Seeing that this important operational meeting had ended in such a short period of time, the commanders and political commissars of several fraternal units of the military regions who attended the meeting as observers were dumbfounded. Such an important combat meeting, such a few short sentences are all over?

Even if the cadres at and above the division level in front of them report and summarize, the entire meeting time is only half a day. Although I know that they have always paid attention to high efficiency, the process of this meeting is too short, right? It's just that the cadres of the Anti-Japanese Federation are obviously accustomed to this kind of efficiency, so they don't have much to say.

However, several commanders of military regions who were originally prepared to express their determination on the issue of cooperating with the second phase of the anti-Japanese alliance operation realized that all the things they had prepared before were now useless. Even the old comrades-in-arms who wanted to be transferred to work in the Anti-Japanese Federation and were among the troops going south this time did not have the opportunity to say a word, and they really came and went in a hurry.

Before the commander of the Bohai Naval Region came to Hejian for a meeting, he took advantage of the innate convenience of his jurisdiction near the Bohai Bay to specially prepare a large amount of seafood from the Bohai Sea. Among them, only shrimp, yellow croaker and hairtail fish were prepared, and hundreds of catties were prepared. Although these are not very valuable at this time, they are worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in later generations, and they are basically pure wild seafood that can no longer be seen.

There is also the commander of the Jizhong Military Region, who brought dozens of jars of authentic Hengshui Lao Baigan, as well as hundreds of catties of fine pork, a large number of chickens and Baiyangdian specialty fat duck, and even invited a few chefs from a big hotel in Baoding City. I am specially prepared to take advantage of this opportunity to give a good comfort to the brother forces of the Anti-Japanese Union.

During the Spring Festival of 1944, everyone spent it on the battlefield. Except for the overwhelming sound of guns and cannons, and the constant bloody battles, there were no Chinese New Year's Eve dinners or dinners. Although the battlefield does not pay much attention to the New Year's Festival, the situation does not allow everyone to have a lively New Year.

However, several commanders still took advantage of this opportunity this time to raise a large number of materials, prepared to comfort the fraternal troops, and specially brought the drama club and art troupe. As a result, I didn't expect the meeting to go so fast, and all the things I prepared were useless.

Fortunately, after all, they were all brother troops, and Yang Zhen didn't embarrass them too much. The condolences they brought, except for those Hengshui Lao Baigan, all the rest were distributed. At present, the headquarters does not have time to entertain them, so if they want to eat, they will go back and get their own.

Although the year has passed, it is not yet the first month of the new year. It's also during the recuperation period, so that everyone can make a lively scene without violating discipline. But the wine was confiscated entirely, and not a pound of saliva was given to those gluttonous people, and the drinking that was watched with their eyes was left.

However, Yang Zhen did not ask for those condolences in vain, and transferred ten American-made jeeps from the troops and handed them over to several commanders of the military region for use. At the same time, the logistics department allocated 20 Japanese-made trucks to each military region from the trophies. He also transferred 30 American-made 10-wheeled trucks from his own troops and handed them over to several military regions for use.

As for weapons and ammunition, only three hundred thousand rounds of ammunition were given to several military districts, as well as part of the grenades. This is because, in accordance with the requirements of the central authorities, all the weapons and equipment seized so far have been handed over to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. In the future, the distribution of weapons and equipment will not be directly handed over to the second-level military regions by the Anti-Japanese Federation, but will be handed over to the central authorities and distributed by the central authorities in a unified manner.

At the end of the meeting, all the other cadres returned to their stations, and only two people did not return to their respective stations. Among the top military commanders of the two clusters in the east and west, Chen Hanzhang first rushed to Jingxian County to temporarily take over the command of Du Kaishan. And Du Kaishan, the commander of the Eastern Front Cluster, was left in front of the river.

Watching his subordinates leave in the car one by one, Du Kaishan scratched his head but didn't dare to have any opinions. I can only honestly stay in the front finger and wait for No. 1 to deal with him. However, No. 1 asked Chen Hanzhang to temporarily take charge of the processing of the East Cluster in his place, but it made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Let Chen Hanzhang, who is still in charge of the Western Front, temporarily act as an agent, which means that No. 1 has no intention of removing himself or transferring him from the front line, at least for the time being. As long as he can let himself stay on the front line and lead the troops to fight, how to deal with himself, Du Kaishan, a militant, will admit it.

It's just that Du Kaishan is a little puzzled that No. 1 left himself in the front finger, but he neither talked to him, nor reprimanded him, let alone showed any special dissatisfaction. Just hanging him on the front finger so awkwardly, somewhat confusing him. Seeing the busy figure of No. 1, Du Kaishan didn't dare to ask.

I could only stay at the headquarters honestly and take a map of the Bohai Bay coast that Yang Zhen threw over. In accordance with Yang Zhen's request, with three operational staff officers, and with the cooperation of several cadres of the Bohai Naval Region who were familiar with the terrain of this area, the coastal defense artillery positions were determined on the map.

In fact, Du Kaishan wanted to see the terrain along the entire Bohai Bay with his own eyes, but No. 1 did not let people go, and he did not dare to go. Fortunately, No. 1 left him a few cadres who were familiar with the topography and climate of Bohai Bay, and helped him determine the positions of these artillery regiments that had just been transferred from the northeast, which did not make it too difficult for him.

In order to deal with the Japanese army's possible landing in Bohai Bay at any time, Yang Zhen specially transferred two long-range cannon artillery regiments from the northeast that had just completed their training. These two cannon regiments were also the only two artillery regiments of the United Nations to be armed with German-made 150 mm and 170 mm cannons.

The two regiments were equipped with a total of thirty-six German-made K-18 150 mm long-range cannons, all but eleven of which were intact at the time of receipt. The remaining 25 guns were pieced together one by one from the battle-damaged artillery collected by the Anti-Japanese Federation from the Soviet-German battlefield.

These German-made 150-millimeter cannons were very powerful and long-range, and they were the priority targets of Allied firepower, both in the Soviet-German and North African theaters. Coupled with the unprecedented brutality of the Soviet-German battlefield, only eleven were fully received. The rest were technicians of the Anti-Japanese Union, who collected parts from the Soviet-German and North African battlefields and assembled them themselves.

As for the seven 170-mm cannons, they were trophies received from the Soviet and American forces after the Battle of Stalingrad and the North African Campaign. This German-made 170 mm cannon is also the longest-range artillery currently equipped by the Anti-United Nations, and it is also the only seven guns of the same model.

Originally, this kind of cannon, which was too small in number and too bulky, was not prepared to be equipped by the Anti-United Nations. But considering that this artillery is more powerful and has more than enough range when defending the coastline. It is still possible to confront ships below the cruiser, and its range and accuracy are incomparable to howitzers.

Whether the Anti-Japanese Federation is fighting in the northeast or entering the battlefield in the south, it is inevitable that they will have to fight along the coastline. It is impossible to avoid the topic of defending the Japanese Navy against Japanese landing operations if necessary before the Japanese Navy is devastating in the Pacific. However, relying solely on aviation to suppress anti-landing firepower is greatly affected by the weather.

Therefore, after several considerations, these seven 170-mm cannons, all the Japanese-made **-type cannons and 120-mm cannons of the Anti-Japanese Coalition were mixed into a heavy artillery regiment. However, the shells used in this artillery cannot be manufactured by the Anti-Union for the time being, and they can only rely on the original German shells collected for the time being.

It's just that the cadres of the Anti-Japanese Union in the Soviet Union took the risk to go to every battlefield on the Soviet-German battlefield and painstakingly collected. But this heavy cannon, which is not the artillery belonging to those divisions, is equipped in large quantities. Even if the Americans handed over all the shells captured in the North African theater. However, the total number of shells was just over 2,000.

There are only three such long-range cannon regiments in total, and the remaining one is based on the Japanese Type 96 long-range cannon as the standard artillery. This time, Yang Zhen was transferred to the pass at one time, which shows that he attaches great importance to preventing the Japanese army from landing on his flank in the form of a surprise attack.

However, Yang Zhen did not plan to produce shells for these German-made 170mm cannons. The guns themselves were used with high intensity, and the barrel life was running out. And the number is too small, not to mention, the Anti-United Nations does not have the ability to produce supporting body tubes for it at present. Therefore, Yang Zhen has made up his mind to wait until the cannonballs he got are exhausted, and then retire these artillery.

After all, although the Japanese Navy is still vigorous, in the contest in the Pacific Theater, the Japanese Navy, which is obviously already weakening, will not be able to hold out for too long. Although these guns have a long range and great power, they are too few in number. It is also impossible to open a special production line for artillery shells.

As for now, Yang Zhen is based on these two long-range cannon regiments, strengthening two 122 rocket artillery battalions and one 150 howitzer regiment, which are respectively equipped on the coastline of Xinhai and Qingzhou. Two squadrons of American-made attack aircraft were mobilized to block the coastline in conjunction with artillery.

According to the experience of coastal residents, this year's Bohai Bay is not only late in freezing. Judging from the changing weather, I am afraid that the time of enlightenment will also be advanced. Compared with the eastern Hebei, Tianjin coast and Liaodong Bay in the north, the ice period of Bohai Bay will end in half a month, and Yang Zhen still has to start preparing in advance after several considerations.

This is Yang Zhen's consistent creed not to fight an unprepared battle, and it is better to start preparing in advance than to passively respond to the battle when the time comes. In fact, as early as the end of the Beiping battlefield, Yang Zhen had already issued an order. It's just that these guns are too bulky, basically around twenty tons. Coupled with the weight of the tractor, it is difficult for the average road to bear this weight.

The conditions of the road from Rehe to Beiping were not very good, and it was not until the Tonggu Railway and the Chengde-Gubeikou Railway were repaired that the two heavy artillery regiments arrived at the Jizhong battlefield by train from Chifeng. Because of the road conditions, the train is not moving fast. Therefore, before the whole army moved to the defense, these two heavy artillery regiments arrived in Jizhong.

Fortunately, although the journey of these two heavy artillery regiments was slow and delayed, the arrival time was quite timely. Before the Bohai Bay was fully civilized, it arrived at the Jizhong Theater. Let Yang Zhen deal with the landing operations that the Japanese army may carry out, and the cost is much stronger.

And let Du Kaishan plan, first, this guy's ability, Yang Zhen still believes in it. Since the two heavy artillery regiments are deployed within the range of his defense zone. Then it is more appropriate for him to determine the location of the defense area of these two heavy artillery regiments, and it can be regarded as making the best use of people.

Although Du Kaishan's actions in the closing stage of the first phase of the operation annoyed Yang Zhen very much, Yang Zhen did not really intend to remove him. Although this guy has this and that shortcoming, there is one thing that Yang Zhen still appreciates, that is, his keen grasp of fighters on the battlefield. There are still some lessons to be learned, but Yang Zhen is still not ready to change generals.

The second point is that Yang Zhen doesn't want to let him wander around the headquarters leisurely and leisurely when he is very busy. Since this guy won't let him go back for the time being, let him do some work. lest this guy be in the headquarters, dangling around and obscuring his eyes.