Chapter 2 Chapter 1 The Rivalry of the Three Kingdoms and the Four Parties

Northeast China - a magical, beautiful and rich black land. Because of its beauty and richness, this black land has been constantly invaded by foreign powers for hundreds of years since Tsarist Russia invaded Heilongjiang in 1643. Especially after the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, the three eastern provinces were in dire straits. middle. In order to achieve complete victory in the international anti-fascist war, expedite the surrender of Japanese imperialism, and expel the Japanese aggression against China, in early August 1945, 1.5 million Soviet Red Army invaded the Northeast.With the overall victory of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek of the Kuomintang stepped up to occupy the Northeast Liberated Areas with the support of the United States in order to seize the fruits of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

At the beginning of the East-West confrontation, the Soviet Union and the United States also regarded China's Northeast as an outpost of confrontation for their own interests.For this reason, the Three Kingdoms and the Quartet launched an unprecedented contest on this black land, which eventually led to a decisive battle between Liaoshen and Shenyang. From February 4 to 11, 1945, an epoch-making conference was held in Yalta, Crimea.This was the most important meeting held by the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom during the Second World War, including 8 summit plenary meetings, 4 working lunches or dinners, and many meetings of foreign ministers.

The hour hand points to 4:15 pm on February 5, 1945. The Tsar's Palace in Yalta looks exceptionally beautiful in the sunset.The sea water, mountains, clouds, and rosy clouds have merged into one at this time, and people who come here can't help admiring the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.The Livagia Palace at this time was indeed so beautiful that Roosevelt said to Stalin: "I want to buy it in my own name after I retire." Stalin replied with a smile: "Let's not talk about this issue. "Unfortunately, Roosevelt died before retiring. As for the conditions for the Soviet Union to participate in the war against Japan, in addition to the Kuril Islands, Stalin also demanded that Japan return other rights it had taken away from Tsarist Russia.These requirements were basically in line with the spirit of the Cairo Conference, so Roosevelt raised no objections.

What is the spirit of the Cairo Conference? From November 22 to 26, 1943, Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek held a meeting at the Mena Hotel in the outskirts of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. At this meeting, the leaders of the three countries discussed the China issue.Chiang Kai-shek proposed at the meeting that part of Japan's compensation to China after the war could be paid in kind.During the war, Japan established many factories in China, and the machinery and equipment of these factories, including warships, merchant ships, railways, vehicles, etc., could be handed over to China.The United States and China agreed that the northeastern provinces that Japan had taken from China, including the Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun, and Dalian, must be returned to China.

In order to facilitate post-war Sino-US cooperation, Chiang Kai-shek declared to Roosevelt that he was going to hand over Lushun to China and the United States for common use. On December 1, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom issued the "Cairo Declaration", which mentioned: The purpose of the war between our three major allies is to stop and punish Japan's aggression.The three countries never seek profit for themselves, nor do they intend to expand their territories.The purpose of the Three Kingdoms is to deprive Japan of all the islands in the Pacific Ocean that it has seized or occupied since the beginning of the First World War in 1914, so that Japan can return to China the territories it has stolen from China, such as Manchuria, Taiwan, and the Pescadores.

On the first day of the declaration, Stalin told Roosevelt and Churchill that he fully agreed with the Cairo Declaration and its entire contents, and claimed that Manchuria (Northeast) should be returned to China. At the end of 1943, the U.S. military had been fighting the Japanese in the Asia-Pacific region for almost two years.The Americans feel that they are weak and weak, and it is difficult to defeat Japan in a short period of time with their own strength.Therefore, the United States desperately hopes that the Soviet Union will send troops. In the fall of this year, on the eve of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom in Moscow, Dean, the head of the American military mission, received an order from the Joint Chiefs of Staff: If Russia can enter the war against Japan after crushing Germany, it will be the least cost to the United States and Britain. It is of great significance to defeat Japan faster and more thoroughly, and his main task is to "ensure that the Soviet Union participates in the war against Japan."

On October 30, the day when the Moscow Foreign Ministers' Conference closed, Stalin hosted a banquet in the Kremlin for the delegates.At the banquet, Stalin commissioned Hull to secretly tell Roosevelt: "After the allies defeat Germany, the Soviet Union will participate in the war against Japan." At that time, Stalin did not mention the terms of exchange for sending troops. On December 14, 1944, Roosevelt asked Harriman to discuss with Stalin the issue of the Soviet Union's participation in the war against Japan.At this time, Stalin was no longer implicit, but bluntly put forward the conditions for the Soviet Union to send troops.He took out a map, pointed his hand to the east from the map, and said to the American ambassador: "The Kuril Islands and the southern part of Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island) should be returned to the Soviet Union." In addition, Stalin also wanted to get Dalian and Lushun on lease rights, as well as the Middle Eastern Railway, and hoped to maintain the status quo in Outer Mongolia.

The conditions for sending troops proposed by the Soviet Union sacrificed China's interests, so naturally this cannot be discussed on the table. On February 8, Stalin held secret talks with Roosevelt. From the very beginning, Roosevelt showed a very sincere attitude.Because the U.S. military suffered a lot of casualties in the Pacific Islands, Roosevelt desperately hoped that the Soviet Union could send troops as soon as possible.He told Stalin that Japan still has more than 4 million soldiers in the army, 1.2 million in the navy, 6 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, and 3,000 aircraft; , with 6,000 aircraft and more than 600 warships.If the fight continues like this, the losses of the Allied Forces will be great.

Stalin held his pipe and listened quietly to Roosevelt's narration.He agreed with Roosevelt's words, "We can set a timetable for sending troops. I think that after defeating Germany, the Soviet Union can send troops to the Far East with three months' preparation." At the same time, Stalin put forward the conditions for Japan's participation in the war. "If these conditions cannot be met, it will be difficult for us to explain to the Soviet people why Russia participated in the war against Japan." Stalin continued: "If these political conditions can be met, the people will understand that this involves the interests of the country, and It was very easy to explain this decision to the Supreme Soviet."

After listening to Stalin's words, Roosevelt seemed very happy.He said to Stalin: "The US government will fully consider the interests of the Soviet Union in the Far East." Roosevelt intends to accept territorial claims for Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands.As for Northeast China, Roosevelt told Stalin that Chiang Kai-shek was willing to make Port Arthur and Dalian free ports. Stalin put the pipe to his mouth, took a puff comfortably, and then said: "During the meeting, our three countries should reach a written agreement on the above conditions." Roosevelt agreed.

