The father of the sword is Kong Jie

After the military competition in Licheng ended, an episode occurred that surprised all parties.

A section chief of a confidential section of the Hebei-Shandong Border Military Region suddenly rebelled and defected to the enemy. With the help of the Japanese, he ran to Jinan. The Japanese immediately held a press conference to slander the Eighth Route Army.

But in fact, this confidential section chief, who showed signs of betraying the enemy, had long been targeted by Eighth Route Army intelligence officers.

The Intelligence Department of the headquarters had noticed him a long time ago and was originally planning to eliminate him directly. Later, after Kong Jie heard about this incident, he discussed with the deputy chief of staff and simply kept him temporarily, and gave him the code name Poppy.

——Keep the poppies used to confuse the Japanese.

Then, Kong Jie secretly communicated with Commander Chen of Southern Hebei, Commander Lu of Central Hebei, Political Commissar Luo of the Shandong Military Region and others in advance and decided to use this confidential section chief as a chess piece.

What are you doing?

It turned out that at the secret meeting of the Military World Games, Kong Jie proposed: "We gathered forces and caught the Japanese by surprise at the Mongolian defense line. If we did not make a plan to launch a surprise attack in the Chahar area, the Japanese would probably You won’t be fooled easily!”

"The actions we gathered at the Mengong Defense Line were too big. Just from the Japs' reconnaissance results, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops gathered in the East Mongolia area. The Japs were spying and investigating all day long. They were on tenterhooks. Who would believe that we were just squatting here? pit?

Even if we have a series of actions from North China, we may not be able to attract all the attention of the Japanese.

So we had to make a special slingshot plan.

The first step is to lure the snake out of its hole and attract the Japanese to attack.

The second step is to call the Black Tiger to dig out the heart. After the Japanese retreat, during a short rest, they directly launch an attack on the other side of the Japanese defense line and move towards Chicheng, preparing to drive a nail between Peiping and Zhangjiakou.

The third step is to take advantage of the fire. The troops from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area and eastern Mongolia have crossed the defense line, preparing to cut off the connection between Zhangjiakou and Peiping at the same time. "

During the development of this top-secret operational plan, support from other bases was needed, so the confidential section chief was deliberately informed of the information through a meeting, and then secretly revealed to the little devil.

All plans went very smoothly.

——Doi Yuan, an old Japanese soldier, has been very depressed recently. The military cadres all blamed their intelligence departments for the defeats they fought.

This time, we finally got a big harvest. Through the instigation of rebellion, the chief of the Aircraft Section of the Eighth Route Army actually detected such amazing combat intelligence secretly planned by the Eighth Route Army.

Tufeiyuan didn't dare to delay, so he quickly reported the information.

Okamura did not dare to delay at all, and immediately strengthened the corresponding defense forces.

Umezu Yoshijiro, who had already integrated the Kwantung Army and prepared to go south for reinforcements, quickly ordered to delay the Kwantung Army's southward movement after learning the news.

In the end, a confrontation between the two sides began. The Eighth Route Army penetrated the combat troops in Beiping and Zhangjiakou, and was successfully repelled by the Japanese army who had strengthened their defense forces.

The Japanese army successfully defended the Peiping base camp.

But it still shocked the two old devils Okamura and Umezu Meijiro into a cold sweat.

Luckily fortunately!

If Dofeiyuan's intelligence hadn't arrived in time, once the Eighth Route Army launched a surprise attack, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Shortly after this battle.

Umezu Yoshijiro's Kwantung Army has not yet officially moved south.

The Eighth Route Army suddenly launched a counter-offensive in North China, which was claimed to be Operation August Storm.

All the troops that originally attempted to attack Zhangjiakou also withdrew.

Now Okamura completely believed that the Eighth Route Army was preparing to launch a battle plan to regain North China.

After Umezu Yoshijiro repeatedly asked for help from Okamura, he did not hesitate anymore. He almost tightened his belt and assembled the few remaining elites. A total of five elite A-grade divisions were prepared to bypass Mengdong, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the large defense line went all the way south, it moved closer to Beiping through the Jidong area and advanced.

The plan is to cooperate with the North China Front Army to stabilize the security of the North China Rear Area in one fell swoop.

