In Chairman Jiang's study, Dai Li, Chen Cheng and others who came to pay New Year's greetings did not dare to speak, and the words from Liao Fan were obvious, this was to warn them that if they did something like last time, Liao Fan would stand on the opposite side of him!

"Calm your anger, although the momentum of the new 33rd Army in Taihang Mountain has been good in the past two years, after all, he has only one army's strength, so we don't have to worry about it at all!" Dai Li said.

"Stupid!" Chairman Jiang reprimanded Dai Li, "Do you understand the people's hearts? The people in the northwest have been deceived by Mao, and now the people's hearts in the whole country have begun to favor Taihang Mountain, although we are now China's legitimate government, but the people's hearts are losing little by little! ”

As the supreme ruler of China, Chairman Chiang certainly knew that it was not the more troops in his hands that became stronger, but the will of the people, and although they had achieved good results in Changsha, the common people of the whole of China still had their eyes fixed on Taihang Mountain.

"Chairman, now that the world has changed and war has broken out in Europe, what we need at this time is international support!"

Chen Cheng suggested that Chairman Chiang seek a breakthrough from overseas, because at present, under the productive forces of the whole of China, compared with the little devils, half of the country in the southeast has a big problem in even making guns and ammunition.

Moreover, since the air battle in Wuhan, the air force has lost everything, and now the whole of Chongqing has no air supremacy at all, except for a few anti-aircraft guns that are struggling to support it.

Now the sudden change in the international situation allows them to seek strong support from abroad.

Chen Cheng's remark woke up Chairman Chiang, who began to cooperate with the Soviet government and then with the German government, starting with his late father, Premier Sun.

After the Battle of Wuhan, more than 100 pilots from the Soviet Union stained the sky with blood, and the relationship between Chongqing and Yan'an continued to deteriorate, resulting in the Soviet Union no longer providing support forces.

Since the outbreak of the European war, Germany has also cooperated less and less with China, and in the foreplay of attacking Poland, Hitler has begun to withdraw German military instructors in an organized manner.

Now that the Nationalist Government has a strong enemy inside and no external support, they must once again look for a partner with whom they can cooperate.

Chairman Chiang turned his target to the magnesium country, but since the September 18 incident, the magnesium country has become a circulation base for Japan's important military materials, and Japan has imported a large amount of war preparation materials from the magnesium country!

"Will the people of the Magnesium Kingdom accede to our request?" Chairman Chiang muttered in his heart.

The current magnesium country is different from the past, with the outbreak of a global war, the magnesium people are far away on another continent, as long as they don't want to get involved, no one can drag them into the war!

"Regardless of whether the people of the country will really participate in this war, we must first use diplomatic means to get the people of the country to stop the supply of important military resources to Japan!"

Since the beginning of Japan's war of aggression against China, the Japanese have plundered the materials needed for the war from China, and a large part of them have been provided to the Japanese by the magnesium people, and it is very difficult for the national government to get the help of the magnesium people at this time!

Getting the help of the people of the magnesium country is not a word from Chairman Jiang, and the people of the magnesium country will come to help obediently. Now they need to arrange for a person, an important person, to go to the country of magnesium to publicize that the common people of China are facing the aggression of the Japanese and need to win the sympathy of the people of the country of magnesium, and then they can get what they want from the country of magnesium!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was no snow in Chongqing, but it was still extremely cold, in order to prevent moisture, Chairman Jiang's secretary put a small stove in the study to prevent the books on the bookshelf from becoming moldy!

Chairman Chiang's secretary and a group of generals began the first meeting of the new year, and the main topic of this meeting was not the Japanese, but the magnesium people, who needed international assistance!

In Taihang Mountain, Liao Fan learned about the combat effectiveness of each unit from several division commanders, and of course Liao Fan did not expect that because he let the young man bring it back, it would not only change the fate of the young man, but also make Chairman Jiang start to consider using external forces to fight this war!

Liao Fan is now more concerned about the plan to go north to Taihang, although the cavalry regiment was disbanded by them, but Li Weimin is still the main force of the north out of Taihang Mountain.

Of course, it is far from enough to rely on Li Weimin's division of less than 20,000 troops, except for the first special operations brigade and most of the artillery brigade, all divisions must send troops north!

Liao Fan planned back and forth, in addition to the artillery brigade and the special operations brigade, he needed at least 30,000 combat troops!

"Brother Fan, will you follow with you then?" Li Weimin asked.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? With so many troop movements, I, the army commander, are just watching from behind? ”

Liao Fan's plan to go north out of Taihang has been considering it since half a year ago, and now it is the new year, and when the weather warms up in spring, Liao Fan decided to act!

"But the commander-in-chief of the front line this time is you Li Weimin, after returning to Beitai Peak, don't feed the horses, concentrate on coming up with a set of battle plans for me!"

