The next day, Ouyang Jian planned to visit Tan Song, but was blocked in the house by Peng Dehuai and Lin early in the morning. "Brother Ouyang, it's rare to come back, I heard yesterday that you were researching at the Institute of Chemistry, and you can't go anywhere today, let's have a good chat with the three of you." Peng Dehuai was the one who did not give in. Lin Dao: "Brother Ouyang, I also have a lot of heartfelt words to communicate, and I am afraid that there will be fewer and fewer opportunities for us to be together in the future." We know that your time is precious, and tomorrow we will hold a military meeting, so you can't leave too much time for us today! ”

"Looks like I can't agree with it! It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, say where to go, let's not get drunk today. "You are a local tyrant, of course you have to go to the best hotel." We went to Xingguo Hotel, which was opened by overseas Chinese in Nanyang and is currently the highest-grade hotel in Ruijin. "If you listen to you, I'll go to the Xingguo Hotel." Soon the three of them sat in a private room upstairs in the Xingguo Hotel, and Ouyang Jian instructed the waiter to check the best dishes. Several of the guards stood outside the private room and were loyal to their duties, and besides, the conversation was not to be heard by the guards.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Lin took the lead and said: "Brother Ouyang, the battle of Guinan to eat the 5th Division of the Japanese army seems to be logical on the surface, but after careful study, it is not. From the strategic deception at the beginning to the encirclement of the Japanese 5th Division, it can be said that it is interlocking and dangerous. There is no room for error. In particular, the weaponry, equipment, and combat effectiveness of the various units of the 4th Theater vary greatly. But you did it, and you made the ministries work with maximum operational efficiency. ”

"Brother Ouyang, get straight to the point. There is a question that I can't figure out, the battle has reached the most critical moment, how can you conclude that the 1st Guards Division of the Japanese Army will not fight to the death? I thought about it carefully, if the 1st Guards Division of the Japanese Army desperately attacked Xijin, the two divisions of the 38th Group Army would not be able to hold it at all. If the Guards Division occupies Xijin and the New Sixth Army suffers from the enemy in the belly, it will be difficult to say the whole battle situation. Ouyang Jian smiled: "Brother Lin, you are very keen. Saw the weakest point. It was the three conditions that prompted me to make up my mind to encircle and eat the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, and I could not do without any of these three points. First of all, I have an armored unit in my hand, and its rapid assault capability ensures a joint encirclement operation, which has been proven in actual combat. ”

"Second, as early as a month before the start of the war, I asked the 38th Army to secretly build fortifications in Xijin in case of urgent needs. Considering that the 38th Group Army could only send two divisions to Xijin to intercept it, I asked them to use the terrain and topography to build five defensive positions, requiring each position to hold on for one day, and requiring them to complete the task as long as they held on to Xijin for five days. Peng Dehuai interjected: "It took exactly 5 days to encircle the 5th Division of the Japanese Army and wipe it out. It took 5 days for the Japanese reinforcements of the 55th Division to arrive at Fengting! ”

Lin Dao: "The exquisite calculation is shocking, but the Japanese 1st Guards Division did not break through a position, which is very abnormal, and I even doubt that the 1st Guards Division is a Japanese army?" That's the third question I'm trying to answer. Due to the continuous campaigns of the Japanese army, the battle line continued to lengthen. Although the Japanese army continued to expand, its strength was far from enough. It was impossible for the newly formed units of the Japanese army to be put into operation immediately, and the 1st Guards Division was a formed unit, so the Japanese base camp had to be put into the 1st Guards Division to fight to make up for the lack of troops. ”

"Why did you have to invest in the 1st Guards Division, could it be that this Japanese army is different?" Ouyang Jian said with a smile: "Why do you call it the Guards Division, to put it bluntly, it is the garrison of the capital, which protects the emperor." It stands to reason that the forces that protect the emperor should be the most powerful, but on the contrary. The Japanese Guards Division, pampered all year round, hardly participated in combat. In particular, most of the officer system of the Guards Division was related to the imperial family, and the Japanese army base camp would never dare to let the Guards Division fight a vicious battle. ”

"To sum up, the Japanese command let the Guards Division land in the North Sea, which is enough to prove my judgment. Although Nishizu is a weak link, I am still very relieved. Lin sighed: "This example once again proves how great the military thinking of the ancestors is, knowing oneself and knowing the enemy is the magic weapon of victory." "Brother Ouyang, you have done your homework home, how can you be invincible!" Peng Dehuai agreed. "The more strange thing in the Japanese army is the Osaka 4th Division of the Japanese Army, which is a division formed by Osaka merchants."

"This Japanese army is known as the first abandoned division. The combat effectiveness of the division was extremely poor, which was absolutely unusual among the Japanese troops with the spirit of selfless sacrifice. The division is not good at fighting, but the commercial atmosphere is strong. From officers to soldiers, everyone is in business. Buying and selling wherever you go is an open secret in the base camp of the Japanese army. Therefore, the Japanese base camp easily did not dare to let the Osaka Division go to the front line to fight. ”

"I didn't expect that the Japanese army also had officers and soldiers who were afraid of death, which is indeed wonderful!" Brother Ouyang, your understanding of the Japanese army and the Japanese is unmatched. I was amazed at the details of the Kumamoto Division you provided this time. "To tell you the truth, I started collecting intelligence on the Japanese army before 918, and this is the result of accumulation."

