If the enemy wants to kill you, you must kill them first. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the old Chinese saying, it is the first strike to be strong, and the second to suffer.

Yang Tianfeng wanted to take the initiative to attack, not because of Zhao Yurou's casual words, but because he had already done so. It's just that based on factors such as army expansion, training, and reorganization, I feel that the time is not ripe enough.

Moreover, whether to curb the encroachment of the devils in road construction with continuous small-scale counterattacks, or to launch a large-scale offensive similar to the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Yang Tianfeng has to make a choice according to the specific changes in the situation.

Although he supplied some weapons and ammunition to the Eighth Route Army to a limited extent, as well as medicines and supplies, it was still difficult to make up for the gap in military strength, and the Eighth Route Army could only delay and slow down the devil's cage policy, and could not completely curb it.

On the one hand, the devils built roads and forts to divide and encroach on the Japanese base areas, and on the other hand, they swept up and attacked the Japanese forces. Especially since the beginning of winter, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in the whole of North China has become increasingly severe, and the Yongcheng base area is only a temporary calm, and it is impossible to always be alone.

"After the autumn, the sweeps of the North China devils began to increase, and the main target was the base of the Eighth Route Army. First, he besieged Jin, Hebei and Henan, and occupied Qinxian, Wuxiang, Liaoxian, Changzhi, Tunliu, Licheng and other county seats; This was followed by an attack on the southern part of the Beiyue District. According to intelligence, the devils will launch a third sweeping offensive after October, and the targets may be Beiyue District, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan ......"

Yang Tianfeng listened to the chief of staff making a report on the enemy situation, and his eyes wandered on the map. His memory is surprisingly good, and he remembers the previous enemy briefings clearly, and he can communicate farther and see more thoroughly.

Since 1939, especially after Tada Jun took office, he began to target the Eighth Route Army in North China. In line with the principle of first the plains and then the mountains, the focus of the devil's sweep was on central and southern Hebei, with the aim of occupying the granary and densely populated land in North China and cutting off the main supply channels of food and personnel for the Eighth Route Army.

Tada Jun is a China expert, and insidiously adopts a strategy of differential treatment against different factions of anti-Japanese forces. For the time being, the units of the Nationalist Army in the occupied areas with a low desire to take the initiative will not take military action, but will specifically deal with the Eighth Route Army. Of course, this is only a sequential strategy, and it is not always ignored.

Although the Eighth Route Army mobilized the main force and fought hard to keep the base areas in central and southern Hebei, the losses were not small. This includes the property and lives of civilians, including food and houses, including the casualties of fighters, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition.

Every time the devil is smashed, it is similar to a post-disaster reconstruction, this is the difference in strength, and it cannot be resisted head-on, nor can it be the result of rejecting the enemy outside the base area. The recovery of the troops after the war will take a long time because of the weakness of their own military industry.

And every time the devils sweep up, the loss of soldiers is not large, and most of the materials are consumed, and they can quickly recover and make a comeback again, causing huge losses in personnel and materials to the soldiers and civilians in the base areas.

Yang Tianfeng had long been aware of this, so he adopted the tactics of combining guerrilla warfare with regular warfare to try to prevent devils from going deep into the base areas to sabotage. Obviously, if you continue to wait, when the devil is deployed, it will be difficult to achieve such an effect.

fight out and strive to open up a battlefield outside the base area; Or strengthen the intensity and frequency of counterattacks, and use continuous small and medium-scale battles to cut off the devils' claws extending to the base area, kill and injure their soldiers, consume their materials, threaten their key points, increase the difficulty of their gathering of troops, expand their territory, and increase the buffer area to resist the devils' sweep.

Yang Tianfeng had made up his mind, so his eyes stayed on the location of Xiao and Su counties, and he thought seriously.

"The Japanese army swept the anti-Japanese base areas in North China and adopted a combination of siege and scattered 'advance and suppression', which was different from before. But for our army, if the devils dare to disperse, it will be a good opportunity for us to annihilate the enemy. The rampage with the brigade has become a historical ...... for us"

Yang Tianfeng looked up at the confident chief of staff and smiled, not thinking that he was bragging. But he quietly made a gesture to the chief of staff to adjourn the meeting for the time being.

Chief of Staff Liang Moqing can have such confidence, which is naturally inseparable from the achievements made in army building. More than 34,000 guns, shotguns, Czech-made chainsaws, grenade launchers, 60 mortars, and 120 heavy forces were equipped with a large number of troops, and emergency training, special training, centralized training, large-scale martial arts competitions, large-scale training, and training in lieu of battle, and the fighting quality of officers and men was greatly enhanced in two months......

This is only the improvement of the army's hardware, and the soft aspects include the survey and mapping of the base areas and peripheral areas, the fortifications that hold the main communication routes in the base areas, the number and speed of the mobilization of the joint defense forces, and the gradual improvement of the medical system......

The meeting was suspended and a short break began. Yang Tianfeng and Liang Moqing had a discussion and discussion, after all, the counteroffensive was launched without communicating with Liang Moqing in advance, and opinions would inevitably differ.

"Launching a counteroffensive operation in advance?" Liang Moqing's expression was not too surprised, but he just fell into thought.

"Intelligence has shown that the Japanese army is hoarding a large number of supplies in Xiao County and Su County, apparently preparing for a winter sweep. If we can launch an offensive before the enemy, strive to seize the initiative, and disrupt the enemy's sweeping plan, this will be beneficial to the base areas. Yang Tianfeng said slowly: "I'm just preparing to fight, I think it's a little passive, and it's also beneficial to defend the base area and reduce the losses caused by the sweep." ”

"Take advantage of the enemy's incomplete mobilization and assembly, and strike first." Liang Moqing nodded thoughtfully, smiled, and said, "This is very similar to artillery preparation. ”

"It's very similar." Yang Tianfeng also laughed, stretched out his hand and clicked on the map, and said: "If the counteroffensive is successful, I want to take the opportunity to integrate the Miyayama Brigade and turn the rural areas of Xiao County into guerrilla areas, or even the peripheral areas of the base areas." ”

"The devils wanted to slowly push their bayonets to our chests, so we broke their bayonets and put ropes around their necks." Liang Moqing was a little excited and said, "The problem of the Miyayama Brigade should have been solved a long time ago. Now, they are overwhelmed by the devils, and we have gone over to relieve their siege, and the merger of the two is a matter of course. ”

"Shen Jianxiong has no problem." Yang Tianfeng paused and smiled slightly, "Ge Laokui still wants to be his boss in the rivers and lakes, I'm afraid it's impossible." ”

Under the sweeping and encroachment commanded by Miyamoto, as well as bribery and co-optation, Xiao County's reckless armed forces began to be clearly divided and collapsed, some surrendered openly, some secretly communicated with devils, and some fled to other places.

After all, the Miyayama Brigade was only an ally of the New Seventh Army, and Yang Tianfeng had always abided by the verbal agreement reached before and would not send troops into Xiao County. In the face of the disintegrating Green Forest Armament, Ge Laokui, the leading boss, was bitter and unspeakable. And Shen Jianxiong's repeated requests for additional aid must have been at the behest of Ge Laokui, and this old guy couldn't wipe off his face.

"The devils in Xiao County have increased to three brigades, and if we continue to increase our troops, it will indeed increase the difficulty for us to resist." Liang Moqing narrowed his eyes and nodded vigorously, "To launch a powerful counterattack, for now, the timing is still right." ”

"There's one more thing to pay attention to." Yang Tianfeng's face became solemn, "I will make a special reiteration when the meeting is held in a while, reminding all ministries to be vigilant and not to let devils take advantage of it." ”

"What's the matter?" Liang Moqing realized that this could be very important, and his expression became serious.

In order to collect as much intelligence as possible, the special combat units and guerrilla units under the New Seventh Army also captured devils and prisoners, calling it "tongue grabbing."

The Japanese devil received a bushido education from an early age, and his mind was full of the idea of being loyal to the emperor. They firmly believe that after a person dies in battle, he will become a god of war, and his soul will transcend his earthly body and fly to a place called Yasukuni Shrine in Kudan, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, to enjoy the incense of future generations.

Therefore, they despise death and can endure unimaginable pain and circumstances. They don't know how to surrender and only want to kill a few more enemies, so they often lose their entire army before the battle can end.

The Japanese command, on the other hand, did not consider the possibility of capture at all, believing that the locust army would die in battle in addition to victory. On the one hand, they did everything they could to intimidate the soldiers, propagating that the enemy would execute all prisoners of war, and that being captured was the greatest shame for soldiers; On the other hand, they never conducted counter-interrogation training on the soldiers.

Therefore, after the devil is captured, once the psychological defense line is broken, he will be very well-behaved, knowing everything, saying everything, just like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Moreover, the Japanese did not pay attention to the secrecy of the text, and the root cause may be that they believed that they would definitely not fail. Yang Tianfeng and the spy system of the base area had noticed this situation for a long time, so they specially ordered the combat troops to hand over the diaries of the captured devils.

Most of the Japanese soldiers have the habit of keeping diaries, and Oriental feelings always like to be expressed in a subtle form. From careful analysis from this, the spy center can get a lot of intelligence clues.

“…… Imamura-kun was lucky to be taken away to join a tough and warlike unit, expecting him to kill a few more cunning and despicable enemies, I really envy him......" Yang Tianfeng repeated the words in a devil's diary, and explained further, "Miyamoto is a cunning and studious guy, he may be organizing a small unit similar to our special combat team, and it was half a month ago that this diary was captured, and I just received a report from the intelligence department." ”

"In addition, there is also a confession of a devil captive who also mentions this elite and warlike army." Yang Tianfeng paused and continued: "Under comprehensive analysis, it is very likely that the devil is drawing elite soldiers and organizing a special combat unit. ”

"Special Forces, Einsatzgruppen, Special Forces?" Liang Moqing touched his chin thoughtfully, "This is very likely, since it is a strong man, there will not be many people, disguise, sneak in, sneak attack, it is probably such a tactic." (To be continued.) )