Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

It's easy to say, but difficult to do.

With the military industrial foundation and heritage of the Eighth Route Army, it was simply a fantasy to want to form a large-scale mechanized combat force of its own.

Even with the strength of the Central Army, they had assembled the resources of the three armed forces and imported tanks from abroad, but they were able to form only one armored corps.

As a result, they were directly defeated in the Battle of Shanghai.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army, if it weren't for Kong Jie, the butterfly flapping its wings.

The Eighth Route Army didn't even have a decent tank.

In addition, the needs of the combat environment of mechanized combat troops should be taken into consideration.

Ding Wei pointed out: "In order to avoid the Japanese army's mopping-up base, we are mainly in the mountainous area. The mountain roads are steep and complex, which is not suitable for mechanized combat troops to deploy.

Even if we have enough resources to build our own mechanized combat forces, I am afraid we will not be able to fight in mountainous environments."

This is the fact before our eyes.

Kong Jie's solution was also very concise and clear: "The mountainous environment in the Taihang area is not suitable for the deployment of mechanized combat troops, so we should find a battlefield suitable for the deployment of mechanized combat troops."

"A battlefield suitable for the deployment of mechanized combat forces?"

Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were obviously stunned when they heard this.

"Then it is definitely not in the Taihang area, and it is definitely not in the base of our independent detachment."

"Under these conditions, where can we find a battlefield suitable for mechanized combat troops to deploy?"

In response to Ding Wei's doubts, Kong Jie abruptly pointed out a point on the huge military map in the command room. That was the Suimeng area further north of the northern Shanxi region.

“How is this place?

The main reason is the plateau terrain, which is relatively open and flat. The Japanese army and the cavalry units of the 35th Army, including some mechanized combat units, can basically move freely here and give full play to their combat advantages. "

This really made Ding Wei and Li Yunlong's eyes light up. Ding Wei, who had a long-term vision, immediately expressed his approval.

"Yes, Suimeng is a vast area, and the Japanese troops stationed there are not that many. There are only invading armed forces led by the Mongolian Army. The number of the Japanese is limited, and they cannot control an area as large as Suimeng.

Including in the Suimeng area, the 35th Route Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which persisted in resisting the Japanese in the Hetao region, relied on the mobility of its cavalry and the vastness of the Suimeng area, and was able to always find gaps to fight mobile battles with the Japanese.

A few years ago, the 35th Army even relied on this combat advantage to regain some lost territory for the first time.

If we build a mechanized combat force, the Suimeng area is indeed the most suitable battlefield for combat."

But Ding Wei then raised the difficulties:

"First, we must have sufficient resources and equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, cars, motorcycles and other mechanized vehicles needed by mechanized combat forces.

Secondly, even if we have these vehicles, if we want to fight in the Suimeng area, the distance we have to move from our Taihang area to the Suimeng area is not short, and there are layers of blockades by the Japanese army along the way.

How can we transfer our mechanized combat troops to the Suimeng battlefield without anyone noticing, right under the eyes of the devils?"

Kong Jie did not answer Ding Wei's doubts immediately, but asked in return:

"Old Ding, what do you think is the greatest strategic significance of our opening up the situation in the Suimeng area?"