I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Fifteen minutes later, most of the expatriates took to the streets. The soldiers shouted that if one person resisted, the whole street would be wiped out. No one dared to make any unnecessary moves.

Part of the troops began to organize the evacuation of the expatriates, and the rest began to search all the houses. Occasionally, women in disheveled clothes rushed out after a while, shouting for mercy. The soldiers generously guarded against them, but once the soldiers entered the houses, it was no use shouting for help.

Gunshots rang out and the cries for help stopped abruptly. The overseas Chinese outside became more obedient and held their heads tightly with both hands, fearing that they would accidentally cause misunderstandings.

At 4:30 in the morning, when the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division were jointly clearing out the overseas Chinese, the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters sent a plaintext telegram with extremely simple content:

Captain Cold Gun, the overseas Chinese are innocent, let them go!

What the hell! What's going on? Although the whole country was fast asleep, the plaintext message still caused a huge sensation.

The first cities to react were Yichang, Chongqing and northern Shaanxi.

Li Zongren was awakened from his sleep by a hurried call, and thought that the Japanese army was going to launch a sneak attack. He was confused when he saw the plain text message from the Japanese army. Chongqing did not inform them of their communication plan with Leng Qiang, and the matter was kept secret. Only two people in Chongqing knew about Leng Qiang's sneak attack on Qingdao.

"Send a telegram to the Yimeng guerrillas, asking about their current direction of attack."

After giving the order, Li Zongren frowned again, and suddenly remembered that his niece had just sent him a telegram yesterday, asking him to communicate with his family. He would be the one to make the decision on marriage matters, and he had already made a promise. Since Yunyan did not mention the sneak attack by the Yimeng guerrillas, it must be that Captain Lengqiang asked for it to be kept secret. He would not ask more questions, as they were probably engaged in a tense battle now. However, since the Japanese army mentioned the overseas Chinese, the direction of the attack would be either Qingdao or Jinan.

"Wait, don't send it yet, keep monitoring the radio and wait for news of the cold gun"!

Li Zongren lost his sleepiness and thought that Leng Qiang would not interfere in this battle, but he still took action. Although it was just a sneak attack on Qingdao or Jinan, it would also have a great impact.

In the Chongqing Mansion, the top brass was also fast asleep. Worried about the situation in Zaoyi area, they had just fallen asleep at one in the morning and were sleeping soundly when the chief attendant called them from outside.

"Report, the Japanese army sent a coded message, asking them to let their overseas Chinese go free with a cold gun."

The senior executive woke up for a few seconds and immediately sat up from the bed.

"Say it again."

"Report, the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters has just sent a plain text message, the content of the message is as follows":

"Captain Cold Gun, the overseas Chinese are innocent, let them go!"

"Okay, I got it. It'll be a while until dawn, so go and rest first!"

"Yes"!

The director of the attendant room left, but the senior management was no longer sleepy. Leng Qiang, they are moving very quickly! They have all started to attack the overseas Chinese. It seems that Qingdao City has been taken! Some people will say at the press conference tomorrow that this should be the largest and most important city taken by the counterattack since July 7! Leng Qiang is not under his control for the time being, but there is a Shen Honglie in it, and the commendation has to be issued by himself.

In a cave in Yan'an, several big men got up early after hearing the news and sat in the yard outside the cave to enjoy the cool air. It was September and the weather was still hot. It was a bit stuffy in the cave last night and they didn't sleep well. They simply didn't sleep and gathered together to discuss the Japanese army's plain text telegrams.

"There are many overseas Chinese in Qingdao! I hope Cold Gun won't kill them all! If he does, it will definitely have a bad impact on him."

"Don't worry! Leng Qiang has a good vision. He will not kill overseas Chinese. In the hands of others, they may be a burden and a powder keg, but in his hands, he will definitely be able to play tricks."

"By the way, did Xiao Yang participate?"

"We haven't sent a message yet. There's no news from Leng Qiang, and he can't disclose it on his own initiative. We have given him orders to follow Leng Qiang's command in everything. We estimate that he will join the confrontation sequence on the Jinpu Line or the Longhai Line."

"What a pity! They will not be included in the battle report or commendations."

The big man with a Hunan accent lit a cigarette, took a deep puff and said:

"It's not necessarily a bad thing. The Lunan Detachment has become quite powerful, and it's the Yimeng guerrillas who are standing in the way. Otherwise, the New Fourth Division would definitely take action. Shen Honglie is very obedient."

"Hmph! If he dares to take action, it's hard to say who will win or lose. If he hadn't gotten some equipment from Leng Qiang, that would have been the case."

"Okay, after drinking tea, let's go back to have breakfast! Hey, put down the cigarette. If you take it away, I will have to think about other people's cigarettes for two days."

At daybreak, the fighting in Qingdao City had basically stopped. Occasionally, sporadic gunshots were heard, which were all from the special forces cleaning up the escaped fish.

The people did not go out. The last time they launched a cold attack on Qingdao, they withdrew after the attack. The Japanese army went crazy all day, arresting anti-Japanese elements on the streets. It should be the same today. The groups of Japanese who were abused by the Yimeng guerrillas will definitely be angry and humiliated. It is safer to stay at home.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division issued a statement:

After taking over Qingdao, we will garrison there. We welcome the Japanese army to fight. The overseas Chinese must be safe. Be careful not to bomb your own people.

The signature is Shen Honglie of the New Fourth Division and Leng Qiang of the Yimeng Guerrillas.

Shen Honglie's eyes were filled with tears, and the rough man wished he could take out his heart and show it to Chen Feng at this moment.

Chen Feng didn't care. He had no plan to garrison in Qingdao. Apart from the warships, nothing else mattered to him. It was more reliable to leave the management of the city to them. He controlled the largest city, Linyi, but had no management strategy and was in a completely free-range state. It would definitely not work to leave Qingdao alone. Not to mention anything else, even those Japanese factories would give him a headache. Doing a favor to Shen Honglie and Chongqing not only solved the problem but also saved him from worry.

Seeing Shen Honglie hesitate to speak, Song Zihan must be too embarrassed to express gratitude:

"You don't have to stay here anymore. Hurry up and arrange the deployment and clean up the captured spoils. Be careful with the anti-aircraft machine guns in key locations and the coastal defense artillery on the seashore. The team should be dispersed as much as possible. If it must be concentrated, place the prisoners of war and overseas Chinese there as well."

"Finally, I'd like to say one more thing. As per our previous agreement, we only want half of the floating assets, not to mention the depreciation of factory materials and the like"!

Shen Honglie left with the guards without saying a word, but it seemed as if he left behind thousands of words.

"Captain, Commander Shen just cried. I saw him shed tears when he turned around."

Chen Feng felt helpless. This was only Song Zihan. Even if it was Li Yunyan, it would not be appropriate to stare at others and laugh at them.

"Okay, stop showing off. Send telegrams to all units, complete the handover with the New Fourth Division, and temporarily accept the arrangements of the New Fourth Division. Don't have an attitude. The deployment must be careful and meticulous. The coastline should be the focus, and other areas must also be taken care of. We will help them take it down, and also help them defend it."