This is the early morning of June 25, 1938, the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which ended the battle of the canal bridge, used the pontoon bridge built by the Japanese army, and the whole army crossed the Yellow River and set foot on the land of Qilu!

The expected reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army in Pingyin County, Dong'e County, Feicheng, Tai'an, and Jinan did not appear, the reason is very simple, at this time the Japanese army in Shandong was extremely empty, and Terauchi Shouichi only ordered the Japanese army guarding the pontoon bridge to dismantle the pontoon bridge, and blew up the pontoon bridge in a crisis, and did not order the Japanese puppet army in these places to reinforce the Zhaizhuang ferry.

This is not an oversight on the part of Shouyi in the temple, but according to logic, after the battle of the canal bridge of Xiao Siming's troops, he must repair the troops and occupy Liaocheng. The Yellow River is also a natural danger, as long as the Japanese army bridge guard engineer unit who received the order dismantles the pontoon bridge in time, or blows up the pontoon bridge with a bang, Xiao Siming's troops can only look at the river and sigh, and it is absolutely impossible to cross the Yellow River.

Moreover, Terauchi Shouichi had already taken remedial measures and ordered the mixed 3rd Brigade and the 13th Mixed Brigade from Kaifeng to southwest Lu to go north for reinforcements and seal the Zhaizhuang ferry to ensure that it was safe!

The mixed 3rd Brigade was formed by drawing troops from the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army, and was an all-in-one mechanized unit with strong mobility ability. The 13th Brigade was formed by drawing troops from the 7th Division of the Kwantung Army, and it has been strengthened, and although its mobility is not as strong as that of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, it is also very strong. With these two troops reinforcing the Zhaizhuang ferry and blocking the Yellow River defense line, everyone knows that it is absolutely foolproof!

The 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade of the Mixed Brigade have been continuously blocked and harassed by the Sulu-Henan Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in southwest Lu, and they have suffered a lot and received an order to march north, and they will definitely not be dispatched at night, so they have to wait until the day to act.

Without the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army, the Japanese engineer unit guarding the Zhaizhuang ferry did not have time to report to the head of the Eighth Route Army before the annihilation, and the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, did not know that Xiao Siming led his troops to fly across the Yellow River overnight, and was kept in the dark!

The main force crossed the river smoothly, and Wang Lushui, the political commissar of the eastward advance detachment, finally put his heart into his stomach, and set up a radio station on the ferry, reporting to the division headquarters, the headquarters, and the Yan'an headquarters, reporting the battle of the canal bridge and the successful crossing of the river by the eastward advance detachment!

Xiao Siming, standing by the Yellow River, watching the rolling iron flowing eastward under his command, was naturally excited, and he realized that since his soul had crossed, he had fought hard and killed in the west, and it could be regarded as not crossing in vain.

Watching the Yellow River rolling eastward, for a while, Xiao Siming was a little stupid!

Eighteen-year-old Xiao Siming, thin and tall, standing by the Yellow River, just like that, standing stupidly, behind him is his snow-white jade lion war horse, forming a very beautiful picture.

Mo Shan, deputy director of the Political Department of the Eastward Advance Detachment, suddenly became smart when he saw this situation, took out his Leica camera, and took this extremely beautiful photo.

Mo Shan didn't know that Xiao Siming was thinking at this time that entering the land of Qilu in the east was tantamount to finding a strategic fulcrum for the main force of the Eighth Route Army. From now on, as in history, Taihang Mountain and Yimeng Mountain will become the two fulcrums of the Eighth Route Army to resist the Japanese invaders and crisscross North China. Shandong, with its mountains and rivers, a large population, and abundant military resources, will be able to win the support of the Shandong people as long as the Eighth Route Army's policy is correct. This Shandong will become an important strategic base for our army. After several years of immersion, relying on the inheritance of the Red Army of the 115th Division and relying on the people of Shandong, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army will develop into a powerful main force that will shock the enemy. When the time comes, hehe, don't say that the little devils keep sweeping and encircling and suppressing, even if they admit it, they are afraid, and they don't come to fight the old Eighth Road in Shandong, and our army in Shandong will not let them go. It is necessary to start a large army battle with the little devils, implement a strategic duel, and compete with them in the Central Plains. In the end, without the atomic bomb of the United States and the Soviet Union sending troops to the Northeast, with our army's own strength, the little devils who are going to fight are looking for teeth all over the ground and raising their hands to surrender!

No wonder Xiao Siming thinks like this, since the Tibetan Mountain Temple received the enemy, Xiao Siming has fought smoothly, every move has been caught off guard by the Japanese army, and every battle has caused heavy losses to the Japanese army. The current eastward advance detachment is strong and strong, like a strong force, and it is already the main force of the standard Eighth Route Army. With the male soldiers in hand, let alone Xiao Siming, if you are any anti-Japanese general, you will be ambitious and want to see the real chapter with the little devil!

Xiao Siming even thought that going east to Shandong would realize the first step of the strategic concept. Next, it's time to divide the troops. In order to establish political power and base areas in Shandong, the army must be expanded as quickly as possible. After the division headquarters led the 686th Regiment to advance eastward, Xiao Hua's division was on the border of Hebei and Shandong, the Sulu-Henan detachment passed through the Henan-Anhui Soviet border area, and the 686th Regiment concentrated on passing through southern Lunan, and its own eastward advance detachment was deployed in the Yimeng Mountains, Luzhong, Jiaodong, Qinghe and other places. If the exhibition goes well, in another two or three years, after surviving the most difficult year of the War of Resistance in history, 1942, the Shandong strategic zone can take the lead in counterattacking. First eliminate the Japanese puppet army in Shandong, control Shandong, rely on the consolidated Shandong base area, and implement a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese North China Front. Just like our army moved ******** during the War of Liberation, through the decisive battle, it eliminated the invading Japanese army and took the lead in winning the War of Resistance Against Japan.

If this goal is really achieved, Xiao Siming feels that even if he dies on the eve of victory, he will be satisfied and will not have any regrets!

Xiao Siming was so involved in thinking about it that there was a trace of saliva on the corners of his mouth, he was indeed a little stupid!

People who don't know saw it, and thought that Xiao Siming was thinking about his fiancée Mei Ying again, maybe he would snicker in his heart!

It may be that the commanders of the division headquarters, the headquarters, and Yan'an are all waiting for the news of the eastward advance detachment, and not long after Wang Lushui's telegram came out, he received a telegram from the division headquarters, the headquarters, and Yan'an.

The current situation is that after Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui's troops entered the Hebei and Shandong borders in the east, the main force of the 685th Regiment went sideways, leaped into the Huxi area, and became the Sulu-Henan detachment. Xiao Hua led the five detachments from the second battalion of the 685th Regiment and the Jinpu detachment of the 129th Division to advance to the Jilu border, and joined the four regiments, Wudi Independent Regiment, Yanshan Independent Regiment, and Deping Independent Regiment of the eastward advance detachment left on the Jilu border, and was ordered to reorganize into the eastward column. It is equivalent to saying that the headquarters of the 343rd Brigade and the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army have all entered Shandong eastward, and only the headquarters of the 115th Division and the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade and the supplementary regiment remain in western Shanxi. The 344th Brigade of the 115th Division also went out of Taihang with the main force of the 129th Division and advanced into the South Hebei Plain. Not to mention the independent regiment of the 115th Division, it has long been left in Jinchaji with Political Commissar Nie, blossoming and scattering, and has grown stronger.

Counting up, the two main regiments of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, except for the 686th Regiment, which moved with the division headquarters, expanded a little slower and only had 3ooo people, all units of the 685th Regiment have grown beyond imagination.

As it turned out, the eastward march was the right one! The sooner you march eastward, the sooner the troops will grow!

It's a pity that the 115th Division still undertakes the task of holding on to the west of Jinxi and protecting the river defense, otherwise, Yan'an would have ordered the 115th Division to lead the 685th Regiment and the Supplementary Regiment to the east!

Shandong is such a large ground, enough for the main force of the 115th Division to perform a mighty and majestic anti-Japanese drama here!

The problem is that the main force of the 115th Division is advancing eastward, but several units are not subordinate to each other, and unified command is urgently needed. And the division headquarters is far away in Jinxi, and it is a bit out of reach!

In this sense, the 115th Division's rapid eastward march into Shandong has become a top priority!

As for whether the leaders of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee can be allowed to unify the command of the 115th Division into all units in Shandong, there is no need to think about it. The reason is very simple, the 115th Division is the only remaining fruit of the Central Red Army, and most of them are talents who can fight habitually. The current responsible comrades of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee are not good at military affairs and have shallow qualifications, so it is impossible for them to command the 115th Division.

The leaders of the 115th Division's troops in Shandong, from Xiao Hua, deputy director of the division's political department and political commissar of the 343rd Brigade, to Peng Mingming, commander of the 685th Regiment, and Wu Zongyu, political commissar, also did not have the ability to command the overall situation of Shandong's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and their qualifications could not catch up.

The same is true for Xiao Siming, his qualifications are even shallower, although he has risen like a comet and made great achievements, but he is only 18 years old, and it is impossible for him to be in charge of a large strategic area. It would already be a miracle to be able to make him the commander of a brigade-level detachment!

Speaking of which, only when the headquarters of the 115th Division enters Shandong in the east, can the 115th Division enter Shandong in a unified manner!

When Xiao Siming was still imagining, Wang Lushui came to him with telegrams from the division headquarters, headquarters, and Yan'an.

The basic spirit of the telegrams sent by the division headquarters, the general headquarters, and the Yan'an headquarters was the same, that is, they all instructed the eastward advance detachment to quickly advance eastward to the mountainous area east of Jinpu Road, rely on the mountainous areas to create a base area, and then seize the opportunity of the shortage of Japanese troops in Shandong to quickly deploy troops, divide troops, and cooperate with local party organizations to establish political power, establish local armed forces, and expand troops.

Yan'an's instructions and telegrams were more detailed, earnestly warning Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming that the War of Resistance was a protracted war, and it was necessary to take the initiative to attack, but it was more important to let go of the masses and establish a consolidated base area. Otherwise, the troops will become rootless and sourceless water, unable to withstand consumption. Therefore, the next important task of the eastward advance detachment is to divide the troops, build the party, build the government, and the army, and mobilize the masses to resist Japan!

After Xiao Siming finished reading it, Wang Lushui said: "The spirit of the instructions of the Central Committee, the General Headquarters, and the division headquarters are all the same, let us divide the troops into exhibitions." What we didn't say, we must resolutely enforce it! ”

It seems that Wang Lushui is afraid that Xiao Siming will be addicted to winning the battle, and he is unwilling to disperse the main force!

What surprised Wang Lushui was that Xiao Siming did not hesitate at all, and said directly: "Political commissar, the fifth and sixteenth divisions of the Japanese army, without a week of tossing, they can't get here." The Japanese army's mixed 3rd Brigade and 13th Brigade must first consolidate the defense of Jinan and Tai'an. For the time being, we don't have much pressure! Seizing this opportunity, we will sweep through the Taixi region and lay the foundation for the establishment of the Taixi base area. After sweeping Taixi, the main force crossed the Jinpu Road and entered the mountainous area, and then completely divided the troops, deployed in battalions and companies, mobilized the masses, and created a consolidated Yimeng base area. After a while, the troops have expanded, our strength has grown, and then we will concentrate the main forces to fight a few more battles. Then it will be divided into military exhibitions. In this way, the base area has been consolidated, and the troops have not only expanded, but also been tempered in the flames of war. That's the right thing to do! The spirit of the instructions of Yan'an, the General Headquarters, and the Division Headquarters is correct, and we will resolutely implement them!"

The tired look on Wang Lushui's face suddenly disappeared, and he grinned!

(End of chapter)

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