Occupying a place today and seizing a city tomorrow, like silkworms eating mulberry leaves, occupying the anti-Japanese base areas piece by piece is the "encroachment" tactic of the Japanese invading army.

During the Anti-Japanese War, **Hailing County (now the northern part of Longhai Road, Donghai County, Lianyungang City) is located in the eastern edge of the anti-Japanese base area in Binhai District, bordering the Longhai Railway in the south, the enemy-occupied area near Haizhou in the east, and Maling Mountain in the west. Although it is small, it is the link connecting the two major base areas of Central China and Shandong, and its strategic location is very important.

In 1942, after the establishment of the Hailing anti-Japanese democratic regime, the anti-Japanese struggle in Hailing was in full swing, and the Japanese puppets had always coveted this base area, and now they wanted to eat this base land in one bite, but they were afraid that they would not be able to do it, so they adopted the tactic of "encroachment".

The Japanese puppet planned to set up a stronghold in the east with Hanhu Lake as the center and north to Huandun Port.

Then, advance westward to encircle the central part of Sueyama, with Yokogou as the center. Set up a stronghold to the north to Lianzi Bay to cut off the connection between Suesan and Hayama so as to expand northward; In the west, Luozhuang is the center, and Maling Mountain and Tanma are extended, in an attempt to open up relations with the stubborn forces, not only to eat up the Hailing base area, but also to form a blockade line from east to west to cut off the connection between the Shandong base area and the Central China base area. Politically, in order to cooperate with the five "law and order strengthening campaigns" carried out by the government, military "sweeps" were carried out.

As a result, they undermined the grassroots work in the base areas, sowed discord between the military and the people, and carried out deceptive propaganda against the people in the occupied areas, thus realizing the conspiracy of "using China to contain China."

The Japanese puppet "sweep" and "encroachment" on Hailing began in August 1942, and the traitor and traitor Yang Buren acted as the vanguard.

This bad thing Yang Buren first led the special forces to occupy Shanglin, Fengdun, and Xiangzhuang Lake, and then turned westward, encroaching on Tingzibu, Henggou, and Luozhuang. The puppet army at Niushan Station also dispatched at the same time to occupy Pomegranate, Dong'an, and Fangjiabu. The enemy and puppet in Shahe also transferred troops to occupy small soil mountains, small shops in the east and west, and disputed land, so they built fortifications and established strongholds in an attempt to hold on. In just two or three months, 16 strongholds were lost from west to east, causing serious damage to the Hailing base area.

The means of "encroachment" by the Japanese puppets are divided into two aspects: military activities and spy activities. Militarily, it has gradually moved inward from the border areas, carried out a spreading "encroachment", established strongholds in general, and implemented a fortress policy. Using the stronghold as a base, they often used small units to disrupt everywhere, grab food and arrest people, cause terror, attack local armed forces, and undermine the anti-Japanese regime at the grassroots level. They organized anti-communist self-defense regiments near the base areas, drew guns according to the security dignitaries, and instigated the reactionary landlords to serve as maintenance captains to supplement the puppet army.

In terms of spy activities, they use the Japanese Shinmin Association to carry out all kinds of sabotage activities.

The Jinan Branch of the Central Investigation Department of the Japanese People's Association was established at the end of 1942 and ended with the surrender of the Japanese army.

There are three departments in this organ: the first department is in charge of personnel and general affairs; the second department, responsible for organization and supervision; The third department is responsible for intelligence collation and guidance. There are 31 key personnel. In addition, there are "staff" with professional cover in Jining, Huimin, Linyi, Mengyin, Zhoucun, Yidu, Zhucheng, Tancheng, Weixian and other places.

Most of these people were members of the Japanese Youth Party and university students, as well as graduates of Xinmin College. The successive branch presidents of the branch are: Lian Fuxing, Deng Daguang, Liu Demao, Han Jingzhi, He Xin, and the Japanese counselor is Yoshimitsu Asakayoshi. The branch is directly subordinate to the Central Investigation Department of the Xinmin Association, and does not have contact with local Xinmin associations, and its main task is to collect local political, economic, and military intelligence under the cover of economic surveys and other activities.

In the Jinan branch of the Central Investigation Department of the Japanese New People's Association, Lian Fuxing, the head of the Jinan branch, and the Japanese counselor, Yoshimitsu Asakichi, reported their work to the big spy Yoshiko, who had become a general. Fangzi: "We, the Great Japanese Empire, did not eliminate the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route this time, and we must eat them in the 'cannibalization' below." Have faith? ”

"Yes! As long as General Yoshiko is here to personally command, there is no enemy that cannot be destroyed! Lian Futai nodded again and again and said complimentally.

Yoshimitsu Asakichi sneered on the side and didn't speak, just looked at the ceiling.

"Ji Manjun, are you still dissatisfied with this arrangement?" Yoshiko, who had just been promoted to major general, asked not very happily.

"You are a general of the Great Japanese Empire, and you came to this small place in Linyi, which is really a great mess for me, and we are deeply disturbed!" Although Yoshimitsu Asakichi is not happy, he still has to pat himself on the back, because Fangzi has already become a general.

"Ben 14 Gege is just passing by here, stopping by to see the situation here, not to worry too much, just to ask by the way. Can you talk about the arrangement? Yoshiko asked pretentiously.

"This, this is up to the company captain." Ji Man glanced at Lian Fuxing, "Company Captain, let's report our next plan to General Fangzi." ”

"Okay!" Lian Fuxing couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva in his caution, "Your Excellency General, in terms of our activities: (1) Use this Qing gang of Sanfanzi to win over the remaining bandits, 'fake' the border area, and destroy the security of the Tubalu base area!" Then contact the local upper-level figures, bribe the local forces, and send them to their base areas to organize the 'secret maintenance association';(2) Create and spread rumors, confuse people's minds, and get the people out of the ...... of the eight roads"

"Light planning is useless, the key is action. I will go to Shanghai now, and you must organize this great operation well and do your best for His Majesty the Emperor. In addition, we have to keep an eye on the movements of Song Jiliu and others, this guy is the nemesis of our big Japanese secret service! Fangzi said and led his men outside.

"Yes! Please go slowly, general, we will complete the mission! Ji Man and Lian Fuxing replied at the same time, and sent Fangzi and his party out together.

Fangzi winked at the spies of Jiman, Lian Fuxing and Linyi who saw him off behind him, got into the car and left.

"Humph! said that he came to guide the work by the way, but in fact, it was not, it was not that Song Jiliu was obsessed, and he was ashamed! Yoshiman said dissatisfied.

"This ......" Lian Fuxing didn't dare to continue.

The enemy's puppet "encroachment" was ferocious, and the situation in Hailing changed suddenly, causing some landlords and gentry in the base areas and some bandits who had been incorporated to waver, such as Zhao Xiaxuan, who was the chairman of the county senate, and Li Zhendong, who was the deputy commander of the independent brigade, defected to the enemy. All this fueled the arrogance of the enemy army.

For a period of time, there were originally eight districts in the Hailing Base Area, leaving only one Yuxi District and half of the Moshan District. The activities of the independent brigade and local cadres of the Shandong Military Region were very difficult, and the troops could only operate in a small area of only 15 kilometers from east to west and less than 25 kilometers from north to south, and one company was transferred nearly 40 times in a month. Life was also very difficult, eating "grits and pancakes with salt" and wearing "coarse cloth military uniforms with bare shoulders".

However, the vast numbers of the military and civilians and people of all social strata in the base areas persisted in the struggle despite difficulties. The district and county party committees organized small armed groups, dispersed their activities, and attacked the enemy at night. The local cadres persisted in clandestine activities and mobilized the masses not to send grain and grass to the enemy and to repair bunkers. The masses in Maling District were not deceived by the enemy, refused to establish a maintenance association, and resolutely resisted Japan. Senator Yang Fengming was not afraid of the threat of the enemy's special "wanted warrants" and "registration books", resolutely followed the party and led the team to crack down on Japanese puppets.