On February 10, 1945, Molotov handed over to Harriman the draft conditions for the Soviet Union's participation in the war against Japan.On the same day, Stalin and Roosevelt met again.Some changes were made to the draft, which became the official text of the agreement.During the talks, Stalin emphasized that Dalian could not become an international port, and the Soviet Union needed a naval base around Lushun Port. As one of the Big Three, Churchill did not participate in the formulation of the agreement, and Stalin and Roosevelt did not discuss with him.He did not see the text until February 11, when Stalin and Roosevelt invited Churchill to sign the agreement. The main contents of the "Agreement of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain concerning Japan (Yalta Agreement)" are as follows: The leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom agreed that within two or three months after the surrender of Germany and the end of the European War, the Soviet Union would participate in the war against Japan on the side of the Allies, on the following conditions: (1) The status quo in Outer Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) shall be maintained. (2) The previous rights and interests of Russia destroyed by the treacherous Japanese attack in 1904 shall be restored, namely: A. The southern part of Sakhalin Island and all adjacent islands shall be returned to the Soviet Union; B. Dalian's commercial port must be internationalized, the Soviet Union's superior rights and interests in the port must be guaranteed, and the Soviet Union's lease of Lushun Port as a naval base must also be restored; C. For the Middle East Railway and the South Manchuria Railway that connect Dalian with the outside world, a Sino-Soviet joint company should be established to jointly operate them. After understanding, the superior rights and interests of the Soviet Union must be guaranteed, and China must maintain full sovereignty in Manchuria . (3) The Kuril Islands shall be handed over to the Soviet Union. The conclusion of the "Yalta Agreement" finally led to the Soviet Union sending troops to Northeast China.The combat target of the Soviet Red Army was the Japanese Kwantung Army, and Stalin's ultimate goal was to restore the right of Tsarist Russia to invade China lost in the 1904 war.The United States and Britain met the demands of the Soviet Union at the expense of China's interests. Chiang Kai-shek, as the head of the Chinese government, was not able to attend this meeting. One month after the signing of the "Yalta Agreement", that is, on March 12, Chiang Kai-shek learned from the Chinese ambassador to Washington that Stalin had put forward proposals on the Far East at the Yalta Conference.After reading the ambassador's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't believe it. He said to himself: "China was really betrayed in Yalta." However, Chiang Kai-shek did not understand the specific content of the agreement. On July 17, 1945, the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom held a secret meeting code-named "The End" in Potsdam, a small city 30 miles away from the German capital Berlin.This was the last meeting of the three major allies during World War II, so it is called the "terminal" meeting. It was at this meeting that the issue of the war against Japan was determined.Truman wrote in his memoirs: "I went to Potsdam for many reasons, but, in my mind, the most urgent thing is to get Stalin's personal reaffirmation of Russia's determination to participate in the war against Japan, which is what our military leaders most urgently want. Got something. I got that assurance from Stalin in the first days of the conference." On August 6, the United States used an atomic bomb to attack Hiroshima, Japan, forcing Japan to consider accepting the fact of unconditional surrender. However, just as Japan was still hesitating and hoping for mediation from the Soviet Union, Stalin signed an order for the Soviet Red Army to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army at 00:00 on August 7 at 4:30 pm on August 7, making the Japanese government's The last ray of hope was dashed. How is the Japanese military at this time?From the end of 1944, the hardliners in the Japanese military began to implement the "Decisive Local Battle Plan".According to this plan, the military department will assemble 53 divisions, 22 independent mixed brigades, 2 tank divisions, 7 independent tank brigades, and 4 anti-aircraft artillery divisions in Japan, with a total strength of 2.25 million army and More than 1.3 million navy. In Northeast China, as early as 1931, the Kwantung Army began to build strong fortifications. In 14 years, the Kwantung Army used bayonets to force millions of Chinese laborers to build a large number of fortifications for it. In 1933, Suzuki, Chief of the Operations Section of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, led his team to the northeast to inspect the Sino-Soviet border line, and decided to deploy three lines of defense here: the first line of defense was military fortifications and military passages; the second line of defense was military bases and special passages ; The third line of defense is Japan's pioneering regiment line of defense and immigration roads.The Kwantung Army also designated the north and east of China's northeastern border with the Soviet Union as the "Northern Region" as a large military base. In order to build the fortifications, the Japanese army captured a large number of Chinese laborers and forced them to build the fortifications under extremely harsh conditions with bayonets.After the laborers died of illness, their bodies were thrown into the valley, and some were thrown away even before they died.In order to keep