Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

“We’re about to launch a major operation.”

Chapter 296: Marco Polo Bridge Incident

Political Commissar Fang quickly said: "Captain"

“Now is the time for us to unite as one.”

"You can't impulsively lead your troops to attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army now."

"otherwise"

"We will be infamous forever"

Li Yan shook his head gently

The old squad leader said: "Do you want to attack the national army?"

"That's even worse."

Li Yan said: "Am I so ignorant?

Political Commissar Fang, the old squad leader, and others all looked at Li Yan with vigilance.

It seems to be saying: "If you are sensible, there will be no sensible people."

Li Yan couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile

Said: "The big action I mentioned"

"I want to attack the Japanese army"

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo directly exposed: "Japanese Army"

"team leader"

"You lied to us."

"The Japanese army is still in Peiping and Tianjin"

"Hebei and most of Shanxi are between us."

"Let's not talk about how to launch the attack for now."

"As far as we are marching"

"The entire route is filled with Kuomintang troops and their territory."

"How can our team pass through smoothly?"

Political Commissar Fang said: "Captain"

"The three commanders gave orders to my old squad leader and chief of staff."

"Never let you cause trouble"

"Just wait patiently for a while"

"Once Japan enters Shanxi"

"You have to fight your battles"

Li Yan did not make any excuses

Pointing at the map, he said, "This is where I want to go."

Everyone looked in the direction of Li Yan's finger.

I was shocked

Political Commissar Fang said loudly: "Jining"

"Captain, you are wrong."

"Kuomintang, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Japanese Army, Mongolian Army"

"Where are even the Soviets?"

"The forces are intertwined"

“The situation is very complicated”

The Chief of Staff also said: "Yes"

“Where the situation is complicated?”

“It’s more than 400 kilometers away from us.”

"Where are you going and what are you doing?"

Li Yan said: "The Japanese army has now occupied Pingjin"

"The next step is to march westward"

"Completely occupy the five provinces of Chahar, Suiyuan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong"

"Control all of North China"

"Because of Chahar Province and Suiyuan Province"

"It has a vast area, a relatively simple and complete terrain, gentle undulations, and is vast and open"

"Easy to use for cavalry and large mechanized corps operations"

"Our mechanized combat capabilities are relatively poor and are not sufficient to provide focused defense in these two provinces."

"In addition to ethnic relations, geographical location, international situation and other factors."

"On the Defense of North China"

"Everyone's eyes are on Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong"

"in other words"

"Chahar and Suiyuan provinces will be abandoned"

“But these two provinces not only have forestry and grassland resources.”

"There are also a large number of coal, iron ore, non-ferrous metals and other minerals."

“Once occupied by the Japanese army”

"That will become an important source of resources for the Japanese army."

"Especially Jining in Chahar Province"

"An important hub connecting Northeast, North China and Northwest China"

"Since ancient times, it has been a transportation hub for the Grassland Silk Road and the Eurasian Tea Camel Road."

“It is a battleground for military strategists”

Zhang Dong said at this time: "Captain"

"Which warhorse have you set your sights on?"

Li Yan said: "Jining has abundant water and grass, sufficient food, wide plains and fertile land."

"Whether it's food"

“There are still plenty of horses.”

"I'm not only interested in the war horses."

"I want to destroy the food somewhere else"

"In addition, Prince De, Li Shouxin, Wang Ying and others were under the instructions of the Japanese..."

"Already in Zhangbei"

"Formed the Mongolian Military Government"

"It has gradually penetrated into Chahar Province"

"Delusion of dividing Chinese territory"

Speaking of here

The meeting room quieted down

Come here for a moment

Political Commissar Fang said: "Captain"

"Let's not talk about whether ZY will agree to this matter."

"Let's say that although some areas of Chahar Province were occupied by the pseudo-Mongol government of Prince De,"

"But on the surface, there is still Liu from the Thirteen Guardians of the Northwest Army."

"Chairman of Chahar Province and Commander of the Provincial Security Command"

"Once we make a big move in Jining"

"It will not only change the overall situation of the country's united anti-Japanese resistance."

"It will also cause the international community to lose confidence in China's joint anti-Japanese war."

"It even gave the Japanese an excuse to split Mongolia."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Commissar Fang, your concerns are very reasonable."

“But you have to know”

"After Liu became the Chairman of Chahar"

"With both territory and an army, the warlords' intentions are clear: they want to dominate the land and become kings."

"The Japanese also tried hard to win him over. In order to protect his own territory, he could only maneuver between the Japanese army and the Nationalist government and allow the Japanese to operate in Chahar Province."

"But after the 29th Army was defeated in Nanyuan and retreated to Baoding"

"Liu still fantasizes about maintaining a certain balance between China and Japan"

"He thinks as long as they don't specifically target the Japanese"

"Then we will not be attacked, and thus preserve our territory and strength."

"But he underestimated the Japanese's determination"

After the Fall of Peiping and Tianjin

"Chahar and Nankou are prominently located"

"It naturally became the next target of the Japanese army"

"Nankou is located 45 kilometers northwest of Peking, at the intersection of the Yanshan Mountains and the Taihang Mountains."

"People call it "the front gate of Suizhou and Chahar, the back gate of Pingjin, the throat of North China, and the heart of western Hebei"

"By holding Nankou, we can prevent the Japanese invaders from occupying Chahar Province and then dividing their forces into Shanxi and Suiyuan, thus protecting the three provinces of Chahar, Shanxi, and Suiyuan."

"But according to the information sent back by Song Tao and others..."

"This Liu only stationed a security brigade in Nankou"

"They also tried their best to stop the friendly forces who wanted to come in to take over the defense."

"The excuse of foreign troops passing through the border is likely to cause misunderstandings between the military and civilians."

"In fact, they were afraid that other armies would go to Chahar to seize territory."

“There is a concern that the Japanese army will use this as an excuse.”

"Attack on Chahar"

"So this is also one of the reasons why I want to go to Jining"

"If Chahar was taken away so easily by the Japanese army"

“I feel unwilling”

Everyone fell silent again

Zhang Dong said: "The Japanese have already occupied the Northeast"

"Now the gunfire of the attack on North China has begun"

"Even if we fight back now"

"Whether internationally or domestically"

“Everyone will be supported”

"I agree with the captain's idea."

Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, Su Shan and other radicals

They also raised their hands to express their agreement

Only Political Commissar Fang and the old squad leader Lu Zhiguo looked at each other.

Political Commissar Fang urged again: "Captain"

"You need to think carefully"

“This matter is of great importance.”

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo also said: "Yes"

"team leader"

“Just don’t consider political factors”

“Then you have to tell us too.”

"Let's talk about the plan to go to Jining this time."

Li Yan said: "It's not advisable to have too many people going to Jining this time."

"This time I will bring Zhao Long, Zheng Hu, Dai Ping, Tong Liang, Guo Dali, Lao Mao, He Peng, and Tao Ying."

"In addition, Leopard will lead the remaining special forces team to Shenmu."

......

"The Taoist priest brought his own company of special forces to dress up as businessmen."

"Via Baode County, Hequ County, Zhungeer Banner, Tokto County"

"Until Guisui"

......

Wait for Li Yan to finish explaining the plan slowly

The old squad leader finally said: "Although this matter is risky"

“But it can contribute to the overall situation of the war.”

“I agree in principle.”

“But this matter is of great importance.”

“We need to ask for approval from our superiors.”