Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

If we lose them, the loss will be too great.

Peng Zhen was very dissatisfied with the Deng State. Deng State, with over 100,000 troops at its disposal, had lost Shanhaiguan. Now, they couldn't even hold Jinzhou and were even considering giving up Shenyang.

Marshal Lin didn't say anything.

He looked at Liu Yalou. Liu Yalou was the Chief of Staff of the Northeast Field Army personally selected by Marshal Lin. It can be seen how much Marshal Lin trusted Liu Yalou. Liu Yalou came to the map and said, "If we fight the Nationalist Army to the death, it is not impossible to hold Jinzhou in a short period of time. But once we and the Nationalist Army fight a big battle in Jinzhou, it will become a bottomless pit. The Nationalist Army has a lot of American equipment, including planes, tanks, and artillery. If we want to fight a positional battle with them to stop them, our casualties will be very high. This is not our strong point."

This is the Northeast Bureau meeting.

Liu Yalou was not originally qualified to attend, but because he was Marshal Lin's chief of staff, he was specially allowed to attend.

When Peng Zhen heard Liu Yalou's words, he was very angry and said, "Comrade Liu Yalou, do you know the importance of Shenyang? How important are the industries of Shenyang and the surrounding cities to us?

"Comrade Peng Zhen, I am only expressing my views from a military perspective.

From a military perspective, although we have established numerous field columns, many of our troops still need training and adaptation for regular combat. The six armies of the Nationalist Army that initially entered the Northeast, numbering 15 men, were elite Nationalist troops, equipped with American and semi-American weapons. They now have four armies totaling approximately 200 men, all deployed in the narrow -kilometer zone between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou. With so many troops, we simply cannot annihilate them right now. Furthermore, Nationalist troops continue to pour into the Northeast. If we engage them in a decisive battle at Jinzhou, we will inevitably suffer the most casualties. Only by dispersing these forces can our forces stand a chance of annihilating them.

Liu Yalou also has a bad temper.

Although compared with Peng Zhen, the level is far behind.

But he still replied. Still not satisfied, he continued, "Look at Rehe. The 13th and 52nd Armies have already begun a detour to attack Chaoyang. If Chaoyang is lost, the 13th and 52nd Armies can attack Jinzhou to the south or Shenyang to the east."

Peng Zhen was very angry. He said, "Comrade Liu Yalou, we must consider the overall situation and not just the military aspect.

"I'm a soldier and I only think about fighting."

Liu Yalou directly retorted.

Marshal Lin saw Peng Zhen and Liu Yalou arguing, so he turned to Chen Yun and said, "Comrade Chen Yun, what do you think?

After all, Chen Yun is the top leader of the Northeast Bureau.

He looked at the map and asked, "Comrade Lin Sui, if we really retreat all the way and lose Jinzhou and Shenyang, what should we do next? Should we give up Siping, Changchun, and Jilin?"

Shuai Lin didn't say anything, but looked at Liu Yalou.

Liu Yalou immediately stepped forward and said, "Secretary Chen, if we surrender Jinzhou and Shenyang as Comrade Deng Guo intended, then we must heavily defend Siping. The current situation of the Nationalist Army is that there are a large number of puppet Manchukuo troops reorganized by the Nationalist Army in North Manchuria, namely the Northeast Advance Army organized by Jiang Pengfei. This force has approximately 12 troops, while in Jinzhou and Rehe, there are six Nationalist Army armies, totaling over 20 troops. This 20-plus troops may seem like a large number, but once Jinzhou, Shenyang, and the surrounding cities are captured one after another, their forces will quickly disperse.

Aside from the important city of Shenyang, the other major and minor cities only have a single division of troops at most. This will give us an opportunity. We can block the main attack of the Nationalist Army in Siping, while organizing our forces to completely annihilate the Northeast Advancing Army in North Manchuria, and completely consolidate the base areas in North Manchuria, West Manchuria, and East Manchuria. With the support of the troops of the Rehe-Liaoning Military Region, we can seize the opportunity to launch a series of large-scale annihilation battles and quickly wipe out the Nationalist Army's effective forces. Once this is done, we will quickly gain a military advantage."

Chen Yun looked at the map and murmured, "First north, then south, attack in the north and defend in the south, first deal with those advancing troops in the northern Manchuria area, then march south and fight a few annihilation battles with the Hebei Central Army.

