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He turned his gaze to An Sihua, this "half-foreigner" is an army elite trained by the German Empire, and he is naturally familiar with world hegemony as an imperialist.He met Luo Yaoguo's gaze, and echoed loudly: "Britain and France are now weakened, and they no longer have the power to maintain world hegemony, and it is also impossible to continue to suppress Germany! In the near future, a revived Germany The two decayed world empires, Britain and France, will definitely be pulled from their thrones. At that time, French Indochina, British Burma, British Malaya, Dutch East Indies and other places. Almost 400 million square kilometers of colonies will be There will be no land!"

"...At that time, as long as we have the strength of a second-rate power, we can easily grab them all! With these millions of square kilometers of fertile land, the population pressure in our country can be relieved immediately. With With the resources and wealth there, our industry will have no market and raw materials...so, we cannot waste our time, energy and financial resources in the civil war with the Chinese Communist Party and miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Luo Yaoguo stood up suddenly, and looked at Bai Chongxi and Wu Ziliang with piercing eyes: "Brother Jiansheng, brother Chonglou, do you understand now? What we want to win is the hegemony of the entire Eastern world, not just China! With the hegemony of the entire Eastern world, we have enough resources and wealth to solve the sharp class conflicts and social problems in China! Without these two, what else can the CCP use to fight us? In fact... other powers in the world also use This method is used to deal with domestic socialists. To deal with them cannot rely solely on military means, otherwise it will only fall into the vicious circle of fighting more and more poverty, and getting poorer and more revolutionary.”

Wu Ziliang said in a low voice: "What about the 'Free China Foundation' supported by Chiang Kai-shek and those anti-communist local armed forces? Should we..."

Luo Yaoguo sneered: "Let them do it! It's fine to make some small moves to cause trouble for the CCP. But we must hold the bottom line, and an all-out war must not break out! You must remember that we are only barely suppressing the southern ten The social conflicts in the five provinces are nothing more than...the problem is definitely not solved, let alone the financial resources to solve the social problems in the north!"

"Then what about the CCP's proposal to divide Shanxi equally? Should we respond?" Bai Chongxi hesitated for a moment, then asked again.

"Don't pay attention to them." Luo Yaoguo slowly shook his head: "It's too early to discuss this issue, we can wait until Yan Xishan really can't stand it. However, we'd better not manage the southwestern part of Shanxi directly, it's better to continue to let Yan Xishan manage it .”

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March 19th, [-]th year of the Republic of China.

Among the mountains in the east of Wutai County, Shanxi.

In this era, the Wutai Mountain area at the northern end of the Taihang Mountain System was still covered with a large area of ​​dense forests, and the hills on both sides were lush and green. A mountain road meanders past Shizuizhai and turns to Fuping County in Zhili to the northeast.

Shizuizhai is a village built close to the mountain, with a low wall built with large stones that can be seen everywhere on Taihang Mountain, and a "Wuhan version" national flag of the Republic of China, which is full of red in the blue sky and white sun, stands coldly under the sun. Fluttering in the wind.All the entrances to the cottage were blocked with stones, and hundreds of black muzzles protruded from the low wall, all pointing at the road up the mountain.

And on a hillside opposite Shizuizhai, the officers and soldiers of the Central Army of the brigade were crowded together, sitting on the ground holding rifles with bayonets in their hands, and looked at each other nervously.The officers stood at the front of their respective teams, looking at the stronghold on the opposite side.That's the bandit den they're going to capture today.It is estimated that there are hundreds of bandits or villains called militias entrenched there. A few days ago, these villains took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the CCP to concentrate in Zhengding County, and sneaked into the territory of Zhili under the jurisdiction of the CCP to commit crimes...Sneak attack They stormed Fuping County, killed dozens of county party cadres and Red Guard soldiers, and even set fire to half of the county, committing a heinous crime!So a regiment of the No. 11 Division of the Fourth Route Army of the Central Army was ordered to destroy them.

On the hilltop behind the attack position, regiment leader Su Yu and Comrade Fang Zhimin, the political commissar of the division, who came to supervise the battle in front of the enemy, stood side by side.Sculptures generally hold a telescope and look forward.Just adjust the magnification of the eyepiece occasionally.At this time, the eyebrows of both of them were slightly frowned, and their faces were a little dignified.It seems that instead of a small cottage guarded by a group of mobs, it is a fortress defended by elite Kuomintang troops.

I don't know how long it took before Fang Zhimin put down the binoculars and turned to look at Su Yu: "Comrade Su Yu, can your regiment take down this cottage before dark?"

Su Yuban turned around and gave a military salute: "Please rest assured, the 43rd Regiment promises to complete the mission!"

Fang Zhimin nodded, and sighed softly: "Hurry up and work hard. After the fight, there are still a few bandit cottages waiting for us to take care of."

"En." Su Yu nodded, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Commissar Fang, these bandits have no fighting power, and we can destroy as many as there are! We can not only train the team, but also seize weapons and ammunition. We can kill multiple things in one fell swoop."

Fang Zhimin smiled and said nothing more.Su Yu raised his right hand high, and then swung it down heavily.

Immediately on the hillside, about a battalion of soldiers stood up under the leadership of the officer and went down the hill in a whole team.Then at the foot of Shizuizhai Mountain, the attacking skirmish line was lined up, and without artillery cover, they began to charge at a walking speed, but there were four heavy machine guns on both sides of the attacking team, and they used side fire to shoot at the cottage. Walls, cover for infantry to attack...

Chapter 0489 Protracted War ([-])

The bright spring light in March is shining warmly, and now is the most comfortable time of the day.Second Lieutenant Zhang Sicheng, who graduated from the Baotou Army Military Academy of the Communist Party of China, was riding on his horse listlessly. More than [-] cavalrymen under his command formed a guard formation with heavy front and light rear, escorting the grain transport convoy forward.During this period of time... the bandits in the northern Shanxi area seem to be a little rampant, and they have attacked the logistics convoy of the Third Army several times!Moreover, the equipment and training of these bandits are quite good.Basically everyone has a gun, and the gun also has bullets in it. It is not too inaccurate to fight, and it looks like it has been practiced!It is much stronger than those red guards who rely on big swords and spears to confuse the market.Therefore, while stepping up efforts to suppress the bandits, the Third Army had to send regular troops to protect the logistics line.

However, Second Lieutenant Zhang took his platoon to escort the convoy several times, but he didn't encounter a single bandit-it seemed that the bandits didn't dare to touch the tiger's butt of the regular army!Although these bandits were obviously assisted by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and they even put up the sign of "Anti-Communist National Salvation Army", they are still a bunch of mobs in essence!A bunch of scum of the landlord class!Just like those old rich landlords in his hometown, when the Red Army didn't come, it ran rampant in the village and acted like a domineering power.As soon as the Red Army arrived, they all wore high hats and paraded through the streets, looking trembling, so that's what happened.Crying and begging for mercy when shooting targets...

Second Lieutenant Zhang was naturally born in a poor and lower-middle peasant family with bitter hatred and deep hatred.After studying in a private school for two years, I know a lot of big characters.So I applied for the exam when I was recruiting students at the Red Army Military Academy, and I was successfully admitted and learned cavalry.After graduation, he was assigned to the Third Group Army of the former National Army system as a second lieutenant platoon leader, and of course a glorious Communist Party member.Everything he has now is also given by the great Chinese Communist Party. If there is no party, he Zhang Sicheng is still farming for landlords in the mountains and depressions in northwest Shanxi. Maybe he has starved to death during the two years of drought?Thinking of this, the young second lieutenant couldn't help feeling untimely.

"...It's true that fathers and mothers are not as good as party members! For such a great, glorious, and correct party, it is not hesitating to devote all your energy and life! However, not every Chinese is lucky enough to bathe in the party's Thanks to the grace, four-fifths of the people in the country are still living in dire straits! Every moment we shed tears and look forward to the great people's army to liberate them! In today's world, 90.00% of the people are oppressed by imperialism Enslaved, it seems that only the great cause of communism can undertake the great mission of liberating all mankind..."

Second Lieutenant Zhang's emotions were not over yet, suddenly there was a whistle sound from the quiet hills and hills on both sides, followed by white smoke rising, and crackling gunshots!

Two rifle bullets hit Zhang Sicheng's horse, and the Mongolian war horse that had been with him for many days fell limp with a long hiss.Zhang Sicheng fell off his horse before he had time to react. He landed heavily on the ground, subconsciously holding the Type 29 rifle tightly in his hand.

The migrant workers shouted in panic, the wheelbarrows and flatbed trucks collided with each other, and the hissing and shouting of people and horses also sounded uncontrollably, and the scene was in chaos.

Attacked!

The strict training at the military academy made Zhang Sicheng react the most right at the first time, and he immediately hid his whole body behind the fallen horse corpse.Then, looking around, the hills on both sides continuously spewed out bursts of white smoke, and the cavalry of the Central Army who were caught off guard turned their backs. He shouted loudly: "Fire! Fight back!"

Before he could finish shouting, he was horrified to see a hundred or so bandits dressed in common people's clothes in the bushes on the opposite hill, holding up their rifles and firing wildly while shouting and rushing down!The first one was a tall man, who took off his coat and only wore a short coat, showing his muscular arms, holding a flower machine gun, and rushed towards here, screaming strangely!

Seeing the opponent's overwhelming numerical advantage, Zhang Sicheng immediately realized that things were going to get worse!However, as a glorious Communist Party member, he could no longer afford to back down at this time, and he didn't have time to think about this issue.He picked up the rifle and knocked out the five bullets in the magazine at the fastest speed, and it was too late to reload. Instead, he stood up, pulled out the Western-style saber at his waist, and shouted: "Comrades! Follow me!" I'll charge!" Then he rushed towards the enemy without hesitation...

More than [-] cavalrymen of the Central Army were all sacrificed gloriously in the blink of an eye when they were attacked by an absolutely superior force!No one flinched, and no one begged for mercy!All of them fought to the last moment of their lives, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of this group of armed gangsters, and also won precious time for the transfer of hundreds of former migrant workers.

Such scenes are still happening in various places in northern Shanxi.With the financial and material support of the Kuomintang reactionaries and the emerging Chinese monopoly bourgeoisie, the villainous and tyrannical landlords in northern Shanxi have gathered bandit arms.Either occupy the mountain and become the king and dominate one side, or become a thieves and bandits, running around and making chaos, killing and arson wherever they go!At the same time, it also launched crazy attacks on the newly born red regimes in Northwest Shanxi, the logistics transport convoy of the Central Army, and the small troops collecting food and fodder!The General Command of the Central Army's Third Army was surprised to find that starting from March [-], they lost contact with many troops that were scattered to protect the logistics line.Beacon fires were burning everywhere in northern Shanxi that had just been captured by them.And there are rumors everywhere that the Kuomintang army is about to start the Northern Expedition!

At the same time, the battle against bandits in northern Shanxi and the Taihang Mountains did not achieve the expected results.Because Yan Xishan carried out an improvement campaign of reducing rent and interest in Taihang Mountains and some areas in northern Shanxi last year.Before the CCP launched the war to suppress the chaos in Shanxi, it was announced that the five-year land tax in northern Shanxi and Taihang Mountains would be exempted.Therefore, the sharp class conflicts have been alleviated to a certain extent. At the same time, some bully landlords saw the power of the land reform in Zhili and Northwest Shanxi, and took the initiative to reduce rent and interest to buy people's hearts. , Confused a considerable number of people who did not know the truth with the clan blood relationship.This makes the battle against bandits extremely complicated and difficult...

(Note: A similar situation has happened in another time and space history. The CCP’s early land revolution policies, and some local tyrants and evil gentry took the initiative to improve due to the power of peasant wars, and even used regional conflicts, urban-rural conflicts, and clan conflicts. Waiting for the prevailing contradictions at that time to divert the main contradiction of the class struggle. As a result, it also caused a lot of trouble for the CCP’s Agrarian Revolutionary War, allowing the Kuomintang reactionaries to use these landlords’ armed forces and the “non-class antagonism between red and white” to blockade the Soviet area ...And in this history that has gone astray, it is not surprising that similar situations appear. Of course, after the people really understand the truth of the matter, the enemy's conspiracy will naturally be seen through.)

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After the battle reports from the northern Shanxi and Taihang Mountain fronts were delivered to Beijing, the Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai was lit up that night. All the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing were in the conference room of the Xihua Hall. The atmosphere in the conference room was dignified. Zhou Enlai had just read out Telegrams from the Third Army Headquarters and the Fourth Route Army Headquarters.In the telegram, the Third Army requested the central government to send more favorable local cadres and local armed forces to northern Shanxi, so that the main force could be freed from the endless battle against bandits as soon as possible, so that it could concentrate on launching a new offensive.At the same time, the central government is also required to postpone the attack time for a few more days so that the troops can fully rest and replenish supplies.The Fourth Route Army's telegram notified a series of victories in the bandit suppression campaign, but also euphemistically pointed out that the current banditry in the Taihang Mountains is extremely serious.Moreover, the bandits often bought the hearts of the local people with small favors, which added considerable difficulties to the suppression of bandits!Chen Yi, a political commissar of the Fourth Route Army, also suggested in a telegram whether the central government could announce that farmers in the Taihang Mountains would be exempted from public grain for five years, so as to compete with the enemy for popular support.

At the same time, it also reported to the central government that the bandits in the Taihang Mountains were obviously supported by Wuhan!After interrogating some of the captured bandit leaders, the Fourth Route Army learned that Yang Yongtai, secretary-general of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, and Feng Zibing, director of the Central Party Affairs Investigation Bureau of the Kuomintang, are both in Taiyuan now.These bandits obtained funds, weapons and ammunition from the two of them, and even the "Guerrilla Warfare Manual" compiled by the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army. It is said that there is a secret school of guerrilla warfare code-named "base" that is recruiting from these bandits Students... Looks like things are a little tricky!

"Comrades, everyone is clear about the current situation. I am afraid that we will have to make long-term preparations for the Battle of Shanxi." Zhou Enlai looked stern, and scanned the venue: "The Kuomintang reactionaries have adopted such extraordinary means to confront us. Look at us. It turns out that their conspiracy is to turn the battle of Shanxi into a protracted war, and at the same time turn Shanxi into a quagmire, so as to drag us down. Then launch the Northern Expedition..."

"Comrade Enlai, do you think we can adopt the same method? How about using the same method as others, and punishing others?" Mao Zedong also frowned, smoking a cigarette: "They can use guerrilla warfare to deal with us. We Why not return them with guerrilla warfare?"

Although the Kuomintang has strong military and financial strength, and the people's livelihood in the territory under its rule is decent, it is far from impeccable.In Mao Zedong's view, there are still many loopholes in the Kuomintang's rule, such as their insufficient number of troops, and they are firmly pinned down by the Japanese army in the coastal areas.There are only a small number of security forces in the vast inland areas, and except for the three provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi that have already carried out land reforms, the class conflicts in the rest of the provinces are still very sharp, and it is entirely possible that they will be instigated and form a prairie fire!Of course, there were also difficulties in launching guerrilla warfare in the south, mainly because weapons and ammunition were difficult to obtain... Every time the Kuomintang seized a province, it immediately confiscated civilian guns and ammunition, and the management of guns and ammunition at border ports was also extremely strict.Without guns and ammunition, if you want to start a peasant uprising, it seems impossible for them to use sickles and hoes to fight the Kuomintang's aircraft and artillery.

"But will that lead to a full-scale war between the north and the south? We can't even settle a small Shanxi now. If the Kuomintang fights again..." Wang Ming said coldly, what he said to Mao Zedong The theory of guerrilla warfare has always been looked down upon, thinking that it is the idea of ​​bandits, and the victory of the revolution cannot rely on guerrillas at all, but should rely on the labor movement.He smiled deeply: "Our party is a party of the working class. We should fully mobilize and use the strength of the workers! Instead of relying on the peasants. The successful experience of the Soviet revolution and the problems we are now encountering in Shanxi tell us the fact that the peasants The consciousness is completely incomparable to that of the workers. After they get a little concession from the landlord class and the ruling class, they will happily defect to the past! Only the workers will be tightly united around the party. So I propose to launch a general strike of workers in the south to protest the Kuomintang The reactionaries support the Shanxi reactionary warlord Yan Xishan!"

Zhou Enlai shook his head slightly, Wang Ming's method was even more unreliable.Now that the economy is in the Great Depression, workers in the south are thankful if they have a job. How dare they go on strike?What you don't want to do is someone who wants to do it!And it was to protest against the support of Yan Xishan by the Kuomintang... What does this kind of thing have to do with the workers?Zhu De also shook his head slowly. In his heart, he was not willing to have a direct conflict with the Kuomintang. After all, the opponent had an overwhelming military advantage. Once the war started, the Eighth Route Army deployed on the southern front would probably be severely damaged by the enemy in a very short period of time. !At that time, the CCP will lose the military strength to maintain Beijing's rule.And the most critical issue now is not to take revenge on the Kuomintang, but to end the battle of Shanxi as soon as possible.

"Comrade Enlai, we should find a way to solve the banditry in Shanxi as soon as possible to ensure the stability of the rear of the army. Only in this way can we successfully win the battle of Shandong." Zhu De glanced at Zhou Enlai with a worried face: "The bandits in Shanxi are Local snakes, they are familiar with every plant and tree there, and they are at odds with our party... Recruitment seems impossible. The only way is to send a large army to encircle and eliminate the banditry, but our regular army is not strong enough. Still I see, can we not give full play to the role of the Red Guards and the militia? Use this irregular force to deal with the bandits?"

"But these bandits are not weak in fighting power, can they be dealt with by the Red Guards?" Mao Zedong asked Zhu De: "The main problem of the Red Guards is that their weapons and equipment are too poor. Can we now draw a batch of weapons from the main force to arm the Red Guards?"

Zhu De nodded lightly: "Rifles are rich, and we can give some, but...there is not enough bullets. Baotou Factory's annual output is only 3000 million rounds. And most of them are 7.62mm bullets, and we can give Chi Most of the rifles of the guards are 7.92mm and 6.5mm calibers, we do not produce bullets of this caliber, and only rely on reloading and inventory to support their use.”

"Can the red guards guard the various mountain passes of Taihang Mountain and block those bandits inside?" Xiang Ying, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission who has not spoken much, tentatively suggested: "Our red guards may not be able to attack, but relying on There should be no problem with the fortress defense, right? Right now, the first thing we need to ensure is the stability of the Zhili Plain, and we cannot allow those bandits to come down from the mountains to cause damage. Can we mobilize a large number of Red Guards from Zhili Province and northern Shandong, and deploy them in the Along the Taihang Mountains, and let them build fortresses to hold on, and supplemented by a small number of elite main forces, it should be safe, right?"

"Use fortresses to block the road from the Taihang Mountains to the Zhili Plain?" Zhu De clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This method is good! We can also let the Third Army adopt the same method. It is not necessary to build more forts, one every one kilometer, and more than 200 forts are enough. It is enough to deploy one machine gun and one infantry squad in each fort, so that there are more than 2000 people and more than 200 machine guns. It can guarantee the smooth flow of the logistics line. As for the banditry in northern Shanxi, we can wait until Yan Xishan is defeated and then clean it up slowly."

Zhou Enlai frowned slightly, using fortress tactics to deal with these bandits should be a good way.But in this way, the battle situation will be delayed again.At least until these fortresses are repaired, the main force can be withdrawn from the front line of banditry, right?Moreover, there are still many towns in northern Shanxi that are already under the control of the CCP. How should these towns be defended?

"Well, this is the only way now, I think we should arrange it like this first." Mao Zedong snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and sighed deeply: "Our current difficulty is that our troops are too small and they are deployed scattered, so there is no way to achieve success." Fight the enemy with your fists. This time in the battle to attack Jin, we can only use 15 troops, which is not much different from the Jin army. They also defended against danger and armed so many bandits to fight us. I Suggestion...we should withdraw the Eighth Route Army from the front line of confrontation with the South, and throw it into the battle of Shanxi, trying to get rid of Yan Xishan in the shortest possible time."

Zhou Enlai understood what Mao Zedong meant, so he emptied the frontal forces and sang an empty city plan.Just bet that the Kuomintang is busy with economic construction and will not send troops to the Northern Expedition.If the Kuomintang came over, they would simply abandon the city of Beijing and the Zhili Plain, relying on northern Shaanxi, Suiyuan, Shanxi and the Kuomintang to deal with it to the end.

"No, now is not the time." Zhou Enlai shook his head, and then said solemnly: "Although we are facing great difficulties now, we still have the hope of victory. After all, our military strength is much stronger than that of the Jin army." It is much stronger than before, as long as we defeat the main force of the Jin army on the frontal battlefield, those banditry problems will not become a big climate after all."

In this way, the Battle of Shanxi once again approached the quagmire of a protracted war.The CCP unexpectedly resorted to fortress tactics to deal with the bandit armed forces supported by Chiang Kai-shek...Yan Xishan, who won a little time, actively carried out "internal diplomatic activities", trying to persuade the other three parties in the "Quadruple Alliance" to take necessary measures. military action.

Chapter 0490 Protracted War ([-])

One month after the Battle of Xinkou, the Northwest Warlord Wang Zijian's Fifth Army finally threw away the designation of the Central Committee and joined the war in the name of the Youth Army!

March 25, [-] AD.

Gansu, Pingliang County.

A surprise battle had just ended. After the fierce battle, the city walls of Pingliang were in ruins, and the trenches at the top of the city were filled with purple-black blood.The strong and choking smell of gunpowder smoke lingers around Pingliang City.

It was only after dawn that the officers and soldiers of the Second Division of the Youth Army began to repair the fortifications and clean up the battlefield.