The chariot of the Yue army is still very powerful, although the chariot of the Yue army is just a small tin box in the eyes of Western countries. But for the squadron [***], which does not have heavy artillery, the tanks of the Yue army are really difficult to deal with. Due to the lack of anti-aircraft artillery and other weapons, the only way for the Chinese Squadron, especially the Eighth Route Army, to deal with the Yue army was to use cluster grenades to lose several lives in exchange for the paralysis of a Syrian army's chariot.

Although there is only one infantry squadron and cavalry squad in this small detachment of the Japanese army, Han Yunhua's department has an entire infantry regiment. However, the equipment of Han Yunhua's department is really poor, and an infantry regiment is not afraid of the infantry squadron of the Yue Army, but the casualties must be strictly controlled, although an infantry squadron is not too much, but as long as the ammunition is sufficient and the weapons and equipment are advanced, it is still very possible to cripple a Chinese infantry regiment. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, it was not uncommon for an infantry wing of the Yue Army to chase a Chinese infantry division, and it was even more common for a squadron of the Yue Army to defeat a Chinese infantry regiment.

In addition, this infantry squadron of the current army has two precious chariots, and even the most rubbish bean chariot is very strong. However, as a veteran who has participated in many battles and has extremely rich experience, Wang Zhifu still has a very good set. The officers who came out of the Inner Mongolia Military Region have their own unique views and methods for fighting devils, and although sometimes they issue really enough food, but sometimes the local methods can also be very effective. Taking this battle as an example, after Wang Zhifu had a more detailed understanding of the terrain of Song Village, he immediately sent troops to collect enough hardwood.

Due to its proximity to the traffic line, the geographical location of Song Village is more prominent. Therefore, the traffic itself in Song Village is also very convenient, and there are several roads through Song Village. But there is only one road that you can pass through the chariot, and this road was expanded by the army using an abandoned mountain road. However, this mountain trail is not easy to walk, and horseback riding and walking are not much of a problem, but if you want to travel by car, you will definitely not be able to do it.

Perhaps the army also took this into account, so there was only one infantry squadron, a cavalry squad and two chariots sent to take over the defense of Yanggu County this time, and there were no other troops. According to the defensive strength of Yanggu County, the infantry of this squadron is far behind. But now that the Huyan family has withdrawn from Liaocheng and will soon move out of Shandong, the military authorities believe that the root cause of the crisis in Yanggu County has been resolved. Although there is already some evidence that there is still a force in Yanggu County that can threaten the Imperial Army, out of blind belief in the combat effectiveness of the army, all the senior officers of the 10th Brigade of the Twelfth Army Infantry unanimously believe that as long as there is no Huyan family, the other forces in Liaocheng in Shandong will not be able to become small miscellaneous fish.

Although only an infantry squadron is sent now, there are still a few big landlords and big businessmen in Yanggu County, as well as the so-called Taoist Society of Ten Thousand Buddhas. With the help of these good people for the time being, Major General Changshui Nobuno believes that Yanggu County is still safe for the time being. Now the chaos is not only in Yanggu County, several counties and cities around Yanggu County have appeared unstable, and in the past few days, there have been several bad incidents in which the "good people" and "friends of the Great Empire" were assassinated by the people of China, which need to be resolved by Major General Nobuno Changshui.

Although the headquarters of the 12th Army was also well aware of Major General Changshui Nobuno's difficulties, so he specially sent reinforcements from two infantry wings, but now the entire Liaocheng area is asking for help everywhere. The more than 7,000 people in the two infantry wings seem to be a lot, but after really spreading them, they still can't do everything. Therefore, for Yanggu County, which has already consumed a lot of energy from the empire, Major General Shui Xinye, thinks that as long as an infantry squadron is dispatched, there is no big force in Yanggu County now.

Major General Nagasui Nobuno has a basis for this consideration, and after the army occupied Shandong, in order to quickly digest the occupied areas in Shandong, it deliberately set up a puppet political axe headed by Ma Liang. During the period when Ma Liang was in power, the role of the puppet regime in Shandong was actually very limited, and the troops armed with militarism did not trust the old feudal warlords like Ma Liang in their bones. In addition, some of Ma Liang's bad behaviors also completely disappointed Yue Jun, so Ma Liang only stayed in Shandong for less than a year before being replaced by Tang Yangdu.

