Tada Jun's judgment was really right, because the Japanese army was besieging the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Suzhou-Anhui border areas, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army telegraphed all units of the Eighth Route Army to attack on all fronts and plan to respond to the operations of our army in the southern Hebei, Shandong, and Suzhou-Anhui border areas. http://

In the next few days, the Japanese First Army and the Garrison G Army stationed in Shanxi were all involved in the battle.

The late autumn of Jinchaji is full of red mountains and cold.

Chengnanzhuang, thirty-five miles south of Fuping County, is hidden in the autumn slaughter. This village, which looks no different from an ordinary village, is the Eighth Route Army

The headquarters of the 115th Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are located. From time to time, villagers driving sheep passed through the village, shouting sheep, and talking to the cadres of the Eighth Route Army passing by, setting off the whole village very peacefully.

The headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 115th Division are located in a brick and wood structure bungalow in Chengnanzhuang, the main room is He Nie Rongzhen's residence and office, and the wings on both sides are the staff offices and confidential offices of the military region and the division headquarters.

After receiving the telegram order from the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, the commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region sat in front of the map without saying a word, staring for a long time, and then turned to Nie Rongzhen and said: "Send a report to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, the First Army is determined to take advantage of the enemy's Kwantung Army to attack Shandong in the south, concentrate the main force, develop in the direction of Liaoning, smash the rear of the Kwantung Army, and plan to fight in response to the instructors." ”

The 115th Division was formerly known as the glorious Red First Army, and although it was reorganized into the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the division commander still used to refer to his troops as the First Army. This is what every telegram sent to the Central Committee and Headquarters is called.

At this time in history, he had already gone to the Soviet Union for treatment because he was mistakenly injured by Yan Xishan's sentry, and at this time, because history had changed, he was still fighting vigorously on the front line of resistance against Japan.

In the past two years, the 115 th Division has extensively carried out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province, and in accordance with the requirements of localizing the main forces, it has made great efforts to build local political power and local armed forces, and the size of its troops has expanded rapidly and its strength has risen sharply; from the east of the Tongpu Line and the north of Zhengtai Road in Shanxi to the south of the Zhangjiakou, Duolun, Ningcheng, and Jinzhou lines, including central and eastern Hebei, all of them belong to the scope of activity of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region pioneered by the 115 th Division, and the area of base areas and guerrilla areas has reached 200,000 square kilometers, controlling a population of 25 million.

With such strength, it's no wonder that the god of war in later history wants to leap to the end!

Nie Rongzhen stared at the map for a while, and said: "Now is indeed a good time for our army to march into Liaoning, the only difficulty is that it is winter at this time, and it is difficult for our army to gain a foothold in Liaoning." I think we can also adopt the method of fighting on the inner and outer lines, organize the outer line corps, go out of Liaoning, and attack the rear of the Kwantung Army; Organizing an inner line corps to launch an attack on the Japanese Army's G Army stationed in Menmen not only covered the actions of our outer line corps, but also created a deterrent effect on the Japanese army that blossomed on all sides. ”

His face was not shocked: "Liu Yimin has repeatedly advocated fighting economic wars, and we have to think about it carefully." Liaoning is a good place, it needs grain, guns, and people, and it is much richer than Jinchaji. There are our advance troops and anti-coalition troops there, which can respond and cooperate. The soldiers were quick and immediately began to mobilize. ”

Nie Rongzhen reminded again: "It is still necessary to think carefully, as soon as our army moves in Liaoning, the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchurian Defense Army will desperately counterattack, and the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shandong will also quickly return to help." Take one step and look at three steps, we still have to figure out how to deal with the counterattack and siege of the devils. ”

The two brooms frowned, and said lightly: "By the time they besiege us, we will all have returned with a full load!" ”

Nie Rongzhen laughed.

After laughing, Nie Rongzhen said again: "The instructor has made a great contribution to the whole army, and now is the time when they need support." I think that it is naturally good to march to Liaoning, which is a way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. However, can we draw out some of our forces to make a feint near Beiping? That way the support for the instructor is more direct. ”

Shaking his head: "No! Liu Yimin knows very well that he wants to transfer the devil to the south, let the devil go as far as possible, and occupy as much territory as possible! The purpose is to create an emptiness in the Shijiazhuang and Pingjin areas, so that he can take the opportunity to lead the army to attack and occupy Shijiazhuang and even attack the Pingjin area. Coupled with our big fight in Liaoning, the devil is destined to be unlucky this time! ”

"But", but when he arrived, he shook his head again: "The losses in Shandong, Suzhou, Anhui, and southern Hebei this time may not, even if the devils end the sweep, Liu Yimin and they want to restore the vitality of the base area, I am afraid it will take a year and a half." ”

Nie Rongzhen sighed: "No way, the devil has made such a big blood, how can it be easy to get along?" Shandong, I'm afraid it's going to be a big disaster this time. No, I'll go and draft a telegram to the Central Committee to consider the specific arrangements. ”

To go behind the buttocks of the Kwantung Army to set fire, Liu Bocheng on Taihang Mountain, Xu Xiangqian in Jinzhong, and He Long in Jinsui were all leaping and trying. There is no way, the devil used all the main forces to deal with Liu Yimin's troops, and the strength of the First Army and the G Army stationed in Shanxi was a little thin. Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, and He Long are no worse than Liu Yimin, how could they miss the fighter?

In this way, when the Japanese heavy army group rushed to Shandong, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi came out and fought between Pinghan Road and Tongpu Railway.

Cao County was known as Bei Bo in ancient times, and later called Panshi Town, which was the location of the early capital of Shang Tang. A number of powerful emperors and generals, such as the hero of water control, the first slave-born prime minister Yi Yin, the first king of ancient Korea, the philosopher Zhuangzi, the military strategist Wu Qi, the agronomist Fan Shengzhi, and the leader of the peasant uprising Huang Chao, as well as famous experts and scholars who have made significant contributions to mankind, were all born here.

On the night of October 30, Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong drove 300 kilometers from Pingyiji to Zhangwan, which borders Cao County in the south of Heze.

Zeng Zhongsheng and Tan Zheng were ordered to return to Dadian and sit in command of the inner line of operations.

Jiaodong, southern Hebei, western Luxi, southeastern Shandong, and the Suzhou-Anhui border areas have all become a pot of porridge, but the southern and southwestern regions of Shandong are calm. Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong traveled all the way from Pingyiji, and saw that although the soldiers and civilians in the base area were all in the strong walls and clear fields, there were still villagers who set up stalls to do business in various market towns, and they felt a lot of emotion, and it seemed that the villagers had not yet woken up from the joy of the liberation of Lunan. In particular, in this Heze area, because the 38th Division of the Japanese army attempted to raid Heze last time, it was sent back to Cao County by the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade and the Second Luxi Garrison Brigade, and hid in the Cao County area motionless. Cai Zhong suggested to Liu Yimin several times that he could think of a way to ensure that the base area would not be occupied by devils.

Liu Yimin's answer is very simple: We must let the devil open up the Jinpu Road, or who will build the railway for us? As for the other bases, even if the devils occupy them, they won't stay long, and they will obediently return to the railway line.

In Zhangwan, Liu Yimin couldn't take a break, set up an antenna, let the radio station start, and learned about the anti-sweeping situation in all aspects.

The principle of the anti-devil heavy army group's sweep operation in the winter determined by Liu Yimin was to preserve the vital forces, and did not hesitate to let the devils occupy the base areas of Shandong, Jinan, and Suzhou and Anhui on the surface, break the jars and jars, and let the Japanese army advance into the hinterland of the base area. This principle was established in a very timely manner, and it is tantamount to letting go of the hands and feet of the armed forces of all units and base areas, and there is no need to stubbornly defend the towns and jump behind the devils to wage guerrilla warfare. In this way, whether it is the main force or the local armed forces, as long as they complete the task of covering the transfer of rear organs, schools, and fellow villagers, they will be able to fight flexibly and maneuverily, and they will fight if they can win the battle, and they will leave if they cannot win. The devil's attempt to encircle and annihilate the main force of our army was doomed to fail from the moment Liu Yimin's telegram was issued.

Because the Japanese army did a good job of keeping secrets in advance, and its strength was unusually large, all the elite troops dispatched, and the Suzhou-Anhui border area was tantamount to a surprise attack by the Japanese army.

After receiving Liu Yimin's report and the central government's telegram, Chen Yi learned that the Japanese army was Xiang Zhuang Wujian who was aiming at Peigong, and wanted to preemptively launch a sweep in the Suzhou-Anhui region to cover its strategic intention of comprehensively besieging Shandong. Mr. Chen scolded "the devil of the turtle's son has also learned to engage in conspiracy and trickery", so he concentrated his energy on commanding our army in the Suzhou-Anhui region to cover the transfer of the villagers for the purpose of combat, playing hide and seek with the devils, jumping around in the big encirclement of the devils, and looking for opportunities to jump out of the encirclement. However, the devils made a decision, and although the main force of our army broke out of the encirclement, the losses of the local armed forces and local political power organs were very large. The entire Suzhou-Anhui border area was shrouded in terror.

On the day of the surprise attack of the Japanese 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 23rd Divisions in the southern Hebei region, the Eighth Route Army was also caught off guard. These four divisions were all the elite of the Kwantung Army, and the 7th and 23rd Divisions quickly completed the replenishment after the Soviet army suffered heavy losses in the Nomenkhan area, and also improved the degree of mechanization in view of the Soviet army's superiority in armor and artillery fire. The southern Hebei region is an endless large plain, which is normally the most suitable for the movement of Japanese mechanized troops. According to the Japanese army's battle plan, the four elite divisions will sweep southern Hebei in three days at most. What the devil didn't expect was that the southern Hebei region had experienced the devil's heavy army sweep, and the military and civilians in the base area were extremely alert to the devil's surprise attack, digging tunnels at the earliest, and the traffic transformation was very thorough, and the devil's mechanization lost its advantage here, except for the first day of the sudden attack and advance 120 miles, and then the devil's attack had to slow down. The reason is simple, the devil's cars, tanks, armored vehicles have nowhere to go.

The speed of the devil's advance has slowed down, but the revenge and killing of the base area has become more brutal. The devils could not find the Eighth Route Army, county brigades, district squadrons, and militia that were attacking everywhere, and they were dizzy by mine warfare and tunnel warfare, so they attacked villages and market towns, and set fire to villages at every turn, turning the land of southern Hebei into a sea of fire.

The situation in Luxi is similar to that in southern Hebei, the political system of the Eighth Route Army is basically complete, the mobilization is rapid, the tunnel construction has been networked, and Xu Shiyou's Luxi Garrison Brigade and Zeng Chunjian's New Second Brigade are resisting step by step, leading the devil's nose and walking, winning valuable transfer time for the Luxi army and people. When the devils couldn't find anyone, they set fire to the village, causing heavy losses.

Although the devils in southern Hebei and Luxi attacked slowly, after all, it was the main force of the Japanese attack on Shandong this time, and the troops were huge, and the two devils had already achieved a meeting, and most of the counties in southern Hebei and Luxi had fallen. The devil's forward has approached the Dong'e area where the Yellow River and the canal cross.

The Jiaodong Peninsula has a vast territory, and our army only has one main force of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, and it is naturally delusional for the devil to surround the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade with four divisions. However, our army also did not have the strength to prevent the Japanese army from capturing any county town, so it could only cover the transfer of local political power and logistics organs to tunnels or mountainous areas, launch and organize local armed forces and militias to use mine warfare and tunnel warfare to fight with devils, and the main force was transferred to the flank or rear of the Japanese army to attack its baggage logistics units. In just four days, the devils basically controlled the Jiaodong Peninsula.

The southeastern part of Shandong is different, because Liu Yimin strictly ordered Wang Nanhu to command the southeastern Shandong detachment and the local armed forces in southeastern Shandong to use the existing fortifications to resist step by step, and also ordered Hong Chaoyuan to command the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade to rely on the layers of fortifications in the mountainous areas of southern Lunan, and the battle was very fierce. Wang Nanhu reported that the troops suffered heavy casualties, and if they continued to do so hard, the southeastern Lu detachment would probably be wounded.

After reading the reports from all sides, Liu Yimin was most pleased that the main force of the 115th Division marched to Liaoning, and said to Luo Ronghuan: "Division Commander Lin is worthy of being the number one general of our army, and this punch directly hit the heart of the Kwantung Army. According to this situation, the main force of the Kwantung Army will not be able to stop in Shandong for a long time, and I think it will be a month at the longest. As long as the main force of the 115th Division enters Liaoning, the Kwantung Army will inevitably panic. At that time, no matter how much Tada Jun tries to find a way, it will be impossible to retain the main force of the Kwantung Army. Next, the Japanese army will change its strategy and change from a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of our army to open up a line of communication. ”

Luo Ronghuan is also very happy, the 115th Division, it was adapted from the Red First Army, and everyone from the Central Red Army has a constant emotion with this unit. I heard Luo Ronghuan say: "How can I hear that Division Commander Liu Yimin is the number one general of our army?" Why did you suddenly become humble? I remember when Gu Shoufu was tried in public, he teamed up with Jingjing to broadcast live, what kind of invincible general of the Chinese nation was Jingjing when he came up? ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly waved his hands: "Don't you dare to be Hu!" , Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Peng are all commanders of our army, and they are many times stronger than I don't know. Division Commander Lin, Division Liu, Division Xu, and Mr. He, including Commander Ye and Mr. Chen, all of them are better than me. How can I be called the number one general, the invincible general? Don't dare to be nonsense, spreading it will make the boss laugh off their big teeth! ”ro！