The next few days were relatively calm, and the Japanese did not dare to launch a large-scale attack rashly due to the lack of troops, so a few days passed, and only skirmishes broke out at the airfield between the two sides.Taking advantage of the precious time of these few days, the Eighth Route Army successfully transferred the supplies to Chahar, although in the process, the convoy was repeatedly attacked by small groups of Japanese troops, but fortunately, the losses were not too great.After all the materials were transported, Li Guotao could finally breathe a sigh of relief, at this time, the seventh column no longer had any restraints, and it was completely free to fight with the Japanese army.However, in the past few days, the Japanese army launched a large-scale offensive again on the Henan battlefield, and as a result, under the stubborn resistance of our Chinese army, the Japanese army's attempt to capture Luoyang failed again.At this point, Gangcun Ningci was forced to give up the offensive on the Henan battlefield and instead focused on the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army in the eastern Hebei region.At the same time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was also planning to launch a new offensive against the Japanese army.That evening, Li Guotao once again convened an emergency meeting of the main generals of the army.As soon as the meeting began, Li Guotao said with a serious face: "Judging from the current situation, the Japanese army has lost again in the Henan battlefield, and Gangcun Ningji is likely to give up attacking Henan, mobilize troops to the north, and assist the Kwantung Army in besieging our seventh column."
This is because, according to the information sent back by our comrades who are lurking in the Japanese army, for some time now, the North China Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army are in close contact, and it seems that they are planning a large-scale coordinated operation.Judging from this, there can only be two goals for the Japanese army: one is to counterattack Chahar and eliminate the main force of the Chahar Eighth Route Army, and the other is to counterattack the eastern Hebei region and eliminate our seventh column and the sub-division troops of the eastern Hebei army. ”Li Guotao paused, picked up a telegram on the table, raised his head and continued: "The headquarters has sent instructions to decide to launch an attack in advance before the Japanese army launches an attack.In order to disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army, turn the passive into the active. ”"What is the specific combat mission?"
Chang De immediately became excited when he heard it.Li Guotao then explained: "Our target this time is Rehe, according to the information we currently have, the Japanese garrison in Rehe is only about 30,000 people, and the puppet army is about 20,000, our goal this time is to try to eliminate this Japanese army and recover Rehe Province in one fell swoop." ”As soon as Li Guotao's voice fell, the scene immediately fell into silence, and even Chang De couldn't help frowning, and said with a worried face: "If it is a field battle, such an enemy, our seventh column is not afraid at all, but the problem is that this time we took the initiative to attack, this is a tough battle, if the Japanese army is in danger of defending it, my army may be difficult to succeed."
And once the battle starts, the Japanese army in Liaoning will definitely come to the aid in a big way, I'm afraid that before we break through the Gubei Pass, the reinforcements of the little devils have already arrived. ”Li Guotao explained with a smile: "Since the headquarters has decided to launch this attack, it has made sufficient preparations, so this battle is not only our seventh column participating, but also many friendly troops joining.It can be said that the scale of this campaign is unprecedented, and the headquarters has made up its mind to take Rehe in one fell swoop.Although the specific combat mission has not yet been issued, I believe in the organization, and I believe even more in us, that we will be able to win this battle. ”Li Guotao paused for a moment, and then said: "In order to win this battle, we must prepare in advance.Moreover, time was pressing, and we had to launch an attack before the main Japanese forces in the Henan battlefield arrived to support.After studying, the headquarters made the following decision: The first new 3rd Brigade and the new 5th Brigade were assembled in Gaoling Town and put on a posture of attacking Gubeikou.Second, the newly formed 1st Brigade, the newly formed 2nd Brigade, and the units under the Eastern Hebei Army Division immediately moved south, advancing in the direction of Yutian and Fengrun, respectively, and putting on a posture of counterattacking Tangshan.The newly formed 4th Brigade launched a tentative attack on the Japanese troops in the direction of Changli.To sum it simply, it is to attack from all sides, so that the little devils cannot find out the true intentions of our army. ”"In this way, isn't it a mess," Chang De couldn't help frowning and said.Li Guotao explained with a smile: "Who said that it is messed up, you just need to be ready to march into Rehe at any time, everything we do now is just to confuse the little devil, and only in this way can the little devil be confused."
When the little devils are messed up, we have a chance, but we can't mess up ourselves. ”Then everyone discussed the specific details together, and the discussion lasted until more than 11 o'clock in the evening, and the meeting finally ended.After the generals dispersed, Political Commissar Meng frowned and said to Li Guotao: "The headquarters has assigned us specific combat tasks, why don't you tell everyone clearly" Li Guotao smiled and said: "According to the tasks assigned by the headquarters, this counterattack on Rehe, our seventh column is only a feint, responsible for attracting the attention of devils."
The rest of the allies are the protagonists of the attack on Rehe, and we can only play a supporting role.The seventh column of our Eighth Route Army is definitely the first elite unit in our Eighth Route Army, and it has always been our main attack, when has it been our turn to make a feint.If I make it clear, can these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals accept it, just their temper, and they must not make a fuss, of course, we can also suppress them and let them honestly carry out the order, but everyone will definitely have complaints in their hearts, so why bother" Ma Zhenguo frowned and said: "But this matter can't be hidden, once the battle starts, even if we don't say it, these brigade commanders below are not fools, they will definitely be able to guess."
At that time, if they make trouble again, won't it be even more troublesome?
”Li Guotao smiled, waved his hand and said: "I won't let them make trouble, they won't make trouble with the headquarters, let us be a supporting role, do we have to be honest and willing to be a supporting role, even if it is a supporting role, we have to play it as the protagonist, and it is not certain who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role" Meng Political Commissar shook his head helplessly and said: "I kind of understand, this is because the people below have opinions, this is clearly your opinion on the orders of the headquarters" "Haha political commissar I can't wear this big hat, I strongly support the orders of headquarters. ”Li Guotao smiled and waved his hand and said."
Okay, don't talk about these useless things, don't you know yet, since you say so, then there must be a specific plan, and now there is no one else, and there is no need to keep it secret, tell me what you think."
Political Commissar Meng waved his hand and said."
Sure enough, you can't hide anything from the political commissar," Li Guotao said with a grin."
You kid don't wear a high hat for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has no magic eye.But you kid was brought out by Lao Tzu, others don't understand you, don't you still understand, you kid pouted his ass, I know what shit is. ”Political Commissar Meng said angrily.Li Guotao smiled slightly, didn't care, didn't continue to joke, pointed to the map, and said with a serious face: "My idea is very simple, the Japanese defense in the direction of Gubeikou is too strict, and we have no chance at all. ”aa2705221: