Yue Weihan said again: "Mr. Liu, how do you think we should respond?"
Commander Liu did not refuse, and said openly: "Although the combined strength of the Thirty-ninth Group Army and our 129th Division exceeds that of the Japanese army in southern Hebei, in terms of training and equipment, we are still far behind the Japanese army.
The distance is very small, especially since the Japanese army also has aircraft and heavy artillery to assist in the battle, so it is unwise to fight head-on with the Japanese army."
Yue Weihan nodded and said: "In other words, dozens of counties must be abandoned."
"Yes." Commander Liu nodded and said, "The main purpose of the Japanese army's sweep is definitely to recapture the railways, the stronghold gun towers along the highway, and the major county towns. It is not realistic to fully occupy the vast countryside with the strength of the Japanese army, but the major county towns
They will definitely occupy it. If we stick to the major county towns, we will fulfill the Japanese army's wish."
"Are all counties going to give up?" Chi Chengfeng said unwillingly, "It's such a pity for his grandma."
When Shun Tada served as the commander of the North China Front, he fell into the vast ocean of People's War due to the infamous Sanguang policy. The Chinese military and civilians in the entire North China area and the Japanese army attacked each other day and night, and in the end the Japanese army could only give up almost everything.
All small and medium-sized counties concentrated their forces to defend Shimen, Baoding and other big cities.
To this day, the anti-war sentiment in North China is still high, but the main force of the Japanese army has returned.
Facing the heavy Japanese army, it is impossible to win with enthusiasm alone. Therefore, during this period, the Thirty-ninth Group Army and the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to stop their offensives and began to digest and consolidate the territory they had acquired. Sun Lianzhong Group and Yu
However, the Xuezhong Group did not give up when it was ready. As a result, they were hit by several counterattacks by the Japanese army and lost several divisions.
"The county seat must be abandoned." Yue Weihan sighed, "because we simply can't hold it."
Although the construction of the Taihang base area is on track, the strength of the Thirty-ninth Group Army has also been greatly expanded. The regular army alone has reached 80,000 people. If the guerrillas from various counties are included, the total strength has even exceeded ten.
Fifty thousand people, but in terms of combat effectiveness alone, these 150,000 people are not necessarily stronger than the original Baoshan Division.
If the original Baoshan Division fought in the field, it could at most tie with one Japanese field division. If it faced two field divisions, it would be defeated. But now, the Japanese army assembled in southern Hebei has enough
There are four field divisions plus two independent mixed brigades. If the Thirty-ninth Group Army fights with them in the field, it is simply seeking death.
Moreover, Yue Weihan originally did not intend to fight the Japanese army head-on in the southern Hebei Plain.
Otherwise, what is the purpose of building Tumen Fortress? Yue Weihan spent so much money to build Tumen Fortress so that after the Anti-Japanese War enters a stalemate, the Thirty-ninth Group Army and the Eighth Route Army can have a solid base. As long as this turtle shell is not knocked open by the Japanese army
Damn, no matter how the Japanese army sweeps them away, the Thirty-ninth Army and the Eighth Route Army will not be damaged.
As a time traveler, Yue Weihan knows the direction of history. As long as the turtle shell of the Taihang Base can last for three years, the Chinese will usher in a historic opportunity for counterattack, because by then the Pacific War will break out, and the Japanese army will lose control of the battlefield in China.
A large number of elite troops will be mobilized to the Pacific battlefield.
Therefore, there is no need to fight head-on with the Japanese army now.
The current task of the Thirty-ninth Group Army or Yue Weihan is to huddle in the Taihang base area and train troops, giving lessons to the generals of the senior command class and the officers of the junior command class. If there is still time, they can go to the arsenal or train again.
A larger special force will go to Peiping and Tianjin if necessary.
"Commander-in-Chief Yue is right, the county town must be given up." Commander Liu nodded and said, "However, the reason for giving up today is to take it back tomorrow. If you save people and lose the land, you will save both the people and the land. If you save the land, you will lose the people.
Both people and land are lost, we must not care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool, the most important thing is to preserve our strength."
"But we can't just give up, right?" Cao Xinglong said, "We have to fight a few battles, right?"
"The big battle is avoided. We will not engage in loss-making business." Yue Weihan patted Cao Xinglong's shoulder and said, "But what you just said reminded me that we can't just give up in so many counties. The little devil wants to
If you want to successfully take over the territory, you should pay some price."
Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and others suddenly became energetic.
Commander Liu, Brigadier Chen and Yue Weiguo were also waiting quietly, all wanting to know what good ideas Yue Weihan had.
Yue Weihan turned back to the Director of the Logistics Department Meng Bozhao and said: "Director Meng, are the Japanese and puppet assets we collected from Lunan and the counties in southern Hebei still there?"
"Here." Meng Bozhao said hurriedly, "They are all here."
Yue Weihan asked: "How many are left now?"
