Chapter Eighty-Six: The Dead Wood and Grass Conquer the West

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In the long winter, there was no major military operation in the Anti-Manchurian Brigade. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info just when it was about to be the New Year, taking advantage of the lax defense of the devils, sent some people to develop the underground organization, but the effect was not obvious. One reason is that the enemy blockade is too strict, and it is not easy to get in touch with the masses. Another reason is that most of the common people have been deceived and their consciousness has not yet been stirred up. The devils seized on the people's hatred of beards, and hyped up that the Anti-Japanese Federation was beards and bandits, so as to deceive the people.

In the spring, Yu Chenglong led people to Dayanpao Ditch to find the bodies of his brothers who were frozen to death in winter, and found a suitable place to bury them. It is said that the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who froze to death were dragged back at that time, and many people froze to death for this reason, but there were still many corpses of the Jing'an soldiers in the ditch that were not transported back and were thrown there horizontally, which shows the tragic situation at that time.

Throughout the summer, the Manchurian Corps actively went out to fight in the mountains, harassing and attacking the enemy. By the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, although the Manchurian Corps had not made great progress, it still maintained a combat contingent of nearly 600 people.

During this period, in order to consolidate the rear, the Japanese devils continued to increase the number of the Kwantung Army, and the anti-Japanese troops intensified their crusades, and the anti-Japanese alliances in various places were squeezed and divided. At the end of the year, the devils were even more crazy crusades, and the situation of the Manchurian Corps was even more difficult, the secret camp on the mountain was almost completely lost, and food and medicine were almost completely cut off. A long winter is to go around in circles in the mountains with devils, and when you have the opportunity, you will go out to the mountains to catch a handful and get something to eat. By the spring of the following year, there were only more than 200 people left in the Manchurian Corps, and most of them died of hunger and cold. Yu Jackie Chan's brigade is the most intact, but there are only more than 70 people left.

In such a situation, there were disagreements within the Anti-Manchurian Corps on how to develop. At the military meeting of the five-member group, Deputy Commander Yu frowned and put forward his proposal.

"According to the current situation, the team should be broken up and moved from the ground to the ground. Let the local brothers go home and mobilize some people with lofty ideals who are interested in resisting Japan to join our team, and then unveil the rod when the situation improves. Brothers who are not fit to return home can stay in the mountains, but they must take shelter and see the opportunity to go out to the mountains to loot food, weapons and ammunition. We, the leaders, should focus on raising food, ammunition, and expanding the army, and we can't just look for opportunities to fight the devils. Our guiding ideology should be to think about how to hide from the enemy, avoid the enemy's edge, preserve our strength, strengthen our ranks, and seek further development. It's really sad to see the good brothers who don't have clothes and food to eat leave us! Yu Chenglong expressed his opinion seriously.

"You are afraid of the enemy, and you are escapism. What do we do? It's a devil! No matter how great the difficulties are, we must fight to the end, even if we sacrifice our lives for the country! Director Xunyang was the first to stand up and object.

"I don't doubt your courage, don't look at you as a white-faced scholar, you dare to stand up at critical moments. But I suspect you're a nerd, and you can't kill the devil with all your blood. We are not afraid of death, and dare to fight with devils! But you haven't thought about it, how many of the 50,000 anti-Japanese coalition troops that have flourished for less than two years are left now? How long can this continue? Look at our soldiers, all of them are hungry and cold, how many people are dying of cold and starvation! How long can a team with no place to live, no food, no clothing, no weapons and ammunition, and exhausted in the ice and snow deal with the devils? Therefore, the pressing task at the moment is to solve the problem of food to save lives, the problem of weaponry to ward off the enemy, the problem of soldiers to survive, and the problem of ideology to seek development. If these problems are not solved, what is the empty talk of fighting devils! The more Yu Jackie Chan spoke, the more excited he became.

"There are difficulties, and we have to find a way to solve them. But it can't be disbanded or run away, so what is it called the Anti-Alliance, and what's the difference between it and a beard? Director Xunyang did not give in.

"You!" Yu Chenglong pointed at Xunyang and stood up excitedly. Seeing that the two of them were fighting, the three chief officers looked at each other, and General Political Commissar Qin Gang signaled Chief of General Staff Yang to stop the two of them.

"We were born with a beard, but we are also a member of the Anti-United Nations team, and we have never been ambiguous in fighting devils with our brothers. Beards are bad, but they also have strengths in survival. As soon as the officers and men came, they scattered and fled for their lives, and as soon as the officers and men withdrew, they gathered again, and in this way, they sometimes disappeared and sometimes gathered in the mountains and forests. This is also the reason why the beard can last for a long time, but it continues to swell. And our current strategy is not much better than a beard. Judging from the experience of the past few years, there is no way out of fighting to the death, and Deputy Commander Yu's opinion should be taken seriously. Chief of General Staff Yang waved his hand and comforted the two to sit down.

