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He Yingqin listened to Qian Dajun's report with a sullen face, his face remained unchanged, and his fingers kept tapping on the armrest of the chair, revealing the anxiety in his heart at the moment.Now that the Communist Army is divided into two groups, the North and the South, it should be the best time to defeat them... Once Yan Xishan's group is wiped out, all the pressure will be on him!He pondered and said: "I can't wait any longer! How is the weather today?"

Qian Dajun nodded and said, "The weather is fine, and the Air Force has indicated that they can dispatch. Brother Jing, are we going to launch an attack? The General Staff Headquarters..."

He Yingqin waved his hand vigorously: "Ignore it! The general will not accept the order of the emperor!" He stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Brother Mu Yin, tell the staff to prepare an all-out offensive plan immediately! Before noon today, we will launch a full-line attack! We must defeat the enemy in front of us before the city of Taiyuan is destroyed!"

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"Good news! Good news! Taiyuan Dongshan Niutuozhai Fortress has been captured by our Eighth Route Army!"

Zhao Shiyan, secretary-general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also ran into the conference room of Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai.Before the person arrived, he had already loudly reported the latest telegram received.

A few hearty laughter came from the meeting room, and several Politburo members nodded one after another, exchanging opinions softly.

"Okay! Dongshan is the barrier of Taiyuan City. After capturing Dongshan, Taiyuan is just around the corner!" Zhou Enlai clapped his hands and showed a long-lost smile on his face. Seeing that Zhao Shiyan didn't leave immediately, he knew it must be There is still something to report, so he smiled and said: "Shiyan, is there anything else?"

Zhao Shiyan frowned: "It was also sent by the General Front Committee of the Shanxi Campaign. Last night, the Southward Relief Corps launched three tentative attacks on the Kuomintang army entrenched in the south of Xugou... According to the reports of Feng Yuxiang and Li Jishen, They estimate that the reinforcements from the Kuomintang army may be as many as six divisions!"

The hearts of everyone in the room seemed to fall from the clouds to the bottom of the valley!Even Zhou Enlai's eyes were slightly reproachful.

Mao Zedong shook his head, then looked at Gu Shunzhang, the head of the special department of the Communist Party of China, and asked suddenly: "Comrade Shunzhang, are the two divisions of the Kuomintang along the Yellow River still there?"

Due to the mass exodus of the Kuomintang leftists and the Kuomintang's continuous purge of miscellaneous generals, the CCP can only rely on the underground party organization to secretly monitor the Kuomintang army barracks in various places for the deployment of the Kuomintang army.

Gu Shunzhang was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said: "It's still there. We keep in touch with comrades in Shandong and Henan every day. They have set up eyeliner near the main barracks in Shandong and Henan... According to their According to the report, during this period of time, the strength of the Kuomintang army in Shandong and Henan has increased, and many tanks and artillery have been transported from the south.”

"Tanks and cannons! When did you get this information? Why didn't anyone come to inform the advisory group!" The Soviet advisor Chuikov who was present at the meeting jumped up suddenly, and his chair was bumped.

"Comrade Gu Shunzhang, do you know how many tanks and artillery the Kuomintang has mobilized to Henan and Shandong? When did they arrive?" Cui Kefu looked at Gu Shunzhang with a panicked look on his face and asked loudly.He had seen with his own eyes the power of the Kuomintang army's armored soldiers in the third Zhalainuoer battle!The [-] Soviet Red Army was crushed in a few hours!Moreover, in the Battle of Jinan two years ago, it was the Kuomintang armored forces that defeated the three divisions of the Japanese reinforcements!This time...they came to the front line of the Yellow River again, and they could figure out what they wanted to do with their toes.

Gu Shunzhang was stunned. From the facial expression of Cuikov's advisor, he also knew that these tanks might be a bit difficult.

"Comrade advisor, I just received this information, and it was reported by our comrades among the railway workers... There should be several hundred trains, right? They don't know the exact number, but they only know that there are twenty trains. They were all loaded with tanks and artillery, and they were shipped from Wuhan, destined for Zhengzhou and Jinan."

"Twenty trains, all full of tanks and cannons! My God!" Comrade Chuikov just stood there blankly at this moment, repeating these two sentences in the innermost part, seemingly frightened.As a senior commander of the Soviet Red Army who has received strict formal military education, he naturally understands the meaning behind the number of hundreds of tanks!Those are at least two legendary armored divisions!At present, apart from China, no one in the world seems to have such a powerful armored force, right?Two armored divisions plus the two infantry divisions originally deployed along the Yellow River, that's four divisions. According to the KMT's division-level establishment, it should be an army of [-]!Can Zhang Xueliang's tofu soldiers survive even for a day?

"Comrade Advisor, is it possible that the Kuomintang has launched an attack on the Zhili Plain? Do you think we should transfer troops back from Shanxi?" Zhou Enlai seemed to have noticed something wrong, and his expression was a little hesitant.

Cui Kefu seemed to have just woken up at this time, and took a look at Zhou Enlai.Slowly shaking his head: "If the Kuomintang is going to attack the Zhili Plain, then they shouldn't have six divisions on the Shanxi battlefield... They should concentrate their main forces on the most critical places. The Nationalist generals don't understand, and their German advisers will teach them."

He looked stern: "There is China's capital Beijing here in the Zhili Plain. This should be what the Kuomintang wants most! If you lose Beijing, you can no longer be called the central government. In this way, China will only have their central government." And they were able to destroy the Northeast Army's 20 troops in one fell swoop during the attack on Beijing. It is estimated that Zhang Xueliang would not be able to withstand the attack of the two armored divisions for even a day!

... Once Zhang Xueliang's main force is finished, the Northeast will probably soon fall into the hands of the Kuomintang!There is a vast land and rich coal and iron resources, which is the most ideal site for the development of heavy industry.Those monopoly consortiums behind the Kuomintang must have dreamed of getting there!So... the Kuomintang's offensive focus this time should be Zhili instead of Shanxi!I'm afraid we've been fooled this time..."

The members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the conference room just listened silently. They still admire Cuikov's military talent very much!And this analysis is indeed to the point, people have to be convinced.

"Comrade advisor, if we transfer the troops back from Shanxi now, is there still time?" Li Lisan was the one who asked the question, and his tone was extremely heavy.

Cui Kefu didn't know how to answer for a moment. Just as he was hesitating, Mao Zedong suddenly patted the table and laughed loudly: "They want Zhili and Beijing, just give them up! We only want Shanxi. We only need to take Shanxi, the roof of the North China Plain, Zhili and Beijing are under our bayonets at any time, and we can fight whenever we want! I suggest that the Shanxi campaign be carried out according to the original plan, and order Zhu De to take down Taiyuan as soon as possible! At the same time, the central government in Beijing Make all preparations for evacuation. Oh, and besides, we also need to remind Zhang Xueliang to beware of sneak attacks by the Kuomintang army."

Zhou Enlai nodded lightly, then looked at Cui Kefu: "Comrade advisor, look..."

Chuikov's eyebrows were furrowed into a ball, but his eyes turned to Mifu, the chief adviser of the Comintern in the CCP.Abandoning Beijing is tantamount to giving up the position of the central government!This decision violated the highest instructions of Comrade Stalin, and Chuikov did not dare to make it casually.

Miff looked serious: "No! You can't give up on Beijing! Wars are never judged by the number of people killed. Wars are just a continuation of politics... Beijing is the capital of China! It is the symbol of China! It is the political center! If once If it is lost, the CCP will no longer be able to call itself the central government. At that time, you will be the armed rebels! The Soviet Union will not be able to provide you with large-scale military assistance! Without the assistance of the Soviet Union, can you still defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries? Comrades Now the Kuomintang is no longer a reactionary in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country, but a real imperialist! They have the fourth strongest navy in the world and the fifth strongest army in the world! And the steel production will be in a few years Reaching more than 500 million tons... Such a powerful enemy cannot be defeated by guerrilla warfare in the valley!"

"...So I suggest that you immediately abandon the plan for the Taiyuan battle, withdraw part of the main force northward to the Xinkou line, and block the northward route of the Kuomintang and Jin troops. The rest of the troops will withdraw to Beijing. We must keep the capital of this red China! Only in this way can the Soviet Union and the proletarians of the world continue to help you, and the Chinese revolution will be able to win!"

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At noon on June [-].

In the position on the side of the Kuomintang army on the front line of Xugou, more than [-] heavily armed officers and soldiers are fully prepared to launch an attack.They were munching on the sumptuous lunch prepared by the field kitchen. Inside the aluminum lunch box was a large piece of braised pork that was so fatty and soft!Well, this is the legendary last lunch!This is the last benefit that people who have fought and fought on the Eastern Continent for thousands of years can enjoy... Before setting off for a decisive attack, eat a good meal, and if you die, you will be a dead ghost!The lower-level officers of the Kuomintang army also pretended to be nonchalant and greeted each other: "See you in the next life!" This time it is said that this is a crucial battle for the survival of the party and the country.Moreover, the enemy is still an elite CCP force that has an advantage in numbers and is not inferior in combat effectiveness!At least the documents issued by the superiors said so, and they, the party-state elites who came out of the Central Military Academy, naturally believed in it.It is different from these junior officers who are obviously terrified to death and are still stiffening.The faces of the soldiers were tense, and no one spoke to each other.Maybe they will never understand why they have to participate in this damn civil war!Aren't those on the opposite side also Chinese?Why do the Chinese want to beat the Chinese?However, the harsh battlefield discipline and inhumane and rigorous training of the Kuomintang army have made these soldiers unable to think normally, and can only become machines that obey orders.After half an hour, they will cross the trenches, rush to the positions of the Chinese Communist army, and carry out a civil war against the people... In short, it is a very reactionary thing!

On the artillery position of the Kuomintang army, there are eight artillery regiments lined up from west to east!Six of them were divisional artillery regiments, and two were heavy artillery regiments belonging to the 105st Brigade of Independent Heavy Artillery.The eight artillery regiments are all 150mm and 430mm heavy artillery, and the total number is as many as 5!A large number of shells have been transported to the artillery position in time by the team of mules and trucks. Each cannon has two bases of ammunition, and there are more than 400 shells in total!Major General Gui Yongqing, commander of the [-]st Brigade of the Independent Heavy Artillery Corps of the Kuomintang Army, was well-dressed and patrolling various artillery positions with an impeccable military posture.All the eight artillery regiments here today will be under his unified command!Whether they can blast the opponent's solid defense line, silence the opponent's firepower, cover the infantry to break into the opponent's position, and achieve brilliant results depends on the ability of these artillerymen who have undergone rigorous training for several years!Gui Yongqing has no doubts about this. Compared with the artillery group composed of more than [-] heavy artillery pieces, in China or even Asia, the powerful ones are a bit too much!Gui Yongqing even had a feeling that this bombardment was completely unnecessary.In fact, you can invite the commander on the opposite side to come to this position to see for yourself, maybe this war will end here...

The time passed slowly while waiting, and soon it would be one o'clock in the afternoon when the attack was scheduled to be launched.Gui Yongqing looked down at his watch, and it was already 55:5 noon.In [-] minutes, China's two most elite armed forces will start an unprecedented bloody battle!

What Gui Yongqing and the entire Kuomintang army's attacking troops could not have imagined in their dreams was that Feng Yuxiang and his Southward Corps were making arrangements to retreat in a hurry!The enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which began early this morning, finally made a final decision around nine o'clock in the morning.Comrade Mao Zedong's correct suggestion has not been approved by the majority of comrades in the Politburo!The Politburo passed a resolution deciding to abandon the Battle of Taiyuan, and then use part of the main force to defend Beijing.At ten o'clock in the morning, the order of the General Front Committee of the Shanxi Campaign had been sent to Feng Yuxiang via radio waves.And this Feng Yuxiang didn't seem to want to stay on the front line of Xugou for a minute longer. As soon as he received the order to retreat, he immediately executed it without saying a word, and he didn't wait until after dark to act...

At this time, the first batch of the Third Route Army to retreat, the No.18 Route Army, the Third Artillery Brigade, and the two regiments of the Artillery Division directly under the Central Committee were already on their way to the north, and Zhang Guotao also retreated with them. The No.16 Route Army and No.17 Route Army have also withdrawn from the front line, and the No.19 Route Army led by the leftists of the Kuomintang is actually the No.[-] Route Army in the front, not the serious communist army!Uh, when fighting, the miscellaneous cards go first, and when retreating, the direct descendants go first. As long as there are warlords and miscellaneous direct descendants, this rule will probably not change. In fact, it has been like this throughout history.

"Brother Huanzhang! We can't withdraw in such a hurry... We have to wait until after dark if we want to withdraw. If we withdraw now, if the enemy's air force finds out and chases after us, the team will collapse!" Li Jishen wrinkled his eyebrows Feng Yuxiang was on the left and right, persuading him earnestly.

Feng Yuxiang just smiled and waved his hands: "Brother Ren Chao is too worried. The Kuomintang..." At this moment, a sharp and piercing whistling sound that sounded like the whistle of a small ship suddenly came across the sky!

Chapter 0504

"Enemy bombardment! They want to attack!" Feng Yuxiang's reaction was still very fast. He slapped the log table and stood up abruptly.Li Jishen and the staff officers in the headquarters were startled by Feng Yuxiang's roar, and they were looking at this nervous commander-in-chief like a strange person.As soon as we retreated, did the Kuomintang know?It can't be that fast, can it?

boom!boom!boom……

But the huge roar suddenly exploded all over the front line at the same time!The whole earth shook, and the ensuing explosions hit the ground violently like a Thor's hammer.The powerful shock wave turned into a violent air wave, sweeping countless high-speed rotating shrapnel across the entire front line.The explosion points of the artillery fire have become so dense that they cannot be counted.I only heard bursts of huge explosions ringing in my ears uninterruptedly, as if the end of the world was coming!Everyone in the headquarters lay down on the ground with their heads in their hands.Facing such an unprecedentedly violent shelling, this is not the time to be a hero.

As soon as Li Jishen heard the deafening explosion, he knew that the No.19 Army, which he had worked so hard to build, was going to be accounted for this time!Unlike other people in the headquarters, he was from the National Revolutionary Army!He also served as the commander of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army for a long time.Naturally, he is very familiar with the roar of the division-level artillery of the National Revolutionary Army.Although his ears were almost deafened at the moment, his thinking was still extremely quick, and he estimated their approximate strength through the opponent's shelling immediately.Now there are about six division-level artillery regiments and an independent heavy artillery brigade, with a total of more than 400 heavy artillery pieces pouring shells on his beloved No.19 Route Army!Calculated according to the numbers of the artillery regiment, the opponent should have six reorganization divisions!It is exactly the same as the number that Feng Yuxiang babbled in the early morning of this morning.In other words, this time, a total of more than 15 troops, under the cover of more than 1000 various artillery pieces and more than 200 aircraft, came to attack the 1000th Route Army, which had just been formed and was full of new recruits... and that More than [-] most loyal Kuomintang leftist comrades, those people are the real successors of the spirit of the former Prime Minister!It's all over now.

