At dawn, Liu Yimin woke up from his sleep and looked out the window, the sky was gray. He got out of bed in his clothes, opened the door lightly, and walked out.

The courtyard was silent, and the warriors standing guard stood like pillars in the shadows.

There is still a waning moon hanging in the sky, and a few stars are dotted alone on the deep and secluded sky, making the sky more and more lofty and unfathomable.

Liu Yimin sat down cross-legged in the middle of the courtyard, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and worked slowly.

It wasn't until all the pores around his body were opened, and he felt the crisp and pure air drilling into the pores, and his whole body was lively and powerful, that Liu Yimin stood up. Walk around the yard with your hands behind your back.

As he walked, he continued yesterday's train of thought, this little devil is determined to trap his instructor to death in Tianjin, maybe at this time, the aircraft carrier formation of the Chinese army is rushing to the Bohai Bay, and the planes of other airfields of the Kwantung Army will also concentrate on Liaoning. Maybe the day after tomorrow, no, it may be the day after tomorrow, and Tianjin will sound the air defense alarm. Where to go must be decided as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will delay the big thing.

Historically, in 38 years, the focus of the attack of the Yue Army has always been the regular army of the Kuomintang, and the North China Army has been fighting on three sides of the Jinpu Line, the Pinghan Line, and Shanxi, resulting in an emptiness behind the enemy, and the Eighth Route Army has seized the opportunity to develop base areas behind the enemy. After the base camp realized that it could not get the resources they needed in China and could not achieve its goal of feeding the war with war, it began to adjust its strategy, stepping up efforts to consolidate the occupied areas on the one hand, and stepping up persuasion to surrender to the surrender faction on the other, and then launching the Pacific War.

Due to his own arrival, he first recovered Taiyuan, completely annihilated the main force of the Fifth Division and the entire Chahar Corps, and the Eighth Route Army grew ahead of schedule, and its combat effectiveness was diametrically opposed to the decline in combat effectiveness after the expansion of the Eighth Route Army in history, and now Tianjin has been recaptured. At this time, the spearhead of the devil's attack was directly led to the Eighth Route Army in advance, although it supported the frontal battlefield and alleviated the crisis along the Yangtze River, but it also sent itself to the cusp. It is conceivable that if the devils are not re-attracted to the south, this Jizhong Plain is likely to usher in a sweep similar to the May Day sweep of the year. The start-up base area in Jizhong is likely to face a catastrophe.

If his instructors had not left the North China Plain, fought desperately with the enemy here, mobilized the masses extensively with the knowledge and vision of later generations, and adopted the method of combining mine warfare, tunnel warfare, movement warfare, and guerrilla warfare, he would not necessarily have lost to the Yue army. In the end, however, it is very likely that the armed forces led by our party will be completely weakened under the blows of the army, and then when the army again concentrates its forces to attack [***], the containment force of the rear will be greatly weakened, and it is difficult to say what will happen after several major defeats with the ability and level of [***]. In particular, if it affects the army's timely launching of the Pacific Campaign, it will greatly outweigh the losses.

It is necessary to go, not only to go, but also to take away the heavy army group of the Chinese army, so that they cannot calmly sweep and sweep in North China, and they must also be allowed to go on according to their original strategy. As soon as they attack Pearl Harbor and launch a full-scale Pacific War, then their end will come. At that time, the Eighth Route Army's base areas behind enemy lines will be unprecedentedly strong, and if we accelerate the pace of our offensive and seize the opportunity to fight more battles of annihilation, we will be able to realize our wish to end the war of resistance one to two years ahead of schedule.

At present, it is very likely that the three divisions of the Kwantung Army in the direction of Taiyuan will first attack Tianjin, and it is estimated that they will deploy on the front line of Langfang to ensure the safety of Beiping. With the Kwantung Army moving south, cutting off its own passage to the north, and using the 10th Division and the 108th Division of Shandong to move north along the Jinpu Line to form a defensive line near Cangxian. Wait for the arrival of the 6th and 16th Divisions and the Guoqi Detachment, which were transferred back from Nanjing, before launching an attack on all fronts.

It should be said that at this time, the 10th Division and the 108th Division were relatively weak, and if the main force of the instructor was concentrated on the whole army, it was very likely to achieve a brilliant result.

As soon as this idea came up, Liu Yimin couldn't help but think about it carefully. But after thinking about it, I gave up again. With the lessons of Taiyuan and Tianjin, the Yue army must be highly vigilant, and it will be very difficult to take advantage of their unpreparedness to attack him coldly. You must know that although the generals of this army are confused in terms of strategy, they are all tacticians, as meticulous as the Germans, and it is difficult to take advantage of them. In addition, the North China Plain is convenient for the army to deploy its troops, and if the battle cannot be ended in a short time, Cangxian is so close to Shijiazhuang and Langfang, and the enemy on the plain is rapidly reinforced, and the navy's carrier-based planes will arrive soon, it is very likely that the goal of the campaign will not be achieved, and our army will fall into passivity.

The only way is to use a camouflaged main force to stick to the front line of Langfang and Cangxian, and put on a posture of a decisive battle with the enemy in Tianjin, and the main force quickly and concealed southward, crossed the Cangshi Road, and covertly entered the northwest region of Shandong to wait. After the enemy launched an encirclement attack on Tianjin, the remaining troops led the enemy further to the east of Hebei. At this time, the main force launched a thunderous blow in Shandong, captured Jinan, and let the enemy wake up like a dream, realize that he was deceived, and then transfer troops to the south. At this time, our army quickly withdrew from Jinan, and the main force divided its troops to establish a base in the rural areas of Shandong, and lured the enemy to the south with a camouflaged main force, and the enemy would naturally return to its original strategy.

After figuring it out, Liu Yimin was relaxed and couldn't help but howl softly. Hearing a soft sound, Tang Xingying put on a coat, opened the door, and asked him what was wrong?

Only then did Liu Yimin know that he was proud and woke up his wife. Hurriedly shook his hand and walked lightly back to the house. I slept again.

When the family got up in the morning, the family happily had breakfast, and Liu Yimin went to the division headquarters, called Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, and explained the analysis of the enemy situation and his own plans.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the chairman's telegram arrived, and Liu Yimin looked at it and saw the chairman write: "After our analysis, we think that there is a possibility that the army will besiege the instructor on a large scale. Therefore, first, agree with your plan, and absolutely must not allow the enemy's heavy army group to calmly sweep and wipe out North China. The main force of the instructors and the mobilization of the enemy's main force to the south will be conducive to the consolidation and construction of our base areas in Shanxi, Chahar, Shanxi, southeast, and southwest Shanxi, as well as in central Hebei and Pingxi. 2. The troops holding on to lure the enemy must be strong troops, and one of the seven main brigades should be chosen, preferably one of the first four brigades, in order to prevent the dispersal of the troops in a difficult environment. 3. Actions should be swift and concealed, and the main forces must be withdrawn before the enemy forms an encirclement. Fourth, before the troops withdrew, they gave full support to Li Yunchang's troops, which had been sent to eastern Hebei to organize armed forces, and ordered them to establish a base area in the Lingwu Mountains. Fifth, in order not to affect the mobility of the troops, Tianjin's materials can be fortified on the spot after arriving in central Hebei, and then taken out when the enemy situation eases later, and can be transported to Shandong or other base areas. Sixth, the war is imminent, the military situation is like fire, there is no need to ask for instructions on everything, and the fighter plane will be delayed. ”

Zhu and Peng, the two bosses, said in the telegram even more clearly: "The occupation of Tianjin has achieved the goal of mobilizing the enemy and supporting the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines. Don't fall in love with war, don't put the main force in danger. Move quickly and covertly, go where the enemy does not expect it, stab the enemy in the heart, mobilize the enemy, let them turn with our baton, and drag them down, drag them down. Finally, let the enemy's main field force become a garrison, and tie the hands and feet of the enemy's active attack. I wish the heroic and glorious instructor another miraculous achievement. ”

After receiving the telegram, Liu Yimin briefly exchanged views with Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, and then called Zhu Zhexiao, chief of staff, to dictate the following orders: 1. Order Chang Qiankun, commander of the Second Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, to send more planes to reconnoiter in the direction of Jinan and Taiyuan, and to advance in the face of the enemy's main force. At the same time, it is necessary to immediately organize formations and seize the opportunity of temporary air supremacy in the hands of our army to blow up the railway bridges south of Cangxian on Jinpu Road, west of Shijiazhuang on Zhengtai Road, and south of Handan on Pinghan Road, so as to prevent the enemy from transporting troops through the railway. 2. Order Li Lingfeng, Wang Dahu's task force, and the reconnaissance battalion to immediately end their rest and recuperate, and take a train south to Cangxian this night. After the arrival of the first echelon, the task force guided the main force to move to the Hengshui area and the Nangong area. 3. Order the first echelon of the plateau department to speed up the handling of materials, transfer to Cangxian, and complete the transportation within three days, and rush to Xianjiao County after arriving in Cangxian, and be guided by the task force to enter the fortified materials in the Hengshui and Nangong areas, and wait for them in concealment. Fourth, the guard regiment was left to defend Tianjin, and other troops directly under the division moved with the third echelon of Li Qing, escorted the materials, and began to transfer southward overnight, and the transportation was completed in five days, and they went to the Cangxian area to hide, and moved with the first echelon to Xianjiao County, Hengshui, and Nangong. The former migrant workers brought with them all moved with the army, and after arriving in the Nangong area, they were paid travel expenses and sent home. The materials are all in the Nangong area. 5. Ordered Liu to establish contact with Li Yunchang in eastern Hebei, provide him with sufficient weapons, ammunition, and materials, and order him to establish a base area in the Lingwu Mountains. Then the second echelon quickly contracted and rested the troops, and on the night of the 29th, the car was transported to Cangxian, followed up along the main advance line, and served as the rear guard of the whole division. Sixth, Li Yimo was ordered to lead the air defense headquarters to defend Taiyuan with the guard regiment, and to evacuate after the Second Air Brigade completed its combat mission and retreated. 7. Order the Eighth Brigade of Zhao Shanjiao to supply weapons, ammunition and materials to the troops in central Hebei, and then drive to Xianjiao County in concealment to join the main force. The chief of staff, Zeng Zhongsheng, was ordered to command the Fourth Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade to take charge of the defense of Tianjin's periphery to the west and south. Among them, the Fourth Brigade of the Lei Ming Sect served as the defense of the Cangxian defensive line, and the Hu Laohu Cavalry Brigade served as the front-line defense of Langfang. The two brigades must build aboveground and underground fortifications in Cangxian and Langfang, and the strength of the fortifications must be able to resist the shelling of 105-mm howitzers, ensure that they hold out for more than a week, and cover the main force and the transfer of materials. After that, the chief of staff led the 4th Brigade to break away from contact with the enemy and move covertly in the direction of Xianjiao County. The cavalry brigade resisted step by step, luring the enemy to attack Tianjin and eastern Hebei. After completing the task, they can withdraw to the Lingwu Mountains to fight guerrillas, or they can move to the Pingxi area. Later, it will be returned to the establishment. 8. The political commissar and Director Cai acted with the main force, and the division commander led the guard regiment to stay in Tianjin, and after the main force and materials were transferred, they withdrew from Tianjin to catch up with the main force. Before the division commander and the main force converged, all actions of the troops were under the command of the political commissar. 9. The movements of all units must be kept secret, and they must give full play to the advantages of their instructors in concealing long-distance raids, and all of them should act at night to ensure that no trace is left after the army has passed.

After Zhu Zhexiao finished recording the order, Liu Yimin quickly signed it and handed it to Luo Ronghuan. Luo Ronghuan considered it again and again, and proposed that the division commander must act with the main force, and leave the guard regiment to stay in Tianjin.

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "We stayed in Tianjin, not to hold Tianjin, but to cover the main force and material transfer. As soon as the transfer of the main forces and materiel was completed, I immediately pursued the troops. Don't fight anymore, my goal is big, I'm in Tianjin, and the enemy will think that the main force of the instructor is in Tianjin. Besides, with the combat effectiveness of the guard regiment, there is no problem in protecting me from breaking through. To put it bluntly, I just want to act for the old devil Shouyi in the temple, let him know that Lao Tzu is in Tianjin, and let him hurry up and urge the troops to attack. However, the guard regiment should all be replaced with war horses and enhanced mobile surnames. ”

Luo Ronghuan thought for a while and said: "I can't sign this, if I want to stay, I will stay, and the division commander can't stay at the end anyway." ”

Cai Zhong saw that the two of them were not in power, so he said: "The division commander and political commissar are leaving, and I will stay and hold on, and promise to wait until Cangxian and Langfang start to withdraw." Rest assured, I will get the job done. ”

Liu Yimin glanced at Cai Zhong and said patiently: "We are here to mobilize the enemy and make the enemy exhausted. What is needed is to seize the moment and retreat when the army launches an all-out attack. Otherwise, the army will not be fooled, they will give up attacking Tianjin, and directly look for our main force for a decisive battle, in that case, the losses in Jizhong will be great. And my stay in Tianjin is a banner that can confuse the enemy into thinking that the main force of our army intends to use the city fortifications in Tianjin to fight a decisive battle with him. Of course, sooner or later, the enemy will see through our plans, but the later the better. You will not be able to achieve this purpose by staying. In addition, I stayed, with full certainty that I could catch up with the main force, and if necessary, I could even let the guard regiment fight guerrilla with the cavalry brigade, and I would chase the main force alone, and no one in this world could leave me. You two stay, I can't guarantee that you will catch up with the main force. There is no need to fight about this matter, you can rest assured, I know my responsibility, and I will not be brave and ruthless. I'll catch up with the main force as soon as possible. ”

Only then did Luo Ronghuan say: "Since this is the case, I can sign." However, please remember your responsibilities and be sure to withdraw in time. After the withdrawal of our main forces, according to your plan, there will be more important combat missions. You must not think that you are good at it and take the initiative to entangle with the enemy. In that case, you will betray the trust placed in you by the party and comrades. ”

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Okay, don't be wordy, I'm just the last to withdraw, not not withdraw." Am I that stupid? ”

Only then did Luo Ronghuan sign the order and hand it over to Zhu Zhexiao to send to all troops.

(To be continued)