The political significance of such a report is quite powerful, and to put it mildly, it is equivalent to a slap in the face of Lao Jiang. Moreover, unlike in history, the report of the mission warned that because the T Communist Party had already demonstrated extraordinary combat effectiveness with the assistance of the Soviet Union, in this report, the observers warned Washington somewhat "appallingly" that it was better not to support Chiang in a civil war, and that if such a decision was made, American interests in China would be fundamentally damaged.

Of course, it is a pity that this report, as in history, has not been fully taken seriously by the top level of the United States, and even thinks that the report is a bit of a fantasy. However, Roosevelt did not reject the report, but used it to put pressure on the Scraping People's Party.

I have to say that the old president is also very good at this kind of trick, and for a while Jiang felt that the rain was coming, and he reluctantly made concessions -- agreeing to convene the Political Consultative Conference, but the Political Consultative Conference must be convened in Chongqing.

The T Communist Party is not so stingy about this, as long as you, Jiang and someone, agree to convene a political consultative conference, this is a victory, as for the convening in Chongqing, you think it will be beneficial to you? Naive!

Yes, Jiang did have the intention of taking advantage of the home battle, but he was not careful to hide it at all, and soon Li Xiaofeng issued a warning on behalf of the Soviet Union: "The Soviet government will not allow anyone and any force to sabotage this peaceful conference, let alone allow anyone to use force and coercion to seek personal gains." The Soviet government, together with the US government, will supervise the process of the conference! To ensure long-term peace and peace in China. The fulfillment of the Lord! ”

Lao Jiang really hated the Soviet Union to death, and every time it was a critical moment, the Russians came out to make trouble, and if he could drive Li Xiaofeng out of China, he would do it immediately.

Of course, we all know that this is not possible. Especially with the successful convening of the Political Consultative Conference, when the people. After the main party also made similar demands like the T Communist Party, Lao Jiang's mood was really quite bad.

"Headmaster, although these conditions are harsh, the students think they might as well agree first."

Lao Jiang glared at Dai Li viciously, and said angrily: "If this is agreed, our party's bloody struggle for more than 30 years will be in vain, and my Chinese generals will not be a country!" ”

Dai Li hurriedly explained: "Principal, students think that these things on paper are uncountable, and with the strength of the party-state and the assistance of the United States, it is easy to level the ****." The most important thing now is to enlist the support of the United States! ”

Dai Li's words are true, even if the T Communist Party has won a few battles in North China, but in the eyes of the Scraping People's Party, the Scraping Army is still far superior, especially after the United States has weapons and equipment, the gap between the two sides is as big as Mount Tai and Dongshan. You might as well pretend to agree to those conditions, and when the time comes, you can use them as butt wipes. What's more, agreeing to these conditions at this time is conducive to alleviating the current boiling public discontent and reversing the absolutely unfavorable situation in public opinion.

Lao Jiang accepted Dai Li's suggestion, which was a good way for him to retreat. Indeed, with the concessions of the People's Party, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) finally entered the fast lane, and a series of peace proposals were finalized in the form of legal provisions, the most important of which was the formation of a multi-party coalition government after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

There may be comrades who want to say, this is what is important. Didn't it also determine the principle of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party before? This is still different, a multi-party coalition government will enable the T Communist Party to obtain the same status with the T Party in the legal sense for the first time, within the framework of the coalition government, everyone is equal, even if you still have some kind of advantage, but you can no longer shout and kill the T Communist Party in the name of the government.

It can be said that this has fundamentally determined the political status of the T Communist Party, which is of great significance. After all, in the future, within the framework of the United Nations, it is no longer just the Scraping People's Party that can represent China, and the absolute right to speak of the Scraping People's Party has been washed away. That is to say, in the future, Huaxia will have a stake in the five hooligan seats in the United Nations, and after defeating the People's Party, the T Communist Party can naturally take over the representation.

