It turned out that after the 30th Jiaodong Group Army took Linqu County last night, it secretly marched towards Jiaoji Road. At dawn, he received a report from the division headquarters about the enemy's situation, saying that the Japanese troops stationed in Yidu had moved to Changle, and Jiang Qiang had captured the county seat of Yidu. Considering that the last time he captured Yidu, the big traitor Fang Yongchang heard the news in advance and fled to Jinan, and later intensified his evil, this time he must be arrested for public trial no matter what. But the Jiaodong Group Army didn't know Fang Yongchang, so they had to let Feng Baochu from Yidu County come to recognize him, and this was the scene that happened at the gate of Yidu City in the early morning.

The little officer of the imperial army turned around and walked up to Fang Yongchang, leaned down, and whispered into Fang Yongchang's ear: "Listen, we are the Jiaodong Army." You remember it clearly, my name is Jiang Qiang. When you went to the underworld to see Lord Yama, although you complained, you said that Lao Tzu killed you. Lao Tzu is not afraid! After speaking, Jiang Qiang took the small picker that was found under Fang Yongchang's pillow and was about to shoot Fang Yongchang's head.

As soon as he heard that it was the Jiaodong Group Army, Fang Yongchang's heart died, he originally wanted to close his eyes and wait for death, but at this time, he suddenly had an idea, this Jiaodong Army is not easy to fool, that Feng Baochu is a famous good person, maybe he can save his life. As long as you escape this catastrophe and save your life, there is always a chance!

Fang Yongchang is a warlord remnant, so he naturally understands the way of self-preservation, and immediately opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "Mr. Feng, we are old acquaintances, villagers and villagers, are you willing to see me die in vain?" Help me! ”

Feng Baochu is indeed a celebrity in Yidu, famous before the Anti-Japanese War because he was enthusiastic about running schools, and famous after the Anti-Japanese War because his family's three sons, three daughters, two daughters-in-law and sons-in-law all participated in the Eighth Route Army. In history, his eldest son became the director of the Eighth Route Army Repair Institute, the second son became the county magistrate of the Eighth Route Army, and he himself was the chairman of the Yidu County Senate. The anti-Japanese government carved on his stele is the glory of the nation, the inscription is written with the sun and the moon, and Ma'anshan coexist immortal, and the golden plaque hanging on the gate of the former residence is a martyr.

Seeing Fang Yongchang asking for help from himself, Feng Baochu said coldly: "Why didn't you think that when you commanded the Japanese puppet army to slaughter the village and destroy the households, you were all villagers?" When you ordered your subordinates to use bayonets with the devil to pick the big-bellied mother-in-law and the child, why didn't you want to think that they were all villagers? Don't say you know me, I'm ashamed to do that. How did I come to know a two-legged beast like you? I'm. ”

Fang Yongchang was speechless by Feng Baochu's words, and shouted again for a long time: "Don't kill me, I am willing to take you to the Japanese headquarters, there is a major general living there, I will take you to arrest him!" ”

Feng Baochu didn't get angry but laughed: "Okay, you are a dog traitor, you still want to harm people when you die." Are you trying to lure us to the Japanese headquarters and catch us all? His heart can be punished! His heart can be punished! ”

Zhou Yubing is a native of Dacun Township, Liujiang County, Guangxi, 28 years old this year, formerly known as Zhou Gouzi, caught Jiang Qiang when stealing things in Shanghai in 1931, Jiang Qiang saw that he still had a little kung fu and took him to the army for special forces training, and changed his name to Zhou Yubing. He was Jiang Qiang once chatting with General Tang Juwu, and asked General Tang Juwu to go. Jiang Qiang had no choice but to endure the pain of cutting his love, and later, General Tang Juwu saw that he was born in Orion, had good marksmanship, and his brain was particularly flexible, and he was good at mountain and jungle combat, so he transferred him to the sniper platoon at that time. Later, he joined the special combat team and served as the leader of the third squad in Qin Siyu's first squadron.

Zhou Yubing is an old special warfare hero, he has never seen any formation, as soon as he saw Fang Yongchang's cowardice, his mind turned away, he couldn't let this guy die so cheaply, he was the warlord remnant that Jiang Qiang said, he made a lot of sins, and he must have made a lot of money, so he had to think of letting this dog-day traitor take out all the money in his family. He is dead, but his traitor wife and traitor children can still spend his money freely, which is too unfair. Lao Tzu has to turn traitors into poor eggs, so as to relieve hatred.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yubing said: "Blind your dog eyes, and don't look at the Jiaodong Army all over the street, your Japanese major general fled to Changle last night." How's that, disappointed! It's been sold again! I said, why is your life so bad, always betrayed? ”

When Fang Yongchang heard that the Japanese army went to Changle last night, he was stunned all of a sudden, he couldn't have imagined that he was a dignified Taoyin, and the Japanese army moved to such a big thing that he didn't even tell him, didn't this clearly let him be a prisoner of the Jiaodong Army?

Fang Yongchang now even saved the strength to scold the Japanese army for betrayal, and after saying a few words of "retribution", he said to the Jiaodong army: "The Jiaodong Group Army treats prisoners preferentially, you can't kill me casually." I can make meritorious contributions, you connect my joints, and I will give the order to the garrison to surrender. Doesn't that make for my sins? ”

Jiang Qiang stood aside and smiled contemptuously: "Mr. Dao Yin, you said it was too late, now the whole city is under the control of our army, and your garrison, like you, has become a prisoner." Do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll send you on your way, remember, in the next life, you will give birth to a good person, don't become a traitor in the child, then you will still go to hell. After speaking, he aimed the muzzle of the gun at Fang Yongchang's temple again.

Fang Yongchang has finished the cards in his hand until now, and he is also desperate. In the end, he shouted hysterically: "I have money, I have a lot of money, as long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to take out all the money, don't you Jiaodong Army need money?" ”

Zhou Yubing immediately laughed at this: "Fang Yongchang, we have occupied Yidu City, all the Japanese pseudo-property here must be confiscated, and your money belongs to the Eighth Route Army, do you know, you are now poor!" ”

As soon as Fang Yongchang heard that Jiang Qiang's tone had changed, he immediately shouted: "Commander of the Jiaodong Army, I do have a lot of money, as well as a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all of which are stored in the Anglo-American Bank. I was willing to ask my family to ransom me with money. As long as you don't kill me, I, I, I'm willing to give all the money to the Jiaodong Army. ”

Without waiting for Liao Guangming to answer, a sentry's salute report came from outside the door, and soon the commander of the third division of the Jiaodong Army came over,

Zhou Yubing was in a hurry to contact the division headquarters, and when he entered the door, he saw that Jiang Qiang was still talking to Fang Yongchang, frowned, "um", and said, "Brother Jiang, what's going on?" The devil's Jiaoji Road garrison brigade headquarters, puppet army, and spies have all been cleaned up, and the traitor Ding Xunzhai has also been locked up, why are you still grinding? Pull him down! My command post is going to be set up here, and you have cleaned up the compound. ”

Zhou Yubing glanced at Fang Yongchang when he heard this, and then waved his hand, asking Shunzi to lock up Fang Yongchang first, take a quick rest, and prepare for battle.

After Shunzi and Feng Baochuti sneaked Fang Yongchang out, the cadres of the Staff Office of the Third Division were busy hanging up the map. It just so happened that Fang Yongchang's office had a map of the entire Qingzhou region and Yidu County, and it was also a military map, so it could be compared between the two.

