Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Yan'an.

"Good news! The Kuomintang held a press conference and denied the plan to send troops to attack Yan'an!"

In the room, an elegant man was holding a telegram and preaching to everyone.

"Haha, it looks like the Kuomintang lost more than they gained this time!"

The man with glasses said happily: "Commander Zhang sent a telegram saying that we have occupied Baoji and Weinan."

"Now not only is Xi'an under our attack, but even Hanzhong is under our surveillance."

"Never mind them!"

The majestic man waved his hand: "Let's talk about our business!"

"How are the disaster victims being dealt with?"

"It's almost over!"

The elegant man said, "The troops of each unit have been expanded, and what remains is training."

"At the same time, the size of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps was expanded threefold, and the remaining disaster victims were assigned to sparsely populated areas such as Baotou and Xinjiang."

"Ok!"

The majestic man nodded: "In that case, should we discuss the next battle plan?"

“It’s time to think about it!”

The elegant man asked someone to bring a map and hung it up: "Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, which place do you think we should use as a breakthrough point first?"

"Let's go together!"

The dignified man said calmly: "After the troops are trained, we will have 800,000 available troops, while the Japanese army is still transferring troops to the Pacific and Southeast Asia."

"Except for a few veterans, most of those who remain in the Chinese battlefield are newly recruited soldiers."

"Fighting on three fronts is no problem for us!"

At this time, the man with glasses asked: "There must be a breakthrough!"

"Then the Northeast!"

The majestic man came to the map and drew a circle for the Northeast: "The Northeast has the Yidong Military Region and four district-level anti-Japanese regimes."

"We still have our Anti-Japanese United Army in the Soviet Union, so we can say that we already have a certain foundation."

"As long as we draw troops to form the Northeast People's Autonomous Army, unite with the Baotou Military Region, kill the troops stationed in Mongolia, and overthrow the puppet Manchukuo regime, we can enter the Northeast from the grassland!"

"Besides, the grasslands are mostly flat and offer a wide field of vision, which is very suitable for our tanks and armored vehicles to charge!"

"Should we care about the North China Front Army in Hebei?"

The elegant man asked.

"Send troops out of Hebei first to attract the attention of the North China Front Army!"

The dignified man answered without hesitation: "This action can test the Japanese army's reaction to our further recovery of territory."

"If they choose passive resistance, it means that their focus is no longer on China."

"If they react strongly, we will not only gather the North China Front Army, but also transfer the Kwantung Army to the south."

"Then we will mobilize our troops and fight a major battle with them in Hebei to completely wipe out the Japanese forces in China!"

"Both options are feasible. It depends on which one the devils choose!"

The elegant man nodded and said, "Who should be chosen to send troops to Hebei?"

"Send Yangchun!"

The dignified man thought for a moment: "While he was recovering from his injuries in the Soviet Union, he learned a lot of knowledge, and after returning, he has been doing political work."

"We can't tie an excellent military talent to government affairs."

"Also send a telegram to the Shandong branch, asking them to be prepared. If the Japanese really want to fight a decisive battle with us in Hebei, let them attack us from behind."

"Row."

The elegant man smiled and said, "The Shandong branch has been developing better and better over the years."

"I heard that they used the tactics of turning the corner, and with the military and industrial talents we supported, they have now developed a regular army of 100,000, and the local troops are too numerous to count."

"Haha, Comrade Zongren is an expert at both development and struggle. It's a good decision to hand over Shandong to him!"

The majestic man also echoed.

...............

In January 1943, the Eighth Route Army troops completed their training.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an sent a clear message through the radio station, announcing the start of the counterattack against Japan.

This news caused an uproar within the Kuomintang. After all, the Eighth Route Army was still a unit under the Kuomintang.

After several years of fighting the Japanese, the Kuomintang became weaker and weaker, and the area they controlled became smaller and smaller.

The Eighth Route Army was very powerful. After being surrounded and blocked by them, they finally reached the anti-Japanese front with great difficulty.

With tens of thousands of people, they have grown to 800,000 now, and have also recovered Shanxi, Baotou, and other places. Now they are actually planning to launch a counterattack! !

"I'm furious!!"

In the government building of the mountain city, the bald man smashed everything he saw.

It should be him who issued such an important order for the counterattack against Japan, so how could he be given the lead by a bunch of peasants?

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out!

At the same time, some wavering and indecisive people within the Kuomintang also saw that the Kuomintang was on the decline and began to contact the Eighth Route Army or Japanese personnel.

Peking, North China Front Army Headquarters.

The Japanese soldier Okamura, who was originally very happy about taking over Henan, hurriedly flew back here.

"Tell me about it!"

Okamura stood in front of a map, looking at the silent people in the conference room, and asked in a calm voice.

"The Eighth Route Army has declared war on us. Should we fight or not? What do you think?"

After Okamura's words fell, there was silence in the conference room for a full minute. Seeing that no one spoke, Chief of Staff Oshiroto Sanji had no choice but to speak.

"According to the information I have collected, there are as many as 800,000 Eighth Route Army troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi!"

"These 800,000 are not the "Three Guns and Eight Route Army" that was previously lacking in food and clothing, with only a few guns and three bullets!"

"They are now well-equipped and well-stocked. In hand-to-hand combat, they can trade one for one, or even two for one with us."

"And most of our veterans in the North China Front were transferred to Taiping South and Southeast Asia."

"The people we are receiving from the base camp are all new recruits. These people can't even kill people, let alone shoot!"

"So I am pessimistic about the battle with the Eighth Route Army!"

"Commander, I'm in charge of logistics!"

An officer looked at the Okamura devil and said: "The supply of materials from the headquarters is getting less and less."

"Even canned beef has been turned into beef blood and grains. The soldiers below are complaining a lot!"

"hehe."

The devil Okamura smiled helplessly. These two men, one starting from the military perspective and the other from the material perspective, no matter from which perspective, they did not seem to be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

"Are we just going to let the Eighth Route Army attack us?"

The Okamura devil asked the crowd unwillingly: "We are all the elites of the Empire of Japan carefully cultivated. Are you really afraid?"

"afraid?"

Oshiroto Sanzhi smiled bitterly and said, "The commander is not afraid, but it is impossible for our North China Front Army to defeat the Eighth Route Army alone. Why don't you ask the Kwantung Army?"

"It would be best if the base camp could send us some support!"

"If we really have a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that even if we win, we will not have enough troops to defend the fruits of victory!"

"Ok!"

The Okamura devil thought for a while and said: "Let's do this for today. Everyone go down and make good preparations. We must not let the Eighth Route Army break out of Shanxi!"

"I will ask the headquarters for support. As for the Kwantung Army..."

At this point, Okamura was silent for a moment: "I will go there myself!"