Boss Zhu and Boss Peng left quietly, Liu Yimin also left quietly, but Shimen City was still in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Flour mills, mills, cotton mills, garment shops, and shoe factories were all there. Production at full capacity. First of all, this is to produce military supplies for the Chinese army, and the Eighth Route Army is a cash transaction. Businessmen and workers are all working hard to produce more flour and cotton. , cloth, clothing, and shoes, to contribute to the Anti-Japanese War.
Song Renqiong, political commissar of Southern Hebei District, was not only busy organizing production and transferring supplies to the Taihang Base Area and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base Area, he was also busy building an underground transportation station in Shimen City to let the Eighth Route Army's eyes grow into Shimen City to monitor the little Japs. Every move.
By the night of November 26, the forwards of the heavy Japanese army had arrived in Luancheng County. Chen Zaidao and Song Renqiongcai ordered the troops to evacuate in separate routes. The main force evacuated the Shimen and Pinghan Road positions in batches, hid in the tunnels, evacuated through the tunnels, and returned to southern Hebei. In the hinterland of the base, a detachment of troops carrying torches pretended to retreat toward the well, creating the illusion that our army was retreating to the Taihang Mountains. It was not until late at night that the Japanese forwards arrived at the outskirts of Shimen. Song Renqiong then led the cavalry guard company, holding torches high, out of Shimen. He headed west of Shimen. He wanted to return to the Taihang base area to report to Commander Liu and Deng, and he happened to be in charge of the final task of defeating the enemy.
Before retreating, Song Renqiong summoned the mayor of Shimen City, Ma Heqian.
Song Renqiong was only 30 years old this year. Inspired by the capture of Shimen, and living a good life in Shimen these days, Song Renqiong's face became brighter, and his eyes looked at Ma Heshu a little more mischievously. .
Song Renqiong's words were very concise: "Mr. Ma, our army is about to evacuate Shimen. I have been ordered by General Liu Yimin, commander of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, to convey to you...requests: First, the reason why our army will not kill you is because you are in Shimen. Considering that some labor has been put into the construction, the construction of Shimen cannot be stopped. We must try to get the Japanese army to increase investment and speed up the construction; secondly, we are not allowed to do evil, and we will be killed if we do more injustice; thirdly, after our army withdraws, organize The Japanese who were released in the city, the pseudo-policemen, and members of the self-defense corps went to greet the Japanese troops outside the city to prevent the Japanese troops from retaliating wildly in the city and massacring innocent civilians."
After saying that, Song Renqiong did not give Ma Heqiong any chance to express his feelings and explain, and drove him away directly. This was to create a strong psychological pressure on Ma Heqiong, making him confused about the reality of our army, and had to Do as our army requires.
As a result, a strange scene appeared: when the Japanese advance troops entered Shimen City, the street lights in Shimen City were still bright. Shimen City Mayor Ma Heqian and Shimon City Municipal Office Advisor Katakura Tengtaro, led those Japanese overseas Chinese who had been released by the Eighth Route Army, Japanese pseudo-journalists, pseudo-policemen, and pseudo-self-defense corps members lined up in two long rows on the road to welcome the Japanese troops.
Although there are street lights, and although the lights of the motorcycles, tanks, armored vehicles, and cars of the Japanese vanguard are bright enough, the Japanese officers leading the team still can't believe their eyes. They dare not continue to move forward for fear of being deceived. Until Katakura Taro Teng ran up to him and chirped a few birdsong. The Japanese officers believed that the Eighth Route Army had evacuated Shimen, and that it was withdrawing towards the Taihang Mountains. They hurriedly reported to the main force, and then drove into the city.
Shiro Inaba, the commander of the heavy Japanese army group, received the report and rushed to Shimen Castle when it was already daylight.
Walking into the former Shijiazhuang Garrison Headquarters compound, you are faced with four slogans painted vertically on the building: "Fight Japanese imperialism," "Destroy the Japanese aggressors," "You little devils, go back to the East," "Fight to Peking."
Go and capture Shun Tada alive."
Since Inaba Shiro led his troops to land in Lianyungang, he has been fighting and marching from southeastern Shandong to southern Shandong and then to southwestern Shandong and then to Shimen on the Pinghan Road. He has not even slept at all, and his eyes are groggy.
His face was sallow, and his neat mustache, which was always neat and tidy, had grown long and became sluggish.
Seeing the slogan of the Eighth Route Army, Inaba Shiro's eyes turned red. He pulled out his command knife and slashed at the slogan on the wall. While slashing, he cursed: "Baga Liu Yimin, a coward's work, a liar's work, a thief's work Baga."
