Seeing that the 104th Division was scared off by him, Yang Zhen, who breathed a sigh of relief, naturally would not pursue the pursuit. In addition to sweeping through Luobei in order to open up the northward transportation line, Ma Chunsheng from Foshan and two counties led the troops
While one battalion continued to fight, Yang Zhen led the rest of the troops and honestly retreated to Xingshan Fortress to rest. [.Com text]
Within a month, two battles were carried out almost consecutively. Although they did not reach the battle level, they were not small battles. Although the results were rich, the casualties they caused to the troops themselves were also huge. Except for Liu Changshun's second regiment, which
In addition to being complete, the rest of the troops have either not yet been replenished or have recently paid a heavy price and are in urgent need of replenishment.
After the 104th Division was defeated in World War I, at least for a short period of time, except for the Japanese 4th Division, there were no large Japanese troops in the entire Sanjiang Province of Manchuria. Yang Zhen moved his headquarters to a more geographically located location.
Xingshan Fortress is important and has more convenient connections with the arsenal.
After the fighting at Guanmenzuizi Mountain subsided, Yang Zhen was busy repairing a regiment that had suffered heavy losses, using rescued workers to form a new supplementary regiment with prisoners of war as the skeleton, and transferring some veterans and backbones to form local troops.
Put more energy on Ma Chunsheng, the only one who is still continuing to fight.
On the afternoon when the 104th Division was frightened away by Yang Zhen, who was half a blow and half a threat, Ma Chunsheng used tactics of bluffing, luring snakes out of their holes, and setting up a mobile ambush to lure the Puppet Manchukuo Border Police Team in Luobei County out of the well-fortified
Luobei County, and surrounded and annihilated it in a ravine thirty miles west of Luobei County.
After encircling and annihilating the puppet Manchukuo border police team in Luobei County, and waiting for a battalion reinforced by Yang Zhen, Ma Chunsheng took advantage of the good situation that there was no large Japanese and puppet troops in the entire Luobei, and used the few troops at hand to sweep across
The entire territory of Luobei and the eastern mountainous area of Foshan. At a very slight cost of casualties, they successively captured a series of important targets such as Luobei County, Wutong River, Dulu River, and the three major gold mines in North and Central China.
Although they failed to seize Foshan County due to limited troops, they seized almost all strategic points at the junction of the two counties, successfully completed the task of opening up the communication line with the north, and seized more than 10,000 taels of alluvial gold from three gold mines.
While sweeping through Luobei County, the troops commanded by Ma Chunsheng unexpectedly met up with the remaining troops of the Anti-Union Third Route Army after their western expedition at the junction of the southwest mountainous area of Luobei and Tangyuan.
After fighting against the troops left behind after the Western Expedition of the Anti-Alliance Third Route Army, after a brutal struggle in the winter of 1938, there were only a few dozen of the 29th Regiment of the Sixth Army left, and after the remnants of the Second Division of the Third Army were reunited, Ma Chunsheng
Under the guidance of the troops left behind by the Route Army down the river, a small group of troops, led by former Second Route Army headquarters personnel, sneaked across the Songhua River. After painstaking search, they finally found themselves in a dense forest at the junction of Fujin, Tongjiang, and Baoqing.
They found the Seventh Army with only a hundred people left.
After finding the remaining troops of the Seventh Army and the Third Route Army, Ma Chunsheng did not hesitate and immediately sent a platoon to escort them to join the headquarters that had moved to the Xingshan Fortress area. After receiving Ma Chunsheng's telegram, Yang Zhen immediately telegraphed to the troops in Qinghei Mountain.
Commander-in-Chief.
When the commander-in-chief who came after hearing the news saw the remnants of the Seventh Army that were haggard, with broken equipment, and had lost contact with him for a whole winter, he couldn't help crying quietly.
As the saying goes, good things come in pairs. A week after Ma Chunsheng found the remnants of the Seventh Army who were oppressed by heavy Japanese and puppet troops in the dense forest of Baoqing, Peng Dingjie was recalled to the team by Yang Zhendian before the battle of Qunce Mountain.
They also took the headquarters of the Fifth Army, as well as the main force of the Fifth Army, which was only about a hundred people after the failure of the Western Expedition, and the Fifth Division of the Second Army active in the Ning'an and Dunhua areas, and arrived at Xingshan Fortress after more than 20 days of day and night march.
.
In less than half a month, after the Second Route Army lost most of its main force in its western expedition, and after the Third Route Army's main force invaded the Songnen area, almost all the anti-alliance troops who remained in the Xiajiang area and continued to fight gathered in Xingshan.
Fortress area.
Of course, the commander-in-chief was most happy about the alliance in the Xiajiang area, but Yang Zhen was the most troubled. Not counting those at the division commander level, there were only two at the corps commander level. Although the army's establishment was large,
The number of troops on hand, even including the Fifth Division of the Second Army within the First Army's organizational structure, was only over 400.
In total, there are not as many soldiers as his own organic battalion, and the equipment is even worse. How to arrange these people is a headache for Yang Zhen. Under the situation where the power between the enemy and ourselves is very different, the space for movement has been compressed to the extreme.
, letting them go back has no other effect except to swear that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is still fighting and has not been completely eliminated. It can only be lost in vain.
But if he stayed, he would be named deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, commander of the Jidong Military Region and commander of the First Independent Division. But in terms of his qualifications in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, although he had strong troops and horses, he was an absolute junior. Although
***'s troops don't pay much attention to seniority, but there is also the problem of whether they can command them.
What's more, there is also an organizational problem. These troops are not many, but they almost belong to three different front army organizations of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. There are less than fifty people in total, but there is one division and one regiment.
The remaining troops of the Third Army and the Sixth Army belong to the Third Route Army.
The total number of them is more than 200, and it is also the fifth army with the largest number among the current anti-alliance forces. The seventh army is within the organizational structure of the Second Route Army. Among them, the fifth army is the starting force created by the commander-in-chief. As for the second army and the fifth army
The division is affiliated with the First Army active in South Manchuria. How to arrange these people really makes Yang Zhen very embarrassed.
In order to unify the struggle policy in the Xiajiang area, coordinate the unified actions of various ministries, and coordinate operations with each other, on the third day after Peng Dingjie led him to find the headquarters of the Fifth Army and the fifth division of the Second Army, he, as the current top leader of the anti-Japanese struggle in the Xiajiang area,
The people's commander-in-chief held a meeting of cadres above the regiment level of the First, Second, and Third Route Army staying in the Xiajiang area.
The meeting was awkward and didn't go very smoothly. It didn't matter that there were only about fifty people left behind by the Third Route Army. Unless they were willing to cross the vast mountains of Shanxi in the Lesser Khingan Mountains when they ran out of ammunition and food.
Go and join the main force. Otherwise, they can only temporarily obey the command of the Second Route Army.
The Fifth Army of the Second Route Army was created by the commander-in-chief, so there was no problem. At the beginning of the meeting, the commander of the Fifth Army took the lead in stating that everything must be resolutely obeyed by the commander-in-chief and the headquarters, including of course Yang Zhen, his junior.
A teenage deputy commander in chief.
Compared with the cheerfulness of the commander of the Fifth Army, the acting commander of the Seventh Army seemed a bit silent. As the founder of the Seventh Army, the experience of acting as commander several times and being replaced several times made this
The Army Commander seemed very cautious. Especially since the death of the former Seventh Army Commander caused great controversy within the Seventh Army, and the Seventh Army itself was somewhat unstable, the acting Army Commander was even more silent.
Under Peng Dingjie's persuasion, the Fifth Division of the Second Army decided to go north for a temporary rest because of its increasingly difficult situation. However, it insisted on returning to the original combat location after the situation eased. The reason is very simple. The Fifth Division of the Second Army was responsible for the resistance against Manchuria in the north and south.
The 5th Division's retreat to the north means that the First Army, which is already in an extremely difficult situation, will be even more difficult after losing support from the direction of North Manchuria.
The commander-in-chief means that under the heavy encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops, it is already very difficult for the First Army, which is operating in the inner circle of the Japanese and puppet troops, to persist. At present, the only relatively safer way is for the Fifth Division to provide traffic personnel.
The Second Route Army sent a small unit carrying radios to establish direct contact with the First Route Army.
The headquarters of the Second Route Army is responsible for persuading the First Army to withdraw across the entire line to the north and move to the Xiajiang and Jidong areas where the situation has relatively eased so that it can fight hand in hand with the main force of the Third Route Army heading west and rely on each other. As for the Fifth Division,
There is no need to go south, just stay in the Sanjiang area to train and fight.
But this somewhat stubborn young division commander insisted that after a short rest, the Fifth Division would return to the old base areas of Ning'an, Dunhua, and Antu. He repeatedly emphasized that as long as the First Army continued to fight in southern Manchuria, he could not
Stay here.
The meeting lasted for two days, but no clues were sorted out. This gave the commander-in-chief, who has always been decisive and decisive, a headache. He couldn't help but turn his attention to Yang Zhen, who was hiding aside and taking advantage of this rare opportunity to catch up on his sleep. The commander-in-chief
The meaning is obvious: "You are better at solving difficult problems, so you should solve this matter."
After receiving the look from the commander-in-chief asking for assistance, Yang Zhen, who was woken up from his sleep by Guo Bingxun, couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment. This matter involves the issue of unity among the three route armies, especially after the three route armies were separately attacked by the Japanese and puppets.
With the military isolated from each other, it is not so easy to solve.
It's just that since the commander-in-chief has kicked the ball to his side, it's not good for Yang Zhen to say nothing. But what to say, he has no idea at all.
The exhausted Yang Zhen, who has been busy reorganizing the troops these days, has no intention of arguing with them? According to his idea, all these troops will be reorganized into local military divisions, and they will be stationed in Luobei, Foshan, Suibin and other places.
, persist in the struggle and establish a guerrilla base area.
After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen thought about the future fate of the 27-year-old Anti-Japanese Division Commander in front of him who died at the age of 27. Yang Zhen finally said: "Commander Chen, I would like to thank all the comrades of the First Army for their efforts and sacrifices over the years.
