The father of the sword is Kong Jie

I can't think of any solution for the moment, so I can only take one step at a time.

The Eighth Route Army began the second step in a multi-step plan:

Following the path discussed by Kong Jie and his wife Shen Wenyue, the Propaganda Department of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters soon released four documentaries on military topics.

In terms of aviation force construction-North China Eagle.

In terms of production mobilization and industrial construction in various base areas - the rise of China.

For Army and Armor - Land Tigers.

In addition, the Allied commandos and construction assistance experts cooperated with the Eighth Route Army to jointly defend against aggression.

The release of these four special propaganda documentaries, coupled with the huge results of the air raids on the mainland.

The effect was quite shocking, even earth-shattering. Journalists from all over the world, including reporters from all over the world, reported on it and further increased publicity.

In the documentary, on the battlefield behind enemy lines, in the Chinese Eighth Route Army base area, everything from major industrial parks and large machine production lines to small rural workshops producing various materials.

From trains and trucks in large logistics centers to front-line wheelbarrows, there are also various agricultural and animal husbandry bases.

It completely overturned the backward economic image of the Eighth Route Army's past base areas.

The various heavy weapons factories and assembly plants produced by the military industry are in full swing, which reflects the rapid advancement of the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army.

There are also various facilities built by the aviation industry, factory production lines, and various aviation fleet combat records, which are even more exciting.

Documentaries and praises on various Allied aid projects and Allied commando operations were also used to satisfy the Allied countries.

Viewers who have watched the documentary, no matter which country they are from, cannot help but exclaim:

Is this still the backward China in our impression?

If you then place the environment of the Eighth Route Army base area on the battlefield behind enemy lines and in the Japanese-occupied area, such a grand scene can occur, which can be called a miracle in the history of war.

More analysis will then be extended: It seems that the Japanese army has declined and weakened to such an extent. The Eighth Route Army base areas in the occupied areas have grown rapidly. Under the general trend, even the Japanese army may be unable to do anything.

With the help of this propaganda, because of the strength of the Eighth Route Army, even China's international image has been further enhanced.

In addition, the documentary even vaguely proposed the Eighth Route Army's plan to recapture Shanxi, Hebei, Jizhong, Jinnan, Jidong, Shandong, northern Henan, and Huaibei in one fell swoop.

I almost didn't tell Okamura face to face that the Eighth Route Army is preparing to regain the enemy-occupied areas in North China behind enemy lines. Let's see how you respond.

It is said that at the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters in Nanjing, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief Okamura Neiji staggered and fell on his seat after watching these four special documentaries. His face was extremely pale and he could not stand for a long time. Come back to your senses.

Shunroku Hata, who has officially resigned but has not returned to the country for the time being, staying at the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters as a military adviser, looks surprisingly ugly.

The strength of the Eighth Route Army was undoubtedly a slap in the face to him.

This is a further demonstration of his incompetence as the former commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Forces.

The recent victories in a series of battles such as those between Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi seemed like a huge mockery at this moment.

Okamura, who had just taken over as the commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Force and had just developed some confidence, suddenly felt a little confused - the Eighth Route Army was already completely powerful, could the empire really eradicate them completely?

These Tubal forces in the occupied area have been fighting for so many years. The more we fight, the more tenacious they become. The more we fight, the stronger they become. The area of ​​the base area is also getting larger and larger.

Okamura couldn't help but begin to wonder whether China's strategic policy of dispatching troops was wrong from the beginning.

Perhaps from the beginning, the military focus should be on targeting these so-called beggar teams who survive in the cracks in the occupied areas, and they should be strangled in the cradle before they are fully developed.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

When it came time to fight against the Eighth Route Army's Jiaodong base area, Okacun, who was increasingly shocked by the Eighth Route Army's growing strength, tried another trick.

During the previous winter sweeps, the Japanese army attacked Datong and Zhangjiakou with multiple attacks, which resulted in the dispersion of troops and lack of synchronization in time and space. This resulted in gaps in the intersecting troops, which were exploited by the Eighth Route Army, causing a series of disastrous defeats.

This time Okamura learned his lesson.

The plan was to send only three armies, with the Kwantung Army landing from Weihai and advancing along the Wei-Lai Highway to the Haiyang area.

The mobile unit of the Twelfth Army started from Jinan towards Laiyang and then headed south along the Qinglai Highway towards the Haiyang area.

On the last leg, the Jihadi Army and the Armored Army set off from Qingdao and headed towards the Haiyang area. They joined up with the friendly forces coming from the Qinglai and Wei-Lai roads and burned this area to a thousand white places, completely achieving the goal of this battle.

This time the Eighth Route Army's four major special propaganda videos completely scared Okamura.

The old Japanese who thought this was strange even doubted whether the Eighth Route Army had prepared for war in the Jiaodong area early in the morning.

