When Yue Weihan heard this, his heart suddenly moved. Could it be a battle of a hundred regiments?
According to the trend of history, Okamura Neiji has not yet taken up the post of commander of the North China Front Army at this time, and the Eighth Route Army will not launch the Hundred Regiment War until the second half of next year. However, in this world, due to Yue Weihan's time travel, although the general trend of history
There are still no big changes, but the details have changed beyond recognition.
At least the Eighth Route Army is much stronger now than it was at the same time in history.
Historically, the Eighth Route Army only had 400,000 troops until the end of 1940. Now, in March 1939, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army has exceeded 500,000. The three main divisions plus the main regiments officially established in the major military regions have already
There are more than two hundred and fifty. If you include the numerous county brigades and district squads, the total strength has even exceeded one million!
Regarding the strength of the Eighth Route Army, Yue Weihan is still very clear. The strongest among the Eighth Route Army is Boss Nie's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. The total strength has exceeded 200,000, which is close to half of the total strength of the Eighth Route Army.
Among the military divisions, the strongest one is Yue Weiguo's Jinan Military Division, with a total strength of more than 100,000.
Speaking of which, it was the old devil Tada Shun who was responsible for his own evil. This old devil tried his best to implement the three-guang policy. He originally wanted to destroy the will of resistance of the soldiers and civilians in North China through the massacre, but the result was extremely counterproductive. On the contrary, it greatly strengthened the stability of North China.
The determination of the military and civilians to resist also gave the Eighth Route Army a broader space for development.
The current Eighth Route Army is no longer what it was when it just crossed the Yellow River.
When it just crossed the Yellow River, the Eighth Route Army only had three divisions, six brigades, and twelve regiments, with a total strength of less than 40,000. However, now, the Eighth Route Army has more than 200 main regiments, with a total strength of more than 500,000, and equipment.
It's a bit worse, and the combat effectiveness of the army has not yet returned to the level before crossing the Yellow River, but it is better than having a strong family background.
No wonder Mr. Peng is so confident that he wants to make a big move.
At that moment, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi and others: "Let's go back to the headquarters."
At the northern foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
A large group of senior generals of the Eighth Route Army have gathered in the war room and are studying the battle plan.
In the past half month, the guerrilla armed forces in the base areas of northern Shanxi, eastern Hebei, northern Hebei, northwest Shandong, southeastern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Henan have all been attacked by newly defected traitor armed forces. Because these traitor armed forces followed them not long ago.
The Eighth Route Army was still a friendly force. Both sides knew everything about it and even shared intelligence. As a result, the other side suddenly launched an attack, and the Eighth Route Army suffered a huge loss.
In order to please their new masters, these vicious traitors did not dare to provoke Sun Lianzhong, Yu Xuezhong, Yue Weihan and other regular gangsters. As a result, they invariably aimed their guns at the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army. Boss Peng
He was furious about this: These traitors and devils really thought that the Eighth Route Army was easy to bully, so why not teach them a lesson?
After submitting the application to the Party Central Committee for approval, the general combat guiding ideology was quickly determined - a small attack is worse than a big attack!
In order to demonstrate the prestige of the Eighth Route Army and severely punish the traitor armed forces, Mr. Peng mobilized a total of two hundred main regiments!
According to Mr. Peng, if you want to fight, then fight to death. It is best to wipe out all the traitor armed forces in North China!
Of course, this is just a good wish. If the enemy they face is just a million or so low-level traitor armed forces, the Eighth Route Army may really be able to take them all in one fell swoop. However, if more than 400,000 well-equipped and well-trained troops are added to the Eighth Route Army,
of Japanese troops, then the situation would be completely reversed.
But no matter what, the traitor armed forces must be attacked.
The first one is to deter other traitor armed forces from provoking the Eighth Route Army easily.
The second is to supplement and improve weapons and equipment. Compared with the Japanese army, the traitor armed forces are obviously easier to deal with.
The third purpose is the main purpose, which is to take the opportunity to seize the territory of the traitor armed forces and expand the base area.
When those traitorous armed forces had not betrayed the country, they were friendly forces. In order to maintain the united front, the Eighth Route Army naturally could not seize their territory. But now they have become traitors seeking glory, and the Eighth Route Army will seize their territory again.
That would be reasonable and reasonable, and it would also gain support and solidarity from people across the country.
The purpose was clear, the troops were sufficient, and the battle plan was quickly determined.
However, as the old saying goes, before the troops and horses are moved, the food and grass must go first. Mobilizing two hundred main regiments to launch such a large offensive will definitely consume a lot of ammunition. The Eighth Route Army alone cannot afford to fight such a big battle based on its current financial situation.
Yes, and the ammunition reserves of the traitor Wuhan cannot be given to the Eighth Route Army in vain, what should we do?
We have no choice but to ask for help from Chief Yan and Yue Weihan!
As for Chairman Chiang, Mr. Peng didn't think about it at all. People said that Chief Yan was stingy, but honestly speaking, Chief Yan was quite good to the Eighth Route Army. He gave him food, salary and equipment, and finally gave him four
A column of new troops (of course, this was not voluntary by Commander Yan), and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek gave the Eighth Route Army 500,000 yuan in military pay from the beginning, but nothing happened.
But this time, Chief of Staff Zuo, who was sent by the Eighth Route Army to see Commander Yan, was turned down and no longer wanted to help.
This is actually normal. Chief Yan wanted to rely on the Eighth Route Army to defend Taiyuan, so he was naturally generous. Now that Taiyuan and most of Shanxi have returned, Chief Yan is of course not willing to give any more benefits to the Eighth Route Army. As the saying goes, there is no room for others on the side of the bed.
Sleeping soundly? The Eighth Route Army is too powerful, which is not a good thing for the Jinsui Army.
In the end, only Yue Weihan was left.
In terms of ability, Yue Weihan could support the Eighth Route Army to finish this great battle just by pulling out a hair!
Mr. Peng, Chief of Staff Zuo and others have all visited Yue Weihan’s Taihang Arsenal. The scale of this arsenal is indeed not small. It can now produce 2,500 rifles, 500,000 rounds of bullets, and 50,000 mortars per month.
Ten guns, 5,000 rounds of artillery shells, 20,000 grenades, 5,000 kilograms of explosives, and it is said that the output will be doubled in half a year!
Yue Weihan casually allocated two months' production, which was enough for the Eighth Route Army to fight this war.
However, almost all the senior generals of the Eighth Route Army, including Mr. Peng, believed that Yue Weihan could not support ammunition. The reason was very simple, because the 39th Group Army was also frantically expanding its army, especially Gao Shuxun's new 39th Division, which was under intensive preparation.
, when weapons and ammunition are urgently needed, how can there be any surplus to support the Eighth Route Army?
Speaking of which, the Communist Party's confidentiality work is really good. Until now, the news that Yue Weihan has secretly joined the party has not spread. Only Chairman Mao, Zhou Gong, Mr. Zhu and other people know about it. Even Peng Peng
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army is still kept in the dark.
Boss Peng flattened his mouth habitually, and finally said: "It's good that Yue Weihan agreed to support ammunition. If he doesn't agree, it's not a big deal. We will fight this battle without fail, and the scale can only be expanded but not reduced.
If there is no ammunition, the traitor armed forces will naturally provide it to us. Is this the case, eh?"
Everyone laughed loudly, and Chief of Staff Zuo said: "Boss, this time we have mobilized 208 main regiments, with more than 400,000 troops participating in the war. Since the founding of our party, there has never been such a large-scale attack.
What a great battle, the significance of this battle is extraordinary, would you like to give it a name?"
"Yeah." Boss Peng nodded and said, "I think... let's call it the Hundred Regiments War!"
Jingxing County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.
Dozens of senior staff officers were busy working on the maps hanging on the wall and the simulated sand table in the center of the war room.
When Gao Shuxun was ordered to prepare for the establishment of the new 39th Division, he almost exhausted all the senior staff officers in the headquarters. Yue Weihan had no choice but to let the first batch of trainees from the junior command class at Taihang Branch graduate early and be transferred to the headquarters to serve as combat staff. Yue Weihan did not expect that
, this unintentional move actually became the standard model for future officer promotions in the Thirty-ninth Army.
This model is that officers in front-line troops can only be promoted to company commanders at most. Officers with outstanding performance will have the opportunity to enter military academies to continue their studies. After graduating from military academies, they must enter the headquarters or division or brigade-level command organizations as combat staff. Those with outstanding performance will
Only then can the combat staff return to the front-line troops and serve as battalion and regiment-level commanders.
Liu Yi looked at the situation map between the enemy and ourselves that the staff had just marked on the map, and said to Yue Weihan: "General, it seems that the Eighth Route Army's actions this time are really not small? Analysis of the information fed back from various aspects shows that this time the Eighth Route Army at least mobilized
Fifty main regiments, the number of troops participating in the battle is likely to exceed 100,000!"
"Fifty regiments?" Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "No, at least two hundred regiments!"
"Two hundred regiments!?" Liu Yi was instantly petrified, and after a while he said, "Chief, this is impossible, isn't it?"
"Nothing is impossible." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said solemnly, "Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person!"
As a time traveler, Yue Weihan certainly knows that Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person. Among the top ten marshals and ten generals of our army, in terms of military theory, Liu Shuai is definitely one of the best. In terms of tactical command ability, especially the ability to command large corps operations.
, Mr. Lin and Mr. Li are indistinguishable. Compared with others, they are much inferior, but in terms of courage, Mr. Peng is the first to be recommended!
Chairman Mao, the leader of the generation, had a very pertinent evaluation of General Peng. Who dares to fight with a sword? I am General Peng!
I think back then, the United States took advantage of the remaining power of World War II and gathered the Allied Forces of the Eighteen Nations to invade North Korea with great momentum. General Lin, who was known as the leader of our army at the time, was so frightened that he retreated. He even said that this war cannot be fought, and that if it is fought, it will be defeated.
Mr. Li was seriously ill again, but Mr. Peng was ordered to do so in the face of danger. With his modest tactical command skills and extraordinary courage, he managed to achieve an unprecedented draw with the Eighteen-Nation Allied Forces. This was enough to make Mr. Peng famous in history.
The Eighth Route Army now has more than 250 main regiments and more than 500,000 regular troops!
With Boss Peng's courage and fiery temper, how could he only mobilize fifty main groups?
Liu Yi said: "General Manager, even if Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person and has the ambition and courage to mobilize two hundred main regiments to participate in the war, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to have so many ammunition reserves now?"