it secret, after the laborers repaired the fortifications, the Japanese army brutally killed them. In 1944, the Kwantung Army forced laborers to build fortifications near Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. After the construction was completed, the Japanese army killed more than 5,000 laborers.According to incomplete statistics, as many as 30,000 laborers were secretly killed by the Kwantung Army for the construction of only seven projects. In the past 14 years, the Kwantung Army has built 17 fortification areas on the Sino-Soviet and Sino-Mongolian borders, with a total length of more than 1,000 kilometers and more than 8,000 permanent fortifications.The coast of Heilongjiang is the key defensive zone of the Kwantung Army, and the fortifications here are very strong.In this area, the Kwantung Army built five defensive areas.Some of these fortification areas have a frontage of 20 to 100 kilometers in width and a depth of 30 to 40 kilometers.The cannons in the artillery fortifications are all 240 to 410 mm in diameter, and the top layer of the fortifications is more than ten meters thick.In the fortification area, there are more than 410 warehouses poured with reinforced concrete, 20 underground power stations, more than 70 communication hubs, more than 90 underground water supply reservoirs, as well as a large number of underground passages and anti-tank obstacles, forming a road of more than 40 meters wide. km, used to deal with the Soviet defense zone. In the area of ​​Xingkai Lake and Suifenhe, the Kwantung Army built a strong defense system.The defensive fortification area located in the Hutou area is more than 100 kilometers wide and more than 40 kilometers deep.Among them, there are 222 permanent firepower points, 190 civil firepower points, 25 reinforced concrete bunkers, and more than 60 artillery positions.The fortification area in Mishan County is located on the north side of the boundary of Xingkai Lake, and the fortifications are distributed on the ridge extending from Xingkai Lake to the northeast hinterland and between the Sino-Soviet border and the Muling River.The fortification area has a total length of 75 kilometers and is composed of 5 resistance hubs. There are 420 permanent firepower points alone, and 127 reinforced concrete bunkers.There are as many as 760 firepower points and 106 artillery positions in the Hunchun fortification area.The fortification area of ​​Suifenhe is more than 40 kilometers wide and more than 30 kilometers deep. In the eastern coastal area, the Kwantung Army built a total of 8 fortification areas.Within a range of more than 150 kilometers in depth, three lines of defense were deployed.Among them, 4 fortification areas are located in North Korea, and 1 is in Sakhalin Island.In addition, the Kwantung Army built defensive positions in the cities of Jinzhou, Changchun, Jilin, and Siping. The Kwantung Army built 20 air bases, 133 airports, more than 200 takeoff and landing fields, and 400 airport points in the northeast, which can accommodate more than 6,000 aircraft.The Kwantung Army also built more than 150 hospitals with 75,000 beds, barracks for 55 to 60 divisions, and food, ammunition and fuel for 180 to 200 divisions. In terms of transportation, the Kwantung Army built more than 13,700 kilometers of railways and more than 22,000 kilometers of roads.Among them, the railway leading to the Sino-Soviet border can send more than 90 trains a day and night, which can transport the troops of two divisions. However, these fortifications built by the Kwantung Army were mainly used to attack the Soviet Union. Their weakness was that there were too many fortifications and they were close to the national border, which served as shelters for troops to attack during the attack, and there were very few in-depth fortifications.Once the Soviet Red Army breaks through the hard shell covering the outer layer, it can drive straight into the soft belly.Moreover, the distribution of these fortifications is not reasonable, mainly concentrated in the east and north of the Sino-Soviet border.In the vast western region, that is, there are very few fortifications on the border between China and Mongolia.The Kwantung Army believed that the natural conditions in this area were harsh and the Soviet Army would not attack from there.However, the facts proved that the judgment of the Kwantung Army had a fatal error.Later, the Soviet army just took this area as the main direction of attack, and the Kwantung Army was caught off guard. By August 1945, the Kwantung Army had a force that could be used to fight against the Soviet Union. Together with the North Korean garrison, there were 24 divisions, 11 independent brigades, and more than 900,000 people. More than 150,000 puppet troops, with a strength of 1.2 million. However, the Kwantung Army at this time is no longer the "Flower of the Imperial Army" it used to be.Since the start of the war between Japan and the United States, a large number of Kwantung Army was transferred to the south, and a total of 13 divisions were transferred. At the beginning of 1945, in order to prepare for the decisive battle in the mainland, Japan transferred 7 divisions from the Kwantung Army.So far, almost all the elite troops of the Kwantung Army have been transferred away.The Second Division, which had served as the vanguard in the "September 18th" Incident, was transferred to the Southwest Pacific, where it was severely damaged by the US military.The First Division was also transferred to the Philippines, where it was wiped out by the Allied Forces on Leyte Island.By the time the Soviet Red Army launched its offensive, the oldest division of the Kwantung Army was the 109th Division, which had only been established a year earlier.The rest of the divisions were formed that year, and there are many old and young soldiers and reservists. The headquarters of the Kwantung Army was located in Changchun, which was called Xinjing at that time.Under the jurisdiction of the first and third front armies, the independent fourth army, the second air force and the thirty-fourth army stationed in North Korea.In order to deal with the Soviet Red Army, the Kwantung Army Command deployed its forces as follows: The first front army is located in Mudanjiang, so it is also called the Dongman front army, and the commander is a general of Xiduocheng.Under its jurisdiction are the Third Army (commanded by Lieutenant General Baishen), the Fifth Army (commanded by General Shimizu) and the Front Army Reserve, a total of 10 infantry divisions and 1 infantry brigade, with more than 240,000 people.The troops were deployed along the borders of the coastal areas of the Soviet Union, and were mainly deployed in Mudanjiang, Muling, Dunhua, Tumen, Wangqing, Raohe, Yanji, Jilin and other places. The key defense areas were Harbin, Hunchun and Jilin to the east of Mudanjiang. The Third Front Army is located in Fengtian (Shenyang), also known as the Ximan Front Army, and its commander is General Harem Chun.Under the jurisdiction of the 30th Army (commander is Lieutenant General Yata), the 44th Army (commander is Lieutenant General Hongo) and the Front Army Reserve, a total of 8 infantry divisions, 3 independent infantry brigades and 1 Tank brigade, more than 200,000 people.The troops are deployed in Changchun, Taonan and Shenyang. There are two divisions distributed on the western border of Mongolia. The Fourth Independent Army was located in Qiqihar, also known as the North Manchurian Front Army, and its commander was Lieutenant General Uemura.Jurisdiction over 3 infantry divisions, 4 independent infantry brigades, more than 100,000 people.The troops are deployed in Harbin, Qiqihar, Heihe, Manzhouli, Hailar, and Aihui (now rewritten as Aihui), and its responsibility is to undertake the defense of the north and west of the northeast.The Independent Fourth Army was under the direct command of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and was coordinated by the Kwantung Army's Second Air Force. The Kwantung Army placed the first and second phases of the battle against the Soviet Union in Northeast China, and concentrated more than 900,000 troops.Put the third phase of operations in North Korea. The 17th Front Army is located in Seoul, under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Army, a total of 4 divisions. The Thirty-Fourth Army is located in Hamhung, North Korea, and is responsible for the defense of North Korea.There is also the Fifth Front Army, which has jurisdiction over 3 divisions, 1 independent brigade and 1 independent infantry regiment, deployed in the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island.In addition, there are 4 to 6 infantry divisions in Zhangjiakou and Suiyuan that can cooperate with the Kwantung Army in operations. In terms of the number and configuration of weapons, the Kwantung Army is far inferior to the Soviet Red Army.Due to the needs of the "local decisive battle", a large number of weapons of the Kwantung Army were transported away.By the time the Soviet Red Army launched its offensive, the Kwantung Army had only 160 tanks and 155 aircraft at its disposal. Compared with the Soviet Red Army, the Kwantung Army's weapons are also at a clear disadvantage in terms of quality.The tanks of the Kwantung Army are all medium and light tanks, weighing only about 15 tons, equipped with a 47 mm gun, and the deck thickness is 20 to 50 mm. Most of the tanks of the Soviet army were heavy tanks. The T34 tank weighed 32 tons, more than double that of the Kwantung Army.Equipped with an 85 mm gun, the armor thickness is 35 to 70 mm. The KB tank weighs 46 tons, is equipped with an 85mm gun, and has an armor thickness of 70 to 105mm. The NC2 tank is more powerful, equipped with a 122mm heavy gun. For the tanks of the Soviet Army, the Kwantung Army is really beyond reach.Under such circumstances, what kind of fate will be waiting for the Kwantung Army? "Attack!" Marshal Meretskov of the Soviet Union ordered unequivocally. At 00:10 on August 9th, there were no signal flares and no artillery cover. Beloborodov commanded 6 divisions of the First Red Banner Army. Braving the heavy rain, they were divided into 7 columns. Kai Lake, on the nearly 80-kilometer-wide Mishan fortification area, moves west and northwest.In an instant, thousands of troops rushed into the vast primeval forest. At the same time, the 12 infantry divisions of the Fifth Army of the Soviet Army, divided into five assault zones, crossed the border line in a 65-kilometer-wide area under the torrential rain. The Fifth Army is the strongest unit of the First Front Army in the Far East. As the main force of the left wing attack of the Front Army, after crossing the border, it quickly advanced towards Suifenhe.On the front of the Fifth Army is the Fifth Army of the Japanese Army. In order to prevent the attack of the Soviet Army, the Japanese Army has organized several counterattacks. The Fifth Army has 3,500 artillery and mortars, all with a caliber above 70mm, more than 400 Katyusha rocket launchers, and 720 tanks.The number of cannons accounted for nearly half of the total number of cannons in the entire front army. At 4 o'clock in the morning, Suifenhe, located in the eastern border, dawned very early.The smoke from the gunfire at night had not completely dissipated in the early morning. The army commander, General Krylov, was observing the Japanese fortification area in the bunker. The army's attack was blocked because the enemy's firepower was too fierce.These fortifications