At this time, the whole of North China has entered the summer harvest season. Whether it is the Japanese army or the Eighth Route Army, they all know that this is a critical period for determining the food supply throughout the year. Only with food can we have continuous combat capabilities. Fortunately for the Japanese army, they can only use it in Japan and Northeast China.
In addition to providing food, it can also get some supplements from the occupied areas in North China, Central China, and South China, and can even buy food from other countries. The Chinese Communist Army can only rely on domestically produced food to support the war, especially the Eighth Route Army, which has produced food based on real estate.
There was no other way to supply military supplies. Therefore, both the enemy and us invariably set their sights on food. The Japanese army wanted to weaken the continuous combat capability of the Eighth Route Army in North China by grabbing food, and the Eighth Route Army wanted to ensure a protracted war of resistance by securing food. 1.
Once the gun is secured, it becomes a distinctive feature of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in this summer harvest season.
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters issued an order to actively carry out operations to protect the summer harvest, requiring all units to actively attack the Japanese army and protect the summer harvest in the base areas. The Northern Bureau and the Shandong Bureau also issued instructions to the base areas to organize the summer grain harvest and ensure that the grains were returned to the warehouse. All units were required to
The county brigade, district squad, and militiamen cooperated with the main force to cover the villagers' harvest. Governments at all levels and schools organized unified organizations to participate in the summer grain harvest. The Japanese base camp also saw clearly the dependence of the Chinese Army on food, and strictly ordered the North China Front Army, Central China
The dispatched army and the 21st Army in South China organized troops to carry out large-scale raids, seize food, destroy food, supplement the Japanese army's food, reduce logistical pressure, and also weaken the continuous combat capability of the Chinese Army. According to the Japanese base camp order, that is
It is necessary to protect the food in the occupied areas from falling into the hands of the Chinese *** troops to the maximum extent, to destroy the food resources in the occupied areas by the Chinese *** troops to the greatest extent, to use food to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Chinese *** troops and to suppress the Chiang Kai-shek government.
Surrendered and forced the North China Eighth Route Army to reduce its expansion.
Just when Liu Yimin ordered the sweep of the Jiangsu-Anhui border area, the North China Front Army headquarters was also busy. The Japanese army was making final preparations for a large-scale raid aimed at grabbing and destroying food.
During this period, Shan Shanyuan lived a very comfortable life. Fumiko Hayashi is like a late-blooming cherry blossom. Although she missed the blooming season, she still bloomed with coquettish beauty. While Shan Shanyuan was busy, she secretly communicated with this famous Japanese cherry blossom.
The beautiful writer Pan Huan Xiaoyao was like a happy and dewy couple. Shan Shanyuan wrote in his diary: "When I was young, all I wanted to do was to build a career for His Majesty the Emperor. After I got married to my wife, I also lived a harmonious life."
I originally thought that I would be able to fall in love with Madam in this life, but I didn’t expect to meet Meiko in ancient Peking. Compared with Madam, although Meiko does not have Madam’s graceful and noble ladylike temperament, she is smart and beautiful, and has an indescribable quality about her.
It has a bookish atmosphere. If you appreciate it carefully, it is like a Chinese literati painting from the Ming Dynasty, with a far-reaching artistic conception. Moreover, Miko is slender than the lady because she has not given birth, and her private parts are tighter and narrower than the lady. Every time we have sex, I always feel
It feels like a newlywed. That feeling cannot be expressed in words to others."
In order to please Lin Fumiko, Shan Shanyuan, who has regained his second youth, takes Meiko to visit Qi Baishi, a great painter who is staying in Peiping, and wants Qi Baishi to paint a portrait of Lin Fumiko. He feels that Lin Fumiko is extremely beautiful in love and is worthy of her.
Qi Baishi's unique brushes will surely produce several famous paintings that will last through the ages.
At this time, Qi Baishi's reputation in China was not as great as that of later generations, and a painting could not be sold for much money. However, he was relatively famous in Japan. The reason was that Qi Baishi's mentor Chen Shizeng had introduced Qi Baishi's paintings to Japan, and they sold them at high prices in Japan.
Deal. Shan Shanyuan has been in the army for a long time and is not good at art. He only knows that collecting ancient Chinese antiques, calligraphy and paintings can make money, and he knows little about contemporary painters. It was Lin Fumiko who reminded him, saying that Qi Baishi's paintings were very good, and he wanted Qi Baishi to
Draw some pictures for her.
