The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Not long after Kong Jie and his party paid close attention to the battle situation in central Henan, the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Military Region welcomed a special guest.

When Duan Peng, the commando commander who successfully completed the mission, appeared in front of Kong Jie with Fang Zishan, it was the first time that Kong Jie truly met this famous anti-Japanese general who had written a strong mark in history.

"Kong Jie, the person in charge of the Iron Triangle Special Experimental Zone of the Eighth Route Army!"

With a touch of respect in his heart, Kong Jie solemnly saluted the military salute.

Fang Zishan's mood was obviously not very high. He returned the military salute and said with some dejection: "Fang Zishan, commander of the Tenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, is a defeated general. He is really ashamed to speak out.

Commander Kong’s reputation for severely defeating the Japanese invaders on the battlefield behind enemy lines impressed me like a thunderbolt! "

Kong Jie shook his head, and his next rebuttal to Fang Zishan was very generous:

"Leading less than an army to garrison an isolated and helpless city in Hengyang, he withstood more than six times the strength of the Japanese army. He fought hard and bloody battles for 47 days without retreating, and finally wiped out nearly 2 Japanese invaders.

If such a battle must be defined as a defeat, I really don’t know what other victorious battles our Chinese army has fought during the entire Anti-Japanese War? "

Kong Jie's words came from the bottom of his heart, but they hardly resonated with Fang Zishan.

After all, the facts are in front of you.

"In the final analysis, Hengyang City was lost after all. The Japanese widely publicized my surrender, and the Chairman also rebuked me in his declaration to the outside world. No matter what the truth is, I am afraid that I will never be able to get rid of my eternal infamy!"

Kong Jie, however, did not take it for granted and said: "Justice lies in the heart of the people. A national hero who sheds his life and blood for the sake of the nation and the country will not be buried by temporary injustice."

The reason why Commander Fang chose to surrender to the Japanese army was simply for the sake of the people in the city and the thousands of wounded soldiers. It was for the sake of the group, for the benefit of the country and the nation, regardless of personal gains and losses. What a shame. Mind and courage! "

"Does Commander Kong really think so?" Fang Zishan looked at Kong Jie in confusion, with a dazed look on her face.

Kong Jie said with a smile: "I, Kong Jie, think so, but all discerning people with some brains think so. At least the old comrades around me and a large number of generals in our Eighth Route Army view this matter this way."

"Thank you!" Fang Zishan said gratefully.

Kong Jie said: "Commander Fang, I hope you will regain your spirit and continue to carry forward the heroic spirit of the Tenth Army in the bloody battle at Hengyang!"

Speaking of Fang Zishan's subsequent arrangements, Kong Jie said: "Commander Fang surrendered to the Japanese on his own initiative in order to preserve the defenders in Hengyang City. Now that we have successfully rescued Commander Fang, the Japanese want to stabilize the morale of the military. , there is a high probability that the matter will be concealed.

It is inconvenient for us to publicize Commander Fang’s situation to the outside world.

As for where Commander Fang will go after the limelight is over, it is unknown whether the Chairman of the General Assembly will recall Commander Fang back and entrust him with important tasks.

In short, our Eighth Route Army can serve as a temporary shelter for Commander Fang, and he can come and go freely! "

"I cannot thank you enough for your kindness, Commander Kong. I will remember this favor from your Eighth Route Army!"

"No, Commander Fang, if you really feel that you owe our Eighth Route Army a favor, why not do something for us while you are here?" Kong Jie climbed up the pole.

Fang Zishan, who was obviously a bit straight-tempered, was stunned. He suddenly regretted the words he had just said prematurely.

"???"

cough cough-

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Commander Fang, don't worry, we naturally won't let Commander Fang do anything embarrassing. We just think about what Commander Fang has learned, especially in Fang Zishan's trenches and frontline battlefield operations." Very insightful.

Therefore, I would like to ask Commander Fang to teach our Eighth Route Army cadres some experience and gains in commanding operations on the frontal battlefield.

I wonder if Commander Fang is willing to help with this? "

Fang Zishan suddenly realized and replied: "Commander Kong, your Eighth Route Army's tactics, especially the guerrilla tactics and roundabout tactics, are really beyond the reach of our national army.

As for some experience and insights on fighting on the frontal battlefield, what I have is only a drop in the bucket. If your generals want to learn, Fang is naturally willing to communicate with each other. "

The matter was settled like this. Kong Jie had already had an idea about Fang Zishan's arrangements after arriving at the base area.

The Eighth Route Army has been fighting behind enemy lines in recent years, mainly fighting guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare and various roundabout battles.

If we really talk about the command of frontal combat, [-]% of them are not as experienced as these Chiang Kai-shek generals who have been fighting the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield for many years.

Leaving Fang Zishan in the base area to teach military command experience is really putting people to their best use.

Even when Kong Jie went to the headquarters for a meeting and talked about it, the deputy chief of staff gave him a thumbs up in admiration, claiming that Kong Jie was a naughty boy who could always put the right people in the right place.

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As time continues to pass, Kong Jie always feels that under the butterfly effect he has brought, 43 years later, the war between China and Japan seems to be becoming more and more urgent.

In addition, many wars gradually deviated from Kong Jie's expectations.

Take the recent Fourth Battle of Changsha and the subsequent Battle of Central Henan.

According to the original historical node, the Japanese army first gathered forces to defeat the Tang Keqin Group in the first theater of war in central Henan, and then continued to advance to the Changsha area, eventually conquering Changsha, and then the Battle of Hengyang broke out.

Finally, we advanced to the Guiliu area.

Kong Jie originally expected this, and even made a lot of preparations in advance.

As a result, the little devil didn't play according to the routine at all.

Don’t pick out the soft persimmons before pinching them.

Mingming had experienced three disastrous defeats in the Changsha battle, but this time he changed his mind and took the lead in attacking the Changsha area. He wanted to overcome the difficulty of Changsha first and defeat Xue Laohu first.

After the Fourth Battle of Changsha suddenly broke out, Kong Jie knew that his plan had been completely disrupted by his opponent.

When Li Yunlong, who had communicated with the Sixth Theater, returned to the base, he brought back news that the old Japanese who the Japanese Sixth Front claimed to be the number one commander was most likely his old rival Okamura Neiji.

Kong Jie suddenly realized it. If the variable on the Eighth Route Army's side was Kong Jie, then the variable on the Japanese side that was passively born because of Kong Jie's appearance was Okamura.

Without Kong Jie's influence, the Japanese army in North China would not have been defeated so miserably. As the commander of North China, Neiji Okamura would not have been transferred to Guadalcanal and then ushered in his highlight moment.

This time, the Japanese army completely violated common sense and overcame the difficulty of Changsha first, and then attacked central Henan. This was entirely a trick of the old Japanese Okamura, who had become increasingly difficult to deal with under the temper of the Eighth Route Army.

At the military conference where he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Japanese Sixth Southern Front Army, Okamura once proposed: "According to common sense, our army should launch an offensive into central Henan first, and then advance to the Changsha area after getting through central Henan.

But since it is common sense, not only do we know this clearly, but the enemy will also know it clearly.

No matter how stupid the national army is, once they know our army's plan, they will definitely make preparations in advance.

How can we still hope for success when the enemy knows everything about our combat operations? "

Moreover, Okamura collected intelligence before the war, and the national troops in central Henan were infiltrated into sand, and it was not worth the effort to deal with them.

If the most powerful Xue Laohu is dealt with first, wouldn't this Tang Keqin be easily captured under the shock of the military power?

In the final analysis, opening up the mainland's communication lines is a strategic goal, but attacking the main force of the national army near the communication lines and plundering the materials and manpower that the national army will not have time to destroy in the future are the tangible and immediate basic interests of the Japanese army. .

Yan Junliu invited Okamura back. In order to cover up his strategic purpose, he first attacked Xi'an, then Yan'an, and finally made a surprise attack on Xi'an.

Then the Battle of Western Hubei was launched, and then the Jihadi Army raided Chongqing.

Then the Kwantung Army attacked the Eighth Route Army base areas from north to south in North China.

After a series of smoke bombs were released, no one could figure out the true intentions of the Japanese army. Xue Laohu was fooled by this. He broke his head and never thought that the Japanese soldiers were fighting fiercely in many peripheral battlefields, so why did they suddenly go straight to him? Is the core defense node coming?
In the end, Changsha fell. Facts proved that the old Japanese Okamura's judgment, determination and courage were right.

For Kong Jie, he was helpless.

No matter how powerful he is, even if he stands on the shoulders of giants, even if he knows many historical nodes that correspond to the wars that will happen, he only has one pair of eyes and two ears.

He is not the Emperor of Japan, and the Japanese's combat plans and deployments will not be reported to him in every detail.

For this grand plan, the Japanese adopted the highest level of secrecy, even silencing the radios of the core troops. Only a few core commanders knew the combat plan. They also followed the example of the Eighth Route Army and created a bunch of fake telegrams, fake serial numbers, fake troops, and even specially released fake soldiers. The news attracted intelligence agents to join the trap.

