Chapter 787 Warnings

Liu Yimin never dreamed that the Japanese army would set a trap waiting for him.

This time was different from the first time when the morning glory tactic was implemented to go south. At that time, the Japanese heavy army group was hanging behind the buttocks, and it was possible to have an accident. At present, the Japanese Kwantung Army is confronting the Soviet Red Army, the North China side is carrying out a sweep of the Shanxi base areas and the Jinan, Taixi, and Lunan base areas, the Fifth Division, the most elite strategic force of the North China Front, has been transferred to the northeast, and the 11th Army, the most elite of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army, is in the stage of rest and replenishment after the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Suizao. In addition, on the north side of Longhai Road, there are the main activities of Lunan Army, a tutor of the Eighth Route Army commanded by Hong Yuan, and on the south side of Longhai Road, there are detachments of northern Jiangsu and various local guerrilla activities. It should be said that no major move by the Japanese army could escape the eyes of the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, it is not the first time that the Eighth Route Army has crossed the railway, so it can be said that it is easy to control, and there should be no problem.

The most crucial thing is that Liu Yimin has already sent Luo Yan, deputy director of the General Staff Office, chief of the reconnaissance section, and commander of the reconnaissance battalion, to lead the scouts out in advance to the East China Sea section of Longhai Road to investigate. According to Luo Yan's report, the Japanese puppet army on the Longhai Road did not show a large-scale movement, and it seems that it was not aware of our army's movements. In this way, Liu Yimin was completely relieved. Besides, even if the garrison of the Japanese Longhai Line is present, it is simply impossible for the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou and the independent mixed 22nd Brigade and those Manchurian Defense Forces to block the attacks of the 1st Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, and the New 1st Brigade against one point.

That's it, out of caution, Liu Yimin still ordered Hong Yuan to be ready to respond.

The operation of the army is not such a simple matter. In particular, a heavily equipped unit like the 1st Brigade had to build a bridge when it encountered a river, otherwise tanks, cars, and armored vehicles would not be able to cross. Fortunately, Liu Yimin brought a professional engineer regiment with him when he went south, which was to open the way for the troops to build bridges. With the presence of the engineer regiment, plus the engineer battalion of the 1st Brigade of the First Brigade has the equipment to build bridges, and the rivers in northern Jiangsu are all narrow and deep, it is not very difficult to build bridges, and the engineers can basically build bridges quickly to meet the needs of the troops.

Although the Japanese army did not expect Liu Yimin to move so quickly, Liu Yimin stopped in Bancheng for a long time in order to wait for **, Chen Yi, and Huang Kecheng. In this way, the Japanese army had time to move their troops quickly.

It is not very far from Bancheng to Donghai County, only more than 2oo miles. If it is left in the North China Plain, Liu Yimin will lead the guards to ride horses at night, and they can arrive in 1o hours at most, which also includes rest time on the way.

After leaving Bancheng, Liu Yimin was excited, thinking about his own crisscrossing the Jianghuai River, and laying a good foundation for the Suzhou-Anhui border area in advance. With the skills of the two of them, plus the assistance of Huang Kecheng, Zhang Yunyi, Peng Xuefeng, and Zhang Aiping, even if the first and second detachments of the New Fourth Army do not pass Jiang, there should be no big problem. Once the masses in the Suzhou-Anhui border region are mobilized, the main force and local troops can be displayed on a large scale, and perhaps by the time we see each other again, the main force in the Suzhou-Anhui border region will already be organized and trained by more than 100,000 troops. In this way, it is impossible for little Japan not to perish in advance.

Liu Yimin, who was a little excited, galloped all the way, holding a torch in the night, and marched forward with a torch, crossing the flat and fertile fields and crossing streams and rivers along the way. Fortunately, between Bancheng and the East China Sea, it is basically controlled by our army, and I don't worry about the Japanese puppet army intercepting it, and I am tired of running so that the war horses can rest their strength, and at dawn, on the bank of the Rose River north of Shuyang, I caught up with the command organs led by Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng, and ** Feng, as well as the first regiment of baggage, the first regiment of engineers, and the grain convoy.

The cavalry brigade controlled this area, knowing that the army was returning north, and had already set up a pontoon bridge on the Rose River according to Liu Yimin's order, and Liu Yimin and they crossed the Rose River on the pontoon bridge, entered the crystal country in the southern region of Donghai County, and joined the cavalry brigade.

I haven't seen you for a long time, Hu Laohu and Bao Wen are very happy when they see Liu Yimin arrive. Hu Laohu personally led Liu Yimin's war horse, and surrounded by several people, he arrived at the brigade headquarters of the cavalry brigade.

Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, and there were still more than 30 miles away from Longhai Road, Liu Yimin immediately decided to camp in concealment, preparing to wait until it was dark to break through Longhai Road in one go.

The problem of the troops camping is not very big, because there are many villages in this area, and there are many rivers, and the reeds and sorghum fields are all natural shelters, so the baggage regiment and the grain convoy are well hidden, the field hospital is settled, and other personnel can rest in the reed bushes and sorghum fields.

Liu Yimin ordered the radio to be turned on and contacted all units.

The First Brigade and the New First Brigade fought all the way to the Huai River, the farthest distance. Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin reported that the main force had arrived at Ahu Town, and sent a search and reconnaissance in the direction of Longhai Road, and deployed a guard to the east, north, and west.

Hong Yuan reported that the Japanese army, with the 10th Division as the main force, launched a large-scale attack on Xuezhong's department. Yu couldn't resist it, so he asked the division headquarters for help, and sent the new Eighth Brigade to support Yu in the battle according to the order of Political Commissar Luo. He personally led the 4th Brigade and the 1st Field Artillery Regiment of the Artillery Brigade to the border area between Linshu County and Donghai County, and returned to Shandong with the division commander. In addition, the artillery regiment of the New Fourth Brigade and the Fourth Brigade of the Education Brigade control the Maling Mountains, and the Ludongnan Garrison Brigade controls Ganyu County.

Luo Ronghuan's telegram was relatively long, informing the basic situation of the Japanese army's sweep in the Jinan area, the Taixi area, and the southern Lunan area. The most serious situation is naturally in the area around Jinan, where the Jinan Garrison Brigade went-for-tat with the Japanese army, using tunnel warfare, mine warfare and devil fighting. However, the forces dispatched by the little devils are too large, and the Jinan area may fall again on the surface.

After reading Luo Ronghuan's telegram, Liu Yimin seemed to see the scene of the soldiers and civilians fighting against the Japanese in southern Hebei, Taixi, and Lunan in front of his eyes, and he couldn't wait to rush across the Longhai Road to return to Shandong now, and teach the devil a good lesson. But this is a large force operation, and as soon as the morning dawns on, it will be exposed under the plane of the little devils, and no one can afford the loss.

Liu Yimin immediately sent a report to Hong Yuan, asking him to send a reconnaissance company to the area from Niushan Town to Shihu in Donghai County to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The main force must establish a strong position, control the key points, and establish an artillery position after dark, ready to meet the southbound troops to break through the Longhai Road. Particular attention was paid to the preparation of anti-aircraft guns by the field artillery regiment, ready to deal with the Japanese armored patrol vehicles that might arrive suddenly. Then. Liu Yimin ordered Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin to send a reconnaissance company and the second special operations squadron accompanying them to Longhai Road in advance, and to control the railway line between Shihu and Hongzhuang after dark to ensure that the main force passed through quickly.

After waiting for the telegram, Liu Yimin asked Hu Laohu about the enemy's movements on Longhai Road.

Hu Laohu reported that the 23rd Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in the East China Sea had not changed in the slightest, and that the Japanese Army was mainly concentrating on defending along the railway. Moreover, the northern Jiangsu detachment showed an inner line in the puppet army, and the grain of the traitors captured by the cavalry brigade in the Suqian and Shuyang areas was escorted by the third cavalry regiment through the cover of the puppet army's inner line, and quietly crossed the Longhai Road and returned to southeast Lu. If it weren't for waiting for the division commander, he would have been able to return to Shandong a few days ago with the 1st Cavalry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment, and the Brigade Regiment.

There is not much difference between the situation reported by Hu Laohu and the information that Liu Yimin has grasped. Therefore, he didn't ask any more questions, but just told Hu Laohu to send Hu Laohu to lead the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron to control Niushan Town in accordance with the battle plan.

Fearing that Hu Laohu would rely too much on Wang Laohu's No. 1 Special Operations Squadron, Liu Yimin specially told Hu Laohu that he would make a strong offensive deployment, personally go to the front line to find out the enemy's situation, and deploy artillery positions to prevent the little devils from suddenly flanking our army. Because they carried a regiment of baggage and a large number of grain convoys with them, the 1st Brigade and the New 1st Brigade also carried a large amount of grain. This grain must be safely transported back to the Shandong base area, and not a single grain can be lost.

In fact, Liu Yimin's confessions are redundant. Hu Laohu has been in battle for a long time, and is a first-class general in the Eighth Route Army. He will seriously deploy these problems.

Sure enough, Hu Laohu reported his deployment, and he had already sent out the brigade reconnaissance company, and not only closely monitored Niushan Town, but also Haizhou, the county seat of Donghai County, was under the strict surveillance of the reconnaissance company. Every move of the Japanese army in Haizhou City could not escape the eyes of the Eighth Route Army.

After reporting on his deployment, Hu Laohu began to report on the operation of the cavalry brigade to lure the enemy south in the Luxi area.

According to Hu Laohu's report, although the cavalry brigade carried out the tactic of luring the enemy and made full use of the advantage of the cavalry unit's fast mobility in the Luxi operation, it still suffered a lot of casualties in the face of a strong enemy. A group of recruits was replenished in the Luxi area, a supplementary regiment was formed, which is being trained.

When he said this, Hu Laohu couldn't help but scold the little devil for getting more and more stingy, there are fewer and fewer war horses in various troops, and there is no army horse farm in Shandong, and there are many soldiers, but there is a lack of war horses.

What Hu Laohu said is indeed a problem, war horses are not as good as others, and they are also of military age. Horses with long military experience must be retired, otherwise they will affect their sprint and endurance. Cavalry, refers to the war horse, if the degree and endurance cannot be improved, the mobility ability will be greatly reduced, which will also affect the combat effectiveness.

Liu Yimin instructed Hu Laohu that after returning to Shandong, he should ask the central authorities for instructions to see if the cavalry brigade could transfer a batch of war horses to the military horse farm left in Yulin. It really can't be done, he has to personally lead the special combat team to get a batch of war horses for the cavalry brigade.

As soon as Hu Laohu heard this, he said that the key was to find the cavalry units of the Japanese army, as long as they were found, where the division commander was needed, and the cavalry brigade would be able to do this kind of thing.

After the work report was finished, Liu Yimin pulled Zhang Weixi at Hu Laohu's temporary brigade headquarters, lay down and fell asleep.

Liu Yimin slept until more than ten o'clock in the morning. After getting up, he washed his face and went to the sapper regiment. There are many rivers in this area, large troops move, and it is necessary to be cautious and cautious, and you can't just rely on the existing bridges, and it is the safest to take pontoon bridges to advance in multiple ways at critical times.

After seeing the situation of the first engineer regiment, Liu Yimin was relieved. He asked the 1st Engineer Regiment to advance in the direction of Longhai Road in concealment, divide the battalion into three echelons, do a good job of vigilance, and start building bridges now. As soon as it gets dark, the troops start moving, making sure that they don't delay things.

Coming out of the engineering regiment, Liu Yimin suddenly remembered that this is the famous crystal town, and the raw materials of the crystal coffin are taken from here. It is said that this Donghai County should be a very good economic place.

During this time, Liu Yimin waited in seclusion in northeast Anhui, and in his spare time, he studied the economic geography of northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and knew that in 1936, Jiangsu Province once divided the counties of the province into six grades according to area, population, culture and education, and economic conditions. One of the special counties is Zhenjiang County; There are eight first-class counties, namely Wujin County, Wuxi County, Wu County, Songjiang County, Jiangdu County, Nantong County, Tongshan County, and Chongming County; There are 19 second-class counties, namely Jiangning County, Danyang County, Jiangyin County, Yixing County, Changshu County, Wujiang County, Kunshan County, Shanghai County, Qingpu County, Rugao County, Taixing County, Dongtai County, Huaiyin County, Donghai County, Guanyun County, Suqian County, Pi County, Suining County and Xiao County. There are 22 third-class counties, namely Baoshan County, Jintan County, Liyang County, Taicang County, Jinshan County, Fengxian County, Nanhui County, Chuansha County, Jiading County, Gaoyou County, Jiangpu County, Baoying County, Haimen County, Xinghua County, Tai County, Huai'an County, Yancheng County, Funing County, Lianshui County, Ganyu County, Shuyang County, and Siyang County. six fourth-class counties, namely Jurong County, Lishui County, Jingjiang County, Yizheng County, Dangshan County, and Feng County; There are five counties in the first class (outside the fourth class), namely ** County, Gaochun County, Yangzhong County, Pei County, and Qidong County.

In this, not to mention Zhenjiang County, a first-class county, it is a first-class wealthy county. There are only two of the eight first-class counties in Jiangbei, one is Nantong County at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the other is Tongshan County near Xuzhou. Among the 19 second-class counties, six counties were selected in northern Jiangsu, including Donghai County, Guanyun County, Suqian County, Pi County, Suining County, and Xiao County. It shows that the economy of northern Jiangsu was still okay before the war. It's a pity that the little devil fought in Xuzhou, which ruined the relatively rich ground in northern Jiangsu.

Liu Yimin doesn't have time to do more emotion, he has a lot of things!

At this time, it is the height of summer, and the sky is very long. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, all the units of the Eighth Route Army's northward return unit had eaten well and were ready to leave. At this time, a Japanese machine suddenly appeared in the sky and rushed towards Dong Zhuang, where Hu Laohu's headquarters was located. The bombs blew up the village in flames and smoke.

The Japanese plane came so suddenly that the prevention and control guard posts of the Eighth Route Army had no time to react. At the same time, because of the operational intent to covertly break through the Longhai Road, there was no order to shoot at the air, and all units could not shoot at will.

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