The information about the Kwantung Army going south to join the war, condensed by Zhang Huizhi with her life and blood, only stated that the Kwantung Army went south by railway, and it did not explain the number, strength, attack direction, etc. of the Japanese army. It was just an alarm. That was enough.
The Kwantung Army, the most powerful strategic group of the Japanese army, once again entered the border to participate in the war. No matter how many troops were sent, it proved Liu Yimin's judgment that this time the Japanese army was determined to put their instructors to death!
Regardless of Liu Yimin's calculations, he never calculated that the Japanese army's thunderous strike would actually start in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas.
In the early morning of October 27, the Japanese Second Guards Division transported from Beitu and the Taiwanese Mixed Brigade from Hainan Island landed from the Yancheng area under the cover of a large number of aircraft. Like a wooden wedge, they hit the enemy hard.
Towards the belly of the northern Jiangsu base area. At the same time, the 15th Division mobilized by the Japanese Thirteenth Army commanded the independent mixed 11th Brigade and the independent mixed 12th Brigade, heading north from the Yangtze River defense line, and Liu Yimin led the army
When they attacked Suhuai and retreated to Baoying, the Japanese troops on the front line of Gaoyou were independently mixed into the First Brigade, independently mixed into the Fifth Brigade, and independently mixed into the Seventh Brigade. In response, they pushed forward from south to north towards the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Area Base Area. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese troops stationed in Hefei
The 17th Division also took notice and attacked from west to east along Jinpu Road.
The Japanese army's intention was obvious, which was to encircle the Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army and Han Deqin's troops in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area, sweep them away in one fell swoop, and restore public order in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area.
Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi saw that the Japs were gaining momentum, so they urgently mobilized to counterattack and reported the situation to the central government and headquarters. They also reported to Liu and Luo, who were in Shandong, requesting the main force of the Eighth Route Army's instructor division to go south to support the operation. If the instructors were indeed available
If it is difficult, please use one unit to launch a feint attack against the enemies on the Longhai Road to prevent the enemies on the Longhai Road from going south to join the battle in the Jiangsu-Anhui area. Otherwise, the newly born Jiangsu-Anhui border area will become a guerrilla zone.
Seriously, the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Area was opened by the troops of the Instructor Division going south under the command of Liu Yimin. The two main brigades of the Instructor Division, the New Third Brigade, the New Seventh Brigade and a North Jiangsu Detachment, still remain in the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Area, shouldering the task of defending the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Area. Ten Fingers
Heart to heart!
Liu Yimin, who was still staying in Pingyiji, naturally did not dare to neglect Liu Chen's telegram after receiving the telegram. He immediately ordered the Shandong Southeast Detachment of Wangnan Lake, which was deployed in Ganyu and East China Sea to monitor the enemy on Longhai Road, to use small unit night fighting tactics to immediately attack the enemy in person.
Launch an offensive to coordinate the operations in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas. Order Hong Chaoyuan, commander of the Lunan Military Region, to command the main force of our army in southern Shandong, the 5th Teaching Brigade, and the new 5th Brigade to move towards Longhai Road, waiting for an opportunity to reoccupy Xin'an Town, severely defeat the Japanese army, and support the operations in the Jiangsu and Anhui border areas.
Liu Yimin felt uneasy after thinking about it, so he called Liu and Chen and pointed out that the Japanese army may have three intentions in launching operations in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas. One was to clear the Jiangsu and Anhui areas and expand the ruling area for the Wang puppet regime that was about to be established. The second intention was to
Deploy a second line of defense south of Longhai Road to prevent our Shandong army from breaking through again and going south. The third intention is to attack the Longhai line with the 9th Division, 114th Division, and 3rd Division on the Longhai Line.
The 18th Division and the 39th Division together formed a heavy troop group on the southern line, encircling the main force of our teaching division from south to north. Liu and Chen were instructed to concentrate on using the New 3rd Brigade and the New 7th Brigade, and use the Northern Jiangsu Detachment and the Northeastern Anhui Brigade.
The garrison brigade and local armed forces dispersed guerrillas, targeting Japanese squadrons and brigade-sized troops, and taking advantage of the crisscrossing water network in the Jiangsu and Anhui regions to fight against the Japanese. Our Shandong troops will immediately launch an attack on the Japanese Longhai line to provide support.
Counter-anti-democracy operations in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area. With the cooperation of Peng Xuefeng’s department and the various departments of the New Fourth Army, the little devil’s anti-democracy campaign cannot last long!
The cruel anti-sweeping operation in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area has begun!
After issuing the order to Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi sending the telegram, it was time for Liu Yimin to leave. The Cavalry Brigade, the New 1st Brigade, the Baggage Brigade, the Engineer Brigade and the 1st Teaching Brigade had already completed their assembly and were heading towards Dong'a County on the Yellow River.
When receiving the information from Zhang Huizhi from the headquarters, Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong were bidding farewell to Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Tan Zheng, and left Pingyiji to catch up with the First Teaching Brigade that had set off first.
The comrades-in-arms parted, not knowing how long it would take to see each other again, and whether they would be alive to see each other again. Liu Yimin was also a little emotional. He took Luo Ronghuan's hand and gave him thousands of instructions, but there was only one central idea. He must be flexible and must not be let down.
The little devils surrounded him.
Luo Ronghuan said: "We have been fighting for a long time. We have never seen any formations. Are we still afraid of the little devils? You can go with confidence. If the enemy situation does not change, we can also dispatch troops to go south to Longhai Road to cooperate with Hong Chaoyuan and others to attack the enemy on Longhai Road.
The Ninth Division and the 114th Division were forced to defend Xuzhou and Lianyungang. As long as such a fight was carried out, the little devils in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas would think that the main force of our army was moving south in a big way and were ready to destroy them, so they would immediately stop the sweep.
Dàng, obediently return to the original line of defense to defend."
Mobile warfare is a strategic idea that has been created by our army since the Red Army period. Luo Ronghuan is a senior general of our army. What he said must be good. But this time the situation is different. Liu Yimin firmly believes that the Japs must have more powerful killers.
Otherwise, he would not have to divide his troops. Therefore, Liu Yimin immediately criticized Luo Ronghuan for being a little paralyzed and looking down on the little Japs. The Kwantung Army must go south. It just depends on which direction they will take action.
Zeng Zhongsheng made fun of Liu Yimin's mother-in-law. Do you still believe Zeng Zhongsheng who insisted on Hubei, Henan and Anhui?
Liu Yimin thought about it. Zeng Zhongsheng was one of the main summarizers of guerrilla tactics and a veritable military strategist of our army. With him assisting Luo Ronghuan, no matter how crazy the little devil was, he might not be able to get relief.
Before getting on the bus, Tan Zheng told Liu Yimin that he had compiled all Liu Yimin's remarks at the Pingyi meeting according to Liu Yimin's instructions and reported them to the central government.
Liu Yimin couldn't help but smile. Tan Zheng's discipline and principle were too strong! What he said at the meeting were angry and harsh words. He just said casually that Tan Zheng could record what he said and report it to the central government.
, let the central government see that Tan Zheng really did this. What should I say?
After thinking about it, I realized that Tan Zheng had such a serious character. If he hadn't had this character, he wouldn't have been so unlucky during the Cultural Revolution in history.
Liu Yimin glanced at Tan Zheng's face for a long time, and said angrily: "Old Tan, you need to combine principles and flexibility in your work, and the same is true in life. When I am angry, I will quarrel with my wife! Could it be that my wife
You don’t want me because of the quarrel?”
As soon as Tan Zheng heard this, he knew that Liu Yimin was unwilling to report the conversation to the central government, so he quickly said: "Commander, that is your order, and I have to carry it out. Besides, I think what you said makes sense. It should be
Let the Chairman and others know that the critical articles in newspapers in various base areas without naming names have hurt the feelings of Shandong comrades. They must be stopped!"
Liu Yimin grimaced and stopped talking. Just as he was about to get in the car, Qian Zhuangfei chased him and shouted: "Commander, it is urgent, the Kwantung Army is moving south!"
Liu Yimin stopped getting in the car, turned around, took the telegram and glanced at it, then quickly returned to the headquarters and sat down in front of the map, wanting to see the true intention of the Kwantung Army's move south and the Japanese army's punch in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area.
Before we could think clearly, we received another telegram that the Japanese troops had landed on the Jiaodong Peninsula.
The telegram was sent by Gao Jinchun, commander of the Jiaodong Security Brigade, and it was also extremely urgent. It said that at 6 o'clock this morning, Japanese troops landed in Laizhou Bay, Penglai, Yantai, Weihai and other places. Based on all intelligence, the Japanese troops landed in various places on the Jiaozhou Peninsula.
There are four Japanese divisions in total: the 4th Division, the 11th Division, the 12th Division, and the 28th Division.
Liu Yimin understood at a glance that the Kwantung Army was coming out with all its elite this time. These four divisions were heading towards Jiaodong. Needless to say, the Kwantung Army's ace 1st Division, 2nd Division, and 7th Division were heading south via the railway.
Yes, the attack point must be directed at Lu Xi. I wonder if the 23rd Division that was crippled in the Nomenkan Incident will appear again. In history, the 23rd Division was a blessing in disguise after being crippled.
It was adapted into a mechanized division. If it were organized at this time, I am afraid that the Japanese army would also send the 23rd Division to the battlefield in Guanhan for training.
I remembered that the 28th Division was historically established in August 1940, which was not until August next year. At this time, the number of the 28th Division suddenly appeared, indicating that the Kwantung Army had expanded its forces again. From this point of view, I am afraid that
There will also be new Japanese division numbers appearing.
Liu Yimin's guess was accurate. Hata Shunroku, Terauchi Juichi, Sugisugimoto and Nishio Hiszo, Tada Shun, and Umezu Yoshijiro returned to Peiping after reaching an eight-point consensus on public security in North China, and together with Prince Kanin Miyazaihito made an urgent visit.
His Majesty the Emperor requested to convene an imperial meeting to discuss the security situation in North China.
At the imperial meeting, Shunroku Hata made a detailed report on the security situation in North China. He concluded that the Eighth Route Army has grown in North China, and Liu Yimin's instructors have become the most powerful strategic group in the squadron at this stage. It is conservatively estimated that its regular troops should be in the Second World War.
About 100,000 people, plus the local armed forces he can command, the total force is close to or more than 300,000 people. It is impossible for the North China Front Army alone to destroy Liu Yimin's troops. The big powers must either expand their armies on a large scale and use superior forces to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in North China in one fell swoop.
, or announce the end of the Holy War in Greater East Asia, withdraw from North China, Central China, and South China, and protect Manchuria. Please make an early decision, His Majesty the Emperor.
Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe is worried to death now. He is in trouble both internally and externally. The Americans have already informed that the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the United States will expire automatically on January 26 next year. Isn’t this going to cost the country? Domestic prices are also high.
Skyrocketing prices, shortages of goods, and his statement when the German army blitzed Poland that "when the war breaks out in Europe, the empire will not intervene and concentrate on solving the incident" annoyed the Army, which was eager to conclude the Triple Alliance with Germany and Italy.
Some people continue to criticize Abe for appointing si people, Abe's cabinet is the Ishikawa Prefecture cabinet, and Abe is just a useless and cute rag doll.
Under this circumstance, the Army requested to expand its troops again, but Abe Nobuyuki was of course unwilling. He retorted that it was not that there were insufficient troops in China, but that the strategies and tactics were inappropriate. The top priority was to concentrate on resolving the incident by using China to contain China.
Let Wang Jingwei form a cabinet as soon as possible, establish a national pro-Japanese government, and form an army to deal with it.
Abe Nobuyuki's opinion was denounced on the spot by Prince Kanin Gong Zaihito as a foolish man's opinion.
At that time, the War Ministry had a falling out with the Prime Minister. Nobuyuki Abe proposed the resignation of the cabinet. Riku Prime Minister Shunroku Hata stated that such a cabinet that had accomplished nothing should have resigned long ago.
Seeing that the Abe cabinet was about to resign, Emperor Hirohito had to come out to smooth things over, because the Abe cabinet's time in office was too short and it would be too embarrassing to tell the truth. The world's powers thought that politics was so bad!
The result of the emperor's reconciliation was a compromise. The ambitious military expansion plan proposed by the War Department was rejected. He only agreed to rebuild the 10th Division on the basis of supplementing the battle losses, and the Kwantung Army would be deployed as border guards in various countries.
On the basis of the 28th Division, the 29th Division, the 47th Division, the 51st Division, and the 57th Division were expanded to a total of five divisions. They were replaced by the rebuilt 10th Division and the newly expanded five divisions.
The elite divisions of the Kwantung Army guarded Manchuria, and the main force of the Kwantung Army was mobilized to participate in the war, wiping out the Eighth Route Army instructors in Shandong in one fell swoop. Once the battle was over, the Kwantung Army quickly returned to reorganization and did not undertake combat missions in other areas of North China. After the main force of the Kwantung Army returned to Manchuria
, the 28th Division, 29th Division, 47th Division, 51st Division, and 57th Division can be transferred to North China and Central China to fight and be responsible for local defense.
After the imperial meeting, Prince Kanin Miyazahito and Hata Shunroku secretly reported to the Emperor and decided to use the Manchurian National Defense Force to disguise the main force of the Kwantung Army to guard Manchuria, and transfer all the elite Kwantung Army troops south to join the war, including the newly expanded 28th Division of the Kwantung Army.
, the 29th Division was all transferred to North China.
According to Shunroku Hata and Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, the defense forces on Longhai Road and Jiaoji Road need to be strengthened, and these two newly expanded divisions need to be tempered on the battlefield.
In this way, the 28th Division appeared in Jiaodong. In the vast Northeast, apart from the Japanese border guards, independent brigades and the Manchurian National Defense Force, only the newly rebuilt 10th Division, the 47th Division, and the 47th Division were left.
51st Division, 57th Division.
Sure enough, Qian Zhuangfei reported again and received a report from the Lianyungang Intelligence Station that the Japanese troops had landed in Lianyungang in large numbers. Judging from the numbers, they were the Japanese Sixth Division, the Twenty-fourth Division, and the Twenty-ninth Division.
Xu Shiyou and Zeng Chunjian in northwest Shandong also sent urgent telegrams, reporting that the Japanese army had concentrated hundreds of aircraft to carry out indiscriminate bombing in northwest Shandong. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese First Guards Division, which had already been assembled between Luokou and Dexian, was on standby.
The main force of the regiment, the 110th Division, the 37th Division, the 40th Division, and the 41st Division, with the cooperation of the six groups of the puppet Qi Kuiyuan and the puppet North China Security Army, attacked the Luxi Guard Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that was confronting them.
The New Second Brigade's position launched a full-scale attack. The Japanese army's operational intention was very clear, which was to encircle and annihilate our troops in northern Shandong.
Now let’s see where the Kwantung Army heading south from the railway will show up!
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