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If the facts are indeed as Yan'an speculated, and the reason why the Japanese army adjusted its strategy against China is really to mobilize enough troops from the frontal battlefield to launch large-scale mopping up operations in various base areas behind enemy lines, then there is really no need for them to continue the discussion. Counterattack target, because there will be no such opportunity.
As of today, although the Chahar Independent Regiment has expanded to more than 22,000 people, although the full set of Soviet equipment preparations for the three divisions assisted by the Soviet Union have been put in place, three T-34B tank battalions have also been put in place, and nine The training of the infantry battalion is also very effective and has formed combat effectiveness, but...
But compared with the Japanese invaders, this strength is still not enough.
Not to mention the entire Japanese invaders, even the strength of the North China Front Army is far superior to that of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
According to reliable information, the North China Front Army consists of the First Army, the Second Army and the Mongolian Army, with a total strength of 500,000! This does not include two field heavy artillery brigades and four tank regiments! There is also a flying group! Such a military group is definitely not something that the Chahar Independent Regiment can handle head-on.
Before today, the North China Front Army wanted to control the vast battlefield areas such as Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and Henan. It also had to protect the Shansui Army in northwest Shanxi, Zhongshan Tiao, the Central Army in the Henan battlefield, and Yu Xuezhong's Department in the Sulu Theater. The situation is high-pressure, so the number of troops that can really be mobilized to mop up the Eighth Route Army base areas is actually very limited.
However, now, as the Japanese army once again adjusts its strategy against China, it has changed from the previous political inducement to surrender as the mainstay and military offense as the supplement to the political inducement to surrender as the mainstay and military defense as the supplement! It can be foreseen that Chairman Chiang and the Kuomintang army will definitely add insult to injury, and then the Japanese army will be able to mobilize a large number of mobile troops from the frontal battlefield.
To put it simply, the only enemy of the Chahar Independent Regiment before was Naosaburo Okabe’s Mongolian Army, and the Mongolian Army also needed to allocate considerable forces to guard against the Jin Army in northwest Shanxi, as well as the Sui Army in Suiyuan, and another , the security and security in Suinan, Chanan and northern Shanxi must also be dispersed quite a lot. Therefore, the total force that the Mongolian army can really use to deal with the Chahar Independent Regiment is actually only one division, and it may even be Less than.
It is precisely because of this that the Chahar Independent Regiment dares to think about counterattack.
Because with the current strength of the Chahar Independent Regiment, I am really not afraid of facing a Japanese division!
However, now, as the Japanese army once again adjusts its strategy against China, the situation immediately becomes very different. After reaching a tacit understanding with the Kuomintang army, the North China Front Army will be able to move more than a dozen troops hoarded in Zhongtiao Mountain, Henan, and the Sulu Border Area. A field division was transferred back to the vast occupied area and launched a large-scale public security campaign.
Even according to the most conservative estimate, Naosaburo Okabe's army stationed in Mongolia will be supplemented by three divisions! Even five divisions! Because as Wang Husheng said just now, due to the existence of the Baotou Industrial Zone, the Chahar Independent Regiment must be the first-class attack target of the North China Front Army, so it is reasonable to spare half of the troops to raid the Baotou base area!
Under such circumstances, the Chahar Independent Regiment does not want to defend its home base, but also wants to fight back, which is seeking death. Xu Rui is confident, but not arrogant! He would not be so arrogant as to think that with the strength of the Chahar Independent Regiment, he could withstand five or even eight divisions of the Japs. Only an idiot would be so arrogant and ignorant!
Seeing that Xu Rui frowned and remained silent, Wang Husheng asked: "Old Xu, what did you say?"
Xu Rui was a little confused. Logically, Yan'an's analysis was correct, because Yan'an made this judgment based on old intelligence, but his intuition told him that this matter might not be that simple! Xu Rui vaguely felt that the Japanese army had once again adjusted its strategy against China and had other plans!
But this was just a hunch, he had no proof.
Therefore, Xu Rui was also caught in a dilemma.
The conference room fell into deathly silence, and everyone's eyes focused on Xu Rui's face.
All those present at the meeting were Xu Rui's old subordinates. They had all witnessed Xu Rui's "magical" judgment. It seemed that as long as Xu Rui made a judgment, he rarely made mistakes! Therefore, this has also created a dependence on Xu Rui. No matter what kind of difficulties they encounter, they can just wait for the team leader to make a decision.
But this time, Xu Rui wasn't too sure.
After all, Xu Rui is just a human being, not a god.
Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Rui took the test for at least five minutes before finally gritting his teeth and saying: "Old Wang, otherwise, if we do this first, we will start the anti-mopping up work immediately, but we cannot stop preparing for the counterattack. We must be prepared with both hands, so as not to be unable to cope with the situation and watch the loss of fighter planes!"
