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The fall of Benxi is likely to seriously affect the ongoing Siping defense battle-later generations call it the second Siping battle.

On April 1946, 4, the national army attacking Siping came into battle with the mobile defense force of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, and it has been a month since then.

The national army first attacked with the New First Army and the 71st Army. The New First Army attacked from the south along the Shenyang-Siping railway line; the 71st Army cooperated on the West Road.Lin Shuai's response was also flawless. The field troops first launched a short counterattack against the New 38th Division and the New 50th Division of the New First Army in Xinglongling and Chaoyangbao. Lin Biao immediately turned his main force to the west, specifically to deal with the 71st Army whose combat effectiveness was a whole level lower than that of the New Army.An entire division of Admiral Mosaic's 71st Army was destroyed, and even half of the 1mm American howitzer battalion was seized.After the national army was frustrated, they became more cautious. Seven divisions marched in groups. At the end of April, they finally reached the Siping city and surrounded the south and southwest of Siping.

But Du Yuming also understands that there are only 7 divisions and they only surround Siping on both sides, so it is impossible to win Siping.If we want to win Siping, we need to increase our troops, and if we want to increase our troops, we must solve the second and third tier cities occupied by the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army in Liaoning, so that we can draw out mobile forces to invest in the direction of Siping.Benxi, which is only tens of kilometers away from Shenyang, became Du Yuming's primary goal.

Du Yuming sent 6 people, including the New Sixth Army, to attack Benxi. Benxi's Cheng and Xiao troops had 5 people, and they were not isolated and helpless, but kept in touch with Lushun and North Korea. Let Siping buy a lot more time. On May 5, Cheng and Xiao reported to the central government, determined to stick to Benxi. On May 1, the central government sent a telegram to express their appreciation, but on the same day, Benxi was lost.

There are four formal participants in the conference room: Chairman, Commander-in-Chief, Vice Chairman Liu, and Commander Ye.

Although Commander Ye has only been back in Yan'an for a month, he has already started working because he can't rest.In the end, Army Commander Ye adopted the chairman's suggestion and acted as a staff officer before serving as the commander of the field force.One is to be familiar with the current situation and tactics of our army, and the other is that Yan'an is really short of people now...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, when 55th was awarded the title, the generals of our army were like clouds and the stars were shining brightly, but this was not the case in Yan'an in 1946. The Seventh National Congress was held in 45. After the meeting, most of the representatives and committee members returned to the bases to prepare for the next action.Two (later) marshals went to the Northeast, and there were two in Shandong. In the Central Plains, Liu Shuai, Jinsui Kitchen Knife Commander, and North China Commander Nie... This is not counted. Because of the KMT-CCP ​​peace negotiations, Vice Chairman Zhou has been sitting in Chongqing/ In Nanjing, Ye Shuai was stationed in Beiping, and the two didn't return to Yan'an until early 47.So now in Yan'an there are only the Chairman, Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Chairman Liu, and President Peng, and President Peng often has to go out to manage the troops.

The lack of manpower is not the key, the key is the loss of a chief of staff—later Ye Shuai.Looking at the telegrams between the Central Committee and the various base areas from 1946 to early 47, we often found rounds of verbal wars between the Central Committee and the Northeast Bureau and the East China Bureau.Of course, the spirit of seeking truth from facts and the tradition of democracy within the party ensure that the right party always convinces the other in the end.But now Ye Canzuo is in a war of words with the generals of the national army in Beiping. It is not a problem that Yan'an lacks a chief of staff. The quantitative analysis, judgment and deduction of the battlefield situation and the strength of the enemy and ourselves must be done by one person.

So Commander Ye took charge of the staff work in Yan'an.

How does it compare with the later Chief of Staff Ye?Well, the efficiency is not high enough, because Commander Ye spends a large part of his time getting familiar with our troops.

"Are there 30 field troops?" "Oh! To form a special column!" "Oh! All the tanks have been seized!" "What! We got three Japanese 3mm heavy howitzers? There are also four ten Cannon?"

However, after all, he started his military career from Sun Yat-sen's side. He experienced the Northern Expedition of the Independent Regiment, the Nanchang Uprising, and the New Fourth Army's War of Resistance.Now that a month has passed, the number of times he uttered "Oh! Oh!" in surprise has become less and less, and he has been able to accurately analyze, judge and deduce the information reported to Yan'an by various bases.

"Chairman, according to the current situation, it is difficult for Siping to stick to it." Commander Ye raised his head and said after combining a large stack of telegrams and materials, clearly marking the situation in the Northeast on the map.

The chairman and the commander-in-chief looked at the map on the table in silence and did not speak for a moment.

"Cheng and Xiao fought with the attacking troops of the national army on May 5, and abandoned Benxi City on May 1. It can be seen that there was no fierce battle with the main force of the national army. Therefore, I judge that the combat effectiveness of the two armies participating in the attack by the national army is almost the same. If there is no loss, we can immediately go to the next stage of the battle, which is to gather troops and quickly go to Siping along the railway line from Shenyang to participate in the siege. When the two armies of the national army arrive at Siping, our army will face the new army, The New Sixth Army, the 5nd Army, and the 3st Army, the four armies have more than 52 troops, and two of them are the All-American Armed Forces. If we insist on defending Siping, our army may suffer extremely serious losses in Siping." Commander Ye ticked off on the map Out of the blue line from Benxi-Shenyang to Siping.

"At the beginning we said that we should stick to Siping and turn Siping into the Madrid of the East. There are two main considerations," said the commander-in-chief. Looking at these places now, on April 4, we have liberated Changchun, and we already have a piece of land in the north of Northeast China. Second, we stick to Siping and wait for Marshall's mediation and a new armistice agreement. At that time, the two sides will be on the spot Ceasefire. But the analysis of the last meeting of the Central Committee shows that we have less and less hope that Marshall can really mediate."

"The failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign cannot be repeated." The chairman replied after hearing what the commander-in-chief said.

"If you are determined to give up Siping, you have to think about it as a whole," said Vice Chairman Liu. "Siping's grassroots organizations, commanding agencies, stored food and ammunition supplies, and the wounded and sick must be evacuated first. These must be carried out as soon as possible."

In history, in the second battle of Siping, our army actually suffered only 8000 casualties in the early defense and city defense operations, and caused nearly 7000 casualties to the national army. However, after withdrawing from Siping, Xiao Zhuge's The pursuit all the way caused more than 2 casualties and separations of our army, almost three times the casualties in the Siping defense battle.

"We can still strive to fight based on Siping for a period of time to kill and injure the vital forces of the national army, but we must make preparations for retreat, formulate the retreat route, and determine the retreating cover troops. On the front line from Siping to Changchun, a part of the troops will pre-establish multiple routes. The line of defense, blocking the national army layer by layer, so that our slow-moving personnel columns and material transportation teams can safely withdraw." Commander Ye said, "But it is necessary to emphasize and remind the northeast again. The mechanical army has a lot of motorized equipment. Even if it leaves the railway line, its marching and attack speed within the battle range is much higher than that of the national army on foot. Like the information I have in hand, I don’t know if the Northeast Bureau has the same , they should read it too. Wait... the author is Tang Hua? Is that Tang Hua who can modify armored vehicles and sing with me?"

Chapter No.16, The Rebirth of the Red Agent

"Is that Tang Hua who can modify armored vehicles and sing with me?"

"It's him," Vice Chairman Liu said. "This Tang Hua is very good at military technology research and intelligence collection. We got in touch with him when he was in the Kuomintang-controlled area."

"Then he now...?" Commander Ye asked.

"Huo Huo," said the chairman, "Tang Hua is still your fellow Cantonese. He is a liaison officer in Yan'an, not our party member, but he has helped us a lot by coming here."

"That's it." Commander Ye nodded, "Let's talk about the situation in Siping. The Northeast Bureau and Lin Luoliu's calls are very clear. We also need to form a unified opinion here. What should we do in the next stage of Siping? "

"Is it still possible to increase troops to Siping?" asked the commander-in-chief.

