Of course, Chiang Kai-shek knew that the army must be heavily defended in Beiping, and even Tianjin probably had no chance. Only then did he retreat and set his sights on Jinan and Shijiazhuang.

Although Zhu Peng and the others did not know Chiang Kai-shek's complicated mental journey, they knew that this idea was very good, which was consistent with Liu Yimin's thinking before he left Taiyuan, and it was also the established policy of the instructor. In this case, it is necessary for Chiang Kai-shek to recognize the legal status of our army entering Shandong.

Mr. Zhu opened his mouth: "Chairman of the Committee, this idea is indeed very good, once it is successful, it can indeed play a role in easing the war situation." Especially in Jinan, as long as Jinan is occupied, the Yue army attacking Xuzhou will be cut off, and they will inevitably turn back and pounce on the instructor, and the tension in Xuzhou can be eased a little immediately. However, as soon as the army is now strong, the defense of these key cities must be tight, and if you force an attack with the strength of the instructor, it will not be easy to win, but if you succeed, the casualties will inevitably be very large. Second, the army has been fooled a few times, and they hate the instructor to the core, and their attack will be bitten by the army immediately, and it may be even more difficult to break through again. Third, Jinan is south of the Yellow River, and once the instructor attacks Jinan, I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the north of the Yellow River. At that time, we will face an unfamiliar environment, and if there is no local force to cooperate, maybe we will be counterattacked by the left-behind forces of the national political axe, which is very dangerous! ”

Chiang Kai-shek understood what Zhu De meant as soon as he heard it, [***] was reluctant to sacrifice this army that could fight well, and at the same time, he also wanted the instructor to have a legal status in Shandong.

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and said: "When the national crisis is at hand, all the Chinese [***] team should have the determination to sacrifice. Instructors are located behind enemy lines and are in an advantageous position, so they should unconditionally obey orders. Now that most of Shandong has been lost, after the instructor attacks Jinan, he can conduct guerrilla attacks behind enemy lines. At the appropriate time, he can return to the Shanxi battlefield. ”

Mr. Peng must have been annoyed, and said directly: "Shandong is now like bandits, chaotic soldiers are like a tide, if there is no strong force to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines, these bandits and rebels are likely to be incorporated into the puppet army by the army, and then these puppet armies alone will be enough for us to fight." Besides, the chairman of the committee kept saying that Master Liu Yimin was your son-in-law, and his own cousin was also claimed by the whole world to be his wife. ”

This move is very good for the general, but it's a pity that it's too straightforward. Chiang Kai-shek immediately changed his face and brushed his sleeves up: "How can state affairs and family affairs be mixed up?" My opinion has already been said, so you can do it. Don't treat guerrilla as a turf grab, the eyes of the Chinese people are bright. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was annoyed, and Mr. Peng was even more annoyed, so he immediately stood up and said, "We can't accept Chairman Chiang's words. As soon as our army came out on the expedition, it went through many fierce battles and eliminated more devils than all [***] combined. Our base areas have also been recovered from the devils. If the chairman of the committee is unwilling, our army can retreat to Shaanxi, and all these base areas will be handed over to [***], I'm afraid [***] won't be able to hold it! ”

The situation of the two of them was immediately embarrassing, and Mr. Zhu had to haha: "Lao Peng, you don't say a few words, don't lose your etiquette!" Chairman of the Committee, what Lao Peng said also makes sense! What do you think, if it weren't for our army to wipe out the main force of the Fifth Division and the entire Chahar Dispatch Corps under Taiyuan City, it is difficult to say whether Jinnan can be kept now! At the very least, it is impossible for the Jin Sui Army and the 14th Group Army to rest and replenish for so long in such a calm manner, how can it be said that our army is using guerrilla warfare as a team to grab territory? This is a great injustice to our army! If this word reached the ears of the soldiers, it would be very chilling. ”

Chiang Kai-shek snorted in his nose and said: "Don't talk about this now, since the 18th Group Army entered the war, it has fought really well, I hope to continue to work hard!" I still have something to do, so I'll go to Xuzhou right away, and I won't leave you behind. The war is tense, so hurry back as soon as possible! I hope you will tell Liu Yimin that you want to seize the fighter, and the people of the country are hoping that he will create another miracle! ”

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng had to salute and leave.

Although Liu Yimin did not know the outcome of the Luoyang military conference, he knew that he had already reported the judgment of the enemy situation to the General Headquarters, and that Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng, and several other division commanders like the god of war who attended the meeting would inevitably convey the information of the critical situation to Chiang Kai-shek and arouse his attention.

Sure enough, that night, Mr. Zhu sent a telegram informing him of Chiang Kai-shek's military deployment, including Chiang Kai-shek's request to teach his instructor the idea of attacking and occupying Jinan or Shijiazhuang after the Yue army launched an attack, and the dispute between Zhu Peng and Chiang.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin knew that the original idea of wanting to spend the New Year in Nangong was wrong again, and this devil would definitely not let him get his wish.

After careful calculation, Liu Yimin felt that the Shanxi battlefield was not terrible, although the army was strong, but the 115th Division and the Reading Division were the foundation of the Red First Army and the Red Third Army, and the equipment was strengthened, although the 129th Division and the 120th Division were relatively weak, but there were Mr. Zhu and President Peng, plus [***], Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, He Long, which one is not at the level of a marshal, the army may be able to defeat Yan Xishan's troops, and even defeat the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, but I want to curry favor with the main divisions of the four Eighth Route Army, I'm afraid it's as difficult as the sky. Especially [***], Xu Xiangqian, and Liu Bocheng are all good at fighting sports warfare, maybe after avoiding the edge of the army, they can seize the opportunity and teach the devil a hard lesson. Besides, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain have been resting there for so long, the fortifications have long been completed, and Wei Lihuang is not easy to mess with, and it is not so easy for the army to break through Zhongtiao Mountain now. It is likely that in the end, Shanxi will be a situation full of smoke, with the army attacking [***], and the Eighth Route Army attacking the army, and the dogs and teeth are staggered. Once the main force of the army is withdrawn, Shanxi is likely to become a battlefield for the Eighth Route Army to show its talents.

Although Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater is very powerful, the strength of the Fifth Theater is too strong, not to mention too much, even if the Army sends four main divisions and regiments to the south, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Fifth Theater to stop it. The problem is that Terauchi Shouichi has such a large army now, he will definitely not just transfer four corps. It seems that the main force of the instructor must be used on the Jinpu line, and at the critical moment of the Battle of Taierzhuang, seize Jinan and force the enemy to return to help.

In history, Kenji Tohihara crossed the Yellow River south with the strength of a division and a heavy artillery brigade, invaded the Central Plains, caused the Battle of Lanfeng, and finally led to Chiang Kai-shek's order to blow up the Huayuankou.

To say that Tufeiyuan is a 14th Division, and it was also caught in the [***] encirclement at that time, Cheng Qian and Xue Yue both wanted to annihilate the 14th Division, but Tufeiyuan had strong firepower and strong mobility, [***] could not catch up with him, and there was no way to catch up with him.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that since he had crossed over, he must not let the Huayuankou incident happen again. It is not that there is no way, because the reason why the 14 th Division of Tufeiyuan was so strong in history was that the First Army strengthened the firepower and mobility of the 14 th Division, and a division originally had only one field artillery wing, and the artillery of the 14 th Division was equivalent to an artillery brigade. His only flaw is that he has high requirements for logistics and supplies, so Tu Feiyuan would rather not be sealed by Lan Feng but ferry. When the time comes, as long as the Pinghan Line and the Jinpu Line are destroyed and he cannot be resupplied, the old devil will naturally stop.

The following morning, Liu Yimin issued an order, ordering the 1st Jiao Brigade, the 3rd Jiao Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade that had opened up the Luxi base area to immediately shrink their troops, to take a covert rest and wait between Linqing and Xiajin, and to send reconnaissance troops to covertly reconnoiter the situation around Jinan and Dexian. The Second Brigade continued to carry out the work of mobilizing the masses and organizing local political power and local armed forces, but it should avoid railways and highways, and try to conceal its troops so that the troops would not be able to discover our troops. It is required that the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Brigades in southern Hebei end their mission of assisting the 7th Brigade in establishing a base area in southern Hebei before 20 July, and go to Nangong and Julu, Guangzong, and Weixian to rest and wait for a while. The Formation and Training Headquarters stationed in Nangong will train recruits normally and teach the Seventh Brigade and the Southern Hebei Military Region to continue to complete the task of establishing a base area in southern Hebei.

