Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

However, what the Japanese high-level officials did not expect was that the Eighth Red Army Corps actually launched an attack on the Japanese-occupied areas of North China first, and the target chosen by Hu Weidong was the Jidong Plain, the gateway to North China. On the one hand, the Eighth Red Army Corps wanted to pursue the victory in this battle.

, completely eliminate the Jidong puppet army, on the other hand, it is to use this opportunity to establish an anti-Japanese base area in Jidong. The latter is not the intention of the leaders of the Eighth Red Army, but the strategy determined by the great man himself, but regardless of the commander-in-chief

, Zhou Gong and other senior central officials, as well as Peng, Lin and other generals, all clearly expressed their opposition. Only Hu Weidong bravely took on this task that was almost impossible in everyone's eyes.

Almost all the top Red Army officials opposed the strategy of advancing into Jidong to establish base areas. This is not because they cannot see the huge value of the Jidong Plain. In fact, anyone with a little knowledge of military knowledge can see that once the Red Army can connect North China and Northeast China,

The strategic significance of establishing a solid revolutionary base in the Jidong area will be difficult to estimate. Moreover, although Jidong is small in area, it has a population of more than 6 million, which is more than any existing base area. Even conservative estimates are enough to support

One hundred thousand Red Army troops. However, everyone also understands that establishing and consolidating a base area in eastern Hebei is by no means generally difficult. It is even less difficult than the Jiangnan Soviet Area, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Dabie Mountains Base Area, which are recognized as extremely difficult.

The Jidong area is close to the two big cities of Pingjin and Tianjin, and there are railway lines passing through it. After the Japanese army fully invades China in the future, heavy troops will be stationed here. Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan in the east, and Rehe Chahar in the north will also be stationed here.

There were many Japanese troops stationed in the city. At that time, the enemy the Jidong base area had to face (assuming it had been successfully established) was even more powerful than the current Jiangnan Soviet Area, but it was still undefeable. At the same time, the Jidong base area was narrow and densely populated, and it was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Surrounded by strong enemies, there is little room for movement (the Anti-Japanese Alliance is much better), but it is easy for the Japanese army to encircle and suppress them. All the unfavorable conditions are combined. It is no wonder that even President Peng, a historical figure,

The fierce generals who were not even afraid of the powerful American emperor disapproved of the great man's strategy for Jidong.

But a great man is a great man. He insisted that although there were many difficulties in establishing and consolidating base areas in the eastern Hebei region, they were not insurmountable. The Jidong Plain was indeed undefensible, but it had a large population. As long as the Red Army could get the wholehearted support of the local people

With the support of Hu Weidong, combined with the "plain guerrilla tactics" proposed by Hu Weidong such as tunnel warfare, mine warfare, armed workers' teams, and two-sided regimes, it may not be impossible to persist. As for the geographical disadvantage of being surrounded on all sides, it is only temporary, and the Japanese army fully invades China.

In the end, at least Pingjin and its surrounding areas will inevitably fall temporarily. At that time, the Red Army can advance into the enemy's rear and establish anti-Japanese base areas in Pingxi and Jizhong areas where conditions are slightly better than those in eastern Hebei. It will be connected with the eastern Hebei base area. At that time,

It is the Japanese who are afraid of it. The reason why the Red Army does not do this now is because Pingjin and its surrounding areas are still the territory of the 29th Army for the time being, and it is not suitable to take them by force for strategic reasons.

In this regard, Mr. Lin suggested that it is entirely possible to establish base areas in Pingxi and Jizhong first, and then penetrate into eastern Hebei. This would be easier first and then more difficult, and the difficulty would be much smaller. However, the great man who has a clear eye on fire pointedly pointed out that eastern Hebei is close to the key points.

Center, once the Pingxi and Jizhong base areas are established, the Japanese will be alert. It will be difficult to infiltrate into Jidong. If we establish a foothold in Jidong first, then the Japanese heavy troops in North China will be attracted. Our party will establish Pingxi.

It will be easy to get to the Jizhong base area. In addition, the eastern Hebei area is densely populated, but still mainly agricultural. The contradiction between man and land is very acute. As long as the land reform is carried out, it will quickly gain the support of millions of poor local farmers. If you wait until

If we send people into Jidong after the Anti-Japanese War breaks out in full, we will be unable to complete land reform in order to preserve the united front. It will be difficult to quickly win the hearts and minds of the people, and the Japanese will not give the Red Army too much time to slowly promote anti-Japanese and national salvation in the rural areas of Jidong.

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At this time, the great man did not have the prestige that he would later respond to. Everyone disagreed that it was impossible for him to issue orders in the name of the central government without authorization, but he insisted that he was right. At that time, Hu Weidong led his army into North China and unexpectedly

Fengtai seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition and came up with a bold plan to march into Tianjin. After receiving the report, the great man just followed the topic and suggested that Hu Weidong lead his army into Jidong to establish a base. Hu Weidong immediately expressed his support, which made him very excited. This is how it started.

Hu Weidong's status in the minds of great men has further improved, even faintly surpassing many of his close confidants and generals who have followed him for many years...

However, Hu Weidong took on the important task not to flatter the great man, but because he knew that in history, the Eighth Route Army's resistance war behind enemy lines was only after the Jidong Anti-Japanese Base Area was established and consolidated with great difficulty that the previous passive situation was completely reversed.

Switched to a strategic counterattack against the Japanese (Note 1), and in just half a year, the number increased from 500,000 to nearly one million, and the base area expanded greatly. From then on, the Japanese could only retreat to big cities and transportation lines.

The ability to launch major sweeps is gone.

But Hu Weidong also knows that the establishment of the Jidong base area has been full of twists and turns in history, not only because of objective difficulties, but also because most cadres in the party have doubts and are afraid before starting work. How can it succeed? Among them, Hebei

It is even more of a pity that the 100,000 people who died in the Dongda riots had resolutely implemented the great man's decision and taken root in Jidong. Even if they failed in the end, they would have at least caused heavy losses to the Japanese and would not have caused them to suffer the consequences of their mistakes.

The transfer process was worthless and the entire army collapsed, with only a few thousand people evacuated. After the failure of the Jidong uprising, the local people's enthusiasm for the anti-Japanese war was greatly affected, which made the development of the Jidong anti-Japanese base area difficult until

It was only at the end of 1944 that the situation was basically established...

Note 1: Of course, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, many veterans were transferred to Nanyang, which weakened the strength of the Japanese troops stationed in China. However, the two years when the Japanese troops were transferred the most were actually the most difficult period for the Eighth Route Army, which is enough to show that the Japanese troops mobilized troops.

It is not the direct reason for the growth of the Eighth Route Army (in fact, due to the way of fighting, the security division with much poorer equipment is a much greater threat to the Eighth Route Army guerrillas than the elite Type A division.). In fact, it was not until the rectification movement was unified that

Thoughts within the party, the Eighth Route Army began to get out of trouble, and its blowout period was precisely after the Jidong base area was consolidated...

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