"Yes."

Gao Gang nodded beside him and said, "That's a good idea."

During this time, Gao Gang arrived in North Manchuria as Deputy Secretary of the Northeast Bureau, where he was responsible for land reform. Gao Gang's skills were undoubtedly exceptional. While the North Manchuria Military Region had been vigorously suppressing bandits over the past few months, his land reform efforts in North Manchuria had also been proceeding smoothly. Compared to the base areas in the interior, which were still hesitant to carry out large-scale land reform, the Northeast was less hesitant.

Chen Yun and Gao Gang both started land reform in Northeast China.

As a result, the farmers in the northern Manchuria region actively supported the Eighth Route Army and their enthusiasm for joining the army grew.

Now, the North Manchuria Military Region has formed a force of over 100,000 in a short period of time. Marshal Luo came to the Northeast and served as a member of the Northeast Bureau, deputy political commissar of the Northeast Military Region, and deputy political commissar of the Northeast Field Army.

He not only managed the affairs of the military region and the field army, but also focused more on these newly formed troops. Luo Shuai was personally responsible for the formation of the new recruits. In a short period of time, several secondary military regions in the Northeast formed a large number of local troops.

The Northeast Military Region currently has nine field columns and 9 troops. The various secondary military regions currently have over 30 local troops, and over 20 new recruits currently undergoing training. And while these are all local troops, the cadres of these local troops are drawn from the field forces.

These troops are currently focusing on suppressing bandits.

Once the field troops need them, they can go to replenish the field troops at any time. In other words, the troops under the Northeast Military Region now exceed 50 people. And they are completely different from the historical Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.

When the Northeast Democratic United Army was formed, although its forces expanded rapidly, they had few core units and were primarily recruited in the Northeast. At its fastest point, even a company would swell to a regiment within a few days. With the arrival of a regiment, the force expanded to over 10,000 men in a short period of time. How could such an army fight?

But the Northeast Military Region is different now.

The troops pouring into the Northeast were all regular troops from various military regions, serving as the backbone of the military expansion. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of each unit was strong, including the weapons and equipment of the local units. The historical phenomenon of dispersal or even defection by the Nationalist Army was unlikely.

It is because Gao Gang saw these that he became more confident.

"We are currently at a turning point where our military strength is expanding. We should take a step back and consolidate our base first. Just give us a few more months to allow our local troops to finish suppressing the bandits and for our new recruits to receive adequate training. Then we won't have to worry about anything. By then, the one we should be worried about is Du Yuming, because we will have an absolute advantage in terms of manpower."

Zhang Wentian next to him also nodded.

"I don't understand military affairs, but the Chairman used to say something when he was fighting: we must concentrate our forces and defeat them one by one. Since the Nationalist army is currently separated by us in the north and south, we should of course concentrate our forces and defeat the weaker enemies first. Then we can go all out to fight the stronger ones."

Seeing everyone's attitude, Peng Zhen said impatiently, "Fighting is one thing, but comrades, don't you consider how important Shenyang is to us? If we lose Shenyang, how will we report it to the Central Committee?"

"Shenyang is important, we all know that. But if we fight a decisive battle with the Nationalist troops in Jinzhou, what difference will it make from the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign in the Soviet area? And I support what Comrade Deng Guo said, our Northeast battlefield should consider the national battlefield. Although we have signed a peace agreement now, seeing that Chiang Kai-shek has sent so many troops to the Northeast, he doesn't want peace with us at all. If a full-scale war breaks out, we can attract more elite Nationalist troops in the Northeast, which will greatly reduce the pressure on various battlefields in the interior. We can't just consider our own Northeast."

Chen Yun spoke.

Chen Yun knew the importance of cities and that the military should serve politics. But in the current situation, he should listen more to the opinions of military generals. Although Marshal Lin didn't say anything, Chen Yun knew that Liu Yalou was referring to Marshal Lin's opinion.

Since Marshal Lin had this idea, including Deng Guo on the front line, Chen Yun decided to respect their opinions. Shenyang was important, but if the casualties in Jinzhou were too severe, what would happen to the other cities?

Northeast China is not just Shenyang, there are also big cities such as Changchun, Jilin, Harbin and Qiqihar.

