Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Inside the command center, Ye Feng held different opinions on the views expressed by Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng. He had three main reasons for wanting to send troops into Hebei.

one.

To share the defensive pressure of the 13th Army in Jiangsu, you should know that the Japanese army has moved south from Shandong, assembled 200,000 troops, and is attacking the northern defense line of Jiangsu. The 13th Army has been struggling to hold on.

Once the Hebei war begins, will the Japanese still dare to act recklessly and send in their entire army?

Second.

Most of the eastern part of Shanxi borders Hebei, and the area of ​​thousands of miles can become the direction of the Japanese army's surprise attack in Hebei. Instead of constantly withdrawing troops and running around to defend, it is better to take the initiative to attack.

At the beginning, we did not seek to achieve great results, but only to recover some counties and towns in Hebei as a foothold.

In this way, their underground party troops can gain defensive depth and turn the initiative into the passive.

Third.

The Japanese are now in great shortage of supplies, such as the most important supplies, food, weapons and ammunition, etc. This is a time when the Japanese army is weak.

If we don't attack at this opportunity, it will be even more difficult to fight if the Japanese army continues to transport food and supplies back from South Asia.

As long as the war starts, let’s not talk about winning or losing.

Every day, the Japanese need to consume a large amount of military supplies, which will definitely make the already scarce and difficult situation of the enemy even worse.

After Ye Feng finished his analysis, Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng fell silent, thinking secretly.

In his mind, he began to infer the feasibility of Ye Feng's plan over and over again.

Finally, Political Commissar Deng said, "Why don't we report the situation to Yan'an and let the gentlemen make the decision?"

Comrade Ye Feng, "We generals are all commanding on the battlefield, but you are considering the national situation and have a longer vision than us."

Commander Liu was very pleased and said, "Comrade Ye Feng, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought you were a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for decades."

In fact, many senior underground party members had this illusion. When they opened the files recording Ye Feng's detailed information and checked all the battles he had fought over the years, they would become suspicious. How could a young man in his twenties do this?

Ye Feng said.

The miracles he created on the battlefield were actually something that even the older generation of generals could not accomplish and were difficult to replicate.

no way.

Who gave me a map scanning system, extraordinary physical fitness, the ability to predict artillery shells and bullet tricks, and the white mist wrapped around my body that can withstand artillery attacks?

If it were anyone else, someone like Ye Feng who often recklessly charged towards enemy strongholds, he would have died countless times.

Political Commissar Deng looked at the map and asked, "Comrade Ye Feng, if we want to march into Hebei and realize the strategic intention you mentioned, from which direction should the 12th Army break through? Which part of Hebei should we focus on?"

Ye Feng said, "The defense of Shanxi and other places must be handed over to your army. I will lead the 12th Army back to the Central Plains. At that time, we will start the attack from Anyang and Puyang to the north."

"From Anyang, the western flank is your Liu and Deng armies, which can serve as support and cover."

"From Puyang, we can directly face the Japanese troops in Hebei in the north and threaten the 200,000 Japanese troops in Shandong in the east, thus easing the defensive pressure in Jiangsu."

The 12th Army has only this amount of troops.

Still want to divide the troops into two groups?

Commander Liu had to ask, "Comrade Ye Feng, tell me honestly, how many troops do you have in the 12th Army now?"

Ye Feng smiled helplessly and said, "I don't know the exact number. When I entered Shanxi, I brought two divisions with 80,000 people. In the Central Plains, I left more than 20,000 people to defend."

"After we set off, I left orders for them to continue recruiting new soldiers and expanding the team."

"According to preliminary estimates, the number of people in the Central Plains should be no less than 50,000."

Political Commissar Deng asked, "I heard that when you recruit new soldiers, you will provide them with resettlement allowances and sufficient military pay and rations every month? With so many soldiers, where does your 12th Army get so much food and rations?"

Ye Feng said, "Part of it was to strike against the local gentry and local tyrants, and part of it was provided by Shanghai. Most of the food was snatched from the Japanese."

Stealing food?

I haven't heard of this either!

In response to the two seniors' questions, Ye Feng answered everything, including how he transformed himself into a "grain thief", madly looted the Japanese grain depots, and even sneaked into the three northeastern provinces.

"Comrade Ye Feng, you, you really don't play by the rules!"

Commander Liu sighed;

"With the cooperation of some guerrilla fighters and special agents, we can rescue three million tons of food by force."

"No wonder you dared to provide relief to the people in the Central Plains and distribute basic food security to countless people. It turns out that you have so much food on hand that it piles up like a mountain."

Ye Feng said, "So, now it's not just the Japanese troops in Hebei, but also the three provinces in Northeast China, the enemy is also facing a food shortage crisis. This is a good opportunity for us to attack."

Commander Liu did not hesitate and said, "Okay, I will arrange for the First Column to be deployed in the Changzhi area to support your 12th Army in attacking Handan, Hebei. As long as the entire Handan is captured, our troops will have a foothold in Hebei. At that time, we will continue to radiate outward with Handan as the base."

After discussing the battle plan, Ye Feng bid farewell to Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng and returned to his command post.

a few days later.

The reorganized 12th Army, totaling 51,000 people, set out from Taiyuan, headed south, and returned to the Central Plains.

Before leaving, Ye Feng was very generous and left a large amount of supplies to Liu and Deng's army. He left behind half of the equipment seized in Shanxi, and even the food. Ye Feng only took enough for ten days.

In his opinion, the number of Liu and Deng's troops was still too small. The three columns together had only more than 17,000 people.

This amount of troops is less than that of a division of the 12th Army.

Leaving more supplies for Commander Liu and his men would also allow them to recruit new soldiers in Shanxi and expand their troops.

half a month later.

The underground party's large force in the Central Plains marched in a mighty force to Anyang and Puyang areas.

War is about to break out.

The Japanese side immediately treated it as a formidable enemy, frantically mobilizing troops and continuously advancing towards Handan.

Not only that, because of the fear of the 12th Army led by Ye Feng, the Japanese Supreme Command even telegraphed the Japanese army in Shandong, urgently withdrawing 50,000 troops from the 200,000-strong army and quickly advancing to Liaocheng and Dezhou areas.

For a while.

The whole city of Handan, Hebei, was filled with smoke and dust. Everywhere you looked, you could see dense crowds of Japanese soldiers in shit-yellow uniforms.

In order to avoid losing battles one after another, Japan also dispatched a flying squadron, with dozens of Zero fighters, to be on standby at all times.

As long as the underground party troops dared to enter Hebei territory, they would take off immediately and carry out bombing.

For a whole month, the 12th Army led by Ye Feng did not launch any offensive, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

It was not until the main force of Liu and Deng's army swept across northern Shanxi and recovered the entire territory.

Ye Feng finally gave the order to march from Anyang and head straight for Shexian, Wu'an and other places in Handan where the Japanese were heavily guarding.

At this time, the 12th Army had more and more troops and already had the strength of three fully reinforced divisions.

A division has 40,000 men, a total of 120,000 troops.

Two divisions attacked Anyang, and one division was stationed in Puyang area to threaten the enemy in Shandong.

Since the war spread to Shanxi in the Central Plains, it is now about to sweep across Hebei.

For a while.

The attention of the people across the country is focused on Handan and other places.