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Just when the devil officers of the Japanese army headquarters were at a loss because of the predicament of Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County.

The headquarters of the first independent detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jinxi.

Kong Jie, Li Wenjie, Xu Guoan, and a number of operational staff officers are studying the changes in the current battle situation on the military sand table in front of them.

Political Commissar Li Wenjie's face was curious, "Regiment Commander, let's throw such a problem to the little devil, how do you say this little devil will choose?" How to deal with it? ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles."

Let's assume it and think about it empathically, for example, right now, you Wen Jie, and your Lao Xu, are the devil commander Yoshio Shinozuka, and the devil's chief of staff Beichuan.

If it were you, how would you deal with the plight of the Three Cities of Yangquan next? ”

"Then Wen Jie and I have to think about it!" Xu Guoan said, quickly using his brain.

He spoke eloquently: "If I were a devil, Shouyang, Yangquan, and the three cities of Tan County, there would have been a strong defender force that was not weak.

Even your Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to take the remote four towns and three towns around the three main cities.

It was not enough to threaten the defense of the three main cities of our Japanese army.

The main reason is that your eight roads are really hateful, and you besieged the three cities of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County from other counties, and also took the opportunity to burn a large number of military supplies in these three cities.

My little devil has to find a way to reinforce the supplies to go over, support the troops of Yangquan and other three cities to survive this winter, and persist until the beginning of spring next year! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Guoan said thoughtfully: "Heavy troops to press the border, and re-conquer the four towns and three towns? ”

It's just that as soon as he said this, as soon as he raised his head, he saw Kong Jie smiling brightly at him.

Xu Guoan hurriedly shook his head: "This won't work, isn't my little devil in the arms of your Kong Jie?"

The heavy snowfall came at an untimely time, and the mechanical vehicles used for this transportation were not easy to use.

Your Eighth Route Army has also carried out sabotage operations, taking the opportunity to rip up the railroad tracks of our Japanese army to reinforce the three cities of Yangquan along the way, and the roads have also been dug by you, and even the bridges have been blown up.

I can't let the convoy pull the supplies and run on two legs in this snowy day.

In addition, if the reinforcements are not good, they will be ambushed by a detachment of your Eighth Route Army on the way, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Xu Guoan, who seemed to have completely substituted the role of a devil, frowned and said: "So it is definitely not possible to overwhelm the realm with heavy troops."

This will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the Japanese army's forces in other security areas, and if other troops of the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the weakness, they will pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons. ”

He changed his words: "But it is impossible to see that it is completely indifferent."

First, it will damage the military prestige of the Japanese army, and second, the Japanese puppet army troops in the three cities of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County may not even be able to survive this winter. ”

"It's a problem!" Li Wenjie said with a smile.

Xu Guoan nodded thoughtfully, looked at Kong Jie, and admired: "Old Kong, as soon as your problem comes out, the little devil is probably difficult to ride a tiger now!" ”

"But what will the little devil do?"

Li Wenjie reminded: "Commander, I'm not sure about anything else, but there is one thing I can roughly guess.

For a long time, there have been stable security areas for the Japanese army such as Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County, although the little devils have implemented a policy of Huairou on the surface.

But this time, once the supplies reinforced by the Japanese army could not reach Yangquan and other three cities.

The little devil dog in the three cities of Yangquan jumped over the wall in a hurry, and it is very likely that he will kill chickens and eggs in a frenzy, and it is impossible to kill them on a large scale.

But it is very likely that they will snatch the entire Shouyang, Yangquan and the materials and food stored in the homes of the people of Tan County. ”

Xu Guoan echoed: "What Wen Jie said is good, I have been worried about this, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, the little devil is now like a poor and crazy gambler, and he is desperate."

Anything that has lost their conscience, they can do it. ”

Kong Jie said: "Yes, I also take this into account, speaking of which, this is also the most headache for us every time we deal with the county occupied by the Japanese army."

Our people are in the hands of little devils, and this will always be a constraint.

Devils kill chickens and take eggs, this kind of thing must be guarded against! ”

Xu Guoan said: "Lao Kong, just in case, I think we should act immediately, on the one hand, through our comrades in the enemy engineering department in Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County, the news will be spread secretly.

Let our villagers realize that there is a possible crisis that is about to occur, so that everyone can hide the food and materials at home as soon as possible, and beware of little devils coming to grab food at any time.

On the other hand, the Propaganda Department of our detachment should also increase political propaganda.

In particular, the focus is concentrated on Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County, causing pressure on the little devil in public opinion, once the devil directly loots the people's materials by force, we must make the ugly face of the little devil public.

Let the hypocritical image created by the little devil in the whole of North China over the years be exposed! ”

"Agreed!" Li Wenjie said.

Kong Jie also finally made a decision, in order to guard against the Japanese dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry, persecuting and plundering the people of Yangquan and other three cities.

The comrades of the enemy engineering department in the three cities quickly started preparatory work in accordance with the countermeasures proposed by Xu Guoan.

The other side.

The headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi in Taiyuan City.

Kitagawa, the chief of staff of the devil, is giving advice to the commander of the devil, Yoshio Shinozuka:

"General, in this crisis in the three cities of Yangquan, our army is heavily pressurized, and it is not advisable to annihilate a team in one fell swoop.

This will easily cause problems in the security and stability of our army in other areas, and cause the troops of the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the situation to enter.

Second, the general, please look at the map, Kong Jie is very cunning, he chose the four towns and three towns around Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County, as well as the connected villages, which are very particular and remote.

It is not any center of gravity of our army's military and economy, but it can blockade Yangquan and other three cities from the outside.

Even if our army pressed the border with heavy troops, it besieged these four towns and three towns in one fell swoop.

These towns and villages are not small in area, and there are big mountains inside, which can be advanced and retreated for these Eighth Route Army troops.

In the past six months, I have studied Kong Jie's tactics of leading troops, very bold, but not lacking in care, he often makes unexpected commands, but there is one principle that is obvious:

This guy cherishes his soldiers very much, and likes to exchange the least casualties for the final victory.

Therefore, if our army is heavily pressed, I think it is very likely that this Kong Jie will let his team of main troops stationed in the four townships and three towns, directly avoid the edge of our army, and rely on the mountains in the towns and towns to retreat.

Once in the mountainous areas, the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army were particularly troublesome, and the troops drawn from all sides could not leave the area where they were originally stationed for a long time.

This is located in the remote four towns and three towns, and it is impossible for our army to send heavy troops to guard them, so once the main force of our army retreats, these eight roads are very likely to make a comeback and re-conquer the four towns and three towns.

Then this is like a tug-of-war, endless, for our army, a lot of manpower and material resources will be wasted.

Therefore, it is not advisable! ”

The head of the old devil Kitagawa's analysis is Dao, and Yoshio Shinozuka nodded quite approvingly.

"That's right, Kitagawa-kun, you go on!"

"Hey!" Beichuan continued: "In addition, it is naturally impossible to sit back and watch Yangquan and the other three cities.

This damn Eighth Route Army has always broken the practice of the Eighth Route Army in the past, and dared to take the initiative to attack the township occupation areas of our Great Japanese Empire.

In the face of this defeat, if our imperial forces sit idly by, it will inevitably give the Chinese military and people in the whole of North China an illusion:

The Great Japanese Empire was already in thin days, and it was not even enough to resist the attack of the troops of the Eighth Route Army!

This is very likely to lead to a surge of anti-Japanese sentiment among the entire people in North China and affect the morale of our three armed forces.

However, I think that this response should focus on the self-help of Yangquan and other three cities, survive this winter, and wait until the early spring of next year, and all crises will be solved. ”

"How can I help myself?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked.

Bei Chuan's face suddenly appeared a little ruthless, "General, all along, our army has been implementing the Huairou policy in the entire occupied area of North China, and the Chinese people in the vast occupied area are just slaves in captivity in our empire.

Since they are slaves, they should have the consciousness of slaves, and the current predicament needs them to come in handy. ”

Speaking of which, Beichuan directly put forward his own strategy:

"First, in the three cities of Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan County, military rations were forcibly requisitioned and grain depots were enriched, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the defenders of the three cities and ensure that the three cities were not lost.

Of course, such behavior can easily cause public resentment.

Therefore, our army must increase its external propaganda efforts, and we must blame all the sins on the Eighth Route Army, which burned down the granaries and material warehouses in the county seat, resulting in insufficient supplies in the entire city, which requires the help of the people to defend the city.

In addition, as a measure to delay the army, we can temporarily put IOUs on the people in the city on the occasion of the forced conscription of military rations, and promise these people that when the crisis is resolved in the coming day, our Japanese Empire will definitely repay all the materials and food owed. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka bowed slightly.

That's a great plan!

