Why did Chiang Kai-shek ask Xue Yue to eliminate Liu Yuan's Tenth Front Army?

There are two reasons, the first is that he never thought that the agent doctor he sent to Liu Xiang's side leaked, and a series of agent strongholds all surfaced, and a large number of agents died at the hands of Brother Pao.

No one knows when Lu Dao began to convince Liu Xiang as a robe brother in Sichuan. Chiang Kai-shek did not want to see the scene of Liu Yuan and Liu Xiang brothers joining forces to dominate Sichuan.

But the leakage of the agent doctor can no longer break Xue Yue's body in secret, originally he wanted to let Liu Xiang die when he wanted, but now it is impossible.

At the same time, Li Zongren has already begun to hint at asking Chiang Kai-shek to return to the Central Committee, but Chiang Kai-shek does not want to return to the Central Committee so simply, he wants to show everyone his strength, that is, he wants to attack his former beloved disciple.

He wants to fight against the people of the whole world, no one else can move Liu Yuan, he can hit him at any time, or even weaken him, when he goes into the wilderness, he can let Liu Yuan wantonly consume the vitality of the body, then if he re-enters the central government, then he can also weaken Liu Yuan again.

And the Central Army, which had been extremely inefficient since the encirclement and suppression of the Tenth Front Army, finally began to break out its unparalleled marching speed and combat ability, and because of the Central Army's suppression of the formation, the small warlords became extremely active, and all the warlords who were unfavorable to suppress bandits were instantly swallowed up.

The Central Army eats these warlords, and they are more ruthless than Liu Yuan. And because of Liu Yuan's Eastern Expedition and the Long March, the warlords of the southern mainland of China were weakened very much, and with the gradual ups and downs of the Gui army, Chiang Kai-shek completely became the protagonist of the southern continent, although Chiang Kai-shek has not completely returned to the central government, but Chiang Kai-shek's orders have just begun to be issued, and the national government is like a machine to tell the operation.

In particular, Jiangxi, although Liu Yuan was ousted, the Jiangxi model did not change, and Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, served as the commissioner of the Jiangxi Special Zone, responsible for managing Jiangxi's economy.

Jiangxi, which does not have much resources, has exerted its strong vitality because of a set of effective policies, and countless weapons, ammunition, and materials have been transported from Jiangxi to the battlefield, and this is also the reason why the Central Army has suddenly become stronger.

The principal is back, they have guns and cannons, they have a father and a mother. And the Gui army was also supported by Chiang Kai-shek, and the weapons were changed.

Chiang Kai-shek believed that the area around the Wujiang River was the burial place of Liu Yuan's 10th Front Army.

After Chiang Kai-shek got married, he stayed in Xikou for a long time, and this time he did not study Chinese studies, but studied how to eliminate Liu Yuan, because he thought that Liu Yuan helped him eliminate the warlords of South China, and Liu Yuan already had a disobedience to himself, so Liu Yuan had no use value, so Liu Yuan and his Tenth Front Army became the focus of elimination.

And with the beginning of Chiang Kai-shek's operation, Mao began to keep a low profile, because there were few in South China, their living space became very weak, and there was no vacuum for them to be active, and the strength of Jiangxi did not give him the opportunity to strengthen himself, because many ordinary people did not listen to him at all.

And the only reason for their continued existence is that Dabie Mountain has a strong team and a strong base area, which intimidates Nanjing and does not dare to let Nanjing relax too much.

And because Nanjing used a large number of troops to encircle and suppress Liu Yuan, it temporarily gave up the encirclement and suppression of the base area of Dabie Mountain, which made Jiang Xianyun's development very fast.

But it was precisely because of these reasons that Chiang Kai-shek was able to use the strength to destroy the Tenth Front Army to become stronger, and he knew very well that now the Tenth Front Army was becoming very tired, fighting with the warlords, with the Japanese, with the Central Army, with the Cantonese Army, with the Gui Army and with the Guizhou Army, where did they get the strength to continue fighting.

Liu Yuan was resting in Zunyi, and Chiang Kai-shek saw it very clearly, that is, Liu Yuan was not good, and he couldn't hold on.

Chiang Kai-shek thought that Liu Yuan did not know that he had already left the mountain, but with the military transfer, Liu Yuanzai saw the problem. In just half a month, dozens of troops moved non-stop.

The intelligence sent back by the agents showed that the purpose of the central authorities was to thoroughly pursue and destroy the 10th Front Army, and to use the Sichuan-Guizhou region as an internal combat area, and the goal was to "limit the 10th Front Army to be brought together." (In fact, Chiang Kai-shek did not know that the Tenth Front Army had already concentrated its troops together; The area of operations on the outer front has been expanded to Hunan, Yunnan, Hubei, and Shaanxi, and the goal is to use the blockade of passes and rivers to form a situation of confrontation and suppression. ”

In mid-April, the 500,000-strong army controlled by Chiang Kai-shek crushed Zunyi with a mighty force, while the 10th Front Army had 50,000 men.

Yes, there are only 60,000 people left in the Tenth Front Army, and there are 20,000 people left in the Northbound Corps, which means that there are a total of 80,000 people left in the Tenth Front Army. The form was very unfavorable for the 10th Front.

Xue Yue took the lead and led the eight divisions of the Central Army to reach Qingzhen and Guiyang in the south of Zunyi. And He Jian of the Hunan Army was also bullied by the Central Army and lost his base. An angry He Jian attributed all this to Liu Yuan, and the Hunan army of four divisions had reached the east bank of the Wujiang River, across the river from the Third Army.

At the same time, Long Yun, chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, set up a commander-in-chief camp to prevent the Central Army and the Tenth Front Army from entering Yunnan.

Deng Xihou set up the general headquarters for the suppression of bandits in southern Sichuan, appointed Pan Wenhua, the instructor and division commander of the 21st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, as the commander-in-chief, and the Sichuan army was divided into three routes to strictly block the passage from Guizhou to Sichuan.

Before giving the order to attack, Xue Yue personally sent a telegram to his old friend, hoping that Liu Yuan would turn back and give up resistance so as not to cause innocent deaths.

Liu Yuan replied with a telegram, "When I was the division commander, you were still a regiment commander, and I taught you the ability to lead the troops, and your division commander Wang Boling was killed by me, so you are my opponent, you should resign with Principal Jiang, you are not my opponent." ”

On 25 April, He Jian, commander-in-chief of the recovery army, and Xue Yue, deputy commander-in-chief, jointly issued an order, and the armies of all walks of life attacked Zunyi, and the battle began again.

On 30 April, the 10th Front Army finally withdrew from Zunyi and came to Tongfang, an important town in northern Qianbei, and the General Staff finally came up with a battle plan that Liu Yuan considered to be a stool.

Zuo Quan also angrily pointed at Liu Yuan's nose and scolded, "Okay, Liu Yuan, Lao Tzu kindly persuaded you to let you take the troops away, and leave some of the troops around, you don't listen, you don't say that it is not suitable to enter Sichuan, and now you are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, you let me give you a battle plan, why don't you let me take you to heaven." ”

The other staff officers also had bitter faces, how could this commander-in-chief be so cruel, what was obviously impossible, what did he want us to do.

Liu Yuan looked at the map in a daze, very sad, and said to the General Staff, "At your level, how can I rest assured of you?" I've thought about making each of you a general? It seems that you can only stay in the staff headquarters, believe it or not, at least the three people present have already made up their minds. ”

Zuo Quan felt that his dignity had been challenged, "I don't believe that you generals can strengthen our general staff." ”

Xu Xiangqian shook his head and said, "Although it may hurt your self-esteem, I have to say that I have an idea." If I take these soldiers, I estimate that there are 30,000 men left. ”

Nie Rongzhen's expression was not very good, and he muttered, "Yes, I also have a way, I have rested for so much time." But at least there is a price to pay, and it is estimated that there will be 20,000 people left. ”

"Hey, the Left Power Staff is very important, but don't be too obsessed with numbers, we don't have heavy weapons like the United States and Germany to support, we rely more on strategy, this time I will teach you a lesson."

"Let's go, let's go to Chishui."