There are so many questions that you can't figure out just by looking at the map, where to fight first, how many troops to mobilize, how to fight, how to prepare supplies, how the enemy will react, and how to respond to the enemy's reaction.

That's not a military strategist, that's a fantasist.

You can command a battle without relying on your imagination.

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Zhao Gang pondered for a long time on the map, and suddenly woke up when he knew that the cigarette butt was hot, and hurriedly extinguished the cigarette roll that he had only smoked in the ashtray, looked at Pang Yuan and Xie Tian, who were being funny, and asked, "How long can our current strategic reserves support an army to continue fighting?" ”

Xie Tian smiled at Zhao Gang and asked, "You are asking about the 49th Army?" 50 Army? Or the 51st Army? ”

Although these three armies belong to the same 41st Group Army, there are still certain differences in personnel and combat effectiveness; in terms of soldiers and weapons and equipment, the original 49th Army was the most powerful, and the quality of equipment of the 49th Army in Yangquan has been raised to a new level, and even an independent artillery regiment no less than the 50th Army Artillery Regiment has been formed, and a cavalry regiment affiliated to the army has also been established, and its combat effectiveness has been improved by leaps and bounds.

After the independence of Li Changshun's tank division, the strength of the 49th Army and the 50th Army was still in the middle of the match, and the 49th Army's weapons and equipment were slightly superior to the 50th Army, especially in terms of heavy firepower.

Among the three armies, the 51st Army was the weakest, with only about 15,000 combatants, and although its weapons and equipment had been greatly replenished, there was still a big gap compared with the 49th Army and the 50th Army, especially in terms of heavy firepower and baggage troops.

The 51st Army is the original 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Xie Tian did not make much adjustments to the 51st Army, but only supplemented some weapons and equipment to the 51st Army, at least to ensure that the original Eighth Route Army soldiers had a minimum equipment standard of one gun, and the ammunition was more than the original.

In terms of the growth of the 51st Army's own combat effectiveness, their combat effectiveness before and after its reorganization into the 10th Theater has made a qualitative leap, but it is still not on the same level as the 49th Army and the 50th Army.

Hearing Xie Tian's inquiry, Zhao Gang looked at Xie Tian and smiled bitterly: "It's still the 51st Army, the 51st Army is also my maiden family, and they also need to achieve one or two brilliant victories." ”

Xie Tian laughed and gave Zhao Gang a thumbs up: "Old Zhao, that's right." Lao Tzu was not eccentric, and deliberately did not improve the quality of the equipment of the 51st Army. If I transfer these equipment to the 51st Army, I can improve the combat effectiveness of the 51st Army in a short period of time, but I think my eldest brother will not be able to hang his face when he accepts these equipment. If you want to equip it, you have to fight it yourself, so that the waist board will be hard when you use it. ”

Zhao Gang smiled bitterly: "I understand, so the 51st Army has been holding back its strength to fight a big battle, but the battle of Niangziguan has been like this again, although the results of the battle are eye-catching, but I always feel a little invincible." ”

Xie Tian laughed: "Lao Zhao, Lao Tzu doesn't care if he wins or not, what Lao Tzu wants is the result." A word for you: no matter whether the cat is white or black, as long as it can catch the mouse, it is a good cat. ”

Zhao Gang raised his eyebrows and repeated Xie Tian's words, of course he didn't know that Xie Tian's words were plagiarized again.

Pang Yuan was also shocked, pondered this sentence seriously, and said to Zhao Gang with a smile: "Zhao Gang, this is Baoqing's consistent style, shameless, but practical." ”

Xie Tian looked at Pang Yuan speechlessly and asked, "Brother Pang, you're not scolding me, are you?" ”

Pang Yuan laughed and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Xie Tian raised his hand and surrendered: "Yes, I can't fight you, let's get down to business." ”

Xie Tian looked at Zhao Gang and said, "If it is only for the 51st Army to fight, then our strategic reserve should be able to fight for about half a year." ”

Zhao Gang was taken aback: "So much? ”

To support an army to continue fighting for about half a year, it would require a huge amount of supplies.

Pang Yuan said with a smile: "Baoqing is an expert in collecting money, robbery, kidnapping, and extortion are all expert level, I haven't seen Chief He and the allied delegation come to Taiyuan to take a turn, and he has taken all the planes escorted by others for himself." In this way, he refused to give up, and forcibly pulled out the equipment of a division from the hands of the allies. ”

Xie Tian laughed: "I heard it this time, and he was scolding me." ”

The laughter in the house alarmed the two women in the courtyard, and they walked back curiously, holding their arms.

Zhao Gang said with a smile: "Since we have so many strategic reserves, then I won't deduct the noose." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Gang stretched out his hand and pointed at Jingcheng and said: "My opinion is to drill Jingcheng first, which is also a strategic point between North China and Shanxi, and is also one of the important coal producing areas. Laying down the well is tantamount to cutting off an important coal production base of the Japanese army, which can exert a certain degree of pressure on the military production in the Japanese theater, and they can only transfer coal from the coal-producing areas of Kailuan, Datong, and Henan Province to supply the needs of North China, and the efficiency will be greatly reduced. ”

Xie Tian nodded, and looked at Pang Yuan with a smile: "Brother Pang, shouldn't you, the director of the camp, also give Fu Zuoyi an order, don't expect them to take Datong, as long as they can destroy the devil's transportation line and make Datong's coal unable to be transported." ”

Pang Yuan snorted: "It seems that I can only skip Yan Xishan and give an order to Fu Zuoyi directly." ”

Xie Tian smiled and nodded and looked at Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, you go on." ”

Xie Tian, Pang Yuan, and Zhao Gang didn't know that the decision they made around the round table directly caused Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi to turn against each other, and the two had a long-standing grudge, and this matter was just a guide.

However, it is also a match made in heaven, and it has achieved thanks, which is not mentioned for the time being.

Zhao Gang nodded and continued: "We have three advantages to drilling wells. First, to seize resources, to strengthen our military industrial system, and to weaken the strength of the Japanese North China Army; second, pointing to the Jizhong Plain, which can relieve the pressure on the brother troops of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan who insisted on the War of Resistance; Third, the 49th Army and the 51st Army of our department have just regained Niangzi Guanyangquan, and their morale is booming, and at the same time, these two divisions are just assembled on the front line of Niangzi Guanyangquan. ”

Xie Tian smiled and nodded: "Fourth, as soon as the guns go off, the peace talks brokered by the little devils fall apart, no matter what the Soviets think, the Chongqing government will definitely launch a large-scale counteroffensive under the pressure of the Americans, if my expectations are correct, the Chongqing government should be the first to attack Wuhan, if it can successfully recover Wuhan, the Nanjing government will be within the range of the Chongqing government's artillery." ”

Zhao Gang became excited: "If the Chongqing government also moves, then our 50th Army can also take the opportunity to attack Baoding out of Pingxingguan, and point to Pingjin, and the brother troops who fought behind the enemy lines in Jin, Lu, and Henan will definitely take the opportunity to create chaos for the devils, and this big chess game will all be moved, which is a strategic counteroffensive in the real sense." ”

Xie Tian smiled and patted Zhao Gang's hand: "How about it, let's play this game of chess together and beat him up as a son of a bitch." ”

Zhao Gang nodded without hesitation: "Okay." ”