Although the enemy situation was severe, the Anti-Japanese Alliance was mentally prepared for the predicament it was in. [.Com text] When the commander-in-chief led the headquarters of the Second Route Army and the remaining troops of the Third Division of the Fifth Army on a night march, they passed through the heavy blockades of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In order to avoid the line of sight of the Japanese and puppet troops, most of the time they had to walk deep into the mountains and forests. After trekking for more than ten days, when they arrived at the secret camp of Laohedingzi Mountain, they saw the naked anti-union fighters in front of them.
Yang Zhen still couldn't control his tears.
Yang Zhen did not expect that the Anti-Japanese Federation would be in such a difficult situation. He saw that there were less than sixty people standing in front of him, including the guards of the Second Route Army Headquarters. They were still wearing single clothes in the severe cold of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.
, their bodies were wrapped in old military blankets captured by the Japanese army and various sheets to keep out the cold. Many people even didn’t even have shoes on their feet. They were only wrapped in two rags tied tightly with ropes. They were covered in bruises and bruises from the cold.
Anti-Union fighter, Yang Zhen felt as sad as a knife cutting into his heart.
These are our ancestors who have never received even a trace of assistance from their motherland in the ice and snow, but are still unyielding and persisting in fighting alone.
Seeing the anti-alliance fighters shivering with cold, Yang Zhen quickly ordered Peng Dingjie to immediately arrange for them to rest and take off the winter clothes that had been prepared as quickly as possible. At the same time, he asked Xiao Huzi to inform Zhang, who was the temporary acting director of the military medical department.
Ting immediately brought people to conduct physical examinations on these soldiers.
Seeing Yang Zhen's arrangement, Wang Guangyu on the side quietly pulled Yang Zhen's hand and said: "Commander, hurry up and get some food for the army. The army has been without food for two days, although except for the horse that carries the radio for us,
Outside, the rest of the horses were killed, but they only persisted until they crossed the Mudanjiang River. Once they crossed the Mudanjiang River, the troops ran out of food. The weather was so cold, and there was no food in their stomachs. The soldiers were starved, and they almost struggled after entering the mountains.
We walked to the secret camp."
"How could this happen? Haven't you replenished a grain of food since you set off?" Yang Zhen frowned deeply when he heard that after the anti-union soldiers killed horses, they had been without food for two days. What does this mean?
They had received almost no supplies since their departure.
Yang Zhen had no doubts about the commanding ability of the commander-in-chief. To be honest, although the Western Expedition ruined the two main forces of the Second Route Army, this Western Expedition was destined to be unsuccessful due to the circumstances at the time.
, the only and necessary choice for the Second Route Army. Although he failed, it cannot be said that this decision was wrong.
If there were flaws in this Western Expedition, it was that there was no command organization and no effective commander. As a result, when the situation deteriorated, each army or even division did not have unified command and fought independently. Some troops even ignored the safety of the main force and
It is wrong to make decisions without permission.
But Yang Zhen also knew that unlike the Third Route Army, which was full of talents, and the First Route Army, which had powerful assistants, the reason why the commander-in-chief, who was almost fighting alone, did this was because he really didn’t have much to take action.
Talents, especially qualified military cadres, are extremely scarce.
But for those who are worried about being hungry and cold, and whose physical strength has almost reached the limit, if someone falls behind and is captured, it will be exposed that the old Heidingzi secret camp is the only place in the entire Northern Manchuria that still stores a large amount of supplies, which is enough to maintain an army of small size.
The secret camp where the small troops overwintered, and the commander-in-chief personally stayed behind with Li Mingrui, who was in charge, to take in the stragglers. For so many days, Yang Zhen seemed a little worried about the fact that he had not been able to get much supplies despite marching such a long distance.
Because he knew that with the commander-in-chief's ability, even during a long march, he didn't even get much supplies. It was not because of the commander-in-chief's ability, but because the enemy situation must have changed.
In response to Yang Zhen's frown, Wang Guangyu explained: "Commander, you don't know that before our retreat this time, the commander-in-chief tried to open one or two logging factories or group tribes in Manchukuo in order to obtain some supplies. Because the commander-in-chief
The commander knew that moving from the north to the east and marching here for a long time, the headquarters and the third division would not be able to sustain the shortage of food and ammunition."
"In order to enable the troops to safely cross the mountains and forests and break through the Japanese and puppet troops' pursuit and interception, the commander-in-chief made great determination before setting off and concentrated all the troops and ammunition at hand in an attempt to launch an attack eastward and open up one or two
A small group of tribes. The first is to feint to the east and cover the follow-up actions. The most important thing is to obtain some supplies, especially some food supplies."
"Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief concentrated his forces and paid a lot of casualties to open up the two group tribes. However, he found that the Japanese and puppets only allowed each group tribe to retain three days of rations. If more than three days were exceeded, the food rations stationed in the group tribe could only be retained by the group tribe.
