After the Battle of the Aleutians, the U.S. military intensified its bombing of the Japanese mainland and the Russian Far East. Supplies from the United States were continuously delivered to the Aleutian and Kamchatka lines. In early November alone, the US government organized more than 500 merchant ships to carry supplies, so many that they could not be piled up in warehouses.

Subsequently, the US North Pacific Theater and the Eighth Fleet launched another attack on the Kuril Islands and conducted landing operations. The Kuril Islands, like the Aleutian Islands, are a long chain of islands that lie right between Kamchatka and Hokkaido, Japan.

At that time, the Kuril Islands were all owned by Japan. Before the outbreak of the Far Eastern War, the Japanese army also deployed a large number of troops on the island closest to Kamchatka, and did not withdraw until after the outbreak of the Far Eastern War.

After the Battle of the Aleutians, the Japanese also tried to return to the island, but were attacked by heavy air raids by the American army, and finally had to give up. However, the Japanese army strengthened the defenses of Sakhalin, Hokkaido, and the South Kuril Islands. It will certainly be impossible for the U.S. military to easily occupy these places in the future.

While the U.S. army achieved a great victory, the Second Theater under the personal command of Zheng Huzi did not lag behind. Under the heroic struggle of the officers and men, they once again achieved a great victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the anti-fascist camp in the world.

Shenyang celebrates Shengping today, looking up to the clear sky and the sun is bright, six million people are happy, and the pot pulp food table is welcome!

Just a week after the fierce battle between the US and Japanese navies in Aleutian, the 91st Division, the main force of the 63rd Army, finally defeated the Japanese defenders, and the city of Shenyang, which had been lost for 11 years, was officially recovered!

"Shenyang has been recovered, and we are no longer slaves!" The people of Shenyang rushed to tell each other. The whole city boils over and turns into a sea of festivals.

"Long live the Volunteers, long live the 63rd Army!"

People chanted slogans and vented their pent-up emotions for eleven years.

In fact, not only Shenyang or Northeast China, but most of China is in a carnival. Even many people in the occupied areas could not help but shed tears and saw hope. Shenyang has recovered, will Dalian, Changchun, Nanjing, and Shanghai be far away?

Huangshan, Chongqing, the official residence of the chairman.

"Congratulations, Mr. Chairman!" U.S. Ambassador to China Goth clasped Chang's hand tightly. A diplomat's professional smile appeared on his face. He said cordially: "I have just received information that the 63rd Army has recovered Shenyang, and your country's second theater has achieved another great victory!" As soon as I heard this exciting news, I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart, so I came to congratulate you! ”

The muscles on Chang Kaishen's face trembled a few times. He smiled reluctantly: "This is a victory achieved by China and the United States." Please thank President Roosevelt and the American people on my behalf! ”

The two had a few words of cordial conversation. Chang Kaishen also set up a family banquet to entertain Ambassador Gao Si, and Song Xiaomei also cooked and made pastries herself, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. Happiness knows no bounds. During the dinner, the two also had friendly discussions on some key issues of Sino-US cooperation, and Ambassador Goss stayed until the evening.

Seeing Ambassador Gao Si's special car leave the Huangshan Mansion, Chang Kaishen's face suddenly became gloomy, he stomped on his crutches a few times, and scolded: "Niang Xipi, the Americans are uneasy and kind, hateful, hateful!" ”

He sighed again and said: "Alas, Zheng Huzi now has a territory, and there is the support of the Americans behind him, and it will be difficult to control it from now on, but I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with than the G Party." Hateful, hateful! ”

During the banquet just now, Chang Kaishen repeatedly hinted that the US Government's assistance should be handed over to the Nationalist Government and the Military Commission, rather than in direct contact with the Second War Zone. But this ambassador Gaosi always pretended to be confused, and he was bypassed several times. This made Chang Kaishen feel greatly annoyed.

Historically, Chang Kaishen threatened to compromise with Japan to prevent the United States from providing assistance to Yan'an. But it is no longer the beginning of 42, and the US military has been fully confident of defeating the Japanese, and it will no longer be accommodating to Chang Kaishen.

