Yingjiang's worries were actually a bit too much. They were fooled by Wang Xuexin's rhetoric and thought that the Eighth Route Army was really on the verge of collapse like a stubborn army. How could they have imagined that Wang Xuexin was not thinking about defense but counterattack?
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But that’s fine too.
Because Yingjiang was worried that the Eighth Route Army would not be able to hold on, the equipment was quickly flown in from Asana: a total of 200 Vickers E aviation machine guns, each machine gun was equipped with 3,000 rounds of ammunition. Sun Erwei also specially asked Sun Erwei to send a telegram to
Wang Xuexin: "Comrade leader, this is only the first batch of ammunition. We will replenish the second batch of ammunition as soon as possible!"
Moreover, this batch of equipment and ammunition was not transported to Xi'an and then delivered to the Eighth Route Army as usual. Yingjiang's transport plane landed directly at Liyuan Airport to unload.
When Chen Songyong heard the news, he couldn't help but said: "Yingjiang doesn't care what the stubborn army thinks at all!"
Wang Xuexin understood what Chen Songyong meant.
This is the first time that Yingjiang's transport plane has landed directly at the Eighth Route Army's airport to deliver supplies. This is not just because of the urgent military situation.
Previously, no matter what Yingjiang shipped to the Eighth Route Army, he had to transfer it from the stubborn army. Even if it was symbolic, he had to go through this process. The meaning was that he still recognized the Eighth Route Army as a force under the command of the stubborn army. For Yingjiang,
The Eighth Route Army provided supplies with the consent of the stubborn army, which expressed respect for the stubborn army and also supported China's unified resistance.
But now, Yingjiang is too lazy to do this. As soon as the plane landed at Liyuan Airport, it was actually a slap in the face for the stubborn army.
This also shows how disappointed Ying Jiang is with the stubborn army.
Wang Xuexin didn't care about this at first, because he believed that the Eighth Route Army was attacking itself, and what happened to the stubborn army was none of the Eighth Route Army's business, and the Eighth Route Army had no control over it.
However, Zhang Zongping reported to Wang Xuexin: "Commander, the Japanese have captured Changsha and are marching towards Hengyang! Moreover, the Japanese troops are divided into two groups, one heading towards Guilin and Liuzhou, and the other heading towards Guangdong!"
Wang Xuexin couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. This was almost going to open up the whole of China.
The "No. 1 Combat Plan" launched by the Japanese in history was not so fast?
Wang Xuexin remembers that the Japanese fought for more than eight months before achieving their goal, and the Japanese also paid a considerable price and lost a lot of troops.
Now, only two months have passed since the Japanese launched their offensive, and they have already captured Changsha.
This speed...
Then Wang Xuexin figured it out.
In history, the Japanese launched the "Operation No. 1" plan in 1944, which was still more than a year ago.
This means that the stubborn army is not well prepared... If the time goes more than a year later, Eagle Sauce's Stilwell should have established ten art divisions in China. In addition, the Chinese Expeditionary Force also launched a counterattack in Myanmar. Then
The strength of the stubborn army at that time was definitely stronger than that of the stubborn army now.
On the other hand, in 1944, the Japanese troops had been almost exhausted on the Pacific battlefield, so the Japanese who could be transferred to China to launch the "Operation No. 1" plan were not as good as they are now in terms of strength and quality.
The devils who were transferred here.
Due to the ebb and flow of the situation, it is normal for the stubborn army to collapse faster than ever before.
Before Wang Xuexin spoke, Chen Songyong frowned and said: "Commander, this is not possible! The stubborn army is fleeing too fast, unimaginably fast! If this continues, the Japanese will be able to open up their communications in another month.
The line has been connected with the Japanese in Southeast Asia. By then..."
There is no need to say more about what will happen then.
The most direct thing is that if the Japs end the war epidemic that opens up the communication lines with China, then they can deploy more troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army. When hundreds of thousands of Japs press on the Luliang Mountain defense line, can the Eighth Route Army be able to withstand it?
More importantly, Wang Xuexin also considered one thing:
Historically, the Japanese launched the "Operation No. 1" in April 1944 and fought for eight months until December to achieve the goal of opening up the communication line.
But it was already 45 years ago, and the Japanese would surrender in a few months. Therefore, although the Japanese "Operation No. 1" plan was successful, it failed to play any role at all, or it only played a very small role.
But now it's 43 years.
If the Japanese open up the communication lines at this time, will they be able to play a greater role or even change history?
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin broke into a cold sweat.
What this "Operation No. 1" means is that the Japanese will move the island's industry, military and even the people to China, and then use China as the battlefield to fight Yingjiang.
If it comes to this step, how will China be harmed?
Just when Wang Xuexin was in chaos, Zhang Zongping came up with another telegram and reported: "Head of the regiment, telegram from the chief!"
Wang Xuexin took a look at the telegram and found that the chief was worried about the same thing.
The commander said: "The strategic area of Changsha has been lost, and the situation of the stubborn army is critical. If our army allows the Japanese to continue to attack the stubborn army, I am afraid that not only will lives be lost, but our army will also face the problem of death and coldness in the future. Therefore, our army should proactively attack the Japanese supply lines.
, putting pressure on the Japanese’s logistics to support the recalcitrant troops, even at the expense of the aviation force!”
Wang Xuexin couldn't help but fell silent when he saw the telegram from the chief.
The chief's consideration is obviously correct. Everyone understands the principle of lip loss and teeth coldness.
But the problem is that Wang Xuexin's plan is to wait for the Japanese to attack before launching a counterattack, so that he can better attack the Japanese artillery troops and the "man-operated high-fire" troops, so as to ensure the safety of the captured steel factory and airport.
Now if the Eighth Route Army takes the initiative to launch a counterattack...
On the other hand, although AK47 has entered the mass production stage at this time, it can only produce one hundred units per day. Now there are only three hundred units. The equipment has not yet been verified and is urgently equipped for independent regiments for training. If it is to equip the entire regiment, it will at least be needed.
One month.
After a complete change of clothes, you should still train for a period of time.
Originally, the time was just right, and the Japanese were about to start attacking at that time.
But now... reality requires the Eighth Route Army to launch a counterattack against the Japanese immediately.
Or, as the chief said, would you rather sacrifice the air force to disrupt the Japanese supply lines?
It wasn't that Wang Xuexin couldn't bear to part with the air force, but he thought it would be of little use.
Because the Japanese had a large number of Chinese civilians in their hands, the Eighth Route Army bombed the Japanese and repaired them immediately.
How many aviation units of the Eighth Route Army will be sacrificed by then?
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin sent a telegram to the three stores and asked Su Xin: "Can the repeating rifle speed up production?"
Su Xin hesitated for a while and then replied: "Unless the production of Springfield rifles is stopped and the barrels of thousands of Springfield rifles in stock are shortened and used to produce repeating rifles!"
It is a pity to shorten the barrel of the gun, because it means that the cut off part is wasted.
But Wang Xuexin replied without thinking: "That's it! Go all out to produce repeating rifles!"