1256 Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind
In fact, if Okamura and Umezu Yoshijiro could calm down and analyze carefully, they would realize that the August Storm operation promoted by the Eighth Route Army to the outside world seems to be huge and the battles are not small, but in fact it is a bit thunderous and rainy.
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The offensive intensity of various units of the Eighth Route Army was also obviously not as strong as in the past.
——This time, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Jizhong, and Southern Hebei have all transferred their main elite troops to eastern Mongolia. Only the eastern Hebei troops have not been transferred, and the main troops of the Shandong Military Region have not been transferred. This is the last main force of the Eighth Route Army left behind in the base camp of North China.
This is just in case, if the Japanese are desperate for their lives and launch a large-scale attack on the base areas behind enemy lines in North China in an unreasonable manner, with these main forces here, the five Kwantung Army divisions that the Japanese have sent south for reinforcements have arrived. In a short time,
The base area can also withstand it.
In addition, in order to achieve the camouflage effect, the Eighth Route Army specially arranged some elite mobile armored units, including aviation units, to attack frequently to create suspicion and bluff.
But if you think about it for a while, you will most likely be able to spot some clues.
It’s a pity that there is no if!
After the southern offensive started, the attention of the old Japanese Okamura and Umezu Yoshijiro was basically attracted.
As for the Eighth Route Army's offensive in North China, it was massive, but in the end it failed to break through the defenses of some important cities and the defenses of some important communication lines.
Umezu Yoshijiro said proudly: "This is the manifestation of the power of our Kwantung Army. Our reinforcements from the North China Eighth Route Army are nothing to be afraid of. They can't even break through our joint defense line."
After the war in the south is over and the New Fourth Army has been severely damaged, our army will turn around and concentrate its forces, and we will definitely be able to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"
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As for the Eighth Route Army, the troops left behind in each base area were very busy launching offensives against the Japanese army in order to bluff.
The generals of the Eighth Route Army who were still planning the battle plan to advance northward and the deployment in eastern and western Mongolia were rare to sit back and watch the turmoil in this calm.
Kong Jie was not idle either, he was negotiating with people in the courtyard of the special experimental area where foreign guests were received.
It was said to be a negotiation, but listening to the loud noises from both sides, it seemed a bit like a quarrel.
One of the voices was that of General Patton, and it was mixed with anger: "Kong, in the words of you Chinese, you are like a lion, and your price is too low. How can you do business like this? You
If we persist like this, I don’t think our cooperation can continue!”
Another voice belonging to Kong Jie came out in a nonchalant voice: "I'm talking to you, dad, don't be impatient after all! As the old saying goes, good business is all about negotiation. If you think it's inappropriate, we can still do it.
Let’s talk again!
And you have to know what a big piece of cake is before you. Not only you and the United States want to eat this cake, I think Britain, the Soviet Union, France and other Allied forces have also wanted to get involved.
It is true that China's current national strength is weak, especially its industrial foundation.
But it is precisely because our industrial base is weak that our potential is unlimited, and the market we need is simply boundless.
In the future, our country will develop and everything will compete, so there will be business opportunities everywhere.
Moreover, we in the Eighth Route Army are lacking almost everything, and almost every aspect of business has a market with unlimited potential.
Especially after our core base is stabilized, the investment in manpower, material resources and other resources required for the automobile industry, chemical industry, electric power, mining, railways, highways and bridges, and a series of industrial construction, etc., is simply too large.
Dare to imagine.
In such a big market, even if you make a little less per share, the total amount is astonishing, and you will still make huge profits.
I really treat your boss as a friend to say these heartfelt words to you. If you don’t want to talk, I will find someone else!"
Kong Jie said and really ran away.
The bluffed General Patton quickly stopped Kong Jie, and his originally strong attitude immediately faded, and he begged: "No, my friend, as you said, there is always business to discuss, let's discuss it carefully.
Please tell me the specific price and transaction items!”
Kong Jie, who was carrying his back, showed a sinister smile on his lips, turned his head and went to meet him.
Add wine, turn on the lights and resume the feast.
Let’s talk again!
In fact, the representatives of the British, American, Soviet, French and other allied forces are all cunning old foxes, and this military competition in Licheng is not all just for the competition.
And it’s not just people from the military. For example, Kong Jie’s old friend John Lao led a group of American consortiums to inspect the Eighth Route Army’s base areas in Taihang, Luliang, Yan’an and western Inner Mongolia.
Not only arms dealers, but also representatives from many types of industrial equipment supply companies.
For them, the war will end sooner or later, but China, which is in urgent need of development and is almost empty, is simply a super market full of potential and infinite possibilities.
Businessmen like them who exploit every opportunity will not miss such an opportunity to make a fortune.
Smell the business opportunities and come!
Especially now, the Eighth Route Army is in urgent need of large-scale development of industrial facilities to support the development of military industry. If the Eighth Route Army wants to control more territory, the construction of an efficient railway and highway network is definitely indispensable, so modern train locomotives, heavy trucks and the like
Advanced machinery, under the premise that Eight Road cannot produce it domestically for the time being, can only import it from abroad. This is urgently needed, and only if it is urgently needed can it be sold at a good price.
All aspects of this are money, especially since the Eighth Route Army is becoming increasingly powerful in military strength and will be able to establish a fairly stable large base sooner or later.
As long as you can seize the opportunity, even a pig can probably make a lot of money.
This is why even a straightforward and heroic soldier like General Patton had to endure his temper and have a hard time negotiating with Kong Jie.
The benefits are really impressive!
For the Eighth Route Army, cooperating with allied parties and using the resources and technology of the allies to stimulate domestic industry and the rapid rise and development of the military industry are definitely more pros than cons.
During the discussion on the future construction of the Eighth Route Army at the headquarters, Kong Jie once proposed:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Without convenient transportation to promote the development of commerce, agriculture and other industries, it will be difficult for the economy and industry to fully rise."
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Our Eighth Route Army must be thoroughly strengthened and our base areas must be thoroughly constructed.
It is necessary to build a high-standard transportation highway to connect the Yan'an production base, Hetao production base, Baotou production base, Daqingshan production base, etc., and finally lead to the eastern Mongolian defense line.
In the future, our highway network will even cover the north and south of the Yangtze River.
The transportation network is ten times and a hundred times more developed than the one built by the Japanese.
In addition to highway construction, the construction plan of the railway from Yan'an to the Hetao area and connecting to Baotou also needs to be prepared and implemented.
Once the construction of these two arteries is completed, it will not only facilitate economic development, but also provide significant military reinforcements.
Including our subsequent combat operations in Kanto, we can also use these convenient transportation lines to get more support from the stable base in the rear.
If we can do this, is victory still far away?"
To achieve this step, it is definitely not possible to work behind closed doors and close the country. The Eighth Route Army must rely on the strength of allied countries, especially making full use of the current special period.
This is a golden development period.
The Allied countries wanted to get a share of China's huge market, and at the same time, they had to rely on the growing Eighth Route Army to contain the main force of the Japanese army.
Naturally, cooperation with the Eighth Route Army is indispensable.
They want to obtain huge wealth from the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army also needs the resources and technology from the Allied countries.
win-win!
In addition, at the Yan'an Economic Seminar, Kong Jie received military orders from the leaders: "Not only must we use the resources and technologies of the Allied countries to promote the rapid development of the base areas and troops, but at the same time, we must do business with all Allied parties.
The interests of the country must be guaranteed in exchanges and trade.
We must not create an excessive trade deficit, causing China's resources to drain away from allied countries."
In this regard, the headquarters stated that talents in the financial field across the country are at the mercy of Kong Jie to select and formulate corresponding trade plans.
Today's country lacks high-tech industrial products and military products, so it uses some basic agricultural and agricultural and sideline products to balance it.
In summary:
"Leverage the strength of all countries to build the prosperity of China!"
Kong Jie loudly put forward this slogan at the meeting.
Of course, the premise for this series of economic development has never changed.
This time the Japanese army launched a summer sweep against the New Fourth Army in the south, and the Eighth Route Army launched Operation August Storm in North China to provide support.
The military has also carried out a series of measures:
Under the command of the former enemy's general headquarters, the Eighth Route Army used the Licheng Conference as a cover to secretly mobilize the Southern Hebei Cavalry Regiment, the Central Hebei Cavalry Regiment, the New Fourth Army Cavalry Regiment, and the Northern Henan Cavalry Regiment, and all of them received armor training.
After the assessment, they will be upgraded to a synthetic mechanized cluster.
Mechanized infantry, biochemical protection troops, Type 42 light tanks, Type 42 medium tanks, Type 42 105 self-propelled howitzers, Type 42 150 self-propelled mortars, Type 42 155 self-propelled howitzers, Type 43 armored vehicles, Type 42 90mm anti-tank
Destroyer vehicles and other arms and equipment were integrated to form a new force - a mechanized rapid response force directly under each ministry, which was assigned to various base areas to assist in operations.
They even proactively sought some exposure as planned to further attract the attention of the Japanese army.
This completely misled the Japanese army's judgment.
Li Yunlong's command position has also been slightly adjusted. Since assisting in the establishment of the headquarters' rapid reaction force and armored force, Lao Li has resigned from the position of commanding the rapid reaction force.
He returned to the Iron Triangle Army and expanded his troops.
Of course, according to Li Yunlong's old habit, he would never do anything wrong to himself and did not miss out on people and equipment before leaving.
So much so that Commander Xu, who took over the mechanized synthesis detachment of the Eighth Route Army, felt pain in his body for a long time.
He scolded Li Yunlong for being a bastard who never forgets to take advantage of him wherever he goes.
This is also one of the plans to attack the south and defend the north.
——The Eighth Route Army has large-scale mechanized units similar to the armored regiments of the Imperial Army in Jizhong, southern Hebei, northern Henan, Shandong, and Huaibei. They must have a big conspiracy.
The Japanese army couldn't help but not believe in the Eighth Route Army's intention to attack from the south and defend from the north.
This cavalry unit upgrade made these cavalry commanders extremely happy.
When the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Central Hebei Military Region went to receive equipment and participate in training, it was as if he was in a dream. He looked at this and patted that. For a while, even his own horse no longer smelled good.
They only have the 28th regiment of the old army led by Ding Wei in Hebei Province. Now the regiment led by Lu Dayou has been expanded to the size of a detachment. Since they first cooperated with Kong Jie's detachment, they later made a lot of money, and then formed
A mechanized armored force.
I usually hide it like a baby in a hidden place for maintenance, and don't let others touch it at all.
Every time we chatted, Captain Lu Zhi’s head was raised higher than anyone else’s.
Why?
They have mechanized armored forces on hand!
Well, this time, according to the wishes of the general headquarters, there are also mechanized vehicles from various cities prepared by the special experimental zone for everyone, and everyone's traditional cavalry can be officially upgraded and formed into mechanized armored forces.
Seeing him, Lu Dayou was still sultry.
Thinking of this, Captain Ma became more active when he led the soldiers in training. When the training was upgraded, he couldn't help but think about returning to the base area and immediately looking for a Japanese mechanized force to fight.
The poor Japanese mobile elites were basically all lost in the battle in the Jiaodong area.
The Eighth Route Army has spent a lot of effort this time to specially build a number of mechanized armored units upgraded from traditional cavalry. I am afraid that they will not be able to find opponents.
And with the assistance of these mechanized rapid reaction forces.
During Operation August Storm in response to the New Fourth Army in the south, various mechanized rapid response forces of the Eighth Route Army launched attacks one after another.
With the advantage of mobility, protection and firepower, the enemy's external defense line is as fragile as a piece of tissue paper, which can be broken with a poke.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In particular, the rapid reaction forces originally owned by the Japanese army in North China have been basically exhausted. Conventional infantry cannot limit the rapid reaction forces of the Eighth Route Army with traditional tactics.
These quick reaction forces are simply miraculous in their ability to maneuver around.
After the battle between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.
Taking advantage of the mobility advantages of these rapid reaction forces, the Japanese army often fell into the dilemma of being isolated and helpless with fewer enemies and more reinforcements, and reinforcements were always intercepted halfway.
Especially the transportation lines in the rear, as long as they are not careful and are slightly far away from heavily defended county towns or transportation lines, they may be attacked by the Eighth Route Army's quick reaction troops at any time.
For a while, the Japanese troops in North China were troubled by the constant appearance of the Eighth Route Army's mechanized rapid reaction troops.
Even the five elite Kwantung Army divisions that went south for reinforcements rushed to attack, but in the end they couldn't even see the shadow of the enemy.
When the headquarters was analyzing the matter, Umezu Yoshijiro said: "These damn Eighth Route Army mobile units are really a headache, Okamura-kun, now I can understand your situation more and more.
It seems that this time our Kwantung Army went south to reinforce, this step is considered to be the right one, otherwise the North China territory may be completely turned upside down by these teams from the Eighth Route Army."
At this point, the little devil was completely convinced that the Eighth Route Army was building military defense lines in eastern Mongolia for the subsequent offensive in the south.
Under the torment of the Eighth Route Army's mechanized rapid reaction force, the Japanese army was busy defending. How could they have the extra energy to continue to attack the Eighth Route Army's core bases despite the situation of sweeping away the New Fourth Army in the south?
When all these preparations are ready.
Kong Jie said with a smile in the headquarters: "This moment is like the eve of the outbreak of the Chibi War. Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind!"