However, what the Japanese top brass did not expect was that the Red Eighth Army actually launched an attack on the Japanese-occupied areas of North China, and the target chosen by Hu Weidong was the Jidong Plain, the gateway to North China. On the one hand, the Red Eighth Army Corps wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely eliminate the puppet army in eastern Hebei, and on the other hand, it was to use this opportunity to establish an anti-Japanese base in eastern Hebei, the latter was not the meaning of several leaders of the Red Eighth Army Corps, but the strategy determined by the great man himself, but whether it was the commander-in-chief, Zhou Gong and other high-level officials of the central government, or Peng, Lin and other generals who commanded the army, they all clearly expressed their attitude of opposition, and only Hu Weidong bravely took on this task that was almost impossible in the eyes of everyone.

In fact, anyone who knows a little military knowledge can see that once the Red Army can establish a solid revolutionary base in the eastern Hebei region, which connects North China and Northeast China, the strategic significance will be incalculable, and although the area of eastern Hebei is not large, the population is as high as more than 6 million, which is more than any existing base area, and even if it is conservatively estimated, it is enough to support 100,000 Red Army. However, everyone also understands that it is by no means an ordinary difficulty to establish and consolidate a base area in eastern Hebei, and it is not even possible to reach the Jiangnan Soviet Region, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, and the Dabie Mountain Base Area, which are recognized as extremely difficult.

The eastern Hebei region is close to the two big cities of Pingjin and Tianjin, and there is a railway trunk line transiting, and in the future, after the Japanese army fully invades China, it will definitely be stationed here with heavy troops, and Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan in the east, and Rehe Chahar in the north, will also be stationed in a lot of devils, at that time the eastern Hebei base area (assuming that it has been successfully established) will face an enemy that is even more powerful than the current Jiangnan Soviet area, but there is no danger to defend. At the same time, the eastern part of Hebei is narrow and densely populated, surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, and even the space for movement is very small (the anti-union is much better at this point), but the Japanese army is very easy to encircle and suppress, it is simply all the unfavorable conditions have been gathered, and it is no wonder that even Mr. Peng, a fierce general in history who is not afraid of even the powerful American imperialists, does not approve of the great man's strategy in eastern Hebei.

However, a great man is a great man, and he insisted that although there are many difficulties in establishing and consolidating a base area in the eastern Hebei region, it is not insurmountable. As long as the Red Army can get the wholehearted support of the local people, combined with the "guerrilla tactics on the plains" proposed by Hu Weidong, such as tunnel warfare, mine warfare, armed engineering teams, and two-sided regimes, it may not be able to hold out. As for the geographical disadvantage of being surrounded on all sides, it is only temporary, after the Japanese army fully invades China, at least Pingjin and its surrounding areas will inevitably fall temporarily, and then the Red Army can let go and advance behind enemy lines, and establish anti-Japanese base areas in Pingxi and central Hebei, where the conditions are slightly better than those in eastern Hebei, and connect with the eastern Hebei base areas. Now the Red Army does not do this because Pingjin and its surrounding areas are still the territory of the 29th Army for the time being, and it is not appropriate to seize it by force out of strategic considerations.

In this regard, Mr. Lin proposed that it is entirely possible to establish the base areas in Pingxi and central Hebei first, and then infiltrate into eastern Hebei, which is easy first and then difficult, and the difficulties will be much smaller. However, the great man who had seen the fire sharply pointed out that the eastern Hebei region was close to the vital center, and once the Pingxi and Jizhong base areas were established, the devils would inevitably be vigilant, and it would be difficult to infiltrate into the eastern Hebei region at that time, and if they were to take the eastern part of Hebei first, then the devils' heavy troops in North China would be attracted to the past, and it would be easy for our party to establish the Pingxi and Jizhong base areas. In addition, the eastern Hebei region is densely populated, but it is still dominated by agriculture, and the contradiction between man and land is very acute, as long as the land reform is carried out, it will quickly get the support of millions of local poor peasants, and if you wait until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War to send people into eastern Hebei, it will be impossible to completely carry out land reform in order to take care of the united front, and it will be difficult to quickly win the hearts of the people, and the devil will not give the Red Army too much time to slowly propagate the anti-Japanese salvation in the rural areas of eastern Hebei...,

At this time, the great man did not have the prestige that he later responded to, and everyone disagreed that it was impossible for him to issue an order in the name of the central government without authorization, but he insisted that he was right, just at this time Hu Weidong led the army into North China and unexpectedly seized a large number of weapons and ammunition in Fengtai and gave birth to the bold Jihua of marching into Tianjin, after receiving the report, the great man just followed the topic and suggested that Hu Weidong lead the army into eastern Hebei to establish a base area, Hu Weidong immediately expressed his support, which made him feel very excited, and it was also the beginning, Hu Weidong's status in the eyes of great men has been further improved, and he even faintly surpasses many cronies and generals who have followed him for many years

However, Hu Weidong's heavy responsibility was not to pat the great man's ass, but because he knew that the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines in history was precisely after the anti-Japanese base area in eastern Hebei was established and consolidated with great difficulty, and it completely reversed the previous passive situation, and since then it has turned into a strategic counteroffensive against the devils (Note 1), and in just half a year, it will grow from 500,000 to nearly one million, and the base area has been greatly expanded, and the devils can only retreat to big cities and communication lines, and they have no ability to launch a sweep.

However, Hu Weidong also knew that the establishment of the base area in eastern Hebei in history was really full of twists and turns, not only because of objective difficulties, but also because most of the cadres in the party were suspicious and afraid before they started their work, so how could they succeed? Among them, the 100,000 people of the Jidong Rebellion died even more regrettably, if the leaders of the rebellion resolutely carried out the decision of the great man and took root in the east of Hebei, then even if it still failed in the end, it would at least allow the devils to suffer heavy losses, and not to be worthless in the wrong transfer process, the whole army was scattered, and only a few thousand people were withdrawn. After the failure of the Jidong uprising, the local people's enthusiasm for resisting Japan was greatly hit, which made the development of the anti-Japanese base areas in eastern Jidong difficult, and it was not until the end of 1944 that it was basically zhanzhu

Note 1: Of course, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, many veterans were transferred to Nanyang, which led to the weakening of the Japanese army in China, which was also a reason, but the two years when the Japanese army was the most withdrawn were the most difficult period for the Eighth Route Army, which is enough to show that the transfer of troops by devils was not the direct cause of the growth of the Eighth Route Army (in fact, due to the mode of operation, the much poorly equipped security division was much more threatening to the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army than the elite A division). ）。 In fact, it was not until the rectification movement unified the thinking within the party that the Eighth Route Army began to get out of its predicament, and its blowout period was precisely after the consolidation of the base area in eastern Hebei