In August 1945, the Soviet Red Army sent troops to the northeast, and Li Yunchang, commander of the Jireliao Military Region, led 13,000 troops to the northeast in three ways.
Zeng Kelin, commander of the 16th Division of the East Route, led more than 4,000 people; Zhao Wenjin, commander of the 15th Division of the Middle Route, led more than 3,000 people; the Western Route Army was led by Shu Xing, commander of the 14th Division; and Li Yunchang led 3 regiments and more than 4,000 people directly under the command. From Jiumen, Xifengkou, Chengde, and Shanhaiguan, they marched to the northeast.
The first force to reach the northeast was the 16th Division led by Zeng Kelin.
After some negotiations with the Soviets, Zeng Kelin became a garrison area in Shenyang and began to expand the troops. At one point, the Red Army entrusted the munitions depots left by the Japanese army to their care.
This warehouse is incredible, and the weapons inside can equip more than 100,000 troops. They opened the warehouse and took out a batch of new weapons for use by the newly expanded troops.
Because of this problem, Peng Zhen, Li Yunchang, and Zeng Kelin later suffered great resentment.
Report to Yan'an on the situation in the northeast
After the Eighth Route Army entered the northeast, Britain, the United States and other countries put pressure on the Soviet Union, and the Kuomintang began to create public opinion. The Soviets were ready to hand over Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Jinzhou and other major cities to the Kuomintang and let the Eighth Route Army leave Shenyang. Zeng Kelin disagreed, saying: Only the central authorities can order us to withdraw, and you order us to leave.
Zeng Kelin had no experience in taking over a big city like Shenyang, so he flew to Yan'an with Soviet military representatives to ask for instructions on how to deal with it.
After arriving in Yan'an, he saw Liu Shaoqi, Zhu Laozong, and other chiefs and reported on the situation in the northeast. According to the situation in the northeast, the central authorities have changed the previous strategic principle of "developing to the south and defending to the north" to the strategic principle of "developing to the north and defending to the south," and are ready to send large troops to take over the northeast.
Immediately, Peng Zhen, Chen Yun, Wu Xiuquan and others were sent to the northeast to establish the Northeast Bureau.
Unexpectedly, the situation occurred, and the troops were very passive
When Peng Zhen and others arrived in Shenyang, they began to fully understand the situation and began negotiations with the Soviet army. At this time, Yan'an was preparing to send troops one after another, and Peng Zhen, Li Yunchang and others reported to the central authorities that the troops were currently taking over a Japanese warehouse with a large number of weapons that could arm the troops coming to the northeast.
At this time, the central authorities ordered the Shandong troops and the troops of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army to leave the original weapons and go to the northeast with their bare hands to receive the new weapons. No one expected that the Soviet army was afraid of being blamed, and after a few weeks, it changed its mind and informed Peng Zhen and others that they could not hand over their weapons to the Eighth Route Army troops. This made Peng Zhen, Li Yunchang and others very passive.
The Shandong troops and the Third Division of the New Fourth Army were already on their way to the northeast, but there were no new guns, and the original guns were left behind, so how to fight. People in the troops who did not know the situation were all complaining about Peng Zhen, Li Yunchang, Zeng Kelin, and others.
At this time, Nie Rongzhen, the old chief of Li Yunchang and Zeng Kelin, learned of the causes and consequences of this incident and believed that they were not to blame for this matter.
No one expected the Soviets to rebel, and they reported the situation to Yan'an, and they could not decide whether to advance into the northeast with their original weapons or not, and ordered other troops to come with bare hands.
It can only be said that they were too optimistic about the situation and did not expect such a change in the "big brother" Soviet army, which to a certain extent affected Yan'an's order to leave no weapons.