With the destruction of the 213th Regiment, 214th Regiment, 40th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery, and 40th Cavalry Regiment, Sanshilipu, south of De County, the second North China public security battle launched by the Japanese invaders, which was launched by the iron wall to encircle the Hebei-Shandong border with iron walls, had to end hastily just begun.
The Japanese army was passively beaten everywhere. In addition to Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong commanded the troops on the North Line to eliminate the main force of the 40th Division, the Japanese and puppet troops around Jinan lost the stronghold under the Shandong-Central Guard Brigade and Jinan Guard Brigade for two consecutive nights, and lost the strongholds and retreated to Jinan City and stayed in the door. After the 32nd transfer to the north of the Yellow River, the Japanese army transferred to guard the Zhangqiu and Qingcheng line to guard the front line of Zhangqiu and Qingcheng. These new recruits completely forgot the task of guarding Jiaoji Road and Jinqing Highway, and hurried in Zhangqiu, Zhoucun, Zhangdian, Qingcheng and other strongholds, guarding the transmitters and constantly sending newspapers, begging the North China Front Army to quickly draw elite divisions to repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army. The Qinghe Guard Brigade of the Eighth Route Army
Brigade Commander Liao Rongbiao and Political Commissar Yao Zhongming commanded the Qinghe Guard Brigade. With the cooperation of local armed forces in Qinghe area, the target of the strike was set on two independent mixed brigades following Yoshio Shinozuka. Things were really as Liu Yimin expected. These two independent mixed brigades were recruits who had just completed the training of recruits. They had just come from Japan and had no practical experience. When the Eighth Route Army gunshots sounded, they saw their white brains and blood stains on the big beach when they were beaten to death, they suddenly shed sheep, and once again staged a glimpse of an overall escape. Not to mention guns, bullets and grenades, even cotton uniforms affected the runaway and threw them all over the ground, causing the soldiers of the Qinghe Guard Brigade to pick up many foreign lands.
The Third Education Brigade, the Seventh Education Brigade and the Eighth Education Brigade, under Liu Yimin's order, revised the combat plan and moved the troops between Weixian and Gaomi. They seized a corps in Qingdao that the 36th Division of the Japanese army had not even left the bones. They also took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and cooperated with the Fourth Education Brigade to wipe out the main force of Li Wenli's Li's troops in Anqiu and Gaomi. The Japanese and puppet troops were forced to hide in Weicheng. Fangzi did not dare to show up and kept asking for help from the 12th Army and the North China Front Army.
Under the command of Hong Chaoyuan, our army on the southern front, the 5th Brigade, the New Fifth Brigade, and the Southeast Shandong Detachment, and with the cooperation of the northern Jiangsu Detachment, had successfully captured Lianyungang, and began to sweep west along Longhai Road on the night of March 19. That posture was clearly intended to capture Xuzhou.
Immediately afterwards, the New First Brigade, the New Third Brigade, and the New Seventh Brigade sent troops to cut off the traffic line between Suxian and Xuzhou, and Suxian and Bengbu. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the Eighth Route Army was going to capture Suxian, cut off the connection between the Japanese army in North China, and form a siege against Xuzhou. The commander of the 12th Army in Xuzhou, Sadaru Iida, was completely anxious. He was unwilling to be the third captured 12th Army commander, and sent a telegram directly to Emperor Hirohito, saying that he was willing to return to Tokyo to stand guard for His Majesty the Emperor, nor was he willing to be the commander of the 12th Army who was passive because he could not be the master of his own country.
The 27th Division, which was stationed in the Tai'an to Zaozhuang section, was even worse. With such a long defense line and such a large territory, a corps were drawn away to defend Jinan. The defense line was as thin as a window paper, and it was broken with one stab. The Eighth Route Army had the Tai'an Detachment, the Taixi Detachment, the New Fourth Brigade, and the New Eighth Brigade, and many county brigades, district squads, militias and various guerrillas. This force made the defense line of the 27th Division full of holes. Masaharu, who likes male style, keeps asking for help from Shanshanyuan, saying that if there is no reinforcement, the 27th Division would have to withdraw its homeland to supplement it.
The defense line is full of loopholes, and Jinpu Road, Jiaoji Road, and Longhai Road were cut off by the Eighth Route Army. How could Shanshanyuan be at ease with commanding the army to press towards western Shandong and chase and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Hebei-Shandong border?
What made Shan Shanyuan most sad was that after all the supplies from the supply base in Cang County were seized by the Eighth Route Army, Lianyungang's supply materials were seized by the Eighth Route Army again. The supply lines of the Japanese army in Xuzhou and eastern Henan were completely cut off and they could not even eat. What else can we talk about destroying the Eighth Route Army?
In this case, when the Second Division, the Fifth Division, and the Armored Brigade arrived at Sanshilipu, Shanshanyuan had to order them to rest on the spot and move towards Jinan after dawn, preparing to open up Jiaoji Road, Jinpu Road and Longhai Road.
In terms of military tactics, the enemy changes, and I change. Shanshanyuan and Prince Zairen, Shizuichi and Shinji Shunji of the Japanese base camp were all familiar with Chinese military books and understood this principle. They also knew that if they did not give up on the plan to sweep western Shandong, central Hebei, and southern Hebei, the Japanese troops on Jinpu Road and Jiaoji Road might have to lose their lives, and all cities along the route would have to return them to the Chinese. Therefore, the base camp immediately ordered Shanshanyuan to concentrate on opening up the transportation line, restore the security of the transportation line, restore the North China and central China connections, regain Lianyungang, ensure that Jinan and Xuzhou are not lost, and meet the supply supply supply of the eastern Henan troops.
The Japanese army was mobilized again, and it took half a month and paid a heavy price. Finally, it opened up Jiaoji Road, Jinpu Road and Longhai Road again.
At the same time, the Nanchang Battle launched by the 11th Army of the Japanese Army has ended. Like in history, the Japanese army captured Nanchang on March 28, and *** began to plan a counterattack on Nanchang.
After the war, the Japanese army in North China urgently needed to replenish their troops and accumulate supplies, and could no longer have the ability to launch a heavy army group to raid. Instead, they took a steady step, focusing on consolidating the defense line and slowly licking the wounds.
In the Eighth Route Army, due to continuous fierce fighting, the troops moved into rest and recuperation one after another. For a time, the situation in North China became relatively stable.
This time, Shan Shanyuan remembered the words of Muto Aki, called Muto Aki from Qingdao, and held a military meeting with the leaders of each division in Peking to discuss the situation in North China. Finally, he formed an idea of defending the traffic line, *** the Eighth Route Army, and concentrated its superior forces to sweep the Eighth Route Army base, and vigorously developed the idea of training the puppet army. Under this idea, the Japanese army adjusted the deployment of the troops.
Under the strong request of the Kwantung Army, in order to strengthen preparations for war against the Soviet Union, the First Division, Second Division, and 23rd Division were transferred back to the northeast, and even the armored brigade was transferred to the northeast. Since there was no established division in Japan, the Guard Division was transferred back to Japan.
The 12th Army is under the 10th Division, the 27th Division, the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, the 40th Division, the 114th Division, the Independent Mixed 16th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 17th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 18th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 19th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 20th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 21st Brigade, the Independent Mixed 22nd Brigade, the Independent Mixed 23rd Brigade, the Jinan Garrison, the Qingdao Garrison, and the Xuzhou Garrison, with its troop strength and its huge force, responsible for the security operations in Shandong and confronting the Eighth Route Army's instructor. Among them, the Army Command commands the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the Jinan Garrison is stationed in Jinan, the 10th Division is stationed in Lunan, and the Command is stationed in Yi County. The 27th Division is stationed in Yanzhou, Jining, Qufu, and Zou County, and the Independent Mixed 16th Brigade is stationed in Tai'an; the 32nd Division commands the Independence
The 17th Brigade of the Mixed-Chief was stationed in Shandong, the headquarters was stationed in Zhoucun, and the 17th Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Zhangqiu; the 36th Division commanded the 18th Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Shandong, the headquarters was stationed in Weicheng, and the 18th Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Jiaoxian. The 40th Division commanded the 19th, 20th, and 21st Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in the northwest Shandong, the headquarters was stationed in Dexian, the 19th Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Huimin, the 20th Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Qingyun, and the 21st Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Linyi; the 114th Division commanded the Xuzhou garrison, the 22nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Xuzhou, and the 23rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Xuzhou, and the 22nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Donghai, and the 23rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed-Chief was stationed in Suxian; the Qingdao garrison was stationed in Qingdao, and Lianyungang was handed over to the Marine Corps.
In Xuzhou, the remaining headquarters of the Puppet Manchukuo National Defense Forces were organized into Manchu advancement, with three mixed brigades under their jurisdiction, each brigade of 4,000 people, and cooperated with the Japanese army to guard the Longhai Road from Lianyungang to Kaifeng.
The Fifth Division, the 14th Division, the 22nd Division, the 35th Division, the 37th Division, the 38th Division, the 39th Division, the 41st Division, the 110th Division, the Beiping Garrison, the Tianjin Garrison, the Shijiazhuang Garrison, the Independent 13th Garage, and the Independent 14th Garage. Among them, the Fifth Division was transferred to Qingdao because it was the Japanese strategic mobile division, and assisted the Qingdao Garrison to station in Qingdao to facilitate the north and south mobilization. The 14th Division was stationed in northern Henan and the headquarters was set up in Anyang. The 22nd Division was transferred back to Handan and the 35th Division
Stationed in Jizhong, the 37th Division was stationed on the Deshi Line, and the headquarters was stationed in Hengshui. The 38th Division was stationed on the Longhai Line between Xuzhou and Shangqiu, the headquarters was stationed in Dangshan, and the 39th Division commanded the Shangqiu garrison, Kaifeng garrison, and Zhengzhou garrison stationed in Henan. These three garrisons were actually troops originally drawn from several divisions in North China, but now the number was changed to a garrison. The 41st Division was stationed in Jinnan area and the headquarters was stationed in Cangxian. The 110th Division was used as a mobile division in Pingjin area, and the headquarters was temporarily set up in Beiping. Beiping, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang had their own garrisons responsible for defense.
After commanding so many troops at once, Tada Iida was full of confidence. The first thing he did was to supplement the training troops. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Fifth Division and the 10th Division were still in Shandong, the temporary five wars were temporarily in order to replenish soldiers, ammunition, and supplies for each unit, and conduct large-scale training for the newly formed independent mixed brigade. The second thing Tada Iida did was to capture Ding Xiu fortifications and expand the puppet army. Originally, there were many puppet troops in Shandong, but after the strong attack by the instructor, such as Zhang Zongyuan, Zhang Buyun, Liu Heiqi and others, were all eliminated, and the puppet Manchukuo National Defense Force also reduced from 30,000 to 15,000 people from three brigades. The main force of the newly built Li Wen Li Li’s Peace Building in Ludong was eliminated by the Eighth Route Army, leaving only a small number of troops to defend Weicheng. Several puppet army troops in Jinan were eliminated by the Eighth Route Army this time, and they also urgently needed to be restored and expanded.
Sadao Iida and Chief of Staff Kobayashi Asazaburo were so busy that he didn't touch the ground. He took a plane and a car, and kept inspecting the troops, hoping to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible, seize the opportunity, fight the Eighth Route Army hard, and restore the Japanese occupied areas in Shandong.
At this time, Liu Yimin was talking about the history of Chinese and foreign art with artists brought by Mr. Guo Moruo in Gaogou Town.
Guo Moruo was 47 years old at that time, which was the peak of his life's academic and creative work. He always wanted to go to the Eighth Route Army troops to see and experience the life of the War of Resistance behind enemy lines. This time, Chiang Kai-shek approved it, so he organized more than a dozen artists in the name of the Cultural Work Committee to fly to Xi'an and from Xi'an to Dadian.
In the Dadian, Guo Moruo and his party were warmly entertained by Luo Ronghuan, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, visited the industrial and agricultural production, culture, education and health undertakings in the base area, and also observed the election of village-level regimes.
Because before the trip, Soong Mei-ling specifically told them to visit Liu Yimin and Ni Hua, and paint a portrait of Ni Hua to bring back the rear to relieve Ni Hua's father's longing for his daughter. Guo Moruo took the artists through the Longhai Road *** line and entered northern Jiangsu under the escort of the Eighth Route Army, and came to Liu Yimin's command center in Shuanggou Town. Unfortunately, they encountered Japanese heavy troops raiding the Hebei-Shandong border, and Liu Yimin had no time to talk to them for a long time. Now, the situation is temporarily stable. The Japanese heavy army group has become a traffic line garrison due to division of troops to defend. Liu Yimin's strategic goal has been achieved, and the Japanese army launched the Nomenkan Battle in May! Therefore, in joy, Liu Yimin invited the artists to have a meal together and exchange.
Those who came with Guo Moruo were all famous artists in China, such as Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Gao Jianfu, Pan Tianshou, etc. These people were all national treasure-level masters. Liu Yimin was naturally ecstatic to come to the Eighth Route Army troops.
Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing were accompanied by Mr. Guo Moruo to the south.
During this period, Liu Yimin was so busy that he stayed in the command center every day, and even Ni Hua couldn't see him. However, Ni Hua, Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing and others were not that busy. Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong were not here, and the task of receiving these artists fell on the shoulders of these female cadres.
These female cadres were indeed attentive and led the artists to the army and into the village, allowing them to experience the spirit of the Eighth Route Army and the hot life in the base areas. The artists were inspired and created a batch of paintings reflecting the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance. Today, they also brought them along the way for Liu Yimin to appreciate them.
Because he wanted to meet these artists, Liu Yimin took a shower, got his hair, and changed into a clean military uniform.
Due to the famous wine production, the market is prosperous. Not only are there many shops and wine shops, but there is also a bathhouse, not to mention haircuts, there are several shops!
When Guo Moruo and his party approached the compound of Liu Yimin's command, they saw a handsome young soldier standing at the door, thinking that he was the staff officer or adjutant of the Eighth Route Army waiting for them! As a result, the young soldier stood attentively and saluted, and then said loudly: "Mr. Guo Moruo, gentlemen: Welcome to the Eighth Route Army. I am Liu Yimin, and I have been with you for a long time. I hope to appreciate the masterpieces of the greatest modern Chinese artists every day!"
Many people know about Liu Yimin's deeds, including his love story. The Japanese and traitors said that he was pitch black and green with fangs. The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians called him an invincible hero. After these artists arrived in Shuanggou Town, they always wanted to see him with their own eyes, see what kind of hero they forced Itagaki Seishiro to commit suicide, and publicly tried Tani Suzuo's alcohol. This time, the handsome young soldier in front of him was Liu Yimin, who was frightened by the Japanese. He couldn't help but stop, opened his eyes wide, and looked Liu Yimin from head to toe.
Liu Yimin laughed: "Sir, I am not your model, so I don't need to look so carefully!"
This statement caused a burst of laughter and the relationship became close all of a sudden.
At this time, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the wind is bright. Liu Yimin Command is also located in the private courtyard of the largest winery owner in Shuanggou Town. The peach and apricot flowers in the courtyard are blooming in full bloom. With the rockery bridges, pavilions, towers, streams, and fish swimming in the shallow ground, as if they were in Suzhou gardens. When the group entered the courtyard, walking on the road paved with bluestone, they felt full of spring and fragrance.
Guo Moruo sighed: "This is not like the command center of the Supreme Leader of Shandong Eighth Route Army, but like a country house where Chinese painting masters drink and paint."
Liu Yimin smiled and said, "Mr. Guo's eyes are as bright as lightning. This is the private house of the largest winery owner in Shuanggou Town. It is really beautiful."
Guo Moruo heard Liu Yimin call him Mr. Guo several times, and knew that today was purely an artistic exchange and had nothing to do with his position as director of the Cultural Work Committee.
Li Xiaoshuai had already commanded the soldiers to set up tables in the yard, and five square tables were put together, with the green blankets of the Japanese army being seized. It seemed that the masterpieces of the painters were allowed to be appreciated by everyone.
There are two square tables behind the long table, which are also placed together, with chairs. On the table are tea cups, green tea is brewed, and coffee from the Japanese army seized. The fragrance of tea and the aroma of coffee is penetrated into people's hearts.
Xu Beihong couldn't help but say, "Except for the wrong construction in the yard, why do I feel like I'm back in my life abroad?"
Liu Yimin hurriedly said, "Mr. Xu, in my heart, you are the masters of our Chinese nation and the treasure of our country. I am very happy to meet you, and I must be more solemn. This tea and coffee are seized from the hands of the Japanese army. They are used to entertain the gentlemen who risk their lives and fly across thousands of mountains and rivers. It is the right thing to do. Come, please sit down and drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat."
Guo Moruo was not polite, took the lead in sitting down, picked up the teacup and sipped it, and said, "This is Longjing Qiucha, it must have been plundered by the Japanese army. Okay, drink the West Lake Longjing and draw the Eighth Route Army heroes, it's very good!"
Guo Moruo took the lead, so the other artists were not polite and picked up the teacup and started to taste it.
Liu Yimin waved his hand, and Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Wenhu went to carry the calligraphy and paintings seized from the Japanese army after going south, and asked everyone to appreciate them.
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