The period when the Shandong puppet regime really played a role was in the Tang Yangdu period, and the Shandong puppet regime in the Tang Yangdu period showed a trend of strengthening compared with the Maleonn period. The emergence of such a situation is closely related to the changes in the situation and the adjustment of the strategic deployment of the armed forces. After the occupation of Wuhan in October 1938, the Chinese war situation shifted to a stage of strategic stalemate, with the Chinese army reducing large-scale frontal military offensives, and the strategic focus shifted from the territorial expansion of the army's long-term drive to the control of the occupied areas. In this context, Tang Yangdu further strengthened the ruling system of the puppet regime and contributed to the peak of the puppet regime in Shandong.

The provincial-level administrative system has emphasized the strengthening and standardization of functions, established and improved various rules and regulations and operating procedures, and there has been little change in the increase or decrease of institutions. In November 1944, Nishida stepped down and was succeeded by Yoshiyuki Sonoda until the surrender of the army. At the beginning, the business organization was still five departments and one department: the secretariat, the secretary general was changed to Zhang Xingwu, after Zhang was transferred to the director of the Department of Civil Affairs, it was changed to Yu Kangde, and in October 1942, Yu was transferred to the director of the Department of Education, and Yi was Xiao Yiyuan; Department of Civil Affairs, the original Jin Yannian resigned on March 20, 1939, transferred Zhang Xingwu to fill the post, in 1942 by Ma Zhenfan, in December 1944 changed to Shao Jinfan; The Department of Finance, initially by Tang Yangdu, was changed to Li Bingrong in January 1940; the construction department, still with Zhuang Weiping as the director; Department of Education, Director Hao Shuxuan, changed to Yu Kangde in October 1942; The director of the Police Department, Zhang Yadong, resigned in August 1939 and was represented by Wang Shuicang, who was changed to Cheng Rong in June 1940, Jiang Enpu in November 1943, and Cui Jianchu in October 1944. In 1939, the Provincial Capital Police Department, which was attached to the National Police Department, was reorganized into the Provincial Capital Police Department, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Provincial Public Police. In 1943, the Propaganda Department was added, and the director of the Division was concurrently served by Secretary-General Xiao Yiyuan, and in August it was changed to Zhao Junbi. The successive rectification and reform of the puppet regime at the provincial level in Shandong have made this puppet regime that has spread throughout the entire Shandong region more and more complete, and its harm has become greater and greater.

The most troublesome thing is that after August 1943, the Provincial Office was renamed the Provincial Political Axe, and the Provincial Security Command was set up, and the Provincial Governor and Security Commander were established to command the local puppet armed forces in the province in a unified manner. This is not to say that there was no Han annihilation puppet army in Shandong before this, but that at this time, the Han annihilation puppet army in Shandong Province had a unified command, the combat effectiveness of the reorganized puppet army has been greatly improved, its combat capability has also increased, and the anti-Japanese situation and anti-Japanese environment in Shandong Province have also declined. Although there were also many puppet armies in Shandong before, the two devils at that time were a group of Han annihilation hooligans, bullying men and women and bullying ordinary people in the occupied areas, but it was not okay to put them on the battlefield, especially when they encountered the Eighth Route Army that did not play cards according to common sense, these guys could only shout "Eight Masters".

But the puppet army that set up the security headquarters is different, and if it loses the battle, it will have the responsibility of the little devil to find Tang Yangdu, so the responsibility is clear, and the armed forces in the opponent of the Shandong puppet political axe have also begun to pay attention. In order to ensure better control over Shandong, Tang Yangdu carried out a large-scale rectification and reform in Shandong after obtaining the consent of the Yue Army, and in terms of the administrative system, Tang Yangdu expanded and perfected the administrative organization system of provinces (cities), counties, and grass-roots units on a large scale.

After the First Battle of Wuhan, the military strength of the Yue army in Shandong was strengthened, and the area controlled by the puppet regime in Shandong was significantly expanded. In particular, after all the Chinese resistance forces in Shandong were defeated or expelled from Shandong some time ago, the area under the control of the army in Shandong was further expanded, so this also required that the administrative apparatus of the Tang Yangdu regime must be expanded and strengthened accordingly. In addition, although the puppet government has been established in most counties in the province, there are not many counties that can really push the executive order in the whole territory, and most of the counties are a situation in which the puppet regime, the Kuomintang regime, and the [***] regime coexist and compete. This also requires the strengthening and improvement of local administrative institutions, especially grass-roots organizations, in order to strengthen their control power. Based on this, Tang Yangdu vigorously adjusted the local administrative system. The first thing to be introduced is the adjustment and addition of provincial divisions. In February 1939, the Provincial Office proposed a plan to change the 4-way system to a 10-way system, and in April, the new road district system was officially implemented: Dengzhou Road (Daoyin Zhanghuanan, changed to Chang Zhiying in November 1941, and changed to Xiao Yiyuan in October 1943, stationed in Yantai, with jurisdiction over 10 counties and Yantai City, Longkou Special District, and Weihaiwei Special District. In 1943, the subordination between the province and the city and the district was abolished, and Yantai City, Longkou and Weihaiwei Special Zones were directly under the jurisdiction of the province), Laiwei Road (Daoyin Changzhiying, Chang transferred to Dengzhou Dao and changed to Liu Dongxiu, stationed in Wei County, with jurisdiction over 8 counties), Qingzhou Road (Daoyin Fang Yongchang, changed to Wang Zifeng in August 1944, stationed in Yidu, and governed 11 counties), Yizhou Road (Daoyin Wang Jiusi, changed to Zhou Qingyu in July 1944, and changed to Wang Fengqing in January 1945, stationed in Linyi, governed 7 counties), Yanji Road (Daoyin Zhu Panzao, In November 1942, it was changed to Wang Shaowu, stationed in Jining, with jurisdiction over 12 counties), Tai'an Road (Daoyin Duzhong, in September 1943, Yi was Dujie, stationed in Tai'an, with jurisdiction over 7 counties), Caozhou Road (Daoyin Zhao Junbi, Zhao was transferred to the Provincial Office Propaganda Division and then changed to Zhu Jinggu, stationed in Heze, with jurisdiction over 13 counties), Donglin Road (Daoyin Wang Yongcang, in September 1944, Yi was Dong Zhenghua, stationed in Linqing, with jurisdiction over 17 counties), Jinan Dao (Daoyin Wang Luhong, changed to Hao Shuxuan in October 1942, and changed to Chang Zhiying in October 1943, In May 1945, it was changed to Song Jie, stationed in Jinan, with jurisdiction over 7 counties), Wuding Dao (Daoyin Liu Jingyao, in October 1943, it was changed to Zhang Guangmu, stationed in Huimin, with jurisdiction over 13 counties).

In order to curry favor with him, Tang Yangdu set up one liaison officer in each of the provincial offices of the puppet Shandong political power, who was "responsible for liaison and guidance," and was actually the actual controller of the Daoxian political power. In 1944, the Qingzhou Special Administrative Office and the Zhangdian District Commissioner's Office were established, and the original Qingzhou Provincial Office was abolished and became the 9th Road 1 Special Administrative Office and the 1st Commissioner's Office. The Jinan Municipal Office is still directly under the Provincial Office, and the mayor is Zhu Guishan.

While expanding and improving the provincial government, Tang Yangdu also introduced a series of measures for the construction of the county government, and then promoted the strengthening of the grassroots organization through the county government. Tang Yangdu followed the ruling method of the Kuomintang regime, dividing the 105 counties of the province into three classes, and giving different requirements and treatment according to the situation, such as Yanggu County, which has resources, will be given a higher level of treatment, and some counties and districts that do not have any resources and are located in remote areas will be given a lower class of treatment. Generally speaking, the Eighth Route Army like Han Yunhua will generally find some counties and districts that are a little worse to develop, and the pseudo-strength of these counties and districts is relatively weak, but there are exceptions. Like Han Yunhua, there are many Eighth Route Army soldiers who choose wealthy counties, because such rich counties and districts are also rich in products and population, which is very suitable for the development of the army. Of course, the resistance received was much greater, which can be seen from the fact that there were so many battles after Han Yunhua's troops arrived in Yanggu County. After 1942, the county hierarchy system was abolished. In order to promote the work of county administration, the provincial office has also taken measures to plan "county government model areas". Since January 1, 1944, the county and city offices have been renamed the county and municipal axes, and the county governor has been renamed the county magistrate.

The county government is responsible for organizing grassroots organizations. The system of district and township mayors (or neighbors) in the Maleonn period was just a simple joint control, and feudal warlords like Maleonn could only think of such a stupid system, and like all the ills produced after the implementation of the feudal system, Shandong quickly fell into a panic after the implementation of the joint sitting system, so this ignorant and backward system disappeared automatically after a period of time.

