Either way, this is a good start for the new Okabe.

Okamura's reign was marked by defeats.

As soon as he took office, he successfully took five cities, including Licheng and Xiangyuan.

This is enough for him to boast about a wave as a reason to encourage the morale of the army.

However, he said that Okamura, who had abdicated, received the photos taken in Licheng specially sent to him by Okabe, and learned that the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan had already become empty cities, and all the people and materials were transferred in advance by the Eighth Route Army, and all the places in the city were just scarecrows and disguised fortifications.

Extreme humiliation.

Under the anger, the old devil Okamura's eyes turned black, and he almost fainted on the spot.

……

By August, the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, which had participated in the May 1 sweep, seized the time to recuperate and recuperate, further expand the base areas, and enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The Japanese side was not idle, replenishing the battle damage.

In addition, in accordance with the preparations of the Lao Guizi Gang Division, after the aviation units in North China were also replenished, the Japanese army used the airfields in Shandong, Jinan, Beiping, Tianjin and other places as bases to continuously attack the base areas of the Eighth Route Army except for the Iron Triangle.

Among them, even the 386 Brigade's base area, which is relatively close to the 385 Brigade, was attacked by the Japanese army, and in just one week, the devils successively sent reconnaissance planes, fighters, and bombers to the base area even hundreds of times.

The angry Brigade Commander Chen scolded the little devil, "The persimmon is picked and pinched softly!" ”

Over a period of time, according to the statistics of the General Headquarters, except for the Iron Triangle base area of the Eighth Route Army, the rest of the base areas were basically attacked by the Japanese air units to varying degrees.

Commander Wang of the 769th Regiment scolded: "Little devil, this is bullying our other base areas for lack of air defense systems and weapons for air combat."

Do they have the ability to try it out of Lao Kong's base? ”

The Japanese army's sudden launch of air strikes, which was mainly based on air raids, really caused a lot of trouble to the various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

After sensing the intentions of the Japanese army, the headquarters immediately launched corresponding deployments.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei were not idle, and secretly transferred some air defense units from the base areas to some neighboring base areas to assist in defending against the devil's air raids.

Who knows that this little devil is also cunning, once the flying unit carrying out the air attack is attacked by the more powerful anti-aircraft fire of the Eighth Route Army's base area, it will immediately withdraw, and then it will not come.

Transferred to other Eighth Route Army base areas to continue air raids.

Anyway, the base area of the Eighth Route Army is extensive, and there are countless large and small areas, so it is impossible for every base area to have a strong air defense system and abundant air defense weapons like the Iron Triangle, right?

As a result, the Eighth Route Army was a little tired of guarding.

When the command analyzed the matter, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei quickly sensed the intention of the little devil's move.

Ding Wei said: "The devil is becoming more and more cunning now, and the frontal sweep can't be carried out, so he uses this way to play small tricks."

Lao Kong, I think the little devil Bacheng still wants to use this move to attract your secret aviation unit, and the devil still wants to completely destroy the aviation force of our Eighth Route Army! ”

Kong Jie nodded: "Yes!" The devil's intentions are obvious, and now the devils send flying teams to sneak attack everywhere from time to time, and our base area is too large to prevent it at all.

If we send the air force and the devil's flying team to conduct an air battle, we may be able to stop one or two.

But it's still a palliative, not a cure. ”

"In addition, I received news that the devils suddenly relaxed their control in Shandong, and in addition, the news spread all over the sky, saying that the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army temporarily ceased fighting and recuperated.

The devils even emphasized that they were short of troops and supplies, and they temporarily stopped sweeping.

Not only that, at the junction of our base area and the devil-occupied area, many Japanese puppet troops are becoming more and more active in trading with our base areas, and even buy our grain, oilseeds, and cotton at high prices, and then sell us tools, sugar, salt, medicines, daily necessities and other materials.

This is a very unusual phenomenon.

Prior to this, although the Japanese army was infiltrated by us a lot, and often carried out some private transactions with us, we also took advantage of this to rapidly expand the base area and develop the troops.

But during this time, when the little devil did this, he even had some blatant meaning, and I guess he got an order from his superiors. ”

"Old Kong, what do you mean?" Ding Wei asked.

Kong Jie said: "It's hard to say now, but it's obvious that Okabe, an old devil, has indeed done a lot of measures since he came to power.

These days, we have heard that the devils have begun to implement the armor protection system in the security area, and let the landlord and gentry set up a village protection team to assist the Japanese army in governance.

