After dinner, a brief joint operations meeting began. Starting

The Battle of Lunan was planned by the Eighth Route Army1, and Yu Xuezhong's department was in a position of cooperating with the operation from the beginning. Therefore, this joint operations meeting was naturally presided over by Liu Yi, Yu Xuezhong, Luo Ronghuan,

Cai Zhong, Zhou Fu, and Wang Jingxuan sat beside him.

Holding a candle and pointing to the map, Changfeng, director of the instructor's adviser's office, reported on the current situation of the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield in Shandong.

The high-power radio of the division headquarters has been turned on, and all the departments of the instructors have been contacted, and the battlefield situation is clear.

Listening to the wind, he said: "Division Commander Liu, Political Commissar Luo, Commander-in-Chief Yu, leaders, generals: Just when our main force surrounded and annihilated the main force of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, the first division of our army had already killed Tengxian, Yixian, and Zaozhuang, and it was currently progressing smoothly. Our army's Southwest Lu Army is leading the main force of the Devil Wizard Regiment to move towards the purpose of Hezebiao, and our army's Northwest Lu Army is fully attacking the Japanese defense area west of the Yellow River Luokou Ferry on Jinpu Road, and the troops along the Jiaoji Road of our army are planning a continuation attack on the Jinan area, and our Taixi Army is planning a counterattack to the Taixi area and the Japanese army on the first line of Tai'an. In order to deal with our army's counterattack, the Japanese army transferred the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guards Division and the Heavy Artillery Brigade stationed in Qingdao, and the 32nd Division and 36th Division stationed in Weicheng and Zhoucun to form a reinforcement group on the East Road. The Japanese army also transferred the 41st Division stationed in Cangxian County,

The 37th Division stationed in Hengshui, the 1st Old Division and the 1st Guards Division, which were urgently withdrawn from the Shanxi battlefield, cooperated with the 40th Division stationed in Dexian County to form a reinforcement group on the West Road, preparing to attack our Luxi army. On the southern front, in addition to the 38th Division, which attacked Heze, the 27th Division stationed in Yanzhou, Jining, Surabaya, and Quzhuo had already moved north today to reinforce Tai'an. Looking at the posture of the Japanese army's arrangement, it is judged that our army will reoccupy Jinan, so the heavy troops gathered around Jinan, and it seems that the main force of our army will be surrounded and annihilated under the city of Jinan in one fell swoop. ”

After the victory, everyone was happy, Yu Xuezhong always had a smile on his face, and said with a smile after listening to the introduction of the wind: "The little devil is fooled this time, Tada Jun may have even wiped the disembowelment knife clean now." Maybe you've already stabbed it in! Cai Zhong immediately replied: "Commander-in-Chief Yu, you overestimate Tada Jun's character. After more than two years of fighting, the Japanese army suffered so much losses that a large number of generals should have apologized for their crimes a long time ago, but after all the calculations, only Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki and Lieutenant General Tokutoshi 11 and Major General Toru Yi Etoshi committed suicide by disembowelment. It is said that Seishiro Itagaki was forced by the emperor and Terauchi Shouichi to apologize for his crimes. Japanese generals, character is indispensable! ”

There are two problems to be resolved at this joint operations meeting, one is the next combat action, and the other is how to unify the command and tenon of the instructors of the Xuezhong Department and the Eighth Route Army.

After Yu Xuezhong and Cai Zhong finished speaking, Feng continued: "Although our army has achieved a great victory in Lunan, due to the news of the annihilation of the main force of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, our army cannot take advantage of the victory to expand the results of the battle, and misses the opportunity to further lure the enemy and annihilate the enemy in Lunan. According to common sense, at this time, the Japanese army should urgently shrink, huddle into a group, and Yujiu plan the next step of retaliation. Based on this situation, Chiefs Liu and Luo judged that the situation on the battlefield in Shandong in the future is not optimistic, and the Japanese army needs to mobilize a large army to carry out heavy encirclement and suppression of our army in Shandong, and the Shandong base area will once again face an unprecedented catastrophe. The reason for this situation is determined by the current battlefield situation. Everyone, please see, after the victory of our army in Lunan, we can take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was annihilated and shaken by the main force of the 10th Division.

When the military strength was greatly reduced, it quickly and decisively attacked, completely swept away the enemy in southern Lunan, and forced it to retreat to Xuzhou in the south, Tai'an and even Jinan in the north to expand its base area, and on this basis, quickly rested and made up for the army. In this way, the Jinpu Road was cut off, and Luzhong, Lunan, Lunan, Lunan, Taixi, Luxinan, and Luxi were connected, forming a huge strategic depth.

