After Liu Yimin rushed back to the division headquarters from the Eighth Brigade, he received a report from Liu Jianjian, saying that the enemy's 10th and 8th Divisions had shrunk on all fronts and began to retreat to Jinpu Road, showing signs of retreating to Jinan. The Luxi Garrison Brigade has pressed on all fronts, entangled with the enemy, and prevented the enemy from returning to defense. Please ask whether the Luxi Military Region will be allowed to mobilize all the armed forces of the county brigades, district squads, and militias, including the 10 th detachments, to besiege the 10th and 8th Divisions so that they will not be able to return to Jinan.

Liu Yimin was thinking about how to reply to Liu Jianjian, and Zhao Shan reported that the troops had broken through the defense of Weixian County, had controlled the west gate, south gate, and north gate, and were attacking the east gate, and the main force had begun to penetrate into the city.

Liu Yimin ordered Zhu Zhexiao to immediately send a report to Zhang Haitao and Wang Jian'an, closely monitor the movements of the Eighth Division of the Yue Army in the section from Jinan to Tai'an, and report immediately if there is any situation. Ordered Qian Zhuangfei to use the intelligence points in Tai'an City to accurately monitor every move of the Eighth Division and report it in a timely manner.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin ordered Chen Dayong of the Seventh Brigade to closely monitor the movements of the Qingdao puppet army and report it in a timely manner, and asked Qian Zhuangfei to use the Qingdao underground intelligence organization to report the movements of the puppet army.

Zeng Zhongsheng saw that Liu Yimin did not restore Liu Jianjian's report in time, so he reminded that Jinan is more than 400 miles away from Weixian, the devils have a strong ability to maneuver, Zhoucun and Linzi are still in the hands of the devils, and the army can completely use the railway to transport large troops. Once our army encircles and annihilates the 8th Division, the 108th Division can be quickly reinforced after it retreats to Jinan. However, our army in Luxi was immediately mobilized, and it is still unknown whether the 108th Division of the special division can be retained. In the daytime, the military aviation will bomb on a large scale, and if it is not done well, the 108th Division will also inflict heavy damage on all units in western Luxi, and then calmly return to Jinan to defend Jinan.

Cai Zhong believes that we can't estimate the enemy too simply, our idea is to fight the time difference, which enemy will hit which enemy arrives first, so what if the enemy in Qingdao and Jinan acts at the same time? Judging from intelligence, in addition to the Marine Corps, the devils in Qingdao also have a Qingdao Reading Garrison, which is also a brigade-level organization. The puppet army is mainly the puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army Zhang Zong's aid department. Zhang Bu claimed to have three divisions, and the other two divisions were rabble, which was not worth mentioning. However, the puppet Zhao Baoyuan division cannot be underestimated, they turned out to be the puppet Manchurian Defense Army guard division, and after the army was reorganized and trained, they had a certain combat effectiveness. It is said that this Zhang Zongyuan himself is said to be himself, and after receiving the reinforcement order, he will definitely pour out, so that the enemy will advance from the north and south, and the superiority of our army's strength will be gone.

Luo Ronghuan saw Liu Yimin sitting there like a statue without saying a word, and he couldn't figure out what he was thinking in his heart, and he was probably also thinking about whether to adjust the battle plan, so he didn't bother him, turned around and called Guo Hongtao to ask about the progress of the front-line work.

At this time, Liu Yimin was indeed considering whether to revise the battle plan.

Although there is no information on the reinforcements of the troops in Jinan and Qingdao, the enemy must do so. It is to teach the Eighth Brigade to eliminate the headquarters of the Devil Brigade in Weixian, and the devils will also mobilize heavy troops to recapture Weixian. There is no doubt about that. The question is how big the devil's strength is, and it's not clear now.

If the devils attack Weixian at the same time, they can only gather the main force of the devils first and block the puppet army coming from the direction of Qingdao. After solving the main force of the devils, he will turn back to clean up the puppet army from Qingdao. However, Liu Yimin was very reluctant to let the troops fight a blocking war, because in such a large-scale troop operation, a blocking attack would inevitably become a stalemate, and the enemy's planes alone would make the troops fighting the blocking attack hurt their muscles and bones.

As soon as he thought of the casualties that the troops might face, Liu Yimin felt distressed, and the tragic scenes of the battle of Qingxi Town, the battle of Hanyang Town, the defense of Tianjin Airport and the air battle of Nangong kept appearing in front of him, and Li Yimo's dark and thin face was in his mind.

At this time, it is already the end of May, and although the late night wind has a hint of coolness, it still can't blow the heat of the weather that gives people the warmth of the tropics.

Liu Yimin walked out of the house, stood still in the courtyard, listened to the gunshots in the direction of Weicheng, and then looked at the brilliant stars in the sky, and felt that his comrades-in-arms were heroes who fought for the nation when they were alive, and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the nation when they died.

How ambitious it is to sacrifice and have it!

As long as you can eliminate the devil, all the efforts and sacrifices are worth it!

Back in the house, Liu Yimin's heart was already as calm as water. instructed Zhu Zhexiao to urge Zhang Haitao and Wang Jian'an to report on the surveillance of the Eighth Division, and go to Qian Zhuangfei to ask if there was an internal report from Tai'an.

It was not until 4 o'clock in the morning that Zhang Haitao and Wang Jian'an reported that the Eighth Division of the Chinese Army was urgently assembling troops, and there were devils gathering at various stations north of Ciyao Town.

Qian Zhuangfei also reported that the devil headquarters in Tai'an City has been lit up since three o'clock in the morning, and many devils have gathered at Tai'an Railway Station. However, Qingdao said that the puppet army did not move.

Chen Dayong also reported that according to the reports of the scouts who had infiltrated Qingdao, there was no movement of the puppet army in Qingdao.

At this point, Liu Yimin can already be sure that the devil will use the Eighth Division to reinforce him, and he can also judge that the devil will definitely transport troops by rail. Even if the devil drops his gun, he is not afraid of secretly taking the Taylor Highway, and Zhang Haitao's Tai'an detachment is there, and if he hits an ambush a few more times, he can win time for himself to adjust his deployment. As for the Qingdao side, Liu Yimin estimated that it might be a problem with the North China Front or the Second Army, and the reinforcement order was not issued. It may also be that the army underestimated the strength of our army to attack Weixian.

After ordering Zhang Haitao, Wang Jian'an, and Chen Dayong to continue to monitor the enemy, Liu Yimin directly said to Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong: "The determination to fight remains unchanged, I want to destroy the Eighth Division in one battle, whether it is reinforcements from the 10th and Eighth Divisions, or reinforcements from Qingdao, the more the merrier, whoever comes, will destroy whom." This Luzhong Plain is most suitable for our army's artillery group, mechanized group, and cavalry group to fight, and this is the burial place of the army. After this battle, the army immediately ordered to mobilize a large army to besiege us, and we have a solid base to rely on, and we are not afraid of them, and we can completely concentrate superior forces to fight all the way to frustrate their attempts to encircle and suppress. The worst is to relinquish the Jinpu Line and Jiaoji Road to them, and give them the city, nothing remarkable! ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin walked to the map, pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Look, this is the Daxu River, there is the Daxu River Railway Station, which just cuts off the Jiaoji Railway and Highway, which is the only way for the Jinan army to reinforce Weixian, and it is also the last line of defense for our army to block the enemy's reinforcements." About 35 miles west from here, is the county seat of Changle, and there is only a lonely mountain with an altitude of more than 200 meters in the middle. To the east of Gushan is the Yi River, which is about 15 miles between the Yi River and the Daxu River. We will draw a circle with the Jiaoji Road and the Changwei Highway between the Li River and the Daxu River as the fulcrum, and wipe out the Eighth Division of the Yue Army here. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Yimin said with a little regret: "This place is located in the Changwei Plain, the grass is beautiful and the water is sweet, let the little devils kill here, it's a little too cheap for them." ”

Cai Zhong said: "Don't be complacent, the eighth division is the elite division of the army, with more than 20,000 troops, and they are lined up one by one, and they can't be lined up in this short 15 miles." Even if you follow the two-way column of the march, you still can't line up, unless the devil is sent to the door in a four-way column for you to fight. What's more, the army will inevitably send search and alert troops from the front and back, and the battle line will inevitably be very long. The lot you mentioned is too small, and I don't think it's suitable. ”

Liu Yimin glanced at Cai Zhong, nodded, and said in a slow voice: "After several of our major combat operations, the army is very vigilant against us, this eighth division has also suffered a big loss of the 115th division in Yanmen Pass, if you imagine using the cover of night to ambush like in the past, it is obviously impossible, the devil is very shrewd now, and he will not march at night." However, our army has no air superiority, and this battle must be quickly resolved. Otherwise, the devil's plane alone would be enough for us to drink a pot. Therefore, we must think of concentrating the devils together in order to give full play to our firepower advantage. Here is a step away from Weicheng, and there is a puppet army from Qingdao in the east to cooperate with the attack, we just want to let the devils understand that if we work harder, we can rush over and recapture Weicheng, so as to fully deploy troops between these two rivers and attack on all fronts. At this time, our assault corps pressed on from the north and south directions and crushed the devils. ”

