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Nie Rongzhen smiled, and said again: "Our team suffered heavy losses in this battle in western Liaoning. Under such circumstances, we communists should shoulder the heavy burden bravely, so this time the task of organizing the general Daheishan blocking battle Entrusting us to the Third Route Army is a sign of trust in us and in you, Comrade Feng Yuxiang."

"Well, my old Feng will definitely not disappoint the trust of the organization. With my old Feng here, this big Montenegro is as solid as gold!" Feng Yuxiang patted his chest and made a promise.But at this moment, he has not realized how tragic the blocking battle of Daheishan will be!

After returning to the headquarters, Feng Yuxiang received a telegram directly from Mao Zedong, asking him to stick to Daheishan for at least five days to cover the transfer of the main force to the direction of Aohan Banner.

Holding on for five days didn't sound too difficult, and Feng Yuxiang didn't care. The Third Route Army didn't suffer any losses in the early stage of the battle, and it was an old army brought out by him, so its combat effectiveness was quite good.

However, in the following five days, fierce battles continued for more than ten miles around Daheishan, blood flowed like rivers, and gunfire continued all night. A brigade commander, four regiment commanders, and battalion and company commanders were killed and injured countless times.After five days of bloody battle, the total strength of Feng Yuxiang's Third Route Army was less than [-]!

Chapter 0543 The "Victory" of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kwantung Army

Late December, [-] AD.

Chaoyang County.

The war is over, and after the fierce battle, Chaoyang County is in dilapidated condition.Nancheng, where the two sides fought fiercely, had already been razed to the ground by the intensive artillery fire from both sides. The frozen and snow-covered ground was covered with purple-black blood.

It was only dawn, and the officers and soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army and the Jin Army began to repair the fortifications and clean up the corpses.

In the Chaoyang night battle, the Japanese army almost succeeded in a surprise attack, winning first and then losing. Although in the end they lost with hatred because the Kuomintang's armored forces once again showed their prowess, the casualties ratio of the two sides did not suffer too much. It was basically one to one, each with 8000 loss of people.However, the main losses of the Chinese army were the Jin army commanded by Fu Zuoyi, especially the second division on the city wall, which was attacked by Japanese artillery fire, and the loss exceeded 4000 people!The First Division also suffered more than 2000 casualties in the subsequent street fighting in the south of the city.The loss of the first division of the Kuomintang was only more than 1000 people.After the defeat, the Japanese army was not defeated, but fought and retreated, returning to the starting positions in Fenghuang Mountain and Qilin Mountain.Luo Yaoguo, who had been waiting for CCP reinforcements for a long time, did not dare to order the pursuit, but watched helplessly as the defeated Japanese army retreated in the direction of Beipiao in an orderly manner.This battle was at best a small victory, not a big one.

In the open space far away from Chaoyang County, a huge firewood pile was set up, and the Japanese corpses were piled up in a row. Not only were the Japanese invaders killed in the [-]-day night battle, but also the losses from the previous [-] days were added together. There are always about [-] of them. At this moment, the firewood pile is lit, and it is crackling and burning. After one batch is burned, the ashes are buried, and another batch is burned.The whole air was filled with a stench of burnt human body, which really affected the appetite a bit.

The officers and soldiers of the Jin army and the Kuomintang were wrapped in special body bags, covered with the blue sky and white sun flag, and transported back to Huludao in batches, where they were put into coffins, and then transported to the National Military Cemetery east of East Lake in Wuhan for burial.

In addition, tens of thousands of remains of anti-Japanese soldiers who were hastily buried or abandoned by the CCP and the Northeast Army were also collected. Regardless of whether they were from the Northeast Army or the Communist Army, they were all wrapped in white cloth and buried near Chaoyang City. The tombstone indicates the identity and the approximate time of death.A cemetery of unknown anti-Japanese martyrs was established for future generations to pay tribute to.Although these Communist soldiers and Luo Yaoguo have different political beliefs, they must still be commemorated for the great sacrifices they made while fighting for the country.

Looking out from the top of Chaoyang City, there are tens of thousands of wooden tombstones, just like this army before his death, neatly arranged until far away...According to unreliable news, Chiang Kai-shek will come here to pay his respects every time he goes to the Northeast in the future. I don't know if it's for repentance?

In addition to burying corpses and building a martyr's cemetery, another major event is grabbing land to pick peaches.After the Battle of Western Liaoning, the Japanese army retreated to the front lines of Beipiao, Yixian, and Jinzhou, guarding the junction of the mountains in Western Liaoning and the Northeast Plain.The Northeast Army retreated into Shanhaiguan as if discouraged.The Communist army also suffered heavy losses. The main force fought fiercely with the Japanese army all the way after Beipiao was rescued, and retreated to the west of Chifeng before stabilizing its position, and temporarily withdrew from western Liaoning.In this way, a total of seven counties including Huludao, Xingcheng, Nanpiao, Chaoyang, Jianchang, Jianping, and Suizhong to the west of Jinzhou, Yixian, and Beipiao, south of Aohan Banner, and east of Shanhaiguan fell into the In the hands of the Kuomintang!At the same time, it also separated the Northeast Army and the Communist Party from the Japanese.

Regarding this territory that seemed to be acquired by Chiang Kai-shek, to be honest, Luo Yaoguo felt like he was under attack from both sides.Whether it's the Japanese in the east or the Northeast Army of the CCP in the west...all seem to be salivating over this small territory, but the Kuomintang occupying western Liaoning has to face huge pressure from two aspects. It's not worth the candle.

What made Luo Yaoguo even more distressed was that the troops in his hands were really stretched.Right now there are only two Kuomintang infantry divisions, two Jin army divisions, a youth army division, a mountain infantry brigade, a heavy artillery brigade, an aviation division, and a small Beiyang fleet.In addition, two Kuomintang light armored divisions will be shipped to Huludao one after another. By then, the total strength will be no more than 50 to 70.To fight on two fronts with this force, it is really impossible to recover Liaoji.Even counting the Anti-Japanese Alliance in North Manchuria, the number of anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast after the Battle of Liaoxi was less than 20, a decrease of more than [-] from the previous [-]!From this point of view, the Battle of Western Liaoning seems to have been defeated, right?

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Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

"Comrade Enlai, this time the Battle of Western Liaoning is a huge victory! It is successful and beneficial to both the cause of our party and the entire Anti-Japanese War. After this victory, the strategic position of our party There has been a huge improvement. The Kuomintang reactionaries have fallen into internal and external difficulties, and the unfavorable situation of being besieged by the enemy has lost the spare power to launch a counter-revolutionary civil war, and this has also enabled our party to win a relatively stable development opportunity. As long as we firmly grasp this opportunity and take advantage of this During the period of peace, to cultivate, develop the economy, and build industries, the future victories must belong to our party!"

It was Mao Zedong who spoke, and he just returned to Beijing from the front line in Jehol today.The first thing I did when I returned to Beijing was to visit Zhou Enlai. The two of us closed the door and had a long talk.

"A huge... victory!" Zhou Enlai was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Mao Zedong with wide-eyed eyes. It took a while to confirm that everything seemed normal for this old comrade-in-arms: "Runzhi, we communists must seek truth from facts and win victory." If you win, you win, if you fail, you lose, and you must never reverse black and white..."

"Enlai! Of course China won the Battle of Western Liaoning." Mao Zedong waved his hand and interrupted Zhou Enlai: "Enlai, do you think the winner of this Battle of Western Liaoning is the Japanese?"

"But..." Zhou Enlai frowned deeply. What Mao Zedong said was not bad. The winning side of this battle in western Liaoning was indeed China, but it was a temporary victory for the Kuomintang reactionaries.He sighed: "We lost a lot of vital forces in the Battle of Western Liaoning! And we didn't gain an inch of land. For our party, this battle..."

"This is a victory!" Mao Zedong repeated his point, and then looked up at Zhou Enlai: "This Battle of Western Liaoning is a decisive battle against Japanese imperialism under the joint leadership of our party and the Kuomintang. The result of the battle is an offensive The Japanese aggressors failed to capture the mountainous area of ​​Western Liaoning and the Corridor of Western Liaoning. They suffered heavy losses and returned in defeat! Moreover, the victory in this battle was achieved when 20 soldiers of our party fought bloody battles, resisted tenaciously, and sacrificed themselves. If We admit that the failure of this battle will be a great insult to the sacrificed soldiers of our army! It will also be a huge blow to the prestige of our party! Especially a huge blow to the patriotic and democratic forces supporting our party in the Kuomintang-controlled area! At that time, those national capitalists, democrats, intellectuals, working class and peasants will turn to support the Kuomintang because of the defeat of our party and the victory of the Kuomintang!"

When Mao Zedong said this, he picked up a cigarette and lit it, took a deep puff, and then said: "Comrade Enlai, the ethnic conflict is now the main contradiction! Who can show the strength to defeat Japanese imperialism at this time, Whoever can win the support of the broad masses of the people, so on this issue our party must persist in the struggle and never compromise!"