Shan Shan Yuan brought Lin Fumiko to Qi Baishi's apartment. They saw that the door was closed and there was a notice posted on the door. When the translator was asked to translate it, Shan Shan Yuan couldn't laugh or cry because the notice said: "Chinese and Foreign Officials"
If you want to buy a painting by Bai Shi, you can use a representative, and you don’t have to drive to the door in person. Officials have never been allowed to enter private homes, and it would be unfavorable for the owner if an official enters private homes. I would like to inform you that I will not accept you."
After all, Shan Shanyuan was a general who had served as Japan's land minister, and his demeanor was still important. He did not order the door to be smashed, but nodded and asked someone to knock on the door and report.
The person who is best at this kind of thing is naturally the traitor Wang Kemin. Wang Kemin coughed, walked to Qi Baishi's courtyard door, and knocked on the door pretending to be polite.
The door was opened, but the person who opened the door told Wang Kemin that Mr. Qi Baishi was not seeing guests, gentlemen, please come back.
Wang Kemin felt that he was already the number one figure in North China. The city of Beiping would be shaken when he stamped his feet. Now he came with his master. How could he allow a shabby painter to stay behind closed doors? Therefore, he waved his hand.
Being a civilized stick, he asked the traitor agents who followed him to drag away the person who opened the door. He took the lead and led Shan Shan Yuan and his entourage directly to Qi Baishi's studio.
When they met Qi Baishi, Shan Shanyuan and Lin Fumiko were both a little surprised. The person in front of them really looked like the legend. He was dressed in a black gown, with a pair of stone mirrors on his fair face, a gray beard, and a necklace hanging around his neck.
The bunch of bulky keys looks like an old man from the countryside!
Lin Fumiko stopped Wang Kemin's arrogance, whispered her admiration for Qi Baishi, and asked Qi Baishi to paint her portrait, and then took out 50 yuan from the women's bag in her hand.
Japanese yen presented.
Qi Baishi was so old-sighted that he could not see the Japanese soldiers with guns and live ammunition in the yard. However, he also knew that it would be impossible not to draw, because these Japanese killed people without batting an eyelid and could do anything.
Qi Baishi told Lin Fumiko that he had stopped painting paintings of beautiful women for many years. Now his hands are shaking and he cannot hold a pen for a long time, so he cannot meet the needs of his guests. But meeting each other is fate. He is good at painting flowers, birds, insects and fish, so he painted one for the guests.
Crab!
Wang Kemin immediately scolded: "Carpenter Qi, I let you paint because I think highly of you. Why are you putting on airs? Who do you think you are? Believe it or not, I smashed up your studio?"
When Qi Baishi heard this, his beard trembled with anger and he simply stopped painting. He looked sideways at Wang Kemin to see how he was destroying the studio.
Shan Shanyuan stopped Wang Kemin again and told him to shut up, but Lin Fumiko talked to Qi Baishi.
Lin Fumiko was actually worried after meeting Qi Baishi, fearing that the old man would not be able to paint her own charm. When she heard that Qi Baishi did not want to paint her portrait but would rather paint his specialty crabs, she was already willing, so she asked Qi Baishi to paint quickly.
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Qi Baishi didn't want to do anything, so he spread out the drawing paper and started painting. Under the watchful eyes of Shan Shanyuan and Hayashi Fumiko, he drew a vivid crab and wrote on it, "Try to look at the crab with cold eyes and see how long you can run rampant."
". After writing it, stamp it with a seal and give it to Hayashi Fumiko.
When Wang Kemin saw Qi Baishi willing to paint at the beginning, he was very proud of himself. Because he had also asked Qi Baishi to paint for him, but he was rejected. He also thought about how to teach Qi Baishi not to be ignorant of praise.
, he never expected that Shan Shanyuan would bring Lin Fumiko to have Qi Baishi's portrait painted. To be honest, he was afraid that Qi Baishi would be stubborn and refuse the portrait. It would be a trivial matter for Qi Baishi to be unlucky, but it would be troublesome if he brought him with him and he would be offended. This time he saw Qi Baishi.
After drawing such a vivid crab, the stone in Wang Kemin's heart finally fell to the ground. When Qi Baishi wrote "I will try to look at the crab with a cold eye and see how long you can run rampant", Wang Kemin was dumbfounded. He didn't expect this old man who was born as a carpenter to be so stubborn.
, dare to disturb Tai Sui's head, dare to use paintings to insinuate the imperial army, you are simply seeking death!
Wang Kemin was about to have a seizure when he saw Lin Fumiko putting away the painting with great joy and bending down to thank her. Wang Kemin thought that Shan Shanyuan and Lin Fumiko's Chinese proficiency was not very good and they could not understand the meaning of these two lines of poetry.
Meaning. He didn't dare to be troublesome anymore and hurriedly left Qi Baishi's house with Shan Shanyuan.
Walking out of Qi Baishi's yard, Wang Kemin quietly called a traitor and asked him to take people to smash up Qi Baishi's studio. All of Qi Baishi's savings would be frozen and the old man would starve to death!
How could Shan Shan Yuan know that Qi Baishi was ridiculing them? At this moment, he was feeling very happy!
In addition to enjoying Lin Fumiko's love, there is another reason why Shan Shanyuan feels in a good mood, that is, the instructors of the Eighth Route Army who have been causing trouble have not launched any major battles. The divisions directly under the North China Front Army and the divisions under the 21st Army
The supplementary training of the troops is basically in place. He feels that since taking office, he has never been as confident about the situation in North China as he is now. As long as the base camp can give him three to four more permanent divisions, he will be sure to conquer North China just like he captured the Hebei-Shandong border.
The Eighth Route Army's base areas were wiped out piece by piece.
Shan Shanyuan personally inspected several major divisions and felt that the combat effectiveness of the troops had generally increased. Especially the rebuilt 14th Division, 10th Division, and 35th Division, because they recruited several main forces
In the reserves of the permanent division, the soldiers' individual tactical skills are very high. Their bomb-dropping, stabbing, and shooting skills are no different from those of the permanent division. The only difference is the will to fight.
When Shan Shanyuan inspected the Tenth Division, he checked the diaries of individual soldiers. One of the soldiers wrote in his diary: "I really want to sacrifice myself for His Majesty the Emperor, and I also want to kill 100 Chinese people with my bayonet.
But when I thought that I might die under the gun of that man, I thought: If I die in the battle, will my Hezi become someone else's wife? Will my Taro drop out of school because he has no father to support him?
What? After thinking about it, I still feel that I need to be more cautious and try to stay back when charging to prevent the bullets from Tubal Road from finding me." Another soldier wrote in his diary: "I am already thirty.
Even though I am many years old, the army still drafted me to North China, and I will most likely die there. This morning I went with the team to sweep a village, and the people all hid. When I smashed a courtyard gate, I fell off the lintel.
Fortunately, I saw the opportunity quickly and jumped to the side. Hachiro, who was accompanying me, was not so lucky and was blinded by the mine. He will never see the beautiful cherry blossoms again in this life. When I stood guard in the afternoon, I thought
There is an image of Hachiro throwing himself on the ground, covering his eyes and howling, and unconsciously hiding in the fortifications. When the squadron leader checked the sentry, he pulled me out, slapped me, and punished me in the name of fear of war. Fortunately,
I still had thirty yen in my pocket, and the squadron leader smiled and forgave me. I really want to tell the squadron leader that it’s not that I’m timid, but that I’m afraid I’ll never be able to return to Japan or see my family.
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During the inspection, Shan Shan Yuan found that the morale of those garrison divisions was relatively high and the training was tight. When Shan Shan Yuan went to inspect, he saw that these young soldiers were full of emotions and shouted slogans firmly and forcefully. Shan Shan Yuan was still afraid of those
In order to please him, the division commanders and regimental commanders personally talked to some young soldiers. This conversation made Shanshan Yuan very happy. He found that these energetic soldiers completely regarded His Majesty the Emperor as a god and were eager to use him.
The blood and lives of the Chinese people forged their military exploits.
From this, Shanshan Yuan came to the conclusion that the recruited reserve soldiers had relatively high combat skills, but because they were older, they tended to doubt the significance of the Greater East Asia Jihad and did not have a strong will to fight.
In response to this situation, Shan Shanyuan took four measures. One was to ask the pen troops to create more morale-boosting works for the soldiers to read. The second was to send more domestic Shinto monks to the army to do the work. The third
The first is to mobilize the families of the soldiers to make amulets for all soldiers to wear to keep them safe. The fourth measure is to send a report to the Chief of General Staff, Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, and Riku Prime Minister Shunroku Hata, to draw their attention and recruit as many people as possible
Unmarried young people between the ages of 18 and 25 who enlist in the army must complete recruit training in Japan. It is best to go to Manchuria to spend the actual combat training period for recruits, and then join the troops in North China, Central China and South China.
This telegram from Sugi Sugimoto won him a lot of points in the heart of Emperor Hirohito. According to the telegram sent by Prince Kanin Miya Zaihito to Sugi Sugimoto, His Majesty the Emperor believed that General Sugi Sugimoto after all had submitted the telegram.
He is the pillar of the country, and the issue of conscription raised is very critical. Older soldiers have family influence, and their morale is bound to be low. Emperor Hirohito asked the old prince to tell Sugimoto that the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army in North China must be combated and law and order in North China must be restored quickly.
