The father of the sword is Kong Jie

The so-called new officials took office three fires.

The old devil Okabe started drastic reforms as soon as he took office.

Just like Kong Jie speculated about the character of the old devil Okabe.

After Okabe took office, he first analyzed the opponent's Eighth Route Army, and then began to analyze the lack of strategic deployment of the North China Front Army, and even directly criticized the previous commander Neiji Okamura for some blindness in combat deployment.

"Comprehensive large-scale construction of fortifications will only waste too much unnecessary manpower and material resources! We must learn to use our troops on key points. China's territory is so large. As long as we occupy the main counties and towns and guard the main traffic routes , is enough to control most of their economy and resources, as for the places where the Eighth Route Army hides in the wilderness, even if they occupy them, how much money will they have?"

"It is foolish to use one's own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths."

"When a cunning mouse gets into the mouse hole, a smart cat will never feel wronged to get into the mouse hole. In a narrow space, it may even be bitten to death by the mouse, but hides silently near the mouse hole. , wait for the mouse to show its head, pounce on it at any time and bite it to death!"

As the analysis continued, Okabe even overturned the actions of the previous North China commanders.

"Including the large-scale implementation of the cage policy at the time, which consumed so much manpower and material resources, it failed to completely eliminate these Eighth Route Army soldiers. Instead, they were destroyed in one fell swoop by the Eighth Route Army's so-called Hundred Regiment War, which made the Eighth Route Army famous."

"At the end of the day, these strategic deployments were going in the wrong direction from the start."

"Senior Okamura and the others were not defeated by the ineffectiveness of the imperial troops, but by the loopholes in the strategy formulation itself."

After vowing to say these words, the newly appointed Okabe immediately proposed four strategies to suppress the bandits at the military meeting held in Beiping:
"The first strategy is to strengthen the Tongpu Line, Shide Line, Pinghan Line, Jinpu Line, Jiaoji Line and other railways, and build key fortifications on highway lines. Instead of building large-scale fortifications in the Okamura period, just keep Point."

Okabe said: "There is a saying in Chinese culture that it is better to be sparse than to be blocked. China's land is too vast, especially those desolate mountainous areas.

The Eighth Route Army hides in these places, just like cunning mice getting into their carefully crafted mouse holes. It would be foolish to blindly enter the mouse holes at this time.

What we have to do is to guard the entrance of the cave, stick to the key points, firmly control the important counties, towns and towns, and control the important military communication lines.

In this way, even if the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area cannot be eliminated immediately, it is enough to restrict them to a fixed area and cannot move, in order to stabilize the rear of our empire. "

"The second strategy is to recruit a large number of traitor organizations and crusade teams that are well-equipped with the five poisons, provide them with materials and equipment, and let them compete repeatedly with the Eighth Route Army, establish strongholds, and cooperate with the imperial army in guarding and raiding.

Give them materials and funds and let them stay in one place to specifically persecute the people in the guerrilla zone. The Eighth Route Army cannot prevent them!
In addition, an opium isolation zone was established, and all the fields at the border with the Eighth Route Army were destroyed to plant opium. These Northeast traitors, North China traitors, and North Korean puppet troops unified management of these opium fields, and they exchanged opium for supplies. "

"The third strategy is to strengthen the political offensive and send people to lure the Eighth Route Army base areas close to the anti-Japanese armed forces, so that they can engage in friction with the Eighth Route Army. Stabilize the security area and lower taxes a little bit. On the surface, restrain the secret service military police agencies that harm the people, and publicize Japan-China goodwill everywhere. "

"The fourth strategy is to deploy a large number of mechanized and mixed mobile units between the security area and the guerrilla area to prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking through the guerrilla area's defense line.

Reorganize the North China Air Force, transfer all the front-line airports to Taiyuan, Datong, Zhangjiakou, Jinan, Tianjin, Beiping, SJZ and other core occupied areas, strengthen air defense, and cooperate with the Kwantung Army Air Force to continuously attack the weak bases of the Eighth Route Army to attract the Eighth Route Army air force The team attacked and wiped them out in one fell swoop! "

With the four policies in place, Okabe is full of confidence.

"In this way, even if the Eight Routes cannot be eliminated immediately, the Eight Routes are nothing to be afraid of!"

At this time, the only problem facing Okabe was probably how to recapture the five cities including Licheng and Xiangyuan.

Okabe also knew a lot about the battle situation surrounding the five cities.

On the military simulation sand table of the Japanese Army's combat staff, the devil's staff restored the battle situation surrounding Licheng and other five cities.

"The Eighth Route Army launched their so-called nail tactics. First, they built a large number of solid defenses in advance in the four cities around Licheng, including Xiangyuan, Lucheng, Shexian, and Liaoxian. They used them as nails to continuously consume our empire. of military strength."

"At that time, the battle was so tragic that it was like a slaughterhouse. These damned Eighth Route Army used their absolute defensive and firepower advantages to often cause greater casualties to our army at a relatively low cost!"

Okabe nodded, frowning.

He also learned from the ghost staff that behind the battle in Licheng and other five cities, the planner was the very famous Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi, including the Northwest Shanxi Anti-Japanese Independent First Detachment, as well as the New First Regiment and New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. group.

One of the teams was naturally ranked first by the Japanese as a threat to the Japanese army.

"General, the Northwest Shanxi Anti-Japanese Independent First Detachment led by General Kong Jie of the Eighth Route Army, according to the investigation of the relevant intelligence department of our army, so far, in terms of troop strength, I am afraid it has reached the division-level scale of the Chinese army's regular establishment, and even To exceed a lot.

In addition, their equipment is very good, especially those elites wearing steel helmets, who are almost equipped with all American equipment.

In the battle around the five cities of Licheng, just one team caused huge damage to our imperial troops.

When Commander Okamura was there, he always regarded Kong Jie and this team as a serious problem, and he wanted to get rid of them a long time ago! "

Okabe nodded.

Although he has not formally fought against this opponent he has never met before, he has already felt the pressure coming to his face.

But he was more excited. He even swore secretly in his heart:
Okamura-senpai, if you fail to eliminate your opponents, let me help you eliminate them!

Then, through analysis, after understanding the relevant situation of Licheng, Xiangyuan, Lucheng and other five cities, Okabe began to pace back and forth in the headquarters, thinking about countermeasures.

The Licheng area has been the base camp of the Japanese 36th Division for many years.

Together with the surrounding four cities, the military position is very important, and it is also the hub of various transportation lines. Once Licheng is controlled by the Eighth Route Army, it will be equivalent to a nail stuck in the throat for the Japanese army, and even It can make it difficult for Japan to even breathe.

So no matter what, Licheng and other [-]% will definitely be reoccupied.

Before Okamura left office, he had been planning how to recapture the five cities including Licheng and Xiangyuan.

It’s just a question of how to fight.

In Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities, the Eighth Route Army built flesh and blood mills, which caused huge casualties to the Japanese army, and the ghost soldiers still have a shadow in their hearts.

In addition, the concrete defenses of the five cities are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If a forcible battle is carried out, the Japanese army may not be worth the loss.

Gumbo thought for a long time while pacing, and finally made a battle plan:
"Besieged but failed to attack, forcing Licheng and other five cities to collapse!"

Okabe believes: "The Eight Routes have built extremely strong fortifications in Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities. In this case, we avoided these strong fortifications, and only surrounded the city on the outskirts to create isolation belts to completely block the Eight Routes of these five cities. in a limited area.

Cut off all their transportation lines and cut off their water sources.

In addition, you can also conduct biological and chemical warfare! "

But the devil's chief of staff quickly said, "General, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to conduct biochemical warfare!"

"Oh, why?"

The devil's chief of staff said in desperation that the Eighth Route Army had some elusive small units of combat troops, and they could even infiltrate some counties firmly occupied by the empire at any time, as if they were in no man's land.

Once upon a time, the empire was ready to use some poison gas bombs into battle.

As a result, that night, several colored poison gas bombs were placed at the gate of the imperial headquarters camp.

That's what the Eighth Route Army did.

"Balu used this method to show us that if we dare to use biological and chemical weapons and violate the Geneva Conventions, they will fight back with the same means!"

Okabe was stunned for a moment, he probably didn't want to wear a gas mask when he was sleeping, in case he was poisoned to death on the bed by the gas bombs quietly dropped by Balu, so he had to give up this idea.

Finally, according to Okabe's order, the Japanese army advanced to the surrounding areas of Licheng and other five cities, and built an isolation zone around the troops stationed outside Licheng.

In this way, the Japanese army surrounded Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities on the third day.

A team command.

After learning about the Japanese army's actions around the five cities of Licheng, Kong Jie said with a smile: "It seems that this old devil Okabe still has some tricks to surround but not attack. This is somewhat similar to the method used by our 120th Division to attack Taiyuan City. resemblance.

such a pity!The little devil is late, we are also preparing to evacuate! "

Then, the command of the headquarters was issued to the headquarters of the Five Cities Defenders.

"Evacuate at night and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese defensive forces."

Regarding this, Kong Jie said: "This old devil Okabe made such a big commotion and surrounded five cities, we have to sell him to some extent!

A fight at night shows that we have no choice but to evacuate from the five cities and let the little devils taste some sweetness! "

After a night of fierce fighting.

The next day.

As soon as Okabe opened his sleepy eyes, the devil's chief of staff rushed to report with a smile on his face: "General, good news, Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities have been captured!"

"Nani?"

Okabe was stunned, he didn't expect the plan to go so smoothly.

"What's the specific situation?"

"After Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities were completely surrounded by our army, the eight roads in the city probably didn't want to be completely dragged down by us, so they launched a surprise attack at night, and they have completely broken out!"

Okabe was speechless for a moment, the battle situation was not at all what he expected.

But in the end, it is good news that the five cities of Licheng have been captured.

After the order from the headquarters was issued, various Japanese troops quickly entered and occupied Licheng, Xiangyuan, Shexian, Liaoxian, and Lucheng.

As early as five cities including Licheng and Xiangyuan were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, they were built into almost airtight military zones. They were wrapped in three layers of defense lines inside and outside, making it impossible for Japanese spies to penetrate.

It was not until the five cities including Licheng and Xiangyuan were reoccupied and the Japanese troops entered the city that they discovered that the city was empty. Neither the Eighth Route Army garrison troops nor the civilians could be seen.

In a huge county town, the streets and alleys that were originally bustling were empty.

In a trance, it seems to have entered an empty and dead ghost town.

Oh, there were people in the city, and even the little devils who entered the city immediately raised their guns and were ready to shoot, but when they approached, they were stunned to find that it was a scarecrow in clothes tied with straw.

After hearing the news, Okabe did not believe in the evil and even rushed to Licheng from Peiping himself to investigate the situation.

When he entered the city and witnessed everything around him, he was completely stunned on the spot.

For a moment, he didn't know how complicated he was to face and accept all this.

From the bottom of his heart, he just popped out a sentence inexplicably:
"Senior Okamura! You have been completely deceived!"

The air battle in Licheng destroyed the Eighth Route Army's military parade plan and caused heavy casualties to the soldiers and civilians of the Eighth Route Army in Licheng. This was all a trick of the Eighth Route Army from beginning to end. They had already moved the people in the city and turned this place into a The cities are empty.

Okabe asked the military reporters to take pictures of all the scenes in the city, and he wanted to send these photos to Okamura.

Suddenly, he also wanted to know how his senior, Okamura-kun, would react when he received these photos and learned of Li Cheng's [-]% situation.

Then came the shock.

Directly evacuate five cities including Licheng, Xiangyuan, and Shexian. Not only the equipment and materials, but also the hundreds of thousands of people in the cities were all relocated.

"These damn Eighth Route Army are so courageous!"

And these ordinary people, who were as humble as pigs and dogs in the eyes of the Japanese army, have all disappeared from Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities.

At first glance, it seems that it has no effect on the Japanese army.

The trouble is behind.

Licheng, Xiangyuan, Shexian County and other five cities are completely empty!
However, the military value of these five cities is extremely high. They are both transportation hubs and important military locations. The Japanese army still has to occupy them to create a stable occupied area.

It's just that the five counties with such a large area can't be empty. Only his Japanese troops are stationed here, right?

Although the Japanese army regards the Chinese people as worthless, the little devils have to admit that it is from these Chinese people that they can continue to squeeze and exploit in order to obtain abundant labor and logistical resources to ensure the continuous combat of the troops .

If there were no people in the five cities, who knew how much resources the Japanese army would have to spend to securely occupy the five cities?
Realizing the trouble, Okabe began to scold the Eighth Route Army for being cunning, but helplessly formulated a follow-up plan to relocate people to the five cities and re-establish a stable occupied area.

In the confrontation around Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities, Okabe did taste the sweetness, but he also realized the opponent's cunning and shrewdness...