On November 10, Lin Junxiong took the third and fourth columns into the Changbai Mountains near Helong County, and found traces of the Japanese puppet army, they seemed to be searching for something, at first Lin Junxiong thought that the whereabouts of the troops were exposed, so he ordered the troops to enter the depths of the Changbai Mountains to avoid the search of the Japanese puppet army, and let the headquarters and the assault detachment of the two columns attack, try to find out the true intentions of the Japanese puppet army.

Not long after, several commandos captured two puppet army officers, and according to their confessions, it turned out that this group of more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops was searching for a unit called the Yanji Anti-Japanese Brigade that had been active in the vicinity of Helong County in the past two years. A few days ago, the Yanji anti-Japanese team exposed their tracks, was targeted by the Japanese puppet army, and chased them all the way to this vicinity.

After learning the details, Xie Qin and Wei Xin both suggested that the Japanese puppet army should be eliminated with the help of the terrain in this area, but Lin Junxiong refused, one was not sure whether the Japanese puppet army had follow-up reinforcements, and the second was that his own troops were less than 800 people, and they wanted to solve more than twice the Japanese puppet army whose combat effectiveness was unknown, even if the casualties of the victorious troops were unpredictable, and third, their own troops were not familiar with the terrain in this area, and they could not take advantage of the geographical advantage.

When Lin Junxiong ordered the troops to continue to retreat five miles deep into the Changbai Mountains, they encountered a force of more than ten people blocking them, listening to the gunshots, Lin Junxiong concluded that this force should be poorly equipped, and it seemed to want to hold on to wait for reinforcements, Lin Junxiong was worried that this force was a detachment of the Yanji anti-Japanese team, and did not launch a fierce attack, but ordered the troops to choose favorable terrain to prepare for a battle with the Japanese puppet army that was about to be tracked by the news.

More than a dozen people who blocked Lin Junxiong's troops were very curious, why the troops in front of them didn't attack themselves, wasn't it the Japanese puppet army that came to encircle and suppress? Soon the Yanji anti-Japanese team arrived, and after hearing the description of more than a dozen people, the captain was also puzzled, so he sent two people to find out the news.

From the two people who came to inquire about the news, they learned that they were the Yanji anti-Japanese team, and Lin Junxiong took Qian Changchang and Zheng Ming to meet the two leaders of the Yanji anti-Japanese team.

After the two sides met, before Lin Junxiong and the two leaders of the Yanji anti-Japanese team introduced each other, Qian Chang behind him shouted in surprise: "Due south, due north, it's you, is it really you?" ”

"Chief of Staff Qian? You're still alive, so let's wait. ”

Qian Changjiu hugged the two of them for a while before pulling them towards Lin Junxiong: "Commander, these two are the brothers Bian Zhengnan and Bian Zhengbei I said, due south and north, he is Lin Junxiong, the commander of the revolutionary army." ”

"Commander Lin, I have admired the name for a long time, the feat of you and the revolutionary army in the pseudo-Tonghua Province has already spread throughout the three northeastern provinces, and it is my brother's blessing to be fortunate to meet you, an anti-Japanese hero."

"Chief of Staff Qian, why are you with Commander Lin, are you not in the Eighth Army?"

After Qian Changjiu told his experience, he said with a smile: "Now there is no Chief of Staff Qian, I have joined the revolutionary army, I have always regarded you two as nephews and friends, so let's call me Lao Qian in the future." ”

"Don't we brothers dare to call you old money, you have the grace of reinvention for us, and we will call you Uncle Qian in the future." Also, our brothers developed this army in the past two years and originally planned to fight side by side with Uncle Qian, and now that Uncle Qian has joined the revolutionary army, we are also willing to join the revolutionary army, although our combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the brothers of the revolutionary army, but there are more than 300 people, I don't know if Commander Lin is willing to take it in? ”

"The two brothers are polite, the anti-Japanese forces are interested in proving the great righteousness of the nation, and there is no distinction between strong and weak combat effectiveness, only whether they are sincere or not. I have complete trust in you, and thank you for looking up to me Lin Junxiong and welcoming you to join the revolutionary army. Lin Junxiong held the hands of the two and said with some excitement.

With more than 300 people from Bian Zhengnan and Bian Zhengbei joining, coupled with their familiarity with the terrain, Lin Junxiong felt that he could fight with this group of Japanese puppet troops who came to disperse and search, so he dispersed more than 300 people of the Yanji anti-Japanese team into two columns of the revolutionary army, with them as guides, and the third and fourth columns as the main force to launch a counterattack against the Japanese puppet army.

Although the first snow in the Changbai Mountains was not very heavy, it also accumulated five or six centimeters of snow in the mountains, and the soldiers of the third and fourth columns first took refuge on both sides of the road they had just come, waiting for the Japanese puppet army to take the lead in searching.

After a Japanese squadron with more than 100 puppet soldiers heard the gunshots, they searched in the direction of the gunshots, and finally found the dense footprints left on the snow, and followed the footprints all the way. When they were about to continue the search along the footprints, the gunfire on both sides broke the silence of the mountain forest again, and the Japanese puppet army began to hurriedly look for cover, but except for a few big trees, there was little cover, and under the fierce artillery fire of the revolutionary army and the Yanji anti-Japanese team, the Japanese puppet army began to scatter and flee. When the Japanese puppet army on the left and right sides was wiped out one after another, some people finally reacted and wanted to flee back the same way, less than 30 people escaped from the puppet army in the past 300 days, and the revolutionary army soldiers did not continue to pursue, but moved quickly to the left and right.

