However, after Wei Lihuang's ministry entered the Soviet area, the news of wantonly killing party members and cadres and revolutionary masses shocked Hu Weidong, due to the influence of propaganda in later generations, Hu Weidong always thought that Wei Lihuang was "pro-Chi", but he did not know that it was in history that he saw the broad-mindedness and selflessness of the Chinese Red Party members in the "Xi'an Incident" and the later War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

Originally, even if the left-behind troops in the Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong Soviet regions could not confront the enemy head-on, they could still make Wei Lihuang anxious by relying on familiar guerrilla tactics, but Wei Lihuang's cruel methods made Hu Weidong a little jealous, what if the guerrilla war angered Wei Lihuang and made him do more excessive things, what should he do? It is one way to evacuate the villagers into the mountains, but with Wei Lihuang's old and serious style of employing troops, he will definitely stay in the Soviet area for a long time, and then the economy and people's livelihood in the Soviet area, which has not yet recovered, will inevitably suffer another heavy blow, not to mention anything else, and the shortage of food in one season alone will be enough to cause hundreds of thousands of people to die of famine

"No, we must lure him away!" , Hu Weidong couldn't help but feel anxious when he thought of this, but Wei Lihuang has always been very assertive in using troops, as long as he thinks it is wrong, even if it is Lao Jiang's order, he often goes back, so the Red 15th Army can't just go north, it has to fight a big battle, a big battle that can shake the foundation of Lao Jiang's rule, in order to force him to force Wei Lihuang to go north to rescue, and even remove him from his post because of his disobedience.

On June 12, 1935, the main force of the 15th Red Army and a total of 180,000 non-combatants left Kaihua County, Zhejiang, and only then did it really begin the iron-blooded journey called the "Long March on the East Road" by later historians. Before leaving, considering that Tan Zhenlin's military talent may not be enough, Hu Weidong, with the approval of the central government, appointed Ye Fei as the commander of the Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Anhui Military Region, and Tan Zhenlin as the political commissar, and also left the arsenal located at the intersection of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces to the Soviet area

Before leaving, Hu Weidong demanded that the invaded Soviet districts and counties resolutely clear the fields and at the same time lay more mines, so that the already slow march of Wei Lihuang's troops would become more and more sluggish, and the area that could be harmed by the main force of the Red 15th Army would be much less before it was led away. Although this would have caused greater damage to the eastern counties of the Soviet district, the sacrifice was worth it from the overall perspective of the Soviet zone as a whole. Hu Weidong, who was forced to harden his heart to make this decision, did not realize that it was from this that he gradually gained the consciousness that a general should have

Since the Red 15th Army really planned to leave the Soviet area this time, Hu Weidong did not even touch those county towns on the road in order to speed up the march, and as a result, he inadvertently confused the enemy. Liu Zhi had been collecting information about the Red 15th Army since the last fiasco, and he found that his bitter master was very fond of capturing cities and towns, and he did not let go of almost every county seat he passed, so when he received reports from the counties that the Red 15th Army passed along the way, he naturally thought that this was just a suspicious tactic of the enemy, and he adopted a policy of not changing to meet all changes, gathering heavy troops in Wenzhou to wait for the upcoming big battle. But Liu Zhi did not expect, no, almost everyone did not expect that the target of Hu Weidong's attack was Hangzhou, one of China's leading cities and the provincial capital of Zhejiang

When Hu Weidong said that he was going to attack Hangzhou, even Su Yu, who had always been bold in using troops, thought that Hu Weidong was joking, and immediately dissuaded him after discovering that he was serious, but Hu Weidong told everyone that as early as the beginning of the repair, some special combat members had already infiltrated Hangzhou City (at that time they just wanted to find out intelligence), and with their cooperation, this time the Red 15th Army will use a new siege tactic, and at the same time, the other part of the special forces will be responsible for cutting off the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway connecting Shanghai and Hangzhou if necessary. As long as the reinforcements were delayed for three days, Hu Weidong was confident that he would take Hangzhou. And this is only the most pessimistic situation, if this time the luck is not too bad, there will likely be more than one siege of the city to send reinforcements, and then Su Yu, who is the best at fighting annihilation among the famous Chinese generals in modern times, will have the opportunity to show his skills...,

In order to free up a large number of mobile troops to encircle the Soviet area on three sides, Lao Chiang had to draw a large number of troops from various places, and even the garrison strength in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, his core ruling area, was greatly reduced, and now there is only one type B division in Hangzhou that is not yet formed, and even if the garrisons of several surrounding counties and the police in the city are added, the strength of the army is less than 20,000. Of course, Lao Jiang did not expect that someone would dare to attack the idea of Hangzhou, but with the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, which is a land artery, and Hangzhou is a coastal city, once Hangzhou is attacked, reinforcements from Nanjing and Shanghai will arrive soon, which under normal circumstances makes Hangzhou an excellent trap to invite you into the urn.

However, relying on the new tactics he had long wanted to use, Hu Weidong believed that the Red 15th Army had the ability to defeat the main force of the Nationalist Army stationed in Hangzhou within one day and occupy the whole city within three days, and even if reinforcements arrived, it would only give the Red 15th Army a chance to make dumplings, because of the inefficiency of the mobilization and assembly of the Nationalist Army, if you want to send reinforcements of more than 100,000 people at once, even in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou area with convenient transportation, it will take at least ten days and half a month, and then the Red 15th Army will have already captured Hangzhou, and if you want to hurry up, you must arrive in batches. That naturally gave the Red 15th Army the opportunity to concentrate its superior forces to break through, and Hu Weidong could also use special forces to sabotage the railway to delay the enemy's land reinforcements, as for the sea route, the maximum caliber of the national army's naval guns was only 150mm, and the old Jiang who threw a mouse trap may not be willing to destroy his hometown and foundation. Moreover, "Even you think that it is unrealistic to attack Hangzhou, how could the enemy think that we would attack this big city?" ”

Listening to Hu Weidong's analysis, Su Yu and Mao Zetan, who were also not small, were no longer as opposed as before, and were willing to sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman and gamble with Hu Weidong, but Su Yu still strongly asked him to temporarily leave those non-combatants in the Soviet area, after all, this battle is not trivial, and it is really laborious and dangerous to carry these burdens, so he would rather waste a little time and wait for the end of the Hangzhou campaign to come back to pick up people, Hu Weidong accepted this pertinent opinion, but in order to improve efficiency, he deliberately left a brigade of troops, Responsible for escorting cadets, mechanics and specialists out of the Soviet zone to rendezvous with the main forces of the Red 15th Army after receiving his order.