It turned out that Chairman Chiang, the highest authority of the Kuomintang, was pleasantly surprised to find that the fifth joint encirclement and suppression campaign operated by himself did not lose troops in a few battles after only a few battles as the previous four times. But this time, judging from the current situation, I am on the right path!

Recalling the previous joint encirclement and suppression, Chairman Jiang showed a trace of helplessness and a wry smile on his face.

Am I easy? It's really not easy for me!

During the first and second "encirclement and suppression", we didn't think what these red bandits could do at all, because it was some "local incident". Originally, I thought that I could end it by just dispatching some miscellaneous troops in the local area, but I didn't know that those miscellaneous troops not only suffered heavy losses, but also allowed the Vermilion Red Bandits to have greater development. During the third and fourth "encirclement and suppression," our troops made the mistake of advancing impatiently and rashly, and every time they went deep alone, they created favorable conditions for the Red Bandits to break through their own units, and this led to defeat. This time, let's start at the same time in several aspects, see how you jump! Well, what about the troops, we are the main force of the central government; As for the way of fighting, let's not seek speed, steady and steady, layer by layer, insist on advancing layer by layer with tight fortifications and pillboxes, through this slow but effective way of occupation, compress the combat area of you red bandits, and force you to fight a protracted war with us to fight for resources, consumption, and manpower. As for the economy, we are the government, and there are ways to deal with it, well, blockade, just two words, you can let you die! That's what we have! Thinking about it, the effect of imposing a strict economic, communications, post, and telecommunications blockade to strictly prohibit the flow of grain, salt, industrial products, raw materials, and other materials into the Soviet areas and to cut off their ties with the outside world should be good. In the past few years, the countryside has been disturbed for a long time, and the people have no room for breathing, and they are in fact empty; if they are tightly sealed off and cut off from their transportation materials, there will be no production inside and no help outside, and they will be allowed to move and run away, so they will have to stay in a corner and wait for their death!

Of course, to achieve such fruitful results this time, our method of using troops is completely correct. It seems that, on the basis of summing up the experience of the previous four encirclement and suppression, the Army Officer Training Corps, which was launched in Lushan, Jiangxi Province in July last year with red bandits as imaginary enemies, has been completely effective in training officers at and above the intermediate level in phases and batches! At least, what we explained to these elites in the training class is that this crackdown on bandits is really about the survival of the party-state and the army, and they can't be careless and easy, and these people still listened to it! It seems that as a result of this training in Lushan and the reorganization of the troops, the overall combat effectiveness and fighting spirit of our army have been greatly improved. Most of those high-ranking officials can take the lead and appear on the front line of the battlefield, which is a clear proof! Well, judging from the battle report provided by his Chen Cixiu, the total number of officers and soldiers killed and wounded in the Third Route Army has reached 827 so far, and the total number of soldiers killed and wounded has reached 9,235, and the ratio of officers to soldiers is about 1:11, which is higher than the actual ratio of officers and soldiers in combat units. This shows that the heavy casualties of officers are closely related to their command of operations on the front line. It seems that these division and brigade commander-level commanders who participated in the encirclement and suppression often appeared on the front line of the battlefield, while regimental commander-level commanders directly commanded and participated in battles when necessary. That's good! In the battles of Desheng Pass, Zhaitou Pass, Daluoshan and other battles, the commander of the 399th Regiment of the 67th Division, the commander of the 474th Regiment of the 235th Brigade of the 79th Division, and the commander of the 36th Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division were all able to take the lead and personally lead their troops to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Red Army, and the commander of the 36th Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division was killed on the spot. This should be praised, rewarded, their future affairs must be handled well, and their families and the government must be responsible for the whole process! In the battle of Fengxiangfeng, the acting battalion commanders of the second and third battalions of the 470th Regiment were killed and wounded one after another, the casualties of cadres below the company commander had reached more than 20, and the platoon commander of the sixth company was completely killed and wounded. This is also very good, the government will be responsible for their future affairs, that Mao Bingfang, we have to be rewarded heavily, we have to take him to Nanjing, and we will personally hang a medal for him!

Well, since ancient times, there has been a "general outside, the king's order is not affected", this time we will not interfere too much in specific operations, pay attention to the initiative of the front-line commander, it seems that we have done the right thing! At the very least, Chen Cixiu, commander of the Third Route Army, the main force, showed a fairly strong initiative spirit and played an important role in the victory of the campaign.

These red bandits are most likely to harass our ears and eyes and undermine our spirits by using all kinds of clever methods of loud and loud voices, waving flags and shouting, and all kinds of false voices and intimidations, so as to get a bargain. Hey, this method is simply an ancient tactic of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and it is a little ugly to say, but I think that the bandit area is only 500 square miles long, and if our army can advance two miles a day, it will be less than a year, and the bandit area can be completely occupied.

Well, in addition to these, over the years, our internal and external environment has been relatively relaxed this year, giving us the opportunity to spread calmly. After the Great Wall War of Resistance and the signing of the Tanggu Agreement, Japan's activities in North China came to an end, and the pressure on the North was temporarily reduced, which was a good thing. Think about yourself, in the second, third, and fourth "encirclement and suppression", our Nanjing government encountered serious internal disputes or oppression by foreign enemies. During the second "encirclement and suppression," our troops were also steady and steady at first, but later the Hu Hanmin incident led to changes in Guangdong, and we had to speed up the "encirclement and suppression" operation, so that the red bandits found a good opportunity to fight, and we suffered serious losses. During the third and fourth "encirclement and suppression" periods, the September 18 Incident and the Great Wall Incident broke out one after another, which made us upset and haggard. Niang Xipi!

Fortunately, in the early stage of the fifth "encirclement and suppression", although the Fujian Incident occurred with the 19th Route Army as the military backbone, our actions were fast, and the incident was quickly suppressed, and we gained complete control of Fujian. Well, after taking complete control of Fujian, with the exception of Chen Jitang in Guangdong, our Nationalist Government will complete the encirclement of the so-called central Soviet area of the Red Bandits from the east, west, and north.

Well, it seems, victory is in sight. But we can't slack off here, we have to add a fire to completely eliminate these red bandits, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart!