Chapter 1074: Surprise

"First of all, neither the Kwantung Army nor the Japanese army base camp would have thought that we would suddenly move north at this time and attack the northeast, which can completely meet the standard of surprise in the art of war and unpreparedness for attacking the enemy." Qiao Youhua said eloquently: "Moreover, the current navy and air force of the Japanese army are all in the waters of Shanghai and Hangzhou, and if you want to go north to support the Kwantung Army, it will be too late."

The most important thing is that our air force can rely on the nearby Beiping airfield to take off at any time to provide air fire support for our ground offensive troops!

In addition, the total strength of the Kwantung Army did have nearly 500,000 or 600,000 troops, but not all of them were deployed in the area of the western Liaoning corridor outside the mountains, and the total strength used to prevent our army from going north did not exceed 100,000, and the rest were all scattered and deployed in various parts of the northeast with an area of 1.5 million square kilometers, and the main forces were stationed on the Sino-Soviet border to guard against the Soviets. ”

Therefore, if our 100,000 elites suddenly go out of the customs and under the cover of the air force, and brazenly launch an attack on the enemy, as far as the local battlefield is concerned, we will have an absolute advantage in terms of strength and firepower! It is entirely possible that before the Japanese army completes its troop build-up, it will break through the defensive line of the Japanese defenders outside the pass in the western Liaoning corridor in one fell swoop, and then take the opportunity to seize Jinzhou, Dalian, Shenyang and other strategic points! ”

At this time, the rest of our troops should also be reorganized, and when the time comes, whether it is the 300,000-strong army that will all go north and recover the whole northeast, or divide the troops to the south to participate in the counteroffensive on Jiangnan

of the campaign, you can. Because the initiative will be in our hands. ”

"If the Japanese army mobilizes the navy and air force to rush north to aid the northeast, then we must abandon Jiangnan, so we can depend on the situation, and we can recapture Liaoning at the worst and hold it, I still have this confidence." Qiao Youhua is not arrogant, but really confident, because when it comes to the territory in the hands of the Dragon Tooth Corps, unless it is deliberately abandoned, there is really no example of being recaptured by the Japanese counteroffensive.

Hearing Qiao Youhua point to the map and analyze it, Zuo Quan fell into deep thought, and said: "In this way, it is really feasible, but I still ask the head of the headquarters and the central government." ”

"Of course, I believe that Chairman Mao is eloquent and strategic, and he will definitely agree with our idea." The reason why Qiao Youhua is so sure has a certain basis, because everyone knows that Northeast China is regarded as a local redevelopment by Japan, and after so many years of development, it has become the only sound heavy industry base in China at this time.

As long as the Northeast is captured, it can be said that it will have the fundamental power to unify China, and after the Northeast is recovered, the contact with the Soviet Big Brother will also become very convenient, which will naturally be beneficial and harmless to the Communist Party.

Qiao Youhua even felt that the leaders of the Party Central Committee were far-sighted, and in the end, they might even directly let the Dragon's Tooth Corps and the Eighth Route Army in North China devote all their strength to take the opportunity to counterattack and recapture the Northeast, provided that Qiao Youhua first defeated the border troops of the Kwantung Army, fought several beautiful victories, and made it possible to recover the entire Northeast.

As for the counterattack on Jiangnan, it is okay not to go, or to send a few divisions to participate.

Zuo Quan nodded, and sent the telegram in a joint way between him and Qiao Youhua, and three days later, the head of the Central Committee finally sent a reply, and as expected, he agreed to Qiao Youhua's seemingly risky plan.

After obtaining the consent of the leaders of the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, Qiao Youhua immediately ordered the three divisions formed by the expansion of the former Jiang Haidong's First Division to begin a secret assembly, and the logistics department also began to operate in full force to secretly transfer a large number of war materials to the north.

At the same time, Qiao Youhua quietly transferred the expanded tank unit, a total of two tank divisions, plus the guard regiment and the falcon flying regiment, to Beiping. Another tank division is still in the works.

The total number of troops accompanying Qiao Youhua to fight this time will reach more than 130,000 troops, more than 500 tanks and combat vehicles, and more than 130 combat planes of various types.

After bidding farewell to Zuo Quan, Guo Meng and others, Qiao Youhua took a bomber and secretly flew to Beiping, while the guard regiment and two tank divisions went north along the Pinghan Railway by train.

It is worth mentioning that in the past days, the Pinghan Railway, the Jinpu Railway, the North China Section of the Pingsui Railway and the Zhengtai Railway in North China, all the sections of the line that were damaged by the war have been repaired and reopened.

This played a very important and favorable role in the material transportation and troop build-up of the Eighth Route Army in North China, including the Dragon's Tooth Corps.

From the moment Qiao Youhua decided to go out of the customs to fight, it only took less than a week, and without raising the division and consuming a lot of manpower, the logistics department of the Dragon Tooth Corps completed the deployment of all kinds of military supplies for more than 100,000 troops to go out of the customs to fight, which was unimaginable in the past.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the base area of the Dragon's Tooth Corps has now expanded, and the whole of North China belongs to the rear, and there is no threat from the enemy to destroy the transportation and supply lines.

However, after Qiao Youhua arrived in Beiping, he did not immediately order the troops to go out of the pass to launch an attack, but first sent Li Yansan with a few pilots with outstanding skills, piloted several reconnaissance planes captured by the Japanese army, and under the cover of several fighters, went out of the customs to Jinzhou, Dalian, and even Shenyang to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.

Qiao Youhua planned to carry out air strikes first and take out the Kwantung Army's airports, docks, stations, and other facilities in the South Manchurian region, and the most important thing was to eliminate the Kwantung Army's land-based air force in the South Manchurian region.

Moreover, the ground offensive of the Dragon's Tooth Corps will be carried out at the same time as the actions of the Air Force, so that the Kwantung Army will be caught off guard.

Li Yansan and several pilots were ordered to leave, and soon took off in fighter planes, first landing at Qinhuangdao Airport, and after replenishing enough fuel, they took off again, flew over Shanhaiguan, crossed the western Liaoning corridor, and flew at high speed toward Jinzhou and Dalian.

Through the combination of two days of aerial reconnaissance and the intelligence transmitted by Long Yingwei's secret agents outside the Guan, the distribution of the Japanese air force in the South Manchurian region was basically determined.

Qiao Youhua immediately ordered the troops assembled in Pingjin and Tianjin to march towards Jixian, Shanhaiguan and other places, and at the same time, all the fighters of the flying regiment immediately stationed at the Qinhuangdao military airfield, ready to attack at any time.

Qiao Youhua, Jiang Haidong, and others also arrived at Tangshan County by train, intending to take command of the operation at the pass, which would be led by Liu Yidao, the former deputy commander of the 1st Division and now the commander of the 2nd Division, and would be fully responsible for the command of the former enemy.

After arriving in Tangshan County, the guard regiment and the orderly soldiers were busy building guard fortifications and the radio station of the headquarters, and Qiao Youhua and Jiang Haidong sat in the courtyard of the headquarters selected, smoking and chatting.

"Haidong, how sure do you think this exit battle is?" Qiao Youhua took a puff of his cigarette and suddenly asked.

Jiang Haidong looked up at Qiao Youhua and said, "I think it's at least seventy or eighty percent, the devil definitely didn't think that we would suddenly go out of the customs at this juncture and attack the Western Liaoning Corridor!" ”

"Oh? Why not 100 percent? Qiao Youhua was obviously a little dissatisfied with the judgment of the good brother.

"Because, as far as I know, the total strength of the Kwantung Army deployed in the West Liaoning Corridor has also exceeded more than 100,000, and they have been in business for a long time, especially after Pingjin was recovered by us, the Kwantung Army has increased its investment in the defense line of the West Liaoning Corridor, and now there are permanent fortifications poured with reinforced concrete everywhere, and the Kwantung Army calls it the Eastern Maginot internally! Known as the impenetrable Great Wall! Jiang Haidong voiced his concerns.