For this reason, Okamura temporarily adjusted his plan to enter Jiaodong.

This old devil attached great importance to his first battle in office. He used the inventory resources of the dispatched army to completely replenish Yamashita Tomofumi's Jihad Army and Inoue Yoshisa's Armored Army.

The 40th Division of Guanchuan and the 13th Division of Chilu were also transferred from the reserve force to supplement the offensive infantry force. In addition, two heavy artillery brigades were specially equipped.

In the direction of Jinan, a field corps composed of the Tanaka Division, the 110th Hayashi Taro Division, and the Sixth Mixed Brigade headed south, supported by the heavy artillery brigade directly under the Twelfth Army.

The Weihai direction consists of the Numata Division of the 12th Division of the Kwantung Army and the Kushibuchi Division of the 25th Division, and is supported by the heavy artillery brigade directly under the Kwantung Army.

Okamura's little plan is to first let the Twelfth Army and the Kwantung Army advance to Laiyang, then launch attacks to the north and east of Haiyang at the same time. After entering Haiyang, they will join the local defenders, and then his main force will move from Qingdao. Set off.

"The two armies can first test the resistance of the Eighth Route Army to see if there are any traps set in advance. Otherwise, I will feel uneasy after all." At the military meeting, Okamura analyzed this.

In addition, Okamura specifically requested that the troops participating in the war should strengthen their field air defense capabilities.

When the Eighth Route Army dispatched strategic bombers and heavy bombers to carry out carpet bombing against the Morita Division's aggressive advance in Guisui, it left an indelible shadow on the enemy's attacking divisions.

To be honest, Okamura no longer trusts the strength of the Army Air Force.

He was worried that once the Eighth Route Army's aviation units were dispatched on a large scale, the air supremacy surrounding the Jiaodong area would completely fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

If the ground troops do not have certain air defense capabilities, they will definitely be passive.

In addition, in order to stabilize domestic public opinion and pressure, this cunning old devil used some tricks: he seized some crashed planes, and then found some Yankees and national troops from the prisoner of war camps to act as pilots, and began to spread propaganda around the world to attack the homeland. The air force has been completely wiped out!

…    The war is about to break out, and both sides are making preparations on their own. On the surface, the situation is calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents.

In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone, the three generals Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, although they could not personally participate in the battle, paid close attention to the evolution of the battle.

Ding Wei said with a smile: "The little devil is getting worse every day. In the end, Okamura is probably the only one who can fight.

It's a pity that this old devil has no skills at all, and he can't take care of such a big mess.

You see, this old boy has been put through a lot of trouble. The battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi has just been fought. He didn't even have time to take a breath, and he had to direct the war in the Jiaodong area. "

Li Yunlong said: "Speaking of which, this old devil Okamura has really become a spirit. After he was transferred away, who would have thought, he was transferred back again. First, he secretly served as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Sixth Front Army. This time, he suddenly changed his identity. , promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Force!"

Ding Weidao: "So, this battle around the Jiaodong area is the first battle for this old boy Okamura as the commander-in-chief!"

Li Yunlong said: "Yes, how about this old boy causing such a big battle? Multiple armies surrounded him, and he seems to want to get off to a good start!"

Kong Jie reminded: "Even the boss once said that among the previous commanders of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, Okamura Neiji was the only one who was cunning and cunning and difficult to deal with.

This old devil and we are old rivals. Not only does this old devil know many of our tactical ideas, he even learned them from us. I heard that he used our tactics to defeat the US landing force in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Of temper.

We want to take the fourth step according to the plan and successfully advance into Kanto. It seems that we need to make complete preparations! "

At this time, when talking about the news that the Japanese army deliberately spread that the Japanese air force had been completely annihilated, Ding Wei mocked: "The little devils probably can't do anything except deceiving themselves and others now. They have a few broken weapons captured from who knows where." Airplanes, if you find some more prisoners to replenish your balance, you have the nerve to say that you have wiped out our aviation fleet?"

Kong Jie said with a smile: "This is easy to handle. We will release the images of the air raid on Nagasaki recorded by night cameras carried by some strategic bombers, and even allow journalists and military attachés from various countries to visit the daily training of our Huangyadong strategic bomber unit.

The best way to defeat lies is to tell the truth.

This time I have to swell the face of this old boy Okamura! "

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Shandong Military Region.

In order to deal with this Jiaodong war situation.

The political commissar, division commander, deputy chief of staff, and Commander Xu from the military region jointly formed the Jiaodong Former Enemy Command. They communicated with the Yan'an headquarters for instructions via telegram and were specifically responsible for the deployment and command of the Jiaodong battle.

Through the information passed back by lurking senior intelligence personnel, the headquarters gathered that in Dalian, Shanghai, Jinan and other places, the Japanese mechanized troops, armored troops and heavy artillery troops were intensively mobilized.

