In order to defend Wuhan, the Nationalist Government transferred most of the troops in the first theater, and now there are only two group armies and six armies in Henan and some troops directly under the theater, with a total strength of only more than 100,000 people, while the Japanese army has more than 70,000 people in the eastern direction of Henan alone, and more than 25,000 people in the northern direction of Henan, and the total strength is comparable to that of the first theater.

However, as we all know, how big the gap is between the Kuomintang troops and the Japanese army, often one division of the Japanese army can compete with four or five divisions of the Kuomintang, and now the Japanese army of nearly 100,000 troops is besieging Henan, and it seems that the Japanese army is determined to win this battle.

When the news came, Chen Feng immediately sent a report to the commanders-in-chief of the three group armies, ordering them to immediately go to Guisui for a meeting to study countermeasures. The Japanese army's attack on Henan is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that once the Nationalist Government can bear it, it will dig the Yellow River embankment and use water instead of soldiers to stop the Japanese army from advancing, just like the Huayuankou incident in history, then the problem will be serious.

The Huayuankou Incident in history was one of the three major disasters in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, involving more than 40 cities and counties in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, with more than 12 million people affected and more than one million people killed.

Gui Sui. The Eighth Theater Commander's Department.

Compared with the headquarters of the Security Corps two years ago and the headquarters of the 40th Army Group a year ago, the headquarters of the Eighth Theater at this time can be much more luxurious, originally this place was a royal residence of the Mongolian princes, and the Japanese occupied Gui and then forcibly occupied this place as the headquarters of the Mongolian army, and the decoration of the façade and the living environment were greatly rebuilt. The setting is stunning.

It's a pity that the leaders and brains of the Mongolian army only enjoyed here for a few months before it ended, and after Chen Feng's headquarters captured Guisui, this became the headquarters of the 40th Group Army, and later became the headquarters of the commander of the 8th Theater.

The small conference room was filled with smoke at this time, and several large chimneys were swallowing the clouds. Hearing the sound of "stampeding" footsteps outside, several senior officers in the conference room hurriedly pinched their cigarettes, and then sat upright, waiting for Chen Feng's arrival.

As soon as he opened the door, Chen Feng smelled a choking smell of smoke and looked at several senior officers present. Chen Feng was speechless for a while.

"It's all here. When we're all there, let's get started! The first question is how the morale and combat effectiveness of your troops have recovered? Chen Feng said.

Some time ago, there was a great expansion of the troops, and the three major group armies all received orders that the theater should draw backbone cadres from these three group armies to form new units. During this period, at least more than 20,000 veterans and more than half of the junior officers were transferred from each group army. Even senior officers were transferred a third of them.

As the head of the three major armies. Li Wensheng, commander-in-chief of the 40th Group Army, stood up and said: "Our 40th Group Army has recovered quite well, the three infantry divisions are already full, and the soldiers who have been replenished are not all new recruits. 75% of the supplementary soldiers have received at least half a year of military training, and some of them are garrison soldiers for more than a year, so there is no problem as long as they fight a few battles! ”

"Our 49th Army is similar, although a lot of veterans have been transferred, the decline in combat effectiveness is not very serious, and the troops will be able to return to their previous state in three months at most!" Li Yifeng also said with a smile.

"Our 52nd Group Army is even more fine, although our Group Army has been transferred more than 18,000 veterans and officers, but we have added 50,000 veterans from eastern Hebei. Although the discipline of the troops that were replenished was not as good as that of the previous units, their combat effectiveness was not inferior in the slightest. Xu Hu also said.

"That's good, your three army groups are the backbone of our theater of operations, no matter when you can't collapse, if you collapse, then the theater will be dangerous. What's more, your stage is not only a large piece of territory in Saibei, you also have a broader stage. ”

Then Chen Feng continued to ask: "Chief of Staff, how is the formation of the new unit?" ”

Yang Yi straightened up and hurriedly said: "Our troop expansion this time is a bit large, so it has not been completed yet, but the new expansion of 8 infantry divisions and 8 special brigades has been fully expanded, but more than 60 garrison regiments have been continuously transferred during this time, so the garrison capacity of many banner counties is extremely empty, and now the armed forces are vigorously recruiting troops to supplement the local garrison force!" ”

"Have you prepared a list of officers for the new unit?" Chen Feng asked again.

"All of them have been prepared, but only officers at the division, brigade and regiment levels, and officers below the regimental level are directly promoted and selected from military academy graduates and combat backbones."

"Well, that's good, send me the list after the meeting, I'll take a look, and if it's okay, send it in the name of the Theater Commander's Department!"

"Okay!"

Chen Feng looked at Chen Tiebao, who was depressed, and asked with a smile: "Tiebao, why are you sad, are you not happy to have this meeting?" ”

"Not really, yes"

"What is it, what is it, it is said that the strength of your Mongolian National Salvation Army has not increased much this time, and it is about to exceed the establishment of a group army, what are you not satisfied with!"

"Hey, Commander my eldest young master, this has nothing to do with the army, it's all that woman!" Chen Tiebao said depressedly.

"That woman, you're messing with that woman again!" At this time, even Li Yifeng was energetic, and hurriedly asked!

"And that, it's that female eight-way!"

"What's wrong with that female Balu, didn't you agree to marry someone else, do you regret it?"

"Who said that I regretted it, a manly man spit on a nail, saying one is one, how can I regret what I promised others!" Chen Tiebao said hurriedly.

"That's when people regret it, it's because your true face is seen by others, so people don't want to marry you!" Li Yifeng quipped.

"It would be nice if this was the case, which female Balu chased to Xilinhot and forced me to marry her, you said that this thing was done!" Chen Tiebao said depressedly.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "What's so depressing about this, it's your blessing that someone can take a fancy to you, and besides, you're not a big boss, it's time to get married!" ”

"Then how can I get married after the little devil fights now, if I lie on the battlefield that day, won't it hurt others!"

", how can this devil and marrying a wife get together, I've already started for you, you can't be naked one by one, hurry back and find someone Zhang Luo, Iron Leopard, since the girls have come to the door, then start with you, and you will get married after the next battle, and then a few of you will go one by one, one is counted as one, and you will get married immediately. If you don't make a fool of yourself, then don't blame me for stuffing one of you with an ugly bastard. Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business, how is the situation of your Mongolian National Salvation Army, Iron Leopard, this time your Mongolian National Salvation Army cavalry unit has basically been abolished, and the soldiers have no opinion!" Chen Feng said.

"How can there be no opinion, the cavalry group originally had more than 30,000 people and now there are only more than 5,000 people left, and the cavalry has a big opinion, but they also know that the cavalry has declined, and no matter how powerful the cavalry is, it can't resist the tank, and after the cavalry is dismantled, most of the cavalry has become armored troops, which can be regarded as cavalry, but the grass horse has become an iron horse, so no one will make a fuss after a few days!" Chen Tiebao replied.

"That's okay, in the future, your side will be the main battlefield, and it is also the place where we must pass through to recover the northeast, so in the future, the strength of your Mongolian National Salvation Army will be strengthened, and now the establishment of three infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, an artillery brigade and an armored brigade is not small, but compared with your main enemy, the Kwantung Army, you are still far behind."

Then Chen Feng asked again: "Victor, you are in charge of the air defense force, how is the situation now?" ”

Victor got up and said: "Our air defense unit is going to increase one division according to the plan, and at the same time to reduce some of the troops directly under it, we just transferred 3,000 veterans and 2,800 recruits from various units half a month ago, and now we are participating in the intensive training in Guisui. In addition, our air defense division now has a total of 8 air defense regiments and 2 logistics support regiments, with a total strength of 16,782 troops. ”

"Those two regiments are going to Wuhan, how are they doing now?" Chen Feng asked again.

Two days ago, they sent back the news that they had fought with the Japanese Air Force three times in Wuhan, and they had achieved good results, shooting down a total of 67 old Japanese fighters and shooting down 3 new Japanese fighters. However, they also lost more than eighty people, two more officers were killed, and the consumption of ammunition was also serious! Victor said.

"After the meeting is dismissed, you immediately mobilize a batch of weapons and ammunition to send them to Wuhan, and it is imperative to ensure Wuhan's air supremacy, because air supremacy is particularly important when there is no sea supremacy and the ground forces do not have an advantage!"

"Yes"

"Lu Haihang, you are the commander-in-chief of the armored forces, how is the situation of your armored forces now?" Chen Feng asked again.

Lu Haihang replied: "According to the expansion plan, our armored unit will be expanded from the current one armored division with three unfulfilled armored brigades to three armored divisions and three other fully equipped armored brigades. The most important thing is that there is a serious shortage of light combat vehicles in our armored forces, and there is not a single auxiliary armored vehicle for troop carriers and combat armored vehicles, and there is also a serious shortage of cars! ”

"The light tank factory has been built, 200 light tanks will be delivered to you this month, and two more production lines of T34 tanks have been added, and your weapons and equipment will be increased at a rate of 700 units per month from next month, and your weapons and equipment will be fully equipped in three months. As for the armored car, it may be out of play this year, and I guarantee to equip you with a very advanced armored car next year. What I want to ask now is, when will your armored forces become combat-ready, and when will they be able to sweep the enemy across us like the Germans? Chen Feng asked loudly. (To be continued......)