Yimin was already on high alert at this time, and he also had a rough estimate of the scale of the Japanese army's upcoming counterattack and retaliation by the heavy army group, and what was lacking was intelligence support.

However, at present, Liu Yimin could not judge where the first attack of the Japanese heavy army group was pointing, whether to open the Jinpu Road first, or to focus on sweeping a certain area first, or even completely withdraw the net and encircle it on all sides.

One thing is certain, that is, with the arrival of the 5th Division in Qingdao and the arrival of the 114th Division in Lianyungang, the Japanese army regained control of the Jiaoji Road and the Longhai Road. If the Japanese army wants to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, there are two ways, one is to quickly open up the Jinpu Road, rely on the railway line to divide our base area, and then divide the division and sweep the heavy troops. The other is that in the case of an unprecedentedly large number of Japanese troops, the little devils may also be able to stretch from Pinghan Road in the west, to the sea in the east, to Longhai Road in the south.

To the vast area by the Bohai Sea... A large encirclement was quickly swept away from southern Hebei and Luxi with a fierce offensive, and the western edge of the encirclement was advanced to the Yellow River, so that Shandong could be completely encircled.

Yimin's face alternated between light and dark under the light of the horse lantern, and his voice was also cheerful and powerful: "The Japanese army wants to eliminate us and remove the stumbling blocks, and we also want to rely on the base area to eliminate a large number of devils' living forces. Besides, if the little devils don't come to attack Shandong, where will we go to seize the heavy supplies of the little devils? If you want me to say, this is a good thing, and I can't hope for it! ”

"I love to see your vigor and contempt for all enemies.

Let's talk about the specific anti-sweep dàng concept. ”

Rong Huan immediately stopped Cai Zhong: "Don't interrupt, listen well!" ”

Yimin smiled: "I'm just a preliminary idea, and we still need to discuss it together." ”

Rong Huan said anxiously: "Let's talk first, and then we will discuss it." ”

Yimin continued: "It's still the same old saying, strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy. Although we can't figure out the strength of the devils for heavy sweeping, nor what tactics the Japanese army will adopt, we can determine the correct guiding ideology. As long as the guiding ideology is correct, the next thing will be easy to do. ”

Yimin took out the cigarette case from his pocket, put it on the table, smoked one himself, threw one to Cai Zhong, and scratched... Lit a match, lit a cigarette, washed it deliciously, and then said: "I think that this time we have to restrain ourselves, so that the little devil can achieve a certain strategic goal and achieve a superficial victory." In this way, the little devils can confidently and boldly attack Southeast Asia and start a war with the United States and Britain. Only by letting the little devils go to war with the United States and Britain, transferring all the elite divisions and regiments to the Pacific theater against the US army, and consuming them under the powerful artillery fire of the US aircraft group and fleet, can we win the War of Resistance against Japan as soon as possible. The guiding ideology and operational deployment of the anti-Japanese army to sweep away heavy troops must be subordinated to this strategy. ”

Rong Huan and Cai Zhong were silent, waiting to listen to Liu Yimin's next words.

One threw away the cigarette butt and lit another one. He continued: "The guiding ideology of this anti-Japanese heavy sweep is to combine the internal line operation with the outer line operation, and the internal line operation is to delay the devil's attack speed with blocking warfare, ambush warfare, night warfare, and attack and harassment warfare, so that the main force of the Japanese army will rush to the Jinpu Road with all its strength, compete with our army on the Jinpu Road, and create fighters for the external line operation. The external operations were mainly based on surprise attacks on cities where the Japanese army had important supply bases, and the attacking enemy had to be saved, forcing the Japanese army to return to reinforcements, and pulling the Japanese army back to the defensive line of communication, forming a pattern in which the Japanese army occupied the lines of communication and cities on the surface, and our army controlled most of Shandong. Once the Japanese army thought that it had achieved the campaign goal and drew troops south, our army would take advantage of the situation to destroy the Japanese army in Shandong and completely liberate Shandong.

At that time, the main force of the little devils was trapped in the battlefield with the US army, and it was impossible to draw troops back to help. ”

Rong Huan pondered for a while and said, "This guiding ideology is to be won like this."

Concrete ideas! ”

Yimin threw his eyes on Cai Zhong.

"I agree. The devil's heavy army group will kill Shandong, we will go to his nest, Beiping, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xuzhou are all good, there are a large number of weapons, ammunition and food reserves of the little devil, we don't have to be polite with the little devil. If you take one of these places, the devils will hurt to the bone marrow. Our army now has a huge number of troops, strong artillery fire, and can attack and attack by surprise. You say the idea! ”

Personally, Liu Yimin laughed and said: "The hero sees the same!" In the future, when you write the history of the war, you must remember to write the section "Liu, Luo, Cai Pingyi Set the Plan, and Tatian Jun Beiping City Sheds Tears"! Okay, let's do this: The 1st Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the New 1st Brigade, the Heavy Brigade, and the Engineer Brigade immediately crossed the Yellow River and went to the Puyang area to hide and wait: The 2nd and 6th Brigades quickly broke away from contact with the enemy in front of them and drove to southern Hebei, where tunnels were dug early to facilitate the concealment of the troops.

In the same way, we gathered the elite of the five main brigades, namely, the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Brigade, the 6th Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, and the New 1st Brigade, and when the Japanese heavy army group swept through our base area and was inseparable from our inner line troops, we suddenly attacked, captured Shijiazhuang, destroyed the Pinghan line, opened up the connection with Shanxi, and formed the false impression that the main force of our army would return to Shaanxi, and mobilized the Japanese army to rush back to fight for Shijiazhuang. After the capture of Shijiazhuang, let the 129th Division and the Independent Division send troops to garrison Shijiazhuang and fight with the Japanese army, the main force of our army secretly entered the central Hebei region, and advanced to Tianjin under the cover of the central Hebei troops, and when the Japanese army recaptured Shijiazhuang, our army reoccupied Tianjin, forcing the enemy to return to save Tianjin, our army took the opportunity to sweep the Pingjin area again, and completely smashed the Japanese political system in the Pingjin area, Lao Tzu did not believe that the Japanese army dared to lose Beiping! At the same time, we will concentrate the 3rd, 7th, and 8th Brigades scattered in Qinghe, Jiaolai, and Jiaodong, and hide them in the areas around Qingdao, and when the Japanese army's heavy army group is redeployed to the Pingjin area by us and Qingdao's defense is empty, we will reoccupy Qingdao, end up the general supply base of the Japanese army in Shandong, and force the Japanese army to return to Qingdao along the railway line. At this time, the whole battle situation is alive, and if the fight is good, maybe our army may still have the possibility of reoccupying Lianyungang or Xuzhou. In the end, I estimate that the heavy army group of the Japanese army will also be tired and will have to stay honestly on the line of communication to catch their breath. The Japanese army's heavy army group swept up the army, and the crowd had to die down. Our army then turned to rest on all fronts, calmed down the battlefield, and gave the little devils a false illusion of a superficial victory in opening up the lines of communication and recovering Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, and Qingdao, so that they could attack in other directions. ”

When he heard it, he couldn't help but ask: "What is the concept of sweeping the Pingjin area?" Can you take the opportunity to capture Shanhaiguan and enter the northeast? ”

Yimin shook his head: "Now is not the time to enter the Northeast. Winter is about to begin, and when our army enters the northeast in winter, it will be cold and snowy, and its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, the Japanese army has ruled in the northeast for a long time, and our army has entered the northeast, and once the main force of the Kwantung Army returns to help, our situation will be difficult. Don't worry, wait a minute, sooner or later we will enter the Northeast. ”

Rong Huan frowned and said: "This idea is good, but have you considered it, this idea is based on a good fight on the inside line." You take the main force away, "Can you fight this inside battle well?" Not to mention anything else, now the main force of the Japanese First Guards Division, the 110th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division, and the 37th Division are concentrated on the line from Dexian to Luokou in the west of the Yellow River in northwest Shandong. It is conceivable that once the Japanese army moves, it will inevitably capture the main force of our Luxi group. The Second Brigade and the Sixth Brigade were transferred, and Wang Bingsan's Second Luxi Garrison Brigade was in the southwestern region of Shandong. Russi is a strong base for our army. Luxi's food not only nourishes the Second Brigade, the Sixth Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the Second Luxi Garrison Brigade and various local armed forces, but also undertakes the task of supporting Shanxi. Once Luxi becomes a guerrilla zone, the gains of two years of struggle will be in vain. This point will not only be agreed by the Central Committee and the General Headquarters. The old surname Lu Xi will not agree, because the Japanese army's retaliation against Lu Xi must be extremely tragic, and we cannot afford it. There are many similar things, such as the central base area of southeast Lu and Taiyi Mountain, the Japanese army will inevitably focus on sweeping dàng this time, and the thundering Fourth Brigade will guard the north side and be alone, "Wang Nanhu's southeast Lu detachment to defend the south side is also not caught. Once the Japanese army lands from the sea or attacks southeastern Shandong from the north and south of Qingdao and the eastern section of the Longhai Road, it may not be able to protect the central base area in the Taiyi Mountains and the southeastern base area in southeast Lu by relying on the existing troops, which is where our army's logistics base is located, and it must not be lost. This matter needs to be reconsidered! ”

