Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Front and Back
On the high loess slope in the eastern outskirts of Yan'an, the dark crowd all stretched their necks and looked up at the sky.In the sky, Hurley's special plane, known as "American Cinderella", circled Yan'an City slowly, and then flew to Chongqing in the southwest direction.According to the requirements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wedemeyer, Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces in the Chinese theater, invited Ambassador Hurley to take a special plane to Yan'an to meet Mao Zedong in person, and Zhang Zhizhong, a representative of the Kuomintang, came randomly.Under the solemn gaze of Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Ren Bishi, Deng Yingchao, Yang Shangkun, and thousands of people, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Wang Ruofei, secretary of the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, boarded the plane one by one.At the cabin opening, Mao Zedong slowly raised his dark gray helmet, swung it vigorously, and stopped in the air... The propeller turned, stirring the infinite thoughts of people under the wings.I don't know when the plane rose into the sky, the buzzing sound of the motor gradually disappeared from the sky, but the roar in people's hearts became louder and louder.
Peng Dehuai watched the departing plane get into the clouds before turning his head and striding towards the headquarters.Seeing a battle report sent by He Long to the Military Commission on the table, he opened it and took a closer look.The telegram said that the Third Independent Brigade attacked Fenyang, but failed due to poor planning and reconnaissance. It was planned to order the Independent First Brigade and the Shanxi-Sui Eighth Army Sub-division troops from the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to attack Wenshui.Peng Dehuai grabbed the pencil on the table and wrote without hesitation in the telegram: "We must fight, we must fight hard, and we must win!" After that, he ordered the combat staff to send it out immediately.Then, he wandered to the battle map with a lot of thought.The marks on the map show: The Kuomintang army was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek, and under the support of the Japanese and puppet troops, it has occupied Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Taiyuan, Guisui and other places near the liberated areas, and continued along the Pinghan, Tongpu, and other places. The Pingsui and Jinpu railways are moving forward.It is not difficult to see that the liberated areas in East China, South Jiangsu, Eastern Zhejiang, Southern Anhui, Central Anhui, Western Henan, Central Plains, and the Hunan-Guangdong border controlled by the CCP will be under heavy siege by the Kuomintang army.The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in these areas will soon be in danger of being defeated one by one by the Kuomintang army.The Liberated Areas of Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Shanxi-Sui, Shandong, and Central China are also facing serious threats from the Kuomintang army... Peng Dehuai pondered for a long time, feeling as if a big stone was pressing on his heart.
Recalling the enlarged meeting of the Politburo a few days ago, on the question of whether Mao Zedong would go to Chongqing for negotiations, everyone had different opinions and disagreements, but most of them were vague and did not fully express themselves, waiting for Mao Zedong himself Attitude.Peng Dehuai was still old-fashioned, and he expressed his views outspokenly—he believed that Mao Zedong’s immediate departure to Chongqing “increased Chiang Kai-shek’s arrogance.” Lay down a little bit, and the time will be more ripe for Chairman Mao to go again in a few months."But Mao Zedong's final decision still ignored these.Peng Dehuai understands that it is a complicated international and domestic political environment, forcing the CCP to make a helpless choice.In the past few days, Chiang Kai-shek kept throwing peace balloons, Stalin relentlessly exerted pressure, and the Americans tried their best to "mediate" like a monkey. Peng Dehuai was really panicked, but there was no way, "The chairman decided ", he couldn't say anything more.
The person with the same enthusiasm as Peng Dehuai was He Long.
He Long always believed that Chiang Kai-shek's telegram inviting Mao Zedong to Chongqing was a conspiracy, "What is Chiang Kai-shek, I have a book to settle accounts."When he heard that Mao Zedong was going to Chongqing to negotiate, he immediately yelled at Xu Xiangqian, Xiao Jinguang, Tan Zheng and others.He Long got the news directly from Mao Zedong when he reported to the Central Military Commission the specific strategic deployment of the Jinsui Joint Defense Force after the overall strategic policy was changed.He said to Mao Zedong: "It's unreliable, Chairman, don't pay attention to him, this man (referring to Chiang Kai-shek) has never been able to speak well!"
The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Force has been adjusted to be directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission.This means that its every move is directly related to the safety of the core parts of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission. He Long deeply feels the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.At the first cadre meeting of the Jinsui Military Region and the Jinsui Field Army at the beginning of the establishment, He Long confessed his thoughts: "Today is full of guests and warriors, and we also have three main forces, the Jinsui Field Army and the Jinsui Military Region. Together with the new Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Army, the three forces will become one. Jinsui is the gateway to Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia, and the Party Central Committee and Yan'an will be handed over to us. This is our head, and we must not lose it. If we want to lose it, we must Throw it on our necks," he stroked his beard, "don't you think so?"
Although He Long's words were rough and bold, they were very real.The strong force commanded by him and Li Jingquan is the foundation of the Red Second Front Army. Most of the backbones came from the bloody Honghu Soviet Area—the Western Hunan and Hubei period, or after the Red Sixth Army broke out from Jinggang Mountain, they followed Boss He The old Red Army who is not afraid of the sky and the earth is not afraid of the Long March.For example, the brigade commander Huang Xinting and political commissar Yu Qiuli of the 358th Brigade, the brigade commander Wang Shangrong and political commissar Zhu Huizhao of the Unique Brigade, Xu Guangda, the brigade commander of the Second Brigade, Yang Jiarui, the political commissar of the Third Brigade, and Jin Rubai, the political commissar, were all Red Seconds. An old comrade who has long been well-known in the front army.The other part is the local anti-Japanese heroes who are counted in the Shanxi-Shaanxi area, such as Gao Shiyi, the commander of the only brigade, and they are also all-powerful figures.There are also various elites from the Military Commission, headquarters agencies, and directly affiliated units, such as Zhang Zongxun, commander of the 358th Brigade, and others.We have fought for many years on the barren land of Shanxi-Sui and the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region, where the yellow dust is pervasive, and we have no food or clothing. During the entire Anti-Japanese War, we survived by eating black beans, elm money, and wild vegetable roots that were fed to livestock. Life and death friendship.
At first, Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission assigned He Long the task of concentrating the main force of Shanxi and Sui, occupying Taiyuan, and then sending troops northward to capture Guisui (now Hohhot).In this way, the situation in Shanxi and Suimeng can be effectively controlled.The situation was quite serious at that time. Both Fu Zuoyi and Yan Xishan received secret orders from Chiang Kai-shek to mobilize their forces to rob big cities in an attempt to preempt them.Mao Zedong and Zhu De took He Long's hand respectively, and told him over and over again: "Mr. He, this is a turning point in history. If you take a slow step, you will lose everything. You must act as soon as possible. Gaining time means taking the initiative and winning." He Long remained calm, Nodding seriously: "Chiang Kai-shek wants to pick peaches, it's not that cheap!"
Regarding the relationship between time and victory, He Long certainly has a clear mind.During the entire adjustment period, the troops' offensive operations were almost uninterrupted.As soon as the new organization sequence was announced, he didn't even go home. He set off early in the morning with the command team composed of Zhang Jingwu, Chief of Staff of the United Defense Forces, Acting Secretary of the Jinsui Branch of the Communist Party of China, and Lin Feng, Political Commissar of the Jinsui Military Region. up.Along the way, He Long was thinking about how to capture Taiyuan and control Guisui, and he knew a detailed battle plan by heart.But the next day he suddenly received a report that the 27th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army and the 9th Regiment of the Suimeng Military Region finally attacked Guisui City and surrounded the Japanese and puppet troops at the headquarters of the puppet Mongolian Army on Dashizi Street. Unexpectedly, when he was about to catch a turtle in the urn, Fu Zuoyi suddenly stabbed him in the back.On the orders of Chiang Kai-shek, the dignified commander-in-chief of the 11th War Zone ordered the part of the 31st Division of the 35th Army and more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in the so-called advancing column to quietly attack from the side of the Eighth Route Army. .The Japanese and puppet troops were so happy that they immediately took the opportunity to fight back.Immediately, the troops of Jinsui and Suimeng military regions were attacked by the enemy, so they had to withdraw with regret.
"It's not bad!" He Long was so angry that he jumped on the horseback when he heard the report.That night, he, who had never had a bad face before, pulled his face down, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep all night, smoked pot after pot, and asked everyone: "What's the matter? Ask Fu Zuoyi to come here." Guy, we can't get in Taiyuan or Guisui. It's obvious, the enemy is strong and we are weak...we have to find a way to fight Lao Jiang anyway."
This "all at once" made He Long think hard for several days. On August 22, the Central Military Commission issued a telegram instruction to "threat large cities and major transportation routes with considerable forces, and focus on seizing small cities and vast rural areas with necessary forces."He Long immediately decided: Divide into two fronts, north and south, and launch a fierce offensive against the enemy.While consolidating the liberated cities of Taolin and Wuchuan on the northern front, they continued to seize the county towns of Suidong and Suinan, and cooperated with Nie Rongzhen's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops to capture Jining and Fengzhen to prevent Fu Zuoyi from continuing to advance eastward; Beat Yan Xishan who dared to invade, and take Fenyang, Wenshui, Jiaocheng, and Xiaoyi cities one by one.On the second day after Mao Zedong boarded the plane and flew to Chongqing, the red arrow in He Long's hand was already in Taolin, Wuchuan, Saraqi, Jining, Fengzhen, Xinghe, Shangyi, Zuoyun and Youyu near Guisui. County, Liangcheng, Qingshuihe and other counties blossomed everywhere, and a large number of small towns were liberated, exerting considerable control over the Pingsui Railway, and at the same time threatening to return to Sui.But this does not reduce He Long's psychological load.That night, he worriedly sent a special telegram to Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi and Ren Bishi: "Is Chairman Mao Zedong's safety in Chongqing guaranteed? We don't know the situation, please let us know."
He Long also knew that Mao Zedong had always distrusted Chiang Kai-shek. Even at the enlarged meeting of the Politburo on August 23, he still fully believed that Chiang Kai-shek's so-called "peace talks" were pure lies, pointing out that Chiang wanted to destroy the Communist Party after all. The current conditions are not mature enough.Peace is needed in every aspect. The Soviet Union and the United States have a high voice, the common people have a high voice, and the Communist Party has an even higher voice.However, the Kuomintang has many internal conflicts, military forces are scattered, and the stalls have not yet been set up, so there is a "peace talk".Mao Zedong claimed that he was going to Chongqing to expose the conspiracy, and asked Zhou Enlai to first investigate what Chiang Kai-shek had opened.Now, even this step was omitted, and Mao and Zhou set off on the same plane, which really made He Long fearful.I remember that when reporting the battle plan of the Shanxi-Sui troops on the north-south line, Mao Zedong had high hopes for this action, saying: "If you fight well, I will be confident and bold." The commander was naturally dissatisfied, and he strongly expected a miracle for the troops on the southern front that penetrated deep into the hinterland of Shanxi.However, this is after all a place close to Taiyuan, and Yan Xishan's forces are deeply intertwined, and every attack on a city is tantamount to pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth, and the actual progress is not ideal.The failure of Fenyang has already made He Long anxious, and a series of accidents occurred when he turned to Wenshui County.
At this moment, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, and Ren Bishi's reply to He Long arrived.They told He Long: "It is very necessary for Mao Zedong to go to Chongqing for negotiations. Judging from the international and domestic situation, there are security guarantees. At present, the best thing to cooperate with and help the negotiations on the front line is to win a few battles under the principle of self-defense. Shanxi and Sui The attack on Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi, I hope we can organize one or two battles that must be won to cooperate with Chairman Mao's negotiations."
He Long's heart was pierced by the silent thunder and lightning.He grabbed the telegram and shook it above his head: "We believe in the central government! Now, what we can do is to win a few battles and use practical actions to cooperate with Chairman Mao to go to Chongqing." Needless to say, the capture of Wenshui is the "few" "Victory" first.
The headquarters is located in one of the most common thatched huts in Northwest Shanxi, and He Long's pipe is still squeaking as usual.In the smog that filled the room, his slightly red and swollen eyes danced like flames. The map was far away, but it did not prevent him from accurately reporting the large and small topography and features around Wenshui County.A simple tactical map reflecting the "determination of the chief" has been marked by the combat staff, and a pure smile appeared on He Long's face again. "The outskirts of the small town are plains, and you can't see the edge. The land is so fertile. People say that Jiaocheng Mountains, Jiaocheng Water, don't Jiaocheng pour Wenshui..." He Long took out a pipe from his mouth, looking fascinated.According to his overall deployment, Wang Shangrong, the commander of the sole brigade, and Wang Changjiang, the commander of the eighth division, have ordered the troops to encircle Wenshui County, and according to the established combat plan, prepare to attack three sides of it, and encircle the other side without attacking, in order to collect " Catch the fish into the net, gather them and wipe them out".
Wenshui County is 80 kilometers away from Taiyuan, and it is an important town in the southwestern suburbs of Taiyuan.Obtaining Wenshui and then expanding the results of the battle, and then taking down several surrounding counties, the threat to Taiyuan is self-evident.But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that it is possible to free up troops to take advantage of the victory and go south along the railway line to meet another lone army that is still fighting the enemy in the Jiuling Mountain area of Jiangxi Province. This is what Wang Zhen and Wang Shoudao Leading the southward detachment that has been going for nearly a year.
The bloody battle of Wang Zhen's south detachment started with a great idea. It was the Japanese army's implementation of the so-called "Operation Plan No. 1" and defeated the Kuomintang army in 1944. Since Tang Enbo left Henan in April, the Guangdong-Han and Hunan-Guangxi Railway Along the route, the Kuomintang army retreated in successive defeats, and large areas of land in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces fell to the enemy. The anti-Japanese forces in South China urgently needed to be strengthened.Mao Zedong saw this opportunity at a glance, and decisively decided to open up the Wuling bases in Yuecheng, Dupang, Mengzhu, Qitian and Dayuling.The 359th Brigade was ordered to go south.They formed the First Independent Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army (also known as the Southward Detachment) with 4,000 people and had four brigades under its jurisdiction.In addition, more than 900 cadres sent by the central government to work in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border area were also organized into two brigades, and they went south with them. The link between them formed a southern wing, which would show its talents in the future national strategic counter-offensive.
On November 9, 1944, the southward detachment bid farewell to Yan'an. This was a difficult journey with a completely predictable and dangerous prospect.As early as the beginning of the decision-making, Mao Zedong thoroughly analyzed the two possible situations, "The first possibility is that the entire international anti-fascist war, including China's Anti-Japanese War, will continue for two or three years. In this way, you can In South China, the contradiction between the Japanese puppet and Chiang Kai-shek was used to mobilize the masses, strengthen the revolutionary armed forces, and consolidate and develop the anti-Japanese democratic bases behind enemy lines. There will be major changes. Chiang Kai-shek will never allow you to put a knife in his throat, and will concentrate on eating you first. In this way, you will go deep alone and have no base. The struggle will be very cruel, the situation will be extremely difficult, and it may even be completely The army is wiped out, including yourself. You must be prepared to face this serious struggle, display the spirit of heroic struggle without fear of sacrifice, and strive for a bright future. If this happens, you can still return to Comrade Li Xiannian on the E-Henan border, then It's a big win too."These words are enough to reflect Mao Zedong's trust and understanding of Wang Zhen.He knew that no matter the first possibility of "mobilizing the masses and strengthening the revolutionary armed forces" or the second possibility of "cruelty" and "sacrifice", Wang Zhen would be able to handle it without major mistakes.
