On September 13, 1939, Lin Junxiong convened a meeting of relevant personnel of each column to deploy the next step - the journey of the puppet four provinces. The last time I talked with Yang Jingyu, inspired by his "Great Detour of South Manchuria", Lin Junxiong decided to also carry out a large-scale operation, so that the flag of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army would float in the land of South Manchuria, and the reputation of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army would be resounded in the land of Northeast China.

In the conference room of the Lotus Mountain Base Area, Lin Junxiong said loudly:

"There are five days to the day of shame that Japan has occupied the Northeast for 8 years, we should also change our strategy, change the concealment and accumulation of momentum to take the initiative to attack, and train with war, our Northeast Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army should show its sword, and we should let tens of millions of compatriots in the Northeast know our existence, this operation I named 'Pseudo Four Provinces Journey', as the name suggests, the location of this operation will be Fengtian Province, Pseudo Tonghua Province, Pseudo Jian Island Province and some counties and cities in the four provinces of Jilin. There are four main purposes of the action: first, to build the reputation of our Northeast Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army and to train with war; The second is to let the columns disperse to various places to establish base areas, gather the anti-Japanese forces of the people, strengthen the ranks, and prepare for the final decisive battle; the third is to disrupt the enemy's autumn raid deployment; Fourth, gather the enemy and attack its rear. The slogan of this operation was 'Don't forget shame, don't think about life and death, wake up from sleep, and the Japanese will die'. ”

"Now I will deploy a specific action plan, which is planned to officially start on September 18 and have a two-month period. In addition to protecting the Lianhuashan base area, Zeng Lingshan's guards also had to set up logistics hospitals, armament and material stations, and improvised arsenals in the base areas, and at the same time disperse their troops to various parts of Panshi County to propagate anti-Japanese resistance and strive for all the forces that could be won over; The large army went west from Dongfeng County, after annihilating the local garrison in Xifeng County, it turned south to capture Qingyuan County, and before the Japanese army surrounded it, a column entered Liuhe County, and after annihilating the garrison, it returned to Longgang Mountain in Huinan County, and established the Longgang base based on the Shangguan family base; At the same time, the large army withdrew from Qingyuan County and went south to Xinbin County, and the five verticals could choose to move west to Benxi to join the Yundong Department or establish a base area in Liaodong in the area of Benxi and Xinbin; The remaining three columns attacked Tonghua City, the enemy's rear, and when the enemy returned to help, the large force attacked Linjiang County to the east, and then entered the Changbai Mountains from Linjiang County, and marched along the Changbai Mountains to the vicinity of Fusong County for supplies, while Tang Jijun's second column stayed in the nearby Changbai Mountains to establish a base in the Changbai Mountains, and the area from Fusong County, Mengjiang County to Tonghua was the area of Yang Jingyu's eldest brother's long-term activities, and the mass base was better, which was more conducive to the development of the team. ”

When everyone heard that Lin Junxiong's plan was so huge, they couldn't help but be deeply shocked, Lin Junxiong just paused and continued: "The third and fourth verticals continue to advance along the main line of the Changbai Mountains to Helong County, annihilate the local garrison and rest in Antu County, and then stay here to establish a Yanji base and fight against the puppet Manchurian Island Province. The Fourth Vertical continued northward to the vicinity of Jilin City, and established a base area on the Songhua River in the Changshan area of the lower reaches of the Songhua River, which was as close to Panshi County as possible. At this point, the operation is declared over! ”

Hearing that Lin Junxiong's "Pseudo-Four Provinces Journey" plan was so grand and huge, everyone was very excited, and they were also full of energy to make a difference in this operation, so that the reputation of the revolutionary army would resound throughout the northeast. Wei Xin said with some concern: "Commander, this plan is so huge, and the footprints of the troops will cover 13 counties and cities under the rule of the puppet Manchu government, do you want to ask the Party Central Committee for instructions?" ”

Lin Junxiong stood up and said: "I have asked for instructions two days ago, but the answer I got is still four words 'independent decision-making', now is the time when the anti-Japanese forces in the Northeast are facing a grim situation, I can't watch them being wiped out and indifferent and shrink my head as a turtle." ”

"Commander, I understand your thoughts and intentions, that is, I think we should report to the Party Central Committee, since they have instructions, we will vigorously fight the devils and the puppet army!" Wei Xin clenched his fists and stood up.

Lin Junxiong saw that everyone stood up, and he could see that they were all excited, and he nodded with satisfaction: "I remember a song called "On the Songhua River", which was composed by Zhang Hanhui in 1936. ”

"My home is on the Songhua River in northeast China, where there are forest coal mines and soybean sorghum all over the mountains. My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast, where there are my compatriots and my aging father. Nine-one-eight, nine-one-eight, from that miserable time! Ninety-one-eight, ninety-one-eight! From that miserable time, I left my hometown, abandoned the endless treasures, wandered! Stray! The price of the whole day is in the customs, wandering! What year, what month, will I be able to return to my lovely hometown? In what year, in what month, will the endless treasure be recovered? Daddy, Daddy. When will we be able to get together?! ”

When Lin Junxiong finished singing this touching song in a voice like tears and tears, some of the participants burst into tears, some bowed their heads and wept, and some raised their fists and shouted, "We must drive the Japanese out of the Northeast!" ”

At the request of everyone, Lin Junxiong led everyone to sing it over and over again, and there was no need to ask everyone if this song could be positioned as the military song of the Anti-Japanese Army.

