It is said that the major general of the Imperial Army Aviation and the famous Zhongyuan Shengxiao finally ended up in fear and escaped alone.

Xue Junmin and the others drove the plane to the north for a while, but they didn't catch up with Zhongyuan Shengxiao, so they returned with hatred.

Feng Dafei reported to Liu Yimin through the airborne radio that the 1st Air Brigade successfully attacked enemy planes in the skies over Weixian County and destroyed a total of 15 fighter planes, but only one fighter plane escaped, and the direction of escape was Tianjin and Beiping. Our army lost four fighters, all the pilots parachuted, please order the troops to pay attention to rescuing the pilots.

After reporting on the battle situation, Feng Dafei led the remaining 16 fighters of the two fighter squadrons back to the Dadian Zhujiazhuangzi airstrip. Because Division Commander Liu Yimin's order made it very clear that after completing the task, he should quickly return to the plane and hide it, so as not to be caught up by the military planes and expose the location of the concealed airfield.

After the enemy plane flew away, Liu Yimin got off the roof and returned to Xiong Mi's office in Xia Yuan, to be precise, his current office, hung the gun on the wall of the office, and continued to think about the next step in the development of the campaign.

War has its own laws.

At this time, it was impossible for Liu Yimin to continue to develop in concealment and not change the historical trajectory of the Anti-Japanese War. Think about it, after the destruction of two divisions and the capture of three lieutenant generals of the Yue Army in World War I, can the strength of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army still be hidden? Although one of these two divisions is an ad hoc division and the other is a garrison division, and their combined combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a permanent division, after all, they are two divisions and regiments, and their influence is too great. Don't think about it, when the army comes to its senses, it will inevitably mobilize the army again to encircle and suppress the instructor of the Eighth Route Army with the strength of the country, and at that time, there may not be the luck of calmly implementing the golden cicada out of the shell when the army besieged it last time.

Liu Yimin thought about it and felt that although he had taken a bad move, so that the Yue army could see through the entire intention of the Jiaoji Road Battle so quickly, it was one thing to see through it, and it was another thing whether they could save the battle. In addition to the fact that they can urgently mobilize the aviation of the Kwantung Army and urgently transfer aviation from the country to reinforce the Shandong battlefield, the army has no other way, whether it is to transfer the elite divisions of the Kwantung Army to the south, or to transfer the main divisions of the Wuhan battlefield and the Guangdong battlefield to the north, it is not a day or two to reach the battlefield, the current general situation of the Shandong battlefield is very clear, that is, the main force of the most elite Eighth Route Army instructor in the [***] team is facing the soft persimmon garrison division in the army, and it is typical to fight the weak with the strong. With the Jinan garrison and the 34th Division, which may enter Jinan ahead of schedule, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to hold Jinan and fight against almost all the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army!

Liu Yimin's original concern was not that he would not be able to defeat Jinan, but that he was afraid that during the siege of the city, he would encounter the wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the large number of aircraft of the Chinese army, which would cause the troops to suffer heavy losses and create a situation in which heavy casualties would be exchanged for victory in the battle.

After all, Liu Yimin has traveled from the 21st century, and his mind is full of thoughts that human life is precious. Although he is now in command of the elite army, and it is easy to destroy the Yue army at every turn, but after all, it is the Yue Kou that is eliminated, and he will not be soft no matter how much he destroys. If it was really like in the war movies of later generations, if his soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were strewn with corpses and blood all over the ground in front of the enemy's fortifications, he would not be able to accept it anyway. This is also the most fundamental reason why he has always advocated fighting skillful battles.

Now, the air battle over Weicheng reminded Liu Yimin that although there are many little devil planes, tactical tactics can be regarded as advanced in this era, but no matter what, in the eyes of his own traverser, the planes of the Yue Army and their tactics are antiques. Like today's smoke arrays, airborne mine arrays, and the dense fire nets of the two anti-aircraft artillery regiments, these are all tactics that the little devil could not have imagined. After a battle, the group of little devils suffered heavy losses. That being the case, what is there to worry about?

On second thought, the political impact of the capture of Jinan was too great. If nothing else, let's just say that the army is about to capture Wuhan and Guangzhou, and in this way, many people who are not determined will will be confused about the prospects of the war, and perhaps Wang Jingwei and his ilk will openly surrender to the enemy and annihilate the Han as they did in history. That guy, but he wears a dazzling human skin, and he can fool people very well. In history, if it weren't for the army to prevent him from getting bigger, and at the same time, if he couldn't provide so many weapons and equipment, I'm afraid that Wang Jingwei's puppet army would have been able to develop in millions and millions. That's really become a dog everywhere, Guanghe and they are fighting, I don't know how many heroes and sons and daughters have to be sacrificed!

It would be very inspiring if a decisive battle was to be carried out at this time with the Shandong army, to seize Jinan and Qingdao, and to recover Shandong in a war. Not to mention that the army and the people who persisted in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression could see the dawn of victory earlier, support the War of Resistance, persist in the War of Resistance, and bravely kill the enemy, even those who wavered may also stand firm in their stance and will to resist, greatly reducing the number of Han annihilation. If the Han Dynasty annihilates a small number of people, the army's attempt to contain China with China will inevitably go bankrupt, and they will have to use their troops to maintain the main lines of communication and restrain the offensive. Think about it, if there weren't so many Han anniversaries, would the little devils dare to launch a war of aggression against China?

The capture of Jinan is undoubtedly a head-on blow to the Yue army that is about to capture Wuhan and Guangzhou! These arrogant invaders, I am afraid they never dreamed that when they were advancing on the battlefield of aggression, the Eighth Route Army would take their old nest and take Jinan back. It is estimated that when they heard the news, everyone from Emperor Hirohito to the captain, squadron leader, and squad leader of the army would be depressed.

Another point is that the capture of Jinan will allow countries around the world to reassess the combat effectiveness of the Chinese [***] team, which is conducive to winning foreign aid. Because the fall of Guangzhou has now become a foregone conclusion, the international trade channel for China's political axes and the transportation channel for purchasing weapons and ammunition have been cut off, the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression will enter a difficult period, and many countries may not be optimistic about the future of China's war of resistance. If Jinan is captured at this time, it will be tantamount to a spring thunder in winter, which will make the neutral Europe and the United States, including the Soviet Union, which has the greatest support for China, re-evaluate the progress of China's War of Resistance, so that they will no longer just use China as a pawn for their own security, but support it as a real partner.

Of course, the biggest advantage of capturing Jinan and recovering Shandong is that the Eighth Route Army has a provincial-scale anti-Japanese base area. With Shandong's manpower and material resources, it is no longer a dream to train an army of 500,000 troops. When he entered Shandong in the east, Liu Yimin wanted to bury his head in development for two years and develop an army of 500,000, but at that time, the main consideration was that the army was too strong and the Eighth Route Army could not develop so fast. Now the situation is different, the fighter plane has appeared, if Liu Yimin can't even grasp this, then he will be very immature in strategy.

The only difficulty now is that the troops, starting with yesterday's attack, have no time to rest and are a little tired. But thinking about the past when the Red Army troops did not sleep for several days and nights during the Long March, Liu Yimin felt a little soft-hearted. No matter how tired the troops are, can they seize the fighters and destroy the devils? At this time, if any of Zhu, Peng, Lin, Liu, Xu, and He were here, I am afraid they would laugh at themselves for being too soft-hearted!

Ci is not in charge of soldiers, Ci is not in charge of soldiers!

Before the plane bombed, Liu Yimin wrote a half-cut telegram to the central authorities, which ended with the words: "Because of the smooth annihilation of the 108th Division and the 33rd Division, and the use of air defense tactics to destroy the aircraft group of the Yue Army, and the fact that our army did not suffer major casualties at the end of the battle and maintained its strong combat effectiveness, Liu and Luo believed that the fighters for the capture of Jinan and Shandong in the First World War had already appeared, and they were determined to concentrate the main force of the whole division to advance westward and conquer Jinan and eliminate the garrison of the Jinan Army before the elite divisions of the Yue Army rushed to Shandong. In order to accomplish the task of capturing Jinan, I ask the Central Committee and the General Headquarters to order me to enter the Northeast Activity Troops, the Pingbei Region Troops, and the Eastern Hebei Troops, and make every effort to sabotage the railways and highways, so as to delay the southward reinforcement of the elite divisions of the Kwantung Army. The Second Aviation Brigade was ordered to launch another air raid on the Shanxi Yuejun airfield. Yes, please reply immediately! ”

After writing, I called [***] Feng and Cao Xiangren, and asked Cao Xiangren to send the telegram immediately, and at the same time report it to the political commissar, Director Cai, and Chief of Staff Zeng.

Cao Xiangren reported that after receiving a telegram from Feng Dafei via the airborne radio, our army won a complete victory in the air battle, destroying a total of 15 fighters and only one escaped. After receiving Wu Zheng's telegram, the communication and liaison group sent by Chiang Kai-shek had arrived safely at Dadian by plane, and Vice President Ni Hua had arrived randomly and had sent troops to escort them to the division headquarters by car. In addition, the Tai'an detachment reported that the 34th Division of the Yue Army stationed in Tai'an was gathering troops, and the vanguard had begun to rush to Jinan by car. Deputy Chief of Staff Qian reported that after receiving a report from the Tai'an underground party, the Tai'an defenders of the army had assembled troops and showed signs of pulling out.

Judging from the model of the plane that fell, the emblem, and the badge of the parachuted pilot, the army that bombed Weicheng today is the 10th Flying Brigade and the 83rd Reading Flying Team of the First Flying Regiment of the North China Front Aviation Group. Among them, the 1st Air Defense Regiment shot down and destroyed 15 planes, the 2nd Air Defense Regiment shot down and destroyed 12 planes, the heavy machine gun regiment, the infantry regiment of the artillery brigade, the supplementary regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Brigade, and the 2nd Squad of the 3rd Special Warfare Formation shot down and destroyed 5 planes, the division commander shot down 2 planes, and 10 planes fell due to an aerial mine array composed of kites and balloons. Combined with the number of enemy planes shot down and destroyed by the first air group, a total of 59 planes were shot down and destroyed in this battle. Four of our fighters were shot down, and all the pilots were rescued.

Liu Yimin, who listened, looked surprised. The results of this battle are also too great, and the big ones are surprising, which shows that the tactics of combining air mine arrays and anti-aircraft firepower are extremely powerful.

Liu Yimin took the telegram in Cao Xiangren's hand and the air defense brigade battle report in Fengfeng's hand and read it again, and then instructed Cao Xiangren to add the air battle report to the central authorities. Send a report to the political commissar and send troops to pick up Ni Hua and the [***] communication and liaison group, and ensure safety. After Ni Hua joined the division headquarters, he acted with the field hospital and performed the duties of vice president of the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army and vice president of the field hospital of the instructor. The Communications Liaison Group moves with the Ministry of Security, which is responsible for the security of the Communications and Liaison Group.

After Cao Xiangren went to send the report, Liu Yimin pulled the [***] wind to the map and began to study the specific combat deployment.

The two of them were pondering on the map, [***] Feng's stomach gurgled uncontrollably, and Liu Yimin remembered that he hadn't eaten since he set off from Jingzhi Town yesterday.

The stomach screamed in front of the No. 1 chief, so that [***] Feng, who didn't frown in front of the rain of bullets, couldn't help but blush. Swallowing his saliva, [***] Feng whispered: "Commander, shall I go get some dry food?" ”

Liu Yimin also smiled, patted his stomach with his hand, and said, "Okay, eat something to cushion your hunger." Although this temple is small, it is a temple after all, and it is to be worshipped. If you don't make an offering, I'm afraid that the gods will protest! ”

The wind smiled and ran out.

It didn't take long for [***] Feng to walk in with a piece of flatbread and a kettle.

Liu Yimin took the flatbread and tore it in half, handed it to [***] Feng half, and the two of them ate the water in the kettle, chirp,

Eating and eating, [***] Feng said with a little regret that it would be nice if there was a green onion or a little dipping sauce.

Liu Yimin must have a big event in his heart, and he felt relaxed all over, and when he saw [***] Feng saying this, he replied with a smile: "Okay, if you have a mouthful of bread to eat and a saliva to drink, you will be content!" This society itself was tossed by Lao Jiang, and it was said that many people lacked food and clothing, sold their children and girls, and couldn't even eat wild vegetables. As soon as the little devils invaded, the Chinese were even worse. If you don't get killed by the little devil's bombs, bullets, and bayonets, you will burn high incense, and you can still care about eating and drinking there! ”

Feng scolded hatefully: "The little devils who are called dogs are simply the reincarnation of hungry wolves, and they are cruel and outrageous!" Division commander, I thought that the devils in Jinan must now know that the 33rd Division had also been wiped out, and they were already panicking. They must now be mobilizing troops nearby to strengthen the defense of Jinan, our troops are far away, and they can't catch up, so why don't we let the first air brigade go out again, and blow up the little devils who are called dogs, and also relieve some pressure on the siege troops. ”

Liu Yimin finished eating the flatbread three times and dividing five by two, picked up the kettle and poured a big mouthful, and then put down the kettle, wiped his mouth, and said: "You are right, don't be polite to this devil at all, you can use all means to deal with them." It's hard to get rid of them until they're lying down completely! ”

Feng blinked his eyes and asked, "Commander, do you mean to fight?" ”

As soon as Liu Yimin was about to speak, Cao Xiangren's report came from outside the door.

It may be that the fighters who have been staring at Shandong, the telegram from the chairman and the boss arrived so soon.

How did Liu Yimin know that [***], Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai received Liu Yimin's telegram when they were having lunch.

At this time, the leaders of [***] lived a simple life, coupled with a lack of food, although they were in a meeting, it was just a big pot of rice with noodles cooked in a millet pot, a big bowl per person, and the food was steaming.

When the telegram came, [***] just finished eating a bowl, put the bowl on the table, grabbed the telegram and read it, looked up to the sky after reading it, and said nothing.

With this action, everyone in the dining room stopped, and their eyes were focused on the telegram on the table.

Mr. Peng's surname was anxious, and he thought that the little devil had made some new tricks, which unit of our army had suffered a big loss, put the bowl on the table, walked over in a few steps, picked up the telegram on the table and read it. Seeing this, Mr. Peng shouted excitedly: "Okay! That's great! Wiped out two divisions of the army in World War I! Sixty aircraft were also seized and 59 destroyed. It's amazing! Liu Yimin, how could he think of this method? They even used smoke and flying kites and balloons to lay up aerial mine arrays, and small kites and balloons were able to hit down more than a dozen planes. Unbelievable, unbelievable! ”

Mr. Peng shouted, and everyone knew that the instructor had won a big battle, and immediately surrounded him. Zhang Wentian simply took the telegram and read it aloud.

When Zhang Wentian read the telegram, he called Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Ye Jianying to the conference room, asked the staff officers to hang up the map, and several people analyzed the map for a long time. Finally, [***] threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and said loudly: "Fight!" There are more than a dozen artillery regiments of instructors, and there is no problem at all in blowing up the city wall of Jinan. If you fight well, you can open the gap with a round of shelling. As long as the troops enter the city, with the soldiers of the garrison division of the little devils, where will they be the opponents of the main force of my elite instructor in a hundred battles! The instructor originally entered Chengdu, occupied Xi'an, and captured Taiyuan, and they fought all skillful battles, and they had not fought a strong offensive battle! This time, let's let this Jinan City test the real combat effectiveness of the instructor! ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said: "It is really good to grasp the timing of launching the Jinan campaign at this time. It is said that the army is fighting everywhere, and it is impossible to send troops and reinforcements. Those garrison divisions went to death. The elite divisions of the army were all far away on the Wuhan front line and the Guangzhou front. The only permanent divisions that could be mobilized were the troops of the Eastern Army and the 14th Division in Zhengzhou. Can we think of a way, just like Liu Yimin made a public statement last time, to use the Soviet Red Army to scare and scare the Kwantung Army, so that they do not dare to send troops. ”

Ye Jianying asked suspiciously: "Vice Chairman Zhou, Liu Yimin can say that, can we too?" Liu Yimin said it, and if we did, would there be comrades who would be dissatisfied? ”

At this time, his mood had stabilized, and he said with a smile: "I hope that the Kwantung Army will send one or two elite divisions over." Do you think, with the artillery fire of the instructor, and so many tanks and armored vehicles, how long can it take to hit Jinan City! By the time the Kwantung Army completes its mobilization and assembles its troops, it will take one to two days at the earliest. By the time they arrived at the city of Jinan, it had already become the world of our Eighth Route Army. Think about it, what will happen to more than a dozen artillery regiments with their muzzles facing them? I see, this Kwantung Army is likely to be a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

A few people laughed.

Mr. Zhu originally had the same idea as Liu Yimin, and did not want to fight a decisive battle with the Yue army in Shandong too early, and his main concern was that the air force of the Yue army would cause too many casualties to the troops. After reading the telegram, I was relieved to see that the air defense brigade's firepower was so fierce and the results were so great, and I made up my mind to ask for the capture of Jinan.

As for Mr. Peng, in history, Yuan Rong, who launched the Battle of the Hundred Regiments and commanded the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, looked at the vicious and tough battles as if he were eating and sleeping, and he couldn't wait to go to Jinan himself to replace Liu Yimin's command, so he naturally resolutely supported the capture of Jinan.

Vice Chairman Zhou also proposed that the war report should be reported to Chiang Kai-shek, and it was best to publish it to the outside world, so as to deter the Japanese army and see if they could block their footsteps outside Wuhan. Even if the order is not, it will also let the people of the whole country cheer up and dilute the sadness of the imminent loss of Wuhan and Guangzhou.

When Mr. Peng said this, Mr. Peng said: "This Chiang Kai-shek, the grand strategy was still talked about in the past, and the specific campaign command was a mess. Look at the Battle of Wuhan, so many soldiers were sacrificed, and in the end they had to evacuate Wuhan. Why didn't he think about using the main force behind enemy lines to fight a war of annihilation? Alas, this Jiang bald head is really the level of the regiment commander! ”

Mr. Zhu said: "The battle of Wuhan has been fought well, the soldiers are very brave, and the command is okay. The key is that he was reluctant to give up a position, and in the end he defended it and lost Wuhan. ”

[***] waved his hand: "Don't talk about Chiang Kai-shek, his set of tactics is destined to go bankrupt." If people lose land, people and land will survive; If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost. He doesn't understand this truth, how can he win! Besides, the Yue army that attacked Wuhan was the elite unit of the Yue army, and its combat effectiveness itself was very strong. Let's study our problems! ”

Several people soon formed a consensus and sent a report approving the capture of Jinan.

Liu Yimin took the telegram and looked at it, only to see that the chairman wrote on the telegram: "Congratulations to the heroic instructor for his great victory in destroying two divisions and capturing three lieutenant generals of the Chinese army!" Judging from the current situation of the enemy and us, the Jinan army will not get strong reinforcements in the short term, and it is indeed a lonely city and a lonely army. It was agreed to launch a campaign to capture Jinan, and instructed Liu and Luo to unify the command of our Shandong troops into battle. The Central Military Commission and the General Headquarters will order all units of the Eighth Route Army to launch offensive operations starting tonight and to plan for the operation of the instructors. In this battle, it is necessary to make careful arrangements, carefully reconnoitre, select the breakthrough point for the siege, concentrate firepower, and break the city in one fell swoop. It is necessary to ensure that the main forces of our army are not subjected to heavy losses after the war. I hope that the heroic and glorious teachers will pass on the good news again and make new and great contributions to the Chinese people's war of resistance against the Japanese! ”

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng wrote in the telegram: "The focus of this battle is the allocation of firepower, and we must concentrate artillery fire on one point in order to break the city in one fell swoop." After opening the gap, the maximum amount of troops should be invested and the breakthrough point should be rapidly expanded. After entering the city, quickly divide and chase the remnants of the enemy, and you can't give the devil a chance to breathe. As long as our army can quickly fight a decisive battle, according to the analysis of the combat habits of the army, it cannot be ruled out that the army will shrink its strength and withdraw from Shandong in the next step. In view of the fact that the air force of the Chinese army poses too great a threat to us, in addition to the surprise attack of the first air group on the airfield of the Shanxi army, the first air force should be ordered to attack the airfields of Beiping and Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, so as to cover the siege operations to the greatest extent. Don't be afraid of sacrifices, all the sacrifices are worth it compared to the recovery of Shandong. ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin thought about it for a while, and felt that the chairman and the boss were very accurate, and they also knew that the instructor had strong firepower, and repeatedly emphasized that the city should be broken in one fell swoop and the battle should be resolved quickly. This is exactly what I think. As long as they can achieve a quick victory, the Kwantung Army, or the puppet army on the front line of Xuzhou, I am afraid that they will obediently stand motionless on their own defense lines, staring at the next move of the instructor with frightened eyes. Perhaps the overall strategy of the Chinese army will change.

Liu Yimin didn't think about it anymore, turned around and shouted: "[***] Wind, record the order!" ”

Feng saluted Liu Yimin, said "yes", picked up the pen and paper, and began to record.

Liu Yimin turned around and stood still in front of the map with his hands behind his back, looked at the map with both eyes, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Launch the order to capture Jinan:

1. Report on the progress of the Battle of Jiaoji Road. After continuous fighting from 7 to 8 November, our army has completely annihilated the main force of the 108th Division and the 33rd Division and the main force of the Jiaoji Road garrison, and captured Lieutenant General Otaka Kamizo, commander of the 12th Army of the Yue Army, Lieutenant General Kuma Shimoto, commander of the 10th 8th Division, and Lieutenant General Shigetaro Ganji, commander of the 33rd Division; eliminated the two flight teams of Xuzhou Camel Mountain Airport and Matoushan Airport, and captured 60 aircraft; Eliminate the group of Japanese planes that went to Weixian and Pingdu to reinforce the 33rd Division, and shot down and destroyed a total of 59 planes. The first and second phases of the entire Jiaoji Road Campaign ended in a complete victory for our army, and the brilliant results were enough to shine in the annals of history. ”

