Jinsui Army Headquarters.
Yan Laoxi stared at the telegram in his hand, his eyes dull.
The thing he threw away in his hand was actually taken back by the Eighth Route Army. When the Eighth Route Army released the battle report of the annihilation of the 26th Division, Lao Yan's first reaction was that the Eighth Route Army was bragging. In his eyes, no one in China today can be equal. The troops defeated a reorganized Jaap division! Let alone annihilating them.
Yan Laoxi has been keeping an eye on the strength of the Eighth Route Army. Although there is definitely a slight difference, it is still pretty much the same. As for the main force, the Eighth Route Army has three divisions, which can only be 50,000 or 60,000 people at most.
In Yan Laoxi's eyes, the basic regiments, supplementary regiments and other local units with their own numbers are just a group of guerrillas armed with simple infantry weapons. They can defeat the puppet troops, but when they encounter little devils, they will not retreat in any raid. Heavy casualties?
As for the little Japs who could annihilate the entire brigade and the entire division, the Eighth Route Headquarters was doing propaganda as usual. It was just to manipulate public opinion and counter the principal's accusation that they "wandered without attacking".
But Jin was not somewhere else. His intelligence system quickly figured out that the 26th Infantry Division had indeed been annihilated. In the Yanmen area, the corpses of the Imps were piled up like mountains. There were also many captured Imps. The Little Japs of the Regiment and the Engineer Regiment had been frightened out of their courage by the Eighth Route Army, and basically there was not much desperate resistance. Even the division commander and chief of staff of the 26th Little Japs Division were dug out of the ruins alive.
By this time, Yan Laoxi began to be particularly concerned about the progress of the Eighth Route Army.
In the 41st Division, his people reported the news almost simultaneously with the Eighth Route Army, allowing Yan Laoxi to grasp it immediately. Therefore, even if the Eighth Route Army did not announce further, Yan Laoxi had a general understanding of the Eighth Route Army's progress.
It's just that like the gangcun kid, he thought that the Eighth Route Army's next target was to the north. After all, it was obviously much easier to attack the north. On the other hand, it could be connected with Wucheng and develop a large base area. Maybe we can even open up a channel with Da Mao.
And if we attack Jinyang, it will not only be a fortified city, but also a death place surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides!
With such obvious pros and cons, even a blind person knows how to choose.
But the Eighth Route Army chose the easy and the difficult and took down his former nest!
According to his informant's report, the Eighth Route Army was bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces that night, including heavy artillery such as the Japs' 150mm howitzers!
Yan Laoxi was a little out of control at that time. When did the Eighth Route Army become so wealthy and he didn't know anything about it?
But it's useless to say anything, Jinyang fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and now they are telling the world!
"Commander-in-Chief, Jinyang is the lifeblood of our Jinsui Army and a strategic location in our second theater. Now that the Eighth Route Army has recaptured it, it should be handed over to our Jinsui Army to guard it. We cannot allow the Eighth Route Army to become the main force in Jin. Come on." Personal aide Zhao Chengshou came over and said.
"Easier said than done." Yan Laoxi shook his head rarely.
"Kang Cai (Zhao Chengshou's trade name), you don't know that in this era, in the final analysis, you have to rely on the barrel of a gun. The Eighth Route Army is now more powerful than everyone imagined. Although you have not fought with the Japs, you should know that, How difficult the little devil is to deal with."
"If nothing else, let's just say that although our Jinsui Army still has nearly 100,000 troops, it is just a dream to encircle and annihilate a division of the Japs. Even if it is to encircle and annihilate a regiment of the Japs, it is difficult! We are not that fast. Just the ability to destroy the little devil."
Yan Laoxi, who had fought against the Little Japs for so many years and had never tasted victory, knew very well how powerful the Little Japs were.
No one in Jin understood better than him that the Jin-Sui Army actually had 100,000 men and could not stop the attack of a single division of the Japs.
"So, we just watch helplessly as the Eighth Route Army occupies Jinyang and refuses to leave?" Zhao Chengshou asked anxiously. He was very clear about the Eighth Route Army's methods of setting up base areas. If they were given three months, they could take Jinyang. What a change!
"Of course not! Although we can't take it, we won't make it easy for them." Yan Laoxi's eyes showed a trace of sternness.
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"Niang Xipi! How could the Eighth Route Army be so unorganized and undisciplined? Such a big thing would not be reported to our headquarters or approved by the Second Theater Command. Who gave them such great power?" When faced with only his confidant, the master principal put away the inspiring speech he had just given outside.
That's not what he said just now, but that he had launched a major counterattack against the Japs in Jin under his unified deployment. Now the 300,000 troops in the second theater are ready and ready to engage in the next comprehensive counterattack against the Japs.
He blatantly took this world-shaking victory into his own hands!
However, the media under his control really reported it so openly.
It's just that he was smiling outside, but when he got home, the principal couldn't hold back any longer.
After all, there are not that many fools in the world. Eight-way power is clearly transmitted across the country, and radio stations are broadcasting it non-stop. Before this, there was no movement from the media in the rear, so the matter could not be clearer.
And this time in the broadcast, Gao Jianwu was pushed to the front desk, clearly one of the frontline commanders of this battle! Gao Jianwu and Li Yunlong suddenly stood out and became the most famous generals under the Grand Brigadier!
The independent regiment and the Dagushan guerrilla detachment under the Ping An Attack Group are once again famous all over the world!
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"We must establish direct contact with the Eighth Route Army and no longer go through the government in the rear area." Yingjiang Military Attaché stationed in the rear area looked at the newspaper and said clearly to the adjutant, "They are worthy of us starting to make some investments."
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"The comrades in Shanxi have done an outstanding job. I think we need to further strengthen our friendship with them." said Director Mao in the rear area. "The Outer Mongolian garrison can be more open in supporting comrades in Jin. Don't they need to train a group of manpower? Notify the comrades over there to increase their efforts. At the same time, if possible, send observers into Jin to conduct on-site inspections of comrades in Jin. true capabilities."
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The news of Nanyang and Jin Yang's recovery spread to various countries in Nanyang almost simultaneously. The direct effect was that the Nanyang working group began to absorb new donations of money and materials at a growth rate visible to the naked eye, and some of the new colleagues developed in Nanyang began to go to Oceania. , some went to North America to carry out various fundraising efforts.
These new influences were completely unexpected by Gao Jianwu. Among his original goals, to capture Jinyang, the most important thing was that this was the only heavy industrial base that he could capture and still have a chance to hold.
The special geographical location of Jin makes the defensive side's favorable factors far greater than those of the attacking side. Relying on this heavy industrial base and his terrifying explosive equipment system, he can develop his strength at a speed visible to the naked eye!
But what he never expected was to capture Jinyang. Not only would the system reveal a large number of new black technologies, but the external reaction would be beyond his imagination and would have a major impact on his future development.
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The rapid fall of Jinyang caught the gangcun kid at the headquarters of the North China Expeditionary Army a little unprepared. For a while, he didn't know whether the two divisions deployed to attack in the direction of Shicheng would continue or retreat.
Even if they stayed in the Yangcheng area to form the 14th Brigade and the Lianjie Special Detachment, the gangcun kid didn't know whether to let them go or stay.
It's too difficult. If you retreat, you will have to fight back again, just like the two divisions in Shicheng. I don't know how much effort it will take.
But if you don't retreat, you're afraid that the Eight Routemasters will make dumplings!
Now Yangcheng feels like it is surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. It seems that it still controls the large and small strongholds along the Shitai Line. But in fact, the little devils in Gangcun know that the Eighth Route Army is going to take it and they can basically attack it at any time, just like the Mianshan Fortress. Likewise, the Eighth Route Army's ability to attack critical problems has completely entered another stage.
The current stronghold is built according to the Eighth Route Army, which has no ability to attack fortresses. It is barely feasible to resist mortars, but it has no ability to resist in the face of 75mm mountain artillery.
In this contradictory situation, the gangcun kid did not issue any orders. His combat plan changed too many times. He already had a phobia of plan changes. The gangcun kid also knew that the development of the situation was completely beyond his control. imagination.
But in the current situation, keeping the original battle plan seems to be a feasible option for him.
So strangely, the two divisions on the east continued to attack, and the two brigades on the south also continued to advance towards the Eighth Route Headquarters. As for Yangcheng and Jinyang, the two sides entered into a strange and peaceful confrontation.
Gao Jianwu enjoyed the opportunity to let the main force rest and recuperate. The newly rescued prisoners of war are in relatively poor health, already suffering from severe malnutrition, and need a period of time to recuperate, and this time will also need to be used to complete comprehensive ideological education for them when they go to Gao Jianwu.
The grievance conference and the group visits to the capture of Jinyang, as well as the drills of the main forces of Dagushan and the Independent Regiment, shocked the rescued prisoners of war. Together with Gao Jianwu and the others, they really defeated Jinyang and made the little devils in Jin the first The main force of the army was wiped out. Such an earth-shattering achievement simply subverted their imagination.
Therefore, the ideological work was completed very quickly. In less than a week, everyone was clamoring to participate in combat training.
Most of them are soldiers at the bottom, and a few of them are squad leaders. Their treatment in the original army is quite average. Except for the soldiers in the Central Army who also have the opportunity to eat well, what about the Northwest Army, Sichuan Army, Northeast Army and even Jinsui Army? In the army, the treatment of low-level soldiers is to hang their lives.
The relationship between officers and soldiers is also very ordinary. Officers and soldiers like Gao Jianwu and others are truly integrated into one. From the detachment leader to the regiment leader, everyone eats the same pot of food. There is nothing special about it. Their hearts are made of flesh. These soldiers struggling at the bottom are originally I didn’t have high expectations. After being tortured to death by the little devil, I cherished everything even more.
Therefore, after Gao Jianwu had in-depth contact with them, he prepared to reorganize them in advance. However, this time he did not allow these prisoners of war to form an independent army, but reorganized them according to the actual situation after so many battles.
With the new order from the headquarters boss, Gao Jianwu dared to carry out new transformation in the Ping An base area.
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