That night, Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin discussed the development plan of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region and were not in a hurry to call back to the Southwestern Shandong Military Region.
Early the next morning, Zhou Weihan ordered the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the Southwest Shandong Military Division. The telegram stated that Li Yunlong was ordered to make a deep introspection and instruct the Southwest Shandong Military Division not to fight with the Japanese army in the near future to avoid being exposed for the time being. He also indicated that he would personally do so in the near future.
A trip to southwestern Shandong.
At present, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, or the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, has the Zhinan Military Division as the core, with two military divisions in the north of Henan and Zhangbei, one in the south and one in the north, consolidating the south of the military region.
The external environment of the entire Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region is relatively stable, and neither the Japanese Army in Anyang nor the Japanese 35th Division along the Longhai Railway are temporarily unable to carry out raids on the base areas.
As for the southwestern Shandong Military Division, which is located in a corner, with Li Yunlong's drastic expansion of base areas, the southwestern Shandong Military Division has a new regiment, three independent regiments, and nearly 4,000 combat troops.
However, with the opening of the base area, the territory of the Southwest Shandong Military Division became larger, which still affected the energy of the combat troops and caused many companies to be scattered to various places. This also resulted in the main force repeatedly being at a disadvantage in battles with the Japanese cavalry units.
"You really want to go back with me? Wen Qiang is pregnant, don't worry?" Tan Lin packed his luggage and said to Zhou Weihan.
"It's okay. I've already agreed with Wen Qiang. Besides, his elder brother is here and the doctor is ready!" Zhou Weihan said.
Zhou Weihan originally planned to continue to stay in Pingshun and wait for Xing Zhiguo to verify the situation of each regiment in the Tainan Military Region before leaving.
However, the two discussed the current situation of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region last night and concluded that now is the best time for the development of the Southwest Shandong Military Region.
Therefore, Zhou Weihan couldn't sit still anymore and was about to leave the next day to go back with Tan Lin.
Because Zhou Weihan holds two positions, the current leadership team of the Tainan Military Region is also divided into two. Li Yunshan, as the director of the Political Department, has been stationed in Yanwangshan, Wuyi for a long time.
This political commissar ran in both directions.
Before leaving, Zhou Weihan told Xu Dali something and asked him to pass it on to Xing Zhiguo.
This time going to Hebei, Shandong and Henan, the only accompanying troops were Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company. Originally, the first regiment, as the main regiment of the Zhinan Army Division, was also going to go, but Zhou Weihan had other arrangements for the first regiment's mission.
Southwest Shandong Military Division Headquarters.
Li Yunlong and Xin Tiebing stood in front of the map. Within the sphere of influence of the Eighth Route Army, the troops stationed in various places were marked with blue circles, and the Japanese attack route was marked with red lines.
The dynamics between the enemy and ourselves on the map are extremely clear. The Eighth Route Army is generally in a defensive posture, while the Japanese army is advancing continuously and attacking sharply.
Li Yunlong slapped the table and cursed: "Damn it, I haven't fought such a frustrating battle in a long time!"
"Comrade **, there is nothing we can do about it. The Japanese cavalry and infantry cooperate with each other. The infantry advances step by step. The cavalry uses its mobility to sweep the formation. Everywhere it arrives, it first attacks our troops by destroying villages and irritating them. After the two sides fight,
, the Japanese infantry temporarily relaxed their attack intensity and took the initiative to let our army cover the retreat of the people, and then the cavalry quickly followed up!"
"Although this method is not very clever, with the help of the puppet army, the Japanese army is equal to or even superior to our army. In addition, it has to protect the people, so the Japanese army has succeeded repeatedly!" Xin Tiebing said.
"Hey, after all, our mass base in southwestern Shandong is too weak, and the people still don't believe in us!" Li Yunlong said.
After the initial battle, Li Yunlong not only asked his troops to organize the retreat of the people on the periphery of the base area in advance, but the effect was not good.
On the one hand, as Li Yunlong said, the mass base is shallow. Although Zhou Weihan distributed food to the local people when he suppressed the stubborn armed forces in southwestern Shandong, this was not enough to make the local people fully support the Eighth Route Army's military operations.
In addition, in order to preserve the local government and local armed forces in southwestern Shandong, Zhou Weihan brought them back to Zhinan. The gap period also gave the puppet government and the Japanese army an opportunity to take advantage of.
Xin Tiebing nodded after hearing this. He agreed with what Li Yunlong said, but at the same time he still had some other thoughts in his mind.
In Xin Tiebing's view, it is easy for the main force to expand the base area, but it is not easy for the local government to stabilize the occupied base area, and it will take time to slowly digest it.
After the two formed a team in Southwest Shandong, it seemed that they generally got along well. Xin Tiebing was more radical, but Li Yunlong was even more radical and even thought about becoming fat in one go.
The Southwestern Shandong Military Division recuperated its strength in the mountainous area of Luling Town from the beginning, and later expanded its base all the way eastward.
In the early days, the Japanese army did not expect that the Southwest Shandong Army Division was victorious. However, as the base area expanded to Dingtao and Caoxian.
The pressure faced by the base area has increased sharply. To the north, we need to guard against the Japanese troops in Heze, to the east, we need to guard against the Japanese troops in Dingtao and Caoxian. To the southeast, there is the 4th Japanese Cavalry Brigade stationed, and to the southwest, there are 30 Japanese troops stationed in Lanfeng.
The First Division of the Fifth Division.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
When the main force of the 35th Division did not take action, the Japanese and puppet troops from the other three directions kept the Southwest Shandong Military Division busy.
Fortunately, with Luo Benzhong's pressure, the Southwestern Shandong Army Division's pace was not compromised.
While the two were talking, the telegraph operator came in: "Commander, Chief of Staff, military region telegram!"
Xin Tiebing took the telegram, read its contents, and finally mentioned that Zhou Weihan wanted to come in person.
"Have you given a specific time?" Li Yunlong asked anxiously.
"No!"
"It's broken, trouble is coming!" Li Yunlong slapped his forehead and suddenly felt a headache: "You didn't mention whether to provide support?"
"No!" Xin Tiebing wanted to give the telegram to Li Yunlong so that he could read it himself. Li Yunlong was in the mood to read it at this time.
At this time, Li Yunlong felt a little regretful. He had issued a military order when Zhou Weihan invited him to dinner before leaving, which led to his current rush for success.
"Immediately order the several companies scattered in Dingtao and Caoxian to retreat. Since it is difficult to defend, then retract your fists first and save strength!" After receiving the telegram, Li Yunlong's mind suddenly sobered up. After pondering,
, ordered immediately.
"Yes!" Xin Tiebing responded.
Zhou Weihan's imminent arrival finally made Li Yunlong see some reality clearly.
After Xin Tiebing left, Li Yunlong covered his chest and said, "It's over, the cavalry regiment will definitely not be retained this time!"
"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, you are so arrogant when you take advantage of it, now it's better!" Li Yunlong gave himself two hard blows.