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Just when Lin Junshen was thinking about holding on to the tail of the Kwantung Army's wild bull, he would not let go.In Zhongnanhai, Beijing, the princes of the Communist Party of China are also worrying about defending the new base in western Liaoning.

In the Xihua hall, there is a strong and choking second-hand smoke smell from inferior tobacco.Zhou Enlai frowned slightly, and tapped his fingers on the table lightly.A large military map was spread out in front of members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.Everyone's eyes were not on the Daling River, where the Chinese and Japanese armies faced each other, but on the mountainous area north of Jinzhou City.

This piece of mountainous land including Yixian, Nanpiao, Beipiao, Chaoyang and other counties is the newly released "Liaoxi Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base".Moreover, the birth of this "base area" was approved by General Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Northeast Theater!

Just at the military meeting this morning, Zhang Xueliang readjusted the defense deployment on the front line of Jinzhou according to the suggestion of Chief of Staff Deng Yanda.Divide Jinzhou and the mountainous area of ​​western Liaoning into two defense zones, the north and the south, and hand over the task of guarding the north defense zone to the Eighth Route Army and the No.17 Route Army.And this northern defense area is the mountainous area in western Liaoning. This mountainous area covers the flanks of the frontal defense line of Daling River in Jinzhou. Once it is captured by the Japanese army, Jinzhou will not be able to hold on.Similarly, this mountainous area is also the main throat for the CCP's elite troops to enter and exit the Northeast!If the western Liaoning mountainous area was controlled by the Japanese army, then the CCP would have to detour through Rehe, take the Xilamulun River or cross the Greater Khingan Mountains to enter Jilin if it wanted to enter the Northeast.

"We must defend the Western Liaoning base area. As long as Western Liaoning is in our hands, Eastern Liaoning will be ours sooner or later!" Zhou Enlai slapped the map with bright eyes.

Mao Zedong tightened his eyebrows, and nodded lightly: "We must guard the west of Liaoning, or we will have to take a long detour when entering and leaving the northeast." He looked at the southern end of the Daxing'anling Mountains on the map for a while, and finally shook his head: " There is absolutely no reason to spit out this piece of fat in Liaoxi once it gets into your mouth. It's just... how this Liaoxi is law-abiding still needs to be discussed."

It was originally the established strategy of the CCP to use the western Liaoning base area as a springboard to enter and exit the northeast, dispatch elite troops to continuously infiltrate the enemy's rear, and open up anti-Japanese base areas in the vast northeastern rural and mountainous areas.But they never thought that a main battle with the Japanese army would be launched so soon in the mountainous area of ​​western Liaoning.

It never occurred to me that the Japanese would not eat the fat in North Manchuria, but put the main force in the west of Liaoning. It seemed that the Northeast Army and the CCP had to be driven out of the Northeast to be finished!

Now Liaoxi must be defended, but at the same time, the Japanese army is powerful. Everyone here has also experienced the Daling River offensive and defensive battle on October [-]!

The room was quiet, except for the sound of Zhou Enlai's fingers tapping on the table unconsciously.

"If it doesn't work, just pull up the Fourth Route Army? With 15 people, we should be able to hold it."

Mao Zedong glanced at Zhou Enlai, and a trace of anxiety flashed across his face: "This is going to be a waste of money! If it's gone, the Kuomintang will go north to replace it?"

"Don't be afraid! The army can be built again. To be honest, we Chinese have no shortage. As long as the weapons and ammunition can keep up, the army can be formed continuously. And the weapons and ammunition... the KMT will give us. Right now they are also plotting the Northeast , The Anti-Union in North Manchuria is behind the scenes! But the Anti-Alliance has just been formed, the territory has not been consolidated, the internal order has not been straightened out, and the army has not expanded. All this takes time, and the time can only be won for them by the Battle of Jinzhou. So They will definitely give us money and guns to keep us fighting! As long as the Battle of Jinzhou is not over, their weapons and ammunition will not be cut off for a day, this is also an opportunity!"

Zhou Enlai just looked at Mao Zedong and slowly said his plan.

Mao Zedong smiled faintly, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Well, don't you worry that the Anti-Japanese League will become bigger and difficult to deal with?" The words passed by, and the tone was chilling...

Zhou Enlai was taken aback when he heard this.Only then did I recall that the current Northeast is another "Three Kingdoms" of "enemy, self, and friend".Now that the Japanese are not fighting away, the CCP and the Kuomintang are still friendly forces. When the Japanese leave, the CCP and the Kuomintang will be in a life-and-death battle!Not only in the Northeast, but also in the whole country!

At this time, Zhou Enlai could only nod silently, but what he said was: "The Battle of Jinzhou seems to be more ominous, but we Communists must do our part to let the people of the whole country see clearly who is sincere." In the Anti-Japanese War!"

Mao Zedong nodded slightly: "I don't know... where is the main direction of the Japanese attack?"

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The figure on the ground flashed by, and an artillery mirror was slowly set up, swinging from side to side to bring all the situation on the west bank of the Daling River into view.It was the position of the Northeast Army. After a few days, the Northeast Army there carried out large-scale expansion and reinforcement on the basis of the original defensive position.A continuous trench was built, and layers of deer villages were set up to reject horses.The entire line along the west bank of the Daling River has been turned into a complete defensive zone that stretches across.All the commanding heights looked like they had been transformed into heavily fortified firepower points, with enough machine guns set up to block the entire front with cross-firing firepower, although the artillery positions could not be seen.But the offensive and defensive battle on October [-] had already taught the Japanese army the power of the artillery of the Northeast Army.There are only a few figures on this front that move occasionally, and it looks quiet, but there is a strong murderous aura!

The person observing through the artillery mirror is the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, General Takashi Ryokan.In the past few days, the staff officers of the Kwantung Army and the division heads at the front kept making suggestions to him, asking him to change his original plan of breaking through the Northeast Army's Daling River defense line, because this line of defense is simply difficult to break through!His face was livid, and it seemed that after seeing the opponent's defense with his own eyes, he had already approved the analysis of his subordinates.A group of staff officers were lying in the trench, and they were unconsciously relieved to see their commander's frowning expression.The position on the opposite side, as well as the [-]-meter-wide Daling River, and a series of highlands on the west bank of the Daling River... In everyone's eyes, it is stronger than the Lushun Fortress in the Russo-Japanese War!If you risk your life, at least [-] to [-] people will die...

"Miyake-kun, who is guarding the defense area there? Is the defense tight?" Takashi Hishikari moved his body that had become a little stiff from keeping the same posture for a long time, and raised his hand to point to a faintly visible mountain in the distance. Ask Miyake Miyake, the chief of staff around him.

"Your Excellency, that is the Songling Mountains in the west of Liaoning. According to investigations, the Eighth Route Army and the No.17 Route Army, direct troops of the Central Government of China, are currently defending there. Their total strength is about 10! Among them, the Eighth Route Army has a very strong fighting capacity. They were the ones who took the lead on the first day of the month. However, the defense there is not too tight, there is no long and deep defensive zone like the west bank of the Daling River, and they only deployed defenders at the main intersections and towns."

Ling Jielong smiled faintly: "The Songling mountain area overlooks Jinzhou City from a high place. As long as this highland is captured, Jinzhou will be defeated by itself... If Jinzhou is captured, the Anti-Japanese Alliance in North Manchuria will not be able to make waves. Mr. Miyake, we The direction of the breakthrough should be placed in the Songling area. The Daling River is only used for diversionary attacks."

Miyake Mitsuji cheered up, hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, the head of the fourth division, Lin Mi, has just sent a telegram."

Ling Jielong nodded with a smile: "Oh, it's Lin Mi, this impatient must want to attack Beiman, right? It's really a waste to let his Fourth Division stay behind." He thought for a while and said: "Order Lin Misanji to use a brigade to wipe out the disobedient forces in Jilin and Liaodong. But don't go head-to-head with the Anti-Japanese Alliance in North Manchuria for the time being. It won't be too late to deal with them after the battle of Jinzhou."

Miyake Mitsuji shook his head, and handed a recently received telegram to Takashi Ryokan with both hands: "Lin Mi-kun has returned some of the weapons to Puyi's Anguo Army, and is going to use a brigade and two The Wan'an National Army went north to meet the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces going south."

"What?" Takashi Ryokai exclaimed in a low voice of surprise, he hastily reached out for the pince-nez, and looked carefully.

Lin Mi Sanji's request was very clear.The Anti-Japanese Alliance in Northern Manchuria sent a force across the Songhua River, seized territory in two counties, and threatened to attack Jilin and Changchun!If there is no attack, I am afraid that the situation in Jilin Province will become more and more chaotic.Therefore, Lin Misanji decided to use the Anguo Army loyal to Puyi and the Eighth Brigade of the Fourth Division to attack together...

Ling Jielong looked indifferent, frowned and said: "This Lin Mi must be eager to do meritorious service, and can't wait to attack Harbin, right?" He shook his head: "The order is that the Fourth Division and the Anguo Army are not allowed to cross Battle on the Songhua River... Tell Lin Mi that the Fourth Division will definitely be the striker in the future North Manchurian strategy!"

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Wuhan, East Lake.

In Luo Yaoguo's Beilu Mansion, in the living room, everyone was sitting opposite each other, and the only thing they received was a cup of tea.

Tonight, Sun Ke, Minister of Armaments of the Nationalist Government, and Wang Jingwei, Minister of Foreign Affairs, came to visit in a hurry. They arrived together and said the same request.

Do not declare war on Japan!It is ashamed to say that the country has been invaded by Japan, but they still dare not declare war openly.They even asked the League of Nations to investigate... It seems that the national government is reactionary after all!

These days Luo Yaoguo is busy fighting against the enemy's rear... while the general bosses in Wuhan are hesitant to declare war on Japan.Basically, both the people and the opposition forces shouted for a declaration of war, but the rolling princes on the stage, as well as the monopoly chaebols who supported them, opposed the immediate declaration of war against Japan!The reason is that the navy is weak. Once war is declared, China's foreign trade will be cut off immediately by the Japanese navy.Large-scale imports, including oil and machinery and equipment, will be cut off, and the national government's heavy industry plan and the Ministry of Armament's oil reserve plan will all be ruined!As for Japan, they have now been sanctioned by the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Netherlands, and all strategic materials are imported from the Soviet Union.Declaring war or not declaring war has little effect on them.

After the two of them finished speaking hesitantly, the living room was completely quiet.Luo Yaoguo was holding the teacup, staring blankly at the steam coming out of the cup.Now everyone knows that war cannot be declared!But who would say it?Whoever said... whoever is a traitor is a traitor, and others will use the excuse to drive you out of power.So now the few people on the stage are silent about this matter, but the princes in the audience are making a fuss.

This thing is really troublesome...

Seeing that Luo Yaoguo didn't speak, Mr. Sun couldn't sit still.Whether it is the heavy industry plan or the oil reserve plan, it is the business of his Armament Department. He patted the table lightly: "Fuwen, tell me, is this war declared or not?"

Luo Yaoguo glanced at him.It's not easy to express this attitude. It's okay to talk about it at home now, but if you say it in public, it will stink!

He nodded with a sullen face, and put down the small teacup in his hand: "Mr. Zhesheng, Mr. Zhaoming. Everyone knows that we cannot declare war. The next few years will be our heavy industry construction and strategic material reserves. At the critical moment, once war is declared, nothing can be done. Moreover, we do not border the Japanese, so even if war is declared... it is impossible to defeat them without command of the sea. So this war... definitely cannot be declared! It must be declared It will take a few years. The problem now is not whether to declare war or not, but how to let the common people know that we really want to resist Japan!" At this point, he stood up: "Now the righteousness of the nation is above all else, and our national government also We must firmly grasp this national righteousness! My idea is to divert the attention of the people. In fact, the people are not staring at declaring war or not, but are resisting Japan. We are not blocked by the Communist Party’s territory, and we cannot resist Japan. The battlefield? I think we can start negotiations with the Communist Party to form a unified anti-Japanese coalition government."

"What!" Sun Ke suddenly stood up, with a look of disdain on his face: "Why does the Communist Party unite with us? We are polite if we don't eliminate them!"

Wang Jingwei also echoed lightly: "Isn't the Japanese invasion this time because the Communist Party provoked a civil war and pulled the Northeast Army into the customs? Speaking of which, they are the culprits!"

Looking at their performance, Luo Yaoguo was also a little speechless. A Japanese and a Communist Party are all in the south now... He smiled wryly: "This is forbearance for the country. I believe everyone can understand the painstaking efforts of the national government. Besides, this establishment The negotiation of the anti-Japanese coalition government cannot be concluded overnight. Maybe it will be discussed in the last ten or eight years...the topic of declaring war has been shifted?"

Sun Ke sighed lightly, sat down slowly, and seemed to have approved Luo Yaoguo's suggestion.But Wang Jingwei beside him had a strange look on his face, hesitant to speak.

Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly, "Does Mr. Zhaoming have any suggestions?"

