"What? A small regiment annihilated a wing of the Japanese army! Zheng Weiguo took the battle report and read it carefully, and said in disbelief: "Could it be that the Kwantung Army left behind in the northeast is already so weak?" ”

"Too weak to be!" Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "I think the main thing is the lack of combat experience. Look at it, you can cook in a pot in that terrain, and you don't even send out a guard post. Where is this like marching to war? It's like students organizing a spring outing! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou is right. Due to the need for troops everywhere, the 25th Division's elite veterans and officers with combat experience have long been emptied, and the remaining officers and men are Japanese and Korean youths who grew up in the northeastern region. Compared with their predecessors, most of them are well educated, but their combat experience and will to fight are far behind.

If you have to compare, it is estimated that it is similar to the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Such troops have a high level of education and a strong ability to learn, and they will definitely be able to grow up in time, but only if they are given enough time.

A cold glint flashed in Zheng Weiguo's eyes, and he said with some joy: "If this is the case, then the 63rd Army can go north with confidence and boldness." Inform Feng Zhanhai to immediately advance to eastern Hebei, and make sure that the Japanese army must occupy eastern Hebei before it reacts, and isolate the northeast and north China. ”

"In addition, the Northeast Advance Army should also speed up its actions, and it is best to enter the Horqin grassland in advance."

According to Zheng Huzi's plan, the 63rd Army will seize eastern Hebei as an advance base, and then cross the western Liaoning corridor and go straight to the hinterland of the northeast, and then it will be able to echo the Northern Front in the Russian Far East. It was even able to receive direct support from US strategic bombers.

Meanwhile. Ma Zhanshan's Northeast Advance Army (now known as the Second Army of the Northern Front) will also approach the northeast from the Mongolian steppe, seize western Liaoning, and attack the Japanese puppet army in the northeast from the west and south with the 63rd Army.

However, before the 63rd Army set off, several more news came from home and abroad, which almost caught Zheng Huzi off guard.

A day later, Chief of Staff Zhou hurried over.

Zheng Weiguo asked: "Old Zhou, has the 63rd Army been mobilized?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "I have officially sworn in the north this morning!" He added, "Boss, let's take a look at this first!" ”

Zheng Weiguo took a look and frowned slightly. Puzzled: "The 37th Division is secretly assembling?" ”

The 37th Division is now part of the First Army in Shanxi. Deployed in the area centered on Yuncheng, it was tasked with monitoring the Fifth Army of Zhongtiao Mountain. Zheng Weiguo had planned to eat this division, but he was unable to succeed in the end. For some time after that, the Second Theater of Operations was busy carrying out the second transformation of the troops (i.e., from regularization to field warfare). Bide. I didn't do it again.

"According to the intelligence analysis of your staff. Is this 37th Division going to attack, or is it going to retreat? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and said, "The intelligence is limited, so I can't see it for the time being." However, at present, the strength of our defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain has increased greatly, and it will definitely not be able to withstand it with just one 37th Division, so it is more likely to retreat. ”

At present, the Japanese army has basically abandoned Jinnan, and in addition to the 37th Division, the 41st Division in Linfen can be reinforced nearby. However, the current defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain have developed into ten fully equipped divisions, and they are also equipped with a large number of technical arms, not to mention two divisions, even four divisions may not be able to fight.

What's more, the current defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain are not alone, and there are new troops from Shanxi on both wings that can be reinforced nearby! If Zheng Weiguo didn't want to provoke the Japanese army too much and affect the grand strategy, he would have taken the initiative to attack a long time ago.

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and agreed: "Indeed, it seems that the Japanese army is about to carry out strategic contraction. ”

In fact, since the railway system in North China was completely destroyed, the strategic value of North China has been greatly reduced. Because it is difficult to transport a large amount of materials (such as coal, wool, grain, cotton, etc.) from the occupied areas, and the cost of bringing in materials from outside is much higher.

Under such circumstances, maintaining nearly 200,000 Japanese troops and almost the same number of puppet troops is also a very heavy burden for the Japanese government. Even after 42 years, the Japanese government launched a new economic policy of "feeding war with war" in North China, this was also a serious waste of Japanese manpower and military strength. You must know that no matter where these 400,000 troops are placed, they are a strategic force.

