In fact, if Okamura and Umezu Mijiro could calm down and analyze carefully, they would have noticed that the August Storm Operation advertised by the Eighth Route seemed to be huge and the battle was not small, but in fact it was a bit of thunder and rain.

The offensive intensity of the units of the Eighth Route Army was also significantly worse than in the past.

-- This time, the main elite troops of Jin-Cha-Ji, central Hebei, and southern Hebei were all transferred to eastern Mongolia, but the eastern Hebei troops were not transferred, and the main forces of the Shandong Military Region were not transferred, which was the main force of the Eighth Route Army remaining in the base camp of the North China base area.

Just in case, once the devils don't want to die, they don't follow common sense to set off a large-scale attack on the base areas behind the enemy lines in North China, and with these main forces, the five Kwantung Army divisions and regiments that the devils have gone south to reinforce are coming, and the base areas can withstand it in a short time.

In addition, in order to achieve the effect of camouflage, the Eighth Route Army also specially arranged some mobile elite armored units, including aviation units, to make frequent sorties, so as to set up suspicious formations and bluff.

But with a little pondering, there is a high probability that you may be able to detect the clues.

It's a pity that there are no ifs!

After the offensive in the south began, the attention of the old devil Okamura, including Umezu Mijiro, was basically attracted.

As for the North China side, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was huge, but after all, it failed to break through the defense of some important cities, as well as the defense of some important lines of communication.

Umezu Mijiro said proudly: "This is exactly the embodiment of the prestige of our Kwantung Army, with the reinforcement of our army, the North China Eighth Route Army is not afraid at all, they can't even break through our joint defense line."

After the war situation in the south is over and the New Fourth Army is completely inflicted, our army will go back and concentrate its forces, and it will definitely be able to eliminate the Eighth Route in one fell swoop! ”

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On the side of the Eighth Route Army, the remaining troops in the base areas were busy launching offensives against the Japanese army in order to bluff.

The generals of the Eighth Route Army, who were still planning their battle plan to advance to the north, as well as the layout in the eastern and western regions of Mengdong, were rare to sit and watch the turmoil in this calm.

Kong Jie was not idle, and was negotiating with people in the compound where foreign guests were received in the special experimental area.

It is said to be a negotiation, but listening to the decibel of both sides, it seems to be a bit like a quarrel.

One of the voices was from General Patton, mixed with anger: "Kong, in the words of you Chinese, you are inevitably a lion with a big mouth, and your price is too low, how can you do such a business?" If you insist like this, I don't think our cooperation can continue! ”

Another voice belonging to Kong Jie came out without being salty: "I said Lao Ba, after all, don't be in a hurry!" As the old saying goes, this good business is negotiated, if you think it's not appropriate, we can talk about it again!

And you have to be clear about what a big piece of cake is in front of you, this cake is not only that you Americans want to eat, I think Britain, the Soviet Union, France and other allied parties have long wanted to get involved.

It is true that China's national strength is weak, especially in the industrial sector.

But it is precisely because of our weak industrial base that the potential is unlimited, and the market we need is simply so large that there is no margin.

In the future, our country will develop, and everything will compete, which is full of business opportunities.

Moreover, our Eighth Route Army lacks almost everything here, and almost all aspects of business have unlimited potential markets.

In particular, after the establishment of our core base, the investment in manpower, material resources and other aspects of the automobile industry, chemical industry, electric power, mining and mining, railways, highways and bridges, as well as a series of industrial construction, is unimaginable.

In such a big market, you can't stand the total amount of each one that you make a little less, and you still make a lot of money.

I really treat your old man as a friend to talk to you about these heart-wrenching words, if you don't want to talk, I can go find someone else! ”

Kong Jie said, he really pulled his legs and left.

The bluffed General Patton hurriedly stopped Kong Jie, and his originally strong attitude immediately wilted, and Baba begged: "Don't, my friend, as you said, there is always business to talk about, let's discuss the specific price and transaction items again!" ”

Kong Jie, who was carrying his back to his back, showed a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, turned his head, and met him.

Add wine and return to the lamp to reopen the feast.

Let's talk about it again!

In fact, the representatives of the British, American, Soviet, French and other allied forces are all cunning old foxes, and this Licheng military competition is not all for the competition.

And it's not just people from the military, for example, Kong Jie's old friend John Sr. led a group of American consortiums to the Eighth Route Army's Taihang, Luliang, Yan'an, and Mengxi base areas to investigate.

