The wind was biting under the night sky, and there was no cloud in the clear night sky. A unit marched in the cold and dark night. The shiny helmets on the heads of the soldiers emitted a dark light and showed a certain murderous aura. Xu Haidong rode a war horse, wore a sheepskin military coat, and a sheepskin military cap. Seeing his strong mental state under his command, he was full of confidence and passion.

In the past few years since he came to Shandong, he has changed his guns and cannons. He suddenly attacked the city and drove the village. This change a month ago was so unthinkable. Although he only had 4,000 troops, his confidence came from strong military equipment. Therefore, in his eyes, the puppet army troops in front of him were a mob, so he was not worried about how difficult it would be to fight the puppet army. In this situation, these puppet soldiers are panicked and their combat effectiveness can be ignored. []

Now Xu Haidong is not worried about occupying Jining and Heze. What he is now considering is how to expand the army quickly. It is necessary to use the puppet army troops to expand rapidly. However, if those puppet army soldiers who have been enslaved by the Japanese army for a long time, it may not be an easy task to integrate into their own troops in a short time. However, fighting against the Japanese army next year is a real battle.

A fast horse ran to the front: "Report to the division commander, the vanguard army reported that there was a security regiment in Zoucheng. The vanguard army asked if it would launch an attack immediately!" Xu Haidong, who was thinking immediately, was awakened. Xu Haidong looked at the cavalry correspondent and pondered for a moment and said, "If you can, don't fight, don't fight. Order the vanguard army to send people into the city to persuade them to surrender."

The pseudo regiment headquarters in Zoucheng was filled with smoke. The pseudo regiment leader Da Jinya was smoking big cigarettes, and his concubine was serving next to him. Da Jinya was swallowing the clouds and spitting mist, and the happy expression on his face seemed to have forgotten all the troubles. Suddenly, a subordinate ran from outside, and his subordinate panicked and reported: "The leader is not good, the sentry in the east of the city discovered that a large number of Western National Army troops came from the east!"

Big Gold Ya was frightened and quickly put down her cigarette gun, her eyes turned and denied, "Nonsense! Why did the Western National Army come from the east? Are the sentries blind? It's so difficult for them to have wings?" The subordinate said, "Captain, I heard that the army in the western North Manchuria dispatched heavenly soldiers and generals. Wherever they wanted to appear?"

"Damn what kind of heavenly soldiers and generals, that's an airborne force!" Da Jinya was still awake. "Yes, yes, what's the airborne force, maybe they are!" The subordinates echoed. "Send airborne forces to attack our broken county town. Do you think this is possible?" "Let's go! Go up the city wall and go see, mom's sentry is going to lie about military information and I will kill him!"

Soon after, Dajinya and his subordinates climbed up the city wall. When a company commander saw the regiment commander coming, he hurriedly reported: "Reporting to the regiment commander, although it was dark, the helmets on their heads and the guys in their hands were shining brightly, and they were definitely not guerrillas. They just came here to ask for negotiations. The other party was wearing the military uniform of the Western National Army. I guaranteed that it was absolutely right!"

Da Jinya still didn't believe it, so he wanted to carefully. Da Jinya should be unlucky. After a front company commander of our army sent someone to contact him, the other party did not respond for a long time. He was a little impatient when he waited. Just then, an observer reported that he found someone on the city wall. The company commander decided to scare the other party and ordered the mortar rapid-fire three shells to shock him and try his reaction.

Perhaps the unlucky Dajinya was deadly. A mortar shell fell accurately beside Dajinya. With a violent explosion, Dajinya and the subordinates and guards were all blown away. The company commander was lucky. When the shell exploded, Dajinya and several people stood in front of him. When the company commander got up and saw Dajinya lying in a pool of blood, he was frightened by the company commander, so he rolled and crawled down the city wall, shouting that the regiment commander had been blown to death.