"We should not be concerned about the gains and losses of a city or a place. My idea is that we can gradually give up Jinzhou, Shenyang and the surrounding large and medium-sized cities, but we should still retreat step by step. We can't let the Nationalist army easily take these cities, and this will also buy us time to deploy the Siping defense line. What do you think, comrades?"

"I support."

“I support that, too.

Both Gao Gang and Zhang Wentian expressed their support.

Coach Lin and Coach Luo also nodded and said, "Support."

Peng Zhen was disappointed to see everyone supporting this proposal. She felt that these "country bumpkins" had no idea of ​​the importance of cities, and how crucial Shenyang and the surrounding cities were.

The essence of Northeast China's industry lies here.

Since arriving in Northeast China, Peng Zhen has found it incredibly difficult to get work done. It's just too hard to work with these "country bumpkins."

So he said, "I reserve my opinion."

After the Northeast Bureau meeting, the Northeast Military Region held a meeting.

The meeting mainly discussed the next military action in the Northeast. The meeting included Commander Lin Shuai of the Northeast Military Region, Political Commissar Chen Yun, Deputy Political Commissar Luo Shuai, Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department Tan Zheng, Deputy Commander Lü Zhengchao, and Chief of Staff Liu Yalou.

Liu Yalou, the Chief of Staff and Marshal Lin's most admired and trusted general, said, "According to the plan formulated by the Northeast Bureau, we must stop the Nationalist Army in Siping and at the same time send a force to quickly wipe out the Northeast Advancing Army currently in the northern Manchuria region. This Northeast Advancing Army has over 100,000 troops. Although they are all former puppet Manchukuo troops, puppet police, and bandits, they are still a large number. Moreover, these people are all locals. We must destroy them in one battle. Otherwise, these troops will easily disappear in the mountains and become a base for bandits to harm us.

Therefore, my suggestion is to send a column, together with local troops from the North Manchuria Military Region and the West Manchuria Military Region, to quickly eliminate this advancing army.

Everyone looked at the map.

According to Liu Yalou's idea, one field column should be sent, together with local troops from North Manchuria and East Manchuria to deal with the Northeast Advancing Army, and five field columns should be sent to defend Siping.

Everyone looked at Marshal Lin.

Because Marshal Lin was in charge of the Northeast's military, Chen Yun, Luo Shuai and the others trusted him greatly in military matters. Marshal Lin, looking at the map, pondered for a moment before saying, "If Du Yuming takes Jinzhou and Shenyang in succession, will he directly attack Siping with a large force, or divide his forces to capture the larger and medium-sized cities around Shenyang?"

"We should split up our forces to capture the surrounding cities."

Chen Yun spoke.

"Currently, all the units of the Nationalist Army have taken over major cities across the country. Those units that took over the cities have made a fortune, but the 20-strong unit led by Du Yuming has been fighting all the time. Even if Du Yuming himself doesn't want to get rich, don't the generals and officers under him also want to get rich? Du Yuming also has to consider their thoughts. After all, they have fought for so many years. If there is no benefit at all now, how can they maintain their morale?

Du Yuming's own ethics are still acceptable.

Although I can't say he's completely clean, he's at least much better than those Kuomintang generals who sucked the blood of their soldiers. But the Kuomintang army is full of factions, even within the Central Army.

It doesn't mean that Du Yuming can completely control it.

The other armies were making a fortune, so why should they fight every day when there was no benefit at all? In the previous Battle of Shanhaiguan, all the armies had suffered heavy casualties. There must have been a lot of resentment among the armies.

The only way to appease them is to let them get rich too.

What is the best way to get rich?

It must be to the receiving city.

"That's easy to handle."

Marshal Lin said, "I will go to Siping. The First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh columns will all go to Siping. The Second Column will enter North Manchuria and, together with the local troops of the North Manchuria Military Region, form the North Manchuria Corps. Comrade Wang Qiuyun will serve as commander, Comrade Li Zhaolin as political commissar, Comrade Han Weiguo as deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Comrade Xu Luomin as chief of staff. They will be fully responsible for suppressing the Northeast Advancing Army. All local troops in the North Manchuria region must obey the orders of the North Manchuria Corps Headquarters.

"We just finished suppressing bandits, and now they want us to suppress bandits again."

Wang Qiuyun put down the telegram in her hand and complained.