In this vast base area, our army can attack the enemy in Jinan and Jiaoji Road in the north, threaten Jinan and Qingdao, and threaten Xuzhou and Lianyungang in the south, and then advance westward to join forces with the First Theater to eliminate the enemy in Henan. It can also cross the Longhai Road to the south again, join forces with the Fifth Theater and the army in the Suzhou-Anhui region, sweep through the Jiangbei region of the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui, cut off the Yangtze River defense, and seal off the Japanese army in the Wuhan area. This strategic situation will certainly be visible to the top brass of the Japanese military, and they will never sit idly by and allow our army to grow rapidly and achieve this strategic goal. In that case, it would be tantamount to a complete defeat in their war of aggression against China. Therefore, the top priority of the Japanese army at present is to quickly mobilize a large army to buy the Jinpu Road, consolidate the Longhai Road and the Jiaoji Road, further implement the cage policy, divide our army, and then gradually annihilate our army. ”

These words are the result of discussions among Liu, Luo, and Cai, and Liu Yimin has said more than once like those strategic ideas. However, at today's joint operations meeting, it is inconvenient for Liu, Luo, and Cai to study and resolve the issue of unifying the command of our army in Shandong.

As soon as the generals of the 51st Army and the 57th Army heard that the Japanese army might sweep the troops again, their faces became solemn. Because the rebuilt 10th Division alone defeated the 51st Army and the 57th Army to the east of the Pants River, and now the Japanese army in Shandong is already so huge, if a heavy group is gathered to sweep Shandong, the next battle will be difficult to fight.

The wind was holding a candle to the map, and he couldn't see the expressions of the generals of the Northeast Army present: "The Japanese army will soon counterattack, but the current situation of our army in Shandong is worrying. One is that our army in Shandong is divided into three systems, with the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the Sulu Theater, and the armed forces of the premises appointed by the former Shandong Provincial Government. The situation on the battlefield is stable, and it is good to say that when the time comes, guerrilla warfare is waged behind enemy lines, and each fights its own way, and there is a way to survive.

However, as soon as the Japanese army was heavily encircled and suppressed, and a big battle was fought, the shortcomings of the lack of unity of command appeared. The sudden withdrawal of the New Fourth Division from its positions this time is a clear example. At that time, if it were not for the commander-in-chief Yu personally coming to the front line, the 51st Army and the 57th Army would have fought desperately, and the consequences would have been unimaginable. The other is that our army's combat effectiveness is uneven. The main force of the Eighth Route Army was only a few brigades, and the rest of the army were newly established armies, and it was okay to cooperate with the main force in combat, but the Zero Ding operation could only use ambush and guerrilla as the main means of combat, and it could not stop the attack of the Japanese heavy army group at a critical time. The main forces of the Sulu Theater and the Q Army have been fighting continuously recently, and the losses are too great and they urgently need to be compensated. In the current situation, not to mention encountering the Japanese army's heavy army group, even encountering a Japanese garrison division, I am afraid it will be difficult to retreat in its entirety, as for the premises appointed by the Shandong Provincial Government, as long as they can persist in the guerrilla attack and not surrender, they are already very lucky. The third is that the ammunition of the Eighth Route Army mainly relies on capture, although it can be reloaded with ammunition, but if the war lasts too long, and our army cannot quickly repel the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army, it will inevitably present a situation in which the ammunition cannot be sustained. The military used by the army and the army is a national-made weapon, and the ammunition is not compatible with the Japanese-style weapons and ammunition, and the supply is also a problem. Fourth, the Japanese army's air superiority is obvious, and our army's large army must rely on night cover for marching operations. This affected the maneuver of the army and increased casualties.

To sum up, although our army has achieved a great victory in southern Lunan, it has not really completely changed the balance of forces between the enemy and us in the Shandong battlefield. On the contrary, it will lead to a larger-scale counterattack by the Japanese army. I would like to ask Chiefs Liu and Luo, Commander-in-Chief Yu, and all leaders and generals to study and resolve the above problems as soon as possible. ”

After the wind finished speaking, he turned to salute and stood aside, waiting for the meeting to study it.

Yu Xuezhong smacked for a long time before he said to Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan: "The Eighth Route Army is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, this consultant director is very level!" ”

Yu Xuezhong played haha, the Eighth Route Army must not fight haha, because time waits for no one, the army has already begun to act, but the leaders are still sitting here!

Cai Zhong's swarthy face looked more and more energetic under the candlelight: "Commander-in-Chief Yu, originally, our army planned to use the captured radio station of the 10th Division to disguise the Japanese army for help and expand the results of the battle. It is a pity that your troops could not hold their breath and reported victory in advance before the end of the battle, so that we lost a good opportunity to continue to lure and annihilate the Japanese divisional and regimental troops in Lunan.

