No one who cared about the Sino-Japanese War could have imagined that Chiang Kai-shek would be in Shaanxi at this time. Shanxi launched a large-scale offensive. Foreign correspondents stationed in Chongqing sent back reports to China one after another, with almost the same headline: "A civil war breaks out in China!" ”

Along with the war, Soong Ching-ling, who was in Chongqing, together with He Xiangning, Liu Yazi, and Peng Zemin, sent a joint letter to Chiang Kai-shek and the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, angrily condemning the Kuomintang for fighting a civil war in the face of national crisis. Founded in Hong Kong in January 1938, the "Alliance for the Defense of China" issued a public statement opposing the civil war and calling on the KMT and the CCP to stop the exchange of fire, resolve the dispute through negotiations, and unite to resist Japan. The "people" in the rear, such as Zhang Lan and Li Jishen, have called for the civil war to be stopped, and the guns are united with the outside world. Even Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi believed that attacking Shaanxi at this time could only benefit the Japanese army and deplete the national defense strength of China, and Chiang Gong's move was too rash, so he sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, suggesting that Chiang Kai-shek consider a political settlement of the conflict between the two parties.

Chiang Kai-shek, believing that he had the chance of victory, simply ignored the cries of all sectors of society against the civil war, but personally commanded the various armies to fight.

Not only Chiang Kai-shek, but also representatives of the ultra-right forces in the Kuomintang were also full of self-confidence.

As soon as the Jinxi Incident occurred, the Central Daily and the Central Radio Station began to propagate, declaring the Shanxi Death Column as a rebel army according to Yan Xishan's caliber and expressing support for Commander Yan's crusade against the rebels and completely eliminating the death column that disobeyed military orders and government orders.

He Yingqin also made a public statement. During the conversation, He Yingqin said that fighting behind enemy lines was indeed a success. However, the results achieved by the Eighth Route Army were not as damaging as they were done. ** Persist in the War of Resistance in Hebei, and the **guerrilla forces that fight back and forth in Hebei are almost finished. **Shanxi insisted on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and called to blame Shanxi for almost becoming the base of the Eighth Route Army. ** Persist in the War of Resistance in Shandong, the facts are clear to everyone, Liu Yimin openly defied the orders of the Military Commission and drove General Yu Xuezhong, commander-in-chief of the Sulu Theater, out of Shandong. The grassroots political power of the national government in all counties and districts of Shandong has been completely destroyed. If we want to develop like this, we will not wait for the Japanese to destroy the Chinese country, and the Eighth Route Army will wipe out the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government. Judging from the practice of the war for more than two years, the first took advantage of the opportunity of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to wantonly expand the armed forces, seize territory, and undermine the unity of the state's military orders and government orders. Now is the time to straighten out the entire ** squad and flatten the army that does not obey orders.

The ultra-right forces of the Kuomintang are clamoring.

What Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect was that Shaanxi at this time was no longer the time for Yang Hucheng to rule Shaanxi, although the main force of the Eighth Route Army went to the front, the regular army left in Shaanxi only garrison divisions and security divisions, but Shaanxi began to carry out land reform and organize and train local armed forces and militias after Liu Yimin captured Xi'an. With this attack on the front line, the power of the mobilization mechanism in the Shaanxi base area has been revealed. The local armed forces and militias in the occupied areas have started guerrilla warfare and used the barrel of their guns to talk to the ** who came to snatch the fruits of victory: The garrison regiments and county brigades in the counties in the interior of Shaanxi have received mobilization orders and are rushing to the front line.

Those who are close have already arrived at the front line, replenished the battle damage of the main force, and assisted the main force in arming. In this way, the first of the southern road to capture northern Sichuan cooperated with Jiang Ding's Ministry of Culture and the southern part of Hu Zong, and occupied Hanzhong,

Most of Shangluo, but if you want to cross the Qinling Mountains, you can't. The garrison division of the Eighth Route Army and the local armed forces that arrived relied on the Qinling Mountains and fought to the death without retreating.

