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The two sides fought desperately for a day. One regiment of the Ninth Division of the Central Army, which belongs to the Communist Party of China, was unable to beat the other regiment, and now it has changed to the fourth regiment!Even the division commander Ji Hongchang went into battle shirtless, and this wave of charge did not distinguish between any formations, and even the routine artillery fire before the attack was not needed. More than 1000 officers and soldiers in blue-gray uniforms followed their division commander and issued a heart-piercing cry. The roar swarmed over.

Behind the position of the Ninth Division of the Central Army, Feng Yuxiang was watching the battle with a binoculars, and he didn't know what distress was in his heart for a long time!In half my life, I have seen more than half of the dead people who came all the way from Xinkou!These most caring soldiers who I have brought over for many years have suffered almost [-] to [-] casualties so far.The Jin army's reputation for being good at defensive warfare is indeed well-founded, and the CCP's ideological education and spiritual armament seem to be infinitely powerful!

He also understood in his heart that if this kind of battle was replaced by his previous National Army or the No.11 Division of the direct line.At this point, it has long been impossible to rush, even the most elite third division directly related to Wu Peifu cannot fight such a tough battle!But even such elite soldiers were beaten to death on the Jin army's iron-fortified defense line.

Today's offensive has failed!Although Ji Hongchang was still leading his troops to launch the last round of attack, even though he had rushed to the Jin army's position and started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.But Feng Yuxiang has already seen the result... Years of military experience told him that the Ninth Division, which is the main attacker in Niutuo Village, is now at the end of its strength.They have been fighting for a day, charging repeatedly, and their energy and physical strength have been completely exhausted.Now it is only with the last sliver of courage to launch a charge, and the opponent obviously still has spare strength.

Through the binoculars, Feng Yuxiang clearly saw that the neatly uniformed Jin army had joined the battle group.As soon as he saw these fresh troops, he knew that this final charge was over.The officers and soldiers of the Ninth Division really began to retreat, and finally turned into fleeing.It didn't help that Ji Hongchang was jumping and cursing, and finally he himself was framed by several confidant guards.

Feng Yuxiang let out a long breath, and waved his hand dejectedly: "Order the artillery, fire! Take Ji Hongchang's people down. Take a rest, let's attack again tomorrow!"

Not long after, the sky finally got dark, and the sound of guns and fighting was no longer heard on the entire battlefield, only the people who were seriously injured and survived were still groaning miserably.Like the failure of the bloody battle under Niutuo Village, the fierce attack on key points such as Crouching Tiger Mountain and Shuangta Temple on the outskirts of Taiyuan also ended in failure.

After this battle, the forces of all parties have completely wiped out how indestructible the city defense of Taiyuan was.With the CCP's elite soldiers who are good at fighting tough battles, they fought hard for a day and charged fifteen times, but they didn't even take an inch of ground!

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Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.The enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is in progress.

Hearing the news of the failure to attack Taiyuan's outskirts, Zhou Enlai just sighed: "I didn't expect Yan Xishan to be so stubborn! Comrades, it seems that the possibility of destroying Yan Xishan's clique quickly under the city of Taiyuan is gone. What should we do next? Do? I want to hear everyone's opinions."

The room fell into silence, and the participants were obviously a little surprised by this sudden defeat. After all, the Shanxi frontline has been playing triumphant songs all the way these days.

"Enlai." Mao Zedong looked at Zhou Enlai solemnly: "No matter how strong Taiyuan is, after all, it is only an isolated city. Since ancient times, there has been no foreign aid to defend the isolated city, and it is inevitable that the city will be destroyed in the end. So what we have to consider now is not how to fight the fortified city of Taiyuan. , but what power is there to break the siege of Taiyuan! I guess the reason why Yan Xishan and the Taiyuan defenders are so stubborn now is probably because they stick to it and wait for help?"

"Runzhi, what do you mean..." Zhou Enlai looked serious. In fact, he had been worried that the Kuomintang army in the south would take advantage of the main force of the communist army to besiege Taiyuan and go northward to attack Yan Xishan...

Mao Zedong emphasized his tone: "If Yan Xishan didn't get any promise from the Kuomintang, how could he be willing to stay in the isolated city of Taiyuan and wait for death? He could have abandoned the city and fled to Linfen! He chose to defend the city instead of fleeing. There is a conspiracy. We must be vigilant to prevent the Kuomintang army from taking the opportunity to go north and attack our main force under the city of Taiyuan."

Zhou Enlai nodded his head lightly, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became gloomy.Mao Zedong took a puff of smoke and continued: "The best policy now is to break the siege of Taiyuan, occupy the Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains on both sides, carry out the agrarian revolution, and establish a solid base. In this way, we will stand in Shanxi and even in the entire North China. Invincible, even if the Kuomintang army goes north, we can rely on the dangerous terrain of the base area and the support of the people to deal with them to the end."

Zhou Enlai took a deep breath. He had already heard the meaning of Mao Zedong's words. Mao Zedong had already determined that the Kuomintang would interfere in the battle of Shanxi. Perhaps they were waiting for the time when the CCP could not attack for a long time and suffered heavy losses!

"The medium strategy is to change the storm into a siege." Mao Zedong's tone became more and more serious, and a trace of hesitation flashed across his face: "The purpose of the siege is to reach an armistice agreement with Yan Xishan for political settlement. But I guess Yan Xishan is unwilling to hand over Taiyuan. And can we make some concessions in this regard?"

"...As for the worst strategy, it is natural to continue to attack Taiyuan. We can even transfer the Eighth Route Army deployed in Zhili and Lubei to Taiyuan to join the attack! Try to wipe out the Yan Xishan Group before the Kuomintang army intervenes and seize Taiyuan. Only in this way, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

Now the domestic situation in China has become increasingly clear. In the future, China will either be surnamed the country or the surnamed the Communist Party. Therefore, the two have gradually moved towards a vow of incompatibility.The stubborn forces within the Kuomintang have always wanted to uproot and completely eliminate the Communist Party. Similarly, the CCP has long had the idea of ​​eliminating the Kuomintang reactionaries and carrying the revolution to the end.It's just that the two sides have never been sure to eliminate each other, so the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has never broken out.But if the main force of the CCP is under the fortification of the city, the attack cannot be defeated for a long time, and the casualties are heavy...Will the Kuomintang miss this opportunity?Thinking of this, Zhou Enlai could only shake his head slightly: "Now is the critical moment of the Chinese revolution, and Taiyuan is the key point for the victory or defeat of the revolution! Runzhi's best policy...is too conservative, and his worst policy is too radical. Only the middle policy is the most suitable. We will change the siege to the siege, on the one hand to strengthen the unity with various factions, and strive for a political settlement of the Taiyuan battle."

Mao Zedong laughed and said, "Political settlement? Do we still want Taiyuan City? If we don't want Taiyuan... this battle may be over tomorrow, but if we want to talk about Taiyuan through negotiations, I am afraid that Yan Laoxi will not be defeated." We are besieged to the end of the mountain and will not agree! Moreover, we have only 15 people under the city of Taiyuan, and we have to besiege and block reinforcements. I am afraid that the number of troops is too small? How about transferring the Eighth Route Army to the Shanxi battlefield?"

The Eighth Route Army was transferred to Jin again!Zhou Enlai understood what Mao Zedong meant.The Eighth Route Army is the elite main force of the CCP and the foundation of Mao Zedong's Red Front Army. Now they are placed on the Zhili Plain to prevent the Kuomintang army from going north.To be honest, with the current powerful ground-to-air firepower of the Kuomintang army, I am afraid that there is no army in East Asia that can compete with it head-on!The Japanese army couldn't do it, and the Eighth Route Army couldn't do it either.In the past, the Kuomintang army had no intention of going north, and it was okay to put the Eighth Route Army on the Zhili Plain to show its posture, but now it has smelled the gunpowder of the Kuomintang army going north, and it would be okay to put them on the undefended plain and wait to be beaten. Just stupid.But the problem is that the Eighth Route Army is gone, who will defend the Zhili Plain and the Lubei Plain?Just put on a few red guards to make a show?And now the Soviet Union and the Communist International are very important to China, a socialist country with the largest population in the world...