Although this operation did not concentrate all the strength of the New 33rd Army, it was definitely the largest offensive battle of the New 33rd Army, and they must achieve victory; once they fail, they can only nest in the Taihang Mountains in the future, and never think about driving the little devils out of China again.

In order for this operation to be successful, they had to reconnoiter the strength of the Japanese army in advance and specify a detailed search plan, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong!

"After the three of you return to your respective stations, pick out the troops as quickly as possible, let them gather at Beitai Peak, and obey Li Weimin's dispatch!"

Liao Fan had already decided to pick out 5,000 troops from Hu Guoshan and Liu Chundao each, because Ma Wanzhong wanted to defend the Jingcheng area, so he only transferred 3,000 troops from Ma Wanzhong's division!

Although the troops are enough, they need to seize the time to conduct assault training and adapt to their new commander, that is, Li Weimin!

With so many troops from four divisions, there must be no scheduling problems, otherwise after going to the battlefield, it will be like herding sheep, it will not be a war, it will be sent to death!

Of course, when the lower-level commander understands the higher-level commander, it is also when Li Weimin understands the commanders of various troops, as a general, he must be familiar with his own troops, the first battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is a good example, He Yingqin does not understand the situation of the troops, and blind command can only suffer defeat!

"This time, the military factory has produced a batch of weapons, how much is produced, you Li Weimin will take as many as you want, and after you go back, you will seriously study the use of new weapons, and every soldier must be able to use them!"

The form of the battlefield is changeable, the bazooka is the main weapon against the little devil tank, any soldier may encounter the little devil's tank, and when the time comes, they don't have to fill this road with their lives.

"Brother Fan, I understand!" Li Weimin replied solemnly.

"By the way, I'll assign you another staff officer, the regimental commander will go back with you, and the command of the guard regiment will be handed over to Li Lingfei first!"

He has been a division commander in the Yunnan Army since then, and he naturally has no command experience on the battlefield, and in order to ensure the success of this battle, Liao Fan must press all the elite troops.

"Changsheng, don't be idle in your brigade, tell the soldiers, I need a detailed deployment of the Japanese army from this generation to this generation, and it's best to figure out how many pillboxes there are for me, and how many machine guns there are in the bunkers!"

Huang Changsheng's face was full of black lines, isn't this the defense deployment map of the little devil? As for saying it so euphemistically, no!

More than 80 percent of the important intelligence of the New 33 rd Army comes from the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, and since the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade learned Japanese from Shao Guangqi, their ability to engage in intelligence has become stronger and stronger, and now as long as the New 33 rd Army has a major operation, it cannot do without the Special Operations Brigade.

"Brother Fan, when will our warriors leave?"

It is not better to engage in intelligence as soon as possible, and certainly not to engage in intelligence after the war has ended. The intelligence is timely, if the intelligence is obtained too early, and there are changes within the little devil, the intelligence can become the old imperial calendar, and if you fight with the old imperial calendar, you will let the troops go to death!

The little devil's troops will be mobilized, but the little devil's bunker and turret are dead, and the little devil can abandon the bunker and turret, but he can't take the bunker and turret away!

"Send people behind enemy lines first, and find out the little devil's fortifications! As for the situation of the Japanese army, there is no need to worry for the time being, but you will also take 1,500 soldiers to Beitai Peak to stand by, and cooperate with Li Weimin's troops at any time! ”

Since there are so many excellent troops in hand, of course, they must be used reasonably, otherwise they will be idle!

"Do you have any comments?" Liao Fan asked everyone present.

"Brother Fan, we still need a guide!" Cun Qi raised his hand and said.

"Wizard?"

"Yes, no matter how accurate our map is, it is impossible to compare the local knowledge of the locals, and sometimes a small road to herd sheep can make the difference between victory and defeat in a war, so we can't ignore the ability of local guides!"

As the division commander of the former Dian Army, Cun Qi has relied on maps to fight since they came out of Yunnan, not to mention that their maps are backward, even if they get the map of the little devils, they will find that they are not as good as the locals.

Therefore, Cun Qi has found experience on the battlefield, and every time he goes to a place, he must first find a local person to be a guide, whether it is defensive or offensive, so that he can be foolproof!

This time, the new 33rd Army went north to Taihang to leave the familiar environment to fight in an unfamiliar environment, even if the commander memorized the map in detail, but of course, they still need a guide for the specific situation of the local area, not only to understand the terrain, but also to understand the local environment!

However, this small suggestion from Zheng Cunqi pulled Liao Fan's plan back from the brink of danger, otherwise the plan to go north to Taihang this time would definitely fail, and most of the troops would be lost.

"Li Weimin, you have to make sure that each battalion has at least one local as a guide!"

Liao Fan felt that Cun Qi's opinion was feasible, and immediately handed over this matter to Li Weimin to handle!