The situation of Zhu Shaoliang's troops in the Eighth Theater, which captured Longnan and Tianshui on the western route, was more complicated and very different from history. In addition to Fu Zuoyi's troops in Suiyuan, the main force of the Eighth Theater in history was mainly the troops of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongfeng. Now after the battle of Tianshui, the main forces of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongpai have been eliminated. Ma Bufang fled back to Yushu's lair and was suppressed by Xue Yue, who had attacked Lanzhou and Xining. Ma Hongsheng was replaced by Ma Hongbin. Later, although Ma Hongpai used the original foundation to regain the armed forces, his strength was not as good as before. The current Eighth Theater, since Xue Yue led his troops to resist the Japanese after advancing eastward, is a number of newly organized troops, and their combat effectiveness is limited. In order to complete the combat mission, Zhu Shaoliang had to seal the official and make a wish, and let Ma Bufang, Ma Hongfeng, and Ma Hongbin act as thugs, but these guys were all frightened by Liu Yimin, and they were only willing to follow behind to fight with the wind, and were unwilling to charge into battle. That's it, Zhu Shaoliang still took advantage of the main force of the garrison division to meet the gap of the northern Sichuan ** and Jiang Dingwen's department from Ankang to Hanzhong, and attacked and occupied the Longnan and Tianshui areas.

If he attacks the hinterland of Shaanxi again, Zhu Shao's conscience is bottomless.

Chiang Kai-shek wanted to encircle and annihilate the main force of the garrison division, and strictly ordered Zhu Shaoliang's troops to attack the garrison division.

In the face of a strong enemy, the security division of the Eighth Route Army adopted the method of the Shanxi and Shandong Eighth Route Armies to deal with the little devils, guerrilla warfare and mine warfare, and resisted step by step. Causes ** attack speed to be slow.

The only oddity of the battlefield was that neither planes were involved in the battle.

At this time, Cheng Qian had been transferred from the commander of the First Theater to the director of the Tianshui Battalion, responsible for the unified command of the operations of the First Theater, the Second Theater, the Eighth Theater, and the Tenth Theater.

Cheng Qian is old, known as a Hunan parent, and considers the problem relatively comprehensively. Cheng Qian had a clear view of the battlefield situation in front of him and knew that this battle could not last. Once it lasts, when the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi battlefield returns, the consequences will be serious. Therefore, Cheng Qian sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek,

It is recommended to accept it when it is good, negotiate with **, let ** give up Hanzhong, Shangluo, and Weinan, and end the campaign operation, and change later.

Chiang Kai-shek did not think of the issue of Shanxi's Eighth Route Army's return of aid, he mainly considered two points, one is that Shanxi has Yan Xishan to contain the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army will also take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army, and it is impossible for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to withdraw too much. Second, according to the report from the front, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army left behind in Shaanxi were the garrison division and the security division, which had a wide area of defense and suffered heavy casualties in the battles of the previous days. The follow-up reinforcements are all local armed forces, and their combat effectiveness is limited, so as long as they work harder, they can break through the Qinling defense line and capture Weinan. As long as the Qinling defense line is broken through and Weinan is captured, Xi'an will have no danger to defend, and when the Shanxi troops of the Eighth Route Army rush back, they can only look at the city and sigh.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered all troops to speed up their attacks, and must break through the enemy in front of them and attack Xi'an together.

To the surprise of Chiang Kai-shek and the ** generals, the garrison division and the security division suddenly began to shrink the defensive line and retreated.

Chiang Kai-shek joked that Cheng Qian was too conservative, ** obviously couldn't hold it, and played the old trick again, wanting to set up a pocket to make ** jump. Chiang Kai-shek was not afraid of this move, he had the combat experience of encircling and suppressing the Soviet Union for the fifth time, and strictly ordered all troops to move closer to each other, advance in unison, and strictly prevent ** from playing tricks.

