A group of senior officers of the new regiment looked at the map.
Deputy leader Zhang Dabiao analyzed:
"The Japanese have deployed three divisions in Shimen City and Zhengding area, the Japanese 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division."
"The 40th Division and the 56th Division have been defeated by our Eighth Route Army, and they are the two divisions that need to be replenished."
"The combat effectiveness is naturally inferior to other second-level divisions."
"But this 11th Division is one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army. It only participated in the Battle of Songhu in the early days of the war. Almost all the soldiers are veterans and elites, so they must have very strong combat effectiveness."
As soon as Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, several deputy captains nodded slightly.
Apparently Zhang Dabiao's words were recognized by them.
"Can the Japs of the 11th Division withstand the fighting power of several of our heavy-armed combined battalions?"
Wei Dayong's tone was disdainful, and his fists clenched loudly. He had long wanted to fight.
"With up to three combined battalions, we can defeat the 11th Division."
"But we can't be careless. After all, this is the Japanese's fully-organized Class A division."
Zhang Dabiao glanced at Wei Dayong and then said.
The fighting style of Wei Dayong and his troops was brave and indomitable, while Zhang Dabiao appeared more cautious.
Of course, this is not to say that Wei Dayong is brave and reckless, but his style is more biased towards a certain one.
To be able to be the deputy commander of a new regiment, everyone must have the ability to lead troops, be brave and diligent, be good at command, fight with bare hands, have superb marksmanship, strategic thinking, etc.
But the protruding points of each person are different, just like a hexagon, the protruding points of each person are different.
The tactical styles of Lu Yingjun and Zhang Dabiao are closer to Li Yunlong, equivalent to a hexagonal commander.
Li Yunlong said:
"The total strength of the three Japanese divisions is 50,000 to 60,000. Our total strength exceeds 150,000. Our strength is about 2 to 3 times that of the Japanese, and our firepower is at least 20 times that of the Japanese."
"We can definitely fight more boldly in this battle."
"But there is some truth in what Da Biao said."
"This time, Boss Chen didn't provide us with much information, so as not to capsize the boat in the gutter."
Li Yunlong stared at the map for a while and then said: "If we want to completely annihilate the Japs, we must first surround the Japs and cut off their retreat."
"Captain, this is not easy to handle."
Wang Dehou stared at the map and said:
"Shimen City and Baoding areas are both plain terrain. The Japanese can break through from any direction. Without 200,000 to 300,000 troops, it is impossible to encircle them."
Li Yunlong nodded when he heard this. Wang Dehou's analysis was correct.
His eyes dropped, staring at the map with a thoughtful expression.
Except for the east side, Shimen City and the Zhengding area are almost all plain terrain. The Japanese only need to give up their baggage and heavy weapons to break through from all directions.
This kind of plain terrain is not like mountainous terrain. There are very few roads in mountainous areas. Sometimes, you only need to send troops to guard a few intersections to cut off the enemy's retreat.
But you can't do this on plain terrain.
Li Yunlong guessed that Okamura Neji must have also known that the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division could not form the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
If the Eighth Route Army's offensive was too fierce, Okamura Neji would definitely order these three divisions to retreat to Baoding or the Pingjin area.
Although Li Yunlong had a cavalry unit the size of a cavalry division and a tank unit the size of a tank division.
But it is still difficult to catch up with tens of thousands of Japs on the run.
"How many main forces are there in the brother troops of the Central Hebei Military Region?"
Li Yunlong raised his head, looked at Chief of Staff Wang Dehou and asked.
"The current main force of the Jizhong Military Region is about 80,000 people."
Wang Dehou replied.
The main force of the Jizhong Military Region suffered a total of more than 4,000 casualties in the last battle against the Japanese at Niangziguan.
But the Jizhong Military Region not only avenged the Japanese raids and killings of the Eighth Route Army and ordinary people, but also made a fortune.
On the one hand, Li Yunlong reimbursed the weapons and ammunition consumed by the fraternal troops of the Jizhong Military Region in the battle.
On the other hand, all the seizures on the Niangziguan battlefield were returned to the Jizhong Military Region.
After the Jizhong Military Region gave the new regiment 50,000 elite militiamen, Li Yunlong gave cannons and some weapons and ammunition from an artillery regiment of the Jizhong Military Region.
The Jizhong Military Region has a large territory, a large population, abundant food production, and hundreds of thousands of militiamen alone.
If the Jizhong Military Region is given hundreds of thousands of sophisticated weapons and equipment, the Jizhong Military Region will immediately be able to draw out hundreds of thousands of main troops.
Of course, by expanding so many troops at once, the combat effectiveness of the troops cannot be guaranteed, and their quality will vary.
However, the newly expanded main force of more than 20,000 in the Central Hebei Military Region has been strictly trained. The other ones are also the main force. In the past, they were poorly equipped, resulting in insufficient combat effectiveness.
Now that the troops' equipment has improved, and with the airdrop of supplies requested by Li Yunlong, there will be no problem in defeating a dozen Japanese divisions.
"Commander, what do you mean, let the main force of the brothers' troops in the Central Hebei Military Region block the Japanese from escaping east or north?"
Xing Zhiguo quickly understood what Li Yunlong meant.
"Didn't you say that the brother troops in the Jizhong Military Region should be responsible for the transportation and supply lines in the rear?"
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou asked.
"How many main forces are there in the brothers' troops in the Southern Hebei Military Region?"
Li Yunlong asked.
"About 20,000 people."
Wang Dehou replied.
The Jizhong Military Region is affiliated to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
The Jinan Military Region is affiliated to the 129th Division, and together with the Taiyue and Taihang Military Regions, it is also known as one of the three military regions of the 129th Division.
In this battle, the headquarters has issued combat orders to both military regions to cooperate with the new regiment in attacking the Japanese North China Front.
at present.
The main forces of these two military regions have been assembled and on standby.
"Instead, the brother troops of the Southern Hebei Military Region and the local guerrilla forces of the Central Hebei Military Region will be responsible for the logistics supply line."
Li Yunlong said.
The southern Hebei region is located at the junction of the Japanese puppet North China and the central China region. The strategic area is very important, so the southern Hebei base area is often encircled and raided by the Japanese and North China Japs.
Our army even lost control of the southern Hebei base area for a time.
In the past two years, the Eighth Route Army fought many victorious battles in Shanxi, and the Japanese mobilized a lot of troops to kill people in Shanxi.
The situation in the Jinan Military Region improved, and the main force grew from a few thousand to 20,000.
but.
The troops in the Southern Hebei Military Region still lack experience in fighting big battles and are mostly in a scattered guerrilla state. This is the first time they have gathered to fight a big battle.
"yes."
Wang Dehou responded.
"It may not be enough to rely solely on the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region to surround the Japanese troops in Shimen and Zhengding areas."
"After all, there is a Category A division here. With the combat effectiveness of this Japanese division, it is not a big problem to break through the defense lines of the brothers in the Central Hebei Military Region."
Zhao Gang stared at the map for a while, then looked at Li Yunlong and said.
"I've also thought of this."
Li Yunlong nodded after hearing this.
The main force of the Jizhong Military Region has fairly good equipment, relatively sufficient ammunition, and some experience in fighting large battles.
But compared with the Japs' Class A divisions, the gap in combat effectiveness is still relatively large.
Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said: "Our new regiment of infantry will leave several battalions of reserve teams and six heavy equipment battalions. The remaining infantry battalions will be interspersed into Shimen City, east, north, and south of Zhengding, and with
The main forces of the Jizhong Military Region worked together to encircle the main Japanese forces in this area."
"yes."
Wang Dehou nodded and replied.
After the meeting adjourned, he had to lead the staff to adjust and formulate the encirclement and annihilation operation plan and contingency plan as soon as possible according to Li Yunlong's instructions.
This is how large corps fight. The battlefield situation is unpredictable and fighter opportunities are fleeting.
If Li Yunlong doesn't seize this opportunity, he will eat these three divisions.
If we want to completely annihilate these three divisions in the future, I'm afraid we won't have such a good chance.
After glancing at everyone, Li Yunlong looked calm, but his tone was harsh:
"In this battle, our first combat goal is to eliminate 200,000 Japs!"
"yes!"
All the deputy battalion commanders shouted in unison.
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Northern Henan.
New Regiment Independent Brigade Headquarters.
Chu Yunfei, wearing a straight Eighth Route Army uniform, was looking at the map in the headquarters.
Beside him stood political commissar Qin Yang and chief of staff Fang Ligong.
Qin Yang is the political commissar sent by the headquarters to the Independent Brigade. Each battalion and company of the Independent Brigade is assigned instructors and instructors.
Instructors and instructors are also equivalent to the role of political commissars.
After having the political commissar, Chu Yunfei also had a deeper understanding of the organization of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army's ability to possess such a strong will to fight is inseparable from its political commissar.
In contrast, the shortcomings of the national army's establishment are more obvious. They do not have the important political position of political commissar. The national army's management of the troops is very one-sided and shallow.
"Report!"
A voice sounded outside the door.
"Come in."
Fang Ligong said.
"Report, call from regiment headquarters."
The communications staff officer of the Independent Brigade walked in and gave a military salute.
Fang Ligong took the telegram from the communications staff. After reading the telegram, he reported to Chu Yunfei and Qin Yanghui, who looked excited:
"The deputy regimental commander, political commissar, and regimental commander just sent a telegram saying that the main force of our new regiment has begun to assemble towards Yangquan and is preparing to attack the Japanese North China Front."
"The leader asked us how the situation is here."
"Great!" Political Commissar Qin Yang heard this and couldn't help but clenched his fist, "We are finally going to attack the North China Front!"
When Chu Yunfei heard this, he couldn't help but smile, took the telegram from Fang Ligong and read it.
He smiled happily when he saw the new telegram sent by Li Yunlong.
In this battle, if nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that North China will be recovered.
As the Independent Brigade is a subordinate unit of the New Regiment, it is natural for the New Regiment to notify the Independent Brigade of any big moves.
However, it is impossible to send out various details on the battle plan and emergency plan on the telegram.
The Independent Brigade belongs to the third-level military region of the Eighth Route Army. How many troops it can develop depends on the abilities of Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong.
The current independent brigade has grown to a main force of more than 10,000 people, all equipped with American equipment.
"It's a pity that our independent brigade did not catch up with this battle."
Fang Ligong, who was wearing a straight uniform of the Eighth Route Army, had a look of pity on his face when he missed this dish:
"Counterattacking North China, defeating and annihilating the Japanese North China Front, and recovering North China. This is a battle worthy of being recorded in history."
When Chu Yunfei heard this, he also sighed.
Li Yunlong had expressed his intention to recruit him since last year. Who told him not to surrender to the Communist Party last year?
"However, our current task is to develop base areas and troops. There will be many wars to fight in the future. After all, we still have to counterattack the Japanese mainland."
Qin Yang's words made the look of pity disappear on the faces of Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong, and they instantly became excited again.
Counterattacking the Japanese mainland was a foolish dream in the past.
After all, China is an agricultural country, and it has a relatively backward agricultural national army, while the Japanese on the other side have already completed industrialization.
Using a backward agricultural country to counterattack the Japanese mainland would make people laugh out loud.
After all, the gap between the two sides is like a chasm.
However, since the assistance of Boss Chen, the strength of the Eighth Route Army has grown by leaps and bounds, increasing dozens to hundreds of times in just two years, and its strength is still increasing rapidly.
After joining the new group, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong also understood what aid was about.
As long as we fight against the Japanese, there will be help, and we will always have help.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's plan was not only to drive the Japanese out of China, but also to give them a taste of what it would be like to have their homeland attacked or even occupied.
Li Yunlong had already thought of the name of the reason, it was called self-defense and counterattack.
“I really look forward to that day coming soon!”
Fang Ligong sounded expectant.
After a pause, Fang Ligong asked again: "Deputy leader, political commissar, how should I reply to the leader?"
Speaking of this, the expressions of Chu Yunfei and Qin Yang suddenly became a little solemn.
Chu Yunfei narrowed his eyes slightly, sighed, and said: "The biggest problem in Henan Province this year is the people of Henan Province."
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Qin Yang nodded solemnly:
"According to intelligence, the number of people affected by disasters in Henan Province this year has reached 30 million, and a large number of people have starved to death. If no measures are taken, the consequences will be disastrous. I am afraid that the number of people who starve to death will be in the millions, or even thousands.
Ten thousand…"
When they came to Henan Province to develop their base area, Chu Yunfei and the others naturally wanted to investigate various situations here.
Including the situation of the Japanese army, the national army, bandits and ordinary people, we must find out clearly.
Although Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei had known for a long time that Yu Province was severely affected by disasters this year, the situation was much more serious than they imagined!
This year, Henan Province suffered a once-in-a-century drought. From spring to autumn, there was not a single rain in the entire Henan Province.
The common people watched helplessly as the crops slowly withered and the autumn grain harvest failed, but there was nothing they could do.
