Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan led the guard regiment, the heavy machine gun regiment, and the engineer regiment to advance overnight and rushed to Raoyangdian at 4 o'clock in the morning. Then he turned around and headed south, rushed to the military attache village, and joined the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, cavalry, and artillery brigades.

In the military attache village, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan rode horses and led Gao Yuan, Cheng Cuilin, Liu Jianli, Li Qing, Chen Dazhong, Li Chang, Wang Shanzhu, Hu Laohu, Bao Wen, the chiefs of staff of the brigades, the directors of the political departments, and the leaders of the engineer regiment, the heavy machine gun regiment, and the guard regiment to take a look at the terrain around the military attache village.

At this time, Liu Yimin's heart was very conflicted, seeing that the 21st Division was a piece of fat that was sent to his mouth, if he didn't eat it, he would not only miss the fighter plane, but also let the base area suffer from the poison of devils, which was absolutely impossible. However, if the 21st Division is eliminated at this time, it is easy for the devil's heavy army group to encircle and suppress its main force, and even affect the devil's adjustment of strategy, and then affect the course of the War of Resistance. For himself, there is also a hidden danger, that is, leaving the tail of disobedience to the military orders of the chairman and the commander-in-chief, which is also very troublesome. Therefore, when he was in Nangong, Liu Yimin looked forward to the 21st Division being able to automatically retract back to Dexian County under the attack of the sniper brigade, and after the army started with the main force of [***] on Jinpu Road, he would lead the main force of the instructor to attack Dexian, eliminate the main force of the 21st Division, and then wave the division south and march into Shandong. It's a pity that Wang Tongsheng reported that the 21st Division didn't know each other and had no intention of automatically retracting, so they camped in place, and it seemed that they were going to continue the sweep. Liu Yimin had no choice but to take drastic measures. Because this place is very close to Nangong, there are not only hidden supplies brought back from Tianjin, but also 30,000 recruits who are being trained.

After looking at the terrain and returning to the military attache village, Liu Yimin sent telegrams to the chairman and Mr. Zhu respectively, reporting on the deployment of the instructor's orders to teach the 5th Brigade, the 6th Brigade, the 8th Brigade, and the Eastward Advance Detachment to enter Shandong by separate routes, and also made a detailed report on the measures he had taken to harass the enemy in order to attract the 21 st Division to end the sweep and return to Dexian County, and pointed out that the three cavalry battalions of the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Brigade, and the 3rd Brigade had arrived at the Jinpu line last night and began to attack and harass the enemy. The purpose was to force the main force of the enemy's 21st Division to return to defend Dexian and along the Jinpu Road. If the attack is effective and the enemy's 21st Division returns to defense as scheduled, it will not carry out an annihilation attack on it for the time being. If the 21st Division does not return to the defense after dawn and continues to sweep the base areas, it will concentrate on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, cavalry, and artillery brigades, as well as the division's heavy machine gun regiment, engineer regiment, and guard regiment under the division, to completely annihilate the enemy's 21st Division on the front line of the military attache village. Because Nangong has recruits to be trained, as well as a large number of materials and newly opened factories, there is no room for loss. Rather than waiting for the 21st Division to sweep to Nangong and then annihilate it, it is better to strike preemptively before the central base area of Nangong is exposed, and completely annihilate the enemy on the front line of the military attache village in the Yunxi area of Wucheng County.

Liu Yimin analyzed how the army would move and our army's countermeasures after the annihilation of the main force of the 21 st Division, and believed that the army might make three moves: First, the army would immediately transfer the main force in the direction of Shandong, the main force on the Pinghan Road, and the main force that was now going all out to encircle Jizhong to besiege the instructor, and at this time, the instructor would jump out before the enemy encircled and send an elite unit to camouflage the main force to attack and harass the Pingjin area, urging the enemy to further divide his troops to the north and disrupt the enemy's deployment. The main force covertly entered the vicinity of Jinan, Shandong Province and waited for an opportunity to capture Jinan, once again disrupting the enemy's strategic deployment. After that, the main force was transferred to various parts of Shandong, mobilized the masses, and established base areas. The cavalry brigade camouflaged the main force and led the enemy all the way to the south, so that it could engage the main force of [***]. When the army and [***] fight at a critical moment, the instructor will kill again, cut off the back road of the devil, and reverse the situation of Shandong's resistance in one fell swoop. At worst, it is necessary to let the army shrink into big cities and railway lines and not be able to move. Second, after learning of the annihilation of the 21st Division, the army temporarily took a defensive position in the Jinan-Dexian section of the Jinpu Road, and used the Jinpu Road, Pinghan Road, Deshi Road, and Handji Highway to temporarily encircle our army in the southern Hebei region, and concentrated its forces on sweeping Jizhong and fighting in the direction of Shanxi and Xuzhou. Then our army will develop and consolidate the base area in southern Hebei with the Seventh Brigade and the Second Brigade with the Luxi base area, and the main force will attack the Jinpu Road, go all out to kill Shandong, and break the enemy's strategic situation on the battlefield in Shandong. Third, if the army maintains the offensive in Shanxi and Shandong, and mobilizes the forces of central Hebei to encircle and suppress southern Hebei, then our army will launch a counter-sweeping battle in southern Hebei to drive the enemy out of southern Hebei. Then, we should concentrate our forces on recovering central Hebei, integrate the central Hebei and southern Hebei companies, unify and reorganize the central Hebei troops, and establish the Central Hebei Military Region, which will guard the horns with the Southern Hebei Military Region, support each other, and rely on each other, so as to completely change the situation of the enemy and us in the North China Plain. After the integration of forces is completed, the Central Military Commission is requested to order the 115th Division to send backbone troops into central Hebei, and the 129th Division to send troops into southern Hebei, and teach instructors to go all out to march eastward into Shandong, connecting Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi base areas.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin sat in the temporarily set up division headquarters and waited for a callback.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the chairman's reply arrived, first informing that the army had concentrated six divisions and regiments to encircle and suppress the Beiyue District and the northwest area of Jinjin, and that our army had not achieved good results in the initial battle, and it had been agreed that the 115th Division would abandon Xinkou and move to Taihang Mountain, and the 120th Division would move to the Hengshan area. After the army captured Xinkou and the northwest of Jin, it concentrated the 115th Division and the Reading Division on the north and south sides to attack the Zhengtai line between Niangziguan and Taiyuan, forcing the enemy to retreat and save the enemy. The central authorities have ordered the garrison division, the security division, and the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions to urgently assemble in Shaanxi, strictly defend the river defense, and make preparations to reinforce the Shanxi battlefield.

After that, the chairman earnestly analyzed the current situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and pointed out that the fundamental purpose of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression lies in unleashing the masses and arming the masses, and that victory in one or two local battlefield battles cannot change the fundamental gap between China and China. The primary task of the instructor is to establish a strong and stable base area in Shandong and provide a steady stream of motivation for our army's sustained victory. Comrades Liu and Luo must firmly bear this point in mind.

In conclusion, the chairman pointed out that at present, the Shanxi side is facing great difficulties in the base areas of our resistance against Japan, and after the army concentrates all its efforts to sweep away the base areas of our resistance against Japan, it will certainly greatly damage the production and living conditions of the base areas. Jizhong is facing losses again, and the troops are newly formed, and they have not carried out regularized training, and they will inevitably suffer great losses after breaking through the siege. After the enemy occupies central Hebei, it will inevitably pour heavy troops to encircle and sweep southern Hebei, and the Kuomintang side will not be able to fully cooperate with and support our counter-sweep, and our army is basically fighting alone. Under such circumstances, the instructions of the previous telegram were withdrawn, and the instructor's various units were ordered to postpone the eastward march into Shandong, and only the eastward advance detachment should enter first. Liu and Luo commanded the main force of the instructors to fight in southern Hebei, central Hebei, and western Luxi for a period of time, and concentrated all their efforts to drive the encirclement and suppression troops back to the railway line, to ensure the consolidation of southern Hebei and western Luxi, to strive to recover central Hebei, and to reorganize and train the troops in central Hebei on behalf of Lin and Nie. After completing the task, he immediately divided his troops to the east and marched eastward to lead the enemy's heavy army group to the direction of Shandong and Xuzhou, so as to win a valuable period of time for our army to deploy behind enemy lines. It must be remembered that in every battle, it is necessary to concentrate absolutely superior forces and make a quick decision, and to resist the enemy who is well-fortified, well-prepared, and determined to defend strongly, and to strike at the enemy who is advancing alone with all his might. Ensure that every battle will be won, the main force will not suffer major losses, and the more you fight, the stronger you will become. In view of the strong strength of the army and the fleeting fleeting of fighters, there is no need to ask for instructions in every battle, and it is enough to have Liu's determination to fight. I wish the heroic and glorious mentor another good news.

Mr. Zhu's telegram also arrived, and he didn't say much: "The army has adjusted its tactics, and the six elite divisions of the First Army are all used to fight against us, and the main forces of our 115th and 120th divisions are hiding and waiting for no opportunity, and the troops responsible for blocking and harassing have suffered too many losses." In order to avoid suffering greater losses, our army had to withdraw its defense at Xinkou and look for another fighter. It is still not clear where the army will point after occupying Xinkou, and if the enemy still adopts the present method and the heavy army group marches together to attack our base area in central Jin, and then attacks our base area in the southeast of Jinkou, our base area will face great difficulties. The original telegram did not estimate that the situation of the army attacking our base area with all its might did not match the current situation, and it was withdrawn. Since the 21st Division can be attacked, it will be resolutely destroyed, and there is no need to ask for instructions! As for what the army will do next, we will only know after the fight, and the head of the instructor will deal with it according to the situation. ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin was stunned for a while, and he didn't expect that the chairman and the boss's thinking had changed so much. After thinking about it again, I understand that the chairman and the elder are always stimulated by the 115th Division being forced to abandon and defend Xinkou, and if we do not take decisive measures to let the army continue to fight like this, it will not be as simple as losing Jizhong and Xinkou, and then Jinzhong and southeast Jinxi may be lost. If the army is allowed to taste the sweetness, and then recruits soldiers from the country and forms local garrison units to hold on for a long time, then the base areas in Shanxi and Jizhong will be completely turned into occupied areas, the puppet regime and the puppet army will be built immediately, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army will have to retreat to the mountainous areas, and the difficulties of lack of clothing, food, guns, and ammunition will be overcome. The two leaders let themselves teach themselves a lesson, letting them know that the Eighth Route Army is not easy to mess with, and they must not wantonly attack the base of the Eighth Route Army. Since this is the case, we must carefully ponder and ponder that this battle should be fought in this way, but it is not as simple as just eliminating the main force of the 21st Division, but we must make good use of the time before the main force of the Yue Army withdraws, and fight a battle like the serial ambushes at Xiaoshui and Xikou, so as to stabilize the situation of the enemy and us in North China in the first war. When the heavy army group returns, they will go east to Shandong and let them run with their butts every day.

When I think about it, I feel that the world is changing too fast, and I have already thought about it when I retreated from Tianjin, so that the strategic plan of the army will go south to attack Xuzhou, and the historical trajectory that has changed due to my arrival will be pulled a little bit closer to the original track as much as possible. Unexpectedly, the strength of the army was so strong that it made Terauchi Shouichi's ambition swell, and he actually started in Shanxi, Shandong, and Jizhong at the same time. Moreover, the generals of the army also had their ambitions swelled after holding heavy troops, and Nishio Shouzo wanted to completely sweep away the resistance forces in Shandong, and Xiangyue Qingsi was even more insidious, and even ignored the Kuomintang Central Army and the Jin Sui Army, and first took the Eighth Route Army to open the knife. And Jizhong even mentioned that it encountered a storm similar to the May Day sweep.

Since the situation has changed so much, then I should not be polite, first kill the main force of the 21st Division, seize the radio station of the army, decipher their new code, use the radio station of the army to lure the enemy, kill the army troops who came to reinforce them, and frighten the army of Yue. Then concentrate the main force to recover Jizhong and beat the Yue army back to the original defense line. After that, he went south to Shandong and went to Shandong to develop the base area. When the army launched the Battle of Taierzhuang, it will give the army a ruthless blow. Let the little devils die and die again, and drag them into the abyss from which they will never recover.

The idea of beating, beating, and beating hard came together, and Liu Yimin couldn't sit still, lit a cigarette, and began to pace in the division headquarters, concentrating on thinking.

After reading the telegram, Luo Ronghuan was silent, and paced at the division headquarters like Liu Yimin, causing the staff officers and the brigade commanders to look at each other, and sat on the side waiting for the two leaders to make a decision.

After a pause, Liu Yimin stopped pacing, threw away the cigarette butt, looked at Luo Ronghuan, and saw that the political commissar's gaze towards him was full of trust, Liu Yimin's heart was hot, he shook Luo Ronghuan's hand, and shouted loudly: "Zhu Zhexiao, record the order: 1. According to the report of the headquarters, the First Army of the Chinese Army concentrated six divisions to attack our base area north of Taiyuan, and our 115th and 120th divisions were forced to withdraw from Xinkou and turn to other directions to fight. The Hebei guerrilla army and the people's self-defense army are now preparing to break through the encirclement. The base areas north of Jizhong, Taiyuan, and south of Wutai Mountain will all face a situation of fall. The base areas in southern and western Hebei will also face the danger of being encircled and suppressed by the enemy's heavy troops. The Central Committee and the General Headquarters ordered our unit to fight for a period of time in Luxi, southern Hebei, and central Hebei, and concentrate all efforts to break the enemy's encirclement and suppression, ensure the stability of the base areas in southern Hebei and western Hebei, and recover the base areas in central Hebei. For this reason, Commanders Liu and Luo decided to completely annihilate the main force of the enemy's 21st Division on the front line of the military attache village, and then lure the enemy to come to help and expand the results of the battle. 2. The task of the eastward advance detachment remains unchanged, and preparations are stepped up to advance into Shandong as soon as possible, and it will be launched in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, so as to lay the foundation for the eastward advance of the whole division. 3. The implementation of the plan for the 5th, 6th, and 8th Brigades to march into Shandong has been suspended, and the 6th and 8th Brigades have concentrated in Nangong, and the 5th Brigade in Linqing. Fourth, the base areas in southern Hebei and western Luxi immediately carried out a comprehensive clearing of the wilderness, and the southern Hebei and western Hebei administrative departments were responsible for organizing and supporting the main force in the operation. 5. After the battle of annihilating the 21st Division, the whole division was divided into three strategic groups, and the 7th Brigade commanded the brigades of all counties in southern Hebei to form the Pinghan Line group to block and delay the enemy's attack on the base areas in southern Hebei. The 5th Brigade of the Jiao Brigade took the command of the Luxi County Brigade instead of the 2nd Brigade of the Luxi Group and was responsible for blocking, harassing, and delaying the enemy's attack on our base area on the Jinpu Line. The division commander commanded the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, cavalry, artillery, and divisional units to form an assault group in central Hebei to resolutely defeat the enemy who swept away central Hebei and sent him back to his original defensive line to hold on. 6. Yuan Guoping was ordered to immediately distribute weapons to each recruit regiment, conduct rapid training in shooting, bomb throwing, stabbing and tactical maneuvers, and undertake the task of guarding the Nangong Central Base Area. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Yimin lit another cigarette, asked Zhu Zhexiao to repeat the order, and then signed it and handed it to Luo Ronghuan.

Luo Ronghuan had already seen the crisis of the current situation from the telegrams of the chairman and Mr. Zhu, and knew that the instructor had to take action. What kind of retaliatory measures the army will take after this big blow can only be known after the battle. However, there must be sacrifices to resist and rescue, and we cannot sit idly by and watch the army sweep away for the sake of the safety of the instructor. As for whether the instructor can win this battle, Luo Ronghuan doesn't even think about it, because the instructor's current firepower is staggeringly powerful, and the artillery brigade has two field artillery regiments, a mountain artillery regiment, a medium mortar regiment, and a thunder artillery regiment. After the occupation of Tianjin, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades each formed a mixed regiment of field artillery, mountain artillery, and mortars, and the 2nd Regiment also became an armored regiment with 30 tanks, 60 armored vehicles, and 200 vehicles. Things that our army has never dreamed of since its creation have all been realized by the instructors. If you can't beat the sweeping troops of the 21st Division of the Yue Army, you will be laughing to death! Therefore, after Luo Ronghuan read it, he signed his name and ordered Zhu Zhexiao to report to the Military Commission and the headquarters at the same time as sending the troops to carry it out.

After the telegram was sent, Liu Yimin immediately convened an operational meeting to make arrangements for the annihilation of the 21st Division.

Liu Yimin's idea is not complicated, he now has such a powerful artillery fire, and the cannonballs are extremely abundant, so he naturally wants to use the cannon to talk to the devil. The only thing that needs to be worried about is how to avoid the planes of the army. Therefore, the battle must be fought at night, preferably at the beginning of the camp, so that the army can dance under the fire while the army is dreaming of camping.

However, in this plain area, you can walk everywhere, and the army is very vigilant, judging from the information sent back by Wang Tongsheng, the army is advancing in a group, there are search on both wings, there are sharp soldiers in front, and there are rear guards. Although the North China Plain has a wide field of vision, it is difficult to hide large troops, and it is not easy to appear hidden dangers. However, the army was still extremely cautious, and all the way it was in a battle formation of attacking and advancing. Moreover, after the guerrilla sniping of the sniper brigade, the army was already very afraid, and would be more cautious, consciously or unconsciously wanting to move closer to the middle. In this way, the devil's forces will be more concentrated, and the distance between the various roads will be narrower and smaller, which will make it more convenient for our army to develop its firepower.

Now, Liu Yimin has a different idea from what he should start, he no longer hopes that the 21st Division will return to Fangde County, but is afraid that the devils will smell the smell of danger, stop moving forward or turn around and flee immediately. Therefore, he immediately sent a telegram ordering the three cavalry battalions that had rushed to the vicinity of the Jinpu line to suspend the task of attacking and harassing the Jinpu line, so that the devils could confidently and boldly carry out sweeping operations. Only the sniper brigade that had fought with the devil was left to carry out sniper guerrilla warfare in Dexian County, so that the devil knew that this cavalry was still the same old, and there were no reinforcements behind, as long as the fortifications were not out, the use of firepower could repel the attack of this cavalry.

How can the army rush to the front line of the military attache village when it is dark?

(To be continued)