"Burn Li Cheng to a scorched earth for me!"

The old devil of Hata Junliu was ruthless and completely let go, and would rather fight the Japanese army to operate in Licheng and other five cities for many years, as well as all kinds of facilities and transportation that were built, and also to wipe out all the troops of the Eighth Route Army that occupied Licheng.

As for the life and death of the people of Licheng and other five cities under the all-round air raids, this brutal old devil didn't think about it at all.

"Let them be buried with those Eighth Route Army, if you want to blame those Eighth Route Army, they brought death to the people!"

Junroku Hata directly pushed the pot, talking about viciousness and ruthlessness, this old devil is not much more than Okamura Ningji.

A huge crisis has quietly enveloped the troops of the Eighth Route Army who have entered Licheng, as well as more than 300,000 people in the five cities including Licheng (the population of the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, and Xiangyuan during this period is not very large, and in the case of Licheng, there are only about 100,000 people).

At this time.

It's a coincidence or not.

At the military meeting held at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief said that the generals participating in the meeting would discuss and finally decide on the follow-up response to the five cities, including Licheng, Liaoxian, and Shexian.

- The question of whether to stay or give up.

Some generals advocated the former, such as the commander of the 772nd regiment, Cheng was the first to speak: "Of course we have to stay, the military position of the five cities of Licheng is important, if it is controlled in our hands, it will be a big blow to the Japanese army."

This is equivalent to jamming the neck of the little devil, we finally grabbed the weakness of the devil, how can we say that we will let go?

Besides, when we entered the city, you didn't see that the people of Licheng were welcome to leave the city, which was originally a hero county, with a population of more than 90,000 in the city, and nearly thirty percent of them all joined our Eighth Route Army.

Now that we have conquered Licheng, we should recover our homeland.

Beat it down like this and throw it back, and what do the people think of us over and over again? ”

This remark immediately ushered in the approval of many generals.

Most of them advocated holding on to Lê for a long time.

"If our Eighth Route Army wants to develop, sooner or later we will have to master these important counties and towns, since we have beaten it, how can there be any reason to return it to the little devils?"

"That's it!"

Of course, there are those who hold the other view.

"Comrades, have you thought about it? At present, although we have achieved a phased victory in the counterattack operation of the May 1st Sweep, from the overall situation, the enemy is still strong and we are weak, and the military strength of the Japanese army is still much stronger than ours.

In the case of the Japanese army's multi-front operation, we are still fighting so hard, if the follow-up devils shrink all the forces on all sides of the battlefield and concentrate on dealing with our Eighth Route Army, how will we deal with it?

The geographical location of this Li City is important, we know the situation, and the little devil knows the situation even more, will the devil sit back and watch such an important transportation hub fall into our hands?

Once the city is captured, we can predict that there will be a retaliatory attack by the Japanese army.

This is inconsistent with the strategic policy of our Eighth Route Army to encircle the cities with the countryside and finally seize the power of the whole country.

Occupying important county towns and holding on to towns and towns will only lead to the continuous consumption of our vital forces, and will also completely pull our Eighth Route Army onto the stage where it is vulnerable to attacks from all sides.

Mu Xiu is in the truth that the forest wind will destroy it, I think there are no comrades here who do not understand. ”

This is also very reasonable.

There was a lot of debate, and in the end there was no unified voice.

The deputy commander-in-chief also had some headaches.

This trade-off is often the most difficult, and there are too many factors involved behind Li Cheng, even if he has always been decisive, it is a little difficult to choose at the moment.

As for the Iron Triangle, Li Yunlong advocated the occupation of Li City.

"It's a big deal that the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, and Licheng will be defeated, if the little devil wants to attack in the future, just come, Lao Tzu thinks that this meat is not enjoyable enough!"

Ding Wei believed that Li Cheng should be abandoned for the time being, continue to accumulate strength, and wait for the final strategic counteroffensive.

Kong Jie did not speak.

He is one of the few generals who participated in the meeting and did not express his views.

It's a pity, no matter how well Kong Jiezang is, he was finally found out by the sharp-eyed deputy commander-in-chief.

The deputy commander-in-chief now sees himself thoroughly for his old subordinate, who looks honest and honest on the surface, but is actually a bad stomach and specializes in pitting little devils.

Do you think that if you don't talk or look up, I won't be able to find you?

"Kong Jie! Why don't you speak? The deputy commander-in-chief asked with a straight face.

