Wei Dayong continued.

"My idea is that after we expand into a mobile column, we will conduct several campaigns in the Taihang and Taiyue Military Regions to annihilate the war."

"Our troops can jump to the outside to develop and grow."

There is a tradition within our army to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, that is, when the team reaches a certain size, some veterans will be dispersed to lead new recruits.

In this way, veterans can guide new recruits, and the team can grow rapidly.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Eighth Route Army grew from tens of thousands of soldiers at the end of the Anti-Japanese War to millions of soldiers.

"Oh?" The brigade commander's expression changed, "Then where do you think it is appropriate for the troops to develop?"

The group leaders also stared at Wei Dayong curiously.

Wei Dayong not only dipped his index finger into the wine slowly, but also drew the outline map of SX Province on the table.

The brigade commander, brigade chief of staff, and other regimental commanders stood up, and then they saw Wei Dayong finally put his index finger on northwest Shanxi.

"Northwestern Shanxi?" Li Yunlong and all the group leaders looked surprised.

"That's right, northwest Shanxi." Wei Dayong said, "I think if our mobile column wants to continue to develop and grow, the only way is to go to northwest Shanxi."

The brigade commander looked extremely interested and asked, "Tell me your reasons in detail."

Wei Dayong said: "Looking at the map, on the surface the base areas of our Eighth Route Army are scattered and surrounded by the Japanese army. If our mobile column can gain a foothold in northwest Shanxi, it will follow the southeastern Shanxi and instead attack Taiyuan in central Shanxi.

Wait until the area occupied by the Japanese army forms a pincer attack from the north and the south."

Ding Wei nodded in agreement and said: "This is a good idea. If this strategic goal can be achieved, in the future, whether the Japanese army concentrates its forces against our mobile column or sweeps up Taihang and Taiyue, then our other base areas can move south or north.

Threatening Taiyuan and other Japanese-occupied areas."

Cheng Shifa said bluntly: "What if the Japanese army concentrates its forces to attack our two base areas at the same time, and one and two will bloom?"

"Then the fight is over." Ding Wei said, "There are just so many Japanese and puppet troops in the second theater. Once they divide their troops, whether it is Taihang Taiyue or northwest Shanxi, the pressure they face will be less than half. It is better than facing

Isn’t it much better to have all the pressure from the Japanese and puppet troops?”

The brigade commander nodded and looked at Wei Dayong with an expression of appreciation on his face: "Wei Dayong, continue talking."

"After the 120th Division advanced from northwest Shanxi to open base areas in central Hebei, although there are still a small number of Eighth Route Army troops in northwest Shanxi, the counties in northwest Shanxi are still in a state of development."

"After our mobile column arrives in northwestern Shanxi, we can adopt a decentralized development strategy to develop and strengthen our own team."

"Once the Japanese and puppet troops come to sweep northwestern Shanxi, we can quickly gather our troops and fight against the enemy with free hands and feet!"

The 120th Division, under the leadership of Commander He, only stayed in northwestern Shanxi for one year before going to the central Hebei area. The Eighth Route Army's mass base in northwestern Shanxi was still good.

In the original drama, Li Yunlong's daughter-in-law Xiu Qin said that her brother was a battalion commander in the 120th Division, but he never appeared in the drama because his brother went to Jizhong with the main force.

Although the Taihang-Taiyue base area is large, after the development of the Eighth Route Army in the past few years, most of the young and middle-aged people who should join the army have joined the army, and the number of soldiers has been approaching saturation.

But northwest Shanxi is different. It is still in a state of development. Li Yunlong adopted a decentralized development strategy after arriving in northwest Shanxi in the original drama.

In just one year, the Independent Regiment has grown from more than 500 people to more than 7,000 people. This is because the Independent Regiment's defense area is only as large as one or two counties.

Wei Dayong said: "If more than ten counties in northwestern Shanxi are developed together, within one or two years, it is no exaggeration to say that the mobile column will be able to grow to nearly 100,000 people, and all of these 100,000 troops will have been baptized by the fire of war.

They are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and when the time comes our mobile column will be able to fight against the Japanese army in large formations."

"I call this strategy of decentralized development, gathering like a ball of fire, scattered like a sky full of stars."

When gathered it is a ball of fire, when scattered it is a sky full of stars...

Everyone chewed on this sentence carefully, their eyes became brighter and brighter. It was similar to how a single spark can start a prairie fire.

Wei Dayong added: "When the time is right, our mobile column can march beyond the Great Wall, annihilate the Japanese troops occupying Inner Mongolia, and open up the connection channel with the Soviet Union. We do not need to go through the National Government and directly receive military assistance from the Soviet Union."

In fact, the Soviet Union provided a large amount of weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army, but it all went through the National Government.

However, after these weapons and equipment fell into the hands of the Nationalist Government, they were intercepted by the Nationalist Army and only a small amount was distributed to the Eighth Route Army.

The weapons and equipment that fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army were just a drop in the bucket compared to the large amount of weapons and equipment provided by the Soviet Union.

If military aid could be obtained directly from the Soviet Union, middlemen would be able to avoid profiting from the price difference.

It is unrealistic to expect the Soviet Union to assist the Eighth Route Army with aircraft and tanks, but as long as it can obtain Soviet light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, etc., that would be quite cool.

Like the Soviet Union's Bobosha submachine gun, its firepower is really good.

The brigade commander put his elbows on the table, and stroked his chin with his thumb and index finger as he thought. Judging from his expression, he was obviously very moved.

"I will report your idea to the headquarters." said the brigade commander, "but whether it can be passed or not depends on the decision of the headquarters."

In fact, Brigadier Chen also wanted to lead a team out to take charge of a single corps and conduct large-scale corps operations against the enemy.

And the northwest of Shanxi mentioned by Wei Dayong is undoubtedly a very good place.

It has a large number of troops, a good mass base, a large territory, and a large strategic depth area.

However, the mobile column has not yet completed its adaptation, so it is too early to say anything about it.

Wei Dayong nodded. The headquarters should consider his idea.

In the original drama, the headquarters sent three regiments to the northwest of Shanxi after the enemy's May 12th raid to break through, which later became the Northwestern Shanxi Iron Triangle.

It shows that the head of the headquarters has already noticed it.

Then there was another round of changing cups, and it was not until evening that the celebration banquet came to an end.

Wei Dayong was so drunk that he was drunk. Although his body had a good capacity for alcohol, he could not resist the enthusiasm of the brigade commander and regimental commander, who took turns drinking with him.

If Li Yunlong hadn't held back a lot of wine for him, Wei Dayong would have had to be carried out of the brigade headquarters.

Finally, Li Yunlong borrowed a cart from the brigade commander, and the two of them sat on the cart. Jiang Maocai and guard Xiao Zhang drove a carriage to pull the two of them back to the Independent Regiment.

…

Two days later, Yushe, Eighth Route Army Airfield.

A transport plane with a hammer and sickle on its fuselage landed slowly.

The pilot of this transport plane was Li Tie. He had just driven Yoshio Shinozuka's command sword to YA in the transport plane, and then flew back to the base with several Eighth Route Army deciphering personnel.

A high-power radio was also brought to the Eighth Route Army headquarters for deciphering work.

Among them was a female soldier from the Eighth Route Army. She had a standard student hairstyle of this era and looked heroic.

Her name is Lin E, she is an expert in deciphering, has an amazing memory, and is very sensitive to data.

As soon as everyone got off the plane, more than a dozen Eighth Route Army cavalry came over leading several military horses.
Chapter completed!