Chapter 294: Jingyanggang Reverse Sweep Dàng (2)

Han Yunhua has his own considerations, now there are more than 6,100 people gathered on Jingyang Gang, which is already an extremely large team, although Shandong has been a place where there are as many bandits as cattle since ancient times, but it is still rare to be able to gather more than 6,000 bandits. So it's not a way to go on like this, even if Ampeiichiro doesn't come to beat him now, Han Yunhua feels that the bandits have already pretended to be the end.

In addition, a few days ago, Tong Jiayong and Jiang Yunshan both sent telegrams to Han Yunhua to report their respective situations, although they did not have the luck of Han Yunhua, but their development was very good, Jiang Yunshan now has five fully manned infantry battalions and a cavalry battalion, an artillery battalion and a strong guard company, with a total strength of more than 4,300 people. As for Tong Jiayong, it was a little worse, but the unit was also expanded to three infantry battalions, a machine gun battalion, and a guard company, with a total strength of more than 2,800 people. Coupled with those xiǎo troops scattered in other places, Han Yunhua now has more than 13,000 troops in his hands, which is about thirteen times larger than when he first came to Shandong.

In just one and a half months, Han Yunhua was able to achieve such results, which was completely beyond Han Yunhua's own expectations. There are some adventures on my side, and it is nothing to be able to pull up a force of more than 6,000 people in a short period of time. But Jiang Yunshan and Tong Jiayong can also achieve such a lot of results in such a short period of time, which is indeed much beyond Han Yunhua's expectations.

However, the expansion of the number of troops is also a good thing, and what Han Yunhua lacks most now is people. For a unit composed of special forces, which has almost half a number of soldiers, armament is no longer the most important factor limiting the development of the troops. Although the troops in Han Yunhua's hands are less than one-tenth of what he commanded before, more than 10,000 people are enough for him to gain a foothold in Shandong.

Moreover, Shandong region and Saibei are simply two different concepts, unlike the emptiness and loneliness of Saibei, Shandong has been a densely populated province since ancient times. Moreover, the folk customs in Shandong have not been known for their weakness since ancient times, whether it is the one hundred and eight generals of Shuibo Liangshan who are famous all over the world or the Boxers who terrify foreigners, they all originated in Shandong. It can be said that what Shandong lacks now is a correct guidance, as long as someone dares to stand up and resist at the first time, and there is a theory that is correct enough and can move people's hearts, then Shandong's **xìng is bound to show a trend of beacon fire.

The current situation is imminent, so Han Yunhua does not dare to be careless. In order to ensure the victory of this counter-sweep, Han Yunhua ordered Jiang Yunshan and Tong Jiayong, as well as the Xiǎo troops scattered elsewhere, to assemble secretly immediately. At the same time, Han Yunhua also reorganized the troops operating in Yanggu County, and the troops that were reorganized this time were the 6,000 people he was now directly under him. After discussion, Han Yunhua reorganized the more than 6,000 people into a brigade, numbered as the Shandong Tǐng Jin First Brigade, and the brigade commander was personally served by himself. The 1st Brigade of Shandong Tǐng Jin has two infantry regiments, an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, a fire support battalion, a special operations squadron, and a guard xiǎo team.

Han Yunhua had high expectations for the newly established Shandong Tǐng to enter the First Brigade, and if nothing else, Han Yunhua was very excited about the composition of the personnel of this First Brigade. The vast majority of the battles in this Shandong Tǐng Jin First Brigade were strong men who had undergone long-term martial arts training, and although these people were very average about guns, it would be terrible if they played ròu fighting. After this period of training, Han Yunhua believed that with the strength of these people, even the Japanese army's Jīng Rui field troops could not compete with them. But with the same strength, it was more than enough to fight against the second-line garrison of the Japanese army.

You must know that the current Japan is not the Japan of two years ago, although in the past two years, the Japanese army has robbed a large number of resources from China to Japan, whether it is gold, silver, coal, iron, grain, livestock, or even labor. However, on the whole, Japan's profits from this war were not as rich as expected, and it could even be said that it was a loss-making deal. As the war gradually fell into a stalemate, Japan's economy has begun to decline seriously, and there has even been a rapid recession in some places. The most serious thing was the massive attrition of veterans, which seriously reduced the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. 1939 was a dividing line, and the Japanese army before 1939 was generally relatively strong in combat, and in the case of one-on-one or even one-on-two, it was difficult for the squadron to win favor with the Japanese. However, after 39 years, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army generally declined sharply, in addition to the important factor of the decline of Japan's national strength, a very important point is that due to the stubborn resistance of the squadron, especially several large-scale battles organized by the Kuomintang and the people, the Japanese army's vital forces have caused a huge lethality, and the direct result is that the number of veterans of the Japanese army has declined rapidly. ,

As everyone knows, the number of veterans is directly related to the strength of a unit's combat effectiveness. The reason why the Japanese army was so strong before was because the vast majority of the soldiers of the previous Japanese army were composed of experienced veterans, and the shortest service was more than three years, plus the Japanese army continued to send troops to China and the Korean Peninsula, and trained with the resistance forces of North Korea and China, so when the war began in 37, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was at its peak. During the same period, although China was also war-frequent, there were countless excellent soldiers. However, at that time, China was no match for the Japanese army in terms of the quality of its soldiers or weapons and equipment, so as soon as the war began, China presented a one-sided unfavorable situation, and it was precisely because of this that the arrogant and complacent Japanese army shouted the arrogant slogan of "destroy China in three months".