The Puppet Manchukuo police and the Puppet Self-Defense Group went to the large market town where the Japanese and puppet troops were heavily stationed to collect cotton. The cotton could only be received according to the quota per capita. The little devils even restricted the people in the tribe to only keep one cotton coat per person, and the rest
Destroy them all. The little devil’s tactics are too vicious. In addition to ripping off the people’s cotton-padded clothes, we can’t raise any cotton-padded clothes at all.”
"We defeated two groups of tribes. In addition to seizing thousands of rounds of ammunition, we only raised less than 200 kilograms of food. Even the standard of one kilogram per person per day for the roughly fifteen days required to ensure the march was met.
Not even. And I didn’t even get any winter clothes.”
"Because we have to cross the overlapping blockades of the Japanese and puppet troops, we must not be able to walk in a straight line on many roads and can only advance in circuitous ways. Many times we cannot even march during the day and can only travel at night. For fifteen days, the commander-in-chief has tried to count as little as possible.
.However, what we didn’t expect was that we walked for seventeen days on the not-too-distant marching route from Yidong to Ning’an.”
"On the way back, we killed our only two horses, so each person could only receive five taels of food per day. When we were crossing the Binsui Railway, we encountered the pseudo-road police and had a fight. Although
The interception by the puppet army and police was defeated, but more than a dozen soldiers were sacrificed and part of the food was lost. In order to avoid the Japanese and puppet pursuers, they went around in several circles and walked for several days longer. Regardless of saving the remaining food,
We only lasted past Mudanjiang before we ran out of food. If the commander-in-chief hadn't insisted, I'm afraid the horse carrying the radio station would have been killed as well."
"Commander, when we interrogated the captured Puppet Manchukuo soldiers and police, we obtained confessions. The Japanese's plan to return to the villages and merge households has changed. In response to the situation where the anti-allied forces attacked the group tribes to obtain supplies, the Japanese not only strictly
To control the amount of food in the group tribes, we are also working on merging the entire small group tribes in Xiajiang, East Manchuria and North Manchuria into a large group. Each large group must be stationed with heavy troops for defense."
Regarding the situation mentioned by Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen nodded and said: "It seems that the little devils are not targeting us only. They want all the anti-Japanese armed forces to starve to death and be trapped in the deep mountains and old forests. The strong walls and clear fields.
It’s not just us that can do it.”
After arranging the cooking team to cook porridge for the anti-union soldiers immediately, the change in the enemy situation made Yang Zhen deep in thought. Undoubtedly, the Japanese would greatly increase the difficulty of the troops' activities after they came out of the mountain. If you want to get enough supplies, just
There is no other way but to use inferior forces to attack places where the Japanese and puppet troops are stationed heavily.
The little devils changed from passive to active, forcing all the resistance forces, including their own troops, to take the initiative to fight for supplies and survival, and tried to take the opportunity to gather all the resistance forces and annihilate them. They knew very well that if they could not obtain supplies, they could only use
Small units scattered around the Anti-Japanese Alliance attack the places where they are heavily stationed. The only result is that they will be eaten by them. But if they don't go, the troops can only starve to death or freeze to death in the mountains and forests. It is more difficult to wait and wait than to mobilize.
It is much easier for troops to enter the mountains and search.
This move of the Japanese is really extremely vicious. No matter how reluctant the Anti-Alliance departments are, they can only bite the bullet and go head-to-head with the Japanese for supplies. Who is the Japanese commander this time? These series of schemes are really good.
poison.
Yang Zhen, who was deep in thought, didn't wake up from his deep thoughts until Li Mingrui's voice came from the side: "Commander, the commander-in-chief is here."
He watched Li Mingrui walking over with a tall middle-aged man who looked very old due to the continuous deterioration of the situation. Yang Zhen, who had seen photos of this famous anti-union general in later generations, knew that this middle-aged man
He was the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army who was well-known in later generations.
Yang Zhen stepped forward in a few steps, took off his coat and put it on the commander-in-chief, who was also wearing a thin military uniform like the other soldiers. Then he respectfully saluted with a military salute and said: "Hello, commander-in-chief."
While Yang Zhen was sizing up the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief was also sizing up the young Yang Zhen in front of him, who could not believe the achievements Wang Guangyu said. Seeing Yang Zhen salute him, especially
It was Yang Zhen who put on his coat and quickly returned the greeting: "Hello, Commander Yang."
Hearing that the Commander-in-Chief actually called himself Commander Yang, Yang Zhen quickly said: "Commander-in-Chief, please don't say that. In front of you, I am just a pawn. I dare not say something about the Commander not being the Commander. You
Just call me Xiao Yang."