After giving the order, Liu Yimin inspected the sniper brigade. This time, Liu Yimin is ready to play the role of a sniper brigade. The use of sniper guerrilla warfare turned the Chinese army in North China upside down, making them cower in their strongholds and not daring to show their heads.

After several years of training and training, the sniper brigade has three squadrons of 320 commanders and fighters. Last time, 30 sniper rifles were seized in Taiyuan, and this time another 45 were seized in the warehouse of the Yue Army in Tianjin, and the sniper brigade already has 75 Type 97 sniper rifles.

Liu Yimin gathered the fighters together, talked about the current situation, talked about the important surnames of the establishment and defense of the southern Hebei and Luxi base areas, and gave the fighters a detailed explanation of the significance and methods of the sniper guerrilla warfare he planned to launch.

Liu Yimin put it this way: "Ordinary guerrilla warfare is also very powerful, but compared with the sniper guerrilla warfare we want to carry out, it is not a level. Because we are snipers, every bullet is a life. Let's think about it, in the cold morning, the sentry of the army was standing guard on the wall, and with a bang, a bullet flew in, and he lifted his heavenly spirit cover, and when another sentry was looking around to find the direction of the bullet, there was another bang, and another bullet came, and his fate was the same as the first sentry. If we send out a few sniper teams to deal with the army in a county town, in a few days, the army in this county town will not even dare to stand guard. Do you believe it or not? ”

The fighters did not answer whether they believed it or not, but a proud smile appeared on everyone's face.

Liu Yimin knew this reaction, snipers should be like this, composure and calmness come first.

Liu Yimin then said: "Let's think about it, if each of you kills a devil, that is 320 devils, and if you eliminate 100 devils, it is 32,000 devils, which is more than a first-class division." I believe that on this battlefield of resistance, each of you will destroy at least 100 or more devils. If anyone exterminated 100 devils, I personally awarded him the Order of Merit of the First Class, sang him his favorite song, and wrote him a calligraphy work as a commemoration. If you destroy more than 200 devils, I will take him to meet [***], Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and ask the three leaders to present him with awards and take photos with him. I would also like to ask the Chairman to write him a calligraphy work, knowing that the President's calligraphy is a priceless treasure that can be passed on to future generations. Moreover, I will personally cook for him at the chairman's house, let him drink with the chairman, and taste my cooking. Everyone said, it's not good! ”

At this time, the soldiers couldn't sit still, and Li Buffalo, the leader of the first squadron, stood up and saluted: "Please give the order of the division commander, our first squadron can set off at any time." ”

Wang Shangwu, the leader of the second squadron, spat into the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands vigorously, and asked: "Division commander, this sniper is not the same as hand-to-hand combat, you can't tear off the devil's epaulettes, there is no credential!" ”

Liu Yimin said: "It's very simple, every time you kill a devil, you will draw a line on the butt of the gun, and then I will check the road on the butt, one life at a time, and it is very good to count." ”

Wang Shangwu thought for a while and said, "What if others don't believe it?" ”

Liu Yimin replied: "As long as I believe it, the chairman believes it, Vice Chairman Zhou believes it, and Mr. Zhu believes it." In fact, everyone will believe it, you think, a county devil is beaten and dare not show his head, who will not know your record? ”

Wang Shangwu didn't say anything more, and with a wave of his hand, he was about to set off with the second squadron.

Liu Bin, the leader of the third squadron next to him, said slowly: "What are you panicking about, the division commander's words haven't been finished yet!" ”

Liu Yimin went on to say: "Although it is a sniper guerrilla warfare, group combat and coordination are very important. I ask you to work in squads, several sniper teams to act together, can cover each other, support each other, each squad should bring a bazooka group, when the army dispatches tanks or armored vehicles to pursue, knock it out. In every operation, it is necessary to do a good job of reconnaissance, establish forward bases, and store supplies. In addition, I would like to emphasize that as soon as we fight like this, the snipers of the Japanese army will appear, and with your training intensity and training time, you should surpass the snipers of the Japanese army. But you can't be arrogant and careless, and you can't capsize in the gutter. You are my baby pimple, I want you to come back unharmed, and exchange the lives of 200 devils for your lives, and I will lose money. Do you understand? ”

The warriors then replied in unison: "Understood! ”

Liu Yimin nodded and said to Wang Tongsheng: "Recently, we will concentrate on resting and regrouping, and wait for orders." ”

After leaving the sniper brigade, Liu Yimin went to the special operations brigade again and inspected the training of the fighters. After going to the kitchen and making dumplings with the cooking class, and eating with the soldiers, they left the special operations brigade and went to southern Hebei to report under the reluctant gaze of Li Lingfeng, Wang Laohu, Zhao Zhiyu, Zhao Yonggang, and the soldiers.

The Southern Hebei Newspaper was also newly established, but because of the ready-made equipment, paper, and personnel brought from Tianjin, the newspaper was soon published.

When Liu Yimin came, Jingjing and Wang Pengju were guiding the work here, leading the editors and reporters to a meeting to arrange the key points of the recent report.

Seeing that the division commander came to inspect, Wang Pengju was so excited that he hurriedly interrupted the meeting and poured boiling water for Liu Yimin with an enamel tea jar.

Liu Yimin flipped through a few newspapers while drinking water, and after reading them, he said to Jingjing and Wang Pengju: "The newspapers are good, easy to understand, and the policy propaganda is also in place. I would like to make some suggestions that in the near future, we should focus on publicizing the common sense of dealing with devil sweeps, such as how to identify the reconnaissance of the spy Han Jian, how to use grenades and guns, how to cut off water sources, how to use scissors for self-defense, and so on. If you don't understand, you can go to Hu Di, find Zhang Haitao, and let them write for you. But there is one thing, which cannot be leaked. Don't write about how to bury mines, how to dig tunnels, etc., the army will teach the militia. In short, in the future, in addition to publicizing policies, the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the deeds of heroes and models, our newspapers should also teach the masses to fight against the enemy. In the future, it is also necessary to popularize knowledge of agricultural science and technology, help the masses grow crops well, and increase grain output. ”

Wang Pengju pondered for a long time and asked: "Division commander, do you want to turn our newspaper into a policy newspaper, a combat newspaper, a literature and art newspaper, and a people's livelihood newspaper?" ”

Liu Yimin put down the tea jar, happily patted Wang Pengju's shoulder, and said with a smile: "The opposite is to let the people love to watch it, and after watching it, they can learn the knowledge and methods of dealing with the enemy and developing production." ”

When he left the Southern Hebei Daily, Liu Yimin saw that Jingjing had been following him silently, so he asked her if she was willing to stay in southern Hebei to work or follow the main force.

Jingjing looked at Liu Yimin, her expression was a little complicated, and finally said: "I'll follow you, I'll follow you wherever you go." This is what the central government specially explained when I was assigned to work as a Muslim teacher. ”

Liu Yimin felt that it was not a way to go on like this, so he said: "You are now an old Red Army cadre, and there are many reasons that I don't need to say. I think it's good for you to stay and work in southern Hebei. There is a need for competent cadres here to preside over propaganda and organizational work, you have a high level of education, and you have been trained for such a long time. I would like to suggest that the division party committee appoint you as deputy secretary of the party committee of the southern Hebei region in charge of propaganda and organizational work, and that he specially come to you to ask for your opinion. ”

Jingjing shook her head: "I want to follow you to Shandong to found Shandong Newspaper." ”

Liu Yimin glanced at Jingjing and said again: "You think about it seriously, if you agree, go to me tomorrow." ”

Jingjing shook her head again: "Don't think about it, I like journalism, and I dream of being the editor-in-chief of a big newspaper." In the future, I will definitely turn Shandong Yue Bao into an influential newspaper. When we are victorious, I will run the largest newspaper in the country, so that the people of the whole country can learn new knowledge from the newspaper I run. ”

Liu Yimin saw Jingjing's radiant appearance when he talked about running the newspaper, sighed in his heart, and got on the horse and went back to the division headquarters.

On January 16, the Konoe Cabinet issued a statement stating that "in the future, we will not regard the national government as an adversary, but will hope for the establishment and development of a new Chinese regime that can truly cooperate with the empire, and will readjust diplomatic relations with this new regime to help build a revitalized new China." ”

After receiving the guard statement sent by Qian Zhuangfei, Liu Yimin chuckled in his heart, the storm is coming!

(To be continued)