After issuing the operational order to capture Jinan, Liu Yimin told Cao Xiangren to closely monitor the movements of the Yue army, and explained that [***] Feng collected the progress of our army in a timely manner, and slept on the marching bed in the office of Yuan Xiongmi in Shihu Garden for a while.

There is no way, planning and directing such a big battle, hard work and hard work, even if Liu Yimin's physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people, it is extremely sleepy.

Unexpectedly, this sleep actually fell asleep. When I woke up, it was almost dark. When I opened my eyes, Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong were sitting in the room looking at themselves. Liu Yimin hurriedly got up from the bed, opened his mouth and asked why he arrived so quickly, didn't he say that he was marching at night?

Cai Zhong interjected: "You're going to Jinan, can we still stay in Jingzhi Town?" Fortunately, there was smoke everywhere along the way, which completely covered the troops, and it was very safe to march quickly. Hurry up, hurry up, finally catch up. ”

Liu Yimin glanced at the two of them, and saw that the two of them were clean in military uniforms, and there were no traces of smoke on their faces, knowing that they had been there for a while and had already washed their faces. You must know that Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong are both old Red Army political work cadres, with a rigorous style and a very careful military appearance. This long-distance march should be dusty and dusty.

Luo Ronghuan asked Liu Yimin to wash his face quickly, eat a mouthful of food, and then touch the enemy situation together.

The division headquarters arrived, and the guard regiment naturally arrived. Seeing Liu Yimin wake up, Li Chengyi, the head of the guard regiment, went to bring the washing water and dinner.

Liu Yimin simply washed his face and beckoned Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong to eat together.

Luo Ronghuan smiled and said, "You don't care about us, eat quickly, there's something to do after eating!" ”

Liu Yimin sat down to eat.

Seeing that there was a bowl of noodles in the meal served by Li Chengyi, and the soup was filled with bright red spicy oil and green green onions, Liu Yimin couldn't help but ask: "Why did Tang Xingying come, didn't she stay in the big store?" ”

Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong were both stunned, and then laughed. After laughing, Luo Ronghuan said, "I said what are you putting in your head?" A bowl of noodles can remind you of your wife. Tell you, Tang Xingying didn't come, it was Director Cai who specially went to the restaurant to serve you noodles and spicy oil, saying that he wanted to comfort the heroes who won the big battle. Have we been together for so long that we still don't know your habits? You have to come to Tang Xingying to get a delicious meal? ”

Cai Zhong also joked on the side: "Heavy color and light friends, heavy color and light friends!" Outright heavy color light friend! Comrade brother, this is unacceptable! ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he smiled, stopped talking, buried his head in eating, and soon his face was covered with hot sweat.

After eating, Liu Yimin said with satisfaction: "This noodle, add some green onion to make it fresh, and add some vinegar and oily spicy seeds, it tastes like Qishan whistle noodles in Shaanxi, delicious!" ”

After Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong arrived at the division headquarters, they saw that Liu Yimin was asleep, did not disturb him, and asked the troops to report the progress. Seeing that Liu Yimin finished eating, he didn't have time to listen to him ask about the food, so he pulled him and began to report the enemy's situation.

According to the reports of various units, there are five main changes in the enemy situation: First, the 34 th Division of the Chinese Army stationed in Tai'an rushed to Jinan in several directions in the afternoon, and on the way it was attacked by a large group of our air force, suffering heavy casualties; Second, the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade stationed in Dongping abandoned Dongping and retreated in the direction of Tai'an, and our Taixi Group was blocking and tailing the enemy, delaying the enemy's advance. Third, the puppet army in Xuzhou and the puppet army on the front line of Yanzhou launched a multi-pronged attack on Lunan and southeast Lunan, and after being blocked by our Lunan group on all fronts, the enemy's offensive slowed down. The enemy had planes from Xuzhou airfield to provide air cover. Fourth, the planes of the Chinese army have resumed aerial reconnaissance and blockade of Shandong, and the 1st Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has returned to the airfield after completing its bombing of the 34 th Division. The plane then dispatched a fighter formation to provide air cover for the retreating troops of the 34th Division and the 3rd Brigade of the Reading Mixed Formation, and our air force had no chance of expanding the results of the battle. Fifth, two hours ago, a large number of fighter planes flew from Qingdao to Jinan, and according to the report of the air defense brigade, the scale of these fighters is huge, and there should be more than 100 of them. However, according to the Luxi Group, the fighters then flew north from Jinan Airport.

