After the end of the battle around the Mengdong defense line, the Japanese army, which suffered heavy casualties, did not have the confidence and courage to gather heavy troops to raid the Mengdong defense line in a short period of time.

Therefore, in accordance with the plan of the former enemy's general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and with the help of the perfect defense of the defense line in eastern Mongolia, it began to continuously assemble troops in the area of eastern Mongolia and western Mongolia to carry out military run-in training of various arms and base troops.

Efforts should be made to complete the running-in and reorganization of the troops of all walks of life in the shortest possible time, and to reorganize the originally scattered troops of all walks of life into a strong division with a high degree of cohesion, execution and combat effectiveness.

Before that, there was a bit of an episode:

The Licheng Military Contest ended successfully.

Take out a big drama presented by the Eighth Route Army to the generals and representatives of the Allied countries:

The Mengdong defense line broke the Japanese army!

At the following celebration party, according to the original plan, the organizer of the Eighth Route Army announced the rankings of various items of the military competition of the allied countries, including the final ranking of the comprehensive score.

It turned out that something went wrong.

Xu Guoan, the chief of staff who was in charge of counting the specific data, found Kong Jie and reported: "Old Kong, the final ranking of this Licheng Military Competition has been discharged. ”

"Oh, so fast?"

Kong Jie asked curiously: "What is the specific situation?" What is the comprehensive ranking of our Eighth Route Army? In addition, in the competition between the bases, which are the top bases this time? ”

Ahem cough cough –

Xu Guoan coughed lightly a few times, and said helplessly: "Lao Kong, this problem appears here, according to our original plan, due to the large number of competition projects held in Licheng this time.

In each of our projects, only the top three will be awarded medals.

Then the champion, runner-up and third runner-up of each event will score three points, two points and one point respectively, which will be used as the final judgment of the comprehensive score and the standard of ranking.

This time it is in our chassis, our Eighth Route Army participants, the base areas participating in the competition must be the most, and there are representatives from each base area, and this time it is a special elite from the base area, all of whom want to compete for a place.

Results ......"

Kong Jie's brain was so active that he immediately realized the problem: "Do you mean that the previous rankings are all occupied by our Eighth Route Army?" ”

Xu Guoan said helplessly: "Yes! That's what happened, basically the top three in each event of the team competition were all won by our Eighth Route Army's bases, and I didn't see the list of participants from the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States, France and other allied forces at all.

In addition to a few individual events, the Allies sent a few legends over and won a few places.

The situation is really special.

Lao Kong, I can only come to you to get an idea! ”

"Forehead ......"

Kong Jie was also very surprised, and the situation was greatly unexpected.

He knew what Lao Xu was worried about, and it stands to reason that the top three in all these projects were basically covered by the Eighth Route Army, which was naturally a matter of pride for the Eighth Route Army.

However, in addition to some propaganda and political purposes, this military competition in Li Cheng was also aimed at further uniting the allied countries and jointly dealing with the enemy.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army, as the host, held such a huge military competition, and international reporters from all sides were still here.

All the awards were won by your Eighth Route Army.

The allied countries, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, France and other Western powers did not even get half of the ranking.

It is inevitable that people will be depressed.

Such a "one-big" situation is not conducive to the follow-up cooperation between the Eighth Route Army and its allies!

In the end, Kong Jie pondered for a while, and after discussing with the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of general staff, he decided to make some adjustments to the final list of awards.

As the host, the Eighth Route Army is naturally far ahead.

However, in other military competitions, it is intended to give up some runners-up and third runners-up to Britain, the United States, France and other allied countries.

Anyway, the specific statistics of the game were done by the Eighth Route Army, and the participating Allied countries did not know much about the specific situation.

After the matter was settled, Kong Jie also used this ranking to make some small articles in private.

What for?

Representatives of the Allied countries were approached and privately and implicitly revealed the matter.

The situation of the actual military competition was clear to these delegates.

I also know that I can't get my own results.

When it came time to announce the rankings, it would definitely not look good.

So when Kong Jie implicitly said that the Eighth Route Army can operate secretly and adjust your ranking upwards, it is natural to get some benefits along the way.

This can make Li Yunlong admire: "If you want to say that you can do business and make a fortune, you have to be your old Kong!" As for our Lao Li, that is, to fight devils, and make some side jobs! ”

In the end, at the celebration meeting, the representative of the Eighth Route Army announced the Licheng Military Competition, the final list of winners of each project, and the comprehensive score ranking list of the allied countries and the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

There are a total of 10 places in the overall ranking.

The first place in the team competition, without a doubt, is the amazing Iron Triangle team that has been involuted in previous years.

The second place is the Taihang Military Region.

The third place is the Jinchaji base team.

Fourth place: Soviet team.

As soon as these words fell, the members of the Soviet delegation immediately burst into thunderous applause and congratulated their families one after another.

Even though the top three were all occupied by the Eighth Route Army, they were the leader among the guests this time, and it is also worth celebrating.

Fifth place: American team.

The members of the American delegation led by General Patton also began to applaud, but their faces were not very good-looking, not because they were suppressed by the Eighth Route Army - after all, there were not many members participating in the competition, and it was normal to be inferior to the host Eighth Route Army, but they were forced by the Soviet side to take a place.

Then it was the turn of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and then the British and French delegations.

Looking at the representatives of the allied forces who were not very good because their rankings were not very good, and their faces were not very natural, Kong Jie smiled secretly in his heart: "Just be content, if it weren't for the balance problem, considering that our Eighth Route Army still has to cooperate with all of you, and the top ten are all occupied by our Eighth Route Army, how can you still have your share?" ”

As for the Jin Sui Army, there is also the Central Army.

The actual ranking situation is not even as good as that of the British and Soviet sides.

But in the end, it was the Chinese army, and it was nominally a friendly army, and the Eighth Route Army was still nominally subordinate to the National Revolutionary Army.

This ranking is too low, I'm afraid the old face of the principal can't hang up.

In the end, Kong Jie and other generals pondered, yes, then rank the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army as tied for tenth place!

After the list is announced.

The representatives of the Jin Suijun and the Central Army froze their smiles and looked at each other, full of bitterness,

Fortunately, after this arrangement, in the end, it was generally a happy guest, so lively.

And with the grand end of the Li Cheng Military Competition.

The entire Sino-Japanese battlefield also ushered in a rare and temporary calm.

Of course, everyone knows that under this calm, a new round of turmoil is inevitably brewing.

In terms of the Chongqing Headquarters, the principal had more and more headaches because of the growing Eighth Route Army, but on the other hand, with the strong Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to contain the Japanese army in North China, Central China, and South China, the pressure on the other national armies to fight was greatly eased.

After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yuxianggui, if it were not for the Eighth Route Army behind the enemy to contain the main force of the Japanese army, the Japanese army would have taken advantage of the victory to pursue.

Maybe at this moment, the devil has successfully opened up the mainland communication line in accordance with the No. 1 operation plan.

Time passed quickly in a temporary lull.

As usual, Kong Jie is busy with official business, and continues to lead the development of the special experimental area.

On the one hand, he kept an eye on the progress of the training and run-in of various units in the eastern and western regions of Mongolia.

You can also take the time to tease your good son Kong Xinguo, who is almost half a year old, and although he can't speak, he can already squeak a few times.

As for Li Yunlong's son Li Shengguo, he is still in his mother's belly at the moment, and there is no movement.

This can make Lao Li anxious, and when he was fine all day, he touched his mother-in-law's belly and muttered: "Lao Kong's son will be able to go to the ground soon, I said Xiao Li, you fight for your father, it almost means something, come out when you should come out!" ”

Xiuqin was amused: "Leader, the child has to be full-term to give birth!" It's not something I can call the shots, it's less than a month or a premature birth! ”

"Yes, yes, I heard that premature birth is not a joke, it will kill you! Our son is the most damn the most, you kid has to be obedient, when will the month come out again, dad is not in a hurry, dad is not in a hurry at all! ”

Li Yunlong smirked, Xiuqin took good care of the family and outside the house, supported him Li Yunlong's work, and coaxed him Li Yunlong's temper, all his Li Yunlong's stinky problems and bad habits were all-inclusive.

Since the two got married, Li Yunlong really didn't have any worries when he went home, and he enjoyed it like a rich man, and the two didn't even quarrel.

When did Li Yunlong, who is used to hardship, live such a life?

Lao Li sometimes feels like he is dreaming: we have really burned high incense for eight lifetimes, and we can find such a good mother-in-law!

In order to better take care of the pregnant Xiuqin, Li Yunlong flipped through the book "Friends of Military Talents in the Two Places" in his hand.

I couldn't help muttering in my heart: Damn, this old Kong is really evil, to say that this book was compiled by Lao Kong with many military cadres, a group of big men with singles, stunned even what pregnant women should eat during pregnancy, what to pay attention to, when to give birth, how to care, all of which are clearly explained.

