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

While Hu Weidong was working hard on the construction of the Soviet Area in Western Henan, the great men in northern Shaanxi were preparing to launch an eastward expedition to open up a path to resist Japan. Even if it failed, they could use this to expand their red blood and raise funds to improve the current extremely difficult financial situation of the northern Shaanxi base area. Since the Western Henan Soviet Area is now in the southwest of Shanxi, Taizu would not let go of the powerful reinforcements of the Eighth Red Army, and immediately ordered Hu Weidong to send troops to cooperate. After receiving the telegram, Hu Weidong did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent an order to the main force of the Fifteenth Red Army. Prepare to cross the Yellow River north and attack Shanxi, Yan Xishan's base camp.

Hu Weidong learned from the telegram that the current Red Front Army is much stronger than at the same time in history, probably due to the early emergence of "replacement upon capture" and "three checks on complaints" and other unique tactics to transform prisoners of war and enhance cohesion. , with more than 50,000 troops and much better equipment. It turned out that there were tens of thousands of "liberation fighters" transformed from previous battles during the Long March. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, they encountered a mess of combat effectiveness, but the equipment was quite good. The Northeastern Army successively annihilated tens of thousands of its troops, thereby greatly increasing its own strength. It must be noted that in history, the Red Army also killed many units of the Northeastern Army and the 17th Route Army, but later for the purpose of united front Most of the prisoners and captured equipment were sent back, so the strength of the Red Army did not increase much. However, due to the extremely high conversion efficiency of prisoners of war in this time and space, the Red Army was naturally reluctant to put most of them back and only released them. With just a few officers, plus the new recruits recruited from the base area, it is not surprising that the Central Red Army soared to more than 50,000 people...

It is precisely because the overall strength of the front army has greatly increased that the Red Army of the Eastern Expedition, which had only more than 13,000 people in history, has become a powerful force of more than 30,000 people in this time and space. Now Yan Xishan has a headache. Well, you have to know that even the Red Army that marched eastward in history still forced him to ask for help from Chiang Kai-shek. What's more, Hu Weidong's hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are still watching in the southwestern part of Shanxi? Moreover, Henan is now in ruins, and there is a Dabie Mountain base lying across it. In the middle, it was difficult for the Central Army to pass. Historically, the hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops in southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan were gone (due to the emergence of the Eighth Red Army Corps, these national army troops were successively transferred to the south to "suppress bandits". , a considerable part of which has been annihilated.) Therefore, once the Red Army attacks Shanxi, Yan Xishan will not be able to expect Chiang Kai-shek's reinforcements to arrive within a short period of time...

Of course, considering Yan Xishan's deep foundation in Shanxi, even if the Red Army has 200,000 elites, it is impossible to drive him out of Shanxi in one go. However, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in Shanxi, and if you are lucky, you can win a few Every city has made some foreign money, and the industrial foundation Yan Xishan has accumulated over the years, especially the Taiyuan Arsenal, the largest in the pass, makes Hu Weidong salivate...

In January 1936, there was another unexpected surprise. Zhang Fang of Luoyang announced an uprising, adding another 30,000 elite troops to the already strong Eighth Red Army. When Zhang Fang saw Hu Weidong, he immediately bowed and said, "People in the Central Plains are suffering! I haven't had a good day in the past few decades. I have been a revolutionary for half my life, but I can't do anything about it. Instead, I hurt the people of my hometown again and again in the warlords' melee (Zhang Fang was one of the key figures in the Central Plains War). In my heart, You are so ashamed! You have only been here a few months, and the mountainous area in western Henan, which was originally the poorest, has been completely transformed. You are the real revolutionaries!"

"No, Mr. Zhang, you have followed the founding fathers to participate in the revolution since your early years. You have always been a role model for our descendants. How can we deserve such a great gift?" Hu Weidong was very happy in his heart, but he still looked like a descendant.

The respectful look of the elders and this humble attitude undoubtedly further won Zhang Fang's favor, and the reorganization of his 30,000 subordinates became smoother. Even Hu Weidong persuaded him to consider that Zhang Fang's tactics were seriously outdated and he was too old.

He left the military command post and was appointed as the Minister of Human Armed Forces of the Western Henan Soviet Area, and Zhang Fang happily accepted the order...

Most of the more than 30,000 people under Zhang Fang's command come from the grass and green forests, and there are many good players in the world. The officers and soldiers are generally strong and brave in combat. As long as their discipline is improved, they will definitely be the first-class elite troops in the country. Hu Weidong is especially happy.

What is surprising is that many of them are good candidates for special forces and scouts. Therefore, the special forces brigade has established three new reserve teams, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people, and the total number of scouts of the Eighth Red Army has exceeded the 10,000 mark.

, but they are all dispersed to various regiment-level units, and the organization is not as conspicuous as the special forces brigade.

Even though the old and weak were eliminated, Zhang Fang's uprising still increased the strength of the Eighth Red Army by more than 20,000 people, and its political significance is even more inestimable. Zhang Fang is not only a veteran of the Tongmenghui, but also one of the most influential people in the country.

Even he, one of the leading bosses, voted for the Red Party, which naturally caused an uproar in the domestic public opinion. Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he almost ordered an army to attack western Henan immediately, but this was impossible because of the Dabie Mountains.

The road is blocked. What's more, in terms of actual threats, the Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Anhui Soviet Areas in the south of the Yangtze River and the Dabie Mountains Soviet Area, which threatens many important transportation lines, pose a greater threat to the Chiang Kai-shek regime based in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai regions. Therefore, under the dissuasion of Chen Cheng and others

, Chiang Kai-shek finally gave up his plan to march into Henan immediately, and decided to deal with the threats in Jiangnan and the Dabie Mountains first.

Due to the lessons of previous failed encirclement and suppression campaigns, old Chiang Kai-shek learned the lesson this time. He did not make the mistake of dividing his troops into two groups again. Instead, he concentrated almost all the troops that could be mobilized to encircle and suppress the Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Anhui Soviet areas in the south of the Yangtze River, preparing to use the lion

They pulled out these nails one by one with the force of fighting rabbits. In the face of the superior strength of more than 500,000 troops of the encircling and suppressing national army, although the Jiangnan Red Army had more than 50,000 people, it inevitably suffered huge losses. When the situation was most critical,

More than fifteen counties in the Soviet area fell, and the number of regular Red Army troops was reduced to about 20,000. However, it was precisely because of their sacrifices that the revolutionary situation in other parts of the country was able to develop rapidly...

Although Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army also has an air force, it is only the size of a squadron, with only a dozen or so aircraft. Most of them are old goods from the First World War, and few of them are guaranteed to fly, let alone with the aircraft.

The Central Army was compared with the Guangdong Army. Even the current air force of the Eighth Red Army was much stronger than theirs. Therefore, even though Hu Weidong was a little "fearful of well ropes for ten years", he did not worry and personally led the main force of the Fifteenth Red Army to cross from Mengjin.

Yellow River, and quickly easily defeated the Shanxi-Sui army that came upon hearing the news, and quickly established a foothold on the north bank.

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