[**Five anti-encirclement and suppression series 8: The attack of 300,000 Jiang troops against 30,000 Red Army] Staff Officer Xue carefully made to visually show the heroic scenes of the anti-encirclement and suppression war.
The third anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign was the most thrilling of the five anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns. In this anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Chairman ** gave full play to the Red Army's strategy of luring the enemy into depth and its mobile and flexible tactics, and successfully resisted the siege of 300,000 people with a strength of 30,000 people, demonstrating the heroic wisdom and indomitable spirit of the Red Army.
In order to understand the strategy of "borrowing strength to fight with strength" in the "encirclement and suppression", we must first grasp the geography of the Soviet region, which is located in the southern mountainous area east of the Gan River. The topography of Jiangxi Province is mainly hilly and mountainous, and there is a flat land centered on Nanchang in the north, which is the base camp of Lao Chiang's "encirclement and suppression", and its attacks have always been pressed from north to south.
Lao Chiang always listed the ** Soviet area and the Jiangxi Red Army as the primary targets of attack for two reasons: First, the Jiangxi Red Army had the strongest combat effectiveness, and after our head organs withdrew from Shanghai, they settled in Ruijin;The second is that there is a passage from southern Jiangxi to northeast Jiangxi that can go straight out of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Fang Zhimin's troops are still active in the Soviet area of northeastern Jiangxi, which means that if the Red Army and Fang Zhimin's troops join forces and open up the connection of "southern Jiangxi - northeast Jiangxi - Jiangsu and Zhejiang", it will be the situation that Lao Jiang is most unwilling to see.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are Lao Chiang's money bags, and most of the military spending for launching "encirclement and suppression" comes from this. The chairman once proposed that if it was difficult to break the "encirclement and suppression" in Jiangxi, the Red Army might as well leave the Soviet area for the time being, and the whole army should go on an expedition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to open up a new situation, and at the same time send another surprise army to threaten Nanjing and force Chiang's army to return to defense, so that the Red Army would have the opportunity to annihilate the enemy in the movement and would not have to go to Jiangxi all day to attack the fortress.
However, this plan to change homes was rejected by Bogu, a foreigner who returned from the Soviet Union.
To the south of the Soviet area are Guangxi and Guangdong, separated by the Wuyi Mountains. Although most of the Cantonese Guangdong was located in the coastal areas, due to the high cost of rule, Lao Chiang did not send the main force of the lineage army into Guangdong.
Although there were certain contradictions between the Gui faction in Guangxi and Lao Chiang, after the first two "encirclement and suppression" campaigns, the chairman gradually realized that reaching a partial truce with the Gui faction or even uniting their forces against Chiang was an important way for the Red Army to expand its strategic space.
Therefore, the Red Army made efforts to establish contact with the two Cantons in the south, making the enemy less and at the same time making many friends. To the west of the Soviet area is Hunan, and the Hunan and Jiangxi Soviet regions at the junction of the two provinces are active in the Red 6th Army of Xiao Ke, which resists the pressure of He Jian from Hunan for the ** Soviet area.
Fujian is located in the east of Jiangxi, although the terrain is not good, but because Fujian is not fortified, the Red Army can gain valuable strategic depth here. In addition, the Hakka people in Fujian have been excellent materials for serving as soldiers since ancient times, and there is a unit in the Red Army based on the guerrillas of the Hakka people in western Fujian, the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army, which is also known as the "desperate guard division".
The division has a brilliant history, the first division commander Zhou Zikun is the deputy chief of staff of the New Fourth Army, the political commissar is a member of the former committee of the Huaihai Campaign, the second division commander Peng Shaohui and the director of the Political Department Zhu Liang are the founding generals, and the third division commander is the famous Chen Shuxiang.
In the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Red 34th Division successfully covered the crossing of the Xiangjiang River by the Red Army at the cost of almost all the sacrifices of more than 6,000 people in the division.
After the second victory against "encirclement and suppression," the Red Army pursued the victory and launched an offensive on the border area between Fujian and Jiangxi. Chiang Kai-shek learned that the main forces of the Red Army were scattered in the area of Lichuan and Jianning, and he planned to learn the tactics of the Red Army and carry out a surprise attack.
Therefore, a month after the end of the second "encirclement and suppression", he launched the third "encirclement and suppression". However, this "encirclement and suppression" has increased variables, and the Red Army needs to face a more powerful ** army.
In Nanchang, Lao Jiang personally dispatched troops to the last time"Encirclement and suppression"He Yingqin reprimanded:"Didn't you say that you would definitely be able to defeat the Red Army? I was really deceived by you. "
He Yingqin was also very dissatisfied:"Are you embarrassed to say me? Those ragtag armies you sent on the front line neither listened to the command, nor could they fight, and they couldn't help and added to the chaos, and it had nothing to do with me if they were defeated. "
Then, He Yingqin took the initiative to ask Ying, if he could command the ** army, he would definitely be able to successfully defeat the Red Army. Lao Chiang realized that the Red Army could not be eliminated by relying only on the local miscellaneous armies, and if the Red Army was not eliminated as soon as possible, the situation in Jiangxi and even the whole country would deteriorate.
However, the command of the ** army cannot be handed over to others, so now is the time for him to show his talents. Lao Chiang personally formulated a battle plan: to launch a pincer offensive in the northern part of the Soviet area, divided into two routes, left and right"Encirclement and suppression"Red army.
Tactically, Whampoa is a descendant"Encirclement and suppression"The main force, deep into the Soviet zone in search of the main forces of the Red Army for a decisive battle, and the local miscellaneous as a reserve, responsible for consolidating the outer encirclement. He Yingqin and Chen Mingshu commanded 14 divisions of the ** Army on the left and right flanks"Encirclement and suppression"First echelon.
Seven divisions of the Left Route Army were assembled in Nancheng, and seven divisions of the Right Route Army were assembled in Ji'an. Plus the first two"Encirclement and suppression"Arrived at the local troops of the Jiangxi battlefield, the third time"Encirclement and suppression"The total strength reached 23 divisions and 3 brigades, with a total of 300,000 men.
These 300,000 people are not only superior in quantity, but also in quality. Especially in Lao Jiang's ** army, almost all the generals who can be called are here, such as Wei Lihuang, Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, etc., are all in the front line to personally command.
So, for this time"Encirclement and suppression", Lao Jiang set the flag very confidently, if he could not succeed, he would not return to Nanjing.
Drawing lessons from the previous two defeats, Chiang's army adopted the strategy of "gathering heavy troops, dividing the encirclement, and directly attacking" in this "encirclement and suppression." The offensive tasks were all undertaken by the ** army, and the troops of He Yingqin and Chen Mingshu launched a pincer offensive from the north and west, and the troops penetrated deep into the Soviet area in two ways.
If the specific position of the Red Army could not be found, the Red Army was forced to southern Jiangxi and encircled at the junction of Guangdong and Jiangxi. In addition, Lao Chiang also had a small plan, that is, if the "encirclement and suppression" went well, he would go directly south to Liangguang, and by the way, he would clean up Chen Jitang's Cantonese army and Li Zongren's Gui troops.
The encirclement of the outer line was handed over to the local miscellaneous armies of the first two anti-"encirclement and suppression", these troops were like the beacon built by Guan Yu in Jingzhou, once the traces of the Red Army were found, they would call the police in time and drag the Red Army until the ** army returned to help.
* The army also copied the tactics of the Red Army, that is, to fight fast and slow. The left and right ** armies quickly advanced southward, not giving the Red Army time to assemble, and striving to break them down before the Red Army gathered its troops.
During the third anti-"encirclement and suppression" period, the struggle between Chiang's army and the Red Army was extremely fierce, which brought unprecedented pressure to the chairman's decision-making. What are the prospects for the Red Army under the powerful offensive of the ** Army?