Chapter 507 Little Feet 'Color' (Part I)

The night sky is dotted with stars. The breeze blows the earth, and the campfires in the woods are bright, reflecting the stars in the sky.

There was a song in the camp, low and depressed, with a bit of sadness and a bit of hope, like a traveler who was 'groping' in the dark, although he could not find the light, but in the depths of the traveler's heart, the light would come after all.

In this sad but hopeful low song, Jiang Yiwu raised his head and looked at the dark and dreary sky, the light of the stars was getting dimmer and dimmer, but he didn't know if it was because of the dark clouds.

Taking out the straw rope from his mouth, Jiang Yiwu lowered his head and continued to weave the straw sandals, no way, now the logistics supply is basically cut off, military uniforms, quilts, cloth shoes, and cotton shoes are not available, and the guerrillas have to learn to weave straw shoes by themselves, fortunately. When he was in a guerrilla warfare training class and a military academy, Jiang Yiwu learned how to weave straw sandals, so he did not show his timidity in front of these North Korean guerrillas.

Jiang Yiwu came to North Korea a year ago, taking over Liu Fuji's position, as a "military adviser" to assist this North Korean guerrilla force in combat, and before that, he received strict guerrilla warfare training at Wuhan Army University, both theory and experience are very good, therefore, this guerrilla force did not lose its fighting spirit because of Liu Fuji's return to China, although the area of the guerrilla area is getting smaller and smaller due to the compression of strategic space, but all the guerrillas are still high-spirited. It was engaged in an extremely arduous guerrilla war with the Japanese colonial army.

Like Liu Fuji, Jiang Yiwu is also an officer from the Republican Army's special operations regiment, although the commander of the special operations regiment decided to recommend the two of them to serve as senior officers in the grassroots troops, and the commander-in-chief agreed, but Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji finally decided to continue to stay in the special operations force as low-level officers, therefore, after officially graduating from the Army Crash School, Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji were still in the special operations regiment, both company commanders, and later after the special operations regiment was expanded into a special operations brigade, the two were promoted to battalion commanders, and then later, Since the Central Committee decided to support the anti-Japanese movement in Korea, it first transferred Liu Fuji out of the special operations brigade and sent him to North Korea to form a guerrilla force. Soon after, Jiang Yiwu was also transferred out of the special operations brigade, but he did not go directly to North Korea, but first went to the Army University for further study, specializing in guerrilla warfare, and it is precisely for this reason that when it comes to the theoretical cultivation of guerrilla warfare, Jiang Yiwu is better than Liu Fuji, but when he went to North Korea to replace Liu Fuji, Liu Fuji had already learned war in the war, so before returning to China, Liu Fuji gave Jiang Yiwu a few days of lessons, leaving a lot of valuable practical experience, and these practical combat experiences could not be learned in the Army University.

However, Jiang Yiwu did not catch up with the good time, and when he was sent by the War Department to Korea to take over as a "military adviser," the high tide of the anti-Japanese movement in Korea had passed, the southern part of Korea was gradually regained control by the Japanese colonial army, many "independent areas" were razed to the ground by Japan, and the guerrilla warfare in the southern region could no longer achieve satisfactory results. The main battlefield of this guerrilla war quickly shifted to the mountains and mountains of northern Korea, where the conditions were more difficult than in the south, but for the guerrillas, the terrain here was more convenient for guerrilla warfare, and it was in this difficult environment that Jiang Yiwu stayed in the mountains of Korea for almost a year.

According to the regulations of the War Department, the officers sent to North Korea are rotated once a year, and seeing that Jiang Yiwu is about to be transferred back to China, but there are no officers sent to replace him in China, which makes Jiang Yiwu very worried, after all, it takes a period of adaptation for newcomers to join the army, and if you want to assist North Korean officers in commanding operations, it is far from enough to have theoretical cultivation.

"I wonder who will be sent to replace me in the country? I don't know if Liu Fuji's guy is still in the special operations brigade now? I wonder when Japan's next sweep will be? I wonder how the country is dealing with the situation in North Korea now? ……”

There are too many "don't know" lingering in Jiang Yiwu's mind, there is no way, now the information is blocked, the communication is not smooth, almost all the guerrilla commanders are worried about this matter of collecting information, when the situation was good, the anti-Japanese guerrillas in North Korea were very equipped with some radio stations to get in touch with the other side of the Yalu River, or simply to get in touch with the Chinese submarines sailing in the coastal waters of Korea, but as the Japanese colonial forces gradually grasped the initiative in the war, the anti-Japanese guerrillas in North Korea had to disperse their activities. In the past, Jiang Yiwu's troops could follow the activities of "guerrilla divisions" and "guerrilla brigades", but now, his "guerrilla company" is currently the largest strategic unit of the Korean anti-Japanese guerrillas, and occasionally can temporarily form a "guerrilla group" with other troops. The radio stations that survived the fierce battles could only be given priority to equipping those guerrillas commanded by high-ranking officers, and Jiang Yiwu's ordinary guerrilla troops had no right to own radio stations, and there was no need for them at all, because the current radio stations needed tall and cumbersome antennas, which would only become a drag on the troops' marches, so if Jiang Yiwu wanted to get news from the outside world, he could only rely on the most primitive "human communications."