Zhou Enlai just nodded, his expression changed from doubt to admiration.He also knew that Mao Zedong came here to unify his voice at the upcoming Politburo meeting and avoid being passive and attacked by those Communist International factions... I wonder if these reasons can convince Wang Ming and Miff?

Sure enough, at the Politburo meeting the next day, Wang Ming immediately jumped up when he heard the "theory of victory in the Battle of Western Liaoning".He had been waiting for this opportunity for many years, how could he just let it go?

"So many troops have been destroyed, the loss of weapons and ammunition is countless, and the territory has not been captured, can this be considered a victory?" Wang Ming waved the battle report and said loudly in the West Flower Hall: "If you want to say victory, it is also the victory of the Kuomintang reactionaries. !"

Miff and Cui Kefu immediately expressed their support, Zhang Wentian and Li Lisan also agreed, but Xiang Ying, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, and Gu Shunzhang did not speak, and all three turned their attention to Zhou Enlai.Regarding Wang Ming's statement, Zhou Enlai said calmly: "Comrade Wang Ming, the outcome of the Battle of Western Liaoning has already been determined. Our army fought hard against the Japanese invaders in Western Liaoning for three months and wiped out [-] enemies. Most of the corridors. Such victories are still not easy for China, a... er, semi-colonial and semi-imperialist country!"

Wang Ming was stunned and stunned again: "Comrade Enlai, you have turned black and white like Lao Mao? In this battle in western Liaoning, we..." At this point, he didn't know how to continue. Could it be that the Communist Party lost the battle? Is the only victory achieved by the Kuomintang army's bravery?Can you say this?After talking about him, a member of the Political Bureau of the Minister of Social Affairs, can he continue to do it?

"Comrade Wang Ming, your view of the Battle of Western Liaoning is too one-sided." Mao Zedong looked at Wang Ming with a gloomy face: "You only have the counties in Western Liaoning in your eyes, and you don't see that our strategic position has already been strengthened after the Battle of Western Liaoning. Both the Kuomintang and the Japanese were caught in the quagmire of the Northeast at the same time and could not extricate themselves! Moreover, the Battle of Liaoxi also provided us with the possibility to fully integrate the Northeast Army and expand our territory north.”

"North?" Hearing the expansion of territory to the north, Mif, the advisor of the Communist International, had his eyes lit up, and hurriedly asked, "Where is it? Is it Mongolia?"

Mao Zedong nodded slightly: "Yes, it is Mongolia and Rehe. At the latest in the first half of next year, these two important territories can be obtained. Comrade Mifu, do you think we have gained a lot from the battle in western Liaoning?"

Miff nodded excitedly: "If Comrade Mao Zedong's idea of ​​liberating Mongolia can be realized, the Battle of Western Liaoning will undoubtedly be a huge victory, because Mongolia is more important to us than the counties in Western Liaoning."

The air in the conference room suddenly became lively, and everyone's faces were filled with smiles, but Comrade Wang Ming laughed a little awkwardly...

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Northeast, Lushun.

Inside the Kwantung Army Command, today is also a joyous atmosphere!The people seated kept nodding and smiling at each other, their excitement and pride couldn't be suppressed.From time to time, there was the sound of leather boots clacking together and saluting.Servants in white coats shuttled back and forth, and some of them carefully carried all kinds of foreign wine and Japanese sake. Seeing that everyone's glasses were empty, they graciously went over to fill them up.This staff officer seemed to be celebrating a victory!

That's right, the Kwantung Army is now throwing a celebration banquet to celebrate the victory of the "Operation Jinzhou"!

The so-called "Battle of Western Liaoning" between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was called the "Battle of Jinzhou" by the Japanese army.Now Jinzhou is undoubtedly captured by the Japanese army, so the most important strategic goal of the "Jinzhou Operation" has been achieved!Of course the Japanese army was the winner, and the three main battles that constituted the Jinzhou battle, the Battle of Jinzhou, the Battle of Beipiao and the Battle of Chaoyang, according to the report of the Japanese Kwantung Army, had two victories and one tie!Even in the battle that was promoted by the Beijing government as a "great victory in the morning sun", the casualties of the Chinese army were far greater than those of the Japanese army. Except for the task of severely injuring the first division of the Kuomintang, the other objectives of the campaign were also successfully achieved.

More importantly, the current strategic situation in Manchuria is extremely beneficial to Japan. The various factions in China that were originally united to resist Japan have fallen apart, and the Communist Party and the Northeast Army have also been squeezed out of western Liaoning by the Kuomintang.In this way, the Japanese army's enemies in western Liaoning have been reduced from three to one. Just count with your fingers, one is smaller than three, and you will know how much the Japanese have achieved!Moreover, Japan can definitely win over the two forces driven out of the Northeast by the Kuomintang to attack the Kuomintang army in western Liaoning... Even if the three parties cannot reach an open or secret agreement, there will still be a so-called "tacit understanding".With such a situation, how can we not let the full house of Riman elites be complacent?