However, nearly two years later, China is still holding on, and although China's losses are surprisingly huge, the losses inflicted on the Japanese army are also extremely heavy. Until now, China has not surrendered as the Western powers expected, but Japan is becoming more and more tired.

Han Yunhua's reorganization of the troops this time initially condensed the combat effectiveness of the troops, and Han Yunhua believed that as long as he did a good job in this counterattack, the reputation of the Eighth Route Army would expand at the fastest speed in Luxi. At that time, both the Japanese puppet army and the remnants of the Kuomintang stranded in Shandong will be impressed by this Shandong Tǐng First Brigade, and the common people will regain confidence in this army.

However, there was another obstacle in front of Han Yunhua's department, in addition to the Japanese troops stationed in Shandong, there was also a puppet army or an armed force subordinate to the puppet Shandong Provincial Office that entered Han Yunhua's sight. The puppet Shandong Provincial Office was established after the Japanese army occupied Shandong, which existed for more than 7 years since its establishment in 1938 (changed to the puppet Shandong Provincial Government after August 1943), and was the commander of the puppet regime in Shandong Province under the control of the Japanese army. At the end of September 1937, the Japanese army moved south along the Jinpu Road and entered Shandong. All the Chinese troops in the Shandong region withdrew from Shandong with little effective resistance, and in December they forced their way across the Yellow River and laid siege to the provincial capital, Jinan, on a massive scale.

On December 24, Han Fuyu, then chairman of Shandong Province, led 100,000 troops to retreat south, and set fire to various organs, commercial port warehouses, and the freight yards of Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road stations. However, it caused a great order in Jinan, and the Luàn Bureau seriously threatened the interests of large landowners and businessmen in Shandong. After the order of Jinan, the commercial port was sealed, and the Japanese overseas Chinese shops and burning warehouses were looted. Speaking of the "Jinan Public Security Maintenance Association", we have to say that Jinan Provincial Academy, Jinan Provincial Institute was founded in 1921, formerly known as the Jitan set up in Jinan by Liu Shaoji, a subordinate of Ma Liang. The Taoist Academy is based on the five religions of Hui, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and promotes feudal beliefs such as Fuping, which is a gathering place for dignitaries in Jinan. In 1921 and 1922, the Daode Society and the Red Swastika Association were set up in the Taoist Academy (the Chinese Red Swastika Association was set up in Beijing). In 1923, when major earthquakes occurred in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, the Red Swastika Society sent food money to Japan to offer condolences and attract overseas Chinese in Japan to set up Taoist temples in Japan. After 1924, the Taoist temple and the Red Swastika Society developed in Japan, and since then, there have been frequent exchanges between China and Japan. Therefore, the Jinan Provincial Institute and the Red Swastika Society became the first forces that the Japanese army relied on. When the Japanese army moved south along the Jinpu Road, Rite instructed Ma Liang and others to secretly organize the "Maintenance Society" based on the Taoist Academy and the Red Swastika Society. After the Japanese soldiers came to the city, He Supu, the head of the Jinan Provincial Yuan, Zhang Xingwu, the president of the Red Swastika and the president of the Jinan Lawyers Association, and others, together with some personnel of the Jinan Business Association, came forward to "maintain order" and discuss ways to meet the Japanese army.

On January 1, 1938, the "Jinan Public Security Maintenance Association" was officially launched, with Ma Liang as the president and Zhu Guishan as the vice president. The maintenance committee consists of the Secretariat, the Civil Affairs Section, the Finance Section, the Education Section, the Construction Section, and the Police Bureau, and maintains the functions and powers of the administrative department of the association, which is directly subordinate to the puppet "Provisional Government of the Republic of China", and is under the command of Nakano Hidemitsu Daisa, the head of the Jinan Special Service of the Japanese Military Department (later Watanabe Watanabe Watanakasa), and the police station is under the command of the Jinan Garrison Command and the Gendarmerie of the Japanese Army.

The maintenance committee gathered a group of old warlords, Han jiāns, and politicians, and prepared the backbone for the establishment of the puppet Shandong provincial regime. Subsequently, the puppet "Provisional Government of the Republic of China", whose capital was located in Beiping, issued an order to establish the "Shandong Provincial Office" and appointed Ma Liang as the governor. On the same day, Ma Liang and the directors of various departments took office in Jinan, and the puppet Shandong Provincial Government was officially opened.