Chief of Staff Zhou also had the same opinion, and said with a smile: "Yes, the current North China is a purely consumable battlefield for the Japanese army. If it weren't for the sake of face, I'm afraid it would have been withdrawn a long time ago! ”

Zheng Weiguo snorted and said, "If you want to withdraw now, I'm afraid it's a little late!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said in surprise: "The general seat intends to leave these troops? ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know where the Japanese army intends to withdraw these troops, I believe in one sentence, what the enemy insists on is what we want to oppose. They want to withdraw, but I don't want them to do it! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly said: "But, what about our grand strategy of advancing into the Northeast?" ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said: "If you don't affect each other, the 37th Division will be handed over to the Fifth Army." The rest of the troops continued to operate according to the plan. ”

It is now almost August, and when the troops enter eastern Hebei and then advance into the northeast, it will be September or October, and it will be about to enter winter. The winter in the Northeast was very difficult, so according to the previous plan, there were only three armies in the first batch to advance into the Northeast, namely the 63rd Army, the Northeast Advance Army and the 97th Army. There is no way, the northeast is too cold, it is difficult to raise food, and too many troops are sent at once, and wintering is a big problem.

In this way, the troops directly under the Second Theater will also have the powerful armed forces of 11 armies, including the 3rd Army, the 9th Army, the 15th Army (all subordinate to the Fifth Army of Zhongtiao Mountain), the 40th Army, the 49th Army, the 51st Army, the 53rd Army, the 57th Army, the 69th Army, the New 5th Army, and the New 8th Army. Coupled with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi New Army and the Fu Zuoyi system, the strength was still above the enemy's North China Front. If Naosaburo Okabe made any moves, Zheng Huzi wouldn't mind giving a head-on blow.

Chief of Staff Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Okay." However, if the whole body is affected, the other units of the Japanese army will definitely be reinforced and contained, and we must draw up an overall strategy. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "This is a must, and it will be arranged by your staff." ”

The two talked about the situation at home and abroad. There are three main things, of course, the last one is more complicated, and it can also be said that there are four things.

The first is the issue of friction with the Central Army. Since the December Incident and the reorganization of the army in Zhongtiao Mountain, there are almost no miscellaneous armed forces in North China. There are only three options for miscellaneous cards, vote for the Communist Party (including vote for Zheng), vote for the country, and vote for Japan. Relying on a strong political commissar system, the first type of troops was basically assimilated; The second category of troops has no foothold in North China. and worried about being annexed by Zheng Huzi. had to flee to Henan and Jiangsu; The third group of troops has been wiped out with a major blow.

However, without the buffer of the miscellaneous armed forces and the Japanese puppet army, the territory of the Second World War Zone and the Central Army was directly admitted. After the resignation of a relatively enlightened general like the self-defense Lihuang, the contradictions between the two sides have also deepened day by day.

The Central Army was very dissatisfied with the independent kingdom of the Second Theater of Operations. I've always wanted to put my hand in. Of course, Zheng Huzi refused. Yu Gong. Losing this base in North China, advancing into the Northeast is a pipe dream; Yu privately let Tang Enbo and others' troops enter North China. How can he be worthy of his fathers and fellow villagers who support him?

However, the Central Army (mainly the First Theater) has the support of the Chairman of the National People's Congress and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and can mobilize troops in a grand and justifiable manner.

Soon after the Japanese troops withdrew from northern Henan, the Ministry of Military Affairs announced that northern Henan would be included in the First War Zone. The headquarters of the commander of the First War Zone also understood it and immediately sent troops to "receive". Nima, why did you go when the Japanese were there? That's the time to pick peaches! Of course, Zheng Huzi refused, but it was not easy to disobey directly, so he had to let the Eighth Road come forward to be a villain, and fought a big battle with the Central Army in the Xinxiang area, and completely annihilated one of Zhu Huaibing's troops.

What made the chairman of the committee most angry was that Zheng Huzi still pretended to send the 49th Army to mediate, and then absorbed all the scattered Central Army.

In addition to the northern Henan region, the competition between the two sides in Shandong is also fierce. Shandong's anti-Japanese armed forces mainly had three major forces, and the strongest was of course the 115th Division of Commander Lin.

