Late December 1930.

Chaoyang County.

The war has passed, and after the war, Chaoyang County is a ruined scene. Nancheng, where the two sides once fought fiercely, has long been razed to the ground by the intensive artillery fire of both sides, and the ground covered with ice and snow is full of purple and black bloodstains.

It was only dawn when the officers and men of the National Revolutionary Army and the Jin Army began to repair the fortifications and clean up the corpses.

In the night battle of Chaoyang, the Japanese army almost succeeded in a surprise attack, winning first and then defeating, although in the end because the Kuomintang armored forces once again showed their might and were defeated with hatred, but they did not suffer too much in the proportion of casualties on both sides, basically one to one, each with a loss of about 8,000 people. However, the squadron's losses were mainly the Jin army commanded by Fu Zuoyi, especially the second division on the city wall, which encountered a fierce artillery attack by the Japanese army, with a loss of more than 4,000 people! More than 2,000 people of the 1st Division were killed or wounded in the subsequent street battles in the south of the city. And the losses of the 1st Division of the Kuomintang were no more than 1,000 people. After the defeat, the Japanese army did not collapse, but retreated and returned to the positions in Phoenix Mountain and Qilin Mountain. Luo Yaoguo, who had been waiting for reinforcements from Zhongg for a long time, did not dare to order the pursuit, but watched the defeated Japanese army retreat in an orderly manner in the direction of Beipiao. This battle was a victory at best, not a big victory.

In the open space far away from Chaoyang County, a huge pyre was erected, and the corpses of the Japanese were stacked together, not only the Japanese who died in the night battle on the 20th, but also the losses of the previous 19 days, adding up to 10,000 bodies or so. The whole air is filled with a stench of burnt human bodies, which really affects the food a little.

The officers and soldiers of the Jin Army and the Kuomintang were wrapped in special body bags, covered with blue sky and white sun flags, and transported back to Huludao in batches, where they were put into coffins, and then transported to the National Military Cemetery east of East Lake in Wuhan for burial.

In addition, tens of thousands of loyal bodies of anti-Japanese soldiers who were buried or abandoned by the grass leather of the Central G and the Northeast Army were also collected, regardless of whether they were the Northeast Army or the G Army, they were all wrapped in white cloth and buried near the left side of Chaoyang City, and the tombstone was erected, indicating the identity and the approximate time of the death. A cemetery of unknown anti-Japanese martyrs was established for future generations to pay their respects. Although these GCD soldiers and Luo Yaoguo have different political beliefs, they must still be commemorated for the great sacrifices they made in the fight for the country.

Looking out from Chaoyang City, there are tens of thousands of tombstones made of wood, just like this army when it was alive, neatly arranged until it reaches in the distance...

In addition, according to unreliable sources, Chiang Kai-shek would come here every time he went to the Northeast in the future, and I don't know if he came to repent?

In addition to burying corpses and building martyrs' cemeteries, another major event is to grab land and pick peaches. After the Battle of Western Liaoning, the Japanese army retreated to the front line of Beipiao, Yixian, and Jinzhou, guarding the junction of the mountainous areas of western Liaoning and the Northeast Plain. The Northeast Army seemed to be discouraged and withdrew into Shanhaiguan. The GCD army also suffered heavy losses, and the main force was pursued by the Japanese army for a while after the siege was lifted in Beipiao, and it was only to stabilize its position to the west of Chifeng, and it also temporarily withdrew from Liaoxi. In this way, the territory of the seven counties of Jinzhou, Yixian, west of Beipiao, south of Aohanqi, and east of Shanhaiguan Huludao, Xingcheng, Nanpiao, Chaoyang, Jianchang, Jianping, and Suizhong all fell into the hands of the Kuomintang! At the same time, it also separated the Northeast Army and the GCD from the Japanese.

For this piece of territory that seems to have been acquired by Chiang Kai-shek, in fact, Luo Yaoguo has a feeling that he is being attacked by the enemy. Both the Japanese in the east and the Northeast Army in the west seem to be salivating over this territory, while the Kuomintang occupying western Liaoning has to face tremendous pressure from another side, which is really a bit more than worth the loss.

What made Luo Yaoguo even more distressed was that the troops in his hands were really stretched. At present, there are only two Kuomintang infantry divisions, two Jin army divisions, one youth army division, one mountain infantry brigade, one heavy artillery brigade, one aviation division, and one Beiyang Fleet left. In addition, two Kuomintang light armored divisions will be shipped to Huludao one after another, and the total strength will be only 1780,000 by that time.

Relying on this amount of troops to fight on two fronts, it is indeed impossible to recover Liaoji. Even if you count the Anti-Japanese Federation in North Manchuria, the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast after the Battle of Liaoxi were less than 500,000, a decrease of more than 200,000 from the previous 700,000! Judging from this angle, the Battle of Liaoxi seems to have been defeated?

Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

&nbCome comrade, this battle of Liaobi is a great victory! It was successful and beneficial to our party's cause and to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as a whole. After this victory, the strategic position of our party has improved dramatically. The Kuomintang reactionaries, on the other hand, fell into internal and external difficulties, suffered from the unfavorable situation of the enemy, and lost the residual strength to carry out the counterrevolutionary civil war, which also enabled our party to win a relatively stable opportunity for development. As long as we firmly grasp this opportunity and take advantage of this period of peace to recuperate, develop the economy, and build industry, the victory in the future will certainly belong to our party! The words were Mao ZD, who had just returned to Beijing from the Rehe front today. The first thing I did when I returned to Beijing was to come here when Zhou E came here, and the two of them closed the door and had a long talk.

"Huge ...... Victory! Zhou Elai was stunned when he heard this, his eyes widened and he looked at Mao Zd, and it took a while to confirm that this old comrade-in-arms looked like everything was normal: "Runzhi, we GCD people must seek truth from facts, victory is victory, defeat is failure, and we must not reverse the black and white ......" "E come!" Of course, this battle of western Liaoning was won by our China. Mao ZD broke Zhou Elai's words: "E, do you think that the winner of this battle of Liaoxi is the Japanese?" "But" Zhou Elai frowned deeply, Mao ZD's is not bad, the winner of this battle of Liaoxi is indeed China, but it is definitely not a Chinese GCD. He sighed: "We suffered nearly 150,000 casualties in the Battle of Zixi!" And not an inch of land. This battle is ............... to our party"

"It's a victory!" Mao ZD repeated his opinion, and then raised his head to look at Zhou E

Come: "This battle of western Liaoning was a decisive battle against Japanese imperialism under the joint leadership of our party and the Kuomintang, and the result of the battle was that the attacking Japanese invaders failed to seize the mountainous area of western Liaoning and the corridor of western Liaoning, suffered heavy losses, and returned in defeat!" Moreover, the victory in this battle was won under the condition that 200,000 soldiers of our party fought bloodily, stubbornly resisted and did not hesitate to sacrifice. If we admit defeat in this battle, it will be a great insult to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their lives! It is also a huge blow to the prestige of our party! In particular, it is a huge blow to the patriotic and democratic forces in the Kuomintang region that support our party! Perhaps the national capitalists, democrats, intellectuals, the working class and the peasants will turn to support the Kuomintang because of the defeat of our party and the victory of the Kuomintang! ”

Mao Ru picked up a cigarette and took a hard puff, and then said: "E."

Come comrade, now the national contradiction is already the main contradiction! Whoever can show the strength to defeat Japanese imperialism at this time will be able to win the support of the broad masses of the people, so our party must persist in the struggle on this issue and never compromise! Zhou Elai just nodded, and his expression had changed from his previous doubts to admiration. He also knew that Mao ZD was here to unify his voice with himself at the upcoming Politburo meeting, and to avoid passivity and resignation, so he didn't know if these reasons could convince Wang Ming and Mifu?

Sure enough, at the Politburo meeting the next day, Wang Ming jumped up as soon as he heard this "theory of victory in the battle of western Liaoning." He had been waiting for this opportunity for years, how could he let it go?

