Shortly after leaving Zhoucun, Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade, sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 12th Army, the headquarters of the 108th Division, the 104th Brigade, and his own avant-garde brigade, reporting his location and expected arrival time in Weixian, asking whether the troops attacking the Twenty-Lipu airfield had caught up with the squadron [***] that had attacked His Excellency Commander Otaka Kamizo, and asked the avant-garde brigade to report if there was any unusual situation along the way.

Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the 12th Army, told him that the troops of the 10th 8th Division stationed in Weixian had begun to make a detour to the rear of the Tuba Road where the airfield was attacked, blocking their passage back to the mountains. Major General of the 4th Floor of the 10th Brigade Tomaki has already directed the troops to arrive near the airport and prepare to launch an attack. The 33rd Division is also advancing towards Weixian, preparing to cooperate with the 10th 8th Division to eliminate the 1st Tuba Road 1st Division attacking Jiaoji Road and rescue Commander Odaka Kamizo. However, according to the Jinan and Qingdao airfields of the air force, after receiving a radio report from the fighter planes sent to the Shilipu airfield that they had encountered an attack by a flock of birds, the group lost contact with the planes and suspected that the fighters were in distress. Ask him to speed up and be aware of what might happen.

Lieutenant General Xiong Ya of the 1st 08th Division ordered him to speed up his advance, rush to the vicinity of the Twenty Lipu Airport as soon as possible, serve as the reserve of the whole division, prepare for reinforcement operations, and cover the rear of the main force of the division.

Major General Tomimi of the 4th floor of the 104th Brigade sent a telegram back and said that he had led a brigade to the outskirts of the airport by car and would immediately launch an attack on the airport, and the follow-up troops of the 104th Brigade would soon arrive.

The avant-garde brigade reported that everything was normal, that all stations along the railway line were under the control of the Jiaoji Road garrison, that there were armored patrol cars on the road, and that the train was moving safely in the direction of Yidu.

Major General Nakano Naozo was completely relieved and ordered the train to move at full speed, and at the same time ordered the rearguard brigade from Zhangqiu to speed up and strive to catch up with the main force at the Weixian railway station.

When he was about to arrive in Linzi, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo sent another telegram, informing him that according to the report of the 10th Brigade, the entourage of Commander Odaka Kamizo and many air force remainers had been found at the Twenty Lipu Airport, and that it was confirmed that Commander Otaka Kamezo had fallen into the hands of the Tuba Road, and that the formation of fighters taking off from Jinan Airport and Qingdao Airport had been shattered at the Twenty Lipu Airport. The 25th Brigade was again ordered to speed up and cooperate with the other units of the 108th Division to rescue Commander Otaka Kamizo.

Major General Naozo Nakano was upset when he saw it, and intuitively felt that this battle was a nest, and it must be known that the reason why this army dominates Asia and is invincible is that the well-trained, heroic and tenacious soldiers are one factor, the standardization of equipment and the institutionalization of mobilization are another factor, and the more important factor is the accuracy of intelligence, the planning and action, and the victory by surprise attacks and roundabout outflanking tactics. Think about it, from the "918" incident to the capture of Northeast China to the China Incident, from the Battle of Taiyuan to the Battle of Songhu and the capture of Nanjing, which time was not based on accurate intelligence? It is precisely because of the efforts of a large number of intelligence officers that the main force of the imperial army can always hit the soft underbelly of the Chinese army before launching an attack, and firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield. It's good now, I can't even figure out the enemy's number, troops, and specific location, so I blindly mobilize troops to attack, what if this is a trap laid by Liu Yimin's tutor? They are troops who even dare to annihilate the Eighth Division and the Tenth Division, and in their eyes, a 1st and 8th Division is probably really not enough!

Thinking of this, Major General Nakano Naozo felt that whether this Commander Takakamezo could be rescued or not, it was really hard to say, and the actions of the 108th Division were probably just a gesture. Since Chiang Kai-shek's political axe had announced to the world that Commander Odaka Kamizo had been captured alive, they must have a way to transfer Commander Ogaka Kamizo away. If you blindly pursue, you will fall into the trap of dirt and eight roads if you don't do it well.

Major General Naozo Nakano made up his mind that after arriving in Weixian, he would not be busy launching an attack, but would first rely on the Jiaoji Railway to arrange a defensive position.

Lei Ming, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, like Li Chang, the commander of the artillery brigade, and Hu Laohu, the commander of the cavalry brigade, are the generals with the strongest sense of war under Liu Yimin.