"At present, the strength of our army in the Northeast is approaching its limit," said Commander Ye. "At present, only the 359th Brigade in North Manchuria can continue to invest in the defense of Siping. This brigade captured Changchun on April 4. Now it has finished its rest early and can go south. In addition, the Nanman troops in Benxi should not have suffered too serious losses when they withdrew from Benxi. However, among the nearly 18 troops of our army in Benxi, there are only about 5 field troops in the third column, and the rest They are all local independent troops. They can defend the city, but they cannot attack... Benxi gave up too quickly, which made us too passive! The position of the three verticals is not good either. The big bend avoids the control area of ​​the national army, even if they are ordered to act immediately, they can only block or even chase and delay Liao Yaoxiang's attack."

"Only one more brigade can be invested..." Commander-in-Chief and Vice Chairman Liu fell into deep thought.

"We had placed our hopes on Marshall's mediation, but now the hope of signing the armistice agreement is getting smaller and smaller," the chairman finally said, "We once planned to hold Siping to occupy a foothold, but now Changchun, Harbin, and Jilin have all been taken. Or it’s about to be won, since we already have the territory, don’t fight for the gain or loss of Siping. Xiyi, let’s draft the telegram according to the opinions we discussed just now.”

Commander Ye quickly sorted out the opinions just now and drafted a telegram, and the four people who attended the meeting signed it and sent it overnight.

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Siping.

After 12 o'clock, it should be the early morning of May 5, but the headquarters is still brightly lit.Lin, Luo, and Liu were either meditating or pacing in front of the map, each applying solemnity.

The telegraph in the corner of the headquarters beeped, and the telegraph operator began to receive the message.Lin, Luo, and Liu immediately turned around and stared at the telegraph operator receiving, copying, and decoding.

"Report! The Military Commission is calling!"

"In view of the rapid fall of Benxi, the national army will have heavy troops going north to Siping in the future... The central government agrees in principle with Lin, Luo, and Liu's telegram on the 5th...to kill and injure the vital forces of the national army, but it must be prepared to retreat and formulate a retreat plan Route, determine the cover troops to retreat..."

Lin, Luo, and Liu at the headquarters were refreshed.

The Central Military Commission and the Northeast Bureau reached a unified opinion!

"Chief of Staff Liu, record the adjustment of my command and deployment," Lin Shuai stood up as soon as he finished reading the telegram, "The 3th and 8th Brigades of the 10rd Division will continue to maintain the defense line against the 71st Army. , to establish a blocking line of defense in Dadingshan, Zuizi, and Caijia Town. The 2nd, 7th Division, and 1st Bao Brigade continued to stand firm in Siping, and the 1st Division retreated to Wangjiadian and Wangjiatun as a mobile line of blocking defense. Troop strength. The special vertical heavy artillery is preparing to establish a second artillery position at Gongzhuling, and is ready to withdraw here to support the first blocking line of defense. The 359 brigade will pass Shuangqingshan in the early morning, so they stop on the spot and establish the second The first line of defense. There are two lines of defense above, and the fortifications need to be completed within a week. 3 vertical... If the 3 vertical still listens to my command, let them pass from Benxi to Liaoyuan and arrive at Xifeng, where they block the approach to Siping National Army reinforcements."

After finishing the order to adjust the deployment in one breath, Lin Biao glanced back at the map hanging on the wall, and added the last sentence, "If 3 Zong arrives in Xifeng, Weiyuan Fort west of Xifeng is the most likely The place where the New Sixth Army encountered. It is necessary to establish a defensive position here."

Because the Central Committee, the Northeast Bureau, and Lin Luoliu unified their opinions earlier, the Siping Defense War——the second phase of the second Siping War deviated from history.Our army in Siping made preparations for retreat earlier, the headquarters and logistics materials were transferred in an orderly manner in advance, and two blocking lines were established in Dongliaohe and Shuangqingshan to block the national army pursuing after the capture of Siping.

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On the same day.

When the four chairmen stayed up all night in the meeting room, in another cave in Yan'an, the most famous red agent, Pan Hannian, sat on both sides of the long table with Director Zhang of the Social Affairs Department of the Northwest Bureau, and Zhou Director of the Security Department, conducting inspections. The last step of the procedure.

Pan Hannian hasn't slept well these days, and Minister Zhang and Minister Zhou also have bloodshot eyes. They are similar to Pan Hannian in the past few days, and they are also busy around the clock.

"Comrade Pan Hannian, regarding your private meeting with Wang Jingwei, the organization has already made an investigation report." Minister Zhou said, "Today, we will briefly inform you of what you should know and announce the decision on how to deal with you."

"In September 1937, Comrade Pan Hannian served as the director of the Shanghai Office of the Eighth Route Army, and then withdrew to Hong Kong. During this period, Comrade Pan Hannian instructed Yuan Shu to accept Du Yuesheng's introduction, and then gained Dai Li's trust and became the major general leader of the Shanghai District International Intelligence Team of the Military Control Bureau. ..."

"Under Yuan Shu's introduction, Comrade Pan Hannian established contact with Eiichi Iwai, the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, as 'Hu Yueming' to obtain information..."

"Yuan Shu leaked the information that 'Hu Yueming' was Comrade Pan Hannian in a conversation with Iwai Eiichi. The organization has conducted an investigation on this incident, and the results will be announced later."

"In the autumn of 1939, Comrades Pan Hannian and Liao Chengzhi established contact with Li Shiqun with the consent of their superiors..."

"In April 1943, in order to spy on the Japanese army's plan to mop up the New Fourth Army's base areas, Comrade Rao Seshi, the political commissar of the New Fourth Army and secretary of the Central China Bureau, sent Comrade Pan Hannian back to Shanghai. Immediately, Comrade Pan Hannian and Li Shiqun met. Hu Junhe accompanied Pan to Nanjing Li's house, and learned that Li After going out to meet Wang Jingwei, Pan and Hu immediately drove to Wang's mansion. Under Li Shiqun's insistence, Comrade Pan Hannian agreed to meet Wang Jingwei."

"About the details of Comrade Pan Hannian's meeting with Wang Jingwei, the contents of his conversation are as follows..."

"After mobilizing various information channels and confirming and corroborating with multiple sources, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Security Office have decided to trust Comrade Pan Hannian's self-reported details."

Pan Hannian listened attentively to Minister Zhou's reading of the investigation report—in the previous words, the word "comrade" was always behind his name, and some of the parties involved no longer had these two words.Pan Hannian's body was trembling slightly, and tears were about to flow from his eyes.

"...Comrade Pan Hannian's work on the underground front has been outstanding and effective, and he has contributed to the revolution. However, in the private meeting with Wang Jingwei, due to his arrogance and arrogance, he made the mistake of aggressively advancing to the left, which gave our party's united front Work and public opinion work caused losses. After committing the above mistakes, Comrade Pan Hannian was able to take the initiative to admit, actively cooperate with the investigation work, and try his best to recover the losses suffered. Therefore, the organization decided..."

"Give Comrade Pan Hannian a one-year probation in the party, and revoke all current party positions. During the period of probation in the party and dismissal, arrange for Comrade Pan Hannian to go to the Moscow Military Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Union for further studies and studies."

Chapter No.17, Light and Confident

Tang Hua didn't figure out what happened that night until a few years later.Because Tang Hua rescued a plane, there was one more person in the meeting of the Military Commission; because there was one more person in the meeting of the Military Commission, a different decision was made than before; because of this decision, the Northeast Bureau redeployed the battle of Siping ;Because of the deployment adjustment in the second stage, although the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army paid 10000 casualties in Siping and the two lines of defense behind it, there were no other accidental losses, and it caused 12000 casualties of the national army; because the two lines of defense The offensive of the national army was delayed. On June 1946, 6, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an agreement on the temporary truce in Northeast China again, the national army was still chewing on Lin Shuai's second line of defense in Shuangqingshan...