The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Time flies into mid-October, and the weather in Sanjin is getting colder and colder.

It has been nearly half a month since the Eighth Route Army's autumn offensive came to an end.

This campaign started with the Eighth Route Army's siege of Taiyuan City, and then spread to the entire Shanxi, as well as central Shandong, western Shandong, northern Henan, Jiaodong, Jizhong, southern Hebei and even the entire North China. The anti-Japanese armed forces, dominated by the Eighth Route Army, took the initiative to target the Japanese army. The war slowly ended.

This battle.

The scope of the attack was so wide that it was almost unprecedented for the Eighth Route Army.

Starting from the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, the elite Eighth Route Army troops from the Taihang base area took the lead in launching the offensive, which spread to the Taihang and Taiyue base areas, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, and the Southern Hebei base area.

Then there were the Beiyue, Jizhong, Jireliao base areas and the Shanxi-Sui base areas under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area. Assistive offensives were launched against the Japanese troops even outside the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area.

The entire Shandong base area was reduced to a mess. Centering on the anti-mopping operations in the Jiaodong base area, the soldiers conducted more than a dozen large-scale confrontations with the Japanese army.

Of course, in the end the Eighth Route Army won this unprecedented autumn offensive.

This was another large-scale campaign initiated by the Eighth Route Army since the Hundred Regiments War, and it achieved a final victory.

It’s also very interesting to say.

This autumn offensive began when the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Etaihang base area besieged Taiyuan City. After the initial battle, the Eighth Route Army's intensive offensive and massive formations attracted almost all the attention of the Japanese army to the Taiyuan area.

Then battles continued in other places, and the siege campaign in Taiyuan was also ongoing.

Until Datong, Zhangjiakou, and Jinmen were captured by the Eighth Route Army, then Peking suffered a crisis, and Baoding was completely under siege.

At this time, Taiyuan was still surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

In the end, various units of the Eighth Route Army completed their established strategic goals, jumped out of the encirclement before the Japanese Kwantung Army, Central China, and South China Front troops encircled them, and retreated to their bases one after another.

The Japanese defenders in Taiyuan were still surrounded by the Eighth Route Army soldiers in Taiyuan City.

Battles in Datong, Zhangjiakou, Baoding, Handan, Jinan, Jinmen, Peking and other places have ended one after another.The battle around Taiyuan City is still as it was at the beginning, with no end and little progress.

As the Eighth Route Army once again launched a fierce attack on Taiyuan City, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the Japanese First Army, believed that the Eighth Route Army would break through Taiyuan City at the end of the autumn offensive and draw a perfect conclusion to this unprecedented offensive. period.

So the old devil quickly asked for help from Naosaburo Okabe, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in North China.

Just like that, the Japanese reinforcements quickly mobilized some of their elite troops to reinforce Taiyuan City.

This move logically allowed the siege of Taiyuan City to once again provide cover for the evacuation of various units of the Eighth Route Army.

In other words, from the beginning of this battle, the Eighth Route Army besieged Taiyuan, and until the end of the battle, the Eighth Route Army was still besieging Taiyuan.

But there was no real siege from beginning to end.

The poor Japanese defenders in Taiyuan City were so frightened that they asked for help everywhere. Not only did they not do much in the entire battle, they actually delayed the Japanese army's fighter opportunities, acting like clowns.

By the end of the autumn offensive.

All the base areas of the Eighth Route Army achieved fruitful results in this offensive. Especially after successfully breaking through some towns and counties occupied by the Japanese army, the materials and equipment seized were particularly rich.

Several core base areas established by the Eighth Route Army troops behind enemy lines, including the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, Shanxi-Suiyuan base area, Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area, Shandong base area, etc., all seized the opportunity to carry out the autumn offensive. , seized a large amount of materials, took the opportunity to stabilize the development base and strengthen the army.

Especially those base areas of the Eighth Route Army that have cooperated with the elite steel helmet soldiers of the Iron Triangle.

After the war, everyone was basically extremely rich.

In Li Yunlong's bragging words: "Our Iron Triangle is like the God of Wealth this time. Wherever the God of Wealth has been, are there still poor people? Everyone has become a rich man."

Perhaps it is not such an exaggeration, but with the elite steel-helmet soldiers of the Iron Triangle as the tip of their swords, they quickly broke through the heavy defenses of the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army troops who assisted in the operation took the opportunity to expand their advantages and carry out large-scale seizures, which indeed made the logistics of the base area difficult. A lot more enriched.

Taihang base.

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

It was very lively at this time, and generals were arriving one after another.

With the end of the autumn offensive and the gradual stabilization of base areas in various places, according to the tradition of the Eighth Route Army, it is necessary to hold a summary post-war analysis meeting after the war.

In addition, it is also convenient for the general headquarters to guide the development of various base areas and issue new instructions to various combat troops.

But this post-war analysis meeting was particularly lively.

In addition, this meeting also had a special purpose. Some generals jokingly said: "In this autumn offensive, we achieved an unprecedented victory. All base areas took the opportunity to grow a lot, and it caused a great impact on the effective strength of the Japanese army." It’s a huge blow. This post-war analysis meeting is rather a commendation meeting for us to judge our merits and reward them!”

Generals from all walks of life came to the scene one after another, from different military regions and different base areas.

But without exception, they all came with the illustrious military exploits achieved during this autumn offensive. They all walked with their heads held high and wore the iconic proud smile of returning in triumph.

After old comrades meet, they can't help but exchange a few words with each other.

"Old Song, I heard that your base area did a good job this time. After counting, how many Japanese were eliminated? Are there two hundred?"

"Two hundred? Humph, who do you think we, Old Song, are? Let me tell you, we started with at least 200 people when we killed the Japs. In this battle, we killed at least 500 little Japs. This does not include the puppet troops and their unstatistical number.”

"real or fake?"

"Then there is still a holiday?

Moreover, those killed were all the elite field troops of the Japs, all of them fully armed and wearing helmets on their heads!If you don’t believe it, go to our base and take a look. The helmets are still piled up in the warehouse! "

Then a general with a higher head came to the scene. Hearing Lao Song's words, he couldn't help but laugh twice.

"Where are you, the little Japs No. 1000 or [-]? Let me tell you, at least [-] little Japs were killed in our base area this time.

If we include those killed by our artillery and unable to be counted in time, the number would be even greater. "

Everyone first compared the number of enemies killed, then compared with the number captured.

Some said they had seized as many guns and cannons as they could, while others said they had seized as many grains and supplies as they could.

When he came to the headquarters for a meeting this time, a regiment leader from the Shandong base area saw the old comrades around him talking in a flurry, and then suddenly said:
"Seize some guns, cannons, food and supplies, what does this count?"

“Our regiment alone took down more than a dozen Japanese warehouses this time, including four arsenals, where you can have as many guns and cannons as you want.

There were even two large-caliber heavy-duty howitzers. That's not all. After successfully breaking the city, we also successfully captured more than 50 Japanese military trucks, seven armored vehicles and five tanks.

A large amount of food and supplies were hauled twice by train! "

"If we really want to compare the seizures, you can't compare with our group!"

As soon as these words came out, the other group leaders were surprised and asked questions one after another. "I said, Lao Zhang, are you bragging too much?"

"That's right, you still need to transport more than a dozen warehouses, armored vehicles, and tanks, and transport them directly by train? Why don't you say that you took over Naosaburo Okabe's headquarters?"

"If you, Lao Zhang, were really capable, you would be extremely rich a long time ago. But how come I heard that your regiment doesn't even have a decent artillery unit?"

Under a series of questions, Captain Zhang looked a little unhappy.

In the end, he only said one sentence to silence everyone, and believed that what he said was all the truth - "I fought these battles with Lao Kong Lao Li and the others!"

Only then did all the commanders suddenly realize.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, if you had told me earlier, if you had told me you were following Lao Kong and the others to eat meat and drink soup, we wouldn't have doubted it!"

The topic quickly shifted to Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei.

When talking about these people, most of them are old Red Army soldiers who have experienced the Long March. While marveling at them, they are all filled with emotion and admiration.

"You don't know, what the little Japs around our base area are most afraid of is our team wearing steel helmets. Once in the artillery building where we were fighting the Japs, we sorted out a batch of helmets seized from the Japs from the warehouse. , put it on your head.

After the battle started, guess what? "

"In less than 20 minutes, I just fired a few mortars. The Japanese and puppet troops in the blockhouse were so frightened that they abandoned the blockhouse and ran to the county town for their lives. They thought it was the Eighth Route Army helmeted soldiers coming!"

