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Speaking of this, the brigade commander went on to say: "However, I am curious what kind of unique insights you will have on the overall situation of the war of resistance in the future? You first talk about the situation in Shanxi."
Wang Yan said: "Brigade Commander, the battle situation in Shanxi has become very clear."
"The Shanxi Japanese First Army's attack on the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army died before it could start, and this time the Yamamoto Special Forces fell into the sand in Zhaojiayu, these are two iconic events."
"This marks that the Shanxi Japanese First Army has basically lost its strategic offensive capability."
"Next, the Shanxi Japanese First Army may still launch small-scale offensive operations locally, but overall, it will definitely shift to the defensive operation stage."
"This means that from now on, the Shanxi First Japanese Army will fall into complete passiveness."
"And as time goes by, the situation of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi will become more and more passive."
"In a sense, Shanxi has in fact become a strategic liability of the Japanese invaders."
"The benefits that the Japanese army can gain from Shanxi are no longer enough to make up for their losses. Therefore, if the Japanese army continues to hold on in Shanxi, it will only continue to lose blood."
"Strategic negative assets?" The brigade commander said, "You mean that the Japanese army may abandon Shanxi?"
"That probably won't happen, at least not in a short time." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Because Shanxi and Shandong are the strategic wings of the entire North China Plain."
"The First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi has fallen into complete passiveness."
"The situation of the No.12 Army of the Shandong Japanese Army is not much better than that of the First Army."
"If the Japanese army abandons Shanxi, does that mean they also abandon Shandong?"
"Once the Japanese army abandons the two wings of Shanxi and Shandong, the entire North China Plain will be completely exposed."
"By that time, even the entire North China region will become a strategic liability for the Japanese invaders."
"Then, is the Japanese army going to abandon North China? And if they abandon North China, then Central China and South China will also become strategic negative assets. Should they also give up all of them?"
"If this is the case, the Japanese army will completely retreat to the four eastern provinces."
"The situation has returned to the situation before the July [-]th Marco Polo Bridge Incident."
"Based on Japan's current national conditions, the consequences will be catastrophic."
"I understand." Zhao Gang nodded and said, "It's like a domino. The Japanese army in Shanxi is the first domino. Once the first domino falls, it will trigger a series of chain reactions and form an avalanche."
"Yes, this is it." Wang Yan said, "So the Japanese army will definitely defend Shanxi."
"Even if they know that Shanxi has become a strategic negative asset, even if they know that the wound in Shanxi will cause continuous blood loss to the Japanese army, the Japanese army must defend it."
The brigade commander couldn't help but sighed in his heart again.
This Wang Yan's vision is really poisonous.
His judgment on the overall situation of the War of Resistance was exactly the same as that of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
However, the judgment of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is based on the intelligence collected from various bases, which is collective wisdom. However, Wang Yan is only the chief of staff of an independent regiment with very limited sources of information, and he is alone, so he can make such a judgment. It is commendable, this person's vision is really extraordinary!
Unfortunately, this guy refused to go to the brigade.
Moreover, the time to forcibly transfer people is indeed immature.
Sighing, the brigade commander asked again: "Then what should we do next?"
Wang Yan said: "The next thing we have to do is two things. One is to vigorously develop the economy of the base area and actively stockpile various strategic materials. If the Japanese army can persist for more than two years, then after two years, our Eighth Route Army will also It has the ability to launch large-scale offensive operations on various battlefields."
"If the Japanese army can't hold on for such a long time, that's fine."
"There will be a war between us and the Kuomintang sooner or later. The solid base and the strategic materials in reserve are just used to deal with the Kuomintang and liberate the whole country."
Li Yunlong said: "What's the second thing?"
Wang Yan said: "The second thing is to break the troops into pieces and turn them into sharp sewing needles."
"Don't look at the fact that sewing needles are not fatal. There is only a small incision in the body, and the amount of bleeding is only a little. But if there are a hundred or a thousand needles, the amount of bleeding caused by so many wounds will be considerable."
Li Yunlong slapped his thigh and said, "That's what our independent group does."
"It's not just your independent regiment." The brigade commander said, "Almost all bases are doing this."
"That's why Kazuo Okamoto regards our Eighth Route Army as a serious threat." Wang Yan nodded and said, "Because at this stage, our Eighth Route Army has indeed replaced the Kuomintang Army as the biggest threat to the Japanese army."
Li Yunlong said: "Now the Yamamoto Secret Service Team has been taken over by us, and your Spike Team has no worries, and you can go out to start a side job with peace of mind."
"You Spike Team, this is not a sewing needle, but a dagger."
"It would be a disaster if the Japanese army in Shanxi got stabbed by your Spike squad."
Wang Yan said with a smile: "About how to make the Japanese army in Shanxi lose blood as quickly as possible, I actually have an immature idea."
The brigade commander's expression changed immediately when he heard the words. Wang Yan raised this idea so seriously. Even if this idea is immature, I'm afraid it will not be simple. It might really pose a fatal threat to the Shanxi Japanese First Army.
At that moment, the brigade commander said: "Then you might as well say it out, and let us also serve as your staff."
Wang Yan got up and walked to the north wall, pointing to the map on the wall and said: "The brigade commander, regimental commander and political commissar, please see, this is the defense area of our independent regiment, with the Tongpu Railway as the center, west six east There are a total of eleven counties, although we have never conducted accurate statistics, but there are at least a thousand strongholds, large and small!"
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Li Yunlong said: "Even if there are not a thousand, there are always five hundred strongholds."
Zhao Gang said: "Especially on both sides of the Tongpu railway line, there are strongholds all over the place. It's like a blockhouse five miles away, and a small stronghold ten miles away."
Wang Yan said, "That's what I want to say."
"We don't have heavy weapons, and it is too strenuous to attack the stronghold of the artillery tower."
"And the devils have learned to behave well now, and generally don't hoard too much supplies in the blockhouse strongholds, so sometimes they take a lot of effort to take down the blockhouse strongholds, but instead lose money."
The brigade commander said: "This kind of situation does exist, and there are many."
Wang Yan said: "So, before the large-scale popularization of heavy weapons, especially artillery with a caliber above, I think it is not appropriate to carry out targeted combat operations to clear the stronghold's blockhouses."
Zhao Gang said: "Old Wang, you mean to keep the stronghold and not fight?"
"That's right." Wang Yan said, "As long as the devils don't build up the artillery stronghold right under our noses, don't bother with it! We'll just focus on their transportation lines."
"The devil's blockhouse stronghold ranges from a dozen people to as many as a hundred people. They all have to eat and drink, right?"
"The devils and puppet troops are hiding in the gun towers and strongholds. We can't do anything about them, but the transport team ambushing them on the way is a piece of cake."
"We're just going to fight the little devil's transportation line."
"The advantage of this is that the cost input is low, but the income is high."