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With his hands behind his back, Luo Yaoguo looked at the military map in the headquarters of the Xuzhou Garden Hotel.Shandong Province seems to be divided into two by a Jiaoji Railway.To the northeast of the railway line is the rising sun symbol of Japan, while to the southwest of the railway line is the blue sky.Around Jinan at the western end of the Jiaoji Railway, the numbers of the Chinese and Japanese troops are densely marked, and it seems that a decisive battle has been formed.

Bai Chongxi was standing side by side with him, holding two telegrams in his hand, carefully reading them over and over again, as if trying to find some missing information.

One of these two telegrams was sent back by Deng Yanda, informing the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces that after bloody fighting, they had broken the blockade of the Japanese army and jumped to the outside line.Now they are moving to the banks of the Yellow River, and they are looking for an opportunity to cross the river. It is hoped that the Kuomintang army can continue to launch an offensive on the southern line to contain the Japanese army, so as to cover the Anti-Japanese Allied Army crossing the river.

Another letter was sent from Tai'an Airport, reporting the latest enemy situation detected by the air force. About [-] to [-] Japanese troops have now been transferred from the Jinan battlefield to the south, and it seems that they are preparing to reinforce the Japanese troops on the southwest line of Jinan.The reconnaissance plane also found that about one division of the Japanese army had arrived in Licheng County, east of Jinan, and another division was missing.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Bai Chongxi smile bitterly: "Brother Fuwen, our plan seems to be in vain. The Japanese let go of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army and turned their heads to prepare for a decisive battle with us. The two soldiers commanded by Xue Boling Master is still crawling slowly in Yimeng Mountain."

Luo Yaoguo nodded noncommittally, and looked at Bai Chongxi: "Brother Jiansheng, can you be sure that the Japanese are here to fight us?"

"It should be." Bai Chongxi hesitated for a moment, then nodded emphatically: "It will be dark in a few hours, and our air superiority will not be able to be used for the time being, so they can boldly use artillery. The Japanese army has now concentrated at least four divisions, while we have only three divisions, and we are at a slight disadvantage in terms of strength. Therefore, tonight is the best time for the Japanese army to concentrate its forces and fight us decisively."

Concentrate your forces to fight a decisive battle, win or lose quickly.This style of play seems to be Japan's consistent tactics, and it is also in line with their national conditions where resources are scarce and it is difficult to fight a protracted war.As if they used to do business like this in WW[-] in another time and space, it looks like there will be another hard fight tonight!

Luo Yaoguo nodded, stretched out his right finger and pointed around Mount Tai on the military map, and smiled: "Give orders to Li Delin, let the northward column stop attacking and turn to defense... retreat to Ma'anzi Mountain, Yuhuang Mountain, Tongluo In addition, the northward column is ordered to send a powerful force to control the Taishan Mountains, and it is necessary to ensure that Tai'an County is safe. Hehe, as long as we survive tonight, the initiative on the battlefield will return to us tomorrow Already!"

Bai Chongxi smiled: "Our planes can suppress the Japanese artillery during the day, and they have no way to attack. As long as we survive three nights, Xue Boling can capture Weixian and cut off the retreat of the five divisions of the Japanese army. At that time, the CCP and the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces will fight again. Cut off the Jinpu line of the northern line. These 10,000+ Japanese devils are the turtles in the jar, and our plan can still be achieved."

"They can still cross the Yellow River and run northward, retreating from Tianjin." Luo Yaoguo shook his head lightly, looked at the location of Zhili on the map, and sighed: "The CCP and the Anti-Japanese Allied Army can't stop them. It is even more impossible to stop the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army should have suffered heavy losses if they were chased by us... The key now is Weixian. If Xue Boling's "Eastward Column" can capture there, the Shandong battle will be considered a complete victory. "

"What's the problem? The main force of the Japanese army was attracted by us near Jinan. There is a brigade in Weixian County. Our Sixth Division and No.18 Division two reorganized divisions may not be able to fight a small brigade." Regiment?" Bai Chongxi laughed, turned around and went to give Li Zongren a new combat order.

At this time, Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi were still full of confidence, neither of them realized that they had just made a small mistake.The two of them never imagined that the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army paid a heavy price of more than 4000 casualties in just seven hours of position defense.The strength of a whole regiment was exhausted under the attack of the Kuomintang army's textbook-style artillery, infantry, and air coordinated operations!In another time and space, the scene where the Chinese army used flesh and blood to fight against the powerful firepower of the Japanese army was reversed in this distorted history.So much so that the Japanese army had to grit their teeth and send the main force of two divisions who also suffered a lot of losses in the previous battles to go south to reinforce the Fifth Division, hoping to retreat after dark.This reinforcement operation was mistaken by Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi for a decisive battle in the south, and they took the initiative to withdraw the Kuomintang army that had an absolute advantage and fought smoothly, and finally let go of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army.It also makes the history of this time and space a little closer to the original track.

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In the evening of April 17, [-]th year of the Republic of China.The northern end of the Yellow River Railway Bridge in Luokou, Jinan.

Zhou Enlai frowned heavily, and stood with his hands behind his back on the railway bridge that had been destroyed by Kuomintang engineers, looking across to the other side.Brigades and brigades of chaotically defeated troops appeared in his sight.People shouted and horses neighed, and the noise became a ball.Although this army maintained good discipline and strong fighting spirit when it broke through the siege, once it escaped from the encirclement of the Japanese army, the Nationalist Alliance Army and the Anhui Army immediately showed their true colors.Everyone rushed to escape with their heads covered, and the officers couldn't restrain the soldiers. Weapons, ammunition, supplies, and supplies were lost all the way.Everything is on the verge of collapse.Only those Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army wearing blue-gray uniforms and flying the red flag are still elite troops, retreating in an orderly manner, fighting and leaving, and shouldering the important task of being the rear of the army.Only then can this group of mob retreat to the bank of the Yellow River.

Seeing the rout in front of him, Zhou Enlai heaved a long sigh, and turned his head to look at a pontoon bridge erected on the Yellow River.That was the only way for the entire Anti-Japanese Allied Army to survive. It was erected by a Kuomintang engineer battalion that withdrew from Jinan Railway Station to the north bank of the Yellow River on March 31. It was the same engineer battalion that laid an ambush for the Japanese army on the night of the 77th.Backing across the river with them was the ground support unit of the Kuomintang aviation force and an anti-aircraft artillery battalion.It is said that the twelve [-]mm anti-aircraft guns were used as field artillery and bombarded the Japanese positions on the other side of the Yellow River for a while, but they stopped the Japanese troops.It is estimated that those Japanese mistakenly believed that there is still the main force of the Chinese army north of the Yellow River, right?

"General Political Commissar, it looks like our team is coming!" Xuan Xiafu's voice suddenly rang in Zhou Enlai's ear, but his tone was deep and deep.

Zhou Enlai turned his head and saw a long blue-gray dragon rolling forward, and he could vaguely distinguish infantry, cavalry, and heavy soldiers, as well as twenty or thirty mountain artillery and infantry artillery pushed by horse-drawn people.However, the blue dragon was shorter and thinner than when it entered Jinan.The 130 army, the mighty team of [-] four mountain artillery and infantry artillery, only a third of them remained after only a few days!These Red Army are the real backbone in this Jinan defense battle, and they are also the army that suffered the most losses.

"Soul of Sword, we... defeated... It seems that Comrade Mao Zedong's opinion is correct! I want to review it with the central government and take responsibility for the failure." Zhou Enlai said with a heavy tone.Jinan did not defend, 3 people beat [-]!It was almost the biggest defeat in the history of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in this time and space... and someone must be responsible for the defeat, and it seems that this person should be Zhou Enlai.

Hearing Zhou En's self-reproaching tone, Xuan Xiafu felt sour in his heart and almost burst into tears.He naturally knew what it meant to take responsibility for failure within the party.The precedents of Chen Duxiu, Qu Qiubai, and Zhang Guotao are there!If Zhou Enlai followed in their footsteps...

Moreover, the party is now in a complicated and delicate period. Wang Ming, Luo Fu and other "28 and a half Bolsheviks" are relying on the support of the Soviet Union and the Communist International, and their status in the party is constantly rising.And Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai had a little conflict because of economic construction and the combat method of sending troops to Shandong this time.If Zhou Enlai took the initiative to take responsibility for the defeat at this time, the consequences may be...

Xuan Xiafu took a deep breath, took two steps forward, leaned close to Zhou Enlai's ear, and whispered: "General Political Commissar, we have not lost this battle! We are the victors, but this victory has not come easily!"

Zhou Enlai's eyes widened, just looking at Xuan Xiafu.Xuan Xiafu smiled heavily, and counted for Zhou Enlai with his fingers: "First of all, we have won the bases of 34 counties through this Jinan defense battle! And it is still on the bank of the Yellow River, a fertile and densely populated plain. I don’t know how many times richer we are in the Soviet area in northern Shaanxi and Suiyuan... There are also many local tyrants and evil gentry. Secondly, Feng Yuxiang has already applied to us to join the party. He now has tens of thousands of direct descendants on hand, and there are 7 The second, third, and fourth armies of the National People's Army are intact. With him, the armed forces under the leadership of our party have increased by more than half! Third, we have also tempered our troops through this war and summed up our experience. , know the shortcomings of our Red Army."

