After Li Yu finished speaking, Liu Yimin looked at Lin Biao, Yang Shangkui, Li Yu and other senior cadres who came to see him off, suppressed his sentimentality, and said loudly: "Comrades, don't worry, there is no danger in going to the Northeast. The fleets of the Japanese Navy were all in the Pacific theater at this time, and they absolutely never imagined that our army would land in the northeast by sea transport. Even if they get the information now, they won't be able to come back and intercept our army. The navy of the puppet Manchurian Wehrmacht that remained in the northeast was only a few small boats patrolling inland waterways, and it could not reach the Bohai Sea. Our army's trip may seem risky, but in fact it is absolutely safe. As long as our troops successfully landed, it would be absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to drive us into the sea to bathe! ”

This is all the truth and is in line with the reality of the current battlefield. This time, the Kwantung Army dispatched troops to reinforce the Shandong battlefield, and it was not transported by navy, but by railway. It shows that in order to fight the Pacific War, the Japanese army not only transferred warships, but also transferred transport ships. The Kwantung Army had to transport troops by rail.

Liu Yimin then said: "Shandong is a good place, the people are simple and martial, and they have the consciousness to resist the invaders. Our army has struggled in Shandong for four years, built a network of tunnels, popularized the method of cultivating crops twice a year, solved the problem of feeding the troops and the common people, and formed a relatively powerful military industrial base. It can be said that the Shandong base area already has all the conditions for consolidating the base area. Comrades have to work hard, I wait for the news of your victory! ”

This is equivalent to a parting speech, Lin Biao, Yang Shangkui and others stepped forward to shake hands with Liu Yimin and Ye Ting again.

Ni Hua boarded the ship early because he was carrying a child. Zhao Xiaoman, who followed Liu Yimin's actions, stood behind the leaders and did not speak. At this time, perhaps infected by the parting mood, Zhao Xiaoman actually had tears in his eyes, opened his singing voice, and sang Yimeng Minor:

"Everybody (that) said "Oh. Yimeng Mountain is good! Yimeng Mountain (that) on the mountain, good scenery.

The green mountains (that) green water, how beautiful it is, the wind blows (that) grass and sees cattle and sheep.

Sorghum (that) red bean flower fragrance. 10,000 quintals of grain are piled up in the barn.

Everyone (that) said hey, Yimeng Mountain is good. Yimeng Mountain (that) is a good scenery on the mountain.

The green mountains (that) green water, how beautiful it is, the wind blows (that) grass and sees cattle and sheep.

Our Communist Party is well led. The people of Yimeng Mountain, hey, beaming. ”

Zhao Xiaoman is a well-known Red Army Bailing. When she sang, the leaders present were all stupid!

Zhao Xiaoman's singing resonated with the troops who had already boarded the ship. I don't know which unit led the way, but the soldiers who had already boarded the boat all began to hum "Yimeng Minor" in a low voice in the direction of Shijiu and Yimeng Mountain. Singing and singing, it became a loud chorus one after another. The cadres and soldiers of the 1st Column, Cavalry Column, Artillery Column, Air Defense Brigade, and Engineer Brigade of the Eighth Route Army's main force in Shandong bid farewell to the land of Yimeng where they have struggled for four years with their singing, to the Yimeng villagers who have a deep love with the Eighth Route Army, and to the comrades-in-arms who have been sleeping in the land of Shandong!

Liu Yimin walked to the dock in the song of "Yimeng Minor". He didn't dare to look back. I'm afraid that when I look back at the land of Shandong, I will burst into tears!

In the silence of the night, a huge fleet of ships set sail from the stone mortar. Sail to the dark sea! It was still the old way when it was during the invasion of Shanghai, with a long fleet of wooden boats towed behind warships, steamships, and ironclad motor ships. Even patrol boats and motorboats were towing a wooden boat.

This spring night, for many people, was an ordinary night in the war years. However, it was an extremely unusual night for the senior leaders of the enemy and us in North China, which was in the midst of fierce fighting.

Lintong Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The chairman and Mr. Zhu stood in front of the map after dinner, Ye Zilong held a lantern in his hand, and kept changing angles with the outline of the pencil in the hands of the chairman and Mr. Zhu. That's it, the chairman was still not satisfied, and loudly reprimanded Ye Zilong for not even lifting a horse lantern and not being able to see clearly.

Mr. Zhu is old. It's getting kinder and kinder. Seeing the chairman reprimanding Ye Zilong irritably, he smiled and persuaded: "Runzhi, don't be too angry!" Tantrums don't solve the problem. Now Liu Yimin, they haven't set off yet, it's early! ”

The chairman thought about it, although he had never seen the scene of a large-scale fleet of ships, loading, and departing, but he understood it after a little thought. That's complicated! I wonder if there will be people or pack horses falling into the sea, I can't wait!

The chairman smiled self-deprecatingly, pulled the boss away from the map, sat down on the chair, and said, "Boss, this is a big matter, it's hard not to worry!" ”

Mr. Zhu pondered for a while and said: "Liu Yimin sees it very accurately, the current Japanese army is busy attacking cities in Southeast Asia, and the fleet is concentrated in the Pacific theater. The Kwantung Army occupied a territory as large as the Far East and Outer Mongolia, and although Japan and the Soviet Union had an armistice, the Kwantung Army could not but divide its troops to defend it. Now, the Kwantung Army has sent troops south to reinforce the Shandong battlefield, and the Japanese troops on the ground in the three eastern provinces are also relatively scattered. Like Dalian, it is estimated that in addition to the regular garrison troops, there may be no Japanese field divisions. Even if there is, it will not exceed the strength of a division. Our army made a big move, but in fact hit the weak link of the Kwantung Army. There is definitely no problem in the first battle, the problem is how to deal with the next counterattack of the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchu Army. One can imagine how panicked and angry Umezu Mijiro would be once he received the report of our army's large-scale landing in Dalian. He will mobilize all the forces he can mobilize to carry out a counterattack in an attempt to annihilate our army in the Dalian area. ”

The chairman smiled: "I'm not worried about this, Umezu Mijiro just wants to fight back, and he has to live until that time." I guess that now Liu Yimin has ordered Zhao Yonggang to enter Changchun City, so the snipers will have pointed their guns at the gate of the Kwantung Army Headquarters early, just waiting for Umezu Mijiro to snipe him when he appears! Think about the former Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yoyo who died in Harbin, maybe Umezu Mijiro's fate was similar to him. ”

Mr. Zhu was not so optimistic, and after hearing this, he said: "Runzhi, Changchun is the location of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the capital of the puppet Manchukuo. There are gendarmes, spies, and traitors everywhere, and no matter how elite Zhao Yonggang's special operations team is, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in Changchun. We can't hope too much for this matter, and it still depends on the outcome of the confrontation between the two armies. Even if Umezu Mijiro is defeated, the Japanese army will only panic for a while, and after reacting, they will still quickly unify their command and launch a counterattack. ”

The chairman smiled again: "As long as it can cause temporary chaos in the Japanese army." This time is not much, as long as there is three or five days, our army's landing force will have a foothold in southern Liaoning, and there will be no fear of a counterattack by the Japanese army. ”

The chairman really knows Liu Yimin. Although Liu Yimin did not report the most detailed battle plan, the chairman still thought of Zhao Yonggang, who was far away in the northeast, and thought that Liu Yimin would inevitably use this small army to play a role at a critical time.

The chairman and the boss were keeping a close eye on the impending landing battle of our army at their lodgings, and Senior General Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front in Peiping, also stayed awake that night because he was about to launch a heavy sweep of Shandong.

Okamura Ninji originally had a detailed battle plan and was ready to vigorously promote his three-light policy, but he did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would take the lead in launching the Japanese defense line in Shandong, and force the Japanese army in Shandong to be trapped in Lianyungang, Xuzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, and Weicheng respectively, and the three railway arteries of Longhai Road, Jiaoji Road, and Jinpu Road were all paralyzed.

In the words of Okamura Ninji, that is, Liu Yimin is too rampant, rampant to the point of contempt for the dignity of the Great Japanese Army!

Now, Okamura Ning is going to take revenge on Liu Yimin. This time, the Kwantung Army once again dispatched the 1st, 7th, and 9th Divisions to fight south, and had already secretly arrived in the Jinan area. Okamura Ninji also transferred the 3rd Tank Division, which was subordinate to the Mongolian army, to form a powerful assault group, preparing to recover the Jinpu Road in a battle, and after forming a defensive line on the Jinpu Road, and then recovering the Jiaoji Road. Then a more powerful assault group was formed by the 1st Division, the 7th Division, the 9th Division, the 2nd Guards Division, the 3rd Tank Division, and the 5th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade. The county and Gaomi moved southward, swept across the southeastern plain where the Eighth Route Army was entrenched, completely drove the main force of the Eighth Route Army into the Yimeng Mountains, and then implemented a thorough three-light policy in the Yimeng Mountains, starving the Eighth Route Army to death in the Yimeng Mountains.

In order to truly achieve this operational goal, Okamura Ninji transferred six of the eight groups of the puppet North China Appeasement Army, all of which were used for the defense line of Jinpu Road, Jiaoji Road, and Longhai Road. Concentrate the main forces of the Japanese army for sweeping operations.

The only thing that made Okamura Ninji feel that the fly in the ointment was that the Second Division, which he was most familiar with, could not be withdrawn in the Pacific Theater, and the Fifth Division, the most elite of the Imperial Army, could not be withdrawn in the Pacific Theater. Otherwise, Okamura Ningji is likely to pull them all on the Shandong battlefield again this time and use them for the battle against the Eighth Route Army.

The battle order had already been issued to the troops, and at 5 a.m. the attacking group made a surprise attack in the direction of Taean. After capturing Taean, it has been attacking southward. At the same time, the 27th Division and the 114th Division assembled in Xuzhou launched an attack to the north to contain the Eighth Route Army and form a north-south flank attack with the heavy army group. The crippled 37th Division, the 39th Division and the Xuzhou garrison held on to Xuzhou, waiting for the replenishment and recovery before entering the battle.

The big war is coming, and the gloomy and experienced Okamura Ningji is also in a mood and can't sleep. Alone in the office, spreading out the diary and writing the diary.

After finally staying up until 2 o'clock in the morning, Okamura Ninji called the chief of staff, Tendo Moritake, and the deputy chief of staff, Hirata Masatsu, and began to contact the troops to inquire about the preparations for the attack.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, a Japanese search team began to search and reconnoiter south under the cover of night. At 5 o'clock in the morning, Okamura Ninji, who had been impatient for a long time, issued an order to attack, and the Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles were all launched, and the troops divided into routes and rushed to the line of Taiyuan and Feicheng.

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