Chiang Kai-shek could not have imagined that the strength of the Eighth Route Army had grown beyond his imagination.

He only knew that Liu Yimin's instructors were developing rapidly and had a huge number of troops, but he didn't know that in addition to the weak strength of the 120th Division in Jinsui, the 115th Division, Liu Bocheng's 129th Division, and Xu Xiangqian's Independent Division were all developing rapidly, of which the 129th Division, including the southern Hebei troops, had 11 newly organized brigades alone. That's all 129

The division is not as strong as the 115th division!

What Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that Liu Yimin not only equipped these four divisions with artillery regiments that captured the Japanese army, but also equipped the Central Military Commission with artillery regiments and air defense regiments directly under it, and also handed over most of the ammunition captured at Shimen to the headquarters. At this moment, Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, led the independent division and 129

The division's two main brigades, six newly organized brigades, a total of eight brigades, and two artillery regiments have crossed the Yellow River and are advancing in the direction of Weinan! Moreover, the 115th Division and 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army of Jinchaji and Jinsui

The division has also transferred troops and is rushing to Shaanxi to prepare for the operation. These are all troops who fought on the battlefield of resistance against Japan!

The sword is about to be unsheathed, and Chiang Kai-shek is still in a daze, dreaming of his capture of Xi'an!

Liu Yimin, who was far away in Dadian, Shandong, was watching the evolution of the battlefields in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Tongguan is surrounded by gold mines excavated by the former Red Seventh Army, and Hanzhong is the location of the former Red Army Arsenal, although the arsenal was destroyed by the Japanese army, but Hanzhong's superior geographical location can also be used as an ideal site for rebuilding a large-scale logistics base. Now it's good, Chiang Kai-shek's dozen, the gold mine can't be opened, and Hanzhong can't be saved. How can Liu Yimin be willing?

At the beginning, Liu Yimin was very resentful of Chiang Kai-shek's **** and resolutely supported the counterattack of the Central Committee. But after calming down, I felt that such a hard fight was not the way to go. The Japanese army was already staring at the defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain, and had launched many sieges, all of which were unsuccessful. This time the first theater of operations attacked Tongguan and Weinan, and it was inevitable that troops would be drawn from Zhongtiao Mountain. This part of the troops collided with the main force of our army to aid Shaanxi, and with Mr. Peng's xìng ge, it was inevitable to beat them to a beating. If this is the case, once the Japanese army launches the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, the defenders of Nakajo Mountain will inevitably be defeated even worse.

Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the Lord, saying that from a strategic point of view, the present is not the best time to weaken Chiang Kai-shek. After the reinforcements of our army arrived, did they consider focusing on the defeat battle to scare off Chiang Kai-shek? If they fall into a battle to the death, even if our army's reinforcements have strong combat effectiveness, it is likely that they will only fight for a lose-lose situation. Chiang Kai-shek's troops will certainly suffer a heavy blow, and the casualties of our army will not be small. Therefore, it is still necessary to focus on a political solution and not to arbitrarily expand the scope of military strikes.

Liu Yimin's telegram calmed down a lot, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he decided to adopt the method of supporting Yan Xishan in Shanxi to fight the senior officers of the Yan Department, quell the Jinxi Incident as soon as possible, and support Yan to resist Japan. The attack on Chiang Kai-shek concentrated on attacking the ** in Weinan, and the First World War scared off Chiang Kai-shek's troops on the south and west routes.

In order to ensure the implementation of this strategy, the Central Committee immediately issued an order, telegraphed the whole country, and appointed Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, as the commander of Shaanxi's joint defense, to give unified command to Shaanxi's anti-recalcitrant operations. At the same time, the "Chairman" called Liu Yimin back, ordering him to make a public statement immediately after Peng Dehuai started to deter Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan.

At this time, it was already late December, and the Eighth Route Army's reinforcement troops, under the command of Mr. Peng, rushed to Weinan, laid a net, and waited for ** to drill in.

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