Chapter 941: Prelude to the Battle of Southwest Shandong (Continued)
Jun Tada's judgment was indeed correct. Since the Japanese army was heavily encircling the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu-Anhui border areas, the General Headquarters of the Route Army ordered all the Route Army units to attack across the board to coordinate our operations in the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu-Anhui border areas.
.In the next few days, the Japanese First Army and the Japanese garrison stationed in Shanxi were all involved in the battle.
In the late autumn of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, the mountains are red and the chill is approaching.
Chengnanzhuang, three to five miles south of Fuping County, is hidden in the chill of autumn. This village, which looks no different from an ordinary village, is the location of the headquarters of the 115th Division of the Route Army and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. From time to time, there are people rushing to
Fellow villagers passed by the village with their flocks of sheep, shouting at the sheep, and chatting with the passing army cadres, making the whole village feel extra peaceful.
The headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 5th 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 Nie Rongzhen, and the wing rooms on both sides are the staff offices of the Military Region and the Division Headquarters.
Confidential place.
After receiving the telegram from the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, the commander of the 5th Route Army Division and the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region sat in front of the map without saying a word, staring at it for a long time, then turned to Nie Rongzhen and said: "Here.
Zhongyang
I sent a report to the General Headquarters that the First Army Corps was determined to take advantage of the enemy Kwantung Army's southward attack on Shandong to concentrate its 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 5th Division of the 1st Regiment of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Army, the division commander still used to call his unit the First Army Corps.
Telegrams from the Central Committee and the General Headquarters all use this name.
At this time, Lishi had already gone to the Soviet Union for medical treatment because he was accidentally injured by Yan Xishan's sentry. At this time, because of changes in Lishi, he was still fighting vigorously on the anti-Japanese front line.
Different from the tactics taught by the instructors to concentrate artillery fire and troops on mobile warfare, in the past two years, the 5th Division has carried out extensive guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. In accordance with the requirements of localizing the main force, it has focused on building local political power and local armed forces.
The size of the army and troops expanded rapidly, and their strength increased greatly. From Shanxi
East of the Tongpu Line, north of Zhengtai Road to Zhangjiakou, Duolun, Ningcheng, and south of the Jinzhou Line, including Jizhong and Jidong, all belong to the activity scope of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region created by the 5th Division.
, 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 known as the God of War in later generations is eager 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 also
Can adopt internal and external operations
The method is to organize the outer line corps to go out of Liaoning and attack the Kwantung Army's rear; to organize the inner line corps to launch an attack on the Japanese garrison. This will not only cover the actions of our outer line corps, but also create a deterrent effect for the Japanese army with fire from all sides.
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His face was calm: "Liu Yimin has repeatedly advocated fighting an 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. We are there.
Our advance troops and anti-Japanese coalition troops can respond and cooperate. We must mobilize our troops 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 Manchukuo National Defense Force will fight back desperately, and the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shandong will quickly return to support. One step at a time, three steps.
We still have to figure out how to deal with the ghosts' counterattack and siege."
The two broomsticks frowned and said calmly: "By the time they surround us, we will have already returned home with a full load!"
Nie Rongzhen laughed.
After laughing, Nie Rongqi said again: "The teaching instructors have made a great contribution to the entire army, and now is the time when they need support. I think it is naturally good to march to Liaoning, that is a way to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. But, we
Can we dedicate part of our troops to the vicinity of Peiping? That would provide more direct support to the instructors."
Shaking his head: "No! Liu Yimin knows very well that he wants to move the ghosts to the south, so that the ghosts 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 the ghosts can go as far as possible.
Let him take the opportunity to lead an army to attack Shijiazhuang and even attack the Pingjin area. If we join forces in the Liaoning area, the ghost is destined to be in bad luck this time!"
"But" he said, shaking his head again: "This time the losses in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, and southern Hebei may not be great. Even if Guizi finishes the sweep, Liu Yimin and the others may have to wait a long time if they want to restore the vitality of the base area.
Year and a half."
Nie Rongzhen sighed: "I can't help it. Gui Qizi has invested so much money. How can it be easy to deal with? Shandong, I'm afraid it's going to be in disaster this time. If not, I'll draft a telegram to the Central Committee.
, you consider specific deployment.”
To set fire to the rear of the Kwantung Army, Liu Bocheng from the Taihang Mountains and Xu Qi from Jinzhong went to the front, and He Qilong from Jinsui all tried their best. There was no way, Gui Qizi used all the main force
After dealing with Liu Yimin's troops, the strength of Shanxi's First Army and the garrison was a little thin. Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, and He Yulong were all no worse than Liu Yimin, so how could they miss the opportunity?
In this way, when the Japanese army gathered heavily to attack Shandong, the main force of Shanxi's road army came out and fought with ghosts 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. It was home to the flood control hero Dayu, the first prime minister Yi Yin who was born as a slave, Ji Zi, the first king of Korea in ancient times, and the philosopher Zhuang Zhuang.
A number of all-powerful emperors, generals, and famous experts and scholars who made significant contributions to mankind were born here, including the strategist Wu Qi, the agriculturist Fan Shengzhi, and the peasant uprising leader Huang Chao.
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 command of internal operations.
Jiaodong, southern Hebei, western Shandong, southeastern Shandong, and the Jiangsu-Anhui border areas are all in a state of chaos. However, southern Shandong and southwestern Shandong are peaceful. Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong traveled all the way from Pingyiji and saw the base area.
Although the soldiers and civilians are clearing the country, 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 liberation in southern Shandong. Especially in Heze.
District, because the Third Division of the Japanese Army attempted to raid Heze the next day, it was pushed back to Caoxian by the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade and the Second Shandong Guard Brigade. It hid in the Caoxian area and remained motionless. The villagers in the Heze area saw the regularity of the Route Army.
The majesty of the army and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm were unprecedentedly high. Every household was making pancakes and steaming buns and preparing military rations. Cai Zhong suggested to Liu Yimin several times that he could think of a way to ensure that the base area would not be occupied by ghosts.
Liu Yimin's answer was simple: We must let the Guizizi open the Jinpu Road, otherwise who will build the railway for us? As for other base areas, even if the Guizizi occupy them, they will not stay 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 learned about the anti-sweeping situation in all aspects.
Liu Yimin determined that the principle of anti-ghost sub-groups and large-scale raids in the winter was to preserve effective forces. He did not hesitate to allow the ghost sub-groups to occupy the Shandong, Jinan, Jiangsu and Anhui base areas on the surface, break the pots and pans, and let the Japanese army advance into the hinterland of the base areas.
This principle was established very timely, which freed up the hands and feet of the various ministries and local armed forces in each base area, and there was no need to die.
Defend the town and jump behind the ghosts to carry out guerrilla warfare. In this way, whether it is the main troops or the local armed forces, as long as they complete the tasks of covering the rear offices, schools, and the transfer of fellow villagers, they can move flexibly.
In battle, fight if you can win, and leave if you can't win. Gui Zi'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.
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.
**, Chen Yi received a report from Liu Yimin and a telegram from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and realized that the Japanese army was Xiangzhuang's sword-wielding target in Peigong, and that it was the first to launch a sweep in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas to cover its strategic intention of comprehensively encircling Shandong.
Mr. Chen cursed, "You son of a bitch, you've learned how to do scheming," and then concentrated on directing us in the Jiangsu and Anhui regions.
