The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 9, Rushing, Section 1, Bow Pull

"......, the battle of northern Hubei that lasted more than 50 days finally ended in a complete victory, the national government announced that the battle of northern Hubei annihilated 214,871 Japanese invaders, captured 226 Japanese soldiers, killed Japanese chieftain, Lieutenant General Kanda Masase, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, Lieutenant General Sumida Raishiro, Lieutenant General Shimono Kazuho, Lieutenant General Hirabayashi Morito and other 20 general-level officers, captured 3,800 artillery pieces of various kinds, and six tanks,......。 Whole\Ben\Small\Say\Net"

According to the Central News Agency, General Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and General Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the Hengyang Command, entered Wuhan today to express condolences to the soldiers who recovered Wuhan. …”

According to the Chongqing News Agency of the Central News Agency, President Roosevelt sent a congratulatory message to congratulate ** on the victory of northern Hubei and the recovery of Wuhan. In his congratulatory message, President Roosevelt said: Thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of your country, our common cause has won an important victory and an important step toward the final elimination of the Japanese aggressors. ”

"According to the Central News Agency, Marshal Stalin of the Soviet Socialist Union sent a congratulatory telegram to congratulate ** on the victory of northern Hubei and the recovery of Wuhan ,.........。"

"According to the Central News Agency, British Prime Minister Mr. Winston Churchill sent a congratulatory message to the Chairman of the National People's Congress to congratulate me on the victory of northern Hubei and the recovery of Wuhan,...。

"Central News Agency, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium ,............"

"Judging from the recent developments in the situation, the central government's concerns are justified."

"Smack." The radio turned on, and when he heard the voice behind him, Zhou En turned around, and the entire leadership of the Southern Bureau was in the office, Dong Bwu, Ye Jying, Bo Gu, and Wu Kejian, who were circulating the central documents that Zhou En had brought back.

During the Northern Hubei Campaign, the central government once called to ask them to judge the prospects of the Northern Hubei Campaign, and the Southern Bureau specially studied it, thinking that the prospects of the Northern Hubei Campaign were worrisome, and when the Fifth Theater began to counterattack in Dahongshan, the Southern Bureau believed that the prospects of the Northern Hubei Campaign were very good, and after the Ninth Theater sent troops to northern Hunan after the recovery of Jingshan and the Ninth Theater sent troops to northern Hunan, Ye Jying quickly judged that the victory in northern Hubei was imminent, and it was very likely that Wuhan would be recovered.

According to the original plan, he was going to stay in Yan'an for a year, but the central government was worried about the future situation, so he ended his rectification study and returned to Chongqing ahead of schedule, while Kaifeng, who returned to Yan'an with him, was left to work in Yan'an.

"The liberation of Wuhan is our greatest victory since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression," Zhou Enlai looked at the leading members of the Southern Bureau in the room, today's meeting is a meeting of the Secretariat of the Southern Bureau, mainly to convey the instructions of the Central Committee and determine the future work policy: "The chairman pointed out that this victory is the victory of the anti-Japanese national united front under the leadership of our party, after the recovery of Wuhan, the activities of the capitulation faction in the Kuomintang will be dealt a heavy blow, and the main battle faction will therefore re-dominate the Kuomintang policy, but with the victory, the prestige of the Kuomintang will grow, and the ** within the Kuomintang group Therefore, the Central Committee believes that the greatest danger at present is the resurgence of the ideological trend within the Kuomintang to prevent the capitulation faction from rising again, and at the same time to prevent the convergence of Chiang and Wang. ”

"The central government's concerns are very reasonable, and in the later stages of the Northern Hubei Battle, Chen Lifu's attitude changed, and he no longer made concessions on the problems of the party headquarters in Hebei Province and logistical supplies." Dong Bwu said.

At the same time, the chairmen of Hebei and Chahar provinces were also appointed by the GCD, but the Kuomintang always held on to the party headquarters, insisted on setting up the Kuomintang party headquarters in the two provinces, and even extended its tentacles into the Taihang Mountains to establish party departments in the GCD base area, which was resolutely resisted by the GCD, but the Kuomintang did not give in, and successively sent people to form the Hebei Provincial Party Department, the Chahar Provincial Party Department, and the county party departments were still being formed one after another.

With the establishment of the Party Headquarters, the Kuomintang began to rely on the Party Headquarters to distribute newspapers in the base areas, set up schools, secretly develop organizations, and publicize the policies and laws of the Kuomintang.

** The side also began to counterattack, on the one hand, using the anti-Japanese united front to infiltrate the Kuomintang department; on the other hand, it mobilizes the masses and isolates the recalcitrant Party departments; Okamura Ninji carried out a sweep of the base areas behind enemy lines in Hebei, and a small number of pro-communist party headquarters withdrew with the troops into the Taihang Mountains, while the rest of the party headquarters were dispersed one after another, most of the members were captured, a few of them died, most of them were imprisoned or sent to Manchuria outside the customs to work as coolies, and a very small number defected to the enemy and became traitors.

In addition, GCD also found that most of the personnel in the party department were either military or central, and were not party affairs personnel sent by the central party department at all. These agents used their party status to carry out large-scale activities in the base areas, making it difficult for the local government to deal with them.

The Kuomintang therefore accused the Kuomintang of fearing the enemy like a tiger, fleeing in the face of the enemy, secretly colluding with the Japanese and betraying the people in the base areas behind the enemy; ** The side retorted, arguing that the Japanese army's concentration of heavy troops to encircle and suppress the base areas behind the enemy proved the great role of the war of resistance behind the enemy, and the war of resistance behind the enemy shared 50% of the Japanese army's strength, and at the same time accused the Kuomintang in turn, believing that the Kuomintang party headquarters in various places colluded with the Japanese invaders, provided intelligence to the Japanese army when the Japanese attacked, and cooperated with the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression.

During the negotiations between the two parties, the GCD demanded that the Kuomintang hand over the posts of directors of the civil affairs departments of the two provinces, stop sending special agents to the base areas, and provide logistical support to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army militarily. The Kuomintang resolutely refused to provide logistical supplies, believing that the Jizhong Campaign proved that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army had low combat effectiveness and that such troops had to be reorganized.

But the First Battle in Northern Hubei changed everything.

"The Central Committee believes that we should vigorously develop the anti-Japanese united front and promote the development of moderates and main war factions in the Kuomintang," Zhou En paused here and looked at the people in the conference room: "The Central Committee believes that Zhuang Jihua has become a banner of the main battle faction, and we must strengthen ties with him, and the strength of our party in the Fifth Theater should be strengthened, and the liaison office of the Eighth Route Army in the Fifth Theater should be rebuilt as soon as possible, and powerful comrades should be sent to preside over the work." ”

Three years ago, when the relations between the two parties were tense, the Eighth Route Army Office of the Fifth War Zone was abolished, and Xuan Xia's father was also transferred to Shaanxi, and the Eighth Route Army Office in Xi'an was appointed as the deputy director, but whether to send Xuan Xia's father back to preside over the Fifth War Zone Office, Kang Sheng, who was in charge of the Central Organization Department, believed that Xuan Xia's father had little influence on Zhuang Jihua, which was proved in the Zaoyang negotiations, and suggested that the Southern Bureau should find another candidate.

Zhou EN came to his hands in his arms, his tone was still slow, don't look at the propaganda agencies now vigorously promoting the Ninth Theater, Chen Cheng Xue Yue frequently appeared in front of the news media, but in fact, in this Northern Hubei Campaign, it was the Fifth Theater that undertook the main combat mission and eliminated the main force of the Eleventh Army, and the troops of the Fifth Theater suffered the greatest casualties.

"Comrades, the news from various sources that the Kuomintang counteroffensive against Japan will be the main task of the Fifth Theater," Zhou said: "In addition, there is reason to believe that the relationship between Zhuang Jihua and the Kuomintang Association for the Promotion of Democracy chaired by Deng Yanda and Li Jishen is extraordinary, and it is possible for Zhuang Jihua to cooperate with us and become an important force in maintaining domestic peace and opposing the civil war after the war." ”

Dong Bwu nodded slightly, but Bogu showed suspicion, Ye Jying said at this time: "Militarily speaking, after the recovery of Wuhan, the Kuomintang has three attack directions, one is to directly go north and attack the Japanese army in Henan; One is to attack Xuzhou from the Fifth Theater to the east, cut off the Jinpu Road, and open up the connection with the Sulu Theater; The third was to move east along the Yangtze River and attack Anqing. Well, in addition, after the recovery of Wuhan, most of the lost territory of the Ninth Theater has been recovered, and there is no need for the Ninth Theater to exist, I think that Chiang Kai-shek will soon adjust the theater and cancel the establishment of the Ninth Theater. ”

"There is a good chance that there will be four more war zones." Zhou ENLAI added: "After the Battle of Northern Hubei, it is no longer possible for the Japanese army to land in Guangzhou, and Guangdong is completely safe. ”

Wu Kejian had an idea in his heart, but he never spoke, after Li Kenong returned to Yan'an, he took over Li Kenong's work, presiding over the intelligence work of the Southern Bureau, Zhou EN came to know that Zhuang Jihua and Deng Yda's contact information was transmitted by Dao Feng, the whole process of the Northern Hubei Campaign, Dao Feng also reported to the Central Committee, and he admired Zhuang Jihua's use of the two Japanese spies.

"In addition, the Northern Hubei Campaign also eliminated the possibility of Yan Xishan's surrender," Zhou ENLAI continued, the central government has intelligence, before the Northern Hubei Campaign, Yan Xishan had been negotiating peace with Okamura Ningji's representatives, and the two sides were close to reaching an agreement, but Yan Xishan's asking price was very high, asking for equipment for one hundred and fifty regiments, as long as the Japanese provided so many weapons, Yan Xishan would defect, and now this possibility is gone.

"Comrades, think about it, who will be the director of the Fifth Theater Office?" Zhou EN asked.

No one spoke, this person is not easy to decide, with their understanding of Zhuang Jihua, this person does not eat soft and hard, during the period of Xuanxia's father, the Eighth Route Army gained a lot of benefits from the Fifth War Zone, but it also suffered a lot of losses, since the central government thinks that Xuanxia's father is not suitable, then who is the right person to send?

Zhou EN seemed to be very aware of everyone's confusion, so he smiled and said: "I think it is still Comrade Xuanxia's father, originally I wanted to propose Wu Yuzhang Wu Lao, but the work in Sichuan also needs him, after careful consideration, I think that Comrade Xuanxia's father has had the experience of being in the Fifth War Zone, and the main generals of the Fifth War Zone, Song Xilian, Du Yuming, and Fan Hanjie, are all in the first phase of Huangpu, and Serious and Chen Mingshu are also in the Fifth War Zone, which is very beneficial to him to carry out his work, in addition, Zhuang Jihua's attitude is also different from before. ”

"Then is it to transfer Comrade Huang Mingcheng back?" Dong Bwu asked.

"No, you don't." Zhou EN shook his head, then turned his head to Wu Kejian and said, "Comrade Wu Kejian, you have to send a capable comrade to assist Comrade Xuanxia's father." ”

"I understand, please rest assured, Vice Chairman Zhou." Wu Kejian replied briefly.

"Okay, the candidate will report to the central government like this, and ask Xuanxia's father to report to Chongqing as soon as possible." After Zhou EN finished speaking, he turned to Bogu and said: "Recently, the main point of Xinhua Daily's propaganda is to recover Wuhan, publicize the anti-Japanese national united front, and also have a coalition government. ”

Ye Jying suddenly frowned at this time, and picked up the topic just now: "EN come, the battle of northern Hubei, after the Japanese army was defeated, the Japanese will definitely increase their troops in China, just now I said that the Kuomintang has three ways to attack, and now the troops in the three theaters are divided into two routes, the 24th Group Army will attack Jiujiang, and the other will launch an offensive in southern Anhui." It is believed that the Japanese army will soon abandon Jiujiang and retreat to Anqing. And in Jiangbei, the Japanese army will retreat across the Dabie Mountains, so that the direction of the Kuomintang's attack will be very wide. ”

Speaking of this, he stood up, picked up a map from the table next to him, and spread it out on the conference table: "At first, I thought that the Kuomintang was most likely to go east along the Yangtze River, but just now, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was more likely that they would cross the Dabie Mountains and attack Xuzhou directly. ”

Zhou EN's expression became grim, and his judgment was also to go east along the Yangtze River, because the casualties in the Fifth Theater were very large, and they should be transferred to rest for the time being, while the Third Theater and the Ninth Theater, the combined strength of the two theaters was about 800,000, and the casualties were not large, and they could continue to attack.

He predicted that Chiang Kai-shek would make the following adjustments: transfer the troops of the Ninth Theater to southern Anhui and southern Jiangxi, and attack Anqing and Wuhu from the border of Anhui and Jiangxi, and the main force of the Third Theater to the east to southern Zhejiang, threatening Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou from the southeast.

This judgment was recognized by the central government, but Ye Jying's reminder made him realize another possibility.

"Japanese reinforcements must have gathered in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area, so going east along the Yangtze River, this seemingly most likely route may not be adopted." Ye Jying said: "After the battle in northern Burma, I have studied Zhuang Jihua's combat style, from the defense of Nanjing and the two Jinpu Road battles, Zhuang Jihua fought eclecticly, and there was no consistent routine, but one thing is certain, he was very cautious and did not easily invest in the main force. In defensive warfare, he often used to put the main force behind, and only after the enemy's strategic intentions were fully exposed did he come up with his real deployment. With Zhuang Jihua's combat style, he will not poke the powder keg of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. ”

"The second road, going north, this road has a great impact on our Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, during this Northern Hubei Campaign, Gu Shoufu contracted his troops, and my Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area has been greatly developed, and the Japanese army has put much less pressure on me."

"The third way, crossing the Dabie Mountain and directly attacking Xuzhou, this road should be said to be a surprise, but," Ye Jying pondered, hesitated and said: "I think that Zhuang Jihua will choose this road." The advantage of this road is very obvious, it can be cooperated by the Sulu theater of operations, and secondly, the Japanese army will most likely not notice this route. However, if we take this route, it will have a great impact on our Shandong base area. ”

Of course, Zhou EN came to understand what the impact was, if the Japanese army wanted to meet Zhuang Jihua, it would inevitably evacuate the Shandong garrison, which would provide Luo Rhuan and Chen Y in Shandong with an opportunity for great development. However, this kind of great development requires the concentration of the main forces, and the Shandong troops are now scattered troops to fight guerrillas, and once it is determined that Zhuang Jihua will cross the Dabie Mountains and attack Xuzhou, then the Shandong troops must be assembled in advance.

"Report this judgment to the central government," Zhou EN immediately adopted Ye Jying's judgment.

The Northern Hubei Campaign, the liberation of Wuhan, changed the entire Chinese battlefield, changed the entire course of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Resistance entered the stage of counteroffensive.

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