In addition, they also held a Japan-China friendship party in the county town, free medical activities for the Japanese army, and condolences to the countryside, which is a bit of an all-out effort to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Okabe, this old devil, is a bit fancy, and he actually made a fuss about the Japanese army's pro-people policy and hypocrisy. ”

Li Yunlong scolded: "These little Japan's sons of bitches have never had any good intentions, these guys are like human abscesses, I think sooner or later they will have to be pulled out of all of them, so that the whole world can have a stable life, who knows when this mad dog will come out and bite indiscriminately?" ”

Kong Jie laughed along, Lao Li's words were rough and reasonable, and it could be said that they were in one sentence.

Kong Jie even tried to imagine in his heart that if he let Lao Li and Lao Ding, such pure revolutionary generals, know that in the future, even after Japan surrendered, it would not recognize the history of aggression against China at all, and even smear and deny the history of invasion of China.

After that, the little devils concocted all kinds of means to deal with China, and even later wantonly polluted the environment, like mad dogs, pulling people all over the world to take risks with them.

Lao Li and Lao Ding are afraid that they will have to advocate that even after driving the devil out of China, they will have to completely sink the inconspicuous island of projectiles!

Kong Jie actually thought about it, why couldn't he develop a weapon that was shocking enough to cause a terrifying tsunami, and simply flood the island in one go?

There are many disgusting things in this world.

The most disgusting of them all was the islander.

It's really infuriating!

"The Japanese should be punished, and the clan will be wiped out!"

Such emotions are not only the revolutionary martyrs of today, but also the thousands of Chinese descendants in later generations, but those who have patriotic feelings are also full of righteous indignation.

……

Returning to the topic, Kong Jie studied the map for a long time, and suddenly said: "The devil has particularly relaxed the control of Shandong, and deliberately spread these news, and even privately let the troops do business with us, and buy a large number of military rations and materials.

There must be some conspiracy brewing behind it.

But what does the little devil want to do? ”

Ding Wei said: "Our new regiment got the news through the intelligence line, and there seem to be signs of secret movement of several Japanese field troops near Yangquan Taiyuan. ”

"Where's the direction?" Kong Jie asked.

"It seems to be in the direction of Shandong!"

Kong Jie's gaze refocused on the map in contemplation, condensed in the Shandong region, and then focused his attention on one of the points.

He quickly discovered the problem.

"It's not good, I think the little devil is a fake shot and goes towards our Jiaodong base!"

The Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong, located in the east of Shandong, is the largest peninsula in China, and is an important transportation route and supply base for the Japanese army from the sea to North China.

It can even be said to be one of the lifelines of the logistics and troop replenishment of the Japanese North China Front.

The military significance of this place is extremely important.

Therefore, as early as after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the leaders of the far-sighted Eighth Route Army put forward a long-term strategy of opening up an anti-Japanese revolutionary base on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and fought for this goal one after another.

In the end, the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base was successfully opened.

The existence of this base area is like a sharp thorn stuck in the throat of the Japanese army, and the little devil has long wanted to get rid of it.

In particular, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the two mobile units to make a big fuss in the central Luxi and Luzhong areas, and seized the opportunity to gain a respite for the development of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong.

After the May Day Sweep, the Japanese army returned with a heavy defeat, and the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong also took the opportunity to develop.

There are also some resources and help provided by the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area.

The Shandong Column also grew rapidly.

Even with the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base, it is becoming more and more stable.

After he took office, he saw at a glance that the North China Front was constantly suffering setbacks, and the Eighth Route Army was growing day by day, even enough to threaten the Japanese army's stable law and order in North China.

The Jiaodong Peninsula, a major transportation route for the Japanese army between the sea and the North China Front, was particularly important.

Therefore, Okabe began to plot to completely eradicate the Jiaodong anti-Japanese revolutionary base of the Eighth Route Army, and in one fell swoop opened up the Jiaodong communication line from the sea to North China.

"His grandmother's, I don't know if I don't think about it, I'm startled when I think about it, Lao Kong, what you said is right, I think this devil is really coming to our Jiaodong base!"

Li Yunlong also immediately saw the problem.

"The devil is ostensibly deregulating and secretly deploying troops in an attempt to sneak attack our Jiaodong Peninsula!"

Ding Wei echoed: "Okabe, this old devil, has chosen the right time!" It happened to be at the time of the adjustment of the cultivation of our troops, coupled with the air raids that the devils have been sending out everywhere these days, which has attracted our attention.

If we are a little careless, maybe we really fall into the way of the devil! ”

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan said: "Lao Kong, without further ado, we have to hurry up and report this matter to the headquarters!" ”

"Good! In addition, let's prepare again, if the devil makes a move to the Jiaodong base area, how to help the comrades in the Jiaodong base area! ”

The inferences of Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei were quickly transmitted to the headquarters.

