Division Commander Chen agreed with most of Li Ping's strategy, but he had doubts about the 10,000 troops holding the base area, and according to the intelligence, Sugiyama Yuan must be heavily pressed, and they were facing more than two divisions.

"Li Ping, there are 10,000 troops left in the base area, and we only have one chance to block the devils, will it be too risky?" Before Senior Commander Chen could speak, Political Commissar Wang asked, which is also what everyone is thinking at present.

Li Ping shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Don't say that I am sure, I have a guerrilla mind about the heavy encirclement and suppression of devils, and we must be prepared to be driven out of here by them." ”

Several people were shocked when they heard this, how could it be possible, so that they could not disperse their troops.

Li Ping watched the faces of several people change, and continued to explain: "Shandong has formed an army of its own, led by Sugiyama Yuan, and we will face several major threats. ”

"First, Sugiyama Yuan is an army of his own, which means that he is almost separated from Hebei Tada Jun's troops, this is a new command system, that is to say, Sugiyama Yuan can concentrate on the Shandong Air Force, as well as the devil navy on the sea."

"Second, the replenishment of troops, Shandong will increase a lot of devils in the future, Sugiyama Yuan is a devil general, and his identity means that there are not a few troops under his command."

"Third, coordination, Shandong is simply the place of four wars, one is facing the sea, and the other three directions are adjacent to Hebei, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu, and the identity of General Sugiyama Yuan can facilitate him to mobilize some troops, if the encirclement and suppression begin, Sugiyama Yuan will not fail to see this."

After Li Ping finished speaking, several people gasped, and Senior Commander Chen was silent for a while and said: "This is the reason why you want to disperse your forces, that is, I am afraid that we will be beaten by Sugiyama Yuan in this battle, and even ......." ”

Division Commander Chen didn't finish speaking, several people understood what he meant, Division Commander Chen looked at the map carefully, and said: "I think it's better to let the troops develop close to Henan, so that we can have the opportunity to connect with Division Commander Xu and their base area." ”

This was originally the strategy originally set by the chairman, several people nodded one after another, Li Ping's eyes narrowed and said: "The current situation does not tolerate us to disperse all our forces there for development, my suggestion, the scattered troops are divided into four parts." ”

"One part is developing in the direction of Hebei, and we are ready to connect with Master Xu."

"The second part is close to Henan, where our Eighth Route Army has a lot of base areas, and we can get their support to a certain extent."

"The remaining two parts are close to Anhui and develop in the direction of Jiangsu."

"The base areas to be established by the Fourth Route Army will all span the two provinces, and this will bring a lot of benefits."

As soon as Li Ping said, Division Commander Chen and the others immediately laughed, they all understood what Li Ping meant, the development across the two provinces means that if the devils want to encircle and suppress, they must unify the command of the two places, don't underestimate the small coordination, these Eighth Route Army can get a lot of opportunities.

"Alas, listening to your analysis, the troops left behind in our base area are just going to prepare to stay with the devils in Shandong."

Division Commander Chen's ridicule made several people smile bitterly, there is no way, the waist of the army is not hard, and it will take time to develop.

Several people set the tone, and the troops immediately acted according to the orders of the command, and the movements of the Eighth Route Army had been watched by Sugiyama Moto, who had now come to Jinan, and when Suzuki carried out his decision, Sugiyama knew that there were many commanders who had the same idea as him.

"Suzuki-kun, according to your estimate, how long will it take for us to clear Shandong?" , Sugiyama Gen asked Suzuki directly, he admired this division commander very much.

Suzuki's expression was serious, and he said in an indifferent tone: "Your Excellency, when the newly formed Yamamoto Division arrives in China, Your Excellency General, you will have close to three divisions of imperial soldiers in your hands, as well as more than 200,000 Imperial Cooperative Army, according to the estimation of your subordinates, you can complete the combat mission in two months." ”

Sugiyama nodded in agreement, why did it take two months, it was because Tada Jun lost too many materials last time, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army had to be exhausted, which Sugiyama Motomo also considered.

"Your Excellency, I think there is one more thing that must be done at the moment."

Suzuki's tone made Sugiyama Moto's attention, his eyes narrowed, and he asked slightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Suzuki did not procrastinate, and continued: "Your Excellency, there are so many hidden resistance forces in Shandong, we must clear them out first, in case they are against the Eighth Route Army. ”

The last incident made Suzuki itch his teeth, and the sudden emergence of resistance forces caused a lot of damage to the imperial garrison in Shandong, and these people and forces must be cleaned up.

Sugiyama also understood that Suzuki's consideration was right, don't be at that time when the front line is encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army, and there will be big problems in his rear and even in the surrounding area.

"Suzuki-kun, I leave this matter to you with full authority, and you must complete the elimination in a short time."

"Hi"

After Suzuki received authorization from Sugiyama Moto, he immediately asked the local garrisons to cooperate with the intelligence department, and it was inevitable to wipe out the anti-Japanese forces.

Suzuki's movements were fast, and the troops were mobilized immediately after a day's preparation time, and he was in the center to command, ready to support the unfavorable direction of the operation.

The devil's actions have made these anti-Japanese forces miserable, the last time they went out, they were caught by the devils, and now the devils are looking for the taste.

Li Ping also received different information, he could not be quiet in the headquarters, these are all ambitious Chinese, and they cannot watch them be eliminated.

"Division commander, the scattered troops can set off now, on the one hand, the time is urgent, and on the other hand, it is to rescue these forces." , Li Ping's suggestion, Division Commander Chen agreed, the areas where these people are located coincide with the base areas to be established by the Eighth Route Army, and they are all anti-log soldiers who were forced to the border by devils.

"Order the troops, immediately carry out the orders of the command, and start to establish a base after the troops disperse."

Division Commander Chen's telegram was sent, and the troops that had been replenished with supplies were in high spirits and marched along the planned route.

The actions of the Eighth Route Army made Suzuki's eyes almost pop out when he got the information, at this time the Eighth Route Army actually dared to divide its troops, judging from the intelligence, there were still many scattered troops.

"Baga, Li Pingjun, what are you thinking? What a surprising decision. Suzuki didn't think about the purpose of the Eighth Route Army, but he was sure that it was Li Ping's handiwork.

The more information he received, Suzuki gasped, and according to the intelligence department's estimates, the Eighth Route Army was fully dispersed two-thirds of its troops or even more.

"Quick, send this information to General Sugiyama Moto, and let him decide." , Suzuki can't grasp the direction anymore, and this matter must be handled by Sugiyama Moto.

As soon as Suzuki closed his eyes, the signal corpsman ran in: "Division commander, telegram to the front-line encirclement and suppression troops." ”