"Change from active to passive? If you don't go into the mountains to clean up, what do you mean?" Ishihara Wanji, who dared to launch the September 18th Incident without authorization as a mere staff officer of the Kwantung Army behind Tokyo's back, was not an idiot. [.Com
Text] Sasaki Toichi only revealed a little bit of his thoughts before he understood.
Sasaki nodded at one o'clock and said: "Yes, what I mean is to use a tight blockade to force them out and force them to show up on their own initiative. Since these people are good at ambush operations, it is impossible for us to mobilize a large number of troops when we enter the mountain.
In a situation like Northern Manchuria where the population is sparsely populated and the mountains are high and the forests are dense, going into the mountains to clear out the enemy means dividing up the troops. In this way, it is easy to create certain combat opportunities for them."
"If we go less, it will add to our record. If we go more, we won't be able to mobilize so many troops. The most important thing is that we don't know anything about their internal situation, at least until now. So, my suggestion
Just use siege tactics to force them out."
"It is already October, and the weather in northern Manchuria is about to enter winter. The winter in Manchuria, especially in northern Manchuria, is cruel. The severe cold of 30 to 40 degrees below zero is enough to destroy everything. These Chinese people are living in the deep mountains and old forests.
How could they survive this severe winter without winter clothing and food? Without enough winter clothing, they would freeze to death in the vast mountains of northern Manchuria. This is not a warm South China.
"
"Even if they obtained some food in Weihe County, they continued to fight after leaving Weihe County. In order to maintain the mobility of the troops, they could not carry much food. Now that the plan of returning to villages and merging households has been completed, the people in the mountains
All of them have moved out, and they have nowhere to provide supplies in the mountains."
"Even if some food is seized, and there is nowhere to replenish it, how long can the food last? It won't be long before they come out of the mountains on their own initiative. Isn't this better than us going into the mountains to clear them out?
How much better are they?"
"As for the scope of the blockade? Since before I took office, Mr. Ishihara had already conducted a dragnet-like roundup of Wuchang, Acheng, Zhuhe, and Weihe, then we will focus the blockade on the west of Mudanjiang and the Binsui Railway.
To the south, the mountains east of the Ant River.”
"In view of the fact that the life of every imperial soldier is precious, I decided that this encirclement and suppression campaign will still focus on Manchurian troops, and only two squadrons of infantry and cavalry will be deployed as war supervisors. My opinion is that the combat effectiveness of the Manchurian troops will be better
The strong Xing'an Army and one infantry and cavalry regiment of the Jing'an Army were respectively deployed in Ning'an County and Weihe County as mobile forces."
"In addition, two mixed brigades from the Fourth Military District of Manchuria were mobilized, as well as four military police companies stationed in Harbin, the Ning'an Military Police Regiment, the Ning'an Forest Police, and the Binsui Road Guard Police stationed in Wuchang and Mao'er Mountain.
The two regiments blocked every pass leading to the outside world in this mountainous area. It was strictly forbidden to enter a grain of grain, an ounce of salt, a pound of cotton, or a piece of cloth into the mountains. Some troops of the Fifth Independent Guard were mobilized to participate in the blockade.
Closely monitor the actions of the Manchurian rebels."
"In addition, an order was issued to confiscate all the grain and salt in the settlement and household strongholds, except for the three-day ration, and concentrate them all in large market towns where heavy troops are stationed. The stronghold police will be armed every three days
After receiving it, we will distribute it. Even if these people break through our blockade and capture one or two strongholds, they will not get enough supplies."
"Not just here, all areas in northern and southern Manchuria where anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese elements have activities must be handled accordingly. Strictly control the amount of food stored in the hands of local people. Cotton, cloth, kerosene and other materials are provided on a per capita basis, and nothing is superfluous.
You can’t keep them either.”
"Even if all the Manchus in the entire northern Manchu mountainous area were frozen to death and starved to death, these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements would never be able to get any supplies."
As for Sasaki Toichi's plan to strictly control food, Ishihara Kanji agreed without thinking about it. But for other plans, after hesitating for a while, Ishihara Kanji said again: "Your Excellency, these Chinese bandits are holding
I don’t know how much food there is, but on the military column in Weihe County, in addition to some of the weapons and ammunition allocated by the Kwantung Army to the Korean Army, there are also 3,000 complete sets of winter clothing to be shipped to the border garrison."
"It's just that this military column was blown up by the bandits when they were about to withdraw. It's impossible to calculate how much of the materials on the military column were transported because the bandits sealed it tightly during their retreat."
"You should know the warmth of these winter clothes specially developed by the Imperial Army for the Kwantung Army. Once these Chinese people transport all these winter clothes away, I think it will not be a problem for them to survive this winter."
"These Chinese people once hired a large number of animal-powered carriages in Weihe County. But after arriving at the line of Wei'an Mountain, these Chinese people paid five times more than the price of these carriages. After buying those carriages, they bought all the carriages.
Send all the coachmen back."
"Those coachmen hired by it were driven back too early, so they didn't know where these people were hiding or what was being carried on the car. The only thing they knew was that these people were very generous.