The more Chang Kaishen thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold, first scolding Zheng Huzi for using troops without authorization, without a leader, and being a shameful warlord! He also scolded the Americans for being allies, but secretly supporting Zheng Huzi and other military leaders, and his heart can be punished! scolded the generals of the national army for not fighting and losing many battles, so that the international status of the national government continued to decline; He also scolded the Japanese army for bullying the soft and fearing the hard......

It's a pity that the chairman's words were in vain, and Zheng Huzi, as the party concerned, didn't hear a word. Due to the rapid progress of the 97th Army and the 63rd Army, not only caught the Japanese off guard, but also greatly exceeded the expectations of the Second War Zone, making Zheng Huzi and others almost busy to death.

According to the previous analysis of Zheng Weiguo and the General Staff of the Theater, it would be good to open up the Western Liaoning Corridor in 42 years. Moreover, the winter in the northeast is unusually cold, and Zheng Weiguo is very worried that he will not be able to raise enough cold materials and food after the large army goes.

He originally planned to let the 97th Army hold in Jinzhou at most to the front line of Montenegro and Dahushan, and then send the 63rd Army to infiltrate the northeast hinterland, and then try his best to support it until the spring of 43 and then organize a second round of offensives.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army's rule in the northeast seemed to be stable, but in fact it was already sitting in the crater. Due to the war on the fourth front of the Japanese army (against China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union), the shortage of supplies, the depletion of troops, and now the loss of material supplies in North China, the cost of the war is almost all on the people of Northeast China.

In the face of the brutal oppression of the Japanese occupation forces, the people of Northeast China have long been miserable. And not only ordinary people, but even the puppet Manchu officers and soldiers are secretly brewing a wave of uprisings and anyway.

At the beginning of the Japanese invasion of Northeast China, the puppet Manchu army was mainly composed of "provincial defense brigades", and within the Northeast Army, they could only be regarded as third-rate troops, with extremely poor combat effectiveness and mutiny at every turn.

After 1938, Japan's rule in Tohoku was largely solid. The Japanese manipulated the puppet Manchukuo government to promulgate the "National Military Law" and implement a conscription system, stipulating that all adult men under the territory must serve three years of military service, and expelling hooligans and ruffians from the army, so as to improve the quality of soldiers.

In 1939, a military academy was set up in "Xinjing" (i.e., Changchun) to train high-quality officers. After that, the technical arms such as engineers, aviation, baggage troops, and antiaircraft artillery were successively added. After this training, the strength of the puppet Manchurian army was greatly improved.

However, these troops, which were based on "good people", had a natural hatred for the Japanese. Frequent uprisings, uprisings, assassinations of Japanese officers, and other actions greatly annoyed the Japanese.

Because the resistance of the Chinese was too strong, it was always difficult for Japan to reassure the troops formed by the Chinese. Therefore, a large number of Japanese officers and Korean soldiers were incorporated into the puppet Manchu army to spy on the Chinese. At the same time, the proportion of ethnic minority soldiers has been greatly increased, such as the Hung Yen garrison, which is composed entirely of ethnic Mongolians. However, instead of enhancing the centripetal force and cohesion of the puppet Manchu army, this method further stimulated internal contradictions in the army and made the puppet Manchu army even more "unreliable".

As soon as the 97th Army arrived at the front line of Montenegro and Dahushan, a large number of puppet Manchu troops revolted in front of the battle, completely disrupting the previous defensive deployment of the Japanese army and forcing all the Japanese troops to retreat into the city of Shenyang.

The General Staff quickly found the fighter. The main forces of the 97th Army were ordered to bypass Shenyang. Continue the attack to the north. At that time, Japan was very empty in the hinterland of Tohoku.

Li Liangrong immediately led the 34th Division as the lead, took the small road day and night, and pounced on Siping in the north of Shenyang. Although Siping is one of the most important transportation hubs in Northeast China, there are only the puppet Manchurian Xing'an Army and the Japanese railway garrison, as well as improvised Japanese expatriates (including sticks).

