However, it can be assumed that if the two major armies of the Red Party besieged Kaifeng for a period of time as originally planned before launching an attack, then the overall deployment of the Central Plains General Battle would be completely disrupted by the unexpected "Gannan Incident", which would have allowed the four or five hundred thousand Japanese troops to escape from the encirclement in part or even in full, and at worst would have caused serious defeats for the two major armies of the Red Party, and if Chiang's army joined forces with the Japanese army, the consequences would be even more unimaginable, and not only would the two major armies and the masses in the border areas pay a heavy price. The final victory of the war of resistance will also be delayed for at least one to two years.

However, Hu Weidong did not think that the old Chiang, who was "immeasurably democratic and dictatorial and courageless," had the courage to cooperate with the Japanese under the infamy of being a "traitor." At most, he tacitly agreed that at the same time he regarded the Red Party as the number one enemy, while the Japanese and Chiang tried to avoid conflicts, otherwise there would be no reason for the "time difference" that made it difficult for Lao Chiang to ride the tiger this time. After thinking about this layer, Hu Weidong breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but also felt somewhat fortunate about the "time difference" that occurred unexpectedly because of the voluntary surrender of the Japanese army.

It is also worth mentioning that Shunroku Hatata, the former commander of Japan's Central China Dispatch Army, who surrendered shortly after the surrender, could not help but regret it after learning the news of the "Gannan Incident." If there is no "Gannan Incident", Hata Shunroku can still be said to be really unbeatable, with his background and connections, at least it is not difficult to keep his family, but the "Gannan Incident" This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was missed by him, which directly changed the direction of the war, and this crime is too great, even if he is a prince, he can't afford it. Therefore, in order to avoid harming his family, Shunroku Hata had to find an opportunity to commit suicide in order to reduce the charges on his body as much as possible, and many other captured devil officers also followed his example, and even some tried to escape from the prisoner of war camp and were decisively suppressed by the 15th Group Army, with more than 500 dead

Compared with Hu Weidong, Taizu was even more furious when he learned the news of the "Gannan Incident". On the one hand, he severely criticized Xiang Ying and others for their major mistake of stubbornly adhering to Wang Ming's line, and used this to completely drive the remnants of the internationalist faction away from the front line, and on the other hand, he set out to launch an all-out counterattack against Chiang's regime.

January 15, 1939. On behalf of the Red Party Central Committee, Taizu sent a telegram to the whole party and the whole army, "All the benevolence, righteousness and morality of Jiang are nonsense, don't believe it." The Central Committee decided to launch a full-scale counteroffensive both politically and militarily. ", and emphasized. Only a fierce and resolute all-out counteroffensive can save the anti-Japanese national united front, which was seriously damaged by Chiang, and we must not be afraid of a break. Fierce counter-attacks must put an end to our moderation immediately. ”

Politically, the Red Party's powerful propaganda apparatus made Lao Chiang a point of reference for a while, and the image of the leader of the Anti-Japanese War, which he had finally built, was also hit like never before. The Red Party's military strength was many times stronger than in history, which made the local powerful factions in the Kuomintang rise up one after another to reprimand Lao Chiang to dissociate himself from the Red Party and prevent himself from being scapegoated and attacked by the Red Party forces. For the same reason, unlike historically, which has been more politically oriented, the Red Party in this time and space has placed more emphasis on military counterattacks. The three-pronged approach dealt a heavy blow to Chiang's regime

First of all, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which was on its way back to the border area of North China, was ordered to march into Taiyuan in three ways, all the way to Taiyuan, and strive to use this opportunity to completely uproot the shili of Yan Xishan. Although Yan Xishan has not expressed his opinion on the "Gannan Incident" so far, his political attitude has always been to the right, and he also owes blood debts to the Red Party and the masses. Just in case, it's better to strike first.

More importantly, although the Red 15th Army occupied Taiyuan, due to time constraints, it only had time to move away the military industry and some heavy industrial equipment, but Yan Xishan's achievements in building Shanxi were not only military and heavy industry, but also not limited to Taiyuan. As for the fact that Shanxi was once occupied by the Japanese invaders, and because it was quickly defeated by the 15th Army and the Eighth Route Army, these factories did not suffer much damage, at least one-third of the total production capacity of Shanxi's industrial heyday.

Although poor Yan Xishan is very hostile to the Red Party in his bones, after the defeat of Xinkou, the Jin Sui Army has been greatly injured, and there are only large and medium-sized cities in Shanxi such as Taiyuan in the jurisdiction, and the territory is far less than before, and the troops that can be fed are naturally much less, so the strength has not yet recovered to more than 100,000, of which nearly two-thirds are still the Shanxi New Army that is actually controlled by the Red Party to a large extent.

But Rao is Yan Xishan cautiously as a little daughter-in-law for more than a year, in the end still not spared, there are 200,000 male soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, more than 50,000 people of the Shanxi New Army revolted out of the Jin Sui Army sequence, plus for the civil war of fratricidal compatriots, the officers and soldiers of the Jin Sui Army, especially the lower-level officers and soldiers, did not have much will to fight, after the enemy came, they surrendered and even defected, the 34th Army of the Eighth Route Army only took less than half a month to sweep the entire territory of Shanxi, and the number of people killed in the stubborn resistance of the Jin Sui Army was less than 3,000, The rest all revolted or were captured, while the casualties of the Eighth Route Army were only more than 500 (more than 1,500 if the rebel forces such as the Shanxi New Army were included). Most of them were killed in the battles of the militia forces, and Liu Bocheng, the commander of the 34th Army, couldn't help but sigh, "Since the army, there has never been a battle so easy." ”

Seeing that Taiyuan was difficult to defend, Yan Xishan immediately left his subordinates and fled south by plane, but was driven back to the airport by a fighter squadron of the North China Air Corps, Yan Xishan did not have the courage to commit suicide after all, so he had to surrender to the 34th Army. Originally, because of the relationship of blood debt, Yan Xishan would not be happy even if he surrendered, but Hu Weidong believed that he had made a certain contribution to China's industrialization to the people's livelihood in Shanxi, and took into account the needs of the united front work, so he specially interceded for him, and the white area work faction in the party also echoed it, so Yan Xishan was not too embarrassed, and after a short period of political study, he even got the opportunity to reactivate because of his pragmatic style, and successively served as the minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry (Note 1), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and other positions, of course, these are all later words

Note 1: The ministries and commissions at the beginning of the establishment of New China in this time and space are different from those in history, and the industry is divided into eight ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, the Ministry of Machinery Industry, and the Ministry of Electrical Industry. )