The Northeast Guomindang Army had long been confused by the slogan of the Northeast People's Liberation Army," train the soldiers well and attack Changchun." It was only when the Beining Road was opened that they woke up from their paralysis and realized that the People's Liberation Army's intention was to point at the Northeast Guomindang Army to harm Jinzhou and close the Northeast Gate. Fan Hanjie, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast's "Suppression General" and director of Jinzhou Command Center, called for emergency. At this time, the People's Liberation Army inside the pass launched an attack on Jinan on September 16, and Wang Yaowu of Jinan also frequently called for help. Jiang then hurriedly ordered Wei Lihuang to organize reinforcements to go out of western Liaoning through Shenjin Road to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, but Wei Lihuang believed that the siege of Jinzhou should be relieved by the troops south of Jinzhou and did not carry out Jiang's order.
Jiang had no choice but to temporarily let go of the northeast and concentrate on commanding the "Jinan Battle." It was not until the fall of Tsinan on September 24 that Jiang hurriedly summoned Wei Lihuang to Nanjing to study the war in Northeast China. When Wei Lihuang passed by Beiping on his way to Nanjing, he said to Fu Zuoyi,"Mr. Jiang has a habit of being obedient. His command of the northeast had made three taboos in the art of war. The art of war says: Do not underestimate the enemy because the three armies are important, do not disobey the masses because of your own opinion, and do not take eloquence as a necessity. Mr. Jiang had committed all three of these. After I arrive in Nanking, if Mr. Jiang insists on his original views and does not listen to the unanimous opinion of the northeast generals, then there is no doubt that he will be defeated.”[TPJiang JieshiShenyangDuzhan.TIF, BBP #][TS(][THT5H][JZ(] Jiang JieshiShenyangDuzhan's Jiyang scene [JZ)][MT][TS)]
On the 25th, Jiang ordered the War Office and Wei Lihuang to study the northeast war. The War Office advocated,"If the 'public army' attacks Jinzhou, the 'national army' should abandon Mukden and go all out to support Jinzhou in order to achieve a decisive victory. At the same time, when the main forces of the enemy and the enemy were engaged in a decisive battle, the garrison of Changchun immediately broke out and headed south. If the 'Gong Jun' was only bluffing at Jinzhou, then the 'Guo Jun' would annihilate part of the 'Gong Jun's' effective strength and destroy the railway before immediately withdrawing to Mukden. At this time, if it was determined that the main force of the 'Gong Jun' was in Liaoxi, Changchun could immediately break out.”
Wei Lihuang insisted on holding on to Mukden.
The next day, Jiang held a war conference at his official residence. Jiang then agreed with the War Department's proposal and ordered Wei Lihuang to "implement it according to this policy." Wei did not agree with Jiang's policy of taking over the war. He advocated that the main force of the Shenyang Army should wait for the reinforcements inside the Pass to cross the Daling River and leave the ditch gang after the siege of Jinzhou and advance to the western part of Liaodong. Only then could the main force of the Shenyang Army go west and join forces with the Dongjin Army. Jiang did not take Wei's advice and asked him to return to Mukden immediately to command his troops out of Liaoxi. "Go back and discuss it with the general in charge before dealing with it," Wei evaded vaguely.”Jiang Lingwei first airlifted the 49th Army to Jinzhou to strengthen Jinzhou's defensive forces. He also sent Chief of Staff Gu Zhutong to Shen Yang to supervise the execution of his orders.
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