The tranquility before the storm is rare and gloomy.
Just when Shinji Hata, Suichi, Sushimoto, Nishio Suzuo, and Mijiro Umezu flew to Peking to conspire with Tada Jun, the Shandong Bureau of the Communist Party of China, the commander of the Shandong Military Region, and the commander of the Eighth Route Army, Liu Yimin, was in Dawenkou Town.
There was no idle either. The telegram ordered the new 1st brigade, the new 4th brigade, the new 8th brigade, the cavalry brigade and the division-level troops who were rushing to the Tai'an defense line to stop advancing, turned on the spot, quickly divided the troops, and spread the troops through Qufu, Sishui, and Zouxian.
Yanzhou, Jining, Lincheng, Yi County, Teng County and other counties in southern Shandong. Zhu Rui, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Bureau, political commissar of the Fourth Education Brigade and commander of the New Fourth Brigade, was the commander-in-chief, and unified command of our army's operations to manage the southern Shandong Plain.
It was already evening when Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong arrived at Dawenkou. Liu Yimin was constantly sending telegrams to Yu Xuezhong, urging Yu Xuezhong to quickly lead the main force to advance south.
Before Liu Yimin set out from Teng County, he had already received a report that on the night of October 9, the 51st Army, the 57th Army only sent two vanguard regiments to the Taierzhuang line. The main force was still in Fei County. Moreover, the New Fourth Division, Zhang Liyuan's troops
None of them took action. Later, I received a report and learned that Yu Xuezhong decided to organize the front-end command center by Chief of Staff Wang Jingxuan, leading the 51st Army, the 57th Army's vanguard, two regiments, two regiments of Zhang Liyuan's troops, and one regiment of the New Fourth Division, to head.
Taierzhuang deployed defenses on the front line, and guerrilla alerts to Xuzhou, carried out combat missions to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army, and began to expel the officers of the Northeast Army.
Liu Yimin had just driven away Shen Zui and was unwilling to break the good relationship with Yu Xuezhong's army that he had finally established. He also knew that Yu Xuezhong's army had expelled the middle-class officers in the army in history.
What a big deal, coupled with the urgent military situation, I didn't care about studying countermeasures, but just sent a telegram and asked Yu Xuezhong very politely when he would arrive at Taierzhuang to command the front line. Unable to wait for Yu Xuezhong to reply, Liu, Luo and Cai led the company.
The army set out.
As for Zhou Futi's suggestion, the matter of the second telegram of the Military Commission was highly confidential, so Liu Yimin naturally did not know.
At this time, the Japanese army fled. When Liu Yimin had time, he began to send a newspaper to ask what was going on inquire about Yu Xuezhong and why he didn't implement it in accordance with the spirit of the Fei County Joint Military Conference.
As a result, Yu Xuezhong not only called back that the troops were too injured and had to rest and supplement, otherwise they would be unable to fight again, but also said that he received an order from the Executive Yuan and the Military Commission that Lei Fazhang would act as the government affairs of the Shandong Provincial Government and Ning Chunlin act as the Shandong Provincial Government.
Military Affairs of the Security Command, the Sulu War Theater General Command and the Shandong Provincial Government all need time to train local armed forces and rebuild the Shandong Provincial Government. Liu Yimin was so angry that he sent several telegrams, repeatedly indicating that the Japanese army was about to retaliate on a large scale, and at this time he needed
Seize the fighter opportunity and use the main force to wipe out the local Japanese and puppet regimes and local armed forces to lay a solid foundation for the upcoming war.
While fighting a lawsuit with Yu Xuezhong, Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong arrived in a hurry.
Overnight, the situation in southern Shandong changed drastically. Although our army was carefully planning, once the plan became a reality, whether it was Luo Ronghuan or Cai Zhong, he was surprised.
Luo Ronghuan had a smile on his humble face. He didn't bother to eat. After briefly understanding the situation, he called He Xinghua. He told him orally and asked He Xinghua to record and send a telegram to the central government.
Luo Ronghuan said: "Since the evening of October 6th, the main force of the New Fifth Brigade of the Shandong Military Region broke through Longhai Road and captured Xin'an Town, my teaching departments have been continuously on the Longhai Line, Jinpu Line and Jiaoji Line.
