Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

"Bring it here quickly!" Commander Zhou immediately stood up and took the telegram.

"This is the telegram from Division One, Lin Tian, ​​take a look." Commander Zhou handed the telegram to Lin Tian and said.

"Hmm..." Lin Tian nodded and started reading.

"Okay!" Lin Tian shouted.

This telegram comes just in time!

"What's the matter?" asked the chief.

"My two commanders, Division One called and said that in order to support the southern battlefield, distract the Japanese and relieve the military pressure on the Central Army, they have voted and decided to launch a large-scale operation in North China."

"This is the battle plan, please take a look, Chief."

Lin Tian said happily.

Liu Wu's telegram really reflects Lin Tian's concerns.

He had this idea when he was talking about the war situation in the south just now.

Since the Japanese concentrated their forces to launch an attack in the two lakes area, their attention is now focused on the south.

The Japanese in North China were already in a state of decline, and launching a surprise attack at this time would be a heavy blow to them.

It can definitely reduce the pressure on the central army.

North China is very important to the Japanese. If North China is recovered by China, the Japanese will be divided into two parts, north and south.

Strategically, the Japs cannot connect front and rear, and it is difficult for each unit to provide support. As China gradually recovers, it will gradually divide and surround the Japs on the northern and southern battlefields, just like a knife cutting butter. This will be fatally dangerous.

Moreover, North China is an important grain-producing area. The Japanese rely on war to support war, and they can only maintain their offensive in China by looting in China.

If they only relied on their own land for supplies, all those one million Japanese troops invading China would have starved to death.

Therefore, in order to attack the enemy where they must be rescued and to strike a fatal blow, Okamura Neiji must send troops to reinforce North China.

According to Liu Wu's combat plan, the JH-7A's support for the southern battlefield would be an absolute one-sided massacre.

Just now, Commander Zhou said that the Japanese dispatched more than 200 planes to attack the Central Army in succession.

These more than 7 aircraft are completely no match for the JH-A.

Mr. Leopard used the Japanese aviation aircraft as a target.

Without air superiority, the Japanese blitzkrieg lost its strongest cover.

The sharp attack of the devils will be delayed, and once the central reinforcements arrive, they will launch a counterattack.

In this way, the Japanese were doomed to fail.

This might be the biggest defeat the Japs have ever experienced.

"This battle plan is very good. Attacking North China is a good idea. I agree with it." The leader said, patting his thigh after reading the telegram.

"I have no problem with that either. The Central Army is fighting a very difficult battle, and it is only right for our brother troops to lend a hand." Commander Zhou said, folding his arms.

"Since both leaders have agreed, then I have no problem with it. My work here is also finished, so I will go back today." Lin Tian stood up and said, "Oh, by the way, leader, how is the construction of our airport going?"

Today Liu Zhenhua will lead a formation of J-7B fighter jets here. If the airport can take off and land, he and the monk can fly back.

Otherwise it would take at least a week to drive back, which would be a waste of time.

The war is imminent, so we must race against time.

"The airport has been almost repaired and the runway is now fully usable. We have mobilized more than 3,000 people and troops, working day and night," said Commander Zhou.

"That's great! The power of the masses is still great. Now we can take a plane back!" said Lin Tian.

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Liujiawan Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Liu Wu's telegram also reached the hands of the General Labor.

At this time, the General Labor convened the commanders of the three main divisions and the heads of the main forces to hold a combat meeting.

At the meeting, the General Labor Union agreed to this battle plan, and the heads of various troops present were also very excited.

This was their first time participating in a large-scale counterattack, and their fighting spirit was rising.

One division took the lead and annihilated the main force of the Japanese devils, and they assisted from the side and helped to occupy the city.

This battle will not be difficult.

This time, all the weapons that Lin Tian brought to the headquarters were distributed to the main force.

现在，每个主力师下面都配了一个炮纵，装备100门107毫米火箭炮、200门M1A2式105毫米榴弹炮。

The remaining large number of artillery pieces were also equipped to the troops with offensive missions.

Mortar grenade launchers have been equipped to each regiment.

Light and heavy machine guns were equipped at the regimental level, and PPSh submachine guns were even distributed to the battalion level.

The Type 56 semi-automatic rifles are also in the hands of the main force.

The tank unit that the headquarters has just formed, consisting of 20 T-34/85 medium tanks sent by Lin Tian, ​​will also participate in this operation.

There are also three Katyusha artillery regiments, which have also just been established.

This time they will cooperate with the First Division to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese in North China.

Maybe there will be a place for them in the liberation of North China.

"Comrades, now the combat tasks of each unit have been distributed. Do you understand?" General Lao asked with his hands behind his back.

"Understood!" everyone stood up and shouted.

After this weapons distribution, the heads of various troops suddenly realized that their firepower had surpassed that of the Japanese.

They also have the advantage in terms of military strength.

The Eighth Route Army in North China now has more than 600,000 troops.

After Lin Tian's repeated attacks, the Japanese North China Front Army had lost 200,000 troops.

Later, the Japanese supplied some more troops, and now the total strength of the North China Front Army is 300,000.

Together with the 50 Locust Army under his command, there are a total of 80 people.

The combat effectiveness of the Locust Army is very poor.

Since the liberation of Shanxi Province, many traitors in North China have begun to show goodwill to the Eighth Route Army.

They either passed on intelligence or helped release captured Eighth Route Army soldiers. The brave ones even surrendered with their troops.

What is most unexpected is that some Japanese soldiers also realized that the situation was not right, and took the initiative to go to the farmers' homes to help with work, hoping to reduce the people's hatred towards them, so that if the Eighth Route Army attacked in the future, there would be people to speak well of them.

As a result, when the common people saw the devils entering the village, they were all scared away...

What’s even more exaggerated is that some Japanese soldiers drove trucks loaded with weapons, equipment, food and medicine to the base to rebel.

I will stay in the base and not leave no matter what.

They all knew that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well, but that murderous unit either killed them all or took them to the mines to do hard labor.

If we don't surrender to the Eighth Route Army now, we will have no place to cry if we encounter the First Division in the future.

This made the soldiers confused and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment.

The combat effectiveness of the troops transferred from the Japanese homeland was completely incomparable to those old soldiers, and some of them were even teenagers.

Since General Okamura Yasuji was going to launch the Battle of Lakes and Lakes, he drew out many main forces.

The headquarters had no choice but to transfer the new recruits who were still training in the country to the occupied areas to perform garrison duties.

Therefore, the various units of the Eighth Route Army were very confident about this operation.