This secret military plan has a very high level of confidentiality. Except for the main persons in charge and high-level cadres in each base area, no one else knows about it.
Even in the special experimental area, only Kong Jie knew about this matter.
It’s not that he didn’t tell us intentionally. In the words of the Deputy Chief of General Staff: “If they are not in their positions and are not seeking their own policies, telling our cadres will not be of much use.
In addition, this matter is kept highly confidential, which can also be regarded as a kind of test. If even our own cadres cannot identify our series of combat deployments and the final plan, let alone the enemy's Japanese army.
Already."
Inside the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone Headquarters.
As soon as Kong Jie arrived at the headquarters, Li Yunlong happily ran over with a photo and showed it to Kong Jie: "Haha, Lao Kong, come and take a look, our Lao Li is on camera again!"
Kong Jie was stunned for a moment and looked at the photo in Li Yunlong's hand.
In the photo, I saw that Li Yunlong had taken a dog from nowhere and was taking a group photo with a delegation of Allied generals. Not far away were groups of prisoners being escorted, as well as Japanese guns, ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles, and tanks neatly stacked nearby.
The photo is still a color photo.
Li Yunlong said happily: "How about it, Lao Kong, isn't this photo taken very luxurious?
Apart from anything else, if this photo is published, it will be difficult for me, Mr. Li, to become famous. The propaganda meaning is completely different. Allied countries came to watch our victory over the Japanese invaders.
That old devil Okamura would probably turn green with anger if he saw this photo."
Kong Jie said with a smile: "If this had happened a few years ago, Lao Li, if you had really released this photo, maybe that old devil from Okamura would have sent the Yamamoto special agent team here to kill you!"
Moreover, all aspects of information about important cadres of the Eighth Route Army must be kept confidential.
Naturally, it also includes the corresponding issue of appearance.
How good is the Eighth Route Army's confidentiality work in this regard?
Until now, the Japanese army, which hates Kong Jie so much, has offered high rewards in major counties for Kong Jie's portrait, which was even hand-painted and not even remotely similar to Kong Jie's appearance.
I really couldn’t get a photo of Kong Jie.
Okamura, who wanted to cut Kong Jie into pieces all day long, didn't even know what Kong Jie looked like.
In addition, under Shi Dahu's operation, many versions were circulated, with various appearances, but there was no real appearance of Kong Jie, which completely confused the Japanese.
Later, it became a special joke that the photos in some of the rewards and information about Kong Jie sent by the Japanese from different counties did not match at all.
Comrade Kong Jie, who was famous in northwest Shanxi Province, suddenly had many different faces.
Of course, with the growth of the special experimental zone and the need for publicity work, there must be a representative cadre of this special experimental zone to show up!
This old Li likes to be in the limelight, so Kong Jie naturally has to give way to some of his old comrades.
As a result, Li Yunlong suddenly transformed and became the flagship of the Special Experimental Zone.
In particular, his particularly eye-catching big head has almost become Li Yunlong's unique appearance label.
Let’s talk about business again.
Li Yunlong said: "Hey, Lao Kong, guess what? After the battle around the Eastern Mongolia defense line, when the comrades of the 35th Route Army were cleaning the battlefield, they made an extraordinary discovery.
This mobile heavy artillery brigade of the Kwantung Army was so desperate that it even brought a chemical artillery brigade.
As a result, because we were too deep into our defense line, we had no time to escape and were almost completely captured.
All these equipment and materials, including personnel, have been captured by us. Now we have irrefutable evidence that the Japanese used special gases on the battlefield and violated the Geneva Convention.
It happened that the generals from all the Allied countries were here, but after witnessing this scene with their own eyes, and after reporters from all over the world reported on it.
Let’s see what these little devils have to say!”
The actual situation is that after the relevant reports spread completely, it indeed caused an uproar in the international community. Countries around the world condemned Japan from the high ground of justice and morality.
In the end, both Umezu Yoshijiro and Okamura were severely reprimanded by the domestic base camp for this.
It actually made these two old devils very depressed.
While the two were talking, Ding Wei came with another interesting story.
"It's so damn interesting. There are so many talented people in this Japs team!"
"How do you say this?" Li Yunlong asked.
Ding Weidao: "I just went to our Cadre Teaching Department to observe, and found a teacher with a strange face explaining some knowledge about the maintenance and repair of heavy artillery. I have to say, what he taught was really good! The details are in place, and every detail is very good.
Look, you are an expert in this field.
Even when I talk about it, I don’t know what’s going on, it always has the flavor of my childhood.
I couldn't hold back my curiosity, so I asked a cadre and guess what? He was really a Japanese army officer.
I heard that he was actually the commander of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade before this, and it seems that he was a Japanese major general who was captured by us during the battle on the eastern Mongolian defense line."
Having said this, seeing that there was no surprised look on Kong Jie's face, Ding Wei said suspiciously: "Lao Kong, could this be your arrangement?"
Ahem——
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Our Eighth Route Army has always demoted talents in an eclectic way.
This Major General Kubo is obviously such a talent. During the battle around the Eastern Mongolia defense line, Major General Kubo and his heavy artillery brigade were captured by us.
Mr. Major General is still staying with us.
People have said that I have long heard that our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially and values talents. He has a lot of experience in the fields of heavy artillery operations and maintenance. He studied the field of heavy artillery back then.
What does it mean?
I hope that our Eighth Route Army can make full use of its personnel and find him a suitable position so that he can make a living.
In order to express his sincerity, after surrendering to our Eighth Route Army, this major general also acted as a commentator for us, introducing on the spot some cannons that the Japanese army had missed or captured on the battlefield.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not only that, Mr. Kubo even related the siege heavy artillery maintenance brigade, school shooting brigade, surveying and mapping brigade, and teaching brigade that were captured by his brigade.
All the personnel were fished out from our prisoner of war road construction camp.
After helping us persuade these people to surrender, we also specially organized a class of heavy artillery training instructors.
After I heard about this, I immediately told Commander Fu and recruited people. It happened that we were very scarce in the field of heavy artillery teaching cadres.
After all, this special officer who graduated from a military academy is quite knowledgeable in the professional military field."
"Haha, damn, this guy is really a talent!" After hearing this, Li Yunlong clapped his hands happily.
Ding Wei couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect there to be such a weirdo among these Japanese officers!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "It's human nature. Nowadays, the little devil is on the decline. If the tree falls and the beard is loose, then what can we say about the people's hearts?
Kubo abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side and found another job in our Eighth Route Army. This is a sign of great wisdom and foolishness.
In fact, this little devil is very smart. His old troops are all gone. If he really returns to the Japanese camp, the war may not go well that day, and Okamura will drag him out to sacrifice the flag.
It is better to stay here with our Eighth Route Army and be happy. Anyway, it is not uncommon for the Japanese to be captured by our Eighth Route Army."
Speaking of the follow-up resettlement issue of the increasing number of Japanese prisoners.
Kong Jie's attitude was very firm: "It is true that our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, but as prisoners, you must have the consciousness of a prisoner and keep your head down.
In addition, our base area is not a place where the Japanese can eat for free.
We take care of three meals a day and don't treat them harshly.
But you have to work, such as building bridges and roads, digging mountains and controlling floods. Although the work is hard, it is more fulfilling than anything else. We soldiers can all do the work. Why, is this kid more noble?"
In the meeting of the Prisoners’ Political Department, Kong Jie pointed out clearly:
"This is called reform through labor! Compared with the Soviet side, which dragged prisoners to the freezing ice fields to build fortifications and had nothing to eat all day long, our Eighth Route Army is extremely benevolent.
Giving the Japanese prisoners a job can wash away the guilt in their hearts and lead a more fulfilling life. You see, maybe they will be grateful to me!"
This is indeed the case.
When some of the new captives were first sent to work at the prisoner of war camp construction site, they were initially cursing and dissatisfied.
But then they will be surprised to find that although the ancestors who were captured long ago worked hard and sweated, they had no complaints and even had smiles on their faces.
At first they didn't understand it very much.
Until they were completely integrated into a down-to-earth life, they were suddenly enveloped in a strange feeling of being able to get food through hard work, realizing their own self-worth, and gaining the respect of others.
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When they were in the Japanese camp, as the invaders, when had they ever felt so at ease?
Moreover, the Eighth Route Army was indeed very benevolent and righteous. Although they were prisoners, they would not frequently punch, kick or humiliate them in every possible way. Instead, they gave them considerable respect. In addition to daily hard work, they even had a lot of collective entertainment.
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Although there is no military pay, I heard that the Eighth Route Army has never received military pay, but they are provided with three meals a day, and the Eighth Route Army will arrange medical personnel for you if you get sick.
I heard from newly arrived comrades who were captured that many troops in the imperial army now don't even have enough to eat. The daily tickets have depreciated so much that they can no longer count on their military pay.
These Japanese prisoners who had begun to enjoy this down-to-earth life became increasingly determined not to leave.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army also promised that after the war, if the prisoners were reformed through labor and performed well, they could be released back to the country and even paid travel expenses.
This not only shows respect for people, but also gives hope for the future.
For a time, in Kong Jie's eyes, these Japanese captives, as excellent free labor force, really showed their potential.
Even Xie Baoqing, head of the Eighth Route Army construction engineering team, lamented:
"If these little devils didn't fight, they would be really good workers as workers. They are hard-working and obedient and do whatever they are told.
They are all workers, and these Japanese workers can even do as much work as ordinary people for two days in one day!"
Kong Jie was also speechless when he heard this. They are indeed a nation of beasts!
Due to their good behavior, some Japanese soldiers were specially ordered to be released by Kong Jie and allowed to return to their original units. However, the day they were sent off was shocking.
The little devils all cried bitterly, and many even expressed their unwillingness to go back and would rather stay in the base area.
After reluctantly returning to their original troops, these prisoners naturally spread the news that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well and that they were not terrible once captured by the Eighth Route Army.
You can have a full meal every time.
Just work, no fighting, no risk of death.
If you are sick, someone will treat you.
There are also various entertainment activities, sometimes meals, and even movies.
After the war is over, I can still pay you travel expenses and send you back to your country...
It is said that in the headquarters, after hearing what a Japanese second lieutenant who was released by the Eighth Route Army saw, heard and experienced in the Eighth Route Army prisoner-of-war camp, General Okamura's face was so gloomy that he could almost shed tears.
Murder is heartbreaking!
Let alone ordinary soldiers being captured, even some officers who are loyal enough to the empire may be shaken by the series of blows from the Eighth Route Army.
Okamura suddenly felt that this was the first time he realized how terrifying the Eighth Route Army was.
What follows is anger.
Especially the hateful Major General Kubo who took the lead in promoting the work of the Eighth Route Army.
This bastard even went to the Eighth Road to find another job!
I heard that he secretly wrote some letters to his former comrades, telling how safe and superior life was in the Eighth Route Army base area!
The more Okamura thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wished he could capture Major General Kubo and cut him into pieces.
After calming down, Okamura decided to further intensify his offensive.
The summer sweeps against the New Fourth Army base areas in the southern region have begun in an all-round way.
For this grand plan, Okamura, with the cooperation of the Kwantung Army, stabilized the Eighth Route Army in North China, and assembled a considerable force in the south to divide, outflank, and raid the base areas of the New Fourth Army.
Facing the Japanese offensive.
Under the principle of using defense as offense, the New Fourth Army actively sought offensives and used various tactics such as mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare, and detours to contain the Japanese troops in the south.
The anti-Japanese armed forces in North China, dominated by the Eighth Route Army, responded positively and launched an offensive known as the August Storm to cope with the New Fourth Army's counter-mopping up.
The Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army started a tug-of-war around the Eighth Route Army's base areas and various recovered areas.
Because the Japanese army focused on defense in North China and focused on offense in Central and South China.
The Japanese offensive was not violent.
With the assistance of the elites of the five divisions moving south and the Kwantung Army, the Japanese and puppet troops in North China held important county towns and communication lines, and gradually launched a counterattack against some areas recovered by the Eighth Route Army, and achieved certain results.
As for the Eighth Route Army, the main elites from each base area have actually secretly gathered in northern Shanxi, eastern Mongolia, and western Inner Mongolia.
The current Operation August Storm is nothing more than a bluff.
Therefore, the two sides are basically in a stalemate. You come and I go back and forth, fighting on their own defensive lines. As time goes by, each other wins or loses.