Kong Jie was obsessed with building the aviation force of the Eighth Route Army, and vigorously engaged in the construction of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force. This was nothing more than "grievances" about the founding war after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
How many people's soldiers marched across the river with great pride.
One after another, brave and fearless of death.
In the end, we won the battle for the founding of the country, which attracted worldwide attention and promoted the prestige of the Chinese military.
But who can truly understand how difficult and brutal this battle was for China?
Who can really feel sorry for the precious lives of the people's soldiers who should have been living in peace and prosperity?
It can be said that the people's soldiers won this battle with their iron will.
We have paid so much for this.
All of this was ultimately due to the weak national strength. At that time, the motherland could not even send out a decent fighter plane.
Air supremacy was entirely in the hands of the enemy.
The logistics transportation line was directly cut off by the enemy.
The battle was so tragic and tragic!
I don’t know how many heroic souls were ultimately killed on this tragic battlefield.
Kong Jie can't get over this hurdle in his heart, so even if it is just a butterfly that is inciting the effect, it will do its best to flap its wings and find a way to change everything and avoid repeating the same mistakes.
if……
If we say that by the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a powerful aviation force belonging to the Eighth Route Army was successfully created.
If we say that in the battle for the founding of the country, the people's soldiers also had their own fighter jets and bombers, and they had air force that could compete with the enemy.
What will happen then?
In this regard, Kong Jie often dreams of such a situation in his dreams. When he wakes up, he has a smile on his face, but then he realizes that he should do his best to achieve this goal now!
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By the beginning of July, the Japanese army launched an unprecedented May Day raid. After the Eighth Route Army launched a comprehensive counteroffensive, the final battle - the Battle of Licheng - was officially concluded.
There weren’t many twists and turns along the way.
If the disastrous defeat in the May Day raids made the Japanese realize the strength of the Eighth Route Army's defense, then the Eighth Route Army's lightning-fast attack on Licheng made the Japanese realize the sharpness of the Eighth Route Army's attack.
In this way, with the Japanese army watching helplessly and helplessly, Licheng was completely attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army.
Not only Licheng, but also the four cities surrounding Licheng, including Liao County and Shexian County, were all captured by the Eighth Route Army, and the last Japanese troops stationed there were basically eliminated.
At this point, the Eighth Route Army has captured five cities. If these five cities are included in the base area, it is unknown how much vast land will be expanded at once.
When the people's soldiers entered the city in great force, the people of the five cities lined the streets to greet them.
There were even old men crying bitterly and shouting with emotion, finally waiting for this day.
Waiting for the day when the occupied land will be recovered.
For this reason, when the troops entered Licheng, in accordance with the instructions of the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, a grand entry ceremony was held outside the city.
To strengthen the military power of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army successfully completed the May Day anti-mopping campaign and severely damaged the Japanese army, pushing its power to a climax.
Of course, the Eighth Route Army also specially invited some guests, such as Chief Yan, the nominal supreme commander of the World War II zone.
The external propaganda was sincere. Chief Yan led the Chinese armed forces and fought very beautifully in this battle.
The direct Jinsui Army he led also participated in this battle and achieved many results.
In fact, this is indeed the case - it's just that Chief Yan exaggerated a little. It was probably because when the Japanese army was defeated in the sweep and completely defeated, there were troops from the Shanxi-Sui Army, such as Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, Yang Chongshan's 57th Regiment, etc. They took the opportunity to launch an ambush in the middle of the road, robbed the Japanese army, and drank some soup.
Chief Yan would never refuse such a good thing to show his face and earn a wave of fame.
At the introduction ceremony of the city entry ceremony, Chief Yan also pretended to say a few words. In addition to vigorously praising his Jinsui Army for their bravery in fighting and defeating the Japanese invaders in this battle, he also mentioned the Eighth Route Army troops by the way. heroic performance.
Regarding this, in private, Li Yunlong cursed and said: "Damn it, this kid Lao Yan has become a sperm. He has not done any business, and he has said all these good things. If we didn't know what was going on, listen to this After the old boy’s speech, I almost believed that he was commanding this battle!”
Kong Jie said with a smile: "After all, he is the nominal highest officer in the World War II zone, so this kind of thing cannot be avoided.
Besides, we have to restrain ourselves when we should restrain ourselves. If Chief Yan can help us attract attention and block the gun, maybe it will really work! "
On the other hand, in order to exaggerate the heavy price paid by the Eighth Route Army in this counterattack, in order to seek more support from international countries.
In a meeting attended by the headquarters, Kong Jie also made suggestions:
“After the May Day raids and the Japanese’s disastrous defeat, they were eager to find a fig leaf. In post-war propaganda reports, they would publicize whatever was beneficial to them.
Just like this casualty data, the little devils have slightly concealed their own casualty data. They don't know much about our casualties, but for the sake of face, it's awesome to speculate on the bigger picture!
Let's just go with the flow and give the little devil a little something sweet.
Not only must we respond to the casualty data propagated in the Little Devil report, but we must also emphasize that our Eighth Route Army indeed suffered heavy casualties and suffered huge losses in this anti-mopping operation! "
"What are you doing?"
"On the one hand, it is to paralyze the Japanese army. We cannot let the Japanese shift all their military focus to our Eighth Route Army just because of a May Day raid.
In the future, we also want to take advantage of this stable situation to vigorously develop and build base areas behind enemy lines, and take the opportunity to increase our military industry strength!
On the other hand, in the Pacific battlefield, including the Southeast Asian battlefield, the little devils are now at their peak. All the Allied countries are fighting fiercely. They need a powerful armed force like ours, who can fight against us. Delay more Japanese troops in China.
But there are people who can’t hold up the wall with mud!
The battle between Zhejiang and Jiangxi was fought to pieces.
Comparing the two, I think anyone who is not blind at this time will realize that in the future, if you want to contain the Japanese army, cause more trouble to the Japanese army, and thereby indirectly support the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields, then it is not possible. It depends on our Eighth Route Army.
Then we apply for assistance from Britain, the United States and other countries.
Let’s just say that this counter-mopping up caused heavy losses to our troops. Without more international reinforcements, our Eighth Route Army may not be able to hold on.
Let's talk about this situation. Don't the British and American countries still understand who they should bet on and who they should invest in in this game between the two sides in order to obtain greater benefit value?
This is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to buy equipment, equipment, technology, and arms. In short, we can buy whatever we need! "
These words touched the hearts of the commanders.
That's how things were settled.
The specific publicity work is handled by the publicity department of a team.
The Strategic Camouflage Bureau led by Lao Yinbishi Da Hu took action at the same time.
After some propaganda, the Eighth Route Army deliberately exaggerated some casualties.
In addition, he also gave many high hats to Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army in North China.
For example, the heavy casualties of the Eighth Route Army this time were entirely due to the efficient combat command of the old devil Okamura. The base area was almost completely destroyed by the Japanese mopping up troops. This counter-mopping up almost wiped out all the assets of the Eighth Route Army. Already...
In the end, we came to a conclusion:
Your Excellency, Commander Okamura, is indeed the most difficult one to deal with among all the previous commanders-in-chief of the North China Front of the Japanese Army!
It is said that relevant reports issued by the Eighth Route Army were reached when the news reached the ears of Okamura Neiji of the Japanese North China Front Headquarters in Peiping.
The old devil Okamura's entire face was dark.
What's this? This is humiliating!
What a shame!
"Asshole!" No matter how well-mannered he was, he couldn't stop being so humiliated. Okamura was so angry that he almost smashed the headquarters.
But there are some unsighted officers. There are old friends of Okamura in the Chinese fleet of the Navy, and they even made a special phone call to congratulate.
Congratulations to Okamura for achieving a staged victory in this May Day sweep.
"In this way, the home front will be stabilized, and our empire can safely fight the enemy in the Pacific battlefield and Southeast Asian battlefields. A victor will win! Okamura-kun, you will be a major contributor to victory!"
Okamura: "..."
Not to mention being a hero, this old devil was so ashamed at this moment that he wanted to take out a knife and commit suicide by disembowelment.
He didn't know that this was a deliberate move by the Eighth Route Army. However, the disastrous defeat of the May Day raids had shaken the morale of the army and plummeted morale, so these superficial tasks were needed.
In the end, Okamura could only crush the steel teeth and swallow it in his stomach, pinching his nose and admitting defeat!
Right now, the most important thing for him is to quickly stabilize the situation in North China.
After experiencing the May Day raids and such a disastrous defeat, the empire's stable occupied areas and important communication lines were defended.
Daxia cannot be overturned just like this.
Okamura was very worried about this. He was worried that after he stepped down, the next commander of the North China Front would completely collapse the security and stability of the entire North China Front because of this unstable situation.
This old devil did his duty and planned hard before stepping down, hoping to make up for some more gaps.
As for the five cities including Licheng, Shexian, Lucheng, Xiangyuan, and Liaoxian that were captured by the Eighth Route Army with great fanfare, Okacun can no longer control so much. His mobile troops in North China were basically buried in the western Inner Mongolia region. There is simply no armed force that can quickly reinforce the past.
What can be done?
He could only honestly report the information to the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, Junroku Hata.
"Baga, this stupid and incompetent guy Okamura!" After hanging up the phone, Shunroku Hata couldn't help but curse Okamura.
He probably forgot that in the first year after Okamura took office, he spoke highly of him: Okamura-kun is the most cultivated and capable officer among the senior imperial officers I have ever seen!
This was a real slap in the face.
Faced with the urgent situation that Licheng was completely captured by the Eighth Route Army, Yan Junliu also had a headache.
With lightning speed, the Eighth Route Army suddenly pressed forward with heavy troops and attacked Licheng. The Japanese army had no time to adjust and deploy defenses, and Licheng was directly captured.
However, the special location of Licheng determines its extremely important military status.
It served as the hub of a special transportation line for the Japanese army.
Once something happened in Licheng, the impact on the Japanese army would be extremely disastrous, especially since the four cities around Licheng were captured by the Eighth Route Army at the same time.
At least three arterial transportation lines will be completely cut off by the Eighth Route Army.
It may even lead to complete turmoil in the entire North China rear area, which the Japanese army cannot tolerate.
He then started yelling at Okamura for being stupid.
If this fool hadn't mistakenly believed some nonsense about the large oil field in Mengxi.
How could it lead to this terrible situation?
Originally, in places like Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong, the May Day raids were almost over.
But Okamura, an old boy with a gambler's nature, placed all his bets on the Wuyun Oilfield.
He deployed one mobile force after another to the western Inner Mongolia area to build a permanent fortification group to protect the Wuyun Oilfield.
The old devil even asked the troops to prepare long-term supplies and various supporting facilities, and began to vigorously build, mobilizing a large number of manpower, material resources and various construction machinery.
At this point, Okamura is still dreaming of using the Wuyun Oilfield as a large-scale development oil field to directly supply the oil consumption of the imperial war machine!
It was not until the end that it was discovered that the Wuyun Oilfield was basically shale oil and could not be exploited on a large scale.
Okamura was completely confused!
At this time, other parts of the Eighth Route Army were guerrillas, local armed forces, and autumn harvest grain collection teams, fighting with the Japanese army everywhere and destroying the autumn harvest in the occupied areas.
Japanese military intelligence showed that the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Yan'an area, Taihang area, and Luliang Mountain area were constantly gathering towards the western Inner Mongolia area.
As time goes on, the rainy season comes again in Mengxi area.
Moreover, the amount of rainfall this year is extremely exaggerated, and it is expected to arrive less than half a month in advance.
At this time, the Japanese were guarding a worthless oil field and were confronting the Eighth Route Army and the 35th Route Army in the mud. Whether to retreat or hold on became a choice that almost caused Okamura to collapse.
It's worthless if you stick to it.
If we attack, more and more Eighth Route Army numbers will appear, which is probably no different from throwing ourselves into a trap.
The retreat route is almost cut off, and supplies will not be available if there is a long-term confrontation with the Eighth Route Army.
The mobile troops were trapped in the mud and encircled and blocked by the Eighth Route Army, and there was even a danger of annihilation.
Okamura had no choice but to lower his head and ask for help from Junroku Hata.
Now, his prestige as the commander-in-chief of North China has been greatly reduced, and the transfer orders issued by him may not be effective.
In desperation, Hata Junroku had to personally contact the commanders of the First Army, the Twelfth Army, the Mongolian Army, and the Kwantung Army to directly dispatch troops and generals to reinforce the Mongolian Mobile Force and ask the Mongolian Army to abandon all the troops that could not be taken away. Supplies were quickly evacuated under the cover of reinforcements and air force to avoid entanglement with the Eighth Route Army and get rid of the situation of being surrounded by the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the Yan'an Army, the 129th Division, and the 35th Route Army.
At this point, the Japanese mobile troops in North China were basically disabled and were unable to reinforce Licheng.
In addition, North China suffered such a huge defeat.
Hata Junroku also thought that he could regain his position and save his face.
It happened that the Japanese spy found out that the Eighth Route Army was planning to hold a military parade on August 1st, their Army Day. He immediately called for the head of the intelligence agency and the commander of the Army Aviation Headquarters to prepare for gathering in Central China, East China, and North China. The aviation fleet carried out devastating air attacks on Licheng in three batches.
First, the North China Army Aviation Force was dispatched, and flying teams at various airports in Peiping and Shandong conducted reconnaissance on Licheng, conducted exploratory air strikes, and cooperated with ground lurking agents and airborne paratroopers to comprehensively explore the Eighth Route Army's air defense forces and distribution positions in Licheng.
Carpet bombing and air raids on the entire city.
"Blow up all those damn Eighth Route Army troops!"
Hata Junroku's eyes were full of coldness.
"The North China Air Force tested the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower and carried out a preliminary strike, after exhausting the Eighth Route Army.
The main force of the air force taking off from airports in Wuhan and other places in central China launched a comprehensive air raid on Licheng, hitting targets throughout the Eighth Route Army and attacking air defense positions.
Finally, the heavy bomber fleet in the Shanghai area of East China launched an incendiary bomb attack and burned Licheng to ashes! "
(End of chapter)
