Chapter 2 Chapter one

On August 10, 1945, when the news of the Japanese government's begging and surrender note to the Allies reached China, the ancient land of China immediately boiled, and the whole country rejoiced and all people celebrated together. In Yan'an and various anti-Japanese base areas across the country, people held celebration rallies, and some even held grand torch parades. In Chongqing, gongs, drums and firecrackers blared.People flooded the streets, cheering and jumping, celebrating the victory. Victory, for today's victory, the Chinese nation has sacrificed the lives of countless outstanding sons and daughters.Victory, this hard-won victory, should be cherished a hundredfold.

Maintaining peace, uniting with sincerity, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are the voices of every descendant of Chinese people from the bottom of their hearts. However, when the people of the whole country celebrated the victory, Chiang Kai-shek was already sharpening his sword. Chongqing, Zeng Jiayan's official residence. In a luxurious bedroom, Chiang Kai-shek is leaning comfortably on a large chair, closing his eyes and meditating.Suddenly, there was a rush of phone ringing.He woke up with a start and picked up the microphone. "Reporting committee," Chen Cheng's excited voice came from the microphone: "Just now I got the news that the Japanese government has sent a begging note to the allies!"

"Japan surrendered?" Chiang Kai-shek stood up excitedly, and asked in disbelief, "Is this news really true?" "Indeed, indeed." Chen Cheng said confidently: "Please sit down and consider whether to hold a meeting immediately..." "Okay! You immediately notify me to have a meeting here." Chiang Kai-shek agreed to Chen Cheng's suggestion without hesitation. Putting down the microphone, Chiang Kai-shek paced up and down the room with his hands behind his back. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and the joy in his heart suddenly disappeared, followed by restlessness, boredom, and anxiety.

The real enemy in Chiang Kai-shek's mind is not the Japanese, but the Chinese Communist Party.The victory of the Anti-Japanese War does not symbolize the stability and unity within China, but it means the beginning of a new split between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and there will be more disasters and reefs in the future.He deeply feels that there are still strong opponents in this country, and there are still many difficult things to do in the future.Yet he also knew that the victory had come so unexpectedly and so quickly, and that he was not ready in many respects to destroy his enemy.

isn't it?When the joy of victory was revealed on people's faces, more than half of his 4.4 million troops were still located in the southwest and northwest rears far away from the front lines of the civil war, while the large cities and transportation hubs in East China and North China occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops Dao, and most of them are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. The strategic situation is not good for the Kuomintang.His army has not yet been transported to the coastal provinces.At present, the distribution of his troops is not dominant, I am afraid...

Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Song Ziwen, Chen Lifu, Zhang Qun and other military and political officials soon arrived at Zeng Jiayan's residence and were already waiting in the conference hall. As soon as Chiang Kai-shek stepped into the gate of the conference hall, all the party and state dignitaries stood up and said almost in unison: "Congratulations to the committee!" Chiang Kai-shek glanced at the senior officials, cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly: "Congratulations! Congratulations! However, the victory came so quickly in the end, and everything was not ready. I was really caught off guard." Sit down and make a slight gesture to signal everyone to sit down.

"The president's instructions have aroused our vigilance." Chen Cheng understood, stood up immediately and said: "Since the War of Resistance has been won, our work will be even more difficult. Because, as you all know, our greatest enemy, the Communist Party, is very rampant. If this troubled water is not promptly and swiftly eliminated, there will be no peace for the country, no peace for the Party, and no peace for the nation.” "Well said!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded in agreement after hearing what he said. "Commissioned seat." He Yingqin stood up and said, "Minister Chen's opinion is desirable, but, but..."

Chiang Kai-shek asked: "But what?" He Yingqin went on to say: "However, Minister Chen only brought up the problem, but he couldn't hear the solution to the problem. For example, if the Communist Party is not reconciled, but how to fight it? How to eliminate the Communist Party, we must put forward some specific and effective measures. Method!" "Hmm!" Chiang Kai-shek touched his chin and glanced at him. "The most important thing before us now is of course to concentrate our forces against the Communist Party. Then who will deal with it? Is it only our Kuomintang? No, there are also the Japanese. They are a force that we can unite and use. Therefore, we Japan should be lenient and show our demeanor as a big country."

"Okay!" This sentence hit Chiang Kai-shek's arms. "I want to make it clear that it is necessary. We might as well turn our enemies into friends, ask the Japanese for help, and eliminate the Communist Party first." "This method is good!" Chiang Kai-shek was very excited, and said to He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, you should remember that Okamura Neiji, right? We must win over him well. For the anti-communist war, Okamura is a good player, and we will definitely use it in the future on him." Everyone looked at each other.Okamura was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders.The heinous crimes he committed in China are well known, but Chiang Kai-shek actually instructed He Yingqin to win over Okamura.

Immediately, the venue was deadly silent. "Seat." Song Ziwen stood up and said quickly, "I think we should think twice. Because Okamura's reputation is too bad, it can be said that it is notorious, so don't arouse public criticism." "Don't worry about this," Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have been prepared, and said slowly: "In name, we still imprison him. That is to say, we call him a prisoner to the outside world, but we treat him as a friend to the inside. Friends, the article will be written here." "I understand this point," Song Ziwen nodded, "but in our party, there are not only people who oppose Okamura and this way of turning enemies into friends. As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall, and it is better to be careful!"

"Ziwen, you are too careful!" Chiang Kai-shek gave him an unhappy look, waved his hands, and said, "Don't talk about this issue. The most important thing at the moment is not to let the Japanese surrender to the Communist Party, but to surrender to us." Surrender. What do you guys think about this?" Chen Lifu, Zhang Qun and other important officials spoke one after another, and put forward many opinions on how to accept the surrender and how to eliminate the Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently, expressing his agreement with the opinions of the dignitaries.Finally, he issued an important instruction: "Everyone expressed very good opinions on the issue of how to accept the surrender, and at the same time agreed on the method of eliminating the Communist Party as soon as possible. The status quo, stick to the stronghold, and do not surrender to anyone except according to the order of the designated military chief. Second, quickly draw up a list of recipients. Third, immediately negotiate with the US side, hoping that they will, as quickly as possible, Send our troops to the coastal provinces." "Yes!" All the important officials said in unison, and then stood up to say goodbye. On August 11, Chiang Kai-shek, in the name of "Supreme Commander of the Anti-Japanese War", issued successive orders, ordering the Kuomintang troops to "advance aggressively in accordance with established military plans and orders, and not relax a little bit" to occupy the liberated areas.Order the puppet army to cooperate with the actions of the Kuomintang army to "effectively maintain local law and order" and prevent the people's army from accepting surrender.He ordered the Eighth Route Army to "garrison in place and stand by", and was not allowed to confiscate the guns of the Japanese and puppet troops. On August 15, the spokesperson of the Kuomintang government announced that "the order of the chairman must be obeyed" and "those who violate it are public enemies of the people." In order to stabilize the Communist Party, the scheming Chiang Kai-shek invited Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, to Chongqing for peace negotiations three times in a row. On August 23, the day when Chiang Kai-shek's third telegram was received, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held an enlarged meeting to discuss the current situation and negotiations with the Kuomintang. After some discussions, the policy of being invited to negotiate was set.Mao Zedong concluded: "Should I go out? Or go out. The timing of going out is determined by the Politburo and the Secretariat. After I go out, it is decided that Comrade Shaoqi will act as my deputy, and the Secretariat will also recommend Comrades Chen Yun and Peng Zhen as alternate secretaries, so that After Comrade Enlai and I went out, there were still five people in the secretariat for a meeting." The meeting finally made a formal decision: during Mao Zedong's visit to Chongqing, Liu Shaoqi acted as the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and added Chen Yun and Peng Zhen as alternate secretaries of the Central Secretariat.The meeting also decided that Mao Zedong would be the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai would be the vice-chairmen. On August 27, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China formally sent a telegram to all central bureaus: Liu Shaoqi will act as chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during Mao Zedong's visit to Chongqing. On this day, an American plane landed at the crude Yan'an Airport.A handsome foreigner and a well-dressed Chinese stepped out of the plane.This is Hurley, the US ambassador to China, and General Zhang Zhizhong, the political minister of the military committee of the Kuomintang government.They made a special trip to welcome Mao Zedong to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek. On August 28, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and other leaders came to Yan'an Airport to see off Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei who were going to Chongqing for negotiations. The plane left the runway slowly and rushed into the blue sky. At 3:45 p.m. on the same day, the roar of motors sounded over Chongqing Jiulongpo Airport, and a grass-green plane slowly landed on the