At the same time, they pushed forward towards the direction of Jizhong, waiting for the opportunity to wipe out the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong base area, forming a sweeping trend from north to south.

Umezu Yoshijiro sits in the Kwantung Army headquarters and conducts remote command, cooperating with Okamura in joint operations.

These two old devils have big plans this time.

According to Umezu Yoshijiro's idea, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Kwantung Army has firmly occupied Kanto and has rarely dispatched reinforcements to China. In recent years, with the growth of the Eighth Route Army, although there have been a few times, the scale has been small. The final result is often failure.

This inevitably made Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, secretly angry.

This time it has been decided to send heavy troops to reinforce the Chinese dispatched troops for combat.

Of course, that was no small matter.

It is necessary to win a few great victories to demonstrate the military power of the Kwantung Army.

Including this time when the Kwantung Army went south for reinforcements, there was a lot of noise, and it was not even covered up at all, as if it was announcing to the world and the international parties that the Kwantung Army was going to leave the country.

General Okamura, who was stationed at the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Forces in Nanjing, felt much more at ease after receiving such elite reinforcements from the Kwantung Army.

But he knew very well how powerful the Eighth Route Army was now.

Even if there are nearly five divisions of the Kwantung Army's elite reinforcements, they may not be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, let alone completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army.

In order to be absolutely sure, Okamura proposed: "If we fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army, and inflict heavy losses on the Eighth Route Army in the decisive battle, or even completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that the army in several aspects will not be able to handle it.

At present, the Eighth Route Army is most rampant in North China, especially in Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei.

And if we want to completely eliminate these Eighth Route Army, the North China Front Army of our China Expeditionary Force, even if we add the five major regiments of the Kwantung Army that are going south for reinforcements, the strength is far from enough.

In particular, these eight-pronged forces have cunning tactics. Once they fail to fight effectively, they will immediately retreat to their base areas and use favorable terrain to launch counterattacks.

There is not enough power to deal with it! "

Umezu Yoshijiro was stunned when he said this, and he wanted to scold his mother in his heart.

In the past few years, when the Eighth Route Army had not grown in strength and was still in its infancy, even a single division of the Kwantung Army might be able to sweep through the major base areas of the Eighth Route Army, let alone such a battle.

Now it was exaggerated to such an extent that when he gathered the elites of his five Kwantung Army divisions, plus the North China Front, he actually had to consider whether he was an opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

Not to mention defeating and destroying the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, the culprit who Umezu Yoshijiro wanted to scold was not Okamura, who was ordered to turn the tide at the critical moment, but the former Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Forces, His Excellency Hata Junroku, who had seen the situation go badly and had taken the opportunity to slip back into the country to serve as a reserve.

Umezu Yoshijiro still admires Okamura's ability and courage.

"So, Okamura-kun, what is your plan?"

Okamura replied: "First of all, with the help of the Kwantung Army reinforced by Lord Umezu, help our North China Front Army to completely stabilize the overall situation in North China, contain the main force of the Eighth Route Army in North China, prevent the Eighth Route Army from launching an offensive southward, and take the opportunity to help the New Fourth Army grow.

Secondly, after maintaining the situation in the north, launch a large-scale sweep against the New Fourth Army in the southern region, central and southern China.

It is necessary to defeat the New Fourth Army in one fell swoop before the final decisive battle in North China begins. "

The old boy Okamura was going to pick the soft persimmons and pinch them first.

Compared with the Eighth Route Army, which is growing increasingly stronger, well-equipped, and powerful in combat effectiveness, the New Fourth Army in the south is much weaker.

In addition, in Central China and South China, the Chinese dispatched troops basically did not suffer too much heavy losses, and they continued to defeat the national army in frontal battlefield operations to maintain their strength, and their combat strength even recovered to some extent.

Such an opportunity, since the Eighth Route Army has overhauled its defense line in eastern Mongolia, preparing to defend in the north and attack in the south.

According to Okamura’s meaning:

"Strike first to gain strength, stabilize the Eighth Route Army in North China, launch an offensive in the south, take action before the Eighth Route Army, and completely eliminate the main force of the New Fourth Army."

