The telegraph operator found Zhou Weihan holding a telegram: "Commander, the groom sent a secret message!"
I saw Zhou Weihan taking the telegram, waving his hand to the telegraph operator to get down, then finding the code book he carried with him and starting to translate it word for word.
After Zhou Weihan read the contents of the telegram, he immediately burned the telegram.
After Kuroshima Morita was captured by the Eighth Route Army, because he looked too much like Isamu Terauchi, Zhou Weihan ordered him to be detained.
After the war in southwest Shandong was initially over, Zhou Weihan contacted Terauchi Isamu and confirmed the identity of Kuroshima Morita.
When Terauchi Isamu failed to contact his brother, he thought that Kuroshima Morita had died in the battle, but he never expected that Zhou Weihan would receive good news.
For this reason, Isamu Terauchi repeatedly expressed his gratitude in the telegram, saying that he would be grateful in the future, and asked Zhou Weihan to send someone to send Kuroshima Morita to Handan.
Naturally, Zhou Weihan had no reason to refuse Terauchi Isamu's request. However, Kuroshima Morita was an officer with a high-ranking military rank, so how could he let him get away so easily?
So Zhou Weihan ordered Kuroshima Morita to write a confession, and took a group photo with several Eighth Route Army soldiers while holding up the words "The Emperor of Japan must die a good death".
Originally, the gangster Morita had the intention to fight to the end, but after this incident, he was suddenly pinched. After that, this guy was sent to Handan.
Perhaps because of Terauchi Isamu's advice, Kuroshima Morita's thoughts underwent a huge change. When he returned to Shangqiu from Handan, Terauchi Isamu arranged several capable assistants for him.
Since then, under the coercion of the Eighth Route Army and the education of Isamu Temple, a kid codenamed Ma Fu successfully inserted himself into the Japanese army in Shangqiu.
After the troops captured Dingtao, Caoxian, and Chengwu, although Zhou Weihan ordered the troops to immediately stabilize the territory and not expand any further, he kept giving the Japanese army in Shangqiu the illusion that the Eighth Route Army was going to capture Shangqiu in one fell swoop.
The purpose of the move was to create opportunities for Kuroshima Morita.
"Old Zhou, this little devil Kuroshima Morita doesn't know how to play tricks, does he? Soldiers never tire of deceit, and people's hearts are unpredictable!" Tan Lin reminded.
"Don't worry, I know in my heart that Kuroshima Morita's Achilles' heel is in our hands. In the short term, before the Japanese army recovers, he won't dare to have other ideas!"
"Monk, inform the first regiment and the new regiment that in the next two to three days, the troops can temporarily reduce their strength and shift their energy to building defense lines!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Yes!" the monk, who was always on call, responded.
Judging from the current situation in southwestern Shandong, the Japanese army's future troop dispatch route will definitely be a large-scale attack from the east and south.
Shangqiu along the Longhai Railway and Yanzhou along the Jinpu Railway will be the advance bases of the Japanese army. In this way, Caoxian and Chengwu will be the first-line battlefields to resist the Japanese raids in Shangqiu.
Similarly, Juye and Yuncheng, where the New Third Brigade of the Western Shandong Military Region currently operates, is a barrier against the Japanese troops in Yanzhou.
For such an important strategic location, Zhou Weihan would naturally make more arrangements.
The story is divided into two parts, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Southwest Shandong vigorously expanded its base areas and carried out large-scale land reforms. The results have been reported to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
In this regard, the boss's evaluation was that the progress was amazing and the results were gratifying.
"Boss, Comrade Shang Kun from the Northern Bureau sent someone to say that a democratic government in southwestern Shandong will be established and invites us to go to southwestern Shandong to have a look. What do you think?" said the deputy chief of staff.
"Go, of course we have to go. Zhou Weihan has made such a big noise in southwestern Shandong. If we don't go and support him, wouldn't we be denying him face?"
"I have been living in the Taihang Mountains for the past few years, and this trip is just a chance to see the beautiful scenery of the North China Plain!" As the saying goes, people feel refreshed when happy events happen, and the smile on the boss's face has not stopped in recent times.
"Yes, the Jizhong Plain is rich in products and is the food and clothing storehouse of our Eighth Route Army. The land in the Southwest Shandong Plain is also fertile. As long as it develops, it can continuously provide food, cotton, and even sustainably mine minerals and other resources. We
Then there will be no need to be choked by the national army and the little devils!" said the Deputy Chief of General Staff.
Since the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal obtained the 79 bullet production line, it has been working hard to produce original bullets at full capacity.
However, raw materials such as brass were stuck by the Japs, so the deputy chief of staff had to go through all kinds of troubles to obtain them from the national army in Yuncheng.
After Zhou Weihan opened up the situation in southwestern Shandong, the deputy chief of staff immediately sent a telegram asking if there were copper mines in the area.
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Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin quickly received the notice that the head of the headquarters and the Northern Bureau was coming to Heze.
Of course, the two of them did not dare to neglect this. The little devil's search for the specific location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters has never ended. The boss and the deputy chief of staff are also on the Japanese army's reward list.
"There is basically no danger in the section from the headquarters to Tainan. At that time, the boss and others can be allowed to cross the Ping-Han Railway from Fengle Station in Ci County!"
"However, the Zhangbei Military Division needs to be more vigilant. The East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army in the Daming area has not stopped infiltrating the base area, and there are still Japanese troops in the Liangpu area. The boss and the others will pass by here, and they need to make arrangements in advance!" Zhou Weihan
Take a pencil and draw a route on the map.
"Otherwise, let the boss and his party take a detour from straight south to western Shandong and then to southwestern Shandong?" Tan Lin suggested.
"No, it's better for us to arrange the security work for the head of the headquarters ourselves, so we can feel at ease!" Zhou Weihan flatly refused.
"Pass my order, the left-behind troops of the Zhangbei Military Division will immediately launch an investigation into the territory, and also notify the Chief of Staff of the Tainan Military Region that Comrade Xing Zhiguo will personally go to Ci County to do a good job in supporting the basic cadres of Ci County!"
"The Tainan Military Region Cavalry Regiment will go north immediately to coordinate with the Zhinan Military Division to carry out investigation work in the base area, and at the same time assume the task of guarding the headquarters and the head of the Northern Bureau!"
"The reconnaissance company will immediately lurk to the Liutaji and Liuxiatun areas in the Liangpu area, and complete the investigation work in advance!" Zhou Weihan ordered one after another, but did not directly indicate that this move was to coordinate with the head of the headquarters.
Fortunately, the head of the headquarters was considerate of the work of the people below him and left enough time for Zhou Weihan to make arrangements.
As soon as the order was issued, the cavalry regiment of the Tainan Military Region, which had returned to Heze, immediately moved north, and then the involved troops from the Tainan and Hebei, Shandong and Yu military regions also began to mobilize frequently.
Under careful arrangements, the boss and others set out from Zhuanbi Village on the 26th, passed through Tainan, Zhangbei, Zhinan, and Liangpu areas, and finally arrived in southwestern Shandong on the 28th.
Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin got the news, estimated the time, and came out to greet them early in the morning.