There is no way, Ouyang Jian must "justify himself", otherwise he will not be able to pass the test in the face of the two shrewd generals. Peng Dehuai said: "Not long ago, Mr. Zhu and I inspected the airborne troops and visited the Dongku Airport by the way. Eight years ago, you advocated the construction of Dongku Airport, and many people did not understand or even oppose it at that time, but you have abundant funds and are strong enough to oppose public opinion. It can now be seen that Dongku Airport is playing a role day by day. Brother Ouyang, what did you think 8 years ago, could it be that you expected today's situation at that time? I've been confused! ”

Ouyang Jian pondered for a moment and smiled: "It should be said that it is more appropriate to have strategic ideas. At that time, the Japanese army sharpened its knives, and the outbreak of the war of aggression against China was inevitable. At that time, the Dongku airfield was built to deploy an air strike team in wartime. However, due to various reasons, our air force has never been able to grow, and this is also a helpless move. Now that the world situation has changed dramatically, and the world war is raging, we have the conditions to expand our air force on a large scale, but the Japanese army has blocked the external passage, and we can only accept this fact for now. ”

Lin Dao: "Now the situation has changed, you let the Airborne Forces equip American carbines, and as far as I know, Jiujiang Arsenal does not have an American carbine bullet production line, and you want the Americans to provide bullets." "Yes, you must know that the consumption of ammunition for submachine guns is astronomical, and our raw material reserves, including raw materials for production, can only meet the needs of low-intensity operations. Taking into account the consumption of ammunition, this is why we did not massively carry submachine guns. ”

"At present, the German army is sweeping across Europe, and Germany and Japan are allied, and it is no longer possible for the Americans to be alone. The expansion of the Japanese army, in particular, has threatened the Pacific interests of the United States. , and the imaginary enemy of the Japanese Navy is the US Navy. The protracted resistance of the Chinese battlefield held back the Japanese army. The limited aid provided by the United States at the beginning was to prevent the Chinese government from being defeated as soon as possible, which was not in the interests of the Americans. The Americans were not offended on either side, that is, they aided the Nationalist Government and provided a large amount of war materials for the Japanese army. ”

"In the European theater, the rout of the Anglo-French alliance and the German-Japanese alliance stung the Americans. Where to go, the Americans are aware of the great danger. Beginning this year, the US Government has made a large-scale reduction in the supply of military supplies to the Japanese army, especially strategic materials such as oil. What does this signal mean, it shows that the next step is that the US government will forcefully demand that the Japanese army withdraw from Chinese mainland, otherwise it will unilaterally announce the cessation of all commercial and trade exchanges with Japan. If this situation occurs, it is not difficult for the two of you to guess. Peng Dehuai said: "It means that the United States and Japan will have a war!" ”

"We hope to see a situation that will come soon. There is not a drop of oil on Japanese soil, and the only way for the Japanese to obtain oil resources is to seize them by force. If a war breaks out between the United States and Japan, and the Americans need us to fight against Japan, they will willingly provide military assistance, and at that time we will have the Americans provide bullets. "Lin Dao, if this situation really occurs, it will be a nightmare for the Japanese army to deploy a group of American bombers at Dongku Airport!" Lin said excitedly.

In fact, Ouyang Jian's original construction of the Dongku airfield was tailor-made for US bombers. Of course, these words cannot be said, otherwise they cannot be justified. "Maybe it's a crooked attack, if the United States and Japan go to war, the U.S. military will use Dongku Airport 100 percent. Then we will have the opportunity to use the United States to rapidly expand our air force. My idea is that the United States will deploy a fleet of bombers, and we will have a fleet of fighters and cover the group of American bombers. As soon as we seize air supremacy, that is the beginning of our great counteroffensive. ”

Peng Dehai said excitedly: "I am now bright, I hope that day will come as soon as possible." "Brother Ouyang, every time we talk to you, we can't get enough of it, and it makes us multiply." "Since you two are still unsatisfied, I'm breaking a secret. If US fighter planes appear here, we will take the opportunity to steal the US military's aviation technology and develop our aviation industry by leaps and bounds. Wait until the war is over. Our own fighters will soar into the blue sky. We cannot be controlled by others all the time, and we must build a strong air force. ”

"Brother Ouyang, if it's not the navy, you also want to borrow the big tree of the Americans?" Peng Dehuai asked shrewdly. "With the help of the Americans is inevitable, it's just that the idea is not yet mature. Don't worry, I'll surprise you. "I hope that Brother Ouyang's earth-shattering plan will be realized as soon as possible, here I wish in advance!" Peng Dehuai drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. Lin also made an exception to dry the wine in his glass because of his excitement and said: "How eager to command a modern army to fight, I hope that my dream will come true・・・・・・." ”

The next day, the military meeting of the Military Commission was formally convened, and the battle plan was finally formed for a week. There were two appointments at the meeting of the Military Commission, because Peng Dehuai served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, the former commander of the 2nd Corps, and the post of chief of staff of the 3rd Corps, He Long, was held by He Long, chief of staff of the 3rd Corps. Xu Xiangqian, commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region Independent Column, was dismissed from his post, and as for what Xu Xiangqian was doing, he only announced another appointment, and at the same time appointed Nie Rongzhen as commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Independent Column. A few days later, Xu Xiangqian and all the personnel of Project 01 flew directly to Lanzhou on two transport planes, and there was no news from Xu Xiangqian for several years after that.

After the military meeting, the Central Committee asked Ouyang Jian to use the time before returning to the First War Zone to assist the Central Committee and the Committee in discussing the industrial and economic development plan for the new period. Due to Jiangxi's industrial and economic development, its scale has changed dramatically with the pace of the war. The next step of the new industrial layout and economic development plan requires Ouyang Jian's participation. This move meant that this large-scale military operation at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was not able to participate.