Hanjing Mountain, the highest power center of the Republic, a special place during World War II, and a wartime base camp.

In the highest combat conference room of the huge base camp, the atmosphere was very serious, and on both sides of the long conference table, many senior generals of the republic were already sitting in the military uniforms of 40-year-old generals, and even Zhou Guolai, the premier of the Government Council, Liu Shaoqi, the minister of foreign affairs, and Sun Laixi, the deputy general manager of Shusheng Company, were all sitting there in a military uniform without military rank.

Everyone was looking straight ahead, and although there were many thoughts in their hearts, no one made any sound, and everyone had in front of them an up-to-date emergency report, a report recording the events in Lao Cai.

"Salute!"

When the salute came from outside the gate, everyone knew that it was the chairman of the committee who came, and when the chairman walked in, the presiding officer of the emergency meeting of the base camp, Su Yuren, head of the Supreme Operations Department, immediately shouted, "Stand up!" Salute! ”

The neat and uniform movements, even Zhou Guolai and others did it very standardly, Zhang Shusheng stood at the door and returned a military salute, and strode towards the front chairman.

"Sit down."

This is the highest military meeting of the republic, and even the commanders of the group armies are not qualified to participate, at least the lieutenant general and above, or the commander-in-chief of a certain front army in the plan, as well as the heads of the general departments.

The Lao Cai incident swept through the top of the republic like a storm, and most people knew about it from internal reports, even before they saw the report.

It will be an unprecedented hurricane and a crazy hurricane that will crush the French.

Zhang Shusheng waited for everyone to sit down, and then nodded to Su Yuren, signaling that he could start.

"Yes, Chairman." Su Yuren walked to the map, pointed to the map of northern Vietnam with the baton in his hand magnified many times, and said to many senior generals with great seriousness, "On October 29, that is, at about three o'clock this afternoon, the French colonial authorities in Lao Cai, Vietnam, after innocently poisoning our Chinese, created the horrific Lao Cai Bloody Case, and the marching masses of our compatriots who expressed their demands by peaceful means were frantically suppressed. A total of one Chinese worker was seriously injured in this incident, and more than 10 Chinese compatriots were injured to varying degrees.

According to the supplementary law to the Constitution promulgated in 1935, the 'Chinese Incident Act', the Lao Cai incident has violated the laws of our country, caused heavy losses to our country, and endangered our national stability and national security. ”

Seeing that Su Yuren finished talking about the basic situation, Zhang Shusheng said quietly to the following, "Everyone is free to speak and talk about their opinions. ”

Many high-ranking generals did not speak rashly, but the three commanders-in-chief of the three armies glanced at each other, and Wu Tiejun was the first to stand up and salute, "Chairman of the committee, the army is ready to fight at any time." ”

Vice Admiral Deng Haoqian, commander-in-chief of the Navy, also stood up and said, "Chairman of the National People's Congress, after receiving the basic internal briefing, the Navy Command has ordered all fleets in the south to enter a state of first-class combat readiness, and the naval aircraft carrier detachment stationed in the Nanyang region on Hanzhong Island can launch an attack on the coastal areas of Vietnam at any time. ”

Air Force Commander Fan Siran stood up and saluted, "Chairman, the Guangxi and Yunnan air forces have conducted many drills on the war in Vietnam, and they have sufficient fuel and aerial bombs, and they are ready to participate in the war at any time. ”

Zhang Shusheng motioned for the three of them to sit down, looked around for a week, and did not see any other expressions from these generals, all of them were eager to fight.

Yes, the republic has been in business for many years, and since the founding of the country, it has been laid out for war in all directions, and it has been prepared for eight years, not so that China will have a terrible-looking war machine, but so that one day, when the republic needs to defeat any enemy, there are soldiers available and generals can be sent.

Perhaps, in this huge combat conference room, only Zhang Shusheng, Lieutenant General Luo Feng, director of the intelligence department of the base camp, and Lieutenant General Zhao Ziyun, deputy director of the base camp, knew that this Laojie incident was nothing more than a bitter ploy played by their own people.

But what does it matter?

In such an unprecedented World War II, the so-called right and wrong, good and evil, completely non-existent, even the faith and persistence of human beings have to give way to war, let alone these small things.

Everything can only show that China has reached the point where it needs a war.

After occupying the bridgehead in Southeast Asia, obtaining a large amount of Southeast Asian resources, expanding China's influence in Southeast Asia, and becoming a real Asian giant, all of this can not be obtained by relying on the military data on the report, even if you are extremely powerful, you still need war.

Thousands of years ago, during the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, the strength of the Chinese nation may not be weaker than that of China at this time compared to these small countries in Asia.

However, even so, the surrounding pirates and barbarians also pounced on them from time to time to bite two mouthfuls of meat.

A dragon, even if you have supreme power, but if you huddle in your lair, then there will always be people who will try to steal your treasure, not because the dragon is not strong.

It's because, when you're silent, your enemies will always think you're weak, even if you have the power to defy the sky.

"General Jiang Baili of the General Staff, take the No. 2 reserve plan as a plan and read out the combat order formulated in advance by the staff of the base camp."

Zhang Shusheng's mind quickly flashed through the three military plans for the winter offensive, all of which were mainly formulated by the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp reorganized.

China needs half of Southeast Asia, and it needs to be in its hands with momentum at any cost.

General Jiang Baili, Chief of the General Staff, stood up and walked in front of the large map, and the staff officers had already turned on the slide projector and projected a detailed map of Southeast Asia.

"This operation plan will be a major winter offensive, codenamed Qin Shi Huang Project, and will be commanded by Lieutenant General Qin Chu, commander of the Southwest Garrison District.

In this operation, we will use two army groups, including the 9th Army and the 10th Army. To put it simply, the whole plan was to quickly break through the weak defense line of the French army in the northern region of Vietnam with an absolutely superior force and flank the French army.

In this way, the Anglo-French forces in Vietnam will be caught in the middle of the joint attack of our two major armies and the Japanese army. It is worth noting that the army from Burma, about 40,000 troops, has moved south, along the way to annihilate most of the French troops in Laos, is expected to attack the rear of the Saigon defense line from the flank, and the British and French defenders there are more than 60,000 people, and the entire vicinity of Saigon, a total of about 110,000 British and French troops have gathered, accounting for 4 percent of the total number of British and French troops in Southeast Asia. In other words, at present, the strategic center of gravity of Britain and France is basically near the Saigon theater, followed by the area around the sea in Vietnam, and finally in Laos and northern Vietnam. Since Britain and France were unable to fight with our country, these areas were basically chicken ribs, and the British and French garrisons were very small.

In this combat operation, the 9th Army of our army will enter Vietnam from the direction of Lao Cai and move rapidly along Lao Cai in a straight line towards Hanoi. The 10th Army was to enter from Cao Binh in Vietnam, forming a two-front attack angle with the 9th Army and approaching Hanoi.

Judging from the latest information, especially at present, the focus of the French defense is in the south and coastal areas, and the northern areas have always been weak. The enemy forces near Hanoi, an important town in the north, consisted mainly of one French division, one British Far East brigade, and two Indian divisions. These two Indian divisions were recently replenished, mainly to deter the northern part of the country, where several guerrilla groups are currently active. Although the French did not want to be our enemy, nor could they regard us as an imaginary enemy, they adopted a policy of resolute attack on the Vietnamese indigenous guerrillas.

The main combat mission of the two major armies is to quickly encircle and destroy the enemy forces near Hanoi, and the number of enemy troops along the route will not exceed two divisions, and they should be destroyed as quickly and resolutely as lightning speed.

Then, after the successful annihilation of Hanoi, the 1st Army of the 9th Army should immediately enter Laos and reach the vicinity of the Southeast Asian base line demarcated by the Chairman of the Committee. The other part and the 10th Group Army arrived at the Donghai line, and formed a line with the Laos Taqu to complete the combat mission of the basic line in Southeast Asia. ”

Jiang Baili paused and continued, "Due to the extremely bad traffic situation in northern Vietnam, there are only some low-grade roads, and there are no conditions for the passage of heavy armored vehicles, so in this operation, the tank strength of the two major armies is basically unable to be used.

Of course, we are facing these difficulties, and the French are also facing them, and the inconvenience of transportation makes it impossible for them to rush to these fallen areas, and the weakness of the defensive forces will reduce many difficulties for our operations. The only two hard battles are expected to unfold in the Hanoi area and near the base line located in Dong Hai. However, due to their own containment, it was very difficult for Britain and France to carry out an effective counterattack against our two major armies.

In terms of air force, a certain unit of the Guangxi Air Force and the Second Aircraft Carrier Squadron of the South China Sea Fleet led by the aircraft carrier Yandi were concentrated to bomb northern Vietnam from land and sea respectively. ”

Jiang Baili deliberately pointed to the location of Hainan, the strait between Hainan Island and Vietnam, which is not wide enough for naval aviation to carry out its tasks. The British and French forces in northern Vietnam, which lacked fighters, relied on very little support from the Southern Air Force and airfields in southern Laos.

In this war, if we do not take into account the transportation conditions and provoke the British and French sides, in fact, the opponent is indeed weak to a certain extent, if there is no military containment, Britain and France will fight back with all their might, and it may still cause great trouble, but Britain and France have no time to take care of the northern region, and the entire northern region of Vietnam and northern Laos can only become a meal on China's plate.

When China does not want these places, Britain and France can still occupy them, but China has reached out, but they cannot do anything.

After the brief battle plan was announced, Zhang Shusheng concluded, "The combat style of the People's Army is to despise any opponent in thought, but attach importance to the other party in action, this war may not be difficult, but what I need is a near-perfect victory."

In the areas north of the baseline, your strongest enemy is not the Anglo-French-Indian army, but the transportation conditions and the changeable climate, even in winter, these areas are not the small jungles you are familiar with.

Although you will not be able to participate in this war, you can reflect on yourself through the performance of the 9th and 10th armies, the prelude to the war has begun, the republic also needs territory, and the future expansion of territory will be shouldered on your shoulders. History will prove that this is a punitive action and a prelude to the expansion of territory. You will all have the opportunity to step onto the stage of history belonging to the Chinese nation and create history with your own performances. ”――

(To be continued)