The sky was heavy, the northwest wind was swishing, and it looked like it was about to snow.

It has been more than half a month since Luo Binghui, commander of the security division of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Economic Region Government, commanded the troops to resist the ** attack. In the past half a month or so, the various units of the security division have fought on both sides in the Weinan area and the Shangluo area, resisted tenaciously, and suffered heavy losses.

The Red Ninth Army had been expanded to two divisions and six regiments before the extent of capture on the Long March. By the time the Red Army occupied Chengdu and the Fujia Campaign ended, the troops expanded again, and by the time the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, it became three divisions and nine regiments, and one small army became a large army. However, the Red Ninth Army did not have so many technical arms, a regiment is 1,200 people, and the total strength is a little more than 10,000.

After the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, the Red Ninth Army Corps merged with the Xi'an Garrison Region and was renamed the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone Security Division, with Luo Binghui as the division commander, Guo Tianmin as the chief of staff, He Changgong as the director of the Political Training Office, and Huang Su as the deputy director. It has three brigades, nine regiments and the Xi'an garrison area. After two years of development, the Weinan and Shangluo garrison areas have been newly established, and the counties have also set up additional garrison regiments.

Later, Huang Su went to Shandong and stained the land of Taixi with blood.

Now, the security division has withdrawn from the Shangluo area and concentrated its forces to defend the Weinan line.

**Although the garrison division and the security division were ordered to shrink the direction and let the enemy attack into the hinterland of Shaanxi. But there is also a bottom line, and the bottom line of the eastern front is in Weinan. If the first is released to capture Weinan, Lintong, the central station, will not be able to keep it, and it will have to be transferred immediately. Immediately after that, Xi'an will not be defended, and when ** occupies Xi'an, it will not be easy to take it back.

The defense of Weinan has been going on for two days, and the troops of the first theater and the southern part of Huzong who rushed from Shangluo have broken through the three lines of defense on the periphery of the security division and are rushing towards the county seat of Weinan!

At this time, Luo Binghui, who was in the Weinan Front Headquarters, was anxiously saying to Guo Tianmin: "Chief of Staff, send a report to the Central Committee, and ask the Central Committee to prepare to evacuate Lintong and move north." Send a telegram to Lao Peng and ask him where he has been. If you can't catch it again, just wait for me to collect Luo Binghui's body! ”

He Changgong has made great contributions in the Jinggangshan period in history, after the Long March across the grassland and the Red Fourth Front Army, the Red Ninth Army Corps, which served as the rearguard task, was once co-opted by Zhang Guotao, He Changgong was no longer trusted by the Central Committee, and his status in the party and the army declined, and there was no longer a chance to stand alone. Now, history has changed, the problem of Zhang Guotao has long been solved, and the Red Ninth Army has also developed into a security division, and He Changgong is still serving as the political commissar of the security division. Even Luo Binghui was not sent to the New Fourth Army as in history, but shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending Xi'an.

He Changgong saw that Luo Binghui was so impatient that his mouth was foaming, and said slowly: "Don't worry, the central government doesn't need to be transferred." We've been fighting for more than half a month, buying time for the main force to rush back.

I estimate that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng has arrived, and orders will arrive soon. ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long to receive a telegram from Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and commander of the Shaanxi Joint Defense, ordering the security division to shrink on all fronts, concentrate forces to hold on to Weinan County, and attract recalcitrant troops to gather in Weinan County. The main force has arrived, and it is scheduled to counterattack at 4 p.m.

Luo Binghui's strength disappeared without a trace at once, and he sat down on a bench, muttering to himself: "God, we finally got through it!" ”

Seeing that Luo Binghui was in a state of flux, He Changgong said to Guo Tianmin: "Chief of Staff, carry out the order of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, and order all troops to shrink their lines and concentrate in the direction of the county seat. ”

The contraction position of the security division was chased after by the end of the security division, and the county seat of Weinan was besieged on all sides. ** The officers were busy deploying troops and firepower, and shouted the slogan of attacking Weinan City and capturing Luo Binghui alive.

**'s search force has begun to advance to the west of Lingkou, and that posture is clearly to quickly attack Lintong after capturing Weinan and attack Xi'an with the troops of the Western Front. It's a pity that they don't have time, Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, has led the elite of the hundred battles who returned from the Shanxi battlefield to the front line, and the whole army is resting in concealment to prepare for the upcoming big war.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Peng issued an order to launch a counterattack on all fronts. In an instant, the two artillery regiments let out a roar, and a swarm of shells swept across the gray sky and smashed into the ** formation that was frantically attacking Weinan County.