This old Kong shouldn't be a girl in his last life, right?

The more Li Yunlong pondered it, the more he felt that this was the case.

…… The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Speaking of the training and run-in of the troops in the eastern and western regions of Mongolia.

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "After more than a month of training, the ability of our base units and various arms to coordinate operations has increased markedly.

This will mean that we will gradually move from the scattered and independent operations in the various base areas in the past to the large-scale and large-scale corps coordinated operations in the future.

The form of our Eighth Route Army's foreign war will open a new chapter! ”

As for the situation of the Kwantung Army and the troops stationed in Mongolia outside the defense line of Mongolia.

The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile: "After the last battle on the Mengdong defense line, the devils have learned to be honest and honest, and the devils around the defense line don't even dare to send reconnaissance troops indiscriminately.

The Kwantung Army to the north has completely retreated to the Kwantung region, and the troops stationed in Mongolia are also stubbornly defending the base camp, holding their troops still, the situation in the eastern part of Mongolia is completely stable, and the original recovery area has also been developed into a stable base area by us! ”

Discuss the next step of the battle plan.

Kong Jie put forward his own suggestion: "The Mengdong area is gradually stabilizing, and our troops are training in the Mengdong area, which will inevitably attract the attention of the devils.

That's not what we want to see.

The next thing you have to do is divert the devil's attention.

We can start a new round of military mobilization, and the numbers of the mobile troops originally assembled in the Mengdong defense line can be disguised by our mobile troops in Shanxi and appear frequently.

Create an illusion for the devils, after we have completed the run-in training, the mobile elite may enter North China in the east at any time, or go south to northern Henan, and completely launch the plan of attacking the south and defending the north.

Let's scare the snake first, scare and scare the devil! ”

The soldiers laughed and agreed.

Plans followed.

This camouflage plan to cover the sky and the sea is still in charge of Shi Dahu, the camouflage master of the Strategic Camouflage Bureau of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to completely paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army, not only the mobile elite number of the Eighth Route Army, which appeared in the area of eastern Mongolia, appeared in Shanxi.

Including some camouflaged radio signals, the transfer of the elite of Mengdong mobile to Shanxi, some camouflage phenomena that appeared in the middle of the way, and so on.

As soon as the disguise master Shi Dahu made a move, it was not a joke.

Today, Lao Shi's attainments in camouflage are at the pinnacle.

Including the camouflage defense plan to create a fake Yan'an, it has also been successfully implemented.

After the Eighth Route Army used Jiaodong to go out of the airport and bomb the Xiaori mainland, the Japanese army was forced to be anxious and wanted to retaliate, and tried to send aviation troops to set off at night to carry out air raids on the Yan'an headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, it exploded lonely.

All the bombs were basically dropped at the fake Yan'an base that Shi Dahu used to camouflage with a lighthouse.

The Japanese army hyped up the next day's propaganda that they had successfully blown up the Yan'an headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army directly counterattacked, and in the propaganda there were not only articles with specific reports, but also corresponding photographs, showing the bombed fake bases, and claiming:

The Japanese bombs were so powerful that many birds in the vicinity were killed!

The Japanese aviation unit was nicknamed the bird bombing experts for a while.

As a result, the Japanese side lost face and became an international joke.

…… Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army in Nanjing.

The fact that the mobile units of the Eighth Route Army, which had been trained in the eastern Mengdong area, began to secretly move to Shanxi Province were soon caught by the Japanese reconnaissance department and intelligence department.

Shi Dahu's camouflage work is too well done.

This move of the Eighth Road completely confirms the previous speculation of Okamura and other old devils:

A battle plan for attacking the south and defending the north!

Okamura still has any suspicions, the Eighth Route is training troops in the area of eastern Mongolia and western Mongolia, and the Japanese side has already received the news.

But he could only watch the Eighth Route Army's combat strength rise day by day in the continuous running-in training, and he sighed with admiration.

Okamura, who learned the news, could only put his last hope on reinforcements for the Kwantung Army.

"Umezu-kun, please!" Okamura made a sincere request on the phone.

Umezu Mijiro, who was also aware of the urgency of the situation, did not dare to delay, and after more than a month of recuperation, the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian Defense Army, which had suffered heavy losses, recovered a lot, and he transferred a considerable part of the elite to the south to reinforce North China.

(End of chapter)