There is a reason why Zhao Gang chose this time to discuss "curves to save the country."
It has been some time since the Wang puppet regime surrendered to the Japanese, and the so-called "curve to save the country" theory has been launched for some time, but the Eighth Route Army has never brought this issue to the table.
The reason is very simple. The Eighth Route Army lived a hard life and persisted in fighting under extremely difficult conditions, especially in the 41st year of history... In this year, the Eighth Route Army was blocked by the Japanese and stubborn troops and could not even eat enough to eat. The situation was very serious.
At this time, if the issue of "saving the country through curves" is brought to the table, some soldiers who are not firm-willed and overwhelmed by the hard life and are on the verge of hesitation... It seems that is the case, others can do this
"Save the country", why can't we?
Therefore, it will play a propaganda role for "saving the country through curves".
Zhao Gang chose to speak at this time because the base area had basically solved the problem of food and clothing at this time. At the same time, this battle also gave confidence and confidence. At this time, the discussion can play a positive role.
Then Zhao Gang changed the topic and said: "However, the remaining Japanese troops are still stationed in Nancheng and resisting stubbornly. We cannot take it lightly now. We must fight steadily until the enemy is completely annihilated before we can be considered a victory."
After saying that, Zhao Gang turned his attention to Li Yunlong and asked: "Old Li, what are you going to do next?"
"How else can we fight?" Li Yunlong replied: "Wouldn't it be good to fight like this? Just use tanks to hit them, and let the Japanese have a taste of the advantages and disadvantages of tanks!"
After speaking, Li Yunlong turned to Wang Xuexin, raised his head proudly, and said, "Isn't that true, Xiao Dongbei?"
The tank unit was trained by Xiaodongbei, so Xiaodongbei has the most say in this matter.
Wang Xuexin hesitated to speak. He actually discovered some problems, but he didn't know whether he should talk about it or not.
When Li Yunlong saw Wang Xuexin's appearance, he asked, "What's wrong? Just say whatever you have to say, don't hide it in your heart!"
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "We discovered a problem during the attack. Most of the houses we conquered did not have civilians. Even if there were, they were only old, weak, sick and disabled people who could not walk. I guess...the Japanese took the civilians with them.
Evacuate to the south!"
Zhao Gang couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He took a breath and said: "Old Li, it stands to reason... the common people are a burden during the war. Not only can they not help the Japanese, but they will also look for opportunities to rebel. The Japanese should not lead
That's right. I think the Japanese and the common people probably want us to use the common people as a shield!"
Li Yunlong's face immediately darkened, and he secretly glanced at Wang Xuexin.
This is almost an unsolvable problem, which is why Wang Xuexin wanted to say it but didn't want to.
If we start from the war situation, of course, as Li Yunlong said, use tanks to knock holes in the houses one by one and then occupy them.
But if the house is mostly filled with civilians...should we also hit it with a tank and throw a grenade inside?
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Yuncheng. How many casualties will this cause?
There was a deathly silence in the conference room.
After a while, Li Yunlong said: "We have no choice but to do this! Then the devils cannot have civilians in their hands, so let's not fight this war..."
"Who told you not to fight?" Zhao Gang said: "If you have to fight a war, you must also take into account the casualties of the people!"
"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong said in embarrassment: "Is there a good thing in the world that has the best of both worlds? If you could only choose one of the two, which one would you choose? Just like you said, what about bear's paw and fish bone..."
“You can’t have both bear’s paws and shark’s fins!”
"Yes, yes, that's what it means!" Li Yunlong replied: "What if you have to choose one of the two? Which one do you choose?"
"That depends on the situation!" Zhao Gang pointed his finger and replied: "I tell you, Li Yunlong! You can't mess with this matter. We are the people's army. If we don't put the people's lives first, our war will be ruined."
What’s the point of fighting?”
Li Yunlong gave a long sigh with a bitter face and thought to himself:
This Zhao Gang is a man with a pen, how can he know the hardships of holding a gun.
What matters in the battlefield is to have no distracting thoughts. Just like in the duel between martial arts masters, if you have any scruples, you may lose your life in one fell swoop.
What's more, there are still two to three thousand people in the Japanese remnant army. Although it is a fight between trapped animals and the Eighth Route Army has an overall advantage, if the Eighth Route Army takes into account the common people and fights against the Japanese, what is the difference between it and going to the battlefield with its hands and feet tied up?
By then the losses will become greater and greater, and the victory may turn into a defeat!
If this result is achieved, will the people suffer in the end?
However, Li Yunlong only took this idea lightly.
Li Yunlong knows Zhao Gang, but he can't explain this to Zhao Gang...
Everyone says that when a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain it. Isn't it true that when a soldier meets a scholar, he can't explain it?
The question is whether this principle is about studying or fighting.
After much deliberation, there was really no choice. Li Yunlong angrily touched Wang Xuexin with his foot and said: "I say Xiao Dongbei, you raised the problem, and it is up to you to solve it..."
"Captain, doesn't that make sense?" Wang Xuexin refused: "Isn't this what you asked me to say?"
"Why doesn't this make sense?" Li Yunlong stared: "I asked you to say it, but I didn't ask you to say this! If you don't say no, this time won't happen..."
Li Yunlong didn't say any more in the second half of the sentence. He glanced at Zhao Gang secretly, and then said to Wang Xuexin like a scoundrel: "That's it, come up with a countermeasure, otherwise I will never be done with you!"
Therefore, Li Yunlong actually knew about this problem, but he also knew that this situation would happen, so he planned to pretend not to know.
From this aspect, it is really Wang Xuexin who has done something wrong.
Now...how can we get the best of both worlds?
Wang Xuexin fell into hard thinking.
In fact, he didn't think about this problem just now. He had been thinking about this problem since he discovered something was wrong shortly after arriving in Yuncheng, but after much deliberation, he didn't have a good solution.
Unless the Japs can be tricked out of Nancheng without taking advantage of the people.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin suddenly had an idea.
But this doesn't seem to be easy...Japs are not that easily fooled.
So Wang Xuexin asked Li Yunlong: "Commander, does the Jinsui Army have airplanes?"
"The Jinsui Army does have a few planes!" Li Yunlong replied: "Why do you ask? Even if they have them, they only have a few useless old planes. They are no match for the Japanese at all. You want the Jinsui Army to use these planes?"
Bombing the Japanese? Think of all the good things!"
"No way!" Wang Xuexin replied: "I just want the Jinsui Army to fly out these planes and drop a few bombs on our position!"
"What?" Li Yunlong looked at Wang Xuexin blankly, wondering if this guy is crazy!