..."Lao Kong, Lao Li, let's go. It's getting late now. Let's discuss this for now. I heard that the cooking class will have extra meals today, so we are in for a treat!"
Ding Wei said with a smile when he came out of the courtyard of the headquarters.
The related discussion meeting lasted a whole morning, and several people's stomachs were growling with hunger.
Kong Jie politely declined Ding Wei's invitation: "Well, Lao Ding, you and Lao Li go ahead. My family will probably have cooked by now, and they are waiting for me to go back for dinner! It's not easy for people to have a full stomach.
, as men, we should go back and spend more time with you!"
When Li Yunlong heard this, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yes, yes, Old Ding, I won't go with you either. My wife must have cooked food at home by now, even the bowls and chopsticks."
The food has been laid out for us, Lao Li, and it’s still steaming hot. Wouldn’t it be outrageous if I didn’t go back to eat?”
"Hey, let's talk about it, Lao Kong, let's work together!"
"Hey, this feeling is great!"
With that said, the two good brothers Li Yunlong and Kong Jie really walked shoulder to shoulder and walked towards home.
It just so happens that home is still in the same direction.
According to Li Yunlong, he was afraid that his wife Xiuqin would be bored at home and have no one to talk to, so he decided to live in a courtyard near Kong Jie's house. It happened that Xiuqin could still walk around with Shen Wenyue when she was fine.
Ding Wei: "..."
Just like that, watching Kong Jie and Li Yunlong gradually walk away, they never looked back from the beginning to the end.
Lao Ding was temporarily confused in the wind.
He cursed a few times, swore a few more times, and said to himself: "If you win, you two will win!"
The helpless Lao Ding could only rush towards the cooking class alone.
Just walking halfway, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his thigh suddenly, and blurted out: "Oh no, look at my memory. Didn't Lao Kong say he wanted to introduce me to a girl? Why did he forget to ask?"
?”
Ouch, it smells so good!
…
Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, who were walking side by side, were chatting and unknowingly arrived at the entrance of their respective courtyards.
Looking up, I saw a figure already standing at the door of Lao Li's house. If I took a closer look, who could it be if it wasn't Xiu Qin who was eagerly waiting for her husband's return?
"Lao Li, you are really lucky to have found such a good wife!"
Kong Jie said with a smile, and there was some emotion in his words. He finally made up for his regret, and he could still see the sweet love between Li Yunlong and Xiu Qin from time to time.
Li Yunlong on the side had already had a happy smile on his face, but when he reached it, he pretended to say: "Don't mention it, this Xiuqin is stubborn. I have told him so many times, there is no need to stop at the door.
Wait, we are going to work at the headquarters, not on the battlefield. We will not come back here.
But they just didn’t listen, and they even said, I’m just willing to wait for my man!
Listen, this is really annoying me, Lao Li!"
"Ah! Old Li, stop giving me dog food here!" Kong Jie retorted, then said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Old Li, your big cheerful tail is almost broken.
, don’t delay, hurry up and reunite with your wife!”
Hahaha--
Li Yunlong laughed and invited again: "Lao Kong, why don't we go have something to eat together?"
"No, no, no, no, I don't want to be a light bulb. You and Xiuqin are in love, and I'm standing next to you. What's going on? Besides, we don't have wives!"
The two of them went home separately while talking and laughing.
When Lao Li came up to greet him, he deliberately winked in the direction of Kong Jie, and then entered the courtyard gate with his wife Xiu Qin.
"This Lao Li!"
Kong Jie shook his head with a smile and entered the courtyard gate of his house.
The tangy aroma came from the direction of the kitchen. Kong Jie rushed to the kitchen and took a look. Shen Wenyue was still busy!
Kong Jie, who was still giving guidance at the headquarters just now, immediately transformed into a housework expert, helping to choose vegetables, sweep the floor, scrub, and was busy back and forth.
"Ahem, didn't I tell you that once you get pregnant, you will easily have morning sickness and you won't be able to smell the fumes. Either wait for me to come back to cook, or we can just prepare some food from the cooking class and it will be convenient to eat!" Kong Jie said
The words were full of heartache.
Shen Wenyue smiled and said: "I'm just pregnant, how can I be so pampered? It just so happens that I have a lot of free time these two days, so I will make some at home and it will be suitable for you to eat."
Kong Jie said: "Is the Propaganda Department still very busy? I see you have been busy the past few days!"
Several dishes were already placed on the table, and Shen Wenyue came over with two more bowls of rice and replied: "Yeah, it's quite busy, especially after every battle, we have to give full play to the impact of victory in all aspects.
, there will be a lot more publicity work to be done.”
"Is it possible? Your situation is special, and it won't be a big deal if you are missing, right? Just come back and have a rest!" Kong Jie still expressed concern.
"Comrade Lao Kong, if you say that, I will be angry. What do you mean, one person without me is more? The work I am responsible for in the Propaganda Department is still very important!" Hearing what Kong Jie said, Shen Wenyue pretended to be unhappy.
Kong Jie said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I apologize. I made a mistake.
So, Comrade Xiao Shen, since your work is so important and those who are able work harder, why not help me with some publicity?"
Shen Wenyue said: "Okay, what kind of publicity?"
Kong Jie thought for a while and said: "In this way, your Propaganda Department will publish a few more issues of the newspaper. On the one hand, it will exaggerate our Eighth Route Army base area in advance and prepare for a lively event during this year's Spring Festival.
In addition, I just published a few articles specifically to let out the news that our Eighth Route Army has decided to reorganize its troops this winter, celebrate the Spring Festival well, and there will be no more external military operations.
The more detailed the information, the better, including the actions and construction of our Iron Triangle Group Army in various base areas, as well as the reduction of troop strength, spread it to him as much as possible..."
"Lao Kong, there is another military action. Are you going to take advantage of winter to launch another military attack?" Shen Wenyue couldn't wait to interrupt, with a bright look in his eyes.
Hahaha--
Kong Jile said: "Didn't I ask you to help publicize that our troops are resting and preparing to welcome the New Year, and there will be no military operations? Why do you think we are going to launch a military attack in winter?"
Shen Wenyue said: "Young Master, isn't this the common suspicion formation you use in the military? This has happened many times before. Every time we were resting for publicity, we suddenly launched an attack, and the Japanese troops we fought were
Caught off guard."
Hearing this, Kong Jie became even happier: "Wenyue, do you really think so?"
"Yes, isn't this a very reasonable inference?"
"Haha, that's right. In fact, this is the effect I want to see when I ask your publicity department to help me promote it."
"???"
"The so-called war is never tired of deceit. It is precisely because of this trick that we have used it many times. So when we release the news that our troops are being renovated and will not conduct military operations, what would you think if you were a Japanese soldier?
You would definitely think that the Eighth Route Army was trying to hide the enemy's suspicions and plan a winter offensive.
Especially in the battles surrounding Datong and Zhangjiakou not long ago, the tragic defeat of the Japs is probably still clear!
Under such circumstances, regardless of whether the little devil believes it or not, they dare not take the gamble and can only find ways to strengthen the defense and deploy troops to strengthen the defense in order to cope with the offensive that our Eighth Route Army may launch at any time this winter!"
"I understand!" Shen Wenyue said suddenly: "So you are doing the opposite. In fact, the troops are really preparing for repairs this winter, and there is no military action. You just want to use this method to scare the little devils and let the Japanese go to war.
Does the Japanese army have to be on tenterhooks even during the New Year?”
"Smart, she is indeed the daughter-in-law of our old Confucius. She is like a female Zhuge in this world!" Kong Jie gave a thumbs up.
Shen Wenyue said angrily: "How am I smart? If I were smart, I wouldn't be fooled by you. If I were a Japanese soldier, I would definitely be fooled!"
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…
Later, in the follow-up military discussion meeting on base area development held at the headquarters, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who were the main persons in charge of the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone, attended the meeting together.
During the meeting, Kong Jie proposed the strategic idea of total war.
"In the past few years, our army has not developed. Our equipment is backward, ammunition is scarce, and especially we lack firepower for attacking critical areas. A few broken gun towers with masonry structures can surround us and we have no temper.
All we could do at that time was survive in such a severe environment and persist in fighting against the little devils.
