When Sun Ming was hesitating, Wang Xuexin changed the subject and responded with his own treatment: "Brother Sun, your performance on the battlefield is not comparable to that of ordinary officers! I also think that
, your ability has been buried in the Jinsui Army,
Brother Sun, if you are willing, may I make a recommendation for you? We don’t talk about rising and getting rich. The Eighth Route Army doesn’t talk about this. But I guarantee that there won’t be a large-scale rebellion with a knife in the back. We will focus on fighting the Japanese! Brother Sun, you
What do you think?"
Sun Ming smiled awkwardly and replied: "Thank you, Brother Wang. Sun has little talent and little knowledge, so he can just stay in the Jinsui Army and hang around!"
"No rush!" Wang Xuexin said: "Brother Sun, think about it carefully. Although the Eighth Route Army is short of this and that, there is one thing that cannot be said. It is to recognize heroes and value heroes. Those who can fight the Japanese are our own people. Brother Sun is a fighter.
As a hero of the Japs, the door of the Eighth Route Army is always open, just come and give me a message whenever you want!"
Wang Xuexin praised Sun Ming by the way.
But this is true, and it also gives Sun Ming a reason to surrender.
Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army had no guns, no artillery, and no food, clothing, or warmth. Why would a well-to-do regimental adjutant like Sun Ming surrender?
Sun Ming declined on the surface, but deep down he felt sad.
Although Wang Xuexin's words are simple, they hit Sun Ming's pain point.
With Sun Ming's talents and achievements, if it weren't for his inability to cater to power struggles, he would have been the leader of the group long ago.
Sun Ming believed that as long as he was given one unit, even if it was a third-rate unit with low morale and low combat effectiveness, he could reorganize it into an elite force that could not lose to the 358th Regiment.
However, the Jinsui Army was intertwined with various forces and factions. The incompetent would rather have their subordinates buried with them than delegate power. Some even fought for military power just to gain more benefits when secretly defecting to the Japanese.
Thinking about it, Sun Ming couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
However, Sun Ming clearly distinguishes between "public and private".
Although he felt that what Wang Xuexin said was reasonable, it could not be a reason to switch to the Eighth Route Army.
The expression on Sun Ming's face could be seen in Wang Xuexin's eyes.
Wang Xuexin was secretly happy because he felt that Sun Ming was not monolithic.
To win him down... Wang Xuexin felt that he had to increase his bargaining chip, that is, based on national justice, he could make Sun Ming further realize the role that joining the Eighth Route Army could play.
When Wang Xuexin and Sun Ming actively organized the reconnaissance company training, the stubborn army finally felt the danger from the Japanese.
The First Theater Command of the Recalcitrant Army.
Chief of Staff Guo Baizhou graduated from the 9th class of Baoding and ranked among the best with excellent grades. This time he was the first to see the problem.
Guo Baizhou handed a telegram to the commander of the First War Zone and said worriedly: "Commander, the Japs forward has advanced to the bank of the West Yellow River. The Shanxi-Sui Army has broken up its troops into pieces and dispersed them in the mountains of western Shanxi to deal with the Japs. But the Japs seem to
But he is not in a hurry to attack, which is a bit abnormal!"
The commander looked at the telegram and then turned his attention to the sand table with small flags on it.
The forces of the Japanese and the scope of the Eighth Route Army are clearly divided in the sand table, but this does not mean that the commander can think clearly.
"Can the Japanese take any action against the Eighth Route Army?" the commander asked.
Guo Baizhou shook his head and replied: "They don't seem to be in a hurry to attack the Eighth Route Army, but continue to build railways, roads and speed up the transportation of supplies. Now it seems that the enemy's goal is probably not to attack the flanks of the Eighth Route Army, but..."
Guo Baizhou stopped talking when he said this.
Guo Baizhou knew that if he continued to speak, he would be a slap in the face of the commander and even Chongqing.
At this time, they replaced the commander and even transferred troops to put the Jinsui Army in danger. The purpose was to lead the Japanese troubles to the Eighth Route Army.
But now the Japanese are not attacking the Eighth Route Army but are pointing their finger at Zhongtiao Mountain...
This will make the first theater and even the entire Chongqing aspect a joke.
The commander was silent for a while.
He knew that Guo Baizhou's analysis was reasonable.
The reason is that the Japanese did not need that much supplies to attack the Eighth Route Army.
Attacking the Eighth Route Army has never been a question of the amount of supplies, but a question of whether the supplies can be transported into the mountainous areas and how to find the Eighth Route Army in the mountains and engage in a decisive battle with them.
Based on this analysis, if the target of the Japs is not the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army was defeated and hid in the mountains, then there is only one possibility... Zhongtiao Mountain.
The commander secretly lamented, if this is the case, he doesn't know how to step down.
At this time, a staff officer handed over a telegram: "Report, Xi'an was bombed by Japs, and there were also enemy reconnaissance planes to detect and capture several enemy agents!"
The commander was overjoyed when he heard this: "The Japanese are probably planning to cross the Yellow River and attack Xi'an!"
This is indeed possible. If the Japanese take Xi'an and then move south to invade Hanzhong, that is the gateway to Sichuan and will directly threaten the safety of Chongqing.
Guo Baizhou looked at the sand table and said nothing.
He couldn't tell where the Japanese would attack.
But... no matter whether the Japanese crossed the Yellow River to attack Xi'an or attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, they had already lost this time, and they had lost completely.
The reason why the commander was happy was that if the Japanese attacked Xi'an instead of Zhongtiao Mountain, they would not be directly slapped in the face.
However, what they didn't know was that this was actually Okamura Neji's delaying strategy.
The so-called continuing to cross the Yellow River to the west to attack Xi'an is just a false impression put on by Okamura Neji.
This illusion is easy to achieve, just send a few planes to drop a few bombs, and sacrifice a few spies to reveal some information...the information of these spies was even intentionally revealed by Okamura Neiji.
The reason for doing this is to further paralyze the garrison in Zhongtiao Mountain and make them think that everything the empire is doing now is aimed at Xi'an.
At the same time, Okamura Neiji sent two squadrons of mainland advance troops disguised as businessmen to infiltrate Nakatiao Mountain.
These went very smoothly.
But what Neji Okamura is most concerned about is the airport.
He knew very well that the key to this battle was actually aviation... If the aviation force could successfully block the supply to Zhongtiao Mountain from the south bank of the Yellow River, the overall situation would be decided.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji asked Shinozuka Yoshio three times in one day: "Is the airport ready? We don't have much time, otherwise the enemy is likely to see through our army's plan!"
Yoshio Shinozuka replied: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, Yuncheng Airport is ready, Hokkiang Airport still needs one day!"
Okamura Neiji gave the order without thinking: "Send additional manpower to repair it overnight, and order them to repair it within half a day!"
"yes!"
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
The chief received a message: "In addition to Yuncheng Airport, the Japanese are also building an airport in Beixiang Village."
The chief was stunned when he saw the news.
He should have thought that one airport might not be able to accommodate two hundred planes.
The Eighth Route Army only had one rocket launcher unit lurking in Yuncheng.
How can one rocket launcher unit hit two airports?