Chapter 66: The Pressure of Chongqing

But there are some things that some people are happy and some are worried about. Relative to the rejoicing people in the rear. The recovery of Beiping City, the largest political and military center in North China, has worried Chongqing in some respects. This is not only the loss of the people's hearts, but also the military and political pressures.

It turned out that the communist army, which had always been accused by them of guerrilla but not attacking, was able to fight such a wonderful battle that shook the whole country, and even recovered the first major city since the September 18 Incident. Chongqing, which accounts for almost all of the country's political, military, and economic resources, has failed to do so.

The Battle of Changde in the previous paragraph was said to be a victory, but everyone knew what was going on. As the junction of the six theaters, the top priority of defense. The Japanese army came and left as soon as they said it, and Changde was not recovered this time, but the Japanese army gave up on its own initiative. The Battle of Changde is said to be a victory, but in fact, everyone knows very well that it was a fiasco.

This undoubtedly made Chongqing very embarrassed, and at the same time, it was under tremendous political and military pressure. What made Chongqing feel even more pressure was the strong combat effectiveness of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, which entered the customs during this battle, and the 18th Group Army after the whole training, as well as a well-trained and well-equipped tactical air force, as well as a fairly large number of armored troops.

Mother Xipi, when did they become so powerful. The Americans and the British, how much aid did they really give? Let these Tubalu actually have the ability and strength to recapture Beiping? Without the support of the United States and Britain and the large amount of equipment assistance given, would those Tubalu have this strength?

At the same time, in the face of the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, the two major Japanese strategic clusters, they fought hard for such a long time, not only were they not weakened, but they surrounded and annihilated several Japanese divisions and regiments, and captured the location of the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front. And the battle line was pushed from the Pingjin line to the banks of the Hutuo River in central Hebei.

At present, it has cut off the northern section of the Jinpu Railway and the Pinghan Line, and is fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in the Jizhong battlefield. And on the battlefield, it is clearly in the upper hand. This kind of combat record, not to mention those miscellaneous armies, is the most elite unit of its Central Army, and it can't be fought together.

This made this man who originally intended to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that the communist army and the Japanese would lose both. Thinking about it, the first people in Chongqing, who had reduced the military pressure on Chongqing on the frontal battlefield and weakened the strength of the communist army, were quite unhappy, but also felt a chill on their backs.

If we talk about last year's battle, the change in the situation in North China was a little careless on the part of the North China Front, and it was obviously not very suitable for the tactics of the Northeast Communist Army. In terms of tactics, the Northeast Communist Army took a certain advantage and caught the North China Front by surprise, so that the Japanese lost Jinbei, Suiyuan and Chahar.

In this battle, but it was purely hard-hitting, and the Japanese army was still beaten into a mess. Even judging from the limited information at present, the Kwantung Army on the northeastern battlefield has already appeared to avoid war. This is not just a comparison of equipment, it can tell the problem.

What's more, in this battle, the number of tanks, heavy artillery, and aviation units invested by the Japanese army in North China was not much less than the heavy equipment that the Northeast Communist Army entered the customs. Judging from the amount of heavy equipment invested by the Japanese army as reported by the military commander, it is difficult to fight to this extent even if the US army is replaced.

In this battle, the strength and combat effectiveness exposed by both the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance and the North China Eighteenth Group Army made him feel like a thorn in his back. If this development continues, who may have the final say in the future? What particularly upsets the first person in Chongqing is that the Americans' aid to him has always been flashy.

The assistance of the thirty-nine full sets of mechanics promised last year is now less than halfway there. The Italian-made weapons given to them are not only of poor quality, but also of insufficient quantity. They were asked to allocate some German-made weapons captured by the United States and Britain on the battlefields of North Africa, but only some of the light weapons were given.

On the battlefield in India, the United States and Britain were beaten miserably by the Japanese army. He sent reinforcements to the Indian army, and used almost all the troops trained in India. However, when the United States and Britain were giving equipment, they were always picking and searching. One hundred and fifty howitzers, only two regiments were given, and they were still of the old model.

As for the tanks, although it was promised to three regiments. But now the equipment has arrived, but there are only three battalions. Of these, there was only one battalion, which was given M IV medium tanks, the rest were light tanks. There are quite a few 105 howitzers and 75 mountain guns, but very few can be transported back to China.

Being so stingy with the Nationalist Government was very generous to the Communist Party, and it was also airplanes, artillery, and tanks. Judging from the information transmitted by the military commanders, there are several regiments of American-made tanks invested by the Northeast Communist Army on the Beiping battlefield. And medium tanks in it, a large part of it. Moreover, the tank units of the Northeast Communist Army are still being transferred into the pass in a steady stream.

This treatment is not only very different from that given to the national government, not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality. Do the United States and Britain know who is China's legitimate government and army? In the next step, will they be willing to move their embassy to Yan'an?

Do they really regard their own central and military commanders, and they are all a bunch of people who eat white rice? What is the base area of the Northeast Communist Army, and it is indeed difficult for the current military command and the central command to break into it. But in Beiping and Tianjin, whether it is the military commander or the central commander, there are many agents who have been inserted into it. Is it difficult to find out what kind of equipment the communist army used on the battlefield?

Negotiations with the United States and Britain have been fruitless for a long time, and the Americans have never promised to terminate the aid of the United States. On the issue of handing over all aid to Chongqing for distribution, he has never failed to spit out. Whether it is the ambassador to the United States who has repeatedly protested to the White House, or the wife who has visited the United States many times, it has been in vain.