Meng Bozhao said: "Because the French currency has depreciated so much, I have asked people to exchange all of them into cash. Now there are almost more than 4 million cash in the account. The remaining gold and silver utensils, jewelry, calligraphy and painting antiques are really not enough."
It’s easy to estimate, but I don’t know how much it’s worth now.”
Speaking of gold, silver and jewelry, the Thirty-Nine Group Army has just made a large purchase recently!
This batch of gold and silver jewelry is a large number of burial objects dug out by Sun Dianying, the tomb-robber general, from the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi. Several priceless treasures have already killed Chairman Chiang, Mrs. Chiang, Dean Song, Director Dai, etc.
Yue Weihan was given the advantage of all the remaining tens of thousands of funeral objects for important members of the party, state, military and government.
"It's hard to estimate?" Yue Weihan said, "Just estimate it at twice the current market price!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Bo Zhao, you immediately send people to bring enough gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and go to each county to purchase supplies, whether it is medicine, food or cloth, as long as they are needed, buy them all."
Go ahead, any merchant in each county who refuses to sell or raises prices will be punished as treason and collaborating with the enemy and shot on the spot!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said to Commander Liu: "Commander Liu, if your 129th Division does not have sufficient funds, our group army can temporarily borrow part of it. In short, we can give up the county and territory to Little Japan, but these materials
But we can’t leave anything to Little Japan, we have to force Little Japan to fill it with supplies!”
"This..." Master Liu hesitated, "Will it push the people in the occupied areas to a dead end?"
Commander Liu's worry is not unreasonable. If the 39th Army and the 129th Division really buy up all the food, medicine and cloth stored by the chambers of commerce in various counties in southern Hebei at low prices, little Japan will not be able to get the supplies.
If you add, it is very likely to rob the people of their food rations, and the people in the counties in southern Hebei will starve.
"No." Yue Weihan said, "Okamura Neji would not do this."
Yue Weihan's words are not nonsense. Okamura Neji is different from Tada Shun. This idiot Tada Shun knows almost nothing except killing people, but Okamura Neji, an old devil, has a very strategic vision. In the so-called Japanese army
In the security area, which is what the Chinese call the occupied area, Okamura Neiji would never do anything stupid like killing the goose and taking the eggs.
Commander Liu thought for a while and then said cheerfully: "Then thank you Commander-in-Chief Yue for your generous donation."
But Meng Bozhao said with concern: "Chief Executive, by doing this we have really offended the chambers of commerce in the counties in southern Hebei. Doesn't that mean we are pushing them into the arms of the Japanese? It is after all the war years. Gold and silver jewelry
Calligraphy, painting and antiques are not valuable at all, but we have to trade with them at twice the market price. I'm afraid..."
"Bo Zhao, don't worry, just do as I say and don't worry about offending anyone." Yue Weihan thought further than Meng Bo Zhao.
If those big households and businessmen in the counties in southern Hebei still have some backbone and are unwilling to deal with the Japanese, they are absolutely willing to exchange the food, cloth and other materials that cannot be taken away into easy-to-carry gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and pay for the price.
They won't care if they lose a little bit. After all, they can't take those supplies with them. If they don't exchange them for gold and silver jewelry, it will be completely cheap for the Japanese.
As for those big businessmen and businessmen who planned to stay and join the Japanese, Yue Weihan was even less polite.
Forced buying at low prices can only be considered child's play. In the near future, in order to break Neji Okamura's cage policy, the Thirty-ninth Army and the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla zones will definitely implement policies of rent reduction and interest reduction, and even directly implement land reform.
, What is the point of sacrificing a few large households and businessmen who lack national stance for the sake of the entire nation’s war of resistance?
"Yes." Seeing that Yue Weihan was determined, Meng Bozhao said no more.
Yue Weihan thought for a moment and then said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, please immediately send a report to the guerrilla detachments in each county, asking them to immediately help the people in the guerrilla areas to clear the country. Never leave a grain of grain or a single livestock to the little devil!
This time, I want this old devil like Okamura Neji to suffer the consequences of being dumb!"
"Yes." Liu Yi stood at attention and immediately turned around.
Yue Weihan said to Commander Liu again: "Commander Liu, your Eighth Route Army must prepare in time."
Commander Liu smiled slightly and said: "Our 129th Division has been working on strengthening walls and clearing fields for a long time."
Yue Weihan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then turned back to Lu Xiufeng, Li Yulong and other generals and said: "Okay, fortifying the wall and clearing the country is just a general strategic policy. Now it's time to discuss the specific military tactics. This time the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops to mop up. We
You can't fight head-on, but that doesn't mean you have to be a coward."
After saying this, Yue Weihan pointed at Commander Liu and said to everyone: "In terms of guerrilla warfare, the Eighth Route Army is the predecessor, and Commander Liu is the master of tactics in this area. Now we ask Commander Liu to tell us, when the enemy is strong and we are weak,
Under such circumstances, how to effectively attack the enemy and preserve one's own strength."
Mr. Liu was not pretentious and said with a smile: "Actually, it's just one sentence: lay mines and shoot coldly!"