Beichuan continued: "Second, the three cities of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County, before the early spring of next year, the whole city will be blocked, and the defenders in the city will strengthen their vigilance to guard against the surprise attack launched by the troops of the Eighth Route Army at any time.

In addition, you can secretly instruct the defenders of all sides, and when the situation is really at its most critical, you can forcibly capture the people in the city to help defend it. ”

The old devil's smile was a little vicious: "Isn't the Eighth Route Army known as the people's soldiers?"

When the city gate is full of Chinese people, I want to see how they are going to attack the city. ”

"In this way, we will definitely be able to ensure that before the early spring of next year, Yangquan and the other three main cities will be foolproof!"

After hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly became enlightened, and the two old devils who were in cahoots, followed by some eerie laughter, filled the entire headquarters.

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Twenty-fiveth.

The entire Yangquan, Shouyang, and Tan counties almost half of the northwest region of Jin, with Baiyang Town captured by the 57th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army.

The four townships and three towns of Neixiang, Qingye Township, and Sanquan Township were occupied by the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army.

The fighting between the parties, which was in full swing, temporarily slowed down and gradually stopped.

The surface is calm, but in fact the undercurrent is surging.

In the large courtyard where the headquarters of the detachment is located, Kong Jie, who is the supreme military commander of the winter counteroffensive launched by the detachment.

To outsiders, it should have been the busiest commander of the entire detachment.

Not really......

At this moment, the captain of the Kong detachment was sitting on the hot kang that was just burning indoors, enjoying it beautifully.

What for?

- Tea tasting!

"This is our detachment, picked by the soldiers in spring and summer, then cleaned and dried, preserved, special chrysanthemum tea, and a little sugar, is to clear the lungs and fire, and it is sweet and delicious.

Miss Shen, you try it, even if this wild dandelion is not picked by anyone on the roadside, it may not be lost to those so-called famous teas! ”

Kong Jie made a small tea party, and originally invited Li Wenjie and Xu Guoan.

It's just that these two people are really busy people, and their butts slipped away in advance before they were hot on the stool.

"Oh, head of the regiment, I suddenly remembered, I still have a lot of things I forgot to deal with, this tea, I'll drink it again, Reporter Shen, I'm out of company!"

Li Wenjie said, and left without looking back.

"Ahem, Wen Jie's words reminded me, Lao Kong, I still have something to deal with!" Xu Guoan said, followed closely, and glanced at Kong Jie meaningfully before leaving.

These two!

I don't know if it's really busy, or if I have the eyesight to deliberately give Kong Jieteng a place!

Soon, there were only lonely men and women left in the house.

Shen Wenyue said with a smile: "What Head Kong said is that drinking tea is a taste, and all kinds of tea are just different from each other, and there is no distinction between high and low.

However, this chrysanthemum tea, in spring and summer, blooms all over the mountains, vigorous and not pretentious, easy to pick and store.

I heard the soldiers say that there are great benefits to drinking chrysanthemum tea, and since our Eighth Route Army team advocated letting the soldiers drink more tea, the probability of the soldiers getting sick seems to be much smaller. ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Exactly, drinking tea has many benefits for the human body, don't look at this little chrysanthemum tea, it can even be listed as a necessary military supply." ”

The conversation between the two then shifted from tea to polemic.

Shen Wenyue seems to be interested in the Sino-Japanese war.

"Commander Kong, what do you think of the current situation in the Sino-Japanese war?"

"Why did Miss Shen ask that?"

Shen Wenyue said: "The people are suffering, the people are suffering, since ancient wars, the most troublesome is the people."

The compatriots who are in dire straits are suffering from this war every day and are looking forward to the early end of this war.

Wen Yue is no exception, and like the people, they are eager to know what the current situation of the war between China and Japan is.

What will be the final direction.

How long will this war end?

Commander Kong has been leading troops to fight all year round, and he has a long-term vision, so I think he must have an answer, right? ”

Kong Jie thought about it, and in Shen Wenyue's full expectation, he said categorically:

"Rest assured, this war of resistance against Japanese aggression in which the Chinese nation resisted foreign humiliation and the whole nation united as one, will soon come to an end.

There are only a few things I can be sure of:

The Japanese invaders will be defeated, and China will surely achieve the final victory!

We will usher in a new China, when a new round of red sun rises again, and the sun spreads on the earth.

The whole land of China will be filled with the joy and laughter of children, and all people will live in prosperity and well-being.

War will only be a nightmare crumpled in the afterimage and forge the Chinese nation forward! ”……

(End of chapter)