Kong Jie nodded, it is quite interesting to say that these puppet armies.

When he was a traitor to a little devil, he spent all day grinding foreign workers, and his combat effectiveness was really pitiful.

But once he was rebelled against and turned against him, he suddenly came out of the inside of the little devil, and his combat power should not be underestimated.

Among them, human nature is complicated, but there is a high probability that it has been held back for a long time, and the rebound is great!

With the response of these puppet troops who secretly surrendered, when launching an offensive against the Japanese army in North China, it was naturally twice the result with half the effort.

It's just that the main force of the little devils is still there after all, and the little devils in the remote counties and towns that are easy to attack and difficult to defend may not be able to hold it, but the important county towns that are easy to defend and difficult to attack that the Japanese army has shrunk its forces are not so easy to break.

Even if the Eighth Route Army is now stronger, it is not easy to completely break through the defense of these important cities where the Japanese army was last stationed with a tough battle.

And the gains outweigh the losses.

It is inevitable that you will pay a heavy price.

Most of the financial systems in the key devil-occupied areas are now basically on the verge of collapse, and the devils in the city are poor and the puppet army is clanging, and there is no oil and water to fight down.

The so-called best policy, the soldiers who surrender without a fight, the soldiers are not bloody.

It is better to spend more time until the Japanese army is completely crushed.

But it was not a problem to keep fighting with the Japanese army in the base area, so the command of the Eighth Route Army finally adopted Kong Jie's suggestion and decided to secretly mobilize the main force to advance to the north and open up a new battlefield while the base area and the Japanese army were deadlocked.

As long as the main force of the Kwantung Army remains, even if the Chinese dispatch army is defeated miserably, there will still be a trace of extravagant hope after all.

Then put out the devil's last flame of hope to him completely.

……

Li Cheng.

The Allied military contest was still being held in the midst of gongs and drums.

Okamura, an old devil who sits in the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army in Nanjing, has no confidence to attack Licheng on a large scale for the time being, and the only thing he can do is to secretly send some secret agents to the vicinity of Licheng to investigate the situation, and at the same time to find out what kind of situation the military competition held by the allied countries in Licheng is.

"Sir, there are many competitions for them, divided into individual and group competitions, including some basic skills of the infantry and the coordinated operations of various units, the coordinated competitions of various arms, and so on."

Okamura nodded, these are the basic items of the military competition, and it is not surprising that the warriors of his empire have also carried out military training.

Then, he casually asked, "What's the difference?" ”

The officer replied, "Yes, sir, they have some very special projects, including armed infantry swimming, kayaking, and so on.

We even found out that the armored unit of the Eighth Route also added a water project, replaced the wide tracks in the water network area, and built a fast-load pontoon project.

Their artillery even had a project competition trained in swampy areas for the ability to quickly build artillery positions in such a harsh environment.

However, judging from the observations, it is clear that the mastery of these projects is still very poor. ”

When the officer said this, there was still some disdain on his face, a little mockery.

Okamura thought of something in an instant, waved his hand to let the officer leave in distraught, and then called his chief of staff.

After talking about this, the devil's chief of staff pointed out sharply:

"General, I'm afraid this is not good. Why did Eight Roads make specific assumptions about these training programs? Could it be that these cunning fellows are training to strengthen operations in the southern water network area and the Yellow River floodplain?

After all, it was only a battle in the north, and these special methods of warfare were not used at all. ”

Okamura was silent, he wasn't worried about that.

These special training projects of the Eighth Route Army have once again demonstrated the strategic plan of the Eighth Route Army to prepare for the southern attack and northern defense.

Li Cheng, Allied Military Competition......

Mengdong spent a lot of effort and time to build such a solid permanent military defense line.

A large-scale counteroffensive in North China.

Central and South China are particularly noisy and powerful New Fourth Army troops.

All this is constantly impacting Okamura, and the Southern No. 1 operation plan has reached the final stage, and it is expected that the communication line of Chinese mainland will be successfully opened according to the original plan.

If the Eighth Route launches a large-scale offensive at this juncture, it will even paralyze the mainland communication lines that have been completely opened.

Operation Plan No. 1 is bound to fall short.

Thinking of this, Okamura couldn't sit still any longer, and once again dialed the phone of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

Soon after, Okamura and Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, analyzed the battle situation on the Mengdong Defense Line and the major movements made by the Eighth Route Army in Licheng, Northern, Central, and Southern China.

