After reading the telegram, Meng Qingshan first asked Hu Ren to send a telegram to the commander-in-chief Zhou who was far away in Jiangbei, asking him to wait for the personnel sent by the central government to return to the base area with him, and then ordered Hu Ren to send a telegram to the divisions, ordering the division commanders to lead the troops back to the station, and immediately go to the headquarters for a meeting after arranging the troops.

Although the cold wind was biting along the way, Meng Qingshan felt warm, and finally got in touch with the central government, he was no longer alone to find the organization, and since the organization of the troops, Meng Qingshan has been groping all the way, due to the lack of educated cadres, Meng Qingshan grasped the military and political affairs with one hand, and was busy with chaos, although there are veterans of the Anti-Japanese Federation in various villages in the base area, but these veterans are very few literate, and it is okay to manage a village, as the base area is getting bigger and bigger, the speed of training is far from keeping up with the speed of expansion, This time, the central authorities sent a large number of people, including intelligence personnel and secret personnel, military and political cadres, and logistics personnel, which were lacking in the base areas, and this could simply give Meng Qingshan several months of time, and Meng Qingshan could use this time to build the army development base area to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army in the spring.

Early the next morning, before Meng Qingshan went out for morning exercises, Xiaohuzi ran over and told Meng Qingshan that the representatives of the various divisions had arrived at the headquarters, and that a few days before Meng Qingshan had decided to hold a battle summary to arrange the personnel of the troops and the resumption of training in the near future. Of course, the main source of these soldiers is to mention the thousands of soldiers of the Manchukuo army who were escorted back by the front-line troops one after another and captured on the battlefield.

Through understanding, Meng Qingshan knew that those Manchurian troops were not without combat effectiveness. It's that they don't really want to give their lives to the devil. They were all former soldiers of the Northeast Army. Have a good military literacy. It was only after the fall of the Northeast that he became a traitor under the leadership of his own commander. This was also an unexpected gain for Meng Qingshan in this battle of encirclement and suppression, and he got thousands of well-trained soldiers of the Northeast Army.

After the front-line troops brought these prisoners back to the base areas, just as the problem of insufficient troops in the base areas was solved, the political work cadres in the base areas began to take them to repair the houses of the people around the base areas and at the same time use their rest time to do ideological work for them. After a week's hard work, more than eighty percent of the soldiers were willing to stay and join the Anti-Japanese Federation. In addition to the thousands of wounded soldiers in the logistics department, hospitals, and people's homes, Meng Qingshan found that he now had more troops in his hands than before the war.

"Comrades, the encirclement and suppression of the little devils is over. As for whether this encirclement and suppression was a victory, I don't know, I think everyone should know it in their hearts. When we went out on this expedition, there were nearly 40,000 troops, and after more than a month of fighting, all units suffered great losses, and some even entire companies were wiped out. Those comrades-in-arms who sacrificed on the battlefield are all good, and they are all heroes of our Anti-Japanese Federation. After the unanimous opinion of the General Headquarters of the Anti-United Nations. We decided to choose a piece of land near Houshan Mountain, that is, Wuyun Mountain, to bury these sacrificed comrades, build a monument, and engrave all the names of these comrades, so that our comrades and our descendants can remember everything they did. ”

As soon as Meng Qingshan's words were finished, the conference room burst into warm applause. Many cadres shed tears.

"Well, the mood of the comrades. I understand both. Now let's start the official agenda of the meeting: First, I want to tell you the good news, we have been in contact with the Party Central Committee, from now on we are no longer alone, but tens of thousands of comrades are fighting with us, and Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee personally commended all the officers and soldiers of our Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation. ”

Hearing what Meng Qingshan said, the people in the conference room were shocked. They didn't know what to say with their mouths open, and after a few minutes, the group of anti-Japanese generals hugged each other and shouted with tears in their eyes.

"Okay, okay, don't get so excited, as long as you lead the troops to fight the Japanese invaders. When the devils are gone, I will lead you to Yan'an to have a look. ”

"Really?"

"Of course, I can still lie to you, if you have to give me a few more victories, or I will be embarrassed to take you out of the house at that time." Meng Qingshan said with a smile.

"Okay, the second thing is about the replenishment of the troops after this operation." As soon as the words ended, the lively conference room instantly fell silent, and it was obvious that everyone sitting here was paying more attention to this matter.

"Good... Next, Chief of Staff Cui will inform you of the soldiers that need to be replenished in each unit..."Seeing the quiet crowd, Meng Qingshan nodded.

"Comrades, after the war, after the war, the first division suffered 1,200 casualties, of which 657 were killed and 125 were seriously wounded, and according to the decision of the command, 891 new recruits were added to the first division. The Second Division suffered 653 casualties, including 320 killed and 54 seriously wounded, 374 new recruits, 943 casualties of the Third Division, including 340 killed and 154 seriously wounded, 494 new recruits, and 2,800 casualties of the Fourth Division, of which 1,100 were killed and 540 seriously wounded, 2,000 new recruits were recruited, and 3,419 new recruits were replenished by all troops. The guard battalion under the headquarters was supplemented with 240 recruits, and the artillery regiment was replenished with 145 recruits. Report complete. Cui Shiquan finished reading the data in his hand, saluted everyone and sat down.

"Well, the specific number of additional divisions is like this, do you still have any opinions?" Looking at the excited crowd, Meng Qingshan asked.

You must know that if it weren't for the capture of a large number of Manchurian soldiers this time, Meng Qingshan would not have been so generous and made up all the soldiers of each division at one time.

"Commander-in-Chief, there is no problem, there is no problem, how can there be a problem? I have seen those soldiers of the Manchurian Army, they are all well-trained soldiers of the Northeast Army, they have all been baptized by the war, and have received special training from the Japanese army, I believe that as long as there is a period of running-in, my first division will definitely return to the pre-war state within a month. Chen Hanzhang, the commander of the first division, replied excitedly.

"Well, that's what I want. Does anyone else have questions? Meng Qingshan nodded in agreement with Chen Hanzhang's words, and looked at several other division commanders and political commissars.

"Commander-in-chief, I am also very excited to add so many new recruits, and I also believe in Division Commander Chen's words, I would like to ask if the seriously wounded who are now lying in the general hospital of the base area, if they recover, will they still return to their original troops." At this time, Wang Wennian asked embarrassedly, because his fourth division suffered the most serious losses in this battle, and the veterans lost almost half of them.

"Hehe, Wen Nian, your heart is black enough, I have replenished so many recruits for you, and you are still thinking about the hundreds of seriously wounded, you are too unkind! I'm going to leave something for my headquarters! Meng Qingshan replied with a smile.

"Commander-in-chief, I know, in fact, I just ask." After listening to Meng Qingshan's words, Wang Wennian was even more embarrassed.

"Well, since Comrade Wen Nian asked about this group of seriously wounded people, then I will tell you. After these seriously wounded recover, I will keep them at the General Headquarters and let them all enter the North Manchurian Military Academy for further study, and I will send some company and platoon level cadres to the five military subdivisions and your troops from time to time. Do you have any comments? Meng Qingshan looked around at the cadres sitting below and said.

"Nope!" Everyone answered almost in unison.

"Good. Now that the main agenda of this meeting has been completed, the chief of staff will make specific arrangements for the garrison and training of each division..."Meng Qingshan nodded to Cui Shiquan, chief of staff next to him. (To be continued......)