Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Wuping Fujian Southwest Military Sub-district Command

Everyone looks very relaxed

The chairman of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district sat in the first seat

He said: "Everyone knows"

“Although we have not yet fully restored the former splendor of the Soviet area,”

"But we occupied Liancheng, Wuping, Shanghang, and Longyan."

“I finally have a place in Fujian”

“As long as there is this piece of land and water”

“We will definitely grow and develop”

“In addition, I would like to announce another good news to you all.”

“That means we have already contacted the central government.”

"The D Central Committee has now re-established a base in northern Shaanxi."

“It also affirms our achievements.”

When the chairman of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district said his last words

The voice is extremely high and firm

From the time when the Central Red Army left the Soviet Area

The Red Army remaining in the Soviet area faced the powerful and large-scale Kuomintang army.

Can only hide in the deep mountains and forests

The "savage life" where the sky is the house, the ground is the bed, and grass is the food

Extremely harsh conditions

until today

Let everyone know that the Central Red Army has been contacted

Know that you are not alone

How could everyone in the meeting not be excited?

Everyone's eyes were filled with tears

Hug each other tightly

Even Li Yan lost his former rationality

Roaring loudly

But I've never felt at ease in my heart

It's been a long time

When everyone calms down

The chairman of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district said: "Comrades"

“Although we have achieved a phased victory”

“But we are still not out of the woods.”

“Still surrounded by nationalist troops”

“Let’s have a meeting this time.”

“Just talk about the next step, what should we do?”

At this time, a cadre stood up and said: "After this month's development..."

“We already have a certain level of strength.”

“Now comrades are holding their breath.”

"We must compete with the national army"

"Recover our lost Soviet areas"

"Revenge for our fallen comrades"

Before this cadre finished speaking

Someone stood up and said, "I agree."

"The Nationalist army only has one brigade in Changting"

“And we have been expanding recently.”

"New recruits also undergo a month of training."

"Has certain combat capability"

"There is no problem in taking Changting"

“We should strike while the iron is hot”

"Development towards southern Jiangxi"

"Meeting with the Fujian-Jiangxi Border Soviet Area"

"Fight back to Ruijin, fight back to southern Jiangxi, fight back to our base camp"

As soon as this sentence is finished

The atmosphere in the conference room was heated

Many people stood up to express their agreement

Li Yan saw the crowd's excitement

But frowned

The troops are developing rapidly in all aspects.

But the foundation is still unstable

If we march towards southern Jiangxi now

It requires the mobilization of a large number of troops

Then the place we occupy now will be left with a shortage of troops.

Once tens of thousands of national troops in southern Fujian return

Not only will the Red Army in western Fujian lose its base again

Even the 19th Route Army of the Alliance will lose its barrier.

Then the good situation will be ruined.

A typical case of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons

These people have been deceived by the false image of the current Red Army.

Minister Tan saw Li Yan frowning

Hesitant to speak

He asked, "Comrade Li Yan?"

“What do you think of your comrades’ ideas?”

The cadres present

Although many people have never seen Li Yan

But I knew Li Yan's name a few months ago.

With outstanding military command in Meishan

Continuously inflicting heavy damage on the 83rd Division

Then more than a dozen people went to Zhangzhou alone

Destroyed a Kuomintang aircraft squadron and a heavy artillery regiment

Later, Yongan was taken, Liancheng was captured, Shanghang was taken, and Longyan was captured.

That battle was a classic.

This is the situation in southwest Fujian.

Li Yan can be summarized in four words

Dedication

I heard Minister Tan let Li Yan speak.

The people in the conference room suddenly became quiet.

They all stared at Li Yan, a familiar yet unfamiliar person.

As a soldier, I admire the strong.

Li Yan originally thought that it would be his first time meeting with so many senior officials.

If you directly oppose it, it is not good.

Now Minister Tan named himself

At this time, Li Yan had to make a choice

Li Yan is not a hesitant person

He stood up, smiled and said, "Comrades"

“There are many people we haven’t met before.”

"Let me introduce myself first."

"My name is Li Yan"

"Many of you here are my revolutionary predecessors and old leaders."

“I came to this meeting today with the intention of learning.”

"But Minister Tan suddenly asked me to say a few words."

“Then I’ll tell you what I think.”

