Jingxing County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.
After leaving Taiyuan, Yue Weihan returned to the Jingxing base area overnight.
The war in Shanxi has come to an end for the time being. Although the results are not satisfactory, most of Shanxi south of Luliang Mountain has been recovered. The flanks and back of the Jingxing base no longer need to worry about being attacked by the Japanese army. The next thirty
The Ninth Group Army should focus on training troops, saving food, and vigorously developing the military industry.
In the headquarters conference room, Yue Weihan was summoning Liu Yi and other senior generals to discuss the development plan for the base area.
In the plan formulated by Liu Yi, there are two most urgent tasks at the moment. The first is to organize a crash training course for officers and conduct rotational training for all officers above the platoon leader of the 39th Group Army. The second is to vigorously develop the military manufacturing industry, especially arsenals.
The steel factory and the gunpowder factory must be put into operation as soon as possible to cope with the brutal raids by the Japanese army.
After reading Liu Yi's plan, Yue Weihan turned to ask Meng Bozhao, the director of the logistics department: "How much ammunition is left in stock now?"
Meng Bozhao said: "There are about ten bases left, which can guarantee the Baoshan Division's nine main regiments to continue fighting for half a month."
"What did you say? There are only ten bases left?" Liu Yi immediately frowned and said, "Five thousand tons of ammunition, that's all there is left?"
"This is also expected." Yue Weihan was mentally prepared for this and said, "In this Taiyuan battle, our army consumed a huge amount of ammunition, which cannot be compensated by seizure alone. It seems that the gunpowder factory must
Put it into production as soon as possible, and the ammunition refilling production line of the arsenal must also be constructed as a priority."
Liu Yi nodded and said: "We have to give orders to the divisions and regiments of the group army to let the officers and soldiers recycle bullet casings and artillery shell casings as much as possible, at least until the copper casting workshop and forging production line of the arsenal in the base area are launched.
Bullet casings and artillery shell casings must not be wasted easily and must be recycled in full.”
"Yes, this is a top priority." Yue Weihan nodded and said to Meng Bozhao, "Bozhao, you, the logistics director, must take responsibility and make this work a top priority! And take certain actions.
Hurry, the main force of the Japs will be back soon, and at the latest in the spring of next year, the Japs will definitely carry out a large-scale raid on the base area."
"Don't worry, Chief." Meng Bozhao said solemnly, "When the time comes, we will never let our brothers resort to empty city tactics!"
"Okay, I feel relieved with your words." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "Bo Zhao, go ahead and get busy."
When Yue Weihan was about to continue discussing with Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and others about the crash course for officers, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Xin walked in with a solemn expression. He stood at attention and then said to Yue Weihan: "General, the guerrillas report, from now on
Starting yesterday, the Japanese army suddenly and frantically launched large-scale massacres in counties in southern Hebei, killing tens of thousands of innocent people!"
"Huh? Killed tens of thousands of innocent people!?" Gao Shuxun, Liu Yi, Sun Dianying and others looked at each other with awe.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jingwu, the director of the intelligence department, also walked in with a solemn expression, stood upright and said: "General, the Japanese army has also launched large-scale massacres in central Hebei, northern Hebei, eastern Hebei, Shandong, northern Shanxi and other places.
According to the intelligence intercepted by the Intelligence Division, it is basically certain that this is a retaliatory action initiated by the new commander of the Japanese North China Front, Shun Tada!"
"Tada Shun!?" Yue Weihan said sternly, "This old devil has been promoted to the commander of the North China Front?"
"Yes." Gao Jingwu said, "Shan Shanyuan has been dismissed from the Japanese base camp because of the destruction of the First Army."
"Now we are in big trouble." Sun Dianying touched his forehead and said with a cold sweat, "I heard that this old devil Tada Shun is not easy to mess with. The 'Three Guangs Policy' he advocates is so damn evil. This bitch
, if he proceeds like this, within a few months, the whole of North China will be turned into a no man's land by him!"
The eyes of senior generals such as Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and Bi Guangheng immediately focused on Yue Weihan.
Liu Tiezhu, captain of the Special Operations Brigade, said with murderous intent: "Chief Commander, the little Japs are so arrogant, we must give a strong response! I am willing to lead Qiao Zhuang of the Special Warfare Brigade to sneak into Peiping and directly kill the old Japs Tada Shun.
A warning from the little devil can be regarded as comforting the innocent souls of those victims."
Yue Weihan couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard this. Not all Japanese generals were as crazy as Tada Shun.
There are also some Japanese generals who are opposed to the massacre of civilians. For example, Okamura Neiji. This little devil is relatively moderate. He also advocates giving human dignity to the Chinese in the consolidation area. If you kill Tada Shun, you may not be able to replace him.
The moderates came to be the commanders of the North China Front, but at least they could be considered a powerful response to the Japanese massacre!
However, Liu Tiezhu's suggestion caused a heated debate among Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and Bi Guangheng.
"I firmly oppose the assassination of Tada Jun!" Gao Shuxun said loudly, "If the assassination fails, it will inevitably provoke more brutal revenge from the Japanese army. In the end, it will be the Chinese people who will suffer. Besides, even if Tada Jun is killed, someone else will be in charge of North China.
Commander of the front army, won’t you kill the Chinese?”
Liu Yi retorted: "If we don't assassinate Shun Tada, will this old devil stop the massacre?"
"Obviously not!" Liu Yi asked himself and answered, "Since neither the left nor the right can stop the Japanese army's massacre, then why can't we give the Japanese aggressors a severe response? Kill Tada Shun and replace him with someone else as the commander of the North China Front. Perhaps it is still possible
We will continue to massacre innocent people, but at least we have used our actions to prove to the Japanese invaders that their actions have to pay a price!"
"But the problem is...such an assassination operation will definitely cause more unnecessary casualties of innocent people!" Bi Guangheng said emotionally, "Chief of Staff Liu, please don't forget our identity as our soldiers. The duty of soldiers is to protect the people.
Instead of letting the people bleed and sacrifice for our stupid revenge!"
Liu Yi retorted coldly: "How can the assassination of Shun Tada be a stupid act of revenge?"
After saying this, Liu Yi said again: "According to the logic you just said, our national army does not need to continue the war of resistance and can just surrender, because if we continue to fight the war, we will continue to kill the Japanese invaders, and we will continue to do so.
Provoking the Japanese invaders will definitely continue to arouse the Japanese invaders' desire for revenge, causing them to massacre innocent people. Instead, our national army has become the culprit causing the bloodshed and sacrifice of innocent people? Vice President Bi, can I understand this?
Your words?"
"These are two different things." Bi Guangheng said, "If we kill ordinary Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, the Japanese army will not necessarily retaliate. But if we kill Tada Shun, the Japanese soldiers will definitely take crazy revenge actions. Do you just watch it?
Do you want to watch the innocent people in North China fall under the knife of the little devil?"
"If you kill the ordinary Japanese soldiers, the little Japanese will not retaliate?" Liu Yi said suddenly, "Isn't this revenge of the little Japanese just because we wiped out their first army? Vice President Bi, do you want to
Are you saying that the number of the Japanese annihilated this time was too huge, which led to the Japanese's revenge? Then, from now on, should we put a pair of shackles on the heads of our national army and reduce the number of enemies killed in each battle?
How about keeping it below the psychological endurance limit of the Japanese invaders?"
"You... are simply arrogant." Bi Guangheng was furious, but he didn't know how to refute.
"I am not arrogant, but the most truthful truth!" Liu Yi said solemnly, "Weakness and retreat cannot buy the enemy's mercy. Only iron and blood can drive the invaders out of our land and exchange for the nation.
Independence and dignity!”
"The chief of staff is right!" Yue Weihan finally made the final decision, "We must give a strong counterattack to the provocative actions of the little devils. Since the old devil Tada Shun has the courage to order the implementation of the three-guang policy in North China, then he should
Have the consciousness to pay the price for this, Liu Tiezhu!"
Liu Tiezhu stood up quickly and said, "Yes!"
Yue Weihan shouted solemnly: "Set up a hunting team immediately and sneak into Peiping to assassinate Shun Tada!"
"Yes!" Liu Tiezhu agreed loudly, then turned around and walked away.
Watching Liu Tiezhu go away, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, Jun Tada wants to assassinate him, but we must not just watch the little devil wantonly massacre innocent people, so we immediately issued combat orders to the guerrilla detachments in the counties in southern Hebei to let them
They immediately took action to protect the people at all costs and attack the Japanese invaders!"
After saying that, Yue Weihan turned to the adjutant Yu Hu and said, "Go and find Zhao Xinyi for me."
Yuhu took the order and left. Within a moment, he led the propaganda team leader Zhao Xinyi in again.
Yue Weihan immediately announced the adjournment of the meeting and sent Gao Shuxun, Bi Guangheng and others away without even allowing Liu Yi to stay. Then he took Zhao Xinyi out of his office and ordered Yuhu to hold the door. Then he said to Zhao Xinyi: "Comrade Zhao Xinyi
, the Japanese invaders massacred innocent people, and the entire southern Hebei Province was already a river of blood. You immediately contact the comrades of the southern Hebei Prefectural Committee and ask them to immediately send people deep into our guerrilla areas and form militia organizations extensively in each village.
It can warn the Japanese aggressors and protect the people, and secondly, it can also cooperate with the regular army to fight against Japan."
Zhao Xinyi said: "Secretary Yue, are you really going to let the comrades from the Jinan Prefectural Committee enter our guerrilla zone?"
Nowadays, southern Hebei is mainly divided into three major spheres of influence. One is the Japanese-occupied area, the other is the base area established by the Eighth Route Army and the 39th Group, and the other is the guerrilla zone established by the 39th Group and the Eighth Route Army. Among them, the guerrilla zone
The situation is the most complex and the focus of repeated disputes between China and Japan. The lives of the local people are also the most miserable.
The main targets of the massacre by the Japanese army in southern Hebei were the guerrilla zones of the Thirty-Ninth Group Army, because the Japs did not dare to go to the base areas of the Eighth Route Army and the Thirty-ninth Group Army. Although the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla zones were also guerrilla zones, they had already established militia organizations.
Before the bandits arrived, the people had already received the news and moved away in time.
If Yue Weihan opens up the defense zone and allows a large number of Communist Party cadres to enter and extensively establish grassroots militia organizations, he can indeed reduce the threat of the Japanese aggressors' massacre of villages to a minimum, but doing so will also have very serious consequences, and that is Chairman Chiang Kai-shek
I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain there, and Yue Weihan's identity as a party member may also be exposed.