Yue Weihan said again: "Senior Commander Liu, then how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Division Commander Liu did not shirk either, and said generously: "Although the combined strength of the 39th Group Army and our 129th Division exceeds that of the Yue Army in the southern Hebei region, in terms of training and equipment, we still have a considerable distance from the Yue Army, especially the Yue Army also has aircraft and heavy artillery to help in the battle, so it is not wise to fight hard with the Yue Army." ”

Yue Weihan nodded and said, "In other words, dozens of county towns will definitely have to be abandoned. ”

"Yes." Division Commander Liu nodded and said, "The main purpose of the army's sweep this time is definitely to recapture the strongholds along the railways and highways, as well as the major county towns, and it is not realistic to fully occupy the vast countryside with the strength of the army, but they will definitely occupy the major county towns, if we defend the major county seats, then the wish of the army will be fulfilled." ”

"Are all the counties going to give up?" Chi Chengfeng said unwillingly, "It's a pity for his grandmother." ”

Previously, when Tada Jun was the commander of the North China Front, because of the notorious three-light policy, he fell into the vast sea of the people's war, and the Chinese people in the entire North China region attacked each other and fought night after night, and in the end the army could only abandon almost all the small and medium-sized county towns and concentrate their forces to defend Shimen, Baoding and other big cities.

To this day, the anti-Japanese war sentiment in North China is still high, but the main force of the Chinese army has returned to the division.

Therefore, during this period, both the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to stop the offensive and began to digest and consolidate the territory they had gained.

"The county is definitely going to give up." Yue Weihan sighed, "Because we can't hold it at all." ”

Although the construction of the Taihang base area has been on the right track, and the strength of the 39th Group Army has also been greatly expanded, with the regular army alone reaching 80,000, and if the guerrillas in various counties are included, the total strength has even exceeded 150,000, but in terms of combat effectiveness alone, these 150,000 troops are not necessarily stronger than the original Baoshan Division.

The original Baoshan Division, if it fought a field battle, could at most draw with one field division of the Yue Army, and if it faced two field divisions, it would be defeated, but now, the Yue Army assembled in southern Hebei has four field divisions and two reading power mixed brigades, and if the 39th Group Army fights with it, it is purely looking for death.

Moreover, Yue Weihan originally did not plan to fight hard with the Yue army in the southern Hebei Plain.

Otherwise, what to do with the Tumen Fortress? Yue Weihan spent such a large price to build the Tumen Fortress in order to prevent the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army from having a solid base after the war entered the stalemate stage, and as long as this turtle shell was not broken by the Yue Army, no matter how the Yue Army swept it, the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army would not be injured.

As a traverser, Yue Weihan knows the direction of history, as long as the turtle shell of the Taihang base area can hold out for three years, the Chinese will usher in the opportunity of the historical counteroffensive, because when the Pacific War will break out, the elite troops of the Yue army in the Chinese battlefield will be transferred to the Pacific theater in large numbers.

Therefore, there is no need to fight hard with the army now.

The 39th Group Army, or Yue Weihan, is now tasked with training troops in the Taihang base area, giving lessons to the generals of the senior command squad and the officers of the junior command squad; if there is still time, they can go to the arsenal to go around, or they can train a larger-scale special forces, and they can go to Beiping and Tianjin if they have nothing to do.

"Commander-in-Chief Yue is right, the county must be abandoned." Senior Commander Liu nodded and said, "However, today's abandonment is to be able to regain it tomorrow, save people and lose land, save people and land, save land and lose people, lose people and land, we must not care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, the most important thing is to preserve our strength." ”

"But we can't just give up, right?" Cao Xinglong said, "We have to fight a few battles, right?" ”

"The big battle will be avoided, and we won't do the business of losing money." Yue Weihan patted Cao Xinglong on the shoulder, and said, "But what you just said reminded me, so many county towns, we can't just give up, if the little devil wants to take over the territory smoothly, he should pay some price." ”

Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and others suddenly came to their senses.

Division Commander Liu, Brigade Commander Chen, and Yue Weiguo were also waiting for the following, all wanting to know what good ideas Yue Weihan had.

Yue Weihan turned back to Meng Bozhao, the director of logistics, and said, "Director Meng, the fake assets we collected from Lunan and the counties in southern Hebei are still there, right?" ”

"Yes." Meng Bozhao hurriedly said, "It's all here." ”

Yue Weihan said: "How much is left now?" ”

Meng Bozhao said: "The fiat currency is too depreciated because it is too bad, I have already let people exchange all of it into the ocean, and now there are almost more than four million oceans on the account, and the remaining gold and silver utensils, jewelry, calligraphy and painting antiques are really not easy to estimate, and I don't know how much they can be worth." ”

Speaking of gold, silver and jewelry, the 39th Group Army has just recently entered a large number of items!

This batch of gold, silver and jewelry is a large number of funeral goods dug up by Sun Dianying, the tomb robber general, from the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi, among which several treasures of great value have been sent to death Chairman Jiang, Mrs. Jiang, President Song, Director Dai and other party [***] dignitaries, but the remaining tens of thousands of funeral goods are all cheaper than Yue Weihan.

"Not a good valuation?" Yue Weihan said, "It will be valued at twice the current market price!" ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Bo Zhao, you immediately send people to bring enough gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and go to the county towns to purchase materials, whether it is medicine, grain or cloth, as long as they can be used, they will all be bought, if the merchants in each county do not sell or raise prices, they will be punished for treason and collaboration with the enemy, and they will be executed on the spot!" ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said to Division Commander Liu again: "Division Commander Liu, if your 129th Division is not fully funded, our group army can borrow a part of it temporarily, all in all, we can give the county seat and territory to Xiao Yueben, but we can't leave these materials to Xiao Yueben, we have to force Xiao Yueben to fill in the materials!" ”

"This ......," Master Liu hesitated, "will it drive the people in the occupied area to a dead end?" ”

Division Commander Liu's worries were not unreasonable, if the 39th Group Army and the 129th Division really bought out the grain, medicine, and cloth left by the chambers of commerce in the counties of southern Hebei at low prices, then Xiao Yueben would not be able to get supplies at that time, and it would be very likely that they would rob the people of their rations, and the people in the counties of southern Hebei would starve.

"No, it won't." Yue Weihan said, "Okamura Ninji won't do this. ”

Yue Weihan's words are not nonsense, Okamura Ninji is different from Tada Jun, Tada Jun, a fool who knows almost nothing but killing people, but Okamura Ninji, an old devil, is extremely strategic, in the so-called security area of the army, that is, what the Chinese call the occupied area, Okamura Ninji will never do the stupid thing of killing chickens and taking eggs.

Division Commander Liu thought about it for a while, and then said briskly: "Then thank Commander-in-Chief Yue for his generosity." ”

Meng Bozhao said worriedly: "Boss, we have offended the chambers of commerce in the counties of southern Hebei by doing this, isn't that pushing them into my arms?" After all, it is a war year, and gold and silver jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, and antiques are not worth much, but we have to trade with them at twice the market price, which is probably ......."

"Bo Zhao, you don't have to worry, just do what I say, don't worry about offending people." Yue Weihan thought farther than Meng Bozhao.

Those big households and businessmen in the counties of southern Hebei, if they still have a little backbone and are unwilling to deal with themselves, they are absolutely willing to exchange the grain, cloth and other materials that they can't take away for easy-to-carry gold and silver jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings, and they won't care if they suffer a little loss in price, after all, they can't take those materials away, and if they don't change them into gold and silver jewelry, they will all be cheap.

As for those big families and businessmen who plan to stay and take refuge in Yue, Yue Weihan will not be polite.

In the near future, in order to break Okamura Ninji's cage policy, the guerrilla areas of the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army will definitely implement the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, and even directly implement land reform.

"Yes." Seeing that Yue Weihan had made up his mind, Meng Bozhao didn't say anything more.

Yue Weihan thought for a while, and then said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to the guerrilla detachments in each county, and ask them to immediately help the people in the guerrilla areas to do a good job of clearing the wilderness, and they must not leave a grain of grain or a single livestock to the little devils!" This time, I want Okamura Ninji, an old devil, to suffer a dumb loss! ”

"Yes." Liu Yi snapped and straightened up, and then turned around and left.

Yue Weihan said to Division Commander Liu again: "Division Commander Liu, your Eighth Route Army must also prepare in time. ”

Division Commander Liu smiled slightly and said, "Our 129th Division has been doing the work of clearing the field for a long time. ”

Yue Weihan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then turned back to Lu Xiufeng, Li Yulong and other generals and said: "Okay, the strong wall and the clear field are just a big strategic policy, and now it's time to discuss the specific tactics in the military. ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan pointed at Division Commander Liu again and said to everyone: "In terms of guerrilla warfare, the Eighth Route Army is the predecessor, and Division Commander Liu is a master of tactics in this area. ”

Division Commander Liu was not hypocritical, and said with a smile: "Actually, just one sentence, plant mines and shoot cold guns!" ”

(To be continued)