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Chapter 0431 route (three)

Northern Shaanxi, Yan'an.

The figures of the two great men once again appeared on the majestic Pagoda Mountain.Zhou Enlai has already returned to the "red capital" of the Chinese Communists, but looking out from his slightly tired eyes, all he can see is a piece of withered yellow.

There hasn't been a drop of rain in northern Shaanxi for half a year!A severe drought unseen in a century is still coming.The meandering Yan River at the foot of Pagoda Mountain now has only a small stream in the middle of the river bed, which is about to dry up.The large exposed riverbed was dry and cracked, without a trace of water vapor.The large tracts of farmland on both sides of the Yanhe River have been completely deserted, and the spring plowing that was supposed to start has not been carried out at all... Sowing seeds on such a desert-like land is doomed to fail.

"Runzhi, it seems that our revolutionary cause has reached a critical crossroads." Zhou Enlai frowned tightly, and said in a heavy tone: "Our northern Shaanxi, Suiyuan, Eastern Longdong, and northwestern Shanxi have all encountered unprecedented disasters in a century. severe drought... Only the newly obtained Lubei Soviet Area may have a bumper harvest. But this piece of land alone cannot support our 20 Red Army? And our Red Army also needs to grow and develop. Therefore, we must change the focus of our work. Put economic construction, especially heavy industry and mining construction, in a more important position."

Mao Zedong had a gloomy face, just smoking cigarettes one by one.The severe drought sweeping across the Northwest is indeed a severe test for the CCP right now.The people in the Soviet Area have made unimaginably great contributions to the cause of the Party in the past few years. It is they who worked day and night in this barren land in the Northwest that nurtured more than 20 Red Army.But now, what can the CCP do for this almost exhausted land?

"...In addition, although we were defeated in the defense of Jinan this time, we did learn a lot! Runzhi, haven't you seen the power of those A-1 dive bombers, which drop bombs? The throwing is very precise. They can accurately drop a [-]-kilogram bomb on the enemy's artillery positions or solid fortifications. When we broke out from Jinan this time, it was the dive bombers of the Kuomintang that opened the way for us. He Long and I , Zhu Rui, and Bishi all believed that our Red Army must develop an air force, otherwise we will definitely suffer losses in the future revolutionary war.”

Speaking of which, Zhou Enlai glanced at Mao Zedong beside him, and seeing his angry face, he was just smoking a cigarette sullenly.Zhou Enlai shook his head slightly and sighed: "Runzhi, I know you are blaming me for throwing the Red Army into the frontal battlefield of the Jinan Defense War, but otherwise, how can our party win the love of the people of the whole country, and how can we win the hearts of all the people in the north? What about the respect of the faction? Now that the three generals Feng Yuxiang, Deng Xihou, and Yang Huchen have all submitted applications to me for joining the party, I plan to let them become secret party members of our party. Their 13 troops have also become members of the party who indirectly accept the leadership of our party. Armed."

"Another 13 mouths..." Looking at the barren scene in front of him, Mao Zedong couldn't help but muttered, throwing away the cigarette butt in his hand: "Well, what are you going to use to feed Feng Yuxiang's 13 troops? Is the Kuomintang coming to pay them?"

Zhou Enlai smiled lightly and waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about money. Hasn't the Kuomintang already demonstrated to us? Tariff independence, protection of domestic industry and commerce, abolition of direct taxation of lijin, issuance of banknotes to rectify finance... plus we in the north Rich coal mines and iron mines. There must be a way, and it will definitely be developed.”

Mao Zedong shook his head dumbfoundingly: "Well, I'm not talking about you. How can we do this? The Kuomintang holds the most affluent territory in China. Look at our Soviet area, it's all barren, and it still collects taxes? It's fantastic. .”

"The Soviet area is currently suffering from disasters, but there are many areas in the north that are in good weather." Zhou Enlai smiled and pointed to the northeast direction: "This time the battle in Shandong not only sounded the alarm for us, but also led by Zhang Zuolin and Shanxi. I'm afraid Yan Xishan has already felt the crisis? If the three of us can't unite, Duan Qirui's today is our tomorrow."

"Enlai, what do you mean?" Mao Zedong raised his eyebrows, the gloom on his face had long since disappeared, and instead he looked slightly excited.

Zhou Enlai looked at Mao Zedong with a smile, and said with a smile: "I plan to form a coalition government with the Lafeng faction, Yan Xishan, and Feng Yuxiang to unify the Northeast, Zhili, Shanxi, and Chahar, as well as the Shaanxi-Gansu-Suisu Area under our name, and Mongolia. Local areas. In the areas under the jurisdiction of the coalition government, independent customs areas are also established, and protective tariffs are adopted to develop national industries and heavy industries. Runzhi, do you think this is feasible?"

Mao Zedong nodded slightly when he heard the words, frowned again, and walked squarely on the top of Baota Mountain with his hands behind his back, thinking carefully in his heart.

A coalition government from the northern factions looked like a way to counter the KMT.Among other things, even if you look at the number of armies of several companies, the CCP has 20 troops, not counting Wang Zhongyi's department, Feng Yuxiang has 13, Feng's department has no less than 30, Yan Xishan always has 2 to 70 troops, and Wu Peifu has more than 60. There are more than [-] troops in total!The Kuomintang is only [-] million.With such a huge army, the Kuomintang may not dare to continue encroaching on the northern territory, right?Judging by how timid they have been all these years, it is estimated that they are also afraid of a big fight. If the people are exhausted by the fight, it is time for a proletarian revolution...

However, there are still many difficulties in forming a coalition government. First of all, who will be the leader of this coalition government?If the leader of the CCP is allowed to be the leader, I'm afraid the Feng family will not agree, right?But it seems inappropriate to give the leader of the coalition government to Zhang Zuolin.

Secondly, how should the land conflicts in the areas ruled by the coalition government be resolved?Should we implement land reform?If land reform is not implemented, then what is the difference between this coalition government and the national government in the south?But if land reform is to be implemented...will the Zhang family and Yan Xishan of the Feng family agree?

Finally, how should the fiscal revenue of the coalition government be distributed?Are the sites of each family still in their own hands?Will the armies of each faction be unified into a new army or continue to retain their own organizational systems?

Thinking of these, Mao Zedong's brows became tighter and tighter: "Well, the issue of establishing a coalition government in the north...I'm afraid we have to think about it in the long run. We can't blindly form alliances with those feudal warlords, landlords and capitalists just because we see the strength of the Kuomintang army. Alliance. It’s okay to form an alliance, but they must accept our party’s help, and must carry out land reform and social reform with the help of our party. Only in this way can the alliance of our northern factions be meaningful and ensure our victory over the Kuomintang reactionaries. "

"Then let's submit this proposal to the Politburo for discussion." Zhou Enlai also frowned slightly, and a trace of displeasure quietly flashed across his face.

……

In the night, an invisible fire dragon is winding and rolling on the mountain road in the Yimeng Mountains in central Shandong Province.

This is the 150-strong army of the Sixth Division of the National Revolutionary Army.Carrying all the artillery and luggage except the 20th-style [-]mm heavy howitzer, they set off from Boshan, a small county on the edge of the Yimeng mountainous area, and marched overnight to Zichuan County, more than [-] kilometers away.But it's not stealthy sneaking, but holding a torch, and marching ten miles long, advancing mightily, with arrogance, it seems that they don't pay attention to the invincible Fourth Division of the Imperial Army!

At the same time, on the mountain road from Linqu County to Yidu County, more than 60 kilometers away, another almost mighty fire dragon was also rolling northward, with the goal of Yidu County.This force is the No.18 Division of the National Revolutionary Army that defeated [-] Soviet Red Army in the third Battle of Zhalainur!

The two armies held torches and marched towards the Jiaoji Railway overnight. Naturally, they couldn't hide it from the eyes of the Japanese reconnaissance troops.In the early hours of April [-], urgent telegrams were sent from Linzi County, where the headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Division was located, to the Shandong Dispatch Army Command in Wanzhuyuan, Jinan.

General Earl Muto Xinyi seemed to have expected that the war would kick off tonight. At this time, he was already sitting in the Wanzhu Hall in military uniform.This used to be the brain and center of Feng Yuxiang's Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and now it has become the command room of the headquarters of the Japanese Shandong Expeditionary Army.A huge military map of Shandong Province was spread out in front of Wu Teng at this moment, and several young staff officers with somewhat excited expressions had already indicated the general orientation of the two Kuomintang army reorganization divisions with blue arrows on it.

"Your Excellency, Commander, they are finally here." Ishihara Waner did not know when he had appeared in the Wanzhutang headquarters, with a slightly gloomy expression.As soon as he heard the price of the Japanese government's peace talks, he knew something bad was going to happen, so he took a plane back to Jinan early the next morning.

He probably knew that this battle would be extremely difficult, and Nobuyoshi Muto had become visibly haggard in the past two days, his eyes were full of black circles from lack of sleep.He glanced at Ishihara Waner, and muttered: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Shi Yuan took a step forward and walked to the map, staring at the location of Linzi County on the map with some cold eyes.The two Kuomintang reorganization divisions are on both sides of Linzi County, one east and one west. Their goal is very clear, and it should be the team directly under the Fourth Division of Osaka in Linzi County.The two Kuomintang reorganization divisions have 5 people and more than 200 artillery pieces, of which there should be more than 100 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces with a diameter of 100mm or more.The strength and firepower of the Fourth Division in Osaka is only half of theirs.If this is the case alone, Ishihara still has the confidence to let those traders in Osaka go to fight the enemy, but... the Kuomintang Army Air Force still has more than [-] terrible dive bombers!These bombers are enough to make the cannons of the Fourth Division useless, and they can also cause heavy losses to the reinforcements on the way. I am afraid that this battle will not be won.

"Your Excellency, we have no chance of winning this battle, so please withdraw the Fourth Division to Jinan." Ishihara smiled silently for a while, and put forward his own suggestion.

"What?" Nobuyoshi Muto stared at Ishihara with wide eyes and smiled: "Withdraw the Fourth Division to Jinan? Do you want the Jiaoji line? Do you want our logistics line? Are you going to let the four divisions Squeeze in the city of Jinan until you run out of ammunition and food?"

Shi Yuan snapped to attention and said loudly, "Your Excellency! If we don't withdraw the Fourth Division in time, we will lose this precious division! At that time, the last possibility of winning this war will be gone. .”

"Bage!" Muto scolded, shook his head and sighed again: "I also know that the Fourth Division is not the opponent of the two southern Kuomintang divisions, and they still have air superiority... But, if the Fourth Division If the regiment withdraws, the Jiaoji Railway will be completely cut off. What will happen to the ammunition supplies for our 10,000+ army of four divisions? We can collect food from the war zone, but there will be no weapons and ammunition in the Shandong land! "

Ishihara Waner leaned forward again, leaned into Muto's ear, and said earnestly, "Your Excellency! Now the cabinet is using the aftermath of the great victory in Jinan to intimidate the Chinese Kuomintang to make concessions, so we absolutely cannot afford a defeat! If we are undefeated, There are still many people in the Kuomintang who are afraid of the imperial army, but if we lose a battle...the previous efforts will be in vain. So we must withdraw the Fourth Division. As for the supply line, we don't have to keep an eye on it The Jiaoji Line and the Jinpu Line can also get supplies. We can use the Fourth Division on the north bank of the Yellow River and fight all the way to Dezhou. At that time, we can use the Jinpu Road to transport ammunition and supplies. The Feng Department dare not stop it our."

Muto frowned, looked to the left and right, saw that no one else was approaching, and lowered his voice: "This...isn't this like fleeing without a fight? Since when did our Imperial Japanese Army ever desert? Rumor has it that you and I will have to undergo seppuku! Do you know about seppuku? It hurts!" As he spoke, Muto gestured with his finger on his belly.

"It's not fleeing without fighting, but pursuing the Beizhi Anti-Japanese Allied Army to the north of the Yellow River." Ishihara Waner also replied in a low voice: "No one will know that we are avoiding the war. We just attacked to the north bank of the Yellow River. At this time, the Kuomintang army attacked Linzi County on the Jiaoji line... This was nothing more than an oversight. Moreover, our brilliant victory in occupying the Jinpu Road on the north bank of the Yellow River can fully make up for this mistake. From the outsider's point of view, the empire is still invincible ! This point is very important to the ongoing negotiations."

Wu Teng Xinyi's eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and he was silent for a while, only to see the two gray mustaches tremble, and shouted loudly: "Then mobilize the second, fifth, and sixth divisions in Jinan City to move eastward." How about a decisive battle with the Kuomintang army around Linzi?"

"Your Excellency! Now is not the time to be angry." Ishihara Waner's eyes were about to sparkle. The three divisions in Jinan City have not been repaired yet, especially the lost artillery.Moreover, these three divisions are currently restraining the three reorganized divisions of the Kuomintang. As soon as they leave the city, the three divisions of the Kuomintang will follow up immediately.And at dawn, there will be more than 100 planes dropping bombs overhead, I am afraid that if you can't reach Linzi, you will have to make dumplings...

"Alas..." Muto sighed deeply: "This battle is really useless. Once the Fourth Division withdraws, what will the Tenth Division do? Should it be withdrawn to Qingdao?"

