After destroying the 60,000 Japanese troops who had invaded the base area, Zhang Cheng once again began to plan for the next move of the instructor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Battle of Xuzhou had already begun as early as the beginning of this month, and the Japanese base camp had mobilized about 240,000 people from eight divisions, three brigades, and two detachments in order to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and unite the occupied areas, and the commander of the North China Front Army, Toshiichi Hata (because King Hatohiko of the Central China Command was blocked and killed by our army, the former commander of the Central China Front Army, Matsui Ishone, was angered by the emperor and ordered to retire) and the commander of the North China Front Army, Terauchi Shouichi, to carry out a north-south advance in an attempt to capture Xuzhou, a strategic point in East China, and then take Zhengzhou in the west and Wuhan in the south. And in one fell swoop broke the main force of the Kuomintang army.

On the Kuomintang side, under the command of Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater, 64 divisions and three brigades of about 600,000 people were mobilized successively, and the main force was concentrated in the area north of Xuzhou to resist the southern attack of the Japanese army on the northern front.

For the Battle of Xuzhou, Zhang Cheng did not want to interfere too much, due to the successive battles during this period of time, the tutor has aroused Chang Kaishen's vigilance and jealousy, if the tutor participates in the Battle of Xuzhou and achieves several big victories, it is very likely that Chang Kaishen will detonate the friction of migrant workers in advance, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War.

Although the instructors under Zhang Cheng's command are no longer afraid of any Japanese front army in China in terms of strength, Japan's strong reserve system still makes Zhang Cheng feel very jealous.

If the instructor cripples the North China Front, if the Japanese army's base camp cancels the southward strategy, concentrates on attacking China, and requisitions millions of troops to invest all in the Chinese battlefield, then Zhang Cheng will sit on wax, and the result is likely to be China's back-to-back for Britain and Mi.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng finally decided on the strategy of making a fortune in a muffled voice, and it was not appropriate to stimulate the base camp of the Japanese army too much, mainly to create an anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines, accumulate strength in a low-key manner, and prepare for a future strategic counteroffensive.

With regard to the anti-Japanese base areas, the areas currently under the control of the instructor include Yulin, Shenmu, Ordos, Baotou, Hetao, and the first section of western Shanxi, and Zhang Cheng has already reported to the party Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to apply for the formal establishment of the Shanxi-Suisui Military Region, and is now awaiting the approval of the central authorities.

If the central authorities approve the establishment of the Shanxi-Shaanxi-Sui Military Region, then this military region will become the second military region after the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region established by Nie Shuai.

After carefully considering the development direction of the current instructor, Zhang Cheng originally planned to use Suiyuan as the forward base and directly advance to the northeast and fight to the death with the Japanese Kwantung Army, but thinking that World War II had not yet broken out, and the march into the northeast at this time was the time when the Japanese Kwantung Army was expanding rapidly, and the difference between strength and weakness was too great, and the timing was not ripe.

At present, the three main forces of the Eighth Route Army, the 115th Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division, are mainly active in Jin Province, and the leaders of each division are either marshals or generals, plus the commander and the two bosses of Zhu and Peng are in the rear, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Jin Province is much stronger than that of the Japanese army and Yan Laoxi, and the Japanese army cannot bargain at all in Jin Province.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army is gathered in Jin Province, and if the instructor develops in Jin Province, it will be a bit redundant, and it is a huge waste of troops, which is not advisable.

As for Suiyuan, in order not to overstimulate the Kwantung Army in the northeast, Zhang Cheng did not plan to expand his territory anymore, and was ready to focus on defense, as long as the instructor could hold Baotou and the Hetao Plain.

As for the Gyeonggi region of China, it was one of the areas where the Japanese army had the most powerful forces, and Zhang Cheng did not want to go head-to-head with the North China Front so early, so he was also excluded by Zhang Cheng.

After thinking about it, Zhang Cheng found that there was only one Qilu left suitable for his own mentor development, and the Qilu warlord Han Fuqu collapsed without a fight in the face of the Japanese army, and surrendered Qilu to the Japanese army, and was shot by Chang Kaishen to kill the monkey and set an example; Although the Japanese army occupied Qilu, they were too busy attacking Xuzhou to take care of Qilu's defense, which was a good opportunity for the instructor to take advantage of the situation.

After the Japanese army won the two major battles of Xuzhou and Wuhan in succession, it seemed to be extremely powerful, but in fact, the defense line was constantly stretched, and the troops were becoming more and more stretched, and eventually led to a fire in the backyard, and a large rural area in North China was recovered by the Eighth Route Army, and the actual occupation area of the Japanese army was only some large and medium-sized cities and major transportation arteries.

Zhang Cheng felt that it was most prudent to develop according to the successful strategy in the history of the Eighth Route Army, divided the instructor's forces into zero, advanced to Qilu to actively develop anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and constantly attacked the supplies and strongholds of the Japanese army, accumulating small victories into big victories, and silently accumulating strength.

Of course, Zhang Cheng's short-term goal is to advance into the land of Qilu, but Zhang Cheng attaches the most importance to the northeast, and he decided to send a small force into the northeast to explore the way for the future march of the main force of the instructor.

However, if Zhang Cheng wanted to send a force into the northeast, he first had to obtain the consent of the commander and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and he had to report to the commander in person about the establishment of the Jin-Shaanxi-Sui base area, so Zhang Cheng returned to Yan'an with the guard troops after explaining to the political commissar.

To Zhang Cheng's surprise and surprise, after receiving the news that Zhang Cheng was about to return to Yan'an, the commander once again personally greeted Zhang Cheng at the city gate and gave Zhang Cheng an incomparably grand courtesy.

This kind of courtesy moved Zhang Cheng and made him feel proud at the same time, in history, such courtesy commanders have only been given to Lin Shuai, who has made outstanding contributions.

After washing the dust of Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng personally reported to the commander and Mr. Zhu on the recent battles and development of the instructor, and at the same time reported to the commander and Mr. Zhu on the plan to send an advance detachment into the northeast.

Zhang Chengxiang said frankly to the commander-in-chief and Mr. Zhu: "At present, our country can be divided into three major forces, the most powerful is Japan, followed by the Kuomintang Army, and finally our Eighth Route Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Party.

At present, the situation in our country is that there are two weak enemies and one strong, our Workers' and Peasants' Party and the Kuomintang have joined forces to resist Japan, and because Japan is a foreign race, although it is strong but has a weak foundation, sooner or later it will be driven out of China by us and the Kuomintang.

I think whoever can get the Northeast will be able to win the world, the Northeast has a strong industrial base, developed resources, fertile land, and is currently the most developed and most promising hot land in China, and our Workers' and Peasants' Party and the Kuomintang, no matter who gets the Northeast region, can expand their strength a thousand times over.

Although the time is not yet ripe for the main force of our Eighth Route Army to enter the northeast, sending an advance detachment into the northeast is undoubtedly a precautionary move, and this will play a very huge role in our workers' and peasants' party's eventual acquisition of the northeast. ”