Yang Zhong was about to leave the mén, and Zhang Rongting, an instructor of the first battalion, came, saying that he had received a report from the Cangxian County Brigade that the Japanese puppet army on Jinpu Road had suddenly strengthened its vigilance last night, and a platoon of the county brigade went to the railway to pick up the comrades from Jizhong, and encountered the Japanese patrol, and only two soldiers ran back. According to their reports, the Japanese killed all Chinese within 200 meters of the railway line, and no camouflage worked.

As soon as Yang Zhong heard it, he was alerted, which one is this singing again? Why did all of a sudden increase in railway vigilance? Could it be that the xiǎo devil has some big man to pass from here? Or is the xiǎo devil coming to the train carrying arms again?

Although Yang Zhong was an old Red Army, he did not expect that the Japanese army would raid the Jilu border with heavy troops at this time. Because he once personally led the reconnaissance platoon to the side of the Jinpu Road to reconnoitre, he saw with his own eyes the military column full of Japanese troops heading north, and saw with his own eyes a large number of Japanese automobile convoys pulling Xiǎo devils northward, and the comrades who were fighting in Cangxian County also reported that the Japanese First Division and the Second Division had returned to the northeast, and the Japanese Guards Division and the Fifth Division were heading in the direction of Qingdao.

Although Yang Zhong did not know that the Japanese army was going to raid the Jilu border, after all, he was an old Red Army cadre, experienced in a hundred battles, and he was vigilant, so he immediately decided not to go to see the Ziya River, and ordered the reconnaissance platoon to expand the scope of reconnaissance, to the west to the railway, to the north to the Ziya River, to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese puppet army. Report the situation as soon as possible.

As soon as Yang Zhong gave the order, the reconnaissance platoon commander reported that he had just received a report from the scouts that a large number of Japanese troops had appeared in the direction of the Ziya River.

Yang Zhong wondered in his heart, where did this xiǎo devil come from, why didn't the brigade headquarters get any information in advance? Could it be that the xiǎo devils also learned from the Eighth Route Army and engaged in covert operations? The Ziya River has now frozen, and a large number of Japanese troops have appeared by the Ziya River, either from the county seat of Qingxian County along the river all the way east, or they quietly moved to the Ziya River last night, built a pontoon bridge, and crossed the river south in Tianming.

Wondering and summing up, Yang Zhong immediately ordered all battalions to prepare for battle, relying on villages and tunnels to block the devils, and provide time for the soldiers and civilians in the base area to clear the wilderness.

After issuing the battle order, Yang Zhong reported to Zeng, Chief Cai, and the brigade headquarters of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade that the Japanese army was sweeping along the south of the Ziya River, and requested that the army and civilians in the base area be quickly mobilized to clear the wilderness. At the same time, a telegram was sent to the county party committees and government offices of Cangxian, Xinhai, and Yanshan, asking them to immediately organize the villagers to clear the wilderness and evacuate and relocate. The county brigades, district brigades, and militias did not fight hard with the Japanese army, but entered the tunnels and carried out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines after the Japanese army had passed away.

As soon as Yang Zhong gave the order, all battalions reported that they had discovered the Japanese army, which was the first and second divisions of the Japanese army, and adopted the tactics of direct push and attacked southward.

As soon as he heard that it was the first division and the second division, Yang Zhong immediately understood, fuck, it turned out that the xiǎo devil played a trick, and even asked the first division and the second division to pretend to withdraw to the northeast, and then secretly went south and launched a surprise attack. I said how come there was no information in advance, it turned out to be a xiǎo devil pretending to be a fool!

Yang Zhong once again sent a report to the commanders of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade of Zeng, Cai and Jiao, reporting that the Japanese First Division and the Second Division would raid the Jilu Border, and that the New 18th Regiment would organize a blockade to win time for the main force to deploy.

After sending the telegram, Yang Zhong pondered for a while and knew that the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the new 1st Division. It was the main force of the Japanese army, with tanks and heavy artillery, and if you were not careful, you might be dumpled by the devil. It seems that after the blockade, we have to retreat, concentrate the troops, and slam the devil in order to delay the devil's attack.

After receiving the report of Yang Zhong, commander of the new 18th Regiment, Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong were taken aback and hurriedly ordered the Sixth Brigade, the New Sixth Brigade, and Luxi's Second Brigade, Luxi Garrison Brigade, and Luxi Garrison Second Brigade to end their rest and prepare for battle.

Without waiting for Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhongzuo to make further deployments, bad news came one after another. Japanese planes suddenly bombed several pontoon bridges on the Yellow River, and patrol boats went up the river from the mouth of the Yellow River, below the mouth of the Yellow River. The Japanese army landed in Bohai Bay in the early morning, and now it has divided its troops and pounced on Qingyun, Wudi, and Zhanhua. Looking at the number, there are the Japanese Guards Division, the Fifth Division, the Tenth Division, the Fourteenth Division, and the Thirty-fifth Division. In addition to the 40th and 41st Divisions, the armored brigades that had already been transported south had gone and returned, and the 32nd Division stationed in Zhoucun had quietly arrived at the northern section of the Jinpu Line to strengthen the defense of the northern section of the Jinpu Road.

After reading the telegrams from various places, Zeng Zhongsheng realized that the original Xiǎo Devil Chōu transferred the Guards Division and the Fifth Division to return to China and the First Division and the Second Division were all yīn plots, and the purpose of the red luǒluǒ was to paralyze our army, so that they could mobilize a large army to encircle the Hebei and Lu borders.

After reading the telegram, Cai Zhong said to Zeng Zhongsheng: "Chief of Staff, the thirty-fifth division of the xiǎo devil has been completely annihilated by our army, why did it appear again?" Also, the 32nd Division stationed in Zhoucun was secretly transferred to the Jinpu line, so who would defend between Zhoucun, Zhangdian and Jinan? Aren't you afraid that my Luzhong Garrison Brigade and Qinghe Garrison Brigade will capture Zhou Village? Why are xiǎo devils so bold? ”

Zeng Zhongsheng stood in front of the map, without looking back, and replied directly: "Xiǎo devils have expanded their army on a large scale again. The 32nd Division of Zhoucun was able to move westward, and there must have been another unit to take over the defensive line. ”

Cai Zhong couldn't help but scold: "This xiǎo devil is really getting more and more fucking shameless, obviously the 10th Division, 14th Division, and 35th Division have been wiped out, and they have formed these three divisions again, and they are not afraid of the world's jokes." In my opinion, since the Japanese army can rebuild these three divisions, it will be able to form more troops. Wait, soon there will be a new Japanese army number in this North China land. Chief of Staff, the Japanese army is surrounded by an iron wall, and it wants to swallow our army in one bite and completely turn the Jilu border into an occupied area of the Japanese army. When considering the battle plan, we must first consider how to ensure that the main force is not surrounded by the Japanese army, and that the green mountains are left behind, and we are not afraid of running out of firewood. ”

Zeng Zhongsheng nodded and said, "Lao Cai, there is a flat river on the border of Ji and Lu, and there is no danger to defend. The only thing our army can rely on is the tunnels and the support of the masses. I think that the Japanese army is so powerful that it will inevitably want to destroy our army in a war. Moreover, judging from the situation of the Japanese army, they adopted the tactics of encircling on all sides and pushing directly from the plane. Although this method of operation is clumsy, it is simple and practical for dealing with our army, which is good at mobile warfare, and it is similar to Chiang Kai-shek's tactics of encircling and suppressing the central Soviet area. If our army is blocked from all sides, it will inevitably be attacked by the enemy on all sides, defended step by step, and consumed step by step. I would like to first use some units to carry out mine warfare and tunnel warfare to delay the enemy, concentrate the main forces to a high degree, hide them in a certain location, avoid the Japanese 1st, 2nd, Guards and 5th Divisions, and lock the combat targets on the newly formed 10th, 14th, and 35th Divisions of the Japanese army. In every battle, you don't have to be greedy, just destroy the Japanese army's brigade-sized troops, and use the cover of tunnels to fight more and fight fast to consume the Japanese army. Before the Japanese army was about to encircle our main force, they broke through by different routes, jumped behind enemy lines, and launched guerrilla warfare. ”

After hearing this, Cai Zhong pondered for a moment, slammed his fist on the table, and said loudly: "Just do it!" Jilu border tunnel waterproof and anti-poison, we play yào enough, xiǎo devils can't help us. It's a big deal to drill tunnels and fight tunnel warfare and mine warfare with xiǎo devils. Deploy along these lines! In addition, Liu Jianli can be ordered to command the Second Brigade and the Luxi Garrison Brigade to move towards Jinpu Road, independently choose fighters, choose the location of the attack, and poke the devil fiercely. With such a long line of defense from Jinan to Cangxian, I don't believe that xiǎo devils did not leak dòng. With the combat effectiveness of the Second Brigade, it can cut off the Jinpu Road at any time and find and destroy the devils. ”

After the two people agreed on the same opinion, they immediately reported to Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan, and immediately issued an order for the Jilubian chūn season to sweep dàng.

