This commander of the war zone, who is obviously very ambitious, may be unconvinced in his heart, and it can be said that he has opened his mouth widely. He believes that North China alone should launch a series of counterattacks. In other battlefields, a certain amount of strategic coordination can also be carried out, at least in a national tactical counterattack operation of the kind that was fought in the winter of '39.

At the same time as the Eastern Henan Battlefield and the Shanxi Battlefield were fought, Central China should use the main forces of the Fifth and Sixth Theaters to launch an attack on the Pinghan Railway from Yingshan to Wuhan in Hubei. Efforts should be made to take advantage of the opportunity of the 11 th Army of the Japanese Army to send a large number of troops to Jizhong to participate in the war, so as to thoroughly open up the connection between the five and six theaters.

Efforts should be made to link the five and six theaters together, increase the room for maneuver in the two theaters, and strengthen the ability to deal with the Japanese forces in East China. At the same time, it will strengthen the depth of the five theaters and strengthen its control over northern Anhui and eastern Hubei regions. As much as possible, the Japanese army in Hubei was compressed to the vicinity of Wuhan and control over the grain-producing areas in Hubei was restored.

And restore the passage between Henan and Hubei on Pinghan Road to speed up the transfer of materials. At least the Japanese army can no longer be like this, coming and leaving as it says, and fighting there if it wants. Strive to make the first, fifth, and sixth major theaters completely integrated.

Concentrate the main forces of the Ninth Theater and the main force of the Jiangfang Army to launch a counterattack on the Dongting Lake Plain around Yueyang and the Yichang line. The main grain-producing areas in the two lakes region should be recovered in order to alleviate the grain shortage that has already occurred in the rear area. Take advantage of this opportunity to restore the situation of river defense and completely cut off the passage for the Japanese army to invade the capital.

With the main force of the three theaters, a counterattack was launched on the battlefield in Jiangxi. Taking advantage of the lack of troops in Jiangxi, southern Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, the Japanese army fought to recover Nanchang in one go. The communist army can take Beiping, and the national army can also recover Nanchang. As long as Nanchang can be recovered, it will be able to stabilize the rear of southern Gan and pose a threat to the Jiujiang line.

At the same time, we will increase investment in the battlefield of Yunnan and Burma and open up ground links with India as soon as possible. He suggested that one or two troops should be transferred to the Burma battlefield. As long as the connection with the troops stationed in India is opened, it is bound to reduce the pressure on the United States and Britain on the Indian battlefield, especially the investment of the Americans on the Indian battlefield.

As long as the Americans can be on the battlefield in India, they can allocate part of their forces to other fronts. Then the importance of the Northeast Communist Army under the overall strategic pattern of the Americans is bound to decline significantly. As long as the Americans believe that the Northeast Communist Army is not irreplaceable, and in addition to exerting some political pressure, it is logical that the Americans will terminate their assistance to the Northeast Communist Army.

In his opinion, the Americans are quite realistic, and the Americans will not give much benefit without heavy bait. The reason why the communist forces in the northeast received a large amount of aid from the Americans was that they contained the two major strategic groups of the Japanese army, the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army, in the northeast theater and reduced the pressure on the US troops in the Pacific theater.

At the same time, if the Sino-Indian communication line can be opened, the transportation of US aid materials can also be accelerated. At the same time, we will negotiate with the Americans to deliver to China as soon as possible the equipment that was originally scheduled to be handed over to China but is now being used on the battlefield in India. In this way, there is no doubt that there are great benefits in both diplomatic and military terms.

The most critical national army can also carry out large-scale counterattacks, regain some of the lost territory, and show strong combat effectiveness in front of the Americans. Undoubtedly, it is still quite beneficial to win US aid. After all, at the international level, it is Chongqing, not Yan'an, that is China's sole legitimate government.

In fact, his suggestion is very much in line with the interests of Chongqing. But his suggestion was, in the eyes of everyone in the meeting, a bit too much. At present, the six and ninth theaters that have just finished the Battle of Changde are basically incapable of attacking, at least for a short period of time. In the four or three years of operations, the Fifth Theater also suffered heavy losses.

At present, with the exception of the First Theater, the Third Theater, and the Eighth Theater, which are still relatively complete, as well as the Fourth Theater, which itself has the smallest number of troops, the rest of the theaters basically have no ability to counterattack. And most of the elites that can be mobilized at the moment are in the second group of expeditionary force sequences. At this time, a nationwide counterattack is simply not able to support it.

Moreover, launching a full-front counterattack at this time also touched the interests of the following leaders in all walks of life to a certain extent. Eat tight in the front and eat tight in the rear. The big men in certain front-line areas are full of brains one by one in the smuggling business in the occupied areas. At this time, letting them launch a full-front counterattack will undoubtedly kill them.

Especially those miscellaneous army generals are born, as well as the war zone composed of miscellaneous armies. Almost no one agreed with his suggestion, except for a few people. In particular, the second theater of operations, which is dominated by the Jin Sui army, is actually a self-contained system, and the fifth theater, which is dominated by miscellaneous armies.

In the eyes of these two people, the guy in front of him, who has always taken it as his mission to annex or weaken the motley army, is doing this purely to weaken the motley army. There is no way to compare the strength of these two theaters with those of the Central Army-dominated theater. Whether it is the U.S.-aided equipment or the second-hand Italian equipment given by the United States and Britain, there is basically nothing to do with them.

In this case, let these two forces be the weakest in the country, one is dominated by the Gui army, and the other is dominated by the Jin Sui army, to take the initiative to launch a counterattack, isn't this another disguised weakening of the miscellaneous army? It's okay for us to launch a counterattack, unless we replenish our equipment and soldiers, and enjoy the same treatment as the Central Army.

In the eyes of the commander of the Fifth War Zone, his plan was very much to use his Gui Army as a substitute for the dead ghost for their central army. Not to mention that this counterattack battle will cause heavy losses to the five war zones, which are not strong in their own strength. Even if it is really defeated, the overall situation of the five theaters will still not change at all.

still stand in the front, let his Gui army be their sixth theater dominated by the Central Army, and be a substitute for the dead in front. This made the commander of the Fifth Theater extremely disgusted and disgusted. The Central Army is the lifeblood of his lineage, and if the Gui Army is all gone, he will not have any good results. What the Gui Department didn't say about the war, he couldn't be a substitute for the Central Army.

After glancing at the then Minister of Military Training and Director of the Guilin Camp, who was called Xiao Zhuge and the No. 2 person in the Guilin Department, both of them made up their minds. If the Military Commission wants to launch a counterattack in the five theaters, then in terms of equipment, at least the US weapons and equipment of the two armies of the Gui system will be allocated.

Compared to these two theater commanders who require additional equipment and additional troops to launch a counterattack. The commander of the First Theater Army, who was a general of the Central Army, who only knew how to engage in prostitution and gambling and had no collusion with the Japanese, but who had secretly done an unusually prosperous smuggling business, was particularly dissatisfied with his suggestion.

What are you kidding, if the Japanese army does not take the initiative to attack, it will already be very difficult. Why do you take the initiative to provoke now, isn't this nothing to do? Eastern Henan is now located in the Yellow Flood Area, what is the use of recovering it? It is better to concentrate forces to stick to the existing defense areas of the First Theater and ensure the territory of central and western Henan.

You have so many smuggling businesses in the occupied area, you can't cut them all off? Cutting off people's financial means is tantamount to killing your parents, do you understand or don't you understand? Willing to fight your six war zones to fight, the first war zone does not have this obligation and strength.

Compared with the following discussions, the first person of the Central Army of the Ministry of Military Affairs still said a fair word. Although this plan is very much in line with the current situation, the strength of the national army is far from being restored at present. In particular, in the just-concluded Battle of Changde, although the attacking Japanese 11th Army was severely damaged, the losses in the 5th and 9th theaters were not light.

The 10th, 99th, and 100th armies, the most elite of the Central Army, suffered particularly heavy losses in this battle. Among them, the number one trump card, the 74th Army, suffered heavy losses. There are only more than 300 men left in one division of Changde, and it is difficult for the army to regain its combat effectiveness without a long period of rest. The Tenth Army, known as the Taishan Army, basically lost more than half of the siege in the siege relief battle, and it was also in urgent need of rest and replenishment.

In addition to these troops, other elite armies such as the Eighth Army, the Fifty-fourth Army, and the Seventy-first Army, as well as the two newly formed all-American armies, were either in India or on the battlefield in western Yunnan, and it was very inappropriate to launch a nationwide all-out counterattack. If you insist on counterattacking, you should still focus on local counterattacks.

However, he still agreed to concentrate the main force of the First Theater to attack eastern Henan, and use the Second War Zone plus one part of the Eighth Theater. Taking advantage of the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi, attracted by the communist army in Shanxi, he launched a counterattack to the southwest of Shanxi. Efforts should be made to recover the southwestern Shanxi and eastern Henan regions, and cut off the passage for the communist army to move further south.

As for other directions, don't move, especially the six and nine theaters, which suffered great losses in the previous battles, are still focused on resting and recovering their vitality at the moment. Compared with the somewhat radical approach of the commander of the Sixth Theater, it is obvious that the plan of this veteran and serious military and political minister is more in line with practical interests.

It's just that the king of Shanxi, who regards the army as his life, and the current commander of the Second Theater of Operations, still let his Second War Zone be the main thing, and he also transferred the 35th Army, which had been separated from Germany, back to Shanxi, but his head shook like a rattle. He was afraid that the transfer of the 35th Army back to the Shanxi battlefield would likely lead to the complete collapse of his Jin Sui army. It was impossible for him to accept the proposal to transfer the 35th Army back to Shanxi.

If we persist in fighting a strategic counterattack on the Shanxi battlefield, the second theater can undertake part of the combat mission. However, the central authorities must replenish ordnance and ammunition, and strengthen artillery and air force to participate in the war. This old gentleman is a lion's big mouth, from rifles to airplanes, from cotton clothes to medical supplies.

Moreover, the troops of the Eighth Theater who insisted on entering the Shanxi battlefield must be under the command of the Second War Zone. If Yuncheng and Zhongtiao Mountain can be regained in this battle, then Zhongtiao Mountain can remain in the First War Zone system, but Yuncheng and the area west of the neighboring Xia County must be incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Second War Zone.

In addition to asking for the transfer of some American weapons, especially the American-made mountain artillery with good performance, the refitting of his Jin Sui army, and a large amount of air support. One mouth requires two artillery regiments with all-American weapons, which were transferred to the Second World War zone for use in this war.

And this kind of artillery regiment composed of American-made 105 howitzers has only five in the whole army so far. Three of them are still in the Indian battlefield, under the command of the army stationed in India, and are fighting the Indian battlefield. Even if you want to be transferred back to China, the lieutenant general of the US Army who is like a-stirring stick will not agree.

Of the remaining two artillery regiments, one is currently in the establishment of the expeditionary force in western Yunnan, and the other is currently assigned to the Sixth Theater, which has been tasked with defending the Yangtze River, to blockade the Three Gorges and ensure the safety of the Yangtze River defense line and Chongqing. It is also the only part of the heavy artillery in the current six theaters.

At present, even the elite of the Central Army is gathered in the two theaters of the 1st and 9th, which are still attached to the German-made howitzers that have survived several years of bloody battles, and the Soviet-made field artillery given by the Soviets in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War. Then there are so many American-made howitzer regiments, and the military pressure allocated to him is not always very high in the World War Zone? You have too much appetite, right?