Liu Yimin led the 1st Guard Battalion to return to Wei County by car. When he arrived in Jiao County, he met Zeng Zhongsheng who had already arrived here.
At this time, Tan Zheng and Guo Huaruo had not arrived yet, and there was only one leader in the Eighth Route Army's Ludong Headquarters, Zeng Zhongsheng.
Since Liu Yimin rescued him from Zhang Guotao, Zeng Zhongsheng has lived very comfortably in a good environment with his instructors. Not to mention Liu Yimin's cheerful and generous mind, nor Luo Ronghuan's elder style, fairness and decency
With Cai Zhong's rock-solid will, the atmosphere of unity and victory permeated by the entire army made him feel like he was truly part of the revolutionary family. Especially Liu Yimin's use of cadres, which absolutely made the best use of their talents. In several battles, they were all
Authorize him to have full command of an aspect of operations.
Now, the instructors have eliminated the Eighth Division, one of the most elite units of the Japanese army. All fools know that the Japanese army will inevitably take extreme retaliatory measures. At this time, as the top leader of our party and our army in Shandong, Liu Yimin ordered the establishment of the Eighth Route Army Lu
The Eastern Headquarters unified command of our army's anti-Japanese struggle in eastern Shandong. Zeng Zhongsheng felt heavy in his heart.
In the war years, life and death existed on a thin line. Today, comrades-in-arms gather together happily, but tomorrow they may be separated by yin and yang. Therefore, the friendship between comrades-in-arms is very important. Seeing Liu Yimin return from Qingdao, Zeng Zhongsheng was happy and asked the soldiers to boil water for cooking.
, arranged for Liu Yimin and his party to rest.
Liu Yimin was not in the mood to rest at this time, so he asked Li Chengyi to hang up the map of Shandong, and took Zeng Zhongsheng to study the possible attack routes of the Japanese army on the map.
Zeng Zhongsheng was indeed a famous military strategist in our army. Historically, he was killed too early by Zhang Guotao. Otherwise, the positions of the ten marshals would have to be rearranged, and maybe it would become eleven marshals. Of course.
, no one can decide the fate of people, history has no assumptions.
The two of them looked at the map for a while. Zeng Zhongsheng said worriedly: "Commander, I have a very bad premonition. If the Japanese army doesn't move this time, it will definitely be a large-scale siege and sweep beyond our imagination. Because, you
Look, now Jizhong, southern Hebei, and western Shandong are connected together, and the Hebei-Shandong border is basically under the control of our army. The Japanese army is fighting back and forth, turning the North China Plain into our world. How can little Japan be convinced!"
Liu Yimin looked at the map and smiled to himself. The situation was indeed gratifying. If Shandong was added, the little devils in North China were already surrounded by the Eighth Route Army's base areas. Only the Pingjin area, the Jinpu line, and the Pinghan line were left.
If we wipe out all the Japs on the Jinpu Line, wouldn’t the entire Shandong and North China Plains be connected together and become a powerful anti-Japanese base area? If we wipe out the Japs on the Ping-Han Line and the Ping-Tianjin area, then the entire North China Plain will be wiped out.
Wouldn’t it become the Eighth Route Army’s world?
Thinking of the excitement, Liu Yimin couldn't help but lick his chapped lips with his tongue.
Zeng Zhongsheng looked on amused and reminded: "Unfortunately, the little devils will not sit back and watch the Eighth Route Army develop and grow in North China. At this stage, they still have enough strength to destroy our base area."
Liu Yimin nodded and asked: "Chief of Staff, do you have any good ideas for the next step in breaking the Japanese encirclement and suppression?"
Zeng Zhongsheng thought for a while and said: "Commander, first of all, I have to remind you that this Japanese army is different from the national army that fought with us during the Red Army period. Their fighting will is very strong. Our army has won so many battles, but only Qingdao can be wiped out."
The garrison only captured a few hundred prisoners, but strictly speaking, the Qingdao garrison was not an elite force of the Japanese army. It was just a group of police officers used to maintain daily social security. From the elimination of the cavalry regiment of the fifth division to the elimination of the third
The Eighth Division, these little devils will fight to the last man and refuse to give up, until they are all killed. The next battle will probably be very tragic!"
Liu Yimin nodded again, signaling Zeng Zhongsheng to continue speaking.
