That night, Lin Feng and Huang Yanyun were ordered to rush to the headquarters near Yuan Shulin for a meeting.At this time, Yuan Shulin Station had been bombed by the Japanese army, almost turned into a ruin, and the arms train had been completely blown up, broken into several sections, and lay near the railway like a huge corpse.However, fortunately, the Eighth Route Army had already moved the materials on the vehicle in advance and hid them in nearby hidden places, most of which had been transported to a safe place, and some of them had been directly distributed to various combat units.When Lin Feng and Huang Yanyun first arrived at the headquarters, the headquarters, which was not too large, was already crowded, not only them, but also the main generals of several other brigades, and even Political Commissar Meng and Chief of Staff Ma Zhenguo had already arrived.A group of people were gathering in groups to chat, and after Lin Feng and Huang Yanren entered, they first greeted everyone, and then joined the discussion.At this time, people continued to rush to the venue, which made the already small room even more crowded.Li Guotao raised his hand and glanced at his watch, then turned around and glanced at Political Commissar Meng, who nodded slightly.Li Guotao stood up and said loudly: "Okay, since everyone is here, let's start the meeting" As soon as Li Guotao said this, the room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked for a place to sit down.Li Guotao then continued: "In accordance with the instructions of the head of the headquarters, all units of our Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack and carried out large-scale sabotage operations against the railway lines and highway networks controlled by the Japanese army.In just one day, a large number of railways and highways were destroyed, a large number of Japanese puppet strongholds were destroyed, and fruitful results were achieved.It is estimated that Tada Jun, that old guy can't sleep anymore" "Haha" As soon as Li Guotao's words came out, everyone present immediately burst into laughter.Li Guotao nodded, and continued with a smile: "But this is just the beginning, the headquarters orders all units of our Eighth Route Army to pursue the victory and continue to expand the results.After studying, the head of the headquarters decided to give our seventh column a very important task, that is, to take the opportunity to recover Shuozhou. ”As soon as Li Guotao's words came out, the scene immediately exploded, some people were excited, some people were surprised, some people were worried, all kinds of expressions were different, and many people began to whisper.Li Guotao waved his hand and said, "Everyone will definitely ask, why do we want to fight Shuozhou, and I will answer this question now." ”Li Guotao walked to the side of the map as he spoke, pointed to the map with a wooden stick in his hand and said: "Everyone, please look at the map, this is our Jinchaji Base Area of the Jinchaji Military Region, and this is the Northwest Shanxi Base Area, if we can take Shuozhou, then we can open up the connection between the Jin-Chahar-Hebei Base Area and the Northwest Shanxi Base Area, so that the two major base areas are connected."
Not only that, if we take Shuozhou and completely cut off the Tongpu railway, then Datong in the north will be completely surrounded by our army, and Datong will be a lonely city at that time, even if Datong has more little devils, no matter how strong Datong's city fortifications are, they can't be supplemented or supported, and the little devils in Datong can only sit and wait to die, and as long as we take Datong, we can take the entire northern Shanxi region. ”The participants are all veterans of the battlefield, and naturally know the strategic significance of capturing Shuozhou, and some of the big bosses may not have seen it before, but after Li Guotao's explanation, they immediately understood the importance of this battle.Li Guotao glanced at the people present, and then said: "What the head of the headquarters means is that we will launch a large-scale sabotage war this time, not only to completely break the so-called cage policy of the devils, but also to take the opportunity to recover more lost territory, eliminate the living forces of the Japanese army as much as possible, and gradually develop and strengthen our anti-Japanese forces at the same time.This time we will recover Shuozhou, recover the entire northern Shanxi region, and next time we will recover Shanxi, Hebei, the whole of North China, and the whole of China, and completely drive the little devils out of our country. ”"Expelling the Japanese invaders and returning my mountains and rivers," everyone shouted in unison.Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now that everyone understands why we want to fight Shuozhou, let's discuss how to fight this battle." ”Li Guotao said, stopped the small wooden stick in his hand on the two words Shuozhou marked on the map, and said loudly: "Look, this is Shuozhou, located along the Tongpu Railway, it is an important town in northern Shanxi, and the strategic location is very important, so the Japanese army has a heavy garrison here, and its city fortifications are very strong, it is not easy to capture such a strong city." ”Li Guotao paused, and then said: "Our Seventh Column has just completed the reorganization, and for this reorganization, the leaders of the headquarters can be said to have good intentions, and the excellent weapons and equipment, and excellent soldiers have given priority to replenishing our Seventh Column.The reason why is it because the head of the headquarters wants to turn our seven verticals into the sharpest knife of our Eighth Route Army, an indestructible sharp knife. ”The more Li Guotao spoke, the more excited he became, staring at a pair of big eyes, as if he was quarreling with someone, and continued to say loudly: "Our Seventh Column holds the best weapons and enjoys the best treatment, if we still lose the battle, how can we be worthy of the trust of the head of the headquarters and the trust of the compatriots across the country."
So even if Shuozhou is an iron walnut, this time we will smash him to pieces" "Take Shuozhou, take Jinbei, take Shanxi, take the whole of China" I don't know who took the lead, everyone shouted loudly again."
Okay" Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction, soldiers are the courage of generals, and they will be the soul of soldiers, and now these generals have such morale and momentum, why worry about a small Shuozhou can't take it.Li Guotao waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "As the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles, now we will ask the chief of staff to introduce the enemy situation in Shuozhou." ”Everyone immediately applauded and welcomed, Ma Zhenguo waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said with a serious face: "According to the Russian intelligence we have so far, there are a total of one wing of the Japanese army and a brigade of the puppet army stationed in Shuozhou, plus some non-main forces such as puppet police, and the enemy's strength in Shuozhou is about 8,000 people.Among them, there are 4,000 Japanese troops, but before that, our new third brigade has eliminated a reinforced brigade in Shuozhou, that is to say, now there are only about 2,500 little devils left in Shuozhou, and the puppet army is about 4,000 people"aa2705221: