The Jiaoji Road Campaign was carried out in the tactics of dividing, encircling, and annihilating one by one, and there was no particularly large-scale battle like the elimination of the 21st, 8th, and 10th Divisions.

By this time in the second phase of the campaign, the 108th Division of the 10th Division of the Chinese Army had been basically annihilated, and only the infantry brigade of the 25th Brigade remained in Zhoucun and Zhangdian. But it doesn't matter, this infantry brigade is also a dish in the bowl of the Eighth Route Army sooner or later.

However, because it was a cake-cutting style of play, the Yue army was cut off piece by piece like a cake cut by the Eighth Route Army, and all the troops felt that the fight was very unpleasant. For example, in the battle to eliminate the 10th and 4th Brigade near the Twenty Lipu Airport, there were only four infantry brigades and one field artillery brigade, and they were also saturated by the large-scale artillery group commanded by Li Chang. The same is true of the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 25th Brigade to eliminate the military trains that relied on railways, the train was moving, and it was suddenly blown up, and the little devils were equivalent to a group of wounded people who were injured in traffic accidents. Therefore, the brigade commanders Gao Yuan, Hu Laohu, Zhang Hongtao, and Zhao Shan are now aiming at the 33rd Division with vicious eyes; Li Qing and Lei Ming, like good men and women who believe in the Buddha, sincerely hope that the Yue army can discover that Zhoucun and Zhangdian are empty as soon as possible, and they are easy to be attacked by the Eighth Route Army, so they quickly send one division, no, it is better to send two divisions to reinforcements, so that everyone can have a chance to show good tactical qualities.

Whether it was Gao Yuan, Hu Laohu, Zhang Hongtao, Zhao Shan, or Li Qing and Lei Ming, no matter how anxious they were, they didn't teach Chen Dayong, the commander of the Seventh Brigade, to be anxious.

When the 12th Regiment was cleaning up the Devil Guard Brigade, Zeng Zhongsheng, Tan Zheng, Chen Dayong, and Liu Yi led the 7th Brigade to rush to the vicinity of Yidu.

As soon as he saw that the devil had been eliminated, and his Seventh Brigade had run so many roads in vain, and in the end he hadn't caught up with the battle, Chen Dayong was furious, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and he looked back at the soldiers who had been exhausted from the continuous battle march all night, and couldn't help it anymore, and scolded the little devil for not being interesting enough, how could he have such a small number of troops, so unbeaten, it was purely to make fun of Lao Tzu!

The more he scolded, the more excited he became, from Emperor Hirohito to Terauchi Shouichi and Shunroku Hatata, all the way to the commander of the 1st 08th Division, Kuma Shimoto.

After scolding the little devil, Chen Dayong began to complain about Liu Yimin, saying that the division commander looked down on the Seventh Brigade, and the task given to the Seventh Brigade was purely chicken ribs, no, it was not even as good as chicken ribs, and the chicken ribs were a little chewy! In such an important battle, just asking the Seventh Brigade to cooperate with the Third Brigade to fight, it is obvious that the Seventh Brigade is injured and cannot be used, is this absolutely not in line with the facts! The division commander should not let the Seventh Brigade go around so far and run so many unjust roads, but should order the Seventh Brigade to directly attack Jinan and take the headquarters of the 12th Army of the little devils, so that the soldiers can show the evil spirit of being chased and beaten all the way by the devils.

Liu Yi, the political commissar of the Seventh Brigade, knew that Chen Dayong had not caught the battle, and he was anxious and annoyed, but seeing that the more he talked, the more he didn't like it, even the division commander complained, and quickly reminded him that he should pay attention to the impact and do more self-criticism, and the other troops all arrived on time to the battlefield, why couldn't we teach the Seventh Brigade to arrive on time? If the Third Brigade can't get to the battlefield on time, won't the little devil rush to the Twenty Lipu Airport? When the little devil finds out that the 104th Brigade has been annihilated, it may rely on a station to hold on to the spot. If thousands of devils build positions and hold on to the spot, our army will be able to destroy them in the end, and I am afraid that at least a few thousand people will have to be sacrificed.

Chen Dayong also said that it was smooth, and accidentally complained about Liu Yimin. As soon as I heard Liu Yi say this, I knew that I forgot everything I was anxious about, obviously I didn't rush to the battlefield according to the time requirements, and if I didn't get criticized, I dared to complain about the division commander and look for training!

Chen Dayong had nowhere to come out of the poisonous gas, and he raised his foot and kicked towards the corpse of a devil.

After Li Qing received the report that the Seventh Brigade had arrived, he rushed to meet him.

Since the elimination of the 10th Division and its return to Luzhong, it has been a few months since it was found, and the reunion on the battlefield is naturally very cordial. After saluting Zeng Zhongsheng and Tan Zheng, Li Qing walked directly to Chen Dayong: "Old Chen, how is it, you are fighting hard in Jiaodong, right?" ”

If he was to be the commander of the artillery brigade, Li Chang, he would inevitably open his mouth to check what parts were missing, and after a few jokes, Chen Dayong's anger would disappear. Li Qing is honest and elegant, delicate in thought, does not speak foul language, and opens his mouth to greet sincerely.

Chen Dayong was just a moment of annoyance, and he was a little out of shape. He is the battalion commander of the old third battalion, the commander of the old third regiment, Liu Yimin's first-class brave and resourceful generals, plus Li Qing is a life-and-death comrade-in-arms who has come all the way from the Central Soviet Region, and the joy of reunion has wiped away the anger just now, and he said honestly: "The fight is very hard, there are planes above the head, and there are chasing soldiers behind the buttocks, and they are fighting every day, and the casualties are very large." Fortunately, the troops are well trained, have strong cohesion, dare to fight, and can be regarded as jumping out of the encirclement of devils in time. However, when the siege was broken, all the artillery and vehicles were fortified, and the number of war horses was reduced a lot. Otherwise, hum, with it, a 108th Division would dare to chase the ass from Jiaodong here? ”

The Ludong clique is doing the work of camouflaging the main force and holding back the heavy army group of the Chinese army, and it is certain that there will be heavy casualties. But from the mouth of Chen Dayong, whose will was harder than steel, Li Qing was also shocked. Look at the military uniforms of Zeng Zhongsheng, Tan Zheng, Chen Dayong, and Liu Yi, although they are cleanly washed, they are already patches and patches. Needless to say, it was only after arriving in Qinghe that there was a chance to sew up. This shows that when the Ludong Group broke through from Jiaodong, in order to ensure the speed, it implemented light equipment, buried everything that should be buried, and threw away everything that should be thrown, and the degree of difficulty can be imagined.

Li Qing didn't say anything else, and immediately ordered the logistics office of the Third Brigade to take out all the military uniforms and change the clothes of the Seventh Brigade; ordered all units to hand over all the captured ammunition to the 7th Brigade, and the cavalry battalion and baggage battalion to transfer the spare horses and rubber vehicles to the 7th Brigade; The 12 field guns on the captured army columns, along with the shells, were all handed over to the 7th Brigade.

After giving the order, Li Qing said to Chen Dayong: "Old Chen, these are still too few, I will report to the division commander immediately, and ask the logistics headquarters to urgently replenish the Seventh Brigade." The logistics of the 10th and 8th Divisions are all in Weicheng, and there is no loss at all, what do you lack. In addition, we sent a telegram to the division commander, suggesting that the division commander order the 1st Brigade, the 4th Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, and the Air Defense Brigade to transfer backbone troops to supplement the 7th Brigade. You can rest assured, the heroic Seventh Brigade is still the main brigade of our army. ”

Chen Dayong was moved to tears, and hurriedly told Li Qing that what the Seventh Brigade lacked was heavy weapons, ammunition and medicine, war horses, and carts, and that the soldiers had been replenished from the Qinghe Garrison Brigade and the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade. As long as there is artillery, teach the ready-made artillery regiment of the 7th Brigade and immediately go into battle. There is no need for anything else, the Seventh Brigade has always handed over the spoils of war, and it can't always reach out to its superiors.

The two of them were talking hotly, but Zeng Zhongsheng interrupted them and asked Li Qing and Chen Dayong to order the troops to hide as soon as possible and pay attention to air defense. Then he asked Li Qing what instructions the division commander had for the next step of the operation.

Li Qing conveyed Liu Yimin's instructions, introduced the situation of the enemy and us on the battlefield, and clearly explained the tasks of the Third Brigade and the Seventh Brigade.

The Fourth Division, the predecessor of the Seventh Brigade, was formed from the Red 13th Division, the predecessor of the Third Brigade, and Chen Dayong was the first political commissar of the Red 13th Division. These two units can be said to have the same root and origin, and together with this encounter, the cadres and soldiers are immersed in the joy of the reunion of their comrades-in-arms. However, after all, they are all the main forces, and this is on the battlefield again, and they have to beware of the little devil planes making trouble, so after receiving the order to conceal and recuperate, the troops quickly evacuated. In particular, when the artillery regiment of the Seventh Brigade broke through in Jiaodong, because the target was too large, it was chased and bombed by the little devil plane, and many pack horses were killed, and many cannons were also damaged, so they had to fortify all the remaining cannons, and the artillery was changed to infantry. Now that there are cannons, although the number is still too small, it is better than nothing, and if you meet a little devil again, you can set up a cannon to bombard his mother. Teaching the Third Brigade to hand over twelve field artillery pieces and infantry guns of little devils, the soldiers of the artillery regiment were energetic, and they couldn't wait to put on the horse-drawn guns, and they were very busy.

After listening to Li Qing's report on the enemy's situation and Liu Yimin's deployment, Zeng Zhongsheng thought for a while, then took a small branch and gestured on the ground for a long time, then stood up and said to Li Qing, Tan Zheng, and others: "Based on the current battlefield situation, I judge that the army is likely to take measures immediately. First, the 33rd Division is likely to turn around and flee. However, he couldn't run, not to mention that there were the 6th and 8th Jiao brigades surrounded by him behind him, even the 1st Jiao Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade in front of them, so they wouldn't let them run away. How can a garrison division be an opponent of our 1st Brigade, Cavalry Brigade and Heavy Firepower Group directly under the division? The second is that it is impossible for the troops of Jinan, Tai'an, Luxi, and Cangxian to come to reinforce Luzhong, and the little devils are not stupid, they do not have elite divisions in Shandong, so they dare not come to reinforce. Even if there are elite divisions, then two or three divisions must come to reinforce in a group. If you have a division, it will never come. Besides, now it is the headquarters of the 12th Army that is wholeheartedly directing the 108th Division and the 33rd Division to rescue Otaka Kamizo in an attempt to rescue him. Once the top brass of the army calmly analyzes, it will immediately be clear that our army is fishing, and they will not send troops to rescue again. Third, the army's combat planes in Shandong have basically been depleted, and it is far from enough to rely on the planes that took off from Tianjin, Beiping, and Shijiazhuang to support the operation. The Fourth Fleet and the Combined Fleet went south to Guangzhou to participate in the battle, and the army did not have a strong fleet around Shandong. In a short period of time, the Shandong army has lost its naval and air support, while our army has a large air group that can attack the devil's airfield, and the fighters can also cooperate with the air defense command to fight against the army's aircraft group, and the air threat of the little devils has become very small, and our army has won a short opportunity to launch an attack without letting go. ”

After analyzing these situations, Zeng Zhongsheng looked around at everyone and said in a short and powerful voice: "The division commander said that judging the situation and judging the situation, the enemy will change and I will change. Immediately send a report to the division commander, change the deployment, and carry out the third phase of the Jiaoji Road Battle ahead of schedule. The Fourth Brigade sent a main regiment to command the Luzhong Reading Regiment and attached an artillery battalion to quickly march to Zhoucun and monitor the enemy in Zhoucun and Zhangdian. Don't be afraid of being discovered by the army, let them understand that the main force of our army is in Weixian, and it is too late to advance westward. The main forces of the 3rd and 4th Brigades and the 7th Brigade immediately mobilized, bypassing Zhoucun and Zhangdian and marching towards Jinan. The Luxi group used a strong force to block the enemy in Dexian, Cangxian, and Luxi that might reinforce Jinan. He also sent no less than two regiments of troops to assist our siege group in attacking Jinan, and particularly stressed that it was necessary to seize the iron bridge over the Yellow River and strictly prevent the destruction of the army. In addition, he made it clear in the telegram to the division commander that he would immediately send troops to send all the captured artillery and artillery shells to the front line in Jinan, and instructed Zhu Rui, political commissar of the 4th Brigade, to command the artillery operations of the 3rd, 4th, and 7th Brigades. ”

After saying his analysis and decision, he immediately turned to Tan Zheng and said: "Deputy Political Commissar Tan, you and Li Deguang, chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade, lead the Qinghe Garrison Brigade and the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade to mobilize the local armed forces and militia in the Qinghe base area, eliminate the pseudo-forces along the Jiaoji Road, recover the county seats, and organize the front. ”