Not only arms dealers, but also representatives of various industrial equipment supply enterprises.

For them, the war will end sooner or later, but China, which is in dire need of development and almost empty, is simply a super market full of potential and infinite possibilities.

These businessmen who are ready to see the cracks will not miss the opportunity to make such a fortune.

Smell the business opportunity and come!

Especially now the Eighth Route Army urgently needs to develop industrial facilities on a large scale to support the development of the military industry, the Eighth Route Army wants to control more territory, and the construction of an efficient railway and highway network is certainly indispensable.

This is money in all aspects, especially since the Eighth Route Army is now becoming more and more powerful, and sooner or later it will be able to establish a fairly stable large base area.

As long as you can seize the opportunity, even a pig may be able to make a lot of money.

This is precisely the reason why even a straightforward and heroic soldier like General Patton has to endure his temperament to negotiate with Kong Jie.

It's really moving!

And for the Eighth Route Army, cooperating with all the allied parties and using the resources and technology of the allies to stimulate domestic industry, the rapid rise and development of the military industry is definitely a matter that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army's future construction meeting, Kong Jie once proposed:

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and without convenient transportation to promote the development of commerce, agriculture and other industries, it will be difficult for the economy and industry to rise completely.

Our Eighth Route Army must be thoroughly strengthened, and the base areas must be thoroughly built.

It is necessary to build a high-standard transportation highway to connect the Yan'an production base, Hetao production base, Baotou production base, Daqingshan production base, etc., and finally lead to the defense line of eastern Mongolia.

In the future, our highway network will even cover the north and south of the river.

It is ten times more developed than the transportation network built by the devils.

In addition to the construction of roads, the construction plan of connecting the Baotou railway from Yan'an to the Hetao area also has to be prepared.

First, the completion of these two major arteries will not only facilitate economic development, but also significantly increase military reinforcements.

Including our follow-up combat operations in the Kanto region, we can also use these convenient lines of communication to get more support from the solid base areas in the rear.

If we can do this, is victory still far away? ”

And if you want to do this, it is definitely not possible to close the door and close the country, and the Eighth Route must rely on the strength of the allied countries, especially to make full use of the current special period.

This is a prime time to develop.

The Allied powers wanted a piece of the Chinese market, and militarily relied on the growing Eighth Route Army to contain the main force of the Japanese army.

Naturally, cooperation with the Eighth Route Army is indispensable.

They wanted to get a huge amount of wealth from the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route also needed the resources and technology in the hands of the Allied countries.

Win-win cooperation!

In addition, at the Yan'an Economic Seminar, Kong Jie received a military order from the leaders: "It is not only necessary to use the resources and technology of the allied countries to promote the rapid development of the base areas and troops, but also to ensure the interests of the country in the business exchanges and trade with the allied parties."

There must be no excessive trade deficit that would result in the loss of China's resources to the Allied powers. ”

In this regard, the headquarters said that the talents in the financial field across the country are selected by Kong Jie to formulate corresponding trade plans.

Today's country lacks high-tech industrial products and military products, so it uses some basic agricultural, agricultural and sideline products to balance.

In a word:

"Borrow the power of all countries to build the prosperity of China!"

Kong Jie put forward such a slogan loudly at the meeting.

Of course, the premise of this series of economic development has never changed.

This time, the Japanese army launched a summer sweep against the New Fourth Army in the south, and the Eighth Route Army launched Operation August Storm in North China in response.

The military side has also carried out a series of initiatives:

Under the command of the former enemy's general headquarters, the Eighth Route Army secretly mobilized the Southern Hebei Cavalry Regiment, the Central Hebei Cavalry Regiment, the New Fourth Army Cavalry Regiment, and the Northern Henan Cavalry Regiment to receive armored training under the cover of the Licheng Conference.

At the end of the assessment, they will be upgraded to a synthetic mechanization cluster.

Mechanized infantry, biochemical protection troops, Type 42 light tanks, Type 42 medium tanks, Type 42 105 self-propelled howitzers, Type 42 150 self-propelled mortars, Type 42 155 self-propelled howitzers, Type 43 armored vehicles, Type 42 90 mm anti-tank destroyers and other arms and equipment were integrated to form a new unit - a mechanized rapid reaction force directly under each department, which was assigned to various base areas to assist in operations.

Even as planned, some exposures were actively sought to further attract the attention of the Japanese army.

