-shek would not fail to see this. That's why Liu Yimin's conversation is coming!

Liu Fei hurriedly reported that Chief He's method was inappropriate, although Shaanxi was in the hands of **, it did not affect the passage of Longhai Road, and also supported the Shanxi front line with Shaanxi's grain. If the Japanese army really attacked Shaanxi, it would not be far from the capture of Sichuan. This must not happen.

Time waited for no one, Chiang Kai-shek stopped listening to the discussion, stood up and walked to the map, examined it for a long time, and then turned to He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, and said: "Respectfully, you personally go to Luoyang to deploy the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain, and you must ensure that Zhongtiao Mountain is not lost." ”

Originally, Wei Lihuang should have been ordered to return to Zhongtiao Mountain immediately at this time. However, as soon as Wei Lihuang came to Mount Emei, it would take time just to inform him, and when he received the order to get off Mount Emei and then rush to Chengdu to take a plane back to Zhongtiao Mountain, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold; Second, Wei Lihuang is angry on Mount Emei, and before he returns to Zhongtiao Mountain, Chiang Kai-shek must meet him and make him turn a corner in his thinking. Otherwise, Chiang Kai-shek was not at ease.

He Yingqin asked for advice on the operational policy of the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain, and Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a while and said: "The guiding principles of the Zhongtiao Mountain operation this time are four sentences and 16 words: protect the important land, strive to last, lay an internal peace, and strive for foreign aid. The principle of the operation was to strengthen the fortifications of Zhongtiao Mountain and Tongluo and actively train. In terms of combat strength, it is necessary to unify and coordinate the participation of all units in the First Theater, the Second Theater, and the Fifth Theater, and in particular, it is necessary to coordinate the participation of the first troops in Shaanxi to participate in the war, with the Zhongtiaoshan Group in the First Theater and the ** Shaanxi River Defense Force as the main arch to defend Zhongtiao Mountain, Luoyang, Tongguan and other key points, and the regimental army in Chapter 1144 is responsible for the tasks of cutting off the enemy's communications, ambushing, and tailing the Japanese army. ”

He Yingqin also proposed what if the 18th Group Army did not obey the dispatch?

This is a real problem, and the friction has not ceased since the winter of 1939. Chiang Kai-shek stopped the salaries of the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army, withdrew the number of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and even declared that the New Fourth Army was a rebel army, and Ye Ting and Xiang Ying were wanted for Ye Ting and Xiang Ying. At this time, the Japanese army was about to hit Zhongtiao Mountain, and I remembered that I needed the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army? It's hard!

Besides, did the garrison of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi dare to fight the Japanese army in a bold area with confidence? I'm afraid that if they drive to the Yellow River, Jiang Dingwen's 10th Theater troops and Zhu Shaoliang's 8th Theater troops will pounce on Xi'an like wolves. This matter is obvious there, He Yingqin knows it very well in his heart, so he asks such a question.

Chiang Kai-shek sighed and said, "I will talk to them about this matter." **If they do not cooperate with the war, they will not recognize the principle of unity to resist Japan, that is, they will not recognize the unity of military orders and government orders, and I believe that they will be able to distinguish the priorities. ”

He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and others left Chiang Kai-shek's office on the front foot, and Chiang Kai-shek rang the doorbell and ordered the attendant room to immediately notify Wei Lihuang and rush back to Chongqing to meet him as soon as possible, and notify Zhou Enlai, the representative of ** in Chongqing, to come to see him.

After He Yingqin arrived in Luoyang, he held two military meetings in Luoyang on 18 and 20 April at the headquarters of the commanders of the First Theater of Operations, attended by commanders of the army and above of the First, Second, and Fifth Theaters. According to the information provided by various parties, He Yingqin judged: "It seems that the enemy in southern Jinnan will seize the strongholds of our Zhongtiao Mountain one after another, in an attempt to completely wipe out our army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and then echo the enemy in eastern Henan, advance to Luoyang and Tongguan, in order to threaten the flank of our five theaters, or to enter Xi'an from the west." ”

Based on this judgment, He Yingqin decided to adopt the policy of attacking instead of defending to deal with the Japanese army, and instructed: "In order to secure Zhongtiao Mountain, (1) the first step should be to use one section from north to south (93rd Army) and from east to west (27th Army), and all units on the right flank of our Zhongtiao Mountain position, and jointly capture the areas of Gaoping, Jincheng, Yangcheng, and Qinshuijian, so as to restore the situation before April 29. (2) The second step is to cooperate with the Western Jin Army and the Second and Eighth Theaters to encircle and annihilate the enemy in the southern Jinnan Triangle. (3) At a minimum, it must also be able to secure Zhongtiao Mountain. ”

He Yingqin is the chief of the general staff of the squadron, and it is impossible for him to sit in Luoyang for a long time, so he will return to Chongqing by plane after completing the deployment. As for whether the troops can resolutely carry out his instructions and strictly implement them, only God knows.

On April 28, the Military Commission further judged that the Japanese army had intended to attack Yuanqu from Jiyuan and Henggao Avenue, and decided again: (1) to strengthen the position fortifications and destroy and block the road in front of the main position; (2) Attacking first to break the enemy's offensive; (3) The Jinxi troops of the Second Theater responded to Tongpu and the Biandong troops of the Fifth Theater to Longhai. Under the guidance of the above judgment, the 7 armies of the ** main force in the Zhongtiao Mountain area were configured accordingly: the Pei Changhui Department of the 9th Army was in Jiyuan, an important town in northern Henan; The 43rd Army's Zhao Shiling Department was at the southwest end of the mountain; The 17th Army's Gao Guizi Division was in the Jiangxian area; The Tang Huaiyuan Department of the 3rd Army and the Kong Lingxuan Department of the 80th Army were in the Wenxi and Xia County areas, the Wushimin Department of the 98th Army was in the area of Dongfeng Town, and the Wutinglin Department of the 15th Army was in the Gaoping area. In addition, 4 armies were deployed in the Taihang and Taiyue areas as a countermeasure.

The war is about to begin, Wei Lihuang has not yet rushed back, and the troops in Zhongtiao Mountain are under the remote command of the Military Commission.

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