That afternoon, Gu Zhutong and Wei Lihuang flew from Nanjing to Shen Yang. Passing by Jinzhou, he reported to Fan Hanjie,"The plan has been decided. Let's begin." The so-called "plan has been decided, and we will begin the operation" referred to the 49th division's airlift. When they arrived in Shen Yang, Wei Li Huang brought Chen Tie to his room and said to Han Quan Hua,""This time, he asked me to go to Nanjing. He wanted me to send troops to reinforce Jinzhou.'There's a danger of the entire army being taken care of midway. If he went, he would definitely fail.'Therefore, he specially sent Chief Gu to supervise the dispatch of troops. Zhijian (Chen Tie), quickly go and gather the officers above the commander level for a meeting and guide them to oppose sending troops.”
Chen Tie immediately gathered all the officers above the commander level in Shenyang and said,""The commander-in-chief has returned from Nanking. The president wants him to send troops along the railway to reinforce Jinzhou. The commander-in-chief said that there was a danger of being taken care of midway, and if he went, it would definitely be a 100% failure. The president was very determined to send troops to Jin and sent Chief Gu to supervise the operation. Now, I'll gather everyone's opinions first. What do you think is good?”
That night, Gu Zhutong summoned the senior generals of the Shenyang-area, Liao Yaoxiang, Zheng Tingji, Zhao Jiaxiang, Chen Tie, Peng Jieru, and others for a military meeting to convey the gist of Jiang Jieshi's battle. First, airlift the 49th Army, Zheng Tingji's troops, to reinforce Jinzhou. Second, Shen Yang would send a capable army to attack Jin Zhou and lift the siege of Jin Zhou. Wei Lihuang agreed to begin airlifting the 49th army's aid brocade on the 27th, but he still disagreed with the second condition.
He said," Judging from the situation, the most powerful troops of the People's Liberation Army are currently in the Zhangwu and Xinlitun areas of the Liaoxi Corridor. If they send troops from Luoyang, they will definitely be wiped out halfway. This will fall into the plan of the People's Liberation Army to besiege the city and attack reinforcements. It was already a last resort to send an army to aid Jin by air. It was a mistake to take out the main force of Shen Yang and ignore Shen Yang. I hope to send more troops to Huludao in North China and help Jinzhou from Jinxi.”Wei Lihuang decided to set up a command post in Huludao, with Chen Tie and Peng Jieru as the deputy directors to command the reinforcements.
On the 27th, the 49th Army began to reinforce Jinzhou by air. On the 28th, only two regiments of the 79th Division were transported. Because Jinzhou Airport was blocked by the People's Liberation Army's artillery fire, it could not be transported again.
Gu Zhutong followed Jiang Jieshi's will and pressed Wei Lihuang to send troops to western Liaoning. Wei strongly disagreed, and even pulled Liao Yaoxiang over to explain to Gu Zhutong the advantages and disadvantages of sending troops out of Liaoxi.
Wei Lihuang said to Gu," The President requested that the main force of Shenyang go straight out of Liaoxi, and the enemy troops march along the side. The plan to solve the siege of Jinzhou is too dangerous to implement. This was because the People's Liberation Army was likely to surround the city and attack the reinforcements.”"Commander Liao has been in the northeast for a long time, so he is more familiar with the situation in the northeast than I am. He is also the person who is mainly responsible for carrying out orders. You can ask him and listen to his opinions.”
Gu Zhutong politely said to Liao Yaoxiang,"What do you think? We can talk about it in detail."
Liao Yaoxiang said,"Our main problem now is how to safely and quickly retreat the main force of Shenyang. In early May, when the President summoned us for a meeting in Nanking, he decided to withdraw the main force of Mukden. To safely withdraw the main force from Mukden, our general in charge in the northeast has already discussed two plans.”Liao gave a detailed explanation of the two plans and reasons to Gu Zhutong. He also presented the prepared written plan and action plan to Gu Zhutong.
Liao Yaoxiang said," The 'Gong Jun' in the northeast is likely to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements. If the main force of our Shengyang army goes out of western Liaoning alone before the garrison of Huludao and Jinzhou join forces and advances to western Liaoning, the enemy army will march far away from Jinzhou to pincer the 'Gong Jun' in a pincer attack. There is indeed a danger of being cut off, surrounded, and defeated one by one. Therefore, I especially advocate that we should first go out of Yingkou, and then go north from Yingkou to Dawa and Panshan, and then advance toward Goubangzi and Beizhen. We can use this to strike at the enemy's side and back, and also achieve the goal of attacking the 'Gong Jun' in Jinzhou. If necessary, they could also transport troops from Yingkou to Huludao to directly resolve the siege of Jinzhou.”
Gu Zhutong said," The president's order is not about how to safely retreat the main force of Shenyang. Instead, he wants you to go out of Liaoxi and advance from east to west to pincer the 'Gong Jun' in Jinzhou to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.”
Wei Lihuang interjected,"If we follow the president's plan, it's very likely that we'll send off the main forces of Shenyang before the siege of Jinzhou is resolved." The president has promised me to withdraw the army to reinforce the northeast to open up Jinzhou's traffic. Now is the time.”
Liao Yaoxiang said,"I think that it is very likely that Luo and the others have a plan on paper to send the main force of Shenyang out of Liaoxi to directly solve the siege of Jinzhou. It might not be the president's true intention.”
Gu Zhutong listened carefully to Wei Lihuang and Liao Yaoxiang's opinions and said,"The president's orders cannot be disobeyed. I'm here to supervise the execution of the orders.”But he promised to immediately send a telegram to Jiang Shi.
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