Chapter 29 3. Chiang Kai-shek wants to win Siping, and our coalition forces are ready

Siping, located in the hinterland of the Northeast Plain, between Shenyang and Changchun, is the intersection of the Zhongchang, Pingqi, and Simei railways, at the crossroads of East, West, South, and North Manchuria, and is also a famous grain distribution center. . Siping, a battleground for military strategists! To control the Northeast, we must first control Siping! January 8, 1946.Liu Handong, the "receiver" of the Kuomintang, quickly entered Siping with more than 100 officials, established the Kuomintang Liaobei Provincial Government and Siping City Government, and Liu Handong served as the chairman of the provincial government.

The headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army decided to liberate Siping after the withdrawal of the Soviet army. On March 17, the two regiments of the 7th Column of the Democratic Alliance Army, together with the 1st Security Brigade and other troops, launched an attack on Siping from the west, east, and north after careful deployment. After more than 10 hours of fierce fighting, among the 3,000 defending enemies, more than 200 escaped, and the rest were all wiped out.Chairman Liu Handong of Northern Liaoning Province, Security Commander Zhang Kai, bandit leaders Wang Dahua, Wang Yaodong and others were captured alive by our army.

The liberation of Siping added weight to the CCP delegation that was participating in the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army immediately moved into Siping City.And Chiang Kai-shek said he would recapture Siping.He believes that Siping is "the destiny of the party and the country", and "there is no Northeast without Siping". On March 22, the Soviet government sent a note to the Kuomintang government: The Soviet army will withdraw from Manchuria before the end of April. In order to reach Changchun, Harbin and other cities before the Soviet army retreated, Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered Xiong Shihui, the director of the Northeast Camp, to drive northward and quickly conquer Siping. April 1, Nanjing.Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech at the Fourth Second National Political Council: "The nine provinces in Northeast China have no internal affairs to speak of until the takeover of sovereignty is completed." Then he said in a strong tone: "The mediation of military conflicts can only be done after It can only be carried out on the premise that it does not affect the government's acceptance of sovereignty and the exercise of national administrative power."

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an, in order to occupy Changchun, Harbin, Qiqihar and other big cities after the withdrawal of the Soviet army, decided to concentrate its forces and block the northward enemy in the Siping area.Mao Zedong sent a telegram to Lin Biao and Peng Zhen: It is necessary to stop Jiang's army south of Siping and deal a serious blow, so as to facilitate future negotiations. Lin Biao also said: "Resolutely fight the enemy to the death!" The Kuomintang and Communist armies gradually assembled hundreds of thousands of troops in Siping and Benxi.

The war is imminent!