It was immediately predicted that the Japanese might attack the Haiyang area in three directions.

In response, the commander-in-chief smiled and said: "You Jiaodong Military Region has cooked a pot of rice, and now three tables of guests have arrived. You must be prepared. This may be a very big test.

Among them, the first table of guests is from the Dalian area. It is very likely that the Kwantung Army coming is the 12th Division headquarters that you air raided in the Nagasaki area. This enemy came with revenge in mind. Most of them are determined to attack and need to be strict. beware.

The guests at the second table should be the most arrogant. The main force of the Japanese army deployed in the Qingdao area. The little devils on this road are very cautious. It is most likely the main force of the old Japanese Okamura. They are like a cold and poisonous snake, hiding in the grass, ready to attack at any time. Waiting for the right opportunity to spring out and bite us hard.

However, this is also the main goal of our dragnet in the Jiaodong area this time, and we must resolutely eliminate it!

As for the guests at the third table, they are the Japanese army that marched from Jinan to the Laiyang area, and the Japanese army going south. These are your old opponents, but they are just some second-rate combatants. Just leave some to contain them. They have no chance of fighting to the death. Determined, we don’t need to waste too much energy on dealing with it.

This is called encircling and annihilating one, encircling one, and containing one. We must clearly understand the priorities, and we must eat them even if they are half-baked.

Kill them, and the initiative on the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield will be in our hands, which will provide us with a good foundation for our next plan. "

Commander Xu reported on behalf of the Shandong Military Region: "Originally, the Japanese were expected to dispatch three divisions. We assembled the main force of the Jiaodong Military Region in the Haiyang area, including three detachments, the Lao Pi Mobile Brigade, the Lao Han Mobile Detachment directly under Yan'an, and the Lao Xiao Mobile Detachment. , there are also a large number of militias and guerrillas, which may be insufficient."

He then proposed adding reinforcements and expanding the scale of the campaign.

The Yan'an headquarters thought over and over again, and after communicating with the main persons in charge of the major base areas, made the following arrangements:

In the Jiaodong Military Region, it is based on the detachment directly under Commander Xu, the Lao Nie detachment, the Lao Wu detachment, the Lao Ou reserve detachment, the Lao Pi mobile brigade, the Lao Han mobile detachment, and the Lao Xiao mobile detachment.

The newly formed mobile detachment formed by Brigadier Zhang of the Luliang Military Region, the Wang Jinshan Mobile Detachment of the 385th Brigade independently formed by the Taihang Military Region, and the Laoqin Mobile Detachment were dispatched.

Jizhong dispatched Lao Sun's mobile detachment, coupled with Lao Lu's mechanized armored force.

The Jinan Military Region dispatched the Lao Cheng Mobile Detachment, Lao Xu Mobile Detachment, and Lao Du Mobile Detachment.

Lao Yang from Northern Henan personally led the mobile detachment to support, and Lao Yang's detachment from the Shandong Military Region operating on the Longhai line and Lao Chen's detachment from the military region came forward to provide support.

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Lao Yang Mobile Detachment also sent reinforcements.

After these troops quickly arrive in the Jiaodong area in batches, the headquarters will replenish ammunition and heavy weapons through air transport to assist the Jiaodong Military Region in launching this battle.

In particular, the troops of Lao Wang, Lao Xu, and Lao Cheng were specially equipped in order to completely disguise themselves as the Iron Triangle Army and paralyze the Japanese army's judgment.

Kong Jie also spent a lot of money, so he couldn't let the horse run away without giving it grass to eat.

After another battle in Northern Henan, all members changed their costumes.

The equipment of the light machine gun has been fully upgraded: the Type 43 imitation DP28 light machine gun ammunition chain and the universal drum version.

重机枪方面：大量装备43式仿m1919a4重机枪，以及43式仿m2重机枪。

In terms of rifles: Type 43 imitation Springfield rifle - a production line obtained from the United States, our own Type 43 m1 improved automatic rifle.

There are also submachine guns: the Type 43 submachine gun and the imitation Type 54 submachine gun are officially finalized and produced.

In terms of grenades: the old-fashioned ones made in the border area have long disappeared, and the melon grenades of the Japs are not as rare as in the past. A large number of Type 43 high-power offensive grenades are equipped, and the Japs who can explode can be kept in custody.

The decisive superior artillery fire: Type 43 76mm infantry gun - improved from the Type 92 infantry gun, Type 42 47mm flat-fire cannon, Type 43 76mm field gun, Type 43 76mm light howitzer, Type 43 82mm mortar , Type 43 57mm recoilless rifle, Type 43 105mm light howitzer and other standard weapons, almost all are available, and a model elite field detachment has been formally formed.

The strength of the troops and horses is simply exaggerated!