Then comes the follow-up battle plan:

"Once the New Fourth Army is defeated, central and southern China will be basically stable. As for the national army, they are more than capable of defending the city but insufficient in attacking. The Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi has completely destroyed their military confidence. How can they still have the courage to take the opportunity to counterattack?

By then, the No. 1 combat plan will be implemented smoothly, and the transportation lines in mainland China will basically be opened.

I can draw the elites from Central China and South China and put them all into North China, and then join forces with your elite Kwantung Army to launch a decisive battle with the main force of the Eighth Route Army in North China.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army was eliminated in one fell swoop. "

Okamura's imagination is very beautiful, "If we win this battle, our empire's occupied area will be completely stabilized. With the help of completely opened communication lines and complete integration with our navy, the remaining national army troops in the south will be vulnerable to a single blow. At this point, Even though the Pacific battlefield and Southeast Asian battlefields suffered disastrous defeats.

Our army still has the power to mediate with the help of the Chinese battlefield.

Even if we are defeated, our empire may not be weakened by the fruits of victory in China. "

What a magnificent blueprint!

Even Umezu Meijiro felt excited when he heard this.

All the Japanese officers who attended the meeting were also excited to hear this. Okamura was worthy of being an inspiring speaker. After some mobilization, the dawn of victory in the bullshit jihad seemed to be very close to the eyes of the Japanese.

the other side.

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army went south in large numbers for reinforcements. How could the Eighth Route Army not notice such a movement?

The specific strength of this Kwantung Army, including the marching route and even the stationing situation, and even who the Kwantung Army officers were leading the team, and what their personalities were, all kinds of information were now clearly and concretely presented in the relevant intelligence documents in the conference room.

I have to say that the comrades in the Intelligence Department of the Eighth Route Army are quite impressive.

"Five elite divisions of Class A, and more than 100,000 elite Japanese soldiers!"

The deputy chief of staff spoke and commented: "The little devil has indeed spent a lot of money this time. Once these five elite Kwantung Army troops went south, it can basically be said that they have almost mobilized the armed elites of the already withered Kanto region. .

I almost fell asleep and someone gave me a pillow.

The Japanese are afraid that we will not carry out the plan to advance northward, which will further create an unprecedented shortage of troops in the Kanto region for us! "

Of course, the Japanese Kwantung Army is known as the elite, and it has been recuperating in the Kanto region for many years. At its peak, it was said that there were more than 100 million elite troops.

This is quite exaggerated data.

Even if China dispatched troops to occupy major regions in North China, Central China, and South China, and continued to fight on both fronts behind enemy lines and on the frontal battlefield, the number of troops at its peak was only about one million.

But how big is the chassis of Kanto?

Even after the opening of the Pacific Battlefield, the Kwantung Army continued to mobilize elites. This time it continued to mobilize five divisions and more than 100,000 troops southward.

The Kwantung Army stationed in Kwantung is still a giant in terms of total strength.

Moreover, there is also the Manchurian National Defense Force that assists the Kwantung Army in its operations.

This is why Umezu Yoshijiro dared to withstand the pressure from the Soviet side and the Eighth Route Army and send elite troops south for reinforcements.

Moreover, the five elite divisions that have been reinforced are operating in the Jidong region. Once the situation in Kanto changes, they can return for reinforcements at any time.

So the current dilemma is:

"First, we must mobilize all intelligence forces to gain insight as soon as possible into the combat direction of the Chinese dispatched troops after the Kwantung Army moves south."

"Second, continue to implement the strategy of hiding the truth from the enemy, and further accelerate the process of running-in training of troops in eastern and western Mongolia."

"Third, all base areas and recovery areas are on standby to guard against Japanese counterattacks at any time!"

The deputy chief of staff finally concluded: "Comrades, our war with the Japanese army has reached a critical juncture. The more we reach this moment, the more we must remain calm. The competition between the two sides will depend on who has the more durable power." endurance.

In order to follow up the battle plan of advancing northward, so far, our main elites are basically hidden in the areas of northern Shanxi, Mongolia and eastern Mongolia.

The major base areas behind enemy lines are actually in a state of emptiness.

Once the Japanese army counterattacks, we will be forced to change our strategy and switch from offense to defense until we completely overwhelm the Japanese offensive. "

This is actually quite helpless.