"This..." Wang Jingwei glanced at Luo Yaoguo, gritted his teeth, and lowered his voice: "Since we can negotiate with the Communist Party, why can't we negotiate with the Japanese? They haven't split up and annexed Manchuria, but only supported the three eastern provinces." That’s all for the executive.” He sneered: “This Puyi was supported by the Japanese...the Communist Party was supported by the Soviets, is there any difference between them?”

A trace of disdain flashed across Luo Yaoguo's face, and he said coldly: "Now the Communist Party is fighting against Japan..."

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Western Liaoning, Yi County.

The rumble of the cannon blasted the Eighth Route Army's position on the opposite side into a cloud of smoke.More than ten mountain cannons were placed on the spot, and the shell shells had been hit like hills. The Japanese gunners took off their arms and loaded a dazed shell into the barrel, and then pulled the line of fire to fire the shell.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese invaders, taking the squadron as the unit, formed a series of offensive skirmish lines, and under the cover of artillery, grenades, and machine guns, they continued to attack various positions around Yixian County.And on every hilltop, officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are desperately resisting.In the end, it turned into a hand-to-hand fight.Either the Japanese army was driven back, or the high ground was captured and the rising sun flag was raised.

Beginning on October [-]th, on the battlefield in western Liaoning, it was the turn of the adjusted and deployed Japanese army to attack.Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Japanese did not go to the front of the Northeast Army's carefully constructed defense line, but focused their attack on the Liaoxi mountainous area north of Jinzhou City.Yi County, sandwiched between Songling and Yiwulu Mountain, became the first target of the Japanese army's key attack!

At this time, Yixian County had just been taken over by the No.20 Second Division of the CCP’s elite Eighth Route Army. This division was the vanguard of the Dalinghe Battle on October 40, and lost more than [-] people!During this period, the CCP dispatched a group of cadres and soldiers from the various units left behind to supplement them.However, the combat power was severely discounted.Especially the No.[-] [-]rd Brigade defending the Daling River in the northeast of Yixian City...the result was defeated in a night attack by the Japanese army last night, losing the first line of defense to defend the revolutionary base. The Japanese army took the lead from the very beginning!

However, the passive Eighth Route Army and Seventeenth Route Army could not turn around and run away, giving up the belly and back of the Northeast Army to the Japanese bayonets!In that case, not only will the situation of the Battle of Jinzhou completely collapse, but the newly born anti-Japanese revolutionary base in western Liaoning will also be lost.This base is where the Manchu compatriots live, and the Puyi in Shenyang City is the emperor Laozi!Establishing a base here is not just about fighting against landlords, it is enough to divide the land. The problem is complicated... It will not be logical at all within a few months.

At this time, Wang Erzhuo and his 22nd Division naturally had no choice but to grit their teeth and stand firm, relying on the mountainous areas around Yixian County to resist desperately and buy time for the consolidation of the entire western Liaoning base.Everywhere is a fight to the death.Although the Japanese army has strong firepower and good combat effectiveness, it is not easy to perform in this continuous mountainous area, so they can only gnaw a little bit.Both sides fight to the death and attack to the death, both of them are stubborn and unstoppable.After a few days, the entire area of ​​Yi County became a sea of ​​blood, and the corpses of both sides were piled up around every position captured by the Japanese army!But it is still far from the time for the No.20 Second Division to collapse.

Chapter 0520

Autumn rain started to fall, and the autumn in the Northeast is much colder than that in Guan, and the further north you go, the colder you feel.The north wind and the cold rain came and went, drenching the officers and soldiers of the Anguo Army who were marching in the rain.

The marching team of 70 troops staggered along the muddy official road, crawling towards Dehui County.The reason why it is said to be crawling is because starting from Changchun to Dehui County, it is only more than [-] kilometers of flat roads, and the [-] An Guojun of Xiqia walked for three days and it was just over half!It's only a dozen kilometers a day.Today, we encountered this icy autumn rain again, so we moved even more slowly, and there were shouts and shouts everywhere.The soldiers complained even more, and the officers were not much better. They all ate Zhang's food and wore Zhang's clothes for many years. This night, they became Puyi's An Guojun in a daze!Moreover, he was yelled at by the Japanese, and he was already full of resentment.At this moment, no one restrained the soldiers, and the order naturally became more and more chaotic.

It was chaotic, and they had marched since the dawn of the sky, and they hadn't walked a few miles yet.As for the Seventh Brigade of the Japanese Army, they had already left the Anguo Army and went north alone to "recover" Dehui County, which was captured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.It is estimated that the fight has already started?