Lin Junxiong, Qian Changjiu, and Bian Zhengnan did not participate in the battle, but chatted at a temporary station of the Yanji anti-Japanese team, Lin Junxiong believed that with the ability of Xie Qin and Wei Xin, the number of people on both sides was about the same, and the firepower of the revolutionary army was superior, and the geographical advantage was also advantageous under the guidance of the soldiers of the anti-Japanese team.

Of course, Lin Junxiong also guessed that once this group of Japanese puppet troops was defeated, they might desperately retreat, or find a stronghold to ask for help from Helong County. If the remnants of the army retreated, Lin Junxiong was not worried that they would be able to escape the pursuit of the group of hunters of the revolutionary army; If the remnants of the army find a stronghold and ask for help from Helong County, Lin Junxiong is not worried, the more Helong County troops are dispatched, the looser the garrison in the county will be, and it will be easier for them to attack the main military or material positions.

"Commander, there was originally only one brigade of Japanese troops and one regiment of puppet troops in Helong County, after receiving that you entered the Changbai Mountains and there was no news for a long time, the counties and towns close to the Changbai Mountains have strengthened their guards, and the Japanese troops in Helong County have also increased their troops to a wing, as well as two puppet regiments. If we can't quickly destroy this group of Japanese troops, I suggest that after defeating them, we immediately retreat into the depths of Changbai Mountain, and then wait for an opportunity to move. ”

Listening to Bian Zhengnan's worries, Lin Junxiong said with a smile: "Captain Bian, don't worry, if Xie Qin and Wei Xin can't eliminate this group of Japanese puppet troops before dark, the two of them should be replaced by others, and it will take at least a day for the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army to arrive, and when they enter the Changbai Mountains, I think their rear should have been on fire again and again, and they will inevitably send some people back to support, and what we have to do is to find a good position on the road tonight and make ambush arrangements, Waiting for them to get in, and then the matter is how to continue to lure out the defenders of Helong County and eat them part by piece. ”

Bian Zhengnan was a little embarrassed, and Bian Zhengbei hurriedly played the round: "It turns out that everything is already in the commander's calculations, and my brother is a little meritorious." ”

"Zhengnan's intentions are good, but I don't have time to talk about the previous deployment and the strength of the revolutionary army. By the way, I wonder if you are willing to go to the base area with us in the future or continue to deal with the devils in this area? ”

"Since you are included in the revolutionary army, you will obey the commander's arrangement, as long as there are devils and puppet troops to fight, you can do anything."

"Zhengnan, democracy is emphasized in the revolutionary army, I want to hear the true voice in your hearts, a good knife must be used on the blade."

Bian Zhengnan thought for a while and said: "Commander, with all due respect, although we also want to go to the base area, we are very familiar with this part of the Puppet Island Province, plus we have made some reputation and the Communist Party's anti-Japanese propaganda in the past two years, which is more conducive to our development in this area, and I believe that with the support of the headquarters, we will be able to develop and grow soon." ”

Lin Junxiong didn't know what he suddenly thought, he frowned, Bian Zhengnan thought that his words had touched Lin Junxiong's taboo, and hurriedly said: "Commander, it's me who is too talkative, since we have joined the revolutionary army, we will fight with you to the end, and everything is still subject to your arrangement." ”

"Zhengnan, there is no dictatorship in the revolutionary army, even if it is a major war strategy, everyone has the right to speak, what you just said is very good, I am thinking, you do have a lot of benefits to stay in this area, but you may have to be wronged by the two brothers. In this "Four Provinces Expedition Operation" plan, the revolutionary army will establish a base in the area of Antu County and carry out a long-term war of resistance, and the combat effectiveness of your troops is indeed not enough to undertake this heavy task, but let you be wronged and merged into the three columns, and I am afraid that your brothers under your command will have opinions. ”

Bian Zhengnan said with a smile: "Although this commander can rest assured, our brothers will definitely have no opinions, they admired the soldiers of the revolutionary army very much before, 5,000 revolutionary army soldiers dared to fight with more than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops head-on, and also annihilated the Japanese puppet army, such a unit we were not worthy of carrying shoes originally, and now that we have the opportunity to fight side by side with them, how can there be complaints." ”

Lin Junxiong smiled and said: "Zhengnan, you are too modest in what you say, so let's do it, after Captain Xie comes back, I will discuss with him and change the location of the original plan to establish a base from Antu County to Helong County, so that the second and third columns will establish a base on the east and west sides of the Changbai Mountains, and the Changbai Mountains will soon become the backyard of our revolutionary army, haha"

Qian Changchang and the three of them also laughed, and they were all full of longing for the future.

"Due south and north, you two brothers will be Xie Qin's deputy, and be the deputy captain of the Third Column, and cooperate with him to establish the base area of the Third Column as soon as possible."

The two brothers, Bian Zhengnan and Bian Zhengbei, wanted to refuse, but seeing Lin Junxiong's trusting gaze at them, a kind of determination rose in their hearts to die for their confidants, clenched their fists, and nodded firmly.