After Zeng Zhongsheng heard this, he reminded: "Then there must be auxiliary means, otherwise the devil will not be fooled." ”

Liu Yimin sighed: "It's not easy to fight now, the little devil is scared when he hears the name of our tutor, and the devil will retract if he is not careful." This Eighth Division is a little better, and after suffering the big loss of the 115th Division, it may still want to take revenge. I'm afraid that those reading skills will become very cunning after mixing into brigades and the like, and this fishing has to endure the surname. I estimate that tonight, the headquarters of the North China Front may not be able to judge the enemy situation clearly, and there will be no other action except to assemble troops. Tomorrow during the day, the devils are afraid that they will start to move. More than 100 miles from Tai'an to Jinan, devil trains, automobiles, and war horses were dispatched, and it was estimated that the Eighth Division would be able to reach Jinan at noon. More than 400 miles from Jinan to Weicheng, the military situation is urgent, I estimate that the devils will mobilize all the trains and automobiles in Jinan to transport troops, so that the devils can arrive at the battlefield in about ten hours. Considering the fact that the devils do not march at night, I judge that the devils will camp in Zhoucun, Linzi, and Yidu. The morning after tomorrow, the devils will attack Weixian in a big way. We have to do the devil a favor so that the troops do not destroy railways and highways, do not cut telephone lines, ensure the smooth flow of traffic and communications, and let them speed up the transportation of troops. At the very least, let the devil feel free to boldly drive the train to Changle County. Establish a supply base in the county seat of Changle, and then attack Wei County boldly with confidence. ”

Luo Ronghuan interjected: "What about the enemy in the direction of Qingdao? ”

Liu Yimin said: "Qingdao is relatively close to Weicheng, more than 300 miles. But most of the enemy is a puppet army, as long as the railway is cut off and there are troops to attack and disturb, the enemy's advance will slow down. They will leave tomorrow morning, and they will arrive the night after tomorrow. At this time, we had already eliminated the Eighth Division, and they didn't have time to run. ”

Cai Zhong was not at ease, and asked again: "In case we are fighting fiercely with the Eighth Division, Qingdao said that the puppet army is surprising and quickly joins the battlefield, it will be easy to attack the back or flank of our army. ”

Liu Yimin was already confident at this time, and said, "Distance determines everything." No matter how fast it is, it can't surpass my calculations. ”

After speaking, he turned to Zhu Zhexiao, who was waiting on the side, and said, "Record the order." 1. The task of clearing out the pseudo-strongholds and outposts in the countryside on both sides of the Jiaoji Line in the first step of the Luzhong Campaign has been completed, and the troops of the enemy's third brigade and regiment stationed in the surrounding counties of Weixian have been attacked by our army and have retreated into the county towns to defend them. Judging that at this time, the enemies had received the order to return to Weixian and began to march towards Weixian. The main forces around Weixian have the task of annihilating this part of the enemy, and their actions must be clean and neat, so that the incoming enemy must not slip through the net. 2. The second step of the Luzhong Campaign to confuse the enemy has already begun, and the Zhengtai Line in Shanxi, Tongpu Road, Jizhong and Southern Hebei in Hebei, Luxi of our army, Hebei and Lubian, southwestern Lu, and south-central and southern Luzhong are all actively taking action to attack the enemy and cover the actions of our army in the Luzhong Campaign. 3. According to the intelligence, the army will reinforce Weixian from the east and west from Jinan and Qingdao. Chief Liu Luo was determined to gather and annihilate the enemy's Eighth Division between the Daxu River in Weixian County and the Wei River in Changle County. To do this, deploy as follows:

(1) Order the cavalry battalion of the 7th Jiao Brigade to carry the radio station under the command of the 8 Jiao Brigade, completely destroy the Jiaoji Railway east of Jiaoxian, and then withdraw to Gaomi territory, and use such means as laying mines, planting explosive packs, and blocking attacks to attack and harass the puppet army dispatched from Qingdao one after another, and leave as soon as they are struck, leading the enemy by the nose so that he cannot advance quickly. The Eighth Brigade was ordered to control the rhythm of the battle in Weixian County, and the fighting in Weixian County must not stop until the enemy's Eighth Division is resolved. The main force of the Eighth Brigade took Fangzi as the defensive fulcrum and set up an arc-shaped blocking position to the east of Weicheng to resolutely block the attack of the puppet army in the direction of Qingdao and provide a guarantee for the main force to completely annihilate the Eighth Division of the Yue Army. (2) Order the Seventh Brigade to quickly disguise the puppet army to attack and occupy Qingdao after the puppet army marched west to meet the Eighth Brigade in Qingdao, tightly sealed the news, seized all the ships and materials of the Japanese army in Qingdao, greeted the Ni Hua fleet, and organized a transfer to the central base area of Yimeng. (3) The New 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade, the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, the Division Engineer Regiment, the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, the Infantry Regiment of the Artillery Brigade, the Flying Thunder Artillery Regiment, and the 1st Sniper Squadron formed a blocking group, under the command of Zeng Zhongsheng, chief of staff of the division, and Cai Zhong, director of the Political Department. (4) With the 1st Jiao Brigade as the southern assault group and the 3rd Jiao Brigade as the northern assault group, the two assault groups should be concealed at least 6 kilometers away from the Jiaoji Road between the Daxu River and the Li River, and carry out a joint attack from the north and south after the general offensive begins. (5) The Fourth Brigade of the Fourth Brigade concealed itself south of Gushan between Changle and the Lihe River, attacked and occupied Gushan before the launch of the general attack, and resolutely blocked the retreat of the Eighth Division by relying on Gushan and the Lihe River. (6) Li Lingfeng commanded the 2nd and 3rd Special Operations Squadrons to secretly infiltrate the west of the Changle Railway Station, plant explosives, blow up the enemy's first troop carrier, destroy the railway, and ensure that the enemy could not use armored trains to carry out attacks between Changle and Daxu River. After completing the mission, infiltrate the city of Changle and prepare to meet our army to capture Changle. (7) The cavalry battalions of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Brigades are responsible for luring and blocking the enemy. Among them, the cavalry battalion of the 4th Brigade was ambushed head-on between Changle and Daxu River, delaying the enemy's movements; The cavalry battalion of the 1st Brigade was concealed in the south of Jiaoji Road with the 1st Sniper Squadron and 1st Squad, and the cavalry battalion of the 2nd Brigade was concealed in the north of Jiaoji Road with the 1st Sniper Squadron and 2nd Squad. (8) Li Chang, commander of the artillery brigade, commanded all artillery regiments of the division on the battlefield in a unified manner, and equipped artillery groups in echelons to ensure that the artillery groups were concealed and covered by firepower. (9) Han Qianqian, commander of the air defense brigade, commanded the anti-aircraft firepower and established an air defense position near the blocking position to cover the blocking troops. At the same time, an antiaircraft artillery battalion with a high level of training in horizontal tank fighting was dispatched under the command of Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong to assist the blocking group in dealing with devil tanks and armored vehicles. (10) The sniper brigade chooses its own concealed positions on the preset battlefield, fights freely, and hunts and kills key enemy targets. (11) All units must dispatch plainclothes task forces to mobilize and organize the masses on the battlefield to clear the fields and move them safely. (12) In order to ensure that the Luzhong Campaign was not interfered with, the 2nd Jiao Brigade, the 6th Jiao Brigade, and the Luxi Garrison Brigade formed a blocking group in the northern section of the Jinpu Road, and the commander of the 2nd Jiao Brigade was under the command of Liu Jianli. The group should set up a strong position south of Dexian with the 6th Brigade and the Luxi Garrison Brigade to prevent the enemy's 24th Division and the 7th Brigade of Dexian County from moving south to reinforce them. The Luxi Garrison Brigade maintained contact with the 108th Division, and on the morning of the 27th, the 10th and 8th Divisions could be released to defend Jinan. Only when the 10th and 8th Divisions successfully returned to Jinan did the enemy's 8th Division dare to rest assured that they would come to the aid of Weixian in the east. After the Luzhong Campaign of our army began, if the enemy's 108th Division left Jinan to reinforce the enemy's 8th Division, it should capture Jinan. If the enemy's 1st and 8th Divisions stick to Jinan, our army will not make arrangements to capture Jinan. (13) Our army on the southern front, including the Fourth Brigade of the Jiao, the Tai'an Detachment, the Southeastern Lu Detachment, the Taixi Garrison Brigade, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, and all local armed forces, were commanded by Hong Chaoyuan, commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Tongguijiao, and Guo Zihua, political commissar of the Southeastern Lu Detachment. If possible, you can find and destroy the enemy. ”

After dictating the battle order, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan read it and signed it and sent it to all units to carry it out.

Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhongsheng saw that the task of blocking the attack had been carried out on their heads, and they were about to set off with the deputy director of the staff office [***] Feng and several staff officers, and were busy checking the terrain, mobilizing troops, and establishing a command post.

Liu Yimin grabbed the two and told them that they must follow the requirements of the training program, arrange their positions in depth, set up anti-artillery holes, and make sure that their main firing points can resist the shelling of aerial bombs and 150 howitzers. At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job of concealing the position, so that it cannot be discovered by the devil's plane before it starts.

The reason why Liu Yimin gave such an explanation was because he knew that the Second Army was attached to a field heavy artillery brigade, and the brigade commander, Major General Sumida Mashiro, was under the jurisdiction of the 13th Field Mountain Artillery Wing of Fujimura Kendasa, and the 14th Field Heavy Artillery Wing of Yamada Hideyuki's Nakasa. The 13th Wing of the Field Mountain Artillery had three artillery brigades with 24 75 mountain guns, six rapid-fire guns, six infantry guns, and six mortars. The 14th Field Artillery Wing is also three artillery brigades, with 75 field guns and 12 guns, 8 15300 field cannons with a maximum range of 105m, and 12 field howitzers with a maximum range of 11900m.

At this time, the main force of the Second Army of the Chinese Army was fighting fiercely with [***], and it stands to reason that the 6th Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery should be on the front line, and it is impossible to come here. But Liu Yimin knew how much Yue Jun hated him, and he was worried that if there was any accident, it would be better to explain to Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong to repair the position firmly.

After Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong left, Liu Yimin found Qian Zhuangfei, and the two of them pondered for a long time, feeling that in order to let the devils be fooled, they had to induce the devils and let them know that the siege of Weixian was only a part of the instructor's troops. Moreover, the purpose of besieging Weixian was to cut off the Jiaoji Road, and secondly, to grab assets and ammunition to make up for military supplies. In this way, the devil will honestly, confidently and boldly reinforce Weixian.

After the two of them discussed, Liu Yimin hung up the phone to Zhao Shan and Zhao Jie, ordered them to hurry up the transfer of the masses and rush to transport supplies, and asked Zhao Jie to shout to the devils tomorrow afternoon and the morning after tomorrow to persuade them to surrender in the name of the political commissar of the Third Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Then, Liu Yimin called Luo Yan and asked him to print more propaganda slogans about the Third Brigade taught by the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, handed them over to the investigators, and posted them in the area of Changle and Fangzi.

Think about it, there is another loophole, that is, the problem of the devil's reading power mixed into the third brigade and the troops stationed in the counties to come back. Although the brigades have been ordered to spread their nets and be ready to destroy them at any time. But after destroying them, it is easy to expose the strength of our army. After thinking about it, there is no better way to solve this problem, so I can only give an explanation to the troops, try to seize the radio stations of these troops, and disguise the army to deal with the devils.

After everything was properly arranged, Liu Yimin felt that he had nothing to do for the time being, so he found a wooden plank in the temporary command post of the division headquarters, lay down on it and fell asleep.

This sleep, I woke up on the morning of the 27th. Luo Ronghuan told him a few things, one was to teach the Eighth Brigade to attack Weicheng according to the requirements, and now the devils are cowering around the small yellow building and resisting stubbornly, and our army can annihilate them at any time. The second is that the devils from Changle, Changyi, Shouguang, and Anqiu have arrived, and they have all been eliminated, and it is estimated that the devils who are a little farther away may still be rushing to Weixian. Third, the situation has been clear, the 8th Division has left Tai'an, and the 108th Division has left the rear troops to entangle with the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the main force has made every effort to get rid of our army and shrink in the direction of Jinan, and there is a cover for the machine. Fourth, the puppet army in Qingdao received an order to reinforce Weixian and was assembling troops in a chaotic manner. It is estimated that after lunch, I will be able to set off.

After Liu Yimin heard this, he knew that everything was running according to the orbit he had deployed, so he didn't say anything, just called Qian Zhuangfei and asked him to contact Ni Hua and ask about the fleet's itinerary.

(To be continued)