After the meeting began, Gao Hong first introduced the enemy situation grasped by the underground party, and Gao Jiu also introduced the mobilization of Japanese and puppet troops collected by the Jinan Military Control Commission.

The enemy situation is serious.

This major Japanese army was personally commanded by General Haneda, the chief of staff of the 12th Army. The troops mobilized were one unit of the 114th Division, the 8th Division, and the Independent Mixed Brigade. The total Japanese army had more than 21,000 troops, one unit of the 3rd Division and one unit of the 4th Division of the Public Security Army, with a total force of more than 13,000 troops, and the total force of the Japanese and puppet forces reached 34,000.

After the introduction, John Chen conveyed the spirit of the Shandong Working Committee of the Underground Party on the anti-sweeping rush in southwestern Shandong.

The spirit of the instructions said that this large-scale mobilization of southwestern Shandong was part of the Japanese army's implementation of the strengthening public security movement in Shandong. Before that, the Japanese army had conducted a large-scale mobilization of northeastern, northeastern, northwestern, Jiaodong, and central Shandong, and the Eighth Route Army and the Underground Party suffered serious losses.

The key point of the Japanese army's implementation of the strengthening public security movement was to force the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Shandong Working Committee to retreat to the marginal mountainous areas, and the regime organization moved underground. The Japanese army strengthened the construction of grassroots regimes in the occupied areas and consolidated their rule over the occupied areas.

This move is extremely vicious because the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Underground Party Working Committee must be supported by the people, and the soldiers also need to be mobilized among the people. The strengthening of control over grassroots by the Japanese and puppet parties is equivalent to cutting off supplies from the Eighth Route Army and the Shandong Working Committee. The Eighth Route Army bases are gradually shrinking, and development will be greatly restricted.

Today, under the leadership of the military sub-district, the southwestern Shandong region has launched a campaign to mobilize the masses and established a large number of grassroots regimes. The Japanese army is approaching the brink of the border to destroy the base areas for the construction of the southwestern Shandong region, establish grassroots organizations at all levels of Japanese and puppet organizations, consolidate the rule of the Japanese and puppets, and compress the space for the development of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army often said: The military and civilians have a fish in the water. The Eighth Route Army is a fish, and the vast majority of people are water. The Japanese army's method is to drain the water, so it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to continue to survive.

Based on the experience of anti-sweeping in various places in Shandong, the Shandong Working Committee of the Underground Party made the following instructions.

First, southwestern Shandong areas should be vigilant and ensure the safety of the main forces, namely the independent regiment and the main county brigade.

Second, decent personnel were dispatched to organize capable teams to destroy the grassroots regime established by the Japanese and puppets.

Third, considering the particularity of the southwestern Shandong region, the southwestern Shandong Military Sub-district should strengthen cooperation with the Taohuashan guerrillas, and the specific anti-sweeping plan will be completed by the two sides in consultation.

After conveying the instructions from superiors, Chen John said: "Mr. Gao, this time we fight against the mobilization in southwestern Shandong, we must strengthen cooperation and jointly smash the enemy's conspiracy. What do you think about this?"

Gao Jiu said: "Cooperation is certain. We are all teams of anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese devils. We are a family, so there is no need to worry too much. Our Taohuashan guerrillas will definitely cooperate with the anti-sweeping operations of the military sub-district."

The reason why Chen John asked Gao Jiu to speak first was that the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district had just been established and they had no experience in large-scale Japanese storm. Faced with such a powerful enemy, does the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district have the strength to fight against it?

He and Gao Hong had already discussed that this anti-sweeping in southwestern Shandong should be mainly Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas, and they cooperated. Hearing Gao Jiu said that the Taohuashan guerrillas were coming to cooperate with the military sub-district for anti-sweeping, this obviously deviated greatly from their ideas.

John Chen and Gao Hong have already discussed that if the cooperation with the Taohuashan guerrillas cannot proceed smoothly, Gao Hong has a relatively close relationship with Gao Jiu, so he will do Gao Jiu's work. Gao Hong directly suggested that this work be handed over to Jiang Xiaomei.

Chen John gave Gao Hong a wink. Gao Hong understood what he meant and said to Jiang Xiaomei: "Captain Jiang, your independent group grew up and grew up with the help of Mr. Gao. You have cooperated with Mr. Gao the most times. I suggest that you and Mr. Gao make the anti-sweep plan together."

Jiang Xiaomei is very smart. When she heard Gao Hong's words, she understood that she asked her to ask Gao Jiu for help, hoping that this anti-mopping uprising operation in southwestern Shandong would be the protagonist of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Jiang Xiaomei was a little amused. Her two leaders had been asking her for money, equipment, and fighting backbone. Now that the war is approaching, she once again handed over this burden to herself.