In this way, the judgment of the Japanese army was completely misled.

Li Yunlong's command post has also been slightly adjusted, and since he assisted in the formation of the rapid reaction force and the armored unit at the headquarters, Lao Li has stepped down from the post of commander of the rapid reaction force.

He returned to the Iron Triangle Army and expanded his troops.

Of course, according to Li Yunlong's old habits, he will definitely not lose himself, and when he left, he did not miss people and equipment.

So much so that Commander Xu, who took over the mechanized synthetic detachment of the Eighth Route Army, had a long pain in his flesh.

scolded Li Yunlong, this kid bastard, and didn't forget to take advantage of him wherever he went.

This is also one of the plans for attacking the south and defending the north this time.

-- The Eighth Route Army's central Hebei, southern Hebei, northern Henan, Shandong, and Huaibei all had large-scale mechanized units similar to the Imperial Army's armored wings, and the plot must have been very large.

The Japanese army couldn't help but believe in the operational intention of the Eighth Route to attack the south and defend the north.

And this cavalry unit upgrade operation can make these cavalry commanders very happy.

When the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Jizhong Military Region went to receive equipment and participate in training, it was like a dream, looking at this and patting that, and for a while even his own war horse was not fragrant.

They only had the 28th regiment of the old army led by Ding Wei at the beginning, and now the regiment led by Lu Dayou has been expanded to the size of the detachment.

Usually like a baby bump, hide in a hidden place for maintenance, and don't let anyone else touch it at all.

Every time I chatted, Captain Lu's head was even higher than anyone else's.

Why?

They have mechanized armored units in their hands!

Well, this time, according to the meaning of the General Headquarters, there are also mechanized vehicles in various cities prepared for everyone in the special experimental area, and the traditional cavalry of the big guys can be officially upgraded and formed into mechanized armored troops.

Look at him, Lu Dayou is still unsoothed.

Thinking of this, Regiment Commander Ma was more active when he took the soldiers to train, and when the training was upgraded, he couldn't help but think that after returning to the base area quickly, he would immediately find a devil mechanized unit to make a move.

The poor devil's mobile elite was basically lost in the battle in the Jiaodong area.

The Eighth Route Army has spent a lot of effort to build a number of mechanized armored units upgraded from traditional cavalry, and I am afraid that it will not be able to find an opponent.

And with the assistance of these mechanized rapid reaction forces.

During Operation August Storm, which flanked the New Fourth Army in the south, the mechanized rapid reaction units of the Eighth Route Army attacked one after another.

With superior mobility, protection and firepower, the devil's outer defense line is as fragile as a piece of tissue paper, which can be broken with a single stab.

In particular, the rapid reaction force that the Japanese army originally had in North China had basically been exhausted, and the conventional infantry could not limit the rapid reaction force on the side of the Eighth Route Army with traditional tactics.

These rapid reaction units have worked wonders in their roundabouts.

After the confrontation between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.

With the help of the mobility advantage of these rapid reaction forces, the Japanese army often fell into the dilemma of having fewer enemies and more enemies, isolated and helpless, and the reinforcements would always be intercepted and blocked halfway.

In particular, the rear transportation lines, as long as they are a little careless, are a little farther away from the heavily defended county towns or communication lines, and they may be attacked by the rapid reaction forces of the Eighth Route Army at any time.

For a while, the Japanese army in North China had a headache because of the constant appearance of the mechanized rapid reaction force of the Eighth Route Army.

Even the five elite Kwantung Army divisions that went south to reinforce were unable to attack, but after all, they couldn't even see the shadow of the enemy.

When the command analyzed the matter, Umezu Mijiro said: "These damn mobile units of the Eighth Route Army are really a headache, Okamura-kun, now I can understand your situation more and more."

It seems that this time our Kwantung Army went south to reinforce, this step is the right step, otherwise I am afraid that North China will be completely upset by these teams of the Eighth Road. ”

At this point, the little devil can be regarded as completely believing that the Eighth Route is building a military defense line in the eastern part of Mongolia for the follow-up offensive in the south.

Under the toss of the mechanized rapid reaction force of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army was busy defending, so how could it have extra energy to continue to attack the major core base areas of the Eighth Route Army against the situation of sweeping the New Fourth Army in the south?

When all this is ready.

Kong Jie said with a smile in the headquarters: "At this moment, it is like the eve of the outbreak of the Chibi War, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" ”