, although their attitude is very kind, their management is very strict. Moreover, these people can be said to be an army with the best military discipline that they, the coachmen, have ever seen."
"Because when loading the truck, these Chinese people didn't have any artificial hands. They loaded it by themselves. The truck was covered with tarpaulin, and it was covered tightly. Even if they took a break in the middle, they would never open it."
"So we have no way of knowing how much material these Chinese people transported, but one thing is certain, the quantity will definitely not be low. On that military column, there were more than 100 light and heavy machine guns allocated to the North Korean army as supplementary equipment.
One hundred guns and tens of thousands of rounds of artillery shells. This is not enough to equip two mortar squadrons with mortars and a large amount of small arms ammunition. All of these weapons are Imperial Army standard weapons produced by Fengtian Arsenal."
When Ishihara Wanji, who was like a crow, reported another bad news, Sasaki, who was already numb now, did not get angry. He just said lightly, but his tone was extremely firm: "No matter what these Chinese thugs are doing,
How much supplies have been seized in Weihe County, and whether they can sustain them through this winter. If General Ueda Kenkichi still decides to let me take command, this is my opinion."
"With the railway as a pillar, the completed Manchurian National Defense Highway as a chain, and the bunkers as locks, these Chinese people were trapped, starved to death, and froze to death in the deep mountains and old forests. No matter how much supplies they seized, they could not hold on for too long.
Long time.”
"Those Manchurian rebels are stationed there, and changing to another place is nothing more than moving to another place. However, the blockade is a blockade, but we still need to continue to conduct reconnaissance on the specific location of their so-called secret camp. As well as their strength
I need first-hand information on the total number and the equipment."
Seeing Sasaki's insistence, Ishihara Kanji did not stick to his opinion, but bowed deeply to Sasaki and said: "Since Lieutenant General insists, then I will convey your opinion to General Ueda Kenkichi.
of."
"Please rest assured that I will convince the General to accept your plan. Also, I will go all out to provide the support you request. I will mobilize the troops you designate as quickly as possible.
I'll leave the matters here to your Excellency, the Kwantung Army really can't afford to lose this person."
Sasaki put down the baton in his hand, waved his hand and said: "Ishihara-kun, you're welcome, you and I are working for the Imperial Holy War, it doesn't matter whether you please or not. Please Ishihara-kun, please go back and tell Commander Ueda Kenkichi to deal with these cunning people."
The gangsters need time and must not be rushed."
Ishihara Kanji and Sasaki, who were rushing back to the Kwantung Army headquarters to report, left as soon as they finished talking. Looking at Ishihara Kanji's back, Sasaki reached over to the thick stack of Kwantung Army documents that Ishihara Kanji had put on the table in advance.
The Epidemic Prevention and Water Department's information on all escaped prisoners brought by the headquarters gently patted down: "Chinese people? I didn't expect that those Chinese people who laid down their weapons would still have such courage."
After roughly flipping through the documents, Sasaki rang the bell on the table and called in his adjutant who had been with him for many years. He pointed at the documents on the table and said, "Tell the technical department to take photos of all the photos in the documents."
, zoom in, and organize the information."
Watching the adjutant take away the information, Sasaki moved a chair and sat in front of the map. He pondered for a long time and used the red and blue pencils in his hands to draw a large circle on the map from the mountainous area in the southeast of Ning'an to the north of Dunhua.
There is also a big question mark in the circle.
As for the situation when Sasaki, who is known as the father of the puppet Manchurian revolution and who once brought huge losses to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, arrived in Harbin to take over as the commander of the Fifth Independent Guard Force and the commander-in-chief of the North Manchurian Bandit Suppression Force, he was still in the deep mountains and old forests at this time.
Naturally, Yang Zhen, who had basically lost all contact with the outside world, didn't know. He also knew nothing about Sasaki's plan to trap himself in the mountains and forests.
In the evening, after the Japanese aircraft that had been hovering overhead for a long time finally flew away, Yang Zhen immediately ordered the troops to prepare three days of dry food. At the same time, the barracks and warehouses in the secret camp were disguised again to ensure that no
Discovered by Japanese aircraft.
Yang Zhen, who simply did not believe that the Japanese reconnaissance operation would end so hastily, inspected it very carefully and did not dare to make any oversights. This secret camp is now his foundation, and it has stored all the supplies that are enough for the troops to survive the severe cold in winter.
Once exposed, it means losing the support that can be used to cultivate and live in the long and cold winter, and the threat to the troops will be fatal.
Yang Zhen, who once conducted winter survival training in the Xing'an Mountains in the north, has vivid memories of the severe cold in the Beiman Mountains. In the greenhouse climate environment where he lived later, temperatures of more than 30 degrees below zero are common here.
What's more, there is basically no pollution now?
Because the safety of the secret camp involves the survival of the troops in winter, Yang Zhen attaches great importance to the concealment of the secret camp. Although the Japanese and puppet spies may not be so bold to go so far into the forest, but for having
For the Japanese army with modern equipment, reconnaissance methods do not rely solely on spies. Aerial reconnaissance, a reconnaissance method that consumes less energy and is more effective, must not be used by the Japanese army. Isn't today a good example?
