Since the Qing Dynasty, Zhoucun has become one of the major commercial ports in Shandong.

Sima Qian's Historical Records. The Biography of the Cargo Colony says, "Anyi Thousand Tree Jujube; Yan Qin Qianshu chestnut; Shuhan Jiangling Thousand Tree Orange; To the south of Changshan in Huaibei, there are thousands of trees between the river; Chen, Xia Qianmu paint; Qi, Lu thousands of acres of mulberry hemp; Weichuan thousands of acres of bamboo. "This Qilu thousand acres of mulberry hemp is talking about the prosperity of the sericulture industry in Shandong in the past.

The story of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies takes place in the area around Zhou Village, and the myths and legends interpret the wife of the filial son Dong Yong as the seven fairies in the sky, and the story of the Seven Fairies skillfully weaving 10 pieces of brocade silk overnight to redeem Dong Yong may be an idealized portrayal of the scene of "mulberry plants are full of fields, every household raises silkworms, hears the sound of the machine every step, and weaves silk and satin" in the Zhou Village area of the Han Dynasty. Just imagine, there are always some beautiful weaver girls that make people feel excited. With the gorgeous and exaggerated style of Han Fu, it is logical to interpret a beautiful Weaver Girl into a mythical story of eternal love in heaven and earth.

Since the beginning of the Wuhu Rebellion, wars and chaos in the northern land have been frequent, and the people have no means of livelihood, but the production activities of farmers in Zhoucun, Shandong Province have never stopped. In addition, Zhoucun is a famous town in Changshan County, 18 miles away from the county seat to the north, located in the key point of the east-west avenue between Qingzhou and Jinan in ancient times, connecting both sides of the Yellow River in the north, and Yimeng area in the south, and the geographical transportation location is very favorable. Chinese and foreign merchants gathered to transport the silk here by land to Kaifeng, Luoyang and Xi'an, and then to Xinjiang Province and the Arab region; From the waterway, it passed through the seaports of Dengju and Zhifu not far from here, and was transported to North Korea and Yueben. The village of Gejinzhou has become one of the sources of the ancient Chinese land Silk Road and the northern maritime Silk Road. At the same time, foreign culture has also spread to Zhoucun, where there is not only Manichaeism, that is, the Mingjiao Temple of Mingjiao, but also Hu Cake from the Western Regions, which is the world-famous Zhoucun baked cake.

In modern times, China's sericulture and silk industry has formed five central regions of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Sichuan and Shandong, while Shandong's sericulture and silk industry has appeared two systems and three centers. The two systems are the sericulture system and the silk industry system, and the three centers are the Jiaodong area, the Zhoucun area and the vicinity of Linqu. Among them, the Jiaodong area belongs to the sericulture system, and Zhoucun and Linqu belong to the sericulture system. If in terms of mulberry planting, silkworm raising, silk reeling, silk weaving, printing and dyeing self-contained system, integration of production, supply and marketing, agriculture, industry and trade one-stop and other characteristics, then Shandong mulberry sericulture is the most famous in the country, then it is none other than Zhoucun.

In the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, Zhoucun has become a well-known commercial center in the world, and Foshan in Guangdong, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, and Zhuxian Town in Henan are called the four major dry docks. The folk spread "a village in Shandong, a set in Zhili", "Jinzhou Village, Yinwei County", which shows the prosperity at that time. Emperor Qianlong was overjoyed after visiting here, and personally inscribed it as "the first village in the world".

In May 1904, due to the influence of Qingdao's opening of the port, under the invitation of Yuan Shikai and Zhou Fu, Zhoucun and Weixian were opened up as commercial ports. Soon after, Jiaoji Road was completed and a passenger and freight station was set up in Zhoucun. Now, the development of Zhoucun is faster. By the thirties, there were 1,766 industrial and commercial households in Zhoucun Town, including 727 merchants, and there were big businesses like Bada Xiang.

However, at this time, it was the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, and the iron hooves of the army had just stepped through Zhou Village, trampling the beautiful and rich Zhou Village all over the body. After the Eighth Route Army recovered Zhoucun, knowing that the large-scale retaliatory attack of the Yue Army was imminent, it did not care about economic development, but made every effort to mobilize the people and merchants to hurry up the transfer of assets and commodities, and implement strict fortification and clearing.

After receiving the order to open up the Jiaoji Road, the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Dongjuergong Tsukihiko Wang, quickly mobilized troops to replenish ammunition and baggage. Finally, everything was in place, and the lieutenant general of the Dongjuer Palace, King Tsuyan, held a decent oath ceremony in Jinan, found a monk who was used by the palace of the palace, and recited the scriptures of the language over and over again, and then asked the dog man to destroy Ma Liang to go up and say a about the people of Shandong looking forward to the imperial army and looking forward to Ganlin.

After the procedures were completed, King Tsugahiko of the Dongjuer Palace straightened his military uniform, stood up and said to the generals of the Imperial Army and the soldiers of the Imperial Army who participated in the swearing-in ceremony: "Warriors of the Emperor: Since the outbreak of the Holy War in China, the Imperial Army has been invincible, capturing the famous cities of Beiping, Shanghai, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Jinan, and Hangzhou, as well as Nanjing, the capital of China. Facts have proved that the army is unparalleled in the world, and the army is vulnerable. However, a ferocious enemy appeared in front of us, and that was Liu Yimin, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army in Luzhong. This cunning and ferocious army, like a hungry wolf, pounced on the lone imperial army and took a bite, causing the imperial army to lose one defeat after another, and losing a large number of elite soldiers who had been in battle for a long time. ”

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Tsugiyan of Dongjuer Palace paused, straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Now, it's time for us to settle accounts with Liu Yimin. Hundreds of thousands of elite imperial troops formed three heavy army groups to rush to the mountainous areas of central Shandong, southern Lunan and Taiyi, and will wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Shandong in one fell swoop. The task undertaken by our group is to recover the central and eastern Ludong regions and open up the Jiaoji Road. I believe that with the protection of Amaterasu and the presence of the 2nd, 5th, and 14th Divisions, the most elite divisions of the Imperial Army, we will definitely be able to seize the main force of the Eighth Route Army and annihilate it. Emperor's warriors, follow me, capture Liu Yimin alive, and avenge the broken imperial soldiers! ”

The devils in the audience were clamoring in groups.

After the battle order was issued by Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of the Dongjuer Palace, the northern front of the army was divided into three routes, with the Fifth Division as the vanguard and attacking along the Jiqing Highway, the Second Division commanding the First Brigade and the Seventh Brigade as the left wing, the 14th Division commanding the 33rd Division as the right wing, and the 108th Division serving as the reserve.

This time, the army was not as lucky as in southern Hebei and Luxi.

On the way back from the Jilu border, Liu Yimin had already made up his mind to capture Lianyungang, transfer the devil's heavy army group to the south, and completely break the devil's encirclement and suppression. Therefore, after returning to Fangzi, he did not stop for a moment, quickly adjusted his deployment, ordered the Eighth Brigade of the Jiao, which had rushed to the front line of Zhoucun to be armed, to join the main corps, and ordered Zeng Zhongsheng, Tan Zheng, Chen Dayong, and Guo Huaruo to command the Seventh Brigade, Qinghe Garrison Brigade, and Jiaodong Garrison Brigade of the Ludong Corps with full authority to disguise the main force and adopt the tactics of resisting step by step, so as to attract the Devil's Heavy Army Group to encircle and suppress it with all its might, and drag the Devil's Heavy Army Group to Jiaodong. Ordered Hong Chaoyuan to command the Lunan Group's Fifth Brigade, Tai'an Detachment, and Southeast Lunan Detachment to rely on the special terrain of Taiyi Mountain and Lunan to adopt the tactics of blocking, ambushing, and sneak attack, and put mines, explosives, and traps into battle together, resolutely resist, and slowly retreat, so that the devils miscalculated, thinking that in the face of the enemy's large-scale attack, our army divided its troops to guard, and fought at the same time in the three battlefields of Luzhong, Yimeng, and Lunan, and then the enemy was overwhelmed and had to retreat step by step, so that the devils quickly went north to encircle and suppress the Yimeng Mountains and our army in Luzhong after Lunan was in the air. Cooperate with the Ludong Group to attract the Devil Heavy Army Group in Jiaodong and Yimeng Mountains respectively.

At this time, it was the time to fight desperately with the Yue army, either you die or I live, Liu Yimin did not dare to have any reservations, and ordered Li Lingfeng to lead the third squadron of the special operations brigade as the main force to fight the front station, and prepare to open the way for the main force to attack Lianyungang and Xuzhou. Ordered Wang Laohu to lead the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron to disguise the devils, infiltrate Jinan City, be sure to destroy the devil's airport, and create chaos in Jinan City, the devil's headquarters, gendarmerie, hospitals, etc., all the most critical parts of the devils are the places where special fighters can show their skills. Zhao Yonggang was ordered to lead the Second Special Operations Squadron to disguise devils and operate at various stations along the Jinpu Road, bombing military columns and bridges. In a word, all military targets that can be bombed can be bombed, especially the arsenal of devils, and they must not be let go. The sniper brigade was ordered to subordinate the first squadron to Zeng Zhongsheng, and immediately went out of Zhangqiu to carry out sniper guerrilla warfare, knock out the small reconnaissance and infiltration troops of the devils, delay the speed of the devils' attack, and buy time for the main force to move south and the Ludong group to adjust its deployment. The 2nd Sniper Squadron was ordered to quickly return to the Culai Mountains, join up with Zhang Haitao's Tai'an detachment, and cooperate with the Southern Front Group. Wang Tongsheng was ordered to lead the 3rd Sniper Squadron to the south with the main force.

Think about Wang Laohu, this guy is bold, don't be addicted to killing in Jinan City, and trap the No. 1 Special Warfare Squadron in the heavy siege of devils, then the gains outweigh the losses. In his order to the special operations brigade, Liu Yimin specifically noted that a concealed forward base should be established in advance to ensure supply. In every battle, you must scout carefully, find out the rules of the devil's activities, kill with one blow, and retreat with your whole body. Poison gas attacks can be carried out on important targets, such as gas bombs that cannot be destroyed, and poison gas bombs can be used to kill and injure devil pilots and airport garrisons from a long distance.

As a result, after the special operations team received the order, Wang Laohu actually said to Li Lingfeng: "Why did the division commander become verbose? How do you do this, and do you need him to worry about it? If I, Wang Laohu, didn't have that ability, would he let me be the deputy commander of the Special Operations Command? ”

Li Lingfeng said coldly to Wang Laohu: "Don't be careless, Jinan City is said to be heavily guarded, spies and gendarmes are all over the streets, and the password is changed several times. There is also a devil of the division, not to mention a person, that is, one or twenty thousand pigs, and you can be overturned with your mouth alone. The division commander has no choice, so the soldiers are in danger and let you lead a squadron into Jinan City. It's easy for you to blend in, it's easy to attack, the question is how to retreat safely. I think so, the two of us will change, you take a squadron to act with the main force, and I will take the third squadron to Jinan. I'm a little worried about you going. ”

Li Lingfeng said this, of course Wang Laohu quit, and said, "The task is set by the division commander, and we will do our own thing, and we can't change it." "After that, I went to organize a squadron to prepare for action.

Considering the fact that the planes of the Eighth Route Army were destroyed, Liu Yimin asked the central authorities for approval to allow the only remaining bombers of the Eighth Route Army to be quickly mobilized and set up another airfield to prepare for another surprise attack on the airfield of the North China Air Group to support our army's operations.

After adjusting the deployment, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to stay in the Hebei-Lubian, Jizhong, Southern Hebei, and Luxi regions, and after the Devil's heavy army group withdrew, they would act quickly, focusing on cracking down on the Devil's baggage troops and puppet army, and grabbing food and supplies with the devils. In every battle, it is necessary to control the scale, and it is not allowed to annihilate the devils above the squadron in a formation, and it is necessary to make the devils think that a small force that our army has not broken through is operating, so as to avoid the devils mobilizing a large army to encircle and suppress them for the second time.

After the military deployment was done, due to the urgency of time, the troops had already begun to move, Liu Yimin was next to the war horse, unloaded the saddle, spread the paper on the saddle, and personally drafted the Shandong Provincial Anti-Japanese Mobilization Order in the name of the Shandong Anti-Ming Cooking Political Axe Senate.

In the mobilization order, Liu Yimin wrote: "Shandong at all levels to resist the Ming Dynasty, the armed forces, the elders, the villagers, and compatriots: After the defeat of the army in Luxi, Luzhong, Lunan, southeast, and southwest, the army mobilized a large army and mobilized the strength of the whole country to encircle and suppress our North China Plain and Shandong anti-Japanese base areas. The bamboo of the South Mountain cannot write the crimes of the army, and the water of the Bohai Sea cannot wash away the blood of the compatriots!

In the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Yue army, the sons and daughters of the Shandong people and the instructors of our heroic Eighth Route Army were fearless and fearless, rose up to resist, and the strange soldiers stood out on the Hebei and Shandong borders, completely annihilated the elite 10th Division of the Yue Army, defeated the 2nd Division and the 35th Division, and won the first victory in the anti-devil heavy encirclement and suppression in the Shandong anti-Japanese base area, forcing the Yue Army to suffer another major defeat. With [***] leadership and the Eighth Route Army, we will definitely defeat the encirclement and suppression of the devils and defend our base area.

In the face of the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the army, the soldiers and civilians of Shandong, regardless of men, women, old and young, all have the responsibility of resisting the war and defending the territory. If you don't resist, you'd rather die!

All anti-Japanese regimes, local armed forces, and militias must organize the transfer of the masses and strictly fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, so that the little devils will not be able to find food in the base areas and will not be able to drink clean water. All young and middle-aged people are required to participate in militia training, participate in stretcher teams to rescue the wounded, deliver food and ammunition to the front line, break roads, dig traps, and lay mines, protect the elderly, children, and women, and obey the commands of the cadres who resist the Ming Dynasty.

Anyone who dares to surrender to the enemy as a Han annihilation, kill! Anyone who dares to lead the devils to slaughter the soldiers and civilians who resist the Japanese will be killed! Anyone who dares to provide information about our army to the devils will be killed! Anyone who dares to betray the cadres and wounded who are fighting against the political axe will be killed!

We call on all compatriots in Shandong to pick up the guns, knives, and hoes in their hands and fight wits and courage with devils! Those who assist in resisting the Ming Dynasty to protect the masses and protect the safety of the people's lives and property, no matter what form it takes, including the establishment of a white-skinned and red-hearted maintenance association with devils and snakes, will be rewarded heavily! The people who have made meritorious contributions to killing devils, regardless of men, women, old and young, will be rewarded heavily! Meritorious personnel who cover the wounded, lead the way for the troops, and cooperate with the troops in combat will be given heavy rewards!

If one person kills a devil, the whole family is glorious! There is a prize for killing devils, and the more devils you kill, the more rewards you will get, until you participate in the heroic model meeting and receive awards from Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, wearing red flowers and medals!

Compatriots, unite and build a great wall of steel with our flesh and blood, defend our homeland, defend our elderly, women, children, defend our land, houses, grain, livestock, and defend our beautiful Shandong!

Resistance is victorious! Justice will prevail! The people will win! ”

After drafting the mobilization order, it was handed over to the radio station and immediately sent to various places, and the telegram from the chairman and the headquarters also arrived, approving Liu Yimin's battle plan. Liu Yimin immediately issued an order for the main force to go south, and together with Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, he led the 1st Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 4th Brigade, 6th Brigade, 8th Brigade, Artillery Brigade, Air Defense Brigade, and divisional troops to divide the route, and quickly moved south under the starry night, to the territory of Juxian and Ganyu on the border of Sulu to hide and wait.

The operations of the Eighth Route Army were all carried out at night, and the devil planes could not detect them. Even during the day, the troops marched by chance, and the troops were also strictly camouflaged, the soldiers wore straw hats woven with green grass on their heads, the gray military uniforms were all dyed green with grass juice, and tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, and carts were covered with camouflage nets. At this time, the army did not have the concept of camouflage net in military textbooks, and how would they know that under the patches of green, it was actually China's most elite troops marching. As for things like Han Jian's whistleblowing, Liu Yimin is not worried at all, wherever the instructor goes, he has no mercy on the spies of the Yue Army and Han Jian, and Hu Di's security department and Li Lingfeng's special combat team are experienced in doing this! In the instructor's base, it is more difficult to find a hardcore man than to find a rare animal. Of course, Liu Yimin did not dare to say whether there would be another Han annihilation after the fall of the base area, but there would definitely not be a situation in history in which the Han annihilation in Shandong was like Mao, because the Han annihilation that led the Eighth Route Army base area went to where they should go. If there is no one to pick the head, it will be difficult for Han Jian to become a climate.

After the main force left, Zeng Zhongsheng also adjusted his deployment, concentrated all the 7th Brigade in Zhoucun and Weixian, ordered the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade to quickly reserve food and ammunition in the Jiaodong Mountains, set up a rear hospital for the whole group, and sent troops to monitor the marines of the Yue Army in Qingdao and Weihai, trap the devil in Qingdao and Weihai, and beat it as long as it dared to go out of the city. The Qinghe Garrison Brigade was ordered to be the reserve of the whole group, and commanded the local armed forces to organize the masses to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, preset positions along the Jiaoji Road, and respond to the Seventh Brigade to resist and retreat step by step until it withdrew to the Jiaodong Mountains.

Zeng Zhongsheng said very clearly in the order: "This time our army will fight on the northern front, and we will definitely pay great sacrifices. As long as we lead the Devil's heavy army group to Jiaodong, the main force of the division will have a chance to achieve the campaign goal, and it will inevitably give the heavy army group attacking Shandong a blow in the face again, forcing them to quickly withdraw from the heavy army group and stabilize the situation in Shandong. Therefore, the Qinghe Garrison Brigade and the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade must seize all the time to train their troops in accordance with our army's training program and make good preparations to supplement the Seventh Brigade. Various local organizations, county brigades, district squads, and militias provided logistical support for the main operations, and took the initiative to attack the small reconnaissance units and grain grabbing units of the army, so that the enemy would be beaten everywhere and cooperate with the main force to defeat the encirclement and suppression of the devils. ”

How did Lieutenant General Tsugahiko of Dongjuer Palace know that in this crisis situation, the Eighth Route Army was still playing tricks on him? Commanded the troops to embark on the journey of opening up the Jiaoji Road.

(To be continued)