Chapter 168 2. Luo Ronghuan embarked on a major reorganization

The land of Qilu in August is scorching hot. On August 10, Dadian Village, Junan County. As the night fell, candles flickered in an ordinary house.Luo Ronghuan was sitting upright, reading Mao Zedong's article.Think while reading, and make notes on the article from time to time. As the top leader of the Shandong base area, Luo Ronghuan really felt that the burden was not light.In the past two days, he has been thinking almost day and night how to implement the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and Mao Zedong, launch a major counter-offensive in Shandong, and fight the final battle.

At this moment, comrades from the Confidentiality Section sent an urgent telegram.Luo Ronghuan unfolded the telegram and saw by candlelight: After seeing it, Luo Ronghuan clapped his hands and hurriedly paced around the room excitedly.Walking and saying: "Good news! Good news!" Subsequently, Luo Ronghuan convened a meeting overnight to study countermeasures.All leading comrades at home from the Shandong Branch, the Provincial Administrative Committee and the Shandong Military Region participated.Everyone talked freely about the current situation in extreme excitement, and they were full of confidence in the future.

At this moment, Luo Ronghuan received another telegram from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The telegram is as follows: After reading it, Luo Ronghuan passed the telegram to the main leaders of the sub-bureau, the executive committee and the military region for reading.After reading it, Li Yu, the deputy political commissar of the military region, suggested: "I think we should immediately call a meeting of relevant personnel to study and implement the deployment of the Party Central Committee." Luo Ronghuan waved his big hand and said: "Yes, this is a historical opportunity, and we should study it carefully. However, at present, some leaders of the strategic areas are far away from each other, and they cannot hold a meeting to study immediately. Besides, the meeting will take time. At present, time is tight, and many It may be too late to wait for the meeting to decide on the issue. Therefore, on the one hand, we immediately notify the relevant personnel and hold a meeting of senior cadres at the branch office tonight. On the other hand, we will immediately issue some urgent instructions and notices so that preparations can begin immediately.”

On the 11th, Luo Ronghuan, Li Yu, Xiao Hua and other leaders negotiated and drafted telegrams, and successively issued "Urgent Instructions on Mobilizing Cadres to Ensure the Occupation of Cities and Traffic Arteries", "Urgent Mobilization of All Military and Civilians to Guarantee the Final Victory of the War of Resistance" and "To Japan Ultimatum to Garrison" and "Urgent Notice to Puppet Army, Puppet Police and All Puppet Organizations" and other four announcements. That night, Luo Ronghuan convened a meeting of senior cadres from the branch, provincial administrative committee, and military region in the crude conference room of the Shandong branch of the Communist Party of China, announced the instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, studied and implemented the action plan for implementing measures and organizing a major counteroffensive.

After the meeting started, Luo Ronghuan first announced the call from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the 10th.The venue was immediately filled with enthusiasm, and everyone was discussing in low voices, full of confidence in the future. When everyone calmed down, Luo Ronghuan continued: "At present, Japanese imperialism is about to surrender, and the situation is very favorable to us. The Party Central Committee instructed us to quickly occupy large and medium-sized cities such as Xuzhou, Jinan, and Qingdao, and prepare to accept the surrender of the enemy and puppet troops. All armed forces in the Liberated Area issued seven marching orders. We must resolutely implement the instructions of the Party Central Committee, quickly mobilize the party, government, military and civilians in the entire region, and prepare for and implement a major counterattack."

Luo Ronghuan paused, scanned the venue with his eyes, and then said: "For this reason, we must quickly reorganize our troops, march towards railway lines and big cities, and force the enemy to surrender to our army." Luo Ronghuan took a sip of water and continued, "The enemy's begging for surrender does not mean that he has laid down his arms. Chiang Kai-shek will definitely do everything possible to prevent us from regaining the lost ground. Therefore, we must not think that everything is going well, and we must act quickly to win the final victory." This time the meeting was not long, but it was successful from mission to deployment. It carefully analyzed the possible actions of the Japanese and puppet troops and the possible actions of the Kuomintang army, and put forward countermeasures.

