When they received the contents of the letter from Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan were holding a cadre meeting.

After reading the content of the telegram, Liu Yimin's heart was like eating a fly, and he was disgusted. After handing the telegram to Luo Ronghuan, he ran to the side and spit out twice, so that he could feel better.

When I returned to the venue, I saw that the cadres had already quarreled, scolding their mothers, slapping the table, and all kinds of things. Liu Yimin waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "Terauchi Shouichi This is a delaying tactic, in a vain attempt to use negotiations to paralyze us and cover his military operations on the Shanxi and Jinpu lines. After he has achieved the campaign objectives on the Shanxi and Jinpu lines, he will concentrate heavy troops to clean us up. This old devil's abacus is shocking, but it's a pity that he underestimated our army and me, Liu Yimin. I am a soldier of the Anti-Japanese Resistance, and without the explicit authorization of the Central Committee and the National Political Axe, negotiating with him is tantamount to being a Han annihilation! Shouichi Terauchi is insulting me, insulting our hero's mentor! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yimin's eyes were full of determination, and when he remembered his original ambition to completely defeat the invaders with the strength of the Chinese, he felt that he was full of strength, and then said: "Since the reorganization of the Xiangjiang River, although our army has developed too fast, all the soldiers it has absorbed are elite soldiers of a hundred battles. After several years of study, education and training, it has long been integrated. Any ordinary soldier of ours can go to other units to be a squad leader or platoon leader. Our cadres have all gone through the rotational training of the teaching team, and if they find a squad leader, they can go to the newly formed unit to become a company commander, and there is no problem in raising a guerrilla unit. Since the beginning of the war of resistance, our army has won successive battles, updated its weapons and equipment, and its morale is high. It can be said that looking at the whole of China, there is no unit that can compare with us in terms of combat effectiveness. We are a well-deserved first-class main force of resistance! In the absence of planes and warships, they are not our opponents with the same strength! ”

When the cadres heard the division commander say this, they knew that the division commander must have made a big decision. Sure enough, Liu Yimin's words changed sharply and said loudly: "At the critical moment of the life and death of the Chinese nation, our instructor must be the mainstay of the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and we must be the vanguard on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and we cannot be turtles with shrunken heads because of the bombing of the army." At present, the most urgent task is to break the blockade of southern Hebei by the devils by using the lines of communication, to completely destroy the blockade of the Deshi line and the Cangshi road of the devils, and to destroy the blockade of the Handji highway in the southern part of the southern Hebei region, so as to unite central Hebei, southern Hebei, western Hebei, and southwestern Shandong, and expand the strategic depth of our army. The specific method is that tonight, our army will tear a hole in the Deshi Line and march to the Cangshi Road, creating a situation in which the main force of our army wants to reoccupy Jizhong and threaten Pingjin, forcing Shouyi Terauchi to automatically withdraw the Deshi Line and Cangshi Road, and return to the division to hold the Pingjin area. After that, the main force of our army turned around and went south in concealment, directly attacking the Handji Highway, and completely destroying the devil's defense line on the Handji Highway. In this way, the army was prompted to concentrate its forces to hold the Pinghan line, the Jinpu line, and the Pingjin area. The living conditions of our army have been greatly improved, and even if the heavy army group comes to attack, we will have enough strategic room for maneuver, and we can completely preset the battlefield, break the enemy all the way, and defeat its heavy encirclement and suppression! ”

Liu Yimin was a little excited as he spoke, and shouted loudly: "Isn't the army very capable of fighting? Didn't they blow up our Comrade Li Yimo? I want it to pay more casualties, and let them die for my Comrade Li Yimo with 5, 10, 20, 100 generals! ”

As soon as Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin was excited, he was afraid that he would make an irrational combat deployment under impulse, causing greater losses, so he coughed and shouted: "Guard, bring a glass of water to the division commander!" ”

Huang Wenhu hurriedly walked in with water, Liu Yimin took a sip, glanced at Luo Ronghuan, adjusted his mood, and then said slowly: "Of course, the chairman said that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." As the largest strategic bloc in our army, we must be cautious in every step of our action. At present, the combined fleet of the Chinese army is still parked in the Bohai Bay, and their powerful carrier-based aircraft and the air regiment of the Chinese army in North China have become a great enemy restricting the movement of our army. We can't go head-to-head with the devils, in that case, the losses will be even greater. Therefore, we need to fight skillfully, control the scale of the battle, and move the enemy for the purpose of mobilizing the enemy. As long as the devil realizes that the main force of our army is going to attack Tianjin and Beiping again, we can make Terauchi Shouichi withdraw his troops in a hurry to protect his lair. So as to restore the base area in Jizhong. Therefore, I order: 1. Deputy Chief of Staff Qian immediately telegraphed to Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng that the Western Front Group would launch an attack at Shulu and Hengshuijian at 12 o'clock tonight to contain the Yue Army and cover the main movement of our Eastern Front. It must be made clear on the telegram that it is only containment and cover, not a forcible attack. At the same time, Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng were ordered to unify the command of our army to fight in southern Hebei and western Luxi to ensure the safety of the base area during the period when the main force was moving north. 2. Telegram to the chairman, requesting that the First and Second Air Brigades of the Eighth Route Army be ordered to attack the Taiyuan airfield tomorrow morning and destroy it. After succeeding, he immediately destroyed the Shijiazhuang Airport of the Yuejun Army. After completing the mission, they should quickly return to the house and conceal themselves, and they must not arbitrarily expand the scope of the air attack, so as not to be overtaken by the fighters of other airfields of the Chinese army. The purpose of the air raid on the airfield was to divert the attention of the military air force and make them understand that Lao Tzu also had an air force, and that it was the air force that had completely annihilated the North China Air Force twice, so that they would not dare to bomb our army and base areas on a large scale. 3. Order Hong Chaoyuan to command the Fifth Brigade of Jiao, seize the time, reorganize all the local armed forces in Luxi, restore and organize the anti-Japanese regime in the area around Liaocheng, and strictly prevent the sneak attack of the Yue army from the Jinpu line. Chen Dayong was ordered to command all the armed forces of the Southern Hebei Military Region to guard the Pinghan Line and the Handan Highway to strictly prevent the enemy's sneak attack. At the same time, it is necessary to quickly mobilize the masses and do a good job of air defense concealment. 4. Order Zhang Haitao's eastward column, which is preparing to cross the Jinpu Road, to destroy the Jinpu Railway Bridge tonight and prevent the Shandong Army Heavy Army Group from pursuing our army northward. Fifth, the Eastern Front Group quickly moved to the area between Qinglan and Wang Tong, and launched an attack at one o'clock in the night. Li Chang, commander of the artillery brigade, commanded the artillery of the whole group in a unified manner and tore open his mouth. The 1st Brigade was the vanguard, the 2nd and 3rd Brigades were the left and right flanks, the cavalry brigade served as the rearguard, and the whole army broke through the German-stone line. 6. After breaking through the Deshi line, the whole army no longer attacked the county seat that the army was holding, and advanced in a concealed and rapid manner, crossing Jingxian and resting between Fucheng and Botou. Tomorrow night, break through the Cangshi Road and continue north, into the Hejian and Xian County areas. The troops are deployed here to eliminate all pseudo-armed forces and determine the next step according to the movements of the army. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yimin drank saliva, looked at the cadres who were immersed in recording, and said: "This operation, saying that it is to fight a clever battle, is to convince the army that the purpose of our army is not to restore Jizhong, nor to encircle and annihilate the enemy's heavy army group, but to repeat the old tricks, taking advantage of the emptiness of the army's troops in the Pingjin area, to attack Beiping and Tianjin for thousands of miles. For this reason, the whole army must be disguised as an army, and from the beginning of the operation, it must act quickly and concentrate firepower, destroy the enemy in front of it in the shortest possible time, and not get too entangled with the enemy, and go north wholeheartedly. Let the enemy repeatedly have the illusion, and finally withdraw the troops to return the visit. Of course, if the enemy doesn't defend back, I don't mind taking advantage of the situation to take Tianjin again, or even directly attack Beiping, and sit down with General Terauchi Shouichi to play a game of Go to see if my chess skills are high or his kung fu is deep. ”

At this point, the audience burst into laughter, and the dull atmosphere brought about by the army's air raid and Li Yimo's sacrifice was swept away.

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, in view of the time constraints, he ordered the troops to take immediate action.

On this night, the Tokushi line was very lively. First of all, the puppet army communication soldiers rode horses and shouted hoarsely that the imperial army was willing to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army, and then at 12 o'clock in the night, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched a surprise attack in the Wangjiajing area between Shulu and Hengshui.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army once controlled the Deshi Railway near Wangjiajing, and relied on the railway to block the Yue army that came to reinforce the attack.

At one o'clock in the evening, with Li Chang's order, the instructor's artillery group launched a cluster artillery bombardment on the Deshi Railway devil defense line between Qinglan and Wang Tong in the south of Jingxian County, and the commander of the devil garrison only had time to shout on the phone, "The Eighth Route Army's large-scale artillery bombardment position", and then reported to Amaterasu.

After the shelling, Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin commanded the main force of the 1st Brigade to break through the Deshi Road under the guidance of tanks and armored vehicles, and to attack the east and west sides of the breakthrough, covering the large forces swarming in and advancing rapidly to the north.

After Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division of the Devils, learned that the Eighth Route Army had launched a surprise attack near Wangjiajing on the Deshi Line, he reported to the North China Front Command and strictly ordered the defenders to hold on, and quickly urged reinforcements to reinforce the army.

At this time, Lieutenant General Komatsubara Michitaro still had a trace of excitement in his heart, last night, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army received the Jizhong troops to break through, not only rescued the besieged Jizhong resistance forces, but also severely damaged the imperial army. This is simply a disgrace to the Imperial Army! According to Komatsubara Michitaro's temper, it was to immediately wave his army to catch up and completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army instructor and the Jizhong resistance forces that escaped from the encirclement. It seems that General Terauchi Shouichi was broken by the jade shattering of the 21st Division and the 4th Brigade of the Reading Force.

Now, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army dares to bully the door, it is simply the 23rd Division as the 21st Division, and if the instructor is not defeated, they don't know how the Kumamoto soldier's name of being the first in the world came about!

Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara made up his mind to destroy the main force of the instructor on this Tokushi Road. Unfortunately, the instructor's firepower was too strong, and the defenders were quickly engulfed in artillery fire, and by the time Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara mobilized the main force to the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army had already captured the Deshi Railway near Wangjiajing. Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara had no choice but to command his troops to fight with the Eighth Route Army for control of the railway. When the two sides were fighting fiercely, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara received a report from the defenders of the 24th Division in the eastern section of the Tokushi Road that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had broken through the Tokushi Road.

Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara, I don't understand what kind of organization this Eighth Route Army instructor is, looking at the intensity of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire near Wangjiajing, there are two regiments, not including mortars, infantry guns, and grenadiers, and none of the group armies of the Chinese Political Axe Army may have such powerful firepower, why did the 24th Division report that the main force of the Eighth Route Army instructor broke through the imperial army's position in the eastern section of the Deshi Road?

Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara, who could not figure it out, had to urgently report to the North China Front Command again and order the troops to intensify their offensive. Now he no longer wants to completely annihilate the enemy in front of him, but only wants to recapture the position occupied by the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and then quickly divide his troops to pursue another unit of the Eighth Route Army that broke through the eastern section of Deshi Road.

Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara's idea was very good, but it was a pity that he waved his main force to attack several times, and the positions of the Eighth Route Army were as stable as Mount Tai. In desperation, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara sacrificed his magic weapon and ordered the poison gas to be used. At this time, the Eighth Route Army finally withdrew from the railway line, and the army successfully restored its position.

What made Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara extremely depressed was that this cunning Eighth Route Army was the same as last night, when the imperial soldiers attacked the railway, there was also an artillery covering, and the imperial soldiers who were directly bombed cried for their fathers and mothers.

Looking at the dark night where the figure of the Eighth Route Army was hidden, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara wanted to cry without tears, and had to report to the North China Front Headquarters: "Although the attack of the Eighth Route Army was repulsed, our department suffered great losses and needed to rest and replenish its troops. ”

After General Terauchi sent out a radio to negotiate with Liu Yimin, he felt that he had finally found a way to resolve the contradiction between strategic operations and public order and rectification operations, and he was happy and went to rest early.

Just after 12 o'clock at night, General Terauchi Shouichi was woken up by Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe. Looking at the telegram of Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara, General Terauchi Shouichi felt that this guy was simply making a fuss, the Imperial Army Air Force bombed southern Hebei like that, and killed Liu Yimin's air defense brigade commander, if they didn't attack and retaliate, it wouldn't be Liu Yimin's troops. Therefore, General Terauchi Shouichi asked Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to order Lieutenant General Komatsubara Michitaro to resolutely resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and he still fell asleep.

At two o'clock in the evening, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo woke up General Toshiichi Terauchi again and reported the news that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had broken through the Tokushi line.

General Terauchi Shouichi didn't dare to sleep anymore this time, so he hurriedly got up and went to the war room to ask Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to report the situation in detail.

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo hurriedly explained the situation of the collected reports of various troops, and Terauchi Shouichi inquired in detail about the strength and firepower of the Eighth Route Army in Wangjiajing and Qinglan. With this question, General Terauchi wanted to slap others again. Because the report of Lieutenant General Komatsubara Michitaro in the direction of Wangjiajing was still relatively detailed, saying that the Eighth Route Army had two regiments of artillery and extremely powerful firepower. The report in the direction of Qinglan in the eastern section of Deshi Road is vague, because the defenders only had time to report a "large-scale artillery bombardment of Deshi Road by the Eighth Route Army", and when the reinforcements arrived, in addition to the bombed mess position, it was the corpse of the imperial soldiers, and they did not directly see the troops of the Eighth Route Army, so there was no way to report the strength and firepower. However, as can be seen from the rut prints, the force was armed with tanks, armored vehicles and a large number of vehicles, as well as a large number of cavalry.

Neither Terauchi Shouichi nor Okabe Naosaburo were ordinary soldiers, and they immediately judged that the battle near Wangjiajing was a feint in order to cover the movement of the eastern section of the Tokushi Road.

Terauchi Shouichi now has a clear understanding of the strength of Liu Yimin's tutor, and he realizes that the Eighth Route Army that broke through the Deshi Road may be the real main force of Liu Yimin's tutor. Needless to say, which tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles came from the Tianjin munitions warehouse. With this clue, Terauchi Shouichi finally understood a little bit why the 21st Division and the 4th Brigade were mixed into the Reading Power Regiment to shatter so quickly.

Shouichi Terauchi couldn't sit still, he wanted to figure out what Liu Yiming wanted to do when he crossed Deshi Road. He immediately ordered Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to immediately inquire about the defenders of Cangshi Road to see if the Eighth Route Army would attack Cangshi Road, and after receiving the reply that the Eighth Route Army did not attack Cangshi Road, Terauchi Shouichi had an idea, if only Liu Yiming could be concentrated and annihilated in the area between Cangshi Road and Deshi Road. This is a large plain with a flat river, and the two traffic arteries are natural barriers, as long as the Cangshi Road and the Deshi Road are guarded, Liu Yimin has nowhere to escape, and when the army arrives, it is easy to be annihilated in one drum.

Shouichi Terauchi immediately climbed up to the map and pondered it carefully.

At a glance, Okabe Naosaburo knew that the commander had moved his mind to eliminate the main force of Liu Yimin's instructor between Cangshi Road and Deshi Road, and hurriedly went to the staff officers to think about how to draw up a battle plan in advance.

General Shouichi Terauchi studied and studied in front of the map, and felt that this was simply God perfecting himself, and asked Liu Yimin to send it to the door by himself. Jingxian County, where Liu Yiming's cooking power is located, is the Jinpu Line in the east, the Deshi Line in the south, the highway between Wuqiang and Hengshui in the west, and the Cangshi Road in the north. What's more, he still has a powerful air force, and he can conduct detailed reconnaissance in the Jingxian area early tomorrow morning, and once it is discovered, it will be bombed on a large scale, so that Liu Yimin can fully experience the power of a modern war machine.

General Terauchi Shouichi immediately called Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo and asked him to record the order: "1. Order Lieutenant General Komatsubara Michitaro to command the encirclement and suppression of all the units in Jizhong, and stubbornly defend the Deshi Line, Cangshi Road, Jinpu Road and the road between Hengshui and Wuqiang, and surround Liu Yiming. 2. Order Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo of the Second Army to quickly mobilize the 5th Division, 10th Division, 16th Division, 108th Division, and 13th Reading Force Mixed Brigade to prepare to completely annihilate the main force of Liu Yiminjiao's instructor between Cheyunde County and Cangxian County. 3. Order the 14th Division and the 22nd Division to mobilize quickly and prepare for reinforcements. ”

After recording the order, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, if you deploy like this, Shandong will be empty. If Chiang Kai-shek's political axe army counterattacked Shandong, then Shandong would be in danger. Besides, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara has just sent a telegram, saying that the troops have suffered a lot of losses and need to rest and replenish, can they stop the attack of Liu Yiming's cooking force? ”

General Shouichi Terauchi waved his hand: "If you can't stop it, you have to stop it, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara dared to let Liu Yimin's department escape, so he committed suicide by disembowelment." As for the Shandong issue, it doesn't matter if we lose it, as long as we can eliminate the main force of Liu Yimin's tutor, we will take Shandong back. ”

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo was bold and asked, "Your Excellency Commander, what if Liu Yimin's troops break through the Cangshi Road and come to Beiping?" You must know that the Pingjin area is extremely empty now! ”

This statement made General Terauchi Shouichi jump, hurriedly stumbled to the map, and studied it carefully again.

In the middle of the ring, General Terauchi Shouichi raised his head from the map, stared at Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo with frightened eyes, and asked: "Do you mean that Liu Yimin led his army north this time just for Beiping?" ”

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe hurriedly said, "This is just my speculation. I think that if we mobilize a large army to attack Shanxi, Jizhong, and Shandong, and drain all the troops in the Pingjin area, we will not be blind to this situation in Liu Yimin's eyes. This time, he is both a car and a cavalryman, and his mobility is so strong, I am afraid that it is not just to break through the Deshi Road. This man was very sinister, and he was very familiar with the terrain, transportation, and garrison situation in the Pingjin area. I think he wants to repeat the story of the invasion and occupation of Tianjin, and give us another ruthless attack. Besides, this guy has always had no last resort, we can think of drawing troops from Shandong, he will not be unexpected, maybe tonight or tomorrow, Shandong's Jinpu Road will be paralyzed. We can think of the place of four battles in the Jingxian area, where there is no danger to defend, and this guy must be able to think of it too. Maybe he's waiting for Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara's troops to defend the road with his mouth open, so he can bite the Imperial Army again. ”

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo was going to continue to speak, and the combat staff sent a telegram from Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo, and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo took it, shook his head with a wry smile, and handed it to General Terauchi Shouichi.

When General Terauchi looked at it, the telegram read: "At two o'clock in the night, the Jinan-Tai'an section of the Jinpu Road was destroyed by the Chinese army, blowing up three bridges and two stations, making it impassable in the short term." There is an anti-slogan posted in the station, and the inscription is the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment of Shandong Luzhongnan. ”

General Terauchi sighed, sat down on the chair, and paused for a while before saying: "Liu Yimin is fulfilling the promise in the open letter and coming to Peking to take revenge!" Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara was ordered to hold the Cangshi Road no matter what. ”

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that you let the Reading Force Mix into the Fifth Brigade and the Zhutun Army Reading Brigade and quickly return to Tianjin and Beiping, this place is really empty. If Liu Yimin suddenly came to the city, the situation would be dangerous. It is no longer possible for us to bear the responsibility for the loss of Peking and Tianjin. ”

General Terauchi was already a little lazy at this time, waved his hand, and asked Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to give the order, and he hobbled to the map, sat on his chair, and looked at the map motionlessly.

(To be continued)