1156 Postwar commendation meeting, interesting things
Time flies into mid-October, and the weather in Sanjin is getting colder and colder.
It has been nearly half a month since the Eighth Route Army's autumn offensive came to an end.
This campaign started with the Eighth Route Army's siege of Taiyuan City, and then spread to the entire Shanxi, as well as central Shandong, western Shandong, northern Henan, Jiaodong, Jizhong, southern Hebei and even the entire North China. The anti-Japanese armed forces, dominated by the Eighth Route Army, took the initiative to target the Japanese army.
The war slowly ended.
This battle.
The wide range of influence is almost unprecedented for the Eighth Route Army troops.
Starting from the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area took the lead in launching an offensive, which spread to Taihang, Taiyue base areas, Hebei-Shandong-Henan base areas, and Southern Hebei base areas.
Then came the Beiyue, Jizhong, Hebei Reliao base areas and Shanxi-Sui base areas under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, and even the outer lines of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area launched assisting offensives against the Japanese.
The entire Shandong base area was reduced to a mess. Centering on the anti-mopping operations in the Jiaodong base area, the soldiers engaged in large-scale confrontations with the Japanese army as many as a dozen times.
Of course, in the end the Eighth Route Army won this unprecedented autumn offensive.
This was another large-scale campaign initiated by the Eighth Route Army since the Hundred Regiments War, and it achieved a final victory.
It’s also very interesting to say.
This autumn offensive began when the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army from the Etaihang base area besieged Taiyuan City. After the initial battle, the Eighth Route Army's intensive offensive and massive formations attracted almost all the Japanese army's attention to the Taiyuan area.
Then battles took place in other places one after another, and the siege campaign in Taiyuan also continued.
Until Datong, Zhangjiakou, and Jinmen were captured by the Eighth Route Army, then Peking suffered a crisis, and Baoding was completely under siege.
At this time, Taiyuan was still surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.
In the end, various units of the Eighth Route Army achieved their set strategic goals, jumped out of the encirclement before the Japanese Kwantung Army, Central China, and South China Fronts encircled them, and retreated to their bases one after another.
The Japanese defenders in Taiyuan were still surrounded by the Eighth Route Army soldiers in Taiyuan City.
Battles in Datong, Zhangjiakou, Baoding, Handan, Jinan, Jinmen, and Peking have all come to an end. The battle around Taiyuan City is still as it was originally launched, with no ending and no progress.
As the Eighth Route Army once again launched a fierce attack on Taiyuan City, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the Japanese First Army, believed that the Eighth Route Army would break through Taiyuan City at the end of the autumn offensive and draw a perfect conclusion to this unprecedented offensive.
period.
So this old Japanese soldier quickly asked for help from Naosaburo Okabe, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in North China.
Just like that, the Japanese reinforcements quickly mobilized some of their elite troops to reinforce Taiyuan City.
This move logically allowed the siege of Taiyuan City to once again provide cover for the evacuation of various units of the Eighth Route Army.
In other words, from the beginning of this battle, the Eighth Route Army besieged Taiyuan, and until the end of the battle, the Eighth Route Army was still besieging Taiyuan.
However, there was no real siege battle launched from beginning to end.
Unfortunately, the Japanese defenders in Taiyuan City were so frightened that they asked for help everywhere. Not only did they not do much in the entire battle, they actually delayed the Japanese army's fighter opportunities. They looked like clowns.
By the end of the autumn offensive.
All the base areas of the Eighth Route Army achieved rich results during this offensive. Especially after successfully breaking through some towns and counties occupied by the Japanese army, the supplies and equipment seized were particularly rich.
Several core base areas established by the Eighth Route Army troops behind enemy lines, including the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, Shanxi-Suiyuan base area, Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area, Shandong base area, etc., all seized the opportunity to carry out the autumn offensive.
, seized a large amount of materials, took the opportunity to stabilize the development base and strengthen the army.
Especially those base areas of the Eighth Route Army that have cooperated with the elite steel-helmeted soldiers of the Iron Triangle.
After the war, everyone was basically extremely rich.
In Li Yunlong's bragging words: "Our Iron Triangle is like the God of Wealth this time. Wherever the God of Wealth has been, are there still poor people? Everyone has become a rich man."
Perhaps it is not such an exaggeration, but with the elite steel helmeted soldiers of the Iron Triangle as the tip of their swords, they quickly broke through the heavy defenses of the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army troops who assisted in the operation took the opportunity to expand their advantages and carry out large-scale seizures, which indeed made the logistics of the base area difficult.
It has been enriched a lot.
Taihang base area.
The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
It was very lively at this time, and generals were arriving one after another.
With the end of the autumn offensive and the gradual stabilization of base areas in various places, according to the tradition of the Eighth Route Army, it is necessary to hold a summary post-war analysis meeting after the war.
In addition, it is also convenient for the general headquarters to provide guidance on the development of various base areas and issue new instructions to various combat troops.
But this post-war analysis meeting was particularly lively.
In addition, this meeting also had a special purpose. Some generals jokingly said: "In this autumn offensive, we have achieved an unprecedented victory. All base areas have taken the opportunity to grow a lot, and it has caused a lot of damage to the effective strength of the Japanese army."
It’s a huge blow. This post-war analysis meeting is rather a commendation meeting for us to judge merit and reward!”
Generals from all walks of life came to the scene one after another, from different military regions and different base areas.
But without exception, they all came with the illustrious military exploits they had achieved during this autumn offensive. They all walked with their heads held high and wore the iconic triumphant smile of returning home.
After old comrades meet, they can't help but exchange a few words.
"Old Song, I heard that your base area did a good job this time. After counting, how many Japanese were eliminated? Is there two hundred?"
"Two hundred? Humph, who do you think we, Old Song, are? Let me tell you, we started with at least 500 people when we killed the Japs, and the number of little Japs we killed before and after this battle was at least seven or eight hundred.
This does not include the puppet troops and their unstatistical number."
"real or fake?"
"Then there is still a holiday?
Moreover, those killed were all the elite field troops of the Japs, all of them fully armed and wearing helmets on their heads! If you don’t believe it, go to our base and have a look, the helmets are still piled up in the warehouse!"
Then a general with a higher head came to the scene. Hearing Lao Song's words, he couldn't help but laugh twice.
"Where are you, the little Japs No. 700 or 800? Let me tell you, at least a thousand of the Japs were killed in our base area this time.
If we include those killed by our artillery and unable to be counted in time, the number would be even greater."
Everyone first compared the number of enemies killed, then compared with each other, and then compared with the number captured.
Some said they seized as many guns and cannons as they did, while others said they seized as much food and supplies as they could.
When he came to the headquarters for a meeting this time, a regiment leader from the Shandong base area saw the old comrades around him talking in a flurry, and then said something abruptly:
"Seizing some guns, cannons, food and supplies, what does this count?"
"Our regiment alone took down more than a dozen Japanese warehouses this time, including four arsenals, where you can get as many guns and cannons as you want.
There are even two large-caliber heavy-duty howitzers. This is not all. After successfully breaking the city, we also successfully captured more than 50 Japanese military trucks, seven armored vehicles and five tanks.
A large amount of food and supplies were hauled twice by train!"
"If we really want to compare the seizures, you can't compare with our group!"
As soon as these words came out, the other group leaders were surprised and asked questions one after another.
"I said, Lao Zhang, are you bragging too much?"
"That is, you still need to transport more than a dozen warehouses, armored vehicles and tanks, and transport them directly by train? Why don't you say that you took over Naosaburo Okabe's headquarters?"
"If you, Lao Zhang, were really capable, you would be extremely rich a long time ago. But how come I heard that your regiment doesn't even have a decent artillery unit?"
Under a series of questions, Captain Zhang looked a little unhappy.
In the end, he only said one sentence to silence everyone, and believed that what he said was all the truth - "I fought these battles with Lao Kong Lao Li and the others!"
Only then did all the commanders suddenly realize.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, if you had told me earlier, if you had told me that you were following Lao Kong and the others to eat meat and drink soup, we wouldn't have doubted it!"
The topic soon shifted to Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei.
When talking about these people, most of them are old Red Army soldiers who have experienced the Long March. While marveling at them, they are all filled with emotion and admiration.
"You don't know that what the little Japs around our base area are most afraid of are our troops wearing helmets. Once when we were fighting the Japs in the artillery tower, we sorted out a batch of helmets seized from the Japs from the warehouse.
, put it on your head.
After the battle started, guess what?"
