April 27, 1939, 8:00 pm.

Linyi, Shandong, Yimeng Mountain Area.

The First Column of the Eighth Route Army.

Xu Xiangqian, the commander of the column, glanced at the dozens of Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters present, pointed to the huge map, and said in a deep voice: "Comrades, this battle is not as usual. The severity of the war will undoubtedly be cruel and extremely difficult.

Therefore, here I want to make a point that no matter what difficulties we encounter, what situation we are in, or how powerful the Japanese army we face, we must always remember that we are the Eighth Route Army that exists for the country, the nation, and the people of China!

Any unit must drag the Japanese army to death even if it fights to the last soldier!"

Hearing these words, the Eighth Route Army commanders and soldiers present were moved.

"Yes, Commander!"

This battle will be the largest and most extensive battle since its establishment of the First Column of the Eighth Route Army. Its combat scope covers four cities and dozens of counties and districts in Shandong.

The Japanese troops faced were no less than 40,000!

The scale of this battle will be the highest in the history of the Eighth Route Army!

Zhu Rui, a political commissar of the column, said loudly: "Comrades, our battle will be based on previous guerrilla warfare, and appropriately use positional warfare to the best extent possible to cut all the Japanese troops in Laiwu, Liaocheng, Tai'an, Jining and other places, and divide them into dozens or even hundreds of large and small combat areas.

We will maximize our flexibility and provide the greatest support to our army's leading guerrillas and the ** Chu Yunfei team to achieve our goal of guiding Tai'an!"

Upon hearing this, the officers and soldiers present nodded in agreement.

This battle is different from the past!

Generally speaking, the Eighth Route Army units are best at fighting guerrilla warfare. In fact, there is no way to do this. After all, the Japanese army is strong and powerful, and our army faces it head-on, which is definitely not a small advantage.

But this battle is very different.

While annihilation of the Japanese army to the greatest extent, we must also cut all the Japanese divisions, Japanese military brigades, Japanese corps, Japanese brigades, and Japanese squadrons into small units.

Crush all the connections between them.

This requires positional warfare and blocking warfare to complete the assistance.

The development of positional warfare and sniper warfare means a head-on decisive battle. Our army, with its simple weapons and equipment, will have to pay a very heavy price to achieve this established goal!

Xu Xiangqian, commander of the column, whispered: "Now I order that our first detachment, must rush to Jining at around 7 pm tomorrow to launch an attack on the Japanese army there!"

"The 2nd Detachment must arrive in Laiwu tomorrow evening and attack the Japanese army on time at 7 pm!"

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"The 6th Team, ~~~~~~~~"

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"The 12th Detachment, You Yiyi, pulled out more than six Japanese strongholds!"

Xu Xiangqian said in a deep voice: "Comrades, I know the difficulties of this battle, but I hope everyone can overcome it, because this is not only related to the survival of our army in Shandong, but also to the danger of our Chinese nation!

Regardless of success or failure of this battle, the heroic spirit of our Chinese people and the courage of our nation will be passed down from generation to generation, and will always inspire future generations. We do not seek promotion and wealth, but we only ask for all the Japanese pirates to be eliminated!"

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**Independent Brigade of the 2nd Army, Chu Yunfei's troops.

Chu Yunfei said with a serious expression: "In this battle, those who say they retreat, those who are afraid to fight and those who fail to fight, and those who miss the opportunity to fight will not need to be judged. They will be punished for escaping on the battlefield and executed on the spot!"

"I don't care whether he is a platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, or regiment commander, as long as he dares to make such ugly performance, I, Chu Yunfei, will definitely kill me even if I go to the sacred bird and fall into the sacred yellow spring!"

"Yes, brigade!" All the officers present immediately stood up and shouted.

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**The 106th Division of the 4th Army, Shen Ke's troops.

The division commander Chen Keheng immediately sat on the chair, facing the top officers standing straight, and said, "Brothers, you all see the big knife in my hand."

Big knife?

Everyone present turned to look at the big knife, which was a bit curled with blades and covered with gaps.

How can everyone not know the origin of this inconspicuous big knife?

Since the Battle of Rehe in 1933, this big sword is the sword of the division commander Chen Ke. It has experienced more than a hundred battles of all sizes and sizes, including the Great Wall War, the Battle of Shanghai War, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Lanfeng, etc.

This big knife cut down the heads of Japanese invaders, no less than 20!

There were no less than 100 soldiers who were killed!

As for those officers and soldiers buried under this big sword, they were all fled at the battle.

For a moment, the officers present who were afraid of the Japanese army suddenly became chilled, fearing that this fierce sword would fall on his head, and he felt a sudden chill on his neck.

“Haha~~~~!”

At that moment, the teacher Chen Ke laughed softly. The expression on his face was different from Chu Yunfei's coldness, but a slight sensation, giving people a feeling of spring breeze. However, in the eyes of many people present, it was a smile like a god of death.

"Don't worry, you are all old brothers who have followed me to fight in the south for many years. I can still believe you. Today I took out this big knife, not to scare you!"

Chen Ke looked natural and smiled: "This big knife has been with me for many years and can no longer cut the Japanese. But if we lose this time, I will use this big knife to kill myself."

I am invincible when I carry my sword!

In an instant, everyone present was moved.

This is fighting with a mentality of winning and dying!

If you fail, you will be successful!

This is the famous anti-Japanese general - Chen Ke!

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Tianjin.

The General Headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

"Report to the commander, the 106th Division of the 4th Army, suddenly appeared in Puyang, Henan, and had the motivation to attack Puyang in large quantities!"

"Report to the Commander, our army from Linyi, Shandong, came to report that the 1st Column of the Eighth Route Army in the Yimeng Mountains is gathering secretly, and there is a big possibility of a big move."

Upon hearing these two pieces of information, General Sugiyama Moto, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army in North China, laughed, "The Chinese team is really overestimating their abilities. Do they think that with their weak force, they can challenge our Japanese Imperial Army? They are simply ignorant of life and death!"

At present, Major General Fengwen Yamashita, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Front Army, also laughed and said: "This is just the dying struggle of the Chinese army. Since they are going to fight, why don't we help them and just wipe them out in one fell swoop to strengthen our army's power!"

General Sugiyama Moto and Major General Tomomi Yamashita immediately won the recognition of many Japanese officers.

"The mere Chinese people, they are just hitting stones with eggs!"

"There are 120,000 Japanese troops in Shandong. How could they provoke them?"

"No matter what kind of enemy it is, under the iron hooves of our great Japanese Imperial Army, they can only be crushed into meat paste."

For a time, there was a burst of laughter and joy in the command of the Japanese North China Front Army, forming a wonderful and moving music.

At the same time, Ouyang stood on the hill of Longjiao Mountain and looked into the distance. It seemed that there was a fire burning in his eyes.

If the beacon of this battle rises with the wind, it will surely burn the entire Shandong land!
Chapter completed!