51. Nanjing or Shanghai? (Above)
In general, except for the future General Su Yu, the fate of the other leaders of the Red Tenth Army in the historical records is basically very bleak - they are either traitors, scolded as waste, or labeled as counter-revolutionaries, while the rest simply become martyrs......
Of course, even General Su Yu's fate is actually not good - the marshal's hat that was originally nine out of ten is just flying! He was not rehabilitated until he died!
However, the reason why most of them ended up miserably is largely due to their own various fatal flaws - Zeng Hongyi is delicate but weak-willed, easy to waver, and feels similar to Qian Qianyi, a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty who "the water is too cold"; Le Shaohua is arrogant, rude, and lawless, a bit similar to Japan's "Jackal Bossa" Masanobu Tsuji, of course, not as excessive as him; Liu Chouxi usually acts as if he is quite reliable, but he has to drop the chain at a critical moment; Fang Zhimin is strong-willed and infectious, but lacks a talent for war, and is more suitable to be a local administrator than to lead troops to fight, a bit like Wen Tianxiang in the late Song Dynasty; Liu Ying is suspicious and indecisive, with a hesitant personality, a bit similar to Yuan Shao; Xun Huaizhou is reckless and ignores life and death, just like Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong; Su Yu is a military genius and political idiot, and he feels a bit like Yue Fei...... Such a group of "problem youths" were put together, and they were all misplaced, and the enemy in front of them was so powerful - it seems that it is difficult for the Red Tenth Army to think of tragedy!
As a result, a group of werewolves and decrepit revolutionary predecessors looked at the black and white words in the history of the party in such a dejected manner, and they were depressed to the extreme. Especially in the history of the party, the regiment commander Liu Chouxi, who was scolded as military wastewood, and the regimental political commissar Le Shaohua, who was described as a treacherous villain. Their faces were even more ugly, and they didn't know how to describe itβseeing that their bad reputation in history had been sealed, they immediately felt infinite despair.
ββZhao Kuo, who was scolded as a general but buried the army on paper, and was accused of being a traitor who killed the loyal and good people and brought disaster to the country and the people as a civilian official...... This is almost equivalent to degenerating into a harlequin in Peking Opera. In terms of reputation, it is just slightly better than traitors and traitors.
In the face of such a future and fate that has been stinking for thousands of years, it would be strange if Liu Chouxi and Le Shaohua's faces could still remain normal!
Alas, to put it mildly, if they are thin-skinned and have poor psychological tolerance, they should be so ashamed that they will commit suicide at this time!
On the other hand, for his suicide note "Lovely China" can be selected into the middle school textbook. Let the hundreds of millions of former students in China in the next few decades be dizzy and dim by reciting their own suicide notes as if they were treating the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism...... Comrade Fang Zhimin's heart is actually quite proud-the past and the present. In addition to being promoted and making a fortune, isn't the biggest pursuit of Chinese scholars to write books and write biographies?
However, when I think of my original history, it seems that I have only half a year left to live. Fang Zhimin couldn't be happier.
Therefore. The furry wolf ears that came out of their heads drooped low, showing a listless and depressed look.
It wasn't until Su Yu, Xun Huaizhou, and a group of "future comrades" pushed the door in with a bunch of military maps that they dispelled this invigorating atmosphere.
ββ¦β¦ Ahem! Comrades, how do you smoke so many cigarettes at once? You can smoke bacon in this house! β
As soon as General Su Yu entered the door, he was so coughed by the pungent smell of smoke that he pushed open the window without saying a word, so as to disperse the choking smoke. ββ¦β¦ I know you're all in a bad mood, but instead of sulking and complaining here. It is better to use tobacco to harm one's internal organs, it is better to seriously fight a turnaround battle and use the blood of the white bandit army to prove one's ability, this is the real revolutionary model! β
ββ¦β¦ Oh, yes! According to the original history, I will die tomorrow! Isn't it just the right thing to do now...... Everyone's cheer up! β
Xun Huaizhou also pursed his lips, and at the same time hung up a map, "...... Now I announce that the next operational meeting of the Red Tenth Army is hereby held! β
Regarding Su Yu and Xun Huaizhou's self-assertion, Political Commissar Le Shaohua first subconsciously opened his mouth, but then closed his mouth tightly and refused to open his mouth again - now everyone knows that history is clearly written in black and white, and half of the reason for the Red Tenth Army is basically due to its own indiscriminate interference in the military! In this way, not to mention what other people think in their hearts, even Le Shaohua himself didn't dare to squeak.
