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Chapter 1,698 Xia Yang¡¯s preparation

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    At the same time, a large number of roads will be built to connect the interior of Shanxi and the junction of Shanxi and Hebei.

    The main function of these roads is to allow Xia Yang's logistics and materials, as well as large-scale troops, to reach the front line as quickly as possible.

    And for the terrain of Hebei and Henan, as well as the Beijing-Tianjin area - plains, Xia Yang also asked his troops to carry out large-scale drills.

    These exercises are very targeted and mainly include long-distance maneuvers, large-scale force projection, as well as coordinated operations between the air force and infantry, infantry and artillery, and infantry and armored forces.

    There is also the question of how to deal with the penetration of Japanese mobile and flexible infantry units when armored units are advancing rapidly in plain areas.

    For several months, the exercises and training content of Xia Yang and his troops were all the various forms of combat that they might encounter in the plain areas.

    In addition, another important part of their drills is to attack difficult areas.

    Xia Yang dispatched a large number of reconnaissance troops and obtained a large amount of intelligence about the Japanese defense from the Eighth Route Army.

    They built a one-to-one equivalent of the various permanent fortifications built by the Japanese army in Shanxi.

    The purpose of these fortifications is to allow their troops to conduct drills.

    Including various tactics such as raids on these permanent fortifications, infantry close-in blasting, artillery coverage bombardment, tank bombardment, flamethrower close-in destruction and other tactics.

    Not only that, in order to simulate the Japanese army to the greatest extent, Xia Yang even set up a special Blue Army unit to simulate the Japanese army.

    What this blue army needs to do every day is to stand from the perspective of the Japanese army and find ways to cause trouble for Xia Yang's troops.

    They tried various combat methods that had appeared in the Japanese army, as well as combat methods that might be used.  They even helped the Japanese army and conceived various combat methods that the Japanese army had not conceived.

    And all this is to deal with the Japanese army.

    A week after Xia Yang left Hebei, the technical personnel he sent to guide the Eighth Route Army in building the airport had already arrived at the Eighth Route Army's base areas in Hebei and Shandong.

    After arriving here, they started construction of the field airport non-stop.

    These technicians also brought many radio stations to the Eighth Route Army so that they could extend their communication capabilities to the battalion level.

    With the arrival of the Spring Equinox, the entire Shanxi region has transformed into a completely different scene in less than half a year.

    Xia Yang¡¯s construction in Shanxi has been very effective.  Throughout Shanxi, as well as the northern part of Henan and the Chahar region, the construction of various industries is proceeding steadily.

    In the western region of Henan, Xia Yang asked He Changxing and others to seize the time to stock up on food.

    The reason why these grains are stored is, on the one hand, to prepare for the upcoming war, and another important reason, which is the upcoming great famine.

    It was just the Spring Equinox, and there were only a few months left before the Great Famine.

    By then, famine caused by locust swarms and drought will spread throughout Henan, even including some areas in Shanxi and Hebei.

    Historically, this famine resulted in the deaths of millions of people.  And more than three million Henan people were uprooted and displaced.

    In the western Henan region, wheat and corn seeds cultivated by later generations have been planted a long time ago, and the use of chemical fertilizers and other fertilizers has also begun to be promoted to increase grain production.

    Therefore, their grain output per mu is often several times or even dozens of times that of other areas.

    Not only that, new wheat seeds were planted in a large number of farmlands in Shanxi at the end of the year.

    After a winter of dormancy, these wheats have turned into a lush green patch.  It is conceivable that when summer comes, these wheats will be harvested.

    By then, Xia Yang and the others will have a lot of food surplus.  The surplus food can be used to relieve people in famine areas.

    According to Xia Yang¡¯s plan, their western Henan region will be able to receive about two million refugees.  These refugees will be diverted by him to Shanxi, Chahar and other areas.

    There, they will get newly reclaimed land and have their own new home there.

    He Changxing and others found it difficult to understand many of Xia Yang's preparations.  After all, they can't predict it.??The famine is coming.

    Xia Yang is preparing to launch a second offensive against the Japanese army in July.

    The reason for choosing this time period is, on the one hand, that there will be a wave of refugees caused by famine in June.  And these refugees will flow into Shanxi and western Henan in large numbers.

    He needs a certain amount of time to settle these refugees.  Not only that, he could also take advantage of the chaotic refugee flow to confuse the Japanese army's sight, making his troops' actions more covert.

    Another aspect is that the US military will launch a counterattack against the Japanese army in the Pacific region.

    By then, the Japanese army will inevitably put most of its energy into the Pacific battlefield.  For the Chinese battlefield, they could not allocate more energy.

    Because of these reasons, Xia Yang chooses to attack Hebei and other areas in July, which will achieve excellent offensive results.

    "At least, the Japanese army will be restrained in many forces due to various factors.  In this way, Okamura Neji will have fewer chips to compete with Xia Yang.

    At the beginning of the year, the Japanese offensive against Southeast Asia was overwhelming.

    With the arrival of spring, it is not only the Xia Yang Fourth Army in Shanxi that has been strengthened, but also the guerrilla troops of the Eighth Route Army.

    The Japanese troops in North China also received a batch of new equipment.

    There are various types of equipment, mainly the new 75mm anti-tank guns, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles just manufactured from the factory, large-caliber howitzers, and newly developed firearms.

    The Japanese military¡¯s factories at home and in Manchukuo had been unable to carry out full-line production due to lack of raw materials.

    But the offensive against Southeast Asia allowed them to obtain a large amount of the resources they wanted from there.

    Various ores are transported via cargo ships to Japan or to factories in the puppet Manchukuo.  When these things come out of the factory, they will become weapons to kill people.

    In addition, many oil wells captured in Myanmar also ensured the Japanese army's oil.

    They wanted to build a large-scale armored force before, but they have been struggling.  It is limited by steel production and oil supply.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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