In the end, even Kong Jie was kept in the dark, let alone Xue Laohu, who was stationed in Changsha, and Tang Keqin, who was stationed in Henzhong.

Take a thousand steps back.

Kong Jie imagined that even if he met the Chairman with the full set of Japanese plans for the Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi operations, he would probably not receive much attention from this information.

Maybe after analysis, this group of people will come to the conclusion that this is a smoke bomb of the devils, or that you, the Eighth Route Army, are deliberately being alarmist.

The little devils are all declining, they are retreating steadily in the Pacific battlefield, and they have suffered repeated setbacks in the Southeast Asian battlefield. How can they still have such ability and foundation to launch such a large-scale battle spanning 9000 kilometers?
Including this battle in Henan.

At the meeting of the Special Experimental Zone Headquarters, when the battle was discussed, Kong Jie proposed that the best foreseeable situation is:

"The first theater can avoid greater losses as much as possible. It is best to successfully transfer the main elite force to the northern Henan area for repairs and continue to contain the Japanese troops in northern Henan and central Henan."

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan lamented: "Lao Kong, you mean there is no hope for the Battle of Henan?"

Kong Jie bluntly said: "It is almost certain to fail!"

There is definitely a reason why the words say this.

"After the Japanese army captured Changsha and Hengyang, the main force had already moved to central Henan. However, in the first theater, even though Commander Tang had received relevant intelligence information, he did not specifically mobilize the troops to actively prepare for defense.

Not only that, the officers of various departments in this theater should be busy with business and continue to be busy with business, and those who should be busy with smuggling continue to be busy with smuggling. They are not worried at all about the war on the front line.

Not to mention little devils, even our Eighth Route Army, with the help of business dealings with Tang Keqin's Department in central Henan, has already known the defense situation of the first theater, including who the commander is.

The Japanese can almost discuss the attack plan with the specific defense situation of Tang Keqin's department in central Henan, coupled with the huge equipment gap between the two sides.

Tell me, is it possible to win this battle? "

Even Deputy Political Commissar Li Daokuan, who visited and communicated with the First War Zone for several days, said helplessly when he returned to the base area to report to Kong Jie: "There is almost no hope of victory! Even the common people in this army are devoted to the Japanese and are helping the Japanese." The Jiang army that went to attack was really unable to hold up the wall with mud!"

During his unannounced visit to the First World War Zone, he noticed that there were a large number of military officers conducting secret business transactions in the First War Zone, and the objects of their business were the Japanese and puppet troops, and they even exaggerated it to the point of being open and above board. Tang Keqin also turned a blind eye to this. Close one eye.

Silverfish not removed?

He himself may be the biggest silverfish.

Maybe behind every smuggling business, there is a contribution from Tang Keqin!
Kong Jie was also speechless about this. He suddenly thought of a famous saying once said by the Chairman: If Tang Keqin could have sacrificed a few years earlier, he would definitely be a national hero.

This guy may be a good fighter, but the party in charge is completely mediocre. He only knows how to mess around. In addition, he can't control his selfish desires and only wants to stuff his own wallet.

...Everyone was silent.

Finally, it was Lao Cheng who spoke: "Lao Kong, let's talk about how to defeat the Japanese's fourth armored mixed brigade and encircle it for reinforcements!"

At this time, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, northern Henan, and western Shandong had successfully assembled in the Puyang area.

There are also the elite Iron Triangle helmeted soldiers who have been preparing for the attack and are resting in the dark.

When these forces gathered together, in Li Yunlong's words: "The enemy's various troops are like pieces of fat, and we will pick and eat whatever piece of fat we see!"
The little devil wanted to take advantage of the victory on the frontal battlefield to loot more military resources and use war to support the war. Hey, hey, we just couldn't do what he wanted. We took the opportunity to pick the little devil's peaches. Let the devil win the battle, but it was also a waste of water. All in vain.

I think our goal in this battle is to keep a close eye on the Japanese transport troops.

It just so happened that the Japanese won the battle on the frontal battlefield and captured the supplies. They must also find a way to transport them backwards! "

Lao Cheng immediately agreed: "Hey, Lao Li, this is a good idea. This little Japanese is making money from Jiang Jun, and we will make money from the Japanese. This is simply a circular chain where the big fish eats the small fish!"

As he said that, the old comrades couldn't help laughing, and then further discussed the specific battle plan...