Shadow Spy

Chapter 493: War in the east and busy in the west

After 1947, the war between the underground party and the Kuomintang became larger and larger in China.

What is different from the original history is that this time the Soviet army did not enter the Northeast and the U.S. military did not take a stand to help the Kuomintang transport troops. On the contrary, after the U.S. military defeated the Kwantung Army, it directly transferred the weapons and equipment of the Northeast region and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. To the Democratic Alliance Forces.

In addition, Li Junhao originally planned to send the 121st Army to the Northeast, and even planned to restore its name to the underground party army. However, after contacting northern Shaanxi, an unexpected result occurred - the 121st Army was still under the name of the US military for the time being. Stationed in Qiongdao, not participating in the battle in the north, and then participating in the battle when the battle line unfolds in the south!

In this regard, Li Junhao admires all the great people. This kind of confidence, vision, and courage definitely surpass everyone in the Kuomintang Party. They deserve to win the world!
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After Li Junhao returned to Washington, he mainly worked in the King's Building, occasionally went to the Navy and Land Command, and occasionally attended the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting, and lived a regular life.

Now the sea and land are operating very well. One-third of the troops have returned to the United States, and two-thirds are in the Far East, guarding Ryukyu, Bay Island, Qiongdao, Hong Kong Island, Shanghai, Luda, Qindao, and Tianjin. Door, these are the great gifts he has prepared for New China, but you must watch them carefully.

Because the United States had forcibly occupied these places by land and sea, the Kuomintang was extremely angry, but they did not dare to really fall out with the US military, so the matter dragged on. However, the Kuomintang ambassador to the United States basically submitted a letter of protest to the U.S. State Department every other week, which has become a routine, but with no results.

Originally in China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kuomintang Party communicated with the U.S. Ambassador to China from time to time, requesting the return of these places. However, as the war with the underground party began, it no longer cared about this. Instead, in the minds of many people in the Kuomintang Party, These places are better in the hands of the US military than in the hands of the underground party. It can be considered as self-comfort!

In addition to his own job, Li Junhao also always pays attention to the war situation in China. Now Boss Dai is his man, and the most detailed battlefield intelligence is continuously sent to him, letting him know more than Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. many.

Of course, in this case, Dai Li suppressed all the intelligence about the underground party within the Kuomintang army as much as possible. Unable to suppress it, Dai Li notified Major General Nova Hickman, the new deputy director of the China-U.S. Cooperation Institute, of the information in advance.

Hickman was specially selected by Li Junhao from the CIA and sent to China. He himself was a hidden member of the US Communist Party. Now he was naturally one of his own. He was responsible for informing the underground party of this kind of information and letting the underground party who were undercover in the Kuomintang army Party members who instigate rebellion when they should and evacuate when they should evacuate have basically no chance of being caught.

Because there are many such undercover personnel, Li Junhao does not need to ask people to send intelligence on the mobilization and actions of the Kuomintang troops to northern Shaanxi, which reduces a lot of workload. Of course, some important situations will still change.

With such an intelligence line existing, it is basically impossible for the Kuomintang troops on the front line to win, and even if they want to escape, it will be difficult.
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According to the latest information on January 1, the Lunan Campaign launched by the underground party ended successfully. Its East China Field Army annihilated two enemy reorganized divisions and a rapid column, totaling more than 20 people, in the Yixian and Zaozhuang areas of southern Shandong.

Subsequently, the East China Field Army fought continuously, and conducted the Laiwu Campaign from February 2 to 20. Together with the battles on the southern line and the eastern section of Jiaoji Road, more than 23 enemies were wiped out again. So far, the underground party has occupied most of Shandong Province and parts of central Jiangsu, Huaibei, and Huainan.

When Li Junhao announced this information at the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting, everyone praised the combat effectiveness of the underground party army. You must know that the military aid they received during the previous war of resistance was less than one-fifth of that of the Kuomintang (this is still the case in this world). The proportion of weapons and equipment was less than one-twentieth in the original history). Most of the weapons and equipment were captured in battle, which is not even a little bit worse than the regular army of the Kuomintang...

But under such circumstances, the East China Field Army of the underground party actually won two battles in a row and wiped out nearly 30 Kuomintang troops. It has to be said that it has a strong combat effectiveness!

See the whole thing at a glance! At this time, everyone thought of what Li Junhao said before: The underground party will win!
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In March, the Kuomintang mobilized 3 people from 24 reorganized divisions to form three corps, commanded by Gu Zhutong as commander-in-chief. They adopted a strategy of strengthening depth, moving closer together, fighting steadily, and advancing step by step, and moved forward aggressively. The Shandong Province base area pounced.

The East China Field Army, on the other hand, is flexible and mobile, avoiding the sharp winds, attacking and stopping, looking for opportunities to annihilate the enemy...

At the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting in early April, several generals began to study the situation on the Chinese battlefield again, and the focus was naturally on the battlefield in Shandong Province. Thanks to the accurate intelligence provided by the CIA, they had a very clear understanding of the battlefield situation.

After some discussion, Marshall, who was most proficient in land warfare, judged: The Kuomintang army should win this time. With 45 fully equipped mechanized troops and a steady attack, the attack only had 27 troops and lacked heavy equipment and weapons. The backward underground party troops are basically certain to win.

Li Junhao did not refute him on the spot, but just smiled - he wanted to see what the old man Marshall (67 years old) would look like when the actual results came out two months later?
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On May 5, the East China Field Army won the Battle of Menglianggu, annihilating the Reorganized 16th Division and a regiment of the Reorganized 74rd Division, one of the five main forces of the Kuomintang, with a total of more than 83 people. So far, the Kuomintang's attack on the base areas in Shandong Province has ended without any problem.

After learning the news, General Marshall sighed very much and said: The underground party's troops are too strong and their commanders are capable. They will be the final winner of this war!

Because of his judgment, the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff felt lucky. Fortunately, Pan Sen reminded them that the United States did not support the Kuomintang, otherwise it would be embarrassing now! ——

In late May, White House Chief of Staff and Navy five-star Admiral William Leahy, who felt that he had completed his historic mission, submitted his resignation to Roosevelt and applied for retirement - he was already 5 years old at this time.

Roosevelt respected the old general very much. After trying to persuade him to no avail, he approved his resignation and held a farewell reception for him at the White House...

After Leahy retired, Roosevelt was originally going to appoint Marshall as the new White House Chief of Staff. But at this time, I don’t know if he had discussed it with Leahy. The 76-year-old Secretary of State Hull also submitted his resignation with the same firm attitude. He said that after serving as Secretary of State for 22 years, it was time to step down and spend time with his family...

As a result, two important positions were vacant at the same time, and Roosevelt was a little overwhelmed!

(End of this chapter)