It was late at night, and the headquarters of the Seventh Column of the Eighth Route Army was still brightly lit.Ma Zhenguo still didn't rest, fidgeting back and forth in the command hall, as if waiting for something.At this time, Li Guotao hurriedly walked in with the guards, Ma Zhenguo hurriedly greeted him, and asked anxiously: "How is the commander" Li Guotao smiled slightly, picked up the tea jar on the table and took a sip of water first, and then said with a serious face: "This time we were called to a meeting, the main thing is to discuss the next strategy after the capture of Shenyang, and after some debate, the general strategic deployment has basically been determined." ”Li Guotao walked to the side of the sand table as he spoke, raised his hand and pointed to the sand table and said: "At present, our army has successfully recovered Shenyang, and Changchun is also ready to be broken.However, the vast territories of eastern Heilongjiang, eastern Jilin and eastern Liaoning were still under the occupation of the Japanese puppet.And now that the main force of the Kwantung Army has been completely annihilated by our army, the next plan of our army is to recover this area while the Japanese reinforcements have not arrived. ”"Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded, and then said: "What about the Liaodong Peninsula" "After discussion, the headquarters has decided not to attack the Liaodong Peninsula for the time being. ”Li Guotao said with a serious face: "Liaodong Peninsula, especially Lushun Dalian.Since the morale of the Qing government, Russia seized the Liaodong Peninsula and built a large number of fortifications in Lushun Dalian, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties in order to capture the fortress of Lushun.And now that the little devils have been operating here for decades, the fortress has been built stronger by the little devils.And the little devils were able to capture Lushun at the beginning, because they had the right to control the sea.However, our army will not be able to control the sea in a short period of time, and the Japanese army can continue to support Lushun by sea and land, and judging from the current situation, it is really unrealistic for us to capture the Liaodong Peninsula.So it can only be put on hold for the time being. ”Li Guotao paused for a moment, and then continued: "Even if we don't attack the Liaodong Peninsula, we must prevent the Japanese army from using the Liaodong Peninsula as a springboard to counterattack Shenyang, so the headquarters decided to build a solid defense line on the line of Panjin, Anshan, and Benxi, leaving at least 200,000 main troops to garrison this line and protect the safety of Shenyang."
At the same time, at least 300,000 troops were mobilized to recover all the lost territory in the northeast as soon as possible, except for the Liaodong Peninsula.At the same time, it was necessary to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking the northeast from the Korean direction. ”Ma Zhenguo sighed deeply, frowned and said: "In this way, even if our army successfully recovers the northeast region, at least hundreds of thousands of troops must be left to garrison the northeast to protect the security of the northeast region."
In this way, we will not be able to mobilize many troops to enter the customs. ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded with a serious face and said: "This is also a matter of no choice, the head of the headquarters has made a preliminary decision, planning to expand our seventh column into the seventh corps, and the total strength will be expanded to more than 200,000 people, and our seventh column will move south to assist the friendly forces in the base areas to recover North China." ”"That's really great, it's just that our seventh column only has more than 100,000 people now, and it seems a little difficult to nearly double the strength of our troops in a short period of time."
Ma Zhenguo said thoughtfully."
Don't worry about this for now."
Li Guotao waved his hand and said: "The matter of the expansion of the troops, we can slowly think of a way in the future, we now have a new task, that is, to move south as soon as possible, first take the line from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, and open up the passage into the customs." ”Ma Zhenguo said with a smile: "So far, the main force of the Kwantung Army has been basically annihilated, and the Japanese garrisons in Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan are empty, which is a good opportunity to take this area."
It's just that after repeated battles, the troops suffered a lot of losses and urgently needed to rest and recuperate. ”"The opportunity must not be lost, we don't have much time to rest and recuperate now, after the three-day rest of the troops for three days, they will immediately start and go straight to Panjin, first take Panjin, and then attack Jinzhou."
Li Guotao thought about it and said with a serious face."
Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded respectfully, and then hurriedly summoned the staff officers and began to arrange the task.Three days later, the seventh column was ready, and then left Shenyang and went straight to Panjin.At this time, Panjin, Jinzhou garrison was empty, and in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from entering the pass, Gangcun Ningci ordered the defenders to shrink their forces and defend key points.Therefore, the Panjin Japanese army only resisted slightly, and then retreated to Jinzhou in embarrassment, and the seventh column took Panjin with almost no effort.Subsequently, Li Guotao commanded the troops and advanced in the direction of Jinzhou.At the same time, after several days of fierce fighting, the main force of our Eighth Route Army completely annihilated the enemy in Changchun and successfully recovered Changchun.The puppet Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Yi, under the protection of the guards, attempted to abscond with makeup, but was discovered by the Eighth Route Army and became a prisoner.In the Heilongjiang area, the Seventh Column Teaching Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the First Independent Division, the Second Independent Division, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army and other troops gathered about 200,000 troops, and fought a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the northeast area of Harbin, the Japanese army was defeated again, the 124th Division, the 125th Division and other units were basically annihilated, and the Japanese army lost 50,000 people.The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the victory to pursue and recovered Yichun, Jiamusi and other places in one fell swoop.So far, the Japanese army in the Heilongjiang area has been basically wiped out.Li Guotao personally led the new First Division, the new Second Division, the New Fourth Division, the Armored Division, the Cavalry Division, and other units, about 120,000 people, with the cooperation of 50,000 friendly troops, to storm Jinzhou.At this time, there were less than 10,000 Japanese troops left in Jinzhou, and under the fierce offensive of the Eighth Route Army, in just one day, the Japanese army lost more than half.After weighing the pros and cons, Gangcun Ningci finally decided to abandon Jinzhou, and all the Japanese troops along the railway north of Shanhaiguan withdrew to Shanhaiguan and guarded the Shanhaiguan defense line.At the same time, the troops of a division were dispatched to Shanhaiguan to guard Shanhaiguan in an attempt to block the Eighth Route Army from the pass.Gangmura Ninji deeply felt that the situation was critical, the Japanese army was defeated again and again, and it was difficult to turn the situation around in a short period of time and turn defeat into victory, so Gangmura Ninji formulated a new plan, hoping to alleviate the current unfavorable war situation.Okamura Ninji summoned his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji, to his office.Gangcun Ningji frowned and asked: "Oshiro-kun, you should have already read the plan I newly formulated, I don't know that Oshiro-kun has a high opinion" Oshiro Sanji hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander's plan has been carefully studied, Your Excellency Commander really has a brilliant plan, but I am worried that the base camp may not agree to this plan, and if there is no coordination from the base camp, it will be difficult for His Excellency Commander's plan to be implemented." ”aa2705221: