"Commander, good news, Captain Wang, they succeeded. This is the telegram that Captain Wang just sent, and the headquarters of the little devils in the successful attack of my second and third brigades was destroyed by us..."Just when the commander Liu Hua, the deputy commander Yang Jingyu and the three people in the weekly newspaper were discussing the current distribution of enemies and enemies in the Mengshan area, the deputy captain Liu Xiaogang rushed over with an excited face and said..."Wang Ping, they really succeeded... Quick, show me the telegram..."Surprisingly, as the formulator of the entire campaign plan, Commander Liu Hua also snatched the telegram from Liu Xiaogang's hand with an excited face and began to read it carefully..."Okay, good job." Lao Yang, our advance detachment, the second gift prepared for our Anti-Japanese Federation has been prepared, and it will be delivered to you in a while..."

"Commander, what kind of gift is it, it makes you so excited...."Looking at the excited commander in front of him, Yang Jingyu asked..."Tell you, just now, the second and third two brigades of my advance detachment successfully attacked the forward headquarters of the Chinese army. After half an hour of fierce fighting, he successfully occupied the command headquarters of the army, and as for the commander of the little devil lieutenant general, he was suffocated to death by his guards in the process of dodging artillery fire....I think, if nothing else, this must be the first lieutenant general commander of the little devil to be suffocated to death by his own guards..."Liu Hua said with a smile, and handed the telegram in his hand to Yang Jingyu..."Commander, this is true... I can't believe it, I can't believe it, the advance detachment actually took the enemy's command headquarters, and also eliminated a lieutenant general, a major general, and several senior officers..." At this moment, Yang Jingyu's face can only be described with two words: surprise and shock... Finally, in everyone's expectation, two hours later, the two or three brigades that had returned from victory, with nearly 3,000 commanders and fighters, finally appeared in front of everyone... Looking at the boxes of captured ammunition and captured weapons on the shoulders of the soldiers. The thousands of anti-Japanese commanders and fighters who came to greet them immediately greeted them and took over the weapons and ammunition on the shoulders of the fighters.

"Report to the commander, chief, the second and third brigades of the advance detachment successfully completed the task, ask the commander for instructions. In addition, the commander, this is the commander of the little devil division, as well as the chief of staff, with a command knife and epaulettes and a gun. In addition, we also found several operational maps and some important documents that had not been destroyed in the enemy's headquarters..."Wang Ping quickly came to Liu Hua, Yang Jingyu and others, and reported loudly... Unexpectedly, as soon as Wang Ping's words were finished, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu took the lead, took a few maps from Wang Ping's hand, and began to look at them seriously... Then, looking at a few people around him, he said excitedly..."Commander, great, these maps are the deployment maps of the little devils in the Mengshan area... With these maps, we can clearly know the deployment of the little devil's military forces in the Mengshan area. In the same way, it is also easy to find the enemy's weak points and then break through....Commander, I suggest that we immediately convene an enlarged military meeting to discuss the next operational objectives of the Anti-Union and the advance detachment..."

In the end, the Shimenling Conference, which was related to the turning point of the development of the Anti-Japanese Federation and the advance detachment, was successfully held under the proposal of Yang Jingyu and others... And the most important topic of the whole conference is to address one issue. In the next operation, the two units of the Anti-Japanese Union and the advance detachment will immediately break through the encirclement and look for the creation of a new anti-Japanese base area. It is better to fight on the spot, break the enemy's encirclement and suppression of the Mengshan base area, and constantly expand the base area in the Mengshan area..."Commander, I suggest that we immediately break through the encirclement and find a new base area..."Zhou Baozhong said his thoughts with a positive face....

"Tell me your reason...."Regarding Zhou Baozhong's suggestion, Liu Hua did not raise his head and asked in a low voice. As for his eyes, he was still looking at the maps in front of him of the military deployment of the newly captured army..."Commander, comrades, my reasons are very simple. Although, after a counteroffensive at night, we cut off one of the arms of the little devils. However, around us, there are still enemies who have a prize of 100,000 ... And we, the two armies together have less than 10,000 people ... Whether it is in terms of strength or firepower, there is no comparable surname with the army. Therefore, I think we should break through immediately before the enemy reacts, and avoid a frontal battle with the Yue army...."Zhou Baozhong replied affirmatively..."Old Zhou, I want to correct you now, the total strength of our two troops has exceeded 10,000 people. According to the information we have just received, after several hours of mobilization and education by our Anti-Japanese Federation, nearly 3,000 of the more than 5,000 Manchurian soldiers who have been captured by our army have voluntarily joined our Anti-Japanese Federation and fought devils with us. Therefore, the total strength of our two armies has now reached more than 13,000 people..."Yang Jingyu said with a smile..."Commander, even if our total strength has reached more than 13,000 people. However, compared with the army, we don't have any comparable surnames. More importantly, these more than 3,000 Manchurian soldiers who have just joined our Anti-Japanese Alliance. Because they have just joined us, only God knows how high their combat effectiveness and their sense of belonging to our Anti-Japanese Federation is..."It is related to the future development direction of the troops, and Zhou Baozhong does not care that Yang Jingyu is his commander, and retorts bluntly..."Old Yang, Comrade Zhou Baozhong is right, only God knows about the combat effectiveness of the 3,000 Manchurian Army soldiers and their sense of belonging to our troops. However, I have a way to improve the combat effectiveness of this army in the shortest possible time, and at the same time, let them feel that joining the Anti-Japanese Federation is the wisest choice in their lives... You must know that this method, during the period of our original agrarian revolution, was the most commonly used method for dealing with prisoners of the Kuomintang army, and the effect was very significant...."Facing the two people who were arguing, Liu Hua raised his head and said with a smile on his face..."Commander, what is the method? Suddenly, the eyes of the two people focused on Liu Hua at the same time. After all, if the 3,000 Manchurian soldiers can really turn them into real anti-union soldiers, it will be the establishment of two main regiments... This has to make Yang Jingyu and Zhou Baozhong, who only have 5,000 combat troops, feel excited..."Xiao Gang, you talk to the two leaders. After the breakthrough of Xiangxi, how did we change the prisoners and make them become real Red Army soldiers..."Liu Hua nodded and said to Liu Xiaogang in front of him. Then, continue to focus on the map spread out on the table in front of you..."Yes, Commander... Two chiefs, the situation is like this, at that time, we had a total of two steps. The first step is to carry out a campaign to complain about grievances, so that they will realize that the ranks of the Red Army are the ranks of the common people themselves, and that only joining the Red Army is their only way out. The second step is to rely on fighting wars and constantly winning battles. Let them understand that only by following our Red Army can they win the battle, see the hope of the future, and increase their sense of identity and belonging to the army..."Liu Xiaogang said.0....

"The grievance movement, constantly winning battles... Okay, that's a good idea, why didn't I think of it... Lao Zhou, you immediately notify you, we can't win the battle for the time being, but the grievance campaign can be started first... Comrade Liu Xiaogang, can you lend me some people to guide us and start this grievance campaign..."Yang Jingyu, who has rich experience in political work, immediately discovered the benefits of combining the two steps. Then he said excitedly..."Chief, there is no problem... Wang Hong, go, gather all the cadres and fighters of our advance detachment who have experience in political work, and hand them over to Commander Zhou..."Liu Xiaogang immediately ordered....

"Lao Yang, Comrade Zhou Baozhong. Have you ever thought about it, even if we let these soldiers voluntarily join the Eighth Route Army through the grievance campaign? But then we began to break through, retreat ... What kind of ideas will this make these recruits have. Therefore, it is necessary to go through battles, and without battles, these recruits will never be able to become real soldiers of the Eighth Route Army..."Just as Liu Xiaogang's words were finished, Liu Hua suddenly said..."Commander, what do you mean..."Yang Jingyu asked with a puzzled face..."You look at this map, although there are hundreds of thousands of puppet troops scattered around us. However, after a battle at night, we had knocked out almost all of the mobile units of the army. More importantly, their command organs were eliminated. Think about it, after losing the command organ, what kind of situation will these 100,000 puppet troops fall into in a short period of time... It's okay to say that the army is well-trained after all. However, tens of thousands of Manchurian troops did not have such a high level of literacy ... When the time comes, if we can concentrate our forces and try to destroy another 1 to 20,000 enemies... Then, having lost 30% of their troops, they will inevitably withdraw their troops. At that time, it is said that the puppet army's encirclement and suppression of us will be self-defeating..."Pointing to the map in front of him, Liu Hua analyzed..."Commander, you mean, we will stay and not break through..."Yang Jingyu was the first to react and said..."Why should we break through... Although in terms of strength and firepower, we are inferior to the army. However, with the destruction of the command system of the army, the mobile forces were completely annihilated. The initiative of the entire campaign is already in our hands. That is to say, our enemy has hundreds of thousands of troops, but they can only watch us and eat their troops distributed in the vast Mengshan area little by little, but there is no way..."Seeing everyone, they are all attentive to their own explanations, Liu Hua continued..."More importantly, the Anti-Japanese Federation has been operating in the Mengshan area for several years. Both on the basis of the masses and in their knowledge of the local terrain, they surpass our enemies. It can be said that now the enemy is in the open, and our resistance is in the shadows, and we may attack them at any time. And the last one, that is the morale of the troops now. After the victorious counteroffensive in the evening, the morale of the soldiers can be said to be very high....Why should we break through in the face of such favorable conditions for us. ”

"Well, well said... Comrades, the commander said it too well. As the deputy commander of the field army, I completely agree with the commander's proposal. We are in the Mengshan area, under the leadership of the commander, and we are fighting the most resolute against the little devils. In the end, through our efforts, we will defeat the enemy who surrounds us in one fell swoop, crush the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression of us, and expand the Mengshan base area..."I agree... I also agree...."With Yang Jingyu's speech, there was no longer any doubt in the next show of hands. Even at the beginning, Zhou Baozhong, who had always had a breakthrough attitude, after listening to Liu Hua's explanation, his eyes lit up, and he changed his mind without any hesitation, and voted for his support..."Commander, unanimously passed... Let's stay in the Mengshan base area, and under your leadership, continue to fight the little devils..."Seeing a kind of commander in the conference room, all raised their right hands, Yang Jingyu said..."Okay, thank you comrades for your support. Next, I will first tell you about the specific operational ideas in my mind. According to the various materials we have captured, the forward headquarters of the Yue Army that we eliminated today is the division headquarters of the 22nd Division of the Yue Army, and the troops we eliminated are also the Matsuda Wing to which the 22nd Division belongs... Therefore, I decided that in the next battle, we have a total of two combat targets..."Pointing to the map in front of him, Liu Hua continued..."The first combat target is the logistics base of the little devils... 100,000 puppet troops, the ammunition and food they have to consume in a day is definitely an astronomical amount. So, as long as we destroy their logistics base. These 100,000 enemies, who are short of food and ammunition, will surely be in chaos. Therefore, we must first destroy their logistics base, and keep all kinds of strategic materials hoarded by the little devils in the logistics base for our own use..."

"As for the second strategic goal, these two places are located. According to the map, the army stationed a large group of troops of the Kwantung Army and a reorganized division of the Manchurian Army in the Xiaolonggang area, with a total strength of more than 5,000 troops. In addition, a total of an infantry wing and a division of Manchurian troops were stationed in Guzimiao, with a total strength of more than 7,000 people... And these three places, the logistics base, Xiaolonggang and the troops stationed in Guzimiao, all belong to the 22nd Division of the Army. We destroyed their division headquarters, and then, it's their troops' turn...."

"I believe that without a unified command, the enemy will be in a state of panic. More importantly, these two places, with their complex terrain, are very conducive to our offensive. At the same time, as long as we are able to completely annihilate the defenders in both places, we can accomplish our set strategic objectives. In the end, the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression will be dismantled...."Liu Hua introduced one by one

"I think it's okay, these two places, the terrain is complicated. More importantly, these are two lone armies, and we are fully capable of solving the battle before their reinforcements arrive... But, Commander, where is the logistics base of the army? Yang Jingyu asked..."This, old Yang, we have already figured it out... Through the interrogation of the two Manchurian division commanders who were captured, it was learned that in the course of half a year of fighting, all kinds of ammunition supplies they needed were transported from Baishan County. According to their confessions, a large amount of war materials have been hoarded everywhere in the entire Baishan County. The garrison strength is about one infantry wing, with a total of more than 4,000 people..."Liu Hua pointed to the county town of Baishan south of Mengshan and said..."Attack the county seat? Commander, do we have the ability? Yang Jingyu's face once again showed a puzzled expression..."Of course you have the ability, Lao Yang, don't forget, now we have 18 mountain artillery guns in our hands, and as for mortars, there are even more." What's more, we still have an elite special operations team in our hands... I believe that with the assistance of the special operations brigade, there will be no problems in taking down the county seat of Baishan. However, there is a problem that needs to be solved by the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Federation, that is, transportation, how can we talk about the large number of military supplies in Baishan County to be moved back..."Liu Hua replied confidently..."This will be handed over to our Anti-United Nations... The commander also said just now that the Mengshan area is the foundation of our Anti-Japanese Federation, and here, it is good to find tens of thousands of ordinary people to help us carry these materials, and there is absolutely no problem...."Yang Jingyu also replied confidently..."Okay, when the time comes, we will divide the troops into two routes, and I will take the advance detachment to surprise attack Baishan County, the logistics base of the Chinese army. Lao Yang, you immediately organize the masses to assemble in Baishan County, the more the better, and after we have conquered the entire county, we will immediately start moving. Strive to move all the weapons hoarded by the army in the county town back to the base area, so that not a single shot or bullet will be left for the little devil..."Liu Hua ordered..."Yes, commander, I promise to complete the task..."Yang Jingyu replied..."Comrades, this is the first one of our two troops, and it is also the one that wants the surname of the little devil. Therefore, I hope that everyone can make persistent efforts to fight this battle well. Everyone tell me, do you have the confidence to take Baishan County..."Glancing at the commanders at all levels in the conference room, Liu Hua said..."Yes..."A roar sounded in the conference room... Every commander is gearing up, looking forward to the arrival of the battle..."Very good, after the meeting, everyone has a good rest, and early tomorrow morning, we will set off... Lao Yang, between us, keep in touch with the radio at any time... The meeting was adjourned..."In this way, the meeting related to the life and death of the advance detachment and the Anti-Japanese Federation came to an end... Through the convening of the meeting, every commander of the Anti-Japanese Federation deeply remembered his young commander Liu Hua... At the same time, it also confirmed that the combat objectives of the troops in the next period of time...

(To be continued)