"Well, I'll look at the battle plan now. So, you go to the cooking class and see if there's anything else to eat, and find me something to eat. This battle plan will be used in tomorrow's meeting, and tonight, it must be all revised..."After speaking, Liu Hua opened the battle plan in front of him and began to read... Speaking of which, the entire battle plan has been very perfect after several hours of sorting out by the political commissar and the chief of staff. However, in order to reduce the losses of troops and base areas throughout the course of the campaign. Liu Hua still added a lot of small tactics to the entire battle plan based on the experience and memory of his two lives. For example, mine warfare, sparrow warfare... The style of play, combined with the plan to besiege the little devils... Early the next morning, commanders at all levels, who had received orders and had come to attend the operational meeting, began to appear one after another in the interior of the headquarters. In particular, the arrival of the commanders and political commissars of the three military divisions made Commander Liu Hua happy for a while. After all, these people have been following their old subordinates since the Battle of Xiangjiang a few years ago. And these old subordinates, since they were sent down to serve as commanders and political commissars of various military divisions, have rarely been able to meet. If we meet again now, won't we be happy? Liu Hua stood at the door of the headquarters, looking at the excited commanders and political commissars, shaking hands with everyone and greeting each other excitedly....Slowly, when everyone was chatting passionately about their combat life in the past few years, time passed unconsciously, and many hours passed. After receiving the notice, all the commanders of the military region who needed to come to the meeting were all sitting neatly in the conference room at this moment, waiting for the arrival of Liu Hua and others..."Commander, comrades, now that everyone has arrived, can we all go to the conference room and hold the meeting, and we can't let the comrades wait too long..." When all the commanders who attended the meeting arrived, they saw Commander Liu Huazheng and the commanders and political commissars of the three military subdivisions. When we talk about our fighting life and experiences over the past year. The host of the entire meeting, Li Qing, chief of staff of the headquarters, came to Liu Hua and reminded in a low voice..."Hehe, Lao Li, I haven't met these old partners for a long time. You see, this meeting, we started talking, and I forgot about the time... Lao Chen, Lao Wang, Lao Gao... And the three of you, after the morning meeting, don't leave, a few of us are having a good chat, when the time comes, I will be the east, please go to the headquarters for a good meal... However, now that the time for the meeting has come, let's go to the meeting first, we can't let the comrades wait in a hurry...."Liu Hua smiled at the chief of staff in front of him, greeted several generals in front of him, and said with a smile on his face... In this way, a group of more than a dozen people, in the expectant eyes of all the commanders at and above the brigade level attending the meeting, walked to the front of the entire conference room and sat down. As for Liu Hua, the commander of the entire military region, he sat in the entire conference room, and in the center of the rostrum, political commissar Luo Ronghuan and chief of staff Li Qing sat next to Liu Hua respectively. It was not until Li Qing, chief of staff, who presided over the meeting, stood up from his seat and waved his hand that the applause slowly stopped..."Comrades, before the meeting, I would like to tell you about the discipline of today's meeting. Because today's meeting involves very top-secret content. Therefore, all commanders are required not to make any records. At the same time, the contents of the entire meeting, without the permission of the command, must not leak anything before the entire campaign begins. Is it all clear..."Seeing that many cadres had already taken out their notebooks and were about to take minutes of the meeting, Chief of Staff Li Qing quickly stood up and said loudly..."It's clear..."Although I don't know why I didn't let the record be made. However, those who can sit here are generally [***] members who have been members for several years, and they still know very well about the orders of their superiors and the discipline of the troops... As soon as the chief of staff finished speaking, all the commanders, almost at the same time, put away the notebooks on their laps and pricked up their ears..."Very good. Comrades, according to the investigation of our intelligence department and the report of the central authorities, we have learned that the army is trying to avenge the heavy losses suffered in the last encirclement and suppression operation. It was decided to dispatch troops from the south to draw four main divisions and four puppet army divisions totaling more than 150,000 troops, and under the command of General Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China garrison, the troops were divided into two routes to launch a new round of encirclement and suppression operations against our base areas. Attempt, compress the main force of our Reading Division to the Taiyuan area, conduct a decisive battle, and destroy all units of our Reading Division in one sentence... Therefore, the main content of this meeting is to lay out for you the specific tasks of each unit in this anti-encirclement and suppression operation..."Seeing everyone put away their notebooks, Chief of Staff Li Qing said to the commander in front of him..."My mother, 150,000 people, the little devil is really enough to look up to us..." 150,000 people, how many little devils are there, the regular troops of our reading division are only about 150,000 people..."....Because of secrecy, everyone who came to the meeting, except for Liu Hua, the political commissar, the chief of staff, the commander of the engineer brigade, the logistics director and Liu Xiaogang, no one else got any news... As soon as Chief of Staff Li Qing's words were finished, a sigh immediately sounded in the entire conference room. Everyone, with their mouths open, showed a hint of incredulity..."Comrades, the little devil is really with our reading master this time, the entire 150,000 army, in terms of strength, we no longer have any advantage. As for firepower, the little devils have air support, and we don't have any advantage ... Therefore, this anti-encirclement and suppression operation, so to speak, is a test of blood and fire for our entire military region... As the senior commanders of the entire military region, the soldiers below are watching you, so we must first show confidence. Let the soldiers know that our military region is fully capable of repelling the heavy encirclement and suppression of the little devils, tell me, do you have the confidence to win this anti-encirclement and suppression, let the little devils know, we read the division, our Shanxi Military Region is not something they can provoke if they want to..."Looking at the entire conference room, commanders at all levels with different expressions, Commander Liu Hua stood up and said to everyone with a serious face.

"There's... Resolutely repel the attack of the little devils..."Under the encouragement of Commander Liu Hua and the radical generals, in the entire conference room, there were still people with different expressions just now. At this moment, they were all blushing by what Commander Liu Hua said. Raising his clenched fists, like a roaring lion, he let out a burst of roars..."Very good, this is like the senior commander of our reading division." However, don't worry too much, isn't the little devil an army of 150,000, I believe that as long as we use the correct tactics, we are not afraid to defeat the little devil. At the beginning, with the strength of more than 1,000 people in one engineering regiment, the Third Division could completely annihilate an infantry wing of the Chinese army. We also have an army of 150,000, and there are more than 100,000 militia troops behind us, and the support of nearly 10 million people in Shanxi. Therefore, I hope that everyone will do the same as just now, cheer up their spirits, summon up courage, and lead their own troops to fight well this anti-encirclement and suppression operation..."Looking at the excited crowd, Liu Hua continued.

"Well, comrades, the commander has already said everything I have to say. However, as the political commissar of the entire military district, I would like to add one more thing. Behind us, there are more than 10 million Sanjin fathers and elders to support us. At the same time, we are also the umbrella of these villagers, and the lives and property of more than 10 million people are in our hands... If we fail, these more than 10 million ordinary people will once again return to the rule of the iron hooves of the army, and they will be miserable. In addition, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Party Central Committee in Yan'an, all looked at our readers, and the people of the whole country were looking at our readers... Therefore, my request is very simple, even if we exhaust every soldier of our reading division, we must block the attack of the little devils. Next, I would like to ask the chief of staff to explain to you the response plan adopted by our military region in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression of the army this time..."Political Commissar Luo Ronghua stood up and added with a serious face... With everyone's eyes, it shifted from the political commissar sitting on the stool to the chief of staff Li Qing. The chief of staff took out a baton, walked to the front of the entire conference room, and hung in front of a huge military map on the wall, and began to explain the response strategies of the military region and the specific tasks of each unit in this anti-encirclement and suppression operation...

"Comrades, according to the study and decision of the military region, and report to the Central Military Commission for approval. In order to better deal a blow to the invading army, we will win the victory of the entire anti-encirclement and suppression. We decided to adopt the tactics of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao against the Yue army, attacking the large strongholds of the Yue army on the outer line, and attracting the Yue army attacking our base area... As for this specific goal, we chose Tianjin, which is hundreds of kilometers away... According to reconnaissance, the defenders of Tianjin now add up to less than two infantry brigades. However, in Tianjin, the little devils have hoarded a total of no less than hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials... Therefore, as long as we can capture Tianjin, seize the strategic materials there, and attack our little devils, we will definitely retreat without a fight..."The chief of staff pointed to the map and began to explain... As the chief of staff deepened little by little, these commanders were slowly attracted by this huge battle plan. Everyone's eyes were staring motionlessly at the military map in front of them, analyzing every word spoken by Chief of Staff Li Qing... Finally, after a short half an hour, the entire battle plan was explained in detail by Chief of Staff Li Qing. Just when the chief of staff returned to his place and put down the baton in his hand. In the entire conference room, there was once again a burst of warm applause, and this applause was undoubtedly the commanders at all levels sitting below to vent their inner excitement.

"Comrades, listened to the chief of staff. Now I would like to ask you the same question, do you have the confidence to win the final victory in the encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army that we will face in the face of the reading division..."Liu Hua waved his hand, and after the warm applause stopped, he stood up and asked loudly in front of the dozens of commanders with excited faces.

"Yes...", this time back, the voice was particularly loud. Obviously, after listening to the chief of staff's specific explanation, everyone's confidence is more sufficient than just now.

"Good. Next, I would like to ask the Chief of Staff to stand up again and assign specific combat missions to everyone. Because of the content of the meeting, it is not allowed to take notes, so I hope everyone here must listen carefully. If you don't hear clearly, be sure to remember to ask questions. Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, and continued to signal to the chief of staff who had taken a sip of water beside him.

"Comrades, now, I can see from everyone's expressions that they are eager for victory and confident in this anti-encirclement and suppression operation. As the chief of staff of the military region, I am very happy. However, I would like to remind you that although the combat plan formulated by the military region is very perfect. However, no matter how perfect the battle plan is, it must be carried out by people. Therefore, I hope that everyone, in the next time, will listen carefully to the combat missions of their troops ... Next, I will arrange the specific combat tasks of each department. Chief of Staff Li Qing nodded to Liu Hua beside him, then stood up and said..."According to the military region's research decision, the three brigades of the directly subordinate column, one or two regiments of the heavy artillery brigade, one or two regiments of the air defense brigade, one or two regiments of the engineer brigade, one or two regiments of the engineer brigade, an armored brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a guard brigade will form a combat cluster, which will be personally commanded by the commander and I and will be responsible for advancing into Tianjin. The 1st Sub-district was responsible for the vigilance work of the entire military region, especially the border area with the Kuomintang, to prevent them from taking advantage of the fire to loot. Remember, if the Kuomintang troops dared to crash into the streets, don't have any worries, just disarm them. The 2nd Division, the 3rd Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 3rd Regiment of the Engineer Brigade, and the 3rd Regiment of the Air Defense Brigade were under the unified command of the commander of the 2nd Division, Gao Yuan. Responsible for meeting the attacking army from the direction of San'in. The 3rd Division, the 4th Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 4th Regiment of the Air Defense Brigade, and the 4th Regiment of the Engineer Brigade were under the unified command of Commander Wang Nanhu of the 3rd Division, and were responsible for meeting the attacking army in the direction of Baoding. Chief of Staff Li Qing ordered with a serious face.

"Yes, commander, commissar, chief of staff, guarantee the completion of the task...", a kind of commander replied neatly.

"Very good, now that everyone knows their tasks, I have nothing more to say, so I will ask the political commissar to mobilize everyone before the war. At the same time, after the meeting is dismissed, Gao Yuan, Wang Nanhu and Brigade Commander Zhang of the Engineer Brigade will stay, and the rest of the people can be disbanded..."Liu Hua signaled to the political commissar beside him... In the next ten minutes, Luo Ronghuan, a political commissar with rich experience in political work, began to make the final battle mobilization in front of the senior commanders below. Under the witty speech and mobilization of the political commissar, the time of ten minutes passed in a hurry as if it were a blink of an eye. Liu Hua, who was sitting next to the political commissar, also unknowingly liked this kind of pre-war mobilization with a strong sense of agitation. However, time is limited. The whole meeting, just after the mobilization of the political commissar was completed, had to end with the assurances of dozens of commanders.

At the same time, the three people who were left behind by Liu Hua were also sitting in the war room next to the large conference room at this moment, frowning, anxiously waiting for the arrival of the commander and others.

"Lao Wang, Lao Gao, and Brigade Commander Zhang. I've kept you waiting, and as for the reason why I let you stay, I won't say it, but you also know it, it's about how to rely on the 30,000 troops of your military division to severely damage and block the attack of the 70,000 troops of the puppet army... Take a look at it first, this is a combat plan drawn up for you by our political commissar and chief of staff yesterday. Of course, there are only 11 ideas recorded here, and the specifics depend on the situation. You guys first understand the situation in detail, and we will talk about it in detail later..."As he spoke, Liu Hua took out a battle plan and handed it over

In fact, at the combat meeting just now, when I learned that I was going to rely on more than 30,000 troops to confront the puppet army with more than 70,000 aircraft support. The hearts of the two commanders began to worry. Because they know what the army of 70,000 represents... And since then, the two of them have been frowning, thinking about possible countermeasures. Even the pre-war mobilization of the last political commissar with the surname of agitation did not raise the confidence of the two men in any way.

And just when Commander Liu Hua just walked into the war room, the two commanders were about to scratch. The commander's first words went to their hearts. Looking at the battle plan handed over by the commander, the two of them did not hesitate and immediately began to read it seriously... In fact, the battle plan in the hands of the two is a plan, but it is actually a combat idea, and the entire content is only a few thousand words.

"Haha, Lao Gao, I'll just say, the commander must have prepared in advance. Look at it, I'm right, the whole two divisions, as long as the two divisions can be eliminated, the remaining puppet army, with our own strength, can definitely beat the little devils around..." Wang Nanhu, commander of the Third Division, pointed to the operational ideas in his hand, and said to the plateau beside him while being surprised.

"Hehe, Lao Wang, I didn't expect it either. This trick of the commander is really amazing. With only tens of thousands of kilograms of explosives, two divisions and 50,000 little devils will be reimbursed. This kind of business is really sure to make a profit, and I really convinced our commander..."Gao Yuan also said with a smile.

"Okay, Lao Gao, Lao Wang, I think you should understand the whole combat idea. My purpose is very clear, that is, in Shanyin County and Baoding City, at one time, eat the strength of at least two divisions at a time. Then, the rest of the little devils will depend on the ability of the two of you. How is it, do you have the confidence to complete the task...."Looking at the two people who were already showing a confident smile, Commander Liu Hua also asked with a smile.

"Commander, as long as we are in these two places, we can successfully deal with half of the little devils, and the remaining more than 40,000 puppet troops are guaranteed to use the guerrilla warfare and mine warfare we are good at to trap them in the base area, and they can't take a step forward..."

"Very good, my idea is this, after you go back, immediately concentrate your forces, and when the four main divisions of the little devils are still on the road, take the little devils by surprise and launch a large-scale counteroffensive against the army in the direction of the two county towns. It gives the army the illusion that we are going to carry out a counteroffensive... After taking the county seat, move out of the county town and let the engineer brigade of the military region cooperate with the engineer regiment of your respective sub-district to plant explosives in the county town and arrange graves for the little devils..."Liu Hua said.

"Commander, don't worry, we promise to complete the mission, this time, we will let the little devil take a good ride on the dirt plane..."The two commanders replied confidently.

"Well, there's another important issue that the two of you must pay attention to, and that is the timing of the detonation. When the time comes, the stationing time of the four main divisions of the Chinese army will definitely be one before and one behind. If you don't grasp the timing of the explosion well and alert the army in another county, the whole plan will be a loss. So, the two of you must discuss this, and it is best to detonate together..."Liu Hua continued to instruct.

"Yes, Commander, we'll definitely pay attention when the time comes...", the two men nodded approvingly.

"Very well, I have handed over the explosives that you two need to use, and when the time comes, when the reinforcements of your engineer regiment arrive, I will bring them to you by the way. In addition, in order to help you better defend against the enemy, the political commissar and I decided to give you a military subdivision to support 5,000 mines, and as for other weapons and ammunition, we will supplement two bases for one military subdivision. When the time comes, you will directly send troops to the Director of the Logistics Department Wang to collect them. How about it, do you have any other questions? "Liu Hua finally asked..."Commander, with the reinforcements of the military region, I promise that this time we must make the puppet army that entered our base area pay a heavy price..."Gao Yuan replied excitedly.

"Commander, I don't have any problems. It's still what Lao Gao just said, we will definitely make the little devil pay the price of blood. It's just that, commander, the specific time of our counteroffensive is not confirmed. I think that in order to better paralyze the little devils, we will finally launch a counterattack against the current little devils at the same time..."Wang Nanhu said.

(To be continued)