Sure enough, as soon as Liu Hua's words were finished, the Central Military Commission's reply had already reached the hands of the chief of staff. Li Qing, chief of staff, rushed into the war room with a telegram in his hand, and his face was full of excitement..."The commander, the political commissar, and the military commissar called back. It's [***], a telegram jointly sent by Vice Chairman Zhou and the commander-in-chief..."

"Hehe, political commissar, say that Cao Ying Cao Ying will arrive, and the call back from the Central Committee has arrived. I think that if nothing else, the central authorities must have agreed to the battle plan we reported..."Looking at Li Qing, the chief of staff with an excited face in front of him, Liu Hua said with a smile to the political commissar beside him.

"Report to the commander, political commissar, the Central Committee has agreed to the battle plan submitted by our reading division....I ask our reading division to make persistent efforts, once again create miracles, and make new contributions to the great cause of the revolution... At the same time, reply to us that the units of the Eighth Route Army in North China will definitely cooperate with the Reading Division to launch a large-scale counteroffensive against all the strongholds of the puppet army in the entire North China region, and disrupt the sight of the army..."The chief of staff reported....

"Okay, great, with the support of the central government, I believe that we will be able to achieve the final victory in this anti-encirclement and suppression... Chief of Staff, you should immediately inform the commanders of the three military divisions and the commanders of all the armed forces at and above the brigade level that two days later, in the conference room of the headquarters, a meeting on the assignment of anti-encirclement and suppression operations and a pre-war mobilization meeting will be held... All qualified commanders are required to be present...."Liu Hua ordered excitedly, with a confident face.

"Yes, Commander, I'll be there right away—" The Chief of Staff turned and left the war room.

Just one day before the operational meeting, Liu Xiaogang, the leader of the special operations brigade who was on a mission outside. After more than a month of traveling. In the expectation of everyone, he completed the task and returned to the headquarters successfully: "Report to the commander, political commissar." The special operations team has successfully completed its mission and has returned to the team, please instruct the chief..."

"Hehe, Xiao Liu, I'm looking forward to your coming back soon, I really didn't expect it, saying that Cao Ying Cao Ying will arrive... How's it going, did you complete this mission? Looking at Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade standing at the door of the war room, and Zhang Hua, who was worried about formulating a battle plan for marching into Pingjin, he hurriedly smiled and said..."Commander, political commissar, the task was completed very smoothly. Now our special operations brigade has figured out the number of garrisons in the Pingjin area, each county stronghold... In addition, in order to keep the information we get the most timely, I took the initiative to leave the first and second squadrons of the special operations group in the Pingjin area for the time being, and asked the commander and political commissar to punish them..."

It turned out that the reason why there were no special operations brigades in the last campaign to destroy the two main divisions of the Chinese army was that they already had a new secret mission. That is, secretly lurking in the Pingjin area, investigating the situation of all the puppet troops in the Pingjin area, and laying a foreshadowing for the troops to go north in the future, or even to send troops to the northeast. However, what I didn't expect was that this foreshadowing, which was laid in advance, could play a very big role in this campaign to march into Pingjin....

After listening to Liu Xiaogang's answer, he did not expect that there would be two squadrons and 500 special combat personnel secretly lurking in the Pingjin area, and Liu Hua's confidence in entering the Pingjin area was even more sufficient. Thinking of this, Liu Hua was excited: "Xiao Liu, your approach is not only not wrong, but meritorious... Come, let me first introduce to you an important situation that we Lishu are encountering now and the next goal of marching, and you will know why I said that you are not wrong..."

Just when Liu Xiaogang came to the two of them with a hint of doubt. Commander Liu Hua began to surround a huge military map in front of him. The base area will be met by the four main divisions of the army. The heavy encirclement and suppression of the 150,000-strong army, as well as the response plan of the Reading Division, and the plan to send troops to the northeast, are briefly introduced... Hearing this, Liu Xiaogang, who has been carrying out special operations for a long time and has a certain combat fulfillment, immediately understood the huge role that the two special operations squadrons he left behind may play in the future. Thinking of this, Liu Xiaogang hurriedly replied: "Commander, I understand. When the time comes, when our main forces march into Pingjin, these special operations brigades will be able to carry out special strikes against the various garrisons and county towns of the Japanese army, and when the time comes, they will certainly produce many unexpected results..."

