August 15, 1945, was a day destined to go down in history!
At noon on this day, Emperor Hirohito of Japan officially broadcast to all of Japan, expressing acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation, unconditional surrender, and an end to the war.
On September 2 of the same year, the Japanese parties signed the instrument of surrender and began to submit it, and the Chinese government also sent He Yingqin to accept the surrender of the Japanese army invading China.
Yan Xishan
It is just that at this juncture, Japan has not forgotten to give play to his villainous nature, and vigorously tempted He Yingqin to retain a part of the Japanese army to help him suppress the Communists. But at this joint, Yan Xishan jumped out and disrupted the Japanese plan.
Today's Brief History Archive will tell you about the story of Yan Xishan's absorption of the Japanese army to fight a civil war, but was defeated by Xu Xiangqian.
Yan Xishan absorbed the Japanese army
At the beginning, it was said that the Japanese side was not satisfied after submitting the instrument of surrender, so it found an opportunity and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army invading China, Okamura Ningji, proposed to He Yingqin:
"There are still 300,000 Japanese troops in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in central China, and it is recommended that they not surrender their weapons for the time being, and that they be led by myself and under the unified command of your commander to help the Nationalist army encircle and suppress the communist army."
This is simply Sima Zhao's heart!
He Yingqin
Although He Yingqin is not a too positive figure, he will not agree to such an unreasonable request in the end. Moreover, the people of the National Government are not fools, and Japan's move is intended
"To make a comeback with the help of the Nationalist army and to ensure the preservation of Japanese power"
Such wolf ambitions were decisively rejected.
However, at this time, Yan Xishan came out to adopt this opinion, and he wanted to take these Japanese troops under his command. And there's a reason he did it.
First of all, at that time, Shanxi was completely independent in terms of political economy and resources, and coupled with the operation of Yan Xishan, Shanxi was one of the largest provinces in the country at that time, and it was fully capable of consolidating this part of the Japanese army.
Photo of Yan Xishan
In addition to the external conditions, the most important reasons for Yan Xishan's absorption of the Japanese army were:
He wanted to use the Japanese army to achieve his goal of opposing the People's Liberation Army.
Yan Xishan, as a generation of tyrants, is not unable to see Japan's ambitions, but in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yan Xishan was deeply shocked by the battlefield style of the Japanese army, and he himself was also a defeated general of the Japanese army, so he better understood the strength of the Japanese army.
There were even rumors that Yan Xishan had made a big fuss:
100,000 Chinese soldiers, not as good as 10,000 Japanese soldiers.
On August 15, after the surrender of Japan, Yuan Quanxin took the initiative to defect to Yan Xishan, which made Yan Xishan suddenly unclear about the situation, coupled with the so-called slogans of the Japanese army
"Surrender only to Yan Xishan, not to the Eighth Route Army"
More and more, Yan Xishan swelled, and he just nodded his head in agreement.
More than half a month after Japan's surrender, Yan Xishan held a fake appearance
"Ceremony of Surrender"
With the acquiescence of Yan Xishan, a large number of Japanese troops entered the Shanxi territory.
Gradually, Shanxi's political, economic, cultural, intelligence and other major institutions began to infiltrate the Japanese power, refusing to complete statistics, at that time there were more than 12,000 Japanese in Shanxi, after several reorganizations, these Japanese forces gradually developed into Yan Xishan's right-hand man.
It was not until after the beginning of the Liberation War that the United States found that there were traces of the Japanese army in Shanxi, so it put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek helplessly put pressure on Yan Xishan, which reduced a lot of Japanese people, but even so, Yan Xishan still left nearly 2,000 remnants of the Japanese army, and later formed a provisional independent tenth general brigade, the captain is Yuan Quanxin.
Although there were less than 2,000 japanese soldiers, this group of Japanese soldiers was the elite of Yan Xishan's elite, and its combat strength far exceeded all of Yan Xishan's troops, and its field combat ability, mobility ability, and spiritual will were first-class.
Soon, this Japanese army unit was sent to the battlefield by Yan Xishan to fight the People's Liberation Army to the death, even though this Japanese army unit was extremely high quality and difficult to deal with, but Xu Xiangqian was not afraid at all, in the face of this group of sinners who committed murder during the invasion of China, Xu Xiangqian only said one sentence: As long as the Japanese prisoners are captured, they can not live.