The deputy chief of general staff and his entourage are also discussing the crisis that the Jiaodong base area may face at any time!

Knowing the analysis of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, the deputy chief of staff said with a smile: "It seems that everyone wants to go together, the little devil thinks he is clever and sneak attack, I'm afraid it will become a joke!" ”

At this time.

Behind enemy lines in North China, the situation of confrontation between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army was also quietly evolving.

After the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, Okabe Naosaburo, took office, the new officer took up the post of three fires, and with a full sense of enthusiasm, he reopened the Zhengtai Line, the Shide Line, the Pinghan Line, and the Handan Highway, and recovered Lucheng, Xiangyuan, Licheng, Shexian, and Liao County in one fell swoop.

After a series of victories, Okabe, an old devil, probably felt that he could do it again.

He personally rushed to the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan, personally urged all units to reoccupy key points and build defensive lines, assisted in mobilizing troops, replenishing materials, re-expanding the production capacity of the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant and Taiyuan Arsenal, and making every effort to restore combat effectiveness.

He encouraged the Japanese officers of the Japanese army, mainly Iwamatsu Yoshio, commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi: "At the beginning, your First Army could be said to be the absolute elite of the North China Front, and the entire Shanxi region was built into a stable security area and a stable rear area by you.

Until the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area rebelled, it completely broke all this.

But I believe that as long as all the kings work together, the holy war will be won, and the First Army will definitely be able to rebuild its former glory!

The holy war will be won, and the martial arts will last forever! Everyone, let's work together! ”

The task given to Yoshio Iwamatsu by Okabe was also very simple and clear.

There is no need to waste time and effort to sweep the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, firmly control the important towns, county towns and transportation arteries occupied by the empire, confront the Eighth Route Army, and restrict the further development of the Eighth Route Army.

The other side.

The new commander of the devil took office, and the information of what he did was quickly placed on the intelligence center of the general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Huangyadong.

After the leaders of the base areas who had scattered the visits had finished their inspections, they rushed to the headquarters of Huangyadong one after another to attend the final meeting of the autumn offensive.

The meeting was presided over by the deputy commander-in-chief, who was only responsible for the beginning and let everyone discuss it together.

The commander-in-chief began by saying: "We have also inspected from Yan'an for a period of time, we have won many battles in the past two years, the troops are well trained, and the materials are sufficient, we are very happy, and I agree to carry out a large-scale autumn offensive."

But where and how this fire is burned, everyone can speak freely, and there is no need to worry about anything, especially the comrades of the 35th Army, they must speak boldly!

Let's brainstorm and come up with the best battle strategy! ”

Commander Fu, the representative of the 35th Route Army, said: "My defense area is now far away from the Shanxi front, but on behalf of the 35th Army, I express my full support for the fraternal troops to fight.

The main force of our army will appear in the direction of Guisui, confront the devils in Datong and Zhangjiakou, put pressure on the 26th and 41st divisions of the Japanese army, cooperate with the northward detachment, and the Yanbei detachment to attract the attention of the devils.

Part of the main force assisted the Inner Mongolian anti-Japanese guerrillas to transport supplies to Luliang Mountain, and supported the 358,359 Brigade and its subordinate units to cross Luliang Mountain and attack the highlands west of Taiyuan City. ”

At this time, Brigade Commander Zhang of the 120th Division spoke on behalf of the Luliangshan troops:

"From the beginning of the first siege of Taiyuan, we were preparing to attack Taiyuan again.

After we recaptured Baode County in the May Day Sweep, we opened up a communication line with the northward detachment in the Yan'an area and the Mengxi area, although we withdrew from the fortifications in the west of Taiyuan City, but Gujiao County did not retreat, and the troops regained the northern county seat of Luliangshan and confronted the devils with the southern Jin Sui army, and the troops did not retreat.

You can start the battle to attack Taiyuan City again at any time! ”

Everyone, you say, I'll say, good guys, it turns out that the troops that will re-attack Taiyuan City have already been all ready.

The atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became relaxed.

If Taiyuan City can be conquered in one fell swoop, this can indeed be regarded as a raging fire.

Commander Fu said with a smile: "We have rebuilt the defense system in the rear of the Hetao area, carried out industrial and agricultural construction, built a lot of roads, and there are special sealed grain transportation vehicles to ensure grain transportation.

In addition, I am also preparing for the autumn harvest, thanks to Ding Wei's pesticides and fertilizers, as well as Kong Jie's scientific planting, after the autumn harvest, you can all eat the wheat, potatoes, tomatoes, winter melons, pumpkins I planted, hahaha. ”

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