Anhua County, Jinbei Northwest Column Headquarters.

Discussions on the sudden massive increase in the Japanese army's troops in North China are still in full swing.

The brigade commander said: "In other words, the Japanese government has launched a large increase of seven divisions to North China, not necessarily for our 386th Brigade or the Northwest Jin Column. However, Okamura Yasuji will not miss this opportunity. He will definitely use these troops to sweep our Northwest Jin Military Region and strive to eat our Northwest Jin Column. Is that what it means?"

"Yes, that's what it means." Wang Ye said, "Okamura Yanji would definitely do this."

The brigade commander said: "Then the question is, when do you think Okamura Yanji will take action?"

Wang Ye said: "It depends on when the North China Front Army will raise enough combat materials. If the combat materials are in place, he can launch an attack on our Northwest Military Region tomorrow."

The brigade commander said: "So how long do you think it will take Okamura Yanu to raise combat supplies?"

"This is really hard to say." Wang Ye shook his head, "In theory, the North China Front Army did not have much material reserves. Otherwise, the situation of the First Army would not be so embarrassing in the previous few sweeping operations, but I would never believe that the Japanese base camp did not have combat supplies."

Li Yunlong said impatiently: "Xiao Wang, just tell me directly whether Okamura Yanji can get enough combat supplies."

"Captain, it depends on what the Japanese senior management and the old Japanese devils of Hirohito thought." Wang Ye said, "If the Japanese base camp and the old Japanese devils of Hirohito put the Pacific battlefield first, then Okamura Yiji would at most raise three to five divisions to fight the combat materials. With this little material alone, let alone seven divisions, even if Japan adds seventy divisions, it would not be possible to pose a threat to our Northwest Shanxi Column."

"Because there is no use for only soldiers but no combat supplies."

"There are only 700,000 Japanese soldiers holding bayonets, and only 700,000 pigs, and they will be killed in a few days."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "But if the Japanese base camp and the old Japanese devils placed the North China battlefield and the Pacific battlefield in the same position, then Okamura Nishiji would be very likely to raise ten to twenty divisions of battle supplies. In this case, we might be in big trouble."

"What?" said the brigade commander, "there are the combat supplies for ten to twenty divisions?"

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang and others also looked at each other: "Can there be so many?"

Wang Ye said: "I estimate that the Japanese base camp has reserved at least fifty divisions for combat supplies in the past two years, otherwise they would not have the courage to launch the Pacific War."

This is not actually an estimate, but a certainty.

Because Wang Ye had read the relevant historical materials and knew that the Japanese army had prepared a total of fifty divisions of combat materials before attacking Pearl Harbor. Considering that the Japanese army had almost no consumption in the war that swept Southeast Asia, they seized a large amount of materials from the floating army and the Yin army, the combat materials reserved by the Japanese base camp should not be much reduced, and there should be at least fifty divisions of combat materials.

In addition, the Kwantung Army also had at least 30 divisions to fight for combat supplies.

Therefore, if the Japanese base camp is really determined to launch a large-scale offensive operation on the battlefield in North China, or launch a battle to open up mainland transportation lines now, it is actually fully capable.

After pausing, Wang Ye said again: "Now it depends on how the Japanese senior management positioned the battlefield in North China."

If it were the original world line, the top Japanese military leaders would definitely not pay attention to the battlefield in North China, but would only devote almost all combat materials and most of the elite troops to the Pacific battlefield.

But the problem is that the world line has completely changed now.

Due to the appearance of his Wang Ye, the battlefield in Shanxi has become beyond recognition.

No one can know whether the top Japanese military leaders can recognize the severe situation facing the battlefield in Shanxi, but the old Japanese devil, Okamura Yasuji, can definitely see it.

So, it depends on whether Okamura Yanji can convince the top Japanese army.

The brigade commander took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "There is a saying that the enemy is broad. If this is the case, we must make the worst plan. We must consider the positioning of the North China battlefield as as important as the Pacific battlefield by the top Japanese army, and prepare for war based on this."

Wang Ye said solemnly: "In this case, our Northwest Shanxi Column will usher in an unprecedented fierce battle, and the tragic level of this fierce battle will be beyond everyone's imagination."

When everyone heard this, they looked shocked.

Ma Yuan said: "Will it be more tragic than the Battle of Shuiyaoshan?"

Wang Ye said: "Yes, it will be ten times more violent than the Battle of Shuiyaoshan."

Ding Wei said: "In this way, we must be prepared for both hands. First, we must be based on perseverance and kill the Japanese army as much as possible with favorable conditions. However, once the situation deteriorates to an irreversible level, we will not just stick to it. We should make preserving the living force the first priority. We should transfer and transfer, and we should give up."

"That's the reason." Li Yunlong and Kong Jie nodded at the same time, "The Chairman said that if there are land and people, people and land will be lost. If there are land and people and land, our troops and equipment are not as strong as the Japanese. We cannot just fight against the Japanese."

Zhao Gang frowned and said, "But the problem is that today is different from the past. Although our base areas also have factories, there are relatively few pots and jars. I would give up if I say I give up. However, now our base areas in northwest Shanxi have built an industrial park including a large arsenal, which has already had strong ordnance production capacity!"

"What's worse is that most of the machinery and equipment in these factories cannot be transferred."

He paused and said, "It would be a pity to give up the northwest base in Shanxi at this time."

Xing Zhiguo is in charge of logistics now, and is deeply touched by Zhao Gang's words. He nodded repeatedly: "Yes, now the arsenal can reload 30,000 bullets and 1,000 shells a day, and 1,000 shells in a month. How many Japanese can these bullets and shells kill? So we must never give up the base in northwest Shanxi!"

Zhao Gang continued: "And the economic construction of the base areas in northwest Shanxi is also very good. The public grain collected is more than enough to support 30,000 regular troops, but also to support brother units with excess grain. More importantly, the mass base is also good. It would be a pity if such a base area that has already entered the regular one is easily given up."

The cadres present were divided into two factions. Military chief officials like Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie firmly advocated giving up, but political workers or logistics chief officials like Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo advocated persistence.

The brigade commander also had difficulty making a choice. He asked Wang Ye immediately: "Xiao Wang, is it possible to transfer the factory in advance?"

Wang Ye said: "The transfer is certainly not a problem. It is no problem to transfer the factory to Jiugong Mountain, Wohu Mountain or Fuliang Mountain, but it is difficult if you want to transfer to another place."

The brigade commander said: "Can the factory be transferred to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region?"

"Brig Commander, I have considered this a long time ago." Wang Ye sighed, "In fact, before building Wanmadu Industrial Park, I had considered directly transporting all the machinery and equipment to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and setting up a factory. However, the cruel reality is that there is no large ferry in our defense zone, and the equipment cannot be transported across Hehuang."

"If you want to transport equipment weighing several tons or even dozens of tons across the Yellow River, you must go to a large ferry in southern Shanxi or to the level of Hetao. Unfortunately, you must pass from Taiyuan to southern Shanxi, and the road to Hetao must pass from Datong. Unless you first capture Taiyuan or Datong, you must not transport machinery and equipment to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region."

The brigade commander sighed when he heard this. He actually knew that this would be the answer, but he just had a thought.

"Okay, then I won't mention this." The brigade commander sighed and asked again, "Then in the current situation, are you advocating to defend yourself? Or give up when necessary?"

"Give up, of course, must be giving up." Wang Ye said without hesitation.

Hearing this, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and several other cadres sighed.

It can be seen that the brigade commander attached great importance to Wang Ye's opinions, and even Wang Ye advocated giving up the base, so this matter would basically be a foregone conclusion.

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "The reason is very simple. If Okamura Yasuji really mobilized five or more heavy troops to sweep the raid, including heavy divisions like the 1st Division, then no matter how we defend, the northwest Shanxi base will eventually be lost, and there will be no suspense in the result."

"But before finally giving up the northwest base in Shanxi,"

"We must bring the potential of the northwestern Shanxi base to the extreme!"

"We must use the favorable terrain of northwestern Shanxi and the ammunition reinstalled by the Northwestern Shanxi Arsenal to give as much damage as possible to the Japanese army. In short, the northwestern Shanxi base can be given up, but if the Japanese army does not pay five or even ten times the heavy casualties, they will not want to step into the northwestern Shanxi base!"

Hearing this, the brigade commander made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Then formulate a combat plan according to this opinion, and then report it to the division headquarters and headquarters for approval."

...

"Yes!" Wang Ye agreed, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, Li Xia hurried in.

"Captain." Li Xia reported, "The headquarters of the first division just called and said that the Japanese troops stationed in Datong were frequently mobilizing. Some Japanese troops heading towards Suiyuan, some Japanese troops drove to Datong from Zhangjiakou, and some Japanese troops even left Yingxian boundary and had a small-scale exchange of fire with the local armed forces in our district. However, after the main force of our division rushed to reinforce, the Japanese army retreated back to the border between Yingxian and Datong and began to repair the fortifications."

Ding Wei said: "This is a routine operation before the Japanese army's war. Through frequent military mobilization, it confuses the public, disrupts our judgments, and conceals their true intentions."

Kong Jie said: "Damn, is this the beginning?"

Li Yunlong also cursed: "Is this old Japanese devil Okamura in such a hurry to reincarnate?"

Wang Ye was also secretly shocked. It was a bit beyond his expectations that the Japanese army would start to sweep the northwestern base in Shanxi so soon. He originally thought he would have to prepare for several days.

What shocked Wang Ai even more was that there was no warning before.

Okamura Yanji actually completed all the preparations before the war without hesitation?

Just as Wang Ye was surprised and confused, another telegraph soldier hurried in and handed a telegram to Wang Ye.

After reading this telegram, Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'll just say that Okamura Yasuji is not a god who came to earth, how could he be ready for combat so quickly? Haha."

The brigade commander said: "Xiao Wang, what's going on with the Japanese army in Datong?"

Wang Yeyangyang Yangyang said in his hand: "This is a telegram sent by the 120th Division. They are closer to the Japanese army and see more clearly the movements of the Japanese army. According to their judgment, the abnormal movements of the Japanese army in Datong are only part of the movements of the entire Mongolian army. Now the entire Mongolian army has started to move, and the Mongolian army is likely to go to the Sui Army."

"Sui Army?" Kong Jie said, "Damn, I can't understand this. Why did the Japanese go to the Sui Army again?"

Ding Wei's eyes flashed and he said, "In my opinion, the Mongolian army was aimed at the Sui Army, but in fact it was still aimed at our Northwest Shanxi Column."

Kong Jie said: "Lao Ding, what do you say?"

Ding Wei said: "Because behind our northwest base in Shanxi is Hetao, which is the defense zone of the Sui Army, and the relationship between the Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army is good, so the Japanese were worried that we would cross the Yellow River and break through the Sui Army defense zone at a critical moment, so we had to drive away the Sui Army in advance and seize the Hetao area so that we could complete the four-sided encirclement of ours!"

Wang Ye said: "I agree with Captain Ding's opinion. Okamura Yanji is preparing for the subsequent large-scale mopping."

Li Yunlong said, "So, Okamura Niji is a ruthless old man. He doesn't want to leave a way out for our Northwest Shanxi Column!"

After a pause, he said, "But this old devil seems to have forgotten that we, Old Li, never go through the back door. My favorite thing is to break through the front. This time, we must let the old devil taste the taste of Sakata Nobute."

"Old Li, you can die if you don't brag." Kong Jie said angrily, "That time in Cangyunling was just a lucky one."

"Lucky?" Li Yunlong snorted, "Kong Erlangzi, let me tell you, Cang Yunling was really not lucky that time, that was the ability of our old Li."

"Okay, shut up." The brigade commander interrupted the two of them and said, "I order the detachments to prepare for battle immediately and be ready to cross the Yellow River to support the Sui Army at any time."

"Yes!" Ding Wei and the other two responded with a loud bang.

...

Chongqing, the official residence of Huangshan, Yunxiu Tower.

Senior generals such as Minister of National Defense Bai Jiansheng, Minister of Military Affairs He Jingzhi, Minister of Military Order Xu Cichen, Minister of Military Training Chen Cixiu and other senior generals have also arrived at Yunxiu Tower one after another.

It is no trivial that the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia will launch a large-scale attack on the Sui Army.

However, the only one who is really anxious is probably Chang Kaishen, because Bai Jiansheng is a cadre general of the Guangxi clan, Xu Cichen is an old man from the Jin army, He Jingzhi is the head of the non-commissioned officers' department in Japan, and Chen Cixiu is a civil engineering chief. They don't care about the life or death of the Sui Army, and they can't fall into Chang Kaishen's state of mind to protect the Sui Army when he dies.

Chang Kaishen died in the protection of the Sui Army, not only to balance Yan Xishan, but also to leave a wedge in North China!

If even the wedge of the Sui Army was pulled out by the Japanese, the influence of the national army in North China would be very small. After the War of Resistance Against Japan in the future, wouldn’t the entire North China fall into the hands of the Communist Party?

This situation is absolutely unacceptable to Chang Kaishen.

In fact, it was the existence of the Sui Army that made North China, which was originally the best in the War of Liberation, progressed the slowest. The Battle of Pingjin was finally won by the East Field Army.

I have to say that Chang Kaishen did the right thing to do to support the Sui Army.
To be continued...