Chapter 623: The Battle Temple

Yan'an, the central station of the Communist Party of China, in northern Shaanxi in mid-March, can already vaguely smell the breath of spring, the snow on the sunny slopes has melted, the ice skates hanging under the eaves, melted into water, splashed on the yellow earth, under the sunlight, shining dazzling luster, the air, full of moist breath.

The five secretaries of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and Ren Bi gathered in the cave of *** from time to time, since Tang Qiuli left Yan'an, more than a month has passed, and the troops who have changed into the uniforms of the national army and new equipment have been reorganized and trained, and they are waiting for the order to go out.

The CCP will never let go of such a historical opportunity, and it is by no means the will of the leaders of the CCP to live in a corner of northern Shaanxi, and in their hearts, they are pretending to be the whole of China, and the gathering of the leaders of the CCP is a topic, when to cross the Yellow River east and go to the battlefield in North China.

said in his thick Hunan accent: "Probably that little guy forgot about us, the millet in northern Shaanxi doesn't leave anyone" This is half a joke and half a question, causing a burst of laughter, everyone knows who the little guy in the mouth refers to, too, since he Jiang someone took power, no one can be on an equal footing with him, master the precedent of half of the country, the CCP helped him fight the Eastern Crusade, fought two Northern Expeditions, and finally was not forced to embark on the road of armed resistance.

For Tang Qiuli, who rose like a comet, the leaders of the CCP are full of curiosity, so young, but they can master so much military power in their hands, and become the mainstay of the anti-Japanese battlefield in the north, the strangest thing is that Chairman Jiang seems to be helpless against him, let him become bigger, change to someone else, he has long been cleaned up by Lao Jiang, *** in one sentence, made an explanation, "The times create heroes", the next sentence is probably "There are no heroes in the world, so that the shaft becomes famous"

According to the division of labor of the five secretaries of the Communist Party of China, Zhou Enlai mastered the intelligence system, he knew the meaning of this half-joke, and immediately said rigorously: "According to the information we have, Tang Qiuli is now setting up a command headquarters in Zhengzhou to command the Shandong Bandit Campaign, however, he gave the command to the head of the special operations detachment of the independent division, and also his cousin Tang Qiuquan, now, the bandits in Shandong Province have been eradicated, it is reported that Tang Qiuli personally ordered that more than 400 people were shot in Juye, Shandong, within three days, and now, He has shifted his attention to the Taihang Mountains and has frequently moved troops. ”

Zhou Enlai paused and continued: "According to the information provided by the Pingjin Underground Party, the new commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ningji, has assembled heavy troops in the area from Handan to Shexian. ”

After Zhou Enlai finished speaking, the five CCP leaders in the cave did not speak, and they were very shocked in their hearts, Shandong's banditry has reached its peak since the beginning of the Republic of China and reached its peak during Han Fuyu's reign in Shandong, and Tang Qiuli took less than two months to eradicate Shandong's century-old banditry, which is really unbelievable.

The mood is the most complicated, as one of the most outstanding strategic masters, he can see at a glance Tang Qiuli's intention to get involved in Shandong, the importance of Shandong's strategic position, it goes without saying, here, it was originally an eye of his ***, can make a big good article, but now, but Tang Qiuli took the lead, the Eighth Route Army marched eastward, and managed Shandong, it was inevitable that there would be a fundamental conflict of interests with Tang Qiuli, according to Tang Qiuli's determination to run Shandong now, no one would be allowed to get involved.

The leaders of the Communist Party of China here are all unborn talents, *** thought of it, they also thought of it, but these words can only be put in their hearts, but they are not a taste in their hearts, as if they were a treasure, they have been guarding for a long time, and they have been taken away by others, but they can't stop or take it back.

Zuo Quan, deputy chief of general staff of the Eighth Route Army, hurriedly walked into the cave, breaking the solemn atmosphere, "Chairman, boss, the general headquarters of the Yellow River Basin Theater has sent a telegram," Zuo Quan probably also saw that the atmosphere was different, there was no nonsense, and said concisely, "Cao Cao Cao is here, or he hasn't forgotten it, let's see, what kind of holy decree has come from this Vice Chairman Tang?" *** quipped.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the telegram, Zhu De took the telegram first, and said in a thick Sichuan accent: "Chairman, people asked us to send troops" *** took the telegram in Zhu De's hand, and after reading it, he laughed, "Is this little guy very understanding, knowing that we were forced out by Chairman Jiang to take care of the house, only the combat area was designated, how to play, let's have the final say, Mr. Zhu, it's up to you below"

Zhu De smiled innocently, "If you want to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains, this Vice Chairman Tang can be regarded as finding the right person, our Communist Party has been in Jinggang Mountain since the moment it became an army, and finally settled in Jinggang Mountain, that day was not in the ravines and ravines," *** laughed, "Boss, this thousands of miles of Taihang Mountain, but the roof of North China, let's go, the dragon returns to the sea, the tiger enters the mountains and forests, since Vice Chairman Tang has carved out the territory for us, it is difficult to be gracious, but it is disrespectful, so we will gain a firm foothold in Taihang Mountain, defeat the Japanese, and fight a new China, Boss, when you go on the expedition, we will send you"

Unfinished, he continued: "Let's cross the Yellow River east in three or six years, and we want to go to North China, so that Chief Yan is so nervous that he can't sit still, put on a desperate posture, and invite ten divisions of the Central Army to help, this time, let's take Shang Fang's sword, and pass by his Shanxi in a generous way, and see what else does he Yan have to say?" ”

After receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram ordering the Eighth Route Army to send troops to North China, the anxiety that had gathered in the hearts of the leaders of the Chinese Communists for many days was swept away, and Zhu De said to Zuo Quan: "Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, immediately send a telegram back to Tang Qiuli, the general headquarters of the Yellow River Basin Theater, and the troops of the three divisions of the main force of our Eighth Route Army will rush to the Taihang Mountain Theater in North China on 14 March via the Liulin Ferry of the Yellow River, through the Jinzhong region, and ask them to send a contact code and a radio call sign. ”

Tang Qiuli, who was in Zhengzhou, did not know that his telegram would have such a big repercussion within the leadership of the Communist Party of China, nor did he know that the topics of the leaders of the Communist Party of China were all about him, and his words and deeds were enough to affect the strategy and direction of the Chinese Communist Party.

All the deployments have been completed, and the troops participating in the Battle of Jingcheng Pass are ready, just waiting for their own orders, but in Tang Qiuli's heart, there is still a mystery that has not been solved, and there seems to be a layer of fog in front of him, which is not clear, which is the main factor affecting his order to attack and determine the time of attack.

Tang Qiuli didn't quite understand why the newly appointed commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ningji, would choose the Taihang Mountains as his first battle goal, instead of seizing big cities and plains, in North China, there were more valuable strategic goals than the Taihang Mountains, but he had invested so much money in the mountains, and there must have been something in the Taihang Mountains that attracted Okamura Ningji.

He stood in front of the map of North China for a long time, it was dark, and he didn't notice it, the staff officers and communicators, in and out, slowed down, spoke and lowered their voices, they all knew that at this time, the division commander was thinking about the strategic issue of heavy dà, and did not dare to disturb, Mei Ting and Mei Xue brought the meal, seeing his obsessive appearance, the sisters glanced at each other, or Mei Ting stepped forward and said softly: "Qiu Li, it's already dark, let's have dinner"

Tang Qiuli came back to his senses at this time, felt hungry in his belly, smiled apologetically at the two women who cared about him, and ate it in a big gulp, eating too violently, choking and rolling his eyes, Mei Xue hurriedly got a glass of water, and gently beat him on the back, he chewed the food in his mouth that he didn't know what it tasted like, but his eyes did not leave the map, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

Hurriedly called in a few operational staff officers, and asked them to mark the locations of the previous battles of the independent division on the map, and after being busy for a while, all the battle locations clearly appeared on the map, and I completely understood why Okamura Ningci took the Taihang Mountains as the focus of the attack, and all the battles were centered on the Taihang Mountains and spread out in a radial shape, and the farthest battle site was only the Xuzhou area, and the methods taken by Tang Qiuli were the same as those of Okamura Ningci.

Okamura Ningji must confirm that the Taihang Mountains are his rear supply base, and the materials and ammunition of hundreds of thousands of troops will be replenished here, and if they can defeat or occupy their own logistics supply bases for a long time, and cut off the food, grass and ammunition, hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse without a fight, perhaps, Okamura Ningji has a deeper conspiracy, and he will definitely not sit idly by and watch being choked by the neck, and will inevitably fight with the Japanese army repeatedly in the Taihang Mountains, so that in North China, a decisive battle between China and Japan will be formed.

Okamura Ning's secondary is this effect, with the abundant strategic resources in the Pingjin area, backed by the Manchurian Kwantung Army, coupled with the superiority of the Japanese army's strength in North China, it will be very difficult for him to be in the Taihang Mountains, so he must mobilize troops from various battlefields, and the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops who are pinned down in Cangzhou and Niangzi Pass can also free up their hands and join the Taihang Mountain battlefield, with superior forces, and gradually consume their own strength.

If the Kwantung Army moves south, its situation will not be good, hundreds of thousands of troops, gathered in Taihang Mountain, not to say that they can be withdrawn, to fight a war of attrition, their own capital can not afford to play, **, Okamura Ningji, this old devil, is really ruthless enough, want to solve the North China problem in a war, Taihang Mountain Base Area, and face another catastrophe.

Once he figured this out, all the contexts became clear, and the situation in North China was displayed in Tang Qiuli's mind in three dimensions, he couldn't help but laugh fiercely, seeing that several staff officers were terrified, looking at each other, even Mei Ting and Mei Xue frowned, this guy, the smile is too terrible, unspeakably evil, like a weasel holding a chick.

Tang Qiuli didn't care what they thought, since the purpose of Okamura Ningci's attack on the Taihang Mountains had been determined, the next thing would be easy to do, and the time of the attack on the Japanese army at Jingcheng Pass was when Okamura Ningci launched an attack on Licheng.

(To be continued)