If we can lure and annihilate the main force of the 9th Division here, or the main force of the 27th Division to reinforce Tai'an, we may win a month or even two or three months of growth, and at that time, not only will our army be further expanded, but also the 51st Army and the 57th Army will be able to complete the make-up and recuperation. The little devil heavy army group is coming, and we can also concentrate our military forces to destroy it all the way and defeat its heavy encirclement. It's too late to say anything, so let's hurry up and study the question of what to do next.

Eighty percent of the little devils' reinforcements have already received orders. ”

Cai Zhong was right, at this time, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front was already in chaos. The commander of the North China Front, Jun Tada, the chief adviser, Ryosuke Yoshisumi, and the chief adviser, Hei Wuzheng, all stood in the war room with a blue face, and gave orders one after another.

The matter was already very clear, Liu Yimin set a trap for the Japanese army, and in a matter of moments, he sent the main force of the 10th Division back to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Shame, shame, Tada Jun is hyping up the construction of North China, and the Japanese army base camp is also looking forward to Tada Jun's cage policy to get a miracle effect, and the Eighth Route Army instigated him again. And the slap was so loud that it echoed over Tokyo Bay.

Tada Jun is now too lazy to scold Baga anymore, and he is too lazy to scold the Eighth Route Army for being despicable and shameless. He knew in his heart that heroes were judged by victory or defeat on the battlefield, and to say that the opponent was despicable and shameless was to say that he was incompetent.

Now, what Tada Jun has to do is to quickly shrink the army stationed in the Lunan area, so as not to be caught up by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and drink not even a mouthful of bone broth.

The situation is getting more and more serious, since listening to the news of the victory of the "Squadron" in Lunan, the garrisons of Zaozhuang, Yixian, and Tengxian have successively reported that they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the most typical is that the Zaozhuang garrison transferred by the Twelfth Army said that the Mengzhuang stronghold was besieged by the "Japanese" rescue and wanted to go for reinforcements.

Tada Jun immediately realized that it was a trap, and immediately called back, ordering the defenders of Zaozhuang to abandon Zaozhuang and move to Lincheng. Unfortunately, contact with the Zaozhuang defenders was soon lost. Tada Jun can only hope that the garrisons in these areas can take advantage of the joy to open the way and escape to the sky.

It's night, and the night has not only covered the towns and villages, but also the traps. Tada Jun did not dare to order the reinforcements on the Western Front and the Eastern Front to speed up, so he could only order to contact the Fifth Division and the 114th Division and ask them where they had arrived.

Not bad, the 114th Division called back, and the whole division had already begun to board the ship. The 5th Division called back, and the vanguard had arrived at the port.

Tada Jun sent a telegram back instructing Lieutenant General Numata Tokushige, the new commander of the 114th Division, to sail at full speed and to quickly rush to Lianyungang to land and fortify. The Fifth Division was instructed to speed up the transportation of troops and rush to Qingdao to take over the defense.

Tada Jun calculated in his heart that there were now nine divisions and regiments in the Shandong battlefield, including the 1st Guards Division, the 9th Division, the 27th Division, the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, the 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division, and the 110th Division. In addition to the cavalry brigade in Jinan and the heavy artillery brigade in Qingdao, in addition to the self-reliant mixed brigade and garrison unit that are responsible for garrison tasks, the military strength that can be used for field battles alone is more than 200,000, and it can fight a decisive battle with the Shandong Eighth Route Army. It's just that there are a little fewer permanent divisions in these armies, and the base camp has to send some permanent divisions over.

Tada Jun said to Yoshizumi Ryosuke, "Chief Advisor, send a report to the base camp that the main force of the 10th Division was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in Lunan. At the same time, he said that I had requested to resign from the post of commander of the North China Front and asked the base camp to send another commander to take command of North China. In addition, he told the base camp that "the public security situation in North China has deteriorated extremely, the Eighth Route Army has become stronger and stronger, its military strength has become more and more, the area under its control has become larger and larger, and the population has increased. I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor for approval to urgently transfer three to five additional permanent divisions to North China to participate in the war, launch a heavy encirclement and suppression of Shandong, completely eliminate Liu Yiminjiao, the Eighth Route Army, and completely restore the occupied areas and the public order situation in Shandong. Otherwise, the Japanese Army will not be able to concentrate its military strength on other target operations. As soon as Yoshizumi Ryosuke heard that Tada Jun was going to retire, he was stunned, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, the situation in Shandong is so dangerous now, please don't be rash, it is irresponsible to say that you want to retire. His Majesty the Emperor will not be happy. ”

Tada Jun is not a weak person, he is retreating as an advance, forcing the base camp to increase troops in Shandong. He knew in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor would not let him retire, but he couldn't say it so clearly.

Tadajun's face was grim, and his tone was even colder: "Chief Advisor, carry out the order." ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke called the adviser on duty, drafted a draft of the telegram, and gave it to the adviser to take a picture after having Tada look at it