After listening to Wang Xuexin's analysis, the chief couldn't help but nodded secretly.
If the previous battles in Xiaodongbei were at the tactical level, then the current plan targeting Yuncheng is at the strategic level, and it is quite far-sighted and feasible.
Because, before the Japanese captured Zhongtiao Mountain, the Jinsui Army was stationed in Yuncheng and blocked several Japanese attacks.
At that time, Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain were actually the right-hand arm of the Jin-Sui Army. Once the Japanese attacked Yuncheng, they would enter the "T"-shaped corner, that is, they would step into the natural encirclement of the Chinese army.
If it weren't for the stubborn army, it would have been even more difficult for the Japanese to capture Zhongtiao Mountain and Yuncheng.
Back then, the disunited combination of the Stubborn Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army were able to repulse the Japanese attacks many times. Now, how can it still be defended by the Eighth Route Army?
This proves that the strategic policy of Xiaobei Northeast is practical and feasible.
Then, Xiaodongbei cleverly combined the actual situation and tactics of the Eighth Route Army and decided on the strategy of capturing Zhongtiao Mountain first and then attacking Yuncheng... If such a situation can be formed, the Eighth Route Army will no longer be a poor and white man with only a dozen bullets each.
The troops are here!
Thinking about it, the chief looked at Xiao Dongbei with relief and nodded slightly with admiration.
Unexpected.
A soldier can also have such vision, such foresight, and such courage.
More importantly, he made many achievements in weapons research and development and trade with Citigroup. He almost single-handedly conquered half of the Eighth Route Army.
Just when the chief lamented Wang Xuexin's plan, the chief of staff asked: "Chief, these are all situations where the Japanese move their troops to the northeast. If the Japanese do not move to the northeast but go south to attack the stubborn army, what should we do?
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"Why should we do the same thing!" The leader replied without thinking: "We will still organize troops in Zhongtiao Mountain to attack the Japanese Steel Factory and Copper Smelting Factory, but the purpose is to support the stubborn army!"
The chief of staff said "Oh": "In other words, no matter how the Japanese change, we can target Zhongtiao Mountain and Yuncheng!"
"The enemy!" The leader smiled and nodded in reply: "Xiaobei Northeast has pointed out a good path for us! Originally we were worried that the situation might worsen due to the reduction of external aid, but now it seems...the fighter planes are in difficulty.
It was produced!"
Then the leader frowned again and said: "However, our strength in Zhongtiao Mountain is still very weak at this time. Although there are more than 20,000 remnants of the stubborn army in total... But their morale is low and they are not enough to form a combat effectiveness. They want to complete the harassment
The Japanese even occupied the steel factory, but they were afraid that they would not be able to do it."
Wang Xuexin felt a little strange when he heard this. There were more than 20,000 stubborn troops. They just went to sneak attack the steel plant. How could it not be completed?
Later, Wang Xuexin realized that he had overestimated the stubborn army.
It turned out that although many of the remnants of the stubborn army went into the mountains to fight guerrillas with the Japanese under the guidance of the Eighth Route Army, it was more of a temporary measure to survive.
As time went by, a considerable number of them chose to surrender to the Japanese or even betray their troops' hiding places because they could not bear the suffering of hunger.
In addition, it will take time for the Eighth Route Army to get along with these remnants. It is obviously unrealistic to expect them to be effective in counterattacking the Japanese.
"We can send a force to Zhongtiao Mountain to lead them!" Wang Xuexin suggested.
The chief of staff replied with some helplessness: "We only managed to win over some of the stragglers and gathered a team of about 7,000 people. The other stragglers were either unwilling to join the Eighth Route Army or developed into bandits. They relied on what they had.
There are a few guns who will do whatever it takes to rob families. If you want to lead them, you must first eradicate these people. But..."
These are troubled times, and once the stubborn soldiers and stragglers are dispersed, they can easily become bandits.
For example, the largest bandit force in Shanxi was formed in the Yuncheng area. The bandit leader Lei Wenqing was originally a soldier of the stubborn army. He ran rampant in the counties on the east bank of the Yellow River, robbing homes and homes, and oppressing the people. He did all kinds of evil and everyone talked about it.
His nickname was "Lei Heng Heng", and the child was immediately frightened and stopped crying.
However, this ruthless bandit who has caused unrest in southern Shanxi in history should have surrendered to the Japanese and become a puppet army at this time, and will only form a gang and become a bandit next year.
This is the ugly side of human nature. In order to survive in this troubled world, they do not hesitate to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the wounds of the already impoverished people.
However, it is useless for Wang Xuexin to hate him for not being firm and angry for not fighting. This is the fact.
Wang Xuexin can't talk to these stubborn soldiers and let them unite to fight, or persuade the bandits to lay down their weapons and surrender, right?
When the stubborn army was organized, they were dissatisfied and had many internal conflicts. Now that even the organized army has been broken up into scattered soldiers, how can they be expected to unite?
Those bandits have already done all the evil things and risked their lives, but they can still be persuaded by you with just a few words?
Now, if we want to unite them and unify them by force, it is essential, just like Qin unified the six countries.
The first thing to do is to eradicate the bandits and establish prestige, and then there are ways to incorporate other forces.
The question is, isn't this a "civil war" at the gunpoint of the Japanese?
At that time, the Japanese would be happy to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, and then take advantage of the opportunity to deal with the Eighth Route Army when the Eighth Route Army wins.
As a result, the situation in Zhongtiao Mountain became a matter of fighting or not fighting.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin suggested: "Chief of Staff, I'm thinking that we can try to cooperate with the stubborn army."
"Cooperation?" The chief of staff was puzzled: "What kind of cooperation?"
The Eighth Route Army and the stubborn army have been cooperating on the surface, but in reality everyone knows what is going on. The stubborn army's self-destruction of the Great Wall has come to the forefront from behind the scenes. Talking about cooperation with the stubborn army at this time... is not easy!
Wang Xuexin said: "We can... let the stubborn army agree to integrate the remnant troops in Zhongtiao Mountain into the Eighth Route Army, so that the remnant troops can fight against the Japanese under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army!"
"How is this possible!" The chief of staff looked at Wang Xuexin with wide eyes and said, "How could the stubborn army agree to such a request!"
But after hearing this, the leader praised loudly: "What a great idea. I think this can be discussed, and the stubborn army will probably agree! If there is an order from the top of the stubborn army, it will be justifiable for us to recruit these remnants of the army!"
"Chief, this..." The chief of staff looked at the two men in surprise, wondering whether the chief and Xiao Dongbei thought the stubborn army was too kind and too easy to deal with.
The leader explained: "In the past, the recalcitrant army would definitely have disagreed. But now and then, the recalcitrant army is afraid that the Japanese will cross the Yellow River and go south. They are eager for us to block and drag the Japanese on Zhongtiao Mountain. Those who
They can't take away the remaining soldiers anyway, so why don't we organize ourselves to create some trouble for the Japanese?"
The chief of staff said "oh" and understood.
This is not because Nianjun is kind, nor because Nianjun is easy to talk to, but because of "interests."