Mao Weiren affirmed Li Jiansheng's idea at the first time.

Mao Weiren's strategic vision is known as the first in the millennium. When Li Jiansheng handed him the feasibility analysis report on the 125th Division's departure to Shandong to open up an anti-Japanese base area, which he had spent a whole day writing, Mao Weiren immediately flipped through it. affirmed Li Jiansheng's thoughts on the spot. In the afternoon of the same day, a ***** meeting was held and Li Jiansheng's proposal was unanimously approved. Later that day, Zhu Weiren formally issued an operational order to Li Jiansheng: The 125th Division of the Eighth Route Army would go to Shandong on a certain day to open up an anti-Japanese base area in Shandong. At the same time, another order of Mao Weiren was conveyed: in case of emergency, everything should be decided by Li Jiansheng independently and act cheaply, and there is no need to ask for instructions on everything.

Li Jiansheng was stunned when he first heard it: This power is relatively large. Immediately reacted again and hurriedly accepted the order. Zhu Weiren also said that there would be a secret telegram to inform the relevant comrades later. Li Jiansheng nodded in response. Rest in Yan'an that night. Nothing was said all night. Early the next morning, he went directly back to the defense of the 125th Division. He didn't know that after Commander Lin of the 115th Division learned that he was going to Shandong, he wanted to come and see him, because Commander Lin had this idea first, but he had not yet formed a complete system.

Returning to the defense zone, Li Jiansheng immediately convened an enlarged meeting of the division's party committee. At that time, Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and others had already received a secret telegram order from the headquarters, knowing that the headquarters would soon go to Shandong to open up a new anti-Japanese base area, and at the same time, they had already learned that the headquarters had given Li Jiansheng the right to act arbitrarily and cheaply. The two lamented the trust of the headquarters and the chief in Li Jiansheng, and also felt that Li Jiansheng's chess was indeed a wonderful move. You see, at the moment, there is only one northern Shaanxi and one Shanxi, but there are so many troops of the Eighth Route Army? Which one can be used? It is better to jump out and open up a new base area.

The party committee of the 125th Division unanimously adopted a resolution to resolutely carry out the order and open up Shandong for the whole army to open up an anti-Japanese base area. All brigades and departments were asked to make preparations for their departure immediately.

Li Jiansheng immediately ordered:

Order: All units should immediately complete the rebuilding and complete all preparations within three days. Three days later, he swore to go on the expedition.

Order: The reconnaissance regiment directly under the division headquarters immediately launched road reconnaissance and opened up the road for the large army.

Command: Radio silence at all times during the march.

Order: The logistics department dispatched 10 American trucks to be responsible for the transfer of the hospital.

Order: The Logistics Department dispatched 10 American-style trucks to be responsible for the transfer of the Armed Forces Research Institute and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute.

Command:......

Command:......

With Li Jiansheng's orders issued one after another, the war machine of the 125th Division was officially launched. Everything is in order.

Li Jiansheng was swearing to go on the expedition, and the Red Army Headquarters also made adjustments to the defense of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army:

Ji Zhentong led the main force of the security division to garrison the front line of Guangyuan, Gannan and Tianshui. Luo Binghui and He Changgong led the garrison division to garrison the front line of Shangluo and Weinan. Director Chen Yi and Director Deng led the instructors to be stationed in Xi'an and Xianyang. Gao Gang and Xiao Jinguang led the special task force directly under the headquarters to be stationed in Yan'an and Tongchuan. Dong Zhentang led the Independent Brigade of the Security Division to garrison the Yulin area. The main task of the remaining defense units is to prevent the Chinese army from attacking Shaanxi from the direction of Suiyuan and Ningxia, and when necessary, to cross the river to support operations.

As for the 115th, 120th, and 129th main divisions of the Eighth Route Army, each of them led two regular brigades to the front in batches. Because the independent division belonged to the local security forces of the government of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Region of the Republic of China, it did not belong to the battle sequence of the Eighth Route Army, and like the New Fourth Army, which also did not belong to the battle sequence of the Eighth Route Army, it was necessary to further consult with the Second War Zone to cross the river to participate in the war. The 125th Division made its own arrangements, with the goal of going straight to Shandong.

At the same time as the defense adjustment, Li Jiansheng received an order from the headquarters that the 125th Division Engineer Regiment was responsible for the construction of the pontoon bridge. Li Jiansheng immediately ordered the engineer regiment to build a pontoon bridge to open a way for the troops to cross the river and fight. On the morning of the next day after all the pontoon bridges were completed, the 115th Division, as the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army, crossed the river on August 30 and took a train north in Linfen to Jinbei. On the evening of September 1, the 125th Division of Li Jiansheng's headquarters was silent, and more than 100,000 people in the division were mobilized overnight and soon disappeared into the night. On September 7, the 129th Division crossed the Yellow River. On September 10, the 120th Division crossed the Yellow River. On 18 September, the New Fourth Army crossed the Yellow River. On September 20, the Independent Division crossed the Yellow River.

