Chapter 502: A Great Harvest

On December 28, 1939, the Anti-Japanese Union has swept away the threat of the Second Route Japanese Army, and the column in the Shangjiang area has also been formed, and now under the leadership of Chai Shirong and the Japanese Army in the area of Xiaoxinganling to harass the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army is exhausted and unable to divide the troops to advance, and the first division Chen Hanzhang is holding on to the Japanese army, if the Japanese army concentrates its forces to attack in one fell swoop, it is difficult for the first division that has run out of ammunition and food to resist at all, but unfortunately the Japanese army cannot concentrate its forces at all, and it also keeps drawing some people from the forward combat units, The reason for the first division to get a respite and recuperation was that Zhao Shangzhi led the troops of the third division to make trouble in the eastern part of Binjiang Province, which vaguely threatened the Dongning Fortress, an important facility in the north of the Japanese army, so that Gu Shoufu had to send troops to eliminate Zhao Shangzhi who was making trouble in the rear.

The occupation of Qiqihar and Zhalantun by the Anti-Japanese Federation are the two most important cities in the northern defense line of the Japanese army, when the large number of materials and resources seized from the two places are continuously transported to the base area, so that the residents of the base area are very busy, even in this severe cold season, both the militia transporting materials and the people are full of joyful expressions, because they know that this is another victory of the Anti-Japanese Union, and it is a big victory, just from these captured materials, it can be seen that the previous occupation of Qiqihar on the one hand is worried about the Japanese reinforcements, On the one hand, the number of people in the Anti-United Nations is not large, and they can only carry some food, ammunition, weapons, etc., which are not needed for many operations, but now it is different, after nearly two years of development, this time the Anti-United Nations mobilized nearly 100,000 people before and after dismantling equipment and carrying materials.

More than 10,000 middle and high school students studying in Qiqihar and Zhalantun accepted the call of the Anti-Japanese Federation to participate. It took six days and six nights for trains, automobiles, and horse-drawn carriages to be transported, and it took six days to transport all the materials that the Japanese army had hoarded in Zhalantun and Qiqihar back to the base area. Even the railroad tