Squad leader, do you think we're going to fight Xuzhou? ”

"What do you say?"

"Look at the posture. Squad leader: "Do you say Xuzhou City University or Tai'an City University?" ”

"You know Tai'an, there are many cities in the world that are bigger than Tai'an City."

"My father said that the world is good for Tai'an. The pancake rolls are dipped in green onions, and it is beautiful to eat. The wheelbarrow is loaded with an oil basket, and the streets are full of aroma. Our huā raw oil can be sold to the north to Guanwai, and to the south to Suxi. When you are free, you can also go to Mount Tai and burn incense and kowtow to Mount Tai, which can ensure peace all year round. I'm afraid that this Xuzhou is not as good as our Tai'an, if it is better than Tai'an, our Eighth Route Army may have occupied it a long time ago, and can the little devil live in Xuzhou City all the time? ”

"You're a little small, you're not old, you're not tall" has a lot of thoughts. Is it your consideration to fight Xuzhou or not? Hurry up and go, don't fall behind" Beware of falling! ”

"Squad leader, you can't underestimate me.

I killed a devil soldier today, "It's a real soldier of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"See what you can! After my Lao Li joined the army, there were not many little devils killed, and it happened to be the old one, "I don't dare to brag about this, what's the big deal about killing a little devil?" Don't be proud, do a good job. There are a lot of little devils, enough for you kid to fight! ”

"Obediently, you've killed 10 devils! No wonder you're the class leader. By the way, Uncle Wang next door to my house is talking about Shandong Kuaishu, which is very good. Squad leader, I'll take you to my house when you turn around, "Let my mother make you pancakes to eat, I'll find my uncle, and you tell him the story of fighting devils" He promised to make your story into a quick book, then you would become a hero in the book. ”

"Hehe, think beautifully! There are so many heroes in the Eighth Route Army, "Killing devils is like chopping melons and vegetables, where can it be my turn!" Stop talking, hurry up! ”

The little soldier was about to say more, and the company commander's scolding voice came from the front: "Don't speak!" Come on! ”

This is after the remnants of Mao's 14th Division were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, which was taught by the Eighth Route Army, the troops of the Eighth Route Army quickly cleaned up the battlefield and annihilated the remnants of the Japanese army. Soon, the bodies of Lieutenant General Maeda Osamu Maeda, commander of the 35th Division, and Lieutenant General Morita Masafu, commander of the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade Regiment, were found, and only the body of Lieutenant General Takamasa Sekii, commander of the 14th Division, was not found, and only a body wearing underwear and suspected to be Takamasa Sekii was found, but there was no number plate to corroborate it. For there were no captives, and there was no way to testify. Moreover, the flags and code books of the 35th Division, the 13th Brigade and the 14th Division were not found.

After receiving the report, Liu Yimin's suspicions suddenly rose, could it be that Guan Jing Longchang escaped? Regardless of him, hurry up and deploy the next move, it is important "It will be troublesome as soon as dawn such a large-scale army has just finished a big battle, and the main force is gathered in one place, it is impossible not to let the little devils find out."

Liu Yimin immediately ordered to report to the Central Committee, the General Headquarters, the Nationalist Government, and the Military Commission. The units were then ordered to replenish the combat losses with the captured ammunition on the spot, the captured ammunition to directly replenish the newly formed brigades, and the heavy artillery, guns, surplus ammunition and other trophies to be transported back to the logistics base. The Taixi Garrison Brigade was ordered to command the local armed forces in the Taixi area to hold the Taixi base area, and the Tai'an detachment withdrew to the north of Jinpu Road, relying on the mountains to defend the Taiyi central base area, and the main force was immediately divided and transferred.

Since the 38th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Southwest Lu still maintained an offensive posture and it was too late to shrink, "Liu Yimin ordered Liu Jianli to command the 2nd Brigade, the 6th Brigade, and the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade to form the Southwest Lu Group and march towards Southwest Lu, creating a situation in which a large army encircled and annihilated the 38th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Southwest Lu." After the group completed its task, "the Liulu Southwest Garrison Brigade was stationed in southwest Lu, establishing, restoring, and expanding the base area in southwest Luxi, and the 2nd and 6th Brigades were transferred to Luxi, and concentrated near Dexian and Cangxian counties, and prepared to attack and occupy Cangxian County at an appropriate time together with the new 6th Brigade and Luxi Garrison Brigade that turned to the Hebei and Luxi garrison brigades to seize the heavy supplies of the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army on the northern front."

Hong Chaoyuan, commander of the Fifth Brigade, commanded the Fifth Brigade, the New Fifth Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, and the Southeastern Lu Detachment to "march along Surabaya to Linyi, and completely wipe out the remnants of the Japanese puppet forces in Surabaya, Feixian, Linyi, and Jiachengchi districts to press the Longhai Line southward."

Gao Yuan, commander of the 1st Jiao Brigade, commanded the 1st Jiao Brigade, the New 1st Brigade, the New 3rd Brigade, the New 7th Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Heavy Machine Gun Brigade, the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, the Engineer Brigade, the Zhouqiao Regiment, the Air Defense Brigade, the 2nd Air Defense Regiment, and the 1st Radiant Heavy Brigade. ,

Li Qing, commander of the 3rd Teaching Brigade, commanded the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th Brigades to turn into the Taiyi Mountains along the Taiwei Highway overnight, and covertly moved in the direction of Qingdao.

Luo Ronghuan led the division headquarters and the organs of the Shandong Bureau, as well as the engineer brigade, the air defense brigade, and the heavy lifting brigade to return to the southeast base area and the central base area of Taiyi.

Liu Yimin himself led the special operations command, the small staff officers and confidential team of the 1st Guard Battalion and the wind, sat in Tai'an, and commanded the new 2nd Brigade and the new 8th Brigade to take up the task of blocking and delaying the enemy behind the palace, covering the main force to attack southward and sweep through Lunan and southwestern Lu.

After the order was issued, Luo Ronghuan urged all troops to quickly deploy and act according to the order, and Liu Yimin called Jingjing and the reporters of the "Popular Daily" to dictate the press release of the battle report of the Taixi Campaign.

Carefully planned" The success of the First World War, Liu Yimin couldn't hide his inner tone, and there was a kind of pride in pointing out the country: "On the night of January 21, 1931, the sky was cold and frozen, and the dripping water turned into ice. The day, yīn is heavy, and the night is "dark and heavy." Our heroic instructor of the Eighth Route Army launched the Taixi Campaign between Tai'an, Feicheng, and Ningyang, completely annihilating the Japanese army's 14th Division, 35th Division, and the 13th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army, and killing Lieutenant General Takamasa Sekii, commander of the 14th Division, Lieutenant General Osamu Maeda, commander of the 35th Division, and Lieutenant General Morita Masaho, commander of the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade, and nearly 60,000 Japanese puppet troops, destroying more than 120 Japanese planes, and achieving an unprecedented victory since the War of Resistance Against Japan. Next, Liu Yimin briefly described the background and process of the launch of the Taixi Campaign. Then Liu Yimin's tone changed, and he continued: "This Taixi Battle" Our army has paid great sacrifices. After discovering that the Japanese cavalry group was smuggling into the Yellow River, a certain company guarding the Wujiadu ferry of the Yellow River "was not afraid of the strong enemy, fought up to block it, and beat the corpses of Japanese soldiers and war horses to fill the ice surface of the Yellow River." Annoyed and angry, the devil concentrated the artillery to "release poison gas, causing all 180 soldiers of our garrison company to die, composing a heroic song of the Chinese sons and daughters who swore to the death!" In the face of the three-dimensional attacks of Japanese aircraft, artillery, and tanks, I was not afraid, fortified layer by layer, resisted step by step, and finally won time for the enemy to annihilate the enemy on the southern front of the Taixi Campaign in the roundabout outflanking of the north and south flanks of the enemy's first and second divisions. Among them, I served as the blocking task group, and the regiment commander and political commissar personally went into battle to fight bayonets with the Japanese army, and more than 1,000 soldiers of the regiment fell forever on the land of northwest Shandong. ”

In the end, Liu Yimin said: "The Japanese army did not understand the determination of the Chinese soldiers to sacrifice, and tried in vain to rely on aircraft, warships, artillery, and tanks to eliminate our anti-Japanese forces. As everyone knows, this is the land of the Chinese people, "All the soldiers and civilians of the Chinese country who love the motherland will pick up guns in the face of the Japanese invaders and fight hard with the devils." Throwing his head and spilling blood is not hesitating. Once upon a time, the arrogant 14th Division made a detour to eastern Henan for thousands of miles, "killing people and setting fires, slaughtering villages and destroying households, and treating the lives of Chinese people like ants." Today, these arrogant old devils and little devils have all been annihilated, and hún has returned to the East. This shows a problem, as long as our army's strategy and tactics are properly used, the little devils fighting on our territory are not opponents! ”

After Liu Yimin dictated the press release, Jingjing conducted another interview.

Jingjing asked: "Division Commander Liu, this time our army concentrated its forces in order to carry out the Taixi Campaign, and took the initiative to abandon Jiaoji Road and Jinan. I would like to ask, "When will we be able to retake Jiaoji Road and Jinan and completely wipe out the Japanese army in Shandong?" ”

Liu Yimin replied: "This time, our army took the initiative to abandon Jiaoji Road and Jinan, and to be honest, it was the Japanese army that was temporarily too strong, and our army had to shrink its forces and abandon the above-mentioned areas. Otherwise, our army would have been surrounded by the Japanese army on three routes, and it would have been impossible to win the Battle of Taixi.

As for when Jiaoji Road and Jinan will be recovered, this question is not a single issue. Generally speaking, "China's War of Resistance requires the unity of the people of the whole country, the unity of all political parties, and the unity of all troops. If the whole country plays a game of chess, supports each other and cooperates closely, I dare to say that the little devils will not be able to jump for a few days. China is such a big country, "with such a population, and a million Japanese soldiers are simply not worth mentioning", even if you step on them, you can trample them all to death. If, like the Battle of Taixi, the Eighth Route Army was desperately fighting the Japanese army, while the other theaters did not move, and some people in the occupied areas did not rise up to resist and were willing to obey the people, then the War of Resistance against Japan would have been extended for several years. What I mean by this is that the troops in all theaters of our army should seize the good opportunity of the elite Japanese army gathering in Shandong and North China, and quickly launch a counterattack against the enemy in front of them, so that the little devils can take care of one thing and lose the other, divide their troops to defend in all directions, and be passively beaten in all directions." Then the process of the War of Resistance against Japan will be greatly accelerated, and the recovery of Jinan and Jiaoji Road will not be a problem. ”,

Jingjing then asked: "Division Commander Liu" With such a great result in the Battle of Taixi, how do you expect the Japanese army to react?" ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Reporter Jingjing, I am not the Emperor of Japan" and I am not the commander of the North China Front Army, Shanshanyuan, I can't say what the specific reaction of the Japanese army will be. However, I can give you a rough analysis for the benefit of readers. If you make a mistake, please criticize and correct it. In my opinion, "the Japanese army suffered such heavy losses" under normal circumstances "should stabilize the line of defense in the Jinan area, correct and supplement." You must know that "their 1st, 2nd, 23rd, 32nd, and 36th divisions were all attacked by our troops in today's battle, and the first and second divisions were attacked by our air brigade and suffered heavy losses." Like the 2nd Division's "artillery wing" was completely annihilated by the 1st Brigade of our Air Force, and the tanks also suffered huge losses; if we do not replenish it in time and rashly attack our army, I dare to say that the 2nd Division, without artillery and tanks, is nothing and will become the first target of our army's attack. However, we must also see that this Japanese army is different from ordinary armies, and the commanders are a group of careerists from top to bottom, who are good at tricks and adventures. Especially now, when our army destroys the main force of the Japanese army on the southern front between Tai'an, Feicheng, and Ningyang, the Japanese army will think that the position of the main force of our army is violent, and it is very likely that they will concentrate their forces and launch a large-scale attack on Tai'an and Feicheng under the cover of aircraft. There will even be another roundabout sneak attack to encircle our army. If the encirclement fails, the Japanese army will pressure our army to retreat southward, until it presses our army to the vicinity of Xuzhou, relying on the Xuzhou city fortifications and railway lines, and attacking from both sides to "completely annihilate the main force of our army." Of course, there is another possibility. That is, the Japanese army pursued and fought fiercely along the Jinpu Road and the highway to recapture the Jinpu Road, "dividing our army into the east and west of the Jinpu Road, and then encircling and suppressing them." ”

Jingjing immediately said: "Division Commander Liu" The Japanese army has a huge force, and the three mechanized divisions are all concentrated in Shandong. I don't know where our army's operational focus will be in the next step, "will it take the initiative to go north to meet the Japanese heavy army group, or will it stick to the Tai'an area?" ”