Xu Shuaili Ke Yan Laoxi
In 1946, the Kuomintang gathered heavy troops to move in the Liberated Areas of the Central Plains, and the Shanxi battlefield was naturally not spared.
At that time, the situation in the Shanxi battlefield was extremely severe, the main force of our army did not have much confidence in internal operations, and many troops had no combat experience in large corps at all, so Chairman Mao sent Xu Qiang, a disciple of Shanxi, to shanxi to fight.
Xu Xiangqian
On the eve of leaving Yan'an, Chairman Mao specifically approached Xu Xiangqian to talk, and Chairman Mao said bluntly:
"Yan Xishan is still very powerful in Shanxi, and it is very slippery to fight wars, and this old warlord is not a person who is easy to deal with."
Xu Xiangqian was not impressed, and said to Chairman Mao with a smile:
"I still know Yan Xishan's little skill, and I have a way to deal with him."
Although Xu Xiangqian's men were not experienced strong generals, Xu Xiangqian adhered to the strategic principle of "learning war in war, and strong soldiers in war", and forcefully brought this unit into a super strong unit with the ability to conquer the city.
Chairman Mao oil painting
The liberation of Yuncheng greatly shook Yan Xishan's confidence in holding the fortified city, so Yan Xishan also began to use the remnants of the Tenth General Brigade to fight the People's Liberation Army.
I have to say that Xu Shuai had a good plan, and did not confront Yan Xishan hard at the beginning, but chose to strike from the side, directly breaking Yan Xishan's psychological defense.
After the liberation of Yuncheng, Xu Xiangqian did not rest, and then launched an attack on Linfen, and then directly took Linfen, Xu Xiangqian
"Bring out the steel troops who are good at attacking tough problems"
The reputation of the army was suddenly threatened.
Then came the Battle of Jinzhong, when the wheat was ripe and it was the harvest season, and Xu Xiangqian guessed that Yan Xishan would definitely organize an army to harvest grain and replenish reserves, which was the best time to annihilate the enemy in the field.
Therefore, Xu Xiangqian used a ruse to create the illusion that the main force of our army was going to retreat westward at Fengling, but in fact he entered Jin from the east and west flanks to engage in field warfare.
Yan Xishan was indeed deceived and did not notice that Xu Qianqian's troops were coming, so a part of Yan Xishan's troops were directly annihilated.
As soon as the gate opened, Yan Xishan retreated to the Area of Taigu Yuci with his troops and the Tenth General Brigade composed of Japanese troops, and it was also here that the most tragic battle in the Jinzhong Campaign began, and the Tenth General Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was good at field combat, met the People's Liberation Army.
When the enemy saw each other, his eyes were extremely red, and Xu Xiangqian was not soft-hearted, sending his strongest Linfen brigade and several other units to encircle and suppress them, and the soldiers under his command heard that they were going to fight with the Tenth General Brigade composed of the Japanese army invading China, and they were also particularly excited, and they were not afraid of the impending difficulties, and they took the initiative to ask for battle.
At the pre-war mobilization meeting, Xu Shuai told the troops:
This Japanese army headquarters in Yan Xishan was extremely stubborn, and had committed heinous crimes in China. Today, we want him to pay his blood debt! If necessary, you may not take live captives.
The participating troops were highly excited, and all of them charged forward in a state of desperation, and the Japanese army also launched a stubborn resistance, but it was still advanced by our army to the village. The two armies then engaged in fierce street fighting.
One of the soldiers, leading the way, rushed into the command post of the Tenth General With dozens of grenades, directly blowing the enemy headquarters into ruins, and the Tenth General Headquarters was paralyzed.
Our soldiers took this opportunity to enter the village to search for the Japanese army, and once they found that all of them were stabbed to death without leaving a living mouth, but some soldiers still lost their lives in close combat, but in the end it was ephemera that shook the tree, and the Japanese position was reduced one after another.
In the Battle of Jinzhong, most of the Tenth General Brigade of the Japanese Army collected by Yan Xishan was annihilated, and the remnants found an opportunity to escape back, and also used poison gas bombs in the Battle of Taiyuan to inflict great damage on our army.
However, after the liberation of Taiyuan, the remnants of the Japanese army were still captured by our army, and this time there was no mistake, and they were directly hanged, but it was a pity that those soldiers who were wounded in the Battle of Taiyuan were killed.
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