"Okay!" Wang Husheng said simply, "That's it!"
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The meeting ended, and all the members and officials present left.
Only Xu Rui, Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng were left in the huge conference room.
After making sure that everyone had left the conference room, Xu Rui asked: "Old Wang, Shadow still hasn't responded?"
After learning that the Japanese army had made adjustments to its China strategy, Xu Rui's first reaction was to find Shadow for verification.
Although Shadow is no longer in the center of the Japanese army, he still has his position and still has the opportunity to come into contact with some unclassified information. For most ordinary people, this information is of no use at all, but for an excellent intelligence analyst Say, but you can analyze useful information from this unclassified information!
Unfortunately, after the Tokyo assassination, the shadow fell into silence. Wang Husheng called several times, but received no response. Later, because there was no need to use the shadow for the time being, Wang Husheng ignored it, thinking that after a while, Nakamura Jun Maybe the old devil has figured it out and will provide them with information again.
When Xu Rui asked, Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "There has been no response."
Leng Tiefeng said angrily: "Nakamura Shun, this old devil, is trying to pick a target! Just reveal your identity!"
"It won't be time!" Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "Although the shadow didn't respond, there was no other change. I think there is still a chance to wake up, so we can't worry too much."
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Old Wang, try summoning again."
"Okay, I'll try it now." Wang Husheng nodded, turned and left.
As soon as Wang Husheng left, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were the only two people left in the conference room.
Leng Tiefeng asked: "Old Xu, are you suspecting that the real intention of the little devil in adjusting his strategy towards China is not to shrink his troops to deal with us? But to go towards the Soviet Far East Army?"
"Yeah." Xu Rui nodded, "That's the case most of the time."
Leng Tiefeng's expression suddenly condensed and he said, "Do you want to remind Zhukov?"
"That's not necessary." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "Because the Soviet Far East Front Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army have always been at odds with each other, and various military preparations have already been done to the extreme. Even if we remind Zhukov, the Soviet army cannot do more. Too much, too much talk, may only cause chaos for the Soviet army."
Leng Tiefeng nodded and said, "You are right."
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "So we must not give up our counterattack plan."
Leng Tiefeng nodded and said: "If this is the case, we should continue to step up preparations for the counterattack. Otherwise, if we really wait until the Japanese launch military operations against the Soviet Far East Front, we will draw up a counterattack plan and then implement it, then It’s too late, if we forcefully launch it, we might even get a delay from the little devil.”
After a slight pause, Leng Tiefeng continued: "On the other hand, if we had been prepared and waited for the Japanese to launch military operations against the Soviet army before launching a counterattack, the threat would undoubtedly be greater!"
"Yes, veteran, you have reminded me!" Xu Rui's eyes suddenly sharpened when he heard this.
Leng Tiefeng immediately hummed and said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, what did you think of again?"
"The goals I set before were still too small and too conservative!" Xu Rui said ferociously, "I should be more bold!"
"More bolder?" Leng Tiefeng asked solemnly, "What was the target you selected before? Which target is the bolder one?"
Xu Rui spread out the map and drew a red arrow on the map with a pencil.
Because the red arrow drawn by Xu Rui starts from Baotou and stretches across the entire Suiyuan Province, plus more than half of Chahar Province, all the way to Xilingol! In other words, Xu Rui's previous target was Xilinkole! This is undoubtedly a very bold battle plan, because it is nearly 700 kilometers from Baotou to Xilincolle!
After drawing the arrow, Xu Rui explained: "Before this, I was thinking about launching a blitzkrieg to capture Chahar Province in one fell swoop. Then our Chahar Independent Regiment would be justified and capture Chahar Province." After Er Province, Suiyuan Province becomes the rear area, and Baotou is even less vulnerable to attack. This is called attacking instead of defending!"
"Yes." Leng Tiefeng nodded and said, "If we can really capture the whole province of Chahar, Suiyuan's security situation will indeed be greatly improved. If the Japanese want to attack Baotou again, they have to worry about being intercepted by us. Road, because we send troops from Chanan, we can cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia at any time!"
Xu Rui added: "But such a counterattack is still based on defensive thinking."
Using offense instead of defense is essentially defense and defense! Just a more active defense!
Leng Tiefeng said: "So, the bolder goal must be based on offensive thinking?"
Xu Rui didn't say anything more. He grabbed the pencil again and drew another arrow on the map.
Leng Tiefeng looked at the picture intently and saw that the new arrow drawn by Xu Rui was almost the same as the previous one. However, the previous arrow was tilted upward, but the current one was curved downward, with two red arrows. The arrows are grouped together like a poisonous snake's message, spitting on the map, ready to bite anyone at any time.