During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yan'an was the base camp of the Communist Party's anti-Japanese resistance and led the vast battlefield behind enemy lines throughout the country.
Under the leadership of "it", the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were haunted and attacked everywhere, stirring up the Japanese army's anxiety and uneasiness. The Japanese army hated it to the bone, and repeatedly gathered troops to carry out "sweeping", and the number of troops increased more and more at one time. In 1941, there were nearly 30 "sweeps" of more than 10,000 people in North China alone. And the sweep below 10,000 people is even hundreds of thousands.
The Japanese army's "sweeping" of the front line was so frequent and vigorous, but it rarely attacked Yan'an in the rear, and the number of troops used was very small compared with the "sweeping". This makes people curious and confused!
Northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, where Yan'an is located, are separated by only a Yellow River, and it is not difficult for the Japanese army, who are accustomed to the sea and familiar with China's mountains and rivers, to cross the past.
In March 1938, the Japanese army that invaded the northwest of Jin sent more than 2,000 people, carrying more than 20 cannons, to the east bank of the Yellow River in a menacing manner, in an attempt to cross the Yellow River in the west. More than 10 planes also came to cheer and flew around on the west bank of the Yellow River.
The Japanese first bombarded the west bank with artillery for a full 3 hours, after which the brigade of men and horses rushed to the ferry port and began to cross the river.
Just as the Japanese troops were scrambling to board the ship, the West Bank suddenly came alive, and countless machine guns roared with anger, spewing out tongues of fire and mercilessly licking at the Japanese troops who were getting on the ship. The Japanese army was like being cut sorghum, and fell into the river.
The first western crossing of the Yellow River by the Japanese army was thus defeated by the Eighth Route Army.
Later, the Japanese army attacked several times, but they were all defeated by the Eighth Route Army, which was waiting for a strict position on the west bank. The Eighth Route Army even crossed the Yellow River and chased after the Japanese army.
With the growth of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the Japanese army attached more and more importance to "Yan'an". Hideki Tojo, known as the "war maniac", was still a minister of war, he listed "Yan'an" as the number one opponent, and always wanted to get rid of it quickly.
However, although the Japanese army was obsessed with "Yan'an", it never had the idea of a special attack. Each time, they hit the northwest or southwest of Jin, and sent some people to cross the Yellow River in the west. Once they were beaten back, they retreated in a hurry------ far from being as persistent as "sweeping", and the number of people sent was not as tens of thousands as "sweeping", the maximum was 7 or 8 thousand.
Since the Japanese army is obsessed with "Yan'an", why is it not like "sweeping" or attacking Changsha and Hengyang, investing tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops, at one time to take Yan'an in one fell swoop. In this way, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army on the anti-Japanese front lost their command and fell into the embarrassing situation of being leaderless and fighting for their own sake. The Japanese themselves could also completely get rid of the scorched "rear security" and thus transfer the millions of troops placed in the rear to the frontal battlefield or to the Pacific, where the troops were extremely tight.
In fact, it is not that the Japanese army does not want to, but that he simply cannot.
The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army have a very special skill, that is, to sprinkle beans and become soldiers. The three divisions of the Eighth Route Army sent to the anti-Japanese front, with a total of less than 50,000 people, blossomed everywhere in the rear of the Japanese army, took root everywhere, and their numbers swelled rapidly. For example, in the anti-Japanese contingent in Jin-Cha-Ji, the initial combat unit consisted of only 1 regiment and 1 battalion, with a total of about 3,000 men. But a year later, it grew into 31 regiments, close to 100,000 people, and more than 100,000 local militias were armed.
In addition to Jin-Cha-Ji, there are also the Daqingshan and Taihangshan base areas, and other small base areas have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
These base areas have Daqingshan, Jin-Cha-Ji, and Taihang Mountains as the main fortresses, and other small base areas scattered among them as small fortresses, forming an overall anti-Japanese ring array. It formed a huge encirclement circle for the Japanese army in Shanxi, a huge defensive line for the Japanese army outside Shanxi, and a long-distance defense position for the distant Yan'an.
After the main force of the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River in the east, the troops remaining in Yan'an were very small, and only about 15,000 people were combined with the local security team, which was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army's left-behind corps.
Although the strength of the Eighth Route Army's remaining corps was small, it was not really scrupulous when the Japanese army attacked Yan'an. What made the Japanese army jealous was the huge Eighth Route Army in Daqingshan, Jin-Cha-Ji, Taihang Mountain and other places.
The Eighth Route Army had a strong sense of national responsibility, took it as its duty to expel the Japanese invaders, did not have any compromise with the Japanese army, and would bite the Japanese army as long as it had the slightest chance.
Once the Japanese army attacked Yan'an on a large scale, north China would certainly be empty. At that time, the Eighth Route Army would not be polite with the Japanese army------ would immediately fight a big fight, hit the nearby, and hit the nearby if it didn't.
Think of "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong hit a small County of Ping'an County, and as a result, the surrounding Eighth Route Army followed suit, disrupting the entire northwest of Jin.
How spectacular was that, and how did it scare the Japanese!!!
If the Japanese army attacks Yan'an, the whole north China region will fight, and the Japanese army will not even be able to keep its old nest.
Such is the case with a nationally responsible army, which at any time makes the opponent afraid, even if it is thousands of miles away from the opponent------ when India was going to fight the People's Liberation Army, MacArthur, who was far away on the other side of the Pacific, was surprised: "They must be crazy, they even fought with Chinese"!
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