Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 248 "Chidian Award" from Mountain City

Yanzhou, inside the cave dwelling.

The smog filled the air, and Mao Zedong and some old comrades were all looking forward to the telegram from the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

A soldier hurried into the cave and shouted excitedly: "Telegram, a telegram from the front line!"

** After receiving the telegram, others rushed to him.

"Okay, okay, this is an exciting victory, the military and civilians need this victory so much!" ** raised his head with a smile on his face.

"Hundred Regiments War, the name really lives up to its name. It not only broke the cage policy of the Japanese army, but also broke the rumors about our Eighth Route Army swimming and not fighting!"

"I think you can call the comrades of the Southern Bureau and ask them to promote it in the mountain city!" Z suggested.

"can!"

On the same day, the superior called the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army: "The Hundred Regiments War is exciting. Can we organize another battle like this?"

On the same day, in the instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the next step of military operations, it requested the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to concentrate their main forces against the enemy and follow the precedent of the Hundred Regiments War to organize one or several planned large-scale attacks in Shandong and central China. Offensive action against the enemy.

In North China, we should expand the campaign to those who have not yet been hit by the enemy, so as to reduce the area occupied by the enemy, expand the base areas, break through the blockade, increase the combat effectiveness, and continue to increase the number of the people's army in Shandong and central China, giving 200 million friendly troops. It has a good influence with millions of people in the rear and enemy-occupied areas, and delays the enemy's offensive plans to Chongqing and other places.

Mountain City, Huangshan Official Residence

"Principal, the Luoyang Station of our Military Control Bureau discovered the frequent mobilization of the Eighth Route Army's troops a few days ago, but the matter is too big, and Yu Nong dared not do it alone, so he ordered him to conduct a detailed investigation. As a result, the Eighth Route Army launched a convoy against the Japanese army last night. The attack on the line!" Dai Chunfenghui reported.

Long before the Hundred Regiments War, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the Eighth Route Army headquarters had contacted the Chief Guard of the National Army's First Theater through secret channels, but
As soon as the words fell, He, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, walked quickly to President Chang's lounge.

Pushing open the door and entering, only to find that Dai from the Military Control Bureau was already there.

He is not surprised by this. You must know that the military command is the eyes of Principal Chang. Since the Anti-Japanese War, his strength has expanded by not a little bit, and now he has intervened in the army.

"Principal, there are two telegrams. One is a report on a series of military operations in North China by the Eighth Route Army this morning, and the other is an investigation report on the battle situation of the Eighth Route Army sent by the First Theater!" He observed carefully. Principal Chang's expression was secretly relieved to see that his face was normal.

I often read the telegram, my face had an inexplicable color, I don't know what I thought of, and it took me a long time to say: "It's a pity that I can't use such a good soldier!"

"Principal, worry too much. I'm a child of Whampoa. I'm not inferior to the Eighth Route Army. Under the leadership of the principal, if we work together, we will surely achieve the great cause of the party and the country." He Yingqin said respectfully with a straight face.

"That's right, my Whampoa children are so talented, and they are all leaders of the party and state!" Principal Chang said with a smile on his face.

"Respectfully, what do you think about the series of operations of the Eighth Route Army in North China?"

He Xinshen was sure, knowing that what Chang Chang asked was not about this, but to test his attitude towards Japan.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, with the end of the Battle of Wuhan, China and Japan entered a stalemate.The Japanese government finally discovered how unrealistic the big talk of occupying China within three months was. At this time, Principal Chang was also beaten to exhaustion and defeated all the way. He moved the government to a mountain city, and the war was temporarily suspended. There was a stalemate.

At this time, Japan wants to quickly solve the Chinese problem. From the bankruptcy of its unilateral intention to completely rely on its military means, it naturally began to lead to a strategy based on political coercion and supplemented by military support.

In December 1939, Japan's "Tong Project" concept, which attempted to force President Chang to yield, entered the tentative implementation stage.

The "Tong Plan" was Japan's attempt to force China to accept the reality of the independence of Manchukuo in Northeast China; a so-called Sino-Japanese friendly armistice agreement in the name of "joint suppression of communism".

