At the same time that the Kwantung Army Headquarters held a military meeting, Lu Zhengcao also held a meeting of military and political cadres at and above the division level in Shulan. Even Zhao Shangzhi, who was far away in Jiamusi, also sent people to participate, although Zhao Shangzhi himself could not leave the army due to the vigorous encirclement and suppression of the Japanese puppet army, but Cui Shiquan, chief of staff of the Third Field Army, was able to participate in this meeting thousands of miles away and greatly surprised Lu Zhengcao.

The venue of the meeting was set up in the former Shulan Japanese Army Garrison Headquarters, and because the level of this meeting was relatively high, the number of people was relatively small, adding up to more than 10 people. Compared with the luxury of the Japanese conference room, it is much simpler here, a military map, a few tables, chairs and benches, a few glasses of boiled water, and then a few PLA cadres who do not even have uniform military uniforms.

The atmosphere of the meeting was not as dull and tense as that of the Japanese army, which was of course due to the fact that the PLA had now penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Japanese puppet army and was progressing smoothly, and also to the fact that the Communist Party cadres had a comradely relationship of mutual trust rather than the strict hierarchical relationship between Japanese officers.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lu Zhengcao read out the decision of the Inner Mongolia Military Region Command and the Party Committee of the Northeast Bureau to praise the PLA for fighting against Japan during this period, and then Lu Zhengcao asked the field armies to make a report on the results of the battle: "Comrades, when making a report on the results of the battle, you also tell you about the strength of your respective troops by the way, I don't have the ability of our Commander Han, and people can continue to win the battle without knowing how many troops they have, but we can't. We are now deep into the enemy's hinterland, and every soldier and pawn have to use the blade, so our command headquarters understands the actual combat strength of each of your field armies to facilitate command. Commander Li, let's talk about it first. ”

Li Dingguo got up and said loudly: "After capturing Buyeo, we will continue to go north, and successively occupy Xiangyang, Wuchang, Baoshan, Yabuli and other places where the Japanese puppet army is empty, and now we actually control the territory of 13 counties. During this period, 13,000 Japanese defenders were eliminated, including 4,800 Japanese soldiers, more than 8,700 Japanese nationals were captured, 16 county towns were liberated, 37,000 prisoners of war from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were rescued, and a large number of weapons and equipment, gold and silver property were seized. In addition, we now have a total of more than 114,600 troops, an increase of more than 70,000 from when we sent out the troops. ”

"Let's be more detailed, although the number of your more than 110,000 troops has increased, what is the combat effectiveness, and whether it can withstand the joint attack of the Japanese puppet army, you must know that our Inner Mongolia Military Region comes out to see the actual combat effectiveness, and whether a unit is strong or not depends not on how many people it has, but on whether it can withstand the wind and waves, and whether it can be beaten or dragged is the real elite!" Lu Zhengcao continued.

He knew that Li Dingguo was a stuffy gourd, Commander Han was born as a guard, and he was very good at leading troops in wars, and he was an all-rounder. But he doesn't smile, and he doesn't like to talk. In addition, perhaps under the influence of Commander Han, this Commander Li has been fighting with him as a commander in terms of the overall strength of the troops, so that now he doesn't know whether his Yiye can do it or not. Even if he performed very well in every battle, Lu Zheng still had no bottom in his heart. If he hadn't forced Commander Li, I'm afraid he wouldn't have reported honestly to himself, the commander.

Li Dingguo stood up straight and continued: "Report to the commander, Ichino can accept any challenge from the enemy. Our 110,000 troops were not used to make up numbers, all the unqualified soldiers were kicked out of the army, and the 114,000 I mentioned was only a regular army of Yiye, and the local troops such as the county brigade that were formed later were not counted. In addition, all of our later additions have a certain military foundation, whether it is the Kuomintang prisoners, the bandits who were originally hiding in the mountains and forests, or the remnants of the Northeast Army, they are all elite who can directly pull up and resist the little devils, as long as they run in for a period of time, they can definitely be pulled out to fight with the little devils with bayonets. ”…,

"Very good, tell me about your establishment, is there a gap in weapons and equipment?" Lu Zhengcao continued to ask.

"We now have three infantry divisions and one guard brigade, each infantry division has four infantry brigades, plus about 33,000 troops directly under our command. The guard brigade plus the troops directly under the military headquarters is about 15,000 people, and there is also a special operations brigade of 5,000 people. There is a gap in weapons and equipment, but it is not big, we can solve it by ourselves, but we are now extremely short of conscienceless artillery and war horses, the cavalry unit originally sent to us Yiye was transferred to Qiqihar by the commander, and now it can not be built, if possible, I hope the headquarters can equip us with some conscienceless artillery and war horses. ”

"Commander, if they still lack weapons and equipment, the other two field armies will not survive, when attacking Buyeo, they robbed two Japanese military columns transporting munitions, and I heard that they can equip two divisions. In addition, the Buyeo No. 1 Ye Special Combat Team took the Buyeo Arsenal in advance, and when we arrived at the No. 2 Ye, Commander Li was counting the spoils there. "Erye Army Commander Li Zhaolin deliberately showed that he was sour, but he knew that this Yiye Army Commander Li was a thief and a thief.

