The third part of the bloody war of resistance Chapter 9, the 9th chapter of the Phantom (Five)

The rushing Yellow River roared, and the waves slapped the yellow soil on both sides. Matsui Shigen sat kneeling on the beach, looking carefully at the yellow river, this river called mother by the Chinese. It is turbid, and the fine grains of sand are rolling and undulating in the river water. The straw washed down by the river water, and the rotten wood floats in the water every time; it swallows up all obstacles and runs to the ocean without stopping.

Think about how energetic he was when he led the Central China Expedition Army to board the ship in Hiroshima six years ago. At that time, Japan was carnival all over the country. Countless girls threw sweet smiles at the samurai on the expedition, and countless wives hung needles on their husbands' chests. At that time, no one thought that Japan would fail. At that time, who would have thought of the present?

The shells exploded in the river, stirring up high water columns. The water column rushed into the air, scattered around, splashing water. Matsui Ishigen seemed to care at all. This was the shell of the 82 mortar, and the sound of killing and gunshots were clearly heard.

More than a month of fierce fighting has come to an end today; two days ago, the 59th Division was completely wiped out in Yucheng, and the division commander Tadashi Hosokawa was killed, before Tadashi Hosokawa; Jinan was lost, and the 63rd Brigade of the 62nd Division was completely destroyed. Yesterday, the Third Mixed Brigade and the 21st Mixed Brigade, which retreated from the Taishan Defense Line, were raided by the First Army, and the two brigades collapsed.

"Kill" and "Catch Matsui Shigen alive" the blue sky and white sun flag broke through the obstacles of the Japanese army and rushed towards the bank of the Yellow River. Japanese soldiers rushed towards the tide of the Chinese team in despair.

Matsui Shike pulled out his ribs, raised it high, and penetrated it into his stomach. This wave was filled with despair, unwillingness, and blood. Because of the pain, he was weak all over. A light of sword flashed behind him. The painful head rolled into the Yellow River. The blood spurted out dyed the water on the shore red and was quickly diluted by the river.

The water of the Yellow River is still yellow.

"The Jiangbei War Zone Command released a battle report today. This Shandong battle will completely wipe out the 12th Army of the North China Expeditionary Army, killing General Matsui Ishione, commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Hosokawa Tadayashi, commander of the 59th Division, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, commander of the 62nd Division, Major General Tadao Teragaki, commander of the 1st Division of the chariot, Lieutenant General Hoshino Takamoto, and Major General Omoto, commander of the 5th Mixed Brigade,..., this battle will annihilate three enemy divisions and five mixed brigades, severely damage the 27th Division, the 41st Division, the 5th Division, the 71st Division, the 212th Division, and the 36th Division, and annihilate more than 117,000 enemies.

After this battle, our army revived the entire Shandong and Henan, and pushed the front line from the Huaihe River to the North China Plain. This victory was obtained under the guidance of our Chairman's Anti-Japanese War and the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was obtained by our soldiers who fought bravely and bleed and sacrificed their lives….”

The victory was played repeatedly on the radio, and cheers came from outside the window. Chongqing citizens were spontaneously parading to celebrate the great victory in Shandong. Zhou Enlai looked at the parade on the street and exclaimed his breath. The Kuomintang army won a great victory again in this battle. The New Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army suffered little losses, but gained a lot. The biggest loss was Chen G's blocking battle in Wang Tong. The first detachment of the Guerrilla Corps was crippled, with more than 5,000 casualties. However, both the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army headquarters believed that it was worth it. Chen G was commended by the Eighth Route Army headquarters for this.

Luo rhuan and Peng xfeng led the third detachment to southern Hebei and occupied most of the southern Hebei region. Peng xfeng led his troops to enter central Hebei, and met with Huang Kcheng who had persisted in the battle, and began to divide his troops to guide various parts of central Hebei.

To the west of Pinghan Road, neither the Kuomintang nor the Communist Party expected that Gu Shoufu suddenly gave up Anyang and did not even defend Handan, and retreated directly to Shijiazhuang. After all, the Kuomintang army attacked Pinghan Road and quickly seized the main cities on Pinghan Road. The Eighth Route Army only seized some further areas.

In the main combat direction, He L led the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to attack Yanbei, but was blocked by Fu Zuoyi's troops. Seeing the Japanese troops in Suiyuan and Inner Mongolia retreat one after another, they were worried that the two sides had clashed several times. In these conflicts, it was difficult for the ** side to defend against the Japanese. The Japanese army north of Daqingshan had retreated, and the remaining traitors, the German government had already made up anyway.

As the Japanese army retreated, conflicts between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party became increasingly popular. These conflicts were accompanied by territorial disputes. From Taiyuan to Jinzhong, to southern Hebei, central Hebei, Jiaodong, and Yimeng Mountain, there were constant conflicts. The central government repeatedly called to point out that this was a continuation of the Kuomintang's ** policy and required him to fully unite the democratic parties and negotiate with the Kuomintang.

But the difficulty here is too great. With the repeated military victories on the front line, the tactfulness of the National Government began to rise. Mr. Mei proposed at the Political Conference that the issue of the War of Resistance should be solved first, and that political stability should be maintained before the Japanese invaders were driven out of China. This call was supported by Deng Yanda and Zhang Lan and others, and directly led to the call for the formulation of the Constitution gradually subsided.

Zhou Enlai understood who was the decision behind this. After becoming the commander of the Fifth War Zone, Zhuang Jihua won the battles of northern Hubei, Henan, Huainan, and Shandong, and the victory of the offensive battles of northern Hubei, Henan, Shandong, and important provincial capitals include Wuhan, Zhengzhou, and Jinan, which indirectly led to the restoration of Nanchang and Taiyuan. This series of victories not only pushed up the prestige of the National Government, but also made his own prestige at the top of the sky. The people called him the God of War and King Wu Mu, and his prestige in the army was also unparalleled.

The day after the annihilation of Matsui Ishien, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhuang Jihua's rank to be promoted to a first-class general, becoming the youngest among the first-class generals. With the victory of this battle, Chiang Kai-shek continued to increase troops to North China. The New First Army, New Sixth Army, and the Seventy-Fourth Army were transferred from Myanmar to North China, and the 23rd Army and the newly established 29th Army were all transferred to North China.

The 23rd Army was well-equipped, and the entire army was built in Chongqing. The 29th Army was also well-equipped. All the troops came from the former Liu Xiang Group, Wang Zanxu, the commander of the army, and the 44th Army and the 67th Army. The total strength of the entire army was 60,000. In order to build this army, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Wang Zanxu and others racked their brains to almost exhaust their family's assets. They recruited more than 20,000 new personnel to be collected. The 29th Army left Sichuan, which was considered to have transferred the last force of the Sichuan Army.

Zhou Enlai was in a clear way about Chiang Kai-shek's move, and Chiang Kai-shek's goal was ultimately on the Sichuan Development Company. Zhou Enlai judged that after Chiang Kai-shek transferred all the Sichuan Army out of Sichuan, he would attack the Sichuan Development Company. But what made him wonder was how Chiang Kai-shek took action and forced his country to become a national? This method was too arrogant and would arouse collective resistance from the heroes in Sichuan and also arouse Zhuang Jihua's disgust. Now Zhuang Jihua's political influence is getting bigger and bigger, and Chiang Kai-shek will not ignore it.

Since the Taiyuan conflict, Zhou Enlai filed a strong protest to the Kuomintang, demanding that the Kuomintang punish Mo Yushuo, the commander of the 86th Army who provoked the trouble, return to Taiyuan, punish Yang Sen, the commander of the 24th Army, Yu Xuezhong, and return to Qingdao. However, this request was firmly rejected by the Kuomintang. Chen Lifu and He Zhonghan made an anti-demand during the negotiations, demanding that the Eighth Route Army return to Datong, Changzhi, punish Xu Syou, the general of the Eighth Route Army attacking the Kuomintang army in Jiaodong, and return to Qixia, Yantai, Weihai and other cities.

Zhou Enlai was so angry that he almost got angry on the spot when he was angry about such conditions. He severely refuted Chen Lifu and He Zhonghan's request, but the negotiations were deadlocked. Zhou Enlai knew that in fact, neither the Central Committee nor Chiang Kai-shek really wanted to take back those cities, Taiyuan, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Changzhi, and these places were areas that both parties would never give up, especially Taiyuan, Qingdao.

But negotiations must continue, not for conflicts that have occurred, but more importantly to prevent future conflicts.

The door opened, Chen Lifu was in front, Zhang Chong and He Zhonghan were behind, and it could be seen that Chen Lifu looked very good and had a slight smile on his face. Zhou Enlai and Dong Bwu exchanged glances, and the two walked to the table silently.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry, I'm late. I didn't expect there were so many people participating in the parade." Chen Lifu apologized to Zhou Enlai.

Zhou Enlai also held his hand with a smile: "Yes, we have achieved a huge victory and restored half of the rivers and mountains. Now only Gu Shoufu's 60,000 troops remain in the entire North China. The rest of the troops are incomplete. This is a good opportunity to take the opportunity to attack Peiping."

"Continue to attack," Chen Lifu smiled slightly: "Mr. Zhou is telling a joke. Although I am a literati, I am not a military man, and I also guide the principle of killing 10,000 enemies and losing 3,000 to yourself. In such a war, the material and military force are consumed a lot. Without proper time to supplement it, I am afraid that Zhuang Wenjie will not take a step towards Beiping."

What Zhou Enlai said was very good, and it was true that Matsui Ishigen was completely wiped out, and the 12th Army of the North China Expedition Army was completely destroyed. After learning that Qi County was lost, Ms. Liaocheng, I immediately went north to break through and fled thousands of miles away. Song Xilian commanded the troops to pursue them relentlessly. Kangjian Nakajima led the 5th Division to cut off the rear, blocked the left and right, and suffered heavy losses.

The bigger surprise was that on the battlefield of Wang Tong, Qiu Qingquan's tank was unstoppable. After defeating the 27th Division, a huge gap was formed behind the Japanese army. The New Eighth Army and the 104th Division, which had been reinforced, followed the tanks. The 41st Division did not expect the 27th Division to collapse so quickly. It was caught off guard. The troops were cut into several sections. Abe Pingpu commanded the troops to block the troops desperately. The 16th Mixed Brigade and 36th Division gave up the 0th Division and Pang Sun's puppet army, gathered the main force, and came to the rescue to the death. In the end, the Abe Pingpu was robbed with huge losses and retreated towards Hengshui. Qiu Qingquan was so aggressive that he chased him until the Qingliang River before he could hold on.

Although Abe Pingpu came out, his 41st Division almost no longer existed, and the main force was completely wiped out west of Wang Tong. The **16 mixed brigade also lost most of it.

Wang Tong's failure on the battlefield also affected the retreating 122nd Division on the way. After learning that Wang Tong was defeated, he sent a message to Peiping and asked Okamura Yanji to strictly order Hengshui to support his troops. Okamura Yanji urgently transferred the 71st Division Shijiazhuang to advance eastward. He then felt that the 71st Division might not have enough troops, so he transferred the 122nd Division from Zhangjiakou to promptly move south to the Pingjin area, and together with the 9th Division that had just landed in Tianjin, ready to go south at any time.

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