On the part of our army, in addition to the Lunan Group and the Taixi Group engaged fire with the enemy, the 1st Brigade, the 6th Cavalry Brigade, and the 6th Brigade continued to advance westward after returning to Weixian with the help of smoke cover. The 3rd, 4th, and 7th Brigades led by Chief of Staff Zeng have already taken control of Zhoucun and Zhangdian, and strict secrecy measures have been implemented along the way. The Luxi group is expected to arrive near Jinpu Road tonight and can launch an attack at any time.

In the end, Luo Ronghuan said that because the troops strictly carried out the order to smoke and cover the march, the Chinese army did not discover that our main force was advancing towards Jinan, otherwise, the Japanese army would have concentrated its forces to carry out air strikes against us.

After listening to Luo Ronghuan's briefing, Liu Yimin read the reports of various units again, and after a little thought, he said to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong: "Political commissar, Director Cai, it seems that the army has adjusted the commander of the 12th Army. The fighter group that flew from Qingdao should have arrived from the mainland, and its mission was to escort Terauchi Shouichi and the new commander of the 12th Army, and second, to strengthen the North China Front Air Group and find and destroy our air brigade. It is a little more than 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo to Qingdao, and Terauchi Shouichi departed from Tokyo to the Sasebo base for transit, calculating the time, he should have returned to North China. ”

Luo Ronghuan nodded: "It should be like this." We have successively inflicted heavy losses on the military aircraft group, and the Qingdao airport has already been empty, and even if the Kwantung Army Aviation Group enters the customs for reinforcements, it is impossible to deploy so many fighters in Qingdao. Moreover, these planes did not stay long in Jinan, and flew directly to the north, so it should be said that they escorted Terauchi Shouichi back to Beiping. ”

Cai Zhong couldn't help but sigh: "The dog said that Terauchi Shouichi is too cunning, if he lives in Jinan tonight, we can order Liu Jianli to launch an attack overnight, first take the Jinan Airport of the little devil, leave Terauchi Shouichi in Jinan, capture him or kill him." If he runs away, if he wants to catch him again, he won't know that it is the Year of the Monkey. ”

Liu Yimin turned around and walked to the map hanging on the wall, looked at it intently for a long time, sighed, turned to Cai Zhong and said, "Director Cai, send a report to Feng Dafei to cancel the mission of attacking the airfields of the military tomorrow." A report was sent to the headquarters to cancel the mission of the Second Aviation Brigade to attack the airfields of the Shanxi Army tomorrow. A report was sent to Huang Su and Chen Shiqu, and the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade continued to implement the method of blocking and attacking, focusing on the elimination of the rearguard units of the Yue Army. Particular attention should be paid not to allow the troops to suffer excessive losses. If the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Formation breaks through the blockade of our army under the cover of aircraft and escapes back to Tai'an, it is necessary to decisively cut off the communication from Tai'an to Jinan and Tai'an to Yanzhou, trap it in Tai'an, and after the main force completes the Jinan Campaign, go south to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. ”

Cai Zhong muttered: "This unlucky guy Terauchi Shouichi came back at this time, otherwise, after the air attack of our aviation brigade is carried out, there will be no shadow of the aircraft in the sky in North China." ”

Luo Ronghuan was also a little regretful, such a loyal person, he couldn't help but scold: "Shouichi in the temple, this bastard, is extremely cunning." He had suffered so much that he had already become a frightened rabbit. It is necessary to order the cancellation of the Ming Dynasty's sneak attack on the military airfield in North China, and with so many fighters coming from the little devils, Shouichi Terauchi will not think about how to trick our air brigade into bombing and then destroying our fighters in one fell swoop. It's not a big mistake to be careful, let the aviation brigade hide first, and then concentrate on cleaning up the devil's aviation after the Jinan Campaign. ”

Cai Zhong reminded: "In any case, as soon as Terauchi Shou returned, the North China Army resumed its unified leadership, and with the large number of fighters from the Kwantung Army and domestic reinforcements, the difficulty of the Jinan Campaign was greatly increased. We must fully consider this when considering operational deployment. You can't expose your troops to the bombs of the plane. Jinan City fought early and 10,000 fights, but the troops must not be disabled. ”

Liu Yimin nodded and said in a deep voice: "What if Shouichi in the temple comes back?" He can't save the fate of the Jinan army, he is here to send us guns, artillery and military exploits! Ordered all troops to speed up the march tonight, that is, to exhaust the war horses to death, and the horses' heads should also be in the direction of Jinan. Before noon, the whole army must arrive at the designated position and then move to concealment and recuperate. Tomorrow night, he launched a full-front attack on Jinan and broke the city in a battle. Inform Chief of Staff Zeng and Liu Jianli that the siege plan must be meticulous and the attack route of each unit must be clearly divided. In particular, the location of the artillery brigade must be selected accurately. We have a Jinan city defense map drawn by the Jinan Working Committee, and Wang Laohu and they have conducted a detailed reconnaissance in Jinan City, and this Jinan City is transparent to us. The division headquarters immediately set off and rushed to the front line by car to meet Chief of Staff Zeng. ”

This is not Liu Yimin's arrogance, but the general trend. At this time in the war, the elite divisions of the Yue army were thousands of miles away, and the Yue army that remained around Shandong were all garrison divisions, and most of these garrison divisions and regiments were scattered, even if they ordered to concentrate their troops, they could not be concentrated in a moment or three. When they gathered and rushed to the battlefield in Jinan, hehe, I'm afraid that the Eighth Route Army had already taken Jinan.

Liu Yimin was sure that everything was in his heart, and he knew that there would never be any major accidents, and the army would not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army from capturing Jinan even if it tried all means.

Cai Zhong went to send a report, and Luo Ronghuan said to Liu Yimin, [***] The communication and liaison group is about to arrive, and how to place them must be seriously considered, and they can't simply be thrown to the Ministry of Security, which will cause problems.

Liu Yimin thought for a while and said: "Those who can go to the front line to fight devils are all good sons and daughters and good soldiers. Although Chiang Kai-shek sent a communications and liaison group with the intention of monitoring our army, it was mainly for the convenience of liaison and the convenience of unified command. When they come, they will choose a cadre from the outer circle and the inner square to serve as their liaison, and the principle is to take care of their daily life as much as possible, and to report to the national government in a timely manner, and to keep the secrets of our army strictly confidential. Chiang Kai-shek's telegram orders must be carried out as long as they conform to the spirit of unity and resistance and can be realized by our army through struggle. Ignore orders that are unrealistic or detrimental to the development of our army. In addition, they are only a communication and liaison group, and their task is to communicate the contacts between our army and the high command, and they cannot meddle in any affairs between our army and Shandong. ”

While the two of them were talking, Cai Zhong came back after sending a telegram and reminded Liu Yimin: "They came with Comrade Ni Hua, what if they move around under the banner of Ni Hua?" Everyone at home and abroad knows that Ni Hua is your wife, and the soldiers also know it. In case the communication and liaison group was operating under the banner of Ni Hua, things would be really troublesome. There is another problem, after we conquer Jinan, we will definitely have to unify the power in Shandong, but Chiang Kai-shek has appointed the chairman of Shandong Province, and Shen Honglie is now a guerrilla in the southwestern part of Shandong. If he proposes to come to Jinan, or to Luzhong, to exercise the power of Shandong Province's political axe, then what should we do? ”

As soon as he talked about this problem, Liu Yimin had a headache, and what he was most upset about was that his pure feelings were mixed with political factors. Therefore, after listening to Cai Zhong's words, Liu Yimin said directly: "Ni Hua has been tested in the United States and is a loyal fighter. Without her, where would we have the basis for developing the military industry in Shaanxi? Without her, would our air force be able to find six retired US military flight instructors and 30 returned overseas Chinese pilots? Look at the records created by David and Xue Junmin, aren't these enough to offset the comrades' misunderstanding of Ni Hua? Looking at Ni Hua, we must first think that she is our comrade-in-arms, a loyal soldier who has made great contributions, and the vice president of the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army and the vice president of the Division Field Hospital. Don't think of her as soon as you mention her, she is a relative of Song Meiling and my wife. Song Qingling is Song Meiling's sister, can she and Song Meiling draw a line? Even if it is Song Meiling, she is now wholeheartedly resisting, and she is working hard for the country and the nation! When Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling tore their faces with us and openly opposed [***] and the Eighth Route Army, let's see if Ni Hua can stand firm and break with them. The last chairman of this matter has already severely criticized us, and we must learn a lesson! You have to believe in Ni Hua's wisdom, she will not be used as a gun by others. ”

It may be that Liu Yimin was a little excited, and he was a little anxious, Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong were silent.

Liu Yimin continued: "As for Shen Honglie's question, as long as he persists in the War of Resistance and is willing to cooperate with our party and army, we welcome him to our base area. His Shandong Provincial Political Axe can also be set up in our base area. However, the grass-roots political power at all levels must be the anti-Ming boil regime led by our party and our army, and village heads, district heads, county heads, and commissioners must be elected by Ming Cook. If he takes the opportunity to mistreat us, I'm sorry, send him to Yucheng, and we will elect Shandong Province to resist the Ming Dynasty and cook the political axe. ”

With a big war just around the corner, and about to set off on the front line, discussing these issues can easily cause mood swings. After Liu Yimin finished speaking, Luo Ronghuan hurriedly cut him off and said: "Don't talk about this problem anymore, when we hit Jinan, we will study it slowly, and we can always find a solution to the problem." Division, let's go! I'm going to have to travel all night tonight! ”

is about to leave Weixian, Liu Yimin thinks about one more thing he hasn't done, that is, he hasn't seen the two guys Ozaka Kamizo and Ganji Jutaro!

In Liu Yimin's mind, the capture of three devil lieutenant generals in the second phase of the Jiaoji Road Campaign, which was a major event, should be capitalized and written in history in the future. If you just hand over the three enemy chieftains of Odaka Kamizo, Shimomoto Kumaya, and Ganji Jutaro to the national government axe in such a daze, I am afraid that I will regret it in the future.

In any case, he is the planner and commander of this battle. If you don't see these three guys, look at their faces and performances, and let Jingjing and them come to take pictures and interviews, and leave historical witnesses, it is impossible to say no matter what.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin said to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong: "Don't be in a hurry, there is one more thing, I will leave after I finish it." Li Chengyi! ”

Li Chengyi, who was outside the door, immediately shouted "arrived" and pushed the door and walked in.

Liu Yimin saw that Li Chengyi was full of spirit and the report was loud and powerful, and his mood was a little better, so he ordered: "Inform Wang Laohu, ask him to send Ogaka Kamizo, Shimoto Kumaya, and Ganji Jutaro over quickly." Comrade An Jingjing was informed and asked her to bring a few reporters over and tell her that she was covering the three lieutenant generals who had been captured by the Japanese army. ”

Li Chengyi said yes and walked out.

Luo Ronghuan smiled: "Are you going to offer a treasure?" ”

Liu Yimin also smiled: "Political Commissar, Director Cai, this Gao Guizang's landline is intact, and we just have four pilots who are still here after parachuting and being rescued." I want to send these three devil lieutenant generals back to Shaanxi early tomorrow morning, and let Vice Chairman Zhou and them take them to Yucheng for a public trial. These three guys are leaving, so I'm going to have to meet them. lest they lose willingly. ”

Cai Zhong has now seen Liu Yimin thoroughly. This guy, everything else is fine, but he can't mention Ni Hua's question. As soon as Ni Hua is mentioned, he is easy to get anxious and catch who to quarrel with. Just think about it, the matter between men and women, even fathers and sons, brothers can't say clearly, so he can only wait for him to deal with it slowly. I believe that with Liu Yimin's ability, he will also handle it.

After thinking clearly, Cai Zhong pulled Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan to sit down, poured three glasses of water himself, and gave Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan a cup, and the three of them held the teacup and drank the tea, waiting for Wang Laohu and Jingjing to arrive.

Wang Laohu and the reporters came together.

Jingjing, this girl, deserves to be a news reporter. As soon as she arrived in Weicheng, she first ran to find Wang Laohu, pestering Wang Laohu, saying that she was going to go to the front line in Jinan with the division, and it was dark that she couldn't take pictures, and finally caught the three devil lieutenant generals.

Wang Laohu thought about this reason, so he slipped Ogaka Kamizo, Shimoto Kumaya, and Ganji Jutaro into the courtyard and asked Jingjing to take pictures of them.

These three old devils are all well-informed, and when they see the reporter's camera, they don't know where they want to embarrass them, and they don't cooperate at all.

This was difficult for Wang Laohu, he thought of a way, first unloaded the joints of the arms and legs of the three old devils, and then fixed them to the wooden chair, and helped Jingjing complete the task.

(To be continued)