However, Jiang Xiaomei is a firm underground party member, and she doesn't care so much. Moreover, Gao Jiu is her support. Faced with such a severe situation, Jiang Xiaomei's first feeling is that she has to rely on Gao Jiu to deal with the crisis she faces.

She said directly: "Brother Jiu, if we talk about war, all of us can't compare to you. This time, we will listen to you and do whatever you say."

Chen John, Yang Jiong and others also thought so. Gao Jiu's Taohua Mountain guerrillas were invincible, and they were just a big tree. Since the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district could not resist the Japanese attack, he simply followed the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to play a cooperative role.

Gao Hong immediately said, "Jiu Ye, I think Captain Jiang is right. If you and your Taohuashan guerrillas are the ones you should do, our military division will cooperate with the Taohuashan guerrillas to fight."

Chen John, Yang Jiong, and Huang Shuigen said one after another: "Yes, Mr. Gao, we believe in your command ability. This time, our military sub-district anti-sweep operation, we will obey your command."

The anti-sweeping operation in southwestern Shandong is an overall action, which requires close cooperation between the Taohuashan guerrillas and the Southwestern Shandong Military Sub-district to carry out unified joint combat. Since it is a unified combat, there should be a unified command and cannot do their own things. Everyone's suggestions happened to be in line with Gao Jiu's idea, so he did not refuse.

He said: "Since everyone trusts me, we will establish a joint command for this operation to jointly direct the anti-sweeping operations in southwestern Shandong."

Everyone expressed their approval for this. All the underground party members who attended the meeting were the main figures in the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district, and they were all members of the Joint Command. In the Taohua Mountain, after Gao Jiu's proposal, Gao Jiu, Zhang Quan, Wang Zhankui, Wang Guimin and Tian Chuan participated in the Joint Command.

After the establishment of the Joint Command, the anti-sweeping operation in southwestern Shandong had a unified command system.

How to crush the Japanese army's sweep? Gao Jiu has been thinking about it for a long time. His suggestion is that this anti-sweep operation should give full play to the special role of the Taohuashan guerrillas, attract the main force of the Japanese army to besiege Taohuashan, and reduce the pressure on the underground party base in southwestern Shandong. The Southwestern Shandong Military Sub-district organized basic armed forces to attack the grassroots organizations of the Japanese and puppets, and harass the main force of the Japanese army besieged Taohuashan guerrillas.

This plan attracted the main pressure of the Japanese army to Taohua Mountain. Gao Hong and others were very moved by Gao Jiu's spirit of self-sacrifice. They said that they would firmly cooperate with the actions of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

At Gao Jiu's suggestion, the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district took Jiang Xiaomei's independent regiment as the backbone and dispatched 7 county brigades to form two major combat groups, each with about 3,000 people.

Gao Hong, Chen Johan, and Wang Guimin are in charge of one combat group, and the other combat group is commanded by Jiang Xiaomei, Yang Jiong, Tian Chuan and Huang Shuigen to be able to deal with the large number of Japanese and puppet troops entering the base area.

In order to reduce the losses in the base area, the masses were mobilized to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and the exposed underground party members and Eighth Route Army family members were transferred.

Seeing that Gao Jiu was so thoughtful, everyone agreed.

Next, everyone discussed some details and decided to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army. In the future, they would no longer hold a unified meeting, use telegrams to communicate, and communicate at any time. According to the actual situation, adjust the combat plan.

The meeting stipulated that the command order of this anti-sweeping operation is: Gao Jiu, Gao Hong, Jiang Xiaomei, and Wang Zhankui.

After the joint combat meeting, Gao Hong and Chen Johan said goodbye and left. Gao Jiu also said goodbye to Jiang Xiaomei and others.

Jiang Xiaomei reluctantly sent Gao Jiu away. Gao Jiu explained many precautions to Jiang Xiaomei, telling her not to wear the red coat in the future and not to charge in person during war. She should tell the soldiers not to salute her on the battlefield and avoid exposing her target. Don’t do this or that, and talk a lot of nagging.

Jiang Xiaomei was not bored with Gao Jiu's mother-in-law and mother. She realized Gao Jiu's true love for her.

The sunset is setting, and the sunset is extremely gorgeous.

Jiang Xiaomei held Gao Jiu's hand and accompanied him slowly forward. She just hoped that this road would never end and would continue with her beloved.

It is inevitable that they will part, and the two finally parted. Jiang Xiaomei threw herself into Gao Jiu's arms, and tears wet the collar of his chest.

Gao Jiu raised Jiang Xiaomei's beautiful face and kissed her gently.

Then, Gao Jiu looked at Tian Chuan.

Tian Chuan understood Gao Jiu’s thoughts, and he said solemnly: “Don’t worry, Master Jiu, I will definitely protect the safety of Captain Jiang. With me, Tian Chuan, Captain Jiang will never lose a hair.”

Gao Jiu nodded and got on his horse and left.

As Jiang Xiaomei looked at Gao Jiu's back, she couldn't help but shout: "Brother Jiu, take care of her!"

Gao Jiu waved his hand without looking back and ran forward.

Jinan City, Gendarmerie Command.

When Hamada Yoshiji walked in the corridor of the office building, he found that when the people in the military police headquarters saw him, they consciously took a detour to avoid him. He couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

It is no wonder that Hamada Yoshihiro is famous now. Anyone who has carried out his plan will eventually go and never return. This time, Keno Takayama and his 15 proud disciples died in a foreign country, and even the pseudo police and pseudo security troops who followed them did not return.

Everyone is afraid to avoid such disaster stars.

Hamada Yoshihiro returned to his office, looked at himself in the dressing mirror, and loudly encouraged: "Hamada Yoshihiro, you have a clear conscience, a clear conscience, and a clear conscience."

He said it many times in a row, which restored his confidence a lot. He had no choice. He had suffered a defeat before, and the people around him would comfort him, and General Matsuda would also talk to him personally, encourage him to cheer up and continue fighting.

But now, everyone was afraid of him, and even General Matsuda looked a little embarrassed when he saw him. Hamada Yoshiji was a strong man. Although he would be weak, it didn't take long to recover.

He was very confident that no one in this world knows Gao Jiu better than himself. No one except himself can deal with Gao Jiu. He also had to continue fighting and continue fighting with Gao Jiu until the demon was completely eliminated.

Soon after, Hamada Yoshihiro, who had recovered his confidence, began to devote new work.

Hamada Yoshitsuhiro's current job is to train propaganda and pacification personnel. Today's Japanese army attaches great importance to the construction of grassroots organizations. When the Japanese army conducts sweeps, a large number of propaganda and puppet personnel will follow. Their functions are similar to the propaganda teams of underground party. Every time the Japanese army occupy a place, they are responsible for mobilizing local personnel who are willing to surrender to the Japanese and puppets, establishing maintenance meetings, and establishing grassroots regimes.

Yoshiji Hamada firmly believed that the most fundamental way to completely eliminate the Taohuashan guerrillas and eliminate the underground party's armed forces was to isolate them from the connection between them and ordinary people. He believed that as long as the water in the pond was drained, the fish inside would not survive. Therefore, he was very concerned about the work of cultivating propaganda and support personnel.

Yoshihiro Hamada dispatched a large number of pseudo-grass-level personnel to personally train them and teach them how to destroy the underground party’s grassroots organizations, how to consolidate the Japanese and puppet grassroots regimes, how to combat anti-Japanese elements, and how to provide food, funds, intelligence and personnel support for the Japanese and puppet superior regimes.

In a hotel in Jinan City, 170 backbone of the puppet regime personnel were receiving training organized by Hamada Yoshihiro. Many of these Japanese and puppet grassroots personnel had never been to Jinan City before, and they felt very fresh after entering the city.

When they were in the countryside, the biggest official they had ever met was the county military police captain, but was just a lieutenant or captain. Now they were very honored to be able to personally listen to the teachings of Colonel Chief High, like Hamada Yoshihiro.

Moreover, these people are very happy because after they graduate from the training class, they will go to various places to serve as local officials at all levels. For these traitors, this is a matter of glorifying their ancestors.

Captain Harada of the military police sometimes followed Hamada Yoshihiro to teach. He looked at the excited faces below and suddenly felt an unknown feeling. These guys who had never seen the world are now part of Hamada Yoshihiro's plan. Will these people who are about to implement Hamada Yoshihiro's plan begin a new journey of death?

Thinking of this, Captain Harada looked at Yoshihiro Hamada who was sitting below listening to the lecture, and felt his hair stand up. He decided to teach this class himself and find a reason in the future. Try not to act with Yoshihiro Hamada.

Captain Harada's premonition was accurate. The news that the Gendarmerie Command's Special High School held a training class for pseudo-grassroots organizations in Jinan City was soon learned by the underground party that the person in charge of the underground party heard that these Japanese and puppet personnel were about to rush to southwestern Shandong, so he sent a telegram to the Military Sub-district and Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu attached great importance to this matter. These Japanese and puppet personnel were all from grassroots social groups and were familiar with the rural situation. Many of them were local local snakes. The existence of these people will play a great role in damaging the grassroots organizations of the underground party. These people must be eliminated resolutely.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "This Hamada Yoshizhi is really a lucky star. Since he has sent another big gift, we have to accept it."
Chapter completed!