In the early morning of January 27, 1945, General Su knew that Huang Baitao had reached the end of his life, but Qiu Qingquan's arrival added variables to the battlefield.★ At this time, the Central China Field Army was not relaxed overall, and the pressure on all aspects was very great. Considering that the risks had exceeded the benefits, General Su still decided to withdraw from the battlefield. Later, he recalled: "When our army broke into contact with the enemy, Huang Baitao was still in shock and did not dare to move. After Qiu, the two enemies in the district were attacked by us, they did not dare to advance again. However, our army jumped out and entered the predetermined position to rest as soon as the enemy was approaching. When the enemy found out the position of our army, our army had been resting for a week."

In other words, Huang Baitao escaped by luck. At that time, after confirming that there was no pla around, Huang Baitao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the entire army to move closer to the reorganized 5th Division immediately, which showed that he was frightened.

The only thing that caused some trouble for the retreating Central China field army was Qiu Qingquan. At that time, General Su sent a telegram to the Central Army: "I had already left the battlefield calmly, but because of the robbery of the wounded, I was forced to cover the battle. Because of the few stretchers and the five combat experience, all the enemy planes ran away when they were fired. Except for the five thousand wounded soldiers in the Southern Transportation, the five thousand wounded soldiers in the Northern Transportation had to use various columns, and the field directed the fighters to carry themselves. The troops were very tired, and they had to take care of the prisoners, carry the wounded soldiers, carry guns and cannons, and cover them, which was quite disorderly. The Qiu bandits took the opportunity to pursue us, causing certain casualties in our army."

Qiu Qingquan finally saved a little face for his principal, but compared with the overall situation, this face is simply not worth mentioning.

After the end of this fierce battle, General Su wiped out two enemy reorganized divisions, one fast column, three security regiments, and one regular regiment, with a total of more than 100,000 people at the cost of more than 33,000 casualties, with a total of more than 100,000 people. Among them, they wiped out the 74th Division, one of the five main forces, which was a brilliant achievement.

More importantly, because General Su fought very well, he also brought a reorganized division in Xuzhou, a new brigade, and Huang Baitao's reorganized 25th Division in eastern Henan and other troops to Shandong, greatly reducing the pressure on the Central Plains battlefield. Liu Deng's Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Field Army took advantage of the gaps in the reorganized 25th Division and successfully drilled through the gaps in the enemy, annihilated the 63rd Division of the Third Corps, and liberated Puyang again, allowing Ou Zhen, the commander of the Third Corps who was commanding the battle in Puyang, to flee in a hurry. If we include the previous Battle of the Zhengtai, in just half a month, the shackles were annihilated by nearly 20,000 people, which was an unprecedented defeat!

Of course, it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to reveal his ugly character. In order to stabilize people's hearts and boost morale, the Ministry of National Defense did not mention the annihilated 74th Division, 63rd Division, 65th Division and other troops. They just made a big fuss to capture Huang Baitao's failure to be completely wiped out and promoted the so-called Tai'an victory. Jiang also specially awarded Huang Baitao the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal after the war. In contrast, Qiu Qingquan, who was transferred throughout the entire battle, became a crime. In fact, during the entire battle, the Ministry of National Defense kept slandering Qiu Qingquan around Jiang, and the two letters were very telling. As a result, Qiu Qingquan did not receive any invitation at all at the victory convening ceremony of Tai'an victory.

However, Huang Baitao was quite righteous. When he accepted the Blue Sky and White Sun medal, he said: In this battle, he only fulfilled the responsibilities of a soldier. What really changed the direction of the battle was Qiu Qingquan's timely arrival. However, it was useless to say it. When the old man got angry, the matter was very serious. It directly led to Qiu Qingquan's anger and saying that he had returned to his hometown to recuperate.

Just when Qiu Qingquan was sighing for himself as the Party and the country who was framed by a treacherous minister, the Xuzhou headquarters started a warm (or tragic) victory congress, and also released the "accurate" results statistics, boasting that more than 200,000 bandits were killed and injured, more than 10,000 bandits were captured alive, and 300 million guns, guns, ammunition was seized. Of course, only the Nanjing Ministry of Defense knew how bad the real situation was.

However, the party and state elites at that time were not particularly nervous, because although nearly 100,000 people were lost in Shandong, the reorganized troops in the Jianghuai area could immediately take over the vacant force, and the subsequent battles were not impossible. It was even judged that the Central China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army had lost the ability to continue fighting within at least half a year.

Unfortunately, reality is quite a slap in the face. Just one month later, the Central China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army once again jointly fought the Jinan Battle. Within just ten days, they annihilated the reorganized 96th Army (the 2nd, 84th Division and an independent brigade) and the reorganized 73rd Division and other departments led by Wang Yaowu, director of the Jinan Pacification Office. A total of 3 reorganized division departments, 9 regular brigades, 5 security brigades and special forces units were about 110,000, which made Jinan, which had just been "recovered" for more than a month, change hands again.