During the Tang Yangdu period, the Baojia system was introduced, and the Baojia organization was established, which was closely integrated with the system of district and township mayors as the main measure to strengthen the grassroots organizations. The armor protection system is an organizational system integrating local administrative, military, and economic activities, and the organizational structure is roughly as follows: the household is the unit, and the household is set up as the head of the household; 10 households are A, and the first is set up; 10. A is the guarantee, and the chief and deputy chief of the security are established; A township or town is a joint guarantee, and a joint insurance director is set up. The head of A is elected by the head of the household, and the chief of the village is the original village head, and when the same village has a number of guarantees, a deputy chief of security is added, and the director of joint security is the head of the township and township. The head of the police branch office of each district is under the order of the county police chief to carry out the affairs of the county to protect the armor of each district, and the director of the police branch of each district is under the order of the chief of the county police to carry out the affairs of the district to protect the armor, supervise the joint security director of the district, supervise the chief of each village, supervise the chief of the first of the county, and the chief of the first supervises the internal affairs of the household, so that each household and each individual are responsible for it.

In order to ensure that it had jurisdiction over every resident, the Tang Yangdu regime also organized temples, boat households, mines, public places, and scattered households into special armor. In this way, Baojia becomes a unified organizational system from top to bottom, which is one of the functions of the Baojia system.

In the Tang Yangdu regime, the armor protection also had the function of organizing the armed forces, although this armor protection system was not much better than the sitting system, but the armor protection system would not bring panic to the whole city. Moreover, the arming of the armor protection system can only allow some residents to find some sense of security, in this war-torn and troubled era, ordinary people may not be completely wiped out one day, so Tang Yangdu's pseudo-political axe armor protection system is still very acceptable to some people.

The Tang Yangdu puppet regime stipulated that the Baojia system was a "self-defense organization" for the people, and that a self-defense group for the Baojia should be organized, and all men between the ages of 18 and 40 who were in good health and had no special circumstances could join the group. Each A is organized into a A team, which is led by the first leader; Each team in the insurance is organized into a security team, which is led by the chief of the insurance; Each security team in the township or town shall be organized into a joint security team, which shall be led by the joint security director; The joint security teams in the district are organized into a district team, which is led by the police sub-chief or the district chief; The district teams are combined into the county self-defense regiment, which is commanded by the chief of the county police under the orders of the county magistrate. The Self-Defense Corps conducts one-month training each year during off-seasons or short-term training of three to five days when the opportunity arises. In addition, the Baojia system also has economic functions, which are integrated with cooperative organizations, compile household registration, and collect taxes. In short, the armor protection system weaves a web of tight control over the general population. Since 1940, the Provincial Office has implemented the Baojia system in the puppet unified areas of the province, and by the end of 1941, the puppet regime can reach the region, and the Baojia has been roughly all compiled, totaling 347750 A, 34481 Bao, and 4008 Lianbao; There are 716508 members of the self-defense group, 27,103 rifles, 1,958 pistols, and more than 47,000 other miscellaneous guns. Such a huge armed force, even if their combat effectiveness is low, and their cohesion is extremely fragile, but the existence of such a huge base also greatly restricts the development of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to suppress and sabotage the anti-Japanese struggle of the people of Shandong, the puppet regime also colluded with the Japanese army to establish a huge network of spy organizations. Just like now, Song Village, where Wang Zhifu is located, has been frequently brutalized by the puppet army because of its proximity to the traffic arteries, and the road from Dingshui Town to Yanggu County was almost built by farmers from these nearby villages. In order to build this mountain road, which is not wide or uneven, Song Village and more than a dozen nearby villages have paid a total of more than 200 lives. And all of this was done by those spy organizations that said that the army was prosthetic. Through the investigation by Han Yunhua's department, it was learned that the main spy organizations under the control of the Shandong puppet regime are: the "Investigation Office of the Shandong Provincial General Association of the Xinmin Association," the top-down intelligence network composed of the special intelligence agencies set up by the Provincial Police Department and the provincial, city, and county intelligence agencies that are in contact with them, and the intelligence network composed of the top-down intelligence agencies set up by the garrison (security team) within the organization.

One of the targets of Wei Peng and others' attack this time was these spy organizations of the puppet army, and unlike the Han puppets, the spy organizations were particularly cunning because of their strict surnames and professional surnames. But correspondingly, it is very difficult to replenish every person lost, as long as a spy nest is destroyed, Han Yunhua believes that at least within half a year, the puppet army will not want to make a comeback in the area.

