The second day of Jinan's recovery.

Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

Early this morning, Chairman Chiang summoned several high-ranking Kuomintang personnel, including He Yingqin and Chen Cheng, to discuss how to deal with them.

Lao Jiang sat tall, looked around at the party-state elites present, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, yesterday the Eighth Route Army recovered Jinan, I think everyone knows it!" ”

Everyone here, secretly frowned, the Eighth Route Army recovered Jinan in one fell swoop, so that everyone felt embarrassed, since the order of North China's [***] large-scale counteroffensive, has been thunder and rain, such a period of time, [***] recovered only a dozen small counties, annihilation of the puppet army can be more than 10,000 people.

The Eighth Route Army, which everyone usually looks down on, and regarded as mud legs, did recover Jinan in one fell swoop, annihilated an entire division of the little devils, and captured 10,000 puppet troops, which made the party-state elites present embarrassed.

Even Lao Jiang's face was not good-looking, and he sat there with a calm face.

He Yingqin saw that everyone was silent, and pondered for a while: "Chairman of the Committee, I heard that this time the Eighth Route Army recaptured Jinan, and received strong air force support from the 36th Group Army, and the 36th Group Army and the Little Devil Air Force had a fierce air battle in the sky over Jinan, and the number of planes shot down by the Little Devil reached 30 or 40. ”

Hearing this, everyone present was secretly awe-inspiring in their hearts, but they did not expect that the air force of the 36th Group Army would be so powerful.

Lao Jiang also had a gloomy face and didn't say a word, hearing that the 36th Group Army was so powerful, Lao Jiang's heart was also uncomfortable, and his heart was full of inexplicable irritability.

The Kuomintang elites present at the meeting spoke one after another to express their opinions, and some advocated immediate measures to restrict the continued development of the Eighth Route Army and the 36th Group Army; Some even advocated making peace with the army for the time being and concentrating forces to "suppress the communists"; There are also those who advocate concentrating superior forces and recovering several large cities.

Among them, Chen Cheng advocated concentrating superior forces, recovering Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other places, fighting several large-scale battles with the little devils, and revitalizing the heroic wind of [***] resistance, the purpose is to let the people of the whole country also see that [***] also insists on resisting, and it is still so strong.

For the sake of his own opinion, Chen Cheng and several other people even argued with a red face and a thick neck, and even did not hesitate to slap the table.

Lao Jiang silently watched everyone arguing, in Lao Jiang's heart, about the idea of "suppressing the Communist Party", there was a little bit of heart, before the Anti-Japanese War, Lao Jiang himself advocated that "the outside must first be settled".

But Lao Jiang thought about it and gave up this idea, and now, the [***] team, whether it is the 36th Group Army or the 18th Group Army, is relatively strong, and it is not easy to "suppress the Communists".

After a long time, Lao Jiang raised his hands slightly, pressed them down gently, and said slowly: "Everyone, be quiet, everyone's discussion just now was very good, but I personally agree to conduct a few large-scale battles with the little devils in North China and recover a few big cities." ”

After Lao Jiang expressed his views, everyone present, some were surprised, some sighed, and some were happy, among which Chen Cheng was one of the happier people, and Lao Jiang's words just now completely agreed with Chen Cheng's point of view.

Lao Jiang has already made a decision, so everyone will no longer express their opinions, bury their own ideas deep in their hearts, straighten their waists, and listen carefully to Lao Jiang's instructions.

Lao Jiang looked at everyone with satisfaction, and then decided: "The Ministry of National Defense will immediately formulate an operational plan, implement it in the first theater, concentrate superior forces, and recover Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other places in the near future." ”

The 36 th Group Army has been carrying out air strikes against the little devils in Beijing and Tianjin for nearly 10 days, killing at least 100,000 little devils.

The number of little devils in Beijing and Tianjin has dropped sharply from the original 200,000 to more than 100,000, and a large number of little devils are still wounded, and a large number of fortifications have been completely destroyed.

A heavy artillery brigade located in the Beijing and Tianjin areas was also blown up by the little devil, and nearly half of the artillery and a large amount of ammunition were also blown up.

As for the puppet army, a large number of puppet troops in the Beijing and Tianjin areas suffered few casualties, and the planes of the 36 th Group Army focused on attacking the little devils, and they often turned a blind eye to these puppet troops.

But even so, many puppet soldiers saw that the little devils suffered heavy casualties, and the 36th Group Army was even more powerful, and many puppet soldiers deserted one after another, took off their military uniforms and went back to farming.

And many high-ranking officers of the puppet army are even more panicked, saying that these puppet army officers used to be hardcore Han anniversaries, acting for tigers, relying on little devils, and oppressing the people to do all kinds of evil.

Unexpectedly, the little devils who looked very powerful and powerful had repeatedly failed miserably in front of the 36th Group Army, and the little devils in North China seemed to have gone away, and these puppet army officers also felt that they had reached the end of their rope.

The 36th Group Army has achieved good results in the Beijing and Tianjin regions, killing a large number of little devils, and the situation of resistance is very good, and the recovery of North China is also a matter of waiting.

Internationally, however, the situation of the anti-fascist war was not clear, and the Allies seemed to be at a disadvantage, while the Axis powers had the upper hand and achieved good results.

Germany had already occupied almost the entire European continent, Germany had several major battles with Great Britain on the Western Front, and the navy of the British Empire suffered heavy losses in the face of the powerful German submarine forces.

Now, Britain's air force and navy are suffering heavy losses, and they are no longer able to resist the German army, and a large number of industrial bases in Britain have been blown up, and Britain is already seriously damaged and looks crumbling.

Germany is accumulating heavy troops in the English Channel, and may launch a landing war on the British mainland, in addition, the Germans have also successfully developed missiles, and dozens of missiles have been fired at Britain one after another.

Germany's Eastern Front battlefield was also a triumphant march in the territory of the Soviet Union, and it advanced hundreds of kilometers into the territory of the Soviet Union, and the vanguard of the German army was less than 200 kilometers away from Stalingrad, and the Soviet army was resisting stubbornly, but suffered heavy losses.

Probably, in the near future, the famous Battle of Stalingrad will take place on both the German and Soviet sides, and now both sides have amassed heavy troops in Stalingrad, including a large number of armored clusters, a large number of heavy artillery units.

The famous tank in the history of the Soviet Army, the T-34 tank was not developed, I don't know if there was a deviation in history, or some other reason, now the main tank of the Soviet Army is far less excellent than the T-34 tank, fortunately, the Soviet Union has a strong industrial base, and the tank production is not low, otherwise it may have been defeated long ago.

After nearly a month of preparations, both sides have made full preparations, and many warships, including aircraft carriers and battleships, which are used by the United States to replenish the Pacific Fleet, have already been transferred in place and are already serving in the Pacific Fleet.

Second, several major shipyards in the United States are also working at full speed, stepping up production, and they are working day and night, and the US national war machine has been launched at a high speed and is playing an astonishing efficiency.

Most of the countries in Southeast Asia have been occupied by the Japanese army, and the army has invested more than one million troops in Southeast Asia, and the British and French troops in Southeast Asia have either been wiped out by little devils or surrounded in some small areas.

Only in the North China Battlefield, in front of the 36th Group Army, Xiao Yueben was defeated again and again, losing a large number of troops, and the top level of the Xiaoyue was hated by the 36th Group Army, but there was nothing to be done.

Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

Yesterday, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram of thanks, expressing great gratitude to the 36 th Group Army for its air force support, and the central authorities also sent a telegram of commendation, highly praising Zhang Yunfei and praising the 36 th Group Army for its strong support for the Eighth Route Army's recovery of Jinan.

Today, several high-ranking members of the 36 th Group Army are discussing the next battle situation in the small conference room of the command headquarters, and now that the air raid on the little devils in the Beijing and Tianjin areas is nearing completion, the next large-scale offensive by the ground forces will soon be launched.

"Comrades! Our situation is gratifying, Xiao Yue is already deeply trapped in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields and cannot extricate himself, and we have also achieved very good results in air strikes against the little devils in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, and we are about to start a ground offensive next. ”

Zhang Yunfei's face was full of spirit.

Everyone in the conference room was happy, and there was a clear smile on their faces. It can be seen that everyone is full of confidence in the next battle.

At present, the 36 th Group Army is well prepared, has sufficient weapons and ammunition, and has gathered superior forces in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and the morale of the soldiers is high.

"Commander-in-Chief! Are we going to start a large-scale ground offensive next? ”

Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, probably because he was too happy, asked in disbelief, and everyone around them laughed happily when they saw Liu Dazhu asking.

After asking, Liu Dazhu smiled a little embarrassedly, but his heart was still full of joy, and the long-awaited large-scale ground offensive was about to begin.

In the end, Zhang Yunfei made a final decision, and the air attack of the flying brigade will end at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, all units will launch an attack on the puppet army in the Beijing and Tianjin areas according to the predetermined battle plan.

(To be continued)