"Yes, exactly. Xiao Liu, you can first tell me about the various forces deployed by the enemy in the Pingjin area. Now that the political commissar and I are working out this plan for the march, and your special operations brigade has been active in the Pingjin area for more than a month, what do you think is the best route for us to attack the Pingjin area? Zhang Hua nodded, and said with a pleased smile to Liu Xiaogang, who was becoming more and more mature in the command of special operations.

"Commander, you're really asking the right question. In the past month, nearly 1,000 members of our special operations brigade have had a clear understanding of almost every grass and tree in the Pingjin area, especially the situation of the garrisons of the puppet army in various localities, from big cities such as Beiping and Tianjin to small strongholds along highways and railways. Commander, if our campaign objective is mainly aimed at the hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials stored by the Chinese army in the Tianjin area, I think it would be better for us to bypass Beiping and march directly to Tianjin by road... Starting from Baoding, you can pass through the three counties of Qingyuan, Rongcheng and Ezhou along the way, and then you can directly reach the Tianjin area... The army along this road, except for the little devils of a wing stationed in Qingyuan County, the rest of the county towns are only stationed with a large group of little devils and a puppet army of one or two thousand people..."Liu Xiaogang used a pencil to draw a march route on the map in front of him..."Captain Liu, I really didn't expect that your thoughts coincided with the commander's thoughts. Hehe, it is worthy of being brought out by the commander, and many strategic ideas are the same. After listening to your explanations, I also agree with your operational thinking. It's just that between Tianjin and Beiping, if you take a train, it only takes less than three hours to get there... Captain Liu, how many garrison troops have been stationed in Tianjin and Beiping, which is very important for our entire campaign..."Looking at the march route in front of him, Political Commissar Luo Ronghua nodded with a smile, and then continued to ask..."Political Commissar, because Beiping is the headquarters of the North China Garrison of the Yue Army, so a whole wing of the Yue Army is stationed, and in addition, there is a puppet army division of more than 10,000 puppet troops to assist in the defense... However, Tianjin's troops are very small, because Tianjin has hoarded hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials, and the little devils are not worried about those puppet army troops. So, only one brigade of the army was arranged. However, because Tianjin is close to the sea, there is still about a squadron of marines and a squadron of naval units..."Liu Xiaogang explained it over and over again, while marking the data in his heart on the map in front of him in detail..."Bang..."As soon as Liu Xiaogang's words were finished, Liu Hua, as the commander, couldn't help but slap the table in front of him, and said excitedly: "Okay, the special operations team is good....Xiao Liu, the enemy situation that your special operations team has investigated, Mark them all on the map, including every small stronghold of the army... Also, later, when I, the political commissar, and the chief of staff make the battle plan, you will also be involved, and we will discuss it together. We must discuss the entire plan for marching into Pingjin before tomorrow's operational meeting..."

"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the task...."After speaking, Liu Xiaogang picked up the pencil again and marked all the strongholds of the puppet army along the highway, and all the strongholds of the puppet army were not leaked at all... In less than an hour, all the strongholds of the puppet army along the line from Baoding to Tianjin and from Tianjin to Beiping appeared on the military map clearly.

And at this moment, Li Qing, the chief of staff who had received the order, also came to the war room out of breath. The four of them began to work out a specific plan for the march around the military map in front of them... Because of Liu Xiaogang, a living immortal who knows the enemy situation in the Pingjin area well, the whole process went very smoothly. In less than an afternoon, a plan for the march of 30,000 heavy troops was completed by concentrating the columns directly under the organization, two regiments of the guard brigade, the armored brigade, the air defense brigade, two regiments of the heavy artillery brigade, one regiment of the engineer brigade, and one automobile regiment of the logistics department.

"Commander, in order to better cooperate with the main force, we have successfully captured several county seats. You see, should we also send out the remaining two special operations squadrons of the special operations brigade and lurk in advance in this large area of Pingjin, so that we can concentrate more special combat personnel and cooperate with our plan in the belly of the little devil..."Liu Xiaogang suggested to Liu Hua in front of him..."No, the remaining two squadrons of the special operations brigade, I plan to transfer them to the second and third military subdivisions, so that they can cooperate with the main forces of the two military subdivisions, and prepare a grave for the little devils in Baoding and Shanyin to deal a blow to their spiritLiu Hua didn't think about it, and immediately said negatively.

"Commander, I was about to ask this question. Now the plan to enter Pingjin has been finalized. However, how we can rely on the strength of the two divisions to block the attack of the 150,000-strong army of the Yue army is now a matter that we must solve. Commander, I just listened to the meaning of what you just said, in your heart, do you already have a detailed battle plan...."Looking at the confident commander in front of him, the political commissar hurriedly asked..."Political commissar, I can't hide anything from your eyes. Yes, in my mind, I do have a very bold plan. That is, in the two county towns of Baoding and Yinshan, they each ate up the strength of a division of the Yue Army. If we can eat the two main divisions of the army at once. Then, the remaining two divisions and tens of thousands of puppet army troops, with the troops in their own hands of the two divisions, can block their attack. Regarding the question of the political commissar in front of him, Liu Hua smiled and said.

"Ahh Commander, I heard you right, you plan to settle the two main divisions of the army in two county towns at once. However, where did we get the troops from, and the surname was to solve so many little devils at once. Besides, the two offensive clusters of the Japanese army are marching together, and we have no chance to annihilate the enemy separately..."The political commissar and the chief of staff in front of him opened their mouths at the same time, and asked rhetorically in disbelief.

"Hehe, commissar, chief of staff, nothing is impossible. Who told you that the elimination of the little devils must rely on the troops? I don't know, do you still remember that in the last battle, the engineer regiment of the Third Division, with more than 1,000 people, used explosives to completely annihilate a field wing of the army... Think about it, if we plant explosives all under the two county seats. When the time comes, as soon as it is detonated, you say, what will happen to the little devils stationed in the county...."A sneer quickly flashed on Zhang Hua's face, and he said..."Ah... Fried with explosives ... Commander, I'm really convinced... If it is really blown up with explosives, the two county towns will definitely become a ruin, and as for the little devils in the county, there will be no accidents, and the whole army will definitely be wiped out... It's just, commander, how can you be sure that the little devils will definitely be stationed in these two county towns. Besides, the two county towns are still in the hands of the little devils. The commissar who reacted from the shock, although very surprised. However, he knew that as long as this bold plan was successfully implemented, it would certainly be possible to accomplish the combat mission of the two divisions and regiments of the Annihilation Army. However, then there was a series of questions that came to my mind, and I hope that the commander in front of me, Liu Hua, can give an explanation..."Political commissar, let me explain it to you." The two county towns of Yinshan and Baoding are the county towns where the army must be stationed. Because these two places are county seats close to our base area. If the army wants to attack us, this will definitely be their starting point, and even the storage point of logistics materials. Therefore, the commander's plan is, basically, very feasible..."The chief of staff at this moment, after listening to the commander's tactics, immediately changed from the shock just now to the excitement he is now. Pointing to the map, he explained to the commissar in front of him, who was still puzzled..."I see... Commander, since the little devils will definitely be stationed in these two counties. Is it possible to think that our plan will succeed..."The political commissar nodded in a sudden understanding. Then, he looked at Liu Hua in front of him expectantly, hoping that Commander Liu Hua could give himself a satisfactory answer....

"Political commissar, chief of staff, don't rejoice too early, as for the explosion, we are all laymen, we must ask the professionals, we can make a final decision. Another important issue, that is, the amount of explosives needed to destroy the two county towns must be astronomical. Whether or not we have such a stockpile of explosives in our base area is still an important question. Zhang Hua shook his head and explained helplessly..."Guard, immediately notify the commander of the engineer brigade, and the director of the logistics department, Director Wang, come to the war room, hurry up." The commander and I are waiting here for their arrival...."However, as soon as Liu Hua's words were finished, he was already impatient, and Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar who wanted to know the specific situation, shouted loudly to the guards guarding the door... Because the engineer brigade and the logistics department were not far from the headquarters, it took the two of them less than fifteen minutes to come to the war room one after another... Looking at the two people sitting on the stool in front of them, panting. Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar who was already anxious to know the result, didn't care about letting them rest for a while, so he impatiently began to ask: "Brigade Commander Zhang, you are the commander of the engineer brigade of our military region, you should be very familiar with blasting..." Looking at the engineer brigade commander who was wearing a pair of glasses and looking like an elegant person, the political commissar sat in front of him and asked..."Report to the political commissar, when I was in college, I was very interested in blasting and conducted a certain degree of research. Therefore, as long as it is related to the blasting, the political commissar can ask, and I should be able to solve it..."Brigade Commander Zhang replied without any modesty, with a confident face.

"Okay, Brigade Commander Zhang, what I want to ask you is, if I want to raze a county town to the ground, how much explosives do you think you need... You calculate slowly, you don't need to answer me right away..."The political commissar nodded and asked..."Political commissar, before calculating, I need to know the specific size of this county... Only when you know the scale can you make specific calculations..."Brigade Commander Zhang asked rhetorically..."The size of the county seat is about the same as that of Yangquan County, so you should calculate according to the scale of Yangquan County, remember, the data must be as accurate as possible..."Chief of Staff Li Qing replied in a timely manner..."Yes, political commissar, chief of staff, I know..." After speaking, the engineer brigade commander took out a pen he carried with him and began to calculate... Sure enough, the engineer brigade commander in front of him was worthy of graduating from college and had a deep study of explosives blasting. In less than a few minutes, Brigade Commander Zhang put down the pen in his hand..."Report to the commander, political commissar, chief of staff, all the calculations have been completed... After calculation, the amount of explosives required is about 30,000 kilograms, and these 30,000 kilograms of explosives must also be explosives with strong surnames. My mother, how many explosives do you have to have....I don't know if our logistics department has so many explosives....Director Wang, the purpose of calling you here is to find out how many explosives with the surname Lie are stored in our logistics department..."Listening to the data reported by Brigade Commander Zhang, Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan couldn't help but be taken aback, and looked at Wang Daoguang, the logistics director next to him, with an expectant face. I hope that Director Wang Daoguang will not let himself be disappointed..."Political commissar, commander, because of the consumption of ammunition in the last battle, the arsenal is now expanding the production of shells and bullets day and night, so a lot of explosives are consumed. However, after all, we have received a lot of arms warehouses in Shanxi Province, and we have also seized all the explosives reserves of the little devils in Shanxi Province. Therefore, at present, about 110,000 kilograms of explosives with the surname of Lie are still hoarded in the warehouse of the logistics department. If it was not enough, in the warehouses of the arsenal, 20,000 kilograms of explosives were also hoarded. Wang Daoguang said with a smile... This is because, since he became the director of the logistics department, the logistics warehouse of the military region has never been empty, and after almost every major war, a lot of materials will re-enter the logistics warehouse. This made Wang Daoguang, who had always been poor, proud and satisfied from the bottom of his heart.

"What? 130,000 kilograms of explosives, Director Wang, how can we have so many explosives with the surname Martyr...."After listening to Wang Daoguang's words, among the few people present, except for the commander Liu Hua, who felt that there was no surprise, the rest of the people were all stunned, and Wang Daoguang in front of the incredible king. After all, the current senior commanders of the Reading Division have slowly developed from the original commanders of the Red Army. So, for such a large batch of explosives, they had to be shocked.

"Political commissar, that's right, the little devil has a small military factory in Taiyuan, so in the arsenal in Taiyuan, we have seized 80,000 kilograms of explosives, plus the sporadic seizures in other counties and strongholds, adding up to almost 100,000 kilograms. As for the remaining 30,000 kilograms, it was produced by our arsenal itself, which we have been working day and night to produce..."Wang Daoguang explained proudly in everyone's expectant eyes..."Well, I really can't imagine that our military region now has such a thick foundation... Commander, now the explosives we have stored are enough to blow up the four county seats, you see, can this plan be guaranteed to be foolproof...."After a period of shock, the political commissar slowly returned to the main topic of today's discussion, and asked Liu Hua, who had a calm face in front of him..."Hehe, political commissar, don't worry. Before we can confirm it, we still have one more problem that needs to be solved, and that is the problem of detonation... Brigade Commander Zhang, you are an engineer and a college student. What I want to ask is, can your engineer brigade bury all these tens of thousands of kilograms of explosives in the ground of the entire county without revealing a trace. The other thing is to control the specific time of blasting, get the order, and immediately carry out the blasting. How about it, is it possible to realize this problem...."Zhang Hua nodded, and asked the engineer brigade commander in front of him..."Commander, when the time comes, connect all the wires between these blasting points, and then connect the detonator, and you can carry out timed blasting a few kilometers away from the blasting point. Commander, I promise, as long as there is a sufficiently long wire, there will be no problem at all..."Brigade Commander Zhang replied affirmatively.

"Very good, Brigade Commander Zhang, after the meeting is dismissed, your engineer brigade will go to the logistics office to receive 70,000 kilograms of explosives surnamed Martyr, remember to keep it well, I have an important task to be handed over to your engineer brigade to complete... Here, I can tell you clearly, as long as your engineer brigade can successfully complete the mission. When the time comes, I will personally give you the Engineer Brigade and ask the Party Central Committee in Yan'an for credit..."Liu Hua said with certainty..."Commander, you can rest assured, the Engineer Brigade has been formed for such a long time, and basically has not received any major tasks. Now the soldiers of the engineer brigade want to go to the battlefield to kill the little devils like the engineer regiment in the third district. You just assign the task, the engineer brigade will definitely not embarrass our readers..."Hearing that there is a task, the engineer brigade commander couldn't help but be excited, and said loudly to the commander Liu Hua in front of him..."Very good, I believe in the ability of your engineer brigade... Brigade Commander Zhang, the specific situation, I will let the chief of staff give you a specific introduction, if you don't understand something, you must ask clearly... This time, I can tell you clearly that the success or failure of this battle depends on your engineer brigade. If your engineer brigade succeeds, the battle will be won, and if the engineer brigade fails, the battle will be lost. So, you have to be cautious. Liu Hua finally instructed..."Please rest assured, the engineer brigade will promise not to disappoint the expectations of the headquarters and successfully complete the task, please rest assured..." Under the leadership of Chief of Staff Li Qing, the engineer brigade commander Zhang came to the side of the map of the war room, and gave a detailed explanation of the battle plan that had just been discussed... With the director of the logistics department, Wang Daoguang, and the engineer brigade commander Zhang left the headquarters one after another. Zhang Hua, who had been thinking about the entire battle plan for two whole days, finally relaxed. After stretching a lazy waist, he slowly sat down in his seat and closed his eyes... At the same time, the political commissar and the chief of staff, who were in a state of excitement, did not feel any sleepiness at this moment. Focusing on the results of the discussion just now, the two of them began to talk about the entire battle plan and sort it out against the map in front of them, and improved it as much as possible to form a written form to make the final preparations for the battle meeting to be held tomorrow.

When Liu Hua woke up, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. And in the huge war room, he was the only one left, lying on the table in front of him, "Commander, you are awake." The commanders and commissars of the three corps divisions had already arrived, and the commissars and chiefs of staff went to greet them. Seeing that you were resting, I didn't wake you up... Commander, this is a battle plan that the political commissar asked me to hand over to you, and the political commissar asked you to make a final review to see if there is anything inappropriate, and then make certain corrections..."Just as Liu Hua raised his head. His personal guard took a copy of the battle plan, put it in front of him, and then explained...

(To be continued)