The battle to defeat the 33rd Division was fought cleanly. The main reason is that we have newly formed divisions and regiments against the enemy with the main force of the Seventh Brigade, and the strength of the five main regiments plus the artillery regiment is not much different from that of the enemy, and the attack is suddenly launched, and the attack time is set at one o'clock in the night. In particular, Chen Dayong borrowed from the practice in the Battle of Weishui and sent soldiers of the reconnaissance company to disguise themselves as devils and blend in with the army to shout, which played an unexpected role in promoting the collapse of the enemy.

After receiving the report, Liu Yimin, secretary of the Shandong Bureau, commander of the Shandong Military Region, instructor and division commander, and secretary of the party committee, sent a telegram of commendation to the Ludong Command of the Eighth Route Army, pointing out: "In this defeat of the 33rd Division, our Ludong Command made a timely and decisive decision, taught all units of the Seventh Brigade to act quickly and attack bravely, and maintained the old Red Army style of our army that overwhelmed all enemies with indomitable progress. Next, the army will inevitably retaliate frantically, and our army will resolutely resist on the front line of Zhoucun in accordance with the established battle plan. After completing the task, he retreated in great strides to lead the enemy to Jiaodong and ensure that the main force achieved the campaign goal. ”

After the main force of the Seventh Brigade was withdrawn after completing its mission, Zeng Zhongsheng judged that since the 33rd Division was defeated, there would inevitably be a time to adjust the deployment and replenishment, so he should hurry up to rest and reorganize the troops and prepare for another battle.

After receiving the report that the 33rd Division had been defeated, Lieutenant General Donggyuergong Tsugahiko Wang, commander of the Northern Front and commander of the Second Army, rushed to Zhangqiu from Jinan to Zhangqiu and held an operational meeting in Zhangqiu County. Because the dark night covered the Eighth Route Army, who can guarantee that after the 14th Division leaves its position to reinforce the 33rd Division, it will not be transferred into the trap of the Eighth Route Army instructor? The tragedy of the Eighth Division and the Tenth Division has already shown that the instructors of the Eighth Route Army have the ability to wipe out a permanent division of the Imperial Army in one fell swoop.

The commanders of the Fifth Division, the Second Division, the 10th and 8th Divisions, the 1st Brigade of the Reading Power Mixed Formation, and the 7th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade began to criticize the North China Front Army's combat plan, accusing that the troops should not be divided and suppressed, and that all the main forces should be concentrated on Luzhong and Ludong, and that the main forces of Liu Yimin's instructor should be eliminated after they have been cleared of Luzhong and Ludong, and the main force of Liu Yimin's instructor has been eliminated.

In the end, it was all about revising the battle plan. Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of the Dongjuer Palace knew in his heart that these high-ranking generals of the Imperial Army had become afraid of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, and if they wanted them to deal with the instructors of the Eighth Route Army in the same way that they dealt with Chiang Kai-shek's political axe army, I was afraid that they had to first encourage their bushido spirit. But when I think about it, why don't I think so? If there is another permanent division in their own war zone, I am afraid it will be really difficult to explain.

After thinking about it, there was no way, Lieutenant General Tsugihiko of the Dongjuer Palace swept his gaze over the faces of several division commanders, but those guys were still blaming the battle plan with their teeth and claws just now, and when the Lieutenant General of the Dongjuer Palace Tsukihiko looked at them seriously, they all sat upright with their noses and noses, and turned a blind eye to the gaze of the Lieutenant General of the Dongjuer Palace.

Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of Higashijuergu had no choice but to send a report to Terauchi Shouichi, saying that the instructors of the Eighth Route Army launched attacks in three directions at the same time, and on the surface, the attacks encountered by the Second and Fifth Divisions were to cover the action of defeating the 33rd Division, but the Eighth Route Army obviously had the strength to destroy the 33rd Division but not to destroy it, one may be afraid of being surrounded by the elite divisions of the Imperial Army, so it opened a rout battle instead of a war of annihilation; Another possibility is that the Eighth Route Army has bigger plans. Judging from the fact that the Eighth Route Army lured a tank squadron of the Fifth Division to pursue and destroyed 12 tanks in one fell swoop, the Eighth Route Army was bent on luring a certain division of the Imperial Army to leave its position to pursue or reinforce, looking for an opportunity to completely annihilate another permanent division. In particular, both Lunan and central and southern Lu had the Eighth Route Army fighting fiercely with the Tada Jun group and the Gangbe Naosaburo group, and it was very likely that the Eighth Route Army wanted to use part of its forces to drag the main force of the imperial army in the mountainous area and concentrate the main force in central Lu to deal with the northern line group of the imperial army. Considering the strong firepower of Liu Yimin's instructor, the Northern Front Group could not divide the troops at all, because the division of troops might create opportunities for the Eighth Route Army. In view of this situation, it is suggested that His Excellency the commander revise the battle plan and quickly transfer the Tada Jun group and the Gangbe Naosaburo group to the north to jointly attack the Eighth Route Army in central Shandong. As long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army is solved, Lunan and Luzhongnan can be decided in one go. Taking a step back, as long as the Jiaoji Road is opened up and the basic law and order in Shandong is restored, we can calm down and slowly clear the situation, and it will not affect other battlefield operations.

Lieutenant General Dongjuer Palace Tsukihiko Wang has been wordy so much, the core is to concentrate the three-way army to besiege Luzhong, otherwise, he is afraid that the Eighth Route Army will seize his northern line group and make a fuss. At that time, whether it is the second division, the fifth division, or the fourteenth division, as long as there is a jade fragment, he may not be able to bear the responsibility.

After sending the telegram, Lieutenant General Kazuhiko of Higashijueriyaki took several division commanders to inspect the 33rd Division.

When I went to the 33rd Division, I saw that the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Ganji Shigetaro, was dressed as the real thing, cleanly washed, wearing a kimono, drinking sake while wiping his sword, and preparing to commit suicide by disembowelment!

Lieutenant General Kazuhiko of Higashijurgu was born into the royal family, and he liked to do bushido tricks such as suicide by disembowelment by generals from civilian backgrounds, so that he could enjoy some excitement and pleasure. Of course, he would never do it himself, and if he had committed suicide, he would not have come to invade China. However, now is not the time for Lieutenant General Ganji Jutaro to commit suicide by caesarean section, and the mess of his 33rd Division still has to be cleaned up.

Lieutenant General Higashijueriyaki King Tsukihiko took the sword of Lieutenant General Ganji Jutaro and asked him to report in detail on the details of the defeat of the 33rd Division.

Where would Lieutenant General Jutaro be willing to commit suicide? But he was really ashamed, ashamed of the 33rd Division, ashamed of his own incompetence. He couldn't imagine that he was full of strategy, and the 33rd Division was fully loaded, how could he let the Eighth Route Army sneak attack and run around like a rabbit?

Seeing that Lieutenant General Kazuhiko of the Higashijur Palace asked, Lieutenant General Ganji Shigetaro did not mention the matter of approving for his crimes, and reported in detail the details of the defeat of the troops in 1510.

Lieutenant General Shigetaro Gan Ji made a conclusive report that the level of technical warfare of the offensive Eighth Route Army was extremely high, that the field artillery should be guided by observers, that the regimental and battalion levels were equipped with a large number of infantry guns, mortars, and grenadiers, and that the heavy machine gun firepower was much denser than that of the ad hoc divisions and regiments.

When Lieutenant General Shigetaro Ganji said this, Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, commander of the Fifth Division, added that the Eighth Route Army had three new weapons, one was a projectile that could fire explosive packets, which could be thrown onto the position, and there were iron nails in the explosives bags, and the soldiers were either killed by broken hearts or injured by iron nails; The second is a kind of mine that can blow up a combat vehicle, and as long as the combat vehicle is pressed, it will inevitably be blown up; The third type is a kind of cannon that I don't know what its name is, which is very powerful, and after a tank or armored vehicle or car is shot, it will be directly smashed into pieces.

The more Lieutenant General Dongjuer Gong Tsukihiko Wang Fuyan's brows furrowed, how could the equipment of Liu Yimin's troops be so sophisticated, could it really be that they had received a lot of assistance from the Americans or the Soviets? I'll have to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take a good look at it.

What gave Lieutenant General Dongjiuer Palace Tsugahiko the most headache was that Liu Yimin's courage was really getting bigger and bigger, and he dared to attack behind the 14th, 2nd, and 5th Divisions and brutally defeat the 33rd Division. If you are not careful, you are likely to fall for Liu Yimin. This next attack will inevitably lengthen the battle line, not only to prevent Liu Yimin from attacking logistics and supplies, but also to prevent the lone army from falling into Liu Yimin's trap. It seems that to fight Liu Yimin, it must also be a backbone unit that has been tested in the war, and a garrison division like the 33rd Division is simply a ball of tofu scum when it encounters the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, which will be broken when touched.

After listening to the report of Lieutenant General Shigetaro Kazukuro, Lieutenant General Togyur Palace Tsukihiko Wang led several generals to inspect the battle damage of the 33rd Division on the spot. At this sight, Lieutenant General Tsugahiko of Higashijuer Palace couldn't help but be vicious, pulled out his sword and put it on the neck of Lieutenant General Ganji Jutaro, and roared incessantly in his mouth.

No wonder Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of the Dongjuer Palace was so angry, the 33rd Division was so embarrassed, not to mention losing all the baggage, many soldiers even abandoned guns, bullet boxes, and grenades, and the situation was similar to that of the 35th Division, and they also threw their faces to their grandmother's house, which was simply the transport team of the Eighth Route Army. What made Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of Higashijueriyaki unacceptable the most was that the officer death rate of the 33rd Division was surprisingly high, especially the captain and the officer, who was almost broken.

Anger turned into anger, and the old playboy Lieutenant General Togyur Palace Tsukihiko Wang still released Lieutenant General Ganji Jutaro and asked him to immediately report to the base camp and the North China Front the situation of the dead in battle, the missing quarters of the soldiers, the loss of all the baggage, and the soldiers' bare hands, and ask for supplies.

After inspecting the tour, Lieutenant General Toshikyuru sent another telegram to General Terauchi Shouichi, requesting that the battle plan be revised as soon as possible, that the 33rd Division and the 35th Garbage Units be abolished, or that they be transferred to Manchuria to garrison, or that they could be transferred to Korea or Taiwan, so that troops like the 19th Division could be sent to North China.

After receiving two telegrams from Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of Higashijuriya, Terauchi received telegrams from Lieutenant General Tada Jun and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, saying that the attack in the mountainous areas of Lunan and Luzhongnan was not going well and that the attack was brutal. The Eighth Route Army was fearless in the face of the imperial army's roundabout outflanking and heavy squeezing, relying on the mountainous areas to block the attack. The conscience of the common people of China was also greatly damaged, and they dug traps everywhere in the mountains, inserting sharp wooden pegs into them, and the imperial army was poked transparent when they fell. In particular, the soldiers who were left behind and lost by the imperial army were often killed by the common people of China with guillotines, hoes and the like. It was requested that the Northern Front Group be able to attack to the south, attack the back of the Eighth Route Army, and fight against the Central Line Group and the Southern Front Group. Or let the two groups of the southern front and the central line concentrate their forces to clear an area, because the branch is too big, and the Eighth Route Army can always retreat calmly after ambushing and blocking.

Terauchi Shouichi originally couldn't make a clear judgment on whether Liu Yiming's cooking power was in Luzhong or in the mountainous areas of central and southern Lu, but now after analyzing the telegrams of the three combat groups, he knew in his heart that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was definitely in Luzhong, and Liu Yimin wanted to eliminate one or even two elite divisions of the imperial army in Luzhong and completely smash the imperial army's clearance operation. The Eighth Route Army in Lunan and Luzhongnan was a diversion force sent out by Liu Yimin, with the purpose of dividing the imperial army and covering his combat operations in Luzhong. In this case, Terauchi Shouichi was determined to adjust the battle plan again.

After reporting to the base camp for approval, Terauchi Shouichi ordered Tada Jun to command the Southern Front Group to be responsible for clearing Lunan and Luzhongnan, and ordered Gangbu Naosaburo to command the troops of the four permanent divisions of the Central Line Group, including the 1st Division, the 6th Division, the 7th Division, and the 16th Division, to quickly go north to Luzhong, flank the Eighth Route Army, and cooperate with the Northern Line Group to quickly eliminate the main force of Liu Yimin's division and open up the Jiaoji Road.

As for the northern line group, Terauchi Shouichi ordered Lieutenant General Tokuernomiya Tsukihiko Wang to organize the 108th Division and the 33rd Division into a communication line garrison group to ensure the safety of the communication line and logistical supplies, and concentrate the 5th, 2nd, 14th and 14th Divisions and Reading Li to form the 1st and 7th Brigades and regiments, and attack and advance along the Jiaoji Road and the Jiqing Highway, with the combat goal of joining forces with the Qingdao Marine Corps. As for the supply of the 33rd Division, Terauchi Shouichi said very clearly, the soldiers who took weapons, ammunition and food from the Eighth Route Army, and really had no guns, went to work as coolies and built strongholds along the lines of communication.

Of course, despite that, Shouichi Terauchi sent another telegram to the military headquarters, asking for a quick supply.

After receiving the order, Lieutenant General Higashijueriyaki received the order, although he was bent on waiting for the four permanent divisions under the command of Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe to arrive, but he knew that time was waiting for no one, and the Kwantung Army and the Central China Front Army were urging the troops to return to the construction every day, so he ordered Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji, commander of the Second Division, to serve as the commander of the former enemy, and was responsible for directing the troops to attack quickly and make sure to open up the Jiaoji Road and the Jiqing Highway.

This time, Lieutenant General Okamura did not dare to hold on to his superiors any longer, so he set up his headquarters in the Second Division, ordered all units to rest for a day, and personally made appointments with officers at and above the captain level of each unit to talk, boost morale, and shouted the slogan of capturing Liu Yimin alive and killing Liu Yimin. When the morale of the troops was restored and the combat units were replenished, Okamura Ningji commanded the little devils to launch a frantic attack on Zhou Village under the cover of a large number of aircraft.

At this time, the Ludong Command of the Eighth Route Army also completed the deployment of troops. Zeng Zhongsheng deployed all the six regiments of the Seventh Brigade and the units directly under the brigade and the subordinate command units around Zhoucun, and the two sides fought to the death in close combat around Zhoucun.

(To be continued)