The secret military plan was kept to a high level of secrecy, and no one knew about it except for the principal responsible persons and high-ranking cadres in the base areas.

Even in the special experimental area, Kong Jie was the only one who knew about it.

It is not that he deliberately did not tell us, in the words of the deputy chief of the general staff: "If you are not in your position, you are not in your own politics, and it is not of much use to tell us cadres."

In addition, the high degree of secrecy in this matter can also be regarded as a kind of temptation, if even our own cadres cannot identify our series of operational deployments, the final plan laid out, let alone the Japanese army as the enemy side. ”

In the headquarters of the Special Experimental Zone of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as Kong Jie arrived at the headquarters, Li Yunlong happily ran over with a photo to show Kong Jie: "Haha, Lao Kong, come and take a look, our Lao Li is on camera again!" ”

Kong Jie was stunned and looked at the photo in Li Yunlong's hand.

I saw that Li Yunlong was also leading a dog out of nowhere, and he was taking a group photo with the delegation of Allied generals, not far away were groups of escorted prisoners, as well as Japanese guns, ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles, and tanks neatly stacked next to him.

The photograph is still a color photo.

Li Yunlong said happily: "How is it, Lao Kong, this photo is magnanimous, right?"

Not to mention anything else, just publish this photo, it is difficult for our Lao Li to think of being famous, and the meaning of this propaganda is completely different, the allied countries came to watch the scene of our defeat of the Japanese invaders.

If that old devil in Okamura saw this photo, I'm afraid his face would be green. ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "If this is put aside a few years ago, Lao Li, if you really send this photo, I wonder if that old devil in Okamura can send the Yamamoto agent team to come and cut you down!" ”

Moreover, the information of important cadres of the Eighth Route Army in all aspects must be kept secret.

Naturally, there is also the corresponding appearance problem.

How good is Balu doing in this regard?

Until now, the Japanese army, who hated Kong Jie so much, offered high rewards for Kong Jie's portraits in major county towns, and they were even hand-painted, and they were not even three points similar to Kong Jie's appearance.

I really couldn't get a photo of Kong Jie.

Okamura, who was eager to break Kong Jie's body into thousands of pieces all day long, didn't even know what Kong Jie looked like.

In addition, under Shi Dahu's operation, there are many versions circulating, and there are all kinds of looks, but there is no Kong Jie's real appearance, which completely confuses the devil.

Later, it also caused a special joke, and the photos in some of the rewards and messages about Kong Jie sent by this devil in different counties did not match at all.

Comrade Kong Jie, who was famous in the northwest of Jinjin, had many different faces for a while.

Of course, with the growth of the special experimental area and the needs of propaganda work, there must be a representative cadre in this special experimental area!

This Lao Li likes to be in the limelight, and Kong Jie naturally has to let some old comrades-in-arms go.

As a result, Li Yunlong turned into a golden signboard in the special experimental area.

Especially his particularly eye-catching head, which has almost become Li Yunlong's unique appearance label.

Back to business.

Li Yunlong said: "Hehe, Lao Kong, guess what? After the battle around the Mengdong defense line ended, the comrades of the 35th Route Army made a special discovery when they cleaned up the battlefield.

This mobile heavy artillery brigade of the Kwantung Army actually brought a chemical artillery brigade with it.

As a result, because we went too deep into our defense line, we didn't have time to run, and we were almost completely captured.

These equipment and materials, including personnel, were all captured by us, and now the devil uses special gases on the battlefield, and there is ironclad evidence of violating the Geneva Conventions.

It just so happened that the generals of the Allied countries were here, but after witnessing this scene with their own eyes, and reporters from all over the world reported on the incident.

Let's see what these little devils have to quibble! ”

The actual situation is that after the relevant reports were thoroughly disseminated, it did cause an international uproar, and various countries in the international community condemned the Japanese side from the commanding heights of justice and morality.

In the end, Umezu Mijiro and Okamura were severely reprimanded by the domestic base camp for this.

It's made these two old devils not depressed.

While the two were talking, Ding Wei came again with an interesting story.

"It's really interesting, to say that there are really a lot of talents in this devil team!"

"What do you mean by that?" Li Yunlong asked.

Ding Wei said: "Just now I went to our cadre teaching department to audit, and it turned out that an instructor with an unfamiliar face was explaining some knowledge about the maintenance and repair of heavy artillery. The details are in place, and at first glance I am an expert in this area.

I don't know what's going on when I talk about it, and it always smells of a small day.

I couldn't hold back the curiosity in my heart, so I asked a cadre, and guess what? It's really a devil officer.

I heard that before this, he was really the brigade commander of the devil heavy artillery brigade, and it seems that he was still a devil major general who was captured by us during the battle on the Mengdong defense line this time. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that there was no look of surprise on Kong Jie's face, Ding Weihu said suspiciously: "I said Lao Kong, could this matter be arranged by you?" ”

Ahem –

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Our Eighth Route Army has always been eclectic and talent-dropping.

This Major General Kubo is obviously such a talent, after Major General Kubo and his heavy artillery brigade were captured by us during the battle around the Mengdong Defense Line.

Mr. Major General is still here with us and will not leave.

People said that I had heard that our Eighth Route Army gave preferential treatment to prisoners and attached importance to talents, and he had a lot of knowledge in the fields of heavy artillery operations and maintenance, and he studied the major in the field of heavy artillery back then.

What does that mean?

I hope that our Eighth Route Army can make the best use of people, find a suitable position for him, and eat together.

In order to express his sincerity, after surrendering to our Eighth Route Army, this major general also served as a commentator for us, introducing some artillery that was missed or captured by the Japanese army on the battlefield.

Not only that, Mr. Kubo even fished out all the relevant personnel of the siege heavy artillery repair and maintenance brigade, the school shooting brigade, the surveying and mapping brigade, and the teaching brigade that were captured by his brigade from our prisoner of war road repair battalion.

After helping us persuade these people to surrender, we also set up a special class of heavy artillery training instructors.

When I heard about this, I immediately told Commander Fu about it, and I poached people, and it just so happened that we were very scarce in the field of heavy artillery.

After all, this devil's special officer who graduated from a military academy is still quite well-established in the professional military field. ”

"Haha, damn it, this kid is really a talent!" Li Yunlong listened to it and clapped his hands happily.

Ding Wei couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I didn't expect there to be such a strange thing in this devil officer!" ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Human nature, now that the little devil is already in the waning mountains, the so-called trees are loose and loose, so who else can speak of people's hearts?"

Kubo abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and went to our Eighth Route Army to re-employ, which is a manifestation of wisdom and foolishness.

In fact, this little devil is shrewd, his old department is gone, if he really returns to the Japanese camp, maybe the battle will be unfavorable that day, and he will be pulled out by Okamura to sacrifice the flag.

It's better to stay on the side of our Eighth Route Army and be happy, anyway, it is not uncommon for the devil to be captured by our Eighth Route Army now. ”

Speaking of the follow-up placement of the increasing number of Japanese prisoners.

Kong Jie's attitude was very firm: "It's true that our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, but as a prisoner, you have to have the consciousness of a prisoner, and you have to lower your head for me."

In addition, our base is not a place for devils to eat white food.

We take care of three meals a day, and we don't treat them harshly.

But you have to work, this paves bridges and roads, opens mountains and rivers, although the work is hard, but it is better to be fulfilling, we soldiers can do the work, what, he is a little devil is more noble? ”

At the meeting of the Political Department of the prisoners, Kong Jie clearly pointed out:

"This is called labor reform! Compared with the Soviet side pulling the prisoners to the frozen ice field to repair fortifications, and not even having enough to eat all day and night, our Eighth Route Army can be regarded as a great benevolence.

Let the devil captives have a job, it can be regarded as washing away the guilt in their hearts, and live a more fulfilling life, you see, maybe they will have to thank me! ”

And that's exactly what happened.

When some of the newly captured little devils were just sent to work at the construction site of the prisoner of war camp, they were still scolding and scolding.

But then they will be surprised to find that the ancestors who had been captured a long time ago did not complain one by one, and even had smiles on their faces, despite their hard work and sweat.

At first they didn't understand it.

Until they are completely integrated into the down-to-earth life, they are suddenly wrapped in a strange kind of steadfastness that can obtain food by labor, the realization of self-worth, and the special emotion of gaining the respect of others.

Oh, yes!

When they were in the camp of the Japanese army, as the side of the aggressor, when did they feel so at ease?

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army is indeed very benevolent, although they are prisoners, they will not punch and kick them at every turn, and humiliate them in every way, but give them quite full respect, in addition to daily hard work, there are even many collective entertainment projects.

Although there is no military salary, I heard that the Eighth Route has never had a military salary, but three meals a day are full, and if you are sick, the Eighth Route Army will also arrange medical personnel for you.

I heard from the newly captured comrades-in-arms that many troops on the imperial army side now can't even eat enough, and the depreciation of the Japanese tickets is so great that the military salary has long been no longer expected.

These devil captives, who have begun to enjoy this down-to-earth life, are more and more determined not to leave.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army also promised that after the end of the war, if the prisoners who were reformed through labor and performed better could be released back to China, and even paid travel expenses.

This is not only respectful of people, but also has a promising future.

For a while, these devil captives, as the excellent free labor in Kong Jie's eyes, really burst out with considerable potential.

Even Xie Baoqing, the head of the construction engineering team of the Eighth Route Army, sighed:

"If these little devils don't fight, they are really good at being workers, they are hard-working and obedient, and they will do whatever they want.

are also workers, and these devil workers can even withstand the workload of ordinary people for two days a day! ”

Kong Jie was also speechless when he heard it, and he deserved to be a livestock nation!

Because of their good performance, some devils were specially ordered by Kong Jie to be released and allowed to return to their original units, but the day they were sent off was a big surprise.

Those little devils wept bitterly, and many even expressed their reluctance to go back, preferring to stay in the base area.

After reluctantly returning to the original army, these captives naturally treated the prisoners well of the Eighth Route Army, and once they were captured by the Eighth Route Army, the news that was not terrible completely spread.

You can eat a full meal at a time.

Just work, no war, no risk of death.

If you are sick, someone will treat you.

There is also a variety of entertainment, sometimes with a meal and even a movie.

After the war is over, you will be able to send you back to your home country......

It is said that in the headquarters, after listening to what a devil second lieutenant who was released by the Eighth Route Army saw and heard in the prisoner of war camp of the Eighth Route Army, General Okamura's face was so gloomy that he could almost drip water.

Murder and heartbreaking!

Not to mention the capture of ordinary soldiers, even some officers who are loyal enough to the empire will probably be shaken by this set of serial punches of the Eight Roads.

Okamura suddenly felt that this was the first time he realized that the Eighth Route Army was so terrifying.

Anger ensued.

Especially the hateful Major General Kubo, who took the lead in promoting work for the Eighth Route Army.

This bastard even went to the Eighth Road to get a job again!

I heard that he secretly wrote some letters to his former comrades-in-arms, telling how safe and superior life was in the base area of the Eighth Route Army!

The more Okamura thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to arrest Major General Kubo and dismantle him.

After calming down, Okamura decided to step further on the offensive.

The summer sweep targeting the New Fourth Army base areas in the southern region has already kicked off in an all-round way.

For the sake of this grand plan, Okamura, with the cooperation of the Kwantung Army, stabilized the Eighth Route Army in North China on the one hand, and gathered a considerable number of troops in the southern region on the other hand, and divided and outflanked and swept away the various base areas of the New Fourth Army.

In the face of the Japanese offensive.

Under the principle of taking defense as offensive, the New Fourth Army actively sought an offensive and used various tactics such as movement warfare, guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare, and interspersed detours to contain the Japanese troops in the south.

On the North China side, the anti-Japanese forces, mainly the Eighth Route Army, responded positively and launched an offensive claiming the August storm to counter the counter-sweep of the New Fourth Army.

The Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army engaged in a tug-of-war around the base areas of the Eighth Route Army and various recovery areas.

Due to the strategy of the Japanese army focusing on defense in North China and attacking in South China.

The Japanese offensive was not violent.

With the assistance of the elite of the five divisions moving south and the Kwantung Army, the Japanese puppet army in North China held important county towns and communication lines, and gradually launched a counteroffensive against some recovered areas of the Eighth Route Army, but it also achieved certain results.

On the side of the Eighth Route Army, the main elite of the base areas had already secretly assembled in the northern part of Shanxi, eastern Mengdong, and western Mengxi.

The current August Storm operation is nothing more than a bluff.

So the two sides are basically in a stalemate, you go back and forth, you occupy the defensive line to fight, and as time goes by, there are winners and losers for each other.