He strode to the North China battle map that had been hung on the wall for a long time and asked in a deep voice.
"How's the battle going now!"
"Very intense!" Dai Li replied with a serious face.
"The real battle started a few days ago. Because it was a sporadic exchange of fire, neither the Japanese nor our intelligence personnel took it seriously. It wasn't until last night that we realized that this might be a premeditated battle!
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"In the fighting area, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is about 50,000, the Japanese army is more than 18,000, and there are also more than 10,000 Imperial Army troops. On the surface, the Eighth Route Army does not have much strength advantage, but
The Eighth Route Army also had nearly 20,000 guerrillas and local armed forces participating in the battle. Moreover, they had premeditated plans and used guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to eliminate seven to eight thousand Japanese puppet troops before the actual decisive battle began."
"So, the current battle situation is that the Japanese are on the passive side and are being suppressed by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Nang Xipi, I didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness was so powerful! However, the Japanese were so useless. When facing our Central Army, their combat effectiveness was so powerful that one regiment dared to fight against one of our main divisions.
Why do you get so cold-hearted in front of the Eighth Route Army? Nearly 20,000 people can't even deal with the 50,000 Eighth Route Army!" Lao Jiang cursed with a dissatisfied look on his face.
Dai Li quickly replied: "Principal, it's not that the Japanese are timid, it's that they don't want too many casualties. If we really want to fight desperately, the 50,000 Eighth Route Army will definitely not be the opponent of the nearly 20,000 Japanese!"
"The students have just received a secret report from the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters. Shouichi Terauchi has the idea to annihilate the main force of the 50,000 Eighth Route Army that is attacking too far away, and has already begun to take action! The Japanese troops in southwest Shanxi suddenly began to mass build up on a large scale.
Unexpectedly, Shouichi Terauchi planned to mobilize the Japanese troops in southwestern Shanxi to reinforce Taiyuan City, and then gather and annihilate the 50,000 Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan outside Taiyuan City, severely damaging the Eighth Route Army!"
"Nang Xipi, I finally heard some good news!" Lao Jiang finally relaxed his tense nerves and said with a long sigh of relief.
"If the Japanese North China Front Army can really gather and annihilate the 50,000 Eighth Route Army troops outside Taiyuan City, the Japanese losses will be huge. At that time, the Nationalist Government troops operating in North China will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to expand and kill two birds with one stone!" The Minister of Military Affairs suddenly said
suggested.
Lao Jiang was obviously very satisfied with the result. He rushed to the decision before anyone else could say anything: "That's it!"
"But, principal, although they are the Eighth Route Army, they are also the anti-Japanese army. Wouldn't it be too much to be wiped out by the Japanese like this?" A close general among his subordinates really couldn't stand the fact that the Minister of Military and Political Affairs and Dai Li were plotting against friendly forces. As a general,
A pure soldier, he knew nothing about politics and couldn't help but remind him.
"What do you know?" As soon as these words were spoken, Chiang Kai-shek aroused dissatisfaction and anger.
"It's good that the Eighth Route Army expanded its forces privately and the government didn't hold them accountable. Now let the troops they expanded privately die in the anti-Japanese battlefield. This outcome is already the best for the Eighth Route Army."
"No need to explain anymore, just follow the wishes of the Military and Political Ministry!" Lao Jiang made the final decision.
Then he continued the order: "Send a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army: I am very relieved to hear that your army is attacking Taiyuan City! I hope your army will not be afraid of sacrifice, capture Taiyuan City, and live up to the high expectations of all the people..."
Many of the people standing here are top politicians of the Nationalist Government. On the surface, Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to the Eighth Route Army contained words of encouragement. However, there were murderous intentions hidden everywhere in these words.
Regardless of whether the Eighth Route Army really wanted to capture Taiyuan City in this big battle, with this telegram, Chiang Kai-shek directly confirmed that the Eighth Route Army was attacking too far away, and forced the Eighth Route Army to fight a life-and-death battle with the Japanese army in Taiyuan City.
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While giving Lao Jiang a thumbs up in his mind, Lao Jiang continued to order.
"Send a telegram to Yan Xishan of the Second Theater Command and ask his Second Theater Command to stand still and watch the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese fight in Taiyuan and reap the benefits!"
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain, the deputy commander-in-chief also stayed up all night, staring at Taiyuan City on the map!
First of all, this battle was the largest organized battle since the founding of the Eighth Route Army.
Secondly, in this war, once the Eighth Route Army achieves its goal, the harvest it will bring will definitely not be comparable to that of one or two counties!
A relatively complete arsenal is an unprecedented temptation for every commander of the Eighth Route Army.
Whether it is the former Red Army or the current Eighth Route Army, almost all weapons and equipment rely on capture.
When fighting guerrillas, this supply method may be able to support the troops' battlefield needs. But once a large-scale battle occurs, this supply method is useless.
In order for the troops to be self-sufficient in weapons and ammunition for cooking, they must at least be partially self-sufficient and no longer be controlled by others. The Eighth Route Army Headquarters and Yan'an, which had never approved of large-scale battles, unexpectedly agreed this time.
Winning the battle would bring unprecedented benefits to the Eighth Route Army.
If they lose, the tens of thousands of troops participating in the battle will definitely suffer heavy losses. Therefore, as soon as the battle begins, the deputy commander-in-chief stares at the map.
Suddenly, the deputy chief of staff guarding the radio station burst in with a heavy look on his face.
"Boss, telegram from the National Government! What time is it? Chiang Kai-shek still wants to step in and force us to fight the Japanese and kill people with a borrowed knife!" Upon seeing the deputy commander-in-chief, the deputy chief of staff frowned.
He said with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"Second Taiyuan City, old Chiang Kai-shek really dares to say that he is not afraid that big words will offend his tongue!" The deputy commander slapped the telegram on the table and shouted with great dissatisfaction.
"There are hundreds of thousands of people in the Second War Zone too far away. They are well-equipped and well-trained. Why didn't Chiang Kai-shek transfer them outside Taiyuan City to attack the city? He is crazy to want to borrow a knife to kill people!"
The deputy chief of staff quickly calmed down and analyzed: "It is certain that Chiang Kai-shek knew about such a war. The telegram vaguely mentioned that Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied with our private expansion of troops, and then planned to kill people with borrowed knives and let the Japanese eat us.
Fifty thousand troops on the Taiyuan front line!"
At this moment, a sneer suddenly flashed across the face of the frowning deputy commander, and then he suggested to the deputy chief of staff.
"Deputy Chief of Staff, doesn't Chiang Kai-shek want to kill the 50,000 people we have outside Taiyuan City? Do you think we can fulfill his wish?"
The deputy chief of staff frowned at first, and then showed an expression of sudden realization.
"You mean to make Chiang Kai-shek mistakenly believe that our 50,000 elite troops in Taiyuan City were severely damaged!"
"It's absolutely possible to do this: Isn't Chiang Kai-shek afraid of us privately expanding our troops? If our privately expanded troops are wiped out by the Japanese, then he has nothing to worry about. At that time, we can also use this excuse to ask Chiang Kai-shek
Pay more military spending and pensions!”
"As for the Japanese, they will definitely cooperate with us. After all, this is to help them publicize their military exploits."
"Yan'an will definitely agree. The development strategy Yan'an has given us has always been to concentrate on development and recharge our batteries. This coincides with Yan'an's policy."
"It's just that as a result, our soldiers fighting on the front line will suffer great injustice!"
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