Tan Zheng said: "Chief of Staff Zeng, do you wait for the approval of the division commander and political commissar before ordering the action?" ”

Zeng Zhongsheng didn't think about it, and replied directly: "Don't wait, this is originally the battle plan formulated by the division commander, and the ultimate goal of the Jiaoji Road Battle is to take Jinan and Qingdao and drive the Yue army out of Shandong." I consider that the enemy of Qingdao can not be considered for the time being, because the naval strength of the Chinese army is very strong, and the conditions for long-term occupation of Qingdao are not available for the time being. There is only one Jinan garrison stationed in this Jinan, which is a ripe persimmon that can fall into the hands of our army at any time. The highway from Jinan to Yidu is about 160 kilometers, and our army has been running for a long distance to use all the means of transport that can be used, and the cavalry can arrive in the morning to clear the enemy on the periphery first. The main force should be able to arrive tomorrow night, and it can capture Jinan before the army increases its troops to Jinan. If the 35th Division stationed in Tai'an is urgently transferred north to hold Jinan, it will be difficult for our army to seize Jinan again. You can rest assured that the division commander will approve it as soon as he receives the telegram. The reason why he did not directly order the attack on Jinan was that I thought that one was that he wanted to fish further, and the other was mainly because he was worried that the Seventh Brigade lacked heavy weapons and the troops were too tired. Otherwise, he would have directly ordered the capture of Jinan by telegram. ”

Liu Yimin's telegram arrived very quickly, not only agreeing to capture Jinan, but also ordering the Fourth Brigade to transfer the captured artillery to the Seventh Brigade for use, and at the same time telling Zeng Zhongsheng that he had boldly commanded and that everything was based on the principle of capturing Jinan, and that he had ordered the first brigade of fighters of the aviation to quickly carry out training to adapt to the surname and would soon be able to enter the battle. The air defense brigade will send an anti-aircraft artillery regiment to the Jinan front, accompanied by the field artillery and artillery shells captured in Weicheng, and will be escorted by the infantry regiment of the artillery brigade in large vehicles. After the 33rd Division is eliminated, he will lead the Cavalry Brigade, the 1st Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, and the 6th Brigade to quickly turn around and reinforce the Jinan direction.

However, neither Liu Yimin nor Zeng Zhongsheng expected that they were still one step late. At this time, the telegram of instructions from the base camp of the 12th Army on the operations of the 12th Army had already been sent to Naosaburo Gangbe, chief of staff of the North China Front, Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the 12th Army, Shigetaro Gansu, commander of the 33rd Division, and Lieutenant General Osamu Maeda, commander of the 35th Division.

Tokyo is located on the Great Plains of Kanto, surrounded by mountains and the sea.

The first person to build a house on the site of today's Tokyo was Chiyoda, and he built a thatched house. In the second half of the 15th century, Uesugi Sadamasa, the lord of Kawagoe Castle in the Gozoku Kingdom, sent his retainer Ota Michigan to build Edo Castle in Chiyoda, which was actually a thatched house built on top of the wild swamp. Subsequently, it was said that it had entered the Warring States period.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory in the Battle of Seki-no-Hara, he began to build a castle in Edo Castle in 1590 because of Edo's strategic location and trade routes. The project was huge, requiring the draining of the swamp and the excavation of ditches. Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals were also very capable, and they drove labor to build streets, bridges, and ports in the wild swamps, thus beginning the Edo shogunate's rule based on Edo Castle. After a period of development, Edo Castle became the central city of the time, and gradually divided into two characteristic areas, "Shitamachi" and "Mountain Hands". Shitamachi is a civilian area inhabited by small traders and craftsmen engaged in water transportation on the Sumida River, distribution of goods in Edo Port, and various commercial activities. The "Yama Hands" is an upper-class district, including the residential areas of the daimyo and the residential areas of Hachimoto, which is surrounded by greenery and beautiful surroundings, and is the political center of Edo Castle.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Emperor moved the capital from Kyoto to Edo in 1868, renamed Tokyo, also known as Tokyo, and turned the official residence of the Tokugawa clan into an imperial palace, also known as the Imperial Palace.

During the reign of Emperor Meiji Muhito, the Imperial Palace, which was built with a wooden structure of the Tokugawa Shogunate's official residence, was burned down, and a new 23,000-square-meter Imperial Palace was built in a 23,000-square-meter building based on the traditional features of the Saimoto building and blending with the European post-classical style. It has a green tiled roof, white walls, and brown copper pillars. The main hall is the center of the entire palace, and the main events of the imperial family and diplomatic ceremonies are held in the main hall of the "Pine no Pavilion". Chowaden is the place where the emperor receives the congratulations of the masses, and there is a large banquet hall in the Toyomei Hall, and the Chang Palace is the emperor's inner palace. In addition, there are Huayin Pavilion, Waterfall Viewing Pavilion, Frost Brocade Pavilion, Tea Room, Imperial Spirit Palace, Treasure Palace, Shrine, Old Imperial Library and so on.

Both the inner gate and the castle have boulder foundations that range from one person to tens of meters above the ground, and there are few standard cubes of stones, but there are no cement-lime between the blocks. The stones were all enshrined by the local "daimyo" in those years, and the "family crest" of the "daimyo" can still be seen on some of the stones.

Early in the morning of November 8, Shouichi Terauchi entered the palace to pay respects to His Majesty the Emperor.

Shouichi Terauchi's trip to Europe was an eye-opener. He did not expect that not long after Hitler came to power, Germany would undergo such great changes, its military strength and economic strength would be significantly enhanced, its people would be unified in thought and full of spirit, and it would completely come out of the shadow of defeat in World War I. This made Terauchi Shouichi even more convinced of his belief that the Empire could only achieve a lasting victory if it formed a military alliance with Germany and Italy against Britain and France.

Shouichi Terauchi's activities in Germany were very successful, and the Germans, like the other himself, were anxious to form a military alliance. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy did not buy Terauchi Shouichi's account, and they blocked Terauchi Shouichi's alliance under the pretext that the alliance would affect Shoichi's relations with the United States, Britain, and France.

When Terauchi Toshiichi came to meet the emperor, he had three things: he reported on his trip to Germany, second, he told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy, and third, he wanted to ask Emperor Hirohito for approval to transfer him back to his base camp, and he was unwilling to return to the North China Front.

Emperor Hirohito was very kind to Shouichi Terauchi, and instead of summoning him in the main hall, he summoned him in the palace tea room. The main purpose of this was to show the emperor's preferential treatment of famous army generals and imperial heroes, and to dispense with the cumbersome etiquette of summoning the main hall.

Empress Ryoko saw that she summoned Shouichi in the temple and asked the female official to dress up and dress herself, put on the appearance of a housewife, and go to the tearoom to serve tea in person. Shouichi Terauchi was so excited that his eyes were moist, and he repeatedly knelt down and kowtowed his hair and swore that he would not hesitate to smear His Majesty the Emperor's liver and brain.

Emperor Hirohito was very satisfied with Terauchi Shouichi's attitude, and told Terauchi Aiqing softly that this is a tea room, not a main hall, and the two monarchs and ministers are drinking tea and chatting, not a formal play, and there is no need to kowtow.

Thanks to the inexplicable Shouichi Terauchi, he reported his trip to Europe while sipping tea. He is eloquent, in a better mood, and tells the European style and the situation in Germany, Emperor Hirohito is still good to say, the surname is gloomy, and he does not interject easily, but Empress Ryoko listens to it with relish, and from time to time makes a coquettish cry, and from time to time glances at the emperor and Terauchi Shouichi.

It stands to reason that it is forbidden to talk about political affairs during tea drinking, but Emperor Hirohito is the supreme ruler of Morimoto, and Terauchi Shouichi is one of his dogs, and these two people sit together to drink tea, and if they are not allowed to talk about military affairs, they must be suffocated to death.

Tea is a cup of food, rice, pot rice, salad, stewed meatballs, grilled fish, pickled radish cubes, pickles, mushrooms, seafood, miso soup, clear soup, dessert are all one after another, until Emperor Hirohito's face is rendered a little flushed by sake, and Empress Ryoko's mouth is so tired that he can't close it, and Terauchi Shouichi ends his report.

According to Terauchi Shouichi's plan, at this time, the two monarchs and ministers should enjoy the calligraphy and paintings in the tea room, talk about some gossip about the weather, and then see how the emperor's face is, and determine the time to tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the navy about the black state and the idea of returning to the base camp, but he has no chance. An uninvited guest spoiled the congenial atmosphere.

(To be continued)