Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

Once the general policy of siege was decided and all the troops entered a state of combat readiness, Li Jiansheng, as the commander-in-chief, discovered that there was another problem: you know, two legions are joining forces to attack the city. This is a bit inconvenient to command. Two armies are working together to attack the city. It would be easier to command the two legions when they were reunited. But the whole army would be too much of a piece of cake. And as of now, the two legions have taken initial shape. If they are merged now, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

what to do.

How can we better unify the command of these two armies and successfully capture Chenzhou City?

This is really a problem.

After thinking hard for more than two days, Li Jiansheng, who was familiar with history, suddenly remembered the formation process of the First and Fourth Front Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in history. His head couldn't help but move.

Maybe. This is a good solution.

Li Jiansheng, who was a little excited, immediately went to Huang Su for discussion. When Huang Su heard Li Jiansheng's idea, he stayed there for a long time without saying a word. For no other reason, Li Jiansheng now thought of a new way to unified command the two legions: Establish a front army.

Huang Su's first feeling was that this method was good. His second feeling was that this idea was too arrogant.

However, Li Jiansheng also explained his thoughts: Because the Red 1st and Red 4th Fronts have already been established, and they were all established on their own under specific conditions.

As early as August 23, 1930, the First and Third Army Corps of the Red Army met in Yonghe, Liuyang, and immediately formed the First Front Army of the Red Army. At that time, the central government did not issue instructions to form the front army before and after learning of the news. On September 17 of the same year On the same day, Mao Zedong clearly stated in his report to the Central Committee: After the First and Third Red Army Corps joined forces, in order to command the First and Third Army Corps, the joint meeting of the First and Third Army Front Committees decided to organize the General Front Committee. He was Secretary. Publicly organize the First Front Army General Headquarters and the General Political Department. Mr. Zhu is the commander-in-chief. He is the general political commissar. Yang Yuebin is the director of the General Political Department. On September 20, Mr. Peng also reported to the Central Committee: "Now we have militarily organized the First Front Army of the Red Army with the First Army Corps." This actually shows that the First Front Army of the Red Army is commanded by the Joint Meeting of the Front Committee of the First and Third Army Corps based on the military needs of the second attack on Changsha. Convenient and self-composed.

As for the Fourth Red Front Army, which was formed based on the Red Army in the Hubei-Henan border area, it was also not planned by the central government, but was established independently. The situation was the same as when the First Red Army was established. The establishment of the Fourth Red Front Army was also due to the needs of military command. At that time, the Fourth Red Army and the newly established 25th Red Army jointly attacked Huang'an County. The Fourth Red Army was established to facilitate unified command.

However, although the establishment of the First Red Army and the Fourth Front Army was not planned by the central government, it has become a fact after all. At that time, the connection between the central government and various places caused many difficulties due to inconvenient transportation. The situation in various places was also changing rapidly. This phenomenon did not happen. Strangely, the central government also recognized this establishment in subsequent instructions.

But now, after Li Jiansheng's research, he found that the situation faced by his troops was roughly similar to the situation faced by the First Red Army and the Fourth Red Army when they were established. Of course, when he talked about this with Huang Su now, he only said what should be said. Or it could be some established things, such as when the Second Red Front Army was established. That is not mentioned. Of course, for now, only the First Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army have been established. Huang Su also knows this. For example. Ji Zhentong was a member of the First Red Army, and Zeng Zhongsheng was a member of the Fourth Red Army.

Although Huang Su didn't know how Li Jiansheng knew so much and remembered it in such detail, fortunately he had seen so many magical things about Li Jiansheng that he didn't care much about it. So when he heard his analysis, he felt that it made sense and felt a little bit in his heart. He agreed. However, he still believed that such a major matter should be addressed to the central government. Li Jiansheng nodded.

A very detailed telegram, including the equipment and development of the army, as well as the detailed strategy for attacking Chenzhou, was quickly sent to the central government via radio waves. Of course, regarding the number of the new front army, Li Jiansheng felt that he could take the fifth red front army. The reason is that there are already red front troops. The Fourth Front Army. The size of our own army is not that large. It ranks fifth.

However, Li Jiansheng's integration of various ministries has already been carried out. He just did not clearly propose the concept of the Red Fifth Front Army. He thought: The current war situation waits for no one. Let's take care of it ourselves first; in the future, the central government will agree. We insist; the central government will clearly reject it. .We can take the initiative to disband after we capture Chenzhou.

Fortunately, on the afternoon of the second day after Li Jiansheng reorganized the army, a telegram from the central government came, clearly agreeing that the main Red Army troops in the revolutionary base areas in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi, as well as all the Red Army units in some smaller revolutionary base areas in the surrounding areas, would be unified into the Third Red Army. The Front Army agreed with the suggestions of Li Jiansheng and others. Li Jiansheng was appointed as the Secretary and Commander-in-Chief of the Party Committee of the Front Army. Huang Su was appointed as the Deputy Secretary and Political Commissar of the Party Committee of the Front Army. All other front army, corps, and division-level cadres agreed in principle with the appointment plan proposed by the two men.

This reply almost made Li Jiansheng's eyes pop out.

Firstly, he didn’t expect the central government’s reply to be so quick. Later, when he thought about it, it was probably the support and help of the two great men Zhu and Zhou. Secondly, he was familiar with history and knew that the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army in history was basically nothing. There is no Third Red Front Army.

Li Jiansheng, who is familiar with history, knows that during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was organized into the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies, but it was not organized into the Third Front Army. He has discussed this reason. He believes that there are at least two reasons. : First, the central government had planned to expand the first, second, third and fourth corps of the Red Army into front armies in sequence. Later, because Mr. Peng took the initiative to propose that the third army corps and the first army be combined into the first red army, it gave up the separate expansion into the third red front army. The plan resulted in a shortage of personnel. Secondly, according to the original unified plan of the Central Committee, the larger Red Army units in the country at that time were basically organized into the First and Second Front Armies. However, this plan was not implemented. In the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui regions Unable to wait to open up connections with western Hunan, Hubei and northern Hubei, the Fourth Red Front Army was first established. Later, after the area learned of the central government's instructions, it also planned to change its name to the Second Red Front Army. This was just for practical revolutionary reasons. The plan was never put into practice. This also resulted in a lack of personnel in the red three areas.

Among the three major front armies of the Red Army, only the Second Red Front Army was established under orders. In October 1934, the Second Army and the Sixth Army met in Muhuang, Yinjiang, Guizhou. A general headquarters headed by He Long and Ren Bishi was established. In 1936 In early July, the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps, their general headquarters and the 32nd Army (formerly the Ninth Army Corps of the First Front Army) were ordered to form the Second Front Army during the Long March. He Long was appointed commander-in-chief and Ren Bi served as political commissar.

Li Jiansheng originally proposed to the central government that he should form a front army under his own command. In fact, he did it based on reality and with a try attitude. He didn't think much about it.