Chapter 181 Responding to the Rehe Defense War Plan
"It has been more than a year since the Japanese invaded our three northeastern provinces. The war dividends here have not been digested yet. The Japanese have begun to plot outside the pass and start to make the idea of Rehe. If Rehe is taken down, then the Japanese may have to cross the Great Wall and approach the land of North China in the next step."
"At present, the whole country is watching the battlefield of Rehe. Once the Battle of Rehe fails, it will be time for our Chinese to survive and die. Although we are now behind enemy lines and in the Japanese war zone, we must also do our part to fight against Rehe."
"Of course, everyone knows that I personally took the 100 elite special forces to Rehe and achieved good results, but this is far from enough. When I come back today, one of the main purposes is to work with everyone to make a total of the results. How should I contribute to the defense of Rehe?" Wang Yue said with a generous speech.
"Rufeng, it's right. Although the main forces of our advance army are behind enemy lines, we cannot expose them in advance for various reasons, and it is even more impossible to pull the main forces to the Rehe battlefield to help. Of course, even if we really go, the National Civil Affairs Government may not welcome them, but we must not help. At least we can help the Japanese in Yili and around the first base. This is still possible." Li Maogong echoed.
Li Mao was the Minister of General Staff, and the main task he was responsible for was the overall deployment and combat planning of the army. Therefore, Li Maogong and Wang Yue had communicated long ago in this regard. For this reason, Li Maogong also led the staff of the General Staff to discuss this issue carefully.
Li Maogong continued: "The Japanese attacked Rehe this time. They have drawn a lot of garrisons from all over the three northeastern provinces. And if the war in Rehe is not going well, I am afraid that the Japanese will continue to draw troops from the three northeastern provinces to the Rehe battlefield. Therefore, our General Staff believes that we should do something to delay these troops that may be drawn, and even take advantage of the weakness of the Japanese behind us, so we try our best to eliminate the Japanese as much as possible."
"Brother Li. It's well said. In the past, I always thought that our advance army should be patient and down-to-earth, gradually growing stronger. Until we have the strength to compete with the Japanese head-on, we will start to make great strides. But now taking advantage of the war in Rehe, I think that our advance army should seize this opportunity and speed up our advancement."
"Anyway, I just say that there is no problem with logistics. If you need food and guns, you need to have food and a lot of guns. When 10,000 new recruits return to the team, we can also be considered strong. At least among the anti-Japanese volunteers in the three northeastern provinces, we are definitely the uncrowned king." Mao Erde said proudly.
Xu Nai nodded and agreed: "I also agree with your opinions. In this way, we can effectively restrain some of the Japanese forces so that they can't do their best to fight Rehe. Secondly, we can also take the opportunity to let these new recruits see the blood."
"Well, leader, are we going to restore a few cities? If you need to, you don't have to wait for the recruits to return to the position. Our 103rd Regiment of Wuyiling Base can take the lead in Yinjia County and then attack Tangyuan," Zhou Xiong said excitedly.
If the field regiments of the advance army are in terms of combat effectiveness, Zhou Xiong's 103rd Regiment is definitely an elite. The 103rd Regiment has a base in Wuyiling and is backed by Heijiang. Crossing the river is the Soviet Union's Obluchiye. Without any worries, the Japanese brigade in Yinjia County is really not a match for the 103rd Regiment.
"The Tonghe County is our Pingfengshan base. Although the 101st Regiment has fewer troops now, as long as the intelligence department of Pengyuan cooperates, it will be absolutely fine to take down Tonghe County. After all, that county town has been restored by us, and we still have some foundation there, haha." Yue Shan, the leader of the 101st Regiment, patted his chest and promised.
"And our cavalry regiment, we can fight...
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Good guy, when he talked about taking big steps, the military leaders of each regiment immediately screamed, especially the 101st Regiment, the 102nd Regiment, the 103rd Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment. These four field groups living outside wanted to rush out of the Xing'an Mountains and go to the city. If you want to say that, no matter how good the base is, after all, there is no better city in the mountains.
Seeing this situation and seeing the blood of the military chiefs, Wang Yue was still very happy, but the steps to restore the county and attack the city must be too big. But don’t force the Japanese to stop attacking Rehe than to wipe out the advance army, that would be a bad thing.
Everyone said something and said something, and the atmosphere on the scene was very warm, but this was not what Wang Yue wanted. He had no choice but to pat the table and smiled: "Haha, it's good that everyone has passion. But attacking the city and restoring the county town, it's not the time. Let's let Mr. Li tell the plan of the General Staff Headquarters and listen to everyone."
As soon as Wang Yue spoke, the conference room immediately calmed down. Li Maogong took over the topic again and said, "After the discussion of the General Staff, Rufeng's final discussion, we decided as follows:
First, we need to accelerate the promotion of the Xing'an Mountains base plan. The original plan we set was to complete the clearance work before the end of the year, but now we have changed it. We must completely turn the Xing'an Mountains into the territory of our advance army before the end of the Rehe Defense War.
The entire Xing'an Mountains is about 500 kilometers long from east to west, and the widest place in the north to south is more than 200 kilometers, covering a total area of more than 3 million hectares. It borders four cities and nine counties, with a vast territory and a radiating population of over one million.
The so-called Xing'an Mountains base plan is to build the entire Xing'an Mountains into a base for the advance army, with well-connected internal connections and iron walls on the outside, becoming a super fortress that can compete with the Japanese in front.
Of course, it is impossible to complete the Xing'an Mountains into a large fortress in a short period of time. It is definitely unrealistic to do so within at least half a year or a year. However, the task of clearing the Japanese and bandits in the Xing'an Mountains can be completed in advance.
As we all know, the Xing'an Mountains is a big treasure house, which contains rich mineral resources, forests and other resources, and even a large number of strategic resources. The Japanese have already started to attack the Xing'an Mountains. They have established many mines, wood mining farms, etc. inside and outside the Xing'an Mountains. Of course, if there are factories and mines, there will naturally be Japanese and puppet troops stationed, and this part of the Japanese and puppet forces is what the advance army needs to eliminate as soon as possible.
In addition to the Japanese and puppet forces in the Xing'an Mountains, there are still such a large number of bandits in the Xing'an Mountains, and of course there are also anti-Japanese volunteers. After all, although the advance troops now occupy a lot of territory in the Xing'an Mountains, in general, they are probably less than one-fifth, so the clearance or acquisition of these people is also one of the clearance tasks.
If the advance army completes the clearance mission and occupys the entire Xing'an Mountains, the advance army can truly rely on the Soviet Russian Russians and look down on the four cities and nine counties, including Yili and Hei. Once the trouble is on the front, one-quarter of the territory of Heijiang Province can be taken over.
The second aspect: the anti-traitor (pseudo-) plan, or the chopping plan, can be carried out simultaneously with the first aspect.
In addition to Yili, Hehei and other cities at the municipal level, our requirement is that there is no traitor or puppet army in these places, which completely loses the foundation of the Japanese's rule, cut off the Japanese's tentacles and blinds their eyes.
I have to say that this is a clever plan. If it can be achieved, the effect will definitely be unexpected.
But after all, the Japanese were small in number, with only tens of thousands of troops stationed on a land of millions of square kilometers of Puppet Manchukuo. They were busy with the Russians and were busy "suppressing bandits". They also wanted to continue invading outside the pass. The Japanese did not have so much energy. In fact, the Japanese rule was mainly based on those traitors and puppet troops.
Since it is not the time to compete with the Japanese head-on, we have to make a fuss about traitors and puppet troops, whether it is assassination, attack, or making harsh words to kill one to warn a hundred. Regardless of the means, it is necessary to achieve the county and towns at the county level around the Xing'an Mountains, without a traitor or a puppet army.
Of course, the slogan is such a slogan, but it is definitely difficult to do it without one, but at least you have to have this determination. As long as you make the traitors and puppet soldiers panic, worry every day and fear, you will not go out all day, let alone go out for the Japanese, and this will achieve your goal.
The third aspect: take the initiative to take the lead, take one or two county towns, or even recover it in a short time. Just like the Tonghe County town, the Japanese had to send their main forces back to the rescue. This is the most direct response to the Rehe defense battle. Of course, we need to discuss this combat mission carefully and make sure not to expose the main force of the advance army, but it must achieve the effect of restraining some of the main forces of the Japanese.
The fourth aspect: open up third, fourth, and even more bases.
The second base, namely the Daqingshan base, has achieved very good results and has successfully inserted the power of our advance army into the Kuomintang-controlled area and taken a critical step.
However, the power of our advance army in the three northeastern provinces is still limited to the Xing'an Mountains and Yili. This is not done well enough. We must sprinkle some seeds to take root and sprout and grow vigorously.
For example, the Daxingan Mountains, the northernmost Daxingan Mountains, and the Daxingan Mountains are almost connected to our Xingan Mountains, so why can't we develop one step ahead?
For example, it is close to the Manchuria-Mongolia border area, close to the China-North Korea border area, etc..”
"These are plans made by our General Staff Headquarters. Of course, this is just a preliminary plan. The specific detailed implementation plan needs to be further improved. Everyone here also needs to add and put forward different opinions and suggestions." Li Maogong said.
"I have seen this plan a long time ago. I will only add one thing, that is, the establishment of the base area in the fourth aspect. Here I emphasize that individuals will actively register and at most one battalion of troops are allowed to carry out base areas. Of course, the headquarters will make every effort to ensure weapons and logistics supply." Wang Yue added that, after all, the advance army is still mainly engaged in the first base area. If the troops are too dispersed, it will definitely not be worth the loss.
"I agree." Mao Erde agreed.
"I agree, too."
…(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!