A strange atmosphere immediately enveloped the conference room.
If the facts are indeed as suspected by Yan'an, and the reason why the Japanese army adjusted its strategy against China is really to mobilize enough troops from the frontal battlefield to launch large-scale mopping up operations in various base areas behind enemy lines, then there is really no need for them to continue the discussion
Counterattack target, because there will be no chance.
As of today, although the Chahar Independent Regiment has expanded to more than 22,000 people, although the full set of Soviet equipment preparations for the three divisions assisted by the Soviet Union have been put in place, three T-34B tank battalions have also been put in place, and nine
The training of the infantry battalion is also very effective and has formed combat effectiveness, but...
But compared with the Japanese invaders, this strength is still not enough.
Not to mention the entire Japanese invasion force, even the strength of the North China Front Army was far superior to that of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
According to reliable information, the North China Front has the First Army, the Second Army and the Mongolian Army, with a total strength of 500,000! This does not include two field heavy artillery brigades and four tank regiments! There is also one
Flying Group! Such a military group is definitely not something that the Chahar Independent Regiment can handle head-on.
Before today, because the North China Front Army wanted to control the vast battlefield areas such as Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and Henan, it also had to protect the Jinsui Army in northwest Shanxi, Zhongshan Tiao, the Central Army in the Henan battlefield, and Yu Xuezhong's Department in the Sulu theater.
The situation is high-pressure, so the number of troops that can be mobilized to mop up the Eighth Route Army base areas is actually very limited.
However, now, as the Japanese army once again adjusts its strategy against China, from the previous political inducement to surrender, with military offense as a supplement, to political inducement as the mainstay, with military defense as a supplement! It can be foreseen that Chairman Chiang and the Kuomintang army will definitely
To add insult to injury, the Japanese army could mobilize a large number of mobile troops from the frontal battlefield.
To put it simply, the only enemy of the Chahar Independent Regiment before was Naosaburo Okabe’s Mongolian Army, and the Mongolian Army also needed to allocate considerable forces to guard against the Jin Army in northwest Shanxi, as well as the Sui Army in Suiyuan, and another
, the security and security forces in Suinan, Chanan and northern Shanxi also need to be dispersed quite a bit. Therefore, the total strength of the Mongolian Army that can really be used to deal with the Chahar Independent Regiment is actually only one division, and it may even be
Less than.
It is precisely because of this that the Chahar Independent Regiment dares to think about counterattack.
Because with the current strength of the Chahar Independent Regiment, I would not be afraid to face a Japanese division!
However, now, as the Japanese army once again adjusts its strategy against China, the situation immediately becomes very different. After reaching a tacit understanding with the Kuomintang army, the North China Front Army can move more than a dozen of the troops hoarded in Zhongtiao Mountain, Henan, and the Sulu Border Area.
A field division was transferred back to the vast occupied area and launched a large-scale law and order campaign.
Even the most conservative estimate is that Naosaburo Okabe's army stationed in Mongolia will be supplemented by three divisions! Or even five divisions! Because as Wang Husheng said just now, due to the existence of Baotou Industrial Zone, Chaha
The Er Independent Regiment must be the North China Front's first-class attack target, so it makes sense to spare half of its troops to raid the Baotou base area!
Under such circumstances, the Chahar Independent Group does not want to defend its home base but wants to fight back, which is seeking death. Xu Rui is confident, but not arrogant! He is not so arrogant as to think that Chahar is independent.
The strength of the regiment can withstand five or even eight divisions of the Japs. Only an idiot would be so arrogant and ignorant!
Seeing that Xu Rui frowned and remained silent, Wang Husheng asked: "Old Xu, what did you say?"
Xu Rui was a little confused. Logically, Yan'an's analysis was correct, because Yan'an made this judgment based on old intelligence, but his intuition told him that this matter might not be that simple! Xu Rui felt faintly
Yueyue felt that the Japanese army had once again adjusted its strategy towards China and had other plans!
But this was just a hunch, he had no proof.
Therefore, Xu Rui was also caught in a dilemma.
The conference room fell into deathly silence, and everyone's eyes focused on Xu Rui's face.
All those present at the meeting were Xu Rui’s old subordinates. They had all witnessed Xu Rui’s “magical” judgment. It seemed that as long as Xu Rui made a judgment, he rarely made mistakes! Therefore, this also developed their respect for Xu Rui.
Rui's kind of dependence, no matter what kind of difficulties we encounter, we can just wait for the leader to make a decision.
But this time, Xu Rui wasn't too sure.
After all, Xu Rui is just a human being, not a god.
Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Rui took the test for at least five minutes before finally gritting his teeth and saying: "Old Wang, otherwise we will do this first. The anti-mopping up work will be started immediately, but the preparations for counterattack operations cannot be stopped.
We must be prepared with both hands to avoid being unable to react when the time comes and watching the loss of fighter planes!"
"Okay!" Wang Husheng said simply, "That's it!"
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The meeting was over, and all the members and officials present left.
Only Xu Rui, Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng were left in the huge conference room.
After confirming that everyone had left the conference room, Xu Rui asked: "Old Wang, Shadow still hasn't responded?"
Upon learning that the Japanese army had made adjustments to its China strategy, Xu Rui's first reaction was to find Shadow to verify.
Although Shadow is no longer in the center of the Japanese army, he still has his position and still has the opportunity to come into contact with some unclassified information. For most ordinary people, this information is of no use at all, but for an excellent intelligence analyst
Say, you can analyze useful information from this unclassified information!
Unfortunately, after the Tokyo assassination, the shadow fell into silence. Wang Husheng called several times, but received no response. Later, because there was no need to use the shadow for the time being, Wang Husheng ignored it, thinking that after a while, Nakamura Jun
Maybe this old devil has figured it out and will provide them with information again.
When Xu Rui asked, Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "There has been no response."
Leng Tiefeng said angrily: "Nakamura Shun, this old devil, is trying to pick a target! Just reveal your identity!"
"It won't be time!" Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "Although the shadow didn't respond, there was no other change. I think there is still a chance to wake it up, so we can't worry too much."
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Old Wang, try summoning again."
"Okay, I'll try it now." Wang Husheng nodded, turned and left.
As soon as Wang Husheng left, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were the only two people left in the conference room.
Leng Tiefeng asked: "Old Xu, are you suspecting that the real intention of the little devil in adjusting his strategy towards China is not to shrink his troops to deal with us? But to go towards the Soviet Far East Army?"
"Yeah." Xu Rui nodded, "Nine times out of ten, that's the case."
Leng Tiefeng's expression suddenly condensed and he said: "Do you want to remind Zhukov?"
"That's not necessary." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "Because the Soviet Far East Front Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army have been fighting to the death, and various military preparations have already been done to the extreme. Even if we remind Zhukov, the Soviet army cannot do more.
Too much, too much talk, may only cause chaos for the Soviet army."
Leng Tiefeng nodded and said, "You are right."
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "So we must not give up our counterattack plan."
Leng Tiefeng nodded and said: "If this is the case, we should really continue to step up preparations for the counterattack. Otherwise, if we really wait until the Japanese launch military operations against the Soviet Far East Front, we will draw up a counterattack plan and then implement it, then
It’s too late, if we force it to start, we might even get a delay from the little devils.”
After a slight pause, Leng Tiefeng continued: "On the other hand, if we had been prepared and waited for the Japanese to launch military operations against the Soviet army before launching a counterattack, the threat would undoubtedly be greater!"
"Yes, veteran, you have reminded me!" Xu Rui's eyes suddenly sharpened when he heard this.
Leng Tiefeng immediately hummed and said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, what did you think of again?"
"The goal I set before was still too small and too conservative!" Xu Rui said ferociously, "I should be more bold!"
"More bolder?" Leng Tiefeng asked solemnly, "What was the target you selected before? Which target is the bolder one?"
Xu Rui spread out the map and drew a red arrow on the map with a pencil.
Because the red arrow drawn by Xu Rui starts from Baotou and stretches across the entire Suiyuan Province, plus most of Chahar Province, all the way to Xilin Koole! In other words, the goal that Xu Rui had in mind before was Xilin.
Linkole! This is undoubtedly a very bold battle plan, because it is nearly 700 kilometers from Baotou to Xilinkole!
After drawing the arrow, Xu Rui explained: "Before this, I was thinking this way, launching a blitzkrieg to capture Chahar Province in one fell swoop. Then our Chahar Independent Regiment would be justified and capture Chahar Province."
After Er Province, Suiyuan Province becomes the rear area, and Baotou is even less vulnerable to attack. This is called attacking instead of defending!"
"Yeah." Leng Tiefeng nodded and said, "If we can really capture the whole province of Chahar, Suiyuan's security situation will indeed be greatly improved. If the Japanese want to attack Baotou again, they have to worry about being intercepted by us.
Road, because by sending troops from Chanan, we can cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia at any time!"
Xu Rui added: "But such a counterattack is still based on defensive thinking."
Substituting offense for defence, in essence, it is still defense, it is still defense! It is just a more active defense!
Leng Tiefeng said: "So, the bolder goals must be based on offensive thinking?"
Xu Rui didn't say anything more. He grabbed the pencil again and drew another arrow on the map.
Leng Tiefeng looked at the picture intently and saw that the new arrow drawn by Xu Rui was almost the same as the previous one. However, the previous arrow was tilted upward, while the current one was curved downward. Two red arrows were drawn.
The arrows grouped together are like poisonous snakes spitting messages on the map, ready to bite anyone at any time.