The development of the situation is always unexpected. As soon as Liu Yimin woke up and arrived at the division headquarters, He Xinghua sent a telegram from the chairman. When Liu Yimin read it, the chairman said in the telegram that he agreed to establish the Jinan Military Region and the Jinan Administrative Office, and agreed to teach the Seventh Army
The brigade stayed in Jinan as the backbone of the Jinan District and persisted in the struggle. The Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Northern Bureau were ordered to send cadres to work in southern Hebei. The 129th Division was ordered to send key troops to Jinan to expand the army. The instructors were asked to postpone the capture of Jinan and concentrate on
The western Shandong and southern Hebei regions have been developing for a period of time. They seized the favorable opportunity of the Kuomintang's regular army and local governments to withdraw southward and quickly developed the western Shandong and southern Hebei base areas, making western Shandong and southern Hebei strong and reliable base areas. At the same time, they will be reorganized
The troops with digestive difficulties were handed over to the 129th Division and brought back to the Taihang base area for training.
As soon as Liu Yimin thought about it, he knew that the chairman's idea was far-reaching and more secure. He was a little too impatient. If he captured Jinan at this time and announced the establishment of the Shandong anti-Japanese democratic government, it is likely that not only the Japanese would pursue him, but also the Kuomintang regular army.
They will look for trouble and create friction, which will result in more losses than gains. It seems that the chairman may have guessed the direction of the Japanese army's next main attack.
Since this is the case, then wait until the Japanese army launches the Battle of Taierzhuang, and then go and steal the Japanese army's retreat. Anyway, there are so many Japanese devils that they won't be able to kill them all in a while, so sit down first and then talk about it.
Liu Yimin passed the telegram to Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng for circulation. Then he said to everyone: "The chairman's intention is very clear, which is to build the southern Hebei Plain and the western Shandong Plain into a solid and reliable base. The benefits of this are very great
Obviously, first, the plain areas have high grain output and a large population, which can support our protracted war of resistance. Second, our army is temporarily resting in southern Hebei and western Shandong and mobilizing the masses, which can avoid the attack edge of the Japanese heavy group. Third, we can
Use this time to train and integrate the troops here, and carry out the training of new recruits, so as to avoid the recurrence of the Tianjin Airport Defense War. I think we will spend this year in Nangong."
Luo Ronghuan pushed up his glasses frame and said slowly: "The chairman's deployment and the division commander's understanding are both correct. The most important thing for this army to fight is to have its own base area. With the base area, military rations, uniforms, troop sources, training and even casualty rescue
It can be done. People grow their butts just to sit. Once you sit firmly and have enough strength, you can fight wherever you want. Why did our Red Army suffer so much loss after leaving the Central Soviet Area? Isn’t it just because we lost our base area?
After arriving in northern Sichuan and Shaanxi, our army not only got a valuable opportunity to recuperate, but its strength was also greatly enhanced. Why do our instructors dare to go out with the entire army? It is because our base areas have been well constructed and have a solid foundation. If nothing else, just
There is a garrison regiment in each county. After the training is completed, it can form a large army. Not to mention Shaanxi's military production, food production and abundant military resources. Although southern Hebei and western Shandong are plains, which facilitate the movement of the enemy's mechanized corps, but
It also has its advantages, that is, the people's consciousness is high. Was the riot in southern Hebei led by our party? Now is a great time for us to develop in southern Hebei and western Shandong. We must take advantage of the opportunity of the main force here to bring southern Hebei and Shandong
Integrate various forces in the west and west to establish an anti-Japanese united front led by our party with extensive participation from all walks of life, forming a solid base. In this way, after the main force of our army moves eastward to Shandong, it can use the base areas in southern Hebei and western Shandong to continuously advance to Jinpu
The road penetration can even connect the future Shandong base area with the southern Hebei, western Hebei and central Hebei base areas and the Shanxi and Shaanxi base areas, then the situation will be much better."
Liu Yimin nodded and asked Cai Zhong to inform that at seven o'clock in the evening, all cadres from the division and above would go to the division headquarters for a meeting to make specific arrangements for the establishment of the southern Hebei and western Shandong anti-Japanese base areas.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, cadres rushed to the division headquarters one after another.
They had just made a fortune in Tianjin, the division commander had successfully escaped from the encirclement, and everyone among the cadres was beaming with joy.
Since Zhang Haitao's assassination of Liu Yimin in Chengdu, the main cadres of the instructor's division have not had a good look when they saw him, and have repeatedly asked the division commander to replace him. This time, the escort division commander calmly retreated from Tianjin, the market was bullish, and many cadres were surrounding him.
Let him tell you about the thrilling experiences during the retreat.
Zhang Haitao was indeed in a happy mood. He gave a detailed account of how Liu Yimin deceived the consuls of various countries in Tianjin and how he made the Japanese army believe that the main instructors were in Tianjin. In particular, Zhang Haitao described how to eliminate senior Japanese agents.
After listening to this, the artillery brigade commander Li Chang asked repeatedly whether the Japanese female agent was beautiful or not. After receiving a positive answer, Li Chang curled his lips and said to Zhang Haitao, "I'd be damned if I believe what you say! If that female agent looks like you
He is so beautiful, would the teacher be willing to let him commit suicide?"
After finishing speaking, Li Chang still didn't finish his meaning and kept saying it was a pity.
Zhang Haitao was stunned and pulled Li Chang to prevent him from leaving, asking him if he wanted to marry a Japanese girl.
Li Chang shook his head: "We have a wife, and our wife is waiting in Xi'an. How can we have such an idea? What I mean is that we shouldn't let that woman die. Give her to Wang Laohu to teach her a lesson. Maybe we can cultivate a Japanese citizen."
A female agent of the Eighth Route Army. When the time comes, let her assassinate the old Japanese soldier Shouichi in the temple, and maybe she can succeed immediately."
When Zhang Haitao heard this, he quickly praised Brigadier Li's idea as a novel one and would definitely give it a try next time he had the opportunity.
Li Chang then calmly went to Liu Yimin's residence. When he saw that Liu Yimin was not there, he took out the candied haws he bought and insisted that Xiao Zhenghe call him his godfather.
How could Xiao Zhenghe resist the temptation of candied haws on a stick? Under Li Chang's instigation, he ate a candied haws on a stick and called him godfather, which made Tang Xingying's guards laugh.
In the end, the child's mouth was red after eating, and Li Chang smiled with wrinkles on his face.
Tang Xingying took her notebook and came out of the house for a meeting. When she saw Li Chang playing with the children in the yard, she smiled and said, "A brigade commander of such a big age is a major general in the national army. Why?"
Is it so easy to amuse children?"
Li Chang then laughed and ran to the meeting.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the instructor held a meeting of cadres above the regiment level.
As soon as Cai Zhong announced the start of the meeting, Yuan Guoping, political commissar of the First Teaching Brigade, raised his hand and asked to speak. Cai Zhong had to let him speak first.
After Yuan Guoping stood up and saluted, he said seriously: "I would like to make two suggestions. The first point is a suggestion and a criticism. That is, this time the teacher used his own body to lure the enemy in Tianjin. Although it was very successful, it is not advisable. The instructor is me
The largest strategic group of the army, an army of 100,000, the commander of the first army actually put himself in danger. Although there was a reason to do so, the loss would be too great if something happened. It can be said that during the few days the division commander stayed in Tianjin, he taught the division
From cadres and soldiers to the head of the headquarters and the central government, everyone is on tenterhooks for fear of an accident. I think this matter can be done in other ways. Even if there is no better way, it doesn't matter. There are many opportunities to fight against the Japanese. This problem
On the other hand, it also revealed that the teacher has a tendency of personal heroism. He thinks that he knows Japanese, is good at martial arts, and has good marksmanship, so he can get out of trouble at any time. Don’t you know that tigers also take a nap? No one can guarantee that everything will go according to plan.
Come. Therefore, I suggest that the division party committee study it carefully, make sincere criticism of the division commander, and completely prevent such things from happening again. The second point is a suggestion. In view of the fact that our army currently recruits too many recruits and the cadres of each brigade's new corps are limited, it is recommended that the division commander
The party committee has studied and established a special training headquarters to train new recruits full-time. After the new recruits are trained, actual combat training must be organized and then assigned to various units. I have finished what I have to say, thank you chief and comrades."
What Yuan Guoping said was a start, and requests for speeches came and went, basically asking Liu Yimin to make a guarantee and not to put himself in danger like he did when he stayed in Tianjin this time.
Liu Yimin had no choice but to stand up, salute his comrades, and said: "This time I stayed in Tianjin. It is indeed a special situation and I need to do this. Everyone has seen the benefits. It has achieved the purpose of mobilizing the enemy, disrupting the enemy's strategic deployment, and easing the pressure on the Yangtze River front line."
and the pressure on the battlefield in Shanxi. As for personal safety issues, I think this way. We are all revolutionary soldiers. In order to resist Japan, we will shed our lives and blood at all costs. So many martyrs have sacrificed, why can't I, Liu Yimin, sacrifice my life? Of course
, due to different responsibilities, the losses caused by my sacrifice may be greater, but this does not mean that I can lack the courage to sacrifice! I understand the concern of my comrades for me, and I also promise my comrades that I will never leave my command position easily.
I will also lead everyone to fight a big battle, win a big victory, and drive the Japanese out of China completely! I will make a review to the division party committee, thank you comrades!"
The venue finally calmed down, and Luo Ronghuan conveyed the chairman's telegram and mobilized for the establishment of Jinan and Shandong base areas.
After Luo Ronghuan finished speaking, Liu Yimin began to make specific arrangements.
Liu Yimin glanced at the cadres and said loudly: "The importance of establishing the southern Hebei and western Shandong base areas has just been explained very clearly by Political Commissar Luo. Now, the Kuomintang's regular army and local government have all gone, and southern Hebei and western Shandong are basically at a disadvantage.
In the state of anarchy, there are more than 120 armed groups in southern Hebei alone, ranging from thousands to a few, with numerous commanders, and many Taoist organizations. There are traitors here, as well as anti-Japanese resistance organizations organized by the masses.
Armed. It can be said that the current situation in southern Hebei and western Shandong is a good time for us to establish base areas. Next, I will talk about the specific deployment and specific methods. First, focus on teaching the 7th Brigade to create the southern Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area and establish the Jinan Anti-Japanese Base Area.
Southern Military Region, Jinan Administrative Office, and Party Committee of Jinan District. Chen Dayong was appointed as Commander of Jinan Military Region and Commissioner of Jinan Administrative Office. Liu Yi was appointed as Political Commissar of Jinan Military Region and Secretary of the Party Committee of Jinan District. Second, with the Second Teaching Brigade as the main force, the Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area was established
, the Luxi Military Region, the Luxi Administrative Office, and the Luxi District Party Committee were established. Liu Jianli was appointed as the commander of the Luxi Military Region and the commissioner of the Luxi Administrative Office. Cheng Cuilin was transferred to the political commissar of the Second Teaching Brigade, and was appointed as the political commissar of the Luxi Military Region and secretary of the Party Committee of the Luxi District. After the main force moved eastward
, in the event of a large-scale encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army, Liu Jianli and Cheng Cuilin will unified command the troops in western Hebei and southern Hebei. Third, the entire division will be deployed in southern Hebei and western Shandong to assist the Second Teach Brigade and the Seventh Teach Brigade to open up the situation in southern Hebei and western Shandong.
The specific deployment is as follows: the first teaching brigade, the second teaching brigade, the third teaching brigade, the artillery brigade, and the cavalry brigade are deployed in Western Shandong, under the unified command of the Luxi Military Region; the fourth teaching brigade, the fifth teaching brigade, the sixth teaching brigade, the seventh teaching brigade, and the teaching brigade.
The Eighth Brigade is deployed in southern Hebei and is under the unified command of the southern Hebei Military Region. Its mission is to establish political power in each county, hold cadre training courses, elect and appoint county magistrates, district magistrates, and village magistrates, and establish and restore parties in counties, districts, and villages.
Organize and reorganize all types of armed forces, exterminate bandits and traitor armed forces, collect guns, establish county brigades, public security bureaus, district squads and militia organizations, confiscate traitor land, and implement land reform in accordance with Shaanxi land reform methods. In short, it will take two months.
, to build southern Hebei and western Shandong into strong anti-Japanese fortresses."
After explaining the deployment, Liu Yimin paused and continued: "Southern Hebei and western Shandong have a glorious revolutionary tradition. There are party organizations in many places. After the troops go to the counties, they must contact them and let them
Assist in the work. In view of the fact that southern Hebei and western Shandong are both plain areas, in order to prolong the war of resistance and reduce losses, we must use the slack time to organize and mobilize the masses to dig tunnels and learn to make landmines. We must also organize the masses and troops to destroy traffic and remove all
Large lanes are dug into trenches three feet deep and five feet wide, which can pass large vehicles. Multiple roads are dug every few dozen feet in the ditch to facilitate U-turns when two vehicles meet. Tunnels and trenches are required to form a transportation network that is convenient for plain operations.
, Position Network. In addition, while building political power at all levels, it is necessary to build various mass organizations, such as war committees, women's anti-war committees, youth anti-war committees, workers' anti-war committees, etc., and use mass organizations to connect the masses and mobilize them,
Get organized.”
After finishing his speech, Liu Yimin announced that the division headquarters would be stationed in Nangong to provide unified command for the construction of the two base areas. The Political Department, Propaganda Department, Staff Office, and Cadre Working Group would all take action to hold various cadre training courses in Nangong to form a working team.
, carry out work in depth in each county.
After the meeting, Liu Yimin stayed with Yuan Guoping and further discussed with him the establishment of a training headquarters.
Yuan Guoping was good at cadre training and recruit training, and made a detailed report on his ideas and experiences to Liu Yimin.
After consulting Yuan Guoping, Liu Yimin exchanged opinions with Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng, and decided to remove Yuan Guoping from the position of political commissar of the 1st Teaching Brigade and change him to commander of the Instructor Training Headquarters, political commissar, and captain of the teaching team, with full-time responsibility for recruit training.
and teaching team work. Yuan Guoping is required to quickly come up with a work plan, transfer cadres and instructors from various units, and start work as soon as possible.
On this cold winter night, the anti-Japanese war was ignited in the land of southern Hebei, so much so that the Japanese generals later lamented: "Jinan cannot be opened, and Luxi cannot be conquered."