After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram, Commander Hong Chao, Commander of the Lunan Military Region and Commander of the Fifth Brigade, no longer requested covert development, but concentrated on large-scale cleanup in southeastern and southern Shandong. He immediately realized that the division commander was going to
Before the battle, the backyard was cleaned and the main force was immediately ordered to gather
, sent a report to Wang Nanhu, commander of the Southeast Shandong Detachment, requesting the Southeast Shandong Detachment to sweep eastward from the north of Ju County, capture Zhucheng County, then go south to capture Rizhao County, and lead the Fourth Brigade to sweep eastward from Mengyin and capture Mengyin.
, Yishui, Juxian, the two armies met in Juxian.
With this main force gathered together, Hong Chaoyuan, Hu Xuerong, and Zhang Yicheng were stunned. In just one month, the regiments of the fifth brigade expanded rapidly, including the 13th regiment, the 14th regiment, the 15th regiment, the new fifth regiment, the supplementary regiment, and Lu
The Southern Independence Regiment has turned into a large group of 3,000 people, and the uniforms have become a mess. The old soldiers are all wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, and some of the new soldiers are wearing the uniforms of the Japanese Army and the Imperial Association Army.
They were dressed in the costumes of the people in Lunan, and they looked messy. The weapons were also various, including 38-inch caps and crooked handles, and grenades, which were also made in Hanyang and Czech style. What made Hong Chaoyuan laugh the most was that even the weapons were hand-made in Lunan.
Homemade rifles "earth-pressed five" and "one-on-one" also entered the fifth teaching brigade with strong combat effectiveness. Some soldiers even took spears, sticks and large blades in their hands.
The image of the new warrior wearing coarse cloth, rolled trousers, wearing straw sandals, with grenades and mines hanging on his waist, carrying spears, clubs and swords on his shoulders, made Hong Chaoyuan a little dizzy, as if he had returned to the Central Soviet Area of the past, and he couldn't help but talk.
He kept mumbling: "I've gone back. I've gone back completely. This is not the fifth teaching brigade that can attack and defend well. It has become a real Lunan guerrilla detachment."
Zhang Yicheng also muttered: "I'm afraid these new soldiers are farmers who have just put down their hoes. How can they have any fighting ability? If they go to the battlefield, we might have to arrange soldiers to protect them!"
Zhang Yicheng's muttering made Hong Chaoyuan wake up. He pointed at Shen Nantang, the leader of the 13th Religion Regiment with the largest number of people, and political commissar Chen Dong roared: "Are you planning to turn the main regiment into a local guerrilla force?
Look what you've done, spears
, sticks and swords have been carried by the soldiers, and look what the soldiers are wearing? Fortunately, you are still an old Red Army, or the leader and political commissar of the main force. If you can't get weapons, why don't you recruit so many people in military uniforms?
The brand of the Fifth Brigade has completely messed up for you!"
Unexpectedly, Shen Nantang jerked his neck and pushed back: "Report to the brigade commander, I can't be blamed for this. If you are to blame, you can only blame the division commander. What is hidden development? What can only be fought in small battles but not big ones? What should be done with recklessness?
Fighting in the name of the Southern Guerrilla Detachment
We have done everything to mobilize the masses! The masses have been mobilized and want to join the army. I can't refuse, right? If you want to fight in the name of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment, you must have the uniforms and weapons of the guerrilla detachment, right? Just fight small battles.
fight big battles,
Then the capture is small, right? The brigade commander can't stand the swords and spears in the hands of the soldiers. It's easy to handle. The Japanese army has a lot of 38 big guns, crooked handles, and 92 styles. They have everything for a big battle.
, as long as the brigade commander gives the order, both Linyi and Ju County will
The important supply points of the Japanese army are full of guns and ammunition, and I promise to teach the 13th regiment to capture them. As for clothing, I am the leader of the main regiment, not the logistics director or the director of the clothing factory. This is something they consider, not me."
Hong Chaoyuan rolled his eyes: "Oh, you Shen Nantang is so capable, how dare you say that you blame the teacher! I think your tail is about to go up to the sky, and you have forgotten your last name. How about you, how about you Go to the division headquarters to meet the division commander first and tell him what you said face to face?"
Shen Nantang immediately shook his hands: "No, no, I don't dare to blame the division commander if you lend me two more courage. What I mean is that it's time to fight a big war. Let the main force do the work of the guerrillas." I really can’t stand it!”
Hong Chaoyuan laughed: "I don't think you have the courage! Tell me, how many guns and how many sets of clothes are missing? I will supplement them for you."
Shen Nantang came again: "Report to the brigade commander, there is no need to replenish weapons and ammunition. The job of teaching the 13th Regiment is to earn money for the brothers. We have always handed over the weapons and ammunition. How can the brigade commander replenish it? However, this Eighth Route Army The military uniform really needs to be supplemented by the brigade commander. My old Shen has a double gun hand. I don’t know how to embroider, trace, and needle like girls, and I don’t know how to make clothes!"
