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The special forces are isolating themselves, but they are not alone. The key is that Tianchuan can still contact Li Yuexuan via radio at any time, so he is not fighting alone.

Because of several heavy snowstorms, the roads into the mountains were completely blocked, and the special forces and the second main regiment were also blocked in the mountains for the winter. Fortunately, they prepared food and safe houses in advance, and they could also go hunting when it was cold, so they lived a relatively comfortable life. And Tianchuan and his friends who were isolated in a hot spring valley lived a more comfortable life.

The small valley is relatively secluded, and the water from the small hot spring forms a pool of more than three acres in the valley, and there is also a stream flowing out of the mountain. However, the outflowing stream water is frozen, which makes the area of ​​the pool larger and larger, and then the water keeps flowing out, and then keeps freezing...

Right beside the stream between the hot spring and the pond, the soldiers who were isolated here actually opened up a small vegetable plot and planted some cold-resistant vegetables such as leeks and garlic. Not to mention, with the moisture of the hot spring and the relatively warm underground, the vegetables actually grew well, bringing some life to this cold winter.

Where there is life, there is death. On the third day of isolation, some people in isolation began to fall ill. Some of these people fell ill because of extreme mood swings, some were frightened or frozen, and some were secretly infected with bacteria by the Japanese without knowing it.

The special forces had stored a lot of medicines, and there were also military doctors accompanying the troops, so they treated these diseases according to their symptoms. Of course, the result was that some people got better, some got worse, and eventually some died...

As time went by, the camp went from having a small number of cases at the beginning to a large area of ​​the disease, then the symptoms improved, and finally no one got sick... After this process, there were 288 rescued compatriots left alive, and some soldiers of the Special Operations Corps also fell ill and died. In the end, there were only 76 people left, including Tianchuan.

When this number was reached, no new situations arose, and the cold winter passed little by little.

In March, when the sun is shining brightly in North China, it is still very cold in Northeast China. However, no matter how cold it is, the time has come and the days ahead will become warmer and warmer.

In North China, after this winter's training and development, the Eighth Route Army's main reorganization regiment once again completed a new round of expansion and reorganization work, expanding from more than 100 regiments to 240 reorganization regiments.

The newly formed reorganization regiments have basically the same structure as the original reorganization regiments, with roughly the same equipment and similar manpower. The ratio of veterans to new soldiers is basically one to one. Apart from other factors, the ratio of new soldiers to veterans alone can show that the combat effectiveness of these newly formed and reorganized reorganization regiments is very strong. As for the source of the manpower of these newly formed regiments?

On the one hand, the backbone militia, such as the backbone militia in the area controlled by the Ninth District, formed the local 4th and 5th regiments. That's right, the two temporary militia regiments that were raised during the offensive operations in the fall of last year were directly transferred from the local to the main regiments of the third-level combat units.

Leaving the Ninth Division, the sources of troops for the reorganization regiments of other military divisions are more complicated, including newly recruited soldiers, militia backbones, and local transfer forces of county brigades, district squads, etc. In short, there are many sources, but they can guarantee sufficient excellence. By the way, let me add that the calculation of these 240 regiments does not include the northwestern Shanxi and northern Shaanxi.

The Eighth Route Army is very powerful now! Look at the entire North China region. North of the Yellow River, there are not many cities still occupied by the devils. Except for the Beijing-Tianjin area, there are several provincial capitals and large cities. The rest are actually controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, except for the cities of Beijing-Tianjin, Taiyuan, Yuncheng, Handan, Xuzhou, Ji'nan, and Qing, the devils can still move around. The devils in other places have been blocked in the city and dare not go out easily. That's right, Shimen City is like this. The devils can only stay in the city, and the periphery has been completely controlled. The area controlled by the Eighth Route Army has increased, and the problems it brings have become more and more. For example, in terms of urban management, there are too many things, which require a lot of cadres to manage, military and police to maintain public order, materials to stabilize prices, etc. Of course, taxes must be collected, and the city must be repaired, etc.

There are more problems, so you can solve them! The benefits of a larger controlled area are also obvious, that is, there is enough food, abundant supplies, and a better economy. Wars are fought for the economy! With a good economy, the soldiers eat well, wear warm clothes, have more bullets, and are well trained, so their combat effectiveness will naturally increase.

Therefore, this is the fundamental reason why the Eighth Route Army increased the number of reorganization groups by more than one hundred - we are not short of money, food, people, or weapons!
They all say the butterfly effect. Although Li Yuexuan himself doesn't think he has done much, the current situation is originally caused by his arrival! With him, the Eighth Route Army got the formula and production method of sulfa penicillin, medical books, and manuals on military training...

The key is that military production was carried out ahead of schedule and the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army were strengthened ahead of schedule, which led to the current situation.

"It feels so good to have a strong army and powerful horses..." At the Mata headquarters, the chief of staff sighed as he looked at the recently summarized data.

"With the development of things now, we are also capable of launching the next full-scale counterattack! In the past, the Japs liked to launch mopping-up battles in spring and summer operations. Now, it's time for us to launch a new offensive! All right, let's have a meeting to discuss the strategic direction of the spring offensive!"

"I propose an overall strategic concept, which is the spring offensive. In the areas south of the Yellow River, we should focus on consolidating the current base, try to maintain the existing sphere of influence, and then actively strive for the liberation of some places. In the north of the Yellow River, Taiyuan and Beijing-Tianjin areas should not be touched, and other places should be fully liberated!"

The meeting at the headquarters was very short, and the orders sent to various military regions after the meeting were also very short, so short that they only contained one word, which was - fight!

Just one simple word, in the spring of 45, exploded like thunder in the sky of North China, shocking the whole of North China, the whole of China, and the whole world!

After the order was issued, the troops that had been freed from various counties showed up outside the cities that needed to be attacked. Then, the mountain artillery, howitzer, heavy mortar, 82 mortar, 60 mortar troops were all in place, various super-caliber long artillery grenades were loaded into the gun barrels, and even the big-headed flying thunder cannons were placed outside the cities.

Then, with the sound of explosions, the defense lines outside these cities were destroyed, the city walls were blown down, the bunkers on the city walls were blown away, and the Japanese were blown away... Then, the commandos from all directions attacked the city, broke into the city, and eliminated the remaining enemies. When the time came to the summer of 45, the Japanese controlled only a few port cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Qingdao, as well as provincial capitals such as Taiyuan in North China. (End of this chapter)