As the founding marshal of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
And Yan Xishan, in the sixteenth year, served as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army in the north, and was also the famous "soil emperor" of Shanxi at that time.
It seems that two people who are incompatible, but in 1934, for the sake of national righteousness and the survival of the motherland, the two parties cooperated and came together.
In that era of scarcity of materials, it was not easy to fight against strong foreign invaders.
In 1937, the Eighth Route Army led by ** was defeated by the Japanese army in the defense of Datong because of its huge disadvantage.
Just when *** ordered the evacuation of Datong, shortly after the Eighth Route Army arrived in Shanxi, the troops led by ** picked up the ** they discarded on the way to the retreat of the Jin Sui army.
This is simply a long drought for the Eighth Route Army, which has just been defeated because of the ** problem.
But just when the soldiers worked hard to push the train wagon and bring ** back to the camp, the commander-in-chief waved his hand and returned ** to Yan Xishan, which was confusing.
The second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was first and foremost military cooperation.
The national anti-Japanese united front was divided into two directions.
On the northern front, the Japanese invading army advanced rapidly after occupying Beiping, and the battlefields of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the Japanese invaders were transferred to Shanxi.
The ambitions of the Japanese army, which annexed the entire North China Plain, grew and concentrated their firepower with the intention of storming Datong, an important strategic location in the northwestern part of Shanxi, and conquering the entire Taihang Mountains.
In the face of the menacing Japanese army, the CCP hoped that the masses could be completely mobilized to participate in and support the anti-Japanese war in Shanxi.
* Attached great importance to the military strength of the Jin Sui army, which was on the Shanxi side at that time, and hoped to establish an anti-Japanese united front with them.
And the leader of this ** elite Jin Sui army is Yan Xishan.
As the "soil emperor" of Shanxi, Yan Xishan ran a military factory in Shanxi, which was known as the largest first-class factory before the Anti-Japanese War.
From 1920, there are already twenty years of experience.
Yan Xishan attaches great importance to the best equipment of his army, after witnessing the excellent equipment of the Hanyang Arsenal, Yan Xishan increased investment in his own factory, sent personnel to Germany to study, introduced advanced foreign equipment, and hired senior talents at home and abroad.
The famous "American" submachine gun Thomson at that time was no different from the submachine gun made by the arsenal of the Jin Sui Army.
Under Yan Xishan's frenzied investment, by 1930, Yan Xishan's ** factory had a considerable scale, and the production capacity of munitions was one of the best in China.
At its peak, Yan Xishan was able to produce more than 3,000 rifles, 200 artillery pieces, and more than 30,000 rounds of ammunition a month.
Relying on the strong production capacity of the Shanxi Arsenal, Yan Xishan's troops in Shanxi are not only self-sufficient in terms of self-sufficiency, but also able to sell submachine guns to warlords in other places.
Under the threat of the Japanese invasion of Shanxi, Yan Xishan reluctantly accepted the idea of jointly resisting Japan in order to save his power in Shanxi Province and consolidate his rule.
In 1937, the CCP sent representatives and leaders of the Eighth Route Army to Shanxi.
Under the leadership of the office in Jin, a field mobilization committee was established with Yan Xishan.
At this time, due to the huge disparity in combat strength between the Kuomintang army and the Japanese invaders, the Kuomintang forces in Shanxi, the Jin Sui army, ended in a rout in the Battle of Datong.
In September 1937, as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, he took the lead in entering Shanxi and led the Eighth Route Army to advance in the direction of Taiyuan.
The first echelon of the Eighth Route Army, which had just entered Shanxi, took the lead, and under the leadership of the division commander, began to make strategic deployments in the designated area of the operation.
At this moment, when the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were sharpening their guns and knives, they happened to meet the Jin Sui army who was defeated and fled from the defense of Datong.
Although they were defeated and fled in the battle of Datong, the Jin Sui army at this time still looked arrogant.
The leader of the Jin Suijun said in a mocking tone: "Look at you Eighth Route Army, with these broken guns that are about to rust in your hands, and you still want to fight the Japanese!" Run. ”
The subordinates beside him all laughed, and some people echoed: "Ten cannons, our Jin Suijun said to throw them, can you Eighth Route Army?" ”
The deputy division commander didn't want to deal with this group of scoundrels, but after hearing Jin Suijun mention that the guns and ammunition they used were discarded casually, he immediately had a flash of inspiration and asked Jin Suijun with a smile: "Hey brother, your Jin Suijun is rich and rich, and it is not a trivial matter to build a few guns." Dare to ask you those guns, thrown to the **? ”
The leader of the Jin Suijun laughed even more presumptuously when he heard *** ask such a cautious question, "Those, we all threw ourselves into the river." ”
Hearing this, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army clenched the old guns in their hands and were saddened, and they all felt resentful and regretful for the Jin Suijun's violent behavior.
Feeling the sadness of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the leader of the Jin Sui Army said even harder: "Isn't it just a few cannons, what's the pity, let's go back to the camp and get it again." ”
After that, he led the defeated Jin Sui army away.
It turned out that although Yan Xishan's troops were well-equipped in terms of combat experience, in terms of combat experience and ideological quality, Yan Xishan's army could be said to be a complete mess.
Most of Yan Xishan's troops were strong men captured by himself from villages in Shanxi, and most of them would be beaten and fled in the face of the artillery fire on the battlefield.
At this time, the deputy division commander, who learned the approximate location, changed his flattery just now and hurriedly led his men to the river.
The fighters who came to the shore couldn't wait, and some of the fighters with good water nature volunteered to jump into the river and scramble to salvage **.
Unexpectedly, in such a turbulent river, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army salvaged a full 10 cannons, including the new style of the Jin Sui Army.
The deputy division commander *** was keenly aware that there might be more than ten cannons nearby.
So the soldiers searched the surrounding area, and really found a large number of *** discarded by the Jin Sui army, many of which were brand new.
These sophisticated ** are simply a solution to the urgent need for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army whose equipment needs to be updated.
After several hours of searching, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army each had two or three ** in their hands, and they couldn't get the ammunition at all.
**Seeing that the soldiers had all got a new ** that they had never seen before, they were overjoyed and immediately reported to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, who was the first to enter Shanxi, he felt extremely heartache after hearing the news that the Kuomintang army had abandoned a large number of excellent ones.
**Non-stop rush to the unit where *** is located.
Seeing the soldiers holding the new **, they smiled from ear to ear, and ** was happy and sad in their hearts.
But at this time, in the face of such a pair, how to transport has become a big problem.
The poor Eighth Route Army only relied on livestock and manpower every time they traveled, but this is a drop in the bucket for so many ** handling work.
Just when everyone was at a loss, a soldier ran to the frowning *** in a panic and reported that they had found six abandoned train cars at an abandoned railway station nearby.
** Wait for people to smile, as long as you find another locomotive, the problem of transportation ** will be solved.
But when everyone worked hard to move the ** to the train station, they found that there was no locomotive at all.
This made it difficult for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief waved his hand and said in a loud voice to the soldiers: "Soldiers, what are you afraid of without a locomotive, let's push the train back." ”
This sentence made the soldiers stunned in place, and Zhu Qiushui, the commander of the Eighth Route Army, also muttered in his heart, it was really the most outrageous order he had ever heard.
A train of several hundred tons is so heavy, and with a full **, how can it be easily pushed.
Just when many soldiers were still confused, ** strode forward.
When they saw that the deputy commander-in-chief really took his coat back and held the train handle with his own hands, the soldiers knew that *** was not joking.
At this time, the soldiers rolled up their sleeves and pushed the train hard.
**While pushing, he said to the soldiers: "Pushing the train, what's so difficult about this, I think we have gone through the 25,000-mile Long March." With so many of us fighters and only six trains, what is there to be afraid of. ”
Encouraged by the deputy commander-in-chief, the chief soldiers shouted loud slogans and worked hard to make one place, and the extremely heavy six-section train wagons really started slowly.
Seeing the fighters working so together, he laughed heartily and shouted: "Come on, comrades, let's do it again!" ”
The soldiers were deeply inspired, and in the face of this "impossible task", the Eighth Route Army pushed more and more vigorously.
This special train without a locomotive really drove to Taiyuan, which is hundreds of miles away!
The local soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan learned the news, and while looking forward to this batch of excellent **, they all admired the tenacious willpower of these soldiers.
After this batch of ** came to Taiyuan and was sent to the warehouse, every soldier of the Eighth Route Army couldn't hide the excitement and joy on his face.
But after waiting for a whole day, I didn't see this batch of ** delivered to me. The soldiers were very puzzled, where did all these ** go?
Just as the fighters were anxiously waiting for the **.
**The deputy commander-in-chief announced a news that made the soldiers blow up: This batch of ** has been sent for Yan Xishan to take it away.
The soldiers were dumbfounded, and they worked hard to push the ** that the train hauled, and in this way, they gave it to the Jin Suijun who did not lack **.
** straightened out his clothes, let the soldiers calm down a little, and said: "Comrades, I know that everyone is very puzzled by my practice of giving ** to Yan Xishan, but have you ever thought that this ** was originally Yan Xishan, this is not "giving", but returning to Zhao. ”
The soldiers gradually calmed down, and said with a hint of anger in their eyes: "First, soldiers, you all know that our current difficulties are not just as simple as **, as small as a grain of rice, as big as a train, we lack everything, the Jin Sui Army, as a united front, treats friendly troops so contemptively, and the national disaster is at the head, we must set an example and unite as one." ”
Second, now that we have just been established, the appropriation has not yet reached us, if we are greedy and cheap at this time, we leave these **, and the Kuomintang has seized the handle and took the opportunity to cancel the cooperation between the two parties, it is to pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon. ”
Third, I have already told Yan Xishan that if his troops can no longer hold the guns in their hands, next time we pick them up, it will be our Eighth Route Army's. Rest assured, with their Jin Suijun's cowardly virtue before fighting, it will be a matter of time before we get their **. ”
After listening to what *** said, the soldiers suddenly realized his good intentions.
Just a few days after the return, when the troops led by ** continued to hurry, they really picked up the ** left behind by the Jin Sui army and fled.
**Facing the ** all over the ground**, laughing heartily, "Soldiers, take our new ** openly and fight the devil!" ”
And just as predicted, under the invasion of the Japanese invaders, Yan Xishan and his troops were forced to evacuate Shanxi, and the famous Taiyuan Arsenal also fell into the hands of the Japanese, was ruthlessly demolished by the Japanese, and disappeared in this way.
The *** who was born as a military general was thoughtful in the face of major events, grasped the rights and wrongs just right, and successfully let the army in a dilemma at that time get out safely, without falling into the mouth, and couldn't help but respect him.
As the founding father, after learning that the troops had picked up **, not only did he not blindly rejoice, nor did he know what to do, but calmly and calmly commanded the soldiers to carry ** on the train and push it away, and then return ** to Zhao.
**The rich combat experience and profound military attainments are worthy of admiration and learning from today's people.
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