The tragic and tragic Battle of Linyi was the prelude to the famous Taierzhuang victory.

After the "77 Incident", the Japanese army created the "August 14 Incident" in Qingdao, Shandong, also known as the "Dexian Road Incident".

On 14 August 1937, five or six Japanese sailors walked near the Catholic Church on Dexian Road and were sniped by Japanese ronins disguised as Chinese at the behest of the Japanese secret services, and two of them were killed, which constituted a pretext for the Japanese invasion.

At this time, there were more than 15 Japanese warships parked in the sea of Qingdao, and at this time they all unloaded their gun jackets, intending to invade Dagang with four ships and prepare for the armed landing of all the navies. At the same time, the Japanese secret service on land commanded the resident militia and the Japanese soldiers to be ready to move. The aggressors are tense and on the verge of breaking out.

Chiang Kai-shek was in the office of the presidential palace, walking back and forth non-stop, the secretary stood cautiously to the side, Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the map of Shandong and said: "Niang Xipi's little devil, I, Jiang someone, will have a good time with you!" Shen Honglie is now appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Qingdao Army, and he is ordered to carry out the 'scorched earth' war of resistance and evacuate Qingdao. ”

"Yes!" The secretary went out with the record.

Three days later, on 18 December, the Japanese Army General Staff issued an operational order to invade and occupy Shandong and Qingdao. At 8 p.m. on the same day, Shen Honglie ordered the Qingdao security team to use explosives to blow up Japan's nine major yarn factories, Qingdao Brewery, Suzuki Silk Factory, Toyota Oil Factory, two rubber factories, Sifang Power Plant, two water sources, port tower cranes, Qingdao Shipyard, and other major machinery and equipment, and factory buildings.

Soon after, Shen Honglie ordered seven warships of the Chinese Navy's Third Fleet, five small steamers and other vessels of the Port Authority, a total of 23 ships trapped in Jiaozhou Bay, to be loaded with mud and rocks and scuttled into the main channel of Qingdao Port. The little devils then occupied Jinan, Shandong had fallen to the enemy, the western section of the Jiaoji Railway was also occupied by the Japanese army, and Qingdao had been isolated.

On behalf of the provincial party committee, Li Yu, secretary of the provincial party committee, officially announced the establishment of the fourth detachment of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force of the Eighth Route Army, and the Tai'an County Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment was incorporated into four detachments, with Hong Tao as commander, Li Yu as political commissar, Zhao Jie as deputy commander, Lin Hao as director of the political department, and Ma Futang as director of the management department. Since then, the vigorous anti-Japanese armed struggle under the leadership of the Communist Party of China has been launched in the whole province of Shandong.

At 9 a.m. on the 10th of the same month, Japanese marines landed at Shazikou, 18 miles east of Qingdao, and entered the city. On 27 December last year, before the Japanese army had attacked Qingdao, Shen Honglie, commander of the Kuomintang's Northern Fleet and mayor of Qingdao, led his marines, security forces, and police corps to evacuate Qingdao and go south to Xuzhou. Without firing a single bullet, the Japanese army occupied all important places in Qingdao City. From then on, Qingdao once again fell into the hands of Japanese imperialism.

After the fall of Qingdao, in addition to stationing various naval and army units in Qingdao, the little devils also set up a number of political organs, cobbled together a puppet regime, and formed various puppet non-governmental organizations to exercise all-round control over Qingdao in terms of military, political, economic, and cultural, and to exercise brutal colonial rule.

Now, when the Japanese devils were attacking Shandong Province with all their might, they said that Li Zongren had "made a military order" to Chiang Kai-shek, which made Chiang Kai-shek very happy, and he brought him in, and the two had a deep talk: "Lao Li, I have decided to ask you to be the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations." ”

"No," Li Zongren said: "That's simply ironic, not long ago, you called me a 'useless anti-Japanese person' in public." Now you want me to be the chief officer of the front line of the War of Resistance Against Japan, that, that ......"

"The past is over," Chiang Kai-shek laughed, "Actually, if I scolded you a little more miserably at that time, it would have been more applauding to the leftists, but the problem was that it was too coarse and not very good." Now it's different, you coaxed Liu Xiang and Han Fuyu into a daze, the left voice 'anti-Japanese heroes', the right voice 'learn from the example', although the Nanjing people say that it is called 'wearing a high hat', but our goal has been achieved, we are resisting Japan! United! Let the left have nothing to say. ”

"Liu Xiang told me at dinner the day before yesterday," Li Zongren leaned over: "We also have to deal with the rightists, for example, Liu Xiang and Han Fuyu are not your old subordinates, and they are also very hindering the forces of the national army." What's worse is that these characters are too reactionary, and they seem to be eager for another KMT-CCP split right away. The Communist Party has really driven us away, who will fight the devil for us? ”

"Lao Li," Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of tea and smiled lightly: "This is what I meant, I have already discussed it with He Yingqin, and Lao He also thinks that my concerns are very right." These people are neither ingenious, nor have the power to do so, let alone a strategy that suits us. He accentuated: "We've got to figure it out!" ”

"There are unexpected benefits to getting them down!" Li Zongren took out a cigarette and lit a fire: "It can confuse people's hearing and make people unpredictable about us." ”

"Yes," Chiang Kai-shek raised his eyebrows, "to make them think that my attitude between the left and the right seems to be unpredictable, and that it will facilitate our own monopoly in various political positions and military affairs, so that others will not interfere with them." You're right! Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "He is worthy of being the commander of the Fifth Theater!" ”

"Speaking of the Fifth War Zone," Li Zongren couldn't help laughing: "People think that when I go to be a commander, I must be studying how to fight against Japan with the CCP with all my might, but I don't expect that we still have a small hand internally, and this hand is really clever!" ”

The two laughed at each other, laughing so much that Li Zongren choked. "Don't die laughing," Chiang Kai-shek patted him on the back: "Save a life!" We still have to fight devils, we have to unify the overall situation, and there are still good things to come......"