Of course, this also has a premise, that is, Lao Jiang can be eliminated cleanly and completely. In Li Xiaofeng's view, this should be easier than in history, if the Soviet Red Army can successfully liberate Taiwan, then after the outbreak of the civil war in the future, it will be impossible for Lao Chiang to retreat to Taiwan after being defeated. In fact, he basically has no place to retreat, Hainan Island? The Qiongzhou Strait is not the Taiwan Strait, Han Xianchu was able to cross it with wooden boats, and there is no reason why the T Communist Party has the support of the Soviet Union is worse than in history.

In Li Xiaofeng's view, if Lao Jiang ran fast enough, it was possible to go to the United States to establish a government-in-exile, but what is the meaning of such a government-in-exile? What's more, even if a government-in-exile is to be established, the Americans' preferred spokesperson will definitely not be Chiang, and the US imperialists will find a more obedient dog.

What's more, even if the US imperialists set up this government-in-exile, it would not be interesting, because as mentioned earlier, the CPPCC will have absolute legal effect. Once Chiang Lao is defeated, I am afraid that his legal status will be quickly denied, and as long as the Soviet Union supports it, the change of representation will be much easier than in history.

Let's put it this way, Li Xiaofeng's most important mission during his visit to China is to promote this political consultative conference, and as long as the T Communist Party can occupy a certain position in this meeting, then things will be much easier to do in the future.

Therefore, after the successful convening of the Political Consultative Conference and the safe escort of Taizu back to Yan'an, Li Xiaofeng hurriedly returned to Moscow, he had been out for a month or two, and he had to go back. Just when Li Xiaofeng boarded the Li-2 transport plane to return home, he did not know that the Second Handan Campaign had finally entered a new stage -- the three main divisions of the T Communist Party had initially surrounded Okamura Ningji's troops north of Anyang, and a war of annihilation was just around the corner!

Let's start from the beginning, when the Japanese army launched wave after wave of fierce offensives under the command of Okamura Ninji, but they were never able to deal with the 115 in front of him, Okamura Ninji actually felt a little bad. The tenacity of the Eighth Route was completely beyond his expectations, because with the full "jade shattering" of the Fourth Brigade of the Cavalry, there should be no reason for the Eighth Route to continue to stubbornly resist, unless it was a larger battle attempt.

At that time, Okamura Ninji did not expect that Hachiro was already planning to taste his piece of fat, and his judgment was that Hachiro might try to resist the Imperial Army head-on, trying to change from guerrilla warfare to regular warfare.

I have to say that Okamura Ningji's judgment was too optimistic and taken for granted, and many years later, before he was about to be hanged, he recalled: "In the battle of Handan, I categorically did not expect that the tactical change of the Eighth Route would be so fast, let alone that they already had quite strong field and offensive capabilities at that time, so they made the wrong choice......

At that time, Okamura Ninji instructed the withdrawn Tanaka Kuichi Corps to be responsible for guarding the flank, and he was ready to continue to invest the main force until the 115th Division in front was defeated. By this time, the 129th Division had already maneuvered to Okamura's left flank, and the 120th Division had moved to his right flank, and was soon about to plunge into his ribs like two steel knives.

The day came quickly and suddenly, and in Okamura's own words, "it exploded like thunder." ”

He Shuai and Liu Shuai's movements were quite fast and decisive, and they almost defeated the alert troops on both flanks of the Japanese army in the blink of an eye, and surrounded the devils involuntarily. The attack was carried out so quickly and suddenly that the devil did not have the slightest time to react, and in disarray, he left behind the bodies of his seriously wounded and already killed comrades and fled backwards.

Why make this point so stressed? Because the devil has characteristics in fighting, one is because most of them are local troops, and most of the soldiers are fellow villagers, so they are quite united when they fight, they are desperate when they are reinforced, and they "take away" their comrades as much as possible when they retreat.

How do you take it away? It's very simple, the minor injuries are naturally carried away, and those who die in battle are naturally dragged away desperately, and then cremated collectively. So after the First World War, you can often see the devil hanging an urn around his neck. Anyway, in the Huaxia battlefield, the devil controlled the battlefield, and he took away every body as much as possible, unless all the members were broken or collapsed, otherwise there would definitely not be a body left. And this time, the devil was indeed defeated, not only did the comrades who died in the battle not have time to drag it away, but even the seriously injured forgot to mend the knife.

There may be comrades who are inexplicably surprised again, what does it mean to make up for a seriously injured person? Is there still a bit of humanity in this? Didn't you say that the devil even had to take away the corpse, why did you say that you tortured and killed your comrades in the blink of an eye? Isn't that a paradox!

There is no contradiction at all, or what seems to us to be contradictory and contrary to human nature, and the devil can get a "reasonable" explanation. For example, the above article is reasonable in the eyes of the devil, the devil advocates never being taken prisoner, so the general seriously injured who cannot be taken away will be asked to commit suicide, and in the eyes of the devil, letting the seriously injured commit suicide is a "human-oriented" move.

The most typical example is that in 1941, War Minister Hideki Tojo issued to the army in the "Battle Formation Training" section of "Honoring the Name", which listed "do not live and be humiliated as prisoners" as a military law.

And the so-called humanistic behavior of the devil is in line with Japan's concept of "humanitarianism". Suicide is a "human-oriented" act, so what is the way to be inhumane but acceptable? That's what is called "killing alive".

For example, Li Jiahu, head of the civil affairs section of the Tengchong County Government and secretary of the Tengchong County Party Department of the People's Party, recorded in the "Report on the Enemy Situation in Tengchong": "Every time the Japanese army suffers casualties, they will rush to transport the dead bodies and incinerate them, and no corpse will be left to be seen. The lightly injured were brought back for treatment, and the seriously injured were not heeded even though they were still able to speak and move, and asked to be brought back for treatment. ”

See, this is the fate of being a devil, anyway, if you don't die in the hands of the enemy, you have to die in the hands of your own people, it's a dead word after all. And this time, the devils were in a hurry to escape, and they didn't even have time to drag away the corpses and kill the seriously wounded alive, which shows how badly they were beaten.

After Okamura Ninji learned the news, he was naturally furious, but he didn't think that he would be surrounded at that time, he thought that the earth eight roads did not have such great ability, and the scraping army wanted to surround him with more than ten times the troops, even if the earth eight roads were more powerful than the scraping army, five times the strength would always be necessary, right?

Okamura Ninji had more than 100,000 horses in his hands, and at five times the number, that was at least five or six hundred thousand troops. Now that North China counts the Eighth Road and the Eighth Road of Earth, can there be so many people?

Anyway, Okamura Ninji thought it was impossible, so he immediately ordered the Chrysanthemum Corps and the 17th Chariot Wing to immediately counterattack to regain the position and defeat the Eighth Route Army in front of him. However, this requirement is a bit too high, the 17th Wing of the Chrysanthemum Corps and the Chariot Corps has a total of less than 10,000 people, and it is almost equivalent to a meat bun beating a dog head-on.

After half a day of hard fighting, more than a dozen tanks of the 17th Wing of the tank were destroyed, and the personnel lost three or four hundred people, but let alone advancing, they were surrounded by the 120th Division and could not move!

Such a bad situation was something that the devil did not expect, but at that time, the devil was not too anxious, thinking that even if he could not defeat the Eighth Route Army head-on, it was always easy to break through at night. Therefore, on the evening of the same day, the Chrysanthemum Corps organized a "Stand Up Demolition Squad" and dispatched about 50 elite "imperial troops" to form ten squads, preparing to attack the 120th Division at night to open the way for the main force.

At that time, these devils secretly changed into clothes taken from the dead soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, carried grenades, blasters, and submachine guns, and quietly infiltrated the position of the 120th Division. It's just that what the devil didn't expect at all was that the Eighth Route Army was also a good hand at night fighting, and it had long prevented the devil from playing night battles. This night, the 120th Division strengthened the guard post to strictly defend it, and as soon as the devil's standing demolition squad appeared, it was discovered, and suddenly the guns and artillery rang out, and the grenade mortar was thrown towards the devil's brain like rain, and in just ten minutes, the standing up blasting squad really "stood up".

According to a squad leader of the Chrysanthemum Corps, the wing commander told them that the Demolition squad was a great success, "blowing up seven enemy mountain guns, four heavy mortars, and eight heavy machine guns, killing more than 150 enemy soldiers." Anyway, we don't know where the devil's record came from, because the Eighth Route Army was almost uninjured that night.

Of course, the devil soldiers are stupid and it is best to deceive, they will believe whatever they say, and they really think that they have won a big victory. And the most puzzling thing is this, before the boss clearly told them to stand up for the blasting squad to open the way, and when the road was opened, they immediately turned in. And since the demolition squad has won a big victory, it should break through immediately. Why is it that in the blink of an eye, the top is asking to strengthen the position and wait for reinforcements, is this obviously nonsense! However, the ghost soldiers back then still didn't even have this basic judgment ability, and they were used to blind obedience, so they stupidly carried out the order.

Okamura Ningji was dumbfounded, the Fourth Brigade of the Cavalry in front had just played with eggs, why did the Chrysanthemum Corps and the 17th Tank Wing fall into it again in the blink of an eye, this is not scientific! In desperation, he could only draw troops from the troops attacking the 115th Division and instead went to relieve the siege of the Chrysanthemum Corps and the 17th Tank Wing.

To tell the truth, Okamura Ninji's battle is called a tangled, and it feels a little bit deep in the quagmire and unable to move. Wherever he wanted to fight like before, he always grasped the initiative on the battlefield, but now he can only follow the baton of the Eighth Route Army, and he is always caught in unexpected battles.

The 62nd Division was responsible for breaking the siege, and this division also laughed at the incompetence of the Chrysanthemum Corps and the 17th Tank Wing when they accepted the task of breaking the siege, but when they really fought with the 120th Division, their performance was really not much better!

When the 62nd Division tried to easily defeat the "Shina people" with first artillery bombardment and then infantry charge, as usual, they were met with a slap in the face. When the artillery attached to the 62nd Division just opened fire, it was immediately counterattacked by the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army from the depth!

This is a 152-mm howitzer of the 1937 model supported by the Soviet Union to the T Communists. In fact, it should be said that this is a howitzer with a maximum range of 17.2 kilometers, far exceeding the range of the 150 mm howitzers equipped by the Japanese army.

At that time, the artillery regiment attached to each division of the Eighth Route Army was equipped with an artillery battalion of 152 howitzers of the 1937 type, with three companies and 8 guns each. This is the top support firepower of the Eighth Route Army. However, speaking of which, this howitzer is actually an antique, and its father is a 1910 model 152 grenade of Tsarist Russia before World War I. This long-lived howitzer has played a great role in the Soviet era, for example, during the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet army was mainly armed with three direct descendants of the 1910 Type 152 grenade: the 1910/30 Type 152 Howitzer, the 1937 Type 152 Plus Howitzer and the 1910/34 Type 152 Plus Howitzer.

For example, the 1937 howitzer was a hybrid, and the Soviet designers simply installed a new body tube based on the 1910 Model 152 grenade barrel on the artillery carriage of the A-19 122-mm field gun. To tell the truth, this combination is quite good, but there is a problem, that is, the Soviet Union had limited production capacity that year, and could not produce so many A-19 gun mounts, so in desperation, the gun mounts of the older 1931 122-mm field guns could only be taken out to make do. This is the 1910/34 Type 152 plus howitzer.

It's just that this time and space is a little too heavy (close to eight tons in motion, seven .1 tons in battle), and the requirements for towing vehicles and roads are too high, while the Red Army's 1938/43 Type 152 howitzer, although the range is short, but the weight is lighter, and the long-range counter-artillery has an M-46130 cannon with a longer range, Naturally, these bulky 1937 Type 152 plus howitzers were eliminated.

As for the problem of transportation, anyway, the entire Eighth Route Army is equipped with 72 such artillery, even if people can make it up on their shoulders. (To be continued.) )