Chapter 829: The Gate of Hope
Immediately, Jiang Haoran also answered the concerns of the chairman of the committee, the main force of the Eighth Route Army went south, its purpose is nothing more than to find a new base area, and what is suitable for their survival is northern Anhui, backed by the Dabie Mountain, and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui is undoubtedly the most suitable fertile soil for their development and growth, but can they really achieve their wishes?
The answer is no, Jiang Haoran found a local map of Dabie Mountain, and demonstrated on the spot, after the Japanese army in Wuhan was besieged on three sides, if there was no strong reinforcement, they could only choose to retreat, and the only retreat route was to enter from Luotian and Yingshan, and cross Dabie Mountain to Lu'an and Hefei, before that, the Japanese army in Lu'an would definitely rush to reinforcements to respond, once the Eighth Route Army rashly entered this area, it would definitely fall into the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's two-way army, but the commander of the Eighth Route Army had a little military literacy, will not choose to enter the northern Anhui region when the enemy has not completely retreated.
However, the ultimate intention of the Eighth Route Army will still move closer to this side, which requires consultation with them, on the one hand, to get them to agree to attack Zhumadian to prevent Japanese reinforcements, and on the other hand, to crush their intention to enter northern Anhui.
So, Jiang Haoran came up with an idea, the Military Commission and the Eighth Route Army made a gentleman's agreement, whoever first conquered Lu'an, who had the right to settle in northern Anhui.
It seems to have opened a door of hope for the Eighth Route Army, but this door is almost none. Wuhan is besieged, the Japanese army on the periphery must be crazy just to reinforce, as the gateway of the Pinghan Railway, Zhumadian will become the most fierce front line of the war, after the two divisions of the Eighth Route Army after this attrition, where is there still the ability to fight Lu'an, if they do not die out, even if they are lucky.
But some people also questioned that the Eighth Route Army was not a mallet, could they not understand such a simple truth? They may not be the culprit.
Jiang Haoran said again, as long as Wuhan goes to war, the Eighth Route Army can't fight if they want to, they finally jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, but their current position is at the forefront of the war, even if they don't want to fight, the devil will not let them go, rather than waiting for death, it is better to give it a go, at least the national army is still standing behind them, and there will be appropriate assistance. Besides, GCD values the public opinion of the people the most, and if they don't send troops in this position, the spit of the people can drown them, so they will not only agree, but also go all out, you know, this is their first battle on the frontal battlefield, and they can't afford to lose this face.
At this point, the chairman of the committee smiled and praised Jiang Haoran's performance again and again, perhaps before this, the chairman still had Jiang Haoran's pro-communist doubts in his heart, but this remark completely dispelled his concerns.
At the same time, Chen Chen was sent to personally go to the Eighth Route Army's office in Chongqing to invite representatives of the Eighth Route Army to attend a military meeting and jointly formulate a plan for the recovery of Wuhan.
Before formulating the plan, the chairman of the committee proposed that Jiang Haoran be the commander-in-chief of the campaign, but Jiang Haoran refused to go to Burma at any time on the grounds that the current situation in Burma was unstable, and suggested that the chairman personally command the campaign.
Of course, Jiang Haoran will not be stupid enough to steal the limelight, and there are some things that he has to clean himself up, and if something happens at that time, it has nothing to do with him.
The representatives of the Eighth Route Army arrived as scheduled, as Jiang Haoran expected, and it did not take much trouble, and the representatives of the Eighth Route Army readily agreed to send troops, of course, there was an indispensable righteousness for the country and the nation, and also put forward some logistical requirements, the Eighth Route Army's equipment was notoriously poor, and this kind of large-scale battle would certainly not be able to be fought without a certain amount of artillery support and sufficient ammunition, so they proposed to the Nationalist Government that they needed 5,000 rifles, 100 light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and 50 infantry guns. A number of various types of ammunition and medicines.
Compared with the battle in front of him, this requirement was really not excessive, and it was even a little unexpected, so he waved his hand on the spot and agreed very happily. The battle plan was intensively formulated.
Such a huge battle plan involves several theaters and hundreds of thousands of troops, and the deployment of troops, the replenishment of materials, the collection of intelligence, and so on, all have to be carefully calculated and planned, and it is far from a matter of time and a half, so after formulating a general direction, Jiang Haoran slipped out of the command headquarters.
When he went out, Jiang Haoran put the military hat clipped under his armpit on his head, pulled the general's uniform on his body again, glanced into the courtyard, and walked out quickly.
The sky was already flying red, indicating that the day was about to pass. In the courtyard of the headquarters, Leng Rushuang was pacing back and forth in the glow, and the Mei sisters behind them stood quietly. This kind of high-end military meeting, they can't enter, so they have been waiting outside.
Jiang Haoran saw Mei Xiang pointing to his side from afar, Leng Rushuang suddenly raised his head, and then quickly greeted him, with an anxious face, before anyone arrived, the voice arrived first: "Chief seat, something happened!" ”
"Something? Who had an accident and what happened? Jiang Haoran's face sank and he exclaimed.
"Tie Erdan, they have defeated the White Mansion!"
"Knock down the White Mansion? Fuck, what are you doing in the White Mansion? ”
"Liu Qiaoshou, do you remember?"
"Liu Qiaoshou? Isn't he from Zhuang Fuguo? ”
"Yes, it's Zhuang Fuguo's people, but they were arrested by Dai Li as 'this' and entered the Bai Mansion, so they went directly up the mountain to rob people, and the result 616161616161 you know." Leng Rushuang's right index finger and thumb were separated, and he said secretively compared to a "eight characters".
"Fuck, these bastards can really make trouble!" Jiang Haoran scolded angrily, took off his military hat and picked his head, and then asked: "They have just arrived in Chongqing, how do they know that Liu Qiaoshou was arrested in the Bai Mansion, and who will inform you?" ”
"As soon as they went out, they went to Zhang Jun, saying that it was too ostentatious to go out with this equipment, and they wanted to put the equipment in Zhang Jun's camp, it is estimated that Zhang Jun told them the news, and it was Zhang Jun who sent someone to deliver the letter just now."
"Zhang Jun?" The corners of Jiang Haoran's mouth were slightly hooked, and a playful smile appeared on his face.
The relationship between Zhang Jun and Tie Erdan is absolutely solid, after all, when he was arrested in the Bai Mansion, Tie Erdan lived in Zhang Jun's camp for nearly half a year, but Liu Qiaoshou is a person on the hidden front, and it is impossible to have any intersection with Zhang Jun, the only possibility is that Zhang Jun is also a person from "over there", and this time he used Tie Erdan as a gun.