After discussion, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun, and Ye Jianying sent the "Instructions of the Central Committee on the Occupation of Tianjin by Our Army" to the instructor, pointing out: "The occupation of Tianjin by our army this time is another brilliant result after the battle to recover Taiyuan, and it will be a major symbol victory for the Chinese people since the all-out war of resistance against Japanese aggression. This move will certainly greatly shake the enemy, mobilize the enemy, and deter the enemy, and greatly boost the morale of the people of the whole country in resisting the war. In order to better command the Tianjin operation, the central authorities decided to set up a committee of former enemies in Tianjin, composed of five comrades, including Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng, with Comrade Liu Yimin as secretary and Comrade Luo Ronghuan as deputy secretary, to coordinate and handle all work after the capture of Tianjin and the occupation of Tianjin. The Central Committee has sent a telegram ordering Comrade Yao Yilin, secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, to lead capable personnel to take over the instructors. In order to better handle the work after the occupation of Tianjin, the central authorities have instructed you: 1. The current occupation of Tianjin must focus on destroying the military strength and economic strength of the Yue army in Tianjin and its surrounding areas, resolutely confiscate the Chinese capital and fake capital, resolutely suppress the Han annihilation, and launch the Tianjin people to unite in the War of Resistance. 2. Prudently handle the issue of the concessions of various countries in Tianjin, and in principle, in addition to destroying the concessions of other countries, the status quo of the concessions of other countries should be maintained for the time being. The reason is that we are engaged in a war of resistance against Japanese aggression and need the support and support of all countries in the world, and our military should not cause diplomatic disputes for the time being. 3. After occupying Tianjin, it is necessary to quickly divide forces to seize Tanggu, control the entrance to the sea, and seize as many warships and cargo ships as possible in Tanggu, and destroy them if they cannot be captured. Fourth, the main force should not rest for too long in Tianjin, and it is necessary to immediately divide troops to occupy the counties around Tianjin, and then concentrate the main force, be ready to meet the enemy's reinforcements at any time, and strive to annihilate one or two enemy brigades and regiments in the North China Plain, so as to change the balance of forces between the enemy and us in the North China Plain. 5. To accomplish the above-mentioned tasks, when the instructors go south to Shandong, they should leave behind a section to create a base area in the Tianjin-Hebei Border Region, lead and organize the anti-Japanese armed struggle in the Tianjin-Hebei Border Region, and echo the Shandong Base Area in central Hebei and in the future. 6. At an appropriate time, inform the whole country and the whole world of the news of our army's occupation of Tianjin, and announce the appointment of Liu Yimin, the instructor and division commander, to concurrently serve as mayor of Tianjin, director of the Military Management Commission, and commander of the garrison. 7. The Central Committee reiterates that it is up to Comrade Liu Yimin to decide on the battle of teaching instructors, and there is no need to ask for instructions on everything, so as not to delay the opportunity. ”

When receiving the telegram from the central government, Cai Zhong was reading out the discipline for entering the city, Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong to pause, and several people held a party committee on the spot to convey the instructions of the central government.

According to Liu Yimin's original idea, he came quietly, left quietly, and after taking advantage, he immediately branched south to Shandong. It is best to let the devils know the news of the loss of Tianjin after the large army has left Tianjin, so as to achieve both results and mobilize the enemy. Then he concentrated all his efforts to go south, and everything was focused on the development of Shandong.

However, judging from the spirit of the instructions of the central authorities, they were not in a hurry to ask the instructors to go south, but to inform the whole country, expand their influence, thoroughly mobilize the army, disrupt the enemy's disposition, and put forward a specific number of enemies to be destroyed.

On the whole, the chairman and they stand higher, and if they make a big fuss in North China, they can indeed disrupt the enemy's deployment in a short period of time, make the enemy scramble, and greatly support other battlefields.

However, Liu Yimin did not want to do this, because he did not want the Yue army to shift the direction of attack, expand the scale of the invasion of China, and use heavy military groups to encircle and chase him, which would affect the development of Shandong.

After conveying the instructions of the central authorities, Liu Yimin thought about it carefully, and according to the current offensive posture of the army, after the Matsui Shigen group on the southern front captured Nanjing and Hangzhou, it was very likely that they wanted to send the main force to attack Xuzhou, and then launch the battle of Wuhan after defeating the Kuomintang military group in Xuzhou. This idea is a strategy that has long been set by the base camp of the army. However, the current situation is that the main force of [***] guarding Nanjing not only successfully jumped out of the encirclement of the Yue army, but also severely damaged the enemy, and was in a favorable position to contain the main force of the Yue army. If the army wants to send a large army north to Xuzhou, it must fight another battle and solve the main force in order to reverse the strategic passive situation. When the Battle of Xuzhou will start and whether it can start has become a question. On the Shandong side, after the army captured Jinan, according to the original strategy, it would quickly attack southward, triggering the Battle of Xuzhou. If he made such a big fuss in Tianjin, the army would inevitably stop going south and return to the division to besiege him. Coupled with the rescue of the army in Shanxi, the instructor is likely to be besieged around Tianjin, and he still needs to fight a breakthrough battle. That's a lot of trouble.

Thinking about it again, Hebei is a province with fierce folk customs, historically, Hebei has made significant contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and many heroes have emerged, [***] also launched the Jidong Rebellion in 38 years to strengthen the resistance force. If the troops stay here for a period of time and fully mobilize the masses, it will inevitably play a major role in the protracted war of resistance in the future.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Yimin was determined to carry out the instructions of the central authorities, and after occupying Tianjin, the troops quickly divided their troops to sweep away the puppet regime in the surrounding areas of Tianjin, and establish an anti-Japanese regime and local anti-Japanese armed forces. After that, the main force was concentrated to meet the reinforcements of Tianjin, and the base area of the Tianjin-Hebei border region was created. After completing the task, they went south by separate routes, controlled the Dezhou and Binzhou regions all the way, and created Lubei and Bohai base areas; All the way to the sea south, landing from Laizhou Bay, creating the Jiaodong base area. In this way, four base areas of Tianjin, Hebei, Hebei, Bohai, and Jiaodong can be formed in a short period of time, echoing and supporting each other. After gaining a firm foothold, we will try to develop again, strive to connect Shandong and Hebei together, and expand the strategic depth of the base areas.

After Liu Yimin expressed his thoughts, he consulted several other people. Luo Ronghuan proposed that Tianjin and Tanggu should be taken first, and then they could discuss in detail which troops should be left to create the Tianjin-Hebei border region and which troops should go to Jiaodong, and they would also need to discuss with the brigades.

Luo Ronghuan said this, Liu Yimin felt that it was right, after taking Tianjin, the reinforcements of the army would not be able to catch up for a while and a half, and there was time to think about it seriously.

As a result, several division leaders continued to return to the meeting venue, and Zeng Zhongsheng made operational arrangements according to the original plan.

According to the arrangement, the task force disguised the army to attack Tianjin from the west, and the first echelon of Gao Yuan, the second echelon of Liu Jianjian, and the third echelon of Li Qing followed up to solve the Dongjuzi Airport, the Haiqing Temple Army Headquarters, the Tianjin Main Station, the East Railway Station, the Concession Army's garrison and puppet army, and control the entire Tianjin station, docks, puppet political axe agencies, secret agencies, banks, enterprises, etc. Zeng Zhongsheng led the troops directly under the division of the fourth echelon to enter Tianjin last. Zhao Shanjiao Eighth Brigade stayed in Jinghai, quickly occupied Jinghai County, controlled the Jinpu Railway, and defended to the west; The 4th Brigade of the Thundering Sect quickly moved south to seize Cangxian and defend to the south.

After the occupation of Tianjin, the special operations detachment led the first echelon of the plateau to attack Tanggu, Liu Jianli led the second echelon to destroy the puppet regime on the periphery of Tianjin, and the third echelon of Li Qing and the troops directly under the division were responsible for the vigilance in Tianjin, and Wu Zheng was responsible for the collection and transportation of materials.

After the detailed battle deployment was completed, Liu Yimin stood up and said with a smile: "Comrades, what I want to tell you is that this Tianjin is different from other cities, because it has no city walls, at best there are only some temporary fortresses built by the army, and if you really want to fight, you will overturn a pillbox with a single rocket. Why is this so? Because the Tianjin city wall was forcibly demolished when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, it has not been rebuilt since then. The original four gates, south, south, and north, together with the city walls connecting the four gates, were built into four main roads, east, west, north, south, and north. The sense of direction is very strong, and you can occupy all sides of Tianjin by going directly along the main road. At the same time, the Central Committee has ordered Comrade Yao Yilin to lead the comrades of the underground party in Tianjin to rush to Duliu, and we will rest here during the day today and set off in the evening. ”

Now, the cadres are even happier, this Tianjin is simply an undefended city, and even the siege is exempted, just go in and capture the prisoners directly at night.

In the end, Luo Ronghuan made a pre-war mobilization, asking the cadres to convey the arrangements for attacking Tianjin to every soldier after they returned, and to take advantage of today's daytime to organize the soldiers to conscientiously study the relevant discipline issued by the Political Department, so that they can be stationed in Tianjin in the image of a civilized, mighty, and righteous army, so that the people of Tianjin can feel that our army is a real soldier of the people. In particular, the troops that are responsible for guarding the concession should properly handle their relations with the concession areas, publicize our policies to them, and expand the influence of our party and army in the international community.

Seeing that Luo Ronghuan's speech was very formal, classical, and serious, Liu Yimin immediately stood up and said: "Everyone must resolutely abide by what the political commissar said and strictly implement it. I would like to remind you that we have come to Tianjin this time not to have fun or publicity, but to move things, and to confiscate and remove all the materials, equipment, and property of the army, overseas Chinese, and Han annihilation. As for those national capitals, we must act in accordance with our policy of protecting industry and commerce, and organize them to produce munitions for us. Then try to mobilize them to move with the army and move to the base area that we are about to create. If they don't agree to move, then I'm sorry, they have to move it forcibly, or at least transport the equipment to the countryside and hide it. We cannot leave our national industry to the people themselves, and let them develop the economy and support the war of aggression against China. That is to say, we want to wave the big broom we used to clean up Taiyuan, clean Tianjin, so that when I occupy Tianjin again, I feel that Tianjin has no screws, and they have to get funds, raw materials, and equipment from the capital to restore Tianjin's economy. In a word, I just want to fight an economic war with myself! The purpose is to drag down the book from the bones. Do you understand all my words? ”

The cadres were energetic and shouted in unison: "Understood! ”

Liu Yimin thought for a while, and then said: "As for the overseas Chinese, as long as they do not confront our army by force, we will try to capture them as much as possible. In the future, I will use them to do business with the Japanese army, in exchange for money and weapons. Do you remember? ”

The cadres who admired Liu Yimin extremely did not know the means of the division commander to make money, so they naturally shouted in unison: "Remember!" ”

Liu Yimin waved his hand with satisfaction and asked everyone to dismiss.

After the meeting was dismissed, Luo Ronghuan pulled Liu Yimin and said that there was a problem with what he had just said, and although the truth was correct, it was easy to cause misunderstanding among cadres and soldiers, and in the end it could easily develop into a big robbery, turning the prosperous Tianjin into an empty city like Taiyuan. In this case, the workers in Tianjin will have no work to do and no food to eat, and the people's livelihood will become a problem.

Liu Yimin still said with a smile: "It's okay, since I dare to occupy Tianjin, I must have the courage and ability to solve the problem of eating and working for the people of Tianjin." You can rest assured, it is said that it is an industrial power, and it is nothing to solve these problems. When the time comes, we can take some measures to expose to the international community the extremely difficult life of the people in Tianjin, who is said to be under my occupation. He was forced to develop Tianjin's economy. After he develops for a while, I will move again, and I have to force myself to be pants. As for the people of Tianjin, we are doing this to arouse them to fight with us. It is impossible for some Chinese to shed blood and sacrifice for the resistance, and some people should be obedient to the people! In addition, we can also mobilize the people of Tianjin to evacuate and move to the countryside and the rear. You can rest assured, there are many ways. ”

Luo Ronghuan still shook his head, feeling inappropriate. Liu Yimin ignored him and found a place to sleep by himself.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Yilin rushed to Duliu with more than 100 comrades of the Tianjin underground party.

Yao Yilin was born in 1917, when he was only 20 years old, and he looked heroic.

After meeting Liu Yimin, Yao Yilin quickly reported the basic situation in Tianjin, and reported that the Tianjin garrison had only one wing, about 3,000 people, and belonged to the Reading Brigade of the former garrison army directly under the North China Front. Some of them live in the city, and some of them live outside the city. There is also a section of the gendarmerie, the police and the newly formed puppet security army. The puppet army is about the strength of a regiment and is known as a division. Tanggu is stationed with marines, the details are not very clear, but the number will not be large.

Yao Yilin also brought a map of the army's defense in Tianjin. Liu Yimin smiled when he saw it, just like when he studied military history in later generations, the location and strength were not different. This is really crazy, and he dares to defend a metropolis with a population of hundreds of thousands with the strength of a mere wing. After laughing, Liu Yimin felt sad again, such a big Tianjin, hundreds of thousands of Chinese, actually let more than 3,000 military management obey. If they can all fight back, they can chop them with a kitchen knife, and they can be chopped up in one night. Chinese, I really mourn their misfortune and anger them!

After reading the army's defense map, Liu Yimin explained that he arranged for Yao Yilin and them to eat, and he and Zeng Zhongsheng carefully revised the battle plan and readjusted the distribution of troops according to the defense map. After Yao Yilin and the others finished eating, Liu Yimin asked Zeng Zhongsheng to assign the comrades brought by Yao Yilin to various troops as guides, and ordered the whole army to march to Tianjin at 5 o'clock and attack and occupy Tianjin.

(To be continued)