Although the taste of dry food is not good and the texture of fried rice is acceptable, Yang Zhen made fried rice with sorghum rice according to the method known to later generations by the volunteer army. The taste of fried rice can almost be described as inedible. But
Even when it was impossible to light a fire, it was able to basically fill the soldiers' stomachs.
Although a large amount of grain was seized in Weihe County, only one-third of it was rice. The rest was mainly sorghum rice, soybeans and corn, the traditional staple foods of Northeastern people. When purchasing supplies, salt was also used.
Mainly necessary supplies for the army such as medicines.
There is not a lot of sugar that can be used to adjust the taste of fried rice. In addition to the part sent to the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, the amount of sugar on hand in the army is very small. There is no sugar, only salt is added, and soybeans are added with sorghum, rice, and ginseng.
, the flavor of fried rice made from corn can be imagined.
Yang Zhen ordered a small amount of fried rice made of rice and sugar to be left to the sick and wounded. Except for Peng Dingjie, whose stomach was seriously injured due to torture, the rest of the commanders were like ordinary soldiers.
I also eat fried rice made from sorghum rice every day.
Looking at Yang Zhen and Li Yanping, Guo Bingxun said "Gaba" to several people. They chewed the jerky and unpalatable fried sorghum rice with cold water. Then he looked at the fried rice with added sugar and the enamel in the lunch box in his hand.
The milk powder was poured into the jar from the only thermos in the secret camp, and there was a box of opened cans. Peng Dingjie really couldn't eat it.
Peng Dingjie, who really couldn't eat, grabbed the same Japanese pork kidney lunch boxes that Yang Zhen and others had in his hands, and poured his own fried rice and canned rice into their lunch boxes.
Seeing Peng Dingjie's move, Yang Zhen quickly snatched his lunch box back and said: "Lao Peng, you must have a stomach injury. You can't eat whole grains. You must ensure nutrition. We are not sick or injured, as long as we can fill our stomachs."
, It doesn’t matter what you eat. Just eat it quickly, the milk powder will get cold after a while.”
Yang Zhen didn’t want it, and Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun didn’t want it either. After they snatched their lunch boxes back, they both advised Peng Dingjie to eat his food as soon as possible.
Seeing that several people did not want their fried rice, Peng Dingjie sighed and said to Yang Zhen: "Commander, haven't you always emphasized the equality of officers and soldiers? I am the director of the Political Department and a political cadre of the army. I should bring this to the army.
Head. You and the soldiers all eat the same fried sorghum rice. I am the only one who eats the fried rice made from this rice and this milk powder. How can I eat it?"
Having said this, Peng Dingjie raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen and said: "In the past few days since we retreated to the secret camp, you have been avoiding me when eating, but I know that you are avoiding me because you are not making delicious food yourself. It is the difference between what you eat and
The soldiers are all the same, they are all eating sorghum rice and cornmeal, but you only get rice and canned food for me?"
"Lao Yang, you have always emphasized that officers and soldiers share weal and woe, why are you only specializing for me? Don't forget, I am a party member, and to the soldiers, I am their leader. The more in times of crisis, those of us who do
Party members and leaders should play a leading and exemplary role."
Hearing Peng Dingjie's words, Yang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Old Peng, you are not special. Our wounded and sick patients have the same food as you. Don't forget that although you are not a wounded soldier, you are also a wounded soldier."
patient."
"Oh, other than these milk powder, there is no other way. This is the only thermos we have. It won't be enough to guarantee all the sick and wounded. Now we can only guarantee you first. However, the difference is only a day or two. When the Japanese plane evacuates,
Now that we can make a fire, the rest of the sick and wounded will be just like you."
Guo Bingxun also advised from the side: "Lao Peng, you have to treat the situation differently according to the specific situation, and you can't be emotional. The commander is right. You are a patient, and you are different from us. Your diet must be based on your body.
We still have a long way to go in the future. Only by taking good care of our health can we continue to fight the Japanese. As for the commander's statement that officers and soldiers are equal, when the little Japanese are killed, we will have enough rice. The rice in the Northeast is much better than that in Guan Nei.
.Haha, we eat rice, not at this time."
After that, Guo Bingxun carried his lunch box and walked to the door of the headquarters to look at the Japanese reconnaissance planes still circling in the sky. He turned to Yang Zhen and said: "Commander, this little devil's plane has been in trouble since yesterday afternoon."
To this day, it seems that the little devil is unwilling to let us find him."
"Last night, if you hadn't foreseen it early and made enough dry food while the Japs' planes were retreating, and ordered the troops to ban fires at night, we would have been discovered by the Japs' night-flying planes. Who was it?
I didn’t expect that the little devil would spend so much money this time, even sending planes out for reconnaissance at night.”
Yang Zhen rubbed his cheeks that were a little sore from chewing fried sorghum rice and said: "This area has high mountains and dense forests, and there is no human habitation within a radius of dozens of miles. The little devil can't easily find out our specific location."
Dare to come into the mountain. If people don’t come in, it’s the same as sending a plane.”
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