Anhua County, the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province.

Discussions on the sudden and large-scale increase of Japanese troops in the North China Theater are still going on.

The brigade commander said: "In other words, the Japanese government's large-scale increase of seven divisions to North China may not be aimed at our 386th Brigade or the Northwest Column of Shanxi, but Okamura Ningji will not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely use these forces to sweep our Northwest Shanxi Military Region by the way, and strive to eat our Northwest Column of Shanxi, does this mean?" ”

"yes, that's what it means." Wang Ye said, "Okamura Ninji will definitely do this. ”

The brigade commander said: "Then the question is, when do you think Okamura Ninji will do it?" ”

Wang Ye said: "It depends on when the North China Front Army raises enough combat materials, and if the combat materials are in place, he can launch an attack on our Shanxi Northwest Military Region tomorrow." ”

The brigade commander said, "So how long do you think it will take for Okamura Ninji to raise war materials?" ”

"It's hard to say." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "It stands to reason that the North China Front Army does not have too many material reserves, otherwise the situation of the First Army would not be so embarrassing in the previous few sweeping operations, but I also never believe that the Japanese army base camp did not have reserves of war materials." ”

Li Yunlong said impatiently: "Xiao Wang, you can directly say whether Okamura Ningji can get enough war materials." ”

"Regiment commander, it depends on what the top brass of the Japanese army and the old devil Hirohito think." Wang Ye said, "If the Japanese army base camp and the old devil Hirohito put the Pacific theater in the first place, then Okamura Ninji will at most raise three to five divisions and regiments to fight with combat materials, and with this little material alone, then let alone increase the number of seven divisions, small Japan will increase the number of seventy divisions and regiments, and don't want to pose a threat to our Shanxi Northwest Column." ”

"Because there are soldiers and no war materials, there is no use at all."

"700,000 devil soldiers with bayonets, only 700,000 pigs, will be killed in a few days."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "But if the Japanese base camp and the old devil Hirohito put the North China Battlefield and the Pacific Theater in the same position, then Okamura Ninji is very likely to raise ten to twenty divisions and regiments to meet the materials and materials, in this case, I am afraid that we will be in big trouble." ”

"What?" The brigade commander said awe-inspiringly, "Ten to twenty divisions and regiments will have combat materials? ”

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang and others also looked at each other: "Can there be so many? ”

Wang Ye said: "I estimate that the Japanese base camp has reserved at least 50 divisions and regiments of combat materials in the past two years, otherwise they will never have the courage to start a Pacific War." ”

This is not really an estimate, but an affirmation.

Because Wang Ye has read the relevant historical materials, he knows that the Japanese army prepared a full 50 divisions and regiments of combat materials before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, considering that the Japanese army had almost no consumption in the war that swept Southeast Asia, but instead captured a large amount of materials from the hands of the drifting army and the Yin army, so the war materials in the Japanese base camp should not be reduced much, and there should be at least 50 divisions and regiments for battle.

In addition, the Kwantung Army also had at least 30 divisions and regiments of combat materials.

Therefore, if the base camp of the Japanese army is really determined to launch a wave of large-scale offensive operations in the North China battlefield, or to launch a campaign to open up the mainland's communication lines now, it is actually completely capable.

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Now it depends on how the Japanese high-level positions the North China battlefield." ”

If it was the original world line, the Japanese military top brass would definitely not attach importance to the North China battlefield, but would only put almost all the war materials and most of the elite troops into the Pacific theater.

But the problem is that now the world line has completely changed.

Due to the appearance of his Wang Ye, the Shanxi battlefield has become unrecognizable.

No one knows whether the top brass of the Japanese army can recognize the grim situation facing the Shanxi battlefield, but Okamura Ninji, an old devil, will definitely be able to see it.

So, now it's up to Okamura Ninji to convince the top of the Japanese army.

The brigade commander took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "There is a way to anticipate the enemy's leniency, if this is the case, we must prepare for the worst, we must consider the positioning of the North China Battlefield as as important as the Pacific Theater in accordance with the Japanese military leadership, and use this as a basis to prepare for war." ”

Wang Ye said solemnly: "In this case, our Northwest Column of Jin will usher in an unprecedented fierce battle, and the fierceness of this fierce battle will exceed everyone's imagination." ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were stunned.

Ma Yuan said: "Will it be more tragic than the battle of Shuiyao Mountain?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Yes, it will be ten times more tragic than the battle of Shuiyao Mountain." ”

Ding Wei said: "In this case, we must be prepared with both hands, first based on holding on, relying on favorable conditions to kill the enemy's Japanese army as much as possible, but once the situation deteriorates to the point of no return, we will not blindly defend it, we should take the preservation of the living force as the first priority, the transfer must be transferred, and the transfer must be abandoned." ”

"That's right." Li Yunlong and Kong Jie nodded at the same time, "The chairman said that if you lose land, you will lose people, you will lose people, you will lose people, you will lose land, and we will save people and land, our troops and equipment are not as good as the devils, so we can't blindly fight with the devils." ”

Zhao Gang frowned and said: "But the problem is that this time is different from the past, although our base area also had factories or something, but there were relatively few altars and jars, and we gave up if we said to give up, but now our base in the northwest of Shanxi Province has built an industrial park including a large arsenal, and it already has a strong military production capacity!" ”

"What's worse is that most of the machinery and equipment in these factories can't be transferred."

After a pause, he said: "At this time, it would be a pity if you give up the base area in the northwest of Jin. ”

Xing Zhiguo is now in charge of logistics, and he is also deeply touched by Zhao Gang's words, and he also nodded again and again: "Yes, now the arsenal can reload 30,000 rounds of ammunition and 1,000 shells a day, and it can reload 1 million rounds of ammunition and 30,000 shells in a month, how many devils can these bullets and shells kill?" Therefore, we must not give up the base area in the northwest of Shanxi! ”

Zhao Gang continued: "Moreover, the economic construction of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province has also been very good, and the public grain collected is not only more than enough to feed the 30,000 regular troops, but also has surplus grain to support fraternal units, and more importantly, the mass base is also good. ”

The cadres present were divided into two factions, with military chiefs like Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie firmly advocating giving up, while political workers like Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo, or logistics chiefs, advocated sticking.

The brigade commander was also difficult to choose, and asked Wang Ye at the moment: "Xiao Wang, is it possible to transfer the factory in advance?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Of course, it is not a problem to transfer, it is no problem to transfer the factory to Jiugong Mountain, Wohu Mountain, or Fuliang Mountain, but if you want to transfer to another place, it will be very difficult." ”

The brigade commander said: "Can you transfer the factory to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area?" ”

"Brigade Commander, I've thought about this a long time ago." Wang Ye sighed, "In fact, before the construction of the Wanmadu Industrial Park, I considered directly transporting all the machinery and equipment to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area and then setting up a factory, but the cruel reality is that there is no large-scale ferry in our defense area, and it is impossible to transport the equipment across Hehuang." ”

"If you want to transport equipment weighing several tons or even more than a dozen tons across the Yellow River, you must go to the large ferry port in southern Jinnan, or to the gentle flow of the Hetao, but it is a pity that you must pass through Taiyuan to Jinnan, and the road to the Hetao must pass through Datong, unless you lay Taiyuan or Datong first, otherwise don't want to transfer machinery and equipment to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area."

The brigade commander also sighed when he heard this, he actually knew that it would be the answer, but he just thought about what happened.

"Okay, then I won't mention this." The brigade commander sighed and asked, "Then in the current situation, are you advocating to defend to the death?" Or do you advocate giving up when necessary? ”

"To give up, of course it must be to give up." Wang Ye said without hesitation.

Hearing this, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and several other cadres sighed lightly.

It can be seen that the brigade commander attaches great importance to Wang Ye's opinions, and even Wang Ye advocates giving up the base area, so this matter is basically a foregone conclusion.

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "The reason is very simple, if Okamura Ningji really mobilizes a heavy army group of more than five divisions to sweep up, including a heavy division like the 1st Division, then no matter how we defend it, the base area in the northwest of Shanxi will definitely be lost in the end, and there will be no suspense about this result." ”

"However, before finally giving up the base area in the northwest of Shanxi,"

"We must give full play to the potential of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi!"

"We must take advantage of the favorable terrain in the northwest of Shanxi Province, as well as the ammunition reloaded by the arsenal in the northwest of Shanxi Province, to give the Japanese army as many casualties as possible, in a word, the base area in the northwest of Shanxi can be abandoned, but if the Japanese army does not pay five times or even ten times the heavy casualties, it will not want to step into the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province for half a step!"

Hearing this, the brigade commander made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Then formulate a combat plan according to this opinion, and then report it to the division headquarters and the headquarters organs for approval from the higher-level leaders." ”

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"Yes!" Wang Ye agreed, and was about to turn around and leave, when Li Xia hurried in.

"Captain." Li Xia reported, "The headquarters of the 1st Division has just called, saying that the Japanese troops stationed in Datong are moving frequently, some Japanese troops are moving in the direction of Suiyuan, and some Japanese troops are driving to Datong from the direction of Zhangjiakou, and even some Japanese troops have gone out to the boundary of Yingxian County, and there has been a skirmish with the local armed forces of our 1st Division, but after the main force of our 1st Division rushed to reinforcements, the Japanese troops retreated back to the border between Yingxian and Datong and began to repair the fortifications. ”

Ding Wei said: "This is a routine operation of the Japanese army before the war, which confuses the public through frequent troop movements, disrupts our judgment, and conceals their true intentions. ”

Kong Jie said: "Damn, is this the beginning?" ”

Li Yunlong also scolded: "Is Okamura Ningji, an old devil, so anxious to be reincarnated? ”

Wang Ye was also secretly frightened, the Japanese army was about to start sweeping the base area in the northwest of Shanxi so soon, which was really a bit unexpected to him, he originally thought that he would have to prepare for a few days.

What shocked Wang Ambition even more was that there was no warning before.

Okamura Ninji actually completed all the pre-war preparations in a quiet manner?

Just when Wang Ye was in doubt, another telegraph soldier hurriedly walked in and handed Wang Ye a telegram.

After reading this telegram, Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'll just say, Okamura Ningji is not a god descending from heaven, how can he prepare for war so quickly, hehe." ”

The brigade commander said: "Xiao Wang, what's going on with the Datong Japanese army?" ”

Wang Ye raised the telegram in his hand and said: "This is a telegram from the 120th Division, they are closer to the Japanese army, and they can see the movements of the Japanese army more clearly. ”

"Suijun?" Kong Jie said, "Damn, I can't understand this, why did the devil go to Suijun again?" ”

Ding Wei's eyes flashed, and he said: "In my opinion, the Mongolian army is ostensibly aimed at the Sui army, but in fact, it is still coming for our northwest column in Shanxi. ”

Kong Jie said: "Lao Ding, what do you say?" ”

Ding Wei said: "Because behind our base area in the northwest of Shanxi is the Hetao, which is the defense area of the Sui Army, and the relationship between the Sui Army and our Eighth Route Army is good, so the devil is worried that we will cross the Yellow River at a critical moment to break through from the Sui Army's defense area, so we must drive away the Sui Army in advance and seize the Hetao area, so as to complete the encirclement of us on all sides!" ”

Wang Ye said: "I agree with the opinion of Head Ding, Okamura Ningji is preparing for the big sweep behind. ”

Li Yunlong said hesitantly: "In this way, Okamura Ningji, this old devil is ruthless enough, he doesn't want to leave a little way for our Northwest Jin Column!" ”

After a pause, he said: "But this old devil seems to have forgotten that our Lao Li never goes through the back door, Lao Tzu's favorite is to break through head-on, and this time I have to let the old devil taste the taste of Sakata Shinzhe." ”

"Lao Li, if you don't brag, you can die." Kong Jie didn't have a good airway, "Cangyunling's time was just a fluke. ”

"Fluke?" Li Yunlong snorted, "Kong Er was stunned, let me tell you, Cangyunling was really not a fluke that time, that is our old Li's ability." ”

"Alright, shut up." The brigade commander interrupted the quarrel between the two and said, "I order, all detachments are immediately ready for battle, and are ready to cross the Yellow River west to support the Sui army at any time." ”

"Yes!" Ding Wei and the three of them responded violently.

……

Chongqing, Huangshan Mansion Yunxiu Tower.

Defense Minister Bai Jiansheng, Minister of Military Affairs He Jingzhi, Military Command Minister Xu Cichen, Military Training Minister Chen Cixiu, and other high-ranking generals have also rushed to Yunxiu Tower.

It is not a trivial matter for the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia to launch a large-scale attack on the Sui army.

However, I am afraid that the only one who is really anxious is Chang Kaishen, because Bai Jiansheng is a cadre of the Gui family, Xu Cichen is an old man of the Jin army, He Jingzhi is the head of the non-commissioned officer department in Japan, and Chen Cixiu is a big man in the civil engineering department, they will not care about the life or death of the Sui army, and there is no way to substitute Chang Kaishen for the state of mind of the Sui army.

Chang Kaishen died to protect the Sui army, not only to balance Yan Xishan, but also to leave a wedge in North China!

If even the wedge of the Sui Army were pulled out by the Japanese, then the influence of the Nationalist Army in North China would really be minimal, and after the victory of the resistance in the future, wouldn't the whole of North China fall into the hands of the Communist Party?

Such a situation is categorically unacceptable to Chang Kaishen.

In fact, it was the existence of the wedge of the Sui Army that made the progress of North China, which was originally in the best situation, the slowest progress during the Liberation War, and the Pingjin Campaign was finally won by relying on Dongye's entry into the pass.

I have to say that Chang Kaishen did the right thing in supporting the Suijun.

After a group of staff and senior generals arrived, Chang Kaishen said: "Everyone, the Japanese army in North China has shown its fangs, the Sui army is in danger, the survival of the Sui army is related to the safety of the second war zone, the safety of the second war zone is related to the safety of Guanzhong, and the safety of Guanzhong is related to the safety of Hanzhong Bashu, and it is also related to the safety of the party state!" ”

After saying this, he said: "So Suiyuan cannot afford to lose, Suijun cannot afford to lose, if you have any good suggestions, please be sure to give advice, the party and the congress thank you for your suggestions." ”

After Chang Kaishen finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

Seeing that no one was willing to finish, Chang Kaishen could only name him: "Jiansheng, you can talk about it." ”

Bai Jiansheng said helplessly: "The Sui army is lonely and hangs on the outer border, it was originally a lone army, not to mention that the war zones are far away, even if it is too late to transfer troops to rescue, not to mention that the war in each war zone is already tight, and there are no troops to transfer troops, for example, Hu Zongnan's First Army, which is sitting in Guanzhong, because it wants to hold the Yellow River defense line, how dare it move lightly?" ”

Chang Kaishen said with a dark face: "Is there no way?" Can you just watch the Sui army being eaten by the Japanese army? ”

"Chairman of the committee, Fu Yisheng is a famous general, and the Japanese army may not be able to eat the Sui army." Bai Jiansheng waved his hand and said, "If the chairman really wants to move the rescue troops, then I'm afraid I can only find the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the 386th Brigade are not far from Suiyuan, these are two elite divisions." ”

Chang Kaishen's face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "The 120th Division and the 386th Brigade?" ”

This is indeed two elite divisions, especially the 386th Brigade, which is a first-class unit that can fight tough battles, but the question is that these two troops can listen to his Chang Kaishen's greetings?

Bai Jiansheng said: "Try it, maybe the Eighth Route Army is willing to help?" ”

Chang Kaishen rubbed his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Isn't there no one of our troops nearby?" ”

Bai Jiansheng laughed and said, "Yan Baichuan's Jin army is not very far away, the question is, how much combat power does the Jin army have left now?" Can you still go north to rescue the Sui army? ”

At this time, Chen Bui suddenly said: "The party-state still has an army in the northwest of Shanxi, the 94th Brigade. ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Chang Kaishen woke up like a dream, clapped his hands and said, "I actually forgot that the 94th Brigade is in the northwest of Shanxi, and it is only a stone's throw away from Suiyuan!" ”

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