As the Japanese army discovered the failure of the two-way crusade force, the 10th Division was completely annihilated, and the news that Qiqihar and Zhalantun were occupied, at the same time, it also revealed that the Anti-Japanese Union also had a mobile force. In order to prevent the situation from becoming more unfavorable, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, ordered all units to start resting in place to consolidate the occupied area, and the Anti-Japanese Federation was unable to continue fighting, which also represented the victory of the anti-crusade against the Anti-United Nations.

On the morning of January 2, 1941, a stone monument tens of meters high was erected on a sunny hillside in the east of Nenjiang County. The Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army is holding a burial ceremony for the martyrs.

Graves have been dug on the hillside, and the tombs are filled with soldiers who died in this anti-crusade battle, and the tombs are neatly arranged one by one, as if the martyrs were being inspected before their lives.

Meng Qingshan, Zhou Baozhong, Liu Yalou, Li Yanping, and Li Kenong led all divisions, regiment commanders, and political commissars of the headquarters to attend the burial ceremony, and checked one by one whether each martyr's military uniform was neatly worn and whether his appearance was clean and upright. Cover each one with a white cloth. Although the weather was cold at this time, the corpse would not rot even if it was stored for one or two months, but because of the tragedy of the battle, there were very few who could leave the whole corpse, and some were cremated on the spot, leaving only ashes, and even had to be buried on the spot in the fierce battle.

After the inspection, the burial begins. When the burial is over, a wooden sign engraved with the name and unit number is inserted on each grave. At the same time, a large stone monument was erected at the foot of the mountain, and the stone monument was carved about this anti-crusade.

Liu Yimin began to speak:

"September 23, 1940. The Japanese Kwantung Army dispatched more than 70,000 men to launch an attack on our base area in North Manchuria, in order to smash the Japanese army's sweeping plan this time to defend the base area. In order to cooperate with the main force, the 3rd Regiment and 6th Battalion of the 1st Division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army set up an ambush for Japanese reinforcements in Hongguang Township, 20 miles from Bayan County, on Wangneck Mountain. In the afternoon, the Hiroshima Brigade of the 29th Division of the Japanese Army entered the blocking site. Our army blocked the enemy's vanguard squadron, and when the enemy's main force gathered on the road, it carried out a rapid fire attack, and then exhausted its elite to carry out a surprise attack on the enemy. The enemy was defeated. Then the main force of the Japanese army arrived, launched an artillery bombardment on the positions of the three regiments and six battalions, the soldiers of the six battalions of our three regiments bravely and tenaciously resisted the attack, and did not let the Japanese army take a step, and bought time for the main force to annihilate the Japanese three-in-one wing, and the battle was fought from day to night, with a battalion of less than 500 people was to block the strength of a large group of the Japanese army, and suffered heavy losses, annihilating more than 400 Japanese soldiers. It dealt a great blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army. However, 220 people were wounded and 270 were killed in the 6th battalion of the 3rd Regiment. In the fierce battle, the warriors of our Anti-Japanese Union fought with the enemy, facing each other with white blades. With the belief that they will die with the enemy, they fought the Japanese invaders.

Zhang Yunzhi, commander of the Second Division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, was killed heroically by the Japanese air raid when he was fighting with the Japanese army, and Liu Zhibao, the political commissar of the Second Division, and the personnel of the Second Division were surrounded by the Japanese army when they broke through to the center of Heli Town. Liu Zhibao, the political commissar of the division, and the personnel of the division headquarters were captured by the Japanese army, and no matter how the Japanese soldiers tortured them, they did not say anything about the operational deployment of our army. Killed by the Japanese army. In order to cover the evacuation of the people, the 11th Regiment of the 2nd Division fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the area of Zhenxing Township............ composed a heroic song for which the world changed color!

The martyrs are gone, and we who are alive should inherit their revolutionary legacy. Carry forward its anti-Japanese spirit, eliminate all Japanese criminals and traitors, completely drive the aggressors out of China, and build a prosperous, prosperous, strong, democratic and free country that does not need to go hungry or be bullied.

When the descendants of future generations come here, when the martyrs sacrifice their lives to defend the country, drive out the Japanese invaders, do not forget the national shame, do not forget to cultivate soil and plant trees, bless the soul of my martyrs, pass on my anti-Japanese spirit, and protect me The red flag is flying! ”

In the cold winter night, Meng Qingshan's voice was sad, low, and powerful, and every word and sentence tugged at everyone's heartstrings.

Liu Yalou was full of tears and ordered loudly: "All of them are there, see off the martyrs." Raise your gun, put it! ”

The gunshots were heard far, far away.

After the burial ceremony, Meng Qingshan collected his mood and returned to the headquarters, and almost at the same time, the headquarters received an order from the Central Committee and the Military Commission agreeing to the reorganization. But Meng Qingshan didn't know, not only the reply from Yan'an, but also his enemy, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, also sent him a telegram.

"Commander-in-Chief, Chiefs. Just received a call back from the central government: "Just when Meng Qingshan looked at the map of the Japanese army's invasion of the base area this time, Li Zaide, director of the communications department, hurriedly ran into the war room with a telegram.

"Needless to say, it must have agreed to our adaptation plan." Meng Qingshan said.

"******** completely agree with your reorganization plan," Meng Qingshan took the telegram and looked at it.

"Commander-in-Chief, congratulations. It's really unthinkable, you are now an alternate member of the Central Committee, and it seems that several leaders of the Central Committee have great expectations for you? After seeing a telegram with Chief of Staff Liu Yalou, he said excitedly. Because, as a superior, Meng Qingshan's position in the party has improved, which means that the position of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation in the eyes of several leaders of the Party Central Committee has improved. And as the chief of staff, he will also rise because of the improvement of the status of the troops. Although he is not yet a ************, with the Commander-in-Chief as an alternate member here, I believe that at the next congress of the People's Republic of China, the Commander-in-Chief will become official, and there will be no doubt about the election of the alternate member himself.

"The chairman and the boss have agreed to our reorganization plan and have given us some suggestions. The chairman demanded that we do not have any worries and seize the time to reorganize so that the troops can regain their combat effectiveness so that they can cope with a more severe situation. After reading the reply from the Central Committee, Meng Qingshan was very happy, and the Central Committee not only agreed to his reorganization plan, but also supported a group of military and political cadres of the Northeast Field Army, greatly alleviating the problem of lack of generals.

"Commander-in-chief, commissar, I believe. As long as we are sincerely united, we will be the Northeast Field Army. In the next few years, we will be able to develop and grow at the fastest speed. The Japanese Kwantung Army, which had invaded and occupied the three eastern provinces, was completely driven out of the three eastern provinces and liberated tens of millions of people in the northeast who were in dire straits. When the time comes, we will build the entire Northeast Field Army into the most powerful army force in the whole of China, no, the whole world..."Liu Yalou said confidently to Meng Qingshan and Zhou Baozhong on the side.

"It's good to be so confident, but you also have to do a good job of adaptation. You must know that our reorganization this time is huge compared to the previous ones, the number of more than 100,000 people, but don't go wrong, we have to keep an eye on it. You must know that the little devils are now gritting their teeth against us, once they find an opportunity, they will definitely ask us to take a bite, and what our troops need most at the moment is to rest and recuperate, especially the Second Division in the Sanjiang area, which suffered the most serious losses in this battle. This time, if it weren't for the three regiments brought by Ji Qing and the three garrison regiments brought by Comrade Shi Quan later, the Second Division would have become the commander of the light pole. Instead of fighting hard with the Japanese army. ”

"Report, Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar. Chief of staff. Just when the communications office was receiving the central telegram, it received a telegram from an unknown source. Lee Jae-deok, who had just gone out, walked in again with a telegram.

"Unknown origin?"

"Can you translate that?" Zhou Baozhong asked.

"Yes. This is clearly sent. ”

Meng Qingshan took it and looked at it, his face was a little unnatural. The corners of his mouth twitched, and it turned out that this telegram was a letter sent by Umezu Mijiro to Meng Qingshan of the Anti-Japanese Federation, in which Umezu Mijiro wrote in a "sincere" tone: "Manchukuo has abundant local things and people, and its customs are especially kind and mellow, and it has become a paradise for the people with the help of the Japanese Empire. However, due to the long-term tug-of-war between you and me, the masses are starved and cold and forced to live like a year, and I really can't stand it. Why don't we meet and discuss a solution........."

In the letter, Umezu Mijiro also swore a curse, I guarantee your safety, I will count my words, you don't have to worry.

Umezu Mijiro deserves to be the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army. There are only three ways to deal with this letter Meng Qingshan, no matter which one Meng Qingshan chooses, Umezu Mijiro will make a steady profit: agreeing to meet is equivalent to surrendering, the bird has no head and does not fly, and the anti-Japanese trend in the Northeast will soon end; refuses strictly, and the people must blame Meng Qingshan for making trouble, being a hero himself, and harming everyone's peaceful life; If they refuse to reply to the letter, the people will accuse the Anti-Japanese Federation of not loving the people and being cowards. Didn't the ancients say that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world? Without the support of the masses, the Anti-Japanese Federation will be like a fish without water, and one day it will be killed by drought.

After reading Meng Qingshan, he handed the letter to Liu Yalou and Zhou Baozhong on the side, and after reading the contents of the telegram at a glance, Liu Yalou hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief can't go, this must be a conspiracy of little devils." ”

"Of course I can't go, do you think I'm so easy to fool? Besides, what the little devil said was like a fart, he didn't swear it, but if he swore it, there must be a trick. Meng Qingshan rolled his eyes and said.

"But what should we do with this letter, you must know that the little devil sent it clearly this time, and newspapers all over the Northeast may receive it, once we don't reply, the little devil will definitely use this as an excuse to slander us." Zhou Baozhong analyzed.

Meng Qingshan looked at the poisonous arrow shot by Umezu Mijiro with contempt, and immediately hung his wrist with his pen, and the pen began to write the "Book of Answering Tajima", which appeared only a few years later, but now it should be called "The Book of Answering Umezu Mijiro"

Your Excellency Mijiro Umezu:

The letter expressed the suffering of the people in Northeast China, and hoped to seek relief through a long meeting and talks. When China has not been invaded and normal diplomatic relations with Japan can still be maintained, it is Yu who will certainly be considered for sympathy, but the evolution of the situation has completely removed the basis for Yu Jiang's sympathetic consideration.

As Your Excellency said in your letter, the Northeast scholars follow the good people, the customs are mellow, and it was originally a paradise with abundant materials. However, since the Japanese invasion of Northeast China, more than 100,000 people in Northeast China have died under the stabbing of guns, more than 100,000 people have been exposed to the wilderness, more than tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed by fire, tens of thousands of mules and horses have been lost, millions of stones of grain have been lost, nearly hundreds of billions of people have been looted of property, and there are no people living dozens of miles away. So that the fathers of the people lost their sons, and their wives lost their husbands, and they had no shelter from the wind and rain, and they had no way to try to make a living, and they sat and waited to die of hunger and cold, and they were even driven out of their homes by Your Excellency and his subordinates and imprisoned as slaves in the group tribes, and were scourged; Or they have been sent to secret bases for experiments, or sent to coal mines to do hard labor, or sent to Japan to be slaves. and wantonly cruelty to my compatriots, all of which are the suffering of the people of the Northeast, are given by Your Excellency and your subordinates, and are all crimes. Because of the dignity and life of the people, Yu is a Chinese soldier, and when the people suffer from this, they should take up the weapons in their hands to fight the invaders and rescue the oppressed compatriots.

Since you want to relieve the suffering of the people of Northeast China, although I do not know what your plan will be, as a Chinese soldier, because of my responsibility and conscience, there is no need or possibility for me to consider any plan that you will propose. However, I would like to ask Your Excellency to relieve the suffering of the people of Northeast China, and I would like to ask Your Excellency and his subordinates to return to Tokyo, as Your Excellency has requested, that I will not talk about any military issues, nor will I bring weapons and soldiers with me to meet with You and your colleagues, so as to thank the people of Northeast China for relieving their suffering, and I will certainly go to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the tens of thousands of Japanese officers and soldiers killed by me and to pardon their crimes on behalf of the Chinese who were killed.

The three northeastern provinces are still entrenched by Your Excellency and your subordinates, and all crimes continue to occur, and Yu can only exert his energy to fulfill his responsibilities and lead all his men and men to make Your Excellency and his subordinates succumb to Yu before you oppress and kill the people. Therefore, we refuse your request to choose a place to meet for a long talk. There is an old Chinese saying that evil does not prevail over good, which means that no matter how powerful you are, victory will be ours.

Meng Qingshan, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces of the Communist Party of China

When Meng Qingshan finished writing, he went back and forth to seriously check the loopholes he wrote, and finally nodded with satisfaction, stretched his waist, and turned around to find that there were more heads around him, which frightened Meng Qingshan and shouted: "Damn, Lao Zhou, Lao Liu, you don't know that people are scary, will they scare people to death?" Why didn't you run behind me without saying anything? ”

"It's not that we're silent, it's that you're too involved in what you're writing." Zhou Baozhong said with a smile.

"Lao Zhou, Lao Liu. You guys are here, come and help me analyze whether there are any loopholes in my article. ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't you always say that you are a big boss? You see that your article is so perfect, it is simply a contemporary "Song of Righteousness" that shocks the heavens, the earth, the ghosts and gods. Liu Yalou said.

"Average, trivial." Meng Qingshan blushed and said, he himself was a little ashamed of his copying, and he could only say sorry to Mr. Zhang Wende in his heart.

"Commander-in-chief, the little devil is clearly sending it to make the entire three eastern provinces aware of this, in this case, we not only call him back, but we can also send our "Anti-Japanese Declaration" again, what do you think?"

"Good idea, this time we want to completely destroy the tricks of the little devils, turn the passive into the active, and let the little devils' newspaper do a good job of publicizing it, we will not only send out the "Anti-Japanese Declaration", but also send out how many devils will be eliminated this time, so that the fathers and villagers in the entire three northeastern provinces will know the strength of our Northeast Field Army, and at the same time, we must also remind those who are doing things for the Japanese."

"Okay, that's it." (To be continued.) )