The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
At Kong Jie's request, under the leadership of the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of general staff, generals from all parties gathered at another headquarters military meeting.
Even Commander Fu received a special order and came to the headquarters to attend the meeting.
After the meeting began, the deputy chief of staff went straight to the topic and signaled Kong Jie to speak.
Kong Jie's eyes were filled with an unprecedented look, and he said loudly: "Comrades, let me tell you a story first!
It is said that after World War I, in order to prevent the German invasion, the French spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build an extremely strong defense line. The scale of this defense line was quite large. It is said that it almost covered the entire French-German border.
They are all blocked, and the quality is top-notch. It is said to be a line of defense that cannot be broken through.
Since they had this line of defense, the French people were happy and felt much more secure in their hearts. Later, they became increasingly slack.
As a result, due to a loophole in this line of defense, the success fell short. The huge line of defense had no effect and was directly breached by the Germans!
The story is indeed very interesting, have any of you comrades heard of it?"
Commander Fu smiled and said: "I'm talking about Lao Kong, you've been talking in a roundabout way for a long time, isn't it the Maginot Line of Defense?"
"The deputy commander is indeed very discerning. Yes, it is the Maginot Line of Defense!" Kong Jie said with a smile.
"Lao Kong, what exactly do you want to say?"
Kong Jie said: "The Maginot Line itself did have many shortcomings, and later it was even said to be those practices that were purely time-consuming and labor-intensive, but actually futile, superficial, and of no practical use.
But truly sophisticated tactics are never static. They can be used directly or in reverse. There are both experiences that can be learned from success and lessons that can be learned from failure.
Returning to the problem we raised before:
With the growth of our army and the development of our base areas, sooner or later the originally scattered base areas will be integrated into a unified territory, and sooner or later the originally scattered troops will be integrated into a unified regular armed force.
Then there needs to be integration and training between troops.
Including our plan to advance to Guandong, it requires a large number of troops to be integrated and reorganized into elite troops capable of exerting combat power. At the same time, we need to gather troops in northern Shanxi and eastern Mongolia in advance in order to implement the next battle plan.
But this series of movements and movements must be huge, and it is impossible for the little devil not to notice the situation.
So, how can the Japanese be aware of such a movement but still not suspect that our army is secretly preparing to advance to Kanto?"
"I understand, Lao Kong, are you saying that we should also learn from France and build a line of defense similar to Maginot to paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army and achieve the purpose of concealing the truth?"
Commander Fu suddenly understood, and all the generals who came to their senses immediately had expressions of surprise on their faces.
Kong Jie said with a smile: "The Maginot Line is a derogatory term. How can we use such a derogatory term? Why not change the name and call it the Mongolian Defense Line?"
He talked eloquently: "After our 101st Division gradually created a situation in the eastern Mongolian area, the enemy situation in that area was complicated. In addition to the troops stationed in Mongolia, there was also the Kwantung Army. As the starting point of the Kwantung area, the eastern Mongolian area can be seen at any time.
There is a possibility of being attacked by the Kwantung Army.
This is a huge hidden danger for our 101st Division.
So how to eradicate this hidden danger?
The French built a Maginot Line to guard against German sneak attacks.
Our Eighth Route Army built a large defense line in eastern Mongolia to guard against the Kwantung Army's attack. Isn't this too much?
As for the eastern Mongolian defense line, we not only had to repair it, but also overhauled it and repaired it specially. We built three floors inside and three floors outside. We even completely separated the recovered area from the enemy-occupied area. We started construction day and night and repaired it with great fanfare.
I would like to take this to show the Japanese army that our Eighth Route Army built this great defense line in eastern Mongolia to prevent sneak attacks by your Kwantung Army. We do not offend the rivers, and with this line of defense in the future, you should not even think about sending troops to sneak attacks into the pass!"
Lao Wang took over the words and said: "In this way, we are building the plank road openly, secretly visiting Chencang, and secretly advancing towards Guandong with the help of the cover of the Mengdong defense line.
Wonderful!
Lao Kong, if you really want to tell me, how did your head grow? It’s a brilliant plan!”
Lao Xu then raised a question: "It's just that the little devil is not easy to fool, right?
Thinking from the little devil's point of view, they have to think about what the Eighth Route Army is doing? What is their intention to build the Eastern Mongolian Defense Line?
On the surface, the purpose of the Eighth Route Army was to build a solid line of defense in the eastern Mongolia area to guard against sneak attacks by the Kwantung Army, but the actual intention may not be this.
There is probably a scam here, so you have to be on guard!"
The cadres all agreed that this was indeed a fact, and I am afraid that a line of defense cannot fool the little devils.
Commander Fu did not speak, but just looked at Kong Jie and his expression as he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. He was convinced that Kong Jie must have a back-up plan.
We can all think of these things. Since Lao Kong has put forward all the plans, how could he not consider them?
Sure enough, Kong Jie said confidently: "The Japanese will naturally suspect that there is fraud here at first.
But as the old saying goes, if this fake thing lasts for a long time, it will become true.
If we only repair this eastern Mongolia defense line for three or two days, the little devils will definitely not believe it. But what if we start overhauling it non-stop, even from July to September, or even to the end of the year?
The little devil couldn't help but not believe it!
Moreover, building this line of defense to resist the invasion of the Kwantung Army is indeed one of our intentions.
In addition, we can consider from a further perspective. After we occupy Kanto in the future, can this line of defense be used to resist foreign enemies' attacks on Kanto?
Only a small number of troops are needed, relying on the defense line to deploy, and we can easily buy enough valuable time and fighters for our troops to fight in Kanto!
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Let's discuss the matter. With the Mengdong Defense Line in place, it will also provide an excellent place and a stable environment for our subsequent running-in training of various units.
This little devil is newly defeated, so he must be very wary of our Eighth Route Army launching an attack.
But when our troops are assembled, if we don't fight, it will wear down the Japanese's patience. Apart from repairing fortifications every day, the rest of the time for the troops can be used for running-in training.
Train our hodgepodge of troops into a steel division that displays combat power as a whole.
After several months of training, when the combat effectiveness of our entire army is fully formed, and when the little devil has lost all his energy and patience after months of torture, we will make a sudden attack.
The Japanese are destined to be caught off guard!"
"Yes, that's the truth. This is a very clever plan!" Commander Fu said: "I am still worried about this. Originally, our 101st Division occupied the territory of Mengxi, but it was still able to defend it firmly.
But since more and more areas have been recovered in eastern Mongolia, my military strength is actually somewhat insufficient.
Once the Kwantung Army, including the troops stationed in Mongolia, launches a surprise attack, I may not be able to stop it.
With this great defense line in eastern Mongolia, it can just resist the threats from the Kwantung Army and the troops stationed in Mongolia.
It is really reasonable to build this line of defense at this time. As time goes by, even if you don't believe it, you have to believe that we built this line of defense to isolate the Kwantung Army from the Manchu Army.
At that time, we will take the opportunity to launch offensives in Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei. Comrades from the New Fourth Army including Central and South China can also launch a comprehensive attack to contain the Japanese army.
The troops originally assembled in eastern Mongolia also moved south with great fanfare to reinforce some.
Is this little devil from Guandong still worried that our army will pass through the Mongolian defense line and take the opportunity to advance towards Guandong?"
As the discussion continued in depth and all factors were taken into consideration, the generals felt that this plan was entirely feasible.
Lao Wang sighed with emotion: "Lao Kong, Lao Kong, these classic battle examples from various countries and the various military techniques in Chinese history have really made it clear to you.
A few years ago, in the Licheng and Lucheng areas, you played the empty city strategy. It was so effective that you moved all the people from several cities to nothing.
This time the Maginot Line was also fooled by you!"
Li Yunlong, who also participated in the meeting this time, was not to be outdone and immediately said:
"I say, old comrades, don't worry! We, Lao Li, have another plan!"
"Oh, Commander Li, please speak!" Lao Wang laughed.
Li Yunlong said: "In order to coordinate the plan of the Mengdong defense line, let me say that from the battle in northern Henan to the battle in the Jiaodong area, after these several victorious battles are over.
We can hold an Allied Games in Licheng with great fanfare!
Not only did they have to review the newly formed field mobile detachment, they also had to participate in military pentathlon competitions with the Allies, as well as tank competitions, artillery competitions, and air competitions, making it a huge event.
We can even announce to the outside world during the military parade that our Eighth Route Army is prepared to further expand the subsequent offensive, further expand the results, and further accelerate the process of completely defeating the Japanese invaders.
With the battle in Mongolia and Jiaodong, and the power of bombing the mainland, I am afraid that the international community will not doubt the truth of our words, and they are not afraid that they will not believe it.
In eastern Mongolia, there was a firefight with the Japanese, and various key points began to prepare for the construction of fortifications.
After the excitement in Licheng was over, the construction of complex fortifications, minefields, light and dark bunkers, mobile troop stations, and military fortresses began immediately in eastern Mongolia.
You can also invite countries from all over the world to come and visit.
The air defense positions behind the defense line, frontline airports, and express roads are all real!
When the Japanese saw that the Eighth Route Army was making such a big move, they would definitely wonder if there was some conspiracy.
The Japs will most likely launch exploratory raids at various positions. Let's give these little Japs a bit of a hard blow when the time comes to let the Japs know that these lines of defense are real.
I just want to tell him the little devil openly.
Our Eighth Route Army is preparing to launch a massive defense in the north and a massive offensive in the south, and is even preparing to recapture North China in one fell swoop, but we want to see in which direction the Japanese will focus their defense at this point!"
Ha ha ha ha--
"Wonderful, he is indeed the great military advisor of Li. It is as if Zhuge was still alive!"
Lao Wang praised him without hesitation.
Li Yunlong was so happy that his eyes were gone.
The deputy commander-in-chief, deputy chief of staff, and the veteran brigade commander who also came to the meeting also had smiles on their faces. Looking at the rising stars like Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, they couldn't help but feel reassured.
Now these generals have grown rapidly one by one and are now able to take charge of their own affairs.
Then we discussed the specific timing of the fight.
Kong Jie proposed: "When the defense line in eastern Mongolia is almost completed, it is almost autumn, just in time for the autumn harvest. I heard that the soil in Guandong is fertile, the grain yield is high, and the harvest is always good.
If we don't go to fight some autumn winds, where will we land the big steamed buns?"
After the words fell, the conference room burst into laughter, and everyone said that the timing was so good.
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While the Eighth Route Army base area was filled with cheers, the Japanese headquarters was filled with gloom and gloom.
The old Japanese Okamura has been trying to persuade Kwantung Army Commander Umezu Yoshijiro these days, but his attitude is so low that it can almost be regarded as begging.
Then I received another news: The Eighth Route Army seemed to be making some moves in the direction of Licheng. I heard that there was some kind of Allied Games. The Eighth Route Army, the National Army, as well as allied countries such as Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union all sent troops to participate.
It seems as if these forces hostile to the Japanese army are discussing how to deal with this little devil!
Okamura was so angry that his teeth itched, and after the anger passed, he felt a little cold on his back.
Something is wrong, very wrong.
These cunning Eight Routers like to engage in some tricks, and there are often conspiracies brewing in many seemingly ordinary events.
I remember the last time the Eighth Route Army held a military competition, they took the opportunity to launch an offensive, and the Japanese troops were beaten with bruises and swollen faces.
Especially that Kong Jie, he was really a bastard. Even on such a happy occasion as his wedding, he did not forget to use it to set a trap to harm the imperial army.
Okamura was completely frightened. He quickly ordered the investigators to be extra vigilant about the movements in Licheng, collect as much information as possible, and judge in advance the intentions of the Eighth Route Army to make trouble here.
At the same time, this inexplicable pressure made Okamura accelerate his request for help from Umezu Yoshijiro.
Use both soft and hard skills.
After all, Umezu Yoshijiro could no longer resist, and finally agreed to Okamura and sent the Kwantung Army south to reinforce North China.
Then, the battle in the eastern Mongolian area suddenly started. The 35th Route Army of the National Army, which was originally operating in the eastern Mongolian area, suddenly launched a surprise attack on some defense lines built by the Mongolian army in the eastern Mongolian area.
It's just that these raids came out of nowhere. After temporarily repelling the Japanese army, they did not take the opportunity to expand their victory. Instead, they stationed themselves on the spot, seeming to cover up some movement in the rear.
It was not until a few days later that the Japanese reconnaissance troops detected the specific situation. They stated in their report that the Chinese army in eastern Mongolia suddenly began large-scale construction of defense fortifications. They were fully prepared, including various complex fortifications, bunkers and hidden fortresses.
No shortage.
Engineers and construction troops from all fields, as well as various construction equipment and vehicles, are constantly gathering.
"Judging from the specific situation, the Eighth Route Army seems to want to build permanent defense fortifications in eastern Mongolia!"