Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 629 Whale Swallow Southwest Shandong, Three Cities in Two Days

At the end of October 1941, more than ten days had passed since the Eighth Route Army recovered Heze.

Under Zhou Weihan's combination of punches, the neutral faction in Heze City was tempted by the prospect of the future, their positions changed, and a group of diehards fell apart.

After that, Tan Lin arrived with a large team, including five and a half regiments supported by various military regions, as well as a large number of cadres from the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Administrative Office.

During the process of setting up the Land Reform Working Committee, the capitulators among the diehards headed by Ichiro Akihito in Heze City, and the traitors in various villages and towns who once catered to little devils to form security teams were tried by the people.

A work team composed of local cadres went deep into the grassroots. With the help of the army, they mobilized the masses. Before the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and the vast ocean of the people, any forces that dared to obstruct the land reform and the establishment of a democratic government collapsed.

At the end of the land reform in the area with Heze as the core, Zhou Weihan immediately ordered that most of the First Regiment and the New First Regiment regroup, and the Artillery Regiment, Taiyue and Tainan Military Regions supported the operation together The strength of 12 companies.

The assembled troops of nearly [-] marched mightily towards the three counties of Dingtao, Cao County, and Chengwu in the south of Heze.

In view of the fact that the [-]th Division of the Appeasement Army was stationed in the three counties, Zhou Weihan dispatched a reconnaissance company to notify the [-]th Division in advance before the troops moved out, expressing the determination of the Eighth Route Army to take the three counties this time.

According to Zhou Weihan's instructions, the troops had to start with the villages and towns first, gradually encircling the county towns, and then the main force concentrated its forces on Dingtao first.

Facing the general panic of the Eighth Route Army, the Appeasement Army had no intention of fighting. Before the main force of the Eighth Route Army surrounded Dingtao County, the officers and soldiers of the Eighteenth Division and Regiment of the Appeasement Army stationed in Dingtao County engulfed the local Japanese army to abandon the county seat and retreated hastily. Cao County.

Then the main force continued to divide the troops. Jing Dagang led a regiment to the south, and the front of the troops approached Cao County. Zhang Dabiao, acting as the head of the new regiment, approached Chengwu eastward.

The Eighth Route Army's recapture of Heze and the subsequent actions have long been heard by the people in Southwest Shandong, and they all look forward to the arrival of the Eighth Route Army.

When the troops arrived, the local people gathered together, like a mob of various security teams. Although the Japanese army in Shangqiu ordered the appeasement army and the local Japanese army to stand by and wait for help, the little devil detained Sun Liangcheng, and the appeasement army had long been dissatisfied. In order to preserve his strength, Zhao Yunxiang ignored the orders of the Japanese army and continued to go south to Shangqiu.

On the same day, the headquarters in Heze City.

"Lao Zhou, the land reform work is almost completed now. The people have land in their hands, and they have harvested food in the autumn harvest. We have formed the mass base of the Eighth Route Army, and the establishment of a democratic government in Southwest Shandong should also be put on the agenda!" Tan Lin Said.

At first, Zhou Weihan only proposed the establishment of a democratic government in Heze, but after Tan Lin came, in view of the situation in Southwest Shandong, in order to unite more local forces and forces from all walks of life, and mobilize more manpower and material resources to deal with the Japanese army's revenge, he immediately decided to Establish a democratic government in Southwest Shandong that covers a wider area.

Soon after, this proposal was approved by the Northern Bureau and the superiors of Yanzhou.

"This is what you told me to do, you just decide!" When Zhou Weihan spoke, he was studying the personnel files of the support cadres in various military regions, then rubbed his sore neck, sighed and said: "Hey, there should be a The Chief of Staff is the one, if Lao Xing is here, would I still need to do these things? I just need to nod my head in the end!"

"It's a lot of work for those who are capable. Who doesn't know that you, Zhou Weihan, are very capable. Besides, if the superior sends a chief of staff, if it doesn't suit your wishes, wouldn't it be even worse?" Tan Lin joked.

"Hey, don't say that, it's like I'm talking about it!" Zhou Weihan immediately waved his hands.

At first, after the establishment of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, the post of chief of staff became vacant, and Zhou Weihan preferred to choose one of Zhou Weiguo or Li Yunlong.

But the problem is that Zhou Weiguo's qualifications are not enough, and his superiors may not agree, but Li Yunlong needed to continue to investigate at that time.

Up to now, with the opening of the Southwest Shandong base area, Li Yunlong, as a member of the Southwest Military Sub-region, was even more unable to be transferred to the military region as the chief of staff.

"I have recognized Comrade Zhou Weiguo's ability during this period of time. Later, I will ask the Political Department to have a conversation with Comrade Zhou Weiguo and ask Zhou Weiguo for his own opinion. From the current point of view, the chief of staff of the military region is not suitable, but he can serve as the deputy chief of staff. What do you think of the post of chief executive?" Tan Lin said.

"that would be great!"

"And now we can talk about democratic government?"

"Of course, I'm free!" Zhou Weihan enthusiastically poured Tan Lin a bowl of water.

"You really don't want to cast an eagle if you don't see a rabbit!" Tan Lin shook his head, and then said seriously: "The democratic government is based on the principle of the three-three system. We have three members from the Eighth Route Army, three non-Party leftist activists, and three centrists! "

"Cong Hansen, as the director of the government of Southwest Shandong Province, has a seat, and I am taking another seat, but there is still a lack of a qualified person to come on top. This candidate should preferably be a representative of the military personnel!"

"Let me come?" Zhou Weihan pointed to himself: "That's not okay, I don't have the time?"

"You don't have to come to participate in the election, but a suitable candidate must be selected from the army!"

After hearing this, Zhou Weihan thought carefully, and then said: "I think Comrade Luo Benzhong is very suitable. During this period of time, he has also put in a lot of hard work. He has dealt with all the local people, big and small, in Heze, and he is also capable. This works!"

The democratic government is different from the special area government. The democratic government is a coalition government formed by following the anti-Japanese united front and uniting all walks of life, while the special area government is an administrative agency that belongs exclusively to the Communist Party. There is an essential difference between the two.

While the two were talking, the telegraph operator from the headquarters knocked on the door and came in: "Communist, political commissar, and front-line troops are calling. At three o'clock this afternoon, the troops have fully recovered Dingtao and Cao County Chengwu!"

"Head Jing asked if he would continue to approach the east and take down Shan County and Yucheng, so as to connect with the base in the west of the lake!"

"No, all troops are stationed on the spot, waiting for the arrival of the local task force!"

"Yes!" replied the telegraph operator.

"That's great. I didn't expect to recover three county towns in southwestern Shandong within two days!" Zhou Weihan clapped his hands and smiled.

"Yeah, it's really too fast, not only we didn't expect it, I'm afraid even the little devil didn't expect it to be so fast!" Tan Lin replied.

"Old Zhou, you are right. Although the results of successive victories are very good, we must not be dazzled by the victories in front of us. We have reached our limit to take down the three counties of Dingtao!"

(End of this chapter)