[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 684: Shandong Military Region (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

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Phoenix Mountain is also known as South Phoenix Mountain, Jueyuan Mountain, Zhengrong Mountain, Qingni Lane, Judi Longmen or Hengshan, four kilometers south of the station of Liuguanzhuang Town, Juxian County. Here the east is close to Shushui, the altitude is more than 140 meters, the mountain stone is a red sand cliff, looking from the east and west, the terrain is dangerous.

It is said that a month ago, under Ma Zheng's instructions, shortly after the troops captured Qingdao, Liang Shangren led a brigade to escort a large number of materials transported back from the United States, transferred from Qingdao to Zhucheng to Phoenix Mountain, and set up camp here.

After that, the Huyan soldiers led the naval fleet to transport a large number of materials and soldiers rushed back from Tianjin to nearby Rizhao, and from here directly westward, they arrived at Phoenix Mountain, and then this became the new station of Ma Zheng's department.

The reason why he chose to set up camp here is not that Ma Zheng took a fancy to this hill with an altitude of only more than 100 meters, but what he really valued was the Yimeng Mountain not far from Phoenix Mountain.

The towering 800 miles of Yimeng is mainly composed of Mengshan, Yishan, Menglianggu, Beidashan, Lushan and other high mountains with countless hills. Although it is barren, it is called the small Yan'an in East China, and in later generations, it is called the three most important old revolutionary bases during the Chinese Revolutionary War together with Jinggangshan and Yan'an, and has been praised as "the holy land of the two wars and the red Yimeng" by countless revolutionary descendants.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, 1.4 million of the 4.2 million people in the old Yimeng area joined the army to support the front, and 30,000 outstanding sons and daughters of Yimeng dedicated themselves to the battlefield. The people of Yimeng, together with the party, government and army of Shandong, have jointly created the Yimeng spirit of "loving the party and the army, pioneering and forging ahead, hard work, and selfless dedication" on the red hot land of Yimeng, so this is also the base that Ma Zheng looks at.

However, the current situation is that although the Yimeng Mountains are inconvenient and the products are not abundant, they are still firmly controlled by the Japanese army. Therefore, after the troops arrived in Ju County, Ma Zheng did not order the troops to continue to advance, but to find a foothold in Ju County, and then continue to advance towards the Yimeng Mountains after gaining a firm foothold.

On Phoenix Mountain, the only mountain temple has been transformed into an independent division headquarters by the troops, and in a wing room on the east side, Ma Zheng, Liang Shangren, Xu Haifeng, Xu Weiguo, Wang Dechuan and others gathered together to hold the first meeting after advancing into Ludong.

Before the start of the meeting, Ma Zheng told everyone present about the results of the battle some time ago, and then said: "It has been five months since our department went south to Shandong, and in these five months, we have moved to Luxi and southern Hebei, and also fought in Ludong, and even once defeated Qingdao, an important town in Shandong, which dealt a great blow to the Japanese army and achieved brilliant results. The leaders of the CPC Central Committee are very satisfied with our achievements, and not long ago they also informed the three armed services of our achievements, which is a great affirmation and support for us! ”

Before Ma Zheng's words fell, the entire conference room burst into warm applause, which lasted for a long time.

signaled everyone to be quiet, and then Ma Zheng said: "The record is certain, but the problem is also very prominent, although the continuous war has hit the Japanese puppet army hard, but also caused great casualties to our army, in just half a year, our department has suffered a total of 57,786 casualties, of which 23,700 were killed in battle, more than 6,000 people were seriously injured and disabled, and the number of direct attrition reached about 30,000. Among them, 1,177 officers at and above the platoon commander level suffered casualties, and the highest positions were the commanders of the main regiments and the political commissars of the regiments. ”

"Comrades, our Eighth Route Army is different from the Japanese army, and our Eighth Route Army has a short history and no background. The Japanese army has been accumulated for a hundred years and has a profound heritage, don't look at the Japanese army we have fought in the past few months, it seems to be crumbling. But people can quickly replenish the war damage, not to mention tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands are nothing. ”

"Let's take this battle as an example, we just beat the old devil of Tatian Jun in Shandong and Pingjin area, but our battle damage has not yet recovered, but they have already found a field in Jinnan, and the first war zone of the national government that fought lost their armor and collapsed. Therefore, everyone must clearly recognize the facts, the anti-Japanese resistance is not an overnight thing, but a long-term military struggle, not to mention that we are not confused because of the slightest battle record, and it is still early before the time to really celebrate! ”

Although Ma Zheng's words were not heavy, they still hit everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, and they all knew that the commander was warning them. And they also know that with the successive big victories some time ago, some people in the army have unnaturally drifted, not only they have this kind of thinking, but the soldiers below are even more so, and even the state is more serious than them, obviously this is not what the commander wants to see.

Liang Shangren, commander of the 1st brigade, got up and said: "The commander is right, we are indeed a little proud and complacent during this time, on behalf of the 1st brigade, I would like to express my review, after the meeting is dismissed, Lao Lei and I will personally grasp the ideological construction of the troops, and we will never allow the phenomenon of pride and underestimation of the enemy!" ”

Lei Zhenhua, political commissar of the First Brigade, also stood up and said: "Commander, as the political commissar who is mainly engaged in ideological work, I am ashamed that I did not find the problem in time, please rest assured, I will cooperate with Lao Liang to do a good job in this matter." ”

Subsequently, several other brigade commanders and political commissars expressed their stance one after another, expressing their resolute resistance to the bad idea of despising the enemy and being complacent!

Ma Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility or not, the matter has not reached that serious point, but there are such signs." But as the leaders of the troops, what we have to do is to strangle this bad idea in the cradle, otherwise it will be too late when this thought invades the minds of the fighters deeply. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "This matter is here for the time being, and there are three main things to gather you all here this time, the first is the formal establishment of the Shandong Military Region. In accordance with the decision of the Yan'an side, the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army will be formally established with immediate effect, and I will personally serve as the commander of the military region, and the political commissioner will be temporarily vacant, and Comrade Lu Ming, political commissar of the Second Reorganized Division of the Suicha Military Region, will be appointed chief of staff of the military region, Comrade Wang Dechuan will be appointed director of the military intelligence department of the military region, responsible for military intelligence, counterintelligence, and spy work, and Comrade Wang Hansen will be transferred to the post of director of logistics of the Shandong Military Region. With regard to the troop establishment of the Shandong Military Region, the Yan'an side has decided to leave it to us at our discretion. ”

"Comrade Dechuan, during this period of time, you are not only the head of the intelligence department of our military region, but also the responsibility of the logistics minister, you should know better about the actual situation of our Shandong Military Region than me, the commander, now I want to know how many families we have?"

Wang De immediately got up and said: "Commander, during this period of time, our troops have developed rapidly, in addition to the 123rd Brigade, there are also 456 new brigades, each brigade is under the standard establishment of two infantry regiments, the strength of about 5,800 people. In addition, we also recruited more than 18,000 young and middle-aged people from Qingdao this time, and in addition to capturing more than 3,000 puppet soldiers, except for those die-hards, the vast majority of the puppet soldiers were willing to join our Eighth Route Army. Coupled with the miners who were withdrawn from southern Hebei, our army now has a total of more than 66,000 soldiers. ”

"What about the materials, are they sufficient, and are the weapons and equipment sufficient?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"The supplies are also quite sufficient, this time we captured Qingdao, seized a large amount of grain, cotton and cloth, in addition to a large number of weapons and equipment. In addition, in the southern Hebei campaign a few months ago, we laid down Shimen, where we captured four columns full of munitions in one fell swoop, and the captured weapons and equipment were enough to equip three divisions. In addition, a lot of captures were also captured in this Pingjin operation, so both weapons and equipment and food and cloth were enough for the troops. ”

Then Wang Dechuan continued: "In addition to this time, we also have a lot of industrial equipment here, all of which were shipped back from the United States. However, since there is no stable base now, these devices are still hidden in the mountains and forests, and they are temporarily useless. ”

Ma Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "There are basically so many families in our military region, but I received a notice from Yan'an that the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army are moving closer to us, and they also have thousands of soldiers. Therefore, I have decided to use these soldiers to form two infantry divisions, namely, the independent division of the Shandong Military Region and the instructor, each of which has two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, and is equipped with a guard regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an engineer regiment and its own artillery regiment, with a total strength of about 18,600 troops. ”

"In addition, it is necessary to set up a military region guard brigade, assault brigade, engineer brigade, artillery brigade, and logistics support brigade, which will be directly under the jurisdiction of the military region headquarters, and the detailed troop establishment and officer appointments will then be directly distributed to all units." (To be continued.) )