While the Japanese army in Xuzhou was busy mobilizing and organizing troops and plotting major operations, Liu Yimin was not idle in Huaiyin.
After moving south from Lianyungang, Liu Yimin caught up with the Second Jiao Brigade, the Luxi Security Brigade, and the Southwestern Security Brigade. At this time, he was in Qingjiangpu and living in Qingyan Garden.
After Liu Yimin led the main force to cross the Yellow River eastward, Liu Jianshe led the Second Brigade to stay in Western Shandong. This was also the first time the two met since their eastward crossing.
Xu Shiyou of the West Shandong Guard Brigade, Political Commissar Zhu Liangcai, Commander Chen Shiqu of the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade, Political Commissar Tang Liang and others have never met Liu Yimin before, and some have met him accidentally in Zunyi or Chengdu or Xi'an. Generally speaking, they are the same.
He's not even familiar with it.
Since the Japanese army had not taken any action for the time being, Liu Yimin held a meeting of cadres above three brigades and regiments in Qingjiangpu, firstly to further deploy the next combat mission of the three brigades, and secondly to have heart-to-heart discussions with the cadres.
Zhu Liangcai, Chen Shiqu, and Tang Liang were all old men of the First Army, and they were acquaintances with Liu Jianli, the commander of the Second Teaching Brigade, and Cheng Cuilin, the political commissar. Although Xu Shiyou was from the Fourth Front Army, he got along very well with Liu Jianli and others since they worked together.
There is also a tacit understanding. Except for Liu Jianli and Cheng Cuilin who died on the Long March, the other four are famous founding generals in history. They are the leaders and political commissars of the West Shandong Guard Brigade and the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade.
They were either famous martyrs in history, or founding lieutenant generals and major generals. These people gathered together and sat around Liu Yimin, making Liu Yimin a little dazed. However, Liu Yimin was used to seeing the founding generals in history since he traveled through time, so this trance was just that.
In an instant, things returned to normal.
Liu Jianli reported on the combat situation since going south, which was actually only the breakthrough of the Battle of Longhai Road and the Battle of Lianyungang. Xu Shiyou and Chen Shiqu respectively reported on the training and combat situation since the establishment of the West Shandong Garrison Brigade and the Southwestern Shandong Garrison Brigade. Cheng Cuilin and Zhu Liangcai
, Tang Liang reported on the political and ideological work of the three troops respectively.
Since this was the first time for such a formal report to the top leader of the Shandong Eighth Route Army, the brigade commanders and political commissars of the three brigades were fully prepared, from the deployment of troop cadres, tactical training to combat command of several battles, and post-war summaries.
The report is crystal clear.
Liu Yimin was very satisfied after hearing this, but he was still not satisfied. He simply asked the heads of each regiment and the political commissar to make reports, focusing on the ideological conditions of the soldiers and the problems in each unit.
As a result, the meeting was a bit long. It lasted from lunch to the time when the lights were turned on.
We had dinner at Qingyan Garden. Although Qingjiangpu lost its original status as a Grand Canal water transport transfer station due to the construction of shipping and Jinpu Road and Longhai Road at this time, and lost the prosperity of the past, it was an important town in northern Jiangsu.
The hometown of Huai cuisine, the dinner was pretty good.
Xu Shiyou was drinking and heard that Liu Yimin had a special relationship with the owner of Maotai liquor. He received two hundred kilograms of Maotai liquor every year, and he was already very greedy. Therefore, while eating, he said: "Mr. Liu, you are a famous anti-Japanese general."
, I, Old Xu, have long heard that you are as big as the sea and as wise as the sea, and I admire you very much. Sometimes when I think of it, I slap my head, hating myself for my lack of education and lack of resourcefulness. Now I, Old Xu, am your soldier.
Can you put some of the things in your mind into mine? I don’t ask for more, just put a little bit into it.”
What Xu Shiyou said made the cadres who were eating burst into laughter.
Liu Yimin doesn't know how the central government is handling Zhang Guotao now, but Zhang Guotao has not taken advantage of the opportunity to worship the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in April to defect as historically, which shows that the central government has handled his education well. This kind of thing is not something he should ask.