During this period, the Second Column had been fighting in the area east of Changchun, primarily assisting the East Manchuria Military Region in dealing with the powerful and stubborn bandits. The results were quite good. The East Manchuria Military Region itself was not weak, and with the support of the Second Column, the bandit suppression work was going smoothly.

However, the Second Column was a unit of the Northeast Field Army after all.

And it is the most combat-effective force.

Wang Qiuyun had always wanted to take on the Nationalist Army's American-equipped troops. Unexpectedly, Marshal Lin ordered him to enter northern Manchuria and eliminate the Northeastern Advancing Army there. What was the Northeastern Advancing Army? It was a group of puppet Manchurian troops, puppet Mongolian troops from Mongolia, puppet police forces, and surrounding bandits. They looked numerous, but Wang Qiuyun saw them as nothing more than bandits.

"No. The main force of the Kuomintang is now advancing into the Northeast. How can the commander leave our troops behind to suppress the bandits at this time? I want to go talk to him."

Han Weiguo immediately grabbed Wang Qiuyun.

Han Weiguo couldn't let Wang Qiuyun go to see Marshal Lin. This time, Marshal Lin still attached great importance to the Second Column because he used the Second Column as a strategic group.

After all, Marshal Lin appointed Wang Qiuyun as the commander of the North Manchuria Corps.

If we were to clash with Marshal Lin at this point, how would he view the Second Column and Wang Qiuyun in the future? Even if the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region had more troops and more cadres in Northeast China and was very powerful, what good would it do if Marshal Lin remembered it and tried to make things difficult for us?

"Old Wang, it's obvious that the commander values ​​us. What are you going to say now? You still want to disobey orders.

“I just talked to him about my ideas.”

"Lao Wang, the order has been issued, what are you still talking about with the commander?

We should quickly organize our forces and consider how to annihilate the Northeastern Advancing Army. This force has over 100,000 men. However, their combat effectiveness is weak. As long as we act quickly, it shouldn't be a problem to eliminate the Northeastern Advancing Army within two months. We can also help the North Manchuria Military District eliminate some bandits. After we eliminate the Northeastern Advancing Army, we can regroup and march south to join the battle. This won't delay the battle between our troops and the Kuomintang's American-equipped forces. Furthermore, if we help North Manchuria eliminate the Northeastern Advancing Army and help North Manchuria eliminate those major bandits, the North Manchuria Military District will be stabilized, and they may not need so many local troops. At that time, the commander may even incorporate all the local troops of the North Manchuria Military District into our group. Wouldn't it be a good thing for us to lead a mighty 100,000-man army south at that time?

Han Weiguo is not Wei Hongjun.

So he tried his best to explain to Wang Qiuyun the benefits of this battle.

We must convince Wang Qiuyun.

Xu Luomin, who was standing nearby, also hurried over and said, "Commander, I think what the political commissar said makes sense. I heard that there are a lot of artillery in the North Manchuria region. Because the main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops are here to guard against the Soviet Union, most of the artillery of the Kwantung Army is here. Many were captured by the Soviet army, but many were also thrown around. Comrade Xiao Yongshi and others said that they picked up a lot of artillery in the mountains. This time we entered North Manchuria to wipe out the Northeast Advancing Army and collect those artillery in the North Manchuria region. Then we will form a heavy artillery brigade directly under the column, and two more artillery brigades. When the time comes, our troops will go south and will not be afraid of those so-called Kuomintang American-equipped troops. Maybe the number of artillery in our column is even greater than that of the American-equipped troops.

Wang Qiuyun was pulled back by Han Weiguo and Xu Luomin and finally calmed down.

But I am still indignant.

"Okay then. Let's go into North Manchuria and quickly annihilate this Northeastern Advancing Army. Japan has surrendered, but these disgusting traitorous troops are still there. Tell Li Yong to prepare his troops. After we enter North Manchuria, I don't care if he cheats or uses other tricks. We must collect enough artillery. This time we enter North Manchuria, we must form at least three artillery brigades under the column. Oh, Old Xu, go to the artillery and military school and ask them for 200 students."

Chapter 657: Land Reform Dispute

The war in the Northeast is getting bigger and bigger.

When Du Yuming first began fighting the Eighth Route Army at Shanhaiguan, he only had the 13th and 52nd Armies under his command. However, his forces continued to increase, and within a few months, he had six armies.

However, the troops encountered strong resistance from Deng Guoji Reliao Military Region troops.