The day before yesterday, Jiang Yiwu had sent a few North Korean guerrillas to report to his superiors, and by the way, he had received orders from his superiors and newspapers recently published in China, and it was said that those guerrillas should have returned in the morning, but until now they had not even seen a figure, which made Jiang Yiwu a little worried, after all, his troops had been sharply reduced from more than 200 at the beginning of the year to less than 100 now, and almost all of the remaining people were wounded. Every member of the team is now a valuable combat resource.

After a year of fighting, Jiang Yiwu really saw the cruel "nature" of war, in the past at home with the commander-in-chief to fight in the east and west, relying on superior forces and firepower, although the war is as cruel, but compared with the guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare on the Korean Peninsula, the cruelty of the regular war is only reflected on the battlefield, and in Korea, in this guerrilla zone of 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains, you can see everywhere the great damage brought by guerrilla warfare and anti-guerrilla forces, in this war. Both sides of the war showed the darkest side of their souls, and if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Jiang Yiwu would have found it hard to believe that such a low-intensity war would bring such great damage.

In order to eliminate the anti-Japanese guerrillas, the Japanese army did not hesitate to burn down the entire village and kill all the unarmed villagers in the village.

But in Jiang Yiwu's view, it doesn't matter whether the reporter reports or not, the important thing is that the anti-Japanese guerrilla war here is about to fail, this is not pessimism, but the words from the heart, the book "Guerrilla Warfare" is right, losing the cover of the frontal battlefield, in the face of an invader with strong national strength and military machinery, simple guerrilla warfare will eventually fail, this has nothing to do with courage, has nothing to do with combat effectiveness, and is only closely linked to the interests of the great powers, if you can't get the strong support of a certain big country, The anti-Japanese guerrilla war on the Korean Peninsula could not be sustained.

Even when he saw the bleak prospects, Jiang Yiwu still stuck to his duty, because he understood that if he persisted in guerrilla warfare in Korea for one more day, then Japan would be able to be pinned down for one more day, which would be beneficial to China.

While Jiang Yiwu was sitting by the campfire, knitting straw sandals, and distracted, a guerrilla hurried into the glade, ran to Jiang Yiwu, and reported to him.

"Captain, the correspondent is back."

Although the Chinese language was very blunt, Jiang Yiwu still understood. During his year in North Korea, he even learned some rudimentary Korean dialect, and since the guerrilla commander was seriously wounded in the encounter a few days ago, Jiang Yiwu lost his last regular North Korean interpreter, and now he is the acting company commander of the guerrilla company.

Jiang Yiwu threw straw sandals, clapped his hands, and followed the guerrilla out of the glade and walked towards several people who were 'touching' this side.

Through the lame translation, Jiang Yiwu barely understood the correspondent's words, and knew that the other party had brought a written order, so he hurriedly asked for the order, walked back to the campfire, checked the password, and then studied the order by the fire.

The orders were issued by the "Hamgyong Province Guerrilla Command", and the contents were all written in special ciphers, which made Jiang Yiwu's translation a little slow.

Although the content of the order was not much, it shocked Chiang Yiwu, because according to the order, all Korean anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in Hamgyong Province must find a way to cross the Yalu River within five days, go to the Chinese provinces of Liaoning and Jilin, and then disarm there and go to the "North Manchurian Neutral Zone" under the protection of Chinese troops.

What does this command mean? Does it mean that China has changed its stance and decided to abandon its support for the anti-Japanese independence movement on the Korean Peninsula?

Jiang Yiwu re-studied the order several times, and felt desolate and helpless in his heart, perhaps, this is the sorrow of a small country, he can't help himself, no matter how he struggles, he is just a victim of the politics and interests of a big country, and the fate of North Korea is not decided by the North Koreans, but by the strong country, in the eyes of the strong country, North Korea is a dispensable little foot 'color'.

"Order, prepare breakfast in advance, we will move the camp before dawn and go north."

Jiang Yiwu immediately gave an order, he decided not to inform his subordinates of the content of the order of his superiors for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary panic, now the military spirit is very important, and these people are experienced soldiers, if they are left here, it is very irresponsible, Jiang Yiwu believes that there are more things hidden behind this order, in the future, these soldiers may still have their use.

Jiang Yiwu began to pack his backpack, and then he noticed the song wafting in the wind, the song was still the same Korean folk song, but the tune was more sad, and the hope hidden in the song seemed to be gone.

With a sigh, Jiang Yiwu got rid of the distractions in his mind and began to study the marching route.