Chapter 85 Chapter 10 The Lunan Anti-"Mopping Up" Campaign: Created a New Situation

Southern Shandong is a mountainous area with continuous mountains and complex terrain.From the perspective of geographical conditions, it is convenient to carry out guerrilla warfare and establish base areas.However, the enemy, puppet, stubborn, bandits, and reactionary feudal forces in this area are intertwined. Before the 115th Division troops led by Luo Ronghuan and Chen Guang entered Lunan, the Communist anti-Japanese armed forces who persisted in fighting in Lunan were in an extremely difficult situation. As early as 1938, the Japanese invaders took control of the Jinpu Railway in the west and the Longhai Railway in the south of the Lunan Mountains, and occupied Linyi and Tancheng in the east, Zouxian and Tengxian in the west, and Zaozhuang, Yixian and Taierzhuang in the south. Qufu, Sishui, Feixian and other counties in the north.A situation surrounded on all sides was formed on the mountainous area of ​​southern Shandong.In the mountainous area, the Japanese and puppet troops, the Kuomintang troops, and the feudal landlords' armed forces intertwined with each other, each dominating one side.The Japanese and puppet troops established strongholds in several large market towns. The 112th Division of the Northeast Army sent by the Kuomintang to southern Shandong was stationed in the area of ​​Guanyangsi and Shihe Guanzhuang in Feixian County, which are located in the center of the mountainous area in southern Shandong.After withdrawing from Linyi, Zhang Liyuan, a commissioner of the Third Shandong Commissioner of the Kuomintang, was also active in Fei County.Most of the real power in the counties in southern Shandong is in the hands of the local reactionary landlords and gentry. For example, in Teng County, there is the bully landlord Shen Xianwu; in Tancheng, there is the reactionary magistrate Yan Litian; There is also Liu Heiqi (Liu Guitang), a notorious bandit known to women and children in southern Shandong, who also returned to Fei County in the winter of 1939. He served as the "commander" of the Japanese puppet army and as the division commander of the Kuomintang. It specializes in harming ordinary people and dealing with the Communist Party.

In April 1938, when Li Yu, secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, went to Yan'an to report to Mao Zedong, he asked to send a main force to Shandong.Mao Zedong said: "It seems that we need to send more." Thus, in June 1938, the Yongxing Detachment developed from the 2nd Battalion of the 343rd Brigade and the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division and the Jinpu Detachment of the 129th Division entered the Hebei-Shandong border area in northern Shandong to carry out guerrilla warfare.They are the vanguard of the main force of the Eighth Route Army entering Shandong. The Central Committee appointed Xiao Hua, the political commissar of the 343rd Brigade, as the commander and political commissar of the anti-Japanese advance column to lead the 343rd Brigade directly under the team. struggle.Luo Ronghuan attached great importance to this.He quickly dispatched more than 100 cadres, including Deng Keming, head of the supplementary regiment, Fu Zhuting, political commissar, and Wang Xukun, Wang Huiqiu, Zhou Guanwu, and Liu Xianquan from the Political Department of the 343rd Brigade, to accompany Xiao Hua to Hebei and Shandong.

Before Xiao Hua left, Luo Ronghuan invited him to the division headquarters and said to him: "You have already read the map. It is the coastal area north of the Old Yellow River and south of Tianjin. The last time you went to the seaside was in Zhangzhou, right? " Xiao Hua nodded. "Hebei and Shandong are not the same as there. Zhangzhou is in the south, with a relatively developed economy. But Jilu is in the north, at the mouth of the Yellow River, with a lot of saline-alkali land, and the people live in poverty. You have seen "Water Margin", where Lin Chong sent a match, and the mountain god was set on fire. The Cangzhou of the temple is there. Although the Jilu border is desolate, its geographical location is very important. It faces Tianjin in the north and the Yellow River in the south, threatening the Jinpu Railway. The Japanese invaders will desperately compete with us for this area.” He said affectionately Look at the 14-year-old "Baby Commander" who has been working beside him and is only 22 years old now, and then said: "You have led the troops as pioneers several times. But this time is different. The place you have gone is far away from the main force. , It is the enemy's rear. You must be fully mentally prepared to fight guerrillas and live a hard life."

On September 27, Xiao Hua and his party arrived in Leling County, Shandong Province, and formed the Eighth Route Army's eastward anti-Japanese advance column. The Yongxing detachment was organized into the fifth detachment, and the local anti-Japanese armed forces were organized into the sixth detachment.The Jinpu detachment was transferred to the northwest of Shandong, and later they transferred to the south of Shandong via Taixi. Xiao Hua was born in Xingguo City, Jiangxi Province in 1916. In December 1928, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and later served as Secretary of the Xingguo County Committee of the Communist Youth League. He joined the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants in March 1930, and joined the Communist Party of China in July of the same year.During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the Youth Committee Member of the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, the Political Committee Member of the Company and the Secret Service Battalion, the Political Committee Member of the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division, the Director of the Youth Department of the Political Department of the 1st Red Army, the Director of the Youth Department of the General Political Department of the Red Army, and the Political Committee of the International Division of the Communist Party of China. Member, Director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 1st Red Army, Political Commissar of the First Brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment, Political Commissar of the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army.participated in the Long March.

During the Long March, the new soldier Wu Zonghan went to work as a bodyguard for Xiao Hua. When they met for the first time, he was too timid to raise his head.Xiao Hua asked: "How old are you?" "Twenty." "Hey! One year older than me!" Wu Zonghan looked up, and the chief in front of him was indeed young, and he couldn't help thinking: He is the chief at such a young age! In August 1938, Xiao Hua served as the commander and political commissar of the Eighth Route Army's Eastward Anti-Japanese Advance Column, and led his troops to advance to the border of Hebei and Shandong.

Hebei and Shandong are bordered by Tianjin in the north and Jinan in the south, both of which have heavy Japanese troops stationed there.Shen Honglie, chairman of the Shandong Province of the Kuomintang, and Lu Zhonglin, the chairman of the Hebei Province, are both eyeing the Hebei and Shandong borders.In order to gain a foothold, Xiao Hua decided to adopt the strategy of "fighting the deer with Shen". Xiao Hua went to Huimin County in person to negotiate with Shen Honglie.Shen Honglie used to be the commander of the Fengjun Fleet and the mayor of Qingdao. He is a cunning anti-communist diehard.He heard that Xiao Hua was just a 22-year-old "Baby Commander", and he looked down upon him very much.When Xiao Hua was 30 miles away from the city, Shen Honglie sent troops to demonstrate in an array in an attempt to scare Xiao Hua away.After Xiao Hua entered the city, he avoided seeing him again, intending to leave Xiao Hua in anger.Xiao Hua had a well-thought-out plan, and he didn't see the "chief officer" meeting the masses. After entering the city, he immediately distributed the "Condolence Letter to Huimin from All walks of life", went to the hospital to condolences to the wounded soldiers, and gave a lecture at the school.Shen Honglie hastily arranged a meeting, and after some verbal confrontation, an anti-Japanese agreement was reached.Shen Honglie also had to express his admiration to Xiao Hualian.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Zhonglin immediately bought Sun Zhongwen from the militia to attack Xiao Hua.Xiao Hua seized the opportunity to fight calmly, and Yanshan settled the situation in one battle, wiped him out, and cut off Lu Zhonglin's claws extending to the border area.The other militia groups and grasslands in the border area all followed suit.A year later, Xiao Hua's anti-Japanese armed forces amounted to more than 20,000 people, and established anti-Japanese base areas across 15 counties.