On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender.
The Chinese soldiers and civilians, who had been devastated by the Japanese invaders, heard the news and the whole country celebrated, but they did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek was brewing a new war, and the smoke of gunpowder over the scorched earth that had not yet dissipated would rekindle the flames of war and sweep the whole country.
The seizure of the Northeast did not go well
Soon, Chiang Kai-shek's long-planned civil war began to move, while taking the opportunity of negotiation to engage in "fake peace" in an attempt to deceive Chairman Mao; On the one hand, he secretly asked the Americans for help, and with the help of the United States, he used transport planes and ships to quickly move troops to major cities on a large scale, in an attempt to seize the opportunity in the ensuing civil war.
Chiang Kai-shek's plan had long been seen through by Chairman Mao, and he quickly began to deal with it. Although the troops, weapons and equipment, and the speed of troop transportation were not all advantageous at that time, Chairman Mao stabilized the situation through a series of countermeasures, and even showed signs of taking the lead in some areas.
In the process of the two sides competing for each other, the Northeast region has become an important place for contention. Due to historical reasons, neither the enemy nor the enemy deployed large-scale military forces in the northeast, and it was not until after Japan's surrender that the "race" to seize the northeast began. At that time, the Northeast was controlled by the Soviet Army, and a large number of weapons depots and important cities after the surrender of the Japanese Army were taken over by the Soviet Army that entered the Northeast.
The ideology of the CPSU and our party is not much different, and now that the resources of the Northeast are controlled by the Soviet Army, our army will gain an advantage in the competition with the Kuomintang Army in the Northeast, which was the idea of many people at that time. Even many troops that advanced into the northeast left all their weapons and equipment in the local area before leaving the old base areas, intending to use the arsenal of weapons in the hands of the Soviet army to update their weapons and equipment after entering the northeast.
General Huang Kecheng was one of the few people who refused to leave the weapons of his troops in the area, and his decision proved to be correct, because after our army entered the northeast region, the Soviet army did not open the door of the arsenal in its hands, let alone provide weapons assistance to our army, because Stalin was more inclined to Chiang Kai-shek at that time.
It is not difficult to understand that Stalin would have such a choice, because it is no secret that after the surrender of Japan, a civil war will break out in China. The Kuomintang side, on the other hand, was ahead of our army in all aspects, with more than three times the strength of our army, and Chiang Kai-shek's descendant troops were equipped with a large number of American weapons, and the victory rate in this battle was obviously much higher.
Therefore, on the eve of the outbreak of the civil war, Stalin's choice was in favor of Chiang Kai-shek, hoping to take this opportunity to make friends with Chiang Kai-shek, so that he could ensure the interests of the Soviet Union in the northeast after Chiang Kai-shek came to power in the future.
So, did the Soviet army hate our army? No, although our army's victory rate was low at that time, it was not that there was no hope of winning at all, so Stalin did not completely let our army fall into the situation of "defenseless", but after the arsenal "refused to open" to our army for a period of time, he gradually eased his attitude, successively opened the doors of some of the original arsenals of the Japanese army, and gave some of our weapons and equipment.
Of course, these weapons are not taken for nothing, but include high-level negotiations, material exchanges, and so on. But in any case, our army finally got some weapons and regained its combat effectiveness under the relaxation of the attitude of the Soviet army.
Turn the tide of battle
It's just that this combat effectiveness is obviously insufficient, after all, the Soviet army only opened the door of some of the original arsenals of the Japanese army, but did not provide any Soviet-made weapons, and Stalin's attitude of being more inclined to the Kuomintang army is still obvious.
In this case, our army was unable to occupy the advantage in the face of Du Yuming's troops who followed, so they could only choose the strategy of avoiding their edge and engaging in roundabout tactics, but they were still forced by the enemy army that was pressing forward step by step, and it was difficult to stabilize the position. But at this critical moment, Chiang Kai-shek actually issued an armistice order, and at that time he was even so angry that Bai Chongxi slapped the table angrily, saying that Chiang Kai-shek was "a stupid move to mislead the country".
Chiang Kai-shek hated our army to the core, and how many times did he want to "finish his work in one battle" and solve the problems of his henchmen. Why did he suddenly declare an armistice during the critical period of the struggle for the northeast, giving our army a chance to rest and recuperate? In fact, Chiang Kai-shek was naturally unwilling, but the Americans, proceeding from their own interests, had sent Marshall to mediate many times, but Chiang Kai-shek always refused to give up.
After all, the United States was the one who provided support to Chiang Kai-shek behind the scenes, and Chiang Kai-shek naturally could not give no face at all, so it was only when the situation in the northeast was basically under control and that our army could no longer make any movement, so he decided to sell the Americans a face and ceased fighting for 15 days.
Of course, behind this incident, there is also the unremitting efforts and struggle of our army's top leaders, which led to this armistice order that is related to the turning point of the situation in the northeast. The People's Liberation Army seized this opportunity, quickly adjusted its state, and began to organize counterattacks after gaining a firm foothold in the northeast, and the momentum of the Kuomintang army in the northeast was gradually contained, and even began to be defeated.
"Bobosa"
In October 1946, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army won a hearty victory in the Battle of Xinkailing, directly annihilating the enemy's strength of a division. Such a victory made the Kuomintang army lose face, and the commander of the Kuomintang army in this battle was even more terrified, he knew Chiang Kai-shek too well, Chiang Kai-shek had always loved face, if he took all the responsibility for the defeat in this battle, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape heavy punishment.
It was at this time that he got the news that a soldier had spotted "Bobosha" on the battlefield. "Bobosha" is a Soviet-made machine gun, characterized by a round drum that stores 71 rounds, so it is also called a "turntable gun".
After the First World War, weapon designers in many countries took inspiration from this war, realizing that in close combat, the accuracy of weapons was far less important than the intensity of fire. With the unremitting efforts of Soviet light weapons designer Shpakin, he finally developed the "Bobosha" with a larger number of bombs, and officially distributed it to the Soviet army in 1941, making this gun famous in the world for World War II.
The Soviet Union did not provide weapons to our army, so why did "Bobosha" appear on the battlefield of the Liberation War? There are two main reasons here, one is that after our army entered the northeast, some generals had personal relations with Soviet generals, so they obtained some Soviet-made weapons through this friendship.
The other is that the remnants of the Anti-Japanese Federation once obtained Soviet-style equipment, which has been retained since then, including this "Bobosha".
Therefore, in the course of the battle between the Kuomintang army and the PLA, it is not a problem to occasionally find a few "Bobosha" on the battlefield. But when the commander of the defeated Kuomintang army, in order to evade responsibility, reported to Chiang Kai-shek the reasons for the defeat in this battle, he deliberately emphasized that the PLA was too strong, not that he was too incompetent.
Therefore, the discovery of such a small incident as "Bobosha" on the battlefield was immediately exaggerated by this commander, and even rose to the level of "the Soviet Union's comprehensive assistance to the PLA with advanced weapons."
Originally, this kind of nonsense could easily be found out as long as it was investigated deeply, but Chiang Kai-shek at that time was furious and did not think that the Kuomintang army would be defeated, so he believed this absurd statement and was very dissatisfied with Stalin, thinking that he was an untrustworthy person.
How much did Chiang Kai-shek hate Stalin then? This can be seen from his diary, until after his defeat and retreat to Taiwan, he still believed that one of the important reasons for the defeat of the Kuomintang army was that Stalin supported the People's Liberation Army at that time, and he was never able to let go.