, I personally admire it very much."
"You insist that there is no order from the First Army Headquarters, so you can only rest here for a while and then continue south to join the main force and cooperate with the main force to fight. I can understand this. We are all soldiers, and we should obey orders as our bounden duty. And
I also understand what you mean."
"The separate activities of the three armies of the Anti-Japanese Alliance can not only expand the influence of our army and inflict a heavier blow to the Japanese army, but also play a role in mutual coordination and support. At the same time, it can also avoid difficulties in raising supplies and avoid problems caused by our army.
When the enemy is strong and we are weak, there is a risk of gathering in one place and being surrounded by the Japanese army and annihilated."
"But the current situation is different. Since the Japanese and puppets launched a major crusade against the Xiajiang area last year, the anti-union forces in the Xiajiang area have suffered serious losses. The main force of the Third Route Army has withdrawn westward, and the remaining troops have suffered heavy losses. The main force of the Second Route Army and the Fourth Army,
After the failure of the Western Expedition, the strength of the Fifth Army declined sharply. The Seventh Army was also compressed and unable to move in the mountainous areas of Baoqing and Fujin."
"Since then, the First Army, which has lost its support in the direction of North Manchuria, can be said to be a lonely force persisting in the struggle in South Manchuria. The First Army, which has lost its support, has completed the plan to return to the villages and consolidate households, and it has become increasingly difficult to raise supplies.
How long can the First Army hold on in the South Manchuria area? Especially when one division commander of the First Army rebelled and all the secret camps of the First Army have almost no secrets, how long can the First Army hold on?"
"I have long been known to you as the Commander-in-Chief of the First Army, and I have long wished to fight alongside him. So I sincerely hope that you and your Fifth Division can stay. I also hope that you can help us with our work, so that all the way
It would be good for the army to withdraw here first to rest and breathe."
After saying that, Yang Zhen opened the map and said: "We passed through Qunce Mountain and Shitou Miaozi twice before, and severely damaged the Japanese Fourth Division and the 104th Division. It stretches from Foshan in the west to Suibin Songhua River and Heilongjiang in the east.
From the junction to the south to Tangyuan Jianshanzi, there are no large groups of Japanese and puppet armed forces. The anti-Japanese situation in the entire Xiajiang area can be said to be quite good."
"However, although the situation is good at the moment, our troops are expanding too fast and there is an extremely shortage of experienced cadres, especially qualified political cadres. Moreover, our troops still need to focus on field operations and lack the cadres and troops to form local troops.
So the situation in the Xiajiang area is good now, but we have captured many places but cannot hold them."
"If we cannot hold it, creating a solid anti-Japanese base area can only be empty talk. Without a base area, we are rootless duckweeds. What is lacking is not only weapons and ammunition, but also all materials, even the most basic things for human survival.
food."
"If we want to break the Japanese army's suppression of us, we will not just transfer when necessary. But we must conduct joint operations on both internal and external lines. Local troops will be the main force on the internal lines, and a strong field army will be organized on the external lines. This combat mode requires more than just
A field army with strong combat effectiveness needs tenacious local troops."
"Before, whether it was the Second Route Army or the Third Route Army, after the strategic shift, the remaining troops were either too scattered or too small, and they were unable to form a cooperative pattern with the main force that jumped to the outside. Of course, this is related to the situation.
, but it cannot but be said that our military strength is very insufficient."
"The most critical thing is that due to the lack of personnel, local work can hardly be carried out, and the existing favorable situation cannot be brought into play at all. In order to create a stable rear for all the anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China, we must defeat this
I sincerely hope you can stay while holding this piece of territory. And it would be even better if all the First Army troops could come."
Yang Zhen's words were not only addressed to the division commander alone, but also to all the cadres of the regiment and above of the Second and Third Route Army present. His words almost told everyone present his future plans and strategic purposes.
cadres at or above the regiment level. Moreover, he also made his attitude towards the future use of these anti-alliance troops very clear.
Although he did not say it explicitly, Yang Zhen also told these people that all troops must be reorganized. As for whether to stay in the army or go to work locally, whether to be reorganized into the main force or used as local troops, the headquarters will make unified arrangements.
For this young commander who is younger than himself, but already has tens of thousands of well-equipped divisions at his disposal. He said that the strength of one division is almost as much as the total strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in its heyday. Although Commander Chen seems very
Silent, but very important in my heart.
Although he thinks Yang Zhen's words are still reasonable and are his best choice at the moment. But when he thinks of fighting alone in South Manchuria, the current situation is already very difficult, and it will be even more difficult after he withdraws north, the commander-in-chief still bites the bullet and persists.
His own principle said: "I still say what I said, as long as the headquarters approves it, I agree."
However, the tone that followed was a little loose: "We have a radio station at the headquarters of the First Army, but it is rarely used because other troops lack it. In this way, you provide the password and escort personnel. I will serve as a liaison officer. Let's go south to find our commander-in-chief.
Commander and General Political Commissar." Although his words were not stated explicitly, they were almost acquiescing to the commander-in-chief's suggestions.
Read ads-free, full-text, error-free novels with -.Com text, your best choice!