Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Liu Chunlin was deeply surprised when he received the news. He was worried about falling into a trap of the Eighth Route Army and did not leave rashly. Instead, he chose to seek instructions from his superiors.

"Master, the military headquarters should be on an emergency march, and the radio station cannot be contacted!" the telegraph operator said.

"Then go directly to the group army headquarters for instructions. The telegram must make it clear whether our department should stay put and wait for the main force of the army to arrive, or go into Shandong first. If we go into Shandong first, we may be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army!" Liu Chunlin specified the purpose of the message word by word. Points.

The headquarters of the 28th Group Army quickly responded to the call, clearly stating in the message that the 142nd Division should quickly advance from Dangshan to the east, reach Tengxian, Feixian, and Yixian areas, and command Liu Guitang, Shen Xianwu and other local armed forces to take over the Northeast Army defense area.

After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance against Japan, some local officials such as district commissioners and county magistrates of the National Government who had not fled, as well as some patriots, mobilized local armed forces in the name of resisting Japan.

By the summer of 1938, the number of wandering armed forces under the control of the National Government in the province reached 15. They established their own banners and worked on their own. After the establishment of the Lusu Theater Command, Yu Xuezhong and Shen Honglie decided to conduct a review and reorganization of the armed forces in the Lusu Theater Command.

The regular combat forces include Yu Xuezhong's direct line 51st and 57th armies. In addition, there are Wu Huawen's new 4th Division, Zhao Baoyuan's temporary 12th Division, Liu Guitang's temporary 36th Division, and Ten guerrilla columns and four independent guerrilla detachments, with a personnel strength of approximately 100,000 people.

Affiliated to the provincial government and under the control of Shen Honglie, there are four security divisions, 35 security brigades, and 21 security regiments. These local armed forces have more than 90,000 people.

These troops were ostensibly controlled by the Lusu War Zone, but because they were on one side, they had great autonomy. As the Japanese army shifted its focus to the rear, they were either wiped out by the Japanese army, defeated by internal disputes, or surrendered to the Japanese army. Or be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

By the end of 1942, the Lusu War Zone's troop strength in the Shandong area was less than .

Because Yu Xuezhong's troops wanted to withdraw, the Central Army Li Xianzhou entered Shandong. The surviving local armed forces of the National Army surrendered to Li Xianzhou one after another, including Liu Guitang's troops entrenched in the Binhu area in the west of Teng County, and the troops in the Tianbaoshan area in the northwest of Fei County. Shen Xianwu's tribe, Zhao Baoyuan's tribe in Jiaodong area, and Zhang Buyun's tribe in the northern part of Binhai, that is, north of Rizhao Highway in Ju County.

The Eighth Route Army took the initiative to give way, and the 142nd Division moved from Dangshan to Feng County, and finally arrived at the junction of Weishan Lake and Dushan Lake.

Although there was no trace of the main force of the Eighth Route Army during the march, wherever they passed, roads and avenues were full of ravines, mountains and hills were full of fortifications, and figures of people appeared from time to time.

"Master, I have found out that they are not the main force of the Eighth Route Army. They should be some militiamen who have only received simple military training. However, the excavated ravines extend in all directions. If you are not familiar with the local conditions, it is easy for the Eighth Route Army to lead you by the nose!" The personnel who went to investigate came back to report.

"The Eighth Route Army built the base area like a railway. It can be said that all the people are soldiers. No wonder the Japanese army's many large-scale raids ended in failure. The Eighth Route Army has become a serious problem for the party and state!" Liu Chunlin said solemnly.

"Immediately report to the peak and ask them to be more careful. In addition, inform them that all troops should not be too spread out during the march and be more vigilant when resting at night!"

At noon of the next day, the 142nd Division rushed to the scheduled crossing point. The lake here was narrow and the water level was not deep. The officers and soldiers could pass by rolling up their trouser legs. On the opposite side, officers and soldiers from Liu Guitang's department responded.

Just after the 142nd Division passed through Fengxian, the 15th Brigade of the Hebei-Luyu Column arrived in Fengxian and, with the cooperation of local armed forces, garrisoned based on fortifications.

The words were divided into two parts. While the Hebei, Shandong and Yu base areas were carefully dealing with the 28th Army, war suddenly broke out in the Tainan base area. The 28th Group Army was also on Wen Hao's tandem list, but local officials like Fan Hanjie were not something that Wen Hao, a military special agent, could persuade.

Just when Fan Hanjie was wavering, Chiang Kai-shek secretly sent a message to the 24th Group Army, ordering his troops to quickly carry out military deployment, actively responded to Li Xianzhou's troops entering Shandong to fight against communism, and relieved the pressure on the 28th Group Army.

When Zhou Weihan was in Tainan, he did special research on Fan Hanjie. He graduated from the first class of Huangpu and traveled to Western countries. He was very valued by Chiang Kai-shek.

As a small faction within the Central Army, it was inseparable from Chiang Kai-shek's promotion and promotion. It was Chiang Kai-shek's core supporter.

He was firm on the anti-Japanese stance, but his relationship with the Eighth Route Army was quite ambiguous. The 24th Army once responded to the policy of "integrating the Communists, preventing the Communists, and purging the Communists", but on the front line of the confrontation between the two sides, it showed that His attitude was quite relaxed.

It seems that as long as the Eighth Route Army does not take the initiative to cause trouble, it can maintain a peaceful coexistence relationship and the limited conflicts will be within the controllable range.

1943年3月20日，也就是142师离开冀鲁豫纵队的包围之后，驻守于长子县的独一旅楚云飞部悍然向驻守在屯留的独立团发起攻击，45师、46师各两个团分别向潞城、平顺发起攻击。

Due to the sudden incident, Fan Hanjie mobilized all his direct troops. Before the operation, except for the chief officer of his unit, the commander of the Forty Army Pang Bingxun and the security commander Xing Zhaotang were unaware of the incident.

"Commander ***, something happened over there in Tainan. This is an emergency telegram forwarded from the military region!" Zhou Weihan was still lying on the bed. After hearing the news, he suddenly lost his sleepiness.

"What's the specific situation?"

"At dawn today, the 24th Group Army stationed in Changzhi launched attacks in three directions: Tunliu, Lucheng, and Pingshun. The Tainan Military Region sent a telegram, requesting the military region to send troops for support. The deputy chief of staff telegraphed the Ridong Jigan Regiment and Zhinan Troops from the military division crossed the Pinghan Line to support and notified us to strengthen our vigilance to deal with emergencies!" Zhao Bingzhang said.

"Okay, okay, Fan Hanjie really picked a good time. If he doesn't take action, he will stab him in the heart!" Zhou Weihan laughed angrily: "Seal the news first and don't spread it. Commanders and soldiers of the column Many of them are from Tainan, so we must not affect the morale of the military at this critical moment!"

Zhou Weihan frowned and walked around in circles a few times with his hands behind his back. Zhao Bingzhang on the side understood that Zhou Weihan was anxious at the moment, so he comforted him: "Comrade, there are many troops in the Tainan Military Region, so the situation won't be too bad!"

"Forget it, go to the headquarters first!" Zhou Weihan said.

Zhou Weihan thought about it for a while. He was no longer serving in the Tainan Military Region, so it would not be good to intervene directly. However, the battle had just started not long ago. Xing Zhiguo should be the only one on the front line, and Zhao Gang and the new Communist Party members should still be in the rear.

"Contact me Chief of Staff Xing of the Tainan Military Region!" (End of Chapter)