I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

The largest cleansing campaign since the Anti-Japanese War broke out in the city of Jinan. Overseas Chinese, needless to say, were all arrested and their money and property were sorted out. Traitors were basically all killed. As for the Japanese factories and assets, they all became the property of the Yimeng guerrillas. However, the guerrillas did not plan to manage them themselves. Instead, they found suitable candidates and chose to sell them at a low price.

The Fujii family has moved into a shelter. Like all expatriates, they are provided with food and accommodation for the time being, and the family can live together. This is the privilege Fujii got in exchange for paying all his property and prescriptions. Compared with some families where men and women are separated into separate households, with the woman taking care of the children and the man having to participate in urban construction, Fujii has retained a bit of dignity.

"Captain Wang, I really didn't expect this! This old Japanese paid the money so readily, but I just don't know whether the formula is real or not."

"Don't worry about it. The factory has been sold to the Ming family and can start production tomorrow. We can't tell whether it's true or not, but can't the Ming family tell it?"

The escort team set off on a dark and windy night. While the Guard Regiment and the Lunan Detachment were feinting an attack on Xuzhou, they crossed the Jinpu Line and rushed towards the southwest.

The person leading the vanguard troops on alert was Qin Erhu, who had talked with Chen Feng. He was very familiar with this route and knew exactly where the Japanese and puppet troops were. In addition to their own equipment and firepower, the team also carried 200,000 bottles of penicillin. Two special operations platoons of the guard regiment that acted together were responsible for transporting the gold back.

Chen Feng was still working at around nine o'clock in the evening. He didn't expect that he could get such a huge harvest just by capturing the city of Jinan. There were more than 200,000 taels of gold, which was equivalent to more than 8,000 kilograms, and more than 3.6 million silver dollars. Some assets were still being auctioned at low prices, and it was expected that there would be another large income.

Most of this money was seized from Japanese businessmen and banks. I have to say these people are quite courageous. The city of Jinan has been captured twice, but they still have no sense of crisis.

"Yunyan, send a telegram to the Tiger Regiment, leaving 1.6 million oceans, and escort the rest back to Mengshan. Build a defense line along the south of the Yellow River. In addition to prisoners of war and overseas Chinese, recruit more unemployed laborers and pay them higher. At least one day's work can be exchanged for three days of food for the whole family."

The Yimeng guerrillas achieved an unprecedented victory, which stimulated many people. The Fifth War Zone received an order to launch a tentative attack, targeting Jingshan County, 150 kilometers away from Wuhan City.

There had been a precedent before, where a tentative attack on Suizhou was made. Although the victory was won, it was a pyrrhic victory. There was only one battalion stationed in Jingshan County, and the Fifth War Zone drew a brigade of troops from the Second Army, with more than 3,500 people, which was exactly a three-to-one ratio.

At dusk on August 8, the 18th Brigade launched an attack on Jingshan County with two 75 mountain cannons, mortars, and more than light and heavy machine guns, which was considered a relatively high firepower configuration in the National Army.

The Japanese army occupied the city. One battalion was not at all afraid of an army three times its size. After receiving the order from the Wuhan Command to hold the city to the death, they were even more energized. They used the bunkers in front of the city, the shooting holes in the city walls, the blockhouses on both sides of the city gates, and machine guns to massacre the charging national army.

In just two hours, the 67th Brigade lost a regiment. The brigade commander changed the direction of attack as the firepower from the South Gate was too fierce. They prepared to attack from the city walls on both sides. However, the Japanese on the city walls relied solely on Type 99 light rifles and rifle grenades to repel the Nationalist army. After the second regiment lost half of its troops, it was estimated that the Japanese had lost at most a squadron. The brigade commander had no choice but to order a retreat.

The attempt failed. There might still be hope for a field battle, but it was difficult to attack the city. Although there were mountain artillery and mortars, they could not form an absolute suppression of the Japanese army. The Fifth War Zone silently reinforced the 67th Brigade and temporarily suppressed the counterattack plan.

On the morning of the 18th, the various regiments that had come down from the mountains reported that, according to the reconnaissance information from the special forces, the Japanese army was strengthening the defense of the second line of defense cities and had deployed many permanent fortifications in several major cities including Xuzhou, Suqian and Jining.

Chen Feng looked at the telegram and realized that the Japanese army had completely abandoned the two railway lines. Fierce fighting was going on in Southeast Asia, and the Japanese army's focus was now shifted to the south. Compared with the predicament in China, in Southeast Asia, facing windmills and roosters that were already stray dogs, and a corrupt country that surrendered at every turn, it was as easy as picking up things for free. Rubber, oil, and white rice were the things that the Japanese lacked the most.

"Yunyan, remember this."

Li Yunyan opened the shorthand notebook and waited for the captain's order.

"Send a telegram to the Tigers, and have the Tiger Regiment join forces with the three battalions of the Independent Regiment to defend Jinan. At the same time, clear out the Japanese troops westward along the Yellow River, clear out the county seat of Taiqian, occupy the mountains east of Taiqian, and restrict the Japanese troops in Jining City from the north."

"Send a telegram to the first regiment to launch harassment on Qufu, Ningyang, and Yanzhou east of Jining. Take them if there is a chance. The main focus should be on destroying the Japanese army's manpower. After occupying Yanzhou, manage Jining city. Don't rush to attack the city. The Japanese troops in the city must feel a sense of crisis at all times."

After Li Yunyan finished taking notes, Chen Feng continued:

"Send a telegram to the Guard Regiment to clean up the remaining troops east of Weishan Lake and launch an offensive around Weishan Lake. Peixian, Yutai, Fengxian, Jinxiang, these small cities can all be captured, which will make it easier for us to open up the border with the Fifth War Zone in the future."

"Send a telegram to the Second and Third Regiments, and ask them to cross the Longhai East Line at night to eliminate the Japanese garrison outside Suqian City. No matter whether it is a county town or a township, they are all targets for clearing out. Withdraw before dawn. Within a week, Suqian must become an isolated city."

"Send a telegram to Captain Yang of the Lunan Detachment, asking him not to approach Xuzhou City. Instead, he should first deal with the Japanese troops outside Xuzhou, blow up the railway south of Xuzhou City, and cut off Xuzhou City's external traffic."

After finishing recording, Li Yunyan went to send a message. Chen Feng smoked a cigarette and thought about the next situation. The more the Japanese army avoided him, the more they could not be allowed to rest. The entire Pacific Ocean was burning, and every battle was a consumption for them. The Fifth War Zone's siege of the city was blocked and it was very likely to stop. He could not stop here. After cleaning up the periphery, he had to find opportunities to fight a few big battles. At least he could not let the Japanese in Jining stay like a nail in the center of Shandong.

On the morning of August 8, Chen Feng received a top-secret telegram from the Jiaolong Regiment, announcing that the New Fourth Division's crossing plan was about to begin. They were preparing to take action on the night of the 20th, escorting Shen Zizhong's reinforced regiment from Beichenghuang Island across the Bohai Strait, with the target being Jinhu Mountain in the northeast of Dalian. After landing, the reinforced regiment would defend and hide in Jinhu Mountain, and then rush to the mountainous area of ​​Laoyaowo Mountain overnight on the night of the 20st.

Shen Honglie was a little anxious! But there was no way to persuade him. The arrow was on the string, the plan had been made, and it was agreed in advance. There was no reason to dissuade him. Chen Feng could only send a secret message to the Jiaolong Group, which only had four words: safety first.

The two warships of the Jiaolong Regiment are equipped with the most advanced radars. It will take Japan at least a year and a half to develop it. I believe there will be no big problem in sneaking across at night.