"The Chinese Nationalist Party is dead, and the west of Liaoning is the grave of their hundreds of thousands of troops! To the west is the Communist Party and the Northeast Army, which are fighting with them for the rule of China, and to the east is the invincible Imperial Japanese Army! The only way back is at sea... ...As long as the Japanese navy is willing, it can cut off at any time, and it will be easy to destroy them at that time!"

"What Comrade General said is absolutely true! To fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside. This time, the rebellious party ignored the challenge of the internal Communist Party and rushed into Manchuria. Their fate must be the same as that of the Ming Dynasty 300 years ago!"

Those who said these words were the commander of the Kwantung Army Ling Jilong and the chief executive of the three northeastern provinces Aixinjueluo Puyi.At this moment, Lingjialong could not hide his complacency, while Puyi looked smug.

"Long live... Comrade." Speaking of this strange title, Takashi Ryokan couldn't help shaking his head slightly: "The enemy of the enemy is our friend, the Communist Party of the 'rebellious party' is the enemy, and the Great Japanese Empire is the enemy. The Qing Dynasty is also an enemy. To defeat this enemy, the best way is to unite the enemies of the 'rebellious party'."

Hearing the word "rebellious party", the muscles on Pu Yi's face suddenly twitched, and his eyebrows frowned tightly: "Comrade General, what do you mean..."

Takashi Hishicari leaned closer to Puyi and lowered his voice: "We have studied this issue with our Soviet friends. It is not convenient for the Communist Party to unite with the Great Japanese Empire, but it will be different if you come forward."

Pu Yi turned his head and gave Yoshiko Kawashima who was standing by his side a wink, Kawashima hurriedly stepped forward and joined the conversation: "Your Excellency, we also want to be recognized by the Beijing government, but the Communist Party has always regarded us as traitors and traitors." ,this……"

Takashi Ryokan smiled: "It was impossible to cooperate before the battle in Jinzhou, but now the Communist Party has lost the opportunity to seize Manchuria by force... and the empire has the trump card that both the Communist Party and the Soviets wanted - Mongolia. !"

Pu Yi was stunned, and looked at Chuan Dao beside her, seeing her beautiful eyes flowing, her eyebrows curved, she seemed to be thinking.

"I understand what your Excellency the General means." Fangzi said with a light smile: "The Empire of Japan, the CCP, and the Soviet Union have a common enemy besides the Kuomintang, Wang Zhongyi!"

"Wang Zhongyi?" Puyi muttered to himself, and shook his head after a while: "In the past, there were only tens of thousands of people surnamed Wang, and the Communist Party would not deal with him. Now that he has an army of 30, the Communist Party dares to start a war with him." ?”

Takashi Ryokan sneered: "It's not a matter of daring or not, but that the Politburo meeting of the Communist Party has already made a relevant decision!" Then he added: "This was reported to us by a friend from the Soviet Union, and the news is absolutely reliable."

Puyi nodded after thinking about it: "Well, since it's news from the Soviet Union, it shouldn't be false. Comrade General, just tell us what you want us to do."

Takashi Linggai glanced at the honest Puyi, nodded with satisfaction and said: "According to our CCP's remaining power after the Jinzhou battle, it is no longer enough to defeat Wang Zhongyi, who has an army of 30. He proposed to go north to capture Mongolia in order to win the support of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union notified us of this news in the hope that we could cooperate with the CCP’s actions. In return, the Beijing Central Government controlled by the CCP will cooperate with the Empire and your northeast administration. The Commissioner's Office started negotiations." At this point, he looked at Yoshiko Kawashima at the side, saw her calm face, and then continued: "Miss Yoshiko can be asked to negotiate with the CCP on behalf of Comrade Long Live, on the condition that the CCP recognizes the Northeast. The Chief Executive's Office also completely cut off the land logistics line of the Kuomintang army. The condition given by the empire was to attack northern Manchuria to contain Wang Zhongyi's main force, and to provide an appropriate excuse for the CCP to march into Mongolia."

"...In addition, I also hope that Miss Fangzi will stay in Huludao for a few days on the way to Beijing, so that she can accompany your lover well and tell him the purpose of this trip."

Chapter 0544: In Cao Ying, in Han?

Luo Yaoguo lay high on the couch, squinting his eyes slightly, and seemed to be enjoying Yoshiko Kawashima's opposite-sex massage service very comfortably, but thoughts were rushing through his mind.