After a fierce battle. The puppet Manchu army once again mutinied in front of the battle. Most of the Japanese army was annihilated. The rest were all taken prisoner. At present, under the concentrated pressure of the 34th Division, he is working as a coolie to build fortifications on the Siping line.

At the same time, the 63rd Army, which arrived later, also launched a fierce attack on the city of Shenyang. Although Shenyang was garrisoned by nearly 10,000 Japanese troops. There is also a large number of Japanese and Korean expatriates. But these people and troops have been in peace for a long time, and they don't know how to fight at all.

The Tonghua incident in history is a good example, the tens of thousands of Japanese troops and armed expatriates who had the advantage were helpless even for more than 1,000 troops left behind in the Eighth Route District, let alone the elite of the 63rd Army.

Moreover, the Chinese residents in the city of Shenyang also spontaneously organized themselves to assist the 63rd Army in the battle. These people were familiar with the way, and they led the 63rd Army to constantly intersperse, and soon cut the Japanese positions to pieces. In the end, it only took three days for the remnants of the Japanese army in Shenyang to surrender!

Chief of Staff Zhou walked in quickly and said with a smile: "Yo, the commander-in-chief is still researching!" ”

Zheng Weiguo put the magnifying glass aside, moved his joints, and asked, "Where is the Seventh Army now?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou replied: "Oh, please rest assured commander-in-chief, the cavalry of Eyousan has already left Shanhaiguan, and the main force of the Seventh Army has also arrived in Luanxian. ”

Zheng Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "That's good!" ”

The great victories achieved by the 97th and 63rd armies were certainly very happy, but because the previous preparations were not sufficient, the victory in front of them was not guaranteed.

As the saying goes, if you take a big step, it's easy to pull the egg! There are only two armies that have entered the northeast now, and if the main force of the Kwantung Army counterattacks with all its might, it will definitely not be able to hold it. If additional troops are to be sent, there will be logistical problems again. If you can't win the war, and you can't hold it, you can only withdraw.

But it was not easy to take advantage of the chaos to take Shenyang and Siping, so you can't give it up again, right? These areas have just been recovered, and if the second war zone retreats without a fight, the common people will definitely be greatly disappointed. This is what Zheng Weiguo is extremely unwilling to see, so although there are many options, in fact, there is only one way in front of the second war zone, that is, to defend the Siping line with all his might.

To this end, the 2nd Theater of Operations urgently mobilized in the entire area of jurisdiction:

First, the 97th Army and the 63rd Army, which had already entered the northeast, were expanded into the First and Second Group Armies respectively, with Siping and Shenyang as the center for development, and rapidly expanded;

Second, he ordered Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Army to immediately end its rest and recuperate and rush to reinforce outside the Guan. At that time, the Seventh Army came all the way from Baotou and successively annihilated the 4th Cavalry Brigade and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, and its own casualties were relatively large. Zheng Weiguo asked the Seventh Army to leave the wounded and sick behind, and then directly transferred troops from the 40th Army and the 53rd Army to fill the shortfall.

This trick is the magic weapon of Chen Cheng's "civil engineering department" for rapid expansion, which is called "comprehensive exchange".

Third, a "transportation department" will be set up under the Second Theater Command, which will be fully responsible for the logistical supply of troops outside the customs office;

Fourth, they asked for help from the U.S. North Pacific Theater, asking them to support a batch of supplies, and sent bombers to bomb the main force of the Kwantung Army that had returned to the reinforcements, so that it could not quickly counterattack.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army also supported more than 100 "cadre work groups." This group of people has two roles: one is to receive and undertake administrative work in the recovered areas, and organize the local people to support the anti-Japanese war; The second is to infiltrate the occupied areas to organize insurrections and contain and disperse the forces of the Japanese army.

While they were busy, the US North Pacific Theater Command suddenly sent a secret telegram, saying that two special envoys would be on their way to request a response from the Second Theater.

Zheng Weiguo said: "Who will it be?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "Don't you know when you come?" I guess most of them are here to discuss cooperation between the two theaters in the future. However, I chose to come at this time, but I am afraid that the person who comes will not be good. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded, even if it is cooperation, there is a priority and a secondary, it seems that there will be a war of words later! (To be continued......)

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