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"This old strongman!" Wang Guihua was very angry, opened her mouth, and swallowed more ugly words into her stomach.

Jiang Junfeng shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, it's okay if he ignores us, and after a long time, his thoughts will slowly change." ”

"If you don't change, he won't be able to change anyway!" Wang Guihua stretched out her finger and pointed to a family, and said: "The new village chief and I look good, the Xiucai who has read the book is also kind, and the old grandson can't catch up with others." ”

Jiang Junfeng was noncommittal, just smiled and said goodbye to Wang Guihua in front of his house.

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In 1939, in view of the war situation, the Japanese North China Front implemented the operational plan for this year in three phases: the first phase was from January to May 1939; Phase II: June-September 1939; The third phase was from October 1939 to March 1940.

The identified Suzheng operation area was divided into Jizhong Operation, Luxi Operation, Jindong Operation (No. 1 Operation), Taihang Mountains Suzheng Operation, Lunan Operation, Wutai Operation (No. 10 Operation), and Sweeping the Northern Shanxi Army Operation (Operation N).

Needless to say, the Jizhong Plain is rich in grain and cotton, densely populated, and its strategic position is very important. Because of its wealth, it was called China's Ukraine by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army called it the Eighth Route Military Station.

In such an area where both sides are bound to conquer, it is inevitable that a long and brutal battle will break out. On the one hand, Tada Jun used railways and highways to divide the links between the various anti-Japanese base areas, and on the other hand, he ordered the troops concentrated in Jizhong to repeatedly sweep, encroach, and blockade with unprecedented patience. As a result of these actions, the Japanese army in Jizhong did achieve more successful results than before.

As can be seen from the map, the Jizhong base area, known as the granary of North China, has formed a retreat from north to south and from west to east under the attack of the Japanese army, and many county towns and large towns have fallen.

Judging from the Japanese army's battle plan and operational area, although the Japanese army in North China began to attach importance to GC*D armament, this understanding was not consistently implemented on the battlefield. With regard to the two sides of Chongqing and China and G, which are contradictory to each other, it is unclear which side is the real enemy and who should be targeted on the front line of the battlefield. The judgment is also not clear.

That is to say, the Japanese army's battle plan to fight everyone, not only the army of Zhongg, but also Shen Honglie, Yu Xuezhong and other troops belonging to Chongqing, and Yan Xishan's Jin army are also among the attacks.

The reason for this is that the basic arrangement of the Chinese army and the Japanese government has always been to regard the forces of the Kuomintang as the main enemy and to smash their attempts to continue the war, and thus the concept of operations cannot be unified. However, one point that cannot be ignored is the role played by the strategic dogma of "annihilating the field army" that has existed throughout the Japanese Army for many years.

And Tada Jun pointed the key areas of clearing and consolidating in North China to Jizhong, and his eyes were vicious. As a plain area, the Jizhong Plain, the great granary of North China, is not only rich and populous, but also more conducive to giving full play to the mechanized advantages of the Japanese army.

If the Eighth Route Army can be eliminated or expelled from the plains, it will not only ensure the safety of the important areas occupied by it such as Pingpu and Tianjin, as well as the railway transportation lines such as Jinpu and Pinghan, but also cut off the maximum supply of materials and soldiers for the Eighth Route Army.

By the summer and autumn of 1939, the Japanese army had already occupied all the county towns and major market towns in the central Hebei region, overhauled highways, set up strongholds, and from time to time gathered troops, combed and pulled nets, and carried out "sweeping" operations.

For the rise of the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region, Tada Jun is not unnoticed, but he has his difficulties and troubles, the most important of which is the lack of troops.

By the autumn and winter of 1939, the enemy's regiment had been transferred to Wuhan, Guangxi, or back to Korea and Japan to garrison, fight, and recuperate in important places. The garrison in North China was to be held by the newly formed 32nd, 35th, 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions. At this time, the enemy's troops in North China and Inner Mongolia consisted of nine infantry divisions, one cavalry group, 12 independent mixed brigades and regiments responsible for security operations, one field heavy artillery brigade, and one flying regiment.

The North China Front Army, with a total strength of more than 250,000 troops, must not only guard the vast occupied areas, but also place a considerable part of its main forces along the Yellow River and in the Zhongtiao Mountains to confront the Nationalist Army. At that time, when the number and scale of the puppet army were not particularly large, there were not many mobile troops that Tada Jun could mobilize.

In order to make up for the shortage of troops, Tada Jun could only use the railways and newly built roads to sweep the anti-Japanese base areas in North China, and use a part of his troops to adopt a highly dispersed deployment method to carry out forgery and blockade against the Japanese base areas.

Because of this, although the Japanese army in North China has achieved certain results, it is not a mountain of pressure on the anti-Japanese forces behind the enemy. Not only is the Eighth Route Army still supporting, but also developing; The armed forces behind enemy lines that belong to the national * army system, such as Pang Bingxun, Sun Liangcheng, Yu Xuezhong and other troops, have not suffered too many losses.

And just when Tada Jun frequently asked the headquarters for reinforcements to improve the law and order situation in North China, and was expected to be approved, the reactionary winter counteroffensive of the Kuomintang * Army shattered his expectations again.

The winter counteroffensive dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army, making the Japanese army realize that the strength of the national army was still very strong, and it was not greatly weakened as expected. Therefore, the Japanese army changed its plan to continue to reduce its troops from the Chinese battlefield and increase its presence in North China, and was ready to continue to attack the Kuomintang in the form of short-cut assaults.

Of course, the main battlefield is the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the combat troops are mainly the 11th Army. In order to solve the difficulty of insufficient troops of the 11th Army, the Japanese army also transferred troops from the garrison troops in Nanjing, Suzhou and other places, and naturally ignored Tada Jun's request for help.

Under such circumstances, Tada Jun deeply felt that it would be very difficult to carry out a heavy sweep of the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region. Because the strength of the New Seventh Army has already been reflected in several battles, there are more than 100,000 national armies in the vicinity, such as the Third Group Army, the 76th Army, the Eighth Cavalry Division, and even the Gui troops in Dabie Mountain, which can provide support, and it is possible to use at least three or four divisions to win.

This is different from sweeping the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, where a brigade can fight independently, and several divisions and brigades in a mess can each draw out a part of their troops, and then they can besiege the Ninth Route and the Tenth Route Army. And to strike at the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border area, a wing of Japanese troops may not dare to act alone.

However, the New Seventh Army has already entered Shandong, and it is unacceptable to let the New Seventh Army develop. Moreover, Tada Jun believed that the military pressure on the anti-Japanese armed forces in the central and southern Hebei plains could not be alleviated. In his opinion, holding the granary of North China in his hands can put the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain to death, which is an unswerving strategy. If you give up halfway, all the gains you have already made will be lost.

After comprehensive consideration, Tada Jun decided to first encircle instead of attack, limiting the space for the New Seventh Army to develop northward. To this end, he ordered Tuqiao, commander of the 12th Army stationed in Shandong, to end the sweep of Yu Xuezhong and the Eighth Route Army in southern Lunan for a while, and to transfer the main force to southwest Lu, and together with the Japanese troops stationed in Heze, Jining, Gunzhou, and Xuzhou, to encircle the border areas of Shandong, Henan, and Anhui.

In order to solve the difficulty of the 12th Army's lack of mobile troops, Tada Jun transferred from the 26th Division the 11th Independent Infantry Wing of Itei Idei Daisayuki stationed in Shuo County, Shanxi Province, and a brigade of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the Chinese Garrison Tun in Tianjin, bringing the number of Japanese troops besieging the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border area to 28 infantry brigades.

According to the plan, the main force of the 12th Army will advance westward from Yanzhou and deploy defenses along various key points along the Jihe (Jining, Heze) highway. After stabilizing the defensive line, first draw out part of the troops to sweep the Wenshang, Liangshan and other places in the Luxi base area of the Eighth Route Army north of the defensive line, so as to remove the threat of the Eighth Route Army harassing its back. Then, they waited for an opportunity to draw the 7th Brigade and the 1st Brigade from the troops that had completed the spring sweep in southern Hebei to form an attack group in the west of the Netherlands.

The Luxi base area of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the new 7th, 4th, and 8th brigades of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei and the new Eighth Army of Gao Shuxun of the National * Army, have all played the role of shielding the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region. In particular, the Eighth Route Army and Gao Shuxun's troops in Puyang, Liuxiatun, and Pucheng also threatened Heze from the west and contained Heze's troops.

If the southern Hebei region can be occupied, it will not only remove the containment and threat from the west of the Netherlands and Jersey, and attack Lankao and Kaifeng together with the Japanese army in Xinxiang, but also play a counter-diversion role, making it difficult for the national * army in the western Henan region to withdraw to support the New Seventh Army.

The arrangement is not complicated, but Tada Jun strives for the long term. This is similar to his idea of using roads to control people and encroaching on advances, first trapping and then attacking.

If Tada's strategy is too cautious and conservative, it would be one-sided. Although many historical records say that he did not make achievements in North China, he was eventually replaced by Okamura and returned to China. In fact, Okamura was able to deal a heavy blow to the anti-Japanese forces in North China, and a large part of the achievements were due to Tada's accumulation and management.

First of all, Tada Jun launched the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, defeating hundreds of thousands of national * troops, thus liberating at least three divisions and giving Okamura enough mobile troops; Second, the "cage," "strengthening public order," and "encroachment" that he vigorously promoted limited the space for the anti-Japanese armed forces to operate and put the Japanese army in North China in a very favorable strategic situation.

Taking Jizhong as an example, by 1942, the enemy had occupied all the county towns and most of the large towns in Jizhong. In addition, more than 1,700 strongholds and pillboxes were built, more than 1,500 miles of railways, more than 15,600 miles of highways, and more than 8,000 miles of blockade ditches and walls were dug and blocked.

It was precisely in this favorable strategic position that Okamura Ninji only mobilized a limited number of troops to achieve the success of the "May Day" sweep and completely occupied Jizhong, the big granary of North China.

However, the strategy and tactics implemented by Tada Jun also have their flaws, that is, they take a long time, the effect is slow, and even the final attack does not show any results on the surface. He was dismissed, and it cannot but be said that this is a very important reason. The so-called: the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. After Okamura took over, he was able to exert his strengths, but it was inseparable from Tada's efforts.

The Japanese army's strategy of encirclement ahead of the city cannot be said to be a mistake, but can only be said to be due to the situation, and it is impossible to draw up sufficient mobile forces in a short period of time. Another point is that the Japanese army has misunderstood and underestimated the speed of development of the New Seventh Army.

From its establishment to the present, with the help of Yang Tianfeng's foresight and foresight, the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region has finally passed through the fragile seedling period.

By the time Tada's siege was formed, he would find that he would face a much more powerful army, and the three divisions he had planned were no longer enough. Besides, Yang Tianfeng still has a corresponding strategy, how can he sit back and wait for the enemy's siege to be completed?

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In the midst of war, fear, and evasion, people naturally have a desire for a stable life. Even if the material life is scarce, as long as it is safe and the heart is not tired, people will yearn for it very much.

Under such a mentality, the Huxi region was quickly stabilized, and production and life gradually returned to normal. The public mobilization done by GC*D in the Huxi area has also laid a good foundation for the development of various work, which can be regarded as allowing Yang Tianfeng to pick up a ready-made.

The fields began to shed their yellowish coats, and various plants spat out green shoots.

The most sensitive response to spring is willow. The branches that swayed in the wind, showing a pale green, became pliable. The musty smell of dead grass and leaves rotted by the snow water is everywhere in the spring field, mixed with the fragrance of trees and weeds.

The free "coolies" were brought in again, digging pits and making manure, plowing the land, reclaiming wasteland, and smashing stones and burning kilns...... The busy spring ploughing began.

Jiang Junfeng was very happy today, but she still endured it, not wanting others to see the joy in her heart.

In addition to guarding and supervising the "coolies," these garrison troops, who had no combat mission for the time being, also had to help the masses cultivate their fields.

When these soldiers were dispatched, it felt like they were on the market for a long time. At first, there was some restraint, but as Wang Guihua stepped forward to pull Zhang Ermin, who she knew, the other farmers were afraid that they would not be able to grab the strong ones, and they all got sick. Only the company commander Liu Dachuan looked like an official, and no one dared to rob him.

Jiang Junfeng was also a little shy, but she noticed Liu Dachuan's gaze and talked to her. There seemed to be an indescribable meaning in that gaze, which made the girl's courage suddenly increase. She walked towards Liu Dachuan and looked at him with tentative eyes. Liu Dachuan nodded with a smile, and finally made Jiang Junfeng's heart fall into place.

This is a piece of semi-wasteland left by the head of the household, and according to the policy of the border district government of "leaving no wasteland", it was assigned to Jiang Junfeng's family for cultivation. The land had just been plowed by the "coolies", and a manure pond had been dug up next to it, and Liu Dachuan was carrying the straw and throwing it into the pool, sprinkling lime, and then digging a hole for irrigation.

He worked in a hurry, his coat and military uniform had long been taken off and hung on a date tree next to him, as well as his shell gun. (To be continued.) )