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

When the good news came, the Central Committee was greatly excited. Even the great men expressed the hope that the 15th Red Army would stay and consolidate and develop the Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong Soviet Areas (the original Central Soviet Area), but they did not agree with Hu Weidong's idea of ​​leading his troops to leave the Soviet Areas and go north.

In the view of the great man, it is not a wise move to abandon the existing base area with a better mass base and risk crossing the enemy's numerous obstacles to the north where there is no basis. If this makes the mistake of the Jinggangshan base area falling in the past repeat,

That would be so heartbreaking. As for the anti-Japanese issue, even if we want to cooperate with the Nanjing government in the anti-Japanese war, it will be much more advantageous to negotiate with the territory in hand.

But Hu Weidong did not just follow orders, but explained his thoughts with reasonable evidence. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the 15th Red Army was largely supported by ammunition, especially artillery shells, and the combat effectiveness of the 15th Red Army was only supported by the capture of

It is always unreliable. Once the ammunition is exhausted, will the 15th Red Army, which has lived a hard life, be as invincible as before? Hu Weidong does not have much confidence in this, but the 15th Red Army has been transformed.

There are too many "liberation fighters" and there is no time to digest them properly. In addition, they are generally exhausted after continuous battles. Even a big defeat may lead to the defeat of the entire army. Therefore, find a piece of land that can support the 15th Red Army.

In the base area, it is very necessary to give the 15th Red Army an opportunity to reorganize and train.

As Chiang Kai-shek's control over Jiangnan increased day by day, the geographical advantage of the Fujian-Jiangxi-Guangdong Soviet Area in the early 1930s no longer existed. Instead, it was subject to frequent attacks by the White Army because it was too close to Nanjing, making it very difficult to develop.

, Hu Weidong did not dare to hope that in each battle he could obtain a huge amount of seizures that exceeded the consumption. Moreover, due to the long-term war and the massacre by the White Army, the population ratio of the Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong Soviet areas has now been seriously imbalanced, and it is almost impossible to see in the countryside.

At first glance, if you look at young and strong men, they are either women or children or old men. It is very difficult for them to support themselves just by relying on the labor of old, weak, women and children. How can they maintain an army of 100,000?

Because of this, Hu Weidong had to control the conscription ratio to a very low one percent (Note 1) in order to restore the local economy as soon as possible and reduce the burden on the villagers. But if the 15th Red Army continues to stay here for a long time

, the Fujian-Jiangxi-Guangdong Soviet Area will inevitably fall into an unprecedented famine. According to Hu Weidong's estimation, the current Fujian-Jiangxi-Guangdong Soviet Area can only support a maximum of 30,000 standing troops. Therefore, the main force of the 15th Red Army has no choice but to leave and find another base.

The road can be walked.

It is theoretically possible to disarmament or convert it into a militia, but the hundreds of thousands of commanders and fighters of the 15th Red Army have gone through the test of many battles and have gradually become an elite soldier who will survive a hundred battles. Just like this, most of them will be

Hu Weidong was really reluctant to demobilize. Besides, most of the 15th Red Army were "liberation fighters" whose hometowns were spread all over the country. It was okay to let them fight. If they were asked to stay in the Soviet area and farm, it would probably take a few days.

If most of them run away, even if they are willing to farm, they generally won't be happy to be farmers in this foreign land?

Seeing the tragic situation in the Central Soviet Area described in the telegram, the heartbroken great man couldn't help but burst into tears. He decisively gave up his overly optimistic illusions and called back Hu Weidong to support his approach. There were only four words on it - "You are right."

"" Hu Weidong was very moved. In fact, he had an unexplainable reason for doing this. If he stayed in the Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong Soviet areas, the 15th Red Army would definitely enter the New Fourth Army system after the anti-Japanese reorganization in the future, and the New Fourth Army who led the New Fourth Army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War

The Secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau was Wang Ming, who had returned from the Soviet Union. In comparison, Hu Weidong felt that it would be better to go north as soon as possible and enter the Eighth Route Army system to fight the Japanese with peace of mind in the future...

After applying for approval from the central government, Hu Weidong first demobilized some officers and soldiers in the army who were not suitable for combat and had high educational levels. The former were transferred to the Soviet area government or left to work in agriculture, while the latter were recruited into the three universities based on their personal characteristics and the needs of the army.

Someone from the school went to "further study", and the two together totaled more than 20,000 people. Afterwards, Hu Weidong took more than 5,000 local commanders and fighters from the Soviet area from the army, plus nearly 20,000 people who were not healed and could not accompany the main force to form the Fujian-Jiangxi Army.

The Guangdong Independent Division, with Tan Zhenlin as the division commander and political commissar, Chen Tanqiu as the government chairman, and He Huzi, the president of the court who has long decided to stay, should be able to ensure that the tragedy of the expansion of counterrevolutionary suppression will not occur in the Soviet area in the future...

Hu Weidong had his own reasons for this arrangement. It stands to reason that if the main force of the 15th Red Army went north, it should be able to lure away the large Nationalist troops. However, since Chiang Kai-shek still insists that "when fighting against foreigners, we must first settle down" even when the Japanese invaders are advancing step by step.

"Inside", who can guarantee that he will not come with "the bandits must be eradicated first"? So Hu Weidong kept Tan Zhenlin, who had the strongest military ability in the army, so that even if the national army attacked the Soviet area, they would not be able to take it down easily.

As long as the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the Soviet area would be saved. As for keeping Chen Tanqiu, it was because he remembered his death in Xinjiang in history. Hu Weidong hoped to avoid this tragedy...

On May 4, 1935, more than 90,000 people, the main force of the 15th Red Army, and tens of thousands of young students from the three major schools swore to go north in Chong'an County, Fujian Province. They used high-power radio stations to send clear messages to the whole of China, calling on all major forces in the country.

Stopping the civil war and uniting against Japan caused a great sensation. The Red Party's slogan of "anti-Chiang and anti-Japanese" became "forcing Chiang to resist Japan" earlier than ever in history. However, Chiang Kai-shek still insisted that "to fight against foreigners, we must first settle down."

He turned a blind eye to the changes in the attitude of the Red Party, and strictly ordered the suppression of anti-Japanese and national salvation movements in various places, so as not to interfere with his plan of "suppressing bandits"...

Chong'an County was already the territory of the former Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Soviet areas. Long before the 15th Red Army took the oath, the "Northern Fujian Independent Division" that was fighting guerrillas in this area came to join forces. Naturally, Hu Weidong incorporated it without ceremony.

And by expanding the "Northern Fujian Independent Division" with only more than 1,000 people to a brigade of more than 8,000 people, the strength of the 15th Red Army has been further enhanced...

What surprised Hu Weidong even more was that the arsenal in the Soviet area in northern Fujian was still there. Although this arsenal only had more than 300 cadres and workers, it had good technology and equipment and was able to produce rifles, submachine guns, grenades, landmines and bullets. It was necessary

What it means is that bullets are produced rather than reloaded, which is of great significance, and the factory's production capacity is also quite large. It can produce more than 1,000 guns of various types, make more than 10,000 bombs and landmines, and produce more than 3,000 grenades every month.

150,000 bullets...

Note 1: That is, 30,000 mobilized troops, plus more than 100,000 "liberation fighters", thousands of old Red Army soldiers who were gradually gathered, and the 20,000 to 30,000 people who were expanded before and after the Battle of Western Jiangxi. After all the battles,

losses, the current total strength is about 120,000, and there are more than 20,000 wounded soldiers who may recover and return to the army.

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