"But if I said something wrong, please don't blame me."

“What should we do next?”

“Finally, we still need to discuss it.”

"Ha ha"

The cadre who first said that he wanted to take down Changting said with a smile: "Comrade Li Yan, don't be modest."

"You are our victorious general."

“Everyone wants to hear what you think.”

As soon as this sentence came out

The whole meeting room was filled with shouting

"Yes, tell me."

"We are all revolutionary comrades, Comrade Li Yan cannot hide anything."

The chairman of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district and the two ministers, Tan and Deng, looked at each other.

I secretly called Li Yan the little fox

They all saw that Li Yan disagreed with everyone's suggestions.

But now we are retreating to advance

That is, not to offend anyone, but to let everyone "force" him to speak

Then he glanced at the old squad leader.

The old squad leader was baffled.

In fact, before Li Yan and his men arrived, the three leaders of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district

Many comrades suggested attacking Changting and returning to Ruijin.

But the three leaders of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district kept suppressing it, thinking that the timing was not right.

Later, we received instructions from the Party Central Committee to temporarily postpone the expansion

The reason why it was not announced

Just to inspect Li Yan again

See if he can take on the responsibility

After all, Li Yan is too young and has little experience.

In less than a year, he was promoted from a company commander to a brigade commander.

If you are promoting

I'm afraid others will not accept it

Then put Li Yan on the rack and roast him.

But now it seems

Li Yan has passed the first step

Now it depends on how he convinces everyone.

Li Yan looked at these revolutionary predecessors

It's not because of my lack of experience

And look down on yourself

He smiled and said: "How will we develop in the future?"

“I haven’t figured it out yet.”

“But I like to settle accounts.”

"Then let's do the math first."

"First of all, the current strength of our Southwestern Fujian Red Army"

"The Meishan detachment has expanded after this month"

"There are now four fully staffed infantry regiments and one artillery regiment."

"Including the troops directly under the detachment, there are a total of 6500 people."

"I also know about the other three disbanded detachments of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district."

"I was gradually taken to Wuping by Hongmen"

"And continue to expand the red and expand the territory"

"Now each of the three detachments has about 4000 people."

“It can be said that the strength has greatly increased.”

"As for Changting County, there is only one brigade of the 36th Division of the Nationalist Army left."

“No heavy weapons yet.”

"With our current strength, we will have no problem taking Changting."

“But I did another calculation.”

"Take our Meishan Detachment as an example."

"During this melee in southwestern Fujian"

"Casualties were almost half lost"

"Weapons and ammunition have been depleted by more than 7%."

"There are too many new recruits now, and not enough weapons."

"The artillery regiment is even short of ammunition and has become a mere decoration."

The other three detachments

"New recruits account for almost 7% of the total."

"If we want to attack Changting, we must also attack Ruijin"

"With the number of new recruits we have now, we will need to mobilize at least one division of troops."

"There are less than 9000 people left in the area we occupy now."

"But we must not forget that there are still a large number of nationalist troops in southern Fujian watching us covetously."

"Southern Fujian already had three divisions of regular Nationalist troops."

"Add to that the two divisions of the Nationalist Army that came south to encircle and suppress the Fujian-West Military Sub-district."

"That's five divisions, not counting the security forces."

"Besides, they have no shortage of heavy weapons."

“The reason why they didn’t attack us now”

“That’s because we have the geographical advantage.”

"Second, our Red Army is rapidly expanding."

"In addition, the 19th Route Army gathered three divisions in Zhangping to assist."

"Having an advantage in local military strength"

“The third point is the most important.”

"The Nationalist Army was defeated in this melee in southwestern Fujian"

"Internal contradictions that make the national army unstable"

"Stand out"

"Coupled with the continued appeals from the six southern provinces and our Central Red Army..."

"The domestic situation of united anti-Japanese resistance is becoming increasingly severe"

“The Nationalist government is in a state of panic”

"Only then can we acknowledge the existence of the 19th Route Army"

"If we launch an attack on the national army at this time"

“It breaks the balance.”

"It not only gave the national army an opportunity to resolve internal conflicts"

"It also provides a sufficient reason for the national army to wipe us out."

Li Yan spoke for a full 5 minutes

Analyze all the pros and cons to the extreme

I just want everyone to give up the idea of ​​attacking Changting.