This sudden news did make Okamura and Umezu Mijiro a little dumbfounded.

The Eighth Road suddenly built a lot of construction and overhauled fortifications in the eastern part of Mengdong, and it seems that this battle is still a permanent fortification, what does the Eighth Road want to do?

In recent years, with the increasing turmoil in the Japanese occupation area in North China, the Manchurian region, which has always been the rear of the Japanese invasion of China, has become more and more important.

So after receiving the news, it was almost unanimous that Okamura and Umezu Mijiro immediately thought of the stability of the Kanto region.

Even if the Chinese army in Kannai was defeated, as long as the fruits of the great victory of the Kwantung region could be retained, the Sino-Japanese War would not be a complete defeat.

This is almost the general knowledge of the top of the Japanese army.

Especially in recent years, the situation of the war has reversed, and with the Pacific Theater and the Southeast Asian Theater, the Japanese army, which was originally on the offensive, gradually turned into a disadvantage.

and the Japanese army was attacked by the Eighth Route Army in the area occupied by North China, and the situation was turbulent.

The Japanese top brass has long been aware of the precariousness of the war situation.

On the one hand, an attempt to turn the tide is made through a constantly tried, even gambler's war.

For example, not long ago, Okamura personally started the No. 1 battle plan.

An attempt was made to completely open up the lines of communication in Chinese mainland and reverse the situation of the war.

On the other hand, the Japanese army was also preparing in advance for the final deterioration of the war.

It has even integrated its troops in the country, forming the First General Army and the Second General Army on the mainland, which are used to defend the homeland and for subsequent wars that may be triggered on the mainland.

In addition, the Japanese army focused its political, military, and economic attention on the Kanto region.

The top brass of the Japanese military even conspired that if the war situation deteriorated to the point where it could no longer be done, and it was at a critical juncture where nothing could be done, perhaps a strategic plan of "abandoning the homeland rather than letting go of the Kanto region" could be considered.

After all, compared to the long and narrow terrain of the island, which is wrapped in the ocean and could be swallowed by the ocean at any time, Kanto, with its fertile soil and vast resources, can be said to be full of treasures.

Compared to Day Island, it is really much superior.

…… Umezu Mijiro even shouted: "Isn't this move of the Eighth Route aimed at my Kwantung Army?" ”

However, in the subsequent discussion and analysis, the two devil commanders felt that things might not be like this.

As Umezu Mijiro said: "The Eighth Route Army and the 35th Route Army built this defense line in eastern Mongolia, which seems to be focused on defense, and it seems that they want to use this solid permanent defense line to resist the offensive of our army stationed in Mongolia and the Kwantung Army, so as to completely stabilize the occupied area in eastern Mongolia." ”

However, as soon as the conversation changed, he also had doubts: "Balu has always been good at intrigue and trickery, especially the tactics of attacking the east and the west.

In the Chinese art of war, there are tactics such as hiding the sky and crossing the sea, repairing plank roads in the open, and secretly Chen Cang, and there are also classic examples in the history of Chinese historical warfare.

We cannot but be vigilant against this.

You have to be careful that the Eighth Route uses this move to paralyze the judgment of our army, on the surface it is the defense line of the eastern part of the country, but in fact, it is secretly gathering forces to plot against our Kwantung region. ”

What else can Okamura say?

I had to nod my head in agreement.

So Umezu Mijiro found an excellent excuse: "In this way, in order to beware of the trap of the Eighth Road, Okamura-kun, I'm afraid that I can't immediately go south to reinforce the troops I promised you!" ”

The implication is that Your Excellency Commander, you should first find a way to top it in North China! My Kwantung Army doesn't have the energy to help you for the time being.

Okamura: "......"

"Mei Jinjun, what you said is reasonable, but judging from the current situation, on the one hand, the Eighth Route is building a defensive line in the eastern Mongolian region, and on the other hand, it has made a lot of noise in Licheng, and even revealed to the outside world that it is preparing to launch a large-scale offensive to recover the lost territory in North China.

The map of the Eighth Route is also very likely to be a defense from the north and an attack from the south.

Even with the help of this line of defense to intimidate the Kwantung region, if your Kwantung Army does not move because of this, it may be falling into the trap of the Eighth Road. ”

Umezu Mijiro was noncommittal, but insisted on taking a look at the situation first.

When it comes to the fundamental interests of Xiaori, Okamura can't force it, so he has to agree to it.

The two sides agreed that if the intention of the Eighth Route Army to build this Mengdong defense line was completely determined, it would be to hold the occupied area in Mengdong.

If you cooperate in the offensive in Kannai.

The Kwantung Army immediately moved south to reinforce North China.

