Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

"Chief, I am Li Lu, Director of the Military Department of the Cao County Office under the Southwest Special Region of Shandong Province. I am very grateful for the support of the main force, otherwise we must have been killed by the stubborn army this time!" At this time, Dong Jiang had already brought Li Lu to meet with him Zhou Weihan meets.

"We are under the order of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Northern Bureau to support the comrades in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. This is our due responsibility!" Zhou Weihan waved his hand and signaled Li Lu not to be polite.

"Can comrades from other counties in southwestern Shandong be contacted now?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Most of them can be contacted. Previously, the comrades from Shan County and Jinxiang had withdrawn to the nearby Huxi base area, and the comrades from Juye had withdrawn to the north into Luxi. Only our comrades from Heze, Dingtao, Chengwu, Caoxian and other places They stay where they are!"

"Chief, if necessary, I will send someone to contact them now, but it will take some time!" Li Lu finally said.

Zhou Weihan and the others were standing on a small high ground at this time, looking at the battlefield in the direction of the first and fourth regiments, there were only sporadic gunshots, and more soldiers were wandering around holding torches, obviously looking for people.

Although the stubborn army was defeated, the troubles were more than that.

Bandits are like a comb, soldiers are like a dog, this sentence is not just a joke.

These recalcitrant soldiers may not look good in terms of combat effectiveness, but if they are not handled well, they may cause disasters in the future, and even the Japanese army only needs to throw a bone to quickly turn into a puppet army.

Therefore, before the battle started, Zhou Weihan ordered that each regiment must do its best to encircle and suppress the stragglers after defeating the recalcitrant army.

Zhou Weihan looked at the movement on the battlefield and guessed that it would not be over until dawn.

"There are two urgent things that need to be done right now. One is that the county committees and guerrillas in various parts of southwestern Shandong are constantly being attacked by recalcitrant troops. Now we must concentrate our forces in one place, and we cannot fight on our own!"

"In the next period of time, the Japanese army may not be able to carry out another large-scale raid. The main force must concentrate on the Zhinan area, and cannot provide much support to the southwestern area of ​​Shandong, so you should move closer to the Zhinan area!" Zhou Weihan turned to Li. Lu said.

"I'm afraid some comrades won't agree with this!" Li Lu said hesitantly.

"What's there to hesitate about? Don't you guys still want to continue to fight? It's a good strategy to preserve your strength and plan for the follow-up!"

"Who is the person in charge of the southwestern Shandong area now?" Zhou Weihan asked one after another.

"The high-level officials of the prefectural government sacrificed their lives or were withdrawn to other bases. Only Comrade Cong Hansen, the head of the United Front Work Department, stayed in Southwest Shandong and was responsible for political propaganda against the recalcitrant army!"

"Well, tell him that this is an order from the Northern Bureau!" Zhou Weihan's words were nonsense, but the leader of the Northern Bureau did grant him the right to do things cheaply before he came.

"Yes!" Li Lu immediately responded when he heard that it was the order from the Northern Bureau.

"Second, check the properties of Wang Zikui and other recalcitrant troops immediately. You are responsible for Dong Jiang's matter. Let the local comrades be responsible for gathering the young and strong to help with transportation. At the same time, let the first and fourth regiments send some soldiers and recalcitrant army prisoners to assist. If there is too much food, give some of it to the young and strong!"

"Remember, you have to act quickly. Although the Japanese army will not act immediately, I can only give you one day!" Zhou Weihan finally said.

"Yes!" Dong Jiang and Li Lu responded one after another.

Then Li Lu ordered a few comrades, borrowed a few horses from the cavalry company, and headed towards Heze, Dingtao, and Chengwu separately.

Southwest Shandong is no different than Zhinan and Northwest Shandong. There are Gao Shuxun and Sun Liangcheng's divisions respectively. The recalcitrant armed forces here seem to have a large number of people, but in fact there is no unified command, and they fight separately.

When the recalcitrant army destroyed the grassroots regime of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas, some local landlords did not take the initiative to join the recalcitrant army, and most of them maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

Therefore, the situation in Southwest Lu is slightly better, and Zhou Weihan has saved a lot of trouble.

On Dong Jiang's side, it was even simpler. With Zhou Weihan's order, soldiers were drawn from the first and fourth regiments, and there were more than [-] prisoners of the recalcitrant army alone.

Under the active leadership of the captives of the recalcitrant army, the soldiers divided into six groups and went straight to the lairs of the six recalcitrant army leaders including Wang Zikui and Shi Fuqi.

Although the recalcitrant armed forces in Southwest Shandong are poor, the leaders of these six families are extremely rich. These few people must be the powerful factions in Southwest Shandong to be appointed as officials of the Luxi Office.

Although there were troops staying behind everywhere, when they heard that their own troops were defeated and saw the artillery and machine guns of the Eighth Route Army erected, the stubborn troops who stayed behind surrendered one after another.

"Damn it, this is rich oil!" Dong Jiang couldn't help cursing when he saw the bags of grain and baskets of silver dollars brought out by the soldiers from Wang Zikui's house.

The local comrades on the side explained: "The Wang family is a big family in the local area, otherwise Wang Zikui would not have been appointed as the commissioner of the Luxi Office!"

The wealth accumulated by the Wang family for hundreds of years was lost in one move.

However, Zhou Weihan did not let things go, and specifically ordered Dong Jiang to leave some money and distribute it to Wang Zikui's family.

Obviously, it was too late to sell the house and most of the land, so they could only be left to the Wang family. However, after losing Wang Zikui, whether they can keep the century-old family business depends on the ability of the Wang family.

The next day, the Wang family was in Cao County, and Dong Jiang was the first to return with his staff and young adults.

"Detachment Captain, according to what you said, the Wang family has too much food, and the food that can't be taken away has been distributed to the locals to help the young and strong families. The specific money and food seized have not yet been counted!" Dong Jianghui reported.

"Well, don't worry!"

After another period of time, other teams and Li Lu sent people to notify comrades from all over Southwest Shandong to rush to Liugang Village one after another.

The leader was none other than Cong Hansen, Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Southwest Shandong Prefecture Government, after some pleasantries.

Cong Hansen said: "Comrade Zhou, I have demobilized the militiamen from all over the country and returned home. There are now 132 comrades from the county governments and more than 800 guerrillas!

"I agree with your evacuation plan. Comrades really need to find a place to recuperate right now, but where should we go?"

After hearing this, Zhou Weihan said, "Have you ever been to Luling Town in the west of Heze?"

"I've heard that it's close to the mountainous area, and it's always been a three-way zone, you mean?"

"That's right. We came from there when we came to Southwest Shandong. The mountainous areas there are suitable for guerrilla warfare. We can rely on the mountainous areas to establish a base!"

"Nobody cared before, but someone will take care of it in the future!"

In fact, in addition to the advantages of the terrain, Zhou Weihan also took a fancy to the oil and water produced by relying on mountainous resources in Luling Town.

In addition, the common people in that area, because of the local conditions, there are many people who are strong and strong, and there are also many people who are fighting for strength. In Zhou Weihan's opinion, they are really good seedlings for soldiers.