"Haha, I can't wait!"

Li Yunlong, who has always been afraid of big things in wars, made peace, and said: "If you want to talk about fighting the Kwantung Army, our old Li has even thought of the slogan. ”

This made Ding Wei curious, "What slogan?" ”

"If you want to eat, you can eat cabbage heart, and if you want to fight, you can fight the Kwantung Army!" Li Yunlong said, his face full of smiles, "If you compare all the Japanese soldiers to a cabbage, which part of this cabbage is the most fragrant?" Of course, it is the most tender and sweet cabbage heart, in our Lao Li's opinion, hehe, this Kwantung Army is this cabbage heart, our Lao Li's appetite has always been picky, except for this cabbage heart, the others are really unsightly! ”

"That's an interesting analogy!" Ding Wei laughed.

Kong Jie couldn't laugh at this time, he was worried, under the effect of his butterfly's incitement, the events that should have occurred according to the historical trajectory of the bright sword had already deviated a lot.

It is like the Japanese army attacked Xi'an this time, and then attacked Yan'an, and under the tactics of attacking the west from the east, it suddenly launched the battle of western Hubei.

That's a few days ahead of the original trajectory.

If this continues, who knows what will happen next?

Fortunately, Kong Jie soon saw it, this should come after all, and the original bad will not be so bad because of his appearance, and this is enough.

In any case, the priorities at hand are nothing more than three points in order:

First, it is necessary to ensure the stability of the base areas on the central line of the special experimental zone, especially the core base areas inside, to block the large-scale offensive launched by the Japanese army this time, and to assist friendly troops in defending the base areas.

Second, with the support of the General Headquarters and the coordination of troops in various base areas, the Kwantung Army, which had moved south for reinforcements, was delayed in the follow-up return to the Kwantung region.

Third, it is necessary to continue to prepare in advance for the follow-up operations of the Iron Triangle Group Army in the direction of the Great Khing'an Mountains, prepare combat equipment, corresponding environmental materials, logistical preparations, and military exercises and training.

Kong Jie's side continued to prepare in an orderly manner, while the outside world was surging.

One thing was indeed in Kong Jie's guess, but it was beyond his expectations.

Due to some butterfly effects, the Eighth Route Army was obviously much stronger than it was at the same time, which led to a sharp increase in the pressure on the Japanese army behind enemy lines, and many battle plans were completely detached from the original time trajectory.

Kong Jie would never have imagined that one of his difficult old opponents would once again appear on the stage.

Who?

- Ninji Okamura!

For Okamura, who is known as a China expert, after returning to the Sino-Japanese war arena, he once said something like this, "If you use Chinese dialect, it is success and failure." ”

To be precise, for Okamura, it should be Kong Jie, and Kong Jie should be defeated.

How so?

Since he originally served as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura has further pursued the cage policy, pressed forward step by step, and constantly compressed the living space of the Eighth Route Army, and made proper strategic preparations in all aspects.

Even if the Eighth Route Army later launched an unprecedented scale of the Battle of 100 Regiments and smashed the cage laid by the Japanese army in one fell swoop, if the original trajectory was followed, in the subsequent May Day sweep of the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army also paid a very painful price.

It's really hard to talk about who is the absolute winner.

However, Kong Jie, a dark horse, was born, from the independent regiment to the iron triangle in the northwest of Shanxi, and then to the growth of the first independent anti-Japanese detachment in the northwest of Shanxi.

Under the chain effect, the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area also developed rapidly.

In the end, the Eighth Route Army of the Hundred Regiments Battle became the big winner, and in the May Day anti-sweeping operation, the Japanese army was also defeated.

In addition, behind enemy lines, the Eighth Route Army achieved a series of victories, which caused the Japanese army to accumulate quite heavy losses.

Okamura Ninji, who was the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, was responsible for this, and was later simply transferred to Kuah Island.

But who would have thought that it was precisely because of the tempering of a difficult and cunning opponent like Kong Jie.

After being transferred to Kuah Island, with the help of the combat experience of dealing with the Eighth Route Army, Okamura actually ushered in an unprecedented highlight moment, even when the Japanese Navy was beaten by the United States in the Battle of Kuah Island, he was still able to beat the American army in the land battle of Kuah Island, so he became famous.

At this time, North China had been tossed by the increasingly powerful Eighth Route Army.

Starting from the spring offensive of the Eighth Route Army, the mobile troops led by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong penetrated almost the entire Luzhong, and then began to surround and annihilate the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army around Datong and Zhangjiakou.

The Japanese army was almost helpless behind enemy lines by the rapidly rising Eighth Route Army.

The newly appointed commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Naosaburo Okabe, was also helpless about this, and even played the drum in his heart countless times, and simply transferred the old senior Okamura back!

It was probably at this time that the Japanese officers who were still serving in North China profoundly realized how talented His Excellency Okamura, who was the commander-in-chief at the beginning, was so talented that he could compete with the Eighth Route Army for so many years, and even the Eighth Route Army could only shrink into the base area and could not move.

So......

Seeing that all sides of China's dispatched troops are unfavorable in combat, especially in the battle against the Eighth Route Army, it is almost helpless, and now is the time to employ personnel.

Junroku Hata remembered that he was transferred to Kuah Island and almost shelved Okamura's talent.

In the end, Hatatakeroku reported to the Japanese headquarters and applied for Okamura to be transferred to the Sino-Japanese battlefield, bringing the old opponent who was a headache for the Eighth Route Army back to the stage of the Sino-Japanese war.

Not only that, just as in order to welcome Okamura's return, Shunroku Hahata made a special application to the headquarters to transfer troops from the Central China side of the Japanese army, and specially formed a front army formed in the Wuhan area, called the Sixth Front Army of the Japanese Army, under the jurisdiction of the Japanese 11th Army operating in the Changsha area, and the 23rd Army operating in Guangzhou, with a total strength of nearly 300,000 troops.

Okamura was the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Front of the Japanese Army, which was formed for the first time, and the chief of staff was Major General Miyatoshi Monday.

Subsequently, at a military meeting held at the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army.

When Okamura reappeared in this long-lost conference room with a straight face, the Japanese officers present stood up one after another and gave the warmest applause.

The return of Okamura, an old opponent who gave the Eighth Route Army a headache, was like a shot in the arm for the Japanese officers who were already helpless against the Eighth Route Army.

It's as if the backbone of the Lord is back!

Even Junroku Hatatake sighed deeply: "Okamura-kun, seeing you again, my heart seems to have stabilized again, and my right-hand arm has finally grown again!" ”

In the ensuing meeting, as soon as Okamura opened his mouth, it really brought great surprises to Japanese officers such as Shunroku Hata and Naosaburo Okabe.

In his discourse, Okamura talked about the current evolution of the war situation between China and Japan, especially the situation on the frontal battlefield, and the situation in the rear of the occupied area, especially in Central China, against the Eighth Route Army.

It turned out that even though this old boy was transferred to fight on Kuah Island, he was still concerned about the Sino-Japanese battlefield and never relaxed for a moment.

Now that he is back in office, he is still proficient in business.

After re-understanding the mess in North China, looking at the current commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Okabe Naosaburo, who was a little ashamed in his eyes, Okamura Ninji pointed out sharply:

"At present, the situation is deteriorating day by day, and it is imperative for our empire to stabilize the morale of the army and restore morale with a victory of sufficient scale.

However, if you want to put this victory on the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.

In Chinese terms, it may be stealing chickens and rice.

Therefore, there is only one way - to completely defeat the Chinese army on the frontal battlefield first, which is the clearest and most effective way! ”

Okamura, who commanded operations in the Kuah Island area, is well aware of this.

During the war in the Kuah area, if the Japanese navy was compared to the Central Army on a frontal battlefield, then the troops led by Okamura who took advantage of the terrain on Kuah Island and used various guerrilla tactics to engage the Japanese army on the land of Kuah Island were like the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield behind enemy lines.

At first, the U.S. forces fought on two fronts, on the one hand, against the Japanese navy, and on the other hand, they also sent considerable troops to land on Kuah Island in an attempt to eliminate the mountain combat forces led by Okamura.

As a result, he was beaten by Okamura's team in the mountainous jungle of Kuah Island.

In Okamura's words:

"If the U.S. military continues to send more troops to the mountainous jungles of Kuah Island at this time, they will only pay a heavier price for casualties, and they don't know how long and what month they will have to wait until they finally win the Battle of Kuah Island.

But how did they do it in the end?

Knowing that the mountain troops under our command would be difficult to gnaw, they took the initiative to put the main force of the operation on the operation against the navy of our enemy.

Later, the navy was completely defeated, even if the troops under my command were still winning, what was the use? After all, it is still impossible to reverse the fact that the entire battle was lost!

And how similar this situation is to the Eighth Route Army in the currently occupied area, as well as the Central Army on the frontal battlefield!

These eight roads occupy the absolute right time and place, and they are fighting with our army in the vast mountains and jungles, and our army's mechanized combat units are simply unable to deploy under such terrain and terrain, so why should they attack the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings?

It is better to concentrate on the first place, defeat the Central Army on the frontal battlefield in one fell swoop, and even force the National Revolutionary Army to surrender, so that even if the Eighth Route is strong, he has the means to reach the sky, can he still reverse the overall situation of the Sino-Japanese war?

It's just in vain! ”

Okamura, who is a China expert, has a lot to say about this.

"This is the reason why persimmons are soft and pinched first!"

As soon as the conversation changed, Okamura directly put forward his follow-up bold battle plan.

If the Japanese officers who participated in the meeting in this matter are compared to gamblers who came to participate in gambling with different capitals, there is no doubt that Okamura may not be the one with the most generous gambling money, but he must be the one with the most courage, the craziest, and even the one who dares to stud directly.

Okamura proposed: "If we want to completely defeat the Chinese army on the frontal battlefield, or even force the Chinese army to surrender in advance, the first thing is to completely open up the communication lines of Chinese mainland." ”

In this regard, Okamura made a corresponding and accurate analysis based on the gradual deterioration of the situation of the Japanese army as the war continued, the lack of strategic resources, the lack of logistical supplies, and the influence of political and military aspects.

And finally said: "It is necessary to completely open up the main railway lines in Chinese mainland, including the Tongpu Line, Pinghan Line, Yuehan Line, and Xianggui Line, so that the Chinese battlefield of our empire and the main battlefield of Southeast Asia can reinforce each other in terms of troops and strategic materials, completely connect together, and reverse the multiple crises in the political, military and economic aspects of our great Japanese empire in one fell swoop!" ”

What a crazy gambler!

As soon as he participated in this gambling game, he decided to take out all his bets, even his own life, including everything, and completely gambled into it.

The rest of the officers who participated in the meeting were a little dumbfounded when they heard this, and Shunroku Hatata, who had been thinking for a long time, slowly asked, "Okamura-kun, then what do you decide to do?" ”

"Lead the Sixth Front Army and launch the battle to capture Changsha again!"

Then it was the Fourth Battle of Changsha.

However, in response to Okamura's proposal, the senior Japanese officers present were deeply silent.

The city of Changsha stopped the Japanese army here, and sank the sand three times, especially in the third Battle of Changsha, the Chinese army killed more than 90,000 officers and soldiers bravely, so that the Japanese army paid a huge price for the tragic death of more than 110,000 imperial warriors.

The launch of the Changsha operation has almost cast a psychological shadow on the Japanese officers present.

Who would dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they would be able to achieve victory when they launched the fourth Changsha operation?

Junroku Hata was also hesitating, although he believed in Okamura's ability, but Okamura's movements were inevitably too big, and he had just returned, so he was about to make such a big move!

Although Hatatake, Junroku wants to fight a few beautiful battles at the end of his tenure to make enough political capital.

But he also didn't want to take risks.

What if it fails?

Okamura understood what his old senior was thinking, and immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the capture of Changsha has always been the strategic goal of our army, and this is a goal that must be completed sooner or later.

Moreover, at present, the situation on the battlefield between China and Japan is gradually deteriorating, especially the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas, if we do not reverse the disadvantage with a large-scale victory of initiative and enterprising, our army will be completely crushed sooner or later.

And I think the timing is the right time.

Regarding the reinforcements of the Eastern Army to the south, the troops of the Kwantung Army led by Yamashita Jun and Inoue Jun have all been put in place, and with them waiting for an opportunity to fight, the other theater troops of the Chinese army will certainly be greatly constrained.

Second, from the attack on Xi'an to the raid on Yan'an, and then to the outbreak of the Battle of Western Hubei, which attracted almost the vast majority of the attention of the Chinese army, at this moment, who would have thought that our empire would be so determined to suddenly launch the fourth Changsha operation?

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Have we lost the courage to fight for the last time in the holy war?

Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, there is no time to lose! ”

(End of chapter)