Even though the Eighth Route Army has grown to its current level, it is still far behind the overall strength of the Japanese army.

If the National Army and the Eighth Route Army could truly unite, the overall strength of both sides would be much closer.

What a pity! What a shame!

When analyzing the battle situation at the Special Experimental Zone Headquarters, Ding Wei even pointed out:

"If the Japanese troops of more than 100,000 Kwantung Army troops are going south for reinforcements this time, and if they really launch a large-scale attack against our base areas in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, and northern Henan, we may not be able to withstand it in the absence of the main force in each of our base areas. live.

Even with the help of the fortifications built over the years on the outside to withstand the Japanese attack, the emptiness of elite troops will definitely be noticed by the Japanese army.

The Japanese will then discover that our recent deployment of Mongolia's eastern troops southward was just an illusion.

If we further determine that we are planning for the troops to advance north.

We have laid so much groundwork for so long, and the battle plans we have built one link after another are probably going to be completely ruined. "

Who said no?

War is always full of too many uncertainties. Before the enemy's strength cannot be completely crushed, who can guarantee the absolute direction of the war?

Kong Jie breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "I can only gamble!

Let's just bet that the Japanese have launched one major raid after another against our base areas behind enemy lines in recent years, but in the end they failed miserably and have completely lost the confidence and determination to carry out raids.

Judging from all aspects of analysis, it is not very likely that the Japanese will use our various artillery towers and fortification groups on the outside to sweep the base area.

Especially after the equipment level of our troops has developed, the little devils will often suffer big losses when fighting in unfavorable terrain. "

"I hope so!" Ding Wei agreed.

——This is the final battle of fate!

The Eighth Route Army did its best to do what human power could do.

Facing the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army, the Eighth Route Army in North China quietly changed its strategy and no longer pursued an active military offensive, but chose to retreat for defense.

When necessary, some of the recovered areas can even be thrown back to the little devils.

This allowed the Chinese Expeditionary Forces and the Kwantung Army in North China to win some battles for a time, and they felt quite proud.

During the temporary calm behind enemy lines in North China, the comrades of the New Fourth Army in the south took the opportunity to launch a summer offensive, first attracting the attention of the little devils.

to the end of August.

The joint combat plan of the old Japanese Okamura and Umezu Meijiro was finally launched.

The Japanese army gathered forces in central and southern China to launch a large-scale raid on various base areas of the New Fourth Army.

The news was quickly passed to the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

To be honest, the generals such as the deputy commander-in-chief, deputy chief of general staff, and teacher commanders breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the battle situation.

After all, destiny still went to the side of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army's seemingly flawless strategic direction ultimately made the wrong choice.

As for the next thing to do, it is natural to bluff and hide the truth.

The Eighth Route Army base areas in North China, which had long been depleted of elite troops, actively launched active offensives, claiming Operation August Storm, and actively coordinated the anti-summer raids of the New Fourth Army in the South.

At the same time, this paralyzed the Japanese army's judgment and prevented the Japanese from seeing the fact that the Eighth Route Army base area was already empty of troops.

After the military meeting at the former enemy's general headquarters, Kong Jie stayed and held a special meeting with the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of staff, the commanders of the main divisions, and the main persons in charge of each base area.

During the meeting, the deputy chief of staff worked on the military map in front of him. He marked Houhe, Guisui, Datong, Zhangjiakou, Licheng, Shimen, Baoding, Hengshui, Handan, Cangzhou and Tianjin one by one and then Completely connected.

"So based on the next direction, where is the rest?"

Kong Jie smiled and replied: "Next are Liaocheng, Weifang, Pingdu, Puyang, Yancheng and other places. If these places are all connected, our plan is almost completed!"

"So after the launch of Operation August Storm, on the whole, we fought everywhere, and we were completely beaten into a mess.

But our ultimate goal is to completely open up the transportation lines where these last few county towns are located. "The deputy chief of staff concluded, and specifically explained:

"As I said before, this strategic plan is classified as a military secret and cannot be publicized to the outside world until the plan is completed."

"Comrades, whether this plan can succeed depends on this last success!"

"Once it is accomplished, the victory we will achieve will be no less than the bullshit No. 1 combat plan that the Japanese made with all their manpower and material resources!"