As soon as this word came out, it seemed to have a great magic power, firmly attracting Xu Guoan and Li Wenjie.
"Yes, when we have been fighting against the Japs, we have mostly been motivated by cowardice, and we have always been passively beaten. The Japs come over from time to time, and we can only be forced to fight guerrilla warfare or move to carry out counter-mopping operations.<
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When can we really launch a generous counter-offensive, then it will be so happy!"
The words "winter counterattack" can be said to have touched Xu Guoan's heart, and he couldn't help but speak.
Political Commissar Li Wenjie also strongly agreed: "According to what you said, commander, if we only target some of the more remote villages and towns of the Japanese army, this is indeed feasible."
"Haha, Wenjie, what about the detailed report documents to your superiors..."
"Captain, please rest assured, this matter will be taken care of by me!"
Kong Jie burst out laughing: "That's what I've been waiting for."
Li Wenjie reported the matter to his superiors, and the matter was indeed reasonable and reasonable. Fighter opportunities were even more rare, so the brigade commander and boss would not refuse it.
Then, Kong Jie changed the topic and actually mentioned Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who were also members of the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle.
Looking at Captain Kong who seemed to have a serious face, Xu Lun expressed doubts about this, "I am Lao Kong, this doesn't seem like your character!
You have always made a fortune in silence, why do you have to involve Lao Ding and Lao Li this time?"
"Lao Xu, what are you talking about? Who doesn't know that I, Lao Kong, am a real person?
We are also in the Iron Triangle of Northwestern Shanxi, and the defense areas of our three regiments are not far apart. There is an opportunity to make a fortune. How can I forget about my old comrades?" When Kong Jie heard this, he was unhappy and retorted seriously.<
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Xu Guoan wisely remained silent, thinking that if I hadn't joined a team before, I might have believed your old Kong's lies.
As for now...just two words - nonsense!
"Hey, Lao Li, I'm Kong Jie, and I'm here to bring you some benefits!
...Yes, yes, that's it. The winter counterattack. Now our situation against the enemy has improved a lot. Wouldn't it be a pity if we don't take advantage of the winter to deal with his little devil this time?
...A good thing! Of course it is a good thing, absolutely a good thing! Otherwise, can I find you, Lao Li?
Lao Li, your new second regiment is developing well now, but to be honest, the base area is actually a bit small. If you don't take this opportunity to expand outward, how can you fully develop your new second regiment?"<
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Snap!
After hanging up the phone, Kong Jie quietly smiled.
On the other end of the phone, Li Yunlong's face was full of smiles. The political commissar Zhao Gang on the side asked with a smile: "Old Li, what's the good thing? Look how happy you are!"
Li Yunlong laughed and replied: "What a great thing, it's time for our new second regiment to feel proud."
Then, Li Yunlong told Zhao Gang everything he had discussed with Kong Jie.
Zhao Gang was filled with emotion after hearing this, "So far, it is quite rare for our Eighth Route Army troops to not only capture Japanese counties, but also to attack Japanese counties.
If this major counterattack really goes well, it will even be able to capture some of the more remote villages and towns of the Japanese army, which is indeed of great significance in boosting the morale of the anti-Japanese army."
Li Yunlong said: "I don't care what the point of him is. The key is to be happy. We have been fighting with the little devil for so many years, and this time we can finally take the initiative to launch an attack!"
On the other side, Ding Wei also looked happy after taking Kong Jie's call.
He pointed out directly in the military meeting held immediately after the New Regiment:
"This winter counterattack may not be large in scale, but it has important progressive significance for our Eighth Route Army's phased operations against Japan.
This even means that our Eighth Route Army’s operations against the Japanese army have gone from strategic defense, strategic stalemate, to partial strategic counter-offensive!”
Then he sighed: "It's so slow step by step, Lao Kong thinks of us going ahead again!"
The political commissar He Wenqing on the side also had a character that dared to compete first. He smiled and said: "In this big counterattack, we will get in front of his team!"
"That's right, that's how it should be. We can't let him always be in the limelight, right?"
Amidst the laughter, Ding Wei directly unfolded the combat map of his new regiment's defense area and surrounding areas, and studied the combat deployment of this winter counterattack with military cadres based on the map.
A team headquarters.
After hanging up the phone with Ding Wei, Kong Jie took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. As a burst of smoke rose, the entire winter counterattack seemed to have emerged in his mind.
A huge and detailed military combat map is hung on the large flat wall facing west of the staff headquarters.
Nowadays, the staff of a team has begun to take shape, and the layout of the entire room is even more presentable. In addition to Chief of Staff Xu Guoan, there are about a dozen staff officers in the entire staff.
It is no longer the independent group that was strong in military and weak in military affairs.
In Kong Jie’s words:
Even if it's a fart, there are now more than a dozen advisers who can give you advice on how to fart. Maybe they can prepare a dozen plans for you in a row!
Kong Jie, holding a teaching stick in his hand, pointed on the battle map and expressed his views on the battle to the staff:
"With the development over the years, the area of our entire base area is now quite vast. The shape of the entire base area is roughly northwest-southeast. It is somewhat similar to the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain. We are backed by Taihang, and to the west is Li Yunlong's new second regiment.
To the southeast is Ding Wei's new group.
According to the relatively long and narrow terrain of our team's base area, the horizontal front we can draw is quite long.
The frontier of the horizontal advance mainly faced the three major counties of the Japanese army, Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County.
According to this combat plan, our focus in this winter counterattack is not to attack the Japanese counties and some important towns and townships, but mainly some remote villages, towns, townships and the like.
It is unnecessary to advance the operation comprehensively and horizontally. On the contrary, it will easily cause the Japanese army to detect it and start a confrontation with no practical significance.
So what I mean is that this winter counterattack will still adopt a circuitous two-wing offensive, taking the lead in starting from the Japanese army's more remote suburban towns.
Step by step, the available space in the county seat in the Japanese-occupied area was compressed.
The left wing can take the lead in detouring from these two points, Neixiang and Qingye Town on the border of Shouyang County, and the right wing can advance from the remote Guanping Town and Yatu Town in Tan County.
Then there are remote towns such as Sanquan Township extending northeast of Yangquan..."
As Kong Jie narrated, the other staff officers quickly took notes. Another staff officer immediately took out a pen and ruler, lightly traced the work on the map, and marked out the counterattack route described by Kong Jie in detail. p>
Looking at the outline of the major counterattack that has been roughly revealed under Kong Jie's few words.
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan on the side spoke thoughtfully.
He said in amazement: "My dear, that's amazing! Lao Kong, if you connect the route you are preparing to attack, it can be seen that you have a big appetite."
Xu Guoan directly pointed out: "Connect the remote towns such as Neixiang, Qingye Town, Sanquan Township, Yatu Town, Guanping Town and so on.
This is basically equivalent to setting up a layer of encirclement around the three main cities of the Japanese army, Yangquan County, Shouyang County, and Tan County."
"Old Kong, if this layer of encirclement is formed, the little devil may not even be able to sleep peacefully!"
Kong Jie said: "Isn't this in response to the highest strategic policy of encircling the cities from the countryside? This is what we want. Although we are attacking the most remote towns and villages where the Japanese defense forces are empty, we can overall defeat the main forces of the Japanese army.
The county town is surrounded by people, let's see if the little devil is panicked and in a hurry."
Xu Guoan said happily: "The Japanese have decided that it will be hard to sleep and eat well.
In the past, although we occupied the mountainous areas of the Taihang and Taiyue base areas, there were also some suburban villages.
Including other border areas, the base areas are connected, which only forms a considerable area of encirclement for the vast county seat in the Japanese occupation area.
But this so-called large-scale siege, to be honest, does not look like a siege. Instead, it looks like we have been driven to the most remote mountainous area by other people's little devils!
But it’s different now. You, Lao Kong, have detoured the troops from both wings, and once the winter counterattack route is successfully opened.
This is equivalent to extending the encirclement of rural areas and towns directly into the interior of the Japanese-occupied areas. Combined with our detachment base area, it is completely possible to partially divide and encircle some counties of the Japanese.
This is completely different from the comprehensive encirclement of cities from rural areas.
It is no exaggeration to say that under such a partial encirclement, if the combat situation between China and Japan reverses again, our team may besiege Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County at any time and capture these three counties in one fell swoop.
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Speaking of this, Xu Guoan was also filled with emotion.
Lao Kong is indeed a restless man. You never know what bold decision he will make next.
But every step he takes seems to be bold, but it is also based on reality and is prudent, so you have to be convinced.
According to the current development situation of a team, it does have the foundation and strength to take this step.
As for Shouyang, Yangquan includes Tan County. In terms of military value, none of these three counties is inferior to Ping'an County, and none of the defenders is weaker than Ping'an County.
At that time, Kong Jie led the independent regiment to capture Ping'an County, which had caused shock throughout North China.
Even the commander-in-chief of the Japanese dispatched troops in North China, Okamura Neiji, gave Yoshio Shinozuka repeated orders over the phone that in North China, the situation of the county town being captured by the Eighth Route Armed Forces would never be allowed again.
Public security in North China is stable and no provocation is tolerated.
It can be seen from this that if Kong Jie directly casts a large encirclement net, he even intends to capture the three major military counties of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County at any time.
What a strong reaction the Japanese would make.
Xu Guoan raised his eyes and looked at Kong Jie. Kong Jie's eyes revealed obvious determination and confidence, but they were not crazy.
Who can understand Kong Jie’s true thoughts?
The May Day raids are about to begin.
Although the Japanese army launched a major raid, the main target was the Jizhong Military Region.
However, the Taihang base area, including the first team base area, will definitely be affected.
Kong Jie thought that he could make more noise to attract the attention of the Japanese army and indirectly cover the anti-mopping operations in the Jizhong base area.
On the one hand, I also want to share the pressure for the Eighth Route Army troops around the Taihang Base Area.
Greater ability means greater responsibility.
Nowadays, among the Eighth Route Army troops, the one with the best development is the first team.
The entire unit, both in terms of equipment level and overall combat effectiveness, far exceeds that of conventional Eighth Route Army units.
If the Japanese army distributes its offensive forces evenly among the Eighth Route Army units, one unit can naturally defeat the enemy easily, but other combat units may not be able to.
But the overall strength of a team's base area is ultimately limited relative to the overall situation.
It is impossible for Kong Jie to take care of everyone, let alone take over the important task of guarding the entire Taihang base.
Therefore, the only thing he can do is to make one team larger and stronger, so that the Japanese army can focus more of its attack on one team, thereby sharing the pressure for other troops.<
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"As for the specific way to fight?"
After this issue was raised, Kong Jie said: "The old rule is that not only must there be a military offensive, but there must also be a political offensive.
Someone summed it up very well: a war without political purpose is meaningless.
Therefore, our major counter-offensive this time is still a combination of military and political. On the surface, it is mainly a military offensive, but secretly we also launch a political offensive."
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan said deeply: "This is what it should be."
He then suggested: "Lao Kong, I suggest that since we are going to launch this major winter counterattack, we must make full preparations in advance. For the towns and villages that can be captured, we must make plans in advance and secretly deploy our troops. We must do this
If it doesn't move, it's gone; if it moves, it's like thunder.
Otherwise, this battle that affects the whole body may not be as smooth as we imagined.
In addition, in terms of political offensive, on the one hand, we need to cooperate with our offensive troops to quickly stabilize the captured area.
On the other hand, our political offensive should advance our military offensive and extend to some towns and villages that we are temporarily unable to advance to.
As for the specific work, we still follow the old rules. I think sending dozens of armed workers teams behind enemy lines is almost enough.
Help our underground comrades who secretly infiltrated the past to form an anti-Japanese regime.
In addition, on the surface, they use secret coercion and inducement to instigate rebellion against the puppet troops, and use red and black accounts to constantly monitor those puppet troops and traitors, establishing a two-faced regime.
While stabilizing the little Japs, secretly infiltrate the enemy-occupied areas and develop our anti-Japanese strength until we have the strength to completely control the occupied areas."
Xu Guoan, the chief of staff, was not appointed for nothing. His abilities were quite outstanding, otherwise Kong Jie would not have poached Xu Guoan from the brigade commander.
Speak carefully.
Political commissar Li Wenjie can be said to be Kong Jie’s wise helper in politics and life.
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan can be said to be a great strategist in terms of troop training and military staff.
It’s not inappropriate for the two of them to call Kong Jie’s right-hand man.
Naturally, Kong Jie fully agreed with Xu Guoan’s suggestion.
"Okay, Lao Xu, it seems that you are already confident, so I'll leave you to worry about the political offensive."
Xu Guoan smiled and said: "Old Kong, what are you talking about? You treat me as an outsider, don't you? Don't worry, I will definitely take care of this for you."
Kong Jie looked at Li Wenjie again, and Li Wenjie said on the spot: "Commander, don't look at me. This kind of military combat is not what I'm good at.
You can just leave the development and operations within the regiment to me, as well as the logistics supply and support for this operation, including the arrangements and rectification of the people in the occupied areas."