Chapter 0429 route (a)

The morning of April 17nd, [-]th year of the Republic of China.

Xuzhou Garden Hotel.

The command room of the Shandong Front Army Headquarters was quiet, because there was no fighting, and the busy staff officers who were busy on weekdays also disappeared.Only Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi stared at each other silently, both of them seemed a bit sluggish.I stayed up all night in vain, stretched my ears and waited for the staff to send the battle report of the battle on the southern front of Jinan.It is a pity that the Japanese army did not take any action that night.Well, it can't be said that there is no action at all.The mighty, said to be invincible Imperial Japanese Army quietly slipped away from under the eyes of the Kuomintang army with its tail between its legs that night.According to the telegram sent by Li Zongren, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the northward column, the Japanese army has now shrunk to the vicinity of Jinan City and is building fortifications, which seems to be ready to hold on.In addition, the reconnaissance plane of the Air Force also found that about one division of Japanese troops was heading east along the Jiaoji Railway, and it seemed that they were going to Zhangqiu or Weixian to deploy defenses.It is obvious that the Japanese army has now turned to defense, and has set up a long snake formation along the Jiaoji Railway, preparing to confront the Kuomintang army for a period of time, in order to obtain the greatest benefits at the negotiating table.

In addition, Luo Yaoguo also had a telegram that he had just received.This was sent by Luo Yiqun, the uncle of Luo Yaoguo, the executive director of the Wuhan Nationalist Government.Luo Yiqun told his nephew: This morning, the Chargé d’affaires of the Soviet Union Zirnekh proposed to mediate the military conflict between China and Japan at a meeting of the Beijing Mission.Moreover, the Japanese have also agreed to the mediation of the Soviet Union, hoping to start formal armistice negotiations with China.In this regard, many people in the Kuomintang are quite tempted. In their view, a decisive battle with Japan in Shandong is not worth the candle.After all, when Japan accepted the mediation, it made it clear that it would withdraw its troops from Shandong. What they wanted was to compensate for the loss of the "Jinan tragedy".Spending some money to send the Japanese away, and then bringing Shandong under the rule of the Kuomintang, isn't it a loss-making business?Even Luo Yiqun himself thought so.In this telegram, Luo Yiqun also asked his nephew for his opinion. Given the current situation in the Shandong battlefield, how much should the KMT bid be considered appropriate?

Luo Yaoguo threw down the telegram in his hand, and smiled faintly: "Brother Jiansheng, how much do you think we should pay the Japanese to walk?"

Bai Chongxi shook his head slightly when he heard the words: "This should be reversed. How much money the Japanese give us is what we let them go. These little Japanese have formed a long snake formation in front of us, and they are not afraid of being cut off by us."

"Oh, brother Jiansheng, what tricks do you have up your sleeves? Tell me." Luo Yaoguo looked at Bai Chongxi with a smile on his face.

Bai Chongxi took off his military cap and scratched his head: "It's not a trick, it's just a trick. The Japanese army has set up a top-heavy long snake formation this time. It is estimated that there are three divisions in Jinan, and the Jiaoji line continues to expand two." The division is guarding the supply line. It seems to be well-defended, but in fact there are loopholes everywhere."

Luo Yaoguo immediately asked again: "How do you say it?"

"The road between Jinan and Qingdao is nearly 5 kilometers long. How can the more than [-] Japanese devils in just two divisions defend it? If it is to deal with the troops of various northern factions, it is okay to say that the Japanese army will always beat them by more than one to five." However, it is impossible to deal with us. The battle on the southern line of Jinan during the day yesterday has already explained the problem. As long as our air superiority can be used, one infantry division can definitely win two Japanese divisions! If they have five divisions We retreated to Jiaozhou Bay to dig trenches and hold our ground. We might not be able to defeat them all at once. But they still wanted to make money from us. They occupied Jinan and dragged a [-]-kilometer supply line to bargain with us... My idea is to use three One division guards the three Japanese divisions in Jinan City, and at the same time builds an airport near Laiwu County. When the airport is repaired, we will attack the Jiaoji line with two divisions. Even if the two divisions of the Japanese army do not divide their troops, they are not ours. Opponent! Once the Jiaoji Line is broken, the three divisions in Jinan City will be the turtles in the urn, and they will either cross the North and flee, or their entire army will be wiped out."

Speaking of this, Bai Chongxi frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, he raised his head and glanced at Luo Yaoguo: "It's just... can Wuhan have such determination?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly, and shook his head: "Weak countries are used to it! Of course they are not used to rising all of a sudden... It looks like I'm going back to Wuhan. I'm the vice chairman of the Kuomintang. I have a say in the peace talks." Yes. The Shandong Front Army will be handed over to Brother Jiansheng, and I will transfer An Sihua to you as the chief of staff later. After this battle is over, the three generals of you will be promoted to generals together."

After hearing Luo Yaoguo's words, Bai Chongxi's face seemed to be a little tired, but it was about to shine.Smiling, he cupped his hands at his brother: "Brother Fuwen, just look at it, brother, I will definitely let those little devils come and go, this Shandong is their burial place!"

Luo Yaoguo also smiled excitedly, and clapped his hands: "Okay! The little brother is waiting for the good news from Brother Jiansheng in Wuhan City!"

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In Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, the Wangjialing Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is stationed.

In a simple, unadorned cave dwelling, an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is in progress.The full house of CCP bosses sat in awe, each holding a briefing that had just been sent out, and was carefully watching it.This briefing was jointly submitted to the central government by Zhou Enlai, He Long, and Ren Bishish. Modern Revolutionary Warfare in the New Era...

Regarding the loss of the Red Army in the defense of Jinan this time, this briefing insisted that the gains outweighed the costs.There are 34 counties in the account, and Feng Yuxiang and other national coalition generals are willing to accept the leadership of the CCP, and through this battle, they have won the support and love of the people of the whole country... Even if the loss of personnel of the Second Red Army, it will be through the newly acquired "" "Shandong North Soviet Area" was quickly supplemented.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Red Army was tested through the battle with the powerful enemy Japanese imperialism, and many deficiencies and areas worthy of improvement were found.For example, the artillery of the Red Army lacked large-caliber heavy artillery, so it suffered a lot in the battle with the powerful Japanese army.Another example is that the Red Army has neglected the construction of the air force in the past few years, and has not realized the huge role of the air force in future wars.In this battle to defend Jinan, the Kuomintang army's dive bombers played a huge role. Without these bombers to suppress the Japanese artillery fire and bomb the outer city walls of Jinan and the solid buildings guarded by the Japanese army, the Second Red Army is very likely to suffer. Bigger loss!

Looking at the briefing in his hand, Mao Zedong smoked one cigarette after another, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.He originally disapproved of sending the Red Army into Jinan to fight some kind of positional warfare. That is not a task that the Red Army can undertake right now.The battlefield where the Red Army can play the most role in this Shandong War of Resistance is the battlefield behind enemy lines.The Red Army should advance to the Yimeng Mountains and establish anti-Japanese democratic bases there.And attack the Jiaoji Line from Yimeng Mountain to destroy the Japanese army's logistics line. Only in this way can it continue to grow and develop in the battle against Japanese imperialism instead of being consumed.However, this correct way of fighting has not been supported by the vast majority of comrades in the central government. Their reason is that they do not want to conflict with the Kuomintang!It's really ridiculous. Are there still few conflicts between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party?

And now the defense of Jinan is obviously lost, but...but it is claimed that "the harvest outweighs the cost", isn't it just 34 counties with developed agriculture on the North China Plain!In Mao Zedong's eyes, these undefended territories were simply tasteless.Once a war breaks out between the CCP and the Kuomintang, all these sites will definitely be lost within a few days!As for those so-called "lessons learned", it is even more nonsense.Whether it is heavy artillery or aircraft, everyone knows that it is a good thing, but does the Red Army have that condition right now?Besides, even if you grit your teeth and squeeze out money to develop heavy industry, build steel factories, aircraft factories, and artillery factories... Can you expect to use these aircraft and cannons to defeat the Kuomintang in the end?The real weapon of the Chinese Communist Party is the agrarian revolution, which is the thousands of poor and lower-middle peasants who have no land and are eager to become masters!As long as there is the support of these toiling people living at the bottom of the society, China's revolutionary cause will surely win, and the CCP will also be able to defeat any seemingly powerful enemies!It's just these obvious truths that not many comrades can understand.

Thinking of this, Mao Zedong snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, stood up and began to speak, but his tone was a bit heavy: "Comrades, this time the Jinan defense battle has taught us a very profound lesson! That is, our Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army should insist on independence, Take our own road. And our own road is the countryside, which is to unite, rely on and mobilize hundreds of millions of poor and lower-middle peasants! As long as we have the support of hundreds of millions of poor and lower-middle peasants, our party’s cause will surely win!”

"I don't agree with Comrade Mao Zedong's speech." As soon as Mao Zedong's voice fell, Wang Ming on the side adjusted his glasses, then got up and retorted: "Comrade Mao Zedong's set is completely outdated, and it can't adapt to the current Chinese situation." National conditions. Today’s China is like Germany before the Franco-Prussian War, and South China under the Kuomintang’s rule is like Prussia, the most powerful of the German states. This is an imperialist country with modern heavy industry! Can we count on the German states? Do the peasants of Bangbang use their dung forks to fight the breech-loading guns and Krupp cannons of the Prussian army? Besides... The strength of our communist system is not limited to class struggle, but to construction. And South China Compared with the existing capitalist system, we have huge advantages in the system. As long as we can concentrate on development for a few years, we will definitely be able to change the poverty and backwardness of the Soviet area, and establish a powerful heavy industry and a powerful Red Army with modern equipment!"

After these impassioned words were uttered, the Politburo members and alternate members nodded frequently in agreement... Even Zhu De had a smile on his face.

"I agree with Comrade Wang Ming's opinion." Luo Fu immediately stood up, with a cigarette in his left hand, wearing a straight blue-gray woolen military uniform:

"The first five-year plan that the Soviet Union is currently implementing has pointed out the direction for the next step of our party's development. Now our party should use the rare peace period to develop industry, especially heavy industry, to lay a solid foundation for future revolutionary wars. In this regard, we have an institutional advantage that the Kuomintang cannot match, and... we can also get help from the Soviet Union and the Communist International. As far as I know, the construction of heavy industry in southern China is the help of the Soviet Union in [-] It took only five years for the Kuomintang to catch up with Japan. Then why can't we catch up with them in five years? I suggest that we immediately make a request to the Communist International and ask them to help guide us in building heavy industry and Train the Red Army to use modern weapons and equipment."

Hearing that the Soviet Union was requested to help train the Red Army, Mao Zedong immediately became vigilant.This time and space is not so harmonious between the Republic and the Soviet Union.Because of the Mongolian incident last time, the relationship between the two sides has been relatively cold, and it has only recently begun to ease.But it is far from being peaceful enough to hand over the Red Army to them for training...

Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Liu Bocheng, Liu Shaoqi and others present also frowned when they heard Luo Fu's suggestion, and shook their heads slightly.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere in the venue, Li Lisan, who is still the leader of the central government, stood up slowly and gave everyone a serious look: "Comrades, this is the end of today's meeting. When Comrade Enlai arrives from Lubei Let’s discuss it after we return from the Soviet area. We have to ask him about many things. Besides, what do comrades think about the Sino-Japanese peace talks that will start soon? What attitude should our party adopt?”

When everyone heard this question, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one made a sound.Of course, the Sino-Japanese peace talks should be opposed...but the Soviet Union came out to act as a peacemaker, which immediately pushed the CCP into an awkward position.If the CCP opposes peace talks, the rift with the Soviet Union will deepen again.On the contrary, the CCP is in favor of peace talks. If an unequal treaty is reached, the CCP will follow suit.

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In early April [-], the armistice negotiations between China and Japan regarding the Shandong Incident officially began.

At the same time, the Shandong battlefield also temporarily returned to calm.The whole Shandong is now divided into three parts, with the Yellow River and the Jiaoji Railway as the dividing line.In the north of the Yellow River, the Lubei Guarding Envoy was established, and He Long, the commander of the Second Red Army, served as the Lubei Guarding Envoy, and Lubei officially became the territory of the CCP.In the area south of the Yellow River in Shandong, the National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese army confronted each other along the Jiaoji Railway.

According to the information held by the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army, the Japanese Shandong Dispatch Army deployed the second, fifth, and sixth divisions in Jinan City. The division, the fourth division, and the fifth division confronted each other.The 18th and [-]th divisions, on the other hand, defended the four counties of Gaomi, Weixian, Linzi, and Zhangqiu with brigades as units.Zhang Zongchang's army controlled most of the county towns northeast of the Jiaoji Railway.The southwest of the Jiaoji Railway is completely controlled by the Kuomintang. All the counties are under the control of the Kuomintang, and the local government has already begun to be established and the preparations for the land reform have started.The Sixth and No.[-] Divisions of the Kuomintang Army occupy the important strongholds of Mount Tai and Mount Yimeng and firmly control the commanding heights in central Shandong Province.

In addition, Feng Yuxiang's national coalition forces were also concentrated in the Lubei guard envoy's jurisdiction to the north of the Yellow River to rest.Duan Qirui, Lu Yongxiang and other heads of the Anhui faction went to the field to retire in Tianjin one after another, and most of the remnants of the Anhui faction belonged to Feng Yuxiang's National Alliance Army, making the total strength of the National Alliance Army still as high as 13!