The next day, when all the soldiers of the revolutionary army sang "On the Songhua River" in unison, the sky was crying and raining, Lin Junxiong did not even plan to mobilize before the operation, this song had ignited the fire of revenge in the hearts of the soldiers, and strengthened the determination to fight the Japanese army to the end.

On September 15, 1939, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army set out from the Lianhuashan base area, in order to reduce the danger of exposure to the rear, the troops avoided the Japanese army and the puppet army in Dongfeng County, Fengtian Province, and quietly entered the territory of Xifeng County, Fengtian Province. More than 500 people of a puppet regiment that hurriedly came to reinforce Liaoyuan County, which was closest to Liaoyuan County, also hurriedly withdrew to Liaoyuan County after leaving more than 200 corpses.

The anti-Japanese revolutionary army erected a big banner in Xifeng County, shouting the slogan "Don't forget the shame, don't think about life and death, wake up from sleep, the Japanese will die", and sing "On the Songhua River", at the end of the day, more and more people gathered to follow the revolutionary soldiers to shout and sing together, the whole Xifeng County was immersed in a generous and passionate anti-Japanese atmosphere, and the people in some group tribes even killed the chief and joined them, and even some people sent their children to the revolutionary army, asking to take them and make a contribution to the early recovery of the Northeast.

Lin Junxiong saw that the villagers were gracious, and after some explanation, according to the principle of not accepting the only son, not accepting the queen in the family, and not accepting the parents in old age, Lin Junxiong changed their names one by one and assigned them to various troops.

When the Japanese troops in Fengtian Province learned that a force of nearly 2,000 men had appeared in Xifeng County, they thought that it was the main force of a certain Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and immediately dispatched troops from Siping, Shenyang, and Tieling to encircle and suppress them, and called Tonghua Province to ask the troops in Qingyuan County to also participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Lin Junxiong explained to the people of Xifeng County that the Japanese army had sent a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the revolutionary army and that the revolutionary army was going to withdraw from Qingyuan County to carry out a strategic transfer.

It was only the first stop of the troops, and the reaction of the people exceeded Lin Junxiong's expectations, they longed for a peaceful life, but they also resisted the whitewashed calm brought by the invaders deep in their hearts, and the fire of national righteousness in their hearts was not extinguished, and the heart of driving away the invaders and returning to the homeland was not dead. In the long river of history, after the infighting of various ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, many people chose to accept it silently and assimilated it with the distant Chinese civilization, because this is their own business, but when the Chinese nation suffers from foreign humiliation, the people of all ethnic groups are united to fight against foreign enemies one after another, the soul of China will not die, the Chinese nation will not die, Lin Junxiong more deeply felt that the country and the nation are in crisis, the cohesion of the Chinese people will be unprecedentedly strong, and the invasion and humiliation of foreign enemies will fail.

A squadron of the Japanese army and more than 300 puppet troops in Qingyuan County who went to encircle and suppress it are estimated that they did not look at the yellow calendar when they went out, and on the way forward, they were discovered by the reconnaissance team sent by Lin Junxiong in front and set up an ambush in advance. The Japanese troops and puppet troops who were in a hurry entered the ambush circle without noticing, and in less than half an hour, they were all wiped out by the wolf-like revolutionary soldiers.

When Lin Junxiong rushed to Qingyuan County with his troops, there were less than 100 defenders there, and after they were quickly eliminated, Lin Junxiong led his troops into the county seat, and at the same time ordered that all some traitors and lackeys be killed, and all the chief and lieutenant chief with evil deeds were also killed.

Therefore, when the Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Army organized anti-Japanese propaganda in Qingyuan County, the vast majority of the people of Qingyuan County joined it, and the people's support and enthusiasm for the Revolutionary Army was even greater than that of Xifeng County. Many of the soldiers were lively with the people, talking about the revolutionary army as the children of the people of the Northeast, and their mission was to recover the Northeast.

Diao Yongyun saw that the people of Qingyuan County were so supportive of the anti-Japanese resistance, and he had already smiled from ear to ear, Hu Xianqiang naturally understood what the eldest brother meant, but Hu Xiansheng was at a loss, and pulled Hu Xianqiang to ask.

"Qingyuan County is adjacent to Xinbin County, the eldest brother has made up his mind to set up the base in Xinbin County, originally more than 60% of the forest coverage rate of Xinbin County is natural protection, coupled with the surrounding people's anti-Japanese passion, there is a great guarantee for the development and growth of the team, how can you say that the eldest brother is not happy?"

Hearing Hu Xianqiang's words, Hu Xiansheng shouted happily: "Haha, this is indeed worth rejoicing, now we have picked up a piece of treasure land in the fifth column, great, he is worth celebrating, drink two cups at night?" ”

Hu Xianqiang looked at Hu Xiansheng, who was a little carried away, glared at him fiercely and said: "You have forgotten the commander's precepts, no one is allowed to drink alcohol during this operation, and if you want to be punished by military law, I will not accompany you." ”

"I almost forgot about this happiness, but fortunately, the second brother reminded me, it's always okay for us to celebrate with water instead of wine at dinner that night, we are going to make a big fortune, I think Xifeng County is also good, when the time comes, I will bring a small force to fight guerrillas, and bring more people back, haha"

When Diao Yongyun talked about the topography and situation of Xinbin County, and reported to Lin Junxiong about his decision to build the Fifth Vertical Base in Xinbin County, Lin Junxiong immediately nodded and agreed.