, but according to the historical trajectory, after the Wuhan War, the Central Committee will hold the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, and I am afraid that many issues will have to be resolved at this meeting. Now part of the Fourth Front Army has been reorganized into the 129th Division, and part of it remains in northern Sichuan. The cadres and soldiers have no ideological burden.
This shows that the central government has done a lot of fruitful work in dealing with the Zhang Guotao issue. The cadres and soldiers have completely recognized Zhang Guotao's mistakes and have made a mental turn.
Xu Shiyou once caused a commotion in Yan'an in history, but nothing like this has happened now. He happily volunteered and was transferred as an instructor. I don't know how the chairman and others talked to him, but judging from the situation, he didn't have any thoughts.
Burdened. This is even better. A tiger general without any ideological baggage will naturally become a powerful warrior when he goes into battle.
Liu Yimin's mind was spinning and he said with a smile: "Old Xu, tell me. If you have any ideas, just tell me."
Xu Shiyou scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Mr. Liu, I heard that you have two hundred kilograms of Maotai liquor a year. I wonder if you have brought your war horse with you?"
When Liu Yimin heard this, he laughed and said: "It turns out that he is addicted to alcohol. This is easy to handle. I brought two cans with me to make you happy. But let's make it clear first, I don't have 200 kilograms of Maotai liquor. Chen Yun will let Chen Yun
Comrade confiscated it, and now I only have twenty kilograms per year in my hands. From now on, I can give you two kilograms per year, and any more will be gone."
When Xu Shiyou heard this, he laughed happily and said: "Two pounds is two pounds, the teacher is very interesting!" After saying that, he called the guard to go to the guard of the division commander to ask for Moutai.
Xu Shiyou really has a good drinker. After bringing the wine, he put away a small can, picked up a small can and unsealed it, only shared some with Chen Shiqu, and drank the rest. After drinking, he wiped a handful
With a dark red face, he said: "Good wine, really good wine, just for the two kilograms of Maotai wine every year, it is the right thing to teach the teacher."
Liu Yimin said to Xu Shiyou with a smile but not a smile: "Old Xu, it's okay to drink, but you have to remember one thing. You have to control your temper, and don't take it out on the soldiers when you are in a bad mood. We are the Red Army.
, this is the Eighth Route Army, and we don’t want to beat or scold soldiers. The soldiers are our comrades, comrades-in-arms, and brothers. They follow us to make revolution, but they don’t follow us to accept our anger.”
Liu Yimin's words were definitely not without purpose, and Xu Shiyou was stunned on the spot. It turned out that during the Fourth Front Army, in addition to the brutal internal purges, some cadres also beat and scolded soldiers. Xu Shiyou did not expect that Liu Yimin even knew this.
He stood up hurriedly, scratched his head again, and said in a hushed tone: "Sir, when we were in the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area, sometimes some new soldiers didn't understand anything and couldn't learn it no matter how they were taught. They just kicked them in the ass."
I learned it with just a few kicks. Later, the Fourth Front Army learned from the First Army and taught the soldiers culture, so there were fewer beatings and scoldings of the soldiers. I promise you, I will never make this mistake in the future! If my hands are itchy,
Just hit me!"
Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Okay, I'm just talking. The purpose is to remind you that as a senior cadre, you must not only think about how to win the war, but also how to improve your own cultural level and accomplishments. You must be both civil and military.
When fighting a war, we must be a victorious general, and when building and managing base areas, we must also be knowledge-based and learning-based management talents.”
Only then did Xu Shiyou smile and sit down to continue eating.
When Chen Shiqu saw that Liu Yimin was calm, he taught Xu Shiyou a lesson. Thinking of Chen Zaidao's dismissal of the command of the 7th Brigade by Liu Yimin in southern Hebei, he knew that this young leader was full of riches. If he wanted to get his approval, he must put his instructor's
Learn the style and tactics thoroughly.
Chen Shiqu stood up and said, "Sir, I think you are good at everything but not good at all."
Liu Yimin knew that Chen Shiqu was trying to smooth things over for Xu Shiyou, so he smiled and said, "Commander Chen, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Shiqu said: "You just don't keep your words. When you were in Tianjin, you kept saying to defend Tianjin, but in the end, the little devil was so excited that he dispatched his troops and generals to have a very busy time. This time it was the same in Lianyungang, which made the little devil's calves tired.
I'm tired. I won't say this anymore. You should never be polite to the Japs. However, I remember last time that you said that you would equip the southwestern Shandong garrison brigade with an artillery regiment. You also said that whoever can eliminate a brigade of Japs at a time should be treated as a main brigade.
Don’t forget the standard equipment!”
Liu Yimin laughed: "I said Brigadier Chen, such a big brigade commander, don't always reach out to your superiors! I said you should be equipped with an artillery regiment, which must be equipped, and the Luxi Garrison Brigade must also be equipped. We
There is no shortage of cannons, but well-trained artillery warriors. In this way, whenever you train an artillery regiment of artillery warriors, I will send you cannons, pack horses, and artillery shells."
Chen Shiqu immediately said: "Okay, after returning to Shandong this time, I will immediately assign soldiers from a regiment to the headquarters for training. But there is a problem. My soldiers were assigned to the artillery regiment, and the infantry regiment will not have enough troops.
Can the division commander allow us to expand our troops?"
Liu Yimin pointed at Chen Shiqu's nose and said: "Well, Chen Shiqu, you are still an old Red Army soldier from Jinggang Mountain. You actually asked such a funny question. Why are you so disgusted with resisting Japan? What are you doing in Jiangsu? One is to fight the Japanese, and the other is
To expand the army, the third is to raise food, cotton and other materials. These three tasks are equally important, and it will not work if they are not completed. You now have three regiments, don't you know how to form supplementary regiments and new regiments? Can you do preliminary training while marching and fighting?
! The Second Elephant Regiment has a new second regiment and a supplementary regiment. Can’t we create a supplementary second regiment, a third regiment, and a fourth regiment? I can tell everyone that our army now has weapons.
Can troops such as the 2nd Teaching Brigade and the 3rd Teaching Brigade be expanded into divisions at all? There are so many little Japs, how can we defeat them with our existing troops alone? Of course, army expansion cannot affect the main combat effectiveness, recruits must be added
Regiment, new regiments must undergo rigorous training before they can go to the training headquarters for three months of further training before being assigned to the troops."
Xu Shiyou had calmed down by this time. He raised his head and asked: "The division commander means that if you have enough for a division, you can be the division commander, and if you have enough for an army, you can be the army commander. Is that true?"
Liu Yimin waved his hand: "The enemy!"
The cadres' faces immediately showed expressions of eagerness to try.
Several people chatted while eating. After finishing eating, they started to continue the meeting.
Liu Yimin first praised the three brigades for their tight grip on political work and training, and for inheriting the fine traditions of the old Red Army units. On this issue, Liu Yimin also detailed the idea of launching a grievance campaign during the military reorganization in the West Extension.
Practices and effects require the Western Shandong Garrison Brigade and the Southwest Shandong Garrison Brigade to learn more from the Second Teaching Brigade and do solid political work.
Next, Liu Yimin talked about the significance of establishing a strong Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area and the overall deployment of the Shandong Bureau.
Talking about the current war situation, Liu Yimin said: "There are two factions in Japan. One faction advocates expanding the scale of aggression and fully occupying China; the other faction hopes to control the scale of aggression, as long as it forces the National Government to recognize the puppet Manchukuo and their special rights in North China. In fact,
, these two factions are the same. Those who advocate the full occupation of China are naturally ambitious, and those who advocate not expanding the invasion are also ambitious. The difference is that the latter are a little more awake and know that their national power is limited. If they have too much appetite, they will
I'll hold myself up to death."
At this point, Liu Yimin changed his subject and began to talk about the current war situation: "As far as the current war situation is concerned, the Japanese army's heavy troop group has fought from Jizhong and southern Hebei to Xuzhou. On the surface, our army has basically lost its base areas in the North China Plain and
In the Shandong base area, the Japanese army achieved great results. But, guys, you have to look at the essence of things. It was precisely because our army continued to fight hard and achieved great results that it caused the little devils to panic and mobilized heavy troops to attack us.
I will give you three calculations. The first is the military account. Since our Eighth Route Army joined the war, we have attracted most of the Japanese invaders to North China, forcing them not to attack Henan and Wuhan with all their strength to start a war.
In the past year, our teaching division alone has eliminated two permanent divisions of the Japanese Eighth Division and the Tenth Division, and eliminated the elite Japanese soldiers of four brigades including the 21st Brigade and the Chahar Dispatch Corps. These
The troops were all the backbone Japanese troops who dared to pursue one division of the National Army as a brigade. We annihilated them all in an organized manner, which was equivalent to eliminating the seeds of the Japanese army's expansion. It was amazing! As for the 21st Division, the first
The 16th Division and those independent mixed brigades are all third- and fourth-rate troops of the Japanese army, not worth mentioning. Do you think, how much strength has the Japanese army lost? Now they are constantly expanding their troops, and they are constantly expanding.
This is good, but if we continue fighting like this, little Japan will fall into a desperate situation, and their young and middle-aged people will become cannon fodder. In the end, Japan will be exhausted."
After a pause, Liu Yimin continued: "The second account is the economic account. We captured Tianjin, Qingdao, and Lianyungang, and Wang Laohu and the others also went to Jinan to make a big fuss. This is to fight an economic war with the Japanese army and use the Japanese army's funds.
and supplies to support our army's protracted war of resistance. Let's talk about it. Compared with the Japanese army, what does our army still lack? That is, warships and aircraft! We will talk about warships later. We can capture aircraft. Japan has developed industry and can produce aircraft.
, we can seize it. This is just the beginning. When the international situation changes in the future, the United States, Britain and other countries will inevitably interrupt trade with Japan. By that time, the Japanese will not be able to plunder money and materials from China, and they will buy them from the United States, Britain and other countries.
Without arms and supplies, they will become real paupers. How far will I go to beat them? That is to make their soldiers treat Chinese people as their godfathers just to make a living!"
The cadres roared with laughter.
Liu Yimin waved his hand and said again: "The third account is the moral account. As we all know, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, only the Soviet people supported us. They not only supported weapons and ammunition, but also sent air force volunteers to China to participate in the war. The United States
Countries such as Britain, France, and Germany all put on a neutral face. On the surface, they talk about mediation and neutrality. In fact, they sell large quantities of oil, rubber, and steel to the Japanese and make a lot of war fortune. What now? After our efforts
As a result of this series of work, Americans have begun to wake up, and the people have spontaneously donated money and materials to support our war of resistance. I believe that the U.S. government will also take action in the future to directly assist China in terms of funds, weapons and ammunition, etc. Of course, most of this assistance
Will all fall into Chiang Kai-shek's pockets? Are they a legitimate government? No matter who these supports are given to, it will be beneficial to the war of resistance and is a good thing. In short, one year after the war began, little Japan began to gradually isolate itself internationally, and our country began to win over most countries
Sympathy and help. This is what the Chinese say. The right person will get more help, and the unjust person will get less help."
Cheng Cuilin's heart skipped a beat. In the past, he thought that Liu Yimin and Ni Hua's affairs were a bit bad and violated discipline. Now hearing Liu Yimin talk about the importance of external publicity and foreign aid from this perspective, Cheng Cuilin felt that everyone's understanding was quite different from that of his teachers.
First, the division commander is planning a strategic plan, while some comrades are thinking about discipline and moral issues. Why should they withdraw at all? Dr. Ni is afraid that he is too aggrieved.
After Liu Yimin finished talking about this, he began to talk about the specific combat missions of the three brigades: "Now, the little devils have assembled heavy troops on the front line in Xuzhou. What do they want to do? That is to find the main force of my instructor division for a decisive battle in an attempt to eliminate us in one fell swoop. Comrades
The burden on our shoulders is very heavy. We must lead the Japs by the nose and lead them all the way south, but we must also be careful not to fall into the encirclement of the Japs' heavy army group and avoid heavy losses. This task is what the common people call leading the cow.
When the cow is gone, the mad cow can't gore it. What should we do? When people lead the cow, they have to put a ring on the cow's nose so that it can be held. We must do the same! That is, we must not stay in front of the little devil.
Continuously ambush and harass, letting them know that we are in front of them and will soon fall into their encirclement, so that they can pursue forward desperately."
Liang Xingchu, the commander of the Third Luxi Guard Regiment, has a nickname called Liang Daya. He may not know it, but Liu Yimin knows that he is definitely a first-rate general in our army. After hearing what Liu Yimin said so well, Liang Xingchu raised his hand and asked to speak.
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Liu Yimin nodded and signaled Liang Xingchu to speak.
Liang Xingchu stood up and saluted and said: "Reporting to the division commander, I think this battle needs further consideration. With so many Japanese troops, they can completely outflank us from both wings instead of chasing us all the time. When we first arrived in northern Jiangsu, we headed towards Jiangsu.
There are rivers and water networks everywhere in Zhongqu, and there are no bridges or boats, which limits the mobility of the troops. Besides, there are many miscellaneous troops and local security teams of the Kuomintang here. We have entered their scope of strength, and conflicts may arise.
Please consider these issues, Commander."
Liu Yimin felt that Liang Xingchu was really a tiger general, and he had really considered it well. After signaling Liang Xingchu to sit down, Liu Yimin said: "Liang Xingchu is right. I hope comrades can learn from Liang Xingchu and consider the disadvantages before every battle.
Think about the difficulties. Our combat plan makes it very clear that we must move and deploy first. What does enemy first mean? It means being one or two beats ahead of the enemy. For example, if the Japanese army is now gathering in Xuzhou, we must take action immediately.
, before the Japs deploy their troops and pull up the net to pursue them, withdraw the main force outside the small Japs’ big net, and use small troops to pretend to be the main force to lure the Japs. Our plan is to lure the Japs towards the Yangtze River, but the main force must not go to the Yangtze River.
, there is the Jiangbei defense line of the Japs, and there are planes and warships to help. Going there is like throwing yourself into a trap. You can't go to the sea either. The Japs' combined fleet is very powerful. Hundreds of planes are waiting to bomb our army! Our army
The main force can only go west. It needs to take action immediately. When it goes south to the front line of Gaoyou, the cavalry battalions of three brigades will be left behind to lure the enemy. The main force will quickly turn around and move westward, hiding in Bengbu and waiting for a fierce attack there.
Knock the Japs on the ground, and then break through Jinpu Road and enter Wanbei. Let the Japs understand that we are heading towards Wuhan and to defend Wuhan. After evading the right-wing troops of the heavy Japanese army heading south, the main force returns to southwest Shandong, and the brigades
All left troops to cooperate with the four detachments of the New Fourth Army to carry out guerrilla warfare in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area. After completing the task of luring the enemy, the three cavalry battalions must quickly break away from contact with the enemy and move to guerrilla behind enemy lines. Jiangsu is so big, no matter how strong the Japs are,
, it is also impossible to draw out an airtight skirmish line, there are always loopholes. This is not a problem for our small cavalry unit who came from the old Red Army."
Liu Yimin said this, which is equivalent to finishing the basic ideas and methods of this operation.
Cheng Cuilin felt that this plan was good overall, but there was one thing that seemed inappropriate, that is, pretending to move westward might cause trouble to move eastward, which would cause dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek.
Liu Yimin said that the purpose of the Japs chasing the main force of instructors was to eliminate worries and clear the way for the capture of Wuhan. Only by feinting to the west could the Japs believe that the main force of instructors had completely left Shandong. Since the Japs wanted to capture Wuhan, let them
They went to fight. The main force of the national army had rested for so long, and it was time for them to confront the Japs. I believe that the Japs would not be able to take advantage of them. From a strategic point of view, only by allowing the Japs to occupy more space could they be allowed to fight.
Continuously divide the troops and turn the field divisions into garrison divisions. This is also the embodiment of Chairman Chiang’s strategy of trading space for time. When the little devils madly attack Wuhan and fight with the main force of the national army, we will be on their butts
Stab them again and make them miserable.
When Liu Yimin said this, the cadres had completely understood it.
After the meeting, Liu Yimin told Liu Jianshe to quickly send troops to investigate the route, and at the same time organize the people to clear the country. The little devil is now angry and will definitely retaliate against the people, and must do everything possible to reduce the losses of the masses. Of course, the most fundamental way is to use the troops
Use quick maneuvers, hit hard and hard, and let the little devils run around without caring about harming the place.