The PLA's strongest combat power Fourth Field , the original Si Renxuan was not Lin Biao? In 1945, someone recommended three candidates to Chairman Mao, including Lin Biao, Chen Yi and Xu Xiangqian. So why did Lin Biao, who had been away from the battlefield for seven years, become the final candidate?
1945, the War of Resistance Against Japan came to an end, and the Japanese invaders retreated step by step. The dawn of victory in the War of Resistance for the whole nation had begun to appear. Just as the people were excited and looking forward to the arrival of victory, Chiang Kai-shek began to have bad thoughts again.
originally had close cooperation with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was interrupted by Chiang Kai-shek again. He began to refuse to recognize all our troops, and even canceled the "troop number" in a self-indulgent manner, and put on a face of issuing orders, as if he regarded himself as the greatest hero and ruler of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and began to be arrogant.
The purpose of the veteran is to erase the outstanding contributions made by our army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, take all the credits for themselves, steal the fruits of victory in the Anti-Japanese War, and gain greater support across the country and even around the world.
Faced with this situation, our army wanted to avoid its edge and try our best to avoid war. After years of fighting, the land of the motherland has long been full of scars, people's livelihood is dying, and all walks of life are in a state of disrepair, and urgently need rest and restoration.
In the international community, both the United States and the Soviet Union opposed Chiang Kai-shek's civil war at this time, and the consensus of the public was also against the internal struggle at this time.
Therefore, the ambitious Chiang Kai-shek did not attack the first time, but he still used the power in his hands to continue to fight and coerce our army. Not only did he dominate the opportunity to accept the Japanese surrender, but he also relied on his naval advantages to take over foreign power and began to build large-scale momentum for the war.
Although our army's idea was to try our best to avoid civil war, the visionary Chairman Mao still considered all possibilities at the first time. As early as the War of Resistance Against Japan was about to end, the great men were already considering our army's retreat and future development trends. Chairman Mao believes that our army's future strategy should be to advance north to defend against Chiang Kai-shek who has occupied the south. As long as we can master Northeast region , our army will have backing, and at the same time, we can actively develop the army with our vast land and cooperate with our compatriots who are still fighting in various provinces.
The great men also have far-reaching considerations for the selection of the Northeast region. First of all, our army has been conducting guerrilla warfare in the Northeast region for several years. They have been fighting in the difficult battlefield behind enemy lines, making great contributions to the national anti-Japanese war, rescuing countless people in the Northeast from the fire and preventing them from oppression and massacre by the Japanese invaders.
This gives our army a very deep mass base in the Northeast region. The people are willing to support our actions and cooperate with our army in carrying out their work. Therefore, even if it is not for strategic considerations and for the sake of local people, we should also go to the Northeast region to help our compatriots.
What's more, the guerrilla warfare that has been engaged in many years of quarrels with the Japanese aggressors has allowed our army to form a large number of strongholds in the Northeast region, and the bases behind enemy lines are scattered. Our soldiers are very familiar with these strongholds. Once they accept the Northeast, they can complete the defensive layout in a very fast time, which has very high tactical significance.
Just as the great man was thinking about our army and China's future strategy, Chiang Kai-shek made an unexpected move!
As early as the eve of the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek had already begun to dominate the anti-Japanese merits and provoke civil war to occupy the whole country. The great man was also thinking about our army's strategic plan. Taking over the Northeast first was the first step.
On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito published the armistice edict in the form of a radio, and Japan officially announced its surrender, and the War of Resistance Against Japan ended with the victory of our country.
The whole country was filled with joy, celebrating the arrival of this dream-loving day. The Chinese people finally drove away the Japanese invaders who invaded the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland, and the whole country was shrouded in a jubilant ocean.
However, while people from all walks of life, men, women, and young people celebrating together, the situation across the country is turbulent and undercurrents. Chiang Kai-shek is plotting to break the close exchanges and cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, thereby occupying the fruits of victory and even the whole of China.
Japan surrendered Not long after, the great man received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek. After reading it, Chairman Mao couldn't help but say "Okay".
The content of the telegram was that Chiang Kai-shek invited us to Chongqing for negotiations and negotiate on post-war matters.
At that time, many people believed that Chiang Kai-shek had a ulterior motive. Due to the attitude of the United States and the Soviet Union to prevent our country from immediately breaking out of civil war, he pretended to be eager for cooperation. In fact, it was just a means of delaying time for the preparation for the civil war, and his heart was punished.
But the great man insisted that he had to go to Chongqing to hold talks with Chiang Kai-shek for two reasons.
First, although Chiang Kai-shek may have other plans, as long as he is willing to sit down and talk, instead of taking action at the first time, that is a good thing. As mentioned earlier, our army hopes to try its best to avoid the outbreak of war, so that the land that has been trampled by the Anti-Japanese War can rest and recuperate and allow the people to live and work in peace and prosperity.
