"A massive counterattack?"

Yue Weihan's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, could it be a battle of a hundred regiments?

According to the trend of history, Okamura Ningji has not yet arrived as the commander of the North China Front Army at this time, and the Eighth Route Army will not launch the Hundred Regiment War until the second half of next year, but in this world, due to Yue Weihan's crossing, although the general trend of history has not changed much, the subtleties have become unrecognizable.

At least the strength of the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than that of the same period in history.

Historically, the Eighth Route Army had only 400,000 people until the end of 1940, and now, in March 1939, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army has exceeded 500,000, and the three main divisions plus the main forces of the major military regions have exceeded 250.

Yue Weihan is still very clear about the strength of the Eighth Route Army, the strongest of the Eighth Route Army is Nie Lao's Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, with a total strength of more than 200,000, close to half of the total strength of the Eighth Route Army, and among the eight major military subdivisions under the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the strongest is Yue Weiguo's Southern Hebei Military Sub-region, with a total strength of more than 100,000.

Speaking of which, it was also the old devil Tada Jun who did his own thing, this old devil tried his best to implement the three-light policy, originally wanted to destroy the will of the military and people in North China to resist through the massacre, but it turned out to be extremely counterproductive, but it greatly strengthened the determination of the military and people in North China to resist, and also gave the Eighth Route Army a broader space for development.

The current Eighth Route Army is no longer in the same situation as when it had just crossed the Yellow River.

When it just crossed the Yellow River, the Eighth Route Army had only 12 regiments of three divisions, six brigades, and a total strength of less than 40,000, but now, the Eighth Route Army already has more than 200 main regiments, with a total strength of more than 500,000 troops.

It's no wonder that Mr. Peng's confidence is inflated and he wants to make a big move.

At that moment, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi and the others: "Let's go, go back to the headquarters." ”

………… The northern foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

A large group of senior generals of the Eighth Route Army have gathered in the war room and are studying the battle plan.

In the past half month, all the guerrilla forces in the base areas of northern Shanxi, eastern Hebei, northern Hebei, northwestern Shandong, southeastern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Henan have been attacked by the Han annihilation forces that have just reneged; because these Han annihilation forces were still friendly forces with the Eighth Route Army not long ago, the two sides knew the root cause and even shared intelligence.

In order to curry favor with their new masters, these vicious Han traitors did not dare to provoke Sun Lianzhong, Yu Xuezhong and Yue Weihan and other regular [***], so they invariably aimed their guns at the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army, and Mr. Peng was furious about this: These Han and Annihilation two devils really thought that the Eighth Route Army was easy to bully, and they didn't give them a lesson?

After the report was submitted to the party Central Committee for approval, the general operational guiding ideology was quickly determined -- it is better to fight a small than to fight a big one!

In order to play the prestige of the Eighth Route Army and severely punish the Han annihilation forces, Mr. Peng mobilized a total of 200 main regiments!

According to Mr. Peng's statement, if you want to fight, you will fight to the death, and it is best to arm the Han annihilation in the entire North China region!

Of course, this is just a good wish, if the enemy faced is only more than 1 million Han annihilation forces, the Eighth Route Army may really be able to put it in the pot, but if more than 400,000 well-equipped and well-trained troops are added, then the situation will be completely reversed.

But in any case, the Han annihilation forces must be attacked.

The first is to deter other Han annihilation forces, so that they do not dare to provoke the Eighth Route Army easily.

The second is to supplement and improve weapons and equipment, compared with the army, the Han annihilation armed forces are obviously easier to deal with.

The third purpose is the main purpose, which is to seize the opportunity to seize the territory of the Han annihilation forces and expand the base area.

In order to maintain the united front, the Eighth Route Army naturally could not grab their territory, but now they have become Han Annihilators who have betrayed the country and sought glory, and it is reasonable for the Eighth Route Army to grab their territory again, and they can also get the support and solidarity of the people of the whole country.

The purpose was clear, the troops were sufficient, and the battle plan was quickly determined.

However, as the old saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the mobilization of two hundred main forces to launch such a large offensive will definitely not consume less ammunition, and the Eighth Route Army alone cannot afford to fight such a big battle with its current family background, and the ammunition reserves of Han and Wuhan cannot be given to the Eighth Route Army in vain, what should I do?

There is no choice but to ask Chief Yan and Yue Weihan for help!

As for Chairman Jiang, Mr. Peng didn't think about it at all, people said that Chief Yan was slamming the door, but in his heart, Chief Yan was still good to the Eighth Route Army, giving food and equipment, and finally giving four columns of new troops for free (of course, this was not voluntary by Chief Yan), and Chairman Jiang gave the Eighth Route Army 500,000 yuan in military pay since the beginning, and there has been no follow-up.

However, this time, the Chief of Staff of Zuo, who was sent by the Eighth Route Army to see Chief Yan, was closed, and no one wanted to lend a hand.