……

Unable to receive reinforcements from the Kwantung Army, the South China Front Army did not dare to move at will, and had to maintain law and order on the originally opened mainland communication lines.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain and a purely wasted effort to open up the mainland lines of communication in the front and completely paralyze the lines of communication in the rear?

For this reason, this kid Okamura has been having a very sad time these days, analyzing the battle situation in the headquarters every day, but bad news is coming one after another.

The disastrous defeat in the Jiaodong operation caused the Chinese dispatch army, which could not continue in the continuous war, to begin to recuperate, especially the loss of mobile combat units, so that the Japanese army completely lost the rapid and effective reinforcement of the defense lines in the occupied area.

Okamura had no choice but to apply to the headquarters to transfer some troops from the domestic base camp and other battlefields to supplement the North China battlefield, preparing to strengthen the porous lines of communication and send resources to other battlefields.

As for the combat effectiveness of the supplementary troops, the quality of the soldiers is uneven, and many of them are even child soldiers who have been forcibly recruited from the country and are not up to the standard of age.

Okamura can't care so much about it.

Even if it was to quench his thirst, he could only do so at this stage.

During the period when the three armed forces were resting, the Chinese dispatch army no longer had the spare energy to take the initiative to launch any offensive, and Okamura could only continue to collect intelligence and prepare a defensive battle plan for the line of communication.

Jiaodong area.

Under the influence of the aftermath of the war, the largest puppet army group in the eastern region collectively surrendered to Cheng, counterattacked, and sold the devils in Rushan, Yantai, Weihai, and Rongcheng to a clean slate.

The little devils were caught off guard, and only a small part of the troops were evacuated through the port, and all the others were basically surrounded and eliminated.

The devils ran away, those landlords, bullies and bandit strongholds were all wiped out by the Eighth Road, and the common people finally ushered in spring, pressing the bandits and traitors into the streets of Haiyang County, and also published in the newspapers.

Okamura, who read the newspaper that day, was not lightly angry, but he was unable to carry out military operations.

The hellish battle in Jiaodong is still vivid, so that the Japanese army does not dare to act rashly, and the devils do not want to be slaughtered again in the Jiaodong area.

Okamura could only endure the anger in his heart and continue to rearm and fight, while waiting for news from the Kwantung Army.

Small actions are a few.

Didn't the Eighth Route Army grab the summer harvest?

Okamura ordered the occupying forces to send sabotage teams to blow up or burn down the warehouses in the Eighth Route Army base area and start driving up prices.

Some aviation units were even dispatched to bomb the military bases, warehouses and other targets of the Eighth Route Army in the Jiaodong area.

An attempt to completely disrupt the market in the area recovered by the Eighth Route Army.

……

On the other side, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Licheng was completely lively.

The principal responsible persons of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the 35th Route Army of the major military regions arrived one after another to prepare for an enlarged meeting.

Before the start of the meeting, the generals watched a special special program channel through the special TV set:

Shi Dahu, the head of the strategic camouflage department, appeared on TV, and in the program, Shi Dahu got a refrigerator produced by the Eighth Route Army itself, put sweet potato leaves, coriander, and cabbage sum into it, and found some generals who were captured by devils.

The Eighth Route Army also found a few staff officers here.

The two sides began to comment on the battle situation in the Jiaodong area, betting on whether the fresh vegetables would rot first or who would lose first.

After the results finally came out, Shi Dahu proclaimed in a rather exaggerated manner: "Haha, how is it? In this big summer, in less than a week, the coriander in the refrigerator produced by our Eighth Route Army has not been spoiled, and your Japanese army's Nanlu army has been completely destroyed.

What does this mean? This shows the quality of the refrigerators produced by our Eighth Route Army, which is first-class and good!

What else does it mean?

It also shows that your military commander, General Okamura, is afraid that he is not even as good as this lump of coriander, so he will simply call General Coriander in the future! ”

The generals couldn't help but laugh after watching this episode.

The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile: "It is said that after the end of this program, reporters from all walks of life rushed to report on it, and later gave the old boy Okamura the name of General Coriander."

I don't know what the old boy Okamura looked like when he heard his nickname, but it was very exciting.

Comrade Shi Dahu really has a way of playing tricks on people! ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it.

After the official start of the meeting.

The main responsible persons of the base areas have spoken, what are they doing? Of course, I have to brag, everyone has won a lot of battles in the past two years, and life has been prosperous, and when I came to the meeting this time, everyone dressed up like a newlywed aunt.

In addition, the generals also brought many top-notch military backbones to participate in the military competition in which the Allied countries participated.

In Li Yunlong's words: "There are many gringos participating in the competition this time, and our Eighth Route Army can perform well, grow a long face for our Chinese, and fight for face, so that these gringos can know that our Eighth Route Army can not only win the battle, but also be the world's top in this military competition and military literacy!" ”

Ahem cough cough –

"In addition, it's not our Lao Li and everyone bragging, you see, after the start of this military competition, this champion must be in our special experimental area!"

"Huh, bragging? This is not called bragging, this is called confidence, what we have is this self-confidence! ”

This game has not started yet, and Lao Li directly boasted about Haikou.

Lao Cheng, Lao Xu, and Lao Wang had already formed an alliance to "fight" against the Iron Triangle Group Army, and they were immediately unhappy when they heard this.

Lao Cheng even stood up and shouted: "Li Datou, don't be complacent, you kid, this game hasn't started yet, the results haven't come out yet, and it's still unknown who the championship will be!"

Be careful to brag too early, and the old face won't be able to hang up when the time comes! ”

"Ahh Are you blind and refined? Pig's nose sticks green onions, what kind of elephant do you pretend? Take a broken bow, do you really think you are a flying general?

Just you kid, can you still compete with our Lao Li for the championship?

It's not me Li Yunlong bragging, you Cheng is blind and three tied together, I'm afraid it's not our Lao Li's opponent! Li Yunlong laughed for fear that the world would not be chaotic.

Lao Cheng said angrily: "I will play tricks, Li Yunlong, who has the ability, who is high and who is low, who has the ability, we will see the real chapter under the hands of the army when the time comes!" ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid you won't be blind?"

This pair of living treasures sprayed a pair, and the atmosphere of the whole meeting was instantly pushed to a climax.

After the meeting, in the preparation stage of the military competition, Kong Jie accompanied the old leaders to fight the landlord.

The responsible persons of the major military regions, however, could not sit still, and they all wanted to know about the current top-notch military production capacity of the Eighth Route Army, when it would be possible to expand the establishment of independent field troops, and whether their base areas could build a few more experimental units and get more equipment.

In this regard, the deputy commander-in-chief said: "If you want to know more about it, go to the experimental area and take a look!" ”

……

A few days after the official start of the military competition, Kong Jie received the news.

The little devils in the Jiaodong area secretly made a lot of moves, sent some sabotage teams, and sabotaged the granaries and some military bases of the Eighth Route Army, and even tried to sabotage the summer harvest on a large scale.

Some traders in the Jiaodong base area even used the pretext of scarcity of materials to aggressively raise prices.

The nearby devil garrison then released news that it had successfully destroyed the Eighth Route Army's warehouses and farmland.

Kong Jie thought it was funny, this old devil Okamura couldn't launch any military offensive against the Jiaodong area again, and he could only engage in these small actions that couldn't be put on the table.

Wait until you contact Commander Xu in the Jiaodong area.

Kong Jie learned that Commander Xu had already gained insight into these small actions of the devil in private, and even cooperated with the little devil to get some warehouses and abandoned military facilities and bases, etc., and threw them to the little devils, so that they could use them to invite merit as a result.

Okamura, who received the news, was secretly happy about this, and many rewards and commendations were sent out.

As a result, I waited for a little and a half months.

The news is that the price system of the Eighth Route Army has not collapsed, and the people in the city are well fed, well-fed, and warmly dressed, which is much better than when the little devil was there!

Okamura was suddenly depressed, what the hell is going on?

Tu Feiyuan sent senior spies to investigate, and finally found the problem, the news from the local imperial army: the granary was burned, and it was indeed filled with grain, but it was just dry fodder for livestock, and the military target was the shooting range and training ground repaired by the Eighth Route Army, including some of the so-called summer harvests destroyed, in fact, there were only some rice stalks and wheat straw left.

Together, I'm coaxing the commander-in-chief of Okamura to play!

As for raising prices and destroying the financial system of the Eighth Route Army in the Jiaodong base area, how can it be so easy?

Do you guess what is the standard currency of the Eighth Route Army border area ticket?

- Food!

Food that is directly linked to the bellies of the common people.

After the end of the Jiaodong operation, in order to completely stabilize the situation and recuperate, in addition to strengthening the follow-up defense of the military on the one hand.

Under the instructions of the former enemy's general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the rich base areas of all parties, mainly in the special experimental area of Kong Jie, specially airlifted a large amount of grain and sent it to the Jiaodong Military Region.

With these grains as a solid backing, how can the devils secretly make some small moves, and how can they interfere with the stable prices in Jiaodong?

Okamura, who can only play some clever tricks, can only sigh after all.

Double monthly pass ahem, brothers understand......

(End of chapter)