After reading the report on the enemy situation at the headquarters, Liu Yimin thought about it again and again, and felt that the main force of the Japanese army was concentrated around Shandong, so how could it suddenly start attacking Shanxi and other base areas? Could it be that the little devil is thinking of surrounding our army in Shandong with heavy troops, concentrating on public security operations in Shanxi, Pingjin, and eastern Hebei, and then turning back to deal with the instructor when control over these areas is restored?

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin laughed himself. In the squadron, the most unpredictable tactics are their own instructors. The Japanese army could never imagine which direction their main force would stab the knife, and the squadron they wanted to eliminate the most should be their instructor. Perhaps, whether it is the Japanese army's propaganda warfare, whether it is attacking our army's base areas in Shanxi and Pingjin, or launching offensives in eastern Henan and southwestern Shandong, it is all to paralyze their own attention, so that they can launch a surprise attack on Shandong, recapture Jinan in one fell swoop, and eliminate the main force of the instructor.

If that's the case, tonight, no, the Japanese army didn't dare to launch at night, they didn't have the guts! It must be early tomorrow morning, the Japanese army is about to launch a thunderous blow against Shandong, and it must be a blow of concentrated strength and quick victory!

Little devils, more and more cunning!

Putting down the telegram, Liu Yimin asked Qian Zhuangfei: "What about the political commissar, chief of staff, and Director Cai?" ”

Qian Zhuangfei reported that the political commissar and chief of staff had left the army. The political commissar went to the armored regiment to inspect the run-in training, the chief of staff went to inspect the urban defense positions of the Jinan Garrison Brigade, and Director Cai was inspecting the situation of clearing the fields on the fortified walls of Jinan.

Liu Yimin ordered Qian Zhuangfei to immediately notify the political commissar, chief of staff, and Director Cai to rush back to the division headquarters quickly.

At this time, due to the occupation of Jinan by the instructor, the entire hinterland of Shandong has become the base of the Eighth Route Army, and the situation of our army is extremely favorable, and we can mobilize troops in the base area, and we can also get the strong support of the military and people in the base area, and there is no worries about the war.

After the reorganization of the main force was completed, considering that the war was approaching, Liu Yimin was not busy promoting cadres and completing the brigade-level command structure of the newly organized brigades, but assigned the newly formed brigades to the command of the main brigades, that is to say, teaching the first brigade to command the new first brigade, teaching the second brigade to command the new second brigade, and so on, which means that each main force brigade has become six infantry regiments that have undergone supplementary training.

The advantage of this is that the command structure at the brigade level is lean and efficient, and the main forces of the regiments will not weaken their command strength due to the expansion of the troops.

Liu Yimin is a person who has always been very bold in war, and he is not afraid of any strong enemy. Just as the little devils are now forming a three-way flank offensive formation, it is necessary to put it on the ordinary commanders, and the first thing to consider is how the main force can get out of trouble and how to ensure that the existing base areas are not lost. If it had been replaced by Han Fuqu, Song Zheyuan and the like, I am afraid that they would have retreated on all fronts a long time ago.

Liu Yimin's idea makes others sound incredible, that is, he is not afraid of the little devils coming to attack, and he is not afraid that the little devils will reopen Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road, but he is afraid that the devils will not attack, because our army is growing stronger and stronger, and the development of military equipment troops on its own alone is too slow under the existing conditions, and it cannot be guaranteed. Only by letting the little devils attack, can we greatly eliminate the devil's vital force, greatly capture the devil's weapons and equipment, greatly consume the devil's war materials, and greatly weaken the devil's national strength. In other words, the little devil is our transport team, military station, and logistics supply base, and the devil does not fight much, so how can he replenish the baggage on a large scale? How can our army have the opportunity to seize a large number of weapons and ammunition manufactured by small and advanced industries? How could the Eighth Route Army eat canned beef, canned fish, rice, and foreign noodles?

Liu Yimin's battle plan was to eat the southern front group in the Japanese army before the northern front group captured Jinan.

The Japanese troops of the Southern Front Group had already been clearly reconnoitred, and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, the Xuzhou garrison, and 20,000 puppet Manchurian Defense Forces were stationed on the line from Lianyungang to Xuzhou and Dangshan; Garrisoned in the southwest of Shandong was the 38th Division of the Japanese Army; North of Xuzhou to Yanzhou, is the 14th Division, the 35th Division and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army; In addition, there were 5000 puppet Manchurian Defense Forces.

During this period, the Japanese army quickly rested and replenished, and the above-mentioned divisions and regiments should be fully equipped, among them, when the 114th Division ran to eastern Henan for a long time, it basically became a mechanized division, and strengthened a field heavy artillery brigade that was originally attached to the First Army; Both the 35th and 38th Divisions have been strengthened this time, and the original 12,000-odd division has become a three-unit division with more than 18,000 men, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced. In total, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army of the Southern Front Group was about 105,000 people.

Now, the 35th Division of the Japanese Army and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army are commanding 5,000 puppet Manchurian Defense Forces entrenched in Jining, Yanzhou, Qufu, and Surabaya, confronting our army, and the 14th Division of the Japanese Army is deployed along the Jinpu Road in Zou County, Teng County, Zaozhuang, and Yi County, and the 35th Division of the Japanese Army and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army have formed a T-shaped formation, plus the Japanese defenders on the front line of Xuzhou, it is simply an I-shape. The 14th Division is the bar in the middle of this I-shape, and the Japanese army's plan is obviously to use the 14th Division as a support axis connecting the two defense lines of the Japanese army on the southern front, and it can join the attack in the north or join the defense of the Longhai line in the south at any time, and it is a good plan.

If it weren't for the fact that the Eighth Route Army's instructors had too many achievements and the Japanese army was afraid, the Japanese puppet army of the Southern Front Group alone would have launched a large-scale attack.

What Liu Yimin wanted was the fear of the Japanese army. Because of this fear, the Japanese army absolutely did not dare to concentrate all its forces for the offensive at one time, and it was inevitable that the 114th Division, the Xuzhou garrison, and the 20,000 puppet Manchurian Defense Army would stick to the Xuzhou line to prevent the main force of the instructor from going south again and attacking and occupying Lianyungang and Xuzhou; The 38th Division in southwestern Shandong also did not dare to attack deeply because it wanted to support the Japanese army in eastern Henan, so as to prevent ineffective support for eastern Henan. In this way, the 14th Division and the 35th Division were really used for offensive operations by the Japanese Southern Front Group, and the 13th Brigade was mixed, with a total strength of about 55,000 people.

According to Liu Yimin's plan, it is necessary to concentrate all the main forces of the instructor to encircle and annihilate the 14th and 35th Divisions, the 13th Brigade and the 5,000 puppet Manchurian Defense Army. As long as this goal is achieved, the entire Shandong battlefield will be alive, and the main force of the instructor can attack the Longhai line and crisscross the Henan-Anhui-Suzhou region in the south, or cross the river out of the northwest of Shandong and attack the Pingjin region, and can also go east through the mountainous area of central and southern Shandong and reoccupy Qingdao in the north, so that the little devils can follow the baton of the Eighth Route Army and be exhausted. This land of Shandong will become the burial ground of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers.

If the campaign goes well, there may be another favorite situation, that is, the 114th Division commands 20,000 puppet Manchurian defense troops to leave the front-line positions in Xuzhou and reinforce the 14th Division and the 35th Division. In that case, the Konoe Cabinet would have collapsed early.

Liu Yimin didn't dare to imagine such a beautiful thing, he knew that the little devil had become a frightened bird, and the strategic position of Xuzhou was so important, under normal circumstances, the Japanese army would not let the 114th Division leave the Xuzhou defensive position. Let's honestly fight the battle to destroy the 14th Division and the 35th Division, is it meat in your mouth!

Considering that the 14th Division of the Japanese Army has strong firepower, strong mobility and strong assault ability, Liu Yimin learned the lessons of the Battle of Lanfeng and decided to wait for the 14th Division to leave the defensive ground and launch an offensive before besieging it, so as not to let the little devils stick to it and cause heavy casualties to our army.

Of course, during the Battle of Lanfeng, the reason why the 14th Division was able to hold out was that in addition to its strong mobility and fierce firepower, there was also a factor that Xue Yue's Yudong Corps was not strong enough. At that time, Xue Yue's department had 100,000 horses, and there was also the problem of inconsistent pace of various troops, so of course the little devils had a chance. Now, I teach 120,000 people in eight main brigades, plus eight newly organized brigades, and strong artillery, cavalry, and engineer support, Liu Yimin wants to swallow the 14th Division, the 35th Division, and the 13th Brigade in one bite, which should be said to be certain.

In order to complete this plan, Liu Yimin ordered Zhao Shan and Zhao Jie's Eighth Brigade and New Eighth Brigade to secretly withdraw from the Qingdao front line and go south to join the main battle. The Jiaodong Garrison Brigade commanded local armed surveillance and besieged the Japanese army in Qingdao.

If the Japanese army does not increase its troops on a large scale, it is very likely that this battle will greatly deter the Japanese army, so that it will have to suspend the heavy encirclement and suppression of Shandong.

The only variable was the Japanese army in Qingdao.

After the previous stage of the attack, the Japanese garrison in Qingdao suffered a lot of losses, even if they are now replenished and fully manned, in Liu Yimin's eyes, it is also rubbish, not worth mentioning. The key is that there is the most elite fifth division of the Japanese army, although this unit has become much more cautious after several strikes by our army, but they are supplemented by well-trained veterans, and the equipment is good, and the combat effectiveness must not be underestimated.

Liu Yimin originally wanted to fight the Fifth Division and kill this mobile strategic force of the Japanese army. The reason why the Fifth Division was spared was mainly due to several factors: One factor was that Qingdao was a harbor city, and the Japanese Combined Fleet was cruising in the waters of Qingdao, and the Japanese carrier-based aircraft could provide powerful air cover for the Fifth Division. The second factor is that the reason why the Fifth Division is cowering in Qingdao and not coming out is definitely not that they are afraid of the Eighth Route Army, but that they are waiting for reinforcements. Although there is no information that the Japanese army will increase its troops in Qingdao, Liu Yimin believes that once the Japanese army launches a heavy attack, it will inevitably increase its troops in Qingdao, and the reinforcements must be the most elite divisions of the Japanese army. The Japanese army would not allow a single Fifth Division to venture out of the city to attack, but if two, or even three, or four elite divisions like the Fifth Division were transferred, their offensive would become extremely violent, and it would be absolutely impossible for our army to eat them for the time being. Unless Liu Yimin's brain is in the water, he wants to take our army in Shandong and die with the Japanese army.

If the Japanese army really increased its troops on a large scale in the direction of Qingdao, our army would not be able to defend the points along the Jiaoji Road, and that would become the best way to fight, not the Eighth Route Army.

No matter how the enemy situation changes, Liu Yimin is determined to destroy the 14th Division and the 35th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 13th Brigade and Regiment, even if he gives up Jiaoji Road and Jinan. To fight a war, it is necessary to focus on destroying the living forces of the Japanese army, and to eliminate a permanent division of the Japanese army, which is much more significant than holding Jinan.

When Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong rushed back to the division headquarters, Liu Yimin was humming a little song and walking in the yard.

On the way back, Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong already knew the news of Shen Honglie's departure from Jinan, and also knew that the two comrades from the Ministry of Social Affairs wanted to review Ni Hua's affairs. This incident is not to say that the tutor's work of secrecy is not good, but that Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong are all the main leaders of the Shandong Bureau, the Shandong Military Region, and the tutor, and no matter what measures Liu Yimin takes, he must report them as soon as possible. Otherwise, Liu Yimin would really become arbitrary. Therefore, Luo Ronghuan and the three of them all returned to the division headquarters with a lot of hearts, thinking that Liu Yimin didn't know how depressed he was? Shen Honglie didn't say anything, I wish he was leaving! Two comrades from the Ministry of Social Affairs asked to censor Ni Hua, but Liu Yimin refused, which was troublesome. Luo Ronghuan and the others are all old Red Army, knowing the story of the Soviet area back then, Ren Bi can hold a meeting in the name of the Central Bureau alone, and easily remove the General Front Committee. Although the situation is very different now, and after the Long March, people's thinking has changed greatly and matured, and that kind of thing can never happen again, but the function of the Ministry of Social Affairs in examining cadres has not changed. In this way, Liu Yimin drove out the two comrades of the Social Department in the name of privately censoring cadres, and I am afraid that he will have to communicate well with the Ministry of Social Affairs. Otherwise, it will cause misunderstanding.

Luo Ronghuan and others couldn't have imagined that Liu Yimin was in such a relaxed and happy mood.

Cai Zhong walked up, followed Liu Yimin for a few steps, and then said in a low voice: "You should make a report to the Central Committee in the name of the Shandong Bureau to explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly, so as to avoid misunderstanding by the comrades of the Social Department." ”

At this time, Liu Yimin was thinking about how to quickly eliminate the 14th Division and the 35th Division, and he didn't think about this problem at all. Cai Zhongyi reminded that Liu Yimin also felt that his method was a bit simple, and it was easy for comrades to misunderstand, and even caused an impact on the authority of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the army.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin stopped and said to Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng who walked in front of him: "The Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China liquidated the Central Soviet Region, the Red Fourth Front Army, the Red Second Army, and the Sixth Army Corps, and it is impossible for our party to make such a stupid mistake in the future. The functions of the Ministry of Social Affairs will then be rectified. It's not because Ni Hua is my wife that I deal with it like this. Rather, it is necessary to form a healthy order of life within the party, so that comrades can go to the battlefield in a happy mood and without any ideological burden. In the final analysis, it is necessary to expand the party's strength, solve the problems within the party to be fair, just and open, safeguard the rights of every party member granted by the party constitution, safeguard the rights of cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and put an end to anything that tramples on the rights of party members and the rights and interests of cadres and soldiers. In the future, no one will have the right to arbitrarily examine cadres and soldiers, and we must establish military tribunals to openly and fairly try violations of military law, just like our instructors. This is not enough, it is also necessary to establish a set of grievance and disciplinary punishment mechanisms within the party, so that neither the bad people can be spared, nor can any good people be wronged. The examination of cadres cannot be decided by an individual or a certain department, but by the party committees at all levels collectively, and major matters should be submitted to the party committee at the next higher level for approval. Like Ni Hua, she is the vice president of the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army and the vice president of the Teaching Instructor Field Hospital, and the review of her should be made by the branch of the Division Field Hospital, which was approved by the Party Committee of the Divisional Logistics Command at the meeting, and submitted to the Party Committee of the Teaching Instructor and the Shandong Bureau for approval. This is the normal procedure. The main tasks and functions of the Central Peace Conference should be adjusted to the struggle against the enemy, and the internal security work should only be one of them, and it must be based on evidence, and cadres and fighters must not be arbitrarily doubted or examined without evidence. Moreover, when examining cadres and fighters, no matter what level of organization it is, it is necessary to have meeting minutes and voting records, and whoever approves is responsible, and whoever creates unjust, false and wrongly decided cases will be held accountable. Now that we are in a time of war, the situation of the struggle is complicated, and it is possible that some spies have infiltrated our ranks and caused us losses, but this is not an excuse for the expansion of the anti-rebellion, nor is it an excuse for not being meticulous in our work. The human head is not a leek, and it will not grow if it is cut. Our goal is to build a prosperous, prosperous and prosperous new China, and the most important of these four words is the most important one. If you want to realize the power of the first power department, such as the Ministry of Social Affairs, you have to reduce the functions and power, otherwise, there will be a big mess in the future! Let's think about it, if Duan Dechang doesn't sacrifice, he can now command one of our strategic groups, with his military literacy and excellent quality, how much merit can he establish! Political Commissar Luo, Chief of Staff Zeng, and Director Cai, my opinion is to emphasize the construction of systems and put an end to unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. I suggest that we report to the Central Committee in the name of the Shandong Bureau, the Shandong Military Region, and the Party Committee of the Instructors, explain the situation, put forward our proposals, and report in detail to the Central Committee on our practice of setting up a military tribunal. ”

Luo Ronghuan and the others all thought that Liu Yimin drove away the two comrades from the Social Department in order to protect Ni Hua, and they were going to seriously discuss and discuss with him and strive to deal with it properly, where would they have thought that he would be like this.

The three of them pondered for a while, and they all felt that Liu Yimin was considering a long-term policy of peace and stability, and after reporting to the central government, he should be able to get the support of the central government.

Luo Ronghuan immediately instructed Cai Zhong to draft a report to the Central Committee in accordance with Liu Yimin's ideas, and report it to the Central Committee after being approved by the members of the Shandong Bureau. At the same time, Liu Yimin's original words were recorded and reported to the Central Committee in the form of Comrade Liu Yimin's conversation.

After saying this, Liu Yimin returned to the operational deployment in front of him, and told the enemy situation reported by the headquarters and his own judgment, and several people discussed for a while, and decided to quickly deploy the troops, deploy the enemy first, and launch a big war.

Liu Yimin called Zhu Zhexiao, deputy director of the General Staff Office, to record the combat order: "1. Judging the enemy situation: According to the report of the enemy situation at the headquarters, the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi suddenly launched an attack on the base areas of our Eighth Route Army this morning, the Japanese puppet army in the Pingjin area surrounded our base area in eastern Hebei and launched a sweep in the base areas of Pingbei and Pingxi, and the Japanese puppet army on the Pinghan Road launched an attack on our base area in Luxi in response to the Japanese attack in Shanxi. The 39th Division of the Japanese Army in eastern Henan commanded other units to launch an attack on the defense line east of Luoyang in the First Theater. The 38th Division of the Japanese Army in Southwest Lu swept towards our southwest Lu Province.

According to our army's reconnaissance of the various enemies around Shandong, the strength of the Japanese troops on the southern front did not change much, except that the 35th and 38th divisions were expanded into a three-unit division of 18,000 men. The strength of the Japanese army on the northern front also increased, mainly because the Japanese army expanded all four garrison divisions into a three-unit division of 18,000 men. The main reason for the change in the strength of the Japanese army in Qingdao on the eastern front is that the Japanese army has developed by sea and can increase its strength anytime and anywhere, and it is even possible to complete the deployment of troops this evening.

Taking into account the enemy situation in all aspects, combined with the fact that the Japanese army has been desperately launching a propaganda offensive in the past few days, and wantonly slandering our instructors, Chiefs Liu and Luo judged that the Japanese army was about to launch a heavy siege of Shandong. In view of the fact that the Japanese army has completed replenishment and recuperation, this attack is bound to be sudden and violent, and the purpose is to open up the Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road, recover Jinan, and encircle and annihilate the main force of our instructor.

2. In view of the heavy encirclement and suppression that the Japanese army may launch, Chiefs Liu and Luo decided to launch the Taixi Campaign, preset a battlefield in the area south of Feizhong Mountain, east of the canal, west of Jinpu Road, and north of Yanzhou, and gathered and annihilated the 14th and 35th Divisions of the Japanese Army, the 13th Brigade and part of the puppet Manchurian Defense Army.

3. In order to complete the Taixi Campaign, it was decided to set up the Eighth Route Army Instructor Northern Front Command, with Cai Zhong, chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region and director of the First Military Region, as the commander and political commissar, to unify the command of the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the Jinan Garrison Brigade, the New Sixth Brigade of Fuzhuting on the Hebei-Lu Border and the local troops in Luxi and Hebei-Lu Frontier, to carry out a delayed operation against the Japanese army's northern front group, and to ensure that the Japanese troops on the northern front could not join the battlefield before our main force destroyed the Japanese troops on the southern front. The Shandong Military Region, Tan Zheng, deputy political commissar of the instructor, Yuan Guoping, political commissar of the instructor training headquarters, and Xu Guangda, commander of the instructor training headquarters, formed the Ludong Command Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and unified the command of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Luzhong Garrison Brigade, and the local armed forces and militias in the base areas of Jiaodong, Jiaolai, Luzhong, and Qinghe, and used the methods of mine warfare, tunnel warfare, ambush warfare, and raid warfare to block, delay, and harass the Japanese troops in the direction of Qingdao and delay the speed of the Japanese army's attack. It is necessary to carry forward the tradition of guerrilla warfare of our army, fight with one shot in the east and one artillery in the west, fight more and faster, and leave as soon as it strikes, and must not resist the Japanese army hard to avoid excessive casualties. Xu Guangda was in charge of the group's operational command, and Tan Zheng was the last to make the decision. Wang Bingsan commanded the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade to guard in the direction of eastern and northern Henan, and monitored the movements of the Japanese troops in the two places, so that they could not send reinforcements to Taixi. Guo Zihua, Wu Zheng, and Yang Zhicheng commanded the logistics detachment, the first corps, and the local armed forces and militia in southeast Shandong to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese troops in the eastern section of the Longhai Road, monitor the situation along the coastline, and do a good job in the evacuation and transfer of the masses in the base areas. Chen Zaidao and Song Ren of southern Hebei, while doing a good job in clearing the fields in the southern Hebei base area, undertook the task of monitoring, harassing, and delaying the enemy's reinforcements to Shandong on the Pinghan line, and they must monitor in multiple ways, so that every move of the little devil cannot escape the eyes of our army's surveillance. The local armed forces of our army, which persist in the struggle in central Hebei, must actively attack and harass the enemy and sabotage the enemy's communications and supply lines.

Fourth, the commanders of Liu and Luo commanded the instructors to carry out the Taixi Campaign, and the headquarters was set up in Tai'an. Among them, Zhao Shan, Wang Jian'an, and Zhao Jie commanded the Eighth Brigade, the New Eighth Brigade, and the Taixi Garrison Brigade to form a blocking group, starting from Ciyao Town, Ningyang County, and Wenshang County, blocking and luring the enemy to pursue, forming a strong defensive line in Feizhong Mountain, attracting the 35th Division, the 13th Division, and the 14th Division to attack with all their might. Liu Jianli, Chen Shiqu, and Zeng Chunjian commanded the 2nd Brigade, the New 2nd Brigade, and the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade to form the Taixi Campaign West Group, which deployed defenses along the east of the canal to block the 38th Division of the Japanese Army in Southwest Lu from moving north, and pressed the Japanese troops on the southern front to concentrate eastward. Zhu Rui, Lei Ming, and Zhang Haitao commanded the Fourth Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, and the Tai'an Detachment to form the East Group of the Taixi Campaign, relying on the mountainous areas south of Tai'an and east of Jinpu Road to force the Japanese army to move westward. Hong Chaoyuan, Wang Nanhu, and Hu Xuerong commanded the Fifth Brigade, the New Fifth Brigade, and the Southeastern Lu Detachment to form the southern group of the Taixi Campaign, and after the 14th Division of the Japanese Army went north, it waited for an opportunity to capture Tengxian, Zaozhuang, and Yixian, completely divided the Japanese army on the southern front, blocked the retreat of the 14th Division and the 35th Division, and blocked the reinforcements of the Japanese army in Xuzhou. The 1st Brigade, the 3rd Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Armored Regiment, and the Artillery Brigade formed a campaign assault group, which was personally commanded by Chief Liu Luo, and placed between Tai'an and Feicheng, concealed and waiting. The air defense brigade commands the air defense operations of all units in a unified manner and covers the battlefield. The Second Aviation Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was ready for battle. All units were rapidly mobilized, and our troops on the eastern and northern fronts should quickly enter their positions, set up mine formations, and take advantage of the advantages of tunnel fortifications to resist the Japanese army. The main forces of the Battle of Taixi must arrive at their designated positions tonight. The positions of the blocking units should be constructed in strict accordance with the requirements of the Red Army's infantry training program, and the artillery holes should be of such intensity as to prevent heavy artillery and aerial bomb bombing. Before the troops withdraw from their positions, they must destroy the fortifications. ”

After issuing the combat order, Liu Yimin called Li Zongrui, the new head of the guard regiment, and Lu Maotian, the political commissar, and asked them to send a guard battalion to follow Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong, and all of them were equipped with war horses to ensure mobility.

After the arrangements were made, Liu Yimin pulled Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong over, looked at the map, and made detailed arrangements for the operation of the troops on the northern front.

After the arrangements were made, Liu Yimin told Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong that the main point of the operation on the northern front was to block and delay, not to be afraid of the Japanese army to capture Jinan, and the most important thing was to cut off the supply line of the Japanese army. For this reason, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade and Fu Zhuting's New Sixth Brigade, after completing the task of blocking and delaying, must quickly jump behind the enemy; once the Japanese army captures Jinan, our army must quickly capture Cangxian, which is the supply base of the Japanese army's northern line group, and it will make a fortune if Cangxian is taken, which is much more affordable than holding Jinan. This is how the battle was fought, the little devil captured the empty city of Jinan, and we captured its supply base Cangxian. See who gets the most benefits.