In the next two days, the smoke of gunpowder in the northeast seemed to have calmed down temporarily, the Japanese army did not launch a counteroffensive against Tongliao, and the Eighth Route Army was also exhausted after continuous operations and long-distance attacks, and the troops urgently needed to rest and recuperate, so they did not take the initiative to launch a new offensive against the Japanese army.But calm is only a manifestation, and under the surface of calm is an undercurrent.Although the Eighth Route Army has not yet launched an attack, it is privately actively deploying troops and preparing to counterattack Tongliao, and Umezu Mijiro's appetite is also very great, not only wanting to recapture Tongliao, but also wanting to take the opportunity to annihilate the seventh column in one fell swoop, and never suffer from future troubles.As for the Eighth Route Army, it has not been idle in the past two days, and all units have arrived in the vicinity of Tongliao to assemble and stand by, and seize the time to build fortifications to deal with the next counterattack of the Japanese army.In the headquarters of the seventh column, Ma Zhenguo pointed to the sand table and said with a serious face: "At present, all units have arrived at the designated position, built a defensive line, and prepared to deal with the next counterattack of the Japanese army.According to the information we have so far, the Japanese 7th Division has been assembled in Harbin and is ready to support the Tongliao front at any time, and the 21st Division of the Japanese Army has also arrived in Shenyang and is preparing to go north to Tongliao.In addition, other Japanese troops are also actively mobilizing, and troops are being deployed to support the Tongliao front.In addition to the Japanese Kwantung Army, the puppet army of the puppet state of Manchukuo also began to actively mobilize, and at least 30,000 puppet troops will rush to the front line of Tongliao one after another to assist the Japanese army in counterattacking Tongliao. ”Li Guotao took a puff of cigarette and said with a serious face: "After the battles of Chifeng and Tongliao, Umezu Mijiro was scared by us, and obviously became much more cautious. ”Political Commissar Lu smiled and nodded: "At present, the Japanese army is actively deploying troops, according to the current situation, this time the Japanese army will at least gather more than 100,000 troops, and with the assistance of the puppet army, the total strength is estimated to exceed 150,000."
If the Japanese army launches an attack, this will inevitably be a vicious battle" Li Guotao nodded and said: "This battle is inevitable, if we want to gain a firm foothold in the northeast region, we must repel this counterattack of the devils, so that we can establish a solid base in Tongliao, and then gradually radiate to the surroundings and gradually expand our strength."
Therefore, no matter whether the little devils come for 150,000 or 250,000, we must resolutely and completely smash their counterattack. ”Ma Zhenguo frowned and said with a serious face: "In order to deal with this big war, we must be fully prepared.In the previous battles, although our army has achieved brilliant results, the consumption of troops is not small, and now in order to support us, the headquarters is seizing the time to dispatch all kinds of materials to the front line.Therefore, before the troops were replenished and the fighters were not restored, we were not able to take the initiative to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army. ”Li Guotao nodded and said, "So, although the Japanese army has not launched an attack for the time being, our time is still quite short.Before the battle begins, we must have sufficient ammunition reserves to be able to win this battle.In this regard, we must urge the headquarters as soon as possible to replenish us with sufficient ammunition, food, grass and other materials. ”Political Commissar Lu sighed lightly and said: "Our Eighth Route Army's family background is not rich, and the headquarters is also worried about this, and is trying every means to solve this problem."
I will also urge the headquarters and relevant departments as soon as possible to transport all kinds of materials that we urgently need as soon as possible. ”Li Guotao nodded slightly and said: "We can't completely rely on the support of the headquarters to create difficulties for the headquarters, and we also have to rely on our own strength to solve some materials that can be solved on the spot." ”"I understand."
Political Commissar Lu nodded and said.After thinking about it, Li Guotao continued: "Also, the construction of Tongliao Airport must also be stepped upon.If the aviation division can be stationed in Tongliao, it will also be able to support us nearby.Through these battles, everyone must have seen the importance of the air force in modern warfare, without the air force we would not have been able to achieve this series of victories, maybe we would have been defeated in Chifeng now. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded approvingly and said: "The construction of the airport has always been the responsibility of Deputy Political Commissar Meng, and all departments are working overtime to build the airport.But it is not easy to build an airport, and it may take a few days before the airport can be put into operation. ”Li Guotao nodded, and said with a serious face: "Speed up the progress as soon as possible, I think the little devil will definitely not give us too much time."
On the other hand, the secrecy of the airport must also be done well, we can sneak attack the airport of the little devils, and in turn the little devils can also sneak attack our airport.We can't afford this kind of consumption. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "Although the commander is relieved, the security department will definitely go all out to do a good job in the security of the airport, and will definitely not give the Japanese spies any opportunity."
In addition, according to your suggestion, we are working on four airports together.Only one of them is a real airport, and the other three airports are used to confuse the little devils, but these three fake airports can also be used as backup airports when they are completed. ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "With Lao Meng personally in charge of this work, then I can rest assured." ”Political Commissar Lu suddenly said: "There is another thing I forgot to tell you, the General Headquarters has sent new instructions, and it has been decided to establish the Northeast Military Region in Tongliao, with you and I serving as the commander and political commissar respectively, and the General Headquarters is sending some local cadres to the Northeast Region to assist us in our work. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "This is a good thing, since we have decided to establish a base in the northeast region, we should start work as soon as possible."
However, I am good at leading troops to fight, and I have no experience in the work of governing the local government, so I have to trouble the political commissar more about this matter. ”Political Commissar Lu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I didn't expect you to help me much, you just need to bring good soldiers, fight a good battle, and keep the little devils out of our base area, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”"Haha" Li Guotao said with a smile: "I'll just wait for your words, the political commissar will bother more about the construction of the base." ”aa2705221: