Not long after Kong Jie and his entourage paid close attention to the situation in central Henan, the Special Experimental Military Region of the Eighth Route Army welcomed a special guest.

When Duan Peng, the commando captain who successfully completed the task, appeared in front of Kong Jie with Fang Zishan, Kong Jie saw this famous anti-Japanese general who wrote a strong stroke in history for the first time.

"Kong Jie, head of the Iron Triangle Special Experimental Zone of the Eighth Route Army!"

With a touch of respect in his heart, Kong Jie solemnly saluted the military salute.

Fang Zishan's mood was obviously not very high, he returned the military salute, and said a little dejectedly: "Fang Zishan, the commander of the Tenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, is really ashamed to speak up.

Commander Kong attacked the Japanese invaders on the battlefield behind enemy lines, and I was like thunder! ”

Kong Jie shook his head, and then retorted to Fang Zishan's words very generously:

"Led less than one army, stationed in an isolated and helpless city of Hengyang, withstood more than six times the strength of the Japanese army, fought a bloody battle for 47 days without retreating, and finally wiped out nearly 20,000 Japanese invaders.

If such a battle has to be defined as a defeat, I really don't know what other victories our Chinese army has fought during the entire period of resistance against Japan? ”

Kong Jie's words came from the bottom of his heart, but it was really difficult to resonate with Fang Zishan.

After all, the facts are in front of you.

"In the final analysis, Hengyang City was lost after all, the Japanese trumpeted that I took the initiative to surrender, and the chairman of the committee also reprimanded me in the declaration to the outside world, no matter what the truth is, I am afraid that I will not be able to get rid of this infamy through the ages!"

Kong Jie was not impressed: "Justice is in the hearts of the people, a national hero who throws his head and spills his blood for the nation and the country, he will not be buried by temporary grievances."

The reason why Commander Fang chose to surrender to the Japanese army was nothing more than for the sake of the people in the city and the thousands of wounded soldiers, this was for the sake of the group, for the interests of the country and the nation, regardless of personal honor and disgrace, what a mind and courage! ”

"Does Commander Kong really think so?" Fang Zishan looked stunned, and looked at Kong Jie with some incredulity.

Kong Jie smiled: "It's not just me Kong Jie who thinks so, but all the discerning people who have a little brain think so, at least the old comrades-in-arms around me, and a large number of generals of our Eighth Route Army, all look at this matter in this way." ”

"Thank you!" Fang Zishan said gratefully.

Kong Jie said: "Commander Fang, I hope you still have to regain your spirit and continue to carry forward the pride of the Tenth Army in the bloody battle of Hengyang!" ”

Speaking of Fang Zishan's follow-up arrangements, Kong Jie said: "Commander Fang took the initiative to surrender to the Japanese in order to protect the defenders in Hengyang City.

It is also inconvenient for us to publicize the situation of Commander Fang to the outside world.

As for what will happen to Commander Fang after the limelight has passed, and whether the chairman will recall Commander Fang back to entrust him with important responsibilities, it is unknown.

In short, our Eighth Route Army can be used as a temporary shelter for Commander Fang, and he can come and go freely! ”

"Thank you for your kindness, Commander Kong, I have written down this favor of your Eighth Route Army!"

"Don't, Commander Fang, if you really feel that you owe us a favor from the Eighth Route Army, why don't you take advantage of this time to help us do something?" Kong Jie climbed up the pole.

Fang Zishan, who was obviously a little straight, was stunned, and he suddenly regretted what he had just said.

“？？？”

Ahem cough cough –

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Commander Fang, don't worry, we naturally won't let Commander Fang do anything embarrassing, just think about what Commander Fang has learned, especially in Fang Zishan's trenches and frontal battlefield operations."

Therefore, I would like to ask Commander Fang to impart some of the experience and gains gained in commanding operations on the frontal battlefield in our cadre teaching class of the Eighth Route Army.

I wonder if Commander Fang is willing to help with this? ”

Fang Zishan suddenly realized and replied: "Commander Kong, your Eighth Route Army's tactics are clever, especially the guerrilla tactics and roundabout and interspersed fighting methods, which are really beyond the reach of our national army.

As for some of the experience and experience of fighting on the frontal battlefield, what I have mastered is only a drop in the bucket, if the generals of your army want to learn, Fang is naturally willing to communicate with each other. ”

The matter was settled, and Kong Jie had already had an idea about the arrangements after Fang Zishan arrived at the base area.

The Eighth Route Army has been fighting behind enemy lines for many years, mainly fighting guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare and various roundabout battles.

If we really talk about the command of frontal combat, eighty percent of them are not as experienced as these generals of the Chiang army, who have fought against the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield for many years.

Leaving Fang Zishan in the base area to impart military command experience is really making the best use of people.

Even Kong Jie went to the headquarters for a meeting, and after talking about this matter, the deputy chief of general staff also gave a thumbs up in admiration, claiming that Kong Jie, a kid with a slippery head, can always appoint the right person in the right place.

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As the time node continued to go by, Kong Jie always felt that under the butterfly effect brought by himself, after 43 years, the war between China and Japan seemed to be more and more urgent.

In addition, many battles have gradually deviated from Kong Jie's expectations.

Take, for example, the recent Fourth Battle of Changsha and the subsequent Battle of Henan-China.

According to the original historical node, the Japanese army first gathered forces to defeat the Tang Keqin group in the first theater in central Henan, and then continued to raise troops to advance to the Changsha area, and finally conquered Changsha, and then the Battle of Hengyang broke out.

Finally, advance to the Guiliu area,

Kong Jie originally expected this, and even made a lot of preparations in advance for this.

As a result, the little devil didn't play his cards according to the routine at all.

The persimmon is not picked and pinched softly.

Obviously, he has experienced three fiascos in the Changsha operation, but this time he actually changed the normal way to take the lead in attacking the Changsha area, and he actually had to overcome the difficulty of Changsha first and defeat Xue Laohu.

At that time, after the Fourth Battle of Changsha suddenly broke out, Kong Jie knew that his plan was completely disrupted by his opponent.

When Li Yunlong, who had gone to the Sixth War Zone to communicate, returned to the base area, he then brought back the news that the old devil who claimed to be the No. 1 commander of the Sixth Front Army was very likely to be his old opponent Okamura Ninji.

Kong Jie suddenly realized.

If the variable on the side of the Eighth Route Army is Kong Jie, then the variable that was passively born on the Japanese side because of Kong Jie's appearance is Okamura.

Without Kong Jie's influence, the Japanese army in North China would not have been defeated so miserably, and Okamura Ninji, as the commander of North China, would not have been transferred to Kuah Island, and then ushered in his own highlight moment.

And this time, the Japanese army completely disobeyed common sense, first overcoming the difficulty of Changsha, and then attacking central Henan, which was completely under the tempering of the Eighth Route Army, and the trick of the old devil Okamura, who also became more and more difficult to deal with.

At the military meeting when he was inaugurated as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's Sixth Front Army in the south, Okamura proposed: "According to common sense, our army should first launch an offensive in central Henan, and after opening up central Henan, it should advance to the Changsha area.

But since it is common sense, not only do we know this, but the enemy will also know it.

No matter how stupid the national army is, once it knows the plan of our army, it will definitely make preparations in advance.

Is it still delusional to succeed in a combat operation that is clearly known to the enemy? ”

Moreover, Okamura collected intelligence before the war, and the national army in central Henan was infiltrated into sand, so it was not worth spending effort to deal with it.

If you deal with the most powerful Xue Laohu first, under the shock of the army, this Tang Keqin will not be able to capture him?

In the final analysis, opening up the mainland communication line is a strategic goal, but striking at the main force of the national army near the communication line and plundering the materials that the national army will have time to destroy in the future and the manpower for evacuation are the basic interests of the Japanese army that can be seen and felt.

Yan Junliu invited Okamura back, and in order to cover up the strategic purpose, he attacked Xi'an first, then Yan'an, and finally attacked Xi'an.

Then it was the Battle of Western Hubei that was launched, and then the Holy War Army raided Chongqing.

This was followed by the Kwantung Army's attack on the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the north and south of North China.

This series of smoke bombs was released, and no one could figure out the true intentions of the Japanese army, Xue Laohu was a big fool because of this, and he didn't expect that the devil was fighting in many peripheral battlefields, why did he suddenly go straight to his core defense node?

In the end, Changsha fell, and it turned out that the judgment made by the old devil Okamura, as well as the determination and courage he made, were right.

As far as Kong Jie is concerned, he is powerless about this.

No matter how powerful he is, even if he stands on the shoulders of giants, even if he knows the wars that will occur at many historical nodes, he only has such a pair of eyes and only two ears.

He is not the emperor of Japan, and the devil's battle plan and deployment will not be reported to him.

For the sake of this grand plan, the devils adopted the highest level of secrecy, and even silenced the core troops' radios, and only a few core commanders knew about the battle plan, and they also learned from the Eighth Route Army to engage in a bunch of fake telecommunications, fake numbers, and fake troops, and even specially released false news to attract intelligence personnel to throw themselves into the net.

In the end, even Kong Jie was kept in the dark, not to mention Xue Laohu, who was stationed in Changsha, and Tang Keqin, who was stationed in Yuzhong.

Take 10,000 steps back.

Kong Jie thought about it, even if he met the chairman with the full set of plans for the Yuxianggui battle of the devils, it was estimated that this information would not be taken seriously.

Maybe after analyzing it, these people will come to the conclusion that this is a smoke bomb of devils, or you are deliberately alarmist.

The little devils are all declining, the Pacific battlefield is retreating, and the Southeast Asian battlefield is also suffering repeated setbacks, how can they still have such ability and foundation to launch such a large-scale battle spanning 9,000 kilometers?

Including this battle between Henan and China.

At the meeting of the command of the Special Experimental Zone, when discussing the battle, Kong Jie proposed that the best predictable situation was:

"The first theater can avoid greater losses as much as possible, and it is best to successfully transfer the elite main force to the northern Henan region for repair, and continue to contain the Japanese army in northern Henan and central Henan."

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan sighed: "Lao Kong, do you mean that there is no hope for the battle of Henan-Zhong?" ”

Kong Jie said bluntly: "It is almost certain defeat!" ”

It's not for nothing that the words are so certain.

"After the Japanese army conquered Changsha and Hengyang, the main force had already moved to central Henan, but in the first theater, even though Commander Tang had already received relevant intelligence information, he did not specially mobilize troops to actively prepare for defense.

Not only that, but the officers of the various departments in this theater should be busy with business, continue to be busy with business, and continue to be busy with smuggling, and they are not worried about the war at the front at all.

Not to mention being a little devil, even our Eighth Route Army, with the help of business dealings with Tang Keqin's troops in central Henan, has long been able to understand the deployment situation in the first war zone, including who the commander is.

The devil can almost discuss the offensive plan with the specific deployment situation of Tang Keqin's troops in central Henan, plus the huge disparity in equipment between the two sides.

Tell me, is it still possible to win this battle? ”

Even Deputy Political Commissar Li Daokuan, who had been visiting and exchanging views in the First War Zone for several days, said helplessly when he returned to the base area to report to Kong Jie: "There is almost no hope of victory!" A Jiang army that even the common people are looking for devils and helping to attack, is really muddy and can't support the wall! ”

During his unannounced visit to the First War Zone, he noticed that a large number of officers in the First War Zone were secretly doing business, and the object of their business was the Japanese puppet army, which was even exaggerated to the point of being above board, and Tang Keqin also turned a blind eye to this.

Silverfish are not removed?

He himself may be the biggest silverfish of all.

Maybe behind every smuggling business, there is a filial piety money from Tang Keqin!

Kong Jie was also speechless about this, and he suddenly remembered a famous sentence once said by the chairman of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China: If Tang Keqin had died a few years earlier, he would definitely be a national hero.

This guy may be a good fighter in war, but the ruling side is completely mediocre, he can only mess around, and he can't control his selfish desires, so he just wants to stuff his wallet.

…… The crowd was silent.

In the end, Lao Cheng spoke: "Lao Kong, let's talk about how to defeat the devil's fourth armored mixed brigade and plan to surround and send reinforcements!" ”

At this time, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, northern Henan, and western Shandong had successfully completed the assembly in the Puyang area.

There is also the elite Iron Triangle Steel Helmet who has been preparing to attack and rest in secret.

These forces are concentrated, and in Li Yunlong's words: "The various troops of this devil are like pieces of fat, let's just pick up which piece of fat to eat!"

The little devil wants to use the victory on the frontal battlefield to loot more military resources and feed the war with war, hehe, we are not as good as he wants, take the opportunity to pick the peaches of the little devil, and let the devil win the battle is also a bamboo basket for water.

I think the goal of our operation this time is to keep an eye on the devil's transport troops.

It just so happened that the devil won the battle on the frontal battlefield and captured the supplies, so he must find a way to transport them backwards! ”

Lao Cheng immediately echoed: "Eh, Lao Li, this idea is good, this little devil will make Jiang Jun's wealth, let's make the devil's money, this is simply a circular chain of big fish eating small fish!" ”

As he spoke, the old comrades-in-arms couldn't help but laugh, and then further discussed the specific battle plan......