Chapter 153: The Peace Conference Begins to Emerge

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Yang Hucheng's uprising immediately caused a chain effect, and countless officers and soldiers in the Northeast formed a formation (the highest regimental level) or spontaneously defected to the Red Army, while those officers who were inclined to the Nanjing government hurriedly took their own troops (usually large formations) to the south to surrender to the Central Army, and within a few days, the Northeast Army and the Seventeenth Route Army, which combined with nearly 200,000 men, no longer existed

In this process, both the Central Army and the Red Army have gained tremendous benefits, the Red Army has gained 80,000 troops, and the Central Army has gained 70,000 (a considerable number of soldiers have directly deserted), in addition, because the Northeast Army units thrown into the Central Army are relatively complete, and Xi'an has also been seized by the Central Army, which is closer and has more surplus troops, most of the heavy equipment of the Northeast Army has been obtained by the Central Army, so in terms of absolute strength, the Central Army has received slightly greater benefits. However, the total strength of the Red Army increased by a quarter at once relative to their respective bases, while the Central Army was only a fifteenth, and it was clear that the Red Army had taken a greater advantage. What's more, the Central Army only got 70,000 Northeast Army (the combat effectiveness is still the same), while the Red Army got 80,000 Red Army (the combat effectiveness was reborn), and it is obvious who gets the cheapest in the end

Knowing that the Red Army had taken advantage of this opportunity to grow so much at once, Lao Chiang was almost angry, but the hard-line attitude of the Red Party, especially the news of the Red Army's seizure of Xinjiang, made him dare not start the war lightly. In order to recall those officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route who defected to the Red Army. Lao Jiang had to release Zhang Xueliang again. and promised Yang Hucheng the weapons and equipment equivalent to the standard of the Central Army, hoping that he would "learn his way back"

However, the Red Party's ability to control the army was too strong, although the Red Army agreed not to stop it out of united front considerations, but even after learning that the young marshal had been released, there were not many former officers and soldiers in the Northeast who were willing to return, and they were basically officers, and Yang Hucheng was not a fool, so he naturally did not want to believe in Lao Chiang, who had always had little credit, so although Lao Chiang made amends, he only recovered less than 5,000 officers and soldiers in the end

In any case, Zhang Xueliang's release is still very beneficial to the resumption of peace talks between the two parties. In addition, the news of the Red Army's successive seizures of Hexi and Xinjiang caused great pressure on Lao Chiang, and even in order to restrain the development of the Red Army, he needed to reach an agreement with the Red Party as soon as possible, and the Red Party once again took the initiative to make substantial concessions, and the two parties finally stopped the civil war and agreed on the basis of foreign affairs. A basic agreement was reached that both sides could abide by

The Red Party first solemnly declared:

1. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles are necessary for China today, and our Party is willing to strive for its thorough realization.

2. Abolish all policies of insurrection and the Red Movement to overthrow the Kuomintang regime, and stop the policy of confiscating landlords' land by violence.

3. Abolish the current Soviet government, recruit local elites to participate in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and form a democratic and autonomous government of the special zone under the leadership of the national government.

4. The name of the Red Army was abolished, and it was reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army, which was under the jurisdiction of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, and was ready to go to the anti-Japanese front at any time to contribute to the country.

In addition, the Red Party also took the initiative to abandon the ten counties in the Jiangnan Soviet District, including all of southern Zhejiang and one of northern Fujian, which had always been regarded by Lao Jiang as a thorn in the flesh. Lao Jiang really felt the sincerity of the Red Party members to join hands to resist Japan. However, the Red Party actually did not suffer a loss, and the masses in the ten counties were all transferred to the Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong border areas, effectively supplementing the local population that was seriously deficient due to the war, especially the young and middle-aged, and at the same time, it was also equivalent to a screening to improve the centripetal force of the masses in the border areas to the Red Party, and it is worth mentioning that the cost of relocation was still paid by Lao Jiang, although the standard was lower

The Kuomintang, or more precisely the Nanking government, promised: to stop the civil war and unite with the outside world; the release of all Red Party and pro-democracy activists in custody; start war readiness against Japan as soon as possible; recognise the legitimacy of the Red Party and the various SAR governments under its control, including the newly occupied Xuchang, Northern Hubei, Ganningqing, and Xinjiang; stop all false propaganda and malicious insults against the Red Party; After the Military Commission sent personnel to inspect the various departments of the Red Army. gave him the number of the National Revolutionary Army and paid him military salaries (this was strongly requested by Lao Chiang himself, in order to show his leadership status, in fact, the current territory of the Red Army could fully support the current 400,000 troops); Arms and ammunition, as well as their production equipment and important raw materials (Note 1), must be recorded with the CMC and the CMC has the right to challenge them. If it exceeds the anti-Japanese needs (the standard is naturally in the hands of the government), the Military Commission will not allow it. Other commodities can freely enter and exit the Special Zone, but they still need to go through checkpoints (to prevent selling dog meat on sheep's heads)...,

In addition to the two parties, the major local powerful factions in China have also expressed their recognition of Lao Chiang as China's head of state and the supreme commander of the army, Lao Chiang never thought that he had fought so many civil wars before and failed to achieve the goal, after playing the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, he simply achieved it, he knew that this was the case, why did he bear so many years of infamy? What a regret for not being at the beginning!

In addition to the domestic Shili, the Soviet side also had to mention that Stalin, out of national strategic security considerations, not only put pressure on the Red Party, but also promised to give generous assistance to the Nanjing government, but because the strength of the Red Army was far stronger than in history, and the transportation route of Soviet aid to the Kuomintang was blocked, even though Stalin was still dissatisfied with the Red Army's forcible seizure of Xinjiang against his will, he still had to agree to provide assistance to the Red Party at the same time, but because of the request of Lao Chiang, The Soviet Union would not sell weapons and ammunition to the Red Party and all materials that could be used directly for the production of weapons and ammunition, except with the consent of Lao Chiang

However, the above is only a general agreement, and the specific details are still to be discussed by all parties, not to mention anything else, just the reorganization of the Red Army into the National Revolutionary Army, the two sides have to grind their lips for a long time, the Red Army now has 400,000 regular troops alone, if you include the "local troops" in the Central Plains Special Administrative Region and the Red Army in the south, it will be as many as 500,000 or 600,000, and the number of guerrillas and militia is even more terrifying, but Lao Chiang is only willing to give the Red Party the number of 100,000 people in the Ninth Division of the Third Army of the Red Party.

Note 1: It refers to the parts and components that can be directly manufactured into weapons, such as cartridge shells, primers, detonators, etc., which is indeed a great constraint on the military industry of the Special Administrative Region, but the loopholes are still very large, for example, seamless steel pipes need to be submitted for the record, but the equipment and machines that produce seamless steel pipes do not need (your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )

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