The most important thing is that all the power to distribute US aid supplies is in the hands of the American who always struggles with himself for the leadership of the army. In order to force himself to hand over the command of the troops stationed in India, this old man seized all the remaining American military aid. Niang Xipi, this guy is not here to aid China, he is specially here to act as a-stirring stick.

At the Cairo Conference, he repeatedly proposed to replace the damned lieutenant general of the US Army, and asked the United States and Britain to hand over the materials and equipment to the Nationalist Government for unified distribution. But whether it is Roosevelt or the dead fat prime minister of Britain, he just doesn't spit out. Even in this matter, he is not even willing to talk about it.

Although the Cairo Conference was too addicted to the leaders of the major powers, it also ran into a mess on the issue of aid. The attitude of being the first in the practical interests of the United States and Britain, the five internal smoke of anger. After returning to China, because of the defeat in the Battle of Changde, the first person in Chongqing was very angry. At the military review meeting in the past four or three years, several special water cups were dropped one after another.

Looking at him with a pale face, although the senior officials from all walks of life who participated in the military review meeting below explained that they knew what the problem was, no one dared to say anything. Obviously, at this time, none of these treacherous and cunning people want to get caught on fire. The root of the problem lies in the Americans, and it is not something that Chongqing can do if it says what to do.

What is particularly critical is that it is not the Americans who are begging themselves at the moment, but the Americans themselves, so this problem will be difficult to solve. If Americans are to ask for their own, then solving these problems is a matter of one sentence. But now the Americans are very realistic and put their own interests first.

No one has a way to express their opinion on this matter, and no one wants to get involved in this troubled water. Everyone here is a veteran of Chongqing's political arena, and the character of this first person in China is still very clear, so no one wants to touch this mold.

But sometimes, it's not like you can't say it if you don't want to. was really forced by this old gentleman's murderous gaze, and I couldn't stand it. The commander of the Sixth Theater and the Expeditionary Force, who was known as the chairman of the pocket committee and had been repeatedly appointed as the first favorite general, gritted his teeth and stood up first.

He suggested that at present, the Japanese army in the entire north China was attracted by the Jizhong battlefield, especially the eastern Henan battlefield, and there was almost no chance for the main force of the Japanese army. At least fight a local counterattack operation, achieve one or several victories, and show the Allies who is the main force on the Chinese battlefield and who can hold back more Japanese troops.

In his view, it is now possible to draw the most elite armies from the fact that there are no important combat missions for the time being, and the units are also the most complete first theater. Launched a counterattack on the Japanese army in the direction of eastern Henan in an all-round way, and recovered eastern Henan as much as possible. Moreover, choosing Yudong as the focus of the counterattack, judging from the current situation, is completely killing two birds with one stone.

If it can recover eastern Henan, it will prevent the communist army in North China from moving further south after completing the operation in central Hebei. At the same time, it can expand the depth of the first theater before the Shandong communist army advances westward. Cut off the communist army on the battlefield in Shanxi and have direct contact with the communist army in Shandong.

At the same time, it is looking for fighters to enter southern Hebei and obtain a bridgehead to re-enter northern China. If control of southern Hebei can be regained, it can also cut off the connection between the three communist armies in North China and the two Huai communist armies and the communist army in North China. Prevent the communist army from taking advantage of the human and material resources in North China to further expand its own strength.

In the Shanxi battlefield, the main force of the Second Theater plus one group army of the First Theater, and the first to three armies of the Eighth Theater launched a counterattack in the direction of southern Jin. Taking advantage of the Shanxi battlefield, the Japanese army was trapped outside the two railways of Tongpu and Pinghan, and re-entered the mountainous area of southern Jinnan with the situation of contraction of the whole line, at least regaining control of the mountainous area of Zhongtiao.

At the same time, it is necessary to remove the threat of the Japanese army in Yuncheng to the western section of the Longhai Railway as much as possible. and firmly controlled the southwest of Shanxi and recovered the Zhongtiao Mountains, so as to at least ensure that the southern part of Shanxi was not controlled by the communist army. At present, in the entire southern and southwestern Jinjin, there are only the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in Yuncheng and the reorganized independent mixed Fourth Brigade and Regiment.

The rest of the forces of the First Army of the Japanese army in Shanxi are currently concentrated along the Taiyuan and Zhengtai railways. Moreover, it is currently under siege by all the two major military regions of Shanxi Communist Army, Jinsui and Taiyue, and one of each of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Lu-Henan Military Regions. The strength of the various ministries has suffered considerably, and the overall links have been severed.

The 37th Division stationed in Yuncheng is actually alone in its strategic situation. If we take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate the main forces of the Second War Zone, coupled with the cooperation of the First and Eighth Theaters, we can completely eat it. In order to show the combat effectiveness of the national army to friendly countries, and to win more reinforcements.

He also suggested that when necessary, the 35th Army, which was currently stationed in Suiyuan, could be transferred to return to Shanxi to participate in the war. Although the 35th Army belonged to the miscellaneous army sequence, it always maintained a good record in the war against Japan. Moreover, the obedience of the 35th Army is also quite good.

Now that Suiyuan has now been recovered, an army originally stationed in the Jinsui border area has been transferred to Suibei and Suixi. The 35th Army is no longer of much use if it continues to remain in the rear loop. Transferring the elite of the 35th Army to Shanxi to participate in the war is much better than being placed under the nose of the Northwest Communist Army and doing nothing.