"Heroes don't ask where they come from, we are comrades now, and no one will mention any beard in the future! We are leading troops to fight, and we know the truth that soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass. But now we have soldiers and horses, and there is no food and grass. There's no way around it, the little devil won't let us have this condition. However, I think it is possible to take the advice of the deputy commander and give priority to the snatching of food and supplies in future military operations. Commander Fang picked up his cigarette pouch again, thoughtful.

"Comrade Xunyang spoke too excitedly, which was not appropriate. Most of the beards are poor people who have been forced to fight against the government, and they have a positive side. How many bearded heroes are there in our anti-Japanese alliance team, who are like us with all sincerity, bravely kill the enemy, and save the country with blood, and are our good comrades. Deputy Commander Yu's proposal today is worthy of our careful consideration, and how to preserve and strengthen our strength and how to persist in and ensure a long-term fight against devils is indeed an urgent issue facing us at present. However, this is a major issue related to the survival and fate of the Anti-Japanese Federation, and it needs to be decided by the superiors. We can reflect the opinions of the deputy commander upwards and wait for the decision of the higher authorities. What we can do at the moment is to expand the team, and everyone will discuss this and see what to do? General Political Commissar Qin Gang observed everyone's expressions as he spoke, and it seemed that there was something to calm things down.

The meeting ended in a dull atmosphere. Expanding the ranks, strengthening the strength, and snatching strategic materials have become the primary tasks of the Manchurian Corps at present.

After careful research, the corps decided to send Chief of Staff Yang to the Forest Police Brigade in Beizhen. Because most of this team is composed of beards and volunteers in the past, they are not really working for the devils after being recruited, and many of them are people from Feihu Village and Dulong Mountain in the past. In particular, the captain Li Chaoyang turned out to be the second leader of the Flying Tiger Village, and after the Flying Tiger Village was broken up by the devils, he led the remnants to surrender to the Japanese.

Yu Chenglong was ordered to collect the Xinglongzhai big queue, and this team also had fifty or sixty people. Because the Xinglongzhai stronghold was attacked and destroyed many times, and the big queue did not give support, it lost the trust of the devils, and the Xinglongzhai big queue is facing the situation of being reorganized. In this situation, Yu Chenglong and the others happened to come to be recruited, because of the foundation of Lin Fushun's long-term work, coupled with the situation faced by the big queue, it didn't take much effort, and the peasant self-defense armed forces built by this devil were successfully integrated. The superficial illusion is that they were defeated and captured by the Anti-Japanese Union, and most of them were captured in the mountains.

At the same time, the work of plotting against the Beizhen Forest Police Brigade was also carried out very smoothly, and the team of more than 200 people was successfully turned against the North Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Federation. All the Japanese instructors in the forest police brigade were killed, and those in the team who were determined to defect to the Japanese devils were also repatriated or shot.

The Anti-Manchurian Corps has ushered in a new period of development. The troops began to be reorganized, trained, and run-in. After the arrival of summer, the troops went out of the mountains to fight several battles, picking out the weakest villages and towns to attack, focusing on looting food and supplies. In the autumn, just as they were preparing to build a secret camp for the winter, the Manbei Corps received an order from their superiors to let them go out of the west and go west to destroy the devil's crusade plan.

The headquarters held a meeting of commanders to discuss the plan for the western expedition.

"According to the instructions of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, our corps will go to Shanxi to march. Commander Fang and I made a preliminary study and planned to take our troops west along the mountain, enter the mountain when we encounter a strong enemy, and if everything goes well, we will go all the way to the west and attack again in the area of the Nenjiang River to join up with friendly forces. Let's see if you have any other opinions, and talk about your ideas. General Political Commissar Qin Gang spoke first.

"I don't think it's appropriate to go west at this time. The weather is getting cold, we should hurry up and build a secret camp, the devil's crusade is getting tighter and tighter, we should learn a lesson, and we can't be chased by the devil all over the mountain in winter. Only when the secret camp is built and the food for the winter is sufficient, can we preserve our strength and fight the devils. Now that we have left the territory where we have been fighting for many years, we are alone, and once we encounter the devil brigade, the consequences will be unimaginable. We should make it clear to our superiors about the situation we are facing, and we should focus on preserving our strength and not make rash attacks. Yu Chenglong stood up and said.

"I think that not only can we not go west now, but we must store more grain, retreat deeper into the mountains, and wait for the past winter to try to develop." Captain Xiao also stood up and said.

"At present, the troops have just recovered somewhat, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, and preserving and expanding their strength is still our main task. If we go west now, I don't think we can do it, and we should discuss a foolproof plan. "said the Chief of the General Staff.

"The provincial party committee has decreed that we should resolutely enforce it, and this does not allow bargaining! Now the question is what route to choose to go on the expedition, not a question of not carrying out orders. Xun Yang, director of the Political Department, said.

"In the past two years, we have suffered so many losses from devils, it is strategically wrong, just want to meet with devils, do not talk about flexible tactics, as far as I am a stupid person, I can see it, I can't fight hard, I have to save my strength!" Captain Hai also stood up and said.