Secondly, what Han Yunhua hated the most was that in order to adapt to the large demand for laborers in the army, this group of soft bones who betrayed their ancestors began to betray their compatriots, and the puppet regime also vigorously organized the export of laborers. In order to meet the needs of the armed forces, the puppet regime regards the establishment and expansion of the puppet armed forces as an important task of the puppet regime...... But in general, it can be divided into two parts: the regular army and the local army. The puppet armed forces established and controlled by the puppet regime in Shandong are mainly police forces and garrison forces (security forces).

The police force controlled by the puppet regime in Shandong is mainly stationed in cities and towns and other important places, and is responsible for local security and public security affairs, and its weapons and equipment are mainly rifles. Police agencies at all levels are under the jurisdiction of the police department of the provincial public office, forming a top-down subordinate system of departments, offices or offices (cities and special administrative regions are offices, counties are offices), sub-offices (offices), sub-stations and police stations. In January 1938, when Maleonn organized the maintenance meeting, the provincial capital police station was first established. After the establishment of the Provincial Office, the Police Department was in charge of the provincial capital police station (later changed to a bureau and directly under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Office) and local police stations or offices (initially bureaus, later changed to offices or offices) to govern the province's puppet police forces and self-defense regiments. By August 1939, there were 75 police stations (offices) in the province, with 7,291 officers and policemen. According to the data known to Han Yunhua, by 1940, the entire puppet police force had increased to 13,951 people; In 1941, there were 106 police stations and 20,100 officers and policemen; In 1942, 177 branches were added, and 31,256 police officers were armed. The Garrison Force (Security Force) was initially reorganized from the old Security Force and Garrison Force, and later expanded mainly by recruiting local youth, and was divided into three levels: provincial, provincial and county. This is the most important local pseudo-armed force, and the army has a very high opinion of it, believing that "the county garrison is the driving force for popularizing county government and the backbone of maintaining local law and order." Therefore, it gave strong support. It is equipped with rifles, light machine guns, pistols, automatic rifles, etc., and when it is insufficient, it is supplemented by the army. In May 1943, the garrison was renamed the security team, unified and reorganized, and in North China, the General Administration of Internal Affairs was supervised as the commander-in-chief of security, the governors of various provinces were appointed as security commanders, the governors of various provinces were appointed as security commanders, and the governors (county magistrates) of each county were appointed as security captains. The Police Corps of the Police Department of the Shandong Provincial Public Office, established in August 1938, was the predecessor of the Shandong Provincial Garrison Armed Forces. The corps has 1 captain, 3 brigades, a total of 583 people, mainly stationed in Jinan, some stationed in various counties, during the war, accompanied the army to go out to "sweep", has been to Huimin, Linqing, Nangong and other places. In September 1939, the puppet regime reorganized the provincial security regiments into garrison wings, and the county security regiments into garrisons, with 2 brigades and 4 squadrons under its jurisdiction, totaling 3,080 people in the province. This was the beginning of the county garrisons. In July 1940, the Shandong Provincial Public Office reorganized the provincial garrison again, and unified the provincial police corps and the provincial garrison into the Shandong Provincial Garrison Corps. The headquarters is located in Jinan, with the captain of the major general, and has jurisdiction over the team and 9 detachments. The team was stationed in Jinan, and 9 detachments were stationed in 9 provinces except Jinan Province, with a total strength of 4,126 people. The county garrisons are not included in the establishment of the garrison corps, and they still have their own reading strength. In 1940, the total strength of the county garrison was 19,303. After 1942, the head of the garrison corps was concurrently served by the provincial governor. After May 1943, the garrison corps and the county garrison were unified into security forces, and the province set up a security command, with the governor and commander to command the security forces of the province in a unified manner.

With such a strong armed force, the Yue army also has a certain confidence in the security of the occupied area, although they do not believe in these puppet armies. But as far as the current situation is concerned, the role of the puppet army is still very large, so Major General Changshui Nobuno dared to send an infantry squadron to take over the defense of Yanggu County.

Changshui Nobuno had a good calculation, in his mind, after all, the Shandong Provincial Office also vigorously organized in accordance with the deployment of the North China Army and the puppet North China Political Affairs Committee, and participated in actions such as the "Public Security Strengthening Movement". In particular, under the instructions of the puppet regime, a series of campaigns, such as the so-called "overall coordination of the army, the officials, and the people," strengthened the economic blockade of the base areas, dispatched puppet garrison units, and accompanied the army to attack the anti-Japanese base areas, and provided a lot of convenience to the army. Therefore, Major General Nagasui Nobuno has high hopes for the puppet army in Yanggu County this time.

(To be continued)