"The troops have lost more than 100,000 troops, countless weapons and ammunition have been lost, and not an inch of territory has been gained, can this be regarded as a victory?" Wang Ming waved the battle report and shouted loudly in the West Flower Hall: "To win, this is also the victory of the Kuomintang reactionaries!" ”

Miff and Chuikov immediately expressed their support, and Zhang... Tian and Li E also agreed, but Xiang Ying, Zhu D, Liu Sqi, and Gu Shunzhang did not speak, and all four of them set their eyes on Zhou Elai. Regarding Wang Ming's law, Zhou Elai calmly: "Comrade Wang Ming, the victory or defeat of the Battle of Western Liaoning has already been decided, and our army fought hard against the Japanese in Western Liaoning for three months, annihilating 100,000 enemies, and ensuring the mountainous areas of Western Liaoning and most of the corridors in Western Liaoning. Such a result is for us in China...... Well, it's not easy for a semi-colonial and semi-imperialist country to come! Wang Ming was stunned and stunned: "Comrade E, is it the same reversal of black and white as Lao Mao?"

This battle of western Liaoning, we "don't know how to continue here, is it that the defeats are all fought by GCD, and the only victory is still achieved by the Kuomintang army's bravery? Is this okay? Now, is he, the head of the Social Department and a member of the Politburo, still doing it?

"Comrade Wang Ming's view of the battle in western Liaoning is too one-sided." Mao Zd looked at Wang Ming with a gloomy face: "I only have those counties in western Liaoning, and I don't see that our strategic position has been greatly improved after the battle of western Liaoning, and the Kuomintang and the Japanese have fallen into the quagmire of the northeast at the same time and are unable to extricate themselves!" Moreover, the Battle of Liaoxi also provided us with the possibility of fully integrating the Northeast Army and expanding our territory to the north. "To the north?" Hearing that Mifu, the consultant of GC International, who was expanding its territory to the north, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it Pingli?" Isn't it a gate grique? ”

Mao Zd nodded lightly: "Yes, it is Meng Gu, and Rehe, at the latest in the first half of next year, these two important pieces of land can be obtained." Comrade Miff, will we gain much from the battle in Liaoxi? ”

Mifu nodded excitedly: "If Comrade Mao Zd's idea of liberating Menggu can be realized, the Battle of Western Liaoning will undoubtedly be a huge victory, because compared to those counties in Western Liaoning, Menggu is more important to us." The air in the conference room suddenly became lively, and everyone's faces were full of smiles, but Comrade Wang Ming smiled a little embarrassed

......, Jibei, Lushun.

Inside the Kwantung Army Headquarters, there is also a jubilant atmosphere today! The people sitting down kept nodding and smiling at each other, and they couldn't suppress their excitement and pride. From time to time, the sound of leather boots clattering and saluting together. The servants in white coats wore them around, and some of them carried all kinds of foreign sake and sake, and when they saw that everyone was empty, they went over to fill them with graciously. This staff officer looked as if he was celebrating the victory!

That's right, the Kwantung Army is now holding a grand celebration banquet to celebrate the great victory of the "Jinzhou Operation"!

The so-called "Battle of Western Liaoning" by the Kuomintang and the GCD

The Japanese army called it the "Jinzhou Operation....

At present, Jinzhou was undoubtedly occupied by the Japanese army, so the most important strategic goal of the "Jinzhou Operation" has been achieved! The Japanese army was, of course, the victors, and the three main battles that constituted the Jinzhou operation, the Jinzhou Campaign, the Beipiao Campaign, and the Chaoyang Campaign, according to the report of the Japanese Kwantung Army, were two wins and one draw!

Even the casualties of the squadron in this battle, which was advertised by the Beijing government as the "great victory of the rising sun", were far greater than those of the Japanese army, and except for the task of severely damaging the first division of the Kuomintang, the other campaign objectives were successfully accomplished.

More importantly, the current strategic situation in Manchuria is extremely favorable to Japan, and the various Chinese forces that were originally united to resist Japan have fallen apart, and the GCD and the Northeast Army have also been squeezed out of Liaoxi by the Kuomintang. In this way, the number of enemies of the Japanese army in Liaoxi has been reduced from three to one, and as long as you count one to three with your fingers, you will know how much the Japanese have achieved!

Moreover, Japan can completely win over the two forces that were driven out of the northeast by the Kuomintang, and attack the Kuomintang army in western Liaoning from the east and west...... Even if the three parties cannot reach an open or secret agreement, there will still be a so-called "tacit understanding". With such a situation, how can you not let this full Japanese elite be complacent?