Kong Jie seemed to be stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Cough, what can I say about what you said?" It is nothing more than these two points of view, either occupy the city of Li or abandon the city of Lai.

Could it be that you can occupy and abandon it again? ”

The eyes of the deputy chief of general staff lit up when he said this, and he immediately signaled:

"It's kind of interesting, Kong Jie, you go on, how can this be occupied and abandoned?"

Kong Jie: "......"

Did I say that?

"Leader, aren't you embarrassed! There are only one, two, or two choices, and you want me to choose the third one? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you kid must have a score in his heart, say it quickly!" The deputy chief of staff urged with a smile, and the eyes of all the generals also converged on Kong Jie's body.

Ahem cough cough –

Kong Jie coughed dryly twice, this is forced to open!

In desperation, he had to speak slowly: "I heard a lot from the comrades just now, and everyone has their own opinions and ideas on whether to occupy Licheng or abandon Licheng.

In fact, everyone's ideas are good, and the starting point is not wrong, and there are pros and cons to both options.

But if you really want to find a perfect solution, there is really only one way left, and that is to occupy and abandon. ”

"How?" The deputy commander-in-chief asked.

Kong Jie stood up and looked at the huge combat map that covered most of China hanging on the wall of the conference room, and said:

"Comrades, you see, up to now, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, North China, Shandong and other devils have attacked in a big way, and they have all been driven back by us.

The end of the May Day Sweep, the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army, and the phased victory we have achieved, have fundamentally reversed the situation in which we confronted the Japanese army behind enemy lines.

Now the offensive and defensive momentum has quietly changed, we have the initiative advantage, and the devil is on the defensive.

For a long time to come, the little devils will no longer have any capital and strength to be rampant with us, they will just occupy some major transportation line counties and towns, passively defend, and barely maintain the situation in North China.

Right now, let's attack Licheng, this is the initiative.

It's like a punch thrown out with force.

If, having gained an advantage, we take the initiative to shrink our troops back to the base area, what is this like? It's like we've taken back the punch we punched out.

What is the purpose?

The purpose is to have a better charge next time, and the next time you play again, you will be more comfortable.

The current situation is favorable to us, and we must make good use of it, the devil is fortified everywhere, which is equivalent to loopholes everywhere, how many mobile troops does he have enough to fill this thousand-kilometer front from south to north and from east to west?

The devil's offensive is over, and it's our turn to attack.

I think it is better to take advantage of this autumn to launch another autumn offensive to further expand the results of the battle, and strive to mobilize the devil Kwantung Army to all parts of North China as traffic police.

Weaken the strength of the Kwantung Army entrenched in the northeast, and lay a good foundation for our troops to advance into the northeast region in advance.

In this way, our strategic purpose has been achieved! ”

Kong Jie's words are indeed reasonable, and his long-term vision has left the rest of the generals behind.

Everyone was still blushing and arguing about whether to occupy Licheng or abandon Licheng, Lao Kong was already thinking about the overall battle situation, and even thinking about advancing into the northeast region.

It's just that......

"Lao Kong, according to your meaning, you still support the abandonment of Li Cheng?"

As soon as these words came out, the generals who supported the abandonment of Li Cheng were all happy, and the rest of the generals had a somewhat ugly face.

Everyone knows the weight of Kong Jie's words.

Unexpectedly, Kong Jie shook his head: "No, for Li Cheng's choice, I think it should be both abandoned and occupied!" ”

"But aren't the two contradictory?"

"What would be a contradiction?" Kong Jie showed a bright smile, "We want to occupy Licheng, it is nothing more than to hold the throat of the Japanese army, cut off the communication line of the devils, and at the same time live up to the expectations of hundreds of thousands of people in Licheng, and further strengthen the military prestige of our Eighth Route Army.

As for our abandonment of Lê Thanh, it is nothing more than a fear that after the occupation of Lê Thanh, we will be attacked and retaliated against by the Japanese army, which will affect the current policy of strategic stalemate.

That being the case, the question is actually quite simple. ”

Kong Jie said, raising his first finger: "First, we can abandon the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, and Shexian, but we can still use mobile troops and sabotage troops at any time to further cut off the communication lines of the devils through the five cities."

There are our guerrilla troops, and the military engineering team behind the enemy line cooperates in the battle, and we will withdraw when the devil comes, and we will come when the devil withdraws, guarding this line is like guarding the chicken coop, are you still afraid that the hen of the little devil will not lay eggs?

In contrast, directly occupying Licheng is equivalent to killing chickens and taking eggs, drying up and fishing, which is a loss-making business! ”

Li Yunlong was happy when he said this, "Lao Kong is right, our Lao Li has never done loss-making business!" ”

Kong Jie continued: "Abandoning Li Cheng can be understood as strategic and temporary.

We attacked Licheng and captured Licheng as the end of the May Day counter-sweep, which has achieved the goal of strengthening the army's prestige, and at the same time seized a large amount of materials to further strengthen the troops.

Taking the initiative to abandon Licheng is to send a signal to the little devils that our Eighth Route Army does not have such great ambition and sufficient strength for the time being, to shake their foundation in North China.

This can pave the way for our subsequent autumn offensive and temporarily paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army.

As for the follow-up autumn offensive, on the one hand, it was to expand the results of the battle and strengthen the development of the base areas, and on the other hand, it was also to cover up the troops' raids on the core areas of these devils in eastern Hebei, central Lu, eastern Ludong, and southern Lunan.

In this way, by next year, in order to ensure the defense of the core area first, the devils will definitely weaken their support for the Shanxi garrison.

We can take the opportunity to fight the five cities of Licheng, Shexian and Lucheng again, and completely occupy these five cities and develop them into our stable base areas. ”

There are some things in it that Kong Jie can't say clearly.

By next year, there will be a reversal of the situation in the Pacific Theater, and the little devils will be too busy to take care of themselves in the Pacific Theater.

The generals nodded frequently as they listened.

The deputy chief of the general staff motioned for Kong Jie to continue, and Kong Jie raised a second finger:

"As for the ardent expectations of the people of Licheng and other five cities, as the people's soldiers, of course we can't live up to it, otherwise who can sincerely send their own children to our Eighth Route Army troops in the future?

This is actually easy to do, let's just give the little devil a trick to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle! ”

"Desperate?"

"It can also be said to be an empty city plan!" Kong Jiedao.

"What's the empty city plan?" Head Wang couldn't help but ask.

Kong Jie said: "It's very simple, after we break through the five cities such as Licheng this time, we will not only seize all the materials hoarded by the devils in these five cities, but also disassemble all the equipment for him."

The people of the five cities, we should also do a good job of ideological mobilization and move all of them to our base areas!

In this way, the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, Xiangyuan, Lucheng, and Shexian will not become empty cities?

Isn't this an empty city plan? ”

The generals were a little stunned when they heard this, especially the commanders of the front-line regiments, as military generals, who had not been able to turn the corner for a while.

The deputy chief of general staff, who quickly came back to his senses, took the case and said: "What an empty city plan!" Kong Jie, you can be considered to have thoroughly eaten this military strategy, this can be done in the right way, it can be done in the opposite way, and it is also possible to combine the positive and negative.

Who would have thought that this so-called empty city plan, in the hands of you, Kong Jie, would be to move all the people in the city and form a real empty city? ”

At this time, the regiment commanders basically came back to their senses.

Li Yunlong, who was also awakened, looked at Kong Jie a little stunned, and he couldn't help but say to Ding Wei on the side: "Damn, why is this kid's head so bright?" ”

In fact, first, Kong Jie's brain is spinning fast, and second, Kong Jie's thinking mode is different from that of the commanders here.

Most of the commanders present here are still immersed in the inherent hard days of the Eighth Route Army, so even if the troops have developed and the construction of the base areas has made great progress, they still subconsciously choose to live a tight life.

Who is willing to be extravagant and wasteful?

Therefore, although it seems to be a very simple matter to move hundreds of thousands of people in the five cities including Licheng directly to the base area, none of the commanders present have thought about it.

I didn't dare to think about it.

Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people!

Coupled with the severe drought in various places this year, it must be a heavy burden!

But Kong Jie is different, he is willing to use resources in the war, plus a team now has this confidence.

Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people seem to be troublesome at first glance.

However, for the operation mode of a team, if you want to achieve the saturation of the demographic dividend, the population you need is still far behind, not to mention hundreds of thousands, that is, millions of people, he Kong Jie can still absorb him without blinking an eyelid.

After all, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people did not come empty-handed, they brought food and materials, and after arriving at the place, they had arable land, factories, and jobs, and they could quickly put into production and feed themselves.

In this way, the problems that plagued the deputy commander-in-chief and the commanders were solved by Kong Jie lightly.

(End of chapter)