In this time and space, Commander Lin was not so seriously injured and soon returned to the army. He and Political Commissar Luo, one is good at commanding wars, and the other is good at building base areas, and they are indeed perfect partners and golden combinations. The strength of the 115th Division was already a notch stronger than that of other units of the Eighth Route Army, and it was even more powerful when it arrived in the treasure land of Shandong, and it soon developed into a strategic group with seven divisions.

followed by Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, his men and horses were almost exhausted, and the 57th Army was transferred away. However, with the help of Zheng Huzi, the 51st Army also developed well in southwestern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northeastern Anhui, and eastern Henan.

The third is the local troops of Shen Honglie, Li Xueli and others. Speaking of which, they still have a lot of connections with the Northeast Army, but they defected to the Central Army early, so they are very repulsive to Zheng Weiguo and the Eighth Road. In addition, Shen Honglie is extremely ambitious and always wants to dominate Shandong, so he always causes trouble.

Not long ago, Shen Honglie also sent someone to assassinate Yu Xuezhong, but when the assassination failed, he ran to the base of the Eighth Route Army in an attempt to sow discord between the two armies. Fortunately, Skynet was restored, and the truth was soon revealed due to the arrest of the assassin. Zheng Huzi took the opportunity to put pressure on the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the chairman had no choice but to transfer Shen Honglie back to Chongqing.

In this way, the Second World War Zone was a complete victory. However, conflicts between the central and local governments still occur from time to time, but the focus of contention has gradually shifted southward. Zheng Huzi mediated, and there was no good way, and he didn't bother to care about it anymore.

The second event was the entry of the expeditionary force into Burma. Although the chairman of the committee and the bigwigs of the Central Army were dissatisfied with Zheng Huzi, and even hated him, they still did not dare to disobey Zheng Huzi's opinions. Who made him see so "accurately"!

On the issue of the expeditionary force, the Ministry of Military Affairs did not appear as a firefighting team as in history, but advanced slowly step by step, and only pressed it down with a thunderous force when the Japanese army beat the British to the bridle.

The expeditionary force gathered six strong troops to attack the Japanese army at once, and almost drove the Japanese army into the sea. It's a pity that the British and that "acid Joe" jumped out to make trouble again. Acid Ziqiao is the famous Stilwell, as the chief of staff of the Chinese theater, he has the power to distribute US aid materials.

Speaking of which, Stilwell is definitely a good guy and one of the few white people who is friendly to China. He used to say. China has 99 percent good people, but it is ruled by 1 percent of bad people. Therefore, he has a very good impression of the Chinese people, but he hates those corrupt officials very much. With the exception of Stilwell and Stuart, few Westerners have such feelings for China.

Unfortunately, Stilwell, a stubborn old man, is a bullshit for the military. Once, when he flew to inspect the battlefield, he found that a division was retreating in an orderly manner, and he thought that this unit must be fleeing, so he asked the chairman to shoot the division commander. In fact, this unit was only ordered to carry out the tactic of "retreating and fighting a decisive battle", that is, the "Heavenly Furnace Tactic" invented by Xue Yue. Not an escape at all. What's even more speechless is. The chairman really shot this division commander to death!

As for the commander in Burma, Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, really couldn't bear it anymore, and finally turned his face with him, but it was Luo Zhuoying who stepped down. The post of commander-in-chief was taken over by Du Luming, a first-term student of Whampoa.

Du Luming has the ability to do so. He is a man who is very good at training. The Fifth Army was the first in every evaluation, crushing the 18th and 74th armies to the bottom, but commanding the war was much inferior (many generals in the national army were like this). Strange). If you are a division commander, you must be an excellent division commander, and you can be qualified as a military commander. But commanding such a large force as the expeditionary force was obviously hurting him.

Coupled with the British's bent on pulling people back, and Stilwell intervened indiscriminately from time to time by distributing power, the tide of the war finally took a sharp turn. By July 1942, the expeditionary force had returned with a major defeat. Fortunately, Zheng Huzi has always emphasized the safety of the back road, and you must not go to Savage Mountain. Du Luming finally listened.

The troops that did not have time to move north followed the British to India, including Sun Liren's new 38th Division. The rest of the troops resisted one after another, and after hardships and dangers along the way, they finally withdrew to Yunnan. However, the Japanese army did not let them go, and the main forces of the three divisions went straight to western Yunnan, and are currently fighting fiercely with the national army on the Nu River line.

Chief of Staff Zhou said with admiration: "The judgment of the general seat on the war is simply too accurate. If it weren't for the fact that the headquarters accurately predicted that the expeditionary force might fail in half a year, and asked the Military Commission to lay out in Songshan in advance, I was afraid that the Japanese army would have to enter Yunnan all the way. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled slightly, in fact, even without his strategy, the national army relied on the Nujiang River to block the Japanese offensive, and the losses were great.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What is the current battle situation in Matsuyama?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "The division commander Hu Boyu recommended by the general seat is indeed a genius, and he is stunned to guard a small pine mountain. Since the Japanese army began to attack half a month ago, it is said that the Japanese army has suffered extremely heavy casualties, but it has not even taken a single outlying position. ”

Zheng Weiguo was also secretly happy, there are still some generals in the national army who are more capable of fighting, such as the famous and famous Hu Lian Chief is one of them. With his command ability, coupled with the elite of the Eighteenth Army, the elite of the civil engineering department, and the iron-clad fortifications of Songshan, it is enough for the little devil to drink a pot.

Moreover, behind Songshan was the Huitong Bridge, and as long as the bridge continued, the Japanese army could not cut off the connection between the defenders and the rear of Yunnan. Even if the bridge is blown up and the flood season is about to end, the defenders can still get support. This is much better than the Japanese army that trapped Matsuyama in history. After four or five months, it is estimated that the Japanese army in Burma will not be interested in consuming it any longer.

The third thing is not so good, it is international.

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a solemn face: "General, according to the information provided by the Americans, I am afraid that the Soviet Union will really not be able to bear it this time. ”

With Stalin's disappearance, the Soviet Union was de facto torn apart, with the major military leaders dominating one side and not paying any attention to the orders of the Politburo, and most of the Politburo members were killed or wounded, not reaching the required majority.

Zheng Weiguo also sighed, didn't he just talk about the location of several oil fields, but he didn't expect Germany's strength to skyrocket exponentially. Then, like a nuclear reaction, the Japanese army took the opportunity to fall into the ground, and the union republics declared their independence one after another...... Under the blow that followed, the huge empire of the Soviet Union finally stopped faltering.

"So, Germany and Japan will soon be able to meet in Siberia?"

"Yes, Soza! According to US intelligence, it will not take more than two months at most, and it is likely to be in August or September. Chief of Staff Zhou paused and then said: "Fortunately, the United States has agreed to increase its support for the Northern Front. A new group of engineering troops has already departed from the United States, where they will land in Kamchatka's major ports and then secretly build airfields. ”

This is the fourth thing that extends from the third thing, the United States is now very worried about the German-Japanese meeting in Siberia, but it is powerless to prevent it, and the only hope is in the Far East, in Kamchatka. If it had gained a foothold here, the US military would not have to go around in circles with Japan in the Pacific Ocean and would directly use cloudburst bombs to bomb the Japanese mainland into slag.

"The Americans assured us that they would be able to deploy fighter and bomber groups over Kamchatka by the end of the year. However, they hope that the progress of our army will also be faster, so as to contain the main force of the Kwantung Army and ensure the security of the Far East. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled slightly and said, "It seems that the Americans are more anxious than us!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a wry smile: "I can't help but be anxious, Germany has now mastered rocket artillery, cloud burst bombs, and jet bomber techniques, and has also made great breakthroughs in submarines, communications, missiles, poison gas, and so on." If land transportation between Germany and Japan had been opened, it would have been possible for Japan to acquire these skills as well. ”

When Zheng Weiguo heard this, he also felt a little scared, he didn't want to be bombarded by cloud burst bombs. If you look at the current Soviets and the Vietnamese of later generations, you can see that this game is really unbearable. But there is no regret medicine in this world, and if you don't want to get a cloudburst bomb, you have to take them down before the Japanese get the cloudburst bomb! (To be continued......)

PS: Why bother with v5 adults to shoot again? Haluha, thank you very much! However, it is too hot these days, and the update may not be as timely as the previous few days, so please forgive me for the inconvenience caused.