Chapter 553 Five-day countdown
Ouyang looked at the people with a puzzled look and immediately smiled, "Everyone, I know you have a lot of doubts in your heart, and you even have a lot of anger, right?"
Confuse?
anger?
Upon hearing this, dozens of people present really wanted to stand up and said, "Isn't that true?", but seeing Ouyang's words, no one stood up and said in surprise.
"hehe!"
Ouyang smiled faintly, and repeatedly tapped the tabletop several times, making a thud sound. The sound of tapping the tabletop seemed to be synchronized with his heartbeat at this moment, which immediately made the atmosphere of the entire war room suddenly become solemn.
"I know everyone is in emotions, but today's big situation is not the decision of my 512th Brigade, nor is it the decision of my Ouyang, but the decision of my superiors!"
Ouyang said in a deep voice.
Is it the superior's decision to seize people and seize guns?
Jiang Daya couldn't help but say, "Brig Commander, what is the division headquarters doing? Even if it's going to fight a big battle, it won't be like this!"
Immediately, Li Yunlong, Yang Zhihua and others present nodded in agreement.
Isn't it just a war?
Ouyang said seriously: "First of all, I need to correct it. This decision was not me, nor was it the commander. Oh, looking at your expressions, are you trying to say that it was the headquarters?
I tell you, it's a big mistake.
The order for this meeting was issued directly by Yan'an Command!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was in an uproar!
Li Dashi said in shock: "This is true or false!"
Yang Zhihua said dumbfoundedly: "The commander directly ordered it? Oh my god, this is really going to fight a big battle!"
Dai Tianli, the commander of the guard company, said, "My goodness, this is going to break the sky!"
Li Yunlong, Zhou Weiguo and others, one by one, all ejected from their seats at this moment, and their expressions were all full of shock!
Ouyang waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down.
Everyone sat back one by one, but the shock on their faces could not be concealed?
The direct order issued by the Yan'an Command!
This is really going to be a big battle!
At present, Ouyang told everyone about the 6th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army, together with the whole story after the division headquarters.
"Now you should understand why the White Tiger Base is so martial law today."
Ouyang said in a deep voice: "This will be the largest battle scale, the widest combat area, the largest number of troops and the largest number of participants in the war since the War of Resistance Against Japan. Can there be any slightest carelessness?"
"Not to mention being thwarted, I can't exaggerate you if you're getting your guns even if it's a bit stricter!"
As soon as the words were finished, everyone present waved their hands repeatedly and said words such as "should" and "so".
The anger that had been before disappeared at this moment.
This battle is not a small fight before, a guerrilla war, a sparrow war, a battle of dozens, hundreds, and thousands of people.
It is the biggest battle since the establishment of the Eighth Route Army!
The 115th Division, 120th Division, 129th Division, Jin-Cha-Hebei Base, Beiyue Base, Jizhong Base, Hebei-Shandong-Henan Base, Northern Henan Base, and other units under the Eighth Route Army will participate in this battle without exception!
The number of troops involved will be as many as 100,000;
Participated in regiment-level combat units, with more than 30 regiments;
The radiation range of the combat area spans four provinces, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, covering at least dozens of counties and hundreds of townships.
From the brigade headquarters of the 512th Brigade, to the 129th Division, to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and finally to the Yan'an Command, where could anyone dare to slack off after layer by layer?
Where can anyone dare to be furious?
This battle will be recorded in history and is the first shocking battle since the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance!
If this battle is won greatly, the Eighth Route Army will be greatly motivated, North China will be greatly motivated, and the whole country will be greatly motivated!
In this battle, the first shot and the fuse were the attack of the Japanese Morita Brigade of Baiqucheng, the 512th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, in conjunction with the Jinsui Army.
Political Commissar Zhao Gang said in a deep voice: "From the Yan'an Command, the headquarters, the division headquarters, and the tens of millions of people from Taihang Mountain, to deliver such an important battle to us is the trust of our 512th Brigade and everyone here.
Therefore, we should sacrifice our lives in this battle, and work hard to work together at all costs, and we must cause heavy damage to the entire Japanese North China Front Army!"
