NIP #284 - Shocking the World
#284 - Shocking the World
Thanks to superior firepower, the brigade commander annihilated the main force of the southward-bound Japanese devils in one night. Before the jubilation of the 400 million compatriots across the country had ended, the division commander and the brigade commander joined forces to assemble a large force and directly besieged the main force of the Japanese devils to the north!
On the other side, the five elite mechanized infantry brigades under the brigade commander were chasing and fiercely beating the several divisions of Japanese devils who were fleeing. The Japanese Fifth Air Force attempted to provide air support, but the Divine Eagle Brigade was dispatched in full force to drive them away. After fierce aerial combat, the Divine Eagle Brigade, at the heavy cost of sacrificing more than 50 warplanes, annihilated more than 200 main warplanes of the Japanese Fifth Air Force over Jizhou.
This completely cleared the last obstacle to annihilating the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army!
Because the Japanese devils had figured out the kill range of the RPG-80 rocket launcher and spread out their formation, the power of the RPG-80 rocket launcher was greatly suppressed during the daytime offensive. The thermobaric version of the 107 rocket was temporarily not supplied after the first phase of consumption, and the logistics department was desperately speeding up the manufacturing process.
As a result, the doomsday of the Japanese devils would be delayed for a few more days.
Just when everyone thought that things would end here, the Suiyuan 35th Army suddenly appeared in Rehe, demonstrating a powerful offensive capability, breaking through the Japanese devils' Chengde defense line in one fell swoop, and successively capturing cities such as Pingquan and Lingyuan, posing a posture to seize Chaoyang!
At the same time, a main force of the Eighth Route Army broke through the heavy resistance of the Japanese devils overnight and directly appeared at Shanhaiguan. Because the Japanese devils were caught off guard, the Shanhaiguan garrison only had two battalions, and the formidable pass was captured within one day.
These two pieces of news shocked the world!
"The Thirty-Fifth Army Consecutively Breaks Through Three Cities, the Restoration of the Four Provinces Outside the Great Wall is Imminent!"
"Wu Mu Reborn, General Fu Reports Another Victory!"
The above shocking news from small media outlets was mostly conjecture freely fabricated based on the communiqués.
However, for the Chinese people, the news that the Eighth Route Army and Suiyuan had occupied several cities was at least true, which was very encouraging!
Continuous earth-shattering good news, even if the GMD repeatedly suppressed it, could not prevent the people from spreading it by word of mouth.
Compared with the loss of troops and territory in the Battle of Henan, the people's disappointment with the GMD had reached its peak.
Compared to the mindless jubilation of the people, the Allied forces felt it more realistically.
For the Allied forces in the Asia-Pacific Theater.
The Western Pacific Theater, bearing the brunt, was the first to feel the benefits. The pressure on the Japanese devils to increase troops to the Western Pacific suddenly disappeared. In terms of the Japanese mainland now, there was no potential to increase troops at all.
The only one that could massively reinforce the Western Pacific battlefield to the south was the Kwantung Army!
But now, not only was a part of the Kwantung Army being fiercely hammered by the Eighth Route Army on the land of Hebei, but now they were even being blocked at their doorstep!
Regardless of how long the Eighth Route Army could hold the door, this already showed that the Japanese devils' rule in North China was basically over.
In this regard alone, General MacArthur had to thank General Warren. Smith.
General Warren Smith, who advocated strengthening relations with the Eighth Route Army and increasing aid, had now become highly sought after. Now he has become a pivotal figure in the rogue eagle military and his position is so important that the GMD can't even control it.
Even without the Eighth Route Army's earth-shattering achievements, the several deals completed through General Smith alone had made his position unshakeable!
The introduction of rocket bombs and cluster bombs made Hitler of Germany even more embarrassed. The originally difficult Normandy landings, due to the rocket attacks on German production, were greatly affected, and German resistance was much weaker than in the main world's historical timeline.
Germany's ending was basically doomed.
The collapse of the German Empire had entered the final countdown stage.
In view of the Eighth Route Army's great achievements, an Allied delegation quietly flew to Taiyuan under the leadership of General Smith.
"Dear Ye, congratulations on your great achievements. For the Allied forces, this is a great encouragement!"
General Warren was as enthusiastic as ever when he saw Staff Officer Ye.
Of course, this was as it should be. As the chief of staff of the Dragon Country Theater, General Warren's support for the Eighth Route Army had achieved great results, and he naturally had a share of the credit. Within the rogue eagle and the Allied forces, General Warren's proposition was correct.
Through his intervention, the strengthened Eighth Route Army was simply the nemesis of the little Japanese, repeatedly thwarting the little Japanese's offensives and containing a large number of troops.
"General Smith, welcome, welcome!" Staff Officer Ye stepped forward and gave General Warren a warm hug according to Western etiquette.
"I hope General Smith will have a pleasant time in Taiyuan!"
The two talked and laughed, and soon returned to Taiyuan.
They re-entered the conference room as guests and hosts.
"Ye, tell me the truth, does the current Eighth Route Army seem to have the conditions to attack the Kwantung Army?" After entering the conference room, General Warren went straight to the point, after all, everyone's time was very precious now.
Staff Officer Ye was silent for a while. This question was of course very important, and it involved many aspects of the layout.
So Staff Officer Ye had to be cautious.
"General Smith, frankly speaking, we are not fully prepared yet, and our troops' equipment has not been fully replaced." Staff Officer Ye replied cautiously.
