Strode to the North China combat map that had long been hung on the wall, and asked in a deep voice.

"How's the battle going now!"

"Very intense!" Dai Li replied with a serious face.

"The real battle started a few days ago, because it was a sporadic exchange of fire, neither the devils nor our intelligence officers took it seriously, and it wasn't until it started last night that we realized that it could be a premeditated battle!"

"In the combat area, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has about 50,000 people, the Japanese army has more than 18,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 Imperial Cooperative Army. On the surface, the Eighth Route Army did not have much advantage in strength, but the Eighth Route Army still had nearly 20,000 guerrillas and local armed forces participating in the battle. Moreover, they were premeditated, and before the real decisive battle began, they wiped out seven or eight thousand puppet troops through guerrilla warfare and movement warfare. ”

"Therefore, the current battle situation is that the Japanese are on the passive side, being pressed and beaten by the Eighth Route Army!"

"Niang Xipi, I didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army would be so strong! However, the Japanese are too useless, and when facing our Central Army, their combat effectiveness is so strong that a single wing dares to fight against one of our main divisions. How did you get cowardly in front of the Eighth Route Army? Nearly 20,000 people can't even pack up the 50,000 Eighth Route Army! Lao Jiang scolded with a dissatisfied face.

Dai Li hurriedly replied: "Principal, it's not that the Japanese are instigated, it's that they don't want too many casualties." If you really want to fight a desperate battle, the 50,000 Eighth Route Army will definitely not be the opponent of nearly 20,000 Japanese! ”

"The student has just received a secret report from the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, and Terauchi Shouichi has the idea of completely annihilating the main force of the 50,000 Eighth Route Army, which is attacking too far, and has already begun to act! The Japanese army in the southwest of Jin suddenly began to assemble on a large scale, and it is not surprising that Terauchi Shouichi planned to mobilize the Japanese army in the southwest of Jin to reinforce Taiyuan City, and then gather and annihilate the 50,000 Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan outside Taiyuan City, and severely damage the Eighth Route Army! ”

"Niang Xipi, I finally heard a good news!" Lao Jiang's tense nerves finally relaxed, and he said with a long sigh of relief.

"If the Japanese North China Front can really gather and annihilate the 50,000 Eighth Route Army outside Taiyuan City, then the Japanese losses must be very large, and at that time, the Nationalist Government troops operating in North China can take the opportunity to become bigger and kill two birds with one stone!" The Minister of Military Affairs suddenly proposed.

Lao Jiang was obviously very satisfied with this result, and without waiting for the others to speak, he hurriedly decided: "That's it!" ”

"But, headmaster, although they are the Eighth Route Army, they are also anti-Japanese troops. Will it be too much to be wiped out by the Japanese like this? "A confidant general among his subordinates really can't get used to the Minister of Military Affairs and Dai Li's calculations of friendly forces. As a pure soldier, he didn't know much about politics, so he couldn't help but remind.

"You know what?" As soon as this sentence came out, it caused Lao Jiang's dissatisfaction and anger.

"It's good that the Eighth Route Army has expanded its army privately, and the government hasn't held them accountable. Now let their privately expanded troops die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, this ending is already the best for the Eighth Route Army. ”

"No need to explain, just do what the Ministry of Military Affairs wants!" Lao Jiang made a decision with a hammer.

Then he continued to order: "Send a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army: I am very relieved to hear that your army is attacking Taiyuan City!" I hope that your army will not be afraid of sacrifice, take Taiyuan City, and live up to the high hopes of all the people......"

Many of the people standing here were the top politicians of the Nationalist Government, and on the surface, Lao Chiang's telegram to the Eighth Route Army was full of words of encouragement. However, there is a murderous intent hidden everywhere in these words.

Regardless of whether the Eighth Route Army really wanted to take Taiyuan City in this big battle, with this telegram, Lao Jiang directly confirmed the fact that the Eighth Route Army attacked too far, drove the ducks to the shelves, and forced the Eighth Route Army to have a life-and-death decisive battle with the Japanese army in Taiyuan City.

When he secretly gave Lao Jiang a thumbs up in his heart, Lao Jiang continued to order.

"Send a telegram to Yan Xishan in the Second War Zone, and ask his Second War Zone to give me a fixed position, watch the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese fight in Taiyuan, and reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain, the deputy commander-in-chief also stayed awake all night, staring at Taiyuan City on the map!

First of all, this battle was the largest battle organized by the Eighth Route Army since its establishment.

Secondly, in this war, once the Eighth Route Army achieves its goal, the gains it will bring are definitely not comparable to one or two county seats!

A fairly complete arsenal is an unprecedented temptation for every commander of the Eighth Route Army.

Whether it was the former Red Army or the current Eighth Route Army, almost all weapons and equipment relied on capture.

Guerrilla warfare, this method of supply may still be able to support the battlefield needs of the troops. But in the event of a large-scale battle, this method of supply is useless.

In order for the troops to be self-sufficient in their weapons and ammunition, they must at least be partially self-sufficient and no longer be controlled by others. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and Yan'an, which had never been in favor of large-scale battles, unexpectedly agreed this time.

Winning the war can bring unprecedented benefits to the Eighth Route Army.

If the battle is lost, tens of thousands of troops participating in the war will definitely suffer heavy losses. So, as soon as the battle began, the deputy commander-in-chief stared at the map.

Suddenly, the deputy chief of staff, who was guarding the radio, suddenly barged in, with a heavy face.

"Boss, the National Government telegram! When is it, Lao Jiang still wants to come and intervene, drive the ducks to the shelves, force us to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese, and kill people with a knife! As soon as he saw the deputy commander-in-chief, the deputy chief of staff frowned and said with a dissatisfied expression.

"Take Taiyuan City, Lao Jiang really dares to say it, he is not afraid of flashing his tongue with big words!" The deputy commander-in-chief slapped the telegram on the table and shouted with great dissatisfaction.

"Isn't there still more than 100,000 people in the second war zone too far away, well-equipped and well-trained, why didn't Lao Jiang transfer them to Taiyuan City to attack the city. He wants to borrow a knife to kill people, it's crazy! ”

The deputy chief of staff quickly calmed down and analyzed: "In such a battle, Lao Jiang knows that it is certain. The telegram faintly mentioned that Lao Chiang was very dissatisfied with our private expansion of troops, and then planned to borrow a knife to kill people and let the Japanese eat our 50,000 troops on the Taiyuan front! ”

At this moment, a sneer suddenly flashed on the face of the frowning deputy commander-in-chief, and then proposed to the deputy chief of staff.

"Deputy Chief of Staff, didn't Lao Jiang want to borrow a knife to kill people and kill our 50,000 people outside Taiyuan City? You say, "Can we get his wish?" ”

The deputy chief of staff frowned at first, and then showed an expression of sudden realization.

"You mean, let Lao Jiang mistakenly think that our 50,000 elites in Taiyuan City have been hit hard!"

"It's entirely possible: isn't Lao Chiang afraid that we will expand our troops privately? If our privately expanded troops are completely wiped out by the devils, then he has nothing to scruple about. When the time comes, we can still use this excuse to ask Lao Jiang for more military expenses and pensions! ”

"As for the Japanese side, they will definitely cooperate with us. After all, this is to help them publicize their exploits. ”

"Yan'an will definitely agree, Yan'an's development strategy has always been to concentrate on development and recuperate, which coincides with Yan'an's policy."

"It's just that in this way, the grievances of our front-line soldiers will be great!"

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