Wang Zhen is mighty and strategic, and has the dual qualities of a military strategist and a statesman, which has been fully confirmed in the subsequent battlefields in the Northwest.
Even so, after the southward detachment set off, He Long still had a gourd hanging in his heart.After all, Wang Zhen has been fighting with him for a long time, and the brotherhood of each other is difficult to express in words.Even He Long himself finds this kind of special longing inconceivable.On the day of farewell, he walked up to Wang Zhen and punched him hard, and said, "Wang Beard, you have to bring my head back!" When he said this, he still had a smiling expression on his face.Wang Zhen also chuckled, just like the kind of separation he had experienced countless times in the past.
He Long's concern for the southward detachment is not only these.The four, five, and six cadre brigades of the Southward Detachment are the backbone of the central government's preparations to supplement the fifth division of the New Fourth Army and open up the new area of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi.Among them, the Fourth Brigade is based on the veteran cadres of the former Red Sixth Army and the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area, plus the cadre training team of the 359th Brigade. Guo Peng, a veteran of the Sixth Army who is capable of recruiting and fighting, is the captain and Liao Ming is the director; while the Fifth Brigade is based on Based on the veteran cadres of the former Second Red Army Corps and the Western Soviet Area of Hunan, Hubei, the captain and political commissar are He Long's well-tested favorite generals He Bingyan and Liao Hansheng.There are more than 30 "Second Army Corps" in the team, and there are more than a dozen regiment-level cadres, all of whom are hooks drawn by He Long himself.
After ten years of life and death, he returned to the west of Hunan and Hubei.Before leaving, Liao Hansheng found He Long with a small notebook in his pocket: "In the past, I have always been by your side to take care of you. If you make a mistake, someone will criticize or scold you. Now we are parting. It is the first time I am alone, and I am going to Honghu Laoyuan again. In the Soviet area, please give me instructions." He Long waved his hand and said, "I don't have any instructions personally, the main thing is to implement the instructions of the central government." He asked Liao Hansheng to visit Chen Yun, saying that Chen Yun had experience in local work.Chen Yun had been the head of the Central Organization Department and the secretary of the Central Secretariat for many years. At that time, he was also the deputy director of the Northwest Finance and Economics Office. He had rich experience in both theory and practice, politics and economics.Seeing that Liao Hansheng came to ask for advice, and he was so modest, Chen Yun was moved, and talked for more than two hours at a stretch.He put forward a new point of view called "Chairman Mao's Spirit", the core of which is to seek truth from facts.Liao Hansheng memorized a book full of them.
Finally, he went to see Guan Xiangying again.This time, he took He Bingyan with him.Guan Xiangying's lung cancer was at an advanced stage. He was lying on the hospital bed, his bones were broken, and his voice was trembling and weak.He used that trembling and weak voice to recall the disaster of the extreme "left" line during the Honghu period, emphasizing the internal unity of the revolution.Mao Zedong repeatedly pointed out this problem in his speech to the cadres of the Southward Detachment, and analyzed the "mountain doctrine" very specifically, saying: "You must be very cautious when you arrive in a new place. Achievements... You must respect others, don’t criticize randomly just because you are from Yan’an, and talk more about it.” Mao Zedong also used the metaphor of willow and pine, saying that we should learn the flexibility of willow and the principle of pine, and be as amiable as willow, As reliable as a pine tree.
Wang Zhen's summary of Chairman Mao's instructions is that the two spirits should be combined into one.This became the standard for his self-cultivation and self-cultivation for many years.Wang Zhen's character of combining toughness and softness is very distinct.Both Mao Zedong and He Long had good comments on this.Liao Hansheng and He Bingyan, on the other hand, had a bad temper, so Guan Xiangying repeatedly urged the word "unity".It is the most emotional to point out the fault directly.Guan Xiangying stretched out his bony hands, grabbed He Bingyan with one hand, and Liao Hansheng with the other, and said, "Go, you can now do your own work, like birds with full wings, you have to fly separately. I'm gone..." As she said, she burst into tears.Liao Hansheng and He Bingyan couldn't hold back their tears: "Old political commissar, take good care of your illness. We remember your words. Whenever we go anywhere, He and Guan are our banners!"
After bidding farewell to Yan'an, although the 359th Brigade was quiet in the combat log of the 120th Division, in He Long's heart, there was always one or several messages every day, otherwise, he would not have slept on the kang.He accompanied them to the south step by step with his heart, as if watching the team cross Luliang Mountain, wading through the Fen River Beach, passing Tongpu Road, and entering the Taiyue base area, watching them take a short rest in Qinshui County in the southeast of Shanxi Province. Prepare to cross the river, watching them leave their luggage and mules and horses to cross the river...
It was the weather at the end of December. The Southward Detachment arrived at Yuanqu Ferry as planned. Unexpectedly, they found only a small boat with more than 5,000 horses. Wang Zhen had no choice but to ignore the distress of many brigade leaders and ordered to reduce the load. .Unexpectedly, the sky fulfilled the wishes of the people, and the temperature dropped sharply in those few days, and a section of the river not far from the Yuanqu Ferry was actually frozen, and all the horses, horses, and luggage were able to leave without delay.The common people were very surprised, saying that the Yellow River would not freeze once in a hundred years. In this world, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party is doomed!
The southward detachment spent two months driving 2,000 kilometers in the ice and snow behind the enemy. It was not until January 27, 1945 that it arrived at the Second Division of the Hubei-Henan Border Region, where it successfully joined forces with Zheng Weisan and Li Xiannian's Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army.The two families were overjoyed when they met, and organized a grand get-together the next day.Zheng Weisan, Li Xiannian, Chen Shaomin, and Ren Zhibin, leaders of the Fifth Division and the Hubei-Henan Border Region, also jointly issued a "Condolence Letter to the Brothers of the Eighth Route Army", and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.After resting comfortably for nearly a month, the fifth and sixth cadre brigades stayed, some joined the fifth division team, and most of them were led by He Bingyan and Liao Hansheng to Honghu.
The 359th Brigade had to go. Wang Zhen and Wang Shoudao reorganized the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th brigades, and continued to head south again. On February 23, they crossed the Yangtze River in batches east of Huanggang together with the Zhang Tixue troops of the Fifth Division, and rushed to the south of the Yangtze River with all kinds of difficulties and dangers.Three days later, they broke through the siege of two Kuomintang armies and five advancing columns. In Datian, south of Daye, they bravely pursued and killed the independent mixed 84th brigade of the Japanese Dafan troops, and killed more than 100 devils. .Even so, the KMT did not let go.They had no choice but to strategically change their designation, no longer called "Southern Detachment", but called it "National Revolutionary Army Hunan People's Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army" when they entered the countryside.It is said that this was the idea of Mao Zedong himself.
On March 1, Wang Zhen and Wang Shoudao led troops to march towards the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, and initially opened up a guerrilla base in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi centered on southern Hubei, connecting the north and the south of the river. In July, the troops moved south again.At the end of August, I came to Nanxiong County, Guangdong Province.Just when they entered the Wuling Mountains according to the scheduled plan and were less than 100 miles away from the Dongjiang Column who came to meet them, the current situation in the country suddenly changed, and the "second possibility" of the future of the Southern Expedition expected by Mao Zedong appeared!Now, Wang Zhen had no choice but to lead the troops to fight a bloody path in the mountains and jungles, and to break out of the encirclement.On the eve of Mao Zedong's trip to Chongqing for negotiations, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued an order: In order to avoid civil war, the detachment that went south returned to the north.
Seeing that He Long had been silent for days and his pipe was burning hotter than ever, Tan Zheng, deputy political commissar and director of the political department, was a little worried.Political commissar Guan Xiangying still couldn't forget the body of "Beard" when he was ill. When he saw the veterans of the Second Red Army, he always sent a message to tell He Long to rest and reduce smoking.The political commissar is not in place, and Tan Zheng, as the political leader, should also be responsible for Boss He's health.But what could he talk about?The besieging troops moved very quickly, which of course made He Long happy, so Tan Zheng took the opportunity to bring a bowl of black bean paste and said loudly, "Boss, it's time for a bowl!"
It was late in the evening, and the next night was the key to the battle of Wenshui. He Long took two sips of the black bean paste, put it down again, and said, "If Wang Shangrong and the others play well, they can finish it at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at most." Zheng believed that ending the battle within 24 hours was a great victory, but He Long insisted that it was impossible, and he hoped that the sooner the better.At this time, Tan Zheng looked up at the sky outside the house, and the cloudy and foggy dusk made him shiver.He said to He Long very worriedly: "Oops, I'm afraid it will rain at night!"
Sure enough, after nightfall, the clouds rolled over, the sky seemed to have a hole in it, the heavy rain poured down, and the wind could blow down the cattle and horses, making it difficult for the troops to move an inch.what to do?Can you still attack the city according to the original plan?The head of the eighth division stomped his feet anxiously, and immediately sent a staff officer to ask He Long for instructions.
"Please tell me!" He Long patted the table, "Hesitating before the battle is a taboo for soldiers, not to mention affecting morale, but also delaying the opportunity of the battle. It's playing the piano! Go back and tell your chiefs that you must not waver in your determination to conquer Wenshui. Today At night, even if the troops climb, they must climb to Wenshui City for me!"
He Long's order quickly turned into a crowd of slogans in the rain and mud.The cadres and soldiers were steaming hot in the mud, and even the cannons were dragged on their shoulders to the edge of a small forest several hundred meters outside Wenshui City.Just when He Long was overjoyed when he heard the report, and smiled and praised Wang Shangrong for "the bayonet on the cannon", an urgent telegram from Yulin, a border city in northern Shaanxi, made him frown.
Yulin is close to the Great Wall, and the Yulin River passes through the city, which happens to cross the Great Wall, as if the creator is declaring that this is a wrong city.Of course, there is no right or wrong for a city.It only vaguely foreshadows the fate of an important person whose name has been closely related to the ancient city of Yulin for a long time.He was Deng Baoshan, commander-in-chief of the Shanxi-Shanxi-Sui Border Region of the Kuomintang at that time.
In terms of revolutionary qualifications, Deng Baoshan can also be called a veteran of the three dynasties in the Kuomintang.As early as July 1910, he joined the Tongmenghui.At the beginning of the second year of the Wuchang Uprising, the Yili Revolutionary Party in Xinjiang launched a new army uprising, and Deng Baoshan was a brave soldier who took the lead.In the capture of the Qing government's Ili General's Mansion and Huiyuan City, where the Deputy Capital Commander's Office is located, and later in the battle with the Qing Army's Associate Commander Wang Peilan's troops, he can be regarded as a figure with outstanding merits.This made him dare to point to Chiang Kai-shek's nose in July 1943 when the anti-communist upsurge in the Kuomintang was raging and said: "I would like to support the leader as Washington, but I don't want to support the leader as Napoleon." That was the last time he met Chiang Kai-shek. .Because of this sentence, his Gansu Provincial Chairman did not take it seriously.
Chiang Kai-shek concluded that there was an emotional distance between Deng Baoshan and the "leader".He also knew the details of Deng's good-neighborly relationship with the CCP's Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region during the entire Anti-Japanese War, as well as the details of his many separate visits to Yan'an to have intimate talks with Mao Zedong, Zhu De, He Long and others.However, can the Communist Party really redden Deng Baoshan?Chiang was skeptical.The conclusion is that Deng Baoshan cannot be used or reused.
This is a complex issue.As the saying goes, a tree with many roots has many old roots. Deng Baoshan is not alone, but a piece of heaven and earth in the Northwest, a landscape, for example, his relationship with Ning and Qing Erma, and the remaining romantic charm he left in the vast Xinjiang. It was Chiang Kai-shek who had to weigh it clearly.Hand over Yulin to Deng Baoshan, let him sit north and south to echo Hu Zongnan and fight against each other, so that Yan'an, the core of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, is sandwiched in the middle. This is Chiang Kai-shek's proud work.In this regard, Deng Baoshan has a bright mirror in her heart, but she just doesn't show her emotions in public.Especially in front of his subordinates, he has always firmly maintained that purely political face.
These days, Deng Baoshan's expression has improved significantly.He almost pricked up his ears to listen to the details between Yan'an and Chongqing. The factual progress of the past month made him happy and worried.Although Deng Baoshan has never been optimistic about the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party (he knows the top decision makers of the two groups very well), he is still willing to indulge in the temporary illusion of peace.In any case, it is more beneficial for the two armies to coexist with a friendly face than to draw swords against the common people.This seems to be consistent with what he once declared that "those who are friends with the people are friends of the army; those who are enemies with the people are the enemies of the army".However, as the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, Hu Zongnan's sudden military order made it impossible for Deng to maintain the detached detachment in his heart.This order is that Deng immediately transfer the newly organized 11th Brigade stationed in Anbian to block the CCP's Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to Suiyuan for reorganization.
There is no doubt that the new Eleventh Brigade is not the direct line of Hu Zongnan or even Lao Jiang, but a local miscellaneous brand supported by Deng Baoshan.In the past years, because of the wrong brand, it has always been like a little mother, and it is often discriminated against, such as deduction of payment, delay in payment, interruption of rations and other things happen from time to time.The brigade commander Cao Youshen was an upright man. When he encountered such a thing of selling coolies and becoming a grandson, he would inevitably complain and say something close to the Communist Party's "red propaganda".In Deng Baoshan's view, this is not news.Mr. Deng believes that the soldiers say what they say and do what they do. What's more, during the Anti-Japanese War, their guns were unanimous. Didn't even Chiang Kai-shek claim that the Eighth Route Army was a friendly army?Cao Youshen had a brigade of people behind him, and he had the responsibility of guarding the land on his shoulders. He couldn't get food and cotton from the government, so he could only count on the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to help him in emergencies.In this way, he usually has closer contacts with the CCP, and it is understandable for him to say a few exaggerated words in anger.Just open your eyes and close your eyes.Of course, Cao's behavior was too outrageous (for example, it was rumored that the 11th Brigade had a secret Communist organization), and Deng Baoshan had to hum a few words in front of people, but it was not enough to rely on one or two rumors to force him to Write off this army!The more Deng Baoshan thought about it, the more she felt that Hu Zongnan's order was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance.
Thinking about it doesn't mean it can be done.This is the case with high-level hostility. Even if your bones are broken, you will not be able to say the word "pain".After Deng Baoshan figured everything out, she strengthened her determination to punish Cao Youshen.If the elimination of the 11th Brigade is really performing Xiangzhuang's sword dance, what Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan want to see is his "Pei Gong" face.In the face of the general trend of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it is still "peace is the most important thing, and patience is the most important thing."Whether Cao Youshen was killed or cut apart, Deng Baoshan's posture must be authentic, so that people can't chew the slightest flaw.Military orders are like mountains.He couldn't help but hurry up and recruit Cao Youshen from Anbian to Yulin to punish the fifty boards.
Uncharacteristically, Deng Baoshan refused to give up her seat to Cao Youshen, but waited furiously with her hands behind her back.This made Cao Youshen immediately smell a strange smell coming from his nostrils, and the happy face along the way disappeared.He made up his mind, stood with his hands down, and said nothing.
"Brigade Commander Cao," Deng Baoshan called out after a long silence, "Are you guilty?"
Cao Youshen pretended to be puzzled: "Convicted? Chief, what crime do I have?"
Deng Baoshan dropped his palm heavily on the table, turned his face coldly, and growled in a low voice: "What happened to the 'Northwest Democratic Movement Promotion Association', did it happen in your brigade?"
"Oh, that's right." Cao Youshen pretended to have suddenly realized, "Is there anything wrong with mobilizing officers and soldiers to promote the democratic movement?"
"Democracy movement, hmph, I think... it's the communist movement!"
Speaking to this level, it shows that Deng Baoshan knows everything about the 11th Brigade like the back of his hand.Cao Youshen couldn't help trembling all over.The 11th Brigade has been stationed next to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shandong-Sui Joint Defense Force in Anbian for a long time. It is said to be "blockade", but who actually blocks whom!After the large-scale production movement started, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region had no worries about food and clothing, but he, Cao Youshen, often caused famine.In this way, the political thought and policies of the CCP naturally penetrated into the Eleventh Brigade, and the CCP’s underground organization also developed in this brigade.And Cao Youshen's own thinking is very radical, he almost didn't raise his hand to swear an oath to the Communist Party, and he was always full of praise for the policies and propositions of the Communist Party.The Communist Party organized activities underground in the brigade, so there was almost no need to sneak around.The so-called "Northwest Democratic Movement Promotion Association" was actually just organized by the party organization in the border area in the summer of 1945. The purpose was to unite and educate the officers and soldiers of the 11th Brigade through this progressive organization of the United Front nature, to oppose the civil war, and to fight for Democracy, then develop according to the conditions, and use the camera to raise righteousness.Although inside the Eleventh Brigade, the activities of the Communist Party's underground organization are relatively casual, there are not many clues outside.Cao Youshen never expected that his immediate boss, Deng Baoshan, would be able to tell the whole story.
Seeing Cao Youshen standing there dumbfounded, not opening his mouth for a long time, Deng Baoshan firmly believed that Hu Zongnan's information was accurate.He sighed heavily: "I told you a long time ago that the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is complicated, and this vortex cannot be entangled. You just want to jump into it. This is good..." Deng Baoshan pushed a blue folder. In front of Cao Youcan, "Look for yourself!"
That was a secret order from Hu Zongnan.Hu asked Deng Baoshan, before reorganizing the 11th Brigade, to have Shi Fangcheng, head of the second regiment of the brigade, and Zhang Dingchen, deputy head of the brigade, go to the first regiment, where the Communist Party's underground organization is relatively strong, to present their own experiences, publicize the "benefits" of this reorganization, and win over Some officers and soldiers were given full authority to appoint officials and make a wish, causing the underground organization established by the CCP to collapse.
Cao Youcan took a look and was anxious: "Boss, the Japanese were defeated. Even Mr. Mao and Mr. Jiang shook hands in Chongqing. Why does Hu Zongnan punish my team? I, Cao Youcan, are also an upright seven Ruler man, I can't swallow the fucking uselessness!"
"Brigade Commander Cao," Deng Baoshan's tone eased, and he walked in front of Cao Youcan in a leisurely manner, "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other, do you know? , Du Yuming transformed himself into the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Security Commander, the chairman of the provinces in the Northeast, and the mayors of the cities were all appointed one by one. Suizhong, Jinzhou and other places are determined to win. On the other hand, the Soviet army is busy transferring the occupied territory to the Communist Party. No matter what the government asks them to slow down, it is useless. Big explosive magazine!"
Cao Youshen stared at Deng Baoshan's mouth with wide eyes, as if boxes of explosives were buried there.Sure enough, as Deng said, what "peace" between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the two armies can be discussed?Once the civil war broke out, the lives were devastated, and the consequences were disastrous.与其这样，倒不如……曹又参痛下决心咬了咬牙：“娘的，想整就整吧，反正这套黄狗皮，老子也穿厌了，还不如趁这个机会解甲归田。”
邓宝珊眼皮跳动一下：“你真想解甲归田？”
“当这个受气的兵，吃没吃穿没穿，共产党拿你当仇人，国民党又看你是小娘养的，不瞒总座您说，解甲归田，我早有此念。现在日本人也投降了，正是机会。”
这番话让邓宝珊心里一块石头落了地。
曹又参告别邓宝珊时是拱手退出的。曹说了句“总座保重”，就大咧咧地跨出了门槛。据卫队队长报告，曹并未像往常那样一一拜访榆林的故旧，连最贴心的红颜知己也没打个照面，当夜就回安边去了。这让邓宝珊大感疑惑。胆大妄为、铤而走险亦是曹又参的本性，这个血气方刚的家伙若是有什么不当之举……邓宝珊有点儿不踏实。他想，解铃还须系铃人，应该先与中共上层接触一下。思前虑后，邓宝珊想起一个人来。
晋绥八分区和独一旅收复文水县城的战报，是9月1日8点发往延安的。其时，刘少奇、朱德、任弼时和彭德怀等几个人刚凑到一起，准备开个小会，一个喜讯袭来，把大家的心情搅和得就像窗外旭日，蓬蓬勃勃，红红火火。彼此的话题都扯到贺龙身上，有的说贺老总战斗作风顽强，有的说贺老总战略战术灵活。因此可以预测，只要在太原边上打下一个县城，接下来就会有晋中的好戏连台。
“了不得呀，一晚上歼敌近千人，而代价只有三十来个人的伤亡，虽说是个小县城，也可称为大胜仗哩！”朱老总显得比谁都兴奋。
大家聊了几句之后，照例由老总通报毛泽东在重庆谈判的情况，刘少奇作重点点评。朱德告诉大家：蒋介石在前日曾向他的谈判代表指示了三条原则，其中有“不得于现在政府法统之外来谈改组政府问题”这样的断然措辞，中共代表也针锋相对，拟出11点具体谈判提案。这些非同寻常的日子里，不管蒋介石与毛泽东在重庆西郊歌乐山南麓林园回顾阔别十八年的往事“甚为愉快”，还是双方代表坐到谈判桌上你来我往唇枪舌剑，给延安的各位老总都带来了无限思量。
高谈阔论极少有彭德怀的参言。他总是游离于别人谈话之外，就那么长久地盯着地图，双眼一眨不眨，像是下决心要把图上的一山一水钻个窟窿似的。
这时候，刘少奇作为全局性的人物就势必提醒一句：“彭老总，讲话呀，你怎么不讲话？”
彭德怀至多咧咧嘴：“讲么子呢？我还没想好。”说完，又把目光投向地图。在晋绥地区和陕甘宁边区这片密密麻麻的图面上，已经被他圈点得没鼻子没眼了。
朱德凑过来眯起眼睛看了半天，说：“彭总啊，你的眼力真不差，这么乱的字，也能看得清。”彭德怀道：“王麻子写字王麻子认，肚子里的货，看不清也记得清。”他又提起贺龙，夸奖贺老总的记忆力如何如何好，看地图能做到过目不忘。这一点大家都有共识，所以频频点头。说话间，彭德怀已将文水县城打上了一个红圈，接着又在平鲁、神池、静乐、离石等雁门关南北及滹沱河流域的诸多地名上一一画圈，边画边小声地念叨：“这一个，这一个，这又是一个……”
彭德怀的圈圈实际上是替贺龙画的。继文水战斗之后，贺龙指挥南北两线部队，又一口气向拒降的日伪军展开进攻，上述圈内诸城，只用了个把礼拜就一个不漏地收复了，总共歼灭日伪军5000多人，特别是把傅作义集团进攻绥南的黄粱美梦打了个粉碎，大快人心。
短短一个月，在一派升平气象中，国民党调集了36个军、73个师沿平绥、同蒲、平汉、津浦等铁路向中共解放区展开全面推进。
第二战区司令长官阎锡山已出动7个军进占同蒲铁路线，并将一部推进到中共的上党地区。
第十二战区司令长官傅作义用3个军沿平绥铁路东进，5万多人的主力分别压到集宁、丰镇、凉城、新堂、陶林、卓资山、归绥、包头等地，先头逼近中共占领的张家口。
第一战区司令长官胡宗南更是大动干戈，动用8个军，主力东出潼关，沿陇海铁路抵达郑州。一部北渡黄河钻进山西，沿同蒲路进到临汾以北，目标直指石家庄、北平和天津。
此外，第十一战区司令长官孙连仲的3个军，正沿平汉铁路全速推向河南新乡，大有与胡宗南会师石家庄的势头。该战区副司令长官李延年，还另外带3个军进占商丘和徐州，想打通津浦路的徐州至济南一段。
与此同时，第十战区司令长官李品仙也在南京浦口与蚌埠一线遥相呼应。更有甚者，第五战区司令长官刘峙出动的第四十一、第四十七、第五十五、第六十八等4个军，已经悄然完成中原合围；第七战区司令长官余汉谋的第六十三、第六十五军和第九战区司令长官薛岳的第四军，竟然对进到湘粤赣边五岭山区的南下支队，开始赤裸裸地大肆围攻。
王震一日数电向延安告急……