Zeng Zhongsheng continued: "Why do we judge that the next step of the Japanese army's retaliatory sweep will be extremely brutal? I look at it this way. One is that the Japanese army cannot accept the fact that the permanent divisions have been wiped out by us. This is too irritating to them.
You must know that from the establishment of the Japanese army to the present, they have never suffered such a big defeat. They cannot live up to their reputation and cannot explain themselves to the international and domestic countries. They have to retaliate! Secondly, the Japanese army is even less likely to tolerate them driving away the national army through the front door and coming in through the back door.
The fact that the Eighth Route Army exists, and the current situation in North China is ugly to say the least, is that the Japanese army is busy, and in the end it provides the Eighth Route Army with an opportunity to develop and grow. This fact is even more unacceptable to the Japanese army. It must retaliate! Third, since the war began,
The results of our instructors' battles were so great that the Japanese could not eat or sleep. As this continued, we became stronger and stronger, and the Japanese lieutenant generals and major generals were killed one after another, forming a brigade.
The elite troops of regiments and divisions were wiped out. The Japanese could not even occupy North China, not to mention occupying all of China. Therefore, they will inevitably regard our army as the most dangerous enemy and must destroy us and retaliate!
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Zeng Zhongsheng said "retaliation is necessary" three times in a row, which made Liu Yimin feel funny, so he said: "Chief of Staff, don't talk about this. Please analyze, if the Japanese army wants to eliminate us, where will they most likely start?"
Zeng Zhongsheng said: "According to common sense, after our army eliminates the Eighth Division and the independent mixed third brigade, Luzhong, Jiaolai, Qinghe, and Jiaodong will all fall into the hands of our army. The Japanese army will inevitably determine that the main force of our army is here."
area, and will establish political power and raise food and grass here. And this area is a plain and close to the sea, which is very suitable for the three-dimensional combat of the Japanese army, land, sea and air. Therefore, I judge that the Japanese army is very eager to attack in this place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.
To fight our army. Preliminary judgment shows that the Japanese army may have three options. One is to mobilize heavy troops to attack directly in Shandong and find our main force for a decisive battle. This is called going straight to Huanglong; the other is to rely on the Jinpu Line to lay out a large encirclement and cut it off first.
Our army retreated to the mountainous areas, and fought with our army point by point, and finally compressed the main force of our army in Luzhong, Jiao Lai or Jiaodong, and completed the victory in one battle. This is called a dragnet; third, the Japanese army implemented a grand detour strategy, using its main force to fight with us in
During the confrontation in central Shandong, we sent a backbone force to bypass Qingdao, recapture Qingdao, and outflank our army. This tactic was most commonly used by the Japanese army."
Liu Yimin sighed inwardly, Zeng Zhongsheng's words can be regarded as a more comprehensive judgment. But will the Japanese army really do this? You must know that this is the time when the Japanese army's military strength is at its peak. They are fighting a three-dimensional battle of sea, land and air. Not only is the whole province of Shandong
It is within the coverage of the Japanese Army Air Force and the Japanese Navy Air Force. The mountains in Shandong are different from the mountains in Sichuan, Hunan, and Guizhou. Most of them are bare. The Japanese Army will probably not be afraid of our troops withdrawing into the mountains.
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Thinking of this, Liu Yimin felt that this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign was not simple, and he might have to think more deeply, otherwise he would suffer big losses.
The rice is ready, millet soup, steamed buns, tofu mixed with green onions.
Liu Yimin forked two steamed buns with chopsticks, took a bite, and said casually: "What a good steamed bun. If the Japs come, I'm afraid I'm going to have a hard time. Let alone the white-flour steamed buns, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat the sorghum!"
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As soon as I finished speaking, I couldn't help but feel a little thump in my heart. The wheat was already ripe, and sickles were blooming in some places. What does this mean? The common people are waiting for the wheat, and the Eighth Route Army is waiting for the wheat. Don't the Japanese devils wait? I did it in Tianjin and Qingdao.
Twice, the Japanese army's logistics supplies could only be transported from Northeast China, and they could only be transported from Japan. Terauchi's eyes were sore from looking forward to the food. He didn't say anything, just to grab food, and the Japanese were afraid.
I can't wait. If you put it this way, not only Shandong, but also the Jizhong Plain is a famous granary. Little Japan may even dream of eating the white noodles from Jizhong!
As soon as his thoughts opened up, Liu Yimin couldn't sit still. After finishing his meal, he immediately asked Zeng Zhongsheng to send a report to various base areas in Shandong. He must mobilize the villagers to collect and fight quickly, and hurry up to dry the grain and hide it. The little devil will immediately
The war was about to begin. Then I asked the chairman and the headquarters to send a report, please urge Jizhong and southern Hebei to speed up the wheat harvest, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and prepare to deal with the Japanese raids.
After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin told Zeng Zhongsheng that he must organize various districts in eastern Shandong to further mobilize the masses. While doing a good job in harvesting wheat and strengthening walls and clearing fields, the old base areas should speed up the improvement of tunnel facilities, and the new base areas should speed up the establishment of militia organizations at all levels, and train them to learn to shoot, lay mines, and drop bombs.
, organized the masses to harvest wheat during the day and dig tunnels at night. This time, the devils may be thinking of an extermination plan. Not only do they want to eliminate the instructors, they may also want to take away all the food in the North China Plain. Maybe they will burn them all and kill them all.
What about the three-guang policy that grabs all the money!
After thinking about it for a while, he still felt uneasy. Liu Yimin told Zeng Zhongsheng that this spirit must be conveyed to all troops and base areas. Not only the food must be hidden, but also the logistics and equipment of the Yimeng central base area must be hidden. The arsenal should operate at full capacity and concentrate on the production of reloaded artillery shells.
, landmines, explosive packets. Ten days later, all the arsenal equipment was hidden.
After the explanation, Liu Yimin quickly rushed back to the square with a battalion of guards without stopping.
Since they had to avoid Japanese planes on the way, the convoy was not moving very fast and did not return to Fangzi until dark.
When he walked into the division headquarters, Zhu Zhexiao, deputy director of the Staff Office, told him that Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Jiang had arrived in the morning, and Political Commissar Luo, Director Cai, and Dean Ni had accompanied them to express their condolences. In the morning, they went to Weixian County to express condolences to the people, and in the afternoon they went
The division field hospital, the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 3rd Teaching Brigade, the 4th Teaching Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade Field Hospital visited the wounded. We had a meal in Weixian County at noon and went back to the division headquarters for dinner in the evening. The political commissar said that if the division commander comes back, he should go see them as soon as possible.
Liu Yimin was now focused on dealing with the Japanese raids. After hearing Zhu Zhexiao's words, he just said, "Oh," and asked Zhu Zhexiao to bring the battle plan drawn up by the staff office. He wanted to see it.
The combat plan formulated by the staff office can be summarized as containing the northern line, defending the southern line, and decisive battle on the middle line. That is, our army actively harasses the enemy on the western Shandong and Hebei Shandong borders. Relying on the advantages of mountainous areas in southern Shandong and southeastern Shandong, we resolutely block the enemy and prevent him from entering.
In the central base area of Yimeng, there are 1st Teaching Brigade, 3rd Teaching Brigade, 4th Teaching Brigade, Cavalry Brigade and division-direct firepower troops in the Central Shandong area. It is easy to take advantage of our army's strong firepower and strong assault force in the plain area. We must annihilate them here.
The main force of the Japs is to consolidate the base area.
After reading the battle plan, Liu Yimin smiled bitterly. Including himself, I am afraid that everyone underestimated the scale of the Japanese army's heavy encirclement and suppression. If the Japanese army consists of several divisions, this plan will certainly work. But in case the Japanese army really takes the instructors to
As a stumbling block to their invasion of China, how will Japan retaliate?
Thinking about the achievements of Juichi Templeuchi in history, Liu Yimin felt that this old devil was not an ordinary person. He was a father-son general and a father-son marshal. How could his reputation be wasted? Just look at his fierceness when he divided his troops into four groups to conquer Southeast Asia. You can tell that this guy is
Once it is unleashed, it will definitely be thunderous. And although Juichi Terauchi suffered a lot in front of the Eighth Route Army during this period, which was very embarrassing and embarrassing, he is a veritable powerful figure within the Japanese army, a confidant of the emperor, and the key to the Japanese army's aggressive policy.
The main decision-maker and one of the executors. If he is determined to eliminate the instructors, it may not be too difficult to mobilize all the strength of the Japanese army and navy. Besides, among the entire Japanese army, the one who has dealt with his instructors the longest is
He knows that, with his military qualities, he will not concentrate on studying his own tactics. If he really studied it seriously, he would probably be able to judge the instructor's true strength very closely. After all, in the past, in order to encourage
In order to improve the morale of the military and the people, various newspapers fully publicized the combat effectiveness and achievements of the Seventh Red Army Corps and its instructors. Especially the military parade in Xi'an, which exposed the strength of the Seventh Red Army Corps. These were all published in newspapers, and based on the Japanese army's
Intelligence capabilities can be easily collected.
If you think along this line of thinking, the problem will be serious. Since Juichi Terauchi may know the strength of the instructor, and there is evidence from the Battle of Luzhong, he will never use one or two divisions to conduct roundabout and adventurous operations.
That would be equivalent to sending weapons and ammunition to himself. It is very likely that when he carried out a multi-channel attack, three to four divisions or more of troops would roll forward in a group on each route. Without further ado, he would do another three attacks.
For a four-way or four-way attack, there would be 12 divisions or 16 divisions. With such a huge force, it would be simply too fanciful to rely on tunnel warfare, mine warfare and mountain guerrilla warfare to repel the Japanese attack. Moreover,
The Japanese army will concentrate all the aircraft of the North China Front to carry out indiscriminate bombing. When the time comes, a situation is likely to occur, that is, due to the heavy concentration of Japanese troops and groups, no one of them can attack them, and they can only watch the Japanese step by step.
Advance step by step, encroaching on the base area step by step, and forcing the main force of instructors into a narrow area step by step. It would be terrible if this happened.
Another situation is that Shouyi in the temple does not attack the main force of the instructors first, but relies on the Jinpu line to lay out a strong defense line and concentrate on solving the problems in central Hebei, southern Hebei, western Shandong and the Shandong border. After these areas are solved, he can then concentrate his efforts to suppress them.
Xiang Luzhong. By that time, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to defeat the Japanese and attack all the way.
Liu Yimin's idea was right, but he did not expect that Juichi Terauchi was so determined to eliminate the instructors, and the scale of troops used was as high as 32 army divisions, as well as cavalry, heavy artillery and puppet troops. Moreover, the Japanese army
The combined fleet is also heading towards Qingdao. By then, the sky in Shandong will be dark and filled with Japanese aircraft.
The more Liu Yimin thought about it, the more immersed he became. He simply moved a chair and sat down, smoking a cigarette in front of the map and thinking about it carefully.
The cadres at the division headquarters all knew Liu Yimin's characteristics. When he sat in front of the map and thought about it, he would often sit there for a whole day or night without even eating. No one could disturb him, as long as he had enough cigarettes ready.
The more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes. The Japanese army in eastern Henan has stopped attacking for a few days. It stands to reason that the 3rd Division, 5th Division, 6th Division, 9th Division, and 14th Division in eastern Henan
, the 16th Division is the backbone of the Japanese army. It is the 27th Division that just left. It is also the first regiment of the North China Army Infantry Brigade. They are all a group of people who are obsessed with the spirit of Bushido.
Confused guys, what are they doing now? Qingdao was lost, the Eighth Division was annihilated, and more than 20,000 Japanese overseas Chinese were captured. After such a big thing, can they still sit still in eastern Henan? Why?
Is there no information about their mobilization?
Also, the Japanese army now knows that after this series of great victories, their weapons and equipment have long been Japanese-styled, and their artillery is very powerful. It is impossible for the 108th Division in Jinan City to stop them, so why haven't they mobilized their main force?
What about the division returning to Jinan to aid? You must know that the Japanese army even has paratroopers, so it is very convenient to send more troops to Jinan. Is it possible that Shouichi Terauchi is a vegetarian, and is he willing to confront the Eighth Route Army tepidly like this?
There must be a ghost here! Terauchi Shouichi must have hatched an amazing plan that he could not have imagined, and he is quietly implementing it.
Liu Yimin couldn't help but stare at Lianyungang on the map.
Originally, Liu Yimin had an idea in his mind, which was to mobilize the Japanese, lead them by the nose, and always maintain our army's initiative on the battlefield.
The places he initially focused on were Xuzhou and Lianyungang. Because Qingdao was lost and Tianjin was captured by the Eighth Route Army, the logistics supply of the Japanese Yudong Group must be transported through Lianyungang. Taking Lianyungang would be the same as taking Tianjin and Qingdao.
The same, it is equivalent to knocking over the enemy's job again, and the little devil will inevitably be frightened again and follow his baton.
According to this idea, the troops must be divided into several parts, let Zeng Zhongsheng command the Shandong troops to deal with the Japanese troops landing in Qingdao, let Lei Ming lead the fourth brigade to fight guerrillas against the Japanese troops coming from Jinan, and let Hong Chaoyuan command the Shandong troops to use the mountainous areas to fight against Xuzhou
The Japanese troops coming from this direction, coupled with the active attacks by the troops from southwestern Shandong, Taixi and Shandong, and the Hebei-Shandong border, it was impossible for the little devils to take any advantage in the base area. Then he led the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 3rd Teaching Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade and the Division.
The direct troops quietly moved between Linyi and Juxian. When the Japanese troops from Xuzhou, that is, the elite Japanese troops returning from eastern Henan, launched an attack on the base area, they led their own troops to raid Lianyungang and Xuzhou, catching the Japanese off guard and unable to retreat even if they wanted to.
Then he sent troops to attack in the Sulu-Henan-Anhui border area, smashed all the jars and jars of the little devils, and made them cry bitterly again, and once again exclaimed that they had been fooled, and once again transferred the main force to the south. Then he calmly returned to Shandong,
Recover the base area.
This was originally an excellent plan. But the lack of movement from the Japanese made Liu Yimin feel unsure. You must know that Juichi Terauchi is a top-notch general in the Japanese army. It doesn't matter if he is fooled once or twice. He must be tricked one after another.
I'm afraid it would be a bit insulting to his wisdom to be fooled. Maybe he would even set up a pocket in the direction of Xuzhou and wait for him to drill it! Because Shandong is facing the sea on both sides and the Jinpu Railway to the west. Once the Japanese army blocks it with heavy troops,
The only way out for the troops was to go south. Juichi Terauchi could not fail to see this.
As I thought about it, I became a little anxious. I felt that my intelligence ability was still too poor. The war was imminent and the Japanese army might launch an attack at any time. However, I couldn't even figure out the movements of the heavy Japanese army group in eastern Henan. It was too dangerous to continue like this. I turned around and
Call Zhu Zhexiao and ask him to find Qian Zhuangfei and Luo Yan immediately.
Seeing that the teacher woke up from deep thought, Zhu Zhexiao hurriedly called Qian Zhuangfei and Luo Yan. Li Xiaoshuai took the opportunity to bring the food, hoping that Liu Yimin would take a bite first to satisfy his hunger. Unexpectedly, Liu Yimin was furious and took Li Xiaoshuai directly.
Xiaoshuai said: "Eat, eat, just let me eat. The Japanese will come to kill you soon. If you eat again, there will be no more people to eat, and you will never have to eat again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps at the door of the courtyard, and then a soft female voice with a Zhejiang accent came over: "Mr. Liu, why can't I see you? It turns out that you are angry at the soldiers here!
Who provoked you?"
As soon as Liu Yimin heard this, he knew that Mrs. Chiang was coming. His scalp felt like it was on fire and he hurriedly came out to greet her.
When I arrived at the door, I saw Soong Meiling walking in front, followed by Mrs. Sun Soong Qingling. Ni Hua followed them, and then the democratic parties. Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong walked at the end, followed by the security guards.
Use a flashlight to illuminate them.
Liu Yimin adjusted his uniform slightly, stepped forward to salute, and reported: "Reporting to Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Sun: Liu Yimin, commander of the teaching division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, is reporting to you, please give instructions!"
Song Meiling chuckled lightly and said: "Forget it, don't be polite. You are a soldier and very busy. It's understandable that you don't want to see us. Come in and talk!"
When Liu Yimin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Mrs. Chiang is joking. You are the wife of the supreme commander of the Chinese army. You risked your life to come to condolences the troops. All the soldiers in the army were touched. How could I not want to see you? I wouldn't be too ignorant.
Are you okay? Come, please, Mrs. Jiang, please, Mrs. Sun, all distinguished guests!"
Soong Meiling stopped being polite and went into the house first. Ni Huashan took Soong Chingling's arm and helped her into the house, and everyone else filed in.
When Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong entered the room, they both looked at each other and had a wry smile on their faces.