Yang Zhen seemed a little excited when he met this famous general of the Anti-Japanese War for the first time. Anti-Japanese soldiers were being placed over there. Li Yanping, who rushed over after hearing the news, was extremely excited when he saw his superior. After calling out the commander-in-chief
After three words, my eyes filled with excitement and tears, and I couldn't say anything else.
Looking at the excited Li Yanping, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Political Commissar, you and the Commander-in-Chief have been separated for a long time and you want to rekindle old friendship. I can understand this. But we can't just talk in this ice and snow. Besides, Commander-in-Chief
You're still hungry like the other soldiers. I think if you have anything to say, why don't you go back to the headquarters and talk about it? You have to let the Commander-in-Chief warm up."
After that, Yang Zhen personally led the way, let the commander-in-chief to his headquarters, arranged for the little tiger to go to the cooking class to get food for the commander-in-chief, and personally told the cooking class to open a few cans. After sighing for a long time, he reluctantly said
After calming down, Li Yanping and others accompanied the commander-in-chief to sit down.
Although Yang Zhen was very humble, the commander-in-chief, who had already learned some information from Wang Guangyu, did not dare to look down upon him at all. After a moment of silence, the commander-in-chief spoke first: "Commander Yang, regarding your situation, Guangyu has told me
We have talked about it. I have also read all the telegrams you sent these days. And with Yanping here, you must have a certain understanding of our situation."
"In this case, I won't say any polite words or thanks. You know, we have lost contact with the central government for two years. Don't rush to eat. Can you first introduce to us the situation in the customs, especially the party's affairs?
Some situations.”
Regarding the somewhat eager attitude of the Commander-in-Chief, Yang Zhen waved his hand and said: "Commander-in-Chief, some things are not urgent. We will still have that in the future. People are iron and food is steel. The troops have been without food for two days. Commander-in-Chief
We share the same joys and sorrows as soldiers, and we probably haven’t eaten for two days. Let’s eat first and solve the problem of food and clothing first before talking about other things.”
Having said this, Yang Zhen paused for a moment before saying: "Commander-in-Chief, and I think what we should do most now is how to study the situation we are facing, how to break the Japanese conspiracy and let our troops survive. As for the rest,
I think we can push back first."
"Besides, since those of us were captured at the beginning of the year and taken to Manchuria in the middle of the year, we are not very clear about how the war situation in the pass has developed. Like you, I have lost contact with the party for a long time."
Hearing this, the commander-in-chief nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. But I also hope you can understand us. Since we lost contact with the party last year, we have lost contact with the Party Central Committee for two full years. I wrote to the Central Committee
There are many letters, hoping that the Soviet Party can help us forward them, but up to now there is still no news. We have lost contact with the Party, and we are like a group of children without mothers."
"I understand. But Commander-in-Chief, all I can say is that your efforts to pin your hopes on the Soviets are in vain. The Soviets will never want us to get in touch with the Central Committee, at least not now. To be honest,
If they want to help us, it is easy for them. But you have written so many letters but still no news, don't you feel something?"
"It's not that the Soviets don't want us to survive or even develop. After all, anyone who has a strong opponent around them will feel uneasy. As the Japanese army continues to increase its troops in Manchuria, as long as we continue to fight,
For them, the threat posed by this opponent will be reduced accordingly."
"But the premise is that we must be in their hands. You want to get in touch with the central government, which is obviously against their wishes. Do you think they will help? But even if they want to control us in their hands, they still can't.
They will not take the risk of going to war with the Japanese to support us. Because going to war with the Japanese is not in their interest. And it is not in their interest to let us gain contact with the central government." These two interests are
Yang Zhen said it very seriously.
"In fact, if we want to open up the connection with the pass, we do not necessarily have to go through the Soviets. At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, some troops of the 115th Division of our Eighth Route Army were already deployed on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei front line. There are also troops of our Eighth Route Army in Shandong.
force."
"I once asked Deputy Chief of Staff Wang to tell the commander-in-chief that we can send a capable person with a code to enter the customs alone and find a way to establish radio contact with the customs. We now have one hundred watt and fifty watt radios in our hands.
As long as you have a password for a high-power radio station and some gasoline that can be used to generate electricity for the radio station, it is not difficult to get in direct contact with the central government."
Regarding Yang Zhen's idea, the commander-in-chief nodded, sighed and said: "We have thought about this idea of yours, but we didn't dare to think too deeply. Besides, we always hold the spirit of internationalism in our hearts.
With a glimmer of hope.”
Regarding the hint of melancholy in the commander-in-chief's tone, Yang Zhen shook his head and didn't know how to persuade him. When he saw the little tiger who was going to get the meal came in with a few lunch boxes, Yang Zhen waved his hand and said: "Commander-in-Chief, you eat first, okay?
Let’s talk about it after dinner. We’re not in a hurry.”
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