This is actually very normal, Chief Yan originally wanted to borrow the Eighth Route Army to hold Taiyuan, and he was naturally generous, but now that Taiyuan and most of Shanxi have returned, Chief Yan is of course unwilling to give the Eighth Route Army any more benefits, as the saying goes, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? The Eighth Route Army was too strong, and it was not a good thing for the Jin Sui Army.

In the end, Yue Weihan was left.

If you want to talk about ability, Yue Weihan can support the Eighth Route Army to finish this big battle by plucking his hair casually!

Mr. Peng, Chief of Staff Zuo and others have all visited Yue Weihan's Taihang Arsenal, the scale of this arsenal is really not small, and now it can produce 2,500 rifles, 500,000 bullets, 50,000 mortars, 5,000 shells, 20,000 grenades, and 5,000 catties of explosives, and it is said that the output will double in half a year!

Yue Weihan casually allocated two months' output, which was enough for the Eighth Route Army to fight this battle.

However, including Mr. Peng, almost all the senior generals of the Eighth Route Army believed that it was impossible for Yue Weihan to support ammunition, for a very simple reason, because the 39th Group Army was also frantically expanding its army, especially Gao Shuxun's new 39th Division was in full swing preparations, and it was when weapons and ammunition were urgently needed, how could there be surplus to support the Eighth Route Army?

Speaking of which, the secrecy work in terms of [***] has really been done, until now, the news that Yue Weihan has secretly joined the party has not spread, only [***], Zhou Gong and Mr. Zhu and other Liao Liao people know, even Mr. Peng, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, is still in the dark.

Mr. Peng habitually flattened his mouth, and finally said: "Yue Weihan promised to support ammunition, of course, it is good, if he doesn't agree, it won't be a big deal, we will fight this battle correctly, and the scale can only be expanded and not reduced, without ammunition, there will naturally be Han annihilation forces to provide us, everyone said is this reason, huh?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the chief of staff said: "Boss, this time we have mobilized two hundred and eight main regiments, and the number of troops participating in the battle is as high as more than 400,000 people. ”

"Hmm." Mr. Peng nodded and said, "I see...... Let's call it the Battle of the Hundred Regiments! ”

………… Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Dozens of senior staff officers were busy on the map hanging on the wall and on the simulated sand table in the center of the war room.

When Gao Shuxun was ordered to prepare for the establishment of the new 39th Division, several generals requisitioned and transferred all the senior staff officers in the headquarters, and Yue Weihan had no choice but to let the first batch of students of the junior command class of the Taihang branch branch graduate school graduate in advance and be transferred to the headquarters as operational staff officers.

After graduating from a military academy, they must enter the headquarters or a command organization at the division or brigade level to serve as an operational staff officer, and only those with outstanding performance can return to the front-line unit again to serve as a battalion or regiment-level commander.

Liu Yi looked at the situation map of the enemy and us that the staff officers had just marked on the map, and said to Yue Weihan: "General seat, it seems that the Eighth Route Army's actions this time are really not small?" According to the analysis of the news fed back from all sides, the Eighth Route Army has mobilized at least 50 main regiments this time, and the number of troops participating in the battle is likely to exceed 100,000! ”

"Fifty regiments?" Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "No, at least two hundred regiments!" ”

"Two hundred regiments!?" Liu Yi was petrified in an instant, and it took a long time before he said, "Boss, this is unlikely, right?" ”

"Nothing is impossible." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said with a solemn expression, "Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person!" ”

As a traverser, Yue Weihan of course knows that Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person, the top ten marshals and ten generals of our army, in terms of military theory level, Liu Shuai is definitely a leader, in terms of tactical command ability, especially the command ability of large corps operations, Mr. Lin and Mr. Li are indistinguishable, and others are much inferior to them, but in terms of courage, Mr. Peng is the first to be recommended!

The evaluation of Mr. Peng by the leader of the generation [***] is very pertinent, who dares to take a knife immediately? Only I am General Peng!

Thinking back then, the United States ghost beast coerced the aftermath of World War II, gathered the coalition forces of the 18 countries, and invaded North Korea with great momentum, and Lin Zong, who was known as the first general of our army, was directly frightened and retreated, and even said that this battle could not be fought, and if it was fought, it would be defeated, and Mr. Li was seriously ill, but the result was that Mr. Peng was ordered to be in danger, and with his not clever tactical command ability and extraordinary courage, he had an unprecedented draw with the Eighteen-Nation Alliance, which was enough to make Mr. Peng's name go down in history.

The Eighth Route Army now has more than 250 main regiments and more than 500,000 regular troops!

With Mr. Peng's courage and fiery temper, how could he only mobilize fifty main groups?

Liu Yi said: "General, even if Mr. Peng is not an ordinary person, he has the ambition and courage to mobilize two hundred main regiments to participate in the battle, but the Eighth Route Army can't have so many ammunition reserves now?" ”

(To be continued)