Chapter 91: Reorganization

In order to unify the policy of struggle in the Longjiang area, so as to coordinate the unified actions of various units and coordinate their operations with each other, on the third day after the arrival of the troops led by Commander-in-Chief Zhou Baozhong and Li Zhaolin of the Third Route Army, after half a month of study and discussion by the commander-in-chief and Meng Qingshan, and others, Commander-in-Chief Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Li Zhaolin, who are currently the supreme leaders of the anti-Japanese struggle in the Longjiang area, convened a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level in the Longjiang area of the Second and Third Route Armies.

At the meeting, some fundamental issues in the future anti-Japanese war in Northeast China were discussed, and the party's leadership in the future anti-Japanese fighting forces and the independence of the anti-Japanese coalition forces were upheld. At the meeting, Zhou Baozhong reaffirmed the organizational principle of respecting the independent leadership of the party committee of the ** Anti-Japanese Federation.

After research, it was decided to merge the First Route Army, the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army, and finally formed the General Headquarters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, which was established in August 1939. Commander-in-Chief: Zhou Baozhong, Deputy Commander-in-Chief: Zhang Shouhou (Li Zhaolin), Meng Qingshan, Yang Jingyu, Political Commissar: Wei Zhengmin, Deputy Political Commissar Feng Zhongyun, Cui Shiyuan as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Yachen, Director of the Political Department Li Yanping, Deputy Director Zhao Jingfu.

In order to strengthen the leadership and unified command, on the basis of discussions, the provincial party committees of Southeast Manchuria, Jidong and North Manchuria set up a unified executive committee of the special branch bureau of the party organization in the northeast (hereinafter referred to as the "Northeast Party Committee"), and the final decision was to elect Zhou Baozhong as general secretary, Li Zhaolin and Wei Zhengmin as deputy secretaries, to set up a military sub-bureau, Meng Qingshan as general secretary, Yang Jingyu as deputy secretary, and to appoint Wang Yachen, Li Yanping, Chai Shirong, Ji Qing, Jin Ce, Feng Zhongyun, and Zhao Jingfu as members.

After meeting with the headquarters of the Second Route Army and the headquarters of the Third Route Army, the whole army now has a total of about 20,000 people, because there are still some uncontacted troops in various places and the First Route Army that is fighting alone in South Manchuria. At this time, after discussion and research, the General Headquarters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces was subordinate to 4 detachments and guard brigades.

Commander of the first detachment Wang Yachen, deputy commander Zhang Zhongxi, chief of staff Wang Weiyu, and director of the Political Department Tang Yongming. It has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd regiments. The first regiment consisted of the old regiment of the Fourth Army, with regiment commander Zhang Facai, deputy regiment commander Wang Er, and political commissar Gao Yunqing. Zhao Fugui, head of the second regiment, Liu Qiang, deputy head of the regiment, Qian Zhuang, political commissar, Wang Lianshan of the third regiment, Sun Qingfeng, deputy head of the regiment, and Fan Shuhao, political commissar.

Commander of the second detachment Meng Qingshan (concurrently), deputy commander Wang Wennian, chief of staff Wang Guangyu, political commissar Li Yanping, and director of the Political Department Cheng Wenjun. It has jurisdiction over the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th regiments. Zhou Yuewu, head of the Fourth Regiment, Liu Chengzhi, deputy head of the regiment, and Wang Xiaofeng, political commissar. The Fifth Regiment Commander Zhang Funing, Deputy Regiment Commander ** Min, Political Commissar Hu Dianhu, Sixth Regiment Commander Guo Bingxun, Deputy Regiment Commander Wu Zhihao, Political Commissar Zhang Lingfeng, The Seventh Regiment is composed of three detachments of the original Third Route Army and a small number of recruits, Regiment Commander Wang Minggui, Deputy Regiment Commander Chen Lei, and Political Commissar Wang Jun.

Commander of the third detachment Li Zhaolin (concurrently), deputy commander Chai Shirong, chief of staff Zhang Lansheng, director of the Political Department Zhao Jingfu, political commissar Feng Zhongyun. It has jurisdiction over the 8th, 9th, and 10th regiments. The Eighth Regiment is composed of the sixth detachment of the original Third Route Army and some recruits, the regiment commander Geng Dianjun, the deputy regiment commander Feng Zhigang, the ninth regiment is composed of the original Third Route Army Ninth Detachment and the Second Route Army Seventh Army, the regiment commander Guo Tiejian, deputy regiment commander Wang Xiaoming, the tenth regiment is composed of the merger of the Seventh Army and the remaining Third Route Army, and the regiment commander (the former commander of the first division of the Seventh Army) Wang Ruqi.

Yang Jingyu, commander of the fourth detachment, Wei Zhengmin, deputy commander, Chen Hanzhang, chief of staff, and Han Renhe, director of the Political Department, have jurisdiction over the 11th, 12th, and 13th regiments.

At the same time, he ordered all detachments to strengthen the building of the party and the building of various base areas, actively carry out work behind enemy lines, unite the common people, and carry out guerrilla warfare. We must resolutely obey the strategic decision of the General Headquarters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation and resolutely fulfill all tasks assigned by the General Headquarters.

In order to better fight against Meng Qingshan, with Meng Qingshan as the main force, Zhou Baozhong, Li Zhaolin, and others carried out education work in pairs, and conducted political education on military history, military discipline, military regulations, and mass discipline for the 1,500 officers and men above the company level brought by Commander-in-Chief Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Li Zhaolin, and explained how to carry out guerrilla warfare and many more.

Because of this ambush of the Japanese army, Meng Qingshan was worried that the Japanese intelligence department would definitely suspect that there were anti-United Nations activities near here, and would definitely send personnel to check it, in order to prevent Meng Qingshan from attacking from all sides after the recruit training, and strive to chop off his left arm when the enemy did not react, so that on the one hand, he could get food, and on the other hand, let the recruits see blood, and finally decided that the General Headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Federation would lead the headquarters guard brigade and the third detachment to advance to Murgen, Nahe, Dedu, and Longzhen to clear the enemy and puppet forces. Fight against the forces of the Japanese Pioneer Group.

At this time, the First Route Army had just been under the auspices of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wei Zhengmin, and the Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Second Army of the original First Route Army were formally reorganized into the Third Front Army of the First Route Army in Hanyanggou, Dunhua.

Wei Zhengmin was discussing with Chen Hanzhang the future direction of the three fronts in the wooden house, when there was a noise outside.

"Chief, chief, a message from the Second Route Army." Wei Zhengmin's guards shouted as they ran with a message sent by the General Headquarters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army.

"Slow down, show it to me." Wei Zhengmin said with a smile as he took the message and looked at it carefully.

"Is there anything going on with the Second Route Army, Deputy Commander-in-Chief?" Chen Hanzhang asked curiously.

After reading it, Wei Zhengmin patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Of course there is something, it is a great joy, after the discussion and discussion of the party committee, the Second Route Army, the Third Route Army and our First Route Army have united to form the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army Headquarters, and the Second Route Army has joined the Third Route Army." ”

"It's turn, so what do we do now? Are there any new directives from headquarters? ”

"The headquarters ordered our First Army to be reorganized into the fourth detachment, with the commander-in-chief as the commander-in-chief, me as the deputy commander, you as the chief of staff, and Han Renhe, director of the Political Department, under the jurisdiction of the 11th, 12th, and 13th regiments. Let's report the members over. ”

"Ahh Isn't the Third Front Army, which we just formed, made up in vain? Chen Hanzhang said.

"It's okay, we have to obey the organizational arrangement, I think we will organize your three front armies into the 13th Regiment!"

"Oh my God! In less than two days, the establishment of the army was organized into a regimental level. ”

"Don't complain, I'll leave in a moment and tell the commander-in-chief the news, the headquarters now orders us to quickly reorganize the troops, and the Sanjiang area will advance to the second detachment."

"Then we don't want this place, but the base we have built after many years has been wasted like this?"

The guard who had just gone out ran over with a telegram and said, "Chief, chief, the headquarters is in an emergency." ”

Wei Zhengmin looked at it for a while, then quickly got up and said, "Lao Chen, you are now hurrying up and reorganizing the troops and waiting for my news here, and I will immediately go to the commander-in-chief." ”

After saying that, he hurriedly walked out of the house, and hurried away with the guards and a few soldiers.