are firmly nailed on the road ahead of the group army like nails. To open the passage, powerful artillery fire must be carried out to violently bombard the fortification area. "Let's get started," Krylov said to Lieutenant General Gerasimov, commander of the artillery, "it's up to you now." "Just wait and see, the Germans have already learned how powerful we are, and now it's time for the Japanese to have a taste." Gerasimov looked very proud. In an instant, 3,500 cannons roared together, and the shells flew towards the Japanese fortification area with a long flame.The shells exploded in the Japanese fortifications, setting off puffs of thick smoke, and the Japanese fortification area was shrouded in a sea of ​​flames. After a burst of shelling, the Japanese artillery in the fortification area began to fight back desperately. A few minutes later, more than 400 Soviet bombers flew over the fortifications, aiming at the Japanese fortifications and bombarding them violently.After the first round of bombing, a second round of bombing followed.The Soviet army dispatched more than 1,600 sorties to carry out four rounds of carpet bombing on the areas where the Japanese army fortified. In the area where the Japanese army built the fortification, a layer of soil more than ten meters thick was accumulated, which was cut off several meters by the bombs dropped by Soviet artillery and planes.The shelling had not completely stopped, and the infantry began to attack. The next morning, the Fifth Army finally captured the Japanese army's large road hub and powerful fortification site - Suifenhe. In the early morning of August 9, at the border between China and Mongolia.The Soviet and Mongolian troops attacked in three ways: all the way to the south and went straight to Hailar; all the way to attack Sauron from Outer Mongolia to the east; the other way was cavalry troops to attack south after passing through the Gobi. At 4:30 in the morning on the 9th, more than 600,000 troops of the Post-Baikal Front Army and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army crossed the border between China and Mongolia.General Danilov commanded the 17th Army to attack Chifeng from the Yugozier Temple and attack the left wing of the 44th Kwantung Army.General Lyudnikov commanded the 39th Army to attack the Kwantung Army's 30th Army and the left flank of the Fourth Army from Tamtsagbulak, and General Luchinsky commanded the 36th Army from Dauria via Hailar Go straight to Qiqihar and attack the central area of ​​the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army. The Soviet army concentrated more than 2,400 tanks in the post-Baikal region.Let the tanks go through the desert and Daxing'an Mountains to achieve a surprisingly winning effect. The Sixth Guards Tank Army under the command of General Kravchenko took on the main task.This is a unit with outstanding achievements. It participated in many major battles during the Great Patriotic War. In the early morning of this day, a puppet cavalry of Inner Mongolia was patrolling the desert leisurely.Suddenly, they were stunned by the scene before them.In the distance, a huge storm was sweeping towards them.The puppet cavalry thought it was a sandstorm at first, but the more they looked at it, the more they felt something was wrong.The storm was getting bigger and bigger, and the dust was flying.It turned out that this was a huge tank force, rushing from west to east.Seeing that the general situation was not good, the puppet cavalry turned around and ran back.How could they be the opponents of the Soviet tank troops? Except for most of them being wiped out, only a few escaped. Immediately afterwards, the Sumeng cavalry mechanized group commanded by General Pliyev began to attack from the northern Gobi to Duolun.This cavalry mechanized force consists of 1 tank brigade, 1 mechanized brigade, 1 motorized brigade, 1 cavalry division, 1 guards rocket artillery regiment, 1 anti-tank brigade and 1 engineer battalion of the Soviet army. The Mongolian People's Army under the command of Marshal Choibalsan consists of 6 cavalry divisions, 1 aviation division, 1 armored brigade, 1 tank regiment and 1 artillery regiment.In front of them are two infantry divisions of the Japanese army, two infantry brigades and 10 divisions of the puppet Manchurian and Mongolian troops. The Sumeng cavalry crossed the rolling desert, passed through the rough saline marsh, and then galloped on the vast Mongolian prairie.On the same day, the Soviet and Mongolian cavalry advanced 55 kilometers in the direction of Duolun after annihilating the Japanese and puppet border guards.The vanguard advanced to Narenbaolig and wiped out the cavalry of King Mongolde and the Japanese infantry there. On August 10, the Sumeng cavalry arrived 20 kilometers north of Baoertao Sumu.Later, they crossed a section of desert and arrived at the western foot of Daxinganling on August 11. After crossing more than 300 kilometers of desert, the Sumeng cavalry mechanized troops approached Duolun, an important commercial town and military fortress in Inner Mongolia.As a military center, Duolun guards the main road leading to Rehe and Yellow River from Daxing'an Mountains. On August 12, the Sumeng cavalry captured Duolun after a fierce battle. As the first echelon of the attack, the Sixth Army of Guards Tanks crossed the border on the desert with a width of more than 15 to 20 kilometers, and then drove forward at full speed.Their mission was to point directly at Shenyang, where the headquarters of the Kwantung Army's Third Front Army was located, and attack the right wing of the Japanese Forty-fourth Army.Behind the Guards Tank Army was the Soviet Fifty-third Army. In the early morning of August 10, the 75th Tank Brigade and the 267th Tank Brigade of the First Red Banner Army of the Soviet Army had advanced to the left bank of the Stone River. On the evening of August 13, the Sixth Guards Tank Army advanced 180 kilometers forward, and the forward pointed directly at Taonan, an important town in the west of Changchun. On August 14, the forward of the 26th Army of the Soviet Army approached Mudanjiang City. After a week of attacks by the Soviet Army, the Japanese First Front Army defending the eastern border suffered heavy losses. The Fifth Army was divided and surrounded by the Soviet Army, and its Mishan Group was wiped out.The fortification area in the east was also broken by the Soviet army, and Mudanjiang City was completely exposed to the Soviet army. On the afternoon of August 16, in the headquarters of the Fifth Army of the Japanese Army in Mudanjiang, Admiral Shimizu stared blankly at the map.Over the past few years, almost all the fortifications he had painstakingly managed were broken through by the Soviet army overnight, and his plan to resist the Soviet army in Mudanjiang had come to naught. The headquarters of the Kwantung Army's First Front Army is located in Mudanjiang.In the headquarters, there was a mess.A group of gendarmes were busy carrying large and small boxes onto trucks, and several Japanese soldiers were burning documents and encrypted cables. When the wind blew, the ground was covered with soot. The 22nd Division of the Soviet Army broke into Mudanjiang City from the north.At the same time, the 300th Division also captured the eastern part of Mudanjiang City.By 5 p.m., troops from the east and west sides of the Soviet army joined forces in the urban area. At 22 o'clock in the evening, Beloborodov excitedly reported to Marshal Meletskov, commander of the Far East First Front Army: "Mudanjiang City has been occupied by us." So far, the First Red Flag Army has successfully opened the road to Harbin. After the Soviet Red Army crossed the border, it was invincible all the way.Facing the sharp "central attack" of the Soviet army, the Japanese Kwantung Army, known as the "Flower of the Imperial Army", instantly became a "miserable scarecrow". On August 11, the chrysanthemum emblem hanging on the gate of the Kwantung Army headquarters suddenly disappeared.This morning, on the railway from Changchun to Tonghua, the frequency of trains going back and forth was several times faster than usual.When the Soviet army crossed the border, it dispatched planes to bomb Xinjing (Changchun).It seemed that the headquarters of the Kwantung Army was no longer safe in Xinjing (Changchun), so Yamada Otozo decided to move the headquarters to Tonghua, preparing to compete with the Soviet army there. When the Kwantung Army was retreating, it could not forget to bring the notorious 731 troops with it, for fear of falling into the hands of the Soviet army.After receiving the order to retreat, the 731 troops blew up all the barracks and brutally poisoned the prisoners who were still alive.Most of these prisoners were the captured Eighth Route Army and the Soviet Red Army captured at Nuomenkan.When the animal experiment building was exploded, the rats carrying the phytophthora spread everywhere, which later caused the plague epidemic in the Kanto region.After the 731st troops had done all these unconscionable and bad deeds, they withdrew from Harbin to North Korea.After Japan's defeat, the dignified commander of the Kwantung Army and his subordinates became prisoners, while the blood-debt Unit 731 returned to Japan safely from North Korea under the leadership of Shiro Ishii.It turned out that Shiro Ishii handed over the data of the bacterial test to the Americans in exchange for being exempted from being held accountable for war criminals. In addition, the Kwantung Army Command also took away 500 million coins from the Central Bank of Manchukuo, and even looted 4 tons of opium, and even a large amount of platinum and diamonds.In the messy Kwantung Army headquarters, the "Decisive Battle Instructions" issued by Lu Xiang Anan to the Kwantung Army the day before was thrown on the ground. On the morning of August 14, the Kwantung Army Headquarters was still studying future combat policies, and learned from the "Manchukuo" news agency in the afternoon that the war seemed to be coming to an end.At 4:00 p.m., the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Tonghua received a call from the staff officer of the second section, Hiroshi Yuanno, who was staying in Xinjing (Changchun), saying that Tokyo had important matters to report, and the commander-in-chief must return to Xinjing.So, Yamada Otosan and Qin Yansaburo hurried from Tonghua to Xinjing.After arriving in Xinjing, I received a telegram from the base camp: "Tomorrow at noon on the 15th, there will be an important broadcast, please listen to it." The members of the Kwantung Army didn't know what the important broadcast meant, and they spent the night in anxiety. At 12:00 noon on August 15, the radio in the room was turned on, and all the officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army Command stood in silence to listen to the emperor's Yuyin broadcast.Maybe it's because it's so quiet that the sound of "popping" can be heard when tears fall on the floor.At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Major General Tomokatsu Matsumura, the deputy chief of staff and head of the first section, was ordered to go to Tokyo to find out what happened.At 9 o'clock in the evening, Matsumura called from Tokyo, saying that the base camp had not yet issued an official ceasefire order. However, in the afternoon of that day, the base camp had issued the "Mainland Order" No. 1381 to the Kwantung Army, ordering the Kwantung Army to "stop active offensive operations."Accordingly, the Kwantung Army ordered the Air Force's aircraft not to take off again, but did not issue an order to the ground forces to stop resistance. Even though Japan had issued the edict of surrender, Moscow still ordered its troops not to stop fighting.Stalin connected Vasilevsky's phone call, and after discussing it, the two decided to continue fighting. On August 16, the Soviet General Staff issued the following statement in Pravda: 1. The Japanese Emperor's announcement on Japan's surrender on August 14 was only a general declaration on unconditional surrender.The Japanese armed forces continued to resist even though an order to cease combat operations had not been issued to the armed forces.Therefore, the Japanese armed forces have not really surrendered. 