Fu Zuoyi returned to the Taiyuan Theater Headquarters with great interest, Xie Tian, Zhao Gang, Xu Shiyou and other seven or eight people were discussing around the sand table in the combat command room, and when they saw Fu Zuoyi striding in, Xie Tian smiled and greeted him.

"I thought you'd have to come back tomorrow."

Fu Zuoyi shook hands with Xie Tian with a smile: "I pondered that the commander-in-chief would make a big move, with the commander-in-chief's combat efficiency, I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up if it was too late." ”

People laughed, this sentence of flattery has no trace, but it is a true portrayal of Xie Tian's personal command of the operation, including the fight against Taiyuan, Pang Yuan urgently mobilized all troops to rush to Taiyuan, but the fastest Li Changshun armored infantry regiment did not catch up with the battle to liberate Taiyuan, and was transferred to seize the periphery halfway.

A few people simply greeted and returned to the sand table, Xie Tian took the baton and said: "Yisheng came back at the right time, so we don't have to repeat the discussion." ”

Xie Tian looked at Fu Zuoyi and said: "According to the information sent back by Gao Erxiao, Gangcun Ningji was dismissed from the post of commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army by the Japanese Army Headquarters because of the disadvantage of the operation, and temporarily performed the duties of commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army before the successor arrived. ”

Fu Zuoyi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Great, this old bastard has finally been taken off." ”

Xie Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not necessarily a good thing." Gangcun Ningji is good at maintaining stability, and the battle of attacking cities and grabbing large groups is his shortcoming, so he has been repeatedly frustrated in several encounters with us. At present, we do not know who will succeed him as commander-in-chief of the North China Front, but one thing is certain, this person must be a general in the Japanese army who can fight tough battles, and he should not be taken lightly. ”

Zhao Gang added on the side: "According to our analysis, there are two candidates who are most likely to succeed Gangmura Ningji, one is Yamada Otozo, who has served in the Kwantung Army for a long time, and is currently the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force Cluster, and it is very likely that he will command the North China Front Army in a unified manner." The other is Terauchi Shouichi, the eldest son of former Japanese Prime Minister Masaki Terauchi, hereditary earl, and the current commander-in-chief of Japan's Southern Army. Both men are good at group combat. We analyze that it is more likely that Yamada Otozo will succeed Gangmura Ninji, which will be conducive to mobilizing the Central China Front and the North China Front to fight together. ”

Fu Zuoyi nodded: "I've heard of these two people, they are both hardline factions of the Japanese military. ”

Xie Tian smiled and said: "No matter who they are and how tough they are, they have to rely on their strength to speak." Gangcun Ningci's current mess is not something that can be cleaned up by one person, so I decided to take the initiative to attack during the period before their handover, the goal of your 42nd Group Army is Pingjin, first take Baoding, and then attack Bazhou, and enter Langfang to cut off the connection between Pingjin and Pingjin. ”

Xie Tian looked at Xu Shiyou and said: "Big brother, your 41st Group Army is divided into three routes, the 51st Army will attack Shijiazhuang, the 50th Army will cooperate with the 42nd Group Army to attack Hejian and Cangzhou after recovering Baoding, and the Tank Division of the Group Army will cooperate with the 49th Army to take Anyang and Handan, and join the 50th Army along the old road of the Yellow River. ”

Xu Shiyou grinned and said, "Baoqing, the forces of our 42nd Army are too scattered, and even if we can defeat these places, it will be difficult to hold them." ”

Xie Tian smiled: "Who told you to keep it?" ”

Xu Shiyou was a little confused: "Don't you want to beat it?" ”

Xie Tian nodded: "Yes, we just fight, concentrate superior forces to annihilate the living forces of the devils, carry out a predatory attack, plunder the strategic resources of the little devils, take away everything that can be taken away, and distribute to the local people on the spot what can't be taken away, and destroy all the things that can't be handled." As for whether this empty city will be occupied by devils or by the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, and guerrilla forces, we don't care. The devil has only one brigade at the most deployed in one city and one place, and the least is only one wing or even a brigade, so we don't have to worry about him if he can't move, go around and fight those soft persimmons, and leave after the fight, so as not to create an opportunity for the devil to encircle and annihilate. ”

Xu Shiyou was stunned for a long time and smiled: "If the devil troops are assembled, should we use cluster bombs again?" ”

People burst into laughter, everyone has seen the power of cluster bombs, and Gangcun Ningji was so frightened by cluster bombs that he didn't dare to assemble his troops, but the troops dispersed and gave Xie Tian a chance to break through.

If you don't dare to assemble, I dare to assemble.

Lao Tzu just wants to bully you and concentrate superior forces to beat you.

What about an army beating you and a wing, you bite me?

Xie Tian said with a smile: "The 49th Army and the Tank Division have high mobility, and they concentrate superior forces to surprise the Japanese army, but the Japanese army can't react at all, and they can't figure out our combat intentions." ”

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Don't say it's the Japanese army, even the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army can't figure out our fighting intentions, so you order Qin Fen and Li Changshun to fight with each other, and tell them to feed the war with war, and when the supply of artillery shells and other materials is insufficient, directly send a telegram to the headquarters, and the commander-in-chief will arrange transport planes to give them airdrops." As long as their general direction is to go to Cangzhou to join the 50th Army. ”

Xu Shiyou laughed and said: "Then the whole of North China will be in chaos, let's finish the fight and leave, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army will definitely compete for the empty city we left." ”

Xie Tian smiled: "Then let them rob, we have only one strategic goal this time, that is, to recover Pingjin, extend our liberated area to the North China Plain, and completely cut off the land communication line between the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Japanese army in North China and Central China." ”

Zhao Gang smiled at Xu Shiyou and reminded: "Commander Xu, do you know why the commander-in-chief arranged for your 41st Group Army to disrupt North China?" ”

Xu Shiyou was a little confused, looked at Zhao Gang and asked, "Why?" ”

The relationship between Xu Shiyou and Zhao Gang is also a little delicate, the two originally belonged to the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and now Zhao Gang has risen to become the chief of staff of the 10th Theater of Operations, according to the official rank, he is the same level as the commander-in-chief of the 41st Group Army, but according to the administrative level, he is his superior, if he is still in the 386 Brigade, Zhao Gang is one level lower than Xu Shiyou.

Zhao Gang looked at Xu Shiyou and said: "Your 41st Group Army is fighting in North China, and it will inevitably intersect with the 18th Group Army.

Xu Shiyou came to his senses in a daze, and hugged his fists at Xie Tian and Zhao Gang: "I understand." ”

The Eighth Route Army (18th Group Army) had many base areas in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and had always insisted on fighting behind enemy lines.

Zhao Gang's meaning has been expressed very clearly, the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, that is, let Xu Shiyou get in touch with the Eighth Route Army, and the territory beaten by the People's Liberation Army can be handed over to the Eighth Route Army to occupy.

As for whether the Central Army will come to rob it and whether the Japanese will come to fight, it depends on the Eighth Route Army's own ability.

Thank God for muddying this pool of stagnant waters and making the whole of North China move.

As for how it ended, that's up to the winners.