The reason why Yu Xuezhong couldn't smile bitterly was that Chiang Kai-shek had made him a hot potato, and he didn't know what the chairman of the committee thought, just unite to resist Japan, why did he have to send this telegram? Could it be that just a few lines on the telegram can make Liu Yimin obey the orders of the Sulu Theater Headquarters? It's just whimsical!

Wang Jingxuan then suggested convening a joint military-government meeting in Shandong Province to convey the spirit of the Central Military Commission's decree and solve the problems of unified command, unified division of defense areas, unified administration of premises, and unified supply of grain and straw. Starting

Zhou Congzheng, secretary general of the Sulu Theater General Headquarters, was very warm, because he had received a telegram from Chairman Chiang summoning him, and knew that Yu Xuezhong's sponsorship had worked. After meeting Chiang Kai-shek, it is likely that he is the chairman of Shandong Province, and he is the real feudal official. Although the chairman of this province is the chairman of the guerrilla behind enemy lines, the result is the chairman of the province. Therefore, Zhou Congzheng told Yu Xuezhong whether he was considering moving the Theater Headquarters to Linyi, because it was clear on the telegram of the Military Commission that the Sulu Theater Headquarters was stationed in Linyi. If the Theater General Headquarters and the Shandong Provincial Government can gain a foothold in Linyi, they will be able to expand the scale of cadre training classes and provide cadres for the reorganization of the grassroots political power in Shandong Province. In addition, it is also possible to train military cadres with the students of the Luoyang branch of the Central Military Academy as the backbone, give full play to the grassroots command strength of the security brigades, and turn the security brigades into real regular troops.

Although Yu Xuezhong couldn't cry or laugh, he felt that Wang Jingxuan, Zhou Fu, and Zhou Congzheng were all whimsical, but there was also an idea in his heart that he would leap into the test, and the telegram from the Military Commission was equivalent to handing over Shandong to him Yu Xuezhong and the Northeast Army, which was too rare for the Northeast Army to come like the rootless Zhiping at the moment. Even if the instructor of the Eighth Route Army did not obey the command of the theater and was not subject to his control from Yu Xuezhong, then there were still ten guerrilla columns and 34 security brigades armed in Shandong! Although most of the armed forces in these places are small in number and not strong in combat effectiveness, the Northeast Army does not lack training talents, and as long as time passes, Yu Xuezhong believes that these armed forces can be trained into elite divisions.

Of course, this is just a secret idea in his heart, Yu Xuezhong knows that although there is an order from the Military Commission to unify Shandong's military command and Shandong's administration, it must be agreed by Balucao. Moreover, with his many years of experience in the ups and downs of the sea and the rolling of military circles, the Eighth Route Army would not agree. If the Eighth Route Army does not agree, the orders of the Military Commission are just a piece of paper, which can only create contradictions and conflicts, and have no practical significance. Unless the Military Commission sends hundreds of thousands of troops to Shandong, it can force Liu Yimin to retreat obediently. This is even more incompetent!

Although Yu Xuezhong knew that the orders of the Military Commission were nothing but empty words in the case of the Eighth Route Army's non-cooperation, and although he felt that the suggestions of Zhou Fu, Wang Jingxuan, and Zhou Congzheng were all whimsical, he still had to resolutely implement the orders of the Military Commission in the end. Otherwise, there is no way to explain it to the Military Commission.

It's just that Yu Xuezhong has his own idea in his heart, that is, the unified military command is limited to the unified command of the Shandong forces. On the issue of unifying the administration, the offices of the chairmen of the three Shandong provincial governments, Luxi, Lubei, and Ludong, must be set up, and at least they can unify the command of the armed forces scattered in various localities.

Sun Liangcheng is in southern Hebei, he was originally the commander of the light pole, and now he has some armed forces at hand. As long as He Siyuan goes to Lubei and Li Xianliang goes to Ludong, it will be fine. Whether it is the 14 commissioners appointed by the Military Commission, they are all armed at hand, and they can take up their posts in their respective defense areas. The problem lies in the 107 county magistrates appointed by the Military Commission, the Eighth Route Army has already taken root in Shandong, and all the counties controlled by the Eighth Route Army have established political power at the county, district, and village levels.

Something that directly clashed with the Eighth Route Army, Yu Xuezhong resolutely refused to do it!

At this time, Japanese planes were still conducting reconnaissance and bombing in the area around the county seat of Feixian County.

However, Yu Xuezhong learned from the battle of holding Wansong Mountain, and let the army smoke a lot to cover the county seat of Feixian.

Zhou Fu saw that Yu Xuezhong did not have a clear answer to the proposal of several of them, and couldn't help but remind: "Commander-in-Chief Yu, the orders of the Military Commission must be implemented. Not only must we implement it, but the Eighth Route Army must also implement it. Is it to send a telegram to General Liu Yimin, asking him and Luo Ronghuan to return to the county seat of Feixian County to discuss how to carry out the orders of the Military Commission. As soon as Zhou Fu's words fell, the confidential advisers sent telegrams from Qin Qirong, Zhang Liyuan, Zhang Jingyue, Zhang Tianzuo, Liu Jingliang, and others, all of whom without exception first affirmed that they would carry out the orders of the Military Commission and obey the commander-in-chief's command, and then asked the commander-in-chief to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army to let the county magistrate appointed by the central government take up his post and arrange for the grain and straw funds.

Zhou Congzheng was happy: "The situation is good, and the powerful factions in Shandong all support the decision of the non-military commission to unify command and administration. Now it's time for the Eighth Route Army to appear. ”

The telegram of the Eighth Route Army arrived at this time, and on the telegram signed by Liu and Luo, there was no mention of receiving a telegram from the Military Commission, but only urging Yu Xuezhong to quickly command the army to march south.

After reading the telegram, Zhou Congzheng blurted out: "This Liu and Luo are really excessive, the telegram is full of orders, didn't they receive a telegram from the Military Commission?" Don't you know that they belong to the commander-in-chief? ”

Yu Xuezhong said: "It's not that they didn't receive orders from the Military Commission, but that their strength far surpasses ours, and they don't mean to obey our command at all." Now you all get it, right? In Shandong, it is also necessary to establish good relations with the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, there will be no unified command and unified administration, and we will not be able to know the traces of existence in Shandong! ”

Zhou Fu was indignant: "If you don't obey the order of the Military Commission, you are a rebel!" Liu Yibi has always disobeyed the chairman's orders, and he should have been sanctioned a long time ago! ”

Yu Xuezhong's eyes looked at Zhou Fu's face a few times, and asked coldly: "Who will sanction him, is it or me?" ”

Zhou Fu was choked so that his face turned purple.

After the Battle of Feixian, Mu Zhongheng, the commander of the army, saw the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and had a real understanding of the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and couldn't help but say: "If it is carried out according to the orders of the Military Commission, Liu Yimin's instructor may not be able to win so many battles." I think that the top priority at the moment is to seize the fighter plane, quickly advance southward, control the front line of Erzhuang, and threaten Xuzhou.

As long as the front line of Erzhuang is consoled, our army's food problem and soldier supply problem can be solved.

This is an opportunity given to us by Liu Yimin, and it is clearly for our army to make up for and restore its combat effectiveness. Personally, I think that in this regard, Liu Yimin can be regarded as above board. ”

Miao Zhengliu, the commander of the army, was anxious to rest and make up for the army, and then Mu Zhongheng's words were: "One thousand and ten thousand." Or scratch the nose to make up for the army is the most important. If the military strength of the 51st Army and the 57th Army is restored to the level of full strength, it will be possible to attack, retreat and defend, and Liu Yimin will not dare to send us a report in such a tone. Mom, it's better to march south quickly. ”

Wang Jingxuan, the chief adviser, poured cold water on Mu Zhongheng and Miao Zhengliu: "Commander Mu, Commander Miao, the army will make up too many recruits, which will affect the combat effectiveness!" ”

Wang Jingxuan's words are absolutely true, they are all people who lead the troops, and everyone understands this matter. Miao Zhengliu paused for a moment. Isn't it Liu Yimin? Our army can make up for it from Zhang Liyuan's department.

Zhou Fu knew that he didn't like Yu Xuezhong, and he also knew that Miao Zheng had revealed his and Mu Zhongheng's thoughts, and it was naturally half the effort to make up for it from Zhang Liyuan's department. However, Zhou Fu is the director of the Political Department of the Sulu Theater, the veteran backbone of the Blue Coat Society, and the supervisor sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Yu Xuezhong's department, which will never let Yu Xuezhong's department annex Zhang Liyuan's department.

I heard Zhou Fu say: "Liu Yimin is sowing discord and trying to provoke contradictions between us and Zhang Liyuan, and this matter will never be done!" We are now in a good geographical position, and as long as we control the Lunan Mountains, we can free up time and energy to train new soldiers. In my opinion, we still control the Lunan Mountains with the main force, and drive to the front line of Taierzhuang with a military force to make up for it. In this way, it is really a retreat that can be defended and attacked. ”

Zhou Fu didn't want the 51st Army and the 57th Army to make up for the source of troops from Zhang Liyuan's department, which everyone could hear. Miao Zhengliu is just that, everyone knows that Zhang Liyuan also owes good words. However, Zhou Fu's proposal to control the Lunan Mountains with the main force and drive to the front line of Taierzhuang with a force in accordance with the requirements of the Eighth Route Army is very much in line with everyone's appetite. Mu Zhongheng and Miao Zhengliu were still rapidly advancing south just now, and after listening to Zhou Fu's words, they were silent, and looked at Yu Xuezhong.

Yu Xuezhong's heart was pounding!

Although the situation in Lunan is very good at the moment, everyone knows in their hearts that the Japanese army will never sit idly by and watch the situation in Lunan continue to deteriorate. Maybe at this time, the devil's troop carriers are heading towards Shandong one by one. It is likely that under the heavy attack of the Japanese army, the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the army of the Sulu Theater of Operations had to abandon the Jinpu Road and retreat to the mountains. The mountainous area of Lunan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you can take the lead by setting up in advance!

Another reason that made Yu Xuezhong's heart flutter was that the casualties of the army and the army were too large, and if they were all placed on the front line of Taierzhuang, once the main force of the Japanese army arrived, the army would definitely suffer heavy losses again, which Yu Xuezhong was unwilling to see.

At this time, the Military Commission was afraid that the second telegram had arrived.

On this occasion, the Central Military Commission specifically gave Yu Xuezhong clear instructions on how to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines in Shandong in the Sulu Theater, and demanded that Yu Xuezhong seize the opportunity to command the 51st Army, the 57th Army, the New Fourth Division, Zhang Liyuan, Shen Congzhou, and other security forces and guerrilla columns to quickly take control of the Lunan Mountains and establish a base area in the Lunan Mountains.

This is a good opportunity, not only does Yu Xuezhong also know, that is, the opportunity for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to leave the mountainous area now.

The CMC's telegram of instructions gave clear instructions on how to handle the relationship with the instructors of the Eighth Route Army. I don't know which genius summed it up, and he actually wanted to implement muddy tactics against the Eighth Route Army, tightly stick to the Eighth Route Army, and let them not lose or shake off. When the Devil's Heavy Army Group swept away, the main force of the Sulu Theater must rely on the Eighth Route Army and cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to fight, and the army configuration must be in the front and the army in the Sulu Theater behind. It is no longer necessary to do the matter of the 51st Army and the 57th Army taking on the task of fighting back the Japanese army head-on during the Lunan Campaign, and the 51st Army and the 57th Army may be killed and wounded twice more.

The armed forces under the command of the Sulu Theater should actively expand their forces, but they should pay attention to tactics and avoid a head-on clash with the Eighth Route Army. Once the Japanese army swept away the base area and the Eighth Route Army had to withdraw from their base area, the armed forces in various places had to quickly occupy the base area of the Eighth Route Army and fill the gap.

If a conflict breaks out as a last resort, the Sulu Theater General Headquarters must immediately send personnel to make adjustments, and if the results of the adjustment are not achieved, they will immediately report to the Military Commission, and the Military Commission will send personnel to Shandong to make adjustments, and they will not be allowed to fight the Eighth Route Army unless they have to do so.

At the end of the telegram, the Sulu Theater adhered to the general principle of the War of Resistance behind enemy lines in Shandong, which was to seize the mountainous areas of Lunan and consolidate them, vigorously grow to the eastern, central, northern, and western parts of Shandong, and publicize the Nationalist Government's anti-Japanese policy and Chairman Chiang's proposition on the War of Resistance. In a word, to compete for the hearts and minds of the people, the people of Shandong must not only know but not know the Kuomintang, only know the Eighth Route Army but not know about it, only know but not know Chairman Chiang, and only know Liu Yimin but not Yu Xuezhong.

Yu Xuezhong knew what the land meant, but he also knew that his 51st Army and 57th Army were neither opponents of the Japanese army nor opponents of the Eighth Route Army, and they could only be maintained by uniting with the Eighth Route Army to resist the war. After reading the telegram from the Military Commission, Yu Xuezhong understood that Chiang Kai-shek was trying to let him take the lead in fighting for land with the Eighth Route Army and pulling the Eighth Route Army back, so he was very disapproving. However, Yu Xuezhong also had to admit that this method was likely to be effective in making the Eighth Route Army annoyed and unmoved.

Zhou Fu, Mu Zhongheng, Miao Zhengliu and others were already reluctant to drive the main force to the front line of Taierzhuang just now, but now with the instruction from the Military Commission, they are even more reluctant to go. Miao Zhengliu even proposed that going to the front line of Taierzhuang to fortify is tantamount to letting the brothers block the guns for the Eighth Route Army! Since the Military Commission ordered the main force of the Sulu Theater to fortify in the Lunan Mountains, it should resolutely carry out the order.

Yu Xuezhong thought about it again and again, and felt that he had to ensure that the main force rested safely, and he had to be sorry for the Eighth Route Army, so he would not be able to get along with the Eighth Route Army in the future. Therefore, he finally decided to lead the army and the main force of the army to fortify between Fei County, Linyi, and Yi County, and the General Headquarters of the Theater and the Shandong Provincial Government to set up cadre training classes in Fei County and vigorously recruit new soldiers for training. At the same time, a military factory was being built in Fei County. Ordering the main force of Zhang Liyuan's army to consolidate the base area in the mountainous area southwest of Linyi, Wang Jingxuan, the chief adviser, organized the former enemy's command headquarters, led two regiments of the vanguard of the 51st Army and the 57th Army, two regiments of Zhang Liyuan's army, and one regiment of the New Fourth Division, to march to the front line of Taierzhuang to fortify, and to carry out the combat mission of cooperating with the Eighth Route Army in Xuzhou Biao's guerrilla alert.

Although this plan did not meet Liu Yimin's requirements for the 51st Army, the 57th Army, the New Fourth Division, and Zhang Liyuan's troops to grow southward, the result was also in line with the Eighth Route Army's actions. Yu Xuezhong felt that all aspects could be explained.

Zhou Fu basically agreed with this plan, but proposed that the Military Commission ordered the Sulu Theater General Headquarters to be stationed in Linyi and should carry out the order.

Yu Xuezhong shook his head: "Linyi is the location of the brigade headquarters of the Fifth Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, where there are the offices of the Lunan Administration of the Eighth Route Army, hospitals, granaries and other logistics organs. Entering Linyi is tantamount to taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is out to fight and copy the back road of others. Whoever does it is not good! If we go to Linyi, Liu Yimin may suspend the ongoing combat operations and return to the division to encircle and annihilate us.

This is Shandong, thousands of miles away from the rear, we must not do stupid things, and no one can save us if we do stupid things. ”

Zhou Fu disagreed, and said: "Commander-in-Chief Yu is too worried." We are carrying out the orders of the Military Commission, and the Eighth Route Army is also a sequence, and we must also carry out the orders of the Military Commission. Liu Yimin should take the initiative to give up Linyi as the headquarters of the Sulu Theater Headquarters."

Yu Xuezhong was impatient and scolded: "Director Zhou, the commander-in-chief of this Sulu Theater is me Yu Xuezhong, not Zhou Fu!" Yes, the order of the Military Commission was to let the General Headquarters of the Sulu Theater be stationed in Linyi, but the Military Commission also ordered to take measures to maintain relations with the Eighth Route Army, and not to have an armed conflict with the Eighth Route Army unless absolutely necessary. Liu Yimin is commanding the army to fight the Japanese army on the front line, so we will go to raid people's nests. This is Shandong, not another place. Have you thought about the consequences? This matter is forbidden to be mentioned again! ”

Yu Xuezhong has this attitude, and Mu Zhongheng, Miao Zhengliu, and Wang Jingxuan are also not satisfied with entering Linyi. They didn't want to drive the main force to the front line of Taierzhuang, in order to preserve their strength, but they didn't want to go against the instructor of the Eighth Route Army. They don't have the guts!

Zhou Fu is also a complete anti-Japanese hero, but he is too loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and while fighting devils, he wholeheartedly wants to weaken the strength of the Eighth Route Army, so he has always wanted to enter Linyi.

Seeing that Yu Xuezhong's attitude was so resolute, Zhou Fu was no longer there, he had already placed the furnishings properly, and just waited for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to arrive at Yanzhou and Jining, and Wu Huawen's new Fourth Division and Zhang Liyuan's First Security Division would flock into Linyi City. Of course, Zhou Fu also knew the severity, and he gave Wu Huawen and Zhang Liyuan a death order, asking them to enter Linyi peacefully and not kill the remaining personnel and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, so as not to provide Liu Yimin with an excuse to use force.

Zhou Fu took out a list, which is reliable intelligence, these people are. On the orders of the peak, it must be executed. Please ask the commander-in-chief for approval.

Yu Xuezhong took the list handed over by Zhou Fu and saw that the first place was Xie Peiran, the adviser of the 114th Division of the 51st Army, and there were more than a dozen people behind him, all of whom were middle-level officers of the 51st Army and the 57th Army.

Although Yu Xuezhong is sympathetic and has a good relationship with the Eighth Route Army, it does not mean that he can tolerate large-scale activities in his army.

After reading the list provided by Zhou Fu, Yu Xuezhong thought for a while, and then said to Zhou Fu, Zhou Congzheng, Wang Jingxuan, Mu Zhongheng, Miao Zhengliu and others: "The shooting will be exempted, just drive them away."

Now is the period of unity to resist Japan, and if you shoot and kill people again, you will get into trouble! ”

When Liu Yimin learned that Yu Xuezhong's department was so adjusting and cleaning up the underground party members in the army, the main force of the Eighth Route Army had already begun to sweep the combat operations in Tengxian, Surabaya, and Naxian, and the troops were pointing directly at Yanzhou and Jining