Locust plagues even occurred in some places. The locusts passed through and no grass grew. Although they were captured, the disaster was still serious.
"Brother Ligong, has the National Government allocated food for disaster relief?"
Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong and asked.
Although Chu Yunfei has led his troops to join the Eighth Route Army, for the sake of the national united front, they are still officially part of the national army.
Most of the Japs from Yu Province were transferred to the North China battlefield, and the original Japanese plan to attack Zhengzhou this year was not successfully implemented.
The Japanese troops in Henan Province are weak. Logically speaking, the Central Army can launch a counterattack, regain lost ground, and then do its best to rescue the victims.
But it is a pity that the Nationalist Government has not taken any action yet.
"No!"
Fang Ligong shook his head, with a deep sarcasm on his face:
"The common people are suffering from famine and are in dire straits, but Tang Enbo's troops stationed in Henan by the National Government are eating a lot of empty pay."
"According to what we have investigated, Tang Enbo's men concealed the disaster and imposed excessive taxes, which caused widespread complaints and made everyone in Henan province hate them to the bone."
"The people in Yu Province call this disaster water, drought, locust, and soup."
"What a bunch of beasts!" Even with Chu Yunfei's temper, he couldn't help but yell angrily.
He is really angry.
The situation of empty pay is very common in the national army. For example, many troops in the Shanxi-Sui Army suffered from empty pay.
A Manchu division should have about ten thousand people, but in fact there are only three to five thousand people, but they get the salary of ten thousand people.
This year, the people in Henan Province have been miserable and have not enough to eat. The Central Army is still levying and extorting money, which is worse than pigs and dogs.
"A harsh government is stronger than a tiger." Qin Yang said, "It seems that this man-made disaster is no less powerful than a disaster from heaven."
Fang Ligong: "The Central Military Army also said..."
Chu Yunfei asked: "What did they say?"
Fang Ligong said: "The Central Army said that if the people die, the land will still belong to China. But if the soldiers starve to death, the Japanese will occupy these lands."
Hearing this, Chu Yunfei was extremely disappointed with the National Government.
Is China still China without its common people?
Chu Yunfei looked towards the south, put his hands behind his back, and said helplessly: "We have to find a way to save these people, even if we can give them some food."
"There are really too many people affected by the disaster." Fang Ligong sighed, "There are 30 million people. Even if each person has half a catty of food per day, they still need 15 million catties of food every day, and the food salary given to us by the regiment leader
, we don’t have many left, I’m afraid we can’t do anything about this, and even if we want to save, we probably won’t be able to save much.”
Chu Yunfei said: "It seems that the only way to report this matter to the regiment commander is to ask the regiment commander to help these people. Brother Li Shi, please immediately send a telegram to the regiment commander and report the true situation in Henan Province to the regiment headquarters."
"yes!"
Fang Ligong stepped forward and immediately took out a pen and paper and began to draft a telegram.
Not long after, Fang Ligong finished writing the telegram and handed it to Chu Yunfei.
After Chu Yunfei read the telegram, he signed his name and handed the telegram to the communications staff officer.
…
"Captain, there is a telegram from the Independence Brigade."
The communications staff officer walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand, gave a military salute and then reported the report.
"Telegram to me."
Li Yunlong took the telegram and read it, then frowned slightly and a solemn look suddenly appeared on his face.
"Old Li, is there something wrong with Deputy Commander Chu?"
Zhao Gang keenly caught the change in Li Yunlong's expression and asked.
Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou heard this and walked over quickly.
"There is a big problem in Henan Province." Li Yunlong's expression was very solemn. "Chu Yunfei said that 30 million people in Henan Province will be affected by disasters this year, and it is expected that millions of people will starve to death."
When he saw this telegram, Li Yunlong's heart suddenly twitched several times in pain.
He had long known that there would be a major disaster in Yu Province this year, but he did not expect that the disaster would be so serious.
Li Yunlong was born as a serious citizen and knew very well how serious the consequences would be if such a big disaster occurred in this troubled world.
People died of hunger all over the place, and they exchanged their children for food.
The expressions of Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo also changed.
Zhao Gang said: "We must not ignore death and ignore it!"
Li Yunlong nodded and narrowed his eyes: "Henan Province is in urgent need of food. It seems that we need to capture Zhangjiakou, Shimen City and Pingping areas as soon as possible."
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all nodded when they heard this. As long as they regained enough counties, the Eighth Route Army would be able to rescue the victims.