Then, just one and a half months later, just as the Lunar New Year was approaching, General Su used the classic siege to fight aid tactics to get a good start on the battlefield in eastern Henan. He first recovered Kaifeng and attracted Qu Shounian to come for rescue. After the battle, he annihilated three reorganized divisions, a reorganized brigade and several security groups. In other words, within less than half a year, the Democratic Party was scrapped in eastern Henan, and Shandong suffered a continuous loss of nearly 40,000 troops, and the situation on the battlefield was completely changed.

This is just the result of the Central China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army (later merged into the East China Field Army). In northern Henan, the Central and Southern Hebei, the Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army and the Shanxi-Cha-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei Field Army also won consecutive victories. The Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Scarce-Term troops were also integrated, hundreds of thousands of troops began to pour into the pass and began a strategic counterattack.

Of course, these are all later stories, so I won’t mention them for now. At the end of January 1945, due to the successive victory in the Chinese War, the Soviet Union was in a good mood. Before, when nearly 30 reorganized divisions of the Democratic Party army were swept into Shandong and Hebei, the Soviet Union was very worried. The difference in the power of the enemy and us was still quite obvious. What if the T-should not hold on?

But I didn't expect that the Communist Party of China was so powerful that it killed nearly 200,000 troops in one month. With such efficiency, Jiang's thirty reorganized troops would not last for a year. And at least from the current situation, the comprehensive attack of the Democratic Party was already powerless. Most of North China and the northern liberated areas of Shandong were saved. The situation was pretty good!

Therefore, the political and political bureau immediately changed fundamentally about the situation in China, and believed that Li Xiaofeng's previous judgment was correct and that the revolution in China was indeed great. However, it was not all good news for the Soviet Union at that time. The Red Army encountered trouble in Türkiye and Yugoslavia.

Let’s talk about Turkey first. After receiving a large amount of US aid in September, Turkey finally recovered from a series of previous crushing defeats. Although it would not have counterattacked, it would not have been in a full passive state like the previous three months. Although the Red Army surrounded Istanbul, its attack on the city of New Roman was not ideal. The Turks were very fierce, and the Red Army did not intend to blow the city into ruins like Berlin, so naturally the offensive was frustrated. This gave the Turks time to mobilize combat readiness in full. More and more Turks joined the army. Within three months, Turkey mobilized about 500,000 people to join the army, and this mobilization continued. If the Soviet Union failed to achieve the battle goal for a long time, it would probably be dragged into a protracted war. At least Huasilevsky had clearly stated to the military and the Commission for Reinforcement.

Turkey was not going well, and Yugoslavia also encountered trouble. Although the Soviet Red Army had basically achieved the purpose of the battle and expelled the Yugoslav People's Army from Kosovo, this did not mean that Tito would surrender. On the contrary, Tito also called on the Yugoslav people to enter a state of emergency and was also expanding its military preparations. Not only for preparations, Tito also sent a large number of guerrillas to Kosovo to harass the CIS peacekeeping forces. Although it did not cause too much casualties, you know, what is the most annoying guerrilla warfare.

In order to solve these two difficult problems, the Political Bureau held a plenary meeting. At the meeting, Sverdlov believed: "We should increase our troops and increase our efforts to force Turkey and Yugoslavia to surrender as soon as possible."

In principle, this suggestion has no problem, but how much troops are added and how much force is increased has caused a lot of controversy. Because according to Sverdlov's intention, the increase in troops will be aimed at eliminating Turkey and Yugoslavia, which is too great. At least Li Xiaofeng does not support this.

Li Xiaofeng believes that it is not realistic to swallow Turkey. The intensity of this hatred is too strong. If this happens, those extreme ysl terrorists will point their finger at the Soviet Union and keep asking for trouble with the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union is not afraid of such minor troubles, it is also annoying to have too many minor troubles, right? What's more, the only enemy of the Soviet Union is the United States. Now is the most important time to chase the United States, and we cannot consume too much energy on irrelevant issues.

As for Yugoslavia, Li Xiaofeng always believed that this was a problem within the communist camp. Although Tito is sometimes quite eye-catching, he can still be considered his own people after all. Even his own people have to be eliminated quickly. This is a bit too much. Moreover, with Tito's urinary nature, it is not easy to slap him to death. How long has this guy been dealing with the Nazis during World War II? Now he has been trained to become an old fry, so how can he kill him at once?

Li Xiaofeng believes that Tito still has to be bothered and fought slowly, and put pressure on him slowly, and should not be too urgent. If the force is too fierce and driving him to the American side, wouldn’t it be worth the loss?

So Li Xiaofeng's suggestion is: "Turkey can increase troops, but a timetable must be set. After controlling the Black Sea Strait, more in-depth large-scale military operations must be stopped. Supporting local anti-Turkish forces is the top priority. The Red Army must withdraw its home in a planned manner. This local war cannot be turned into a full-scale war. Our economic situation is not optimistic. We cannot waste time and money in Turkey during this precious recovery period... As for Yugoslavia, our goal from the beginning was to maintain peace in Kosovo, so military operations cannot cross this boundary. Once the boundary is crossed, the form of war will undergo fundamental changes and will become an imperialist war of aggression. Comrades do not annex Yugoslavia, which will have a bad impact. Our task is to make Tito give up the extreme and unequal bloody national policy, rather than fight to occupy the private land of his neighbors like a robber!"

Sverdlov naturally disliked this tone. For him, only by starting a full battle can he realize his ambitions for the World Revolution. It is really unhappy to hold on like someone. But what is more embarrassing is that his opinions are never mainstream. For example, on the Yugoslavia issue, there is always an important voice in the political bureau that is not to fight with Tito. After all, everyone is a systematic one. Even if Tito does not do anything to satisfy the Soviet Union on some issues, it is understandable from the perspective of Yugoslavia. Tito cannot be beaten to death with one blow, and he should be given a certain opportunity. Now that military operations have proven that Tito cannot surrender, it is time to negotiate and resolve disputes with political means.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofeng believes that the current time is not the time for negotiation, so this voice cannot control the decisions of the political bureau, otherwise Sverdlov would probably be even more embarrassing.

After several hours of discussion, the Political Bureau finally decided to send an additional army to Turkey to capture Istanbul as soon as possible. For Yugoslavia, only one or two infantry divisions will be added, mainly to control the situation in Kosovo, and must not cross Kosovo to attack the Yugoslav People's Army. Of course, Kosovo's Red Air Force will also be strengthened, so that the air force will undertake more surveillance and strike tasks.

Sverdlov was naturally dissatisfied with this result, but he had no choice but to do anything about it. Another person involved, Tito, also felt awkward about this result. Of course, he was not looking forward to the Soviet Union's increase in troops and a big fight. He was not that stupid. With the strength of the Yugoslav People's Army, he really wanted to start a full battle. Head-on combat was definitely not an opponent of the Soviet Red Army, and he could only deal with guerrilla tactics. Although the Yugoslav People's Army has rich experience in guerrilla warfare, this does not mean that Tito was willing to sacrifice his best to fight the Soviet Union.

Tito is a very practical person. The reason why he sang against the Soviet Union was that the Soviet Union hindered Yugoslavia's international interests and even touched the core interests of Yugoslavia. He had no room for compromise and concessions, so he could only force his own strife. But resisting hard does not mean that he had to fight with the Soviet Union. Tito's idea was to let the Russians retreat in the face of difficulties and could fight with the Russians in part, but starting a full war would mean to be a death.

Tito doesn't want to commit suicide. He hopes to give the Soviet Union a certain blow to let them know about Yugoslavia's determination to preserve Kosovo. Then he resolves the problem through negotiations. Now, the Russians have neither started a full-scale fight, nor said they are ready to leave, which will keep the armed conflict between the two sides going on. This can be said to be the worst result. If consumed for a long time, although the Soviet Union will be very uncomfortable, Yugoslavia will not feel good either. Now is the time to rebuild its homeland and resume production. With such a fight, what else can Yugoslavia talk about restoration and development?

Moreover, if this conflict becomes infinitely long, it is very likely that Kosovo's independence will really lead to Kosovo's independence. If the Soviet Union is angry and truly acknowledged Kosovo's independence, the trouble will continue for a longer time. Maybe it will be a bloody conflict of dozens or hundreds of years. This is naturally not what Tito wants to see.

But what made Tito very embarrassed was that at this time the initiative of war or harmony was no longer in his hands, so he asked for peace and surrendered to the Russians? There was only one result, and he would inevitably recognize the so-called autonomy of the Kosovo Albanians. He understood this routine too well. Today is autonomy, and tomorrow is independence. Tito would never agree to this point. What's more, Kosovo's autonomy may cause a chain reaction. If the Albanians want to be autonomous, whether the Ke tribe should be autonomous, and if the Ke tribe is also autonomous, will the Serbs and Mu tribes follow. Everyone has autonomy and Yugoslavia, it's a big deal!

So Tito was really a headache. He was fighting here, either, not fighting or not, and there was no result that was beneficial to him. At this time, he was really confused.

When Tito was most confused, the troublemakers jumped out again. The Americans condemned the Soviet Union's barbaric invasion of Yugoslavia and Turkey, and called on people around the world who love peace and freedom to support Yugoslavia and Turkey to the end.

Of course, it would be normal for the Americans to make such a statement just by saying this, but please note that the Americans then said: "Tito is a good friend of the American people, and the American people will always stand on Tito's side! We believe that Tito will become a bridgehead for Southern Europe to fight against the barbaric expansion of the Soviet Union!"

Well, the meaning of the following words is completely different. From a diplomatic perspective, it seems that this is suspected that the United States and Yugoslavia are wearing pairs of pants. It is completely suspected that Tito has surrendered to the United States and is ready to act as a lackey to the United States to block the Soviet Union. This is absolutely necessary for the Soviet Union. If you are more domineering, you can beat Tito up without saying a word.

So there is a key question now. Did Tito really surrender to the Americans? The answer is naturally no. Tito could neither surrender to the Soviet Union nor to the United States. If he wanted to ensure the independence of Slavic, this principle must be equal.
Chapter completed!