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After he finished scolding and tired, Inaba Shiro sat down on the ground, gasping for air with his mouth open, as if he wanted to spit out all the depression in his belly.
Katakura Tengtaro stood aside, lowering his head and reported in a low voice: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on Shimen at one o'clock on the night of the 19th. The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was very powerful. With just one strike, it basically destroyed the garrison.
Immediately afterwards, the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on Shimen from the east, south, and north directions. The first to enter the city was the Eighth Route Army's eastward attacking force, which mainly consisted of tanks, armored vehicles, and cars. The Shijiazhuang garrison continued to shrink
The troops had no chance to build street fighting fortifications, and the stone gate was breached."
Inaba Shiro said nothing, probably because he was so angry that he was dizzy.
Katakura Tengtaro continued to report: "After the Eighth Route Army captured Shimen, they arrested us all. What happened next is unclear. However, Liu Yimin quickly held a press conference, and I was released.
After I came out, I learned that the Eighth Route Army did not cause sabotage like it did in Tianjin and Qingdao. Enterprises in Shimen can continue to produce as usual, and the train station is also intact. I don’t know what happened to the airport."
Inaba Shiro immediately stood up from the ground and roared to Katakura Tengtaro: "Baga, your big idiot, Tobali Road, regards Shimen as their freight station. You can come and leave whenever you want.
Shi Men's company was not destroyed, but 80% of the goods produced were gone, right?"
Katakura Teutaro muttered this report: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, although I have been released, I cannot move around casually. The scope of my activities is limited to my home and the street, and I cannot go to any valuable targets. Tonight, I will only watch
A large number of the Eighth Route Army retreated across the board and headed west toward the Taihang Mountains. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Inaba Shiro stared at Katakura Tōtaro with dead fish eyes.
As the Japanese army entered the city in large numbers, the situation in Shimen was basically clear by nine o'clock in the morning. The Eighth Route Army did not destroy the train station, but took away all the railway tracks from Zhengding to Yuanshi; the tarmac of Daguozhuang Airport,
There was no damage even when we arrived. However, apart from the neatly arranged corpses of Japanese pilots, ground crews, and security guards, not even a single bullet casing or screw could be found at the airport. There was not even a single screw in the train station or cargo yard.
It was destroyed, but all the ammunition, food and other materials stored there disappeared. There was no trace of explosion at the scene, indicating that all these materials went into the pockets of the Eighth Route Army. The same is true in Shimen City, factories run by the Chinese
, the stores continued to operate as usual, and the businesses, stores, and homes of the Japanese and public officials were all cleaned up by the Eighth Route Army, turning them into paupers.
With all the strength of the country, he mobilized such a huge force, launched heavy troops to sweep away the enemy, and fought back and forth. Instead of wiping out Liu Yi's main forces, he seized the opportunity to wipe out the main force of the 38th Division, the Shijiazhuang garrison.
At present, the most important baggage supply base in North China has been defeated. This battle was too cowardly.
Seeing the long queue of Japanese overseas patters outside the headquarters, asking the imperial army to destroy the Eighth Route Army and take back their property, Inaba Shiro felt a sense of frustration in his heart. He couldn't help but pick up the phone on the table and call.
He met Shun Tada, commander of the North China Front Army, and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the outside has been fooled again. Shimen is an empty city, and the Eighth Route Army has fled."
After making the phone call, the exhausted Inaba Shiro had to order all units to rest and recuperate, allowing the soldiers to regain their strength and dispose of the bodies of the fallen soldiers.
Inaba Shiro's report was more elegant, but Tada Shun, who was mad, was not so elegant. He put down the phone receiver, turned around and roared to Yoshizumi Ryosuke: "Liu Yimin was fooled again outside Baga. Warriors are not soldiers."
He is not a coward, a thief, a liar who doesn’t even have the courage to fight, I despise him.”
In fact, without Inaba Shiro's report, Tada Shun and Yoshizumi Ryosuke already knew that Shimen City was empty. The Eighth Route Army did not close the Shimen Telegraph and Telephone Bureau, nor did it prohibit the released Japanese journalists from publishing or making phone calls. The Eighth Route Army
Withdraw, the North China Front Army Headquarters received the report, and also knew that the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn towards the Taihang Mountains. The reason why Tada Shun had another attack and roared was just that he was depressed and had nowhere to vent.
Shun Tada simply didn't believe it when the Eighth Route Army retreated into the Taihang Mountains. For other Eighth Route Army troops, when the Japanese army returned to Shimen with heavy troops, retreating to the Taihang Mountains was the most correct choice. But Liu Yimin's troops were not ordinary Eighth Route Army troops.
Can so many tanks, armored vehicles, and cars be driven into the Taihang Mountains?
Jun Tada finished his roar and stood in front of the map. He wanted to find out where the main force of the Eighth Route Army had fled and where it was hiding.
Yoshizumi Ryosuke is the chief of staff. In addition to military staff, he also has to consider many issues. Longhai Road has been built, but the southern section of Jinpu Road has not yet been built. Now Pinghan Road and Shotai Road have been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army. Although they were destroyed
The mileage is not big, but the Eighth Route Army always does this. Where can the North China Front Army get so many rails? How much manpower and material resources will be spent just to build the railway? Moreover, the most urgent problem is that Shi Men's supplies have been stolen by the Eighth Route Army.
Once it was empty, the Eighth Route Army had enough ammunition, but Shanxi's First Army was complaining. How could it fight without ammunition, food, and medicine supplies? At least it would affect the continued operation. Fortunately, the Kwantung Army's four troops marched south from Pinghan Road.
All divisions have returned north. Otherwise, these four divisions would have been worse off than the First Army. At that time, they would have been faced with the problem of no bullets, artillery shells and food.
Yoshizumi Ryosuke reminded Tada Jun that he must concentrate his efforts to repair Pinghan Road and Shotai Road as soon as possible, otherwise the situation of the First Army would be in danger.
After all, Tada Shun was Tada Shun. He was about to make a phone call to Shimoduro Riki, the director of the Railway Department of the North China Front Army, and asked him to quickly prepare rails, sleepers, and organize all the forces that could be organized to rush to repair Pinghan Road and Shotai Road.
As soon as Shimodamuro Riki reported the difficulty on the phone, Tada Shun scolded him. First, he scolded the railway garrison troops as useless guys who occupied the establishment and received military pay. They didn't even care about the railway.
If you can't help but let the Eighth Route Army go around, Japan's money will be wasted in the hands of a group of fools like the Railway Guards. Then Tada Shun threatened Shimoduro Riki, saying that if Pinghan Road and Shotai Road were not built in time,
Once the First Army was in danger due to supply failure, he would definitely ask His Majesty the Emperor to ask all the officers of the Ministry of Railways to have a caesarean section and apologize.
Tada Shun put down the phone after saying these harsh words. He knew that the Ministry of Railways would strictly implement his order.
In fact, this is indeed the case. On the day they recaptured Shimen, the Japanese army began the work of repairing Pinghan Road and Zhengtai Road. Before they had time to arrest the migrant workers, the Japs used engineers and puppet troops to get started.
As early as when the Eighth Route Army occupied Zaozhuang, Tada Shun ordered Shimodashi to prepare enough materials to rush to repair Jinpu Road and Longhai Road. He also asked the headquarters for permission to be fully supplied by Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd. The Longhai Road has just been repaired, and Jinpu Road is under construction.
During the construction, Pinghan Road and Zhengtai Road were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army again. The pressure on Shimoda Muriki can be imagined. But he had no choice but to complain about Shun Tada's incompetence. He could only viciously curse the Eighth Route Army and Liu Yimin, while
I called and sent telegrams to the president of Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd., pleading for strong support. At the same time, I also urged my subordinates to go to the construction site to supervise the construction.
Tada Shun now needs to figure out a question, that is, whether Liu Yimin's forces are hidden in the Jizhong area north of the Deshi Highway, or in the southern Hebei area south of the Deshi Highway. Then he can mobilize a large army to surround them and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
The main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Tada Shun was not trapped for long when Morigan, the head of the North China Front's secret service, came to report that he had received reliable information that Liu Yimin's forces had crossed Jinpu Road and arrived at the Hebei-Shandong Border Area.
After hearing this, Shun Tada, Ryosuke Yoshizumi, and Masaru Hirata were so surprised that their mouths almost burst open.
After Tada Shun was surprised, he slowly regained his senses and asked in a low voice: "Yoshioka-kun, is your information reliable?"
Yoshioka reported that his intelligence came from the reports of agents lurking within the Eighth Route Army in the Hebei-Shandong Border Area. This insider was a female student from Tianjin who was originally developed from Tianjin. She became the female cadre of the art troupe of the Eighth Route Army in the Hebei-Shandong Border Area.
The lover of an important leader. This leader was received by Liu Yimin last night. After returning home, he was excited to show off Liu Yimin's praise for him. The information is absolutely reliable. As for when Liu Yimin crossed Jinpu, from where, and by what means
The road is still unclear, let alone where Liu Yimin will flee next.
This was enough, too precious, and too timely. Shun Tada couldn't help but patted Yoshioka's shoulder twice, saying that since the heavy raids began, this was the biggest gain he had seen from the imperial army.
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