2. The Japanese Armed Forces surrendered only when the Emperor of Japan ordered his own Armed Forces to cease combat operations and lay down their arms, and this order was actually carried out. 3. In view of this, the armed forces of the Soviet Far East will continue to fight against Japan. By now, Moscow was really worried about Japan's surrender.Because it has only been a week since the Soviet army entered the Northeast, major cities such as Fengtian (Shenyang), Xinjing (Changchun), and Harbin have not yet been acquired.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was asking Washington to send his troops to the Northeast, which inevitably aggravated Stalin's concerns about the US meddling in Northeast affairs.Moscow naturally knows that the position at the time of the armistice is a powerful weight in the post-war negotiations.Considering the international status of the Far East after the war, if Stalin wanted to regain the interests lost by the tsar in the Northeast, the Soviet army had to occupy various important places before the US army entered the Northeast. On August 16, the 35th Army of the Soviet Army approached the Jiamusi-Tumen River Railway, cutting off the connection between the Kwantung Army's Independent Fourth Army and the Mudanjiang Group.The First Red Flag Army also conquered Mudanjiang on the same day, annihilating more than 40,000 Kwantung Army troops. In the early morning of August 17, the Kwantung Army's cessation of resistance broadcast was transmitted to the Soviet garrison.In the afternoon, prompting the end of the war, the Emperor of Japan issued an imperial edict to the navy and army: "I declared war on the United States and Britain in the past (December 1941), which lasted for three years and eight months. During this period, my beloved army and navy people stood up to serve and fought bravely in the barren wilderness and the scorching sea. I highly appreciate it. Now that the Soviet Union has joined the war, judging from various internal and external situations, the continuation of the war will almost increase the disaster, and eventually the empire will lose its foundation for existence.Although the fighting spirit of the imperial army and navy is still heroic, in order to maintain our glorious national system, we now wish to make peace with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and Chongqing.I sincerely mourn the many loyal and brave soldiers who died in Fengdi and died of the epidemic. At the same time, I firmly believe that the loyalty, loyalty and martyrdom of soldiers like you are the essence of the people of all ages. Soldiers like you, restrain yourself, stick to solidarity and solidarity, and proceed with a strict understanding of where you come from, in order to overcome untold hardships, endure unbearable hardships, and leave behind the eternal foundation of the country. " Immediately, the royal family was sent to various places to persuade the soldiers to surrender.On the same day, Prince Zhu Tiangong was ordered to rush to the northeast to convey the imperial decree, urging the Kwantung Army to surrender to the Soviet Army. At 5:00 p.m., Marshal Vasilevsky of the Soviet Far East Army Command received a telegram from General Yamada Otozo, the commander of the Kwantung Army, saying that the Kwantung Army "stopped military operations by order of the Emperor" and handed over weapons to the Soviet army. At 7:00 p.m., Japanese planes dropped two letter boxes on the garrison of the First Front Army in the Far East of the Soviet Union, which contained a request for an armistice from the First Front Army Command of the Eastern Army. At that time, the Japanese ground troops did not lay down their arms. These officers and soldiers had long been influenced by the spirit of Bushido and refused to be prisoners. For this reason, Vasilevsky ordered Meretskov, the commander of the First Front Army in the Far East, to immediately send someone to Mudanjiang to inform the representative of the Kwantung Army Headquarters: "Only when the Japanese army begins to surrender and surrender, the Soviet army's military operations will be stopped." will stop." Since then, the fighting has not stopped.The Red Banner First Army of the Soviet Army resumed its offensive. The troops advanced westward along the Middle Eastern Railway and occupied Hailin Town. 8月18日下午，关东军司令部终于向所属各部下达了投降命令，并通知了苏联远东军司令部。旋即，华西列夫斯基指示各方面军“立即占领长春、奉天、吉林和哈尔滨这几个城市”。为了达到这一目标，“必须派出专门编组的装备精良的快速支队。” 1945年8月18日，日本关东军下令停止抵抗。图为日军军使打着白旗进入苏军阵地 8月18日以后，关东军有组织地大规模抵抗已经结束。苏军空降部队开始在奉天（沈阳）、新京（长春）、哈尔滨、吉林等中心城市降落，赶在美军之前强占这些地区。在空降兵之后赶到的则是由坦克部队、机械化步兵、自行火炮部队组成的支队。 就在这天，红旗第一集团军的先头部队抵达横道河子。在那里，他们得到通知：关东军投降了。关东军司令部下达的投降命令还算及时，否则，在苏军强大攻势面前，不知日军还要葬送多少性命。 8月19日下午，关东军参谋长秦彦三郎来到苏军远东第一方面军司令部梅列茨科夫元帅的指挥所，同苏军举行会谈。苏军提出了受降程序，并指定了受降时间、地点和行程路线。同时，苏军警告关东军，日军必须有组织地缴械投降，而且俘虏的伙食起初由日军自行安排，部队连同伙房和存粮全部移交给苏军。 华西列夫斯基元帅也在场，他要求关东军所有部队的投降应在8月20日12时之前结束。 关东军的行动相当快，秦彦三郎刚从苏军指挥部回到新京（长春），日军独立第四集团军司令官村上就将整个东北日军的投降命令、将领名单连同哈尔滨日军守备队的材料送到苏军手里。 从8月19日这天起，关东军开始有组织地向苏军投降。当天拂晓，后贝加尔方面军的全权代表阿尔乔缅科飞抵关东军司令部。 当晚，关东军司令部大楼上的太阳旗换上了画有锤子和镰刀的红旗。 8月20日，关东军第五军司令官清水带着5名将军来到牡丹江苏军红旗第一集团军指挥部，向苏军投降。苏军对他们进行了审讯。 清水的身材矮小，体态肥胖，蓄着一头的短发。此时的清水，脚穿高筒骑兵靴，就连当了俘虏还不忘佩戴勋章。但清水的表情流露出了满脸沮丧。 8月20日下午，别洛鲍罗多夫率领红旗第一集团军司令部到达哈尔滨，接受日军第四军的投降。他对翻译说：“我命令明天傍晚前完成解除武装的工作，并把所有的装备和技术兵器送往哈尔滨跑马场。此外，还应立即在部队内建立严格的纪律。”他特意强调：“从明天起，若在城内出现佩带武器的日军官兵，即按战时法予以惩处。” 8月22日，别洛鲍罗多夫指令日军第四军司令上村干男，要其命令全军停止作战行动，向苏军缴械投降，将装备及军队撤出哈尔滨市区，到郊区战俘营集中；停止日本军人在市区的一切单独或结伴行动；向苏军交出仓库、基地及其他军用物资；在行进途中保持军人纪律。 一天之内，关东军第四军及其直属部队，共4.3万人向苏军投降。但是，苏军仍在追剿藏匿于深山老林里的小股日军，这些都是特工队员。这项工作持续了将近两个星期，直到9月初才结束。期间，发生了一些相当规模的战斗。那些不肯放下武器的日军，全部被歼。 从关东军开始投降之日起，尽管莫斯科大本营最高统帅部命令苏军在日军投降的地段上停止战斗，但实际上苏军并没有这样做，而是继续向预定地域推进。8月22日，苏军到达了他们向往已久的那块神圣土地——旅顺。 苏军自8月9日开始，至战争结束，共打了24天，其中大规模战斗只有11天。据苏方统计，苏军共击毙日军8.3万人，俘虏59万多人，其中有148名将领；缴获火炮1565门，迫击炮2139门，机枪1.2万挺，坦克600辆，飞机861架。苏军伤亡3.2万人，其中阵亡8000人。苏军占领了中国东北及其主要城市。 1945年6月10日，毛泽东在七大的一份报告上说：“从我们党，从中国革命最近将来的前途看，东北是特别重要的。即使我们把现有的一切根据地都丢了，只要我们占有了东北，中国革命就有巩固的基础。” 毛泽东还说，为了防止美蒋封锁长城一线，割断中国同苏联的联系，我们应该现在就开始集中二三十个旅，15万到20万人，准备将来开到东北去，背倚苏联。为此，毛泽东建议，七大在选举候补中央委员时应考虑选东北籍的同志。 1945年4月23日，毛泽东同志致开幕词（即《两个中国之命运》一文） 8月9日这天，苏军出击中国东北，事先延安并不知道。无论是苏联方面，还是周保中、刘亚楼这些在苏军工作的中国同志都没有向延安透露过这个消息。看来，苏联出兵东北，这是对日寇的最后一战了，中国人民历经8年的英勇奋战，眼看就要胜利了。于是，8月9日毛泽东欣然提笔写道： “8月8日，苏联政府宣布对日作战，中国人民表示热烈的欢迎。由于苏联这一行动，对日战争的时间将大大缩短。对日战争已处在最后阶段，最后地战胜日本侵略者及其走狗的时间已经到来了。在这种情况下，中国人民的一切抗日力量应举行全国规模的反攻，密切而有效地配合苏联及其他同盟国作战。八路军、新四军及其他人民军队，应在一切可能的条件下，对于一切不愿投降的侵略者及其走狗实行广泛的进攻，歼灭这些敌人的力量，夺取其武器和资财，猛烈地扩大解放区，缩小沦陷区……” 这几天，还有一个人也一直在忙个不停，那就是总司令朱德。不过，即使再忙，朱德依然是优哉游哉，处理起事情来，显得从容不迫，一派大将风度。 在朱德的办公桌上放着一封密电，上面说，蒋介石秘密召见了3位在“九一八”事变后逃离东北的将领，命令他们会同国民党官员到东北当接受大员。 蒋介石还命令华北、华东和华中的日伪军，如果没有他的指令，不得缴械、整编或并入其他部队。同时，他又命令八路军就地驻防待命。 8月10日。从这天的最后一刻到第二天晚上6时，18个小时之内，八路军总司令朱德连续发布七道命令。其中，有三道命令是有关配合苏联红军作战的。 8月11日上午8时发布的第二号命令说： 为配合苏联红军进入中国境内作战，并准备接受日、“满”敌伪投降，我命令： 一、原东北吕正操所部由山西绥远现地，向察哈尔热河进发。 二、原东北军张学诗所部由河北、察哈尔现地，向热河、辽中进发。 三、原东北军万毅所部由山东河北现地，向辽宁进发。 四、现驻河北、热河、辽宁边境之李运昌部即日向辽宁吉林进发。 一个小时后，朱德又签发了第三号命令： 为配合外蒙古人民共和国军队进入内蒙及绥热察等地作战，并准备接受日、“蒙”敌伪投降，我命令： 一、贺龙所部由绥远现地向北行动。 二、聂荣臻所部由察哈尔、热河现地向北行动。 11日12时，朱德发布第六号命令： 为配合苏联红军进入中国及朝鲜境内作战，解放朝鲜人民，我命令： 现地华北对日作战之朝鲜义勇军司令武亭、副司令朴孝三、朴一禹立即统率所部，随同八路军及原东北军各部向东北进兵，消灭敌伪，并组织在东北之朝鲜人民，以便达成解放朝鲜之任务。 8月12日。延安得到消息，美国的飞机和军舰正在集结，打算将8万蒋介石军队运送到解放区，其中第一批军队是由美军装备和训练的新军。 同一天，蒋介石发出要八路军停止前进，不许擅自行动的命令。 秋天是收获的季节，在高低不平的黄土高原上，满山遍野都是桃树，熟透了的桃子，沉甸甸地挂满了树枝，白里透红。 现在，有人想摘桃子了，这可是胜利果实，决不能让人轻易拿去。对于蒋介石的无理要求，延安八路军总部当然置之不理。 当日，中共中央致电晋绥、晋察冀两个分局，命令他们：苏联红军不日可占领哈尔滨，外蒙古军队已经南下林西、突泉；我绥远部队务必全力歼灭傅作义之东进部队，晋北、平北、冀东三区部队务必迅速分兵北进，迎接外蒙军队及苏联红军。 同时，毛泽东还为中共中央起草了一份致山东分局的电报，指示万毅（原东北军第一一一师师长，后来该师脱离国民党军队，受共产党领导）东北军速即完成出发准备，待命开往东北。 8月13日，延安中央大礼堂张灯结彩，干部大会正在这里召开。毛泽东操着浓重的湖南口音对台下的干部们说：“桃子该由谁摘？这要问桃树是谁栽的，谁挑水浇的。蒋介石蹲在山上一担水也不挑，现在他却把手伸得老长老长地要摘桃子。他说，此桃子的所有权属于我蒋介石，我是地主，你们是农奴，我不准你们摘。”说到这里，台下一阵大笑。毛泽东接着说：“我们对蒋介石说，你没有挑过水，所以没有摘桃子的权利。我们解放区人民天天浇水，最有权利摘的是我们。” 毛泽东的话音刚落，台下爆发出一阵热烈的掌声。 当天，八路军总司令朱德、副总司令彭德怀联名致电蒋介石，表示坚决拒绝执行其错误命令： 重庆蒋委员长勋鉴：我们从重庆广播电台收到中央社两个消息，一个是你给我们的命令，一个是你给各战区将士的命令……现在日本侵略者尚未实行投降，而且每时每刻都在杀中国人，都在同中国军队作战，都在同苏联、美国、英国的军队作战，苏美英的军队也在每时每刻同日本侵略者作战，为什么你叫我们不要打了呢……“驻防待命”一说，确与民族利益不符合。我们认为这个命令你是下错了，并且错得很厉害，使我们不得不向你表示：坚决地拒绝这个命令…… 8月15日，美国总统杜鲁门批准了远东盟军最高统帅麦克阿瑟的第一号命令，宣布满洲日伪军只能向苏联政府军队投降，中国其他地区的日伪军只能向蒋介石政府军队投降。 实际上，这就等于剥夺了中国共产党军队受降的权利。8年来，共产党的军队浴血奋战，牺牲无数生命，到头来连受降的权利都没有，岂非咄咄怪事！ 这天，年过半百的朱德，戴着一副老花眼镜，坐在椅子上正聚精会神地审阅发给苏、美、英三国的说帖。 这份说帖是中共中央以中国解放区抗日军朱德总司令的名义，发给美国驻华大使赫尔利将军、英国驻华大使薛穆爵士、苏联驻华大使彼得罗夫的，请他们转给各自的政府。朱德提出，中国共产党的军队有权按照有关国际文件接受被其包围的日伪军队的投降，对麦克阿瑟的命令表示抗议。说帖虽然是给苏、美、英三国政府的，但中国共产党主要还是希望能得到苏联的支持。但是，斯大林对中国共产党的要求没有理会。 8月16日，朱德再次致电蒋介石，让他收回错误的命令。电报说： 我站在中国及同盟国的共同利益上，坚决地彻底地反对你的命令，直至你公开承认错误，并公开收回这个错误命令之时为止。我现在继续命令我所统率的军队配合英国、美国、苏联的军队，坚决向敌人进攻，直至敌人在实际上停止敌对行为，缴出武器，一切祖国的国土完全收复之时为止。 根据延安总部的命令，晋察冀军区司令员聂荣臻指示所属各部：第十二、十三、十九军分区迅速夺取张家口、张北、多伦；冀热辽军区主力一部立即向辽宁、吉林挺进。 命令发出后，毛泽东让聂荣臻留下来开了一个小会。周恩来连夜起草了一份文件，这是给晋察冀军区的。周恩来说：“你们全军的重点任务是尽量多占一些地方和主要交通线，要高度重视东北，你们应派出大批干部和部队去东北开展工作，争取东北成为我们的根据地。” 接到指示后，身在延安的聂荣臻、肖克、刘澜涛立即给察蒙骑兵支队发去一份电报。 日本宣布无条件投降，依据《中苏友好同盟条约》，苏联要将东北交给国民党政府。蒋介石认为，既有美国的支持，又要条约的规定，接受东北不成问题。但当时国民党政府在东北没有一兵一卒，更没有一点统治基础，同时又听说共产党正向东北派兵，要想收回东北也不是一件容易的事。东北由谁来统管呢？ 蒋介石思来想去，有一天，他问李宗仁：“你看接收东北谁最适当呢？”李宗仁当时认为，战后东北问题最为棘手，主持其事者，必须有眼光，有魄力，勇于负责，必要时敢于见机行事，便向蒋推荐了黄绍竑。蒋介石听了，只是“哼”了一声，没有采纳。 当时，在国民党的军政大员中，想当“东北王”的不乏其人。早在抗战末期，日本尚未投降时，国民党政学系就对东北跃跃欲试了。 国民党东北行辕主任熊式辉 日本一投降，政学系的大将，时任国民党中央设计局秘书长、代局长，并兼任中央银行董事长的熊式辉不失时机地向蒋介石提供了一份完整的“接收东北计划方案”。这可解了蒋介石燃眉之急。 熊式辉，字天翼，号西广，1893年生于江西省安义县，家境贫寒。1916年，由保定陆军军官学校毕业后，投奔到护国军第二军总司令李烈钧麾下，被委任为第三十四团团副。1921年，经上司第四师师长方声涛推荐，被广东军政府保送到日本陆军大学深造。3年后，熊式辉从日本学成回国，投奔了广东革命政府。 北伐战争开始后，在蒋介石的授意下，熊式辉策动北洋军第四师赖世璜起义。第四师起义后，蒋介石把第四师改编为国民革命军第十四军，赖世璜任军长，熊式辉任党代表。 北伐军占领长沙后，第十四军奉命进攻赣州，牵制孙传芳的部队。在临川战斗中，该军有一名师长阵亡，赖世璜推荐熊式辉兼任师长，自此，熊式辉掌握了兵权，他对赖世璜感激不尽，改称赖为“恩兄”。然而不久，孙传芳部队大败十四军，北伐军总参谋长白崇禧前来追查战败责任，他二人互相推诿，各执一词，自此反目成仇。熊式辉一气之下跑到上海做寓公。 一天，熊式辉听部下告密说，赖世璜在与孙传芳部作战期间，孙传芳曾派人秘密诱劝赖倒戈，并允诺攻占南京后晋升赖为江西督军。此事虽无真凭实据，只是道听途说，熊式辉还是对赖反戈一击，立即报告给白崇禧，并无中生有诬告说赖世璜勾结孙传芳，想暗杀白崇禧。白崇禧与赖世璜本有宿怨，听了熊式辉的密报后，未经审查、核实，就以克扣军饷、贻误战机的莫须有罪名，枪毙了熊式辉的这位“恩兄”。不久，第十四军被缩编为第五师，熊式辉出任师长。 1927年，蒋介石第一次下野时，熊式辉探知蒋在玩弄以退为进的把戏，便向蒋介石发去一封密电：称“总司令既然引退，式辉亦不欲带兵，愿随左右，出国游历”。果然，蒋介石立即复电表示嘉许。1928年蒋介石复出后，从上海前往南京，熊式辉带领他的部队沿沪宁线一路护送，深得蒋介石的欢心，被任命为淞沪卫戍司令，后于1931年又委任熊为江西省主席兼南昌行营主任，视为心腹。 熊式辉当了整整十年的江西省主席，日本侵入江西后，蒋介石把熊式辉调回南京，委任他为中央设计局秘书长，代局长之职，并兼任中央银行董事长。在南京，熊式辉与张群等人过往甚密，并成为政学系的一员大将。 日本宣布投降后，熊式辉一眼就看中了东北，想把东北纳为自己的地盘。他与国民党政学系头目张群等人多次商议后，决定以中央设计局的名义，成立“东北复员委员会”，由熊式辉带领政学系的要员们去接收东北。该方案分为7个方面的内容：（一）将东北三省（吉林、辽宁、黑龙江）改为九省（辽宁、辽北、安东、吉林、松江、合江、黑龙江、嫩江、兴安）；（二）在东北地区以实行“三民主义”为总的施政方针；（三）从关内抽调一部分精锐国军长期驻守东北；（四）对东北原有的伪军、杂牌部队进行收编整训，使其为己所用；（五）将东北作为全国经济建设的基地；（六）对于东北的人事安排，应争取中间派、地方派的合作，遏制共产党势力的扩张。坚持国民党一党专政的实质，但表面上要涂一层民主、联苏的掩护色彩；（七）同苏联政府进行外交协商，争取得到他们对国民党政府接收东北的支持。 这个方案来的正是时候，蒋介石看了甚为欣喜，连声夸奖熊式辉能主动替领袖分忧，“殊堪奖慰”。 1945年8月31日，正式任命熊式辉为国民党政府军事委员会委员长东北行营主任，莫德惠、朱霁青、万福麟、马占山、邹作华、冯庸、张作相、王树翰、内蒙达王等人为委员；同时成立了经济委员会，由政学系的张嘉璈担任主任，王家桢、张振鹜等人为委员；以留苏12年的蒋介石之长子蒋经国担任外交部东北特派员。 按照熊式辉的建议，蒋介石正式命令划东北三省为九省，9月5日发布了九省二市主席、市长任职名单：辽宁省主席徐箴、辽北省主席刘翰东、安东省主席高惜冰、吉林省主席郑道儒、松江省主席关吉玉、合江省主席吴翰涛、黑龙江省主席韩俊杰、嫩江省主席济群、兴安省主席吴焕章；哈尔滨市市长杨绰庵、大连市市长沈怡。 1945年10月12日，雄心勃勃的熊式辉带着东北的接收大员们，乘4架美制C-47运输机来到长春。熊式辉一到长春，便召开东北行营高级会议，他踌躇满志地说：“我们的困难起于东北，我们的胜利也必须止于东北，贯彻于东北。” 1945年，蒋经国任外交部东北特派员赴长春与苏军洽商接收事宜 熊式辉等人打算利用《中苏友好同盟