The Luzhong area is the defense area of the Fourth Brigade, and the work situation has already been opened, but as a result, after the devil's heavy army group pressed to Shandong, the main force of the instructor went south, and the Luzhong base area all fell.

After the main force of the instructor returned to Shandong, due to concealment and standby, he could only carry out a cold gun and cold artillery movement with small troops, and slowly squeeze the devils. Lei Ming's temper was already urgent, but now he is even more anxious, and he wants to scold his mother when he gets up in the morning. But after all, he is a senior cadre, and he has experienced a hundred battles, so he knows that the division commander is waiting for a fighter, and no matter how anxious he is, it will be in vain.

After Liu Yimin issued the order to launch the Jiaoji Road Campaign, Lei Ming, political commissar Zhu Rui, and chief of staff Cao Shengli immediately commanded the troops to launch a surprise attack on the enemy in Boshan, and after capturing Boshan, they occupied the Zichuan mining area with the cooperation of Zou Guangzhong and Su Chenghai's sixth detachment of railway workers. Then Zou Guangzhong and Su Chenghai were left to stick to the mining area, mobilize workers, and lead the main force to move non-stop in the direction of Linzi. This was because according to the operational plan of the division headquarters, it was necessary to use the capture of Weixian and Fangzi as bait, and mobilize the 25th Brigade and regiment stationed in Zhangqiu, Zhangdian, Zhoucun, and Linzi to support them in the east, and annihilate them in the movement.

After the troops arrived in Linzi, it happened that the sky had already dawned, and Lei Ming ordered the whole brigade to hide and take a short rest.

Lei Ming is a Confucian general who studied in the Soviet Union and served as chief of staff and secretary general of the Military Commission of the Yangtze River Bureau, political commissar of the Red Third Army, political commissar of the Red Fifth Army Corps, and director of the Political Department of the Red First Army Corps.

To be honest, when it comes to qualifications, Lei Ming and Zhu Rui are too far apart. When Lei Ming was the battalion commander, Zhu Rui was already a veteran military political commissar, and he was a military political commissar in the Red Army who had received formal and senior military education. At best, Lei Ming can make him a student or a guard squad leader. However, during the war years, we could not pay full attention to these things, and everything was based on the principle of victory. Lei Ming's surname is anxious, it doesn't mean that he is reckless, if he is reckless, Liu Yimin will not step by step, and forcibly promote him to the position of the commander of the Fourth Brigade, he is definitely a fierce general with both wisdom and bravery. However, in any case, the Fourth Brigade is the main force of the instructors, and it not only has to fight wars, but also undertakes the task of building base areas, and it is naturally very good to have a political commissar with old qualifications, high level, and strong ability.

After receiving the battle order issued by Li Qing, Lei Ming immediately ordered the troops to end their rest and recuperate, move covertly towards Linzi County, and approach the city wall.

Chief of Staff Cao Shengli reminded him that the key to this battle was to eliminate the troops of the Yue army on foot by car, because the automobile transport front was long and the mobility was also strong, and the little devils could easily react and launch a fire counterattack with the cover of cars and armored vehicles. As for the rearguard brigade that took the train, it was easy to fight, as long as the train was blown up, they would be a bunch of dead dogs, and let the troops rush up and throw grenades and replenish guns. Now the army in Linzi has advanced eastward, and at best there are only small troops and part of the puppet army of the little devil Jiaoji Road garrison in the city, and the combat effectiveness is very limited. Now that it is daytime again, it is impossible for a large army to completely avoid the eyes and ears of the devils, but it is possible to block the battlefield, and all the places where the troops pass are under martial law and the news is strictly sealed. As long as the main force of the little devil passes through Linzi, the troops can quickly advance, occupy Linzi City first, and then concentrate on the Jiqing Highway to encircle and annihilate the troops of the little devils in cars, leaving a regiment to hide in Linzi City, and wait for the arrival of the little devil guard brigade.

Lei Ming said that as long as Linzi City is captured, then all the concealment will be in vain, and the devil's means of communication are advanced, and the devil's guard brigade and the brigade in the car will be alert, and they may immediately reinforce Linzi City, or they may stick to the spot and wait for rescue, and they may also retreat back to Zhou Village. If the little devil is allowed to return to Zhou Village to hold on, this battle will be troublesome. It is easy to destroy the walls of Zhou Village, not to mention, and it will cost great sacrifices, the little devil's marksmanship is not bad, if they stick to the city and defend it in a hurry, the soldiers will become their targets. In particular, once the battle is in a stalemate, the devil's plane may fly in to participate in the battle, and the losses will be even greater. In short, it is necessary to fight a quick battle and divide and annihilate the enemy.

Zhu Rui, who had a delicate face and a pair of myopic glasses, listened to Lei Ming and Cao Shengli's words, thought for a while, pointed to the map and said: "This matter is easy to do, we divide the troops, concentrate the troops of the four regiments of the 10th Regiment, the 11th Regiment, the New Fourth Regiment, and the Luzhong Reading Regiment, as well as the firepower of the artillery regiment and the heavy machine gun battalion, and insert it into Zihedian, east of Linzi. Here we are to surround and annihilate the infantry of the little devils advancing in cars. The 12th Regiment of the Sect, the Engineer Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Guard Battalion formed a westward group, and quickly inserted themselves into Jinling Station, where they faced the Devil Guard Brigade riding in the military column. The city of Linzi was captured with a supplementary regiment, a baggage battalion, and a special operations third formation and five squads under the command of our brigade. Although this Linzi City is said to be the ancient capital of Qi State, but now the city is not large, and the main force of the devils has been evacuated, with the ability of the special combat team, there should be no problem in taking it. ”

Lei Ming pondered for a long time and said: "According to this plan of the political commissar, our six infantry regiments, of which four main regiments, also have an artillery regiment, a heavy machine gun battalion, a cavalry battalion, an engineer battalion, a guard battalion, a baggage battalion, a reconnaissance company, and a communications company, and the strength is almost ten times that of the devils, so it is absolutely no problem to fight separately." However, there is one point, after the main force of the brigade annihilates the infantry advancing by the devils in cars, it is necessary to quickly turn around and advance eastward to support the 12th Regiment in the operation, in case there are still the devil troops in Zhoucun and Zhangdian that we have not noticed, we can prevent them from reinforcing them. In this way, I commanded the main force of the brigade with the political commissar to fight, taught the commander of the 12th Regiment Peng Hu and the political commissar Shi Tugen to command the battle of ambushing the army column of the Devil's Guard Brigade, and the chief of staff commanded the battle to seize Linzi. Any comments no? ”

Zhu Rui and Cao Shengli both expressed no opinions, and Lei Ming immediately said to Cao Shengli: "Immediately issue a combat order, and all units will act separately, and try to use the terrain to conceal the troops." Remember to tell all troops that the attack should be fierce and powerful, and the little devil should be beaten down by Lao Tzu as soon as possible, and the battle should be resolved quickly, and the battle should be withdrawn quickly. ”

The history of Linzi is extremely long, and according to legend, Fuxi and Zhuan have been active here. Since then, it has been the settlement of the Shuangjiu clan, Pugu clan and other tribes. After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou divided the chief meritorious Jiang Shang to this place and established the Qi State, and the capital city was called Yingqiu. After the seventh generation of Qi Xiangong because of the verge of Zishui, the camp mound was renamed Linzi, and the name of Linzi has continued to this day.

"There are 70,000 households in Linzi...... On the way of Linzi, the car hub hits, the shoulders are rubbed, the curtain is even formed, the curtain is raised, the sweat is like rain, the family is rich and rich, and the ambition is high and high.

"Linzi is very rich and real, and its people all play pipes, drums, construction, piano playing, cockfighting, dogs, and six games."

The pen of the ancients is full of infinite feelings for Linzi, the famous oriental city of Qidu during the Warring States Period. At that time, Linzi City was composed of two parts, the imperial city was commonly known as the small city, and the Kuocheng was commonly known as the big city, the small city was the location of the imperial palace, and the big city was inhabited by the people. The two cities are connected, with a circumference of 21 kilometers, an area of 15 square kilometers, and a total of 13 city gates. The main roads in the city are criss-crossed, arranged in the shape of "wells", and there is a perfect water supply and drainage system. There are many shops in the city, all industries are prosperous, not to mention that the ordinary people are full of yearning for the prosperous Linzi, and even the Confucian saints have admired Linzi to listen to Shao music.

After Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he divided the world into 36 counties and 960 counties, and the Qi capital of the past became Linzi County. In the Chu and Han dynasties, Xiang Xiangyu and Liu Bang used the backward feudal system to win over all parties in order to defeat each other, and Linzi successively became the royal city of Xiang Yu's Qi State and Liu Bang's Qi State. After Empress Lu killed Han Xin, Liu Bang named his son the king of Qi and still ruled Linzi. Later, except for a brief period in the Later Yan period, Linzi never became the national capital, becoming one of the 1,235 counties in the Tang Dynasty and 1,591 counties in the Qing Dynasty.

