Chapter 126 The Great War is imminent
It must be admitted that Li Jiansheng's "Chenzhou Campaign" helped to some extent reduce the pressure on the Central Soviet Region. At least, this time, the total annihilation of several entire divisions of the enemy shocked the entire Kuomintang authorities. At least, when Chairman Chiang, the supreme authority, received this telegram, his teeth were almost broken.
Unexpectedly, unexpectedly. This place in southern Hunan is so big, and it is hard to make a name for itself, not only is the territory getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more teams, which is to cheer up our government army, and the appetite is not ordinary! The first few times, I didn't eat less of our troops; Okay, we didn't pay attention to him this time, just concentrated our forces on the so-called Central Soviet Region of the Red Bandits, he was good, this time he took the initiative to attack us, and even ate a few of my divisions in one go, and took Chenzhou in one go! Uh-huh, it's another time to raise tigers!
Still, it's okay. Just when Chairman Jiang was annoyed and angry, Yu Jishi walked in again, handing over another battle report. After reading this battle report, Chairman Chiang smiled slightly. The telegram was sent by Xue Yue. There is only one main content, the so-called red bandits of the Central Soviet Region, who just yesterday went head-to-head with his elite troops, and as a result, the battle lasted until just now. In the end, it ended with a complete victory for the main force of the Kuomintang led by him. Judging from the number of corpses killed by the Red Bandits, a total of 1,107 Red Bandits were killed and 122 Red Bandits were captured in this battle. In accordance with the previous order, this group of red bandits has been strictly guarded and awaited further instructions.
"Kill on the spot!" Looking at Xue Yue's telegram, Chairman Chiang almost didn't think about it, and directly sentenced those Red Army soldiers to death. Yu Jishi went straight to carry out the order. It was only at this time that Chairman Chiang's thinking was slightly liberalized: Well, the most powerful of these red bandits is the so-called Central Soviet Region. No matter how powerful the others are, they are also sideways. Think about it, it is now the middle of June 1934, and our troops have fought vigorously for the first time, and judging from the results of the battle reports from this direction, the initiative of encirclement and suppression this time has always been in our hands, and the number of red bandits killed is also more and more every time. It seems that our strategy this time is right. Well, I believe that according to this way of playing, as soon as three months or as much as half a year, this group of so-called central red bandits will be completely wiped out! When the time comes, when Lao Tzu frees his hands, what Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou will all be destroyed! You're making a lot of fun now, don't you just want me to divide my troops? Lao Tzu ignored it, that is, he concentrated his forces to fight the so-called Central Soviet District. Well, capture the thief first capture the king, hit the snake and hit the seven inches, let's kill the king today, we want to fight the king, we want to fight seven inches! Let's see, how many days can you be a red bandit?
Somehow, Chairman Chiang finally felt better when he thought of the successive victories won by the Kuomintang troops in Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian, and his anger at the loss of Chenzhou just now was much calmer. However, despite this, Chairman Chiang was still not happy, thought about it, and once again asked Yu Jishi to come in and convey the order: Let the Kuomintang troops in the four provinces of Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi gather to effectively resist pressure on the so-called Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi border Soviet areas. Similarly, the red bandits in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui are making a lot of trouble, and Ren, He and others in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou are also making a lot of trouble. In short, just like the way we are now fighting the so-called Central Soviet Zone, take your time, squeeze step by step, and fight steadily. At present, the authorities do not have enough energy to take care of so many places, so they are not in a hurry, they can only surround and squeeze, and they have only one goal, that is, to gradually encircle and gradually narrow the encirclement of these bandit areas. At present, the main goal is to eliminate this so-called Central Soviet District. Once you've got it done, the rest will be easy!
Not to mention that Chairman Chiang, the supreme authority, did not pay attention to Li Jiansheng's troops at all to capture such an important town as Chenzhou, and was still bent on concentrating troops to attack the central Soviet region, but said that after Li Jiansheng's troops completed the reorganization of the army in Chenzhou, all units were quickly rebuilt. Seeing the enemy's large army gathering and surrounding the base area like an iron bucket, Li Jiansheng's mood sank day by day. He strongly felt that history would still move forward as it was established. The Red Army's long march that attracted worldwide attention was only inevitable!
Li Jiansheng, who had made up his mind, didn't say much, just let the three legions take turns to contact the enemy. The front army level is not responsible for specific operational command, and each army corps is responsible for itself. What the legions need to pay attention to is not to entangle too much with the enemy, but only to train troops. Let every warrior be familiar with the fire and blood of war. As for the troops that take turns to rest, they have stepped up their training, practiced cross-country with heavy loads, and practiced long-distance battles. At the same time, there are three orders that the commanders of various departments just do not understand: First, field hospitals, weapons research and development institutes, and artillery units must be fully transformed into mules and horses and must be able to move quickly. The troops had already begun to prepare for this, and after successive victories, there were plenty of mules and horses. Second, in addition to the preparation of food and meat for cooking and the logistics system, all units themselves should also strengthen their preparations, and each soldier should prepare at least half a month's worth of dry rations. Fortunately, the preparations for wind-blown meat and bacon at the front army level are very sufficient, and the reserves are abundant at the moment, so there is no hurry. The fried rice noodles "developed" by Li Jiansheng are also widely used by various troops, and each soldier has a cloth bag, which is ground rice noodles, and fried with oil and salt, as long as it is mixed with water, it can be eaten immediately, and it is very popular. Third, the clothing and quilts of all units should be prepared more vigorously. The shoes of the soldiers, Li Jiansheng is not worried. For one, the troops began to equip themselves a long time ago, and now each fighter has at least four pairs. Many of the soldiers wore military shoes from the Kuomintang troops, and the quality was really good. But on other points, the fighters were not well prepared. However, although everyone doesn't understand Li Jiansheng's words, you know, it's July right now, it's hot, and it's too early to prepare for winter? -- However, Xu Zhengfang and several other persons in charge of logistics have always obeyed Li Jiansheng's orders, and they have only resolutely carried out the opinions of the commander-in-chief, regardless of whether the commander-in-chief's opinion is right or wrong. He Changming's Soviet district government gave great support to the troops, and winter clothes and quilts were continuously sent to the troops. Li Jiansheng also asked Xu Zhengfang to spend a lot of money to buy medicines, tung oil and other strategic materials. Fortunately, because the current ocean of Li Jiansheng's department is very rich, and now that it is being used, all aspects of material resources are constantly gathered. What's more, Li Jiansheng's last treatment of Shang Qide's businessmen has finally shown its power, and these people have brought Li Jiansheng's troops something that the troops lacked and could not buy: medicine.
Huang Su and the others are all old sparrows, although they don't understand what Li Jiansheng means by this, but looking at him stockpiling materials on such a large scale, he always feels that something is wrong. Li Jiansheng had the heart to explain, but he couldn't speak. Only occasionally "reasoning": this time, the Red Army in various places is afraid that it will be difficult, because the enemy's tactics are different this time, the encirclement is very strong, and the supply of the Red Army is very difficult.
Only at this time, Li Jiansheng still did not dare to say that the Red Army might launch the Long March a few months later, in October 1934. At that time, the most scarce thing is supplies! Historically, many Red Army soldiers died of starvation, and some froze to death. What Li Jiansheng is doing now is to take precautions in this regard!
That's enough, though. Because Li Jiansheng is so "reasonable", it can really be accepted by everyone. Everyone no longer hesitated, and all went to the front line to organize all troops to prepare supplies. Although some recruits were still implementing at first, they were secretly resistant, and then they were patted on the head by those veterans: Damn, this is an order personally given by the old regiment commander and the current commander-in-chief of the front army, and you dare not listen to it? When I asked later, I learned that Li Jiansheng, the former veteran head of the South Hunan Independent Regiment and the current commander-in-chief of the Front Army, had never given an order in his life, and he was often very forward-looking, so everyone stopped talking, but just resolutely implemented it 100%!