After listening to Political Commissar Taira's analysis of Okamura Neji's motives from a political perspective, Gao Hongming thought for a while and gave him a thumbs up: "Commissar Taira, you are this. Okamura Neji only heard what you said.
, will definitely make you a confidant!”
After listening to Gao Hongming's words, Political Commissar Ping was very happy, "Hey Gao Hongming, you are hurting me."
"Don't you dare!" Gao Hongming waved his hands quickly. No matter how arrogant he was, he would not dare to compete with this big boss. This man would be a master who would leave his name in history in the future.
"Commanders, the headquarters is calling!" At this time, a staff officer strode over and handed a telegram to Commander Liu.
After reading the telegram, Commander Liu handed it to Gao Hongming: "Look at it, you just said that Okamura Neji was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. Sure enough, there was a commotion. Now even if we want to end this battle, it's impossible!
But Brother Gao, there are still some things that require your approval."
Gao Hongming took the message and read it at a glance. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "No, do you want to play such a big game?"
The message, which contained hundreds of words, described the current situation and the involvement of the Shanxi-Sui Army. Finally, the deputy commander asked Gao Hongming about the establishment of the
idea of a new interim joint command and hoped to gain his support.
Gao Hongming handed the message to Political Commissar Ping, but he couldn't help pinching his forehead with his hands, and silently paused in his heart. Finally, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "If we really want to establish a new joint command, we can directly
There must be more than 100,000 troops under our command, right?"
Political Commissar Ping, who had just read the telegram, nodded: "Yes, it will be at least around 130,000. Maybe it will have to increase in the future."
"Let's count the Japanese troops again." Political Commissar Ping spread his fingers and counted, "During this period, let's not mention the 108th Division and the 6th Division that we just defeated. Let's count the enemies we face directly.
Mixed into the 9th Brigade and the 86th Brigade.
After these days of fierce fighting, the strength of these two brigades has been reduced by at least one-third to half, which should not be a cause for concern.
But if you add the independent mixed second brigade, the 110th Division and the 115th Division transferred from Inner Mongolia, Suiyuan and Chahar, as well as various troops in Shanxi, the total number will be at least 60,000 to 70,000.
Based on this calculation, if this battle is really unavoidable, it will be a major battle involving hundreds of thousands of people."
At this point, Commander Liu and Political Commissar Liu looked at each other.
In fact, no one expected that things would develop to this point. The purpose of the Eighth Route Army in these years has always been to follow what the instructor said in "On Protracted War" and quietly wait for our army to develop from strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counter-offensive.
Three stages of transition.
Silently develop and accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity. When our own strength exceeds the Japanese army, we will drive the Japanese army out of China in one fell swoop.
But now the situation seems to have changed. Due to the emergence of Gao Hongming, the military strength of the Chinese army in Shanxi has undergone fundamental changes. The strength of the Eighth Route Army has been qualitatively improved compared to another time and space. This also made the recovery
The time for Taiyuan has advanced.
This situation not only made Okamura Neji feel a strong crisis, especially the rise of the Liantai militia led by Gao Hongming and the Liantai Flying Corps with more than 200 aircraft, it also made him feel like a stick in his throat, forcing him to rather put the ongoing
Even if the big sweep plan is stopped, Gao Hongming must be dealt with first.
Gao Hongming couldn't help but sigh: "The rain is about to come, the wind is filling the building!"
"Yes!" Mr. Liu couldn't help but joke: "If this battle is fought successfully, the situation in Shanxi will be fundamentally changed. If we lose, I'm afraid we will have to trouble Brother Gao to join us.
Go into the ravine to fight guerrillas!"
"Hahaha……"
After saying that, the three of them laughed together.
After laughing, Political Commissar Ping asked: "Commander Gao, what do you think about the Jinsui Army joining the war?"
Gao Hongming said without hesitation: "My attitude is very simple. Since Commander Yan also wants to participate, let him do it. With the five divisions of the Jinsui Army and three artillery battalions participating in the battle, our strength will be even greater.
We will be more confident in regaining Taiyuan."
"Since Brother Gao has no objection to the Shanxi-Sui Army joining the war, we will report it to the headquarters."
"Can!"
Gao Hongming said: "In this case, I will also send a telegram to Chief Yan to express my attitude. After all, Chief Yan is our superior no matter what, and our attitude must be correct and cannot be criticized."
Mr. Liu strongly agreed with Gao Hongming's attitude: "That's right. No matter what, we must be polite and courteous."
After the three finalized the matter, they quickly sent telegrams to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the World War II Area Headquarters to express their attitudes.
The replies from the World War II Zone and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters were also very quick. The three parties quickly finalized the details. The next day, Sun Chu and Yang Aiyuan took dozens of Jinsui Army staff officers and officers on three planes nicknamed Steel.
Anne's JU-52 transport plane arrived in Liantai County.
To show their attention, Gao Hongming, Commander Liu and Political Commissar Ping went to the airport to greet him in person.
"Mr. Yang, Chief Sun welcome you. Your arrival will bring glory to Liantai County!"
Yang Aiyuan is a thin middle-aged man who wears glasses. He looks elegant and gentle. If you just look at his appearance, he looks more like a teacher.
Although Yang Aiyuan, as the deputy commander-in-chief of the World War II zone, was much higher than Gao Hongming in terms of status, he did not show any airs and instead smiled at Gao Hongming.
"Captain Gao, I have admired your name for a long time. I just regret that I was not there when you went to Kenanpo a few times ago. Today I finally have the honor to see you.
And starting from today, we will be working together for a while, but I hope you won’t dislike my verbosity as an old man in the future.”
Gao Hongming said humbly: "Sir, in terms of age, you are the junior in the department. In terms of position, you are the deputy commander of our World War II area. It is the honor of the department to have the honor to listen to your teachings. Why should I dislike it?"
Seeing Gao Hongming's humble look, Yang Aiyuan's initial worries were relieved.
What he was most worried about before coming here was that Gao Hongming, a local coward, would not give him face, or that he would be acting contrary to his will.
Although he is the deputy commander-in-chief of the World War II zone, Gao Hongming's Liantai militia has its own system, and because it sells drugs with the Jinsui Army, it has a deep relationship with many generals in the World War II zone. If you really don't give him face, you won't.
, he really can’t do anything about it.
Now that he saw that Gao Hongming didn't look down on him because of his relationship with the Jinsui Army, he felt relieved. It seemed that the eldest son of the old Gao family still knew etiquette. In this way, he could unite with the headquarters.