Liu Yimin said: Strategically despising the enemy: "Attaching importance to the enemy and attaching importance to the enemy should be reflected in the guiding ideology and specific arrangements of operational command, and the premise is to study the enemy." The premise of studying the enemy is to grasp the enemy's situation, and the purpose of mastering the enemy's situation is to know oneself and the enemy, "avoid the enemy's attacking edge," save oneself, and destroy the enemy.

Liu Yimin said: If the enemy does not move, I will not move, "If the enemy moves, I will move first." The main purpose of the enemy's deployment is to prepare for the enemy's attack before he launches an attack, "attack the enemy's weak parts, and hit the snake and hit seven inches."

During this period, the base camp of "Japan" changed generals, and Lu Xiang Sugimoto succeeded Terauchi Shouichi as the commander of the North China Front, Yan Junliu, commander of the Central China Front, returned to China as Lu Xiang, and Terauchi Shouichi returned to China as a military counselor.

The military senator is a cold bench, and under normal circumstances, Terauchi Shouichi is reluctant to do this role. But now it's different, and he can't wait to leave North China and return to China. However, Shanshanyuan single-handedly directed the war of aggression against China when he was appointed as Lu Xiang, and even if he wanted to take office in Beiping, he had to hand over the work clearly. In addition, Konoe Fumima changed his policy toward China, "bent on luring Wang Jingwei down, and the Japanese army base camp was jumping with chickens and dogs, and for a while he was worried that Wang Jingwei would play them, and for a while he was worried that Wang Jingwei would not be able to escape, so that they all looked like red-eyed gamblers on the gambling table" and "waited for the last card with fear."

Now that Wang Ching-wei had fled to Hanoi, everyone in the Japanese base camp was beaming with joy, including Emperor Hirohito, who was celebrating each other, and felt that the second step of the plan should be implemented immediately: to lure Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist government to surrender.

At this time, Liu Yimin made a speech, and at once Wang Jingwei, who had fled to Hanoi, was thrown into the ice cave from the joy of a successful escape.

Wang Jingwei couldn't have imagined that Liu Yimin, who had never met him, would list him as the number one traitor, and his wife as the number one female traitor, and he would also ask the world for a reward for his head. Listen to how vicious Liu Yimin said, asking him to sleep without a nest and eat without a pot" is like a lost dog.

Wang Jingwei knew that "with the issuance of the wanted warrant and the reward order of the Nationalist Government, his personal safety has become a problem, and this Hanoi is not a place to stay for a long time, so he must leave as soon as possible and go to the sphere of influence of the Nationalist Government." Otherwise, "the guy who eats may not be able to keep it."

Wang Jingwei ordered Gao Zongwu and Mei Siping to contact the Japanese side as soon as possible and to go to Hong Kong. He also said that "they are not familiar with the Japanese consul general in Hong Kong" and asked the Japanese side to change the consul general in Hong Kong, and to pick them up and leave Hanoi as soon as possible.

Thinking about it, Wang Jingwei openly demanded that the Japanese army bomb Chongqing and Jinan on a large scale, and it was best to completely eliminate the instructors of the Eighth Route Army and kill Liu Yimin, who was a headache.

Not only Wang Jingwei, but also Pu Yi, King De, Wang Kemin, Qi Kuiyuan, Liang Hongzhi and other leading traitors, all fell into the ice cave.

Among these people, the most angry was the Manchurian Emperor Puyi. Liu Yimin actually said in a contemptuous tone during the conversation that he was an impotence patient, which made him how could he raise his head in front of his subjects!

Pu Yi, who was embarrassed and angry, summoned the imperial concubine at night, trying to prove that Liu Yimin was nonsense. As a result, Pu Yi was so angry that he told the consultant around him the next day that Liu Yimin was too rampant, which made all the friends who supported the goodwill of Japan, Manchuria, and China tremble, and they could not eat or sleep well. If this goes on for a long time, it will inevitably make Manchukuo unable to raise its head in front of the world, why can't the "Great Day" Emperor Rong Qiangsheng be eliminated?

The consultant originally regarded Pu Yi as a plaything in his hand, and "never took him seriously." As soon as Pu Yi said, "He immediately thought of Liu Yimin's conversation about Pu Yi being an impotence patient, and knew which nerve Pu Yi had pain." This guy immediately comforted Pu Yi, saying that the Great Japanese Army would definitely destroy Liu Yimin, and repeatedly promised to report to the commander of the Kwantung Army, the ambassador of the Great Japanese Empire to Manchukuo, and the general adviser as soon as possible, "Report to His Majesty the Emperor, send more troops, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Shandong in one fell swoop." At the same time, "this guy asked with a ghost in his heart whether His Majesty the Emperor of Manchukuo could select an excellent character from the imperial family and receive training from the Kwantung Army's secret service" to Shandong to assassinate Liu Yimin.

When Pu Yi said this, Pu Yi immediately thought of Prince Su's fourteen Ge Ai Xinjueluo who was shot by Liu Yimin's troops in public trial? Xiandan, that is, Yoshiko Kawashima, was even more angry in his heart, and immediately agreed, "It is said that three imperial families can be selected at the same time and handed over to the Kwantung Army for training, so that they can assassinate Liu Yimin and avenge the fourteen Gege."

It was under these circumstances that Senior General Shanshan Yuan took up his post in Beiping.

Since returning to North China, Terauchi Shouichi "has been carefully planning and preparing to carry out heavy encirclement and suppression of Shandong." Therefore, this old devil is also replenishing the troops of various units, "and he is also busy collecting ammunition from the mainland of Japan and Manchukuo." Unfortunately, the Battle of Wuhan had just ended, and the troops participating in the Battle of Wuhan had suffered heavy losses, "and they urgently needed to replenish and recuperate, and they occupied such a large area, which required a large number of troops to be garrisoned, and where could more troops be drawn out for a while." With the current troops, Shouichi Terauchi was not sure of victory, and he did not dare to act rashly.

Shouichi Terauchi has a thorough understanding of Liu Yimin's combat characteristics. It was precisely because of this understanding that he became more and more cautious. Because of the reconnaissance of the plane every day, no trace of the main force of Liu Yimin's tutor was found. Shouichi Terauchi knew that Liu Yimin's main force must also be resting in concealment, "staring at him with hungry wolf-like eyes, ready to pounce and bite him anytime and anywhere."

Just when Terauchi Shouichi was thinking about how to find Liu Yi's main force and give him a sea, land and air battle, the news came that the base camp had dismissed him as the commander of the North China Front Army and transferred the land minister Shanshan Yuan to take over, and Terauchi Shouichi's heart was put into his stomach at once.

Toshiki Terauchi, who was in a happy mood, ordered all units to strictly guard their defensive positions and wait for the arrival of the new commander to make new arrangements before carrying out the well battle operation. Next, Terauchi Shouichi took Miss Masako and began to wander around the city of Beiping, frantically searching for money, preparing to return to Japan. "Terauchi Shou was afraid that something would happen to him, so he kept sending reports to Emperor Hirohito and Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, saying that he had hemorrhoids and had to go back to Japan for treatment."

"Finally waited for Sugi Sugimoto to arrive, Terauchi Shouichi was overjoyed, went to the airport to greet Sugi Sugimoto, and after returning to the headquarters, he gave Sugi Sugimoto a detailed introduction to the enemy's situation, and then ignored Sugi Moto's repeated retention, and flew back to Tokyo with Miss Masako and the looted money and cultural relics.

After taking office, Senior General Shanshanyuan, the new commander of the North China Front, spent two days familiarizing himself with the situation, and then inspected the various units.

After inspecting the troops, Sugi Sugi Moto knew that Shouichi Terauchi had left him a mess. Not to mention the three divisions of the Kwantung Army, all the supplies were provided by Manchukuo, and the ammunition, grain and grass were sufficient. The supply problems of the First Army, the 12th Army, and the units directly under the jurisdiction of the Front Army were very great, and they basically could not meet the needs of continuous operations. What disturbed him the most was that "the Eighth Route Army had a large number of sharpshooters," and there was a huge shortage of officers and machine gunners and gunners of various units, and there was a huge shortage of grass-roots officers and personnel of technical arms.

Shanshan Yuan couldn't sit still, and while urging Chief of Staff Yamashita Fengfu to formulate an operational plan, he kept sending reports to the base camp, asking for urgent planning and replenishment of grass-roots officers, ammunition, and grain and grass to ensure the combat needs of the troops.

Shanshan Yuan, on the outside, seems to be a guy who has no opinions and is like a cloud, but in fact he is extremely ferocious, and the Japanese army's major strategic plans are basically from him.

Sugi Sugimoto was very dissatisfied with losing the post of land minister, knowing that it was due to the failure of the quick victory strategy, the emperor and the prime minister Konoe were annoyed with themselves, "finding fault and kicking himself out of the central organization." But he knew that "this is nothing" that the cabinet could collapse at any time, but his power in the Army was not something that could be dissolved in a moment. Since he let himself be the commander of the North China Front, he can just show his might" Let His Majesty the Emperor and the little man Konoe see how Shanshan Yuan defeated the Eighth Route Army.

