Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan led the guard regiment, heavy machine gun regiment, and engineering regiment to advance overnight and arrived at Raoyangdian at 4 a.m. Then they turned around and headed south, rushed to the military attache, and joined the First Teaching Brigade, the Second Teaching Brigade, the Third Teaching Brigade, and the Cavalry
Brigade and artillery brigade merged.
At the Military Attache, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan led Gao Yuan, Cheng Cuilin, Liu Jianli, Li Qing, Chen Dazhong, Li Chang, Wang Shanzhu, Hu Laohu, Bowen and the chiefs of staff of each brigade, directors of the political department, engineering corps, heavy machine gun regiment, and guards on horseback.
The regiment leader looked over the terrain around the Military Attachment.
At this time, Liu Yimin felt very conflicted. He saw that the 21st Division was a piece of fat. If he didn't eat it, he would not only miss the opportunity to fight, but also expose the base area to being tortured by the Japanese. That was absolutely unacceptable. But if
Eliminating the 21st Division at this time will easily allow the Japanese to encircle and suppress their main force with heavy troops, and even affect the Japanese to adjust their strategies, thereby affecting the progress of the Anti-Japanese War. For me, there is another hidden danger, that is, leaving behind those who defy the Chairman and the General
The tail end of the commander's military order is also very troublesome. Therefore, when he was in Nangong, Liu Yimin deeply hoped that the 21st Division could automatically withdraw to Dexian under the attack of the sniper brigade, and wait for the Japanese army to join the Kuomintang on Jinpu Road.
After the main force of the army took action, he led the main force of the teaching division to attack Dexian, wiped out the main force of the 21st Division, and then sent his troops south to march into Shandong. Unfortunately, Wang Tongsheng reported that the 21st Division was ignorant and did not withdraw automatically.
Meaning, he actually camped in place, and it seemed that he was going to continue the raid. Liu Yimin had to take drastic measures. Because this place is very close to Nangong, not only the supplies brought back from Tianjin are hidden there, but there are also 30,000 new soldiers in training.
Once the Japanese are swept to Nangong and engage in a fierce battle with the enemy in Nangong, the consequences will be even more serious.
After looking at the terrain and returning to the military attache, Liu Yimin sent telegrams to the chairman and Mr. Zhu respectively, informing them that the instructor had ordered the fifth brigade, the sixth brigade, the eighth brigade and the eastward detachment to separate into Shandong.
In the report, he also gave a detailed report on the measures he had taken to disturb the enemy in order to attract the 21st Division to end its sweep and return to Fangde County. He also pointed out that three cavalry battalions, namely the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 2nd Teaching Brigade and the 3rd Teaching Brigade had arrived last night.
Jinpu Line, began to carry out harassment operations against the enemy, the purpose is to force the main force of the enemy's 21st Division to return to defend Dexian and along the Jinpu Road. If the harassment is effective and the enemy's 21st Division returns to defense as scheduled, annihilation operations will not be carried out for the time being.
Strike. If the 21st Division does not return to defense after dawn but continues to sweep the base area, it will focus on the 1st Teaching Brigade, 2nd Teaching Brigade, 3rd Teaching Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, Artillery Brigade and Division Heavy Machine Gun Regiment this evening.
The Engineer Regiment and the Guard Regiment annihilated the enemy 21st Division's mopping up troops on the front line of Wu Guanzhai. Because Nangong had new soldiers to be trained, as well as a large amount of supplies and newly opened factories, there was no room for failure. Instead of waiting for the 21st Division to mop up the troops,
If Nangong wants to annihilate it again, it is better to take a preemptive strike before Nangong's central base is exposed and completely annihilate the enemy at the front line of Wuguanzhai in the Yunxi area of Wucheng County.
After annihilating the main force of the 21st Division, Liu Yimin analyzed what the Japanese army would do and our army's countermeasures. He believed that the Japanese army might take three actions: First, the Japanese army would immediately mobilize the main force from Shandong, the main force from Pinghan Road and the current full-scale
The main force encircling Jizhong will besiege the instructor with all their strength. At this time, the instructor will jump out before the enemy encircles them and send an elite force to pretend to be the main force to harass the Pingjin area, prompting the enemy to further divide their forces northward and disrupt the enemy's deployment. The main force will enter Shandong in concealment.
Waiting near Jinan, waiting for an opportunity to capture Jinan, once again disrupting the enemy's strategic deployment. Then the main force moved to various parts of Shandong, mobilized the masses, and established base areas. The cavalry brigade pretended to be the main force and led the enemy troops southward to connect with the main force of the national army.
Fire. When the battle between the Japanese army and the national army reaches a critical moment, the instructors will rush out again, cut off the Japanese retreat, and reverse the anti-Japanese situation in Shandong in one fell swoop. At the worst, the Japanese army will be forced to huddle in big cities and railway lines and cannot move. The second is the Japanese army.
After learning that the 21st Division had been destroyed, we temporarily took a defensive position on the Jinpu Road section from Jinan to Dexian. We used Jinpu Road, Pinghan Road, Deshi Road, and Hanji Highway to temporarily encircle our army in the southern Hebei area and concentrate our forces.
Mopping up Jizhong and carrying out operations in the direction of Shanxi and Xuzhou. Then our army will develop and consolidate the base area in southern Hebei with the 7th Overseas Education Brigade, and develop the base area in western Shandong with the 2nd Overseas Education Brigade. The main force will attack Jinpu Road and go all out to Shandong to break the enemy's strategy on the Shandong battlefield.
Situation. The third is that the Japanese army maintains the offensive in Shanxi and Shandong, and transfers encirclement and suppression forces from central Hebei to the south to encircle and suppress southern Hebei. Then our army will launch counter-mopping operations in southern Hebei and drive the enemy out of southern Hebei. Then concentrate on regaining central Hebei,
Integrate the Jizhong and Jinnan companies into one, reorganize the troops in central Hebei, and establish the Jizhong Military Region, which together with the southern Hebei Military Region will protect each other. They support each other and depend on each other, completely changing the situation between the enemy and ourselves in the North China Plain. After completing the integration of forces, please ask the Military Commission for orders.
The 115th Division sent key troops into Jizhong, and the 129th Division sent troops into southern Hebei. The teaching divisions marched eastward into Shandong with all their strength, connecting the Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi base areas into one.
After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin sat quietly at the temporary division headquarters and waited for a reply.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Chairman's reply came. First, he informed that the Japanese army concentrated six divisions and launched a heavy attack on Beiyue District and northwest Shanxi. Our army did not achieve good results in the first battle, and it was agreed that the 115th Division would abandon Xinkou and move to the Taihang Mountains. The 120th Division
Move to the Hengshan area. After the Japanese army captures Xinkou and northwest Shanxi, concentrate the 115th Division and the Independent Division to attack the Zhengtai Line from Niangziguan to Taiyuan from the north and south, forcing the enemy to withdraw and rescue. The central government has ordered the garrison division, security division and
The independent brigades of the 115th Division, 120th Division, and 129th Division remaining in Shaanxi urgently assembled to strictly guard the river defense and prepare to reinforce the Shanxi battlefield.
Then, the chairman carefully analyzed the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War in China, pointing out that the foundation of the Anti-Japanese War was to mobilize the masses and arm the masses. Victory in one or two local battlefield battles could not change the fundamental gap between China and Japan. The primary task of the instructor
It is to establish a strong and stable Shandong base and provide a steady stream of power for our army's continued victory. Comrades Liu and Luo must keep this in mind.
Finally, the chairman pointed out that at present, our anti-Japanese base area in Shanxi is facing great difficulties. After the Japanese army concentrates all its efforts on raiding our anti-Japanese base area, it will greatly damage the production and living conditions in the base area. Jizhong is facing losses again, and the troops are newly formed.
Without formalized training, the enemy will inevitably suffer huge losses after breaking through. After the enemy captures central Hebei, he will inevitably use heavy troops to encircle and suppress southern Hebei. However, the Kuomintang cannot fully cooperate with us to support our counter-mopping up. Our army is basically fighting alone.
In this case, the previous telegram instructions were withdrawn and ordered all units of the instructor division to postpone the eastward march to Shandong, and only the eastward marching detachment could enter first. Liu and Luo commanded the main force of the instructor division to fight in southern Hebei, central Hebei, and western Shandong for a period of time, focusing on
Make every effort to drive the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops back to the railway line, ensure the consolidation of southern Hebei and western Shandong, strive to regain central Hebei, and train the troops in central Hebei on behalf of Lin and Nie. After completing the task, immediately divide the troops eastward into Shandong and lead the enemy's heavy group to Shandong.
and Xuzhou direction, which will buy our army some precious time to deploy behind enemy lines. We must remember that in every battle we must concentrate our absolute superior forces and fight quickly. We must not attack the enemy who has strong fortifications, adequate preparations, and strong determination to hold on, but attack the lone army with all our strength.
The enemy who advances rashly ensures victory in every battle, the main force does not suffer heavy losses, and becomes stronger the more it fights. In view of the strong strength of the Japanese army and the fleeting opportunity of fighting, there is no need to ask for instructions every battle, as long as Liu is determined to fight. Wish the hero, glory
The instructor once again spreads the good news.
Boss Zhu's telegram also arrived, and he didn't say much: "The Japanese army has adjusted its tactics. All six elite divisions of the First Army are used to fight against us. The main force of our 115th Division and 120th Division are hiding and waiting. They have no chance to take advantage of it and are responsible for blocking and harassing missions."
The losses of the troops were too heavy. In order to avoid suffering greater losses, our army had to withdraw from Xinkou and look for another fighter opportunity. After the Japanese army occupied Xinkou, it is still unclear where to point the troops. If the enemy still adopts the current method, heavy groups of troops will advance together.
If we attack our base area in central Shanxi and then attack our base area in southeastern Shanxi, our base will face great difficulties. Yuan Dian did not estimate that the Japanese army would use all its strength to attack our base area, which is inconsistent with the current situation, so it was withdrawn. Since the 21st Division
If the regiment can be attacked, destroy it resolutely without asking for instructions! As for the next move of the Japanese army, we will only know after the attack. It will be up to the leader of the teaching division to deal with it according to the situation."
After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin was stunned for a while. He didn't expect that the chairman and the boss's thoughts had changed so much. Didn't they allow themselves to fight on the North China Plain? After thinking about it again, he understood that the chairman and the boss had always been captured by the 115th Division.
Forced to abandon the defense of Xinkou was irritating. If decisive measures were not taken and the Japanese army continued to fight like this, it would not be as simple as losing Jizhong and Xinkou. Next, Jinzhong and southeastern Shanxi might be lost. If the Japanese army tasted the sweetness
, if we recruit soldiers from the country and form local security forces to stay there for a long time, then the base areas in Shanxi and Central Hebei will completely become occupied areas, and a puppet regime and puppet army will be established immediately, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army will have to retreat to the mountainous areas, which will be too short.
It was a difficult time for them to have little food, clothing, guns and ammunition. The two leaders wanted to teach the Japanese a lesson, letting them know that the Eighth Route Army was not to be trifled with and they were not allowed to attack the Eighth Route Army's base areas wantonly. In this case, they had to think carefully about this battle.
It’s time to fight like this. It’s not just as simple as wiping out the main force of the 21st Division. We must make good use of the period before the main force of the Japanese army withdraws to fight a battle like the serial ambush at Xiaoshui and Xikou. The first battle stabilizes the situation between the enemy and ourselves in North China.
.When the heavy Japanese army group comes back, then move eastward to Shandong and let them follow you every day.
Thinking about it, I feel that things are changing too fast. When I retreated from Tianjin, I had already planned to let the Japanese army follow their strategic plan and go south to attack Xuzhou, trying to pull the historical trajectory changed by my arrival back to the original track. I didn't expect that.
, the strength of the Japanese army turned out to be so powerful that Touichi Terauchi's ambitions were so great that he actually took action in Shanxi, Shandong, and Jizhong at the same time. Moreover, the Japanese generals also became more ambitious after holding heavy troops. Nishio Juzo wanted to completely wipe out the resistance forces in Shandong.
Clean, Xiangyue Qingsi was even more insidious. They ignored the Central Army of the Kuomintang and the Shanxi-Sui Army and attacked the Eighth Route Army first. And Jizhong even mentioned that they encountered a violent storm similar to the May Day raids.
Since the situation has changed so much, you shouldn't be polite. First kill the main force of the 21st Division, seize the Japanese radio, decipher their new code, use the Japanese radio to lure the enemy, kill the Japanese reinforcements, and scare the Japanese.
Then concentrate the main force to regain Jizhong and push the Japanese army back to the original defense line. Then go south to Shandong to develop the base area. When the Japanese army launches the Taierzhuang battle, they will give the Japanese army a ruthless attack. Let the little devils die and die again and kill them.
Dragged into the abyss of eternal destruction.
When the thought of beating hard, beating hard, beating hard came up, Liu Yimin couldn't sit still, lit a cigarette, and began to pace around the division headquarters, thinking attentively.
After Luo Ronghuan read the telegram, he remained silent and paced around the division headquarters like Liu Yimin, causing the staff officers and brigade chiefs to look at each other and sit aside waiting for the two chiefs to make a decision.
After a pause, Liu Yimin stopped pacing, threw away the cigarette butt, and looked at Luo Ronghuan. Seeing the political commissar's eyes full of trust, Liu Yimin felt hot in his heart. He shook Luo Ronghuan's hand and shouted loudly: "Zhu Zhexiao,
Recorded orders: 1. According to the headquarters report, the Japanese First Army concentrated six divisions to attack our base area north of Taiyuan. Our 115th Division and 120th Division were forced to withdraw from Xinkou and turn to other directions to fight. Our Hebei guerrilla army in central Hebei,
The People's Self-Defense Forces are now preparing to break out. The base areas in central Hebei, north of Taiyuan and south of Wutai Mountain will all face the situation of fall. The base areas in southern and western Hebei will also face the danger of heavy enemy encirclement and suppression. The central government and the headquarters ordered our troops to be in western Shandong,
After fighting in southern Hebei and central Hebei for a period of time, they concentrated all their efforts to break the enemy's encirclement and suppression, ensure the stability of the base areas in southern Hebei and western Shandong, and regain the base areas in central Hebei immediately. For this reason, Commanders Liu and Luo decided to completely wipe out the enemy's 21st Division in the military attache village.
The main force of the regiment will then lure the enemy to come for reinforcements and expand the results. Second, the mission of the eastward advance detachment remains unchanged, step up preparations, advance into Shandong as soon as possible, and launch in the southern mountainous area of Zhongshan, laying the foundation for the entire division to advance eastward. Third, teach the fifth brigade and teach the sixth brigade.
, the original plan of the Eighth Teaching Brigade to march into Shandong was suspended, the Sixth Teaching Brigade, the Eighth Teaching Brigade were concentrated on Nangong, and the Fifth Teaching Brigade was concentrated on Linqing. Fourth, the base areas in southern Hebei and Western Shandong immediately implemented a comprehensive clearing of the country, and the Administrative Office in Southern Hebei and Western Shandong
The Administrative Office is responsible for organizing frontline support and supporting the main battle. Fifth, after the battle to annihilate the 21st Division, the entire division was divided into three strategic groups. The Seventh Brigade commanded the brigades of counties in southern Hebei to form the Pinghan Line Group, blocking and delaying the leveling.
The enemy on the Han Line invades our base area in southern Hebei Province. The Fifth Teaching Brigade replaces the Second Teaching Brigade and directs the brigades in various counties in Western Shandong Province to form the Luxi Group. It is responsible for blocking, harassing, and delaying the enemy on the Jinpu Line who attacks our base area. The division chief commands the First Teaching Brigade.
The 2nd Teaching Brigade, the 3rd Teaching Brigade, the 4th Teaching Brigade, the 6th Teaching Brigade, the 8th Teaching Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade and the divisional troops formed the Jizhong Assault Group to resolutely defeat and sweep away the enemies in Jizhong and push them back to the original defense line.
. Sixth, order Yuan Guoping to immediately distribute weapons to each new regiment, conduct shooting, bombing, stabbing, and quick training in practical combat tactics, and assume the security tasks of the Nangong Central Base Area."
After speaking in one breath, Liu Yimin lit another cigarette, asked Zhu Zhexiao to repeat the order, then signed it and handed it to Luo Ronghuan.
Luo Ronghuan had already seen the crisis of the current situation from the telegrams between Chairman and Boss Zhu, and knew that the instructor must take action. What kind of retaliatory measures the Japanese army would take after this big fight can only be known after the fight. However, the Anti-Japanese Rescue
There must be sacrifices, and we cannot sit back and watch the Japanese army sweep away the enemy for the sake of the safety of the instructors. As for whether the instructors can win this battle, Luo Ronghuan doesn't even think about it, because the current firepower of the instructors is staggeringly powerful, and the artillery brigade has two fields.
Artillery regiment, a mountain artillery regiment, a medium mortar regiment, and a thunder artillery regiment. After occupying Tianjin, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teaching brigades each formed a mixed regiment of field artillery, mountain artillery, and mortars. The 2nd teaching brigades
The regiment has also become an armored regiment with thirty tanks, sixty armored vehicles, and two hundred vehicles. Where can such troops and such firepower be found in China? This is something that has never been dreamed of since the founding of our army, instructor
It was all realized. It would be ridiculous if we could no longer defeat the mopping up troops of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army! So, after Luo Ronghuan read it over, he signed his name and ordered Zhu Zhexiao to report to the Military Commission and the Military Commission while executing the troops.
Headquarters.
After the telegram was sent, Liu Yimin immediately held a combat meeting to deploy the battle to annihilate the 21st Division.
Liu Yimin's idea is not complicated. He now has such powerful artillery fire and an unusually sufficient amount of artillery shells. Naturally, he has to use cannons to talk to the Japanese. The only thing he needs to worry about is how to avoid the Japanese planes. Therefore, this battle must be at night.
It is best to start when the Japanese army begins to camp, so that the Japanese army can dance in the fire while they are dreaming of camping.
However, in this plain area, you can walk everywhere, and the Japanese army is extremely vigilant. According to the intelligence sent back by Wang Tongsheng, the Japanese army is advancing in a group, with searches on both wings, spearheads in front, and rearguards. Although the North China Plain has a wide view, it is very difficult to see
It is difficult to hide a large force, and hidden dangers are not easy to occur. However, the Japanese army is still extremely cautious and attacks the advancing battle formation all the way. Moreover, after experiencing guerrilla sniping by the sniper brigade, the Japanese army is already very afraid and will be more cautious, consciously or unconsciously.
I want to move closer to the middle. In this way, the Japanese troops will be more concentrated, and the distance between the various roads will become smaller and smaller, which will make it easier for our army to display its firepower.
Now, Liu Yimin had a different idea than when he started. He no longer expected the 21st Division to return to Fangde County, but was afraid that the Japanese would smell danger and stop advancing or turn around and escape immediately. Therefore, he immediately sent a telegram,
The three cavalry battalions that had arrived near the Jinpu Line were ordered to suspend their mission of raiding the Jinpu Line, so that the Japs could carry out mopping up operations with confidence and boldness. Only the sniper brigade that had fought with the Japs was left to carry out sniper guerrilla warfare in De County, allowing the Japs to
Knowing that this cavalry is still doing the same thing, there are no reinforcements behind it, so as long as they hold on to the fortifications and use firepower, they can repel the attack of this cavalry.
How can we get the Japanese troops to reach the front line of Military Attachment when it gets dark?