The present Linzi City is in the southwest of the ancient Linzi City, across the former site of its South Guo, built by Li Zhongming of Dalu Huachi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in Saturday, three zhang high, the city wall is slightly square, only the southeast corner is slightly lost. The outer ring has a moat that is more than two zhang wide, and the city walls are all made of triple soil glue rammed. In the second year of Ming Chenghua, that is, in 1466 A.D., Jiang Feng of Zhixian County rebuilt, and built the enemy building in the four gates, the stone carved seal book lintel plaque was inlaid on it, the east was called "Chaoyang", and the upper embedding was "Ziliu oblique hug"; In the west, it is said that "through the painting", and the "Yuling remote disk" is placed on it; In the south, it is said that "Ying'en", and it is inlaid with "Niu Feng Cui Haze"; In the north, it is called "Wangjing", and it is written on the "Mianchi Belt". In the seventh year of Zhengde, Ma Xian added the third moon city of the county, and the east gate was missing. Elm willows are planted outside the city. In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, it was easy to take Yong, and in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zou Fengji, the county magistrate, built six forts. The Qing Dynasty continued to rebuild and reinforce, and its regulations were all in accordance with the "House Genealogy Questions and Answers" said that "Fuzhou County, internal government offices, warehouses, Wenchang Pavilion, Kuixing Tower, Chenghuang Temple, Guandi Temple and other ancestral halls; Outside the construction of the community altar, the liji, the altar in the north, the wind, clouds, thunder, rain, mountains and rivers altar, the temple in the south" standard building, the city is the world of human life, outside the city is the world of people to pursue peace of mind of God.

It's a pity that the little devil launched a war of aggression, and both the world in which the people in the city live in the world and the world of the gods who pursue peace of mind outside the city have been destroyed. No, the Guandi Temple outside the city and the City God Temple in the city were all burned by the little devils.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of November, when the tanks of the 10th and 4th Divisions of the Devils were pressing the anti-tank mines of the Eighth Route Army at the Twenty Lipu Airport, the military column of Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade and Regiment, and the military column of the field artillery brigade and the tank squadron accompanying him arrived at Linzi Station under the escort of two armored patrol vehicles, one in front and one in the rear.

Probably worried about the front-line war, several trains did not stop after filling up water at the station, sounded the whistle, drove out of the station, and headed for Yidu.

The stationmaster carrying the signal light was puzzled, he didn't know what it was today, the military train kept moving east, could it be that there was another war?

Not long after the military train passed through Linzi Station, the sparse gunshots suddenly remembered near the south gate of Linzi City, and the platoon commander of the puppet army stationed at the south gate was extremely alert, and immediately blew the whistle and ordered the puppet soldiers to go up to the city wall and prepare for battle.

It's not how vigilant the puppet army is, the key is that today's atmosphere is not right, first of all, the imperial army brigade stationed in Linzi urgently contracted last night, and all the strongholds around Linzi withdrew to Linzi City. Immediately after that, in the morning, all the imperial troops of this brigade boarded the train and marched eastward, except for a small team of imperial troops stationed at the station, there was only one puppet garrison of more than 200 people and dozens of puppet policemen left in Linzi City, and the strength was too small. Although these puppet troops didn't know what was going on, and let the little devils desperately transfer troops to the east, they also knew that the army stationed in the county town was so panicked, it must be that the Eighth Route Army began to attack again.

When the puppet soldiers went up to the city wall, they were happy, and it turned out that thirty or forty imperial soldiers were chasing a group of big girls and little daughters-in-law with guns.

Maybe this group of women was desperate and ran to Linzi City.

I only heard the little devil behind shouting while chasing and putting guns: "Flower girl, flower girl, don't run, the imperial army has a big reward!" ”

As soon as the puppet soldiers saw it, they knew that the little devil was scratching again. However, the people who are in the puppet army generally don't dare to take care of the affairs of the imperial army, they all know the surname of the little devils stationed in Luzhong, which are all a group of dog-scratching dogs, eating people and not doing personnel.

The puppet army with a little conscience simply closed their eyes and squatted down to rest, and most of the heartless and liverless people watched the excitement on the city wall, pointing and poking, giggling and laughing.

When the women ran to the gate of the city, they ran to the devil's lair, and they screamed in fright, turned their heads, and ran back again. As soon as he ran a few steps, he almost hit the little devil's bright bayonet. The women had no choice, so they ran to the city gate again, and the bold ones shouted for help from the puppet brothers, and the timid ones had already begun to cry.

By this time, the women had become lambs to the slaughter, and the little devils were not in a hurry to chase them, but they all put their guns on their bodies one by one, and began to reach out to grab people, and kept shouting for the puppet army on the city wall to come down and help.

The platoon commander of the puppet army waved his pistol and shouted and ordered the puppet soldiers to go down the city wall to assist the imperial army in arresting people, and he took the lead in running down the city wall, and ordered the sentry to pull open the rejection wood at the city gate, and he pounced on a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl first.

For a while, there was a cry at the south gate of Linzi City, and the little devils and dogs joined forces to arrest the unarmed women.

After tossing for a while, he finally held down all the women one by one, and the platoon commander of the puppet army stepped forward to curry favor with the little devil and asked if he needed a rope.

The devil lieutenant who took the lead changed his face at this time, and when he caught the puppet army platoon commander, he opened it, only instigated a slap and kick, and the puppet army platoon commander fell to the ground softly.

Seeing that His Excellency the second lieutenant had made a move, those little devils rushed up and slammed the puppet soldiers with the butts of their guns, making the puppet soldiers confused, and they didn't know how to offend the imperial army, so they didn't dare to say a word in fright, and squatted on the ground obediently one by one.

This devil lieutenant is naturally disguised by the Eighth Route Army, his name is Roger, and he is the captain of the fifth squad of the third formation of special operations. It turned out to be a hunter in the Changbai Mountains in the northeast, and the family died tragically at the hands of Yue Kou, so he embarked on the road of revenge. Because of his good marksmanship, he annoyed the little devil, and was chased and killed by the devil as a key target, and he couldn't stay outside the gate, so he sneaked into the gate. By chance, he heard Liu Yimin's conversation at a press conference in Chengdu on the radio station in Beiping, and felt that the Red Army might be a real anti-Japanese team, so he thought of going to Shaanxi and preparing to go down to Sichuan from Shaanxi to join the Red Army. As a result, when he fought in Shaanxi, the Red Seventh Army had already occupied Xi'an in Beishan, and naturally became a Red Army, and stood out for his outstanding marksmanship in the defense of Tongguan, and was selected to study in the special combat team, and now he has grown into a squad leader.

After cleaning up the puppet army at the south gate, the group of women who were still crying just now stopped crying, and quickly grabbed the weapons and ammunition of the puppet soldiers one by one, went up to the city wall, and began to guard the south gate for the devil Han Annihilation.

Roger watched the group of nurses from the brigade field hospital dressed in the costumes of rural women in the central Luzhong area turn into heroic female guerrillas in a blink of an eye, his eyes widened, and his throat grunted for a long time before he turned around and signaled that the follow-up troops would enter the city.

After sending the signal, Roger led his team members and also went up to the city wall, disguised as a patrol of little devils, and touched the train station.

The Eighth Route Army entered Linzi County.

Before Roger touched the railway station, the commander of the 132nd Wing of the 25th Brigade, Ebi Meiei Ichisa, led one of his brigades, opened the road with four armored vehicles, took a car, set off from Zhoucun, hurried and hurried, and arrived at Linzi.

Along the way, the devil soldier stood on the car and shook in a daze, eating a stomach full of ashes. A squadron leader saw that the long march was hard, so he asked Hai Lao Mingrong Dazuo if he could rest in Linzi for a while, and the soldiers washed their faces and drank saliva. Unexpectedly, as soon as this suggestion was mentioned, it was insulted and laughed at by Ebi, who directly said that the squadron leader was stupid and not even as good as a pig. The main force of the brigade has passed, how can the convoy dare to stop in Linzi? The reason why His Excellency the Brigade Commander divided the troops into two routes, railway and road, was to ask the two troops to cover and support each other. The main force of the brigade has already passed Linzi, and the distance will become larger and larger when it rests, and the troops will become lonely. The Eighth Route Army was so ferocious and cunning, what it meant to be alone, even pigs understood. Your Excellency Squadron Leader is not even as good as a pig when he makes such a ridiculous suggestion?

The squadron leader, who had been trained, lowered his head and his car. Thinking of a way, he began to command his squadron to sing the military song, and ordered to continue to move forward while singing.

(To be continued)