Yimin laughed again: "What do you mean by loss?" What do you mean by not losing? This question should be looked at dialectically. The old surnames of the whole Shandong are all focused on our army, and the Japanese army is at best occupying the main transportation routes and some towns, can this be called a loss? Besides, if the Japanese army attacks with its existing strength, we have nothing to fear, as long as we inflict heavy losses all the way, the Japanese offensive will be self-defeating. But if the Japanese army mobilizes the main force of the Kwantung Army to go south to participate in the war, will we be able to resist if we resist hard? Rather than not being able to resist, it is better to attack the enemy and save it, force the enemy to come back to help, and be tired of his own life. Moreover, my operational idea is to let the Japanese army occupy more territory, divide the troops, divide the troops, and divide the troops again, so as to lengthen the defense line. That's how we have a chance. The militia and local armed forces in the base area are waiting for the little devils to come so that they can take weapons and ammunition from them. Political commissar, don't be afraid of the Japanese army entering Luxi and southeast Lu. In my opinion, it is better for the Japanese army to resume the occupation of Shandong, every small stronghold is the target of our army, and it is easy to fight and save effort, and when the main force of our army returns to the division and sweeps, you see, the Japanese puppet army must run faster than a rabbit! ”

After that, Liu Yimin lit another cigarette, smoked it, and then said: "Of course, what the political commissar said is right, if you want to achieve great results in this battle, you must base it on fighting an internal battle. Our army has a lot of troops left on the inner line, and there are also quite a few main forces, and there are also artillery brigades and air defense brigades to provide fire support, and what is lacking is a strong command core. I thought about it, this time we divided the labor, and Director Cai and I were responsible for directing the external operations: the political commissar and the chief of staff Zeng formed the internal line operations command and unified command of our army's internal operations. Among them, the troops responsible for the internal combat mission were divided into several groups, Li Qing, Chen Dayong, and Zhao Shan commanded the 3rd Brigade, the 7th Brigade, and the 8th Brigade to form the Ludong Group, which undertook the task of capturing Qingdao: Yuan Guoping and Xiao Jinguang commanded the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Jinan Garrison Brigade, and the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade to form the Luzhong Group, and undertook the garrison tasks in the area north of Jiaoji Road: the remaining artillery brigade, air defense brigade, Jiao 4th Brigade, Luzhong Garrison Brigade, Tai'an Detachment, Southeast Lu Detachment, Jiao 5th Brigade, New 4th Brigade, New 5th Brigade, New 8th Brigade, Taixi Garrison Brigade, Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, The Luxi Second Garrison Brigade, the logistics detachment, and the local armed forces in the base area formed a group, under the direct command of the political commissar and chief of staff, and fought mobile combat against the enemy in a vast area east of the Yellow River, north of the Longhai Road, south of the Jiaoji Road, and west of the Yellow Sea. Political commissar, our 14 regular brigades plus various local armed forces, such a strong force is still afraid of being small

Doesn't make it? Fighting on the inside line is not a rigid defense, which is in the hands of the Japanese army. Instead, it is necessary to concentrate the main forces and form a fist, which can meet the Japanese army all the way at any time, and kill a division of it like drinking cold water. It would be terrible if we divided our troops and guarded them everywhere, and the Japanese planes alone would have crippled us. ”

Rong Huan pondered for a while and said, "Yes." Chief of Staff Zeng Zhongsheng was immediately informed to rush to Pingyi and assemble, and we finalized the specific battle plan. In addition, let the New Fourth Brigade move with you to strengthen the combat forces on the outside line. ”

Yimin shook his head: "No. Once our army captured Shijiazhuang, it would open up contact with Taihang Mountain. If it is sweeping the Pingjin area, it will be connected with the Jinchayi. The main force of our army in Shanxi can cooperate with the operation at any time, not to mention the troops in southern Hebei and central Hebei? At present, the strength of the Eighth Route Army is not a problem, the key is to see how it is used. Let me tell you two, the external front is a clever battle, the purpose is to attack the Japanese army's logistics base by surprise attack method and special operation method, and it is to settle economic accounts with the Japanese army. Once our army succeeded in this attack, the little devil would not be able to slow down in two or three months.

On the contrary, the task of internal combat is to rely on the base areas to consume the Japanese army, and the task is even heavier. Originally, I wanted to personally command the operation of the inner line group. However, in view of the special nature of this external operation, Chief of Staff Zeng is not as skilled as me in the application of special operations tactics, so he made such a deployment. Political commissar, the purpose of separating the two of us is to ensure that there is a core of leadership on both the internal and external lines, and that the final decision can be made at a critical time without asking for instructions, so as not to delay the fighter plane and cause heavy losses. ”

Rong Huan nodded: "I will report this idea to the Central Committee and the headquarters.