"Most importantly, our air cover and sea transportation and supply capabilities are too weak."
Of course, Chief of Staff Ye wouldn't remain completely silent. Taking this opportunity, he directly brought up the actual difficulties faced by the Eighth Route Army, which was the truth.
"Indeed, your air force doesn't have time to grow," General Warren nodded. "We can compensate for this. The Allied forces will provide you with comprehensive air support. We can concentrate air force units at air bases in the Shandong Peninsula and the Tianjin-Beijing area to provide support."
General Warren directly offered what he could do.
"In addition, we will also organize a transport fleet and a destroyer flotilla to enter the Qilu military port, completely guaranteeing maritime safety in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River. With this destroyer flotilla, you don't have to worry about attacks from the sea."
Chief of Staff Ye thought that General Warren had considered this very thoughtfully. This would solve the majority of the problems on both the sea and air fronts.
"General Smith, according to our staff's analysis, if we launch a full-scale offensive against the Kwantung Army, we require the Allied forces to send air support of no less than 300 fighter planes and bombers, as well as 500 artillery pieces and 300 M4 tanks. In terms of ammunition, we need at least 100,000 rounds of various types of shells."
Although the Eighth Route Army could accumulate these heavy weapons themselves after some time, it would still take time.
By the time they were produced, it would be too late.
"That's quite a lot. I can try to negotiate," General Warren seemed a little embarrassed by Chief of Staff Ye's request. However, he knew the strength of the Kwantung Army. It wasn't an outrageous request for the Eighth Route Army to ask for these weapons. In fact, if the GMD could defeat the Kwantung Army, they would be given these weapons!
"Then thank you, General Smith," Chief of Staff Ye continued, "Regarding the post-war arrangements, I hope the Allied forces will have no objection to our occupation of the Northeast. At the same time, we demand that all unequal treaties imposed on the Northeast in the past, regardless of which countries are involved, be abolished."
This condition was even more difficult for General Warren to accept, so after thinking for a long time, General Warren nodded and accepted the condition with a wry smile.
Taiyuan.
The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army welcomed a special group of people.
"The Northeast Advance Regiment?" Chief of Staff Zuo, who was responsible for receiving these people, looked at the name card with some surprise.
The leader was a former deputy regiment commander from the 51st Army, named Yu Zhenze. He looked to be in his thirties, over 1.8 meters tall, and had a burly build, giving people a sense of calmness and strength. His face was firm, and his eyebrows revealed a spirit of heroism and unyieldingness.
"Deputy Regiment Commander Yu, please state your intentions," After a brief greeting, Chief of Staff Zuo said directly to Yu Zhenze. The battle was in full swing, and he really didn't have much time to deal with these matters.
"Commander, we are scattered soldiers from various units of the Northeast Army who were dispersed during the battles with the little devils, and we are making a living in Jin. As defeated soldiers, we originally had no face to mention this matter again, but now we have heard that your army has recovered Shanhaiguan. Many brothers, upon hearing this news, found this humble officer overnight, hoping to organize and have the opportunity to rely on the might of your army to fight back to our hometown!
Now, our Advance Regiment has contacted more than a thousand people near Taiyuan. Perhaps there will be more joining later. We hope to have a designation in your army and be allocated weapons. Our Northeast Advance Regiment vows to be the vanguard!"
Yu Zhenze said excitedly to Chief of Staff Zuo.
His request made Chief of Staff Zuo very embarrassed for a moment.
If these people wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, he would of course be very welcome, but now they wanted to form an independent army. Chief of Staff Zuo did not have the authority to make a decision on this matter.
"Deputy Regiment Commander Yu, I have noted your request. Frankly speaking, I cannot make the decision on this matter. You may have to wait a few days while I report it to my superiors and see how the leaders above will handle it. What do you think?" Chief of Staff Zuo said to Yu Zhenze after thinking for a while.
"Of course, Commander. This is my temporary residence. If there is any news, please be sure to notify us in time." Yu Zhenze also knew that this was not a small matter. He wrote the name of the hotel where he was staying on a piece of paper and handed it to Chief of Staff Zuo.
The complexity of this matter was much more complex than Yu Zhenze and the others had imagined.
Although the internal ideology had been unified to advance into the Northeast first.
Now the opportunity had suddenly arrived. After the brigade commander and division commander eliminated the little devil's Ninth Area Army, this matter entered the practical operation stage, several months earlier than Ren Zhong had imagined.
This was because Ren Zhong didn't know that the sudden successful research of the cloud explosive bomb had changed the progress of his plan, greatly enhancing his ability to annihilate the little devils.
However, advancing into the Great Northeast was not just a military activity. It also involved many complex things behind it.
Due to the special strategic position of the Northeast, as well as the intertwined interests of several major powers and the different factions within the country having their own plans around this strategic location.
Now that it was in the hands of the little devils, the various contradictions were not very prominent, but if it was really taken down, there would be many more problems.
Now the Border Region didn't have righteousness.
What kind of name to use to take this issue was a great test of wisdom.
After all, now we were still united in the war of resistance.
It was difficult for ordinary people to understand these underlying considerations, thinking that it would be good to take it directly.
In fact, there were many behind-the-scenes things that needed to be operated, such as being justified.
Regarding this matter, Ren Zhong also didn't know how to handle it well. He moved some of the measures and layouts in history and sent them to Chief of Staff Ye for reference.
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