...Li Yunlong was extremely happy, because with these newly built mortar trucks, his new second regiment directly became a hot commodity for all parties to grab.
In the evening, Li Yunlong was directly surrounded by a group of people toasting him. The commanders and brigade commanders of each military region, and even his brothers and sisters, all wanted to get some mortar trucks by putting their hands on Li Yunlong's shoulders.
Lao Li finally drank until he was dizzy, but he did not forget to offer Kong Jie a glass of wine even though he was still a bit drunk.
"Lao Kong, I have to thank you for the production of new mortars. Needless to say, as the top leader of Huasheng Company, I, Lao Li, only recognize you!"
Kong Jie is also very happy. With Li Datou attracting the attention of all parties, he will have better cover for the rapid development of his team.
Guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
After visiting all three industrial zones in the Iron Triangle, the group finally visited the arsenal in the Huangyadong area of the headquarters, where they happened to participate in the selection of guns and cannons at the headquarters arsenal.
Another batch of Allied equipment has also been transported to Huangyadong Arsenal. Infantry artillery, mountain artillery, field artillery, howitzers, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns and even heavy artillery are all planned to be finalized, and a group of experts are demonstrating.
In addition, Kong Jie also purchased a batch of American cannons, Soviet cannons, and captured Japanese cannons through various channels, all of which were sent to Huangyadong Arsenal.
They even bought a batch of various types of captured German artillery through the Soviet Union, as well as some artillery equipped by the national army, and sent them all over.
Finally, after a group of generals visited the Huangyadong Arsenal.
Taking advantage of the situation, a military meeting was held in the Huangyadong headquarters - the expanded meeting on the feasibility study of the autumn offensive.
We have seized a lot this year, and more supplies have been added to the troops, and elite field troops have been formed.
As early as after the May Day sweeps, some Eighth Route Army generals proposed.
This little devil's unprecedented raid on our base area has ended, but we can't just take a beating without fighting back, right?
Just in time to take advantage of the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army on May Day, all forces had to seize the time to rest and recuperate, and when they were not yet firm, they took the opportunity to launch a special military offensive in the autumn to expand and further consolidate the results of the May Day anti-mopping up victory.
...after the meeting,
The generals fighting on the front lines unanimously agreed that an autumn offensive should be carried out.
After extensive discussion, we found that Taiyuan still needs to be used as an example.
In particular, Commander Fu's confidants said that their troops had just joined, and there might be Chiang Kai-shek or Japanese spies, and they were willing to pretend to cooperate with the 120th Division troops to march east to the west of Taiyuan City, but they could really act like that to attract the attention of the Japanese.
Mr. Nie said that they are also ready to attack important towns such as Baoding, trying to attract the main force from Zhangjiakou and create opportunities for the troops in the Taihang Mountains to attack Zhangjiakou.
Commander Lu, Commander Chen, and Lao Yang from Northern Henan all expressed their opinions that they would fully cooperate with the Iron Triangle and 385,386 field troops to attack Jidong, as well as southern Shandong, western Shandong and other Japanese core areas.
The deputy commander-in-chief gave the final word: "Comrades, what you said is right. It can be said that it speaks to my heart.
Our troops are getting stronger now, and our equipment is getting better and better, so we can't let him have an easy time. If we give him a good fight in this autumn offensive, if this battle is fought, we can live a stable and prosperous life.
It’s New Year!”
Then at the meeting, the deputy commander-in-chief asked the generals at all levels if they had any additional opinions on the upcoming autumn offensive.
Kong Jie smiled and suggested: "If we talk about the May Day sweeps, we defeated the Japanese army with overwhelming force, causing the Japanese army's plan to stabilize the rear area in North China and concentrate on the Pacific operations to fail.
This gave the Allied countries an unexpected surprise.
If we reveal a little more to the allies, our Eighth Route Army is preparing to launch an autumn offensive, which will further destabilize the Japanese army's rear area in North China.
To cope with the operations of allied countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific battlefields.
Everyone said that from this point of view, if we apply for some special support from the Allies, they can't refuse, right?"
The deputy chief of general staff said with a smile, "Comrade Kong Jie always makes good plans. I think this idea is very good.
Having said that, Kong Jie, what are you going to do with this move?"
Kong Jie said: "Fortress warfare experts and long-range artillery experts are very interesting to me. In the future, they will also be of great use in our fight against the Japanese army.
After all, fighting in these fields is not what our Eighth Route Army is good at.
We learn in advance, develop in advance, and always develop our army into an all-round development and all-round combat force.
In addition, we will apply for a batch of Soviet-made 1931 BM4 203mm howitzers and a batch of M1-type 203mm howitzers from the US military. It would be even better if we could buy two or three more squadrons of B17 bombers.
As the saying goes, if you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. Let's not talk about the development of our current army. In terms of the air force, the aviation force we have developed has also reached a certain scale.
Only in the naval field, we are still blank. I am also interested in the more advanced military submarines of allied countries."
After hearing this, all the generals were stunned.
If it is an exaggeration to say that a lion opens its mouth wide, Kong Jie's move may be regarded as a whale's mouth opening wide.
Then there was emotion.
The independent group, the first team, and Kong Jie have emerged like dark horses in recent years.
Sure enough, it’s not all luck.
Kong Jie has a long-term plan. While everyone is still discussing the development of the army and hoping for the further development of the air force, they are already planning how to prepare for the navy.
After all.
"If we want to become a military power, in addition to the army and air force, we must also have our own navy. Otherwise, we will not even be able to participate in landing operations or battlefields like the Pacific War.
This is not in line with China’s path to building a strong military!”
The generals were thinking about Kong Jie's words in silence.
Commander Fu was even more deeply shocked.
When he came to the Eighth Route Army this time, he really witnessed too much. The powerful air combat power displayed in the Licheng air battle against the Eighth Route Army, as well as the wonderful air combat of the secretly built aviation unit.
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Go to the first team, the new first regiment, the new second regiment, and the advanced industrial production area of Huangyadong Arsenal.
Now, Kong Jie proposed to try to prepare for China's naval development.
The so-called person who does not seek for eternity is not enough to seek for one domain!
These Eighth Route Army generals have far-sighted vision and amazing courage. Have they reached this point?
From this, let’s think about those decadent Chiang Kai-shek troops who are constantly fighting among factions and criticizing each other.
It is clear at a glance which of the two sides is better.
Commander Fu suddenly felt more and more grateful for his decision, and the Eighth Route Army invited him to visit this series of industrial areas, and even invited him to participate in such an important military meeting, which was also a show of sincerity to him.
Finally, before leaving the Eighth Route Army base area, Commander Fu and the Eighth Route Army leaders had a long secret conversation in a secret room.
——Ahem, this may better explain why Commander Fu, who later had more than 200,000 troops, peacefully accepted the adaptation and peacefully liberated Peiping.
You think it’s Lao Fu Dayi, but actually he has already made it up internally hahaha...
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Let’s talk about the other side.
Just as the leaders of the Eighth Route Army were happily visiting a secretly built aviation base, a large number of fighter planes captured from the Japanese army, and new fighter planes purchased from allied countries.
Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, learned that the Eighth Route Army had attacked HD Chengnan Airport and did not sleep all night.
With so many planes transferring continuously for one night, it was absolutely impossible to hide them all in a short time. After Okamura used senior spies to confirm the approximate location of the Eighth Route Army First Division airport.
Finally, it was decided to contact the Kwantung Army and send a long-range bomber force and a secret weapon - a fighter squadron of Zero fighters to assist in the battle. They hunted the Eighth Route Army's Type 1 Falcon and Type 2 Zhongkui fighters, and cooperated with the last strength of the North China Air Force to destroy the Eighth Route Army from HD Chengnan Airport.
The planes we obtained blew up the Eighth Route Army's airport.
The Japanese army even sent an Imperial Army paratrooper death squad and a hard-core mountain forest death squad to parachute directly into the airport after the air raid, completely destroying the airport.
Okamura is busy preparing for the attack.
This can be said to be his last struggle.
Speaking of the Eighth Route Army at the same time, after Kong Jie and other generals captured the Chengnan Airport, they were always on guard against a surprise attack by the Japanese flying troops.
A team has already had a plan to deal with this.
Everyone rushed to the old airport overnight to check the fraud and see if there were any loopholes.
A group of people were at the airport to check on the fake fighter jet's taxiing test. Colonel Doolittle, who was following him, said, "Kong, our latest P38 Lightning squadron has arrived, why not let them participate in the battle?
Instead, let all aircraft enter the aircraft fort and underground hangar, and only the anti-aircraft artillery unit participates in the battle throughout the day?
We are fully capable of replicating another Licheng air battle!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "To temporarily avoid the enemy's edge is not to shrink back in fear of the enemy, but to gain the greatest victory at the smallest cost.
In this May Day raid, the Japanese army suffered a disastrous defeat. In addition, the Japanese air forces suffered heavy casualties in the Licheng air battle. The Japanese commander-in-chief Okamura who planned all this must be responsible for this. I guess this old Japanese army is in his position.
I can't stay here for too long.
The Japanese have always had the characteristics of gamblers.
I think if I were an old devil like Okamura, I would never give up before leaving, and maybe I would even take a gamble.
