Liu He and Zhang Dabiao nodded again and again, agreeing with Jiang Haoran's disposition, but Zhang Dabiao still had questions, and said: "That hurricane column, according to the plan, they shouldn't go to Chizhou and Pengze to achieve the purpose of blocking the Yangtze River waterway, but now you let them move forward in a straight line, this is the direction of Shitai Town, why is this?" ”

Jiang Haoran smiled and said: "Different paths to the same end, although the direction has changed, but the purpose is still the same, now the Japanese army stationed in Huangshan is the fifth division, Pengze, Chizhou stationed the Japanese army's third division, Huangshan is surrounded, with its geographical location is important, the Japanese army will go all out to rescue, the fastest can come to support only the third division, the hurricane column straight through the past, just waiting for the Japanese third division in Shitai, not only to block their purpose of reinforcement, but also to defeat the third division with absolute superiority. ”

"Clever, really clever!" Liu Zhang and the others unconsciously gave Jiang Haoran a thumbs up, Liu He said: "General, don't forget, now the strength of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army is increasing unabated, although a fourth division was transferred to Burma, but in the past year, the number of puppet troops transferred from North China or formed locally has increased significantly, and it is estimated that the total strength is more than 200,000, more than the Japanese army of the 11th Army, and the puppet army in Huangshan, Pengze, and Chizhou alone is more than 50,000, plus the Japanese army of two permanent divisions, the strength is between 1230,000, Although the three divisions of our 10th Army plus the Hurricane Column are indeed stronger than them on the whole, excluding the remaining troops and reserves, there are only 70,000 or 80,000 people who really participated in the attack. ”

Jiang Haoran glanced at Liu He and said stiffly: "Is the puppet army also a soldier?" ”

"This 616161616161", Liu He immediately choked half to death, the puppet army is not a soldier? Indeed, this group of two dogs bullying the common people is a top strong, and the real combat effectiveness is indeed poor, but it is also 50,000 people, even 50,000 pigs are enough to kill, in Jiang Haoran's eyes, he actually ignored them directly, this is too child's play, but Jiang Haoran is what he says, he Liu He only has a dry stare.

Zhang Dabiao came out to play a round and said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, don't we still have the New Fourth Army, they have grown up under our wings during this time, and it is estimated that the strength of the army has already exceeded 30,000, counting them, it can also be called an absolute superiority of troops, in addition, we need to stay behind the troops, reserves, and the Japanese army also needs it, and we are not necessarily less than the Japanese army participating in the war. ”

The New Fourth Army is now subordinate to the 40th Group Army, and Jiang Haoran is of course understandable for issuing orders to them, since the Battle of Jiujiang, the New Fourth Army has suffered heavy casualties, Jiang Haoran has fulfilled his promise to them, given them enough room for development, and has provided sufficient weapons and equipment logistics to enable them to develop rapidly. The mass base of the New Fourth Army is good, as long as there are weapons, it is really not difficult to gather tens of thousands of horses, in most half a year, they have gone from less than 10,000 troops to more than 30,000 now, after more than half a year of training, although they are not elite, but the ability of GCD to train soldiers is not bad, with Jiang Haoran to provide sufficient ammunition to feed them, the speed of improvement is faster, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Faced with Zhang Dabiao's question, Jiang Haoran pondered for a few seconds and said: "Then give them an order, let them advance along the east bank of Poyang Lake, copy the old bottom of the Japanese army, and take Peng Ze away." ”

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In the middle of Pingdingshan and Wuyang, an inconspicuous small mountain village, the mountain village is not big, only a dozen families, the population is at best thirty or forty people, at this time it is already midnight, it is reasonable to be in the dead of night, the most peaceful time in the mountain village, but at this moment in the mountain village, from time to time there is a dog barking, the village and the village are full of dark shadows, as if thousands of troops and horses are hiding in it.

This is the temporary general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

A three-room low thatched adobe house, several antennas protruding from the roof, at the door stood two guards with three or eight large covers on their shoulders, the guards were dressed in gray military uniforms, wearing gray military caps, there was no badge on the military cap, only two black buttons arranged up and down, a cloth bullet bag was carried diagonally on the shoulder, an armed belt was tied around the waist, leggings were tied on the legs, the feet were wearing tattered straw sandals, the black instep was all exposed, and the left arm wore an armband, on which the three big characters of "Eighth Route Army" were prominently written, this image, It is the same as the film and television works of later generations.

It was pitch black outside, but the room was brightly lit, and a few torches wrapped in strips of cloth were stuck in the cracks of the adobe bricks in the walls, and the burning pine oil crackled.

The place is not enough, the furnishings in the house are also very simple, a coat and hat are hung on the wall, there are some farm tools in the corner, there is a long table in the center of the room, the table is full of maps, documents, large tea pots, the table legs have eight and are extremely thick, look closely, it turns out that they are small trees with thick bowls, the bark is not dialed, and the whole table is made temporarily, but it is absolutely durable, the benches placed next to the table are the same, shoddy and applicable, and even a few are directly stumps.

The furnishings of the room were extremely simple, but it was full of talk and people, and a group of men in gray cloth military uniforms sat around the humble table, all with excited and happy expressions on their faces.

In the middle of the table, an elderly man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a majestic face sat with a golden sword, and it was the founding father of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Zhu, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army at this time. Sitting on the left side of him is Ye Shuai, chief of staff, and along the way, there are Lin Zong, commander of the 115th Division, General He, commander of the 120th Division, General Xu, commander of the first column, Zuo Zong, commander of the second column, and even Deng Gong, director of the Political Department, etc., in short, this room is a pivotal figure in our party, and the top ten marshals and ten generals are all ranked high.

"The big plan is so decided, how to fight everyone can cross the sea to show their powers, but the general policy must not be deviated in any way, we must keep the Japanese army out of Zhumadian, and never let an enemy in." Mr. Zhu got up and slapped the table and said loudly.

Ye Shuai also got up and said: "If you have any difficulties or different opinions, you can mention them now, don't drop the chain on the battlefield, that is to hit the board, there is no need to mention the difficulties in guns, ammunition and weapons, the weapons and ammunition allocated by the chairman have been distributed to you, and the little inventory in the headquarters has also been distributed. ”