Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

After leaving Taiyuan, Yue Weihan returned to the Jingcheng base overnight.

The war in Shanxi has come to an end for the time being, and although the results are not satisfactory, most of Shanxi south of Luliang Mountain has been recovered, and the flanks and backs of the Jingcheng base area do not have to worry about being attacked by the Yue army for the time being, and the 39th Group Army should concentrate on training troops, accumulating food, and vigorously developing the military industry.

In the conference room of the headquarters, Yue Weihan was convening Liu Yi and other senior generals to discuss the development plan of the base area.

In the plan drawn up by Liu Yi, there are two most urgent tasks at present: one is to organize a crash training course for officers, and all officers at and above the platoon commander level of the 39 th Group Army will be trained in rotation, and the other is to vigorously develop the military manufacturing industry, especially the arsenals, iron and steel plants, and gunpowder factories, which must be put into operation as soon as possible in order to cope with the next brutal sweep by the army.

After reading Liu Yi's plan, Yue Weihan turned his head and asked Meng Bozhao, the director of logistics: "How much ammunition is left in the inventory now?" ”

Meng Bozhao said: "There are probably about ten bases, which can ensure that the nine main regiments of the Baoshan Division continue to fight for half a month." ”

"What do you say? There are only ten cardinal numbers left? Liu Yi immediately frowned and said, "Five thousand tons of ammunition, that's all left?" ”

"And that's to be expected." Yue Weihan was mentally prepared for this, and said, "In this Taiyuan battle, the ammunition consumed by our army is very huge, and it is absolutely impossible to make up for it by capturing alone, it seems that the gunpowder factory must be put into operation as soon as possible, and the ammunition refilling production line of the arsenal must also be prioritized." ”

Liu Yi nodded and said: "I have to give death orders to all divisions and regiments under the group army, so that the officers and soldiers can recycle bullet shells and shells as much as possible, at least before the copper casting workshop and forging production line of the arsenal in the base area are launched, bullet shells and shell shells must not be easily wasted, and they must be recycled in full." ”

"Yes, it's a priority." Yue Weihan nodded, and said to Meng Bozhao again, "Bozhao, you, the director of logistics, have to take responsibility, and you must take this work as a top priority!" And the action must be fast, the main force of the little devils will soon return, and at the latest in the spring of next year, the little devils will definitely carry out a big sweep of the base area. ”

"You can rest assured." Meng Bozhao said solemnly, "When the time comes, we will never let the brothers sing the empty city plan!" ”

"Okay, I'm relieved to have your words." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "Bo Zhao, then you can get busy." ”

When Yue Weihan was about to continue discussing the matter of the crash course for officers with Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and others, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Xin walked in with a solemn expression, first stood upright, and then said to Yue Weihan: "General, the guerrillas report that since yesterday, the Yue army has suddenly launched a large-scale massacre in various counties in southern Hebei, killing tens of thousands of innocent people!" ”

"Huh? Killed tens of thousands of innocent people!? Gao Shuxun, Liu Yi, Sun Dianying and others looked at each other awe-inspiringly.

As soon as the words fell, Gao Jingwu, the director of the intelligence department, also walked in with a solemn expression, and stood up and said: "General, the army has also launched large-scale massacres in central Hebei, northern Hebei, eastern Hebei, Shandong, northern Shanxi and other places, according to the information intercepted by the intelligence department, it is basically certain that this is a retaliatory action launched by Tada Jun, the new commander of the North China Front Army!" ”

"Tada!?" Yue Weihan said abruptly, "This old devil has been promoted to commander of the North China Front?" ”

"Yes." Gao Jingwu said, "Shanshan Yuan has been removed from the base camp of the Yue Army because of the destruction of the First Army. ”

"It's a big problem." Sun Dianying touched his head and said in a cold sweat, "I heard that Tada Jun, this old devil is not easy to mess with, the 'three-light policy' he advocates is too fucking evil, this dog said, according to this method, within a few months, the entire North China will be killed by him into a no-man's land!" ”

The eyes of senior generals such as Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and Bi Guangheng suddenly focused on Yue Weihan.

Liu Tiezhu, the captain of the special operations team, said murderously: "Boss, the arrogance of the little devil is so arrogant, we must give a strong response!" He was willing to lead the special operations team Qiao Xiang to infiltrate Beiping and directly kill the old devil Tada Jun, which was not only a warning to the little devil, but also a comfort to the innocent souls of those victims. ”

Yue Weihan couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard this, not all the generals of the Yue Army were as frantic as Tada Jun.

There are also some generals of the Yue army who oppose the massacre of civilians, such as Okamura Ninji, this little devil is relatively moderate, and also advocates giving the Chinese in the consolidation area human dignity, and killing Tada Jun may not necessarily be able to change to a moderate faction to be the commander of the North China Front, but at least it can be regarded as a powerful response to the massacre of the Yue army!

However, Liu Tiezhu's suggestion caused a heated debate between Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and Bi Guangheng.

