December 26, 1938, 12 noon.
The waters of the Yellow Sea of China.
On the Nok Nevis, Ouyang and Wang Yaqiao took advantage of the soldiers' simple meal time to retreat and study the next step.
Although in prison, Ouyang and Wang Yaqiao already had a lot of ideas and plans, but the life and death of more than 22,000 people were at stake, and Ouyang could not be allowed to be careless.
A cautious and rigorous attitude, Ouyang has always been not lacking, which is also beneficial to the past few years of his teaching career, after all, there can be no mistakes in many academic studies and historical research.
"Brigade commander, the problem we are facing now is the problem of docking and stopping ships, and there are only two places to choose from, one is Yancheng, and the other is Lianyungang."
Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice: "Although these two places have many natural ports, the situation we face after landing, that is, the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army, will be extremely severe. ” After logging in Ouyang has also considered this point for a long time.
At this moment, in northern Jiangsu, or Yancheng and Lianyungang, the number of Japanese troops stationed in the garrison is no longer a few, although the vast majority of them are composed of Japanese reserves, and their combat effectiveness is much weaker than that of the main force of the Japanese army.
However, Ouyang's more than 20,000 people landed, and with such a big movement, there was nowhere to hide, which would inevitably lead to a battle with the Japanese army.
At this point, whether it is a landing at night or during the day, the result is the same, and it will inevitably face the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army.
Once they are dragged by the Japanese army, then the main force of the Japanese army stationed in southern Jiangsu will definitely come to encircle and suppress, and their 20,000 people will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
If you are not careful, you will be in danger of being wiped out.
For this reason, Ouyang sighed a few days ago: "If this is after 1940, how good it would be" The reason why Ouyang sighed was because the timing was not good.
It was now the end of December 1938, and although the New Fourth Army under the leadership of our party had established many large and small base areas behind enemy lines in northern Jiangsu, where the water network was dense, as early as the end of 1937, the scale was very small.
In larger base areas, its strength is only in the hundreds.
Smaller base areas have even fewer troops, perhaps only a few dozen men, less than the strength of a company.
The lack of troops is part of it, and the most crucial thing is the lack of weapons and ammunition, which makes their combat effectiveness extremely weak.
On the other hand, after 1940, to be precise, after the Southern Anhui Incident, the main force of the New Fourth Army in the Jingxiang area of Hubei Province was subjected to the second anti-communist upsurge of the party-state.
Base area in northern Jiangsu.
In January 1940, the General Headquarters of the Northern Jiangsu Base Area was established, with Marshal Chen Yi as the commander and political commissar of the Northern Jiangsu Base Area, and General Su Yu as the deputy commander.
At the beginning of its establishment, the base area in northern Jiangsu had three columns, nine regiments, and more than 7,000 troops, and then in less than a year, it established a huge base area covering millions of people, with more than 12,000 troops.
If Ouyang had landed ashore from northern Jiangsu after 1940, it would have been much easier.
However, at the present time, after all, it was the end of 1938, and the general headquarters of the base area in northern Jiangsu had not yet been established, and our party and army in northern Jiangsu were as weak as babies, and it was difficult to provide great help to the landing of Ouyang and others.
At that moment, Ouyang said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, whether we land from Yancheng or Lianyungang, we must be prepared to fight the Japanese army. ” Hearing this, Wang Yaqiao nodded and replied: "This is for sure, compared with the Japanese army in Yancheng and Lianyungang, the Japanese army in Lianyungang is relatively weak.
At the same time, once we fight with the Japanese army, the main force of the Japanese army in southern Jiangsu and other places will definitely come to reinforce the distance, and the distance between Lianyungang and southern Jiangsu, after all, is a little farther, which can give us more time to get rid of the Japanese army's interception. ” Ouyang's eyes burned, and he immediately said: "Therefore, landing from Lianyungang is our best choice at present, after we land in the Lianyungang area, we must make a big move, before the Japanese army has time to attack, completely defeat it, and go straight to Shangqiu, Henan."
After landing from Lianyungang, go all the way north and enter the border of Henan, which is Ouyang's vision.
"Inappropriate" Ouyang's idea was immediately opposed by Wang Yaqiao.
Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice: "Brigade commander, there are not a few Japanese troops in Shangqiu, Henan."
"Hmm" Ouyang nodded, agreeing.
"Compared with breaking through from Lianyungang and venturing into Shangqiu, Henan, I think it is more appropriate to go north to Shandong."
Wang Yaqiao couldn't help laughing and said: "After all, at the junction of Shandong and northern Jiangsu, there is a national army led by Fan Zhuxian, where guerrilla warfare is carried out behind enemy lines, and its range of activities reaches more than 30 counties, and its total strength is as many as 60,000 people.
It is an extremely powerful anti-Japanese force."
Wang Yaqiao continued: "The most critical point is that although Commander Fan Zhuxian is a member of the party-state, he has a very good relationship with our party and is a real anti-Japanese patriotic hero.
At the same time, there are many people in our party, in Fan Zhuxian's ranks.
In other words, without the participation and help of our party personnel, the strength of Fan Zhuxian's commander would definitely not reach 60,000.
At this time, if we ask him for help, our risk will be much smaller, so I think going north to Shandong is the best choice. ” Go north to Shandong Fan Zhuxian had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses "Hey" At that moment, Ouyang let out a long sigh and said: "Chief of Staff, if we had been a month or two earlier, I would definitely agree with your decision, but don't you know that General Fan Zhuxian Fan had died on the battlefield in Liaocheng, Shandong Province a month ago, that is, in mid-November, and sacrificed his life for the country?"
"Ugh" Wang Yaqiao was stunned at first, and then was shocked, "I didn't even know that there was such a thing, it's really damned."
Ouyang looked at Wang Yaqiao's reaction, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Three months ago, the national army led by General Fan Zhuxian did have tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the south and west of Shandong, but in just a few months, they were surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army on a large scale.
Not only did Fan Zhuxian die on the battlefield, but more than 60,000 people under his command also fled and were injured, and the entire team also turned into dust of history.
On November 14, 1938, the Japanese army surrounded six or seven hundred people from Fan Zhuxian's department in Liaocheng, Shandong.
Fan Zhuxian refused to surrender and brazenly led his troops to fight, repelling many Japanese attacks.
On the 15th, the Japanese army forcibly attacked after receiving a large number of reinforcements, and the two sides fought bloodily for a long time, he was seriously wounded in the arm, and fought again with his wounds, and finally because the enemy was outnumbered, the city gate was broken by the Japanese army.
At this critical moment, Fan Zhuxian personally led the rest of his troops to engage in fierce street battles with the Japanese army.
During the battle, he was seriously wounded, unwilling to be captured, and killed himself with a gun.
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After his heroic martyrdom, the whole country mourned Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party held solemn memorial services for him.
Our party held solemn memorial services in Chongqing and Yan'an, and spoke highly of Fan Zhuxian's achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In 2014, Fan Zhuxian was included in the first batch of 300 famous anti-Japanese martyrs and heroes by the state, becoming the only candidate in Handan City, and his coffin was buried in the Jinji Luyu Martyrs Cemetery in Handan City.
After hearing Ouyang's words, Wang Yaqiao couldn't help but blame himself, "Brigade commander, they all complain that I didn't pay attention to this matter, and I almost broke a big thing."
Wang Yaqiao blamed himself very much.
He knew very well that once Ouyang listened to his decision and went north to Shandong, without the help of Fan Zhuxian's tens of thousands of soldiers of the National Army, the more than 20,000 people on his side who lacked weapons and ammunition would inevitably be wiped out Ouyang looked at Wang Yaqiao and also expressed his understanding that he didn't know the news that General Fan Zhuxian had died a month ago.
In October and November 1938, Ouyang, Wang Yaqiao and others were all in Guangzhou.
At the end of November and the beginning of December, Wang Yaqiao was far away in Taihang Mountain, busy fighting back against the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army, and did not have much time to pay attention to the battle situation outside Taihang Mountain.
Therefore, he had no way of knowing the news of Fan Zhuxian's death.
"Hey" Ouyang sighed again.
For Wang Yaqiao, he understands and understands, but he also knows the root cause.
Since he has been with Wang Yaqiao for more than a year, he knows Wang Yaqiao's personality very well.
With a wisdom value of 80 points, it can be said that he is the first person in the 512 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, whether it is the Xiayi Blockade in Henan, or the later Fairy Lake Battle, Guangzhou Campaign, etc., Wang Yaqiao can be said to have made great contributions.
But because he knows Wang Yaqiao too well, he also knows his shortcomings.
"Wang Yaqiao is an extremely good military tactician, but he is not an excellent military strategist, he often only pays attention to the success or failure of a battle, but he pays less attention to the situation in the whole of China, and thinks less about it."
Ouyang made a judgment in his heart for Wang Yaqiao This is not only what Ouyang feels, but also the real Wang Yaqiao in history, he is the same, he can analyze the situation in front of him very clearly, but the estimation of the entire overall situation is a lack of control.
Ouyang said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, so we have no other choice but to take a risk, all the way to the west, straight to Shangqiu, Henan."
We successfully broke through from Shangqiu, and then crossed Xuchang, as long as we arrived in Luoyang, we were safe."
Shangqiu and Xuchang in Henan are both garrisoned by a large number of Japanese troops, and Ouyang will definitely take risks if he breaks through from here, and he will definitely pay a great price for casualties.
But as long as you can successfully break through the siege and enter the Luoyang area, that is, the first war zone divided by the party-state, the territory of Wei Lihuang, the commander of the war zone.
The entire first theater of operations, with Luoyang as the axis, backed by Funiu Mountain in western Henan, pinned down on Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Jin, and its total combat strength was as many as 12 infantry divisions, plus a cavalry division, with a total strength of more than 70,000 troops.
With such a big backer, how could Ouyang not go Compared with breaking through from other locations, Ouyang finally came to the conclusion that there was only one dead end.
Landing from Lianyungang, all the way to the west, straight to Shangqiu, Xuchang, Henan, through the Japanese blockade, arrived in Luoyang This path is destined to be full of thorns, but he is also Ouyang's best choice at the moment An option that will allow more people to survive Suddenly, at this moment, the system's prompt suddenly came "Ding Dong" System Prompt: Congratulations to the host, you have now collected the four major weapon cards of Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold, and have all used them, so you will be issued a hidden reward Ten consecutive draws The first update is sent,The author continues to open the second update t1706231537: