After the applause, Senior Commander Lu continued: "Comrades, although the achievements are gratifying, the challenges we face are also extremely strong. We are now the Sun Monkey who ran into the belly of Princess Iron Fan, and if we are not careful, we will be digested by others. In order to send our army to the heart of the enemy, the commander did not hesitate to send 500,000 or 600,000 troops to set up a stage for us to sing and sing. ”

"Commander, don't worry, now the Japanese army has transferred more than half of the troops in the central northeast to the front line, as long as the commander's side does not relax, there will be no problems on our side, and all of us are very confident in fighting this battle." Li Yanlu, the political commissar of Yiye, said confidently.

"It's good to have confidence, Commander Han Yunhua judged that after this period of rapid development, our army will usher in a period of difficulty, and the Japanese army will definitely mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress us after seeing the strength of our army, so it is difficult for us to hold on to the big cities and counties, because the enemy has aircraft, artillery and tanks, while we only have simple light weapons. Therefore, the commander ordered us to carry out the 'ant move' plan, that is, the whole army immediately withdrew the logistics baggage, field hospitals, and other troops to the deep mountains and dense forests, and set up secret camps in the mountainous areas with difficult terrain. In addition, all the materials and factories in the occupied counties and districts were emptied, those that could not be moved were secretly buried on the spot, all the grain that could be taken away was taken away, and those that could not be taken were given to the local people. All the mines were blown up, the railroads were unplugged, the locomotives were used when they were useful, and they were blown up when they were used up. In a word, we will empty all the counties and cities we occupy now, just like ants moved, and not even a single screw will be left to the Japanese. In addition, it is better for the large troops to withdraw from the occupied areas, but we cannot run away without firing a shot, this is not the style of our Inner Mongolia Military Region, the commander instructed us to immediately mobilize the masses to build fortifications from now on, use all the captured ash steel bars and sleepers, and build all the county towns into pillboxes. In the words of the commander, we must transform every county town we occupy into a meat grinder, so that the little devils will have to pay a heavy price for every city they occupy. In the end, the large force had to jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and then enter the secret base area for repair training, leaving only a part of the small force to continue its activities and wait for the order of the total northeast. Lu Zhengcao faithfully gave Han Yunhua's order.

"Yes!" All the cadres had almost no opinion on Han Yunhua's order, and they all knew the young chief's military command level.

"In addition, the commander has proposed a general tactical policy for us, and we have to sum up the specific ways to do it. The little devils can't gather many troops in a short period of time, so we should not have much pressure in half a month, but once it exceeds half a month, the pressure will inevitably multiply, so we must complete the transfer of materials and the construction of city defense within half a month. However, there are many cadres and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Federation, you are familiar with the terrain, there should be no big problem in completing the task, and they all talk about whether there are any difficulties, if there are no difficulties, we will disband, and time waits for no one. ”

"No," the main leaders said in unison.

"Alright, adjourn the meeting!"

The news of the large-scale construction of fortifications by Lu Zhengcao's headquarters could not be concealed from the Japanese army at all, and General Yamada Otozo soon received a report from the intelligence department. In his opinion, tens of thousands of Chinese troops are actually not terrible, but what is terrible is that these Chinese troops hide in the mountains and mountains like voles and hide in the countryside and fields, and in order to completely exterminate such a Chinese army, it is even more necessary to dispatch at least ten times the enemy's strength.

But now the stupid Chinese army has gathered its troops together to fight positional warfare, offensive and defensive warfare and a war of attrition against the Empire, which is exactly what Yamada Otozo could not ask for. In this way, only a similar number of troops would be needed to completely wipe out this Chinese army. …,

On the one hand, General Yamada greatly praised the bravery of the Chinese army in the newspapers, and even openly called Lu Zhengcao's unit the only warrior in China, and on the other hand, he stepped up the time to mobilize troops and march to the positions of Duck Rack and Lishugou.

The battle on the outskirts of the northeast is still continuing, but both Han Yunhua and Yamada B know that the battle on the periphery is basically meaningless, and if it continues, it will only increase casualties, and it is impossible for the Inner Mongolia Military Region to take any advantage from the South Manchurian battlefield, and the Japanese should not think of moving the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the reason why the two sides have not withdrawn their troops now is entirely because of the fighting in the hinterland of the northeast.

The Inner Mongolia Military Region did not want General Yamada to mobilize troops from the northeast border area to reinforce the northeast hinterland, but General Yamada was afraid of luring the wolf into the room again, so the two sides were still facing each other in the northeast border area. But a discerning person can clearly see that the battle on both sides has lost its previous passion, although it is still fierce but far from tragic, and the withdrawal of troops seems to be not far away.

On May 18, 1942, on the same day that the Soviet Union's flight unit to aid China arrived in Guisui, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara, chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, issued an order to encircle and suppress Lu Zhengcao's headquarters, and the 108th Division of the Japanese Army and the 144th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade directly drove into the duck frame position 150 kilometers north of Jiaohe.

In order to successfully complete the mission this time and eliminate Lu Zhengcao's headquarters, the Kwantung Army Headquarters specially mobilized almost all the bombers and fighters that could be mobilized to enter the battle together, and even the Zero Aviation Brigade, which had been hidden by them for nearly half a year, was also thrown into battle.

Although Lu Zhengcao's unit had lost almost all air supremacy, and their only 25 antiaircraft machine guns were all destroyed by the Japanese bomber groups in less than two hours after they were put into battle, this did not prevent Lu Zhengcao's unit from striking at the enemy's sharp spirit.

Lu Zhengcao's department had long been aware of these problems, so it was planned that all the main positions would be composed in the form of reinforced concrete pillboxes and trenches. In addition, a large number of air-raid shelters were built in each position, and although the number of people who went up to exchange fire each time was small, it was basically automatic firepower, which caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese troops.

However, as far as the situation on the entire battlefield is concerned, the Japanese did take the initiative from the beginning, and Lu Zhengcao had already ordered more than half of the regular troops and all the logistics personnel to withdraw to Laoyeling, Weihuling, Daqingshan, Nitouling, and Qing'an Forest Farm half a month ago. In the center of the battlefield, only 120,000 of the most elite troops remained, Lu Zhengcao knew the commander's intention to do this, although it is indeed necessary to kill and injure the enemy's living forces, but more importantly, the commander should let the people of the entire Northeast see hope, our Northeast of China has fought back to the Northeast, only in this way can the PLA get the trust and help of the people in the short term.

Whether it was Lu Zhengcao's headquarters or the Japanese attacking troops, the casualties on both sides were very large. However, both sides have a firm reason to fight, so both sides are holding on.

Han Yunhua, who returned to Tongliao, was also paying close attention to the battle of Lu Zhengcao's department, Han Yunhua knew that this was a big adventure, Lu Zhengcao's department not only had to kill and injure a large number of Japanese troops in the battle, but more importantly, when they retreated to a certain place, they must jump out of the enemy's encirclement, otherwise they were likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, which Han Yunhua did not want to see.

The battle in the Northeast region should be indistinguishable in a short period of time, with those strong fortifications, it is not something that can be conquered by a little devil in a short time, and even the order given by Han Yunhua to Lu Zhengcao is to hold out for more than 20 days.

In the eyes of Colonel Mesler, the Chinese general has regarded war as an art, and his command level has completely surpassed all the officers he knows, whether it is American or British, whether it is a lieutenant general, or even a marshal. …,

In just over a month, the Chinese general commanded his troops to complete a magnificent offensive, and it was hard for him to imagine that the Chinese general would use 600,000 elite troops to set up a platform for hundreds of thousands of troops that were not too elite, let alone that hundreds of thousands of troops who looked like motley guerrillas would turn the entire core area that the Japanese attached great importance to. Colonel Mesler felt deeply that everyone here, whether a soldier or a general, seemed to have hope on his face for this war, and nothing seemed impossible in the eyes of these China.

Just as the Chinese general said, we seem to have many problems, there are such and such shortcomings, some of which are even extremely surprised and hated by you Western countries, but we will definitely change because of this war, and we will look for perfection in the mutilation to create miracles.

Colonel Mesler received a task today, and he was to return to Guisui, the largest city in northern Cyprus, with General Han Yunhua to visit the Soviet flying regiment that had come to China's aid. To tell the truth, he didn't want to meet the Soviets who were full of vodka, but since His Excellency the General had specifically asked for it, he could only reluctantly agree.

Although the Chinese also had their own planes, because the Japanese planes were so rampant, His Excellency the General decided to return to Guisui by car, and Colonel Mesler had a headache when he thought of the country road that could bump people to death, because every trip was like a rendezvous with death.

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