Jun Tada's judgment was indeed correct. Due to the heavy siege of the Japanese army on the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu-Anhui border areas, the Eighth Route Army headquarters ordered all Eighth Route Army units to attack across the board to coordinate our military operations in the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu-Anhui border areas. The next few days
, the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi and the Japanese Army stationed in Meng were all involved in the battle.
In the late autumn of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, the mountains are red and the chill is approaching.
Chengnan Village, thirty-five miles south of Fuping County, is shrouded in the chill of autumn. This village, which looks no different from an ordinary village, is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
The headquarters of the 115th Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are located. From time to time, fellow villagers driving their sheep pass by the village, shouting at the sheep, and chatting with the passing Eighth Route Army cadres, which makes the whole village feel extra peaceful.
The headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 115th Division are located in a brick-and-timber bungalow with a triple courtyard in Chengnanzhuang. The main room is the residence and office of Nie Rongzhen, and the side rooms on both sides are the staff offices and confidential offices of the military region and the division.
After receiving the telegram from the Central Committee and the headquarters, the commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region sat in front of the map without saying a word and stared at it for a long time. Then he turned to Nie Rongzhen and said: "Send a report to the Central Committee and the headquarters. The First Army is determined to
Taking advantage of the enemy's Kwantung Army moving south to attack Shandong, concentrate the main force and develop in the direction of Liaoning, smash the Kwantung Army's rear, and support the instructors in the battle."
The 115th Division was formerly the glorious First Red Army Corps. Although it was reorganized into the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the division commander still habitually refers to his unit as the First Army Corps. Every telegram to the Central Committee and the headquarters is this.
A kind of name.
At this time in history, Yan Xishan had already gone to the Soviet Union for medical treatment because he was accidentally injured by a sentry. At this time, because of changes in history, he was still fighting vigorously on the anti-Japanese front line.
Different from the tactics of concentrating artillery fire and concentrating troops on mobile warfare, the 115th Division has carried out extensive guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province in the past two years. In accordance with the requirements of localization of the main force, it has focused on building local political power and local armed forces, and the scale of its troops has expanded rapidly.
, the strength has greatly increased, from the east of Shanxi Tongpu Line, north of Zhengtai Road to Zhangjiakou, Duolun, Ningcheng, and south of Jinzhou Line, including Jizhong and Jidong, all belong to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army created by the 115th Division
The scope of activities of the military region, the area of base areas and guerrilla zones reaches 200,000 square kilometers, and the controlled population is 25 million.
With such strength, it’s no wonder that the man who will be known as the God of War in later history wants to try it!
Nie Rongzhen stared at the map for a while and said: "Now is indeed a good time for our army to march into Liaoning. The only difficulty is that it is winter at this time and it is difficult for our army to gain a foothold in Liaoning. I think we can also take internal and external routes
The combat method is to organize the outer line corps to go out of Liaoning and attack the rear of the Kwantung Army; to organize the inner line corps to launch an attack on the Japanese garrison in Méng, which will not only cover the actions of our outer line corps, but also create a deterrent effect for the Japanese army in all directions."
His face was calm: "Liu Yimin has repeatedly advocated economic war. We have to think about it carefully. Liaoning is a good place. It needs food, guns, and people. It is much richer than Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. There are
Our advance troops and anti-alliance troops can respond and cooperate. We must mobilize quickly and start mobilizing immediately."
Nie Rongzhen reminded again: "We still need to be more careful. Once our army takes action in Liaoning, the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchuria National Defense Force will fight back desperately, and the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shandong will quickly return to support. Take one step at a time and see the next three steps. We still have to
Think about how to deal with the Japs’ counterattack and siege.”
The two broomsticks frowned and said calmly: "By the time they besiege us, we will have already returned home with a full load!"
Nie Rongzhen laughed loudly.
After laughing, Nie Rongzhen said again: "The instructors have made a great contribution to the entire army, and now is the time when they need support. I think it is natural to march to Liaoning. That is a way to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. But, can we draw out the money?
How about a feint move of part of the troops to the vicinity of Peiping? That would provide more direct support to the instructors."
Shaking his head: "No! Liu Yimin made it very clear that he wants to transfer the little devils to the south, so that the little devils can go as far as possible and occupy as much territory as possible! The purpose is to create emptiness in Shijiazhuang and Pingjin areas so that they can
He took the opportunity to lead his army to attack Shijiazhuang and even go straight to the Pingjin area. In addition, we are waging war in the Liaoning area, and the little devil is destined to be in bad luck this time!"
"However," when he said it, he shook his head again: "This time, the losses in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, and southern Hebei may be considerable. Even if the little devils finish their sweeping campaign, Liu Yimin and the others may not be able to restore the vitality of the base area.
It will take a year and a half."
Nie Rongzhen sighed: "There is no way, the little devil has invested so much money, how can it be easy to deal with? Shandong, I'm afraid it will be in disaster this time. I won't say anything anymore, I will draft a telegram to the central government, you think about it
Specific deployment.”
To set fire to the back of the Kwantung Army, Liu Bocheng in the Taihang Mountains, Xu Xiangqian in Jinzhong, and He Long in Jinsui all tried their best. There was no other way. The little devils used all their main forces to deal with Liu Yimin's troops. The number one in Shanxi
The strength of the army and the garrison in Meng was slightly thin. Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, and He Long were all inferior to Liu Yimin. How could they miss the opportunity?
In this way, when the Japanese army was rushing towards Shandong in large numbers, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi came out to fight with the Japs between Pinghan Road and Tongpu Railway.
Caoxian County was called Bei Bo in ancient times and later Panshi Town. It was the capital of the early Shang and Tang Dynasties. Dayu, the hero of flood control, Yi Yin, the first prime minister who was born as a slave, Jizi, the first king of ancient Korea, the philosopher Zhuangzi, and the strategist Wu Qi,
Agriculturist Pan Shengzhi, leader of the peasant uprising Huang Chao and a number of all-powerful emperors and generals as well as famous experts and scholars who have made significant contributions to mankind were all born here.
On the night of October 30, Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong, covered in stars and moons, drove 300 kilometers from Pingyiji to Zhangwan, which borders Caoxian County in the south of Heze.
Zeng Zhongsheng and Tan Zheng were ordered to return to Dadian and take charge of internal operations.
Jiaodong, southern Hebei, western Shandong, southeastern Shandong, and the Jiangsu-Anhui border areas are all in a state of chaos. However, the southern and southwestern Shandong areas are peaceful. Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong came all the way from Pingyiji and saw that although the soldiers and civilians in the base area were
They are all in the wilderness, but there are still villagers setting up stalls and doing business in various market towns. They are full of emotions. It seems that the villagers have not yet awakened from the joy of the liberation of southern Shandong. Especially in this Heze area, due to the 38th Division of the Japanese Army last time
The regiment attempted to raid Heze, but was pushed back to Cao County by the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade and the Second Shandong Guard Brigade. They hid in the Caoxian area and remained motionless. The villagers in the Heze area saw the majesty of the regular Eighth Route Army, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. Every household was making pancakes and steaming them.
Steamed buns and military rations were prepared. Cai Zhong suggested to Liu Yimin several times whether he could think of a way to ensure that the base area would not be occupied by the Japanese.
Liu Yimin's answer was simple: The Japs must open the Jinpu Road, otherwise who will build the railway for us? As for the other base areas, even if the Japs occupy them, they will not stay there for long. They will obediently return to the railway line.
In Zhangwan, Liu Yimin did not bother to rest, set up antennas, turned on the radio, and understood the anti-sweeping situation in all aspects.
The principle established by Liu Yimin in winter anti-Japanese heavy-armed group sweeping operations is to focus on preserving effective forces, and he will not hesitate to let the Japanese occupy the Shandong, Jinan, Jiangsu and Anhui base areas on the surface, break the pots and jars, and let the Japanese troops advance into the hinterland of the base areas. This principle is very clear.
In time, it is equivalent to freeing up the hands and feet of the various troops and local armed forces in each base area. There is no need to defend the towns and jump behind the Japanese to carry out guerrilla warfare. In this way, whether the main force or the local armed forces, as long as they complete the cover of the rear organs,
By transferring tasks between schools and fellow villagers, we can fight flexibly and flexibly, fight if we can win, and leave if we can't win. The little devil's attempt to encircle and annihilate the main force of our army was doomed to fail from the moment Liu Yimin's telegram was issued.
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Since the Japanese military had done a good job in keeping secrets secret and had an extremely large number of troops. All the troops dispatched were elite troops. The Jiangsu-Anhui border area was hit by a sudden attack by the Japanese army.
After Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi received Liu Yimin's report and the central government's telegram, they learned that the Japanese army was Xiangzhuang's sword dance and was aiming at Peigong. They used to launch sweeps in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas first to cover their strategic intention of comprehensively besieging Shandong. Boss Chen cursed.
"The little devils who are the son of a turtle have also learned to engage in conspiracy and tricks." So they concentrated on directing our troops in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas to cover the relocation of fellow villagers, hide and seek with the little devils, and jump around in the large encirclement of the Japanese.
We went to look for opportunities to break out of the encirclement. However, the little devils acted based on their plans. Although the main force of our army broke through the encirclement, the losses to the local armed forces and local government agencies were very heavy. The entire Jiangsu-Anhui border area was shrouded in terror.
The Japanese 1st Division, 2nd Division, 7th Division, and 23rd Division that attacked the southern Hebei area also caught the Eighth Route Army off guard on the day of the raid. These four divisions were all elites of the Kwantung Army, and among them
The 7th Division and the 23rd Division quickly completed the replenishment after being severely damaged by the Soviet army in the Nomenhan area. They also improved the level of mechanization in response to the Soviet army's armor and artillery superiority. The southern Hebei area is boundless as far as the eye can see.
Under normal circumstances, the great plains are most suitable for the movement of the Japanese mechanized troops. According to the Japanese army's combat plan, four elite divisions will take at most three days to wipe out southern Hebei. What the little devil did not expect was that the southern Hebei area had experienced heavy Japanese troops.
During the sweep, the soldiers and civilians in the base area were extremely alert to the Japs launching a surprise attack. They were the first to dig tunnels, and the traffic transformation was very thorough. The Japs' mechanization lost their advantage here. In addition to advancing 120 miles in the surprise attack on the first day, the Japs later
The pace of the attack had to be slowed down. The reason was simple: the Japs’ cars, tanks, and armored vehicles had nowhere to go.
The Japs' advance slowed down, and their retaliatory killings in the base areas became even more cruel. The Japs could not find the Eighth Route Army, county brigade, district squadron and militiamen who were harassing everywhere, and were confused by mine warfare and tunnel warfare, so they attacked the villages.
, the market towns started to set fire to villages at every turn, turning the land of southern Hebei into a sea of fire.
The situation in western Lu is similar to that in southern Hebei. The Eighth Route Army's political system is basically complete, mobilization is rapid, and tunnel construction has been networked. Xu Shiyou's Luxi Garrison Brigade and Zeng Chunjian's New Second Brigade are fighting steadily, leading the Japanese by the nose.
It bought precious time for the troops and people of Western Shandong to move. The little devils set fire to the village when they couldn't find anyone, causing heavy losses.
Although the attack speed of the Japs in southern Hebei and western Shandong was slower, after all, they were the main force of the Japanese army's attack on Shandong. The troops were huge. The two groups of Japs had already joined forces. Most of the counties in southern Hebei and western Shandong had fallen.
The Japanese vanguard has approached the Dong'a area where the Yellow River and the canal intersect.
The Jiaodong Peninsula is vast, and our army only has one main force, the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade. It is naturally a delusion for the Japs to surround the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade with four divisions. However, our army has no power to prevent the Japanese army from capturing any county, and can only cover it.
Local governments and logistics agencies moved into tunnels or mountainous areas to mobilize and organize local armed forces and militias to use mine warfare and tunnel warfare to fight against the Japs. The main force was transferred to the flanks or rear of the Japanese army to attack its heavy logistics troops. In just four days,
The little Japanese actually basically controlled the Jiaodong Peninsula.
The southeastern Shandong area was different, because Liu Yimin strictly ordered Wang Nanhu to command the southeastern Shandong detachment and the local armed forces in southeastern Shandong to use the existing fortifications to fight, and he also ordered Hong Chaoyuan to command the fifth brigade. The new fifth brigade relied on layers of defenses in the mountainous areas of southern Shandong, and the battle was very fierce
Lieutenant General Wang Nanhu reported that the troops suffered heavy casualties. If the force continues like this, the Shandong Southeast Detachment may be seriously injured.
After reading the reports from all aspects, Liu Yimin was most happy that the main force of the 115th Division was marching towards Liaoning. He said to Luo Ronghuan: "Commander Lin is worthy of being the number one general of our army. This punch hit the Kwantung Army directly in the heart. According to
Under this situation, the main force of the Kwantung Army cannot stay in Shandong for long. I think it can be up to a month. As long as the main force of the 115th Division enters Liaoning, the Kwantung Army will definitely panic. No matter how hard Tada Jun tries to find a way, he will not be able to retain him.
The main force of the Kwantung Army. Next, the Japanese army will change its strategy and switch to a full-scale encirclement and suppression of our army in order to open up communication lines."
Luo Ronghuan was also very happy. The 115th Division was adapted from the First Red Army. Everyone who came from the Central Red Army had a constant relationship with this army. Just listen to Luo Ronghuan say: "How did I hear that Commander Liu Yimin is our army
The number one general? Why have you suddenly become humble? I remember when you and Jingjing jointly broadcast the live broadcast during the public trial of Hisao Tani, what was Jingjing talking about as soon as he started talking about the invincible famous general of the Chinese nation against Japan?"
Liu Yimin waved his hands hurriedly and said: "Don't dare to talk nonsense! Chairman Mao, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng are all commanders of our army, many times better than me. Mr. Lin, Mr. Liu, Mr. Xu, Mr. He, including Mr. Ye
Commander, Boss Chen, they are all better than me. How can I be called the number one general, an invincible general? I don’t dare to say nonsense, if the news spreads, the boss and the others will laugh out loud!" Ro!.