"Nonsense!"

"Nonsense!"

"How can the Eighth Route Army have the ability to attack fortifications?"

"Tubalu is just a lot of people, and it's just a crowd tactic!"

As soon as Yamamoto Kazuki's words fell, the officers in the conference room fried the pot again.

"Silence!" In the end, it could only be Okamura Ninji who stretched out his hand again and pressed it virtually, "Gentlemen, please be quiet." ”

Suppressing the condemnation of a group of officers, Okamura Ninji asked Yamamoto Kazuki again: "Yamamoto-kun, does the Eighth Route Army really have the ability to attack fortifications in the true sense?" ”

"Yes, the Eighth Route Army already has the ability to attack fortifications in the true sense of the word."

Yamamoto Kazuki said affirmatively: "The 13 large strongholds along Zhengtai Road and even Yangquan County have been attacked one after another, and the Yamazaki Brigade has collectively broken jade in Lijiapo, which has fully proved this. ”

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki's gaze finally turned to Sakamoto Ryuchi First Officer.

"Gentlemen, I don't understand, why do you still maintain the previous stereotype of the Eighth Route Army to this day? They still stubbornly believe that the Eighth Route Army is just a group of farmers who put down their hoes, lacking military training and weaponry, and still believe that the Eighth Route Army is extremely weak in combat effectiveness, and still has no ability to attack fortified positions. ”

"The real truth, however, is that after almost two years of guerrilla warfare,"

"The troops of the Eighth Route Army not only got a lot of opportunities for actual combat training, but also captured a large number of weapons and equipment from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army, including the four heavy guns on the Type 94 armored train!"

"Through nearly two years of actual combat training, the military quality of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly improved."

"With the equipment captured from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army, the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army has also been qualitatively improved."

"I don't know if you've done statistics? However, I counted the battle losses of the North China Front Army and the Imperial Allied Army from the beginning of this year to the present. ”

"There are more than 40,000 rifles of all kinds."

"More than 1,000 light and heavy machine guns of various types."

"There are more than 200 mortars, mountain artillery and field artillery of various types."

"Gentlemen, in addition to artillery, these weapons and equipment are enough to arm the three A divisions, and you still think that the Eighth Route Army does not have the ability to attack fortifications? How stupid! ”

Speaking of which, Kazuki Yamamoto is already very loud.

Obviously, Kazuki Yamamoto was genuinely disappointed in his colleagues.

The nearly 100 officers in the conference room were suddenly suppressed, which they really didn't expect.

From the beginning of this year to the present, the North China Front Army and the Imperial Allied Army have lost so much equipment?

Yamamoto Kazuki snorted and said to Okamura Ninji: "However, the North China Front lacked sufficient understanding of the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, let alone made targeted adjustments and deployments, so that the thousands of kilometers of communication arteries were full of loopholes, which eventually led to a fiasco in the battle of breaking the communication line. ”

Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "You mean to say that the failure of the battle to break the line of communication was not due to the lack of troops of the imperial army, but because of improper tactics and did not make targeted deployments?" ”

"Yes." Yamamoto Kazuki said with great certainty, "The strength is actually enough, although the Eighth Route Army has a large number of people, although the military quality and weapons and equipment have been greatly improved, but compared with the Imperial Army, the overall is still at an obvious disadvantage, objectively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is about one-fifth of the Imperial Army!" ”

"The 1st Army has 80,000 troops, even if half of the troops are set aside to deal with the Central Army of China and the Jin Sui Army, at least 40,000 troops can be mobilized to deal with the Eighth Route Army."

"And the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi is about 100,000."

"So, the strength of the 1st Army is actually completely sufficient."

"The reason why the battle to break the line of communication was a fiascous failure was entirely due to tactical problems."

"In fact, the improper tactics are also caused by underestimating the enemy, because they despise the Eighth Route Army too much and do not believe that the Eighth Route Army has the ability to launch large-scale offensive operations, so they carry out point defense and disperse a large number of troops in various strongholds, which gives the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to concentrate its forces and break through."

"The cage tactic proposed by His Excellency Tada Jun, with the railroad as the pillar, the highway as the chain, and the blockhouse stronghold as the lock, can be regarded as a clever tactic, but once the implementation of the clever tactic deviates, it will become an inefficient and stupid tactic, and the result can only be counterproductive, but it will become a burden."

Okamura Ninji said, "So, where exactly is the deviation? ”

"Greedy!" Yamamoto Kazuki said, "In the process of implementing the cage tactics, the North China Front made the mistake of being greedy for perfection, more than 1,000 counties, thousands of kilometers of communication arteries, and a large number of key passes and checkpoints, all of which wanted to be occupied, and they had to divide their troops to guard them, and the result was that they were fortified everywhere, and everywhere they were fortified, and everywhere they were not fortified. ”

"Before the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army has not been restored and it does not have the ability to attack fortifications, it is no problem to do so."

"However, when the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army gradually recovers and it initially has the ability to attack fortified positions, the North China Front will have to make adjustments at the tactical implementation level."

Okamura Ninji said: "How should the deployment be adjusted? ”

"Abandon the outlying strongholds." Yamamoto Kazuki said, "There are also some remote county towns that can be completely abandoned, and then use the freed up troops to form a number of mobile strike forces, and use these mobile strike forces to ensure the absolute safety of several main communication routes, and ensure that the various bandit divisions of the Eighth Route Army are separated and not let them be connected!" ”

Okamura Ninji's eyes flashed, and Yamamoto Kazuki's thoughts coincided with him.

Before leaving Tokyo to take up his post in North China, the Emperor summoned him to inquire about the general strategy for the war in North China.

Okamura Ninji expounded his vision to the emperor from both the political and military levels, in which the political level was to implement the three-noes policy, and the military strategy was to retain the cage tactics and carry out appropriate contraction on this basis, so as to free up troops to form a sufficient number of mobile troops to divide the various base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and then sweep them one by one until the main forces of each base area were completely destroyed.

"And then?"

At that moment, Okamura Ninji asked, "What will you do after the various bandit districts are divided?" ”

"Then concentrate your forces and launch a sweep one by one." Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice, "Until there are no more organized resistance forces in the various bandit areas, so that the Eighth Route Army loses the ability to attack fortifications again, and then it can expand its defenses and widely distribute the artillery towers and strongholds in various bandit areas, so that the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army cannot stand, only in this way can the public security situation in North China be truly improved, otherwise it will be in vain to invest more troops." ”

"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji is really a treasure now.

Unexpectedly, Kazuki Yamamoto thought exactly the same as him.

At that moment, Okamura Ninji immediately asked, "So, does Yamamoto-kun have any high opinions about the sweep?" ”

Yamamoto Kazuki suddenly perked up when he heard this, after laying the groundwork for so long, His Excellency the General finally touched the point, and the next thing is the core he really wants to elaborate!

At that moment, Yamamoto Kazuki said: "I have a little shallow view that I want to discuss with Your Excellency the General and all the gentlemen. ”

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki said again: "However, can you talk about it in another place?" I thought of the War Room and the map to discuss specific tactics with Your Excellency the General and the Lords. ”

"Absolutely." Okamura said with a smile.

At that moment, nearly 100 people came to the war room on the first floor.

……

The brigade commander's telegram of commendation was soon sent to the headquarters.

The brigade commander not only asked for merit for Wang Ye, but also for Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Cheng Shifa, Zhao Gang, and other regiment-level cadres to commend their outstanding performance in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

Yes, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments has not yet been summarized and commended.

Because of the sudden attack of the Yamazaki brigade, the matter was delayed.

After receiving a telegram from the brigade commander, the boss sent someone to find the division commander and the deputy chief of the general staff to discuss together.

The boss said: "Regarding Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Cheng Shifa and Zhao Gang and other regiment-level cadres, do you two have any different opinions?" ”

"There are no dissenting opinions."

The division commander and the deputy chief of the general staff shook their heads.

Cadre promotion is like this, the higher you go, the fewer positions you have.

At present, there is no shortage of cadres at the division and brigade level in all departments of the Eighth Route Army, and the most lacking is military cadres at the battalion and regiment level.

So now, I can only give Li Yunlong and them a commendation, and then make a note on my resume, and then consider the promotion of the rank after the regularization of the army in the future.

As for now, he can only be a regiment-level cadre.

The boss said again: "Then let's talk about Wang Ye's problem now." ”

After saying this, the boss asked the deputy chief of staff again: "Regarding Wang Ye's identity, is there any feedback?" ”

"Yes, yes, there's already feedback." The deputy chief of staff said as he got up and rummaged through the documents on the cabinet, "There has been feedback from Yan'an for a long time, but I have been dizzy in the past few days." ”

After speaking, the deputy chief of general staff took out a document and handed it to the boss.

After reading it, the boss handed it to the division commander again, and said, "Is it okay to say this?" ”

"No problem." The deputy chief of the general staff nodded and said, "Our party has repeatedly investigated and confirmed through the Comintern and the European branch that Wang Ye's identity is true. ”

"He is indeed a second-generation overseas Chinese in Germany."

"I did study at the Military Academy in Berlin."

"And Wang Ye's grandfather is also a patriotic overseas Chinese."

"Before his death, he donated money to the domestic revolution many times."

"Wang Ye was exposed to communist ideas when he was in Germany."

"At that time, Wang Ye had a clear progressive tendency."

"Great." The division commander nodded happily and said, "Then let's quickly develop him into the party." ”

The boss said: "There is no need to say much about the development of Wang Ye's entry into the party, what we need to discuss now is, how to arrange Wang Ye's level and work?" ”

The division commander said: "Regarding Wang Ye's level, Li Yunlong has mentioned it to me no less than three times in private. ”

"Oh yes?" The boss was a little surprised, "Li Yunlong told you a long time ago?" What did he say? ”

"What else can Li Yunlong say?" The division commander said with a smile, "It's not that I want me to make an exception for him and promote Wang Ye to a deputy battalion or even a battalion-level cadre." ”

The deputy chief of general staff said: "With Wang Ye's background, education and ability, especially as a top student of the Berlin Military Academy, there is no problem with the political treatment of the 38-style cadres, and the positions of the 38-style cadres are now generally in the regular battalion, so I don't think there is any problem in promoting Wang Ye to a full-scale cadre." ”

The boss nodded and said, "I also think it's very suitable." ”

"Originally, I agreed." The division commander smiled bitterly, "But then there were a few things, so I could only put it on hold for the time being." ”

The boss smiled: "As soon as you say that, I remember, it was Wang Ye who buried the devil prisoner alive, right?" ”

"Not only that, I have sent someone to investigate, Wang Ye, this kid later secretly did several times to kill prisoners, including the previous attack on Yangquan County, he has captured the commander of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Maeda Xiu, but he still killed him." The division commander shook his head vigorously as he spoke, "It's natural to kill devils on the battlefield, but if you don't kill on the battlefield, you have to capture the prisoners, and when you catch the prisoners, you have to be executed, who is it?" How could he do that? ”

"I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried about whether this kid Wang Ye has any mental illness?"

"Although Japan is not a signatory to the Geneva Conventions and does not need to abide by any Geneva Conventions for the Japanese army, the reputation for indiscriminate killing of prisoners of war is not good after all."

"What's more, this kind of thing must not be encouraged."

"So the matter of making an exception for promotion was put on hold."

The boss and the deputy chief of the general staff also felt a toothache after hearing this.

The boss said: "I really didn't expect that Wang Ye still has this habit? ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "I don't think it's a big deal, Wang Ye doesn't kill all prisoners of war, he just likes to kill devil prisoners of war, what does it matter if he kills a few devil prisoners of war." ”

"That's not going to work, killing prisoners of war can't be encouraged."

The boss shook his head, and then said: "However, it is still possible to be promoted to the regular battalion level according to the 38-style cadres, but if he wants to continue to be promoted in the future, he must get rid of this problem." ”

"I'll see it." The deputy chief of the general staff said, "Then let's first mention the battalion level." ”

The division commander said: "Okay, then I'll go back and ask the Political Department to draw up an order." ”

The boss said again: "Now let's talk about Wang Ye's work arrangement, Chen Gen means that if Wang Ye stays in the Independent Regiment as a squad leader Qu Cai, he should be transferred to the operations department of the headquarters, and no matter how bad it is, he should be transferred to the 386 Brigade, that is, the combat section of the mobile column, as the section chief, who is specifically responsible for formulating the combat plan." ”

The division commander said thoughtfully: "I think this proposal is very appropriate. ”

The deputy chief of general staff said: "Wang Ye's fighter capture ability and tactical planning ability are indeed outstanding, at least I have never seen him better, especially in the attack on Yangquan County, he really gave full play to his tactical planning ability and fighter capture ability, but ......"

"But what?" The boss said, "Are you worried that Wang Ye will not agree?" ”

"No, boss, I'm not worried." The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile, "I'm sure, Wang Ye will definitely not agree to come to the column operations section or headquarters, because of this matter, Chen Gen doesn't know how many times he has talked to him." ”

"But it's useless, Wang Ye is not moved at all, he just wants to stay in the front-line combat troops."

"If he doesn't agree, then go do his ideological work." The boss smiled, "Until he agrees." ”

The deputy chief of staff smiled: "Boss, this trick works for others, but for Xiao Wang, it really doesn't work." ”

"That's because you're not looking for the right person." The boss smiled and said, "I don't go to find others, I'll look for Li Yunlong, I let Li Yunlong do Wang Ye's ideological work, do you care about it?" ”

"Let Li Yunlong do the work?" The division commander smiled and said, "It's similar to seeking skin with a tiger." ”

"I haven't tried it, how do I know it won't work?" The boss waved his hand and said, "It's decided, I will personally call Li Yunlong and ask him to do Wang Ye's ideological work." ”

After speaking, the boss walked to the side and picked up the phone.

"I'm the headquarters, give me the independent regiment."

……

Yangcun, independent regimental headquarters.

The brigade headquarters had ended, but Li Yunlong had not yet finished his fun.

How could a meeting of thousands of people, with the presence of the head of the brigade headquarters, be able to drink to the fullest?

It happened that Zhao Gang was also left to work at the brigade headquarters, and as soon as Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters, he called Wang Ye, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu to drink with him.

Seeing Li Yunlong take out two bottles of sweet potato roast from the cabinet, Wang Ye smiled and said, "Leader, still drink?" ”

"Drink, I didn't have a lot of fun at the brigade headquarters just now." Li Yunlong didn't have a good breath and said, "The brigade commander is too picky, saying that the wine pipe is enough, but everyone is only allowed to fucking drink one bowl, it's really fucking picking." ”

Zhang Dabiao also said: "What is the matter when the political commissar comes back?" ”

Wang Ye also smiled: "Yes, the affairs of life are under the control of the political commissar." ”

"It's okay." Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Don't even think about coming back before dawn, after a big battle, the affairs of the Political Department are gone, come, don't fucking stand, sit down and drink with Lao Tzu." ”

While a few people were talking, the elder of the cooking squad, Wang, had already brought a few large bowls and a dustpan of salted peanuts.

Li Yunlong sat down on the stool, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, and Wang Chengzhu also sat down one after another, and no one took the initiative to pour wine.

"What do you mean?"

"One by one, they look like uncles."

Wang Ye said angrily: "Waiting for me to pour you wine?" ”

"Or else?" Wang Chengzhu said proudly, "Your level is the lowest here, who will pour if you don't pour wine?" ”

Sun Desheng also said: "Manshang, hurry up and fill it up for everyone, are you still stunned for a dog day?" Looking for a draw, right? ”

Wang Ye directly gave Ji a roll of his eyes, and said with a dark face: "Say you're fat, are you really gasping for a dog day?" Looking for a draw? I think it's your dog's day, right? ”

After speaking, Wang Ye got started directly.

grabbed Sun Desheng's right pipa bone.

"Ah, it hurts!" Sun Desheng felt that the entire right half of his body was numb at once, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy, "I was wrong, can I pour you wine?" ”

Li Yunlong burst into laughter.

"Sun Desheng's dog day is not cleaned up."

"Who are you messing with, you have to provoke Xiao Wang?"

In the midst of laughter, Sun Desheng got up and poured wine for everyone.

At this moment, the phone on the cabinet next to it suddenly rang: "Jingle ring, ring!" ”

"!" Li Yunlong had just reached out and picked up the wine bowl, when he heard the phone ringing, he was immediately startled, and a lot of soju in the bowl was spilled.

What dog day is this?

Call to scare Lao Tzu!

(End of chapter)