Regarding the results of the first phase of the war in southwestern Shandong, Zhou Weihan has made a detailed report to the headquarters via the radio.
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The head of the headquarters was greatly surprised. They did not expect that the battle would end so quickly.
"Boss, we may have overestimated the enemy's strength in southwestern Shandong. The real battle only lasted one day and ended. It was really unexpected!" the deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
The boss clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the map of southwestern Shandong attentively, and then said: "Yes, it's too fast. Maybe we were too conservative before, or maybe Zhou Weihan proposed using the Heze area as the basis to open up the base area in southwestern Shandong.
The idea can really come true!”
"Is there any movement from the Japanese army?" the boss asked.
"No, intelligence personnel from various places reported that the Japanese troops did not take any action and seemed not to be aware of it at all!"
"I feel something is wrong. Although the battle ended quickly, it is impossible for the Japanese army to be unaware of it. It stands to reason that they should have known last night that a large-scale battle took place between our army and the Japanese and puppet troops in Shangqiu in the Qinglongji area.
, especially the 35th Division, the Japanese troops in Heze must have sent a farewell telegram before they fell!"
"The response of Japanese troops everywhere is slow. They should take action early this morning!" the deputy chief of staff said one after another.
"Inform the intelligence personnel to continue to keep an eye on the Japanese army. Once any situation is reported in time, the Japanese army will never allow our army to grow in southwestern Shandong. They will be dispatched sooner or later, but the time is not right now!"
"By the way, how are the personnel sent to the Hebei, Luyu and Henan Military Regions from each military region?" the boss asked.
"The personnel from the Taiyue Military Region and the Taibei Military Region have already set off this morning and are expected to meet up in Tainan in the evening. The personnel from the Southern Hebei Military Region and the Western Shandong Military Region will arrive directly at the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region!" said the deputy chief of staff.
"That's good. In this way, Zhou Weihan will have more troops at his disposal!" The boss nodded after hearing this.
In the "Shandong Southwest Military Division's Operation Plan for Heze" reported by Zhou Weihan, he also proposed that if he wanted to implement this plan and successfully open up the Southwest Shandong base area, he could only rely on the strength of the Southwest Shandong Military Division and even the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region.
not enough.
The territory of the Hebei, Shandong, and Yu Military Region is too large. The three military divisions of Zhangbei, Zhinan, and Northern Henan can temporarily allocate troops for support, but they cannot station them for a long time.
Nowadays, the Southwestern Shandong Military Division is planning to expand its base area with great fanfare. As a result, more troops need to be formed.
If we select new soldiers from the local area and form new regiments, the results will be too slow and insufficient to defend the southwestern Shandong base area.
In this way, Zhou Weihan could only reach out to the headquarters, and the head of the headquarters also supported this. It was naturally inappropriate to transfer troops from each military region into regiments.
To this end, the boss ordered that each main regiment and large regiment under the military region should allocate a combat company. At the same time, each military region should provide corresponding cadres to facilitate the formation of regiment-level troops in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region.
The 386th Brigade of the Taiyue Military Region has jurisdiction over the 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the 16th, 17th, and 18th Regiments, and the Third Column to the Death has jurisdiction over the 7th, 8th, and 9th Regiments.
The above eight regiments are now the main force of the Taiyue Military Region, and they are the old foundation carefully built by the brigade commander.
According to the order from the headquarters, the Taiyue Military Region needs to allocate eight full combat companies from each regiment, as well as corresponding battalions and regiment-level cadres and deputies.
Generally, the main regiment of a military region consists of three battalions and nine companies. However, the Taiyue Military Region lost one regiment.
After hearing this order, the brigade commander just said, "Hey, it's really painful to take advantage of someone's short hands and eat someone's short mouth, and it hurts to cut the flesh with a dull knife," and then he had no choice but to comply.
The 385th Brigade of the Taibei Military Region has 769 regiments, 13th and 14th regiments, the New 1st Brigade has 1st and 2nd Regiments, the New 10th Brigade has 28th, 29th and 30th Regiments, and the New 11th Brigade has 31 regiments.
, 32 regiments, 33 regiments, a total of 11 regiments.
The newly formed Fourth Brigade of Jinan Military Region has jurisdiction over the 771st Regiment, the 10th Regiment, and the 11th Regiment. The New Seventh Brigade has jurisdiction over the 19th Regiment, the 20th Regiment, and the 21st Regiment. The New Eighth Brigade has jurisdiction over the 22nd Regiment, the 23rd Regiment, the 24th Regiment, and the New Ninth Regiment.
The brigade has 25 regiments, 26 regiments, and 27 regiments, a total of 12 regiments.
The above units are all the main units of the 129th Division after reorganization in June 1940.
Of course, this does not include the decisive column in the Yuncheng area, the division headquarters' special service regiment, and the headquarters security regiment.
In addition, there are the 22nd Regiment directly under the division headquarters, the 279th Regiment, 281st Regiment, and the 5th Regiment of the Tainan Military Region directly under the headquarters, the 3rd Teaching Brigade, the 4th Brigade, the New 3rd Brigade of the Luxi Military Region, and the People's Army's 3rd Regiment.
The 12th regiment under the First Brigade also needs to mobilize troops.
In detail, with the support of the five secondary military regions, the troops arriving in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region will have 48 full combat companies, which is almost five and a half regiments in strength.
With the backbone of the battle and cadres at all levels in place, when the time comes, Zhou Weihan only needs to supplement some troops from the prisoners, or turn around and form ten regiments.
The headquarters' support for the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region or Zhou Weihan himself is not insignificant.
The words are divided into two parts.
"Report, the Third Regiment called back. The Japanese troops of the 35th Division have not moved. Commander Wu asked if the Third Regiment will continue to stay in the Kaocheng area!" the telegraph operator said.
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he did not give a timely reply. After thinking for a while, he said: "Call back to the Third Regiment. The Third Regiment can retreat north to Dongming territory to rest and recuperate. We will follow the command of the headquarters for subsequent actions!"
"yes!"
After the telegraph operator left, Zhou Weihan continued: "Continuing with the topic just now, the main force of the Japanese army in southwestern Shandong has been wiped out at once, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the other counties are nothing more than dog guards!"
"Now is a great time to open up a base area. We currently have insufficient troops, so I will continue to let the New Third Brigade stay for coordinated operations!"
"The main force is responsible for clearing out the remaining enemies in each county and the traitors, landlords, and local cadres who have taken refuge with the Japs. Ten working teams composed of local armed forces will lead the local armed forces to cooperate with the main force in building grassroots political power. Political Commissar Tan will also come with manpower in the future!"
"Then the Japanese and puppet troops in the county were wiped out in one go?" Li Yunlong asked.
"Huh, you have a big appetite, and you're not afraid of overeating?"
"The current general policy is that, except for the Heze area, the rest of the areas should rely on rural areas and towns to expand towards various counties. During the entire expansion process, we must pay attention to the means!"
"Don't let go of a traitor who sincerely serves the Japs, but don't hurt those country squires who have no choice but to make concessions under the Japs!"
"We must carefully screen and listen more to the opinions of the masses. In the future, southwestern Shandong will be the clothing and food depot of our Eighth Route Army, and the local people are the roots of the base area!" Zhou Weihan said solemnly.
What will be done next in southwestern Shandong is tantamount to a fundamental change of political power, and some people will always be liquidated. Through past experience, Zhou Weihan is also taking precautions in advance.
Starting from the army, we must prevent certain things from happening.