The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1098 Zhuge Kongjie's empty plan!
"Burn Licheng into scorched earth!"

Tian Junliu, an old devil, became ruthless and gave it all up. He would rather fight for the Japanese army to operate in Licheng and other five cities for many years, and build various facilities and transportation. .

As for the life and death of the people in Licheng and other five cities under the all-round air strike, this cruel old devil didn't even think about it.

"Let them be buried with the Eighth Route Army. If you want to blame, blame the Eighth Route Army. They brought death to the people!"

Hata Junliu pushed the pot directly. When it comes to insidiousness and viciousness, this old devil is not much more shy than Neiji Okamura.

A huge crisis has been quietly about to enter the Eighth Route Army troops in Licheng, as well as the more than 30 people in Licheng and other five cities (the population of Licheng, Liaoxian, Xiangyuan and other five cities during this period is not large. , take Licheng as an example, with a population of only about [-]) completely covered.

at this time.

Say coincidence.

At the military meeting held by the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the deputy commander-in-chief stated that the generals participating in the meeting will discuss and finally decide on the follow-up responses to the five cities including Licheng, Liaoxian, and Shexian.

——The question of whether to stay or to abandon.

Some generals advocated the former. For example, the head of the 772 regiment Cheng took the lead in speaking: "Of course we must stay. The five cities of Licheng are important in military position. If they are controlled by us, it will be a big blow to the Japanese army." .

This is equivalent to choking the little devil's neck. We finally caught the devil's weakness. How can we let go of it?

Besides, when we entered the city, you didn't fail to see that the people of Licheng lined the road to welcome Leaving the city. It was originally a heroic county with a population of more than 9, and nearly [-]% of them joined our Eighth Route Army.

Now that we have captured Licheng, we should recover our homeland.

We beat them down and threw them back like this, over and over again, what do the common people think of us? "

This remark immediately welcomed the approval of many generals.

Most of them advocate sticking to Licheng for a long time.

"If our Eighth Route Army wants to develop, sooner or later we have to master these important counties and towns. Since we have defeated them, how can we return them to the little devils?"

"That's it!"

Of course there are other views.

"Comrades, have you ever thought about it? Although we have achieved phased victories in the counterattack of the May [-]st sweep, from the overall situation, the enemy is still strong and we are weak, and the Japanese military is still stronger than ours." Much tougher.

In the case of the Japanese army fighting on multiple fronts, we still fought so hard. If the follow-up devils shrink all the troops on all sides of the battlefield and concentrate on dealing with our Eighth Route Army, how will we respond?
The geographical location of Licheng is very important. We know the situation, and the little devil knows the situation even more. Could the devil just sit back and watch such an important transportation hub fall into our hands?

Once Licheng is occupied, we can predict that there will be a retaliatory attack by the Japanese army.

This is inconsistent with our Eighth Route Army's strategic policy of encircling the cities from the countryside and finally seizing the national power.

Occupying important counties and villages and towns will only lead to the continuous consumption of our vital forces, and will completely pull our Eighth Route Army into a stage where we are vulnerable to attacks from all sides.

I don't think any of the comrades here understand the truth that wood is beautiful in the forest and the wind will destroy it. "

This is also very reasonable.

Everyone debated endlessly, and in the end there was no unified voice.

The deputy commander also had some headaches.

This question of choice is often the most difficult. There are too many factors behind Li Cheng, even for him who has always been decisive, it is actually a bit difficult for him to make a choice at this moment.

As for the Audio-Technica, Li Yunlong advocated the occupation of Licheng.

"At worst, the soldiers come to block, the water comes to cover, and Licheng is taken down. If the little devil wants to attack later, just come, I think this meat is not enough to satisfy my appetite!"

Ding Wei believes that Licheng should be temporarily abandoned, continue to accumulate strength, and wait for the final strategic counterattack.

Kong Jie remained silent.

He is a rare general who participated in the meeting without expressing his views.

It's a pity, no matter how well Kong Jie hid it, he was finally picked out by the sharp-eyed deputy commander.

The deputy commander-in-chief now has a clear view of himself, an old subordinate who looks simple and honest on the surface, but is actually full of bad things and specializes in tricking little devils.

Do you think that if you don't speak or look up, I won't be able to find you?

"Kong Jie! Why don't you speak?" the deputy commander asked with a straight face.

Kong Jie seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then raised his head, and said with a wry smile: "Hey, what can I say about what you said? It's nothing more than these two points of view, either occupy Licheng or abandon Licheng.

Is it possible to occupy and abandon it again? "

The eyes of the deputy chief of staff who said this brightened, and he immediately signaled:

"It's interesting, Kong Jie, you continue to talk about it, how can you occupy and abandon it at the same time?"

Kong Jie: "..."

Did I say that?

"Leader, aren't you embarrassing! There are only one or two choices, and you want me to choose the third?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you must have something in your mind, tell me!" the deputy chief of staff urged with a smile, and the eyes of all the generals also focused on Kong Jie.

cough cough-

Kong Jie coughed twice, this is forced business!

In desperation, he had no choice but to speak slowly: "Just now I heard a lot from my comrades, everyone has their own opinions and ideas about whether to occupy Licheng or abandon Licheng.

In fact, everyone's ideas are good, and the starting point is not wrong. Both options have advantages and disadvantages.

But if we really want to find a perfect solution, there is really only one way left, and that is to both occupy and abandon. "

"How?" asked the deputy commander.

Kong Jie stood up, looking at the huge combat map covering most of China hanging on the wall of the meeting room, he said:

"Comrades, everyone, as of now, the devils in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, North China, Shandong, etc. have aggressively attacked, and we have all driven them back.

The end of the May [-]st sweep, the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army, and our phased victory have fundamentally reversed the situation of our confrontation with the Japanese army behind enemy lines.

Now the offensive and defensive momentum has quietly changed. We have the initiative and the devils are on the defensive.

For a long period of time in the future, the little devils will no longer have any capital and strength to be rampant with us. They just occupy some major communication line counties and towns, passively defend, and barely maintain the situation in North China.

Right now, we are attacking Licheng, this is an active attack.

Like a fist punched with force.

What would it be like if we took the initiative to withdraw our troops back to the base after gaining an advantage?It's like we're taking back the punches we punched.

What is the purpose?
The purpose is to carry out better energy storage for the next time, so that when you fight next time, you will be more at ease.

The current situation is beneficial to us, so we have to make good use of it. The devil is fortified everywhere, which means that there are loopholes everywhere. How many mobile troops does he have to fill the thousand-kilometer front from south to north, from east to west?

The devil's offensive is over, and it's our turn to attack next.

I think it's better to take advantage of this autumn, let's launch another autumn offensive, further expand the results of the battle, and strive to mobilize the devil's Kwantung Army to serve as traffic police in various places in North China.

Weaken the strength of the Kwantung Army entrenched in the Northeast and lay a good foundation for our troops to advance into the Northeast region in advance.

In this way, our strategic goal has been achieved! "

What Kong Jie said was indeed well-founded, and his long-term vision even left the rest of the generals by a large margin.

Everyone is still blushing and arguing about whether to occupy Licheng or abandon Licheng. Old Kong has already considered the overall situation of the battle, and even considered advancing into the northeast region.

only……

"Old Kong, according to your opinion, you still support the abandonment of Licheng?"

As soon as these words came out, those generals who supported the abandonment of Li City were all happy, while the rest of the generals had a somewhat ugly expression.

Everyone knows the weight of Kong Jie's words.

Unexpectedly, Kong Jie shook his head: "No, for Licheng's choice, I think it should be both abandoning and occupying!"

"But aren't the two contradictory?"

"What's the contradiction?" Kong Jie showed a bright smile, "We want to occupy Licheng, but we want to hold the throat of the Japanese army, cut off the communication lines of the devils, and at the same time live up to the expectations of hundreds of thousands of people in Licheng. To further strengthen the might of our Eighth Route Army,
As for us abandoning Licheng, it is nothing more than worrying that after occupying Licheng, we will suffer endless attacks and reprisals from the Japanese army, which will affect the current policy of strategic stalemate.

That being the case, the question is actually quite simple. "

As Kong Jie said, he raised his first finger: "First, we can abandon the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, and Shexian, but we can still use mobile troops and sabotage troops at any time to further cut off the passage of devils." The transportation line of the five cities.

With our guerrilla troops and the enemy's armed forces working together, we will withdraw when the devils come, and we will come when the devils withdraw. Guarding this line is like guarding a chicken coop. Are you afraid that the little devil's hen will not lay eggs? ?

In contrast, directly occupying Li City is equivalent to killing chickens and taking eggs, and fishing in a dry lake. This is a loss-making business! "

Li Yunlong laughed when he said this, "Old Kong is right, our old Li has never done business at a loss!"

Kong Jie continued: "Abandoning Licheng can be understood as strategic and temporary.

We attacked Licheng, taking Licheng as the end of the May [-]st anti-sweeping campaign. We have achieved the goal of strengthening the army, and at the same time captured a large amount of supplies, further strengthening the army.

Taking the initiative to abandon Licheng is to send a signal to the little devils that our Eighth Route Army does not yet have such great ambitions and sufficient strength to shake their foundation in North China.

This can pave the way for our subsequent autumn offensive and temporarily paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army.

As for the follow-up autumn offensive, on the one hand, it is to expand the results of the battle and strengthen the development of the base area;

In this way, next year, in order to ensure the defense of the core area first, the devils will definitely weaken their support for the Shanxi garrison.

We can take this opportunity to attack the five cities of Licheng, Shexian, and Lucheng, and completely occupy these [-]% and develop them into our stable base. "

There are some words in it that Kong Jie can't say clearly.

By next year, the situation in the Pacific battlefield will be reversed, and the little devil will be too busy to take care of himself in the Pacific battlefield. By then, won't it be logical to capture Licheng?
The generals nodded frequently.

The deputy chief of staff motioned for Kong Jie to continue, and Kong Jie raised a second finger:

"As for the ardent expectations of the common people in Licheng and other five cities, we, as soldiers of the people, must not disappoint, otherwise, who will sincerely send their children to our Eighth Route Army in the future?
This is actually easy to handle, why don't we just give the little devil a trick to draw his salary from the bottom of the pot! "

"Desperate account?"

"It can also be said to be an empty city plan!" Kong Jie said.

"What kind of empty city strategy?" Captain Wang couldn't help asking.

Kong Jie said: "It's very simple. After we break through Licheng and other five cities this time, we will not only seize all the materials hoarded by the devil in these five cities, but also dismantle all the equipment for him.

For the common people in the five cities, we should also do a good job in ideological mobilization and move them all to our base areas!

In this way, wouldn't the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, Xiangyuan, Lucheng, and Shexian become empty cities?
Isn't this an empty city plan? "

The generals were a little dazed when they heard this, especially the commanders on the front line. As generals, they couldn't turn the corner yet.

The deputy chief of the general staff who quickly regained his composure stood up and said, "What an empty plan! Kong Jie, you have thoroughly understood this military strategy. It can be done in the right direction, or in the opposite direction. The combination of the positive and the negative is also possible." Come too.

Who would have thought that this so-called empty city plan, in the hands of you, Kong Jie, would remove all the people in the city to form a real empty city? "

At this time, the group leaders basically came back to their senses.

Li Yunlong, who was also awakened, looked at Kong Jie in a daze, and he couldn't help but said to Ding Wei beside him, "Damn it, why is Lao Kong's brain so bright?"

In fact, firstly, Kong Jie's brain is turning fast, and secondly, Kong Jie's thinking mode is different from that of the commanders present.

Most of the commanders here are still immersed in the inherently difficult life of the Eighth Route Army, so even though the army has developed now and the construction of the base area has also made great progress, they still subconsciously choose to live tightly.

This poor used to, who is willing to waste extravagance?
Therefore, moving hundreds of thousands of people from Licheng and other five cities directly to the base areas seemed to be a very simple matter, but none of the commanders present thought about it.

I don't even dare to think about it.

Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people!

Coupled with the severe drought in various places this year, it must be a heavy burden!
But Kong Jie is different. He is willing to use resources in the war, and a team now has the confidence.

Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people seem troublesome at first glance.

However, for the operation mode of a team, if it wants to achieve the saturation of the demographic dividend, the required population is still far away. Let alone hundreds of thousands, it is millions of people. Kong Jie has no eyelids. With a blink, it can still be absorbed by him.

After all, hundreds of thousands of people did not come here empty-handed. They brought food and supplies. After they arrived, they had farmland, factories, and jobs, and they could quickly put into production and support themselves.
In this way, the problem that troubled the deputy commander-in-chief and all the commanders was solved lightly by Kong Jie.

(End of this chapter)