-- No matter how obsessed with the party's opposition to the same party, the tilting of power, the exclusion of dissidents, and the incompetence of internal and external wars, Comrade Le Shaohua at this time was, after all, a hot-blooded young man with lofty ideals and full of devotion to saving the country and the people, and not a reactionary spy who entered the revolutionary camp and was bent on sabotage......
In the same way, Liu Chouxi, commander of the 10th Red Army Corps, who was evaluated as incompetent in the history of the party, although he was very angry in his heart, he also lost some confidence in his command ability, and decided to talk less and listen more for the time being, and try to follow the opinions of the "future comrades" and Su Yu and Xun Huaizhou in terms of operations.
Moreover, in the original history, it was Su Yu who avenged them, supported their parents and elders, and raised their children and offspring - although none of this has happened, this does not prevent them from having a better impression of Su Yu and feeling that he is a trustworthy and good comrade.
Therefore, after eliminating all possible internal interference factors, the next operational meeting of the Red Tenth Army was successfully held in Changhua County.
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ββ¦β¦ Hangzhou is the first to rule out this goal! For us, the fight against Hangzhou lacks both political significance and economic benefits! β
Because of his concern for his own interests, Wang Qiu had no fear when he stood in front of the revolutionary ancestors, and he vetoed an offensive line without saying anything...... On the surface, Hangzhou is only a hundred kilometers away from us, and the distance is the closest. Although there were many Kuomintang troops guarding Hangzhou, they were all miscellaneous armed forces such as security regiments, and it was not difficult to defeat them...... But the question is, what good is it for us to capture Hangzhou? β
He waved the small wooden stick in his hand. Knock heavily on the location of Hangzhou on the map, "...... Now it is the Republic of China ruled by Chiang Kai-shek, not the Southern Song Dynasty with its capital in Hangzhou! The capture of Hangzhou will not overthrow the rule of the Kuomintang government! Of course. As the provincial capital of Zhejiang and a famous city in the southeast, after we conquer Hangzhou, it will definitely cause a shock in public opinion across the country...... But when the shaking is over, I'm afraid it's better to do whatever it takes......"
ββ¦β¦ Comrade Wang Qiu, after the Red Army conquered Hangzhou, how could it be that it should be done? According to the experience of the Xinhai Revolution. As long as a provincial city is laid, a provincial revolutionary government can be established in no time! The territory of Zhejiang Province is quite good in all aspects! β
on this. Political Commissar Le Shaohua seemed to be a little puzzled, "...... Remember that after the Wuchang uprising, didn't the revolutionaries immediately announce the recovery of Hubei? β
ββ¦β¦ Comrade Le Shaohua! It would be great if we could take the whole province of Zhejiang, but can this bourgeois revolution be the same as the proletarian revolution? β
For this lack of jishu content problem. Wang Qiu rolled his eyes directly. ββ¦β¦ Not to mention anything else, after the Nanchang Uprising, did you really control the whole province of Jiangxi? It's not that he couldn't stand up in a few days, and he was chased by the white bandit army all the way south to the seaside of Guangdong, and the 20,000 elite soldiers collapsed in vain! And during the Canton Uprising, you seem to have established a Canton Commune! But what happened to Zuihou? β
As soon as these two very typical examples of the early failures of our party were raised, several leaders of the Red Army in their own time and space were silent.
But Yuan Qi Lori Cai Rong was very curious about this, "...... Huh? Weishenme more than 20 years ago when the Xinhai Revolution was committed. As long as the revolutionary army captures a provincial capital, it can quickly take control of the whole province. And our Red Army did not? She pulled Professor Yang Wenli's sleeve and asked curiously.
ββ¦β¦ Because the bourgeois revolution only needed to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, which had been devastated by the people, and as long as the provincial cities were captured, they could immediately reach a compromise with the landlords, gentry, and merchant compradors, and establish a 'revolutionary government' that would change the soup without changing the medicine, and the old wine in new bottles...... But we, the Red Army, could not compromise with the old ruling class in this way, but spoke for the poor and brought down all these exploiting classes! Otherwise, what is the point of our revolutionary cause? β
Professor Yang sighed and replied, "...... According to the views of historical experts, the Xinhai Revolution was really very, very incomplete, so that it was so incomplete that in many rural areas, the whole society was no different from a revolution - there was a very vivid description in Lu Xun's "The True Story of Ah Q": after the revolution, the county magistrate continued to be the county magistrate, the old man made a petty official, and the leader of the troops was also the original old general, the landlord still collected rent, the bullies continued to lend usury, and many people did not even cut off their braids, but just coiled on the top of their heads...... Do you think the Red Revolution can do the same? β
ββ¦β¦ If we really want to do this now, after we enter Hangzhou, we must offer Yu Jishi to be the nominal chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Soviet, like Li Yuanhong. If a group of celebrities and gentry come out to be executive members, the security regiments in all localities will also issue the Red Army number as it is. The county governments of the counties must also be left untouched, and they must also give the titles of 'Soviet activists' to those local tyrants and gentry who have committed monstrous crimes. β
Fang Zhimin took over with a wry smile and said jokingly, "...... Then, Chiang Kai-shek will repeat the old trick, throw a few silver bullets, and seal a few officials and make a few wishes. If the imperialist powers send a consul or military attachΓ© to the embassy to threaten and intimidate, the freshly baked members of the Zhejiang Provincial Soviet Government will be busy holding a Hongmen banquet, ready to take our heads to invite merit...... I'm not alarmist! At the time of the Xinhai Revolution, the revolutionary governments of Changsha and Guiyang ended up like this! In the current China, the line of compromise will not work! β
ββ¦β¦ Okay, okay, now let's get down to business. Since the capture of Hangzhou did not allow us to establish effective rule over the whole province of Zhejiang immediately, we had to trap Hangzhou for a period of time and deal with the massive attack of the Kuomintang reactionaries. So, let's take a look at whether the geographical conditions of the city of Hangzhou are conducive to a defensive battle......" Wang Qiu said loudly as he tapped the map hanging on the wall with a wooden stick.
ββ¦β¦ The Qiantang River to the south of Hangzhou is dangerous, and the West Lake and mountains and forests to the west can barely be defended - although it seems a little pity to turn such a beautiful scenic spot into a battlefield - but the most fatal east and north are a flat river, and there are well-developed roads and railways to provide transportation. Chiang Kai-shek could have calmly gathered hundreds of thousands of troops and pressed on Hangzhou, leaving us in a situation where we were constantly being beaten passively...... Since the establishment of the Republic of China and the beginning of the warlord civil war. I don't know how many offensive and defensive battles have been fought around Nanjing, but Hangzhou has always gone down without a fight, which is very revealing. In the future War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang also fought hard in Shanghai and Nanjing, but Hangzhou was easily discarded......"
ββ¦β¦ Comrade Xiao Wang, what do you mean is that Hangzhou is an easy place to attack and difficult to defend. Unfit as a center of revolution? But the problem is, no matter what city we attack in the Yangtze River Delta region, we will encounter such a situation! Liu Ying, director of the political department of the legion, asked with some confusion.
ββ¦β¦ The geographical environment of Hangzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend. In itself, it is not the biggest problem, Comrade Liu Ying. β
Wang Qiu replied calmly, "...... Tokyo in Japan and Berlin in Germany. New York, USA. London, England, is just as easy to attack and difficult to defend from the topography, but they are all suitable as the center of the revolutionary movement - but the question is, is Hangzhou so politically important? So high that as long as our Red Army takes this city, it will bring the ruling order of the Kuomintang reactionary government to the collapse? Apparently not yet!
In addition, we have to calculate an economic account - after the capture of Hangzhou, will we be able to raise enough funds and materials to cope with a large-scale war? It should not be possible to look at the information. As far as I know, there is a future U.S. president after visiting Hangzhou. I once commented that this place is 'a beautiful West Lake, a dilapidated city'! Obviously, the wealth accumulated in the city of Hangzhou. Far less than Shanghai, otherwise the city would not be so broken!
At present, Hangzhou's industry is dominated by silk and textiles, and the other industrial sectors are extremely poor in scale, especially the lack of metal processing industry that can provide direct help to the war effort. Although I am not a liliang who looks down on women, a group of female silk reeling workers is really useless in the war - no industry, no political influence, not much wealth, and the terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend...... What does this place want it for? β
ββ¦β¦ Yes, now we have the ability to fight Nanjing and Shanghai, but we still have to hold on to Hangzhou, which is a stupid thing. β
General Su Yu interjected, "...... If you can sweep Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou in one go, it is of course the most haode. But now we only have more than 10,000 troops, and there is only one wormhole connecting Shijie in the future, so we can only focus on attacking one big city...... Okay, let's move on to Shanghai and Nanjing! β
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After excluding Hangzhou, which is really not a high-grade target, the remaining two big cities of Nanjing and Shanghai seem to have their own merits.
For the Kuomintang government at this time, Nanjing and Shanghai, one was the political center and the other was the economic center. No matter which one is eliminated by the Red Army, it will definitely lead to a devastating catastrophe like the collapse of the heavens and the earth...... But the question is, which one is better?
ββ¦β¦ Comrades, I propose to attack Nanking - in any case, it should be better to take the capital first and put an end to the enemy's central government! β
Legion political commissar Le Shaohua seemed to want to show confidence, but in fact, he said with insufficient confidence. Obviously, the previous evaluation of the "traitor" in the history of the party gave him a very serious psychological blow," ...... From the Paris Commune to the October Revolution, wasn't it all launched in the capital of a country? β
ββ¦β¦ But Nanjing is not easy to fight, Comrade Le Shaohua. Wang Qiu frowned and touched the location of Nanjing on the map, "...... Not to mention the topography of Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the tiger is in the dragon plate, easy to defend and difficult to attack! Even if we attack from the south, we can avoid the natural danger of the Yangtze River, but the fortress fortifications on the first line of Yuhuatai and Purple Mountain are also difficult to gnaw down. I remember that during the Peasant War of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army set up a camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and besieged Nanjing for so many years, but it was still not allowed to enter...... I do not think that with just over 10,000 Red Army, it will be possible to quickly capture the city in a short time. β
ββ¦β¦ Moreover, the Kuomintang garrison in the capital Nanjing is also the most powerful among the many cities in the entire Yangtze River Delta! β
General Su Yu echoed and said, "...... Chiang Kai-shek had at least the 87th Division and the 88th Division, two elite German divisions, in Nanjing, in addition to a large number of second-rate troops, miscellaneous troops, armed military police and military cadets, with a total strength of no less than 150,000 troops! The hoarded ordnance and ammunition are piling up! As the ruling core of the Kuomintang reactionaries, the will to fight of these troops in the city of Nanjing will definitely be very tenacious, and even if we rely on a surprise attack and get lucky enough to enter the city of Nanjing, the enemy may drag us into endless street battles until our limited forces are exhausted! β
ββ¦β¦ On the contrary, it is obvious that the mass base of our Party in Nanking is very bad, and it will be almost impossible to mobilize the masses to join the army. Xun Huaizhou also added, "...... Future comrades can provide us with food, guns and ammunition, but they will not be able to turn into Red Army fighters who are loyal to the ideals of the revolution! β
ββ¦β¦ Does the enemy not dare to attack if he is strong? This is counter-revolutionary escapism! Uh, well! You're right, I won't say it. β
Le Shaohua's face just turned red, and he wanted to put on a political commissar's stand to argue, but when he saw the rather unkind eyes of others, and then thought about his bad evaluation in history, he suddenly deflated like a popped balloon, and he no longer dared to use strong words and give people a hat. (To be continued......)