"In less than 20 minutes, I just fired a few mortars. The Japanese and puppet troops in the blockhouse were so frightened that they abandoned the blockhouse and ran to the county town for their lives. They thought it was the Eighth Route Army helmeted soldiers coming!"
"Lao Kong, Lao Li, and Lao Ding have developed really well in the past few years. Their elite iron triangle, the Eighth Route Army's steel helmet soldiers, have even gained a reputation. When these devils hear the steel helmet soldiers, they are like mice.
Like a cat, he immediately became a coward!"
"You really have to admire it!"
"Especially Lao Kong, the development of the base area is not bad, he is also kind and honest, and he never forgets to help his old comrades when he gets rich.
Tell me, why are we not as good as Lao Li and Lao Ding? How about an old comrade who once stayed in the same class, slept on a kang, and can wear a pair of pants?"
"That's right!"
The generals laughed and agreed.
When a brigade commander heard this, he couldn't help but curse: "Look at how promising you are all. It's your fault that you don't have any ability. It's because you don't have an old comrade like Kong Jie. Why, you all have to rely on others to support you?"
Turned his head.
When they saw several brigade commanders from other base areas, some of them couldn't help but sigh with emotion during the conversation.
"Why don't we have a few subordinates like Kong Jie and Li Yunlong? It's really hard to envy others!"
Leaders: "..."
Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who often became the center of the conversation during the banter, soon appeared on the scene.
A group of generals, regimental commanders, and brigade commanders who were still chatting and joking in the open space outside the headquarters compound heard the sound of car engines in the distance.
Then I saw a very stylish all-black car slowly approaching.
Most of the generals present had never ridden in such a car, or even seen one. One of the regimental commanders said: "It seems that this kind of car must be equipped by at least the division commander or above of the Japanese army, right?"
I also saw it once from a distance in a Japanese military camp when I went to the city in disguise to do business. Good guy, a group of young Japanese soldiers were swarming in front of and behind a car. There was a man sitting inside carrying two bombs.
A general of the Japanese army.
At that time, I was so excited that I wanted to snatch that old devil’s car away from me.”
Soon, the car came from far away to near.
At this time, in addition to the sound of the engine, several loud voices were heard.
One of them said happily: "Let me tell you, Lao Kong, it's rare that you know how to show off and are willing to drive this precious car of yours?"
"You're such a shabby car. I asked you how many times you've borrowed it. You were stunned as if you were clutching a baby. You refused to borrow it. Why are you so generous this time?"
A voice replied: "Don't mention it, we have business this time. The old brigade commander asked me to bring the car over. This time we have a meeting at the headquarters, and many leaders have to come over. The distance is too far and it is inconvenient."
This car is temporarily loaned to the headquarters, and it will be responsible for picking up and dropping off leaders after it arrives."
Then someone laughed and said: "Haha, Lao Kong, Lao Kong, you have been fooled by the old brigade commander. Be careful that this precious car of yours will never come back."
The old brigade commander has been thinking about it for a long time.
Last time, even the boss said your car was comfortable to sit in!"
"Is this really true?"
"How can this be fake?"
"Yes, I have tried everything to prevent it. Who would have thought that our old brigade commander would not play his cards according to the routine, and instead of saying "congratulations on getting rich", he would change his mind!"
Ha ha ha ha--
The car stopped steadily. Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who were joking, just opened the door and stepped out of the car. When they looked up, they were shocked to see that a crowd of people gathered around them.
Many of them were familiar faces. They touched and looked at the cars with admiration and admiration on their faces.
You can play for half a day with just one car door.
"I heard that this is a military sedan that only Japanese commanders can ride in, right? Good guy, it looks really impressive. Lao Kong, I won't say anything anymore. Let us old comrades in arms experience it too!"
"That's right, Lao Kong, you can't be stingy!"
"I'll be first in line!"
"I'm second!"
"Count me in!"
As the generals said, they actually got into the car, one, two, three, four, five, six...
"His grandma's, who is it? Kick me on the head! Squeeze in a little, and you can still give old Lu a place!"
"Damn it, who poked their ass in my face?"
"It's crowded, it's crowded, hey, hey, he stepped on my foot!"
In the blink of an eye, Kong Jie stared blankly at the dozen generals who quickly got into, or rather stuffed themselves into the car.
I was stunned for a long time and couldn't come back to my senses.
I was very amazed in my heart: Darling, this is really a reasonable use of space architecture. Even if Asan comes, I will have to accept the defeat!