"Yes." Ishihara nodded with a smile: "The Eighth Division and the Ninth Division have also begun to mobilize. They will arrive in Qingdao by April [-] at the latest. By then, there will be three divisions in Qingdao. The southern front is about to be threatened by us, and the dispatched army can turn the crisis into safety."

……

The morning of April 17th, [-]th year of the Republic of China.

The Sixth Division of the National Revolutionary Army occupied Linzi County, which was abandoned by the Japanese army, and the news of cutting off the Jiaoji Railway was sent back to the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan.Regarding this news, the high-level members of the Military Commission had a lot of discussions, and for a while, no one was sure what the Japanese intentions were.

"Hehe, the Japanese are timid to fight! They would rather give up the Jiaoji line than fight us. It seems that our planes are really scared."

Luo Yaoguo threw the copy of the telegram on the table with a snap, and guessed the real intention of the Japanese right away.Obviously, the Japanese are avoiding a decisive battle with the Kuomintang army at the moment. This was the case in the battle on the southern line of Jinan, and it is also the case in abandoning Linzi this time.

He Yingqin, the deputy chief of the general staff who stayed in the war room of the general staff together with Luo Yaoguo, picked up the battle report, read it over and over several times, and said with an unbelievable expression: "How is this possible? Could it be that the Japanese didn't discover the Sixth Division?" , and happened to move the troops away from the Jiaoji line? Impossible... The Jiaoji line is their logistical lifeline, how could they just give up? Is there any conspiracy?"

Luo Yaoguo couldn't help but sneered: "Fleeing without fighting, what conspiracy is there? They abandoned the Jiaoji Line and the next step should be to send troops north of the Yellow River, and then create a retreat route."

He Yingqin glanced at the bright Luo Yaoguo, and said calmly: "Isn't the CCP's territory north of the Yellow River? Feng Yuxiang's National Army seems to be there too, right? Shall I send them a telegram to stop the Japanese army?"

Luo Yaoguo stood up slowly, straightened his clothes, and said with a smile: "General Jingzhi, you can arrange these things, and send a telegram to Deng Zesheng to tell him about the situation of the Japanese army, but don't tell them to stop the Japanese army, it's better to destroy it quickly." Let’s go to the Jinpu Railway. I’m going to meet the President and inform him about the occupation of Linzi and the cutting off of the Jiaoji Line. Let’s see how the Japanese can blackmail us this time!”

He Yingqin also stood up, but after taking a few steps, he stopped again and turned to look at Luo Yaoguo: "Fuwen, the Japanese army has mobilized two more divisions, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Qingdao on the twelfth. Do we want to go too?" Are there more troops in Shandong?"

Luo Yaoguo sneered: "There's no need, once the Japanese divide their troops across the river, we will counterattack Jinan and drive the Japanese army from Jinan city to the north bank of the Yellow River."

Chapter 0432 route (four)

Wuhan East Lake, Moshan Mansion.

In the restaurant on the second floor, a casual banquet has already been set up, full of water, land and eight treasures, it is time for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves.

"Marshal Luo Fuwen, hehe, it really is a boy born from a hero. Unlike us in Japan, the marshals are all old men like old men." Toushan approached Luo Yaoguo with an old face, and looked at the legendary man with a smile. "China Army God".

Luo Yaoguo's face also smiled as if blooming, and looked at the old man with white beard in front of him peacefully.This Japanese "friend" flew from Shanghai to Wuhan this morning on a chartered flight of Eurasia Airlines.As for the official status, it is said that he is the special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi, and he wants to discuss with Sun Yat-sen a big deal related to the friendship between the two countries for generations.However, Luo Yaoguo would not believe anything he said. Now that China and Japan are two tigers on the same mountain, how can there be any real friendship?

"Marshal old age is the blessing of your country. This is a sign of a peaceful and prosperous age. As the saying goes: when you pass the youth immediately, the world will have more gray hair." Luo Yaoguo took a sip of the wine and repeatedly expressed emotion.

Tou Shanman stroked his beard: "The crippled body is forgiven by God, how unhappy it is. Hehe, Date Masamune's Chinese poem sounds like an old man! I didn't expect... Marshal Fuwen still knows the characters in our country." Quite a lot."

Luo Yaoguo hurriedly said with a smile: "It's just for occasional dabbling, unlike Mr. Toushan's grasp of our China's situation is probably better than that of the Chief of Staff of the National Revolutionary Army?"