On August 1, 1943, the commanders and political commissars of the new columns of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army of the Communist Party of China gathered in Lianhua Mountain. Lin Junxiong was a little nervous, it was the first time that he commanded so many troops to engage in a frontal battle with the Japanese army, and this battle was directly related to the situation in the northeast in the future, and he constantly adjusted his breathing to relieve this nervous and excited mood.

"Everything is ready, the east wind is coming, my dad Lu, what else do you have to be nervous about?" Lin Junxia came over with a smile and sorted out the military uniform on Lin Junxiong.

"Yes, the columns have long been vigorous, ready to go, the people of the Northeast have been aroused hatred after the crime of Unit 731 has been exposed, this time the organization of 10,000 people for the anti-Japanese hero General Yang Jingyu to see off the activity, will further arouse the Northeast people's heart of resistance, the time, the place, the people and the new army have been occupied, what else do I have to be nervous about?"

"My dad Lu, you are the backbone of everyone's hearts, and your brothers have never experienced such a large-scale frontal battle, your words and deeds, and even your emotions will affect everyone, so what you want everyone to see is your composure and self-confidence."

Lin Junxiong looked at Lin Junxia gratefully, wanting to hold her in his arms, Lin Junxia dodged away and pushed him out, "Go quickly, everyone is waiting for you!" ”

In the conference room of the Lianhuashan Base Area, more than 20 high-ranking commanders of the New First Army were excitedly talking about the next battle, and some of them also showed nervous expressions.

When Lin Junxiong slowly walked in, the conference room immediately quieted down, everyone immediately stood up and applauded, Lin Junxiong smiled and nodded a little, stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop and sit down, his confident smile infected everyone, and also made everyone full of confidence in the first large-scale battle.

"Brothers, after more than two years of dormancy, we have finally waited for the moment to shine the sword. At present, the world has set off an anti-fascist war, and the anti-Japanese forces in China have also fully entered the stage of strategic counteroffensive against the Japanese army, which is our advantage in time; Over the past two years, I believe that with the hard work of all my brothers, I have become very familiar with my base and the surrounding mountains, rivers, topography and landforms, which is our geographical advantage; As soon as General Yang Jingyu's send-off ceremony was held, I believe that the people of Northeast China will arouse deeper hatred for the Japanese, and the new First Army will unite as one, and the New First Army and the people of Northeast China will unite as one, which is the benefit of our people and interests. ”

"And we don't just have the three advantages of time, place, and people, but through the efforts of our brothers, today's new First Army is no longer comparable to the revolutionary army of the past, and has grown to 150,000 people, and this is only our regular army, and we have not counted the guerrillas in various places. In the past, the Chinese people always said that the Japanese army was well-trained and well-equipped, but now I want to say that the soldiers of our new First Army are by no means worse than the Japanese army in individual combat, and our equipment has already thrown off the Japanese army a few streets, and even if all the 700,000 Kwantung Army are dispatched, I believe that we will be able to defeat them in one fell swoop. ”

Lin Junxiong picked up the cup and drank saliva to rest, Qiao Xinyu took the opportunity to stand up and shouted loudly: "The new army will win!" Return my rivers and mountains and recover the Northeast! ”

"The new army will win! Return my rivers and mountains and recover the Northeast! ”

More than two dozen officers stood up excitedly and shouted in unison.

Lin Junxiong saw everyone's high emotions, and couldn't help but secretly give Qiao Xinyu a thumbs up, which is worthy of engaging in political and ideological work.