Seeing Zhou Enlai's hesitation, Mao Zedong smiled slightly: "The smooth settlement of Taiyuan is the top priority of all work now! As for the defense of Zhili Plain, I suggest that the No.19 Route Army can be responsible. The leftists of the Kuomintang are here, and the rightists of the Kuomintang will not dare to make mistakes. The defense of Beijing City will be in charge of the No. 18 Route Army. In this way, we will transfer one Route Army and two Route Army. Zhili, Beijing and Tianjin should be safe. Wuyu. Comrade Enlai, what do you think of this proposal?"

Replace the Eighth Route Army with the Nineteenth Route Army... Zhou Enlai picked up his teacup and took a sip of water, then nodded slowly: "I agree with Comrade Mao Zedong's suggestion to strengthen the Eighth Route Army to the front line in Shanxi, and at the same time reorganize the General Front Committee of the Taiyuan Campaign. Comrade Zhu De served as the first secretary of the General Front Committee, and Comrade Zhang Guotao served as the second secretary. The No. 19 Route Army was transferred to Zhili Plain to take over from the Eighth Route Army, and the No. 18 Route Army was stationed in Beijing."

Chapter 0496 Civil War ([-])

"Commissioned seat, Taiyuan...was surrounded by the communist army..."

In the office of the chairman of the Wuhan Military Commission, there was a circle of generals and schools in military uniforms.Zhu Peide, Deputy Minister of the Army, stood at the front, led by him, a group of civil and military officials, Gu Zhutong, Liu Zhi, Zhang Zhizhong, Qian Dajun, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Chengji, Chen Lifu, Chen Bulei...these important officials of the party and state, all One exception is Chiang Kai-shek's confidants, everyone has a dignified face, as if they are preoccupied.If Luo Yaoguo saw this scene, he would definitely think that he had traveled back to the original time and space, and the Kuomintang was in a precarious situation in the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party!

Chiang Kai-shek's face was blue and black. He was a little thinner these days, but compared to him at this time in history, he was still a lot fatter. It is probably because he has done less sinful things, so he can always sleep well at night, right?Now, he was standing upright on the wall, in front of a large newly hung military map.He frowned tightly and said nothing.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Peide, who was standing with a little cramp in his calf, took a step forward, and asked again in a low voice: "Committee, the Communist Army has now transferred the Eighth Route Army to Shanxi, and the five Communist Party members have concentrated around Taiyuan. The Route Army has fifteen infantry divisions and one artillery division, with a total strength of more than 20 troops! I'm afraid Chen Cixiu's No.11 Division will not be able to win..."

Chiang Kai-shek let out a cry, as if he was a little distracted: "The CCP besieged and did not fight. Are they trying to starve Yan Baichuan's 10,000+ army?"

"The current reserves in Taiyuan City are still enough. General Yan Baichuan said in the telegram that it is enough to last for more than half a year. In my opinion, it may last for a year. If the CCP wants to take Taiyuan by starvation, I am afraid it will be in vain. .The problem now is that our army in Shanxi is too small..."

Zhu Peide frowned, and informed Chiang Kai-shek of the information he had just received.At present, the Kuomintang army has only 11 soldiers in Shanxi, and there is only Chen Cheng's No. 5000 Division in the front line, with only 20 soldiers.It is undoubtedly wishful thinking to rely on this little force to severely injure the CCP's [-] soldiers.

"Committee, look at this matter, why don't you just forget about it?"

Chiang Kai-shek looked back at Zhu Peide, and said coldly with a sullen face: "One teacher is not enough, let's find a way to mobilize again!"

He paced around the room with his hands behind his back, his face softened a little: "The Communist army besieged the city with heavy troops, why should the people of Taiyuan City be guilty? Are they going to starve together? Maybe they will starve to death! How can our national government Can such a human tragedy be allowed to appear on the land of China! Don’t you think so?”

Zhu Peide was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. Before he could comprehend Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, Chen Lifu behind him had already stepped forward and replied loudly: "Of course we cannot agree to this kind of thing! The grievances and grievances between the Communist Party and Yan Baichuan we You can not ask, but the common people in Taiyuan City are our citizens, and our national government is the public servants of the citizens. Now that the master is starving, how can we servants ignore it? How can there be such a thing in this world? reason?"

Chiang Kai-shek looked at his proud confidant, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Lifu is right. We have nothing to say if the Communist Party wants to besiege Taiyuan, but we can't let the people in the city go hungry. We should allow food, cloth, coal, Salt, medicine and other daily necessities enter Taiyuan City. Or let the civilians in Taiyuan City leave the war zone and move to a safe place in the south. If they don’t agree...our National Revolutionary Army should use force to urge them to correct their mistakes!" After saying this, Chiang Kai-shek was almost gnashing his teeth. I don't know if it was because of reaction or love for the people?

Looking at the angry Generalissimo Jiang, the titular leader of the National Revolutionary Army, all the generals gave their thumbs up in admiration.This is to use the hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City as an excuse. On the one hand, it creates problems for the Communist Party, and on the other hand, it can force the peace faction in the Kuomintang to agree to increase troops in Shanxi.It is really killing two birds with one stone, so brilliant.

The current National Revolutionary Army is already a semi-nationalized army. Although Chiang Kai-shek is the chairman of the Military Commission, if he wants to send the army to the front line in Shanxi, it is impossible to do it without the authorization of the presidium!As for how to ignite the flames of war after arriving at the front line... Lao Jiang has many ways.

In the presidium, the four Cantonese were divided into two factions, one was Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi, and the other was Luo's uncle and nephew.But Chiang Kai-shek was a loner, and he was crushed to death by the other four big bosses. Without two of the four of them nodding, it would be purely delusional for Chiang Kai-shek to send troops to Shanxi.Originally, Lao Jiang's plan was to use Taiyuan to consume the CCP. After the CCP suffered heavy casualties, the No. 11 Division and the First Division would find an excuse to create an incident, and then raid the CCP's siege forces.With Yan Xishan's Jin army defending the city, we will attack from inside and outside, and strive to annihilate the main force of the CCP!At the same time, recruit the Youth Army and the Northeast Army to fight together, carve up the territory of the CCP, and eliminate this serious trouble for the Kuomintang!In the end, all factions surrendered to Wuhan in name, and the Kuomintang's ideal of unifying China was considered a success.He, Chiang Kai-shek, has made such great contributions, and if he goes a step further, it seems logical that he will ascend to the throne of the President.

But now things have changed. The CCP not only adopted the tactics of siege, but also transferred the most powerful Eighth Route Army to Shanxi.As a result, the balance of strength between the Shanxi Kuomintang and the Communist Party immediately reversed.The two divisions of the Kuomintang cannot defeat the 20 Communists anyway.As for Yan Xishan's Jin army, it's okay to defend Jiancheng for a while, but if they are asked to attack... there is probably no hope.So Chiang Kai-shek and his confidants had to try their best to mobilize more troops to the front line in Shanxi.After all, they have to ensure that they succeed in one blow. If the Communist Party defeats them, they will be shooting themselves in the foot.

"Committee, if the Communist Party agrees to let the people in Taiyuan leave, what should we do?" The questioner was Liu Zhi, who had an honest round face and was Lao Jiang's most intimate general.Apart from being a little stupid, everything else is fine.

Chiang Kai-shek laughed, and glanced at Ai Jiang: "The question of Fujing is a good question. If the CCP let go of the people in Taiyuan City, we really can't think of a reason to increase troops in Shanxi. We have to let the CCP besiege the city slowly. It is estimated that it will last for three to five years, and Yan Baichuan may not be able to starve to death!"

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Wuhan, East Lake Beilu.

At this moment, the uncle and nephew of the Luo family are leisurely playing chess and drinking tea in the flower hall.Natalie was guarding a red clay stove, looking at the flames on the stove for a while, and fiddling with some tea sets for a while.A pot of new tea was hot on the stove, and the tea was fragrant, floating in the entire flower hall.Lu Xiaobei sat next to Luo Yaoguo, resting her head on her hands, blinking her eyes at a chess game, with a half-smile on her pretty face.

Speaking of which, Xiaobei can be regarded as a scholarly family, and she has a little knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her go skills are much better than the uncle and nephew of the Luo family.But playing chess is all about matching opponents, and this time there is a bad game of chess, and it is time to get entangled.On the chessboard, the two big dragons tumbled and strangled together, it was really hard to tell the winner.

Luo Yiqun, who held the black pieces, frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on the chessboard, and his good face seemed to be a little distorted, as if he was thinking hard.

Luo Yaoguo, who was playing chess with him, looked absent-minded, playing with a white piece with his right hand, while his left arm was embracing his wife's slender waist, his eyes were wandering around, wondering what was going on in his mind?

With a bang, Luo Yiqun finally finished thinking, and a sunspot lightly landed on the chessboard.After making this move, he seemed to have made some important decision, he let out a light breath, and leaned against the soft sofa back.

"Fuwen, you really don't care about this matter? Do you just let Chiang Kai-shek mess around?"

The incident Luo Yiqun mentioned refers to Chiang Kai-shek’s resolution to ensure that innocent citizens in Taiyuan City will not suffer from famine or other necessities of life because of the siege of the city by the Communist army at the presidium meeting this afternoon.What you say is reasonable. The Communist Party and Yan Xishan fought a civil war to seize territory. What does it matter to the common people?You can besiege the city, but you shouldn't cut off the daily supply of the common people... The national government, which is a public servant of the people, should interfere in this matter!also have the right to intervene.

Without waiting for Luo Yaoguo to answer, Luo Yiqun frowned and asked himself: "Wars and sieges, of course, have to cut off the import of supplies, besides... the food brought in, there is no way to distinguish whether it is for the common people or for the army. Huh? To be honest, Chiang Kai-shek’s request may have ulterior motives.”

Luo Yaoguo didn't take it seriously, waved his hands, and said with a smile, "Where is there any ulterior motive? Could it be that hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens in Taiyuan City were starving to death? Jie Gong did the right thing. I believe the CCP will understand Jie Thanks to the public's painstaking efforts, he agreed to allow the citizens of Taiyuan to leave the war zone. In this way, they can attack the city freely without fear of hurting innocent people." Luo Yaoguo turned his head, glanced at his wife, and said with a smile: "Xiao Bei, Are you saying what I say makes sense?"

Lu Xiaobei smiled slightly, and there was a look of admiration on her pretty face: "Mr. Jie really cares about the country and the people. If he does this well, the people of Taiyuan will be grateful for his life-saving grace."

Natalie on the side laughed, with a trace of sarcasm on the corner of her mouth: "Jiang Jieshi's trick is to fool Shengdou Xiaomin. People who really do great things, how can they care about the lives of hundreds of thousands of lives in Taiyuan City? If Chiang Kai-shek If he really cared about them, he would not instruct Yan Xishan to defend Taiyuan to the death. I guess, this time he is waiting for the CCP to refuse, so as to get an excuse to increase troops in Shanxi."

Luo Yiqun nodded with a smile: "Natalie's words are good. Fuwen, your third aunt is too smart, she couldn't be smarter, but she is your good helper."

At this time, Lu Xiaobei pouted her lips and frowned, she didn't know if she was jealous or worried about the safety of hundreds of thousands of citizens in Taiyuan City?

Luo Yaoguo glanced at the big bob beauty who was flirting at him, and snorted softly: "Smart is smart, but has a bad heart, so you must discipline it well."

"Sister Natalie also makes sense." Lu Xiaobei suddenly interjected at this moment, she sighed quietly, and said: "Two days ago, there were charities in our university to raise donations for Shanxi refugees. Didn't buy food and send it to Taiyuan City... Will the children in Taiyuan City go hungry?" At this point, there were already two big teardrops in Xiaobei's eyes, which looked really real. It is extremely pitiful.