The Battle of Wuhan spanned Anhui, Henan, Zhejiang, and Hubei provinces, and lasted four and a half months from June to November, making it the longest, largest, and most famous battle in the entire War of Resistance Against Japan.

Thanks to the strong resistance of the Chinese* army, the Japanese army was victorious, although it occupied the three towns of Wuhan and controlled the hinterland of China. Strategically, however, Japan has failed to achieve its strategic attempt to force the Chinese government into submission.

In the rear area that the Japanese army had already occupied, a large number of anti-Japanese people's armed forces grew, and a large area of the country was recovered.

In the Japanese army's own words, the Japanese occupied "the so-called areas of law and order restoration were in fact limited to an area of several kilometers on both sides of the main lines of communication." Therefore, it can be said that the Battle of Wuhan not only completely smashed the Japanese army's strategic policy of "quick battle and quick victory," but also became a turning point for Japan to move from strategic offensive to strategic defense.

After nearly two months of hard work, the first detachment of the Eastern Henan Advance Column led by Yang Tianfeng finally fought a good situation after more than 20 battles in the Yong (Cheng) Xia (Yi) and Dang (Mountain) areas. Not only did it control a large territory and population, but the army also grew from more than 800 people to more than 1,500 people.

It has to be said that the anti-Japanese work in Yongcheng County was much better than Yang Tianfeng expected, mainly thanks to the contribution of the former county magistrate Lu Wenping.

After Lu Wenping was appointed magistrate of Yongcheng County in November 1937, he was full of ambition and went all out to carry out anti-Japanese and life-saving activities, and concurrently served as chairman of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Mobilization Committee.

Lu Wenping divided the students of the youth training class into five anti-Japanese work groups, appointed five heads of work groups to serve as heads of all districts in the county, and more than 100 members of the work group to serve as directors and clerks of the township joint security department, went deep into the districts to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda, and established anti-Japanese joint village associations and anti-Japanese joint defense and self-defense forces in the rural areas of the county.

Although Lu Wenping's work was hated by the local tyrants and shoddy gentry and was rebuked by the Henan Provincial Party Department, it provided extremely favorable conditions for the development and expansion of the troops led by Yang Tianfeng.

Those youth academy students who were scattered and hidden after the fall of Yongcheng and had not had time to evacuate came to join the army one after another, and the Anti-Japanese United Village Association and the Joint Defense Self-Defense Force, which had once entered underground activities, also made a resurgence, ensuring the stability of the grassroots political power and providing a fairly sufficient source of troops for the advancing detachment.

The night was silent, and after the sky had darkened, it suddenly turned clear again, and the surrounding scenery was suddenly vivid.

In the city of Wuyang County, in a large house. The light is dim and eerie, and there is a portrait of Jiang ZS hanging on the wall.

“…… Pursue the Three People's Principles, obey the leader, abide by group discipline, be loyal to their duties, strictly keep secrets, and be willing to accept the most severe punishment if they violate their oaths. ”

Several young people's solemn oath had been completed, excitement and excitement were undisguised from their faces, Ma Yuming very majestically picked up the chicken blood wine that had been prepared for a long time, and drank it with several young people.

"You are all revolutionary youths, holding the arteries of the present stage and standing in front of the great era. Therefore, we must be impoverished and unyielding, protect the safety of our leaders, and defend the territory and sovereignty of the country. Everyone must be bold, calm, neat, serious, hard-working, and brave in sacrifice and struggle. You are the Great Wall of the country and the vanguard of the nation. When you join the military today, you must be willing to be an unsung hero, the eyes and ears of a leader, and be able to sacrifice your whole for the sake of the group when necessary. Ma Yuming washed the brains of these young people again, and then shook hands with them separately and asked them to lead them out.

Ma Yuming was the only one left in the room, he sat at the table, touched his chin, flipped through the battle report sent by Yang Tianfeng and the "Essence of Boya Tactics", and carefully thought about his future and work direction.

It was also Ma Yuming's helpless move to win over Yang Tianfeng at the beginning, but he never expected that Yang Tianfeng and more than 800 people really created a small world outside. Moreover, from the current point of view, the momentum is very strong, and there is still more room for development.

At this time, Jiang ZS had just expanded the Second Division of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission into the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, or "Military Command" for short. The director of the Military Command Bureau was appointed by Jiang ZS as He Yaozu, director of the first division of the chamberlain, and Dai L was appointed deputy director (with actual responsibility).

At the beginning of his tenure, Dai L was about to master an armed force. In fact, after the outbreak of the Songhu War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Dai L made such an attempt. He conspired with Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Shanghai Gang, to organize the armed spy organization of the Einsatzgruppen of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee, and in 1938, it was reorganized into the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee. Facts have proved that he is very far-sighted and has a good grasp of the timing, and the armed forces of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation* Army have expanded the strength of the military command to a great extent in the future.

The Loyal and Righteous National Salvation* Army was established in a relatively hasty manner, and it may not sound good if it is said to be a "rabble", but it is similar to saying that it is a "mixed bag". However, what is most lacking is regular training and military cadres, and it is too late for training, but it is impossible to do without cadres.

According to Dai L's coordination, he transferred more than 1,000 military cadres to the "Einsatzgruppen" within a week, and he was so willing to spend his capital and spare no effort to support and make efforts, so that the people below naturally saw it in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts.

If there is something good at the top, it must be done at the bottom, this is the practice of Chinese officialdom. For example, Wang Tianmu, the top person in charge of the North China Region of the Secret Service Department, was very good at doing things; he organized the North China Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army in Tianjin, recruited some unemployed soldiers, bandit leaders, and landlords and gentry, appointed official ranks, recruited troops, and set up their own mountains, and successively formed the 21 st Army in eastern Hebei, central Hebei, and northern Shandong. Except for a few armed hundreds of people, most of the rest only have numbers and light pole commanders.

We don't dare to have extravagant hopes for the 21st Army, and it is still very practical to organize two roads along the way! Ma Yuming put his mind on Yang Tianfeng.

Although the North China Loyal and Righteous National Salvation* Army claims to have 21 routes, its prospects are worrying and its record is too poor. At the beginning, it was very powerful, but now it is down and defeated, and there are few ways to jump.

And a local armed force like Yang Tianfeng was able to defeat the devils in a row, and in a short period of time successively captured the two county towns of Wuyang County and Yongcheng, which was really a staggering and remarkable achievement. If this force that can fight is pulled over, Shangfeng will definitely be happy, and if Shangfeng is happy, his official will be able to continue to rise, and if he is promoted, his power will be greater.

Besides, this Yang Tianfeng is very good, Ma Yuming looked at the battle report and smiled.