Deng Xihou, the commander of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army over there, was trembling with anger: "that!" Say that I can't command well, say that I can't fight devils, no way? My surname Deng is gone! So he wrote a resignation: "I'll take the blame and resign, see who will replace me, your surname Jiang can no longer be the commander of the 22nd Group Army, and you won't be able to swallow it all by yourself." ”

Deng Xihou's "taking the lead" failed, and he maintained the "real power" of the 22nd Group Army, but Li Zongren was allowed to take care of it single-handedly. However, Li Zongren knew that the 22nd Group Army did not necessarily listen to him, but he sent a large number of his cronies to serve as officials in the 22nd Group Army, ostensibly to strengthen the command of the 22nd Group Army, but secretly controlled the command of this army, making the entire group army his direct line.

At this time, the climate in Wuhan was particularly cold, but the anti-Japanese upsurge was particularly boiling. The CCP's long-term propaganda activities have further promoted the enthusiasm of the whole army and the people of the whole country to resist Japan, and the great anti-Japanese resistance of the whole country has begun. The enthusiasm of the Communists in the political work of the workers, peasants, and anti-Japanese troops was as high as a column of mercury on a thermometer, calling for a united war of resistance and driving the little devils out of the country at an early date.

"I think we have to be careful," Chen Bui found Chiang Kai-shek overnight, sweating profusely: "The enthusiasm for fighting devils outside is too high." Gao, it's good for us, but," Chen Bui wiped his sweat on the side: "The people's support for the Communist Party makes me afraid. ”

Chiang Kai-shek asked him for a hand towel and fruit, and asked someone to bring herbal tea to Chen Bui, which kept the servants busy for a while, and then said in a low voice: "You are right, but we are not afraid!" ”

"Our army is full of them!"

"You Xiao Chen don't know," Chiang Kai-shek threw the orange peel: "After the 22nd Group Army is solved, the problem will be much simpler, and after the Xi'an incident, the Communist Party will not make trouble at all now!" ”

"I understand this," Chen Bui frowned: "However, the opinions of other political parties in China are also inconsistent, although the Communist Party has cooperated with us again, other individual political parties are still waiting, it is said that ...... in particular"

"Bray, don't worry." Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Chen Bui's words in a big way, and then said: "Today, the Communist Party is the second largest party after our party, and the unity of our two major parties is of course beneficial to our country. Xiao Chen, you probably know that the work of the Communist Party in the Anti-Japanese Army did not worry us, and they did not have much of an army, and in the end, there were very few troops really controlled by the Communists, and most of the real power of our army will always be in my hands! ”

"This ......"

Chiang Kai-shek clenched his fists tightly: "The acquisition of this power, hehe!" Bray, you know how much effort I put into it! In the past, the warlords were not as good as they are today, and even the strength to eat milk was used! ”

Chen Bui smiled and said, "How can it be compared? On the contrary, I feel that the Communist Party is easier to deal with than it is to deal with the warlords. ”

Chiang Kai-shek also laughed out loud: "That's right, that's right, the Communist Party is simple, no worse than the warlords." ”

"Tomorrow," Chen Bui glanced at the calendar: "It's January 10th, your military committee is in session, what are the important bills?" Bray wanted to hear it first. ”

"There are a lot of things," Chiang Kai-shek yawned, "the main thing is to intensify the war of resistance, to push a commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater Army, others such as the chairman of Shandong Province, and a whole bunch of messy responsible persons." ”

"Is there anything Bray has given you to share?" Chen Bui asked.

"What's the matter?" Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "I am the chairman of the Military Commission!" The chairman appointed his subordinates as commanders of the anti-Japanese army, who else dared to be unconvinced? ”

"That's not what Bray meant," Chen Bui pouted and prepared to leave, and said as he walked: "What is the use of the CCP to you?" ……”

"The CCP has only good for us," Chiang Kai-shek handed him a bag of oranges: "On September 24 last year, Lin Biao's 115th Division, which rushed to the aid of Yan Xishan, arrived at Pingxingguan and defeated the 21st Brigade of the main force of the Sakagaki 5th Division, one of Japan's most elite troops, and stabilized the battle situation in Shanxi and consolidated Shanxi's anti-Japanese foundation. To be honest, without the good news of Zhu and Mao's cooperation, I still have to postpone the meeting tomorrow, and look at the limelight! ”

"Jiang is still the old La, and the president is still wise!" Chen Bui sighed, and the two laughed at each other for a while, and then they broke up and went to bed.