Second, no matter what Chiang Kai-shek's purpose is, we must participate in this meeting, because if we refuse, it will give Chiang a reason to start a war and leave an image of unwilling to cooperate in the whole country and even the world. This is something we must not accept.
Therefore, in the end, we chose to attend the Chongqing meeting and try our best to win a proper result for the people of the whole country. But at the same time, our army did not surrender and left the initiative to Jiang Jiang in full.
On August 29, 1945, the 43-day Chongqing negotiations began. At the same time, the Soviet Union will send troops to wipe out the remnants of the Japanese Kwantung Army entrenched in the northeast, and according to the previous relevant agreements with our ministers, the Soviet army that completed the military operation will all evacuate from the Northeast before December.
According to the strategic plan for the great man to advance north, this is the perfect time for our army to enter the Northeast. To this end, our side began an unprecedented large-scale transfer and mobilization, and more than 20,000 military cadres secretly moved to the Northeast under unified command.
These cadres assume the important role of strengthening the defense facilities of the Northeast and coordinating most of our army's strength in the Northeast region. Therefore, the order issued by our army is to march desperately and arrive in the Northeast one day earlier, and have one more chance of winning.
can only be said that a great man’s vision is worthy of being clever. He saw early on that as long as our army controls the Northeast, it will have a solid revolutionary foundation!
But during this period, an accident happened suddenly. Lin Biao, who was supposed to arrive in the northeast with the large army, disappeared along the way!
In 1945, Lin Biao was ordered to rush to the Northeast and took over the Northeast region in full while the Soviet army withdrew in December. Unexpectedly, he suddenly disappeared on the way to move forward, and there was no news.
In response to this, the senior management sent two urgent telegrams to ask about where he was going, and one letter was even sent by a great man himself, which shows the seriousness of the situation.
The reason is that the situation in the Northeast region has changed too quickly. Lin Biao encountered a series of changes during the transition, resulting in losing contact.
On October 28, Lin Biao arrived at Jinzhou . After a short rest, he arrived in Shenyang the next day. He held a meeting with local cadres and began to discuss and accept work in the Northeast.
But at this time, the Soviet Union suddenly changed its mind, changing the previous "first come first served" fair plan, and proposed that the National Army would be allowed to enter the Northeast five days before the Soviet army retreated to take over the defense.
The sudden rebellion caught our army's cadres off guard. Many national troops that had been incorporated by our army heard the news and became "fencemen" and rebel with their guns.
The number of these troops reached more than 8,000 people, and nearly 5,000 guns were taken from our army's arsenal, causing great unrest.
At this time, Lin Biao began to show his general's style. He began to break up the remaining troops of our army into small-scale troops, integrate into the masses, vigorously develop grassroots forces, and then stalemate with the rebels, which was also the reason why Lin Biao was temporarily "missed".
As for why Lin Biao was selected to serve as the commander of the Fourth Field Army in the Northeast, the senior management actually made strict considerations.
First of all, the candidate for the Fourth Field Commander must be a long-standing general who can defend such a large area and not be at a disadvantage against powerful enemies.
Secondly, this person must be smart, extremely agile, have strong adaptability, and can make the most reasonable judgments in an instant when he has not received instructions.
The general that the great man originally valued was Marshal Luo Ronghuan. His excellent ability to control the situation and battlefield experience were definitely able to take on this important task.
But at that time, Marshal Luo Ronghuan had commanded many major battles, and his fatigue day and night had caused him to suffer serious roots and was no longer suitable for running around. What's more, Marshal Luo also had an extremely important task: command our army to organize naval forces.
Liu Shaoqi stood up at this time and recommended three candidates to the great man, namely Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yi and Lin Biao. These three are the leaders in the army who can command the battlefields of hundreds of thousands or even millions, and are the top candidates of the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Field Army.
Xu Xiangqian has extremely rich experience. He has independently hosted the battlefield in North China for a long time and gained an advantage. He is an extremely talented general.
, and Chen Yi, not to mention, is one of the most prestigious and prominent fighter jets in our army. He even cultivated top military talents like Su Yu . You can imagine how terrifying his military capabilities are.
But after thinking about it, the great man finally determined Lin Biao as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Field Army, for two main reasons.
One of the reason is that the forces in the Northeast were complicated at that time, and the Soviet Union was in power and was considered the actual controller. Lin Biao had his experience in studying in the Soviet Union and was able to play a significant role in consultation.
The second is that Luo Ronghuan's troops in the Northeast and Huang Kecheng's troops are closely related to Lin Biao's former troops, 15th Division, which facilitates the development of work. In addition, the terrain factors in the Northeast region are similar to those of Lin Biao's previous command, so he is the commander and has an experience advantage.
Therefore, the great man finally decided to appoint Lin Biao as the commander-in-chief of our army's fourth field to go to the northeast.
The Fourth Field Army later became one of the most powerful military forces of our army, which also proved the strategic vision of the great man.
