Chapter 76: The Western Route Army is finally saved
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One is that he changed the fate of the Western Route Army, which was the biggest change in history.
At the beginning of 1936, after the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Front armies of the Red Army were united, the unified Central Revolutionary Military Committee was formed, with 23 members, Mao Gong as chairman, and Zhou Gong Enlai and Zhang Guotao as vice chairmen.
On November 11, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and ** issued an order: the Hexi Army was renamed the West Route Army and the Military and Political Committee of the West Route Army was established. The Military and Political Commission is composed of Chen Changhao, Xu Xiangqian, Zeng Chuanliu, Li Te, and Li Zhuoran as members of the Standing Committee, and Xiong Guobing, Yang Keming, Wang Shusheng, Li Xiannian, Chen Haisong, and Zheng Yizhai as members. Chen Changhao is the chairman, and Xu is the former vice chairman.
The General Headquarters of the Fourth Front Army was changed to the General Headquarters of the Western Route Army, with Xu Xiangqian, commander-in-chief, Chen Changhao, general political commissar, Wang Shusheng, deputy commander-in-chief, Li Te, chief of staff, and Li Zhuoran, director of the Political Department.
Historically, the Western Route Army was almost completely wiped out.
If the Western Route Army can go to the northeast with 5,000 troops, the situation in the northeast will be greatly improved, and perhaps the world pattern will change because of this. The second is that Mao genuinely believed in these things. The value for the future is enormous.
The direction of the Western Route Army has finally changed, and everyone is much more relaxed. Xiao Lu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Vice Chairman Zhou, why haven't I heard the news of Mr. Lu Xun's death?" What's your news? Is he well? ”
Zhou Dao: "His health has improved a lot recently, and a few days ago he published an article calling for the release of the Seven Gentlemen, calling for the cessation of the civil war and unity to resist Japan." Why did you suddenly ask about him? ”
Xiao Lu told him about giving him medicine in Shanghai.
Mao Dao: "There is such a good medicine? ”
Xiaolu said: "I have organized people in the Northeast to do it secretly. The person in charge is called Wei Jialiu, and he is from the Department of Chemistry of Dongda University. I hope that the organization will find some more experts in chemistry and pharmacy. In addition, I also inquired about one person, who was Feng Xuefeng. What does he do now? ”
Zhou Dao: "He is still in Shanghai, leading Shanghai's cultural work. He is a man of letters, suitable for this front. ”
Xiaolu knew that he did not ask for leave, and his fate had changed, and said, "That's good, he helped me." He told him about his experience of contacting him in Shanghai, and said that he was a literati who could do cultural work, and was not suitable for the underground party, and he was very risky when he saw him.
Mao said: "The leading comrades of Manchuria are about to go back, what do you think?" ”
Xiaolu: "I better not go back with them." The Xi'an incident is a big event, and I want to participate. ”
Zhou said: "Their confidence in the central government has been strengthened. In addition, their unity is much better. The chairman decided to send Comrade Zhang Shouhou to Chaoyang to carry out underground activities. ”
Xiaolu said: "Okay. I have two pieces there. There is a squad in Chaoyang and a squad in Jinzhou that can assist him. "Li Zhaolin's departure from North Manchuria, coupled with Zhao Shangzhi's willingness to unite with others, the situation in North Manchuria must have changed greatly. The situation in North Manchurian has changed.
Mao Dao: "In the past two days, we have re-discussed the policy of the Northeast, thinking that we should strengthen the leadership of the Northeast and set up the Northeast Bureau, which will be grasped by Shaoqi first, and the members will have the main leaders of the three provinces, the main leaders of the army, plus you." ”
Xiaolu said: "My qualifications are shallow, so it's not suitable." ”
Zhou Dao: "Your actions in the Northeast in the past few months are obvious to everyone, so let's do it boldly." The chairman would love to keep you by his side, but the Northeast can't do without you. No way. ”
Mao said: "The two games of chess in the Northeast and Northwest are alive, and in the future we will send one soldier to Shanxi, one to Shandong, one to Hebei, and another to the Northeast." The situation is different. ”
Xiaolu said: "What we have done recently in the Northeast, has no one made a different voice?" We didn't do anything spectacular, but we were robbers for a while, kidnapping tickets. The most important thing to say about the past is only to help the Northeast Coalition Army. ”
Mao Gong: "You are only a few hundred people, can you fight?" Can it strike? The best way to quietly develop forces and engage in economic warfare is to begin to recover the strength of the Northeast Coalition Army, which is the most gratifying. ”
Xiaolu said: "When everyone says this, we are relieved." Have the four leaders of the Northeast approached me recently? ”
Mao said: "They are learning. Anyway, our decision has already been sent back by telegram. The situation in the northeast is also very good, and there is nothing to look for you. ”
Zhou Dao: "There is one more thing, that is, the contact between you and Comrade Yang Zuoqing, Kenong has already reported to us. Recently he has sent us some information, which is very valuable. ”
Xiaolu said: "It's good to have value." According to Yang Zuoqing's suggestion, just yesterday, the arrested people in Qiqihar have been successfully rescued, and our team members attacked a Japanese warehouse, robbed cars and weapons, and then went to prison, robbing more than 100 people. Most of these people have been screened and have joined our advance team. The next program is the Xi'an Incident. I have an idea to discuss with the two leaders. This time, we must take advantage of something. This time rescued a person. Want to know who he is? Wang Fusheng. ”
Zhou Dao: "Wang Fusheng? It's been a long time since I heard from him. How is he? ”
Xiaolu said: "Wang Fusheng's predecessors have been working underground in the Northeast Block, and he was arrested a while ago, and he is about to be executed. Fortunately, we were saved in time. He was not in good health. ”
The battlefield of the Western Expedition.
The Red Army quickly retreated northward, and Gan Qing Erma did not understand the intentions of the Red Army, thinking that the Red Army had some tricks, so he did not pursue them. After another day, seeing that the Red Army had really retreated, it began to pursue. The heavy troops of the Ma Jiajun in the Hexi Corridor did not come into contact with the Red Army, as if they were punched in the air, and the heavy weapons and planes were useless.
The Northwest Majia Army, there are Gansu Majia Army, Qinghai Majia Army, and Ningxia Majia Army. The three families echoed each other, helped each other, resisted any external forces, and once jointly exterminated Sun Chuanfang and prevented him from attacking. This time, they were in unison and dealt with the Red Army.
According to Mao's new plan, the Red Army specially took the mountain road, so that the opposing cavalry was useless.
On November 20, a large army of the Western Route Army came to the Yinchuan Plain. Ningxia was shaken, and Ma Hongbin asked for help from Ganqing Erma on the one hand, and on the other hand, he asked for help from the First Army of Hu Zong's Southern Army, the Third Army of Wang Junbu, the 25th Division of Guan Linzheng, and the 37th Army of Mao Bingwen's Department, and asked them to go north and attack together.
In private, he was not idle, he hurriedly sent people to negotiate peace with the Red Army, and demanded that the Red Army not occupy his territory and that the conditions should be negotiable.
From November 19th to 21st, Peng Dehuai commanded the Battle of Mountain Castle and annihilated one brigade and two regiments of the 78th Division of Hu Zongnan's First Army.
The Western Route Army was finally saved.
Before the Anti-Japanese War, the equipment of the Nationalist Army was not much better than that of the Red Army, because they had not yet received a lot of assistance from the Soviet Union and the United States.
The Red Army was instructed to negotiate peace on the premise of joint resistance against Japan. In addition, the Red Army sent representatives to negotiate peace with the two horses in Gansu and Qinghai, explaining to them that it was very powerful, and pointed out Lao Chiang's intentions, that is, to take the opportunity of eliminating the Red Army to eliminate the local warlords.
Gansu and Qinghai Erma did not believe it, and the Red Army representatives told the story of the future of Guangxi and Guizhou in accordance with Zhou's explanation, and told the fate of the warlords in the two places. Now they believed it.
The idea of Gansu Qinghai Erma is very simple, whether you are the Red Army or the National Army, if you want to enter my territory, I will unite and fight with you. If you don't come in, I'll ignore you.
The main force of the national army wanted to go north to Yinchuan via Lanzhou, but was rejected by Gansu and Qinghai and refused to give way. The Second Horse Army stood still in order to base the national army. The national army also stood still. They are wary of each other and suspicious of each other, which confirms the story of Guizhou.
On November 30, after a short rest, the Red Army entered Ningxia and approached Yongning.
Ningma Ma Hongbin was shocked when he saw the change in the direction of the Red Army's attack. He was repeatedly defeated by the Red Army, and he did not dare to fight the Red Army alone. In addition, he was afraid that he and the Red Army would fight all over and others would take advantage of the fishermen, so he made concessions at the negotiating table and offered to send the Red Army out of the country with 500,000 yuan of ocean and 500,000 catties of grain, and agreed with the Red Army that the Yellow River would be the boundary and that they would not invade each other.
On December 3, the Red Army accepted Ningma's conditions, crossed the Yellow River eastward, and peacefully liberated Wuzhong. The Western Route Army was stationed in Wuzhong and stood by.
On December 7, the Workers' and Peasants' Soviet Government of Wuzhong was established.
On December 8, the Workers' and Peasants' Soviet Government of Zhongning and Zhongzhong counties was established at the same time. One part of the Red Army was stationed in Zhongning to resist the two horses in Ningxia, Gansu, and the other was stationed in Zhongxian to resist the national army. Since then, the situation of the Western Route Army has gradually stabilized.
On December 9, Mao sent a telegram demanding that the Western Route Army refrain from fighting local tyrants and divide the land, and that it should implement a new policy of uniting all forces to resist Japan and pay attention to the national policy.
Mao was very polite to the generals of the Western Route Army and had a very sincere attitude. However, his position was resolute and refused to budge.
The security guards were very happy with the turn of the situation in the Western Route Army, and some even began to look forward to the Red Army's red division here.
On December 12, the first part of the Nationalist Army set off from Guyuan and headed north for Ningxia, with the aim of annihilating the Red Army.
When the telegram reached Bao'an, the Red Army was shocked. The Western Route Army is definitely not the opponent of the Central Army, is it a battle, or a walk? Should the security guards be evacuated?
At noon, Mao and the others were in a meeting to discuss the strategy of dealing with the Central Army, Ye Zilong ran in and said, "Xi'an is calling." Something happened in Xi'an, Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang was deducted! Caught! ”
Everyone didn't believe it, and they stepped forward one after another to read the telegram to confirm. Only Mao Gong and Xiaolu stopped in place, as if nothing had happened.
Confirming the news, everyone rejoiced, and a sword hanging over the head of the Red Army was finally removed.
The news of Lao Jiang's arrest soon spread to the security guards.
In the afternoon, a telegram from the Western Route Army came, and the Central Army, which had come to encircle and suppress, stopped advancing.
After an hour, the Central Army retreated. Later, in order not to be exposed to the enemy, the Nationalist Army ceded the occupied Ningxia to the area between Baoan, so that the area actually controlled by the Red Army was connected.
Ye Zilong later recalled that among the people at the meeting, only Mao Gong and Captain Lu were not surprised at all. They were too calm. In particular, Captain Lu is only two years older than me, but he is much calmer than me. Admire, admire.