"I firmly oppose the assassination of Tada!" Gao Shuxun said loudly, "If the assassination fails, it will inevitably provoke more murderous revenge from the Yue army, and in the end it will be the Chinese people who will suffer, besides, if you kill Tada Jun and replace someone as the commander of the North China Front, will you not kill the Chinese?" ”

Liu Yi retorted: "If we don't assassinate Tada Jun, will this old devil stop the massacre?" ”

"Apparently not!" Liu Yi asked himself and replied, "Since neither left nor right can stop the slaughter of the Yue army, then why can't we give the Yue Kou a harsh response?" Killing Tada Jun and replacing him with the commander of the North China Front may still continue to slaughter innocent people, but we have at least proved to the Kou with our actions that their actions will come at a price! ”

"But the question is...... Such an assassination will definitely cause more unnecessary casualties among innocent people! Bi Guangheng said emotionally, "Chief of Staff Liu, please don't forget our identity, our soldiers, and the duty of a soldier is to protect the people, not to let the people shed blood and sacrifice for our stupid revenge!" ”

Liu Yi retorted coldly: "How did the assassination of Tada Jun become a stupid revenge action? ”

After saying this, Liu Yi said again: "According to the logic you just said, we [***] don't have to continue the war of resistance, just surrender directly, because if we continue to resist the war, we will definitely continue to kill Yue Kou, we will continue to provoke Yue Kou, and we will continue to provoke Yue Kou's revenge**, causing them to massacre innocent people, but we [***] have become the culprits that caused innocent people to shed blood and sacrifice?" Vice President Bi, can I understand your words like this? ”

"These are two different things." Bi Guangheng said, "If you kill ordinary devil soldiers on the battlefield, the army will not necessarily retaliate, but if we kill Tada Jun, the little devils will definitely take crazy revenge actions, do you just watch the innocent people in North China fall under the butcher's knife of the little devils?" ”

"Kill ordinary devil soldiers, little devils, and won't retaliate?" Liu Yi snorted and said, "Isn't this revenge of the little devils because we completely annihilated their First Legion?" Vice President Bi, do you want to say that the number of devils annihilated this time is too large, so it led to the revenge of the devils? So, from now on, shouldn't we put a shackle on our [***] heads and control the number of kills in each battle below the bottom line of the psychological endurance of the Kou? ”

"You...... It's just a strong word. Bi Guangheng was furious, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"I'm not arguing with words, but being true and reasonable!" Liu Yi said solemnly, "Weakness and retreat cannot be exchanged for the mercy of the enemy, only iron and blood can expel the invaders from our land, and can be exchanged for the reading power and dignity of the nation!" ”

"The Chief of Staff is right!" Yue Weihan finally made a final decision, "For the provocative actions of the little devil, we must give a strong counterattack, since Tada Jun, the old devil, has the courage to order the implementation of the three-light policy in North China, then he should have the consciousness to pay the price, Liu Tiezhu!" ”

Liu Tiezhu hurriedly stood up: "Yes!" ”

Yue Wei Han Senran shouted: "Immediately form a hunting team and sneak into Beiping to assassinate Tatian Jun!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Tiezhu suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and walked away.

Seeing Liu Tiezhu's figure disappear, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, Duotian Jun wants to assassinate, but we must not watch the little devils wantonly slaughter innocent people, and immediately issue combat orders to the guerrilla detachments in various counties in southern Hebei, so that they can immediately take action, protect the people at all costs, and attack Yukou!" ”

After saying that, Yue Weihan turned his head to the attendant adjutant Yuhu and said, "Go, bring me Zhao Xinyi." ”

The jade fox led the order, and in less than a moment, he led the propaganda captain Zhao Xinyi in.

Yue Weihan immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting, sent away Gao Shuxun, Bi Guangheng and others, and even Liu Yi was not allowed to stay, and then took Zhao Xinyi out of his office, and ordered Yuhu to guard the door, and then said to Zhao Xinyi: "Comrade Zhao Xinyi, the Kou wantonly slaughtered innocent people, and the entire southern Hebei is already a river of blood, you immediately contact the comrades of the Southern Hebei Prefectural Committee, and ask them to immediately send people deep into our guerrilla areas and extensively form militia organizations in various villages, so that you can warn the Kou to protect the people. Second, it can also cooperate with the regular army to fight against it. ”

Zhao Xinyi said: "Secretary Yue, really let the comrades of the Southern Hebei Prefectural Committee enter our guerrilla zone? ”

At present, southern Hebei is mainly divided into three major spheres of influence, one is the occupied area, the other is the base area established by the Eighth Route Army and the 39th Group, and the other is the guerrilla area established by the 39th Group and the Eighth Route Army.

The main target of the army's massacre in southern Hebei was the guerrilla zone of the 39th Group Army, because the little devils in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army and the 39th Group Army did not dare to go there, and although the guerrilla zone of the Eighth Route Army was also a guerrilla zone, a militia organization had already been established long ago.

If Yue Weihan opens up the defense area and allows a large number of cadres to enter and extensively establish grassroots militia organizations, it is true that the threat of the slaughter of the village by Yue Kou can be reduced to a minimum, but this will also have a very serious consequence, that is, Chairman Jiang is afraid that it will be difficult to explain, and Yue Weihan's party membership will also be exposed.

(To be continued)