2. Judgment of the hostile situation in Jinan. The defenders of Jinan include the Jinan garrison of the Yue Army, the puppet Shandong Provincial Garrison, and the 34th Division of the Yue Army, which may have rushed to Jinan one step ahead of our army. The total strength is about 20,000 people, and the puppet army is about 2,000 people. It is estimated that there are three possible directions for the army to come to reinforcements, one is to reinforce the Kwantung Army in the south, the second is to shrink the defense lines of western Lu, Hebei and Lubian, southern Hebei, and central Hebei, so as to draw troops to reinforce Jinan, and third, to draw troops from the front line of southern Lunan, southwest Lu or Xuzhou to reinforce Jinan. Among the enemies from which the above may come from, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Kwantung Army and the 14th Division, which may shrink back from the front line of Zhengzhou, are the most ferocious. In addition: In view of the heavy losses of the Shandong Army Air Force, and the aircraft group of the First Flying Regiment of the North China Front Army Air Force, which reinforced Shandong, was almost completely annihilated by our army today, it is judged that on the basis of the above situation, Commanders Liu and Luo decided to concentrate the main forces of the whole division and launch the third phase of the Jiaoji Road Campaign to capture Jinan. The adjustment and deployment are as follows: (1) The Fifth Brigade of the Commander of Hong Chaoyuan and Guo Zihua, the Tai'an Detachment, and the Southeastern Lunan Detachment will form a southern front group to fight against the Xuzhou Front Line and the Lunan Army, and smash their conspiracy to raid the central base areas of Southeast Lu, Lunan, and Yimeng. Hong Chaoyuan is in charge of the operational command, and the guiding ideology is to destroy the enemy's vital forces. (2) The Taixi Group was formed with the Luxi Garrison Brigade and the Taixi Garrison Brigade, under the command of Huang Su, instructor and deputy director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, and Chen Shiqu, commander of the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and commanded the three regiments of the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the three regiments of the Taixi Garrison Brigade, and the Luxi Reading Regiment of the 1st Jiao Brigade that remained in the Tai'an area. The task is to eliminate the 13th Brigade and advance to the Tai'an section of the Jinpu Line, cut off the Jinpu Road, and block the reinforcements of the sluggish Lunan Army to Jinan. (3) The Eighth Brigade moved in the direction of Qingdao, monitored the enemy in Qingdao, captured the surrounding areas of Qingdao, eradicated the puppet forces, focused on capturing the Qingdao airport, and seized its aviation ammunition. (4) Tan Zheng, instructor and deputy political commissar of the Shandong Military Region, Yuan Guoping, political commissar of the Formation and Training Headquarters, and Xu Guangda, commander of the Formation and Training Headquarters, commanded the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Formation and Training Detachment, and the local armed forces and militias in the Luzhong, Qinghe, Jiaolai, and Jiaodong regions, quickly eliminated the remnants of the pseudo-armed forces in the base areas, reorganized the various motley armed forces, and established and perfected local political power. Cooperate with the Logistics Command and the Air Defense Command to complete the tasks of air defense and forward support in the base areas, and provide rear support for the main operations. The military command of the group is under the overall responsibility of Xu Guangda, commander of the Formation and Training Command. (5) The 2nd Teaching Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the 6th Teaching Brigade were left in Hebei and Lubian to form the Jinan Campaign West Group, which was under the unified command of Liu Jianli, commander of the 2nd Teaching Brigade, and Zeng Chunjian, political commissar. The Luxi Garrison Brigade and the Luxi Second Garrison Brigade were used to block the reinforcements of the northern line of the delayed army, and Liu Jianli personally led the main force of the second brigade to attack Jinan from the west, and the primary task was to seize the iron bridge of the Yellow River and capture the Jinan military airport. (6) Feng Dafei led the First Aviation Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to cooperate with the attack on Jinan. Today, it is imperative to take off a bomber formation to carry out intensive bombing of the 34th Division of the Chinese Army reinforcing Jinan from Tai'an, and immediately return to conceal after completing the mission. Ming said that all bombers and cameras were dispatched to carry out surprise attacks on Beiping, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Baoding airfields, and the airfields of the Kwantung Army, completely crippling the North China Front Air Group and inflicting heavy damage on the Kwantung Army Air Force. (7) Liu, Luo, Zeng, and Cai led the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, artillery, cavalry, air defense brigades, and divisional units to form the Jinan Campaign East Attack Group. Zeng Zhongsheng, instructor and chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region, was commanded by the former enemy and launched an attack on the Jinan army. After capturing Jinan, concentrate the main force of the whole division, annihilate the reinforcements of the northern line of the army or the reinforcements of the southern line, and then divide the troops to the south, sweep the army of southern Lunan and recover the whole of Shandong.

4. In order to ensure the capture of Jinan at the minimum cost, all units must do the following: (1) Overcome fatigue and fight continuously. In particular, the 1st Jiao Brigade, the 6th Cavalry Brigade, the 6th Jiao Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Air Defense Brigade, and the divisional units as far away as Weixian and Pingdu should immediately mobilize, carry forward the glorious tradition of our army's continuous operations, and rapidly move in the direction of Jinan. It is necessary to ensure that a general attack on the city of Jinan will be launched tomorrow night. (2) All units and political authorities at all levels should immediately mobilize the villagers to smoke up thick smoke along the road leading to Jinan to cover the rapid march of the troops. (3) After arriving at the attack position, all units must make smoke, make a large number of kites, Kong Ming lanterns, and balloons, and fly them over the battlefield to cover the battlefield. This task was arranged and commanded by Zhou Yi, chief of staff of the First Brigade.

After dictating the order, Liu Yimin asked [***] Feng to immediately take it to Cao Xiangren and order all troops to carry it out, and at the same time report to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, and to Political Commissar Luo, Chief of Staff Zeng, and Director Cai.

(To be continued)