With the purpose of covering the relocation of the fellow villagers, the army played hide and seek with the Guizizi, jumping around in the large encirclement of the Guizizi, looking for opportunities to jump out of the encirclement. However, the Guizizi moved based on a plan. Although the main force of our army
After breaking through the tight siege, local armed forces and local political institutions suffered huge losses. 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 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, the 23rd Division, and the 23rd Division were about to wipe out Jinan. What Guizizi didn't expect was that the southern Hebei area had experienced heavy military raids by Guizizi, and the base area
The military and civilians were extremely alert to Guizi's surprise attack. They were the first to dig tunnels, and the traffic transformation was very thorough. Gui Zi's mechanization lost its advantage here. In addition to the surprise attack that advanced 20 miles on the first day, Gui Zi's subsequent attacks
The pace of the enemy's attack had to slow down. The reason was simple: the enemy's cars, tanks, and armored vehicles had no way to go.
Gui Zi's advance slowed down, and the retaliatory killings in the base area became even more cruel. Gui Zi could not find the harassing route army, county brigade, district squadron and militiamen everywhere, and was attacked by mine warfare and tunnel warfare.
Confused, they attacked villages and towns, setting fire to villages at every turn, turning the land of southern Hebei into a sea of fire.
The situation in western Shandong is similar to that in southern Hebei. The political system of the Route Army is basically complete, mobilization is rapid, tunnel construction has been networked, and Xu Shiyou's Luxi Garrison Brigade and Zeng Chunjian's New Second Brigade are fighting against each other step by step.
Gui Zi's mistake bought valuable relocation time for the soldiers and civilians of Shandong Province. Gui Zi set fire to the village when he couldn't find anyone, causing heavy losses.
Although the attack speed of the ghosts in southern Hebei and western Shandong is slow, after all, they are the main force of the Japanese army's attack on Shandong. The troops are huge. The two groups of ghosts have already joined forces. Most of the counties in southern Hebei and western Shandong have been attacked.
It fell. The Guizi 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 delusional for Gui Zi to surround the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade with four divisions. However, our army has no power to prevent the Japanese army from capturing any county.
It can only cover local political power and logistical machinery.
The pass was transferred to tunnels or mountainous areas, local armed forces were mobilized and organized, and the militiamen used mine warfare and tunnel warfare to fight ghosts. The main force was transferred to the flanks or rear of the Japanese army to attack its logistics troops. In a short time
In four days, the Guizi basically controlled the Jiaodong Peninsula.
The southeastern Shandong area is different, because Liu Yimin strictly ordered Wang Nanhu to command the southeastern Shandong detachment and the local armed forces in southeastern Shandong to set up fortifications to fight against each other step by step, and also ordered Hong Chaoyuan to command the fifth brigade.
The battle was very fierce. Wang Nanhu reported that the detachment suffered heavy casualties. If the force continued like this, the Southeast Shandong detachment might be seriously injured.
After completing the reports from all aspects, Liu Yimin was most happy that the main force of the 5th 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 this situation
, the main force of the Kwantung Army cannot stop in Shandong for long.
I have a maximum of one month. As long as the main force of the 5th Division enters Liaoning, the Kwantung Army will definitely panic. At that time, no matter how Tada Jun tries, it will be impossible to retain the main force of the Kwantung Army. Next, the Japanese army will change its strategy.
Instead of encircling and suppressing our troops in an all-round way, we have opened up lines of communication."
Luo Ronghuan was also very happy. The 5th Division was adapted from the First Red Army. Everyone who came from the Red Army of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had a constant relationship with this unit. He heard Luo Ronghuan say: "Why do I listen to Master Liu Yimin?"
He is the number one general in our army? 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 Jingjing said as soon as he came was that the Chinese nation was invincible in the fight against Japan.
A famous general?"
Liu Yimin waved his hands hurriedly: "Don't dare to be ridiculous! **, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng are all commanders of our army, many times better than me. Mr. Lin, Mr. Liu, Mr. Xu, Mr. He, including Ye Jun
Boss, Boss Chen and the others are all better than me. How can I be called the number one general, the invincible general? Don’t dare to be ridiculous, if word gets out, the boss and the others will laugh out loud!”!.