After the radio station was set up, he received a telegram from Changyuan, telling him that both Shimoto Kumaya and Otaka Kamizo had been captured, and that the Japanese army was now being mobilized, and the 25th Brigade stationed in Zhangdian and Zhoucun had set out to reinforce Fangzi. They travel partly by train and partly by car. It is necessary for Chen Yannian to keep in touch with Li Shucun and Wang Hu, and Chen Yannian and Li Shucun will be under the joint command of Chen Yannian and Li Shucun, and the 25 th Brigade must be quickly and completely wiped out.

Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army, and Major General Tomamidi 4th Floor, commander of the 10th and 4th Brigades of the 108th Division, were full of eagerness for the upcoming Jiaoji Road Campaign.

However, there is a slight difference between Major General Nakano Naozan and Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor, that is, Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor is looking forward to launching the Jiaoji Road sweeping operation in order to keep his position and avoid being transferred to the reserve after the 108th Division returns to China for rest and revocation in the future, and the fundamental purpose is to make more money and make a fortune in China.

Major General Naozo Nakano is a standard soldier who pursues to expand the territory and leave a name in history. Therefore, he was eager to launch the Jiaoji Road Sweep Operation because of his anxiety about the war. In other words, Major General Nakano Naozo loved to use his brains and saw the rapid rise of the Jiaodong Group Army, which affected the Japanese army's rule in North China. Out of consideration of the war situation, he felt that the troops of the Great Japanese Army stationed in Shandong must concentrate their main forces to launch a large-scale sweeping operation along the Jiaoji Road and completely destroy the survival foundation of the Jiaodong Group Army in this area. Only in this way can the main force of the imperial army relieve its worries and turn to the clearing of the Taiyi Mountains.

I'm afraid to think about anything, and I can figure out many ways when I think about it. Major General Nakano Naozo belongs to the kind of person who loves to ponder.

During this time, Nakano Naozo was stationed in Zhangdian and Zhoucun, and undertook the defense between Zhangqiu and Linzi. Due to the blows of the Cold Gun and Cold Artillery Movement of the Eighth Route Army, the 25th Brigade suffered heavy losses and had to be replenished. This made Major General Naozo Nakano fall into thought.

After thinking about it, Major General Naozo Nakano came to several conclusions: First, the political situation in Shandong has changed. You must know that at the beginning of the war, after Han Fuqu retreated, the ground in Shandong was basically anarchic, and various forces appeared on the scene, mixed with fish and dragons, although there were a lot of commanders, but the lack of strong organizational leadership was equivalent to a plate of scattered sand. Everywhere the imperial army went, these chaotic armed forces either surrendered to the imperial army, or were busy with latin, money, and land grabbing, and the common people could not find the county magistrate, district magistrate, and security chief, and the county magistrate, district magistrate, and security chief also became exiled officials who did not want the common people and did not want the area under their jurisdiction, and the political power was wiped out. Even those motley armed forces holding the banner of resistance against Japan basically operated in the three areas outside the communication lines of the imperial army, and few people dared to confront the imperial army head-on. Since the instructors of the Eighth Route Army infiltrated from southern Hebei to Luxi, they began to reorganize various local armed forces and establish political power. After they marched into the hinterland of Shandong, they intensified their efforts to reorganize local forces and establish political power. If this development continues, it will put an end to the situation in which the Chinese in the occupied areas are scattered, and no matter how much the imperial army concentrates on suppression, the Chinese will be huddled together. You must know that the premise of the Great Japanese Empire's launching of the China Incident was the scattered political situation in China. If China really achieved reunification and integration from top to bottom, would the Japanese Empire still come to invade them?

Second, the people's will in Shandong has changed. Originally, the Japanese Empire had been operating in Shandong for a long time, and Qingdao and Jinan had long been incorporated into the empire's vision and infiltrated, especially the Japanese-funded enterprises in Qingdao, which had long been known for their excellent product quality, stable prices, and fair trading, and enjoyed a high reputation among the people of Shandong. Not now, since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, the Chinese have regarded the Japanese as invaders. In particular, after the Eighth Route Army marched into Shandong, it vigorously propagated the anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese ideology, and guided the thinking of the common people of Shandong to the opposite side of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. This is terrible, and it is tantamount to digging up the roots of law and order in the occupied areas. Think about it, the Chinese turned out to be the sick men of East Asia, a name that ostensibly means that their people are opium smokers and physically inadequate, but in essence, they are arrogant, blinded and ignorant, most of them are illiterate, unable to keep up with the pace of world change, and lag behind the world ideologically, spiritually, and mentally. Now, judging from the materials seized during the sweep, Shandong's Tuba Road not only propagated anti-Japanese resistance, but also advocated women's liberation, freedom of marriage, study of culture, development of production, and popularization of new farming methods; isn't this to liberate the Chinese in terms of ideology, customs, science and technology, etc.? Isn't this to awaken the sleeping lion? If this development continues, and the ordinary Chinese people become as well educated as the Japanese people, will the Japanese Empire dare to invade them?

Third, Shandong's Jiaodong Group Army was particularly strong in combat, and they had shown themselves in the battles in Tianjin and Dezhou.

Fourth, Shandong has now become a situation of confrontation between the Japanese and Jiang Qiang, and the Kuomintang armed forces have declined and can be ignored. As far as the Imperial Army was concerned, as long as the Jiaodong Group Army was eliminated, Shandong could be built into another rear base in addition to Manchuria to support the war against China; Jiang Qiang said that Shandong is rich in products and has a large population, and is the preferred base for their development and growth. As long as they gain a firm foothold in Shandong, they can continue to grow their ranks, compete with the imperial army for control of the entire Shandong, and then go north and south to the west, not only taking care of each other with Qin Siyu, but also passing through the Central Plains and entering the Jianghuai region. Unfortunately, only the Jiaodong Army and the Imperial Army confronted each other, far less than the Imperial Army and the local powerful factions of the Nanjing government, so that the Imperial Army could provoke them to fight among themselves and reap the benefits of the fishermen. Now there are only the Jiaodong Group Army and the Imperial Army, and most of the people in Shandong will inevitably follow the Red Eighth Route Army, no matter how strong the Imperial Army is, it will fall into the midst of more than 30 million Shandong people, and the outcome can be imagined by touching your toes.

After coming to these conclusions, Major General Nakano Naozo broke out in a cold sweat, and every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he stared at the roof with empty eyes open, worried about the future of the war against China. He knew that in any case, Japan was an island country, and the basic strategic materials needed to wage war were very scarce, and a war against China was conducive to a quick victory rather than a protracted war, and if it fell into a protracted war, it would be a disaster, which would not only affect the preparation for war against Wang Yizhe, but would also plunge the Great Japanese Empire into the mud of war. The current situation is not optimistic, the main force of the imperial army is fighting against the main force of the Nanjing government army on the front line, and the Jiaodong army is vigorously developing in the area occupied by the imperial army.

After thinking about the overall situation and thinking about the current situation of his 108th Division, Major General Nakano Naozo became more and more worried.

The 1st 08th Division is an ad hoc division, and it is said to be a third-class division in the Japanese army, but in fact, due to corrupt military discipline and the age of the soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division is likely to fall to the fourth-rate division. Nakano Naozo did not see it that way, and he believed that the main reason for the failure of the 108th Division's combat effectiveness was the lack of a brave and enterprising division commander and the opportunity to participate in major battles. This is in line with the views of the new commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo.

At present, the 10th Eighth Division is the main force guarding Luzhong and Ludong, and in the face of Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army and the remnants of the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the local armed forces, it has been repeatedly beaten passively and at a loss, which simply discredits the spirit of the Japanese Army's preemptive strike and brave and enterprising. If this continues, if the main force of Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Army is not wiped out on the battlefield in Wuhan and returns to Shandong, Jiang Qiang may cancel the number of the 108th Division without waiting for the 108th Division to withdraw to the mainland and cancel the number.

It was precisely because of this idea that Major General Nakano Naozo was very supportive of Odaka Kamezo's plan to organize a sweeping operation on the Jiaoji Road. He also sent a sealed telegram to Odaka Kamizo behind his back, introducing the situation of Shandong's enemies to Otaka Kamizo, explaining the important positions of the Jiaolai region, the Changwei region, and the Xiaoqing River valley in the whole of Shandong, and vowed to ensure that the 25th Brigade was well-trained and well-equipped, and that as long as it changed its passive attack posture and actively attacked, it would definitely make meritorious contributions to His Majesty the Emperor.

Naozo Nakano's loyalty strengthened Otaka Kamezo's determination to launch a Jiaoji Road sweep operation. Of course, whether it was Ozaka Kamizo or Nakano Naozo, they didn't know that the Jiaodong Group Army had already returned to the southeast of Shandong and the Taiyi Mountains in concealment, and was about to launch a thunderous blow.

On the night of 7 November, when Li Shucun led his troops to launch an active attack, the spearhead was aimed at the former stronghold of the 25th Brigade. At that time, Nakano Naozo reported the situation to the headquarters of the 108th Division and the headquarters of the 12th Army, and asked for an increase in troops, and launched a counterattack after dawn to resolutely destroy the Jiaodong Army that dared to attack by surprise.

After receiving this order, Nakano Naozo felt that Xia Yuan Xiongmi's brain was in water, how could he let the 25th Brigade move closer to Weixian? The 25th Brigade is gone, what should I do with this large defense area, will it be handed over to the Jiaodong Army? Besides, even if the assembled troops should also be assembled in the direction of Jinan and concentrated near Weixian, in case the main force of the Jiaodong Army cuts off the traffic in the east and west directions, won't the troops become a turtle in the urn? Therefore, he did gather his troops, but did not make a move to move closer to Weixian.

Of course, in Nakano's heart, he thought that as long as he held the line of communication and relied on fortifications to defend, Jiang Qiang would have no way to take tens of thousands of troops of the 108th Division and the 33rd Division. This is the disadvantage of the 108th Division that has not been hit by the main force of the Jiaodong Group Army, if they had encountered the blow of the instructor's artillery group, it is estimated that Nakano Naozo would not have such an arrogant idea.

It wasn't until after dawn that Major General Kobayashi Asaburo and Lieutenant General Kuma Shimoto sent a telegram from the headquarters of the Twelfth Army, saying that Odaka Kamizo had fallen into the hands of the Jiaodong Army, and that the 25th Brigade must move eastward to support the 104th Brigade and rescue Commander Odaka Kamizo, Major General Nakano Naozo was taken aback, knowing that if he didn't take action, once the Jiaodong Army that hijacked Commander Otaka Kamizo escaped, he couldn't save it, and it was likely that Lieutenant General Shimoto Kumaya would catch the handle of his own movement troops without following the order and become a scapegoat.

Nakano Naozo then hurried into action. Zhangqiu, Zhangdian, Zhoucun, and Linzi are stranded at several large stations. At this time, Nakano Naozo no longer cared whether these cars were passenger cars, stuffy tank cars or coal trucks, and ordered all to be requisitioned, and the troops were transported in batches, with tanks and artillery transported by train, and ironclad cars opening the way in front to guard the safety of the trains.

Major General Naozo Nakano has calculated that from Zhoucun Station to Weixian Station, a total of 11 or 20 kilometers, can be reached in a maximum of three hours. Zhangqiu is farther away and Linzi is closer, which is just right for the troops to divide the avant-garde, the main force and the rearguard, which is convenient for support.

Last night's all-out attack by the Jiaodong Army caused the 132nd Wing, which was responsible for the garrison of the north of Jiaoji Road, to lose the strength of one brigade, and the remaining two brigades and the wing headquarters of the wing are already on standby in Zhoucun. Nakano Naozo ordered the whole brigade and the cars of the Japanese-funded transport companies in Zhoucun and Zhangdian to be concentrated, and let the commander of the 132nd Wing, Ebi Meiei Ichisa, lead a brigade to advance along the Jiqing Highway by car, leaving a brigade to command the Jiaoji Road garrison Zhangqiu, Zhoucun, Zhangdian, Linzi garrison and the puppet garrison to guard these strategic points, and he himself led the brigade headquarters, the field artillery brigade, and the fully formed 117th Wing to take the train. The two units of Jiaoji Road and Jiqing Road rely on each other and can support each other in case of accidents.

This is Naozo Nakano's cunning, although Jiang Qiang, who disguised himself as Yuan Xiongmi, repeatedly ordered his entire brigade to move eastward, and also asked him to bring the Jiaoji Road garrison in the jurisdiction with him, but this guy still left a field brigade to watch his home.

That's not all, under the urging of a telegram every half an hour from the headquarters of the 10th and 8th Division, Nakano Naozo, who has rich combat experience, still personally sent telegrams to all stations along the Jiaoji Road. From Zhoucun to Weixian, all stations along the road have reported safe passage. Nakano Naozo was relieved at this time, and ordered the ironclad car at Linzi Station to set off to explore the road, and he led the main force to board the train in turn, and drove eastward.

After Li Shucun read Jiang Qiang's telegram, he sent a telegram to Chang Yuan to inquire about the progress.

Chang Yuan called back that the troops had been fighting and marching all night last night, and they were very tired, and the speed of the march could not be improved. The Sixth Division suffered heavy casualties in a series of battles that attracted the Devil's Heavy Army Group to Jiaodong, and replenished part of its strength from the two garrison brigades of Dezhou and Qinghe, which affected the combat effectiveness and speed of movement of the troops. In particular, during the breakout of Texas, in order to facilitate the covert breakthrough, the cars and rubber-bottomed trucks were left in the mountainous areas to conceal, and the mobility of the troops was significantly reduced. The two garrison brigades of Dezhou and Qinghe were not packed, and with the addition of some backbone personnel to supplement the Seventh Brigade, the composition of recruits was higher and the movement speed was slower. At present, the troops are camouflaged and are rushing along the Jiaoji Road, and it is estimated that it will take two hours to reach the designated position.

Now that the Japanese army may be about to arrive, and the Jiaodong Group Army may not be able to arrive on time, then let the three brigades and the four brigades of the first division join forces to destroy this 25th brigade!

The division commander has already made the enemy situation generally clear, the main force of the little devils is going east by train, and there is also a brigade going east along Jiqing Road by car, and the speed of the car cannot catch up with the train, and the devils stationed in Linzi will arrive first than the devils in Zhoucun and Zhangdian, and the devils in Zhangqiu will arrive last. In this way, the battle plan must be appropriately revised, and the devils will be eliminated one by one, section by section, and one by one.

Silently calculating the distance from Zhangqiu to Zhoucun, Zhoucun to Linzi, and Linzi to Yidu, Li Shucun knew that it would take two hours for the Japanese train from Zhangqiu to arrive at Yidu, and the nearest Japanese train from Linzi would only take 40 minutes to reach Yidu, so it would be easy to do. When the devils in the back catch up with the reinforcements, it is the time to teach the third brigade to eliminate the main force of the devils.

As for the devil's brigade that set off from Zhoucun by car, their speed was a little slower, and at best, they arrived at the battlefield when our army eliminated the main force of the Japanese army by train, and it was completely possible for the Fourth Brigade to eat this devil's brigade.

Li Shucun calculated, the Japanese army has a total of two wings and six infantry brigades, and the division headquarters report made it clear that the little devil reported that he lost a total of one brigade last night, and there were five brigades left, plus a field artillery brigade. His own Third Brigade ate three brigades of little devils, a brigade headquarters, and a field artillery brigade, and he had to let the Fourth Brigade kill the two brigades of devils. Otherwise, Liu Qiang's kid would have scolded his mother.