After crossing the river, Li Jiansheng's troops advanced in an orderly manner according to Zeng Zhongsheng's pre-planned plan. Vice Chairman Zhou and General Manager Peng had already crossed the river in advance and met with Yan Xishan in Taiyuan, where they determined the operational principle that the Eighth Route Army should not undertake frontal operations and should mainly attack the enemy from the flanks and rear. This principle was also established by Vice Chairman Zhou and President Zhu during their last interview with Chairman Jiang. Subsequently, Zhou Weiren and Mr. Peng met with Li Zongren in Shijiazhuang and specially communicated with Li Jiansheng's 125th Division to the Shandong front line to resist Japan. Li Zongren expressed his hard attitude after learning about it and will give it his full support. Li Zongren has suffered Li Jiansheng's losses, when he and Lao Bai's Gui Jungang Seventh Army were torn off a ball of meat by Li Jiansheng, he knew that this Li Jiansheng was not easy to mess with and could fight. However, then again, he, Li Zongren, is also a tiger general, and he has a feeling of pity for Li Jiansheng. No, when I heard that Li Jiansheng was going to transit from Hebei to Shandong, he didn't say a word to express his full support, and said secretly in his heart: We still cooperated with him back then, and the weapons he cheated back back should be able to help him a lot? At present, he is facing the main force of the Japanese army, and he needs such a person to help him; This Li Jian was born, and it was beneficial to himself and harmless. This time, the Japanese are in trouble!

Li Zongren reacted like this, and so did Yan Xishan over there. Yan Xishan moved troops everywhere at this time, where did he care about the regular number or the number of the local security forces? Therefore, as soon as Zhou Weiren mentioned it, they immediately agreed to the independent division and the New Fourth Army to participate in the war. It's just that in Yan Xishan's impression, this Li Jiansheng is not easy to mess with, and he can use any means, worried that after defeating the Japanese devils, Li Jiansheng will not leave Shanxi, dig three feet into the ground, and move all his military factories and other things. Now that I heard it, it turned out that Li Jiansheng's department was going directly to Shandong, and Comrade Yan laughed, secretly saying that this is really good, and laughed at his own heart. He agreed immediately, and also said that he would send a batch of weapons to Li Jiansheng's department, all of which were light and heavy machine guns, bullets, and grenades produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal, which could be regarded as support for the anti-Japanese army. Therefore, when Vice Chairman Zhou and Mr. Peng asked him that the independent division and the New Fourth Army go to the front together, he also nodded immediately. He understands these people, although they are all powerful characters, but according to common sense, they will not play the idea of their own arsenal. It's just that the fellow named Xu Xiangqian doesn't seem to be easy to mess with. Hey, why is there all the capable people in it? Damn, I have so many capable people here, and it's rare for me to be so anxious. Don't talk about it, the Japanese criminals are coming to the door, let these people go on first.

I have to say that Li Jiansheng's notoriety, especially his methods of getting weapons and exchanging officers for weapons, has been interpreted infinitely by Yan Xishan. Or how can you say that an old warlord like Yan Xishan really has two brushes? is the most good at using points to lead faces, drawing inferences from one example, don't say it, he guessed Li Jiansheng's mind really accurately. The two had never met, but Yan Xishan guarded against Li Jiansheng like a thief. Unfortunately, Yan Xishan really guessed correctly and defended correctly, and Li Jiansheng was preparing to attack his arsenal.

On the way, he received a telegram from Vice Chairman Zhou. Hearing that Yan Xishan sent a batch of weapons to Li Jiansheng's department, Li Jiansheng immediately laughed. This old Yan is a little interesting. At that moment, Li Jiansheng immediately sent a telegram back to Vice Chairman Zhou, saying that he asked Vice Chairman Zhou to accept this batch of weapons on his behalf, but the 125th Division did not need it, and let Vice Chairman Zhou handle it himself. At the end, a sentence was added at the end of the telegram, saying that if Yan Xishan gave him an arsenal, he would still accept it. Soon I got a telegram from Vice Chairman Zhou, with only two words: I know.

Li Jiansheng understood the thousands of words behind the words Zhou Weiren. He didn't say much, but just led his troops forward. While moving forward, Li Jiansheng sighed at Mao Weiren's genius stroke in dispatching troops this time.

It can be said that Mao Weiren is a rare talent in a thousand years. You must know that according to the operational principle of the Eighth Route Army determined by the Central Military Commission, it is a combination of guerrilla warfare in the mountains behind enemy lines and mobile warfare. This is due to a famous thesis of Mao Weiren: In the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, due to the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, the primary task is to mobilize and arm the people, and only by mobilizing the people with arms, fighting the people's war, and fighting the enemy for a long time, can we finally win the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Yes, the people, and only the people, make history; Only by fighting the people's war can we finally achieve victory. Li Jiansheng, who came from later generations, understood the greatness and correctness of this sentence too well. Because later history has proved the correctness of Mao Weiren with facts!