However, the devils soon discovered that they had already implemented a monopoly system for salt and iron and other strategic materials in the occupied areas before this in order to make huge profits and restrict the flow into those areas that were not yet controlled by the Japanese army, which means that several major base areas had actually been blockaded by the Japanese army for a long time, and the soldiers and civilians in the base areas still did not give in for several months. Therefore, since the blockade was useless at the beginning, it is still useless now, but some extremely hungry puppet troops and even Japanese troops have to take risks and secretly use these embargoed materials into the base areas to exchange food and other daily necessities that are lacking in the Japanese-occupied areas

However, at the beginning, the devils seriously underestimated the strength of several anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and the troops sent down were not only small in total, but also very scattered, and the largest single unit was the establishment of a large brigade (1-2 in each base area), and as a result, not only wasted a whole month, but also lost troops, among which the "sweep" in the eastern Hebei region was the most disgraced, and it was actually annihilated by Yang Wenhan, a guerrilla warfare expert, who concentrated three main regiments and annihilated an infantry brigade, which disgraced the "Great Japanese Imperial Army."

During the "Battle of 100 Regiments" (until the Japanese army in North China sent a large force to sweep the base area), a total of more than 17,000 Japanese soldiers and more than 35,000 puppet troops were killed, wounded and captured, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were captured. However, the military and civilians in the base areas also made tremendous sacrifices for this purpose, with a total of more than 100,000 casualties, of which more than 30,000 were casualties among the main forces of the four relatively regular base areas, more than one-third of their total number. Fortunately, the more than 20,000 puppet army prisoners of war who were efficiently converted filled the gap to a large extent, and the capture was really not small, and the strength of the four major base areas was not only not weakened, but became stronger

The "Battle of the Hundred Regiments" in history attracted the attention of the Japanese army and the old Chiang Kai-shek prematurely, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were attacked by both sides of the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek early on, and their development was seriously hampered in the next two or three years, and the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the base areas also suffered huge losses that could have been partially avoided. So much so that some people have questioned the necessity of launching the "Battle of 100 Regiments" since then. However, Hu Weidong did not have much concern when he proposed this similar operation, on the one hand, because now the Japanese still want to destroy the Nationalist Government, and Lao Chiang, who is still under great pressure to survive, wants to protect himself. It is unlikely that they will turn against the Red Party for the time being; On the other hand, because today's Red Party Army is far from being comparable to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in history in terms of strength and potential, even if Japan and Chiang really cooperate, it will not be as difficult as in history

Taking into account the great superiority of weapons, ammunition and tactical literacy. Today, the military strength under the control of the Red Party is actually no less than that of the People's Liberation Army before the Battle of Menglianggu in 47 years, and with the rapid increase in military production capacity and the rapid development of science and technology, the people's army will be stronger in the near future. It is worth mentioning that since most of the purchased equipment was concentrated in the period of the end of 37 and the beginning of 37 to form production capacity, the output of major military products in the first four months of 38 years exceeded the total output of the whole year of 37, and this is still under the premise that the product category has increased several times, with such a foundation, Hu Weidong can't help but optimistically estimate that at most in two more years, the squadron can at least turn into a strategic counteroffensive in the North China battlefield, and it is no wonder that he is not afraid of the confluence of Japan and Chiang

Besides. The reason why the Eighth Route Army encountered great difficulties after the "Battle of the Hundred Regiments" in history was that in addition to attracting the attention of the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek, it was encircled and suppressed more and more brutally, and what was even more fatal was that the "Battle of the Hundred Regiments", especially in the third stage, almost exhausted the already limited ammunition reserves, and gained very little from the captures, so that on average, hundreds of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops were left with only a few bullets per person. As a result, the Eighth Route Army, which was basically unable to produce ammunition and had to rely on capture for the vast majority of its own operations, fell into a vicious circle of "insufficient ammunition -- unable to fight a few battles -- fewer captures -- even less ammunition -- even less ammunition." This was the real reason why the Eighth Route Army was in a deep predicament for a time. And now, just 38 years ago and 4 months, the arsenal in the Central Plains border area alone produced more than 300 million rounds of various bullets, so Hu Weidong doesn't have to worry at all...,

What's more, Hu Weidong also specially reminded Zhou Gong. Therefore, although Zhou Gong later informed the Military Commission of the victory of the "Hundred Regiments Battle", the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which had not participated in the war, also appeared in the battle report, and Lao Jiang took it for granted under the skillful guidance of Zhou Gong that the casualties of more than 100,000 people were the casualties of the army alone, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and the "Hundred Regiments Battle" successfully caused the Japanese army on the Jinpu Line to fall into a huge predicament due to insufficient logistics supply, and indeed gave strong support to the Fifth War Zone, so Lao Jiang did not hesitate to commend him. However, because the 15 th Army did not participate in the war, it did not get any benefits, but the Red Air Force finally received the official number approved by the Central Military Commission -- the "North China Air Corps of the National Revolutionary Army" with a divisional establishment

The fact that the Air Force received the official name could not be regarded as "unmeritorious" because with the successful development of the 37mm aircraft gun and the successful localization of qualified aviation gasoline, both the Red Party's own air force and the Soviet-aided air force, which had matured after several months of training, began to take the initiative to attack more and more frequently, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese air force and even the ground forces

After the Japanese occupied Jinan and other Shandong cities, the Central Plains border area, which was still very safe, also entered several new aircraft of the Japanese army (the new bombers produced after 36 years were enough, but before the Zero fighter was put into service, the fighters escorted by the Japanese army needed to carry auxiliary fuel tanks. and because of the closer proximity of the Kuomintang area in Henan, the bombing by Japanese planes became more frequent. In order to protect the safety of the people's lives and property, the thousands of pilots and crew members of the air corps (in the case of fighters, on average, only one for every four pilots, let alone bombers, but even so, Hu Weidong still believes that "it is better to wait for people than for airplanes." ”。 Regardless of the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, they bravely met the enemy again and again, and taught the arrogant and arrogant Japanese air force a hard lesson. And Hu Weidong's special tactics that had been brewed long before the outbreak of the full-scale anti-Japanese war finally became famous with the successful development of the 37mm aerial gun (welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )