Chapter 957 is worried

After reading the telegrams from all sides, Liu Yimin's original sense of joy because he was about to launch an attack on Shijiazhuang was swept away, and he was worried and restless.

Luo Ronghuan saw Liu Yimin's worried look, and proposed, "I'll accompany you to take a walk outside."

The two of them followed into the courtyard.

The night was quiet, with the occasional sentry shouting a password coming from the village.

Luo Ronghuan's face was as cold as this winter night, but his words were hot: "I know that you are worried about the war in Shandong, and you also know that our Shandong base area is suffering from a catastrophe, and people may be dying every moment, it is very likely that when we return to the Shandong base area, the familiar faces of many old comrades-in-arms will never be seen again." However, I know that our guiding ideology of anti-Japanese heavy troops is correct, and our strategy is also correct. There was no way, the Japanese army mobilized the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army to besiege the Shandong base area, and even the Second Guards Division left in Japan and the Taiwan Hún Brigade stationed on Hainan Island were transferred. With such a large number of troops, coupled with the air superiority of the Japanese army, a hard encounter was unacceptable. It is the best policy to ensure the safety of the main force, mobilize the Japanese army, and eliminate the living forces of the Japanese army, and the chairman and the boss all agree. We're not wrong, it's just that the loss of the base area is too great, and it's uncomfortable to think about. But I think it's worth it to pay for the sake of victory. ”

Liu Yimin was silent, moving a little mechanically. At this moment, his mind was full of scenes of the Japanese army frantically burning, killing and looting in the base area. After listening to Luo Ronghuan's words, Liu Yimin muttered to himself: "The Shandong base area has suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, an unprecedented catastrophe."

Luo Ronghuan didn't seem to pay attention to Liu Yimin's emotions and didn't hear his words, and then said: "We are uncomfortable, and I'm afraid that the old devil of Tada Jun will not be happy in his heart." He mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress us with the strength of a single country, and so far he has not inflicted heavy losses on the main forces of our army, but on the contrary has lost the main force of the 38th Division, and their losses are greater than ours. It's just that they lost the Jīng Zhuang soldiers of the main force, and we mainly lost the property in the base area, and in theory, the two sides have so far been equal. This is all remarkable, you must know that the Japanese army used more troops in the Shandong battlefield than any other battle since the beginning of the war. Looking at the whole of China, only our Eighth Route Army can do this, and only our base areas can do this. ”

Luo Ronghuan was comforting Liu Yimin, hoping to calm down his emotions and not be carried away by hatred, which affected the operation to capture Shijiazhuang.

I heard Luo Ronghuan continue: "Now, the Japanese army's heavy army group is gathered in southwest Lu, and our base area in southwest Lu has suffered a great disaster, I don't know how many villages have been burned down, and how many people have been wiped out, but the little devil can't stay long in southwest Lu. Part of the main force of the 115th Division has been deployed in western Liaoning, and if it is estimated that the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, is already in a hurry, and perhaps the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shandong has already received an order to assemble troops and return to the northeast. If we do another dozen in Shijiazhuang, Tada Jun will be distracted in an instant. You must know that Shijiazhuang is more than 200 kilometers away from Beiping, and if you use the Pinghan Road to transport troops, you will arrive in Beiping in a few hours, and he can't do it if he wants to calm down. When the time comes, you see, the Japanese heavy army group stranded in Shandong will immediately withdraw its troops. ”

What Luo Ronghuan said, Liu Yimin had already estimated it as early as when he was gathering in Pingyi, otherwise he would not have left Shandong and led the troops to Shijiazhuang for a long journey.

Probably afraid that what he said was not in Liu Yimin's mind, Luo Ronghuan said again: "Ni Hua and Tang Xingying's mother and son have all returned. If you want them, when Shijiazhuang is defeated and the airport is occupied, you can let Chang Qiankun's Second Flying Group send a plane to send Tang Xingying's mother and son back. Ni Hua is in a special situation, she is about to give birth, it is better to be still, I suggest that she give birth in Chongqing, Vice Chairman Zhou and Sister Deng are very careful people, and they will arrange someone to take care of her. Don't worry, she is the cousin of Song Meiling and Song Qingling, and Chiang Kai-shek will not embarrass her. ”

Liu Yimin sighed leisurely: "I didn't expect that we tried our best to mobilize the Japanese army, but as a result, the Japanese army still left a few divisions in the mountainous area of Lunan and southeast Lu to carry out a crazy sweep. Chief of Staff Zeng telegraphed that the situation in central and southern Lu had deteriorated sharply, and that was because he did not want to distract us. I think that the current struggle in central and southern Shandong is already very cruel, and the casualties of the troops must be very large. We have to launch a campaign to capture Shijiazhuang as soon as possible, and things will change later. ”

Luo Ronghuan still thought that Liu Yimin was worried about the war in Shandong, and Ni Hua and Tang Xingying were worried, but he didn't expect that his mind was all about the war in Shandong, so he shook his head and stopped talking.

Cai Zhong didn't know when he would follow, and he said, "The best time for us to attack should be after the main force of the Kwantung Army returns to the northeast. Otherwise, as soon as we attack Shijiazhuang, the Japanese heavy army group will pounce again. You must know that the 115th Division's troops entering southern Liaoning will not be too many, and it is impossible to put too much pressure on the Kwantung Army. If the army is strong, with the style of Division Commander Lin, I am afraid that he will directly attack Shenyang. It is the base camp of the Japanese army, and if you take Shenyang, you will have no problem equipping 100,000 troops. ”

What Cai Zhong said was the truth, and the best time to attack Shijiazhuang should indeed be after the Kwantung Army units in the Japanese army's heavy army group returned to the northeast, so that as soon as Shijiazhuang started to fight again, the old devil Tada Jun would not be able to bear his strength, and he would have to withdraw his troops to sweep the heavy troops in Shandong.

At this time, it is the eighth day of the lunar calendar, bending the first quarter moon, and the cold glow is sprinkled.

Liu Yimin looked up at Yue'er, and suddenly said: "The new moon on the first day of the new year is not visible, only because I am trapped in the sun and the earth." On the seventh and eighth days of the first lunar month, the half moon faces west. The full moon rises on the fifteenth or sixteenth, and the earth carries the sun and the moon on one shoulder. Twenty-two and three first quarters, the moon faces east in the second half of the night. ”

This is the moon phase song, which talks about the four most important of the eight phases of the moon: the new moon, the first quarter moon, the full moon, and the last quarter moon.

Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong are both students, and they all know these common senses, and they know that the new moon is followed by the upper Emei Moon, the first quarter moon is the gibbous moon, the full moon is followed by the waning moon, and the lower quarter moon is followed by the lower Emei moon. I also know that according to the last day of the lunar month, the moon is not visible at all. It's just that they don't know what Liu Yimin means by suddenly reciting these four sentences at this time.

Liu Yimin didn't just recite the moon phase song, he counted the time. If there were no yīn days and the moonlight was good, the mechanized group of the 1st Brigade could secretly advance to Shijiazhuang without using the big driving lights. Although the speed is slower, it is more conducive to the troops to engage the enemy in concealment.

Liu Yimin couldn't stand, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then turned around and walked back.

After returning to the temporary residence of the staff office, Liu Yimin called ** Feng and asked him to record the order.

Although it was already late at night, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army in various base areas in Shandong were waiting for a call back.

Liu Yimin pondered for a while and began to dictate the telegram: "Chief of Staff Zeng, Deputy Political Commissar Tan, Li Qing, Yuan Guoping, Chen Shiqu, Wang Jian'an, and the heads of brigades and detachments in Shandong:

The Japanese army's heavy army group sweep in our Shandong base area is in a state of madness. The most serious areas are southwest Lu, Lunan, central and southern Lu, Qinghe, etc. In order to further mobilize the Japanese army's heavy army group out of Shandong, Commanders Liu and Luo decided to concentrate on teaching the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Brigade, the 6th Brigade, the New 1st Brigade, the New 4th Brigade, the New 8th Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Air Defense Brigade, and the Baggage Brigade to launch an attack on Shijiazhuang tomorrow night.

After our army captured Shijiazhuang, due to the special strategic position of Shijiazhuang, the Japanese army was not only afraid that we would close the retreat of the Japanese army in Shanxi, but also feared that our army would take advantage of the victory to attack the Pingjin area, so it would inevitably mobilize the army to recapture Shijiazhuang with all its might at the first time, and at the same time return to the Pingjin area. The crisis on the Shandong battlefield can be resolved in one day. If the above-mentioned objectives are achieved, then our troops in all parts of Shandong should take active action to restore the base areas. Gao Jinchun of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade should command our army and local troops in Jiaodong to actively counterattack, resulting in a counteroffensive posture of our army on the whole front in Jiaodong, and lead the Japanese army in Jiaodong to the mountainous area to create fighters for the Li Qing Group's next attack on Qingdao; The Jinan Garrison Brigade and the Qinghe Garrison Brigade commanded by Yuan Guoping and Xu Guangda fought guerrilla attacks in the Qinghe area and Jiaolai area north of Jiaoji Road to further contain the Japanese army; The Fourth Brigade of Jiaojiao and the Luzhong Garrison Brigade commanded by Lei Ming should be highly concentrated, attack Linqu and Anqiu, and force the Japanese troops to encircle and suppress our Qinghe area to divide their troops and return to help; After the above-mentioned three troops achieved their objectives, the 3rd, 7th, and 8th Brigades commanded by Li Qing should decisively capture Qingdao, take over the merchant fleet heading north from Hong Kong, and plan for the transfer of our main forces in the Shijiazhuang area, and wait for the specific time of the attack; While relying on the mountainous area to fight with the enemy, the Lunan Hongchaoyuan Group should send a strong force into the Lunan Plain area to force the Japanese troops sweeping the mountainous area of central and southern Lunan to return to the Lunan Plain, and the Taixi Garrison Brigade should cooperate with the action; After the Japanese heavy army group rushed to Shijiazhuang, the Xu Shiyou Luxi Garrison Brigade, the Zeng Chūn Jianxin 2nd Brigade, and the Fuzhuting New 6th Brigade of the Hebei and Lubian Provinces should command the local armed forces in Luxi, Jilubian, and Southwest Lu to launch offensive operations, forcing the remaining Japanese troops to gather in the county towns and the Jiāo line. ”

After dictating the telegram, Liu Yimin sat down and personally drafted the telegram to Ni Hua.

Liu Yimin said on the telegram: "Dear Ni Hua and my love: I am finally relieved to know that you have returned to Chongqing safely. Unfortunately, my wife is about to give birth, but I can't be by your side, giving you comfort and strength, and I can't see with my own eyes the image of our child when he lands. As a husband, I am incompetent; As a father, I was equally incompetent. However, the Japanese army is carrying out a heavy siege on Shandong, and I cannot leave my command post and fly to you, so please understand. I would like to remind you that you should always be vigilant in the harmonious family reunion and never be careless. As you may not know, Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the abolition of the instructor number, the abolition of the anti-Japanese regimes we have established at all levels in Shandong, the banning of our publications, and the demoting of me from lieutenant general to second lieutenant and probationary platoon commander. Ordered our army to withdraw to Shaanxi, organized into a local security force, and undertook the task of river defense. In this case, your mother and son are likely to be in danger, at least as hostages of Chiang Kai-shek's submission in the future. Don't trust Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxifu too much. If possible, move out of Songting Villa after giving birth and live in Mr. Soong Ching Ling's house, she should be able to protect you and our children. After the full moon, you must try to leave Chongqing and return to Shandong. If the situation in Shandong is still grim by then, you can go to Xi'an and live with Li Yun, Tang Xingying's mother in Xi'an, who will be responsible for helping you take care of the children. If you are unwilling to live with Li Yun, I will report to the central government and arrange separate accommodation and service personnel for you. Be sure to keep in touch with Vice Chairman Zhou at all times. As long as you can try to move Mr. Song Qingling, she will have a way to let you live in her house, and there will be a way to contact Vice Chairman Zhou. ”

When he wrote this, Liu Yimin seemed to have a beautiful image of Ni Hua in front of him, stopped his pen, and sat on the bench silently. After a long time, he wrote again: "After the child is born, if it is a boy, he will be named Li Zheng'an, which has the same meaning as the names of He'er and Ping'er, that is, I hope that when they grow up, our country and nation can be peaceful and tranquil." If she is an NV child, she is named Ni Jing, which means that she wants to learn like Comrade An Jingjing and become a talented person who is full of talent and wisdom. ”

Finally, Liu Yimin wrote: "Dear Ni Hua, I look forward to seeing you again as soon as possible. I assure you that after this reunion, I will never leave me on a mission alone. Don't say that I went to the United States, I didn't even go to Chongqing, just stayed with me. ”

After writing the telegram to Ni Hua, Liu Yimin wrote another telegram to Tang Xingying, waiting for her to place her mother and children at home in Xi'an, and let He'er go to kindergarten in Xi'an, and quickly prepare to return to the army. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can take a plane to Shijiazhuang.

After drafting the two telegrams, Jiāo sent them to ** Feng and sent them together, Liu Yimin called Qian Zhuangfei and asked him to contact the comrades in Qingdao and Lianyungang, closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army, and report it immediately once a large number of Japanese troops were found to have boarded the ship.

Qian Zhuangfei reported: "No. 1: There is already intelligence. There was no movement in the direction of Qingdao, and a large Japanese fleet appeared in Lianyungang. ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly took the telegram, read it carefully, and then patted his forehead: "Damn, I'm dizzy when I'm busy." The Japanese Guards Division, the Second Division, and the 23rd Division were all mechanized divisions, and they were all in the southwest of Shandong, and although the Longhai Road was not restored to traffic, they had many cars, and if they advanced to Lianyungang with all their might, they could arrive within two days. It seems that the Kwantung Army is about to return to the Northeast. Old money, tell comrades, keep your eyes open and keep your eyes firmly on the little devils. Report as soon as possible. ”

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