Considering that the Japanese army has an unusually large number of troops, and has a scheming attempt to completely wipe out our army on the Jilu border, once the main force of our army is exposed, it will inevitably be attacked by the Japanese army frantically, and after the main force completes the task of destroying the enemy, it must jump behind the enemy to avoid the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, and if the base area on the Jilu border is not good, it may fall again. Moreover, after the Japanese army fully occupies the Jilu border, it is likely that the next target of attack will be Luxi and southern Hebei, and once the Japanese army succeeds, the base area will inevitably face great difficulties. Therefore, in a telegram to Liu and Luo, Zeng Zhongsheng asked Liu and Luo to order all units of our army in Shandong to launch an offensive operation to force the Japanese army to reinforce the Japanese troops on the Jilu border and relieve the pressure on our army on the Jilu border.

When he received the telegrams from Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong, Liu Yimin had already moved his headquarters to Lingbi Shuanggou Town.

This Shuanggou town is the second largest town in Sihong, "two provinces of jīming, three counties of dog barking", where it is convenient to command my troops to go south to manage the northeast of Anhui and northern Jiangsu.

At this time, Shuanggou Town, although it experienced a Japanese sweep, but at that time, the Japanese army was eager to pursue the Eighth Route Army, and they just passed by in a hurry, and it was too late to destroy too much. After the Japanese army, the residents and merchants who ran away from Japan returned to their homes, and the market was still quite prosperous. There are temples on the east and west hills, more than 10 breweries are built in the streets, dozens of shops and inns are distributed on both sides, and the green stone streets are soaked in every ancient courtyard.

There is another factor why Liu Yimin moved his headquarters here, that is, Mr. Guo Moruo led more than a dozen artists from the rear to northern Jiangsu. Although Liu Yimin once politely declined out of security considerations, these artists insisted on pestering Guo Moruo, wanting to go to the front line to comfort the troops and contribute to the anti-Japanese war. These artists are all national treasure-level masters, not only to ensure safety, but also to arrange their lives, Liu Yimin comprehensive consideration, selected Shuanggou Town, which is bordered by the Huai River in the south and Hongze Lake in the east, hoping to make these displaced artists have a comfortable creative environment.

This morning, Liu Yimin was going to accompany these artists to visit the Bao'en Temple in Shuanggou Town. Just as he was about to leave the mén, Zhang Linfeng came in with the telegrams of Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin's face sank like water, walked to the map, and was silent.

Zhang Linfeng suggested: "Division commander, the Japanese army is too large, and the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade are easy to fall into the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, so we should order Chief of Staff Zeng and Director Cai to lead the main force to break through the encirclement as soon as possible. Although our army has tunnels to rely on, tunnels are not omnipotent, and we can't leave anything to chance. ”

Liu Yimin had already set off a monstrous huge làng in his heart at this time, and he thought that in order to prepare for the war against the Soviet Union and capture Nanchang, the Japanese army had to transfer the divisions and regiments of the heavy army group to various places. This method of the Japanese army is simply no different from the May Day sweep of the Jizhong base area in history, which is to conceal the combat intention in advance, mobilize troops from a long distance, and launch a surprise attack.

Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade in Jizhong is much stronger than that of our army in Jizhong, and there is also the Second Brigade in Luxi to respond, otherwise, our army in Jilu can only be scattered and break through like our army in Jizhong in history.

After pondering it at a deeper level, Liu Yimin understood that the Japanese army was going to fight a quick battle, quickly resume the occupation of Hebei, Luxi, southern Hebei, and central Hebei, strengthen public security in North China, and clear the way for their policy of advancing north or south. Because time waits for no one, the Germans are already sharpening their knives and preparing to blitzkrieg Poland at any time, and the Japanese army must choose between attacking the Soviet Union in the north or attacking Britain and the United States in the south, and fight with the Germans. Although there was a great deal of disagreement within the Japanese as to whether to go north or south, they had to make a choice. And with our army's current record, how can the xiǎo devil launch the Battle of Nomén Kan with peace of mind? I am afraid that the scale of the Japanese army's mobilization this time is far more than these divisions, and they must have formed a large-scale garrison to follow up with the sweeping pace of the heavy army group and control the occupied area. This is also good, after the Xiǎo Devil Heavy Army Group, those newly formed garrison troops will inevitably become the transport team of our army's weapons and ammunition.

You can show weakness to the enemy and let the devils ostensibly resume the occupation of the base area, but you can't let the devil's heavy army group form a group and roll around the base area like a roller, so the loss will be too great.

Liu Yimin immediately said to Zhang Linfeng: "Record the order." Political Commissar Luo, Chief of Staff Zeng, Director Cai, and the heads of brigades and detachments: This morning, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on our base area along the Hebei and Shandong borders, and the current intelligence shows that the Japanese army has 10 divisions and regiments, including the Guards Division, the Armored Brigade, the First Division, the Second Division, the Fifth Division, the Tenth Division, the 14th Division, the 32nd Division, the 35th Division, the 40th Division, and the 41st Division, with a total strength of about 230,000. It was judged that the Japanese army still had follow-up troops to join the battlefield, and the puppet North China Security Army cooperated with it, and the strength was very large. The purpose of the enemy's operations should be to restore law and order in North China and ensure the security of the Pingjin area, so that the Chōu troops could be used for operations in other strategic directions. Therefore, the enemy's strategy should be a quick victory, and it should not affect the use of the Guards Division, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, and the 5th Division in other battlefields. The enemy's operational objective should be to destroy our base areas in Hebei, Luxi, southern Hebei, and central Hebei, and to destroy the main forces of our army in the above-mentioned areas. In view of this situation, I hereby order: 1. The main force of our army in southern Lunan and the northern Jiangsu detachment under the command of Hong Chaoyuan immediately launched the battle to capture Lianyungang, seize the supplies of the Japanese army in Lianyungang, and destroy the supply line of the Longhai Road of the Japanese invaders. 2. Li Qing commanded the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th Brigades to launch a campaign against the Li Wenli Division, completely annihilate the enemy, and strive to adopt the method of encircling and reinforcing the Japanese army, and annihilate one of them. 3. Tan Zheng, Xu Guangda, and Yuan Guoping commanded our Luzhong Garrison Brigade, Qinghe Garrison Brigade, and Jinan Garrison Brigade to launch offensive operations against Jinan, and make every effort to clear the Japanese puppet strongholds on the outskirts of Jinan, causing our army to reoccupy Jinan. Fourth, our southbound group will concentrate all its efforts on attacking the southern section of the Jinpu Road, seeking to annihilate the Japanese troops between Bengbu, Suxian and Xuzhou, and cutting off the supply line from Central China to Xuzhou. 5. Zeng and Cai commanded the 2nd Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the 6th Brigade to move to the section from the plain to Dexian on the Jinpu Line, launch an east-west attack on the defending enemy, annihilate one of them, and deploy the Japanese army. After the mobilization of the Japanese army, the 6th Brigade retreated to Luxi, and joined forces with the 2nd Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade, under the unified command of Zeng and Cai, and resolutely smashed the hostile Luxi base area. 6. The New Sixth Brigade commanded our local armed forces on the Jilu border to block and delay the Japanese army's offensive speed by mine warfare and tunnel warfare, and mainly to transfer to tunnels and conceal strength, and not to confront the Japanese army. The local gentry in the Jilu border were allowed to come forward to organize a two-sided regime to alleviate the losses of the base areas. The above-mentioned arrangements should be carried out immediately by all units, and the Lianyungang, Luzhong, Suxian, and Jinan directions should be launched within two days to respond to the operations of our army in the Hebei-Shandong-Hebei border. ”

The purpose of Liu Yimin's deployment in this way is to preserve the main force in the Hebei-Shandong border area and the vital forces in the base areas along the Hebei-Shandong border. The price paid was the temporary fall of the Jilu border base area.

This is also a matter of no choice, if the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade are allowed to concentrate their main forces, seek out and annihilate the Japanese army, and use the air superiority and mechanized superiority of the Japanese army to teach the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade to try to get rid of the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, it is all wishful thinking and simply impossible. With such a large amount of capital invested by the Japanese army, I am afraid that it has already been arranged, just waiting for the main force of our army on the Jilu border to expose its position! The best strategy was to quickly divert the Japanese Jīng Rui troops away from the Jilu side, so that the Japanese troops were back in the movement of jumping up and down, and acted as the horns of the fire brigade.

When Liu Yimin's order was issued, the new commander of the second battalion of the new 18th Regiment, Yu Hongyin, and instructor Shen Yuanxing had already commanded the troops to engage the Xiǎo devils on the line of Luo Zhuangzi, Sizhuang, and Donghuai Zhuang south of Jixiantun.

During the Battle of Taixi, the New Sixth Brigade and the Luxi Garrison Brigade blocked the Japanese Northern Front Group in the northwest of Shandong, and the new 18th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, and half of the cadres of the second battalion and company were sacrificed. The commander of the fifth company, Yu Hongyin, and the instructor Shen Yuanxing, who had fought in the Hanji ambush in the cold gun and cold artillery movement, were promoted to the commander and instructor of the second battalion. After concealing and recuperating on the Jilu border, the second battalion was engaged in the battle to capture Cangxian. At present, the 2nd Battalion, which is well armed and well-armed, is resting in the village near the main road from Xingji Town to Xinhai County, and is responsible for monitoring the movement of Japanese troops on the front line of the Ziya River and the Jinpu Road.

Ladies and gentlemen: Can you encourage me! The mountain people are looking forward to it