After listening to Qian Zhuangfei's report, Political Commissar Zuo thought for a while and said: "I think it's just a trick by the Japanese army, and it's a bluff, the purpose of which is to contain our army. I don't believe that the Japanese army has the courage to start a duel with us at this time, you must know that not long ago we inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in northern Jinbei, and the Japanese army in northern Shanxi will not be able to recover its combat effectiveness so quickly. Secondly, there is no need for the Japanese army to fight to the death with our army, because we must know that although there are many threats, they are far inferior to the more than 200,000 troops of the Nationalist Government in Tojo Mountain and the hundreds of thousands of Jin Sui troops in Yan Xishan. The Japanese army will not and cannot transfer the main forces to clean up our Eighth Route Army, Binshan Yuan and Umezu Mijiro are not stupid, they do not know what the combat mode of our Eighth Route Army is, it will be almost two years since the start of the war, and there will be 80 sweeps of all sizes, and each time it is not in the movement of our army, the Japanese army has been dragged to death by being thin and dragged to death, and that time is not worth the loss, as long as there is no problem in the head of the senior generals of the Japanese army, they will not fight a decisive battle with our army in the whole of North China. So I think we should be ready to rescue the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the southern Hebei region, just in case. Of course, we can't relax, and the Japanese army may also make a desperate gamble and confront our army in several places at the same time, so I suggest that the military region issue a state of first-class alert. What do you think, Commander? "Political Commissar Zuo is worthy of being a general who followed the chairman all the way, and his analysis is still very reasonable, and with only a little information collected by Qian Zhuangfei, it is very good that Political Commissar Zuo can analyze it to this point.

Han Yunhua cleared his throat and said, "The first-level alert state will be exempted, I think it will be the next level of combat readiness." ”

Han Yunhua's words immediately caused an uproar*, you must know that the alert state of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was formulated by Han Yunhua himself, and it is divided into six levels, the lowest level is the three-pole alert state, followed by the second-level alert state, the first-level alert state, and then the higher-level combat readiness state. The state of combat readiness proves that there is definite evidence that the base areas are seriously threatened, and the troops must be prepared for a major war, and the state of combat readiness is also divided into three levels of combat readiness, a second level of combat readiness, and the highest level of combat readiness. According to Han Yunhua's stipulation, once the first level of combat readiness is reached, all base areas must enter a wartime state, and all counties, except for the troops, must complete the assembly in the shortest possible time and wait for orders at any time. In addition, the common people must also cooperate with the troops, and all counties, villages, and towns must be ready to move at any time, and they must ensure that the walls are clear and the wilderness is clear. In addition, the common people living in the county town and major cities also had to be controlled by the lights of the military region to prevent bombing by Japanese planes. You must know that in this way, almost all of the military regions will be busy, and this will also cause serious inconvenience to the production and life of the common people, and the cost will be quite large. Since its establishment, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has issued a total of one order for the first-level combat readiness, that is, the last time the Battle of Saibei was met, and Han Yunhua had never issued such a serious order in addition to this.

"Commander, I don't think there's a need for this, is Binshan Yuanzhen really going to wipe out our army with those troops in Datong, Zhangjiakou and Chengde? As the political commissar analyzed, the main force of the Japanese army should be placed on the body of the Dongtiao Mountain and the Jin Sui Army in southern Hebei and southeast Jin, they will not take the slightest advantage on us, and it will be really thankless to fight us, and it is very likely that they will lose their wives and soldiers. I don't think the Japanese army will do anything against our army at the moment, and once it does, it will be impossible for the Japanese army to have the strength to move other troops in southern Hebei. Shen Yuquan said suspiciously, he very much agreed with the words of Political Commissar Zuo, you must know that Political Commissar Zuo used to be the deputy chief of general staff of the Eighth Route Army, and he had a very good set of strategies and tactics. In particular, the layout of the war and the dynamic analysis of the war are good at it.

But they also knew that Han Yunhua was not a person who was good at jokes, especially in this kind of military meeting, every word Han Yunhua said and every decision he made was related to the lives of a large number of soldiers. Coupled with Han Yunhua's cautious and cautious personality that has always been shown, they have to carefully consider every word Han Yunhua said.

Han Yunhua was not hypocritical, got up and explained: "Comrades, the Japanese army will not die in the heart of China, and a detailed battle plan has been formulated. As early as June 27, 1927, Japan's Tanaka Yoshiichi Cabinet convened the so-called Oriental Conference, which decided the general policy of aggression against China, that is, the Tanaka Cabinet and the Oriental Conference as we are familiar with it. The main discussion of the Oriental Conference was to obstruct China's reunification and safeguard Japan's colonial rights and interests in China, and in May 1927, Japan sent troops to Shandong, causing the Jinan Massacre. On June 27 of the same year, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka convened and presided over a "meeting" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was attended by senior bureaucrats and generals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Army and Navy Ministries, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Kwantung Army, as well as ministers and consuls general in China. On July 7, the meeting formulated the "China Policy Program," declaring the use of force to safeguard Japan's interests and trying to suppress anti-Japanese actions in various parts of China. He stressed that "Manchuria" (i.e., Northeast China and Inner Mongolia) has a "major stake" in Japan's defense and survival, and that "appropriate measures" will be taken to ensure Japan's special interests in Manchuria, Mongolia, etc. According to the Chinese government at the time, after this meeting, Tanaka presented a letter to the emperor, advocating that "if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchu and Mongolia; If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China" and so on. Although no other contents of the "Tanaka Concert" have yet to be discovered, the plans and arrangements of the "China Policy Program" or "Tanaka Concert" of the conference coincide with the plans and arrangements of the "China Policy Program" or "Tanaka Concert" in 1928, when Japan provoked the "September 18" incident in 1931, and then launched a full-scale war of aggression against China in 1937. And all the actions of the Japanese army are only a continuation of the Tanaka twists and turns advocated by the Tanaka cabinet, so we must look at the Japanese attack from the background of the fight. After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army returned with a crushing defeat, and because we handed over a large part of the ships of the Third Fleet to the Nationalist Government, the Japanese army had lost its superiority on the water on the Yangtze River, and its aircraft carriers could not enter the Yangtze River anyway. And the Japanese Air Force was also beaten by the Chinese Air Force, and it was covered with bruises. The most important thing is that if you want to completely take Wuhan, this Nanchang is a hidden danger, and it can't be solved if it is not solved. So I judged that the next move of the Japanese army was to attack Nanchang in preparation for the Second Battle of Wuhan. ”,

Han Yunhua had just paused, and Shen Yuquan spoke: "Does the commander mean that this action of the Japanese army has something to do with the Japanese army's attack on Nanchang?" ”

"That's true, you must know that Nanchang is one of the few air bases in China that is still in the hands of China so far, and once something happens in Wuhan, the Chinese Air Force can arrive in less than an hour, so for the Japanese army, Nanchang must be taken. However, due to the strong performance of our army in the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army had to guard against the repetition of the fiasco in the Battle of Wuhan, so let the North China Front first probe the bottom of our Eighth Route Army, and it is best to contain the main force of our army, so I judge that the Japanese army will launch an attack on our military region, but the scale will certainly not be too large, and the reason why it is said is that the Japanese army cannot conduct a decisive battle with our army for the time being. Because from March 1938, the Nationalist Government sent a large number of squadrons led by General Wei Lihuang to retreat into the Zhongtiao Mountains of Shanxi Province to resist the Japanese army, at that time Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered the squadron north of the Yellow River to stick to the Zhongtiao Mountain, not allowed a soldier to retreat across the Yellow River, and the Japanese army in the "Battle of Xuzhou", and the heavy troops were dispatched to the Yellow River crossing in the Zhongtiao Mountains after the "Battle of Xuzhou", and the Japanese army on the east road was heavily damaged by the squadron ** team commanded by Wei Lihuang in the Xiyang River Valley of Yuanqu County. Because of the presence of Zhongtiao Mountain, the main force of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi will not mobilize much to attack our army, but our army has to prevent little devils and dogs from jumping over the wall to free up their hands to clean up us first, so our military region must make preparations in advance. After a pause, Han Yunhua said: "Also, the Japanese army has reached the door of our Eighth Route Army, and it is imperative to counter-sweep in southern Hebei, but I am a little worried about whether the 129th Division has the strength to compete with the Japanese army." The main reason is that the 386 Brigade has just changed its military commander, and it is still unknown how much combat effectiveness the 386 Brigade can maintain without Brigade Commander Chen, so our army must also be ready to support other units of the Eighth Route Army at any time. ”

As soon as Han Yunhua's words were finished, the seven or eight senior leaders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region in the conference room began to discuss, they did not expect Han Yunhua to take such a long-term view, especially about the Japanese army's sweep in southern Hebei, there was such an inside story, or that the Japanese army had such a purpose.

About ten minutes later, Zuo Political Commissar spoke first: "Let's be quiet, since the commander has analyzed the causes and consequences of this battle and what wishful thinking the little devil played, then I want to ask the commander what plan he has for this battle situation?" ”

Han Yunhua smiled and said: "In order to sweep the southern Hebei region, the Japanese enemy mobilized more than 30,000 people from the 10th, 110th, 114th, and 26th divisions along the Pinghan and Jinpu railways, and carried out a large-scale "sweep" of the southern Hebei region from the east and west lines and divided into 11 routes, in an attempt to flank the main force of our Eighth Route Army in the southern Hebei Plain. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army plus all the troops of the 129th Division can only be used for combat is the 85th Brigade, the 386th Brigade, the Youth Column, the Eastward Column, the Advance Column and other combat groups, if the Japanese army does not have heavy firepower such as chariots, it can barely win, but I know that the Japanese 10th Division after the Battle of Wuhan due to its outstanding achievements, plus the division originally belonged to the main force of the 11th Army, so the Japanese army base camp specially equipped this division with a new reinforced chariot brigade, about more than 80 vehicles of various Wang Eight boxes, If this force is added, then the anti-sweep in southern Hebei will be in great trouble. Therefore, I decided to launch another major battle of sufficient scale in the Saibei area, which provoked the nerves of the Japanese North China Front and forced it to transfer a part of its troops back to support Saibei. As for the specific battle plan, I will hand it over to the Central Military Commission tomorrow, but before that, we must properly handle the future affairs of the military region, especially the defensive gap left by the departure of the large troops. Han Yunhua said quickly, and the heads of the military regions in the conference room listened very carefully, for fear that something would be left behind.