While Yue Weihan was busy improving weapons, Okamura Neji finally took action.
In the first month of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, Okamura Neiji, mobilized six divisions and launched a large-scale public security campaign against North China. Among them, the southern Hebei Plain was the key area for this sweep.
, four of the six field divisions were used on the southern Hebei Plain.
Jingxing County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.
All officers above the brigade commander had arrived, and the war room was crowded.
At this time, Yue Weihan had completed the final reorganization of the Thirty-ninth Group Army. Among the nine main regiments of the Baoshan Division, Li Qinglong's 1st Regiment was separately organized into the Tumen Fortress Guard Brigade, and the remaining eight regiments were dispersed and divided into three groups.
The 181st Division, the new 6th Division, the new 9th Division and the new Baoshan Division were incorporated. The guerrillas in southern Hebei also transferred back more than 50,000 elite troops and organized them into 16 A-type regiments, each of which were incorporated into the four main divisions.
, So far, the four main divisions of the Thirty-ninth Group Army have all become the six-regiment type A divisions.
Yue Weihan also drastically streamlined the command structure of the group army. There are no longer two-level combat units under the group army: corps, division, and brigade. They are the 181st Division, Baoshan Division, New 6th Division, New 9th Division, and Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade.
, Taihang Garrison Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, Artillery Brigade and other eight major combat units.
In addition, the brigade-level units under the main division were also abolished, and the division headquarters directly commanded each regiment.
Under the premise that radio stations have spread to all regiments, there is really no need to set up brigade-level units.
In terms of personnel, the senior generals of the original 181st Division, the New 6th Division and the New 9th Division were completely purged. Bi Guangheng, Sun Dianying and others were all condemned by Yue Weihan and sent back to Chongqing. Gao Shuxun became the only survivor and only arranged a group army.
The sinecure position of deputy commander-in-chief is basically that of a polished commander.
Yue Weihan's old troops took full power and occupied important positions in each division and brigade.
Lu Xiufeng, Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng, and Li Yulong were promoted to lieutenant general at the same time and served as division commanders of the 181st Division, New 6th Division, Baoshan Division, and New 9th Division respectively. Li Qinglong, Hua Hanlin, Liu Fengsheng, and Niu Dagen were promoted to major general at the same time and served as local commanders respectively.
Commander of the Gate Guard Brigade, Taihang Guard Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, and Artillery Brigade.
Liu Yi was promoted to lieutenant general and served as chief of staff of the 39th Group Army.
In addition, the Taihang branch of the Central Military Academy was also officially opened at Niangziguan.
The Taihang branch now only has two classes, namely the senior command class and the junior command class. Yue Weihan personally serves as the principal and the teacher of the senior command class, and Zhao Xinyi serves as the director of the political department of the branch. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, who is far away in Chongqing, is very angry about this matter.
I couldn't eat for three days, so in the end I could only hold my nose and acquiesce.
The reason why Chairman Chiang was angry was not just because of the choice of director of the Political Department.
At first, Chairman Chiang wanted to send a Kuomintang veteran to the Taihang branch to serve as the director of the political department, but Yue Weihan refused. Chairman Chiang also wanted to transfer dozens of instructors from the Central Military Academy to the Taihang branch, but Yue Weihan still refused.
To be honest, Yue Weihan really looked down on the old instructors at Whampoa Military Academy.
In terms of military training, Yue Weihan recruited several old instructors who graduated from Baoding Military Academy from the Jinsui Army.
In terms of military theory, Yue Weihan was personally responsible for it. In addition, Commander Liu of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, who had studied at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, was also hired as a guest instructor at the Taihang Branch and would come to teach from time to time. As for the textbooks, a
One part is an excerpt from the lecture notes of the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union provided by the Communist Party, and the other part is a military textbook from the West Point Military Academy obtained from the United States by Helen Tuo.
In order to obtain the military teaching materials from West Point Military Academy, Yue Weihan spent a lot of effort.
First of all, Helen had many connections in the United States, and dozens of transoceanic telegrams were sent. Then there was the transportation problem. In order to transport these dozens of textbooks to the Taihang base area, Chi Dianwen's underground transportation lines were compromised.
There are many risks, and many of the disciples of Wu Zi generation have been exposed, and the price is not small.
By the way, Chi Dianwen's underground transportation line has already been put into use.
There are two main types of materials smuggled through Chi Dianwen: medicines and high-tech chemical raw materials.
In the first half of the year, Chi Dianwen's underground transportation line actually smuggled a lot of drugs and scarce chemical raw materials to the base area and made great achievements. However, after the liberation of Shanxi, this underground transportation line was temporarily idle because of drugs, chemical raw materials, etc.
Supplies can now be transported to the Taihang base area via inland transportation lines.
In the war room of the headquarters, the commanders of the four main divisions of the Thirty-ninth Group Army, the commanders of the four major brigades, the captain of the special operations brigade and the captain of the teaching brigade were all here. These ten people followed Yue Weihan from the pile of dead people.
Those who crawled out, together with Liu Yi, chief of staff of the group army, can be called the 11th Taibao under Yue Weihan!
In the past few months, Eleven Taibao has been studying hard at Taihang Branch.
Anyway, guerrilla warfare in southern Hebei is carried out in companies and platoons, and there is almost no need for senior commanders.
Speaking of which, these eleven people have already learned a lot about Yue Weihan's tactical skills, and most of them can apply what they have learned in actual combat. The only thing missing is to systematically summarize these tactics and put them into practice.
Rising to the level of theory, once the theory is perfected, the tactical command ability of these guys can definitely reach a big level.
At this moment, Yue Weihan's Eleven Taibao was talking about the half-baked theory he had just learned.
"Damn it, it would be great if the Taihang Arsenal can build hundreds of tanks at some time. Then we can let those stupid little devils have a taste of the power of tank cluster blitzkrieg!"
"It's impossible to build a tank, but our cavalry brigade can almost exert the power of a blitzkrieg."
"You, the cavalry brigade, are still fighting a blitzkrieg? Dream on, the little devil will dig two trenches and finish you off."
"At this stage, we definitely don't have the capital to fight a blitz war, but we can try a large-scale deep war."
"The depth of the fart is huge. Our Taihang base area only has such a large area. If you fart in the east, you can smell the stench in the west. How can it be so deep? If you ask me, fighting in the mountains and jungles with the little devils is serious.
, Our Taihang Mountains are high and densely forested, so if we don’t engage in mountain warfare or jungle warfare, it would be a waste of time!”
"Hey, in front of a powerful artillery group, no tactics or theories will work!"
Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and others were arguing enthusiastically, but Gao Shuxun, who was standing in the corner, felt bitter in his heart.
Frankly speaking, Gao Shuxun really wanted to fight the Japanese and the Japanese. He originally thought that after leading his troops to join the 39th Group Army, they would be able to show off their talents on the anti-Japanese battlefield. However, he never thought that Yue Weihan did not trust old officers like them at all.
, on the contrary, all the trainees who graduated from the Central Military Academy have already entered the front-line troops.
"The chief is here, Instructor Liu, Instructor Chen, and Instructor Yue are here!" The guard's loud voice suddenly sounded outside the war room.
The 11th Taibao and Gao Shuxun turned around when they heard the sound, and saw that Yue Weihan had strode in accompanied by Commander Liu of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade, and Commander Yue of the Southern Hebei Military Region. He graduated from Huangpu Military Academy.
Brigadier Chen and Commander Yue are also guest instructors at the Taihang Branch, and they come to teach from time to time.
Seeing Yue Weihan and others come in, Eleven Taibao and Gao Shuxun stood upright.
Yue Weihan waved his hand, strode to the simulation sand table, and asked Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, what is the specific situation?"
Liu Yi picked up the command pole and explained to the sand table: "Okamura Neji mobilized six field divisions, and with the cooperation of eight independent mixed brigades, launched a major sweep in the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan
, Among them, southern Hebei is the focus of the Japanese army's sweep. The Japanese army gathered in southern Hebei has reached four divisions and two independent mixed brigades."
"Four divisions plus two independent mixed brigades? That's more than 100,000 troops!" Yue Weihan smiled and turned to Master Liu and said, "Master Liu, this old devil Okamura Neji really thinks highly of us."
Master Liu responded with a knowing smile. In fact, Okamura Neji's arrangement was entirely reasonable.
In terms of the Eighth Route Army, the most powerful ones now are the 129th Division and the Jinan Military Region, especially the Jinan Military Region. Yue Weiguo's independent brigade has now expanded to 100,000 people, and can be organized into ten B divisions. If only one
In terms of the strength of his troops, Commander Liu can definitely be the commander-in-chief of the group army now.
Yue Weihan's Thirty-ninth Group Army is similar. After the second reorganization and the removal of 50,000 elites from the local guerrillas, there are still 78,000 or eighty thousand local guerrillas left in the counties in southern Hebei. In addition, the Thirty-ninth Group Army and
Thanks to the good relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the two armies, it was completely possible for the two armies to achieve coordinated operations. If the Japanese army did not mobilize enough troops, it would not be able to control the situation at all.
Yue Weihan's eyes turned to Gao Jingwu, Director of the Intelligence Division, and asked: "Director Gao, does the Intelligence Division have a grasp of the Japanese army's specific combat plan?"
"Not yet." Gao Jingwu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Recently, the secret codes of the little devils have been changed frequently. Often, just after we have deciphered them, the little devils have already started to use the new secret codes. Therefore, our intelligence department is under great pressure to decipher.
It is also much more difficult than before to grasp the Japanese army's specific combat plans in a timely manner."
Yue Weihan couldn't help but frown. If the intelligence war failed, he could only rely on his own judgment.
Thinking of this, Yue Weihan suddenly thought. Isn't there a "great" level strategist standing next to him? At that moment, Yue Weihan turned around and asked Master Liu: "Mr. Liu, your strategic vision is unparalleled. In your opinion,
What will be the ultimate goal of Okamura Neji’s raid?”
"Commander-in-Chief Yue is so polite. Your strategic vision is much better than mine." Commander Liu said a few words modestly, and then said, "As for the Japanese army's operational goal this time, it should be to restore the occupied areas, that is, to retake the lost areas.
Railways, strongholds along highways and major county towns."
"The Japanese army will not attack the base areas of our army and your army?" Yue Weihan said.
"Definitely not!" Master Liu said confidently, "At least not in this raid."