Because the Eighth Route Army also had planes, and the main force of the fighters was the Soviet Union's Volunteer Air Force for Aiding China, they were unwilling to confront the fighters of the Eighth Route Army, and Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to have the only air force he had, so he did not send planes to participate in the war. ** Lost the means of aerial reconnaissance, unable to detect the route and accurate location of the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements, although the front-line commanders knew that the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements had crossed the Yellow River, but they did not know that they had arrived at the periphery of Weinan, and the muzzles and muzzles of the guns were pointed at them in black holes!

The rumbling sound of artillery shook the earth, and the common people of Weinan, who had been peaceful for a long time, were attracted by the might of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and many people quietly climbed to the cliff and the roof to see the spectacular scene of the bombardment of the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army.

The blow came too suddenly, and the ** officers and soldiers who were launching an attack on Weinan County were suddenly beaten somewhere.

The officers and men of Hu Zongnan said that they had gone through the Battle of Wuhan, had seen the heavy artillery bombardment of the Japanese army, and knew how to cover and dodge. The troops in the first theater of operations were miserable, they were not troops drawn from Zhongtiao Mountain, they were all from Luoyang. Although the troops transferred from the Mianchi, Shaanxian, and Lingbao areas fought for two years. The brothers have not yet taken over the fire with the "Day" himself, and the impression in his mind is still in the impression of the exchange of fire between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party before the Anti-Japanese War.

The officers waved their pistols and ordered the brothers to lie down and hide from the shelling.

The artillery bombardment hit the morale of the troops, destroyed the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and at the same time conveyed the message that the main force of the Eighth Route Army returning from Shanxi rushed to the battlefield! At this moment, the ** officers and soldiers who were shelled and were still shouting "rush into Weinan City and capture Luo Binghui alive" just now collapsed, and they didn't care about lying down and hiding, and they retreated backwards one after another. The troops that had not been shelled also began to turn back, and the competition was to see who could run faster.

Boom, boom, the shelling is extending, one shot, one group, one group of shells chasing the figure of the ** officers and soldiers, exploding, exploding, exploding!

At this time, something happened that frightened the officers and soldiers, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army of eight brigades pounced on the two wings of Weinan County.

Qin 11 replied with a loud trumpet on the earth!

At this time, not only the Eighth Route Army that came back to help launched a charge, but the Eighth Route Army in Weinan County also rushed out of the city gate, shouting and rushing towards **. Even the militias and local forces who had gone to the front to support the war followed the troops and launched a charge.

At this time, the ** former enemy commanders in charge of the command knew that the general trend had gone, and if they did not retreat, they would be prisoners of the Eighth Route Army. A series of orders were passed downward, not only the front-line troops besieging Weinan County began to retreat, but even the troops who were preparing to reinforce the operation also began to retreat.

If Chiang Kai-shek had flown over Weinan by plane at this time, he would have been able to witness the tragic situation of the retreat.

Historically, when the Japanese army attacked Lingbao Hangu Pass, Hu Zong's southern troops supporting the Hangu Pass operation had a major rout, and the army and division units fled backwards, and the American pilots in charge of reconnaissance reported to Chiang Kai-shek through the airborne radio, and used airborne machine guns to strafe and intercept the ** rout troops, trying to keep them and drive them back to the defense line, because the sheep did not appear behind the rout. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek was embarrassed in front of the Americans, so he ordered Hu Zongnan to shoot several division commanders, regiment commanders, and battalion commanders. Sadly, Hu Zongnan indiscriminately shot the battalion commander who stubbornly resisted the Japanese army on the front line of Hangu Pass and opposed the retreat of the commander without an order. Such a commander who does not distinguish between right and wrong, and reverses black and white, how can the soldiers fight with the devils!

For the first time since joining the army, Mr. Peng personally commanded two artillery regiments to fight.

As soon as the cannon sounded, Mr. Peng himself felt frightened, thinking about the power of several or even a dozen artillery regiments when Liu Yimin commanded the war, oh Mr. Peng had an idea at that time, that is, to concentrate the four artillery regiments of the four divisions in the Shanxi battlefield for use, in that case, no matter how strong the little devil's fortifications were, they would not be able to block the bombardment of the artillery group.

Peng Lao is always a fierce general, ** this rout, right in his arms, one after another orders were issued from the command headquarters, and the various troops chased after them. The two artillery regiments then followed up, as long as ** established a defensive line and tried to block the attack, the shells would rain down, shattering the ** stubborn psychology little by little.

It turned out that he was still as strong as an ox, attacking frantically, and trying to capture Xi'an, but under the iron fist of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, it turned into a defeated general!

Chiang Kai-shek may not have thought of this, but **, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai all thought of it, they fought a lot with **, and they knew very well about **'s spleen, knowing that this kind of army could only win battles and not defeat battles, and once they were defeated, they would fall into the water and collapse into an army, and it would be great if 100,000 troops could finally collect 30,000 or 50,000.

Of course, there is another key factor, ** fighting with the Eighth Route Army is different from fighting with the Japanese army. Fighting with the little devils, being captured and ending badly, the brothers can't do it if they don't want to. Fight against the Eighth Route Army, if you can fight, you can fight, if you can't fight, just kneel down and raise your hands to surrender. They are all in the ** team, and the ** policy brothers are clear and give preferential treatment to the prisoners.

The rumbling artillery of the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army on the Weinan Front woke up Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin and others, who were still in Chongqing commanding the battle against the map.

By this time, Chiang Kai-shek was still unwilling to accept defeat, and strictly ordered Wei Lihuang, the commander of the First Theater of Operations, to stabilize the Tongguan defense line and respond to the retreating troops from Weinan. At the same time, the troops advancing from Hanzhong and the north and from Longnan and Tianshui to the west were strictly ordered to quickly advance to Xi'an, seizing the opportunity that the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army were pursuing the troops of the First Theater and seize Xi'an.

Chiang Kai-shek firmly believed that as long as Xi'an was captured and the defense of Xi'an was strengthened, the Eighth Route Army would have no choice.

Wei Lihuang turned out to be a die-hard ** element, and Jinzhai, the center of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, was captured by him. After the capture of Jinzhai, Wei Lihuang's troops frantically arrested the families of the Red Army, and used cars to pull the wives and sisters of the Red Army soldiers to other places to sell, and did absolutely bad things. Many people in later generations who did not know his glorious history only knew that he cooperated with the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War, but did not know that he was collecting and creating evil in Henan and Anhui, and did not know that the veterans of the Red Fourth Front Army who came out of Hubei, Henan and Anhui couldn't help but pull out their guns when they heard the three words Wei Lihuang, and just wanted to shoot him.

After Wei Lihuang went to the anti-Japanese battlefield, he fought very bravely in the Battle of Xinkou. After the Battle of Taiyuan, Wei Lihuang was pursued by the Japanese army and almost became a prisoner of the Japanese army. Fortunately, Mr. Zhu ordered reinforcements to save Wei Lihuang's life. In this way, Wei Lihuang had a good impression of the Eighth Route Army and had a close relationship with Mr. Zhu and others.

This time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the First Theater to capture Tongguan, and capture Weinan, and then Xi'an, to be honest, Wei Lihuang did not agree. The Eighth Route Army was desperate with the little devils on the front line, but Chiang Kai-shek let him attack the present, what is this going on! Moreover, Wei Lihuang knew in his heart that without the bloody battle of the Eighth Route Army, his Zhongtiao Mountain defense line would not have been able to block the Japanese attack. Therefore, Wei Lihuang's attitude was that Chiang Kai-shek's orders must be carried out, but it was better to send someone else to command the attack on Weinan and Xi'an, and he would not go, so he had to leave some room for meeting with Zhu and Peng in the future.

After receiving the report that the Eighth Route Army's reinforcement troops launched a counterattack on the Weinan front line and collapsed, Wei Lihuang of the Luoyang First Theater Commander's Department lamented and hit the iron plate again.

Originally, Wei Lihuang was resolute and tenacious in his fighting style, if he personally commanded the troops, it was estimated that he could take Weinan at least two days in advance, and when Mr. Peng led the reinforcements back, it was likely that he would have to fight Wei Lihuang near Xi'an. Because Wei Lihuang was unwilling to directly fight with the Eighth Route Army, he sent Liu Zhi, the deputy commander, to serve as the commander of the former enemy, and at this time, Liu Zhi had long lost the demeanor of the five tiger generals when Chiang Kai-shek started Whampoa, and his energy was consumed on the belly of his aunts and wives.

After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's order to stabilize the front line of Tongguan, Wei Lihuang immediately sent Liu Zhi to his wife.1 Liu Zhi strictly ordered Liu Zhi to set up his headquarters in Tongguan, establish a defensive line in Tongguan, rely on the brittle line to defend it, resolutely resist the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army, and cover the retreat of all troops on the front line.

Liu Zhi received a telegram from Wei Lihuang, and scolded Wei Lihuang for not having a backache when he stood and talked, the troops were defeated on all fronts, the soldiers could not find generals, and the generals could not find soldiers, how to gather the troops to stabilize the defense line?

At the critical time, Hu Zongnan, who had experienced the test of the Battle of Wuhan, saved the troops of the First Theater.

Hu Zongnan was the commander of the 34th Group Army at this time, and was stationed in Nanyang after participating in the Battle of Suizao, and this time he was ordered to capture the Shangluo area and attack Weinan with the troops of the First Theater.

Chiang Kai-shek's combat intention was to recapture Xi'an, drive ** to northern Shaanxi or drive Huang Tong. Hu Zongnan's goal is clearer, that is, to completely eliminate the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone!

This time, Hu Zongnan, who had been captured and released by Liu Yimin, learned well, and when he was fighting, he no longer engaged the whole army in a rush, but strictly followed the tactical requirements of the infantry, and then launched an attack before covering the front, back, left and right. In this way, the troops engaged in the Weinan front battle are only part of the 34th Group Army, and the main force is still behind!

Because of this, after the defeat of Hu Zongnan's 34th Group Army participating in the siege of Weinan, the follow-up troops were able to quickly occupy their positions, stabilize their positions, and begin to launch a counterattack against the main force of the pursuing Eighth Route Army to cover the retreat of the troops of the First Theater.

In this way, the main force of the Eighth Route Army had to turn around, first defeat the southern part of Huzong, and then pursue and annihilate the rout of the first theater.

In the eyes of Mr. Peng, Hu Zongnan is a straw bag, not worth mentioning at all. Now Hu Zongnan's troops dared to counterattack the reinforcement troops with two artillery regiments, which made Mr. Peng angry, and immediately waved his troops and aimed the spearhead of the attack at the south of Hu Zong.

Historically, from the Red Army to the early stage of the War of Liberation, our army's equipment was too different from the first, and it was completely won by relying on correct strategy and tactics, brilliant command art, and the brave spirit of the soldiers.

After the equipment of our army was improved in the later stage of the Liberation War, ** was not an opponent at all. In that year, Mr. Peng commanded the Northwest Field Army of more than 20,000 people to meet Hu Zongnan's 200,000 elites, and finally beat Hu Zongnan to flee to 411, and finally fled to Taiwan alone. Now, the Eighth Route Army under the command of Mr. Peng has two heavy artillery regiments, this kind of artillery fire has surpassed the southern part of Hu Zong, with Mr. Peng's command level, coupled with the tactical level of the main force of the Eighth Route Army that has been honed for two years on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, Hu Zongnan is not an opponent in a hard fight, and can only retreat step by step. However, Hu Zongnan achieved the goal of delaying the Eighth Route Army to pursue the rout of the First War Zone.

The Battle of Weinan lasted for two days, and by the time the Eighth Route Army returned to repel the southern part of Huzong, the troops of the First Theater had established a defensive line on the front line of Tongguan.

By this time, the troops withdrawn from Jinsui and Jinchaji had also arrived in Xi'an, joined forces with the garrison division, and began to counterattack.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek realized that his plan had failed and that it was impossible to occupy Xi'an for the time being. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered all troops to establish a defensive line and launch a positional offensive and defensive battle with the Eighth Route Army.

Among them, the troops of the First Theater of Operations stubbornly defended the Tongguan defense line, Hu Zongnan's 34th Group Army consolidated its occupation of the Shangluo area, and the Jiang Dingwen Department on the southern front and the 11th large army coming north and the troops advancing eastward from Gansu were deployed in the north of the Qinling Mountains, relying on the Qinling Mountains to hold on.

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