Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 20

Now there are not many soldiers left in Liu Maogong's department, and even the militiamen have suffered heavy casualties, but even so, they still have to hold on and never take a step back. Li Laoshuan does not know how to shoot, and still follows everyone forward with a sickle. . Finally, artillery fire from the reinforcements arrived, and they attacked the main peak of Shangyetai Mountain in one go, annihilating five companies and one battalion.

Zhang Zongxun was very happy and ordered his troops to immediately clean up the battlefield, eliminate the remaining enemies, and continue to hold their positions to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. At this time, Liu Maogong called to ask for instructions on whether to pursue the enemy. Xi Zhongxun told him not to pursue across the border. Then Zhang Zongxun and others reported the good news of victory to the central government.

This victory was hard-won. The field hospital was full of wounded people. Li Laoshuan sprained his waist, which still worried Li Sanwa. After hearing the news, Xi Zhongxun came to visit and thanked him and the people of the township party on behalf of the border region government. Ai Qing, the reporter accompanying the army, read poems about the Battle of Yetai Mountain to the wounded, which filled everyone's hearts with hope and light.

On August 15, 1945, the Emperor of Japan issued the "End of War Edict" until September 2, when the Japanese government unconditionally surrendered. At this point, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended victoriously, and so did the World Anti-Fascist War. In order to seek peace, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others flew from Yan'an to Chongqing. On October 10, they signed the "Minutes of the Talks between the Government and the CCP Representatives" with representatives of the Kuomintang, known as the "Double Ten Agreement." The next day, Mao Zedong returned to Yan'an.

At present, the situation in Northeast China is becoming more and more severe. Gao Gang was transferred to the Northeast region. Mao Zedong was worried about the situation in the Northwest Bureau, so he considered letting Xi Zhongxun take Gao Gang's place. Qi Xin knew that her husband had a heavy burden, so she comforted him to take his time and not to neglect his health all the time for work. The two of them also had to live separately in two places, often spending less time together and more time apart.

Chiang Kai-shek mobilized four war zones, with a total of more than 300,000 people, and launched an offensive posture towards the Xuanhuadian area from the fourth route, in an attempt to separate and encircle the Central Plains troops of the Communist Party. Wang Zhen, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Central Plains Military Region, lurked in the grass with his troops, paying close attention to the movements of the Kuomintang troops, and then reported them to Zhu De. Zhu De, Mao Zedong and others discussed, and Mao Zedong immediately called back and agreed that the Central Plains Bureau should break out to the west.

Li Xiannian, commander of the Central Plains Military Region, told everyone that the current situation is not optimistic, so Wang Zhen suggested dividing the troops to respond. First, it can effectively disperse the enemy's forces and contain the enemy; second, it can fight flexibly. Li Xiannian agreed with Wang Zhen's idea and asked him to lead the 359th Brigade and the Cadre Brigade on the left to coordinate with them and lay the foundation for creating a new base.

On the other side, Mao Zedong and others anxiously called Xi Zhongxun and Wang Shitai and told them that the Central Plains troops had broken through the enemy's blockade and successfully broke through the northern route of the breakout troops. Li Xiannian and Wang Zhenbu had entered western Henan and were moving towards southern Shaanxi. But the problem is that Liu Zhi and Hu Zongnan blocked their troops in front and intercepted them in the back, which brought great difficulties to the troops entering southern Shaanxi.

He Long then announced the central government's decision to let Wang Shitai act as commander of the Shaanxi-Ningshan-Suiyuan Joint Defense Force, and Xi Zhongxun served as political commissar to command the joint defense force and local armed forces to coordinate operations to welcome the Central Plains troops. Mao Zedong said that the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shinsu-Suiyuan Joint Defense Force is under the dual leadership of the Military Commission and the Northwest Bureau, headed by Xi Zhongxun and Wang Shitai, which is conducive to the unified action of the party, government and military, and also facilitates the coordination of local armed forces in joint operations.

Hu Zongnan was also planning this battle, ordering the 61st Brigade of the 90th Division and other units to rush to Jingzi Pass overnight to defend heavily and not fall into the Communist guerrilla warfare. At the same time, Wang Zhen decided to cross the Danjiang River by force, but at this time the troops' food was all empty, and several leaders distributed their food to the sick. Early the next morning, Wang Zhen took everyone to cross the river at risk. Xi Zhongxun also received a call from Mao Zedong and was ready to secretly meet the troops.

Because the situation was urgent, Xi Zhongxun called everyone to a meeting and asked Wang Feng to go south to respond. Wang Feng revealed to Xi Zhongxun that Li Zongren had built a very large national defense project nearby. Every household in the village was on the phone, as if countless pairs of eyes were woven into a big net staring at them. Xi Zhongxun was not afraid. He believed in the people and tried to find ways to arrest them. Seize the enemy's intelligence line and use the enemy's eyes to find your comrades.

The Central Plains troops were very exhausted after continuous fighting and without enough food supplies. Wang Zhen saw the Kuomintang army blocking the road ahead and decided to rush over for everyone's sake. Mao Zedong was overjoyed when he learned that Wang Zhen had ditched the enemy and passed through Zhen'an. He called back and agreed to their next plan, and wrote another letter to Xi Zhongxun, asking them to send several guerrillas and martial arts teams to assist Li Xiannian and Wang Zhen in creating a base. . In the past few days, Xi Zhongxun had received frequent letters from Mao Zedong. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhenbu had changed his direction again, so he had to think of another way to take the initiative.