Until the end of September.

The weather in northern China has become colder and colder, especially the continuous rainstorms and the arrival of a cold snap.

It was as if the cold winter had come early.

This time, the Eighth Route Army launched an unprecedented autumn offensive, and the number of field troops dispatched from various base areas was amazing, even no less than the original Zhengtai Campaign.

Although before the battle, all base areas of the Eighth Route Army tried their best to ensure the logistical supply of the combat troops, and also took into account the fact that the battle time was continuously delayed, the weather was getting colder, and the soldiers needed to switch from single clothes to cotton clothes.

In particular, the troops of all walks of life in the Taihang base area are even more abundant in terms of logistical support.

Like the Iron Triangle Army, especially the wealthy First Anti-Japanese Independent Detachment in the Northwest of Shanxi, that is, Kong Jie's team, the soldiers were even more adequately prepared, not only prepared cotton clothes to protect them from the cold, but also included all kinds of daily necessities.

However, the number of combat units from all walks of life was too large to ensure the logistical needs of all the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army.

Fortunately, the headquarters pinched the time to calculate the situation of the battle, and it was about to withdraw the troops at this time when the weather was getting colder.

On the other hand, the Japanese army, which was planning to concentrate its forces in North China in a large-scale battle, moved quickly to annihilate the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

In just a few days, the first part of the Kwantung Army, the first part of the Central China Front Army, and the Japanese army in South China were quickly mobilized, and they quickly formed a three-sided encirclement to encircle all the battlefields where the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army were fighting in North China.

In addition, although it was constantly defeated, it still had a large number of strong Japanese troops in North China.

The Japanese army immediately turned the tide of the war in terms of overall strength and occupied an absolute advantage.

At a meeting of the staff of the joint command in the base area.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Head Wang appeared one after another.

As the most elite Iron Triangle Mobile Corps in the Taihang area, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong and their entourage are extremely fast, not only can they be like bamboos when they launch an offensive, but they also shrink rapidly without dragging their feet when they retreat.

Even though the Japanese army quickly mobilized troops from the northeast, central and southern China with the help of convenient communication lines, there was always a time difference, and these time differences were enough for Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and other commanders to lead the troops to jump out of the encirclement in time and withdraw to the base area.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army showed super combat effectiveness in this autumn offensive, and even dared to launch a large-scale ambush on the plains around Baoding, and some mobile groups of the Japanese army were defeated.

This bluffed the Japanese troops, who were originally going to pursue quickly with the support of reinforcements, immediately died down, for fear that after advancing too quickly and losing touch with the large army, they would be surrounded by the movement of the Eighth Route Army.

No one dares to come out of the army.

As long as the reinforcements of the main force did not arrive, no one dared to go deep alone and rashly pursued the Eighth Route Army.

This is diametrically opposed to the situation in the early days of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, when the Japanese army dared to chase after tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Chiang's troops.

In this way, the devil was powerless, so he had to watch the main force of the Eighth Route Army retreat from Baoding Jingcheng back to the Taihang base area.

…… With the news of the movement of the Japanese forces on the front line, the news came one after another.

Ding Wei said with emotion: "This little devil's movement is really fast enough, let's evacuate with the front foot, and they will mobilize the army from all walks of life with the back foot, if we don't withdraw fast enough, maybe we will really be surrounded by devils!" ”

Li Yunlong was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he bragged as usual.

"The little devil came quickly, but he was obviously broken by us, and he didn't dare to chase him to the death."

"Hehe, to be honest, if it weren't for the urgent retreat order from the headquarters, our Lao Li would really want to have a tough battle with the devils in the Pingjin area!"

Commander Wang, who was even more unwilling, immediately echoed: "What Lao Li said is not bad, this devil's North China Front Army is almost unable to hold on.

Three days, as long as we are given three more days, we may not be able to break through Beiping and capture that old devil of Naosaburo Okabe to our prisoner of war camp. ”

"I said Lao Kong, why do you keep staring at the map and not talking? If you hadn't advocated an immediate evacuation this time, we wouldn't have been able to win a few more battles! Head Wang said with some regret.

Kong Jie replied: "I have been working on a problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Lao Li, Lao Ding, Lao Wang, tell me, even if all the units of our Eighth Route Army have developed well in the past few years, especially the combat units in our Taihang area, but in terms of overall form, are we an advantage or a disadvantage compared with the Japanese army?"

Li Yunlong, who asked this question, Ding Wei and the others were silent, and even Li Yunlong, who boasted that he would dare to fight Taiyuan if he gave me a division, had to admit it.

"The emaciated camel is bigger than his mother's horse, and this little devil is still stronger than us in terms of overall strength!"

Kong Jie said: "Judging from the battle situation of this autumn offensive alone, if it weren't for the timely reinforcements of the devil's Northeast Army, Central China Front, and South China's devils, would we be able to let go of our hands and feet to comprehensively defeat the devil's North China Front in North China."

Or even directly recover the whole of North China? ”

Ding Wei nodded, and said with a contemplative expression: "This is no longer a question of how much it is possible, if we concentrate all the strength of our Eighth Route Army and only deal with the North China Front Army of the devil, the victory of the battle must belong to us."

We are absolutely confident in this. ”

"But Japanese reinforcements always arrive quickly! The Devil's Kwantung Army, Central China Front, and South China Front Army were divided into different theaters and fought in different regions when they fought in peacetime.

However, once a certain theater of war is in crisis, other Japanese troops can still use the lines of communication to quickly reinforce them.

Let's talk about it, why can devils be so rampant? ”

Kong Jie asked the heart of the question.

As soon as Li Yunlong heard this, he scolded directly: "What else can it be?" Because except for us, the rest of the team is cowards.

Let's just say that in Central China, after the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi, the Japanese army had reached the established strategic goal, and then the people withdrew to the occupied area in an orderly manner.

Chiang's army only regained the lost territory, and basically did not encounter any effective resistance from the Japanese army, but the people blew it, and it was widely publicized in the newspapers that it was a great victory, and won the final victory in the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi, and repelled the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

Look, what a nice thing to say!

Including South China.

This time, in order to deal with the crisis in North China, the Japanese troops in Central China and South China were mobilized on a large scale, and I don't believe that Chiang's army did not receive the news. ”

The more Li Yunlong talked, the more angry he became.

"To tell you the truth, if the Jiang army can be of one heart and one mind with us, our Eighth Route Army will drag down the Japanese army in North China with all its strength in North China, and even mobilize the Japanese army in Central and South China to fight, causing the devil forces in Central China and South China to be empty.

The Jiang army seized the opportunity again and made a big move, and when our two armies cooperated in the battle, the devils stuck to the tail.

Maybe in one fell swoop, we can take over most of the great mountains and rivers of our China by the little devils!

This damn war of resistance against Japan may not be long before it ends. ”

"But what was the result? We also received the news that after the Japanese army was transferred in South China and the troops were empty, the Jiang army still stood still, as if nothing had happened.

I wonder if people think that the devil deliberately set a trap to lure them to take the initiative! ”

"Come on, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been fought for so many years, and I'm afraid that this old Jiang's team is a urine little devil knows better than us. lure Jiang Jun to take the initiative to attack, I guess the little devil has already given up this plan! The head of the group on the side teased.

Ding Wei said: "So just like Lao Kong said, if our Eighth Route Army gathers all its strength to fight the Japanese army in North China, I think it will not be long before it will develop into a battle between our Eighth Route Army and the Kwantung Army in North China, Central China, and South China, and it can even be said that the Japanese army will pour its strength into the country."

Jiang Jun may secretly clap his hands and say goodbye, just waiting for us to lose both!

But after our Eighth Route Army is defeated, Jiang's army is alone, and maybe the good anti-Japanese situation that we have won with great difficulty will be buried in one fell swoop. ”

Then we come to the situation in the Northeast.

Ding Wei said: "Since the signing of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality treaty, the Japanese army's operation in the northeast has become more stable, and the devils have built a large number of permanent fortifications, and have been on guard against the sneak attack of the Soviet army.

But in fact, the Soviet side is currently busy fighting the German army, and the defense of Stalingrad is in full swing, and it does not have the energy and strength to deal with the Japanese army.

The Kwantung Army, which can quickly go south at any time to reinforce it, will be a headache for us. ”

Kong Jie said: "Lao Ding, listen to what you mean between the lines, is it pinning the hope of solving the Northeast on the Soviet side?" ”

Ding Wei did not admit it, but he did not deny it either.

This is not only what he Ding Wei thinks, including many generals of the Eighth Route Army, when considering the difficulties in the northeast region, considering the powerful Kwantung Army that has been entrenched in the northeast for many years, and the puppet Manchukuo that has been built like an iron bucket, they are often a little excited.

Commander Wang also reluctantly admitted: "With our strength, everyone has also seen that it is still reluctant to deal with the Japanese army in North China.

In addition, there are still little devils in the theaters of war in Central China and South China, and our strength is still a little thin, as for Jiang Jun's team, it is barely enough to protect itself, and it is not enough to make progress, so I am afraid that we can't count on it.

When they rise up, launch a counterattack, and regain the lost ground, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold.

As the base camp of the Japanese army for more than ten years, the Northeast region has a strong military defense foundation and a strong industrial base, which is really like an insurmountable mountain for us! ”

"It's just insurmountable, not impassable. No matter how majestic the mountain is, it will eventually be trampled under the feet of the strong-willed.

It was so the Long March back then, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we survived so hard behind enemy lines, haven't we grown step by step to the present?

I always believe that things are man-made, and as long as we don't give up, there will always be opportunities. ”

Kong Jie's words were sonorous, as if he was cheering up a few old comrades-in-arms, and it also seemed to be cheering himself up.

"The crisis is also accompanied by opportunities, we want to completely recover the Northeast region, defeat the Kwantung Army, and completely destroy the puppet Manchukuo, it is indeed difficult, but once successful, it also means that there are huge gains."

"The Northeast is a big cake, the little devil has been operating for so many years, and the industrial foundation and economic foundation he has built are the most abundant fruits of victory."

"After all, we have to rely on ourselves to get out, we can't pin our hopes on others, let alone give up this fruitful victory."

"Old comrades-in-arms, think about it again, if you think about it from this angle, the autumn offensive we launched this time will be accepted when it is good, and we will take the initiative to retreat to avoid more sacrifices for the troops, but after retreating to the base areas, we will further develop the base areas and strengthen the troops, so as to achieve a final comprehensive victory, and even recover the northeast in one fell swoop."

"Wouldn't that be wiser?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Head Wang really fell into deep thought.

When you think about it, it really doesn't matter so much to cling to the big win of this autumn offensive.

There are some things that Kong Jie has not yet said.

Big brother, big brother, don't look at our good name, but people may not really treat us as brothers.

Not to mention that the Soviet side is currently fighting hard with the German side, and it is too busy to take care of itself, even after the Soviet side defeats the German side, even if the Chinese side has repeatedly asked for reinforcements, the big brother is still unhurried to hang your appetite.

What for?

Seek to maximize the ultimate benefit!

Is there any absolute friend in this world?

There is only eternal benefit.

Delay can allow the Chinese side to make greater concessions, delay, the Chinese army can consume more Japanese troops, plus there are no other neighbors in the northeast except the Soviet side that can intervene at any time.

Why should people be in a hurry?

Finally, seize the opportunity, unhurriedly strike at the key node, easily defeat the Japanese army, win the gratitude of the Chinese people, win the great international image of the great shore, not to mention, and smoothly pick the huge victory fruit of the puppet Manchukuo.

In this regard, Kong Jie even firmly believed that if the Eighth Route Army succeeded in taking over the Northeast, recovering the lost territory, and comprehensively taking over the industrial and economic base of the Northeast region.

China's future development can be accelerated by at least 20 years.

And even more.

In principle, this is the exponential explosion effect of primitive capital accumulation.

With the Northeast region and the comprehensive takeover of the industrial and economic foundation left by the devils, China's development will have a springboard and will naturally become more and more rapid.

It's just that there is still a long way to go!

……

……

After all, the great war that the Japanese army was expecting did not break out.

When the devil quickly mobilized the Kwantung Army to the south, the Central China Front to the west, and the South China Front to the north, they quickly arrived in North China.

kept opening the net, but it was in the air again and again.

The old devil Okabe, who was sitting in Beiping, was still anxious about the danger of Beiping, but soon learned the news that the Eighth Route Army in Jinmen had taken the initiative to evacuate, and the nearby imperial forces had reoccupied Jinmen.

Then there are Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Datong, Handan and other important cities.

The Eighth Route Army directly abandoned the original great offensive and gave up the entrenchment of these important county towns and communication lines, but chose to take the initiative to evacuate, jumping out of the encirclement and retreating to the base area before the main force of the three roads of the devil joined in.

Even a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were originally active in Taiyuan, retreated like a tide and disappeared in just two or three days.

When the autumn offensive was launched, the Eighth Route Army besieged Taiyuan on a large scale, and the noise was huge, and now it was quickly evacuated, and disappeared in an instant, and everything seemed like a dream.

The decisive courage of the Eighth Route Army once again shocked the Japanese army.

Such a large war offensive and so many rich results are said to be lost.

In the end, in exchange for the encirclement of the Japanese army's concentrated forces, it was a failure and a failure.

The little devils were depressed at the same time, but they were helpless against the Eighth Route Army's ability to fight and withdraw.

After the arrival of the Kwantung Army, Central China, and South China armies, but they did not see the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and when they called to ask where the enemy was, the embarrassment and shame on the wrinkled old face of the old devil Okabe appeared.

The face of the Japanese North China Front, represented by Naosaburo Okabe, was completely lost this time.

Soon after.

The propaganda department of the Eighth Route Army quickly became operational, and all kinds of news flew all over the sky, and the occupied areas of the devils were no exception, which probably meant that:

"Under the offensive of the Devil's Kwantung Army, Central China, South China, and North China, the Eighth Route Army had no choice but to retreat after a hard battle, and had to withdraw to the base area!"

This is taking advantage of the situation, winning the fight, and in turn, crying out for injustice.

Okabe, the old devil who got the news, gritted his teeth angrily, but for the sake of the face of the Japanese Empire, in order to maintain Japan's image in the international arena, and in order not to affect the operations in the Pacific Theater and the Southeast Asian Theater, he could only use the slope to get off the donkey and continue to propagate according to the meaning of the Eighth Route Army......

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