Chapter 434: Huangqiao does not fight
The second factor that made the government less determined was that northern Jiangsu was calm, that is, the Battle of Huangqiao was eliminated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, the term Huangqiao Battle is only known to a few people in Yan'an and Yichun. They started working early on for this purpose, and they wanted to make this campaign invisible. This is the most beneficial for the New Fourth Army.
Northern Shaanxi analyzed the document and believed that there were several factors that stimulated the national government to make up its mind to eliminate the New Fourth Army, the first was the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and the second was the Huangqiao Incident. The Battle of the Hundred Regiments was fought against Japan, and historically, it was unavoidable, and the Battle of Huangqiao seemed inevitable, but there was still room for turnaround.
It is said that the Battle of Huangqiao was inevitable because in 1940, in order to transfer troops to participate in the Pacific War, the Japanese army had to relax its military offensive against Chongqing and turn around to strengthen the political offensive.
The change in the tactics of the Japanese army gave the government the energy to deal with the New Fourth Army.
This is typical of the Three Kingdoms. The Japanese army's last resort contributed to the intensification of friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Northern Shaanxi made great efforts to eliminate the Battle of Huangqiao.
What's worth nowadays? Western medicine, penicillin. A few pills can save a life, and the price on the black market is very high, twice the price in Yan'an. In the past, some people could buy silver dollars, but now, silver dollars cannot be bought, only gold. Only rich people will spend a lot of money to save their lives. Even the Japanese were seriously ill, and they had to find black-market medicines.
Now, medicine is a military material and a strategic material, and each one of them is registered, how can it be so easy to get it? Rich people will spend a lot of money to get medicine, so the price goes up.
Han Deqin is the chairman of Jiangsu Province, and it is also difficult for him to conduct guerrilla operations behind enemy lines. At this time, the only wise thing for the Japanese army to do was to relax their military offensive. As soon as he relaxed here, the government immediately engaged in great friction with the New Fourth Army.
Han Deqin was originally a talent in the late Qing Dynasty, and later defected to the Beiyang warlords and joined the Nationalist Government under the recommendation of Gu Zhutong. In 31 years, he was captured in the Jiangxi Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, and he escaped only when he was mixed with the soldiers. As a result, Han was demoted. Later, he was not very ambitious, otherwise he would not have fought behind enemy lines in Jiangsu.
There is a trend, as long as it is resistant, it is correct. That's right. But this trend has been entrained by people for personal work, and it has become that as long as the war of resistance is always right. That's not right.
So, someone began to defend him, writing articles in his defense. There is a well-known online article defending his resistance to Japan, the full text of which is as follows:
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Han Deqin served as the acting commander-in-chief of the 24th Group Army and the commander of the 89th Army, and in November of the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Government and director of the Department of Civil Affairs. In March 1938, Han was one of the main forces in the Battle of Taierzhuang: during the Battle of Xuzhou, Han Deqin's 24th Group Army, in the area of Gaoyou and Baoying, was responsible for the southern front operation, and successfully blocked the enemy advancing north from Yangzhou, otherwise Xuzhou would be attacked by the Japanese army from the north and south. Cover the traffic of the canal. Seishiro Sakagaki, the Japanese chieftain, also admitted; The resistance of Han Deqin's department was very tenacious. After the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, Han Deqin was ordered to stay behind enemy lines in northern Jiangsu and serve as the chairman of Jiangsu Province. ”
The above is true or false. It has been verified that there is no Han Deqin's 89th Army in Taierzhuang to participate in the war. The Battle of Xuzhou did not see any of Han Deqin's achievements. Guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, retreating in February 1939 and fighting with the Japanese army, was fought by Huo Shouyi, commander of the 112th Division of the 57th Army, Huo Shouyi was the Northeast Army, what does it have to do with Lao Han. In this campaign, Lao Han is a protected object.