After all, Shanshan Yuan was the commander of the North China Front Army, who stepped down from Lu Xiang's post to serve as the commander of the North China Front, and "the base camp did not want to let him lose face, and tried its best to meet his requests," transferred the Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division to the North China Front," supplemented the Guards Division, and the Guards Independent Mixed Brigade was transferred to the Fifth Division, and a chariot brigade was put together," and these three divisions and chariot brigades were shipped to Qingdao to join the Fifth Division. At this time, if Shanshan Yuan did not dare to launch a large-scale attack, then he would not be worthy of being the general of the Japanese army.

In fact, if Shanshan Yuan didn't attack again, he would lose the opportunity. Because the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, has been instigating and demanding that the three main divisions of the Kwantung Army be rebuilt as soon as possible and undertake the task of preparing for war against the Soviet Union.

In the old days of January, Shanshanyuan convened a military meeting of the North China Front Army in Beiping.

When Shanshan Yuan walked into the venue, all the two rows of senior Japanese officers at the conference table stood up and saluted.

Shanshan Yuan motioned for the officers to sit down, and began to speak: "Gentlemen: I am ordered to serve as the commander of the North China Front Army and command all the troops in North China to fight. Thank you for your kind attention. "After speaking" bowed deeply.

Lieutenant General Yamashita Fumi, chief of staff of the North China Front, Major General Muto Akira, deputy chief of staff, Lieutenant General Kita Seiichi, chief of the secret service agency, Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro, commander of the First Army, and Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, commander of the 12th Army, also hurriedly bent down and bowed.

After the greetings, Shanshan Motomasse said: "At the beginning of the war," I proposed to destroy China in three months. Originally, this goal was achievable", but so far it has not been achieved. Analyzing the reasons, the main reason is that we ignore the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army. This point must be deeply understood by all of you. ”

None of the Japanese officers attending the meeting spoke, "There was silence in the room.

These officers all knew that Sugi Sugimoto, like Terauchi Shouichi, was a Japanese giant, and he could return to the base camp to take charge of the center at any time. For such a commander who may affect the life of his own army, it is better to obey and carry out, and the more he talks, the worse it is.

Shanshan Yuan didn't wait for applause and answers, he was surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but sweep his eyes over the faces of those division commanders, "Seeing that these guys all lowered their eyes and faces, they were honestly listening to his instructions, thinking that they had hit the crux of the problem, so he continued: "At present, the [Central] ** team in North China is mainly divided into four parts, namely, the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and the miscellaneous army in northern Henan. Among them, the Eighth Route Army had the greatest power, the strongest will to fight, and the most active, and it also brought the greatest losses to the Great Japanese Empire. North China is the base of the Great East Asian Holy War, and if the Eighth Route Army is allowed to develop here, it will be greatly disadvantageous to the Great East Asian Holy War. For this reason, the front army decided to carry out a public security war in North China, completely eliminate the main force of the [Central] ** Brigade in this area, and restore public order in North China.

After Shanshanyuan finished speaking, he motioned for the officers to sit down, and asked the chief of staff Yamashita Fengwen to make a specific combat department, and Yamashita Fengwen stood up, walked to the map and gave a brief introduction to the situation on the battlefield in North China, and then said: ...... The most important problem in this operation along the coast of North China was to solve the problem of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong. To this end, the front army concentrated the main forces in North China and launched a centripetal attack on Jinan from Qingdao, Xuzhou, and Dexian, with the goal of finding and destroying the main force of Liu Yiminjiao's instructor, opening up the Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road, and restoring public order in Shandong. Because only by restoring public order in Shandong can coal, iron ore, and copper ore be continuously transported back to the mainland. In order to accomplish the combat mission, the front army decided to command the 1st, 2nd, and 23rd divisions of the Kwantung Army, as well as four garrison divisions, to form a northern front group, using Dexian as the starting base for the attack, to "launch an attack in the direction of Jinan" and attract the main force of Instructor Liu Yimin to fight a decisive battle with us. The headquarters of the 12th Army was moved to Xuzhou, commanding the 14th Division, the 35th Division, the 114th Division, the 13th Independent Mixed Division, and the Xuzhou first-line troops of the Manchurian National Defense Army, forming a southern front attack group to attack from south to north and contain the main force of Liu Yimin's army. The real killer copper of our army is the 5th Division, 6th Division, 16th Division, Guards Division and Tank Brigade in Qingdao. Since the Guards Division, the secretary of the Sixth Division, the 16th Division, and the Chariot Brigade were secretly transported to Qingdao, "it was impossible for the Eighth Route Army to guard against this powerful assault force, so it was decided that under the command of Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba, commander of the Sixth Division, it would form an Eastern Front Group to advance along the Jiaoji Road to Jinan and encircle the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Jinan area. ”

When Yamashita Fengfu said this, he was "proud, his voice raised an octave, and he almost shouted: "In this battle, the Great Japanese Army has concentrated 14 elite divisions, a chariot brigade, an independent mixed brigade, and a total strength of 25,000 Manchurian Defense Forces, reaching 360,000 people." With the support of the Combined Fleet and Air Force, the Eighth Route Army is not our opponent at all, and there is no doubt that it will win! ”

Shanshan Yuan was proud in his heart, and once again glanced at the officers majestically, and motioned to Yamashita to continue speaking.

After Yamashita Fengwen finished shouting, his face turned red and he was very excited. Seeing that Shanshan Yuan motioned for him to continue, Yamashita Fengwen spoke again: "In order to cooperate with the operation in the Shandong region, the First Army commanded the 20th Division, the first. The Ninth Division, the 25th Division, the 26th Division, and the independent mixed brigade stationed in Shanxi launched an active attack on the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, completely separating the Shanxi Eighth Route Army from the Shandong Eighth Route Army, so that they could not respond to each other and "cover the Shandong operation." The troops of eastern Henan, northern Henan, southwestern Shandong, and the Pinghan line all launched attacks and operations against the enemy in front of them to cover the real intentions of the Shandong operation. The specific order of operations was as follows: The Shanxi garrison launched an attack first, only attacking the Eighth Route Army, not the Jinsui Army and the Central Army, and concentrating forces on "clearing and suppressing divisions, and driving the main force of the Eighth Route Army into the mountainous areas." Then the troops in eastern Henan and northern Henan launched attacks on the Kuomintang troops in front of them, and then the troops of the Pinghan Line and the troops of southwest Lu launched sweeping operations against the base areas of southern Hebei and southwestern Shandong of the Eighth Route Army. It is necessary to turn the whole of North China into a situation full of smoke and smoke, so that the Eighth Route Army will not be able to judge the key direction of our army's attack. Next, Yamashita Fengwen said: "Due to the huge strength of Liu Yimin's troops and their ability to conduct long-distance raids and ambushes, all attacking troops must rationally allocate their forces and expand the scope of search and reconnaissance" not to give the Eighth Route Army an opportunity. The special services of the front army should learn from the Eighth Route Army and use all propaganda machines to "create true and false news, sow discord between the Kuomintang army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Jin Sui Army, so that they will be suspicious of each other and not support each other." In particular, with regard to Liu Yimin's ministry, it is necessary to fabricate news that they have reorganized the local armed forces of the Kuomintang and annexed the local power of the Kuomintang, "portraying Liu Yimin as a warlord bent on independence, not only making the Kuomintang suspicious of him, but also making him suspicious, making him anxious and unable to concentrate on thinking about the war." His Excellency the Commander specifically instructed that "a comprehensive method of warfare should be adopted against Liu Yimin's troops, and high-ranking agents should be dispatched to approach him and assassinate him," and at the same time, public opinion should be created in a big way, saying that the commander of the North China Front Army sent plenipotentiary representatives to negotiate with Liu Yimin, and "substantial progress has been made" and the two sides have reached a preliminary agreement on the status of Shandong. That is, Liu Yimin's ministry was not allowed to cross the Longhai line to develop southward, nor was it allowed to cross the canal to develop westward. The Great Japanese Imperial Government will provide one billion yen to support the construction of Shandong. When necessary, it can be said that Liu Yimin avoided chasing the princess of the royal family in Jinan, and fell in love at first sight, and was in the contradiction between national righteousness and personal feelings. You can also fabricate rumors about Liu Yimin's women, isn't one of his women an American student? We can say that this woman joined the big Japanese secret service when she was in the United States, and all her performance in the United States is to win the trust of the best people, and the reason why we successfully intercepted Liu Yimin's landline last time was the information she provided. All in all, whether others believe it or not, "we just have to create rumors and false information, and the quantity must be large, and the radio must broadcast it non-stop, so as to confuse Liu Yimin's thinking and make him unable to understand the operational intentions of the front army." ”

Yamashita Fengwen said this, the Japanese generals all widened their eyes in surprise, this Commander Shanshanyuan looked wilted, and he really had goods in his stomach, and even this kind of indiscriminate method could be used, unbelievable, unbelievable!