"It seems that everyone's thoughts on the strategy of the westward expedition are not unified, which is also normal. The strategy of taking the initiative to attack has indeed made us suffer a lot of losses, and now the devils have increased the intensity of the crusade, adding a lot of difficulties to our westward expedition. However, the strategy of the provincial party committee's westward expedition is to smash the devil's crusade plan and strive for greater living space for the Anti-Japanese Federation. My opinion is that the troops can move westward in the mountains without going out of the mountains, and then attack when they reach the designated position, mainly to grab the enemy's supplies, and then go into the mountains to build secret camps to escape the harsh winter. Commander Fang Tianzhu said.

"Just do it according to Commander Fang's advice, don't fight, let's go separately and prepare, and dismiss the meeting!" General Political Commissar Qin Gang hastily ordered.

In this way, the troops began their westward march without a unified mind. More than a month later, the troops went out of the mountains to attack, occupied two relatively large villages in one day, and broke up two large queues. The next day, they captured the town of Nenyuan, eliminated a police force of more than 70 people, and killed seven or eight devils. The troops looted a large amount of food and began to move into the mountains.

On the way to transfer, they encountered the pursuit of a large army of devils, and the troops had to discard the seized food and other food and retreat to the mountains.

As soon as they entered the mountain, the troops did not have time to rest, and the devils followed again. The situation was critical, and the corps had to make a hasty decision to retreat eastward. On the way to the east, although he encountered the devil twice and the troops suffered some losses, the devil still did not catch up because of the familiarity of the road.

At this time, Yu Chenglong suggested that the troops change their retreat route. It is said that many fighters have been left behind along the way, especially the newly recruited forest police brigade, and some of them have deserted, and once they are caught by the devils, their retreat routes will be exposed, and the devils should be prevented from ambushing us in front. There are signs that the devil is driving us off the route we have been travelling from, and this should alarm us.

Commander Fang disagreed, saying that if that was the case, the marching speed would slow down, and the devils behind would catch up, and it would not be easy to get rid of them just now. Besides, if the devils know our retreat route, it will be too late to set up an ambush in front, and we will return to our original base in two or three days. Send the vanguard team to search and retreat first, and nothing will happen. and ordered Yu Chengchan's brigade to stay here to block the devil brigade that came to chase after him, and strive to lead the devil elsewhere.

Yu Chenglong didn't insist on his opinion anymore, he knew that it was useless to insist. It's just that in the face of the withered grass and trees, the branches and leaves of the mountain sighed, and was ordered to stay, with his team of less than 100 people ready to snipe the chasing devils.

The large force continued to retreat eastward along the route it had come. In order to maintain contact with the large army, Yu Chenglong sent four soldiers to report the news of the large army at any time.

After squatting vigilantly for the night, the soldiers who stayed behind to reconnoiter came back and reported that the devils were at least two days away, and it was not easy to really find out our whereabouts in the mountains. Yu Chenglong thought for a while, asked the team to eat some dry food quickly, and then retreated in the direction of the large army. He was still worried about the safety of the large army and wanted to join the large army as soon as possible. By noon, before catching up with the large army, Yu Chengchan ordered the team to continue to speed up the march.

At this moment, a fierce gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the retreat of the large army, and Yu Cheng Chan ordered the team to run forward.

After a while, the fighters sent out to communicate with each other came back to report that the large army had been ambushed by the large army of devils. The situation is very critical, and the corps is organizing a breakout. Yu Chengchan urgently ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle and led the team to run to the rescue.

"Give me thirty people, form a death squad, break through the encirclement of devils, and rescue the large army!" Squadron Leader Wu asked as he ran.

"Travel light. Depending on the situation of the war, the purpose is to rescue the large army, not recklessly! Yu Chengchan approved his request.

"Brothers, copy the guy with me, and desperately try to rescue the master and Mrs." Wu Tianyu shouted, took off his coat, threw down the extra objects, and rushed out with thirty people like arrows.

When Yu Chengchan arrived with people, Captain Wu had already exchanged fire with the devils, and was desperately rushing into the devils' encirclement, and more than half of the personnel had already been killed or wounded.

Yu Chengchan quickly led people into battle to cover reinforcements.

At the same time, the encircled army found that Yu Jackie Chan led the team to relieve the siege, and also concentrated on desperately breaking through in this direction.

The fierceness of the battle, the tragedy of the fight, make the heavens and the earth cold!

The besieged team scattered halfway up the mountain, fighting with the devils, swearing to defend the headquarters chiefs under the mountain. But it was difficult to stop the crazy killing of the devils, and they fell down one by one with grief and indignation. The brothers under the mountain flocked to the headquarters and desperately broke through in the direction of Jackie Chan, but it was difficult to get rid of the devil's ferocious attack.

These extremely vicious and temporarily powerful Japanese devils have no intention of forcing them to surrender or capture them alive, and some of them are brutal killings! Even the wounded warriors who fell to the ground, they did not spare it, killing them with guns or bayonets! Even the corpse had to be supplemented with a few shots and knives, which was extremely cruel!

The Anti-Manchurian Corps was in danger of annihilation.