Liu Yimin lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "Reporter Jingjing, this is a military secret, I can't tell you." Besides, now the little devils call me a liar, a liar, a coward, a hooligan, a gangster, a criminal, and spoil me worthless, and they won't believe me in anything I say. For example, I said that I would concentrate the main force, "relying on the terrain between Tai'an and Jinan, to carry out a resolute counterattack against the Japanese invaders pursuing our army, can the little devil believe it?" For another example, I said that the main force of our army should be hidden in a certain area and specifically deal with the Japanese army's roundabout divisions, "Can the Japanese army not believe it?" And "I said that our army should concentrate its forces to the south, capture Xuzhou, and then encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in eastern Henan", do the little devils dare not believe it? In short, I said that the little devils did not believe it and did not dare to disbelieve it, and I said that if I went east, "the little devil will immediately want to go west." When I say west, the little devil will immediately want to go south or north. In fact, the main force of our army is on the side of the Wen River, just waiting for the little devils to attack! Reporter Jingjing, I don't know if you are satisfied with my answer? ”

Jingjing squinted her lips and smiled, "Several other reporters also laughed."

After Jingjing led the reporters away, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan also began to act, mainly to send Luo Ronghuan to lead the division headquarters and Shandong Bureau organs back to Dadian.

Luo Ronghuan stared at Liu Yimin and said in a deep voice: "Our army can't storm Xuzhou, this is a principle. The reason is that the little devil has repaired the Longhai Road, and it is likely that he is already transferring troops to Xuzhou. And the Japanese army in Xuzhou "because they have always been worried about the attack of our army, they are vigilant and strong". In the unlikely event that our army's attack does not go well, the division commander must be aware of the fact that the Japanese army will be surrounded under the fortified city. ”

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Political commissar" The two of us have been together for so long, am I so stupid? If you want to storm Xuzhou, "you have to wait for the Japanese heavy army group to leave Shandong, and you can't reach the periphery of Xuzhou within five days, and now you don't have the conditions." ”

Luo Ronghuan also said: "After the troops arrive at the front line in Xuzhou, the main force retreats, and the enemy troops led by you must contact the Northern Jiangsu Detachment, the New Fourth Army and our three cavalry battalions in Northern Jiangsu in time, and they will receive our army. In addition, I have to reiterate to you, don't be reckless, don't leave the army and go it alone. In a word: "Don't put yourself in danger." ”,

Liu Yimin thought to himself, it was not easy to go south, not to see the big Shanghai of this era, not to meet the various characters of the big Shanghai, wouldn't it be a trip in vain?

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin still swore to Luo Ronghuan that once he completed the task of the enemy and opened up the situation of the anti-Japanese war in the Jianghuai region, he would return to Shandong and never fall in love with war.

In the end, Liu Yimin told Luo Ronghuan that "during his absence from Shandong, the Shandong Bureau and various units should focus on consolidating local political power and strengthening local armed forces." Along the railways and highways, it is necessary to mobilize the villagers to establish a white-skinned and red-hearted two-faced government to deal with devils and reduce losses. Without an order, it is not allowed to interfere with the little devils in repairing the railways and highways, and it is necessary to let the devils' trains run, and only when the devils' trains and cars run will the little devils think that the rear is relatively consolidated and turn their strategic eyes elsewhere. In short, it is necessary to conceal the main force "to fight guerrilla warfare with the devils, so that the little devils think that the main force of the tutor has gone south with Liu Yimin."

The two of them talked for a long time, and it was not until the second and third battalions of the guards were assembled and waiting for departure that Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan walked out of the division headquarters side by side.

Seeing the division commander and political commissar come out, the new guard regiment commander Li Zongrui and political commissar Lu Maotian both stepped forward, saluted and shouted loudly: "Report to the division commander and political commissar: The guard regiment has been assembled and is ready to go, please instruct!" ”

After Liu Yimin returned the salute, he glanced around the team, and then said: "After the expansion of the guard regiment, it needs to be trained and run-in to further improve combat effectiveness. Li Zongrui and Lu Maotian, after the two of you return to the garrison with the political commissar, you should keep your eyes wide open, cooperate with the security department to do a good job in the security work of the headquarters, and especially guard against the infiltration of the little devil spies. It is necessary to think of more ways to build more camouflaged airfields to prevent the Japanese army from raiding. Do you remember my words? Li Zongrui and Lu Maotian replied loudly: "Remember! Please rest assured that the division commander will complete the task! ”

Liu Yimin waved his hand this time to let the team go, "I also shook goodbye to Luo Ronghuan, Qian Zhuangfei and others one by one, and sent them to the car."

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Guard Regiment escorted the division headquarters and the Shandong Bureau away, and the huge city of Tai'an was suddenly deserted. Liu Yimin stood at the entrance of the division department, staring at the team in the distance, "My heart is a little sour, when can I stop being like this to the county magistrate" The little devil heavy army group will withdraw as soon as it comes?!。