"Then..." Lu Xiufeng said with some embarrassment, "Chief, how should we arrange the two hundred students? The Military Commission has asked several times, and I said they are still on the way, but they can't always be on the way, right?"
Yue Weihan pondered for a moment and said, "Assemble a group of literate combat cadres from the main regiments of the Baoshan Division. The number should be about three hundred, plus the two hundred students, form a teaching brigade, which is about to start.
Attack, let the teaching team also participate in the battle. Only after experiencing the test of blood and fire will they truly grow up."
"Attack?" Liu Yi was shocked when he heard this. Didn't he say he wanted to defend? Why did he become an attack again?
"Finally no more training!" Lu Xiufeng rolled up his sleeves. He had been training like crazy in the past two months.
Yue Weihan nodded and said: "The New Fifth Army has achieved a great victory in Hengyang. The Japanese army's offensive momentum has been curbed. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese army will end its frontal battlefield attack within half a month. Next, it will definitely launch an attack on the occupied areas.
There is a large-scale public security war, and our Taihang base area will definitely be the number one target of the Japanese army!"
Liu Yi immediately guessed Yue Weihan's intentions and said quickly: "So we must take a preemptive strike and try our best to annihilate the surrounding Japanese troops and expand and consolidate the Taihang base before the Japanese troops return with heavy reinforcements to launch a large-scale public security war.
To win more favorable conditions for the subsequent anti-mopping operations?"
"Yes." Yue Weihan nodded heavily, "Offense is the best defense!"
Lu Xiufeng rolled up his sleeves and then put them down again, and said solemnly: "Chief, please tell me directly, how are we going to fight this battle?"
Yue Weihan turned his eyes to Liu Yi and asked: "Chief of Staff, if you were the commander of the Japanese North China Front, what tactics would you use to attack the Taihang base area?"
"Advance from east to west, attack from both sides!" Liu Yi said without thinking, "It makes it difficult for our army to take care of both the head and tail!"
Yue Weihan asked Lu Xiufeng again: "Xiufeng, do you think this kind of tactics poses a big threat to us?"
"Big, of course big!" Lu Xiufeng scratched his head and said, "Although Tumen Fortress has been built, it is still unknown how useful it can be. Although the terrain of Niangzi Pass is steep, as long as the Japanese army is willing to spend money, it is still very difficult. The key is
It's because we have to take care of both ends and can't concentrate all our efforts on attacking the enemy."
"That's good." Yue Weihan said, "So we have to strike first and cut them off!"
"Make a preemptive strike and cut them off?" Liu Yi said, "There are two Japanese field divisions stationed in the Shimen direction. With the strength of our Thirty-ninth Group Army, it is absolutely impossible to defeat them now. However, only the Japanese 20th Division is stationed in the Taiyuan direction.
The regiment has just been rebuilt, so if tactics are used properly, there is still a chance to capture it."
Yue Weihan didn't say anything more, he just spread out the Shanxi military terrain map on the floor.
Yue Weihan tapped the map and said: "The Intelligence Office just intercepted the Japanese army's communication messages not long ago. The Japanese North China Front has re-divided the combat area. Xiangyue Qingsi's First Army is still in charge of Shanxi, and the First Army is under the jurisdiction of the 5th.
The 20th Division and the *** were mixed into the 3rd, 9th, and 16th Brigades."
"Among them, the 5th Division has been transferred to the battlefield in Central China and will not be able to return to its headquarters in a short period of time."
"The 20th Division has just been rebuilt based on the remnants of the Yamashita Brigade who escaped from Niangzi Pass and the 9th Mixed Army Brigade stationed in Taiyuan, and the 22nd Army Field Artillery Regiment has not yet been deployed.
"
"The 3rd Huncheng Brigade of the *** was stationed in Nao County (now Yuanping), about two hundred miles away from Taiyuan."
"***The 3rd Mixed Brigade has 6 infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, as well as a field artillery brigade, an engineering brigade, a baggage brigade and a cavalry brigade. Two of the infantry brigades are stationed in surrounding counties. Once something happens to Taiyuan,**
*The only three infantry brigades that the mixed 3rd brigade can immediately rush to reinforce."
"The 9th Mixed Brigade of the Communist Party of China stationed in Taiyuan has been formally integrated into the 20th Division. It is said that the Japanese army has recruited more than 6,000 reserve troops from North Korea and Taiwan and plans to rebuild the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Communist Party of China in Peiping.
However, this will disappear in a short period of time, so there is no need to think about it."
"The 16th mixed brigade of the *** is stationed in Fenyang, which is almost two hundred miles away from Taiyuan. Once something happens in Taiyuan, the only troops that can be mobilized immediately are three infantry brigades."
Having said this, Yue Weihan paused deliberately.
Liu Yi could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart and continued: "In other words, the mobile force of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi is the newly rebuilt 20th Division, plus up to six infantry brigades. If Tumen Fortress has not been completed,
Our Thirty-ninth Army Group was caught between the east and west attacks of the Japanese army, and it was difficult to protect ourselves, so we had no idea at all."
"But now Tumen Fortress has been basically completed!" Before Liu Yi could finish, Lu Xiufeng rushed to say, "With Tumen Fortress as the eastern barrier, we only need to leave one main force group to protect the base area. The three of us
The 19th Group Army will be able to concentrate all its efforts to deal with the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi without restraint!"
"And we are not fighting alone!" Yue Weihan said again, "If our 39th Group attacks the Japanese army in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army will definitely cooperate with us, and Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army will also be happy to control Shanxi. As for Zhongtiao Mountain
The Central Army of the Communist Party of China, then it is not a problem. General Wei Lihuang’s patriotic enthusiasm cannot be doubted!"
In just a few words, a bold battle plan was hatched!
Yue Weihan is really ambitious. He wants to devour the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi and regain the entire territory of Shanxi!
But then again, if the Central Army, Jinsui Army, and Eighth Route Army can actively cooperate with the 39th Group Army, this plan is really possible. You must know that there were ten Central Army, Jinsui Army, and others who retreated to Zhongtiao Mountain at that time.
There are 180,000 people in the group army. Adding in the Eighth Route Army and the 39th Group Army, the total strength has exceeded 300,000.
At that time, the total number of Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi was only 40,000. There was a huge disparity in the strength of the two armies!
Of course, due to the lack of supplies of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army that retreated to Zhongtiao Mountain, coupled with the deduction of military pay, the morale of the officers and soldiers was extremely low, and their combat effectiveness dropped sharply. After a large-scale attack, the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army
After the expansion of the army, the equipment became worse and the combat effectiveness also dropped significantly.
However, no matter how bad the combat effectiveness is, it is still an army of 200,000!
With the cooperation of these 20 armies, it should be enough to block the enemy reinforcements from Guoxian and Fenyang. To attack Taiyuan, Yue Weihan originally did not count on others. With the current equipment and combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Division, he can completely defeat them head-on.
The Japanese field divisions had no problem dealing with the 20th Division, which had just been rebuilt and lacked a field artillery regiment.
Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi again: "Chief of Staff, please immediately summon the combat staff to draw up a detailed combat plan. In addition to the combat plan for attacking Taiyuan, the combat plan for defending Tumen Fortress also needs to be carefully considered, especially passive defense. In addition, Sasha
It’s time for the dozens of battalions that went out to show their strength.”
"Yes." Liu Yi snapped to attention, then turned around and walked away.
Yue Weihan then said to Lu Xiufeng: "Xiufeng, please immediately inventory the combat supplies and distribute weapons and ammunition to all units. In addition, Li Qinglong's 1st Regiment and the 1st Branch of the Field Hospital will immediately enter the Tumen Fortress!"
"Yes." Lu Xiufeng also saluted Yue Weihan with a military salute, then turned around and left.
Watching Liu Yi and Lu Xiufeng go away, Yue Weihan turned around and walked into the telecommunications room next door.
Deep in the Taihang Mountains, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
"What did you say?" Mr. Peng stared at Commander Liu of the 129th Division with his eyes wide open and said in disbelief, "Yue Weihan is going to attack Taiyuan? Did I hear you correctly?"
Master Liu smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid Yue Weihan really wants to attack Taiyuan this time."
After saying this, Commander Liu added: "There are various signs that Yue Weihan wants to build Jingxing Pass into a large and strong military fortress. Now, both the east and west sides of Jingxing Pass are facing threats from the Japanese army. From a military perspective,
This is extremely unfavorable, and this situation must be changed, otherwise it will not be conducive to persistence."
"The question is how to change it?" Mr. Peng shook his head and said, "Jingxingguan is located between Shanxi and Hebei. It faces an east-west attack from the First Army stationed in Shanxi and the Fourth Army stationed in Hebei. If Yue Weihan attacks Taiyuan, the Fourth Army will definitely attack
If Yue Weihan attacks Shimen, the First Army will also attack him. Doesn’t he have the conditions to take the initiative to attack?"
Master Liu smiled slightly and said, "I'm afraid I have to ask Yue Weihan himself about this."
Chief of Staff Zuo said: "Boss, please give me some sweet words. Should our Eighth Route Army cooperate or not?"
Mr. Peng thought for a moment and then said to Chief of Staff Zuo: "This matter is very important, so we should ask Yan'an for instructions."
"Okay, I'll send a telegram to Yan'an right now." Chief of Staff Zuo nodded, turned and entered the telecommunications room next door.
Speaking of which, Mr. Gu, Chief of Staff Zuo and Commander Liu are all senior generals of our party and army, but they really don’t know that Yue Weihan has secretly joined the party. In fact, Yue Weihan’s joining the party is the top secret of the CCP, and those who know about it also
Just Chairman Mao, Boss Zhu, Duke Zhou, Zhao Xinyi and a few other people.
Yan'an's reply was unexpectedly quick, just four words: full cooperation!
At this time in Yan'an, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had just come to an end. At the meeting, Chairman Mao made a *** report "On the New Stage", which also marked that Chairman Mao had become the de facto leader of the Communist Party of China. Forced by the situation
If necessary, the Comintern also sent a symbolic instruction message the next day, indirectly recognizing Chairman Mao’s leadership position in the CCP!
It is worth noting that at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, there were no more portraits of Chairman Mao and Mr. Zhu, nor even portraits of Marx, Engels or Lenin. At the meeting, the Chinese Communist Party was proposed for the first time.
The clear concept of being the Communist Party of the Chinese people marks the true beginning of the CCP’s maturity.