At that time, the main policies we adopted against the Japanese and Japanese-occupied areas were various types of harassment warfare, ambush warfare, and assault warfare based on guerrilla warfare.
However, due to backward equipment and lack of firepower for attacking critical areas, the Japanese army could often invest less troops and, with the help of control of the puppet troops, complete a solid defense of the occupied area.
A gendarmerie squadron that is not even full of strength can easily control a county town. To exaggerate, a squad of Japs, or even a few Japs, have occupied and controlled a county town. Every time I think of this, my stomach is full of fire.
We are aware of this situation, but what can we do?
An army that lacks guns and artillery is simply not capable of attacking difficult targets, so it can’t be a battle with the Japs empty-handed, right?”
Changing the topic, Kong Jie continued: "But the situation is different now.
We dare not say anything about Central China and East China, but at least in North China, the devil's control over the occupied areas is no longer as good as before.
Coupled with the growth of our troops and the development of equipment, it is no exaggeration to say that if the Japanese dare to control the county with a mere squadron of military police, the county will be a piece of fat in our mouths. We want to
Just eat.
Just pull out an elite combat regiment without even a regiment, and you can easily kill the Japanese military police and capture the county seat.
Nowadays, even the Japanese security regiment dare not say that it can completely control a county under the offensive of the Eighth Route Army troops in our Taihang area!
But I think that under such circumstances, our combat strategy against the Japanese should also change accordingly.
In the past, guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare, and harassment warfare were the main ones, but now military confrontation and shock and awe can be the main ones.
To put it simply, we no longer need to carry out time-consuming and laborious attacks, often doubling the number of troops. We only need to use the method of knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger and scare the snake. In addition, the infiltration of puppet troops will prevent the Japanese army from relying on the strategy of using China to control China.
This little devil with a bow and a snake shadow must use at least twice, or even three or five times the number of troops to defend.
If the Japanese want to plunder resources, they must maintain a vast occupied area, which means they need to bear more defense pressure. As defense consumption is increased layer by layer, once it exceeds the income from the occupied area, it will in turn become a burden.
But once the Japanese give up these occupied areas and defend isolated strongholds, it will become a dilemma of pure consumption and no gain.
Under such circumstances, and as a small country, the Japanese army was fighting on multiple fronts, so there were inherent flaws in its military strength.
With only twice as many troops, we can contain two, three, or even more Japanese troops. Sooner or later, the little devil's troops for defense will be stretched thin.
In this way, we can continuously destroy the enemy-occupied areas while developing ourselves, turn the occupied areas from the enemy's supply base into a blood-sucking black hole, and finally defeat the enemy in all directions, and then launch a series of final decisive battles.
How can we not win this war of resistance?”
The resounding words made all the generals participating in the meeting think about it thoughtfully, and then their eyes showed various expressions of excitement.
"What Comrade Kong Jie said is good, he really hit the point! What a general war strategic idea. This is just a word, and it can completely defeat the Japanese army at the minimum cost." The deputy chief of staff praised.
In fact, Kong Jie had deeper thoughts that he didn't say.
Continue with this general war strategic approach.
At least the little devils in North China will be firmly pinned to North China, completely unable to move, and they will even have to draw troops from the Northeast or East and South China to strengthen their defense.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to maintain security and stability in the inherently occupied areas under the offensive of elite troops dominated by the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.
In this way, it can further pave the way for Kong Jie's subsequent planning.
As for East and South China, Kong Jie still has preparations.
Many commanders of the New Fourth Army came to the meeting this time, or were still staying in the Taihang area. Kong Jie had already had initial contact with these commanders and said during the contact talks.
Comrades in the New Fourth Army must be provided with a considerable amount of weapons and supplies, including corresponding instructors, pilots, and various flight facilities.
What is the purpose?
"I hope to help our New Fourth Army comrades to open a temporary airport belonging to our New Fourth Army after establishing a solid stronghold behind enemy lines.
In this way, when ground transportation and contact are more difficult, our Eighth Route Army and our comrades in the New Fourth Army can support each other through air transportation, and subsequent reinforcements and equipment will be much more convenient."
After Kong Jie expressed his intention, the New Fourth Army paid special attention to it, and the relevant leaders also stated that they would discuss it with Kong Jie in detail later.