Then the puppet soldiers guarding the city wall were in chaos. They had originally guessed that the troops that suddenly appeared in front of them were the Western Army. Now they made a clear judgment. Someone shouted and ran away quickly: The heavenly soldiers and generals are coming! The puppet soldiers guarding the city walls ran to the city. Soon, the puppet soldiers in the city heard the news that the regiment leader Da Jinya was killed, and the dragons were without a leader, and most of the puppet soldiers began to flee to Zoucheng.

At around 2 a.m., Xu Haidong came to the city wall. The vanguard battalion commander reported that he first sent someone to contact him, but there was no reply inside. Two hours ago, the vanguard company commander ordered three mortar shells to be fired. There was a chaotic situation inside, and then there was no movement! Xu Haidong ordered to go and reconnaissance and see what was going on!

The reconnaissance was soon reported, and no one was guarding the city gate and no one was on the city wall. Xu Haidong was also confused, thinking that what was the puppet army singing? The troops entered the city carefully, but found that the puppet army had escaped. After Xu Haidong entered the city, he realized that the puppet army was killed by accident. No wonder the puppet army ran faster than the rabbit.

Xu Haidong decided to rest for a day in Zoucheng. Let the troops take a breath for a while. The next morning, around 9 o'clock, Xu Haidong got up and the chief of staff reported: "Terminal Commander! The reconnaissance force reported that they had captured several puppet army prisoners. According to the captives, most of the puppet army fled to Jining, and they determined that we were the Western National Army." Xu Haidong pondered for a moment and said: "I judged that the puppet army has become a frightened bird, and it seems that the strategy must be changed. Since we are the Western National Army, we must take advantage of this opportunity. I decided to go to Jining in person to persuade us to surrender."

The chief of staff stopped him and said, "Teacher! You can't take this risk, I'll go!" "Okay, don't argue, don't worry, nothing will happen!" Xu Haidong refused to let him go. The next day, Xu Haidong led two guards to Jining on horseback. Zoucheng was only more than 50 miles away from Jining. At about 9 o'clock, Xu Haidong arrived at Jining County.

The brigade commander of the Jining Security Brigade has been an ant on the hot pan these two days. His security commander was killed in Zoucheng. A group of people rolled and crawled back to Jining. The battalion commander who fled back didn't know what was going on, so he had to exaggerate the situation in Zoucheng very scary. He said that tens of thousands of soldiers from the east came to attack Zoucheng. He said that the commander was killed as soon as the battle was fought, and said that the other party had artillery.

The security brigade commander was named Wei San. He had been with Sun Chuanfang's troops before, and later defected to Han Deqian. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he led his troops to the Japanese. Although he did not know the real situation of the Japanese army, the Japanese army shrank its troops and transferred the troops in Shandong, which made him feel frightened. Rumors are flying everywhere, saying that the Western Army is so great now that it is so great that the Japanese are fighting. The Japanese are no match at all. He also said that the Western Army dispatched millions of troops to counterattack. Tanks are like ants, and the planes in the sky are like locusts.

He was still a little skeptical about the evil report of his subordinates. The Western National Army dispatched tens of thousands of airborne troops to appear in Shandong, which was absolutely impossible. He knew in his heart that the opponent of the Western National Army was the Japanese, and Jining was not a strategic location. If a rabbit did not shit, the Western National Army would never be able to dispatch a large army to deal with him.

Wei San sent spies to investigate and he wanted to find out the real situation. But that morning, the city gate defense force reported that a lieutenant general commander came outside the gate, claiming to be the deputy commander of the Shandong Independent Army. Wei Sanwen almost didn't believe his ears, but he protected his own home and was vivid outside the city. You can't help but doubt it. Wei San didn't pay attention and hoped to get help from his subordinates.

But my subordinates didn't know what to do? Seeing the brigade commander's face look ugly, a confidant said, "Travel! The Japanese are no longer reliable at the moment. We must think about our own way of retreat. Regardless of whether the other party is real or not, will we know what we meet?" Wei San asked his subordinates who came to report the message: "Are you sure that the person who came was wearing a lieutenant general and only led two people? My subordinates were sure that, and Wei San ordered the person who came in to invite him in.