"Hahaha, Lao Li, you don't look at what Comrade Dingguo came from, let me tell you, people's old profession is special forces, and they are the best at doing this kind of thing, and you can't help it." Zhou Baozhong, political commissar of the People's Liberation Army, said with a smile.

"Okay, let's not talk about Yiye, they are really doing very well, Comrade Zhaolin will talk about you Erye." Lu Zhengcao knew that he couldn't let these guys joke like this, otherwise this meeting would become a tea party that made fun of each other.

"Report to the commander, in the nearly one-month battle, our Erye captured a total of 28 counties where the Japanese puppet army was defenseless, and destroyed 66 large Japanese strongholds, eliminating 28,000 Japanese puppet troops, including more than 8,600 Japanese garrison soldiers. We are different from the first field, our second field was reorganized from the former Second Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, so we are familiar with the terrain here. Moreover, the leaders of the puppet army in many places are even our comrades, and they are very easy to attack. Before the launch of the Eastern Expedition Campaign, more than 4,000 remnants of the First Route Army, which had been scattered by the Japanese puppet army, actually got in touch with us. In addition, we now have more than 80,000 troops, an increase of more than 50,000 before the expedition, which is not as good as the first field, because there are no large mining areas in our area, and relatively speaking, the Japanese have not placed many prisoners of war here. In addition, we are very short of weapons and ammunition in the second field, and many recruit units do not have enough weapons and equipment, which requires the help of the commander. Li Zhaolin briefly talked about the situation in Erye.

"The situation in Erye is also very good, it has exceeded the expectations of our military department, very good, all the loot you have captured can be kept by yourself, and you don't need to hand it over to the headquarters. In addition, if you draw a list of how many weapons and equipment are missing, I will not send it to you in the fastest time. Okay, Comrade Zhaolin, please sit down, Comrade Shi Quan, please tell me about the situation of your Sanye, although Sanye also belongs to the battle sequence of our PLA, but due to some reasons, we know the least about the situation in Sanye now. Lu Zheng said.

Cui Shiquan hurriedly got up and said: "Report to the commander, since our Third Field Army was dispatched on April 10, it has continuously fought in Jiamusi, Shuangyashan, Baoshan, Tangyuan, Yilan and Qitaihezi, and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese puppet army. Later, the Japanese army mobilized the 76th Division, the 133rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the 34th and 35th Infantry Divisions of the Puppet Manchurian Wehrmacht, the 4th Cavalry Division, the 1st Independent Tank Wing, the 3rd Flying Regiment of the Aviation Corps, and other troops to encircle and suppress our 3 Field. Now we have 90,000 troops in Sanye, more than 80,000 more than when we went out on the expedition, but the troops still lack weapons and equipment, although we have captured a large arsenal of the Japanese army in Jiamusi, and also captured a large number of weapons and equipment, but because the development of the troops is too fast, there is still a gap of more than 25,000 guns. However, the commander asked me to report to the commander that we Sanye can solve the problem of weapons and ammunition by ourselves, but there is still a problem that needs the help of the headquarters. ”…,

Cui Shiquan's information Lu Zhengcao has also read it, knowing that the comrade who speaks fluent Chinese in front of him is actually not Chinese, this Cui Shiquan's original name is Cui Yongjian, born in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, hated Japan's invasion of Korea, came to China to resist Japan, joined the Communist Party of China in 1926, and in 1928 was appointed by the Manzhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China to carry out party activities in the Jiamusi area, becoming one of the founders of the Seventh Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Not long ago, he was appointed chief of staff of the Third Field Army and was also in charge of the anti-Japanese leadership work in Korea.

"Please say, as long as we have it at headquarters, we will not shirk it." Lu Zheng said.

"Commander, you also know that our Third Field Army was expanded from the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and in the previous battle, our Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance was dealt a devastating blow by the Japanese puppet army, and even Commander Zhao Shangzhi was captured by the enemy, not to mention other troops. At present, although the army is developing extremely rapidly, there is a lack of experienced military and political cadres, so I hope that the general headquarters can support a group of military and political cadres in Sanye, mainly political work cadres. Cui Shiquan said.

"This is no problem, in fact, Commander Han Yunhua has long expected that we will experience a period of rapid development of troops after entering the enemy's hinterland, so he has already transferred 1,500 graduates from Saibei Military and Political University to the north, and also transferred 2,000 cadres below the deputy brigade level from other units in the military region, and now more than half of the cadres have arrived at the PLA headquarters, and I will appropriately assign you a batch of 3 fields to the past." Lu Zhengcao had to admire Han Yunhua's precautions, and at this time, Lu Zhengcao was once again impressed by the young commander's far-reaching strategic vision.

"Comrades, after more than a month of fighting, our Northeast People's Liberation Army has made great progress, and through the reports of the three comrades just now, the total strength of our People's Liberation Army has now reached about 330,000. This is a huge number, although some of them certainly require a long period of training to become real soldiers, but this achievement cannot be erased, it is real. To put it mildly, the strength of our Northeast People's Liberation Army is soaring, and we should have reason to applaud ourselves. After speaking, Lu Zhengcao took the lead and clapped his palms.

"Papapa" Everyone in the conference room followed suit.

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