On September 3, the conference room of the South Manchurian Garrison Headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Changchun.

Tojo Iwa sat next to him with a solemn face, and only after the first officer wearing the rank of lieutenant general nodded, he stood up, "Everyone, I believe that the current situation in various parts of South Manchuria is already clear, Lin Junxiong's new army has become a tiger, if it is not eliminated in time, it will bring a threat to the rule of the Japanese Empire in the Northeast, this autumn crusade, we must destroy them all, and I would like to invite Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, chief of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army Command Headquarters, to give a lecture." ”

The officers on both sides stood up one after another, and Yukio Kasahara smiled and pressed his hand to signal everyone to sit down.

"Our Great Japanese Empire did not take the Shina people into account in the first place, and the Soviet Union in the north is our biggest enemy, although the empire is facing some difficulties at present, we are convinced that under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, we will be able to reverse the current situation!"

"After two expansions of the Kwantung Army in July 1941, the total strength has reached 850,000, although some troops have been transferred to the Pacific theater, there are still nearly 700,000, and with the addition of nearly 300,000 Imperial Allied Army in Manchukuo, I don't believe that the new First Army with tens of thousands of troops can make any huge waves."

"This time, the Kwantung Army Command has transferred five divisions from the northern border, and the Air Force Command also plans to invest 150 aircraft to support, I believe that 200,000 imperial warriors and 100,000 imperial allegories, plus the invincible air force, will definitely be able to win this encirclement and suppression. Warriors, let the humble Shina tremble before the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire! ”

The Japanese officers attending the meeting were aroused by their ambitions, clapping and laughing excitedly, but Tojo Yan's smiling face was obviously a little stiff, in order not to be reprimanded by the command headquarters for his ineffective encirclement and suppression in the past two years, he had to conceal some information, in fact, two years ago, the new army was tens of thousands, God knows how many thousands of people have developed now, 200,000 imperial warriors, 100,000 imperial troops, and 150 planes can really destroy Lin Junxiong's new army? He suddenly envied Ryuichiro Kishitani who ran away three years ago, and he laughed at him for being cowardly at the beginning, but what about himself now?

It wasn't until Yukio Kasawara bowed to Tojo Rock and said please, that Tojo Rock came back to his senses, "General, this is what subordinates should do, for the sake of the Japanese Empire, I will definitely go all out!" ”

After everyone sat down again, Tojo Yan personally explained the deployment, "According to the information fed back by our intelligence agency, the scope of activities of Lin Junxiong's New First Army extends from Yilan County in Harbin in the east, to the territory of the former North Korea in the south, to Benxi County in Mukden Province in the west, and to Siping County in Mukden Province in the north. ”

"This encirclement and suppression crusade, I named it 'compression and encirclement', the specific deployment is: the Fengtian Provincial Garrison will send two divisions from Benxi to Tonghua City to compress, the South Manchurian Garrison Command will send two divisions to compress from north to south, and the Harbin garrison will send two divisions to compress from Yilan, and converge with the garrison of Koizumizumi-kun in Majima Province to compress and advance to Tonghua City, Yoshioka-kun's first task is to do a good job of guarding against important strongholds, and wait until the compressed troops arrive everywhere, and then encircle and annihilate Lin Junxiong's new army in one fell swoop."

"The head of Yang Jingyu, the leader of the anti-Japanese bandits, is missing, according to my estimation, Lin Junxiong led people to do it, since they got the head, it is impossible for them not to take the next step, Yoshioka-kun transferred the elite 62nd Gongqi Division to Mengjiang County, and they can't be allowed to make any changes. Since they claim to have started their operation on September 18, we can only start this compression and encirclement operation on September 17 at the earliest, hoping to disrupt their deployment. ”

Yukio Kasawara was quite appreciative of Tojoiwa's plan to compress and encircle and annihilate it, and stood up and applauded happily, and all the officers also applauded, and there was a joyful atmosphere in the conference room.

On September 13, Lin Junxiong rushed to the Sandao Laoyefu Wetland in Mengjiang County to join Tang Jijun's second column, which had arrived ahead of schedule.

"Commander, I received information from the direction of Tonghua, the Gongqi Division of the Japanese Army's elite 62nd Division has set off from Tonghua and is expected to arrive in Mengjiang County on September 16, it seems that the Japanese army is not ready to give us time and wants to act in advance."

Looking at Tang Jijun's anxious appearance, Lin Junxiong smiled and said: "Jijun, everything is under control, don't panic, you send Zhang Dasheng's division to the area of Sandaoweizi to ambush, don't be hard-hitting, lure the 62nd Division to the old bald mountain, Fang Yun's column has already made a good deployment there, first surround the 62nd division, wait until the Japanese reinforcements arrive, and then stew in a pot, the old bald mountain will become a cemetery." ”

Tang Jijun relaxed, it turned out that everything was expected by Lin Junxiong, "Commander, the funeral of General Yang Jingyu has been arranged the day after tomorrow, do you want to start on time?" ”

"Well, the day after tomorrow is General Yang Jingyu's 38th birthday, but unfortunately the king of the mountains and forests died young, so Yuan Wei must take Mengjiang County today and tomorrow night, and the burial ceremony the day after tomorrow will be carried out on time."

That night, all parts of Mengjiang County received the news that General Yang Jingyu's head had been recovered, and that the complete bones were buried outside the north gate of Baoan Village in Mengjiang County at ten o'clock in the morning of September 15.

Yuan Wei took Mengjiang County faster than expected, there were only two brigades of Japanese troops and a puppet regiment of the Imperial Association Army in Mengjiang County, and the general attack was launched at 10 o'clock in the evening of the 14th, and the city sounded at the same time, "Welcome the anti-Japanese hero Yang Jingyu's head home", "return my rivers and mountains, and recover the northeast" The earth-shattering shouts sounded, there was fierce artillery fire outside, and there were shouts of attack inside, and the Japanese puppet army was terrified and resisted for less than an hour before being completely annihilated.

Some of the Japanese lackeys immediately ran to the county seat of Mengjiang County to tell their Japanese masters the news, but what awaited them was the cold muzzle of the gun.

On September 15, clouds obscured the sun, fog obscured the vista, and a drizzle of sorrow. Lin Junxiong and his entourage came to a flat post in the northwest of Baoan Village early, and many Mengjiang people had already rushed around, and many of them couldn't help but sob.

At eight o'clock in the morning, tens of thousands of people had gathered around Pinggang, and some were coming one after another. Lin Junxiong inspected the newly built tomb and found that this flat hill was very dry, and the tomb was also well sealed and waterproof according to his requirements, and the banner in front of it read, "General Yang Jingyu, the anti-Japanese national hero, is famous through the ages." General Yang Jingyu's head is a proof of the cruelty of the Japanese, and it is also a memorial to remind future generations to remember this anti-Japanese hero, Lin Junxiong thought that he could keep it well, and after the founding of New China, the government decided how to place the general's head.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Junxiong, Qiao Xinyu, Du Sheng, and Shen Yushan personally held shovels in their hands to dig up the grave of Yang Jingyu, who was buried by the Japanese, and carefully put the bones into the new coffin, and finally put the bottle containing the general's head into the coffin.

It was gloomy and the sky was still raining, and with Lin Junxiong's "up", the four of them carried the coffin and slowly walked to the flat post of the newly built tomb. The surrounding people finally couldn't help crying, and then more and more people cried loudly to tell the sadness in their hearts, for a while, the sorrow of more than 100,000 people around Pinggang resounded in all directions, and they mourned the heroes in their hearts with the most sincere tears.

"Hit Japanese imperialism! Heroes go well! ”

I don't know who shouted with a crying voice, and then more than 100,000 people shouted at the same time: "Hit Japanese imperialism!" Heroes go well! The sound resounded in the sky, full of reluctance to the hero, and also full of resentment against the Japanese invaders.

Lin Junxiong and Qiao Xinyu walked in front of the coffin side by side, thinking of Yang Jingyu's love for his eldest brother along the way, his unyielding eyes were full of encouragement, his confident smile was full of firmness for the revolutionary cause, and his earnest teachings and ardent expectations were still in his ears, Lin Junxiong couldn't help but burst into tears, but he was still stubborn not to let the tears flow, "Brother Yang, I know you don't want to see me shed tears, don't worry, I will definitely go down the revolutionary road firmly!" ”

Lin Junxiong sent Yang Jingyu's coffin into the tomb, Wang Biao took people to carefully seal the tomb, and the old man Li Xianyang, who wrote the best calligraphy in Mengjiang County, personally brought someone to carry a tombstone, a month ago, when Tang Jijun sent someone to contact the old man, he immediately agreed, the last time he was forced to promise the Japanese to write a monument for General Yang Jingyu, when the hero monument was engraved with the words "Ryuichiro Kishitani" and "March 5th of the seventh year of Kant", he couldn't help but shed tears, at that time it was to let the hero rest in peace, and had to do it, This time the general's body was complete, and he was buried in real peace, and he stayed awake for almost many days, carefully examining every detail of the monument.

The front of the stele is engraved with 13 big characters of "the tomb of General Yang Jingyu, the anti-Japanese national hero", and the next paragraph reads "The New First Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army of the Communist Party of China and the people of Mengjiang County stand together", and the back is engraved with the biography of General Yang Jingyu.

After the burial, Lin Junxiong shouted: "Salute!" The nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Second Column who were present quickly took off their military hats and saluted Yang Jingyu's tomb at the same time.

The heroic posture and resolute gaze of the soldiers shocked the people present, and some representatives of the villagers began to go to Pinggang to talk to Lin Junxiong about supporting the new First Army, hoping to do something for the troops, and even more villagers cried and begged the troops to stay in Mengjiang County, and the people of Mengjiang were willing to advance and retreat together with the troops.

Lin Junxiong had to pick up a paper roll of microphone and say loudly to the people around Pinggang: "Fathers and fellow villagers, we are late, you have suffered, for twelve years, you have been living under the enslavement of the Japanese and Ergouzi, but the anti-Japanese forces led by the Communist Party have never succumbed. ”

"General Yang Jingyu is a hero of the Mengjiang people, a hero of our party, and an anti-Japanese hero in the hearts of the people of the whole country. The new army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army of the Communist Party of China is a resolute anti-Japanese contingent led by the party, please rest assured, since the troops have recovered here, they will defend this place to the death, you all go back and wait with peace of mind, we will restore the county government as soon as possible, and work with everyone to build a hopeful Jingyu County. ”

"There is still a long way to go to return my rivers and mountains and recover the Northeast, I implore my fathers and fellow villagers to be our strong backing, and we will work together to drive the Japanese out of the Northeast!"

"Give me back the rivers and mountains! Reclaim the Northeast! ”

More than 100,000 people shouted the slogan of the new First Army and shouted the common voice of the people of the whole Northeast, Lin Junxiong secretly swore that from this moment on, the troops must be inspired by this slogan, their footprints will spread all over the entire Japanese-occupied area in Northeast China and the puppet Manchukuo region, and the Northeast will be peaceful.