Hearing Zhao Gang's words, everyone present patted their chests and promised!
Deputy Head Kong Jieyan said: "Political Commissar, please be happy with a hundred thoughts. My brothers from the 885th Regiment have long been ready to fight the Japanese!"
Jiang Daya also echoed: "My 886th regiment is not a vegetarian. The brothers have long been angry. I will definitely beat it this time!"
Li Yunlong, Yang Zhihua, Ding Wei, Li Dazhi, Long Dagu and others also spoke one after another.
"Silent!"
Ouyang pressed his hands down, stopped everyone's noise, and said in a deep voice: "I agree with everyone's passion for anti-Japanese war and confidence in anti-Japanese war, but we must also understand how powerful the enemies we face this time are."
He paused and said, "It is no exaggeration to say that the Japanese army facing our Eighth Route Army this time is half of the Japanese army in North China, with a total force of no less than 100,000!"
Suddenly, the expressions of everyone present suddenly became solemn.
The Japanese North China Front Army was an army during the Japanese war of aggression against China. Its predecessor was called the Northern China Expeditionary Army.
After 1938, the number of people stabilized at about 200,000.
The front army's combat areas include Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Suiyuan, Chahar, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces, controlling 800,000 square kilometers of land in North China.
It controls about 100 million people and the Central ** team (mainly the Eighth Route Army).
Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice: "In this battle, except for the Japanese First Army of Meijiro Umezu who was stationed in Shanxi, the Japanese army is still strong in the area east of the vast Taihang Mountains.
There was the 12th Army of the Japanese in Hebei;
There are also the 43rd Army of the Japanese army in Shandong, Henan and other places."
Wang Yaqiao said with a serious expression: "The number of Japanese troops facing our Eighth Route Army will definitely not be less than 100,000, and even more!"
Two hours later.
Ouyang concluded: "This battle is inevitable. We can only fight to the death, repay the country's kindness and the dawn. If we don't destroy the Japanese and hurt the Japanese, we will be able to blame.
Therefore, for the first shot this time, we must attack the ground vigorously and wipe out all the Japanese Morita Brigade in one breath!"
Ouyang said in a deep voice: "There are still 5 days left before the battle begins, that is, at 6 am on the 15th of this month, launching a full-scale attack on Baiqu City!"
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This battle is the first proactive large-scale counterattack in North China, which does not exist in history!
In fact, in the autumn of 1939, after the end of the First Changsha Campaign, an optimistic attitude grew in the Chongqing Command, believing that China might have reached a great century of turning defense into offense, and planned to launch a comprehensive general offensive to regain important cities and strongholds, and had gained an advantage on the battlefield.
Shortly thereafter, on October 10, 1939, the Supreme Military Commission of the State Government submitted the "** Counterattack Plan" to Chairman Chiang, which was approved by him.
Immediately, Chairman Chiang issued an active combat order to attack various war zones in China.
Later generations call it - Winter Offensive!
In November 1939, China's six major war zones, including the third, fifth and ninth levels, took the initiative to launch an offensive against the Japanese army, and the number of troops in the attack was as high as 1.2 million.
Later in December, the Eighth War Zone in Suiyuan, the Fourth War Zone in southern Guangxi, and the Second War Zone in Shanxi all ignited the war.
17 provinces including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu are all in full swing, and the land of China in China is full of wars, rushing straight to the sky!
In just two months, the winter offensive caused the Japanese army to suffer from attacks, with tens of thousands of casualties. This battle is little known in the eyes of later generations, but it occupies an important position in real history.
This counterattack in North China is a year ahead of the historical winter offensive!
It is no exaggeration to say that this is the first shot of the Chinese nation's fierce counterattack!
Although this battle was first proposed by the Sixth Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army that really made this battle possible was the Eighth Route Army!
For this reason, from the Yan'an Command to the platoon-level combat units at all levels, they all gathered and stood on standby, becoming the absolute main force of the counterattack in North China!
The result of this battle will have far-reaching impact regardless of success or failure!
Shocked the whole country!
There are still 5 days left before this battle!
Chapter completed!