At this time Feng Yuxiang also reacted, he crawled a few steps on the ground, and touched the phone that had been shaken to the ground.Pick it up and shake it a few times. Fortunately, the Kuomintang army's shelling is still concentrated at the front and has not struck in depth, so the communication with the rear artillery group has not been interrupted.The phone call with the artillery group headquarters was quickly connected, but it took a while before I heard the panicked voice of Comrade Zhu Rui, the commander of the artillery group of the Southern Corps, who is also the commander of the artillery division directly under the Central Committee: "Where? Where? Where is the phone number?" ?” Although the directly subordinate artillery division has retreated now, there are still three artillery regiments belonging to the Route Army with a total of 72 75mm mountain cannons still on the artillery positions, so Zhu Rui stayed and continued to command.

Feng Yuxiang yelled into the earphone: "I am Feng Yuxiang! The artillery group fires at me! Bombard the enemy's forward position! Don't begrudge the shells, and don't care about the bombing! Just hit me hard! The enemy's The frontier has become a sea of ​​flames! Do you understand me!" He hung up the phone and shook the phones of the divisions and brigades on the front line, but he couldn't get in touch. The phone lines must have been cut off during the bombardment.Feng Yuxiang yelled again: "Communications Department, check the line!" Several communications soldiers who had been on standby picked up the wire abductees, gritted their teeth and rushed to the battlefield where the shrapnel was flying.Li Ji pulled Feng Yuxiang with a pale face: "Huanzhang, now we have to intercept the 19th and [-]th Route Army, let them serve as a reserve team, and be ready to reinforce the forward positions at any time! Just rely on my No. The [-]th Route Army won't last long!"

Feng Yuxiang's complexion also gradually darkened. At this point, he already knew that he had screwed up this battle!Although the enemy's military strength and firepower are stronger than expected, if the 20 troops stick to their positions until dark, there should be no problem, and the losses should be much smaller if they retreat at that time!But now it is too late, the only way is to sacrifice the [-]th Route Army in the rear.After all, they are the leftists of the Kuomintang, and they are not yet the Communist Army. They are different from their own three route armies... As long as they keep the main force of the Communist Army, it should be considered as fulfilling the task assigned by the party, right?

"Brother Ren Chao, I will personally catch the reserve team! You are in command here! You must stand up, you know?" Feng Yuxiang nodded solemnly at Li Jishen, and then shouted to his confidants: "Go! I'm going to the No.17 Route Army Headquarters." Lu Zhonglin rushed out with several staff guards to protect Feng Yuxiang.Only Li Jishen was left in the headquarters, shaking the phone over and over again, trying to contact the troops ahead.There are tears in the eyes!

The artillery group of the Communist Army soon began to roar, and 72 civilian 600-style mountain cannons bombarded the front positions of the Kuomintang army with the fastest rate of fire. Flying, also shrouded the front of the Kuomintang army in a piece of blue-black gunpowder smoke.But everyone knows that such a scene will not last long!Because dozens of A-1B light dive bombers with modified 152-horsepower engines are hovering over the battlefield looking for prey!And a few kilometers away from the front line of Xugou, dozens of [-]mm heavy field howitzers that have been turned into a pile of scrap iron are still emitting green smoke, and they are still maintaining a neat marching formation...

After firing nearly 30 rounds of shells, the artillery group of the Kuomintang Army finally began to extend backwards.The gunpowder smoke that shrouded the front of the battlefield has not yet cleared, and the voice of passwords that seemed to tear their throats sounded from all over the starting position of the Kuomintang army.Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers jumped out of the trenches at once. All the officers and soldiers were wearing khaki military uniforms with similar styles, German-style helmets on their heads, and Zhongshan-style rifles or the latest Min 1000-style submachine guns. All over the 80-kilometer-long front, diversionary and focused attacks were launched at the same time.Hundreds of mountain artillery infantry guns and more than 60 [-]mm and [-]mm caliber mortars were also erected on artillery fire points throughout the trenches, all of which were aimed at the front.Artillery observers with optical measurement tools such as rangefinders and artillery mirrors also took their positions, staying in the designated bunkers and watching the front of the enemy.More than a dozen hot air balloons were also put into the sky, and there were also artillery observers from the Kuomintang army on it...

This large-scale attack, which was like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, completely stunned the 105th Route Army in the rear.Several assault troops quickly rushed through the sparse fire net of the 150th Route Army.They rushed into their defensive forward position and began to kill.The positions that had been bombed by tens of thousands of [-]mm and [-]mm shells had already changed beyond recognition. Most of the bunkers and earthworks were gone, and huge craters filled the entire forward position.The resistance of the Nineteenth Route Army was also extremely weak. This force was only composed of a small number of Kuomintang leftist officers and a large number of recruits who had not undergone strict training.After a round of hellish bombardment, except for a very small number of troops led by secret members of the Communist Party of China who were able to organize resistance, in most areas there was only chaos and the terrified roar of recruits, and wounded soldiers. The screams of the dying soldiers.

At this time, behind them, General Li Jishen, the commander-in-chief of the [-]th Route Army, was watching with his own binoculars the collapse of the troops he had built himself.He had regained his composure from the initial panic, and was quietly looking at everything in front of him through the binoculars. Not far from him, heavy shells fell from time to time, and huge fireballs rose one after another.Facing the god of death who was so close at hand, General Li Jishen still stood upright, without a trace of panic on his face.A group of young staff officers belonging to the [-]th Route Army surrounded their chief, as if covering him with their bodies from shells, and yelled at him to retreat quickly.

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"Breakthrough! Our army has achieved a breakthrough across the board!" A staff officer who was guarding the phone rushed into the war room with a cry that was almost cheering.This shout also immediately relaxed the pre-war tension in the Shanxi Front Army Headquarters.Seeing his excited expression, smiles appeared on everyone's faces.Qian Dajun glanced at He Yingqin. He was still sitting upright and motionless, putting on the airs of a famous general, but he could clearly see his whole body loosening up quietly.Qian Dajun also heaved a sigh of relief. This attack obviously violated the instructions of the General Staff Headquarters. If he wins, everyone will be happy—the winner will not be punished!If something goes wrong, he and He Yingqin will be the ones to blame!

And this time more than [-] people launched a three-dimensional attack with artillery, infantry, and air along a very long front, and there was only one morning's preparation time!The entire Front Army Command is almost racing against time, and now it seems that it has finally been completed so-so.

Qian Dajun smiled faintly, and nodded at He Yingqin: "Brother Jing, do you think we should report the battle situation here to the General Staff?"

He Yingqin's eyes were like lightning, and he glanced at him: "It is only the first victory, and our opponent is still very strong! Let's expand the results first, and then report it!"

Qian Dajun shook his head and did not refute.He knew that this attack was carried out completely without telling the General Staff, and he also got some hints from Chiang Kai-shek.

"General He, General Qian, haven't you noticed that the breakthrough this time was a bit too smooth?" German military adviser Falkenhausen heard the latest battle report from the translator, but took out his pocket watch and shook his head: "If my pocket watch hadn't broken, it would have just passed two o'clock in the afternoon! In other words, our troops broke through the opponent's first trench in less than half an hour after the artillery preparations ended! You guys Don't you think there is a problem?"

He Yingqin also quickly looked at the watch on his wrist. The hour hand on the watch was indeed pointing to the position of the Roman numeral two!

Falkenhausen looked at He Yingqin and said word for word: "There are only two explanations for such a smooth breakthrough. One is that the enemy deployed the main force on the second line to avoid the shelling, and did not move up in time after our army launched an attack, so Let us take advantage of it. But the next battle will be extremely cruel and fierce! Second, the enemy has already withdrawn the main force, and only deployed a small number of rear troops on the position, so we were easily defeated."