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#193 - Game of attack and counterattack

The news of the victory at Jiuyuan reached the temporary capital.

It triggered a frenzy of celebrations among the people, as it was a rare recovery of a major city since the start of the war, holding significant influence in the frontier region.

However, in a certain official residence in the temporary capital, someone was in a furious rage.

"Damn it, useless, a bunch of useless people! How come we didn't receive any prior warning? What kind of intelligence work is being done in the border region? What about the intelligence work in the frontier region?

A bunch of good-for-nothing drunkards, I think they should all be shot!"

"Immediately send orders to the border region, ordering them to hand over the defense and administrative rights of Jiuyuan City. Who allowed them to occupy territory indiscriminately? This place must be handed over to our local government in Suiyuan."

"Principal, I heard that the ones currently occupying it are our Provisional 3rd Division," someone cautiously reminded.

"Damn it, the Provisional 3rd Division is no good either. We have been summoning them back to the Shaanxi-Gansu border for ideological purification, but they have been insincere and disobedient. Now, I see their true colors have been exposed, haven't they? If there wasn't something fishy going on, would the border region be so kind as to hand over a place they conquered to them?

We must issue continuous orders to them, ordering them to immediately hand over the territory to the Suiyuan authorities and immediately return to their garrison in the Yikezhao League. At the same time, all cadres above the regimental level are required to go to Chang'an for military education!"

The day after the victory at Jiuyuan.

The Provisional 3rd Division, which had loudly announced its victory, ostentatiously held a banquet at Zuixianlou, the most famous restaurant in Jiuyuan. The commander of the Provisional 3rd Division personally invited many prominent figures from Jiuyuan to attend and discuss important matters.

At the banquet, the commander of the Provisional 3rd Division proposed the idea of a joint Mongolian-Suiyuan autonomous region, calling for everyone to unite and drive the Japanese devils out of Suiyuan, Mengjiang, Chahar, and Rehe!

In this era, there were many people who, with a little strength, wanted to stir up trouble.

However, they didn't quite believe that the Provisional 3rd Division could handle the situation. Although it was claimed that Jiuyuan City was captured by the Provisional 3rd Division, everyone generally believed that the Provisional 3rd Division, which had been conducting guerrilla warfare in the Yikezhao League opposite Jiuyuan, did not have such strength.

Although there was no evidence, everyone privately believed that the border region had taken action.

Therefore, everyone thought that the Provisional 3rd Division's idea of picking peaches was somewhat whimsical and would not be recognized by the border region at all.

But to everyone's surprise, after the banquet, everyone saw that the border region had no objections to this joint autonomy, allowing the Provisional 3rd Division to jump out and make waves, allowing the Provisional 3rd Division to swallow the entire Jiuyuan in one gulp, establishing the signboard of the Prairie Joint Autonomous Committee and the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army in Jiuyuan, and even reorganizing the second division of the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army after purging the high-level officers of the captured puppet Mongolian army, accepting the command of commanders dispatched from the Provisional 3rd Division.

This committee is in charge of various local government affairs and obviously has considerable real power, with jurisdiction wherever the Provisional 3rd Division's military force points.

After a few days of suppression, the Japanese and puppet military strongholds within a hundred miles of Jiuyuan were cleared one by one.

From Jiufeng Mountain in the east, Guyang in the north, and the area bordering Urad and Wuyuan in the west, the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army controlled an area of over 10,000 square kilometers, about 200 kilometers long and 70 kilometers wide, on the north bank of the Yellow River opposite the Yikezhao League.

Although many places are nomadic areas without fixed personnel.

The Provisional 3rd Division is nominally a Guomindang unit. Although some people have not yet figured out how the Provisional 3rd Division is so close to the border region, with the border region secretly handing over Jiuyuan to the Provisional 3rd Division for management, it does not prevent some influential figures on the prairie from being tempted and preparing to join the joint autonomy.

There are still many tribes on the grassland near Jiuyuan. If they were to be recovered one by one, it would take more than half a year just to walk around this vast grassland.

Therefore, when Ren Zhong initially formulated the grand plan, he created a simplified version of the autonomous region model in advance to solve the risk of the Seventh Route Army and the Guomindang coming to receive the fruits of victory after the capture.

After all, under the current system, it is undeniable that the border region still belongs to the jurisdiction of the Guomindang. After capturing Jiuyuan, Jiuyuan is no longer behind enemy lines, and there is no excuse for acting as an agent behind enemy lines.

If the Seventh Route Army and the Guomindang send people to take over, it would be really difficult for the border region to refuse without breaking face.

Therefore, it is better to create a joint prairie autonomy. This Provisional 3rd Division is a genuine prairie local force. Although most of the middle and high-level officers have secretly joined the organization, as long as the parties concerned refuse to admit it, no one can use this to make an issue of it, and it doesn't matter if they do. Anyway, as long as the local power factions recognize it, the Provisional 3rd Division can become the real ruler of the Suiyuan-Mongolian area.

The North China Military Region forming two lines, one overt and one covert, with the Provisional 3rd Division in the frontier region is currently the best choice.

The events on the prairie are like a thunderbolt dropped in a pond, not only killing many Japanese and puppet troops but also stirring up a considerable storm. Although the Provisional 3rd Division has drawn a big pie, those who are making a living on the prairie are now watching the movements of the Japanese. Although the Provisional 3rd Division has also taken Jiuyuan with its strength, no one knows whether it can withstand the Japanese counterattack. Before the dust settles, they dare not join easily.

Ren Zhong doesn't care about these things. He is sure that even if the Japanese don't admit defeat, they can only endure it for now.

The Japanese in Qingcheng currently have no strength to come over for revenge.

The victory at Jiuyuan not only shook the country but also had a significant impact on the rogue eagle's team stationed in China. The successive annihilation of two Japanese brigade-level battles and the display of some of the strength of the border region and the Eighth Route Army made the rogue eagle, which had been battered and bruised in Southeast Asia, seem to see a glimmer of hope.

General Shi was particularly interested and personally flew to the border region to have an in-depth exchange with the high-level officials of the border region, exploring whether this could be used as a starting point to launch a stronger offensive in North China.

Through local counterattacks, the Japanese strength remaining in the north could be firmly dragged in place.

The exchange was very frank. General Shi directly requested that the border region and the Eighth Route Army alleviate the pressure on the Japanese to move south as much as possible.

The border region also frankly stated that its other base areas did not yet have the configuration and strength of the Jiuyuan North China Military Region. It was possible to launch offensives against some county towns, but it was not capable of launching a counterattack against the main force of the Japanese in North China.

Currently, the border region lacks sufficient heavy weapons, sufficient civilian supplies, and a well-trained reserve army.

Because the base areas and the border region are now being targeted by the Guomindang, much of their strength is wasted on internal friction.

However, for the overall interests of the Allied forces, the border region and the Eighth Route Army can launch attacks on some county towns to further expand the base areas.

If the rogue eagle can further assist in building a light vehicle factory, providing the border region with a batch of automobile production lines, or even a Sherman tank production line, the border region will improve its strength as soon as possible and prepare to launch a counterattack in Jin first.

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