Chapter Seventy-Seven: Pulling the Stronghold and Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
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Yu Chenglong and Jin Yunji crossed the mountains and hurried to the detachment to attend the meeting. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info It was the first meeting after the formation of the detachment, and both of them attached great importance to it. Yu Chenglong estimated that the troops would have a big operation, but he still hoped to give him some time, after all, his team's secret camp had not yet been built.
The meeting was presided over by Qin Gang, the first political commissar of the detachment, who was heroic, more majestic than before, and spoke sonorously and powerfully.
"Comrades, this is the first meeting attended by cadres above the regimental level of the Manchurian Detachment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army. In accordance with the current situation and the spirit of the instructions of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, the detachment decided to convene such a meeting for the purpose of unifying thinking, unified action, and studying and formulating the detachment's winter combat plan. At present, it is a good period for the development of our Anti-Japanese Federation, and the team of the Anti-Japanese Federation has grown to 40,000 people, all over Manchuria, and there are our anti-Japanese teams everywhere, and the flame of resistance against Japan is burning all over the entire northeast, and the situation is very good! β
"But the Japanese devils are also very arrogant, not only planning to exterminate us throughout the winter, but also plotting to attack the Soviet power in Soviet Russia. Therefore, the Comintern instructed us to strike on all fronts, to deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the Japanese devils, to change passive defense into active attack, and to disrupt the devils' conspiracy. From a strategic point of view, offense is the best defense, and only through offense can we effectively protect ourselves and destroy the enemy. The main task of our detachment this winter is to conscientiously implement the strategic policy of 'active offensive' and create a new situation in the northern part of the country to resist Japan! Next, I would like to give the floor to Comrade Fang Tianzhu, commander of the detachment. β
With a round of applause that was not too warm, the commander of the detachment, Fang Tianzhu, stood up and spoke.
"Comrades: It is a pleasure to meet you again. Comrade Qin Gang has already said about the current situation, tasks, and our operational policy, and I will not repeat it. At today's meeting, I would like to stress three points: First, we must resolutely obey orders. The detachment must obey the decision of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, and all major units and detachments must obey the orders of the detachment. Second, it is necessary to continuously enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops. That is, it is necessary to improve the soldiers' individual combat ability, and at the same time, it is necessary to enhance the commanders' ability to command and fight battles, and to make our contingent a brave and invincible contingent. Third, it is necessary to concentrate troops, fight big battles, and win battles. Hit the Japanese devils hard with your fists and establish a base. The specific battle plan of the detachment has not yet been finalized, but the strategic policy of 'active offensive' must be adhered to. Today, I invite you to come here to discuss in detail, to see what you think, to gather your opinions, and to determine our attack plan. Next, I would like to ask the chief of the General Staff to share with everyone the preliminary thoughts of the detachment, and then we will discuss them. β
"According to the opinion of the first commissar and the commander of the detachment, the preliminary plan of the detachment has three main points. First, all the troops moved closer to the detachment headquarters and completed their assembly after 10 days. The second is to create an opportunity to launch an offensive against the Jing'an Brigade and destroy the enemy's living forces. This Manchurian Army is the most fatal contingent of devils, and it has done the greatest harm to the anti-Japanese armed forces in the northeast, and it is also the most combat-effective contingent in the Manchurian Army. The third is to choose two adjacent county seats, strive to take them, and gain a foothold, and establish a consolidated anti-Japanese base. The Chief of the General Staff did not stand up, but sat there and said slowly.
"See what everyone thinks, and you have to speak." Political Commissar Qin Gang asked everyone to speak by name.
The commanders present at the meeting spoke one after another, some in support and others in favor of a more radical battle plan. Only a few people expressed concern, but on the whole expressed support for the detachment's operational ideas and added details to them.
When it was Jackie Chan's turn to speak, he didn't stand up, looked at the political commissar and commander, and said slowly, but very firmly: "I resolutely support the detachment's decision, let me beat me, it's nothing!" But what I want to say is that our detachment has just been established, the morale of the army is still in turmoil, and the brothers have not yet adapted to it. I appreciate Commander Fang's idea of increasing the combat effectiveness of the troops. The most important thing in enhancing the combat effectiveness of the troops is to unify their thinking, and we still have a lot of work to do in this regard. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood, and the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the team, and it is not too late to strike after unifying thinking. β
"Instructor Kim, is this the case for the soldiers of your detachment? What about the other brigades? The commissar asked.
"Yes, the ideological education of the contingent is still unstable, and the ideological education of the contingent should be strengthened in order to unify understanding and thinking." Instructor Kim said.
The other brigades also expressed the need for further unity in the thinking of the teams.
"The work of unifying thinking and stabilizing the contingent is very important, and only when the thinking is unified can we unify the command and pace in action. Some time ago, I did neglect this work, and the responsibility mainly lay with me, but the political commissars of the various brigades, the instructors of the detachments, and especially the political departments of the detachments were also responsible, and the ideological education work did not keep up. Our detachment has just been formed, this is the first job, how can it be negligent? Now to remedy the situation, all major units should concentrate half a month to carry out an ideological education and rectification in the whole detachment, the purpose of which is to unify thinking and unify thinking with the detachment's decision-making; after half a month, the troops will start to act, approach the detachment headquarters, and take the next step according to the detachment's orders. Political Commissar Qin Gang said.
The commander of the detachment and the chief of the general staff also made detailed arrangements for the specific operational details and timing of each major group and detachment. Xun Yang, director of the General Political Department, also set specific demands on the ideological education work of the troops. The meeting was dismissed, and the leaders returned to their own teams.
"Thank you for your support." On the way back to the team, Yu Chenglong said to Instructor Jin Yunji.
"It's my responsibility to work well with you. But I didn't expect you to put forward your disagreement from this aspect. Instructor Kim said.
"There's no way around it, it's going to take a while to build a secret camp. But all of you who are engaged in political work have been criticized, I'm sorry, please bear with me! After Yu Chengchan finished speaking, he hurried forward.
It was almost sunset again, and Yu Chengchan stopped and took the marching pot from his horse.
"Let's have an early meal today, and when the horses are full, we'll go back overnight. You pick some mushrooms in front of me, and I'll see if I can get some fish in the river, and we'll have a big dinner." It's so good in this big mountain, it can feed people, and we can't throw this family away. After Yu Chenglong finished speaking, he picked up a net bag he carried with him, turned around and went down the mountain, and went to a small river at the bottom of the mountain.
When I came to a relatively wide river, the water at the main stream was only knee-deep, and it was crystal clear. Yu Jackie Chan walked forward a few dozen meters and stopped in a deep water full of fallen logs. Standing on the shore, he took out a grenade from his waist and looked back in the direction where Jin Yunji was. Although he was a little reluctant, he pulled out the fuse, threw it at the place he liked, and turned back and ran towards the open river.
Yu Chenglong quickly ran to the rapids in the middle of the river, stood in knee-deep water, held the net pocket in his mouth, opened his hands, and waited for the fish to arrive.
In a moment, the blown fish was half-floating on the surface of the water, drifting downstream with the blown up mud and sand, branches and grass blades. Yu Jackie Chan saw the opportunity, one in one hand, and fished it into the net. Six or seven large ones were caught in a hurry, and the rest ran down the river. Yu Chenglong couldn't chase anymore, and returned to the shore happily. With the river water, he quickly packed up two of them, and returned to the place where Jin Yunji was.
"Ouch, it's really neat, why did you catch it, so fast?" Jin Yunji asked happily.
Fortunately, Fang Cai was far away and the water was very deep, so he was not heard, otherwise he would have to be criticized.
"You North Koreans love to eat fish, come out with me once, why don't you try it. There are a few of them, we can't eat them, so take them back and let you women try them. Yu Chenglong smiled but did not answer.
"The mushrooms are already cooked, so let's stew the fish. The horses will have to wait a while before they are full, and there will be time. Kim Yun-hee said.
"I'll come, you can rest for a while, just wait and enjoy."
"We men don't do housework there. I think you can do everything, and you're quite considerate. But you never brought a guard, and you didn't let me do it, which is inconvenient. β
"Is he guarding you, or are you defending him? I got used to it. I grew up in a difficult background, and I had to do all the work outside the house. What can't a poor child do? It's just that I'm lazy when I grow up and marry a daughter-in-law. β
"Have you married a daughter-in-law? But there are many girls who are attracted to you, and there are suitable big sisters to help you. β
"If you marry a daughter-in-law, you can't reunite with your family. It's all made by Little Japan, and the brothers can't go back to home! β
"It's good to wait until little Japan is gone. Who wouldn't want to have a home? Live a peaceful life in peace. Jin Yunji was also a little sad at this time.
"The smell of the fish is so strong, it's almost ready, let's eat. Sister, let's have some wine, happy and happy! β
In this way, the two of them finished their meal happily in a question and answer, and rested comfortably for a while, before they got up with their horses and hurried to their present secret camp by moonlight.
Returning to the detachment, Yu Chenglong ordered the team to quickly set up a secret camp base, move the stored materials to the new secret camp as much as possible, and store those that cannot be transferred to the local storage. After the new secret camp was built, only eight people were assigned to guard it. Before the snow fell, all the troops were withdrawn from the secret camp and moved closer to the direction where the detachment was located.
On the third day after arriving at the detachment, Yu Chenglong's detachment received an operational order, asking his detachment to quickly attack the two strongholds of Dawangtun and Xinjian Village, with the aim of attracting the Jing'an Brigade to attack and rescue, because this detachment was operating in that area. Then lure it to Jigongling, where a large army lies in ambush, ready to annihilate the enemy.
"Your task is very heavy, whether you can attract the enemy out and attract them to Jigongling as planned is the key to deciding this battle. If your detachment can lure the enemy over and into the ambush circle as planned, even if the mission is half completed, if you concentrate on killing it again and annihilating the enemy, then your detachment will be considered a great achievement. How's that, what's the difficulty? "Commander Fang gave Jackie Chan a combat mission.
"The terrain around Jigongling is complicated, and I'm afraid that the enemy may not be able to take the bait." Yu Jackie Chan said.
"Therefore, it is necessary to fight really and run like it, which is the key to whether or not you can lure the enemy into Jigongling. When attacking two strongholds, you must really attack and fight with all your might, and when you escape, you must not throw the enemy too far, but get closer. In this way, the danger of comrades may be great, but they must dare to pay, otherwise it will be difficult to complete the task. "said the Chief of the General Staff.
"Our detachment resolutely carried out the orders of the brigade and did its best to complete the task! It's just that Jigongling is not the best ambush location, and besides, it is far away from the two strongholds to be attacked, so why not choose the ambush site closer? Yu Chenglong said.
"The detachment has made a decision, as long as you can lure the enemy into Jigongling, you can be sure of destroying them. This is the first major battle of our detachment since its establishment, and we should be brave and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, and go all out to win. First political commissar Qin Gang said.
"Resolutely carry out the order and ensure the completion of the task!" Yu Chenglong saluted and walked out of the headquarters.
At night, Yu Jackie Chan led the team to march on the open field, and in the middle of the night, the troops entered the designated position.
The two strongholds of Dawangtun and Xinjian Village are five or six miles apart, and are built on the north and south sides of the road respectively, and the defenders of each stronghold are less than 30 people. Yu Chenglong asked everyone to dismount and gathered the horses next to the avenue five miles away in the direction of Jigongling.
"Let's get off the horse and walk now, Deputy Captain Zhang and I will lead fifty people to attack the Dawangtun stronghold, Instructor Jin and Deputy Captain Li will lead fifty people to attack the Xinjian Village stronghold, and the others will be led by Captain Fang to cover the retreat of the team. Instructor Jin and Captain Li led the team to surround but not fight, and after my side started, block the enemy who came out to reinforce in order to destroy their living forces, and after the enemy retreated to the turret, then concentrate the firepower to attack, before the enemy's large army came to reinforce, do not take it first, and retreat to my side when the enemy's reinforcement team approached, remember, bring the dead corpses of the devils, it will be useful when the time comes. Act now and start the battle in forty minutes. Yu Jackie Chan gave the battle order.
Coming to the Dawangtun stronghold, Yu Chengchan asked the team to ambush in front of the suspension bridge, came to the wall of the turret, and jumped into the wall. I saw that on the earthen platforms on both sides of the suspension bridge, there were two sentries standing guard, and there seemed to be figures shaking on the turret. Yu Chenglong slowly approached the earth platform against the root of the wall, and suddenly jumped and flew up, killing the sentry with a knife, and the other sentry just reacted, and was killed by Yu Chengchan's shot, he casually cut the rope on the suspension bridge with a knife, and the suspension bridge fell with a bang.
At the same time, gunshots also rang out on the turret, Yu Chenglong jumped off the earthen platform, bent down and approached the turret, stuck to the door and threw two grenades inside. At this time, the gunfire on the turret became more intense, and after the soldiers who were lying in ambush outside also suppressed the enemy's fire, several demomen rushed in.
"Throw explosives into the turret first, and blow it up a few gaps!" Yu Jackie Chan ordered.
With the roar of the explosive pack, two gaps were blown open at the bottom of the turret.
"Don't rush to attack first, start firing with the enemy, and listen to the situation on the side of the stronghold of Xinjian Village." Yu Chenglong ordered Deputy Captain Zhang.
About forty minutes later, Instructor Jin sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that all the enemies sent out to relieve the siege in the stronghold had been beaten back, and more than a dozen enemies had been eliminated, including three devils.
"Good! Immediately tell Instructor Jin and Deputy Captain Li to launch a siege on the stronghold, and the firepower must be fierce, so that the enemy will feel overwhelmed at all times. Yu Chenglong asked the signal corps to tell the team besieging Xinjian Village, and at the same time said to Deputy Captain Zhang: "It's almost dawn, cover the demoman to rush in again, solve the battle within an hour, take this stronghold, and kill all the Japanese devils without leaving any of them!" Completely destroy the turret, bring everything that can be carried, burn all the things that can't be bringed, and bring the corpses of the captured two devils and the Japanese devils who were killed, and retreat at the right time. β
The battle went well, and in less than an hour, the battle was all resolved. A total of five devils, twelve Manchurian troops, and seventeen Manchurian troops were captured.
Yu Chenglong ordered Deputy Captain Zhang to take 30 brothers to retreat in the direction of Jigongling first, and take away the corpses of the devils, the captured Manchurian army, food, and ammunition. He stayed behind and waited for the Jin instructors, and at the same time set fire to what he had not taken with him, along with the Manchurian army that had been killed.
When it was dawn, Instructor Kim sent a letter saying that they would then evacuate. He also reported that a squad of devils, a regiment of the Jing'an Brigade, totaling more than 700 people, rushed towards them, and there was still a distance of more than 20 miles.
The initial realization of the plan to lure the snake out of the hole and contain the devil may be a good sign. As long as you can stick the devil and lead it to Jigongling, you will annihilate it.