"I hope that the brothers will bring this high emotion to the battlefield and pass it on to every soldier of the new army, so that the soldiers can give full play to the invincible momentum of me. Next, I would like to announce the operational intent and deployment of the Pseudo-Tonghua Battle: First, organize the troops to carry out frontal defense, resist step by step, and if they cannot withstand it, avoid their front, let the main force move to the flanks and go up the mountain, and lure the enemy deep into the periphery of Changsha by a small force, and then cut off its rear road, cut off its food and grass, and organize the troops to encircle and annihilate it. ”

"Brothers, it may be strange, isn't this what General Xue Yue used in the Battle of Changsha that I wrote? Yes, the Pseudo-Tonghua Battle will be another reappearance of General Xue Yue's 'Heavenly Furnace Tactics', but it is different from the Battle of Changsha, which is a defense, while the Pseudo-Tonghua Battle is an offensive. ”

"Before the battle began, the columns, the guerrillas and the people had to carry out the destruction of the lines of communication and the clearing of the fortified walls. The bridges over these rivers were blown up before the Japanese invaded, and the roads and railways were destroyed beforehand. In order to cooperate with the large army in the battle, the guerrillas organized hundreds of thousands of people to sabotage communications and clear the wilderness. The slogan I gave them was 'Turn the road into the field and carry the grain up the mountain'. Dig up both sides of a section of the road and turn it into farmland, leaving only a narrow path in between. Some roads were simply dug up, flooded with water, and turned into farmland, making it completely impossible for the Japanese mechanized troops to deploy. The people transported their grain to the mountains or hid it in the wilderness, so that not a single grain of grain was left for the devils. ”

Lin Junxiong stood up, put his hands on the case, and ordered: "In this pseudo-Tonghua battle, the first and second columns will be the main offensive forces, and the third, fifth, and sixth columns will respectively block the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army in the three directions of Puppet Island Province, Puppet Fengtian Province, and Puppet Jilin Province. The Third Column uses the Bagua Confusion Formation, the Fifth Column arranges a multi-directional formation in the area of Nanzamu Mountain, and the Sixth Column uses the mountains to carry out the Shuanglong Ghost Formation, and the three columns must also choose a suitable position to arrange the bazooka array, mortar array, and anti-aircraft artillery array. ”

"The First Column and the Second Column are under the direct command of the headquarters this time, and Political Commissar Qiao will read out the Party Central Committee's report on the establishment of each column of the New First Army."

Qiao Xinyu took out a document and read it out loud: "There are two divisions under the 101st and 102nd divisions, the 101st division has four regiments under the jurisdiction of 101, 102, 103, and 104, and the 102nd division has four regiments under the jurisdiction of the 105th, 106th, 107th, and 108th regiments; The 103rd Division has four regiments under the jurisdiction of the 109th, 110th, 111th and 112th Divisions, and the 104th Division has four regiments under the jurisdiction of the 113th, 114th, 115th and 116th Divisions."

"The division commander is concurrently the deputy commander of the column, the regiment commander is the commander of each column and the detachment, and the battalion commander is the squad leader.

After Qiao Xinyu finished reading and sat down, Lin Junxiong said with a smile: "They are all brothers who have shared hardships in life and death, I trust your vision, the new First Army Command does not interfere in the appointment of personnel in each column, it is determined by the commanders and political commissars of each column after consultation, and it can be reported to the headquarters for the record." ”

Immediately, Lin Junxiong's face became heavy again, "Political Commissar Qiao, before the battle begins, our oath declaration will be spread to all places in the three northeastern provinces, first let the Japanese puppet army in the northeast panic, and at the same time mobilize all the anti-Japanese forces in the northeast to join the battle, so that the Japanese puppet army can not take care of the whole end." ”

"Twelve years of annual rings, the reincarnation of the zodiac, the people of the Northeast suffered and enslaved; After twelve years of waiting, how many heroes spilled their blood between the white waters of Montenegro, and how many innocent people died tragically at the hands of the Japanese invaders. In accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee, the New First Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army of the Communist Party of China officially started the journey of 'returning my rivers and mountains and recovering the Northeast' on September 18, and fought a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders to the end, never to the death! ”

"In the next two days, the commanders and political commissars of each column will discuss the operational deployment with the headquarters in Lianhua Mountain, and then immediately return to their respective columns to arrange the deployment, and I, Political Commissar Qiao, and Chief of Staff Lin will also go to the columns to participate in the swearing-in mobilization meeting, this battle will be related to the entire situation in the three northeastern provinces in the future, I hope you will consider it carefully, and you cannot let go of any detail."

Two days later, the commanders and political commissars of each column rushed back to their respective base areas for deployment, and Lin Junxiong called Zeng Songyi, Chunmu Dongzi, and Zeng Lingshan over, and after making some careful arrangements for the safety of the Lianhuashan base area, he took Qiao Xinyu and Dusheng to each column to review the troops.

Fang Yun took Lin Junxiong and a few people to visit the Longgang Mountain Base Area, and was very satisfied, the base area is located in the depths of the Longgang Mountain Range, surrounded by dense hidden forts, many anti-aircraft guns are laid on the hills everywhere, and the garrison is also hidden in the mountains and forests.

Zheng Ming was originally the captain of the commando team, and he showed good military talent in many battles, and was asked by Fang Yun to go in front of his and Shangguan Xinyan's wedding gift, and he had become the commander of the 101st Division.

The commander of the 102nd Division is Shangguan Yunwei, Shangguan Xinyan's cousin, and his outstanding performance in the first phase of officer training was praised by Lin Junxiong.

Diao Yongyun's five columns reached 30,000 people, Xinbin County in addition to the county seat and several important towns, were controlled by the five columns, Hu Xianqiang, Hu Xiansheng two brothers also became the division commander, Yun Dong became the political commissar of the column, the four brothers saw Lin Junxiong excited tears, when the grass was a coward, fortunately Lin Junxiong appreciated, now become Xinbin, Qingyuan, Benxi area of the famous anti-Japanese four wolves.

Tang Jijun's two division commanders were Zhang Dasheng and Yuan Wei, Zhang Dasheng was one of the sixteen people rescued in Tonghua County, and was the leader of a volunteer army in Fusong County before he was arrested, while Yuan Wei was one of the people who survived Zhuyuanling, and Lin Junxiong was also very relieved of their command talents.

Bian Zhengbei preferred to lead the commando team to fight and became the captain of the three columns commando, Bian Zhengnan and Qin Zheng became the two division commanders of the three columns, and Qin Zheng was also one of the survivors of Zhuyuan Ridge.

Wang Lianfang and Zhang Rubi were originally long-term leaders of the army, and after Lin Junxiong's assignment in the officer training class, they have become Feng Zhansong's right-hand men. Wei Xin's right-hand men are Gou Yu and Xiao Quan, Xiao Quan is one of the survivors of the Battle of Zhuyuan, and after seeing the heroic tenacity of Lin Junxiong's troops in Zhuyuan Ridge, Gou Yu took more than a dozen people in the village to join Lin Junxiong's troops and followed them all the way to the northeast.

After Lin Junxiong, Qiao Xinyu, and Du Sheng went to the base areas of each column to participate in the pledge meeting, the morale of each column was further enhanced, and he was also satisfied with the development and deployment of each column.

On September 2, 1943, the puppet Tonghua battle had not yet begun, the three northeastern provinces had been boiling, 12 years, finally a force with the hope of tens of millions of people in the northeast, shouted out the slogan of "return my rivers and mountains, recover the northeast", the masses in various places were excited, the garrisons of the Japanese puppet army were constantly attacked and harassed, and the roads and railways were constantly destroyed, and the Japanese puppet army was busy fighting fires everywhere, but it could not play any role, and the traffic in the area of the puppet Tonghua province was almost paralyzed.

The excitement before the war enveloped the entire Lotus Mountain, and the arrival of Xia Ling with Lin Ruixuan made Lotus Mountain more joyful. At this moment when her children and grandchildren were reunited, Cai Yuexiu couldn't help crying, but Lin Liyi and his wife, Lin Lizhong, Lin Ruigang, Wang Yucui, and other close relatives could only reunite in another world, and they could no longer enjoy the joy of reunion in this world.