1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Lu'an, flight, tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock."

The "woman" seemed not to hear these words. She continued to smile sweetly and attract customers, but the secret movements of her hands never stopped for a moment.

The next day, two Red Fourth Front Air Force aircraft successfully intercepted a Kuomintang passenger plane en route from Wuhan to Lu'an and launched a fierce attack. Just five minutes later, Wang Jun, deputy commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army of the Kuomintang's Hubei-Henan-Anhui Bandit Suppression Force and commander of the Kuomintang's Third Army, and his entourage were killed in the crash.

Following the major defeat of the Left Route Army, the Right Route Army also suffered heavy losses.

Suppress bandits?

Kill your mother.

195 Have the Communist Bandits Grow Wings?

"How sad! Our army has lost another great general!!"

Upon hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek wailed in his underground bunker in Wuhan, listening to the Communist air force's swaggering roar from the sky. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was of course aware of Wang Jun's plan to leave Wuhan for Lu'an to personally command the Right Route Army.

At the beginning, he also pretended to express his opposition and concern, and suggested that the other party command the troops remotely in Wuhan; but Wang Jun was a smart man. Not only did he refuse, he also patted his chest and said that he would share the worries of the party and the country until his death; and then, this time he really did not give up until his death.

Compared with the death of Huang Baitao, Wang Jun's death caused a greater shock.

The direct consequence was that Chiang Kai-shek and those Kuomintang generals who were "trapped" in Wuhan all gave up the idea of ​​taking a plane. Some of the timid ones even dared not think about leaving Wuhan.

The reason is very simple. How did the Communists know about Wang Jun's itinerary?

Who can guarantee that the Communist bandits will only attack airplanes and not bomb trains, cars, or ships?

Who can guarantee that their whereabouts won't be leaked to the Communist Party by someone? Who can guarantee that the Communist Party's air force has really run out of gas and can no longer take off? A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. It's better to be safe than sorry...

As a result, those high-ranking generals above the divisional level who had originally planned to find a way to return to their troops after attending the meeting all remained in Wuhan, becoming masters of remote micromanipulation alongside Chiang Kai-shek. Under such circumstances, it is easy to imagine how much combat effectiveness the Nationalist army could exert - although its combat effectiveness was already worrying.

The indirect consequence of Wang Jun's death was that the Nationalist troops attacking the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area from all directions showed two extreme behaviors: either, in the absence of a commander to restrain them, they still blindly followed the instructions of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and attacked recklessly without thinking; or, if you ask, the answer is "the Chairman's orders must be carried out resolutely"!

Or they would drag their feet and find all sorts of excuses not to move forward, or they would move cautiously only five miles a day, and then quietly set up camp to rest. Don't ask, if you ask, the answer is "We've encountered such and such an unusual situation, and need to call the commander for instructions!"

So, the previous "advance in parallel, step by step"?

And your uncle and your mother!

Some troops are fast, some are slow;

Some troops rushed forward, while others did not move at all;

Anyone who has never fought in a war knows that in this situation, you still want to encircle the Red Army? Don’t make trouble.

The holes in your encirclement are wider than the seams of the damn fairies in later generations.

Judging from a rational point of view, the cautious troops are of course smarter, more practical, and safer, but unexpectedly, it is the "brainless fools" who achieve higher results!

In less than a week, Chen Jicheng's Second Column of the Central Army, which was marching south from Xinyang, Henan, had already assembled in the Xinyang and Luoshan areas, easily defeating the weak resistance of the Communist bandits in Xuanhuadian and Qiliping. Wei Lihuang's Sixth Column attacked Hekou and Huangan, coordinating with the Second Column to push the Communist troops into the Xinji and Jinjiazhai areas. This operation was also very successful, and it seemed that they were about to directly attack Xinji!

Zhang Yinxiang's troops from the Fourth Column, originally stationed in the Macheng-Huangpi area, Shangguan Yunxiang's troops blocking Yingshan and Luotian, and Ma Hongkui's troops from the Third Column, blocking Wushengguan and along the Pinghan Road south of Xinyang, were immediately anxious when they saw this. Damn it!

What the hell are you doing, Communist bandits? Why aren't you resisting?

Why is the resistance so weak? Why not just beat up the friendly forces?

Why was the outer defense line breached so easily? Weren't you guys putting up a pretty damn heroic resistance before?

What?

Are you scared this time because we are outnumbered?

It's fine if you guys are timid, but this is going to affect my military achievements!!

Seeing the benefits hanging in the balance, the commanders of the Nationalist troops quickly abandoned their initial reserve and caution, and led their troops to rush madly towards "core Communist strongholds" such as Xinji and Huangan. After breaking through the outer defenses, everyone no longer worried about being attacked or ambushed.

Anyway, with such a small area and hundreds of thousands of people marching in such a mighty force, who would the Communist bandits dare to attack?

If you dare to attack any of them, the other troops will immediately rush over and surround you!

When there are obvious benefits that will definitely not be a problem when they are taken, the national army will not easily "stand still when friendly forces are in trouble";

Especially after seeing the Communist planes fly away one after another, not daring to attack them or even fight back, and fleeing in panic, they put aside their last bit of worry. Soon, under the powerful offensive of the National Army, Huangan was captured, Xinji was captured, and many key locations in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area were lost one after another.

The national army generals were in high spirits and boasted about their military achievements.

The only regret is that we hardly captured any Communist prisoners or annihilated any Communist troops, and we didn’t see any civilians.

This is strange. With so many people surrounding us, it should be so dense that even a bird can't fly over. Where did they all go? You ran away, making it difficult for us to explain...

With no other options, the Nationalist Army killed everyone they caught, fulfilling Chiang Kai-shek's order, and then quickly sent a telegram to Wuhan:

"Our troops have captured XX and annihilated XX Communist bandits and civilians who have become bandits (this is a slight exaggeration, of course). The results are remarkable! Requesting further instructions from the Chairman!"

At first, Generalissimo happily replied to each telegram, then inquired about the capture of any important individuals by the various armies. Upon learning of their failure, he did not get angry but instead encouraged everyone. He was particularly elated about the unit that had discovered his plane; he promoted its leader from colonel to major general on the spot and commended the entire army.

However, as more and more troops reported their results but none of them had captured any high-ranking Communist officials, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek noticed something was amiss:

what happened?

Even if the Communist bandits were so good at running, they wouldn't be able to catch even a high-ranking official, right? Were there no ones left behind?

impossible!

After much deliberation, Chairman Chiang issued a new order:

All troops were to temporarily cease their attack on the bandit areas, and to surround them in a northwesterly direction, conducting a thorough search for any traces of the Communist bandits along the way. Except for important figures, no one should be left alive! In the eyes of Chairman Chiang, it was obvious that the Communist bandits had fled to the northwest of Sichuan under such a powerful offensive.

After all, it’s easy to think about!

To the south is the heavily guarded Wuhan. They can harass and sabotage, but they can't be so foolish as to run to Wuhan and die.

To the north are Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Xinyang. Most of the troops came from there. Even if some were missed, it would be impossible to miss every unit.

The east is the direction of Nanjing and Shanghai, which is also heavily guarded. No one in Sujiabu, Lu'an, and other places has reported any abnormalities, so it must be fine. So, isn't that the only thing left?

In fact, no matter whether he planned carefully at the beginning or lost his mind later and ordered the troops to attack on all fronts, there was one thing that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek had not completely forgotten, that is: it was necessary to block the Communist bandits' westward advance and prevent them from escaping to western Hubei and even Sichuan.

Although Chiang Kai-shek also wanted to quickly deal with all the warlords in Sichuan, big and small, but now it is necessary to "pacify the country before resisting foreign aggression"!

(Note: This policy was proposed by Song Dynasty Prime Minister Zhao Pu to Che Shen, and then officially proposed by Chiang Kai-shek at the "Five Provinces Cleanup" Conference in Lushan in June 1932. He did not have the opportunity to hold this conference this time.) Therefore, the focus of everything must be on suppressing the Communists!

As long as the Communist bandits in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui are wiped out, there will be no need to worry about those in Hunan and western Hubei! As long as the Communist bandits around Wuhan are wiped out, there will be no need to worry about the Communist bandits in Jiangxi!

As long as we wipe out this bunch of damned Communist bandits, there will be no need to worry about the military leaders and those who refuse to be educated! But where have the Communist bandits gone?

Just as Chairman Chiang was pondering over the map, his aide-de-camp rushed in: "Commander! We've received a telegram from the 1st Anhui Police Brigade!"

Anhui Police Brigade 1

Isn't that Shi Zhongcheng's army? What kind of telegram could they have?

Chiang Kai-shek took it with suspicion, and when he saw the contents of the telegram, his eyes suddenly widened:

"The main force of the Communist bandits has been discovered in the Yuexi area of ​​Huoshan! The 2nd Police Brigade was suddenly attacked and unable to react in time, and has been completely wiped out! Brigade Commander Li Shiqing was killed in action! Our unit also suffered heavy losses and retreated north! Please rescue them immediately! Please rescue them immediately! ""!!!"

Huoshan!

It’s Huo Shan!!

Chiang Kai-shek clutched the telegram and looked at the map, and immediately realized what he had missed: the area of ​​Lu'an, Huoshan, Shucheng, and Yuexi in Anhui!

Because Wang Jun was dead, the troops there were left fighting on their own, with no unified deployment! So, how did the Communists get there from Xinji and Huangan?

The straight-line distance between them is at least 400 miles! Why didn't any troops discover them? Did they fly there?

But no matter how the Communist bandits got there, they have now gotten there! And they must be the main force!

Judging from the positions of the 2nd and 1st Police Brigades, the main force of the Communist bandits is now less than 100 miles away from Lu'an, where the Nationalist Right Route Army's headquarters is located! In other words, it will only take 3 days at most for the Communist bandits to reach Lu'an!

Once Lu'an was captured, it would mean that the right-wing army was defeated! Chiang Kai-shek did not think that Lu'an, without a leader, could hold out for long.

Soon, Li Shiding, commander of the 7th Division in Sujiabu, near Lu'an, and commander-in-chief of the Anhui anti-communist campaign, also sent a telegram requesting assistance, claiming that a large number of Red Army troops had surrounded Sujiabu and urgently needed support. Chiang Kai-shek, while shocked and furious, suddenly had a light in his eyes, realizing that the Communists' incursion there wasn't necessarily a bad thing for his army.

"Order!!! Third, fourth, sixth... forget it!"

"The right wing troops of the right and central armies are returning to Lu'an at full speed!"

"We must surround and annihilate the main force of the Communist bandits!!"

196 The King's Army? The People's Army

"...Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everyone, follow!"

Looking at Li Desheng's back as he calmly commanded the troops to attack, UMP45 couldn't help but feel admiration.

According to the commander's orders, except for the initial moment of angering Chiang Kai-shek, she had no involvement in the entire process—at least not personally.

After sending troops to harass Wuhan and drawing all attention to the line of Huangan, Macheng, Huangpi, and Xinzhou, the main force took this opportunity to move eastward, cross the mountains, and directly into the Hubei-Anhui Plain;

When the Nationalist troops attacked westward in the direction of Xinji, he led his troops through north of Yingshan in Luotian, then immediately turned back to Huoshan in the northeast, annihilating the Nationalist Police 2nd Brigade there and severely damaging the Police 1st Brigade and the newly formed 5th Brigade, forcing them to flee north. Capitalizing on this momentum, the Red Army continued its northward advance, pursuing the defeated Nationalist troops who had deliberately escaped. Under the cover of the Red Army Air Force, which took off at the last moment before the Nationalist army entered Xinji, it began to threaten Sujiabu and attack Lu'an.

Before that, he and his troops had been hiding in the mountains until they received the news that Wang Jun's plane had been shot down.

Leading the troops across hundreds of miles in just a few days is a great test of willpower, physical strength and the ability to control the battlefield.

If a humanoid figure like UMP45, capable of controlling the entire battlefield, could pull off such a maneuver, it wouldn't be surprising at all. However, you have to remember that this is a human, not a human with a cloud map. No wonder they were able to complete the Long March and pull off the "Four Crossings of the Chishui River," a feat considered godlike throughout thousands of years of human warfare.

Seeing the panicked Kuomintang soldiers when the planes appeared, and the Red Army commanders and fighters who were still full of energy and fighting spirit after several days of non-stop fighting, UMP45 knew

The battle of Lu'an left no doubt.

"Comrade Li Desheng, what should we do next? Defend Lu'an and resist the Nationalist army? Or surround Sujiabu and attack its reinforcements?"

""

After hearing this, Li Desheng turned his head in confusion, with an expression that said, "Comrade Ma Shiwu is kidding me at this hour?" "Can't you see what I'm thinking?"

"Sorry, I didn't notice." UMP45 shook her head.

She is a squad-level tactical support figure, not a campaign-level auxiliary command figure like an agent.

She was certainly a top-notch commander of elite squads, but when it came to matters involving grand strategy, it was difficult for her to accurately control them. Not knowing what Ma Shiwu was thinking, Li Desheng shook his head.

"Well... Let's take Lu'an first, rest for two days, give Chairman Jiang enough time to react, and then we can go somewhere else."

Aided by the air force's support, the army's fierce offensive, and the low morale of the Nationalist troops, the battle for Lu'an County quickly ended. Approximately 3 Red Army soldiers filed in, captured the Right Route Army headquarters, and began to clean up the mess. In the small city of Lu'an, residents locked their doors and windows, secretly observing this unfamiliar force in terror, awaiting their own horrific fate.

Lu'an is a very tragic city, a typical representative of the many tragic cities during the Republic of China period. Why is it tragic?

Why typical?

Because, during the Republic of China period, when grassroots organizations were almost completely out of control and the government was incompetent, the people of Lu'an, like the people in most other parts of China, were dominated by bandits, bullies, and landlords.

The militia and the army went back and forth repeatedly.

This is especially true in Anhui, a province that has been plagued by serious banditry throughout history.

In mid-1928, Li Laomo (also known as Li Laomao), a bandit leader entrenched in Henan, led a large group of bandits from Henan to Jinjiazhai in Anhui, and then successively moved eastward to Zhanmabu and Sujiabu. The Kuomintang county magistrate Na Yuanwei and the security battalion commander Jiang Pengcheng simply abandoned the city and fled. So, at dawn on the 23rd, Li Laomo successfully entered Lu'an City from Sujiabu.

Thus, the nightmare of the people of Lu'an began.

After entering the city, the bandit Li went door to door, searching for gold, silver, and jewelry. If any poor residents had not had time to escape, they would be captured by the bandits and released only after paying money. Otherwise, they would be beheaded or have their limbs cut off.

Corpses piled up in the Confucius Temple pond, many with mutilated limbs. Most of the city's women had been raped, some gang-raped to death, others had their bellies pierced with knives after being raped, and some women, fearing humiliation, jumped into wells and died. If the bandits encountered women holding babies, they would first stab the babies to death with bayonets and then kill the mothers. At the Su Family Well in Nannei Sandao Lane alone, bandit Li executed over 40 women, young and old.

Afterwards, the bandits stripped all the victims naked, inserted wooden sticks into their vaginas or anuses, and hung them on the wall to intimidate anyone who dared to resist.

By the time Li left Lu'an on the 24th, most of its residents had been killed or injured. The bandits kidnapped over 1000 residents and set fires throughout the city, burning it to the ground. Furthermore, they moved into Sujiabu and began demanding ransoms from the families of the kidnapped residents. If they didn't get the ransom or it took too long to get it, they would execute the hostages.

The methods of execution included but were not limited to "brushing duck feathers" (whipping with barbed wire), "asking the God of Wealth" (pressing their hands and feet with a big bench and adding bricks continuously), "smashing turtles" (hitting their heads with big stones), etc.; the cruelty was too severe to describe in detail.

After Li's bandits had been wreaking havoc for nearly two weeks, Huang Guoliang, commander of the 15th Division of the 9th Kuomintang Army stationed in Bengbu, finally arrived with his troops. They dealt with the situation briefly, forcing Li's bandits to retreat, and then left them alone. Then, it was their turn to demand benefits...

No benefit?

Haha, you have benefits for the bandits, but no benefits for me, right? Damn it!

Kill you!

The passing of bandits is like a comb, and the passing of soldiers is like a grate.

It has only been four years since this series of horrific events, but the memories of all Lu'an people are still very clear.

So, when they saw an army of over 10,000 people crushing the local Kuomintang troops and entering the city, who wouldn't be afraid? Didn't they see that the local Red Spear Society had already fled without firing a shot?

Because it's obviously impossible to win!

If you want to do anything to such a force, everyone will just be ready to be killed.

Moreover, they were the "communist bandits" who were propagated by the Kuomintang as "communists sharing wives and eating people's hearts". However, the performance of the "communist bandits" was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Comrades! Do you remember the Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention?!" "Yes! Remember! Remember!"

"Okay! Then pass on my order! Everyone, sleep on the floor! Observe discipline! Do not enter civilian houses! Do not harass the masses!" "The Chairman has ordered! Sleep on the floor! Observe discipline! Do not enter civilian houses! Do not harass the masses!"

"The Chairman has ordered! Sit on the ground..."