Fighting hard, winning consecutive battles. Among them, Hong Chaoyuan's troops in southern Shandong destroyed a unit of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, two brigades and puppet Manchukuo advanced to a regiment, destroyed the Longhai Railway for 50 miles, and seized a large amount of Japanese supplies; Wang Nanhu, southeastern Shandong
The Japanese army launched harassment operations in the eastern section of Longhai Road. The newly formed troops took turns to fight and killed 634 Japanese and puppet troops. Chen Shiqu’s troops in southeast Shandong used Japanese squadrons and squad-scale troops as the targets of combat, and wiped out two brigades of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army.
, seized a large amount of Japanese logistics supplies; the Jian'an army of King Taixi fought for four days and nights, and all removed Japanese puppet army strongholds in the Thai area, and wiped out a total of one Japanese brigade and one puppet army regiment, and seized part of the Japanese army's baggage; our Tai'an Detachment Zhang Haitao's troops captured Dawenkou Town
, demolished the Wenhe Railway Bridge, eliminated a squadron of the Japanese army and a company of the puppet army, and blocked a part of the 27th Division of the Japanese army to escape to Tai'an; in the west of Lu, we established the Second Education Brigade of the Command, the Sixth Education Brigade, and the Shandong Garrison Brigade,
Launched a fierce attack on the 40th Division of the Japanese army, and pushed the base area to the border of Jinpu Road, killing 3,642 Japanese troops, equivalent to a corps, destroying the puppet army, with more than 2,250 puppet local armed forces, and destroying 150 miles of Jinpu Road; our border with Hebei and Shandong
Fu Zhuting's new sixth Brigade launched a full-scale attack on the small scattered strongholds, patrols and baggage teams of the Japanese army in the Hebei-Shandong border, and annihilated a total of 1,240 enemies; Jinan Guard Brigade commanded by Yuan Guoping and Xu Guangda in Jinan, Qinghe Guard Brigade, and Shandong Central Guard Brigade
The enemy in Jinan launched a large-scale offensive operation, sweeping the Japanese and puppet strongholds in Jinan, and eliminating more than 1,700 Japanese troops, puppet troops and more than 3,200 puppet local armed forces. The Third Brigade, the Fourth Brigade, and the Seventh Brigade, were commanded by our Li Qing.
, The Eighth Brigade, launched an assault on the main force of the Japanese army in Shandong, and fought fiercely for one night. Due to the emergency contraction of the Japanese army, the results of the battle were not easy to count. There were 5,600 corpses on the battlefield of the Japanese army; My main force was the First Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, New First Brigade, New Fourth
Brigade, New Eighth Brigade, Artillery Brigade, Air Defense Brigade, Engineer Brigade, Baggage Brigade, Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, after eliminating the main force of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in Fei County, he left the mountainous area of southern Shandong overnight, swept across southern Shandong, and
On the evening of October 10, Liu Yimin personally led the Armored Group Heavy Machine Gun Group of the Brigade to the Heavy Machine Gun Group to head north at night, in Ciyao Town between Tai'an and Qufu. With the cooperation of the Tai'an Detachment, the Armored Group assault tactics and lightning
With one blow, the Japanese 27th Division left behind in southern Shandong and the pseudo-governments of various counties and the pseudo-local armed forces. At this point, southern Shandong was cleared and all the smoke was eliminated!"
Cai Zhong reminded Luo Ronghuan that the types and quantity of seized materials should be clearly counted and reported uniformly.
Liu Yimin was upset and said, "Political Commissar, Director Cai, don't be bothered by the war report. Send the telegram quickly. Let's study the situation in southern Shandong."
Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong both knew that Yu Xuezhong's troops did not dispatch the entire army to attack Taierzhuang according to the spirit of the Fei County Joint Military Conference. They were just marching and rushed to Dawenkou without leaving their saddles. They didn't have time to quarrel with Yu Xuezhong.
The lawsuit. When Liu Yimin heard an impatience revealing a sense of impatience, he asked He Xinghua, Zhang Linfeng, Li Zhexiao and others to send a telegram, sat down and read it with Yu Xuezhong's telegram.
After reading the telegram, Luo Ronghuan thought for a long time and said, "Now we must first figure out whether Yu Xuezhong wants to preserve his strength, or we must firmly implement Chiang Kai-shek's orders to fight with us in the mountains. If Yu Xuezhong just wants to preserve his strength, It's easy to deal with. Let Guo Zihua meet him and do his job. I guess he will cooperate with us in full combat. If Yu Xuezhong executes Chiang Kai-shek's orders to fight us, it's just right, don't be polite, and do it according to the determination of the division commander. Lie is to chase, and Yu Xuezhong is also to chase. He drove them all out and turned Shandong into a solid base for our army."
Cai Zhong frowned: "Teacher Commander and Political Commissar, you must be careful of others. I think Hong Chaoyuan must be ordered to return to Linyi immediately to avoid accidents."
Liu Yimin's eyes flashed and glared at Cai Zhong and asked, "Are you saying that Yu Xuezhong's army will take advantage of the fact that our army's main force is not in the mountainous area of southern Shandong, and Yu Xuezhong's army will take advantage of the situation to rob?"
Cai Zhong replied: "In theory, Yu Xuezhong would not be so stupid. But what would not happen in the war years? Everyone knows that the mountainous areas in southern Shandong are easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you control the mountainous areas in southern Shandong, you can gain a foothold in southern Shandong. Attacking and retreating can defend, it is much easier to deal with than fighting against the Japanese on the plains. Besides, the situation in Yu Xuezhong's army is complicated, and some people sympathize with the ***, while others hate the ***. I think it's better to be careful. OK. Zhang Liyuan’s home is located in Linyi City. How can he not want to go home?"
Liu Yimin stopped thinking about it and shouted directly: "Zhu Zhexiao, record the order."
Zhu Zhexiao, deputy director of the General Staff Department who was sending a telegram, quickly took out his book and pen and ran over.
Liu Yimin said: "Order: Hong Chaoyuan led the main force of the 5th Brigade to withdraw from the Tancheng defense line immediately, handed over the defense to the Southeast Shandong Detachment, and returned to Linyi to defend, and issued a warning to Yu Xuezhong's troops, Zhang Liyuan's troops, and Wu Huawen's troops. One hundred thousand urgent!"
Luo Ronghuan reminded that he could send telegrams to the two special forces teams responsible for monitoring the New Fourth Division and Zhang Liyuan's troops to see if these two troops were moving. As for Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army and 57th Army, there should be no such thing. Abnormal movement. Yu Xuezhong is not the one who fires hidden arrows behind him. Don’t be alert, as it will be a little more panic.
Liu Yimin shook his head: "I'm a little worried that it's too late."
The Eighth Route Army was fast, and Zhang Liyuan and Wu Huawen, who were executing Zhou Fu's secret order, were faster. As soon as Liu Yimin finished speaking, the radio station of the division headquarters received an emergency telegram from two special operations teams monitoring Zhang Liyuan's unit and Wu Huawen's unit of the New Fourth Division, reported that from Yesterday, the New Fourth Division and Zhang Liyuan's headquarters began to post slogans to march into Taierzhuang and set off Xuzhou. The troops also mobilized pre-warly, saying that they were ordered by the Sulu War Theater Command to go south to Taierzhuang. Tonight, Wu Huawen's Department Zhang Liyuan's army set off, boarded the highway, and headed towards Linyi.
If you don’t understand the situation, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan may still think that Wu Huawen and Zhang Liyuan really have to go to Taierzhuang to set up defense. Now that you know that Yu Xuezhong has only selected Wu Huawen to one group and Yu Xuezhong’s two groups to set up defenses on the front line of Taierzhuang, then Wu Hua The entire army of the Wen Department and Zhang Liyuan Department became a problem. What are they going to do?
Liu Yimin's face turned pale and ordered him to immediately notify the left-behind troops stationed in Linyi City to enter the state of combat. He ordered him to immediately send a report to Hong Chaoyuan and quickly return to Linyi.
In fact, it was too late at this time, and Linyi City had fallen into the hands of Zhang Liyuan's troops.