Han Deqin's role in the Battle of Xuzhou in 1938 was not very active, because his troops were all safe and did not have high combat effectiveness. Bai Chongxi believes that his troops contributed indirectly to the Battle of Taierzhuang because of the destruction of communications.
During the Battle of Wuhan, his troops once attacked Xuzhou, which played a role in harassing the Japanese army attacking Wuhan.
In January 1939, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government designated the north of the Yangtze River, the east of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and the south of the old Yellow River as the Lusu guerrilla theater, with Yu Xuezhong as the commander-in-chief of the theater and Han Deqin and Shen Honglie as deputy commanders-in-chief.
Due to the inconvenience of unified command between southern and northern Jiangsu, the Military Commission established the deputy general headquarters of the Lusu Theater (stationed in Xinghua) in northern Jiangsu, and Han Deqin was specially responsible for the northern part of the southern part of the Lusu theater. After that, the number of the 24th Army was revoked, and the subordinate units were directly under the direct command of the Deputy General Headquarters. In October 1939, Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater of Operations, resigned as chairman of Jiangsu Province, and Han Deqin officially assumed the post of chairman of Jiangsu Province and commander of provincial security. Since the establishment of the Lusu Theater, guerrilla warfare has continued in northern Jiangsu for many years.
However, things can change because of small things.
In 40 years, the pharmaceutical factories in Yan'an were already very mature and the output was also very large, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army had some medicines in their hands. Because of the long distance of transportation, the New Fourth Army did not have many medicines. Even so, Yan'an still gave some medicines to Li Mingyang, Li Changjiang, Chen Taiyun, and other officers of the Nationalist Army, who had good relations with the New Fourth Army, to create a favorable situation.
Under the personal interrogation of Mao and Zhou, the New Fourth Army opened up the way for General Han Deqin with several large boxes of medicines. Li Shouwei, commander of the 89th Army, Weng Da, commander of the 6th Independent Brigade, Sun Qiren, commander of the 33rd Division, and Miao Ruilin, commander of the 99th Brigade, all received medicines in varying quantities.
Then, the New Fourth Army sent people to contact them, and although they did not promise anything, their attitude began to soften, and their actions began to have a tacit understanding with the New Fourth Army.
In the autumn of 40, Han Deqin transferred troops to prepare for the attack on Huangqiao, and the New Fourth Army received five pieces of information from the 89th Army.
Han Deqin led the troops to Huangqiao, and the troops in front fought for a while, reported a great victory, defeated a large number of New Fourth Army, and took more than a dozen New Fourth Army broken guns to report their merits.
Han Deqin thought: So smooth? With a roll of his eyes, he said to Li Shouwei: "Let's go, I'll go to the frontline battlefield to have a look, one is to comfort the brothers, but to see the New Fourth Army you killed." ”
The faces of several officers changed, and they were a little overwhelmed.
Han Deqin looked at everyone's expressions and insisted on going.
Li Shouwei said: "Governor, now that the battle has just ended, there are a lot of chaotic soldiers, why don't you wait until the battlefield is cleared, how about you go to inspect again?" ”
Han Deqin said: "I still want to go to the battlefield and take a photo as a commemoration." When you're done cleaning, you can't take pictures. ”
Li Shouwei dissuaded: "Governor, why don't you wait a few hours?" It's dark now. Wait until dawn to go? ”
Han Deqin said: "Okay. ”
He still felt that something was strange and suspicious. In the evening, after dealing with military affairs, Li Shouwei came to visit.
Li Shouwei entered the house, and the three guards behind him followed in with three ammunition boxes, put them on the table, and left.
Han Deqin said: "What is this? ”
Li Shouwei said: "This is a gift from someone. Governor's look? ”
Han Deqin opened the box, and it turned out to be penicillin, and said, "Is this from the United States, or from the north?" ”
Li Shouwei said: "The quality of American goods is not good, this is produced in the north. ”
Han Deqin's heart moved, closed the box, and said, "Which friend sent it?" I'm in vain. ”
Li Shouwei said: "It's a friend surnamed Hu. He said that you insisted on resisting Japan and gave their family thousands of people a way to live, and he was especially grateful. The subordinates didn't dare to deal with it, so they brought it, please decide. ”
Han Deqin's heart was bright, he smiled, and said, "It seems that we still have the support of the people." "Apparently accepted.
Li Shouwei said: "This friend sent an envoy to see you. ”
Han Deqin said: "Where is the envoy?" ”
Li Shouwei said: "The envoy is in my barracks, disguised as an adjutant, and no one knows. ”
There are Chongqing spies in the army, and this is known to everyone. In order not to offend the spies, a shrewd officer must have his own absolutely trustworthy confidants, and he must also be lenient towards non-confidants.
To do secret things, you must use your own cronies.
The dispatch of special envoys by the New Fourth Army, as well as the dispatch of special envoys by the Japanese, are very sensitive and cannot be known to the spies.
After walking around below, Han Deqin's heart was bright. His subordinates mainly had to be the division commander to the regiment commander, and they all took each other's things and were willing to conflict. Why should you be such a wicked person? If they don't accept it themselves, then other officers will definitely not feel at ease when they receive medicines, and they will definitely have opinions about themselves, and they are even afraid that they will track them down.
He knows the value of medicine very well, and he wants to do it himself. His subordinates have done some for him before, and if he can establish a stable channel this time, the gold will roll in in the future.
Han Deqin was sleek and old-fashioned, and after beating his subordinates a few times, several division commanders and commanders at the lower levels gathered a box of medicines and sent them to him.
After getting enough medicines, this wicked man can't be Han Deqin.
When Han Deqin inspected his subordinate troops, he secretly sent a special envoy to the New Fourth Army. No one knows about the meeting process.
He met the envoy and felt much better. The other party gave himself a batch of medicines, converted into gold, that large sum of money. The special envoy put forward a condition that the two families live in peace. On the surface, it can make trouble with the New Fourth Army, but in fact, it must have a tacit understanding. made trouble, and even fought with the New Fourth Army, all of which were acting for Chongqing to see.
The condition he put forward was that the New Fourth Army would give him medicine on a regular basis, bargain several times, set the quantity, and the two sides shook hands and talked happily.
The New Fourth Army cannot be fought, and if it takes the benefits of others, it has to do things. Now, we can't fight the New Fourth Army, and we can't fight it in the future.
However, Chongqing still has to deal with it, what should it do? Han Deqin had his own way, and he revised the battle report and changed "annihilating 2,000 people of the New Fourth Army" to "annihilating 5,000 people of the New Fourth Army."
When the war report reached Chiang's desk, Xinhua Daily published an article strongly protesting, saying that Han Deqin's department had engaged in friction and eliminated more than 3,800 members of the New Fourth Army. In addition, people from Hongyan Village also protested and demanded that Han Deqin be severely punished.
However, the incident eventually came to an end.
At this point, all the foreshadowing was settled, and Chiang on Huangshan Mountain in Chongqing formed an impression: judging from the fact that the New Fourth Army continued to eat some small Japanese troops, the number of the New Fourth Army increased; Judging from the fact that Han Deqin was able to annihilate the 1,000 New Fourth Army in one campaign, they were not enough to pose a threat to northern Jiangsu.
This Han Deqin, who obviously wiped out 1,000, actually lied about his military exploits, saying that he had eliminated 5,000.
As a result, the Battle of Huangqiao, which took place in 1940, was thus wiped out. The price paid by the New Fourth Army was not large, but it was only twenty boxes of medicines.
Later, as Hen's territory gradually dwindled, his wealth increased. Because medicines have an expiration date, he keeps changing them for gold. The territory has decreased, and Han Deqin has not complained, and he and his subordinates are making a fortune in a muffled voice.