When Sun Erwei returned to the office to contact Yingjiang, Wang Xuexin received a call from the regiment headquarters.
The call was from Zhao Gang. He said in a serious tone on the phone: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, the information just came from the headquarters. The expeditionary force was defeated and retreated. The Japanese have completely blocked China's external highway. I think you need to know this.
a little!"
Zhao Gang considered that the contacts and transactions with Yingjiang were all completed by Wang Xuexin. Now that the highway with Yingjiang was cut off, Wang Xuexin had better know.
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin responded.
Although he had long known that the external highway would be cut off sooner or later, when this moment actually came, his heart still felt a little heavy.
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that he just felt a little "heavy." The Eighth Route Army, the stubborn army, and even many Chinese people were hit hard at this moment. Some people even felt that the sky was about to fall.
This does not mean that the Eighth Route Army's supplies will decrease as a result or anything.
In fact, before the road was opened, the Eighth Route Army could hardly obtain supplies from this road.
Therefore, from the perspective of supplies alone, whether the road is open or not has little impact on the Eighth Route Army.
Even at this time, because the Eighth Route Army had its own production line and occupied Yuncheng and owned copper and iron mines, its ammunition supply would be much better than before.
The problem is that this road has too great an impact on the stubborn army.
When the commander heard this information, he said with a stern face: "I'm sorry, this road is China's main artery to the outside world. Now that it has been cut off by the Japanese, it can affect the whole body!"
Although the chief's words were simple, he explained the issue very thoroughly.
The Eighth Route Army does not rely on this road, but the stubborn army does, and the people also rely on this road.
Prior to this, almost all the military supplies for external reinforcements to China and the arms purchased by the stubborn army from Yingjiang were transported into China through this highway.
Once this road is cut off...does it mean that the stubborn army is vulnerable?
If the stubborn army is defeated and completely defeated, will the Eighth Route Army be under greater pressure?
Therefore, this almost reversed the situation of the entire China's war of resistance...
Originally, because of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the whole country knew that the Japanese would be defeated sooner or later, which boosted their morale. Unexpectedly, the external highway was immediately cut off.
This raises another possibility: before the Japanese are defeated, China will be unable to hold on.
Suddenly, both the stubborn army and the Eighth Route Army, as well as the Chinese people, were greatly shaken.
Although Wang Xuexin feels "heavy", he is not as negative and pessimistic about it as most people.
Because he knew that China did not collapse because this road was cut off. Not only did it not collapse, it also reorganized air transportation. Finally, the road that was opened again by the expeditionary force resumed transportation.
However, this is because Wang Xuexin knew the result.
People living in this era did not know the outcome. They entered a state of nervousness the moment they heard that the highway was cut off.
Soon, Li Yunlong organized a meeting.
In fact, this meeting was not organized by Li Yunlong, but the chief issued an order for all ministries to meet and organize discussions to do ideological work for the soldiers.
When the information reaches the headquarters, the chief of staff considers the impact this information will have.
"Chief!" said the chief of staff: "Our army is fighting the enemy in a difficult environment. The soldiers are under pressure that ordinary people cannot imagine. I am worried that... if this information is released, it will have a great impact on the morale of the army.
Many comrades cannot bear the blow!"
The chief nodded slightly.
The Chief of Staff is right, this is human nature.
The reason why many people were able to persist in the war of resistance in this harsh environment was because they believed that China would eventually win.
But now...
The cutoff of the highway put China in a difficult situation, and the soldiers may have doubts about "victory".
Once you have doubts about "victory", you will immediately fall into the traitor's theory of "saving the country through curves"...
This is not a small problem, it is related to the morale of the military. If you are not careful, the foundation you laid before will be ruined because of this inconspicuous ant nest.
The chief frowned and asked the chief of staff: "So, what do you mean..."
"Can we..." the chief of staff said hesitantly, "choose not to say."
The leader thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "There is no airtight wall in the world! We choose not to tell today. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and one day the soldiers will know. Not telling is good for now, and the troops can maintain morale.
But one day when the news gets out, the backlash will be doubled!"
The chief of staff immediately realized that what the chief said was correct, so he nodded in agreement: "I didn't think enough about it. We should take a longer-term view!"
"So!" the chief said: "We should convey the information immediately, and then organize a meeting of various ministries to let the political commissars and instructors do a good job for the soldiers and let them understand that even if the road is cut off by the Japanese, China will still be able to win.
Drive the devils out of our country!"
"Yes!" the chief of staff responded and immediately conveyed the order.
So the Independence Group organized a meeting at this time.
During the meeting, Li Yunlong smiled as if nothing was wrong. As soon as he came up, he said to the cadres: "Comrades, have you heard about it? The Japanese have cut off China's external highway. If you want to cut it off, cut it off.
Well, we have already started to open up wasteland and cultivate the land.
, I bought a large amount of grain from Yingjiang not long ago, so I don’t have to worry about food. In addition, we can now make guns and bombs, and we still sit in the treasure land of Yuncheng, so our life is much better than before.
Now, am I still afraid of him? You think so, right?"
"Yes!" the cadres replied in unison.
As the saying goes, there are soldiers like generals. After following Li Yunlong for such a long time, the cadres of the Independent Regiment have become very nervous masters who are not afraid of anything. They go to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese with real swords and guns
Not even afraid, but also afraid that a road thousands of miles away will be cut off?
At this time, Zhao Gang became out of ideas.
He was originally ordered to defuse the soldiers, but now in this situation...does he still need to do so?
But Zhao Gang felt that this matter should be explained clearly, otherwise the cadres would be as confused as Li Yunlong and still not know what happened...
Therefore, Zhao Gang said: "Hey, this matter can't be seen as simple. It will have a great impact on China's entire strategic situation. For example, our connection with Eagle Sauce may be weakened..."
Wang Xuexin almost laughed when he heard this. In this meeting held by the Independent Regiment, the commanders and soldiers who were supposed to have low morale did nothing. The political commissar who was supposed to boost morale was analyzing the pros and cons. Did they get the wrong script one by one?