After reading the telegrams from all sides, Liu Yimin's original joy of being about to launch an attack on Shijiazhuang was gone. He was worried and restless.
Seeing Liu Yimin's worried look, Luo Ronghuan suggested: "Let me accompany you for a walk outside."
The two men followed him into the yard.
The night is quiet, and occasionally the sound of a sentry asking for passwords can be heard from the village.
Luo Ronghuan's face was as cold as this winter night, but his words were warm: "I know you are worried about the war in Shandong, and I also know that our Shandong base area is suffering from catastrophe. People may die every moment, and it is very likely that we will die again.
Return to Shandong base area
At that time, many familiar faces of old comrades-in-arms will no longer be seen. However, I know that our guiding ideology of anti-Japanese troops to carry out heavy raids is correct, and the strategy is also correct. There is no way, the Japanese army mobilized the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army to mobilize the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army.
grand strategy
The group laid siege to the Shandong base area, and even the Second Guards Division, which was left behind in Japan, and the Taiwan Huncheng Brigade stationed in Hainan Island were mobilized. With such a huge force, coupled with the Japanese air superiority, a head-on confrontation was not possible. The main force was guaranteed.
security, mobilize Japanese troops,
Eliminating the effective strength of the Japanese army is the best policy, and both the chairman and the boss agree. We are not wrong, but the losses in the base area are too great, which makes people feel uncomfortable when thinking about it. But I think these prices must be paid in order to win victory.
worth."
Liu Yimin was silent and moved somewhat mechanically. At this moment, his mind was filled with the scene of the Japanese army burning, killing and looting wildly in the base area. After listening to Luo Ronghuan's words, Liu Yimin murmured to himself: "The Shandong base area has suffered an unprecedented catastrophe.
What a catastrophe.”
Luo Ronghuan seemed not to notice Liu Yimin's emotions or hear what he said, and continued: "We feel uncomfortable, and old Japanese Jun Tada probably feels bad too. He mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress us with the strength of a whole country, but so far, he has not suffered any serious damage.
On the contrary, the main force of our army lost the main force of the 38th Division. Their losses were greater than ours. But they lost the main force.
of strong soldiers, our losses were mainly property in the base area. From a general perspective, the two sides have been tied so far. This is very remarkable. You must know that the Japanese army used the force on the Shandong battlefield to exceed any other force since the war began.
A battle. Looking at the whole of China, only our Eighth Route Army can do this, and only our base areas can do this."
Luo Ronghuan was trying to comfort Liu Yimin, hoping that he would calm down and not be dazzled by hatred, which would affect the battle to capture Shijiazhuang.
Just listen to Luo Ronghuan continue to say: "Now, the Japanese army has gathered heavily in Southwest Shandong. Our base area in Southwest Shandong has suffered a great disaster. I don't know how many villages have been burned down, and how many families have been wiped out. But the little devils can't stay in Southwest Shandong."
How long? Part of the main force of the 115th Division has been deployed in western Liaoning. If the estimate is good, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, is already in a hurry. Maybe the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shandong has already received the response.
He received an order to assemble the troops and return to the northeast. If we fight again in Shijiazhuang, Jun Tada will be distraught in an instant. You must know that Shijiazhuang is only more than 200 kilometers away from Peiping. If we use the Pinghan Road to transport troops, it will take a few hours.
When he gets to Peiping, he can't calm down even if he wants to. { Hands on, let's fight. Then you will see, the heavy Japanese army group stranded in Shandong will soon withdraw in a hurry. "
Liu Yimin had already estimated what Luo Ronghuan said when he gathered in Pingyi. Otherwise, he would not have left Shandong and led his troops to trek to Shijiazhuang.
Perhaps because he was afraid that what he said would not be right for Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan said again: "Ni Hua, Tang Xingying, mother and son are back. If you miss them, when Shijiazhuang is conquered and the airport is occupied, you can let Chang Qiankun's Second Flying Group
Send a plane to bring Tang Xingying and her son back. Ni
Hua's situation is special. She is about to give birth. It is better to be still than to move. I suggest that she let her give birth in Chongqing. Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng are both very careful people and will arrange for someone to take care of her. Don't worry, she is Soong Meiling.
Soong Ching Ling's cousin, Chiang Kai-shek would not embarrass her."
Liu Yimin sighed leisurely: "I didn't expect that after we spent so much effort to mobilize the Japanese army, the Japanese army still left several divisions in the mountainous area of southern Shandong and southeastern Shandong to carry out crazy raids. Chief of Staff Zeng telegraphed that the situation in central and southern Shandong has deteriorated sharply.
That's because he doesn't want us to be distracted. I think the current struggle in central and southern Shandong is probably very cruel, and the casualties of the troops must be huge. We must launch a campaign to capture Shijiazhuang as soon as possible, otherwise things will change if it is too late."
Luo Ronghuan also thought that Liu Yimin was worried about the war in Shandong, and that he was worried about Ni Hua and Tang Xingying. Unexpectedly, his thoughts were all on the war in Shandong, so he shook his head and said nothing.
Cai Zhong didn't know when he caught up, and he said: "The best time for us to attack should be after the main force of the Kwantung Army returns to the northeast. Otherwise, as soon as we attack Shijiazhuang, the Japanese army's heavy group will swoop in again."
You know, the 115th Division entered
There will not be too many troops entering southern Liaoning, and it is unlikely to put too much pressure on the Kwantung Army. If the troops were strong, with Commander Lin's style, I am afraid they would go directly to attack Shenyang. That is the base camp of the Japanese army. Take Shenyang.
It’s no problem to equip another 100,000 troops.”
What Cai Zhong said is the truth. The best time to attack Shijiazhuang should indeed be after the Kwantung Army troops in the heavily armed Japanese army return to defend the Northeast. If Shijiazhuang starts fighting again, Tada Shun, the old Japanese, will not be able to hold on anymore and will attack Shandong with heavy troops.
Dàng had to withdraw his troops.
At this time, it is the eighth day of the lunar calendar, and the crescent moon is shining with clear and cold light.
Liu Yimin looked up at the moon and suddenly said: "The new moon is not visible on the first day of the lunar month, just because it is trapped in the sun and the earth. On the seventh and eighth day of the lunar month, the first quarter moon, the half-full moon faces west. The full moon appears on the 15th and 16th day of the lunar month, and the earth
Carrying the sun and moon on one shoulder. On the twenty-second and third quarter of the moon, the moon faces east at midnight."
This is a moon phase hymn, which talks about the four most important of the eight moon phases: new moon, first quarter moon, full moon, and last quarter moon.
Both Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong were students and knew all this common sense. They also knew that the new moon is followed by the waxing moon, the first quarter moon is followed by the gibbous moon, the full moon is followed by the waning moon, and the waning moon is followed by the waning moon. They also know that according to the lunar calendar,
The last day of every month is a dark day, and the moon cannot be seen at all. But they don't know the meaning of Liu Yimin's sudden and nervous recitation of these four verses at this time.
Liu Yimin did not recite the moon phase hymn casually, he calculated the time. If there was no cloudy sky and the moonlight was good, the mechanized group of the First Brigade could secretly advance towards Shijiazhuang without turning on the headlights. Although it would be slow,
point, but it is more conducive for the troops to conceal themselves from the enemy.
Liu Yimin stood still, lowered his head and thought for a while, then turned around and walked back.
After returning to the temporary residence of the staff office, Liu Yimin called to Feng Feng and asked him to record the order.
Although it was already late at night, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army in various base areas in Shandong were waiting for a call back.
Liu Yimin pondered for a while and began to dictate the telegram: "Chief of Staff Zeng, Deputy Political Commissar Tan and Li Qing, Yuan Guoping, Chen Shiqu, Wang Jian'an and the detachment leaders of Shandong brigades:
The Japanese army is in a frantic state in its massive sweep of heavily armed groups in our Shandong base area. The most serious areas are Southwest Shandong, Lunan, Central South Shandong, Qinghe, etc. In order to further mobilize the heavily armed Japanese army out of Shandong, Chiefs Liu and Luo are determined to
Tomorrow night we will focus on teaching a brigade.
The Second Brigade, the Sixth Teaching Brigade, the New First Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, the New Eighth Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Air Defense Brigade, and the Baggage Brigade launched an attack on Shijiazhuang. Our army has an absolute advantage in this battle and will surely capture it in one go.
Shijiazhuang, cut off the Pinghan Line and seized all supplies stored by the Japanese army in Shijiazhuang.
After our army captured Shijiazhuang, due to Shijiazhuang's special strategic position, the Japanese army was not only afraid that we would block the Japanese army's retreat in Shanxi, but also feared that our army would take advantage of the victory to attack the Pingjin area. They would inevitably mobilize the army to recapture Shijiazhuang as soon as possible and at the same time return to support the Pingjin area.
The crisis in the Shandong battlefield can be resolved in one go. If the above goal is achieved, our troops in all parts of Shandong should take active actions to restore the base areas. Gao Jinchun of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade should direct
Our army and local troops in Jiaodong were mobilized to actively counterattack, resulting in our army's counterattack across the board in Jiaodong, which led the Japanese troops in Jiaodong to the mountainous areas, creating opportunities for the Li Qing Group to capture Qingdao in the next step; Yuan Guoping, Xu Guangda
The Jinan Garrison Brigade and Qinghe Garrison Brigade commanded by Lei Ming conducted guerrilla operations in the Qinghe area and Jiao Lai area north of Jiaoji Road to further contain the Japanese troops; Lei Ming commanded the Jiao 4th Brigade and the Luzhong Garrison Brigade to be highly concentrated and move towards Linqu and An
Qiu attacked, forcing the Japanese troops to encircle and suppress our Qinghe area to divide their forces and return for reinforcements; after the above three troops achieved their goals, the Third Teaching Brigade, the Seventh Teaching Brigade, and the Eighth Teaching Brigade commanded by Li Qing should decisively capture Qingdao and meet the merchant ships heading north from Hong Kong.
The team should coordinate the transfer of our main force in the Shijiazhuang area, and the specific attack time is awaiting orders; while the Hong Chaoyuan Group in Lunan is relying on the mountainous areas to fight the enemy, it should send powerful troops into Southern Lunan.
In the plain area, the Japanese troops who had swept through the central and southern mountains of Shandong were forced to return to the southern plains of Shandong, and the Taixi Security Brigade cooperated with the operation; the Xu Shiyou Luxi Security Brigade of Luxi, the Zengchunjianxin 2nd Brigade, and the Fuzhuting New 6th Brigade on the Hebei-Shandong border were heavily deployed by the Japanese troops.
After the group pounces on Shijiazhuang, it should command the local armed forces in western Shandong, Hebei Shandong and southwestern Shandong to launch offensive operations, forcing the remaining Japanese troops to gather in various counties and communication lines."
After dictating the telegram, Liu Yimin sat down and personally drafted a telegram to Ni Hua.
Liu Yimin said in the telegram: "Dear Ni Hua, my lover: I am finally relieved to know that you have returned to Chongqing safely. Unfortunately, my wife is about to give birth, and I cannot be with you to comfort you.
and strength, I cannot see with my own eyes the image of our children when they fall into the world. As a husband, I am incompetent; as a father, I am equally incompetent. However, the Japanese army is launching a heavy siege on Shandong, and I cannot leave.
Please understand that I am flying to you with a command post. What I want to remind you is to always be vigilant in the harmonious family reunion and never be careless. Maybe you don’t know that Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the cancellation of the instructor designation.
Ordered the ban on all levels of the anti-Japanese regime we established in Shandong, banned our publications, and demoted me from lieutenant general division commander to second lieutenant trainee platoon leader. Ordered our troops to withdraw to Shaanxi and become a local security guard.
Security troops, undertake the task of river defense. In this case, you mother and son are likely to be in danger, at least in the future as Chiang Kai-shek's and my husband's hostages. Don't trust Chiang Kai-shek's husband and Kong Xiangxi's husband too much. If possible, move after the birth
Leave Songting Villa and live with Mr. Soong Ching Ling. She should be able to protect you and our children. After the full moon, you must try to leave Chongqing and return to Shandong. If
By then the situation in Shandong will still be serious. You can go to Xi'an and live with Tang Xingying's mother Li Yun in Xi'an. She will be responsible for taking care of your children. If you don't want to live with Li Yun, I will report it to the central government.
, arrange separate accommodation and service personnel for you. Please be sure to keep in touch with Vice Chairman Zhou at all times. As long as you can try to persuade Mr. Soong Ching Ling, she will have a way to let you live in her home, and she will also have a way to contact Vice Chairman Zhou."
When writing this, Liu Yimin seemed to see the beautiful image of Ni Hua in front of his eyes. He stopped writing and sat on the bench in silence. After a long time, he wrote again: "After the child is born, if it is a boy, he will be named Li Zheng'an.
He He'er, Ping'er's name
The meaning of the word is the same, that is, we hope that when they grow up, our country and nation can be peaceful and peaceful. If the girl is named Ni Jing, it means that she should learn from Comrade An Jingjing and become a person full of talents and learning, beautiful and intelligent.
Talent.”
Finally, Liu Yimin wrote: "Dear Ni Hua, I look forward to seeing you again soon. I promise you that after this reunion, you will never leave me to perform a mission alone again. Don't say
He went to the United States, he didn’t even go to Chongqing, he just stayed with me.”
After writing the telegram to Ni Hua, Liu Yimin wrote another telegram to Tang Xingying, asking her to place her mother and children at home in Xi'an, let He'er go to kindergarten in Xi'an, and quickly prepare to return to the army. Tomorrow or
The day after tomorrow, you can take a flight to Shijiazhuang.
After drafting two telegrams and handing them to the police to send them out together, Liu Yimin called Qian Zhuangfei and asked him to contact his comrades in Qingdao and Lianyungang to closely monitor the movement of the Japanese army. Once a large Japanese army was found boarding the ship, he
Report immediately.
Qian Zhuangfei reported: "No. 1: There is information. There is no movement in the direction of Qingdao, and a large Japanese fleet has appeared in Lianyungang."
Liu Yimin hurriedly took the telegram, read it carefully, and then slapped his forehead: "Damn it, I'm so busy that I'm dizzy. The Japanese Guards Division, the Second Division, the 23rd Division
The regiments are all mechanized divisions, and they are all in the southwestern region of Shandong. Although the Longhai Road does not return
Traffic has been reopened, but they have many cars. If they advance to Lianyungang with all their strength, they can arrive in two days. It seems that the elite Kwantung Army is returning to the Northeast. Old Qian, tell comrades, keep your eyes wide open and stay close
Keep an eye on the little devil. Report any situation immediately."
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