Emperor Hirohito's will must be implemented, the security war in North China must be carried out to the end, and food must be snatched. But Shanshan Yuan knew that the morale of the North China Front Army was not high after being beaten by the Eighth Route Army, and its combat effectiveness was not strong. Just relying on his few
Measures are far from enough. The North China Front Army needs a real victory to boost morale. It is impossible to have high morale if the soldiers are living in fear after losing battles every day.
There is another reason why Sugimoto is eager to win a big victory, and that is that he already feels that Hiranuma Kiichiro's cabinet is in danger. The reason is that after Hiranuma Kiichiro took office, although he promulgated the "Outline of the Productivity Expansion Plan" and established the "National Spirit
"General Mobilization Committee" abolished the short-term military service system, extended the time for national military service, and concentrated all the manpower, material and financial resources of Japan's entire society to sustain the war of aggression against China. However, this was a continuation of the policies of the Konoe Cabinet. Hiranuma
Kiichiro has no good way to quickly reverse the deterioration of inflation in the Japanese economy, and his foreign policy is also indecisive, which has caused a backlash from the military. Now it depends on the outcome of the exchange of fire with the Soviet army. If he can win a big victory, Hiranuma
Kiichiro may be able to work for a while longer, but in the event of defeat, Hiranuma Kiichiro's cabinet is likely to collapse. If Hiranuma's cabinet collapses, Sugimoto feels that there is no good person other than himself to serve as the Prime Minister of the next cabinet.
.Therefore, he wanted to win a battle and improve his prestige.
North China Front Army Chief of Staff Tomofumi Yamashita and Sugi Sugimoto had the same idea. This guy likes offensive operations the most. Being suppressed and beaten by the Eighth Route Army like this, and fixing all the troops on the traffic line, will not only damage the reputation of the Imperial Japanese Army, but also damage the reputation of the Imperial Japanese Army.
It is not in line with Yamashita Fengfumi's combat style. But conditions do not allow it now. The Kwantung Army is exchanging fire with the Soviet army. The Fifth Division has been transferred to Manchuria and the Guards Division has returned to China. Although Commander Shanshan Yuan has sent a message to the base camp
Apply for the expansion of the Guards Division, split it into two, and return to fight on the North China battlefield. But that will take time. Even if the Guards Division is expanded, it may not be able to be transferred to North China. After all, the strength of the North China Front is already large enough.
Already.
Yamashita Fengwen thought hard and worked hard, and finally completed the battle plan and troop deployment of Shanshan Yuan's decision to concentrate on sweeping out the Eighth Route Army base areas in Shanxi, only for the Guards Division to arrive. This time, Yamashita Fengwen learned from the lessons of previous siege failures.
, according to the tactics used by Shouyi in the temple to sweep away Shandong with heavy troops, he formulated the tactics of first dividing and attacking together, gradually advancing, compressing and encircling, and then dividing and "clearing", and defeating them one by one.
After the battle plan came out, Yamashita Tomofumi began to send reports to the base camp every day, stating the reasons for the need for the Guards Division to fight in North China, and urging the base camp to make a decision as soon as possible.
What surprised Yamashita Fengfumi was that the base camp really agreed to the expansion of the Guards Division, and sent the First Guards Division, the old Guards Division, to North China again, under the command of the North China Front. Now that's good,
With the Guards Division, Yamashita Fengwen's face turned red. He wanted to seize the opportunity that the main force of the Eighth Route Army's teaching division was far away in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area and go on a killing spree.
What Shanshan Yuan and Yamashita Fengwen didn't expect was that as soon as they sacrificed their butcher's knife, fighting would resume on Jinpu Road, Jiaoji Road, and Longhai Road, and the Eighth Route Army instructors would launch an attack simultaneously on the long communication line.
Following Liu Yimin's order, all units of the Eighth Route Army took action from Cangxian County in Hebei Province in the north to Suxian County in Anhui Province in the south, from Lianyungang in the east to between Shangqiu and Dangshan Mountain in the west, attacking with small units from multiple directions.
way to launch an attack on the Japanese army.
For a time, various Japanese troops reported being attacked by the Eighth Route Army and requested tactical guidance.
Shan Shanyuan and Yamashita Fengwen were completely stunned. They couldn't figure out how Liu Yimin knew that they were going to launch a large-scale raid, and actually launched it in advance, hitting the North China Front when the generals had not moved, completely disrupting the Japanese army's deployment.
Shan Shan Yuan's proud mood was suddenly blown away by the wind. He stared at the map with red eyes and muttered to himself: "There are eight roads all over the place, eight roads all over the place!"
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