Okamura directly put forward his point of view: "All this shows that the Eighth Route is making preparations for the southern attack and northern defense, and once the Mengdong defense line is completely built, the situation in the rear of North China will basically stabilize.

It is highly likely that the Eighth Route will launch a thorough offensive against the southern mainland lines of communication.

At that time, if there is a combination of those national armies, our Chinese dispatch army will definitely suffer from the enemy, and the No. 1 battle plan will also be in vain, Umezu-kun, if it really comes to such a bad point, you and I will become the biggest sinners of the empire! ”

Feeling the long silence on the other end of the phone, Okamura struck while the iron was hot and said:

"Umezu-kun, what are you waiting for? Are you still worried about the surprise attack launched by the Eighth Route Army on your Kwantung Army? Or do you think that the Eighth Route already has the courage and confidence to invade Manchuria?

If this step can be achieved, wouldn't the Eighth Route be able to fight on two fronts, inside and outside?

I'm afraid that the Japanese Empire will have been defeated and returned home long ago!

Please don't hesitate any longer, the current No. 1 battle plan is directly related to the final direction of the holy war, the ultimate fate of our empire, isn't it enough for us to gamble on everything? ”

"As for the main Soviet side, which you have been guarding against, the main force of the German army has not been eliminated, and they have been taking care of themselves recently, how can they still have extra energy to deal with your Kwantung Army?

Umezu-kun, please don't hesitate! ”

In the end, Umezu Mijiro was convinced, and he agreed to Okamura to send elite reinforcements south to cooperate with the Chinese army to deal with the offensive of the Eighth Route Army in the south and in the north.

……

On the other side, the generals of the Eighth Route Army represented by Kong Jie sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched the little devils fall into the trap step by step.

While continuing to carry out the Licheng Allied Tournament.

This allied competition is quite a bit of a military sports meeting, and it is very lively, not only the leaders of the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, but also many leaders from Yan'an, who will attend the official competition after the preliminary round.

Including Commander Yan, Commander Tang, and Commander Hu from the national army, they also rushed to join in the fun.

The British side sent a high-level delegation headed by General Paresi Hobert.

The U.S. side sent a delegation headed by General Patton.

The Soviet side also sent a delegation headed by General Rotmistrov.

On the one hand, they came to visit the experts they sent to the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and on the other hand, they also wanted to sell some technology, and then to see if the Eighth Route Army could accept some technicians and engineers from exile from China in exchange for labor fees, and they also needed money to form troops.

As for the preliminary round of this military competition, the teams drawn from various units came to come, and it was simply a hodgepodge, some came to the competition, and some came to see the excitement.

When Kong Jie, who was in charge of organizing the competition, reviewed the list, he was surprised to find that a certain detachment of the New Fourth Army even reported for various competitions such as a synthetic mechanized company, a tank company, an anti-tank company, a self-propelled artillery company, a mountain artillery company, a field artillery company, a 105 howitzer company, and a 155 howitzer company.

The crux of the matter is that they simply don't have that many skilled troops in their ranks.

What is this like?

For example, in the student sports conference, a student is actually good at one or two things, but he was stunned and reported all the entries in one go.

What does this look like you're here for?

It's all about the experience!

If you really want to participate in the official competition, maybe when the armored forces compete, the regular team will come over with armored cars and tanks, and our comrades of the New Fourth Army will dare to claim that they are modified armored vehicles when they push two bicycles!

In this regard, Kong Jie could only bow his forehead and sigh: "Not to mention anything else, the courage of our comrades of the New Fourth Army in this competition is still quite commendable!"

Ahem, as for whether it's a shame or not, forget it, that's secondary.

Maybe you can even put some smoke bombs to fool the little devils! ”

This is also the reason why Kong Jie proposed to let the leaders directly watch the final official competition.

It's really hard to watch the chaos of this preliminary round.

There's a lot of fun going on in there.

For example, in the preliminary round, there was a project to simulate the construction of artillery positions on swampy and rotten land.

The Allied countries participating in the competition were a little dumbfounded, and it was the first time that an artillery competition had been held in such a harsh environment.

To the stunned Allied generals, Kong Jie said very solemnly: "War is never fair, and it is never enjoyable, in war, a bad combat environment is the norm.

Not to mention the swamp environment, the harsh combat environment is even more exaggerated, which has long been commonplace for our Eighth Route Army.

After all, wars are never fair, and the enemy will not give you mercy! ”

This is not Kong Jie's bragging, during the Long March, the conditions were difficult and indescribable, and how many experiences and lessons were filled in with human lives.

When the game finally began, the Allied countries were taken aback.

Even in such a harsh environment as a swamp, the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army still used their skilled and excellent operation skills to perfectly build an adapted artillery position in the most suitable position in the shortest possible time, with the help of the surrounding terrain and terrain.

As for the American troops, ahem——, artillery garrison hoes were not properly reinforced, and the ground was covered with mud in the swampy environment, and as a result, the recoil overturned the 155 howitzer directly, not to mention, the shells also hit the Allied observation post.

The loss is training paintball, and there is no actual lethality.

The point is to be embarrassed, and the generals of the US delegation hurriedly turned their heads away one by one, for fear that people would say that it was their American team that was playing in the audience.

In addition, after the start of the tournament, there were many cheaters.

For example, the Soviet side actually sent the legendary sniper Vasily in the shooting competition.

The U.S. side even sent the legendary machine gunner Baslon.

Britain's legendary air combat ace Johnson was also present.

This Lao Li is naturally not to be outdone, isn't it just cheating, who wouldn't do it? directly fooled in secret, disguising Kong Jie's commando team, Duan Peng and his party as ordinary troops to participate in the competition.

What you play is dimensionality reduction strike!

In the end, Kong Jie couldn't stand it, but these elite troops came to participate in the competition after all, and they couldn't let people come here and return disappointed.

So Kong Jie pondered it, and invited these amazing guys to do the competition against the blue side - for example, with a small number of troops such as the commando, directly against a main regiment in a confrontation drill competition.

Or directly besiege a small group of elite troops on a certain hill with a main force and watch the two sides confront.

Otherwise.

Those fierce men who carried heavy machine guns in one hand and transferred the position were like drinking cold water.

A single person carrying a recoilless gun, a single person playing with a mortar metamorphosis.

One person suppressed half a company of ghost snipers.

And those demons who can shoot accurate rapid-fire with howitzers.

Are others still comparable?

This kind of novel challenge project also made those elite troops addicted!

In addition, this Allied military competition can actually be regarded as a weapon display conference of the Eighth Route Army.

If you don't take the opportunity to show off your muscles to the allied countries and show the military strength of the Eighth Route Army, how can you know the power of our Eighth Route Army, which is now completely strengthened?

How can we let you know that China cannot be bullied from now on?

- 105 light mountain howitzers, 105 cannons, 105 howitzers, and 105 howitzers, almost into their own system.

With the unveiling of these weapons, it is natural that the visiting groups of the Allied countries will be amazed one after another.

As a guide, Kong Jie also introduced to the Allied friends in detail:

"Some of these artillery equipment were modified from equipment captured from the Japanese army, and some of them were independently produced and designed by our Eighth Route Army Military Factory.

When it comes to the comprehensive performance.

Whether it is accuracy, range, power, or stability, all of them are stronger than the same type of artillery of the devil.

In addition, we have made special weight reduction to reduce the transportation difficulties of the troops, and carried out a modular design, and also made improvements to the gun carriage to facilitate the towing and transfer of mechanized troops. ”

General Patton exclaimed: "Kong, your Eighth Route Army is really amazing, and it is really amazing that you can build such an advanced military industrial system under such a poor material foundation.

These guns of yours are very practical.

In the special environment of your territory in China to fight against the Japanese army, I think there is no more suitable weapon than these! ”

I heard that these guns were also specially designed with frost resistance.

The Soviet generals had sparkling eyes, and even pondered in their hearts that they would do some business with the Eighth Route Army after the competition, to see if they could also buy a batch of similar artillery from the Eighth Route Army, or get the corresponding military technology.

Actually, it's more than that.

In addition to 105 mm caliber guns.

Howitzers, cannons, plus howitzers of 155 mm caliber also came out in a system.

There are also more secrecy 122 plus howitzers, 130 cannons and the like.

These are the hole cards after the Eighth Route Army's elite advance battle plan is launched.

In Kong Jie's words: "If we really don't have diamond diamonds, we dare to take this porcelain job?" ”