"The Kuomintang is no longer good, and Liaoxi is the grave of their hundreds of thousands of troops! To the west was the GCD and the Northeast Army, which were vying with them for dominance of China, and to the east was the invincible Imperial Japanese Army! The only way back is at sea, as long as the Great Japanese Navy is willing, it can be cut off at any time, and it will be easy to destroy them at that time! ”

"What Comrade General said is extremely true! The chaotic party ignored the challenge of the internal GCD this time, and plunged into Manchuria, and their fate must be the same as that of the Ming Dynasty three years ago! ”

These words were none other than the commander of the Kwantung Army, Ryokara Takashi, and the chief executive of the three northeastern provinces, Aixin Jueluo Puyi. At this moment, Ling Kalong couldn't hide his smugness, while Pu Yi looked full of ambition.

"Long live Comrade Lord." Out of this somewhat strange title, Ryokari couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "The enemy of the enemy is our friend" The GCD is the enemy, and the Great Japanese Empire is the enemy, and the Qing Dynasty is also the enemy. And the best way to defeat this enemy is to unite all the enemies of the "chaotic party." ”

Hearing the word "chaotic party", the muscles on Pu Yi's face suddenly twitched, and his eyebrows wrinkled tightly: "Comrade General, what do you mean ......?"

Ryokara leaned closer to Pu Yi and lowered his voice: "We have studied this issue with our Soviet friends, and it is inconvenient for GCD to unite with the Great Japanese Empire, but it is different if you come forward. ”

Pu Yi turned around and glanced at Yoshiko Kawashima, who was standing beside him, and Kawashima hurriedly stepped forward and joined the conversation: "Your Excellency, General, we also want to be recognized by the Beijing government, but the GCD side has always regarded us as traitors to the Han Dynasty, this ......"

Ryokari smiled: "Naturally, it was impossible to cooperate before the Jinzhou operation, but now the GCD has lost the opportunity to seize Manchuria by force...... And the Reich has in its hands the trump card that both the GCD and the Soviets want! ”

Pu Yi glanced at Kawashima on the side for a moment, and saw that her beautiful eyes were circulating, her eyebrows were crooked, and she seemed to be thoughtful.

"I see what Your Excellency General means." Yoshiko smiled lightly: "In addition to the Kuomintang, there is a common enemy Wang Zhongyi in the three sides of the Great Japanese Empire, China and the Soviet Union!" ”

"Wang Zhongyi?" Pu Yi muttered to himself, and after a while, he shook his head: "In the past, the surname Wang only had tens of thousands of guns, and GCD didn't deal with him, but now he has an army of 300,000, and GCD still dares to go to war with him?" ”

Ryokari sneered: "It's not a question of whether you dare or not, but the relevant decision has been made at the GCD Politburo meeting!" ..., and then he added: "This was reported to us by our Soviet friends, and the information is absolutely reliable." ”

Pu Yi thought about it and nodded: "Okay, since it's news about nose couplings, it shouldn't be fake, Comrade General, what do you want us to do, just don't worry." ..., Ryokari Long glanced at Pu Yi, who looked honest, and nodded with satisfaction: "As far as we know, the remaining strength of Zhongg after the battle in Jinzhou is no longer enough to defeat Wang Zhongyi, who has an army of 300,000, and their leader, in order to calm the internal accusations against them, put forward the proposal of going north to seize Menggu to win the support of the Soviet Union. The Soviets informed us of this news in the hope that we could cooperate with the actions of the Chinese G, and in return the central government in Beijing, which was controlled by the Chinese G, would start negotiations with the Imperial and the Northeast Administrator's Office. At this point, he looked at Yoshiko Kawashima on the side, and saw that her face was calm, so he continued: "Sister Fangzi can be allowed to negotiate with the Chinese and G sides on behalf of Comrade Banzaiye, on the condition that the Chinese and G recognize the Northeast Chief Executive's Office and completely cut off the land logistics line of the Kuomintang army." The condition given by the empire was to attack Northern Manchuria in order to contain Wang Zhongyi's main force, and to provide a suitable excuse for Zhongg to march into Meng Gu. ”

“… In addition, I also hope that Sister Fangzi will stay in Huludao for a few days on the way to Beijing, and the lover who accompanies her well can also tell him the purpose of this trip