About an hour later, Xu Haidong walked into the Security Brigade Department. Wei San specially arranged the scene. The guards on both sides were covered with weapons, and looked murderous. Xu Haidong walked in with a majestic appearance and saw a fat guy sitting at the head of the Eight Immortals table and said, "I am Xu Haidong, deputy commander of the Shandong Independence Army. I came here today to persuade me to surrender!"

"Haha! It turns out to be a famous guerrilla king. I thought it was, I have heard of your name! How did you turn into a national army?" Wei San was relieved when he heard Xu Haidong's name. Xu Haidong said: "We have just completed the adaptation and dress-up, and the official number is Shandong Independence Army."

Wei Sanman said indifferently: "I want to know, what confidence do you have to persuade him to surrender?" Xu Haidong said: "My army has just completed air supply and has replenished weapons and ammunition! If you don't believe it, you can send someone to see it in the city." Wei San looked at Xu Haidong's military uniform carefully, and then looked at the guards. He was sure that Xu Haidong did not lie to him. Wei San turned his eyes around and asked in a tentative manner: "It is difficult to get the legendary airborne troops to join your headquarters!"

Xu Haidong smiled and said without a positive answer: "Braft Commander Wei, the little Japanese are exhausted. I came alone, just because the Chinese people don't want the Chinese to kill each other. Maybe the Japanese won't tell you the real situation, so I'll tell you. In July this year, my assault corps dispatched 350,000 people to North Manchuria, including three tank divisions, four field troops, two cavalry divisions, three aviation divisions, and two bombing wings of the US military."

Wei Sanhe's subordinates opened their mouths and listened. Xu Haidong replied: "My three tank divisions have 1,100 tanks and nearly 600 combat aircraft. After more than four months of combat, we cleanly eliminated 7 Japanese divisions, two independent mixed brigades, and one chariot brigade. The powerful Kanto Army is no longer worthy of its name! To be precise, the tail of the little Japanese cannot grow!"

"I can also tell you that the Northern Manchuria has been occupied by us. The best proof of the Japanese army's withdrawal of troops from Shandong is. You can see how many Japanese troops there are in Shandong? As for other battlefields, I don't need to tell you. Therefore, I advise you to recognize the situation and stop the horse as soon as possible. This is your only correct choice!"

Xu Haidong's words played a role, and everyone around him lowered their heads. Seeing that Wei San was still hesitating, Xu Haidong replied: "If you are not convinced, we will sit here and let my troops attack the city. I guarantee that a small unit will break the city. Let's test how." At this moment, a subordinate hurried in from outside. He muttered a few words in Wei San's ear, obviously informing the reconnaissance situation. Wei San changed his face and said dejectedly: "Deputy Commander Xu! Give us time to think about what is there?"

Two hours later, Wei San made the correct decision to surrender. That night, the large army arrived in Jining City. Wei San was frightened when he saw the fierce troops and was glad that he turned back in time. About mid-January, a security brigade stationed in Heze also chose to surrender under strong pressure. Xu Haidong completed the occupation of Jining and Heze one and a half months ahead of schedule.

The two puppet army security brigades had about 8,000 troops and were rich and rich. Xu Haidong selected 6,000 people to enter the army, and sent the two thousand eliminated to the military headquarters to establish a logistics force. In February, the other two divisions completed the occupation of Tai'an and Laiwu, and all the surrounding counties and towns were occupied.

After the old calendar year, all units completed the expansion task, and then performed a large-scale air supply. The headquarters required the troops to train for one month and began to use troops to the north at the end of March. During this period, the Japanese army also adjusted its troops. Due to defensive pressure, the Japanese army transferred the Japanese military brigades to Texas, while only one Korean division was left in Jinan.
Chapter completed!