We will take advantage of his gambler's mentality to dig out the hidden spies and paralyze the little Japanese. Then, when Okamura, the commander-in-chief who knows the situation best in North China, steps down, we can launch the autumn offensive.
Give the Japanese a surprise!"
Doolittle thought for a moment and nodded.
In the Licheng air battle, Kong Jie’s exquisite command is the best interpretation of his ability.
Doolittle was also surprised by Kong Jie's completely unconventional command.
It was obviously an air battle centered around Licheng, but in the end it was a direct sneak attack on the Japanese military airport in Shanghai.
It must be said that Doolittle has witnessed too many incredible and sophisticated tactics among these Eighth Route Army troops.
Kong Jie said with a smile: "As for now, let's study the steps for the Japanese to prepare for an air attack, how to evacuate in an orderly manner after raising the air defense siren, and how the fake fighter jets pretend to take off before the battle!"
Eventually, as time goes by.
Okamura's last-ditch attack begins.
The flying troops of the Japanese army quickly arrived and launched bombings against the fake airport specially built by a team, as well as the fake planes and fake air defense bases.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army's air defense force lurking in the air raid shelters had accumulated rich experience in air combat in the Licheng air battle, and they were even more familiar with it this time.
Until the artillery shells carried by the Japanese bombers were almost wasted on false targets.
The air defense troops quickly moved out of the air defense fortifications and started a confrontation with the Japanese flying troops.
Caught off guard, many Japanese fighter planes were shot down, and because the artillery shells were exhausted, they had to evacuate in embarrassment. Before the evacuation, the airborne troops, death squads, and mountain death squads specially prepared by Okamura were parachuted into the Eighth Route Army base area in an attempt to
The Eighth Route Army's secret airport was completely destroyed.
Until...
These little devils who were not afraid of death hurried to the airport, and then discovered with a look of shock that the entire airport was completely fake, and all the destroyed fighter planes, including some air defense fortifications, were also fake.
The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers who had been lurking around for a long time took the opportunity to take action, so the Japanese death squad really became a death squad.
Together with the many spies and traitors that the little devils used this time, they were all dug out by the intelligence department of the Eighth Route Army.
Finally.
When these little devils of the death squads perished, the only message they sent back to the Japanese command headquarters was: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have fallen into a trap. This is just a fake airport forged by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Asshole!"
The final struggle still failed, and Okamura became angry and roared in the headquarters.
Then a call came from the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, Junroku Hata, asking Okamura to rush to Nanjing for a meeting.
Okamura's heart completely sank. This time he contacted the Kwantung Army privately and did not notify the headquarters.
I thought that in the final struggle, I might be able to regain the game with a victory, but I failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice.
My old face is completely lost!
Soon after, Okamura rushed to Nanjing for a meeting at the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters in accordance with Hata Junroku's order. The commanders of all Japanese theaters were present, and a group of people watched and waited to see Okamura's joke.
There was no surprise. Okamura was scolded, but he still refused to give up. He said that new information showed that the Eighth Route Army had established a steel plant in the Taihang area with an annual output of 10,000 tons of steel. He needed to find a way to destroy the Eighth Route Army's steel plant immediately.<
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The commander of the Thirteenth Army in Shanghai mocked: "Okamura-kun, are you mad?
Ten thousand tons of steel are produced annually. Do you think this steel is a sculpture made of clay?
Or is it because you yourself were fooled so much by the Eighth Route Army that you treat everyone as a fool?
With an annual output of 10,000 tons, the Eighth Route Army doesn’t even have a modern blast furnace. How can it use its mouth to make steel?
I don’t know if the Eighth Route Army can make steel with its mouth, but I think Okamura-kun has this ability. Do you think so?”
After the words fell, a group of people burst into laughter.
Okamura's face turned red, but he was unwilling to give in. He finally struggled and said: "None of you here are more familiar with the war situation in North China than me, and there is no one more suitable than me to command the imperial troops in North China to deal with the Eighth Route Army.<
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The development of Balu in recent years far exceeds your imagination!
This is the most critical time. Once they become completely strong, they will no longer be able to be eliminated.
I, Okamura, have indeed lost battles in recent years, but at this juncture, it is even more important to change generals temporarily. Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I hope that the headquarters can give me one last chance, at least there should be a smooth transition period!"<
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"Are you allowed to continue to lose battles during the smooth transition period and continue to damage the military power of our Empire of Japan?" A Japanese commander sarcastically said.
"You..."
Okamura was furious, but had nothing to say.
Yan Junliu finally shook his head and said, "Let's implement the plan to produce materials on site and let's improve it together."
Then someone took Okamura out and asked him to report to Guadalcanal according to the order of the Japanese Army General Headquarters.
At this point, the era of the cruel executioner, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, and the old Japanese Okamura came to an end...