The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

At Kong Jie's request, under the leadership of the deputy commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of general staff, the generals of all parties gathered at the military meeting of the headquarters reconvened.

Even Commander Fu received a special order to come to the headquarters to attend the meeting.

After the meeting began, the deputy chief of the general staff went straight to the point and motioned for Kong Jie to speak.

Kong Jie's eyes were filled with unprecedented brilliance, and he said loudly: "Comrades, let me tell you a story first!"

It is said that after the First World War, in order to prevent the invasion of Germany, the French side spent a considerable amount of manpower and material resources to build an unusually strong defense line, the scale of this defense line is quite large, it is said that almost the entire Franco-German border is blocked, the quality is also first-class, and it is known as the defense line that cannot be broken at all.

Since having this line of defense, the French have been happy and feel much more secure, and then they have become more and more slack.

As a result, because of a loophole in this defense line, it fell short, and the huge defense line did not play any role, and was directly broken by the Germans!

The story is indeed very interesting, I wonder if the comrades have heard of it? ”

Commander Fu smiled: "I said Lao Kong, you have been talking about it for a long time, isn't it the Maginot Line?" ”

"The deputy commander is really discerning, yes, it is the Maginot Line!" Kong Jie said with a smile.

"Lao Kong, what do you want to say?"

Kong Jie said: "The Maginot Line itself does have many shortcomings, and later it was even implied that those practices that are purely time-consuming and labor-intensive, in fact, are futile, empty and have no practical use.

But truly subtle tactics are never static, they can be used either positively or reversely, and there are lessons to be learned from both success and failure.

Back to the puzzle we raised earlier:

With the growth of our troops and the development of our base areas, sooner or later the originally scattered base areas will be integrated into a unified territory, and the originally scattered troops will sooner or later be integrated into a unified regular armed force.

Then there needs to be integration between the troops, training is needed.

Including our plan to prepare to advance to the Kwantung region, it is necessary to reorganize a large number of troops into elite troops that can exert combat power after running-in, and at the same time, we need to gather troops in advance to the northern part of Jinbei and eastern Mongolia in order to implement the next battle plan.

But this series of actions, the movement is definitely not small, and it is impossible for the little devil not to notice the situation.

So, how can the devils be aware of such movements, but still not suspect that our army is secretly preparing and preparing to advance to the Kanto region? ”

"I understand, Lao Kong, do you mean that we should also learn from the French side and build a defense line similar to Maginot to paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army and achieve the purpose of hiding from the world, right?"

Commander Fu suddenly realized, and then the generals who came back to their senses were also full of surprise.

Kong Jie smiled and said: "The Maginot Line is a derogatory term, how can we use such a derogatory term?" Why don't you change the name and call it the Mengdong Great Defense Line? ”

He said eloquently: "After our 101st Division gradually opened up a situation in the eastern Mongolian region, the enemy situation in that area was complicated, in addition to the troops stationed in Mongolia, there were also the Eastern Army eyeing the enemy, as the front place of the Kwantung region, the eastern Mongolian region may be attacked by the Kwantung Army at any time.

This is a great hidden danger for our 101st Division.

So how can this hidden danger be eradicated?

The French built a Maginot Line to guard against a German attack.

Our Eighth Route Army has built a large defense line in the eastern part of Mongolia to guard against the offensive of the Kwantung Army, isn't it too much?

As for this defense line in eastern Mongolia, we not only have to repair it, but also overhaul and repair it, build three layers inside and three layers outside, and even completely separate the recovered area from the enemy-occupied area, start construction day and night, and repair it with great fanfare.

Take this to show the Japanese army that our Eighth Route Army repaired this Mengdong defense line in order to prevent your Kwantung Army's sneak attack, our well water does not interfere with river water, and there will be this defense line in the future, so don't think about sending troops to the Guannai to sneak attack! ”

Lao Wang took over the conversation and said: "In this way, we are cultivating the plank road in the open, Chen Cang in the dark, and secretly advancing to the Kanto region with the help of the cover of the Mengdong defense line."

Wonderful!

Lao Kong, do you really have your words, how did your head grow? It's just a clever plan! ”

Lao Xu then questioned: "It's just that the little devil is afraid that it's not easy to fool, right?"

Thinking about it from the perspective of the little devil, they have to think, what are these eight roads doing? What is their intention in repairing this Mengdong defense line?

On the surface, the Eighth Route was to build a solid defense line in the eastern Mengdong region and guard against the sneak attack of the Kwantung Army, but the actual intention may not be so.

Most of the fraud here, I have to guard against it! ”

The cadres thought it was true, and it was indeed a fact, and I was afraid that a line of defense would not be able to fool the little devils.

Commander Fu didn't speak, just looked at Kong Jie, looking at Kong Jie's expression sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, he was convinced that Kong Jie must have a backhand.

We can all think of these, since Lao Kong has put forward all the plans, how can he not consider it?

Sure enough, Kong Jie said confidently: "The devil will naturally suspect that there is fraud here at first.

But as the old saying goes, this fake thing is true after a long time.

If we only repair this Mengdong defense line for three or two days, the little devils will definitely not believe it, but if we start construction, we will continue to overhaul and repair, even from July to September, and even at the end of the year?

I can't help but believe it!

Moreover, building this line of defense to defend against the invasion of the Kwantung Army is indeed one of our intentions.

In addition, we can consider from a farther perspective, after we occupy Kanto in the future, can this defense line still be used to resist the attack of foreign enemies to Kanto?

With only a small number of troops, relying on the defensive line to deploy, it is easy to win enough precious time and fighters for our troops to fight in the Kanto region!

Of course, it's too early to say that.

Let's talk about things, after having the Mengdong defense line, this also provides an excellent place and a stable environment for the run-in training of our follow-up troops.

This little devil is newly defeated, and he must be very vigilant that our Eighth Route Army will attack.

However, our troops gathered in the past, just not fighting, that is, to wear down the patience of the devils, and the rest of the time of the troops can be used for running-in training except for repairing fortifications every day.

Train our hodgegasbord troops into a division of steel that can exert its combat power as a whole.

After a few months of training, the combat power of our overall scale troops has been completely formed, and the little devils have lost their sharpness and patience in a few months of torture, and then we will suddenly attack.

The devil is destined to be caught off guard! ”

"Yes, that's the truth, it's a wonderful plan!" Commander Fu took the case: "I'm still worried about this time, originally my 101st Division occupied the territory of Mengxi, but it can still defend steadily."

But since the reconquest area of Mengdong has been increasing, my troops have actually been somewhat insufficient.

Once the Kwantung Army, including the Mongolian Army, launches a surprise attack, I really may not be able to stop it.

With this large defense line in eastern Mongolia, it is just right to resist the threat from the Kwantung Army and the army stationed in Mongolia.

At this time, it is really reasonable to build this line of defense, the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, after a long time, the little devil just doesn't believe it, and he has to believe that we repair this line of defense in order to isolate the Kwantung Army and the garrison army.

At that time, we will take the opportunity to launch an offensive in Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei, and the comrades of the New Fourth Army, including Central China and South China, can also make an all-round attack to contain the Japanese army.

The troops originally assembled in the eastern part of the country also moved south to reinforce some of them with great fanfare.

Is this little devil in the eastern part of the country still worried that our army will pass through the Mengdong defense line and take the opportunity to advance to the eastern part of the country? ”

As the discussion continued, taking all aspects into account, the more the generals discussed, the more they felt that this plan was completely feasible.

Lao Wang sighed with emotion: "Lao Kong, Lao Kong, the classic examples of war in various countries, and all kinds of military techniques in our Chinese history, really let you play clearly."

A few years ago, in the area of Licheng and Lucheng, you played an empty city plan, which was really flexible, and you were stunned to transfer all the people in several cities.

This time, the Maginot Line was also stunned by you! ”

Li Yunlong, who also participated in the meeting this time, was not to be outdone, and immediately said:

"I said old comrades-in-arms, don't worry! We Lao Li still have a plan! ”

"Oh, Li Junshi, please speak!" Lao Wang laughed.

Li Yunlong said: "In order to respond to the plan of the Mengdong defense line, I want to say that from the battle of northern Henan to the operation in the Jiaodong area, after these victories are over.

We can hold an Allied Games in Licheng with great fanfare!

In addition to inspecting the newly formed field mobile detachments, it is also necessary to hold pentathlon competitions with the allied forces, as well as tank competitions, artillery competitions, and air competitions.

It can even be preached to the outside world at the military parade that our Eighth Route Army is ready to further expand the follow-up offensive, further expand the results of the battle, and further accelerate the process of completely defeating the Japanese invaders.

With the Mengdong and Jiaodong operations, as well as the prestige of the local territory on the days of the bombing, I am afraid that the international side will not doubt the truth of our words, and I am not afraid that his little devil will not believe it.

Mengdong exchanged fire with the devils, and various points began to prepare for the construction of fortifications.

After the excitement on the Licheng side was over, the Mengdong side immediately started to build composite fortifications, minefields, light and dark pillboxes, mobile troop stations, and military fortresses, all of which started construction together.

Countries could also be invited to visit in mind.

Air defense positions behind the line of defense, front-line airfields, and fast roads, all for real!

When the devil sees that he has made such a big move in the Eighth Route Army, he must wonder if there is some conspiracy.

Most of the devils will launch tentative raids on various positions, and when the time comes, let's give these little devils a little bit of ruthlessness, so that the devils know that these lines of defense are real.

is to tell him the little devil openly.

Our Eighth Route Army is preparing to defend in the north, attack in the south, and even prepare to recover North China in one fell swoop. ”

Hahahaha –

"Wonderful, it is worthy of being Master Li, it is simply Zhuge alive!"

Lao Wang did not hesitate to praise it.

Li Yunlong's happy eyes were gone.

The deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of general staff, as well as the veteran brigade commanders who also came to the meeting, also had smiles on their faces, looking at Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, these rising stars, they couldn't help but feel relieved.

Now these generals have grown rapidly one by one and can be on their own.

Then we talked about the timing of the battle.

Kong Jie proposed: "When the Mengdong defense line is almost repaired, and the time is almost autumn, just in time for the autumn harvest, I heard that the soil in the Kanto region is fertile, the grain yield is high, and the harvest has always been good.

If we don't go to a few autumn winds, where will we land the big steamed buns? ”

When the words fell, there was a lot of laughter in the conference room, and they all bluntly said that this time was a good choice.

……

When the base area of the Eighth Route Army was full of joy, the Japanese headquarters was gloomy.

The old devil Okamura is still persuading the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, these days, and his attitude is very low, which is almost regarded as a begging.

Then I received news: The Eighth Route seems to be making some moves in the direction of Licheng, and I heard that it is an allied sports meeting, and the Eighth Route Army, the National Army, and the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union and other allies have sent troops to participate.

It's like these forces hostile to the Japanese army are discussing how to deal with his little devil!

Okamura was so angry that his teeth itched, and after the anger passed, he felt a chill in his back.

Something is wrong, something is very wrong.

These cunning Eight Paths are most fond of trickery, and many seemingly mundane events often have conspiracies brewing in them.

I remember that the last time the Eighth Route Army held a big competition for the whole army, it took the opportunity to launch an offensive, and the Japanese army was bruised and swollen.

Especially that Kong Jie, he is really a bastard, and even when he gets married, he doesn't forget to use this to set a trap to trap the imperial army.

Okamura was completely frightened, and he hurriedly ordered the investigators to be extra vigilant against the movements of the Li Cheng side, collect as much information as possible, and judge in advance the intention of the Eighth Route Army to make trouble here.

At the same time, this inexplicable pressure made Okamura speed up the pace of asking for help from Umezu Mijiro.

The hard and soft efforts are all used.

Umezu Mijiro couldn't resist it after all, and finally agreed to Okamura and sent the Kwantung Army south to reinforce North China.

Then, the battle situation in the area of Mengdong suddenly began, and the 35th Route Army of the National Army, which was originally operating in the area of Mongolia, suddenly launched a surprise attack on some defense lines built by the army stationed in Mongolia in the area of Mongolia.

It's just that these surprise attacks came inexplicably, and after temporarily repelling the Japanese army, they did not take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, but stationed on the spot, as if they were hiding some movement in the rear.

It was not until a few days later that the devil reconnaissance unit found out the specific situation, and said in the report that the Chinese army in the eastern part of Mongolia suddenly began to build fortifications on a large scale, and they were very well prepared, and there was no shortage of all kinds of composite fortifications, pillboxes, and hidden fortresses.

Engineer and construction units of all stripes, as well as all kinds of construction equipment and vehicles, are constantly being assembled.

"Judging from the specific situation, it seems that the Eighth Road wants to build permanent fortifications in the area of Mengdong!"

(End of chapter)