runway. The cabin door opened.The first one to appear was Mao Zedong. He was wearing a blue-gray tunic suit, a dark gray helmet hat, and black leather shoes. He was tall and radiant.As soon as he appeared, there was warm applause at the airport. Mao Zedong smiled, took off his top hat, and frequently waved to the welcoming crowd.Immediately after Mao Zedong got off the plane were two other members of the CCP delegation, Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei, and Hurley and Zhang Zhizhong.Zhang Zhizhong introduced the important people who came to meet Mao Zedong one by one.A large number of Chinese and foreign journalists came forward and lost no time in taking pictures of this precious historical scene. When Mao Zedong came to Chongqing, the entire mountain city and even the whole country were boiling. That night, Chiang Kai-shek held a banquet at the Linyuan villa in the cave to clean up the dust for Mao Zedong and others.It was the second handshake between the leaders of China's two largest political parties and long-standing rivals after nearly two decades of rivalry. The atmosphere of the welcome banquet was warm and harmonious. According to the report of "Xinhua Daily" at the time: "During the banquet, Chiang Kai-shek and Comrade Mao Zedong delivered speeches one after another, and toasted each other several times to wish each other health. The atmosphere was very harmonious." However, as soon as the formal talks started the next day, the differences between the two sides were immediately revealed.Chiang Kai-shek put on an extremely tolerant attitude, and said to Mao Zedong and Zhou En: "The reason why the government did not propose a specific plan first is to show that the government has no prejudice against the negotiation and is willing to listen to all opinions from the CCP. I hope that the CCP will With the spirit of sincerity and candor, he knows everything and says everything.” Mao Zedong took up Chiang Kai-shek's words and said sincerely: "The CCP hopes that through this negotiation, the civil war will truly end and permanent peace will be realized..." Before Mao Zedong finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek muttered impatiently: "There is no civil war in China." Mao Zedong was not polite, and retorted: "It is a complete deception to say that there is no civil war in China. It does not conform to the facts at all. Even a three-year-old baby will not believe it." During the negotiations in Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek had trouble sleeping and eating, and he was brooding.He said with emotion in his diary: "Although the old shame is snowed, the new shame is heavy. I don't know when this shame will be restored! The future shame will be a new shame. Special Zhizhi." The revolution has not succeeded; the policy of the Third International has not been defeated, and the Communist bandits have not been cleared up. Then the revolution cannot be said to be successful. It is encouraging." "The crisis of the party-state has never been greater than it is today since September 18." Under the cover of peace negotiations, Chiang Kai-shek, with the help of the United States and the support of the Japanese and puppet troops, quickly mobilized a large number of troops to North China, East China, and Northeast China. Surrendered, to deploy its division and encirclement of the liberated area, and wait for the attack. Chiang Kai-shek quickly mobilized his troops to advance and attack the liberated areas along the Pingsui, Tongpu, Pinghan, Jinpu and other railways.As of mid-September, a total of 36 armies and 73 divisions had been mobilized. The offensive situation was as follows: Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater Command, dispatched 7 armies in early September to occupy the Tongpu Railway with the main force; Shangdang area (the southeast area of ​​Shanxi with Changzhi as the center, known as Shangdang County in ancient times).Fu Zuoyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Twelfth War Zone, dispatched 6 armies, 4 of which, after capturing 5 cities including Guisui (now Hohhot) and Jining, marched eastward along the Pingsui Railway (from Beiping to Guisui), and the front was approaching. Zhangjiakou.Hu Zongnan, the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone, mobilized 8 armies. The main force left Tongguan in the east and marched eastward along the Longhai Railway. ,Tianjin.Sun Lianzhong, Commander of the Eleventh War Zone, led three armies to Xinxiang along the Ping-Han Railway, preparing to join Hu Zong in Shijiazhuang in the south; Li Yannian, Deputy Commander of the Eleventh War Zone, led three armies to occupy Shangqiu and Xuzhou, preparing to open Jinpu Road Xuzhou and Jinan sections.Li Pinxian, commander of the Tenth War Zone, occupied Pukou and Bengbu with two armies, and planned to link up with the Kuomintang army in Xuzhou.Yu Hanmou, the commander of the Seventh War Zone, dispatched two armies, and Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone, dispatched one army to besiege our Eighth Route Army's southward detachment that had advanced to the Hunan and Guangdong borders.Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, dispatched four armies to encircle our army in the Central Plains. In October and November, the United States successively transported the 92nd, 94th, 13th, and 52nd armies of the Kuomintang to Tianjin, Beiping, Qinhuangdao and other cities by warships and planes to meet the main force of the Kuomintang army advancing along the railway line. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to quickly control the strategically important areas and lines of communication in North China and East China, divide our liberated areas, open access to the Northeast and seize the Northeast, and then use strong military pressure to force the Communist Party to yield in the negotiations. On September 20th, Chiang Kai-shek sent a secret message to the commanders of the various theaters: "The current negotiation with the traitor party is to spy on its requirements and goals, so as to delay the time and ease the international attention, so that the national army can seize the opportunity and quickly recover the central cities of the enemy-occupied areas. Waiting for the country The army controls all strategic strongholds and lines of communication, and after the bandits are completely surrendered, they will use the favorable military situation to conduct specific negotiations with the traitor party. If they cannot yield under the principle of unity of military orders and government orders, they will be wiped out with bandits." On the morning of August 25, 1945, Yan'an Dongguan Airport.A grass-green military transport plane slammed into the sky and embarked on an extraordinary voyage.In the cabin, there are some important figures of the Communist Party of China, Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Bo Yibo, Chen Geng, Lin Biao, Xiao Jinguang, Teng Daiyuan and other 20 senior generals. Looking down at the rivers and mountains of the motherland from the cabin window, Chen Yi couldn't hold back his inner excitement. We have to return to the Central China region where we once fought.After the Southern Anhui Incident, Chen Yi served as the acting commander of the New Fourth Army, a member of the Central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Central China Branch of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Shaoqi, a political commissar, reorganized the 90,000 troops in Central China into 7 divisions and 1 independent brigade. and unity of command. After Liu Shaoqi returned to Yan'an in the spring of 1942, Chen Yi acted as secretary of the branch of the Military Commission, fully implemented the policy of the CPC Central Committee, led the New Fourth Army to persist in the War of Resistance behind enemy lines in central China, strengthened the troops, and consolidated and developed the anti-Japanese base areas. In March 1943, Chen Yi went to Yan'an to report on the work in Central China and participate in the rectification study.At the same time, he continued to participate in guiding the anti-Japanese struggle in Central China and the New Fourth Army. Since the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang troops have never stopped attacking the Liberated Areas for a moment.It's just that there is no full-scale attack.Now that the Anti-Japanese War has been won, Chiang Kai-shek immediately stretched out his hand to grab the "peaches" that did not belong to him, and wanted to "seize every inch of power and every inch of profit" with the people.The outbreak of civil war was inevitable. On August 12, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made new deployments for the struggle in Central China.In order to implement this deployment of the central government, Chen Yi drafted the following instructions for the Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the New Fourth Army: on the south of the Yangtze River, immediately launch an offensive in a planned way and occupy Wuxing, Changxing, Yixing, Liyang, Lishui, Towns such as Langxi, Guangde, Jintan, Jurong, and Gaochun, various places on the west bank of Taihu Lake, and counties in western Zhejiang; Suzhou, Wuxi, Wujin, Zhenjiang, Danyang and other cities along the Beijing-Shanghai line can be occupied by camera, but it is impossible to immediately Don't go there, and if you can occupy it, it is not suitable for long-term residence. The main thing is to occupy the rural towns in the counties. On the Jiangbei side, the entire area east of Jinpu Road, north of the Yangtze River, south of Longhai, and both sides of the canal should be integrated into one, occupy all cities, liberate all areas, and lay a long-term foundation for consolidating the base areas.The military headquarters is located along the canal and chooses an appropriate command position. In order to strengthen the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee decided at an enlarged meeting on August 23 to form a new Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Zedong, with Chen Yi as one of the 12 members. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has also conducted careful research on Chen Yi's work.Because it was a prominent and important task for the whole party to quickly recover the Northeast from the hands of the Japanese and puppets at that time, there were two candidates to preside over the military work in the Northeast: one was Chen Yi and the other was Lin Biao.The Central Committee considered that Central China needed Chen Yi more, so Chairman Mao Zedong talked to him. I remember that day, after receiving the notice from Chairman Mao Zedong that he wanted to see him, Chen Yi rushed to the chairman's residence. "Report!" "It must be Chen Yi! Please come in!" "Chairman, you must have something important to ask me!" Chen Yi was impatient and asked as soon as he entered the door. "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." Mao Zedong said kindly. "Chairman, has the central government decided to send me to work in a strategic area?" Chen Yi just sat down and asked again. "You guessed it right! Originally, the central government wanted you to go to the Northeast. But considering that Central China needs you more, it decided to let you go to Central China to lead the work." Mao Zedong said seriously. Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "I'm afraid there is nothing to do when I go back to Central China, and it won't work." Chen Yi was considering the relationship with Rao Shushi.Mao Zedong was very clear about this, so he encouraged him and said: "It doesn't work? Why doesn't it work? As long as you sit there, it will work." Looking at the chairman's eyes full of trust, Chen Yi said firmly: "Please rest assured that the central government will complete the task well!" A few hours later, torches appeared on the ground, and the plane circled around and landed at the Changning temporary airport in Licheng County, southeastern Shanxi. Chen Yi stayed in Licheng for a day or two, and many people had already headed for their respective war zones.And when he went to East China, he had to pass through the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, so he went with Commander Yang Dezhi of the Military Region. On the way, Chen Yi received instructions from the central government to take a shortcut and transfer to Shandong to succeed Luo Ronghuan as commander and political commissar of the Shandong Military Region.Luo quickly went to work in the Northeast. It turned out that on September 19, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the instruction "Current Tasks and Strategic Deployment" drafted by Liu Shaoqi, stating: "The national strategic policy is to develop to the north and defend to the south. As long as I can control the northeast and the provinces of Re and Cha, And if the liberated areas and the people of the whole country cooperate in the struggle, the victory of the Chinese people can be guaranteed." At the same time, the national strategic deployment was adjusted, and the main force and most of the cadres in Shandong were required to quickly dispatch to the east of Hebei and the northeast. Transfer 30,000 troops to eastern Hebei, another 30,000 troops to Northeast China, East China New Fourth Army (except the 5th division) to Shandong and eastern Hebei, our troops from Zhejiang to retreat to southern Jiangsu, and the main forces in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui to retreat Jiangbei.Luo Ronghuan went to work in the Northeast.The Shandong Branch and the Central China Bureau merged into the East China Bureau, and Chen Yi and Rao Shushi went to work in Shandong.Another Central China Branch was established, under the command of the East China Bureau, and its personnel were allocated separately. On October 3, Chen Yi and his party finally arrived at Xia Town on the east bank of Weishan Lake (now where Weishan County is located).He Yixiang, the former commander of the 8th Division of the Shandong Military Region, has brought a car to pick him up. "Where did you get it?" Chen Yi saw that it was a black Ford sedan and asked in surprise. "It was seized in Dayi County a few days ago. I thought it would be best to drive it to pick up the chief. Who knew that the car was old, stopped and stopped, and fell behind the cavalry's ass." He Yixiang replied apologetically. Chen Yi laughed loudly and said, "Not bad, you have talents here!" After receiving lunch in Yi County, Chen Yi said to the heads of the 8th Division: "Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee asked me to tell you that we are striving for peace. But don't have illusions about peace, and put your foothold on the "Strike". The task given by the Party Central Committee and Mao Zedong to our Shandong Military Region is to counterattack the Japanese and puppet troops. At the same time, we must guard the southeast gate of Shandong, resolutely smash Chiang Kai-shek's attempt to open the Jinpu Road, and prevent the Kuomintang troops from going north. This task It is very important. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to occupy Central China, attack North China, and seize Northeast China. We confronted each other, developed Northeast China, consolidated North China, insisted on Central China, and insisted on preventing them from transporting troops from Jinpu Road and Pinghan Road.” The more He Yixiang listened, the more excited he became, and he begged: "Please ask the army commander to hold a meeting with the cadres of our whole division and talk about the current situation!" Chen Yi smiled heartily, "I have to go, I have to go, I will miss a big deal if I hold a meeting with you!" He had to rush to Linyi, and the first major event was to hand over work to Luo Ronghuan, the former commander of the Shandong Military Region who was about to lead the army to the northeast. The next day, he rushed to Linyi, where the Shandong Military Region is located.In the Catholic Church in the west of the city, I met Luo Ronghuan, an old comrade-in-arms during the Fourth Red Army.After handing over the work, Luo Ronghuan gave Chen Yi a tiger skin mattress he used. After Chen Yi accepted it gratefully, he said jokingly, "Okay, people say that a tiger's butt can't be touched, and now I'm afraid I'm going to sleep on the tiger's back." After Luo Ronghuan left, what kind of situation would Chen Yi face? First of all, the vast majority of Shandong’s main force went to the northeast, including all the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 7th divisions of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the 5th and 6th divisions, 18 garrison regiments and core regiments, and some military and political cadres. About 60,000 people, leaving only the 4th and 8th divisions.At the same time, more than 30,000 people from the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army were also led by Master Huang Kecheng to the north.The Shandong field troops under Chen Yi's command were actually only 50,000. With the addition of the garrison brigade, district and county armed forces, and 9 brigades of the New Fourth Army in Central China, the total strength of the entire East China was only 400,000. Second, the situation in East China is complicated and the enemy situation is serious.Chiang Kai-shek returned his capital to Nanjing, and the Sulu Liberated Area would become a "big problem" that directly threatened the Kuomintang's Nanjing regime and a "big obstacle" to Chiang Kai-shek's troop deployment to the north, which must be removed first and then quickly.The troops under Chen Yi's jurisdiction are quite scattered, some have just been transferred from central China to Shandong, and some have just been transferred from local armed forces to the main force.Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to unify the troops and form a powerful field corps to deal with the enemy who has absolute superiority in weaponry and military strength. After Chen Yi arrived in Shandong, according to the deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he organized the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region to carry out organizational adjustments, troop mobilization and reorganization. Soon, the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China was established.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that Rao Shushi would be the secretary of the East China Bureau.Later, Rao Shushi, Chen Yi, Li Yu, Zhang Yunyi, Shu Tong, Li Lin, and Guo Zihua were approved to form the East China Bureau Standing Committee to lead the party, government, and military work in the two strategic areas of Shandong and Central China. East China includes Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan seven provinces, Nanjing, and Shanghai. It is located on the coast and the Yangtze River runs through it.With a large population, rich products, convenient transportation, developed production, and prosperous commerce, the strategic position is very important.During the Northern Expedition and the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the broad masses of the people in this area, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, fought stubbornly in various struggles.After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang troops withdrew to the west after fighting through Songhu and Xuzhou. This beautiful land was ravaged by the Japanese army. In 1938, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army shouldered the mission of fighting against the enemy's rear. Under the leadership of Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian, Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, Chen Yi, Liu Shaoqi and others, they marched into Shandong and the Yangtze River north and south respectively. The struggle wiped out a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, recovered large areas of land, and established central Jiangsu, northern Jiangsu, southern Jiangsu, Huainan, Huaibei, Hubei, Henan and Anhui borders, Anhuijiang, eastern Zhejiang, Jiaodong, southern Shandong, and Shandong in central China and Shandong. Central, Bohai, Binhai and other anti-Japanese base areas and democratic regimes.By the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the two liberated areas of Shandong and Central China had an area of ​​310,000 square kilometers and a population of 60.2 million. According to the deployment of the Central Committee, the Central China Bureau and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army immediately moved northward to Shandong. The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was also the leading organ of the Shandong Military Region. Chen Yi, the commander of the New Fourth Army, was also the commander of the Shandong Military Region.After the Central China Bureau and the headquarters of the New Fourth Army moved to the north, the Central China Branch was established in Central China, under the leadership of the East China Bureau.At the same time, the Central China Military Region was established under the New Fourth Army system. Zhang Dingcheng was the commander, Deng Zihui was the political commissar, Su Yu and Zhang Aiping were the deputy commanders, Tan Zhenlin was the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, Liu Xiansheng was the chief of staff, and Zhong Qiguang was the deputy director of the Political Department. Under its jurisdiction are the Suzhong and Huainan Military Regions, two independent brigades and 8 military divisions. At the same time, the Central China Field Army was formed.Su Yu concurrently served as commander, Tan Zhenlin concurrently served as political commissar, Liu Xiansheng concurrently served as chief of staff, and Zhong Qiguang concurrently served as director of the political department.Under the jurisdiction of the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and other four columns.Wang Bicheng and Jiang Weiqing served as the commander and political commissar of the sixth column, Duan Huanjing as the deputy commander, Chen Tiejun as the chief of staff, and Liu Wenxue as the director of the Political Department.Ji Pengfei served as commander and political commissar of the seventh column, Zhang Fan served as deputy commander, Du Ping served as chief of staff, and Lu Sheng served as director of the political department.Tao Yong was the commander and political commissar of the Eighth Column, Peng Deqing was the deputy commander, Wu Hongxiang was the deputy political commissar, and Han Nianlong was the director of the Political Department.Zhang Zhen was the commander and political commissar of the Ninth Column, Rao Zijian and Du Xinmin were the deputy commanders, Yao Yunliang was the chief of staff, and Wang Xuewu was the director of the Political Department. The leadership of the Suzhong and Huainan military regions has also been adjusted.Guan Wenwei, Commander of the Central Soviet Military Area Command, Chen Pixian, Political Commissar, Lang Bingyun, Chief of Staff, and Chen Shifu, Director of the Political Department.Zhou Junming, commander of the Huainan Military Region, Xiao Wangdong, political commissar, Liang Congxue, deputy commander and chief of staff, and Yu Lijin, director of the Political Department.