In order to realize the task of counterattack, the Shandong Military Region reorganized all strategic forces in the region according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. After the reorganization, the Shandong Military Region reorganized its first-line troops into 8 divisions, 12 garrison brigades, 1 coastal detachment and 1 naval detachment.In accordance with the Central Military Commission's principle of adopting a three-three system from brigade to platoon, each division governs three A-type regiments, each with more than 2,500 people, and is mainly responsible for mobile operations and the task of capturing large cities.Each garrison brigade governs 2 regiments, mainly responsible for combat missions in secondary directions.

The Binhai District troops are organized into the 1st and 2nd Divisions of Shandong, and the 10th and 11th Brigades of Shandong Garrison. The troops of the Luzhong Military Region were organized into the 3rd and 4th Divisions of Shandong, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades of the Shandong Garrison, and the 4th Brigade was formed soon. The troops of the Jiaodong Military Region were organized into the 5th and 6th Divisions, and the 4th and 5th Brigades of the Shandong Garrison. The troops of the Bohai Sea Region were organized into the 7th Division, and the 6th and 7th Brigades of the Shandong Garrison.

The troops of the Southern Shandong Military Region were organized into the 8th Division and the 8th and 9th Brigades of the Shandong Garrison. The Binhai Detachment is affiliated to the Jiaodong Military Region and is preparing to enter the Northeast. Commander of the 1st Division: Liang Xingchu, Political Commissar: Liang Biye. Commander of the 2nd Division: Luo Huasheng, Political Commissar: Liu Xingyuan. Commander of the 3rd Division: Wang Jian'an (concurrently), Political Commissar: Zhou Chiping. Commander of the 4th Division: Liao Rongbiao, Political Commissar: Wang Yiping. Commander of the 5th Division: Wu Kehua, Political Commissar: Peng Jiaqing.

Commander of the 6th Division: Nie Fengzhi, Political Commissar: Li Bingling. Commander of the 7th Division: Yang Guofu (concurrently), political commissar: Zhou Guanwu. Commander (and) Political Commissar of the 8th Division: Wang Lushui. Commander of the 1st Security Brigade: Chen Qi, Political Commissar: Li Boqiu (concurrently). Commander of the 2nd Security Brigade: Wu Ruilin (concurrently), Political Commissar: Kong Fanbin. Commander of the 3rd Security Brigade: Qian Jun (concurrently), Political Commissar: Xiong Fei. Commander of the 4th Garrison Brigade (in Luzhong Military Region): Sun Jixian (concurrently), Political Commissar: Li Yaowen (concurrently).

Commander of the 4th Garrison Brigade (Jiaodong Military Region): Liu Yong, Political Commissar: Zhong Xidong (concurrently). Commander of the 5th Security Brigade: Jia Ruoyu (concurrently), Political Commissar: Liao Haiguang. Commander of the 6th Garrison Brigade: Liu Xianquan (concurrently), Political Commissar: Chen De. Commander of the 7th Garrison Brigade: Zhao Jizhou, Political Commissar: Li Mancun (concurrently). Commander of the 8th Guard Brigade: He Jian (concurrently), Political Commissar: Yang Shifa (concurrently). Commander of the 9th Security Brigade: Hu Darong (concurrently). Commander of the 10th Security Brigade: Zhao Jie (concurrently), Political Commissar: Tian Haishan (concurrently). Commander of the 11th Security Brigade: Tan Shimian (concurrently). Captain of Binhai Detachment: Wan Yi, Political Commissar: Wang Weiping. In accordance with the instructions of the central government, while reorganizing the first-line troops in the region, the Shandong Military Region also vigorously reorganized and expanded the second-line troops to mobilize the people in the region to actively participate in the Eighth Route Army.In order to meet the needs of the struggle, the local armed forces in the counties and districts were immediately supplemented after being upgraded to the main force, bringing the total number of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to more than 270,000. At the beginning of September, it reached 300,000 people, and another 600,000 militiamen.