"Lao Kong, Lao Li, and Lao Ding have developed really well in the past few years. Their elite Iron Triangle, the Eighth Route Army's steel helmet soldiers, have even gained a reputation. When these devils hear the steel helmet soldiers, they are like mice. Like a cat, he immediately became a coward!"

"You really have to admire it!"

"Especially Lao Kong, the development of the base area is good, he is also kind and honest, and he never forgets to help his old comrades when he gets rich.

Tell me, why are we not as good as Lao Li and Lao Ding? How about an old comrade who once stayed in the same class, slept on a kang, and could wear a pair of pants? "

"That's it!"

The generals laughed and agreed.

When a brigade commander heard this, he couldn't help but curse: "Look at how promising you are all. It's your fault that you don't have any ability because you don't have an old comrade like Kong Jie. Why, you all have to rely on others to support you?"

Turn your head.

Seeing several brigade commanders from other base areas, some of them couldn't help but sigh with emotion during the conversation.

"Why don't we have a few subordinates like Kong Jie and Li Yunlong? We are so jealous of each other!"

Leaders: "..."

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who often became the center of the conversation during the banter, soon appeared on the scene.

A group of generals, regimental commanders, and brigade commanders who were still chatting and joking in the open space outside the headquarters compound heard the sound of car engines in the distance.

Then I saw a very stylish all-black car slowly approaching.

Most of the generals present had never ridden in such a car, or even seen one. One of the regimental commanders said: "It seems that this kind of car must be equipped by at least the Japanese division commander or above, right?
I also saw it once from a distance in a Japanese military camp when I went to the city in disguise to do business. Good guys, a group of young Japanese soldiers were swarming in front of and behind a car. There was a man sitting inside carrying two pills. A general of the Japanese Army.

At that time, I was so excited that I wanted to snatch the old devil's car over. "

Soon, the car came from far to near.

At this time, in addition to the sound of the engine, there were several loud voices.

One of them said happily: "I'm talking about Lao Kong, it's rare that you know how to show off and are willing to drive this precious car of yours?"

"You're such a shabby car. I asked you how many times you've borrowed it. You're as stunned as if you were clutching a baby. You won't borrow it for life or death. Why are you so generous this time?"

A voice replied: "Don't mention it, it's business this time. The old brigade commander asked me to bring the car over. This time we have a meeting at the headquarters, and many leaders have to rush over. The distance is too far and it is inconvenient.

This car was temporarily loaned to the headquarters, and after it arrived, it was specially responsible for picking up and dropping off leaders. "

Then someone laughed and said: "Haha, Lao Kong, Lao Kong, you have been fooled by the old brigade commander, be careful that this precious car of yours never comes back.

The old brigade commander has been thinking about it for a long time.

Even the boss said last time that your car is comfortable to sit in! "

"Is this really the case?"

"Can this be fake?"

"Yes, I have tried everything to prevent it, but who would have thought that our old brigade commander would not follow the routine and say "congratulations on getting rich" but changed his mind!"

Ha ha ha ha--

The car stopped steadily. Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who were joking, just opened the door and stepped out of the car. When they looked up, they were shocked. Oh my god, a crowd of people gathered around them.

Many of them were familiar faces. They touched and looked at the cars with envy and admiration.

You can play for half a day with just one car door.

"I heard that this is a military sedan that only Japanese commanders can ride in, right? Good guy, it looks really impressive. Lao Kong, I won't say anything anymore. Let us old comrades in arms experience it too!"

"That's right, Lao Kong, you can't be stingy!"

"I'm first in line!"

"I'm second!"

"Count me in!"

As the generals spoke, they actually got into the car, one, two, three, four, five, six...

"His grandma, who is it? Kicked me on the head! If you squeeze in a little, you can still give Old Lu a place!"

"Damn it, who poked their ass in my face?"

"It's squeezed, it's squeezed, hey, hey, he stepped on my foot!"

In the blink of an eye, Kong Jie stared blankly at the dozen generals who quickly got into, or rather stuffed themselves into the car.

He was stunned for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.

I was very amazed in my heart: Darling, this is really a reasonable use of space architecture. Even if Asan comes, I will have to accept the defeat!