Because it involves the sovereignty of the Northeast, this plan has been carried out in secret, and President Chang's final bottom line is precisely to let China and Japan go back to before the July [-]th Incident.

Just as Chang was preparing to meet the so-called Big Three (Chang, Wang, and Banhengzheng Shiro) around the "Tong Project" in Changsha, the battle of the Hundred Regiments started!
It is often found that in this battle, there is an opportunity to expand the interests of the Chinese side of the agreement, and the "Tong Project" is temporarily terminated.

Then, after the Japanese side completely signed the Axis Power Agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States and Britain were forced to end their appeasement policy towards Japan and began to provide strong support to China.

The "Tong Project" was stillborn at this time, and Chang naturally gasped, thanking himself for being old and cunning and having escaped a political catastrophe.

In the second half of 1939, the winter offensive launched by President Chang did not achieve actual results, and the Sino-Japanese front remained unchanged.Immediately afterwards, from April to the end of June 1940, Germany attacked and occupied France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway in Europe, and the voices of pro-Germany and Japan rose in China.

This situation stimulated Japan. In order to speed up the pace of "Tong Project", they launched the Zaoyi Campaign and occupied Yichang, directly threatening the mountain city.

At the same time, it forced the United States, Britain and France to appease Japan, allowing Britain and France to close the China-Myanmar and China-Vietnam southwest international passages.

Economic blockade, military offensive, and Yichang as the base, targeted the rear areas such as Chongqing, and aimed at destroying the anti-Japanese fighting spirit of the Chinese military and civilians.

Regarding all this, the Chairman pointedly pointed out: "Japan is trying to cut off the traffic in southwest China to force China to make peace, and President Chang will not be able to continue the war of resistance without foreign aid, so there is a possibility of peaceful compromise in China's war of resistance."

In order to allow themselves to deal with Germany with all their strength, and to safeguard their interests in huge trade with Japan (the United States sold steel and oil to Japan, and British warships and merchant ships even helped Japan deliver materials for Japan’s invasion of China), they actually mediated between China and Japan according to Japan’s “tune” war.

On August 8, the Hundred Regiments War officially started according to the order, and the Japanese army was caught off guard by this "heart-digging" strategy.At the same time, it also allowed the Jiang Group to see that Japan's military attack on Chongqing was somewhat bluffing, which prompted it to stop the "Tong Plan" at a critical moment.

On the other hand, Chang saw that the United States would inevitably join the war, so he began to prepare to preserve his strength so that he could deal with Yan'an in the future.

"Principal, the Eighth Route Army's raid is no different from a shot in the arm, it can extinguish discordant voices within the party-state!" He said.

"The will of the [-] million people to resist the war is firm. We cannot let the Eighth Route Army focus on the front. We must let all theaters check the gist of guerrilla tactics, and we should emulate the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, so that the people can see the government's determination to resist the war!" Chang Xinxin said to the Eighth Route Army. Even more fearful, but the heat that should be rubbed must not be less.

Instructions were often issued to generals in various theaters, requiring them to follow the tactics of the Eighth Route Army:
The gist of guerrilla tactics is adequate preparation, secretive operations, and thoughtful investigation, and its basis is to organize and protect the people in various areas behind enemy lines.

All theaters should use the [-]th Group Army's guerrilla sabotage operations in Zhengtai, Tongpu, and Pinghan roads as a rule, and draw up a long-term plan from September to December this year to strengthen guerrilla warfare in the enemy's rear. Carry out planned and organized long-term destruction of various communication lines, military depots, warehouses, airports, automobiles, gasoline depots, waterways, etc.

During this period of guerrilla warfare, the first priority is to prevent the enemy from mobilizing troops in various areas, disrupting its autumn offensive in October and creating a favorable situation for our army.

President Chang also "Chidian Award":
Your Ministry saw the good opportunity and attacked resolutely, dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, and used it to comfort the enemy.In addition to the telegrams to other relevant theaters to actively attack, in order to plan the troops to fight, we still hope to supervise the troops to take active actions, so as not to take a chance with the enemy and completely cut off the enemy's communication.

(End of this chapter)