At this statement, all the regimental and battalion commanders in the room laughed.
No matter how harsh Shen Nantang's words were, Hong Chaoyuan still didn't want to see that his troops actually had soldiers carrying spears, clubs, and large blades. He ordered the supply battalion to take out the weapons and ammunition captured in the Linqing defense battle and replenish them for each regiment. The uniforms were also changed to the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army. When the supply camp did not have enough uniforms, the veterans were mobilized to take out the changed military uniforms and let the new soldiers put them on first, and then uniformly reissued them.
In fact, Shen Nantang asked the soldiers to gather with swords, spears, and sticks in order to defeat Hong Chaoyuan's idea. Several other regiment leaders and political commissars also had the same idea. Seeing the brigade commander being so generous, he immediately When the brigade's logistics inventory was exhausted, Tian Taiping, commander of the 14th Regiment, comforted Hong Chaoyuan: "Brigadier Commander, don't feel bad. After this battle, we will earn back all the guns and artillery for you."
Hong Chaoyuan smiled and said to Hu Xuerong: "Look at these guys, no matter how they talk, they sound like businessmen. They talk about the seizure as making money, as if this war is not a war, but a business!"
Before Hu Xuerong could speak, Luo Chenggang, the political commissar of the 15th Regiment, said: "The brigade commander is right, fighting is the same as doing business. Didn't Master Liu often say that the cost of combat should be calculated? We all learned from him. To be honest, , our studies are not good enough, and we are not as capable as the division commander, who can earn a lot of money, weapons and ammunition with just one move."
Everyone laughed again.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Hu Xuerong, political commissar of the Fifth Teaching Brigade, announced the meeting. He first conveyed Liu Yimin's speech at the joint meeting of the Shandong Bureau and Shandong Military Region, and then focused on studying Liu Yimin's criticism of military work. After learning, Hu Xuerong Said: "Comrades, as far as I know, since the reorganization of Xiangjiang, this is the first time that the division commander has criticized us in such a harsh tone. This shows that among our cadres and soldiers, I am the best in the world. We are eager to fight big battles and cannot let go of our main force. The idea of neglecting local political power and local armed forces construction has reached a point where the division commander has to pay attention to it and have to criticize it severely. The division commander is well-targeted, and it is aimed at the problem of pure military viewpoints that is common among the cadres of our main force. I personally think , the division commander’s criticism was right and timely. We will soon launch an offensive operation in southeastern Shandong to completely eliminate the Japanese and puppet forces in southeastern Shandong, build southeastern Shandong into our liberated area, and then return to the division to move westward and attack southern Shandong. Our brigade is the main force of our army in southern Shandong and is responsible for wiping out southeastern Shandong and managing southern Shandong. I hope that comrades will seriously study and understand the spirit of the division commander’s speech and ensure the completion of the task.”
After Hu Xuerong finished speaking, Hong Chaoyuan made combat arrangements.
At this time, the Japanese Sixteenth Division had already attacked Xuzhou. The independent mixed Sixth Brigade, with the cooperation of the puppet army, defended strategic points and military strength in Linyi, Feixian, Mengyin, Yishui, Juxian, Rizhao and other counties.
Extremely dispersed. Liu Yimin took a fancy to this
At one o'clock, he ordered the Fifth Brigade and the Shandong Southeast Detachment to attack with heavy troops, defeat each one, and completely eliminate the Independent Mixed Sixth Brigade and the puppet troops under its command. If the Independent Mixed Sixth Brigade and the puppet troops concentrated on Linyi or Juxian, Liu Yimin might still be able to return to Linyi or Juxian.
Will change my mind!
Hong Chaoyuan's combat deployment was concise and concise, which was to capture Yishui with the 14th Regiment, and capture Mengyin County with the 15th Regiment. He led the 13th Regiment, the New 5th Regiment, the supplementary regiment, the Lunan Independent 1st Regiment and the troops directly under the brigade to capture Ju County.
Attract Japanese reinforcements from Linyi, use ambush tactics to eliminate them, and then send troops to capture Linyi.
After completing the battle deployment, Hong Chaoyuan spoke to the cadres with high spirits: "Since the establishment of our fifth brigade, we have defended Tongguan, attacked Taiyuan, fought in Cangxian, defended Linqing, and broken Jinpu. Every battle has been fought well and fought well.
Beautiful, won over Mr. Liu,
This time, the division commander led the main force of our army to the north of Luzhong and launched the Luzhong Campaign. The purpose was to eliminate all the Japanese troops between Jinan and Qingdao in one battle and completely open up the Shandong Anti-Japanese War. Our task is
Block the South
To counter the crazy reinforcements of the Japanese army towards Jinan. In order to complete this task, the division commander asked us to launch offensive operations in southeastern and southern Shandong to stabilize the base area, and then rest and standby to meet the enemy. On the surface, this task does not seem to be as simple as going north to central Shandong.
The victory of annihilating the division-sized Japanese army was huge, but it was a major guarantee for victory in the Battle of Central Shandong. The reason why this task was given to us was because the division commander trusted the Fifth Jiao Brigade that guarded Tongguan, Cangxian and Linqing.
It is the glory of our entire brigade.”
After the combat meeting, the various units of the Fifth Teaching Brigade immediately launched operations, with troops passing through the mountains and rivers of Yimeng and heading towards their respective destinations.
Ju County is the largest county in Shandong, with an average length of 300 miles from north to south and 120 miles from east to west. It has more than 3,600 villages and a population of more than 900,000. The Taiwei Highway and the Taishi Highway intersect in the county seat.
The strategic location is very important. Therefore, after the Japanese army garrisoned Juxian in the independent sixth brigade, they used Juxian as the fulcrum to attack Linyi and built solid defenses. At this time, the independent sixth brigade was mainly responsible for
Because Li participated in the Linyi battle, he suffered heavy casualties. There were only more than 3,000 people left in the 5,000-man team, and they were also responsible for the garrison tasks in the southeastern Shandong area. The entire army was scattered in the east and west counties in southeastern Shandong. The devils in Ju County were only
Less than 500 troops were left, huddled in key points in Juxian City and the Juxian section of Taiwei Highway and Taishi Highway, commanding traitor armed forces to wreak havoc throughout Juxian County.
Major General Tsuchiya Hyōma, commander of the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, never imagined that he would encounter such fierce resistance when he wielded the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade to attack Linyi. Supported by the 39th Regiment of the 10th Division
After coming up, there was still nothing they could do to defeat the Linyi defenders. In the end, it was the 16th Division's full force that forced the defenders, who suffered heavy casualties, to evacuate Linyi.
After the battle in Linyi, Major General Tsuchiya, who was a little nervous after being stimulated by the tragic battle with corpses all over the ground, received the order to return to the defense line. He had no choice but to leave a brigade to garrison in Linyi and led the brigade headquarters.
, pull one
Car after car of urns returned to Ju County. The order given to him by Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, commander of the Second Army, was to station in the southeast of Shandong and build an airport in Ju County to ensure that Taierzhuang reaches Weifang and Tai'an reaches Shijiu Suo.
The smooth flow of the highway from Qingdao to Xuzhou.
Major General Tsuchiya Hōma felt that the head of Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, the commander of the Second Army, might have been kicked by a Chinese donkey. How could he hold such a large ground with his incomplete independent sixth brigade? So,
,
Major General Tsuchiya, who returned to Ju County, kept sending telegrams to Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, saying that the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade had suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Linyi, and requested the Lieutenant General to quickly replenish the troops of the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade.
Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao was annoyed by him and had no troops to supplement him. It happened that Liu Guitang's Imperial Association Army no longer wanted to fight with the 10th Division, so Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao ordered Liu Guitang, the advanced commander of the Imperial Association Army, to become independent.
He formed the command of the 6th Brigade to assist in the defense of southeastern Shandong.
Major General Tsuchiya was originally unwilling to recruit puppet troops. He did not trust them, but after meeting Liu Guitang, nicknamed Liu Heiqi, he felt that this guy was very cunning and had a dark heart. He would commit murder, arson, rape and gang rape.
, used various tricks to kill the Chinese, and were more professional than the soldiers of the independent Sixth Brigade, so Hen happily accepted Liu Guitang's subordinates and asked him to assist the imperial army in guarding the communication lines.
After arranging Liu Guitang's troops, Major General Tsuchiya continued to send reports to Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzou, saying that the resistance forces in the southeastern Shandong area were very active, especially after the Sixteenth Division went south, the Chinese resistance became more active, and there were often
The soldiers of the imperial army disappeared inexplicably. They must increase their strength, or at least let them go.
The independent mixed sixth brigade was fully staffed. Otherwise, it would be impossible to extinguish the resistance forces. Finally, on April 25, Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao finally sent a telegram, agreeing to transfer the two supplementary brigades of the Second Army to
The troops were replenished and the sixth brigade was independently formed. It was already transported to Zaozhuang and rushed from Zaozhuang to Ju County.
Major General Tsuchiya Hōma put his mind at ease and felt that Lieutenant General Nishio Hiszo was pretty good and a good person. He stopped scolding Lieutenant General Nishio Hisō in his heart and began to focus on the various armed forces in the southeastern Shandong region.
, thinking about how to integrate these resistance forces and help the imperial army guard southeastern Shandong.
Of course, Major General Tsuchiya Hyoma did not know that at this time Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao was no longer able to serve as the commander of the Second Army and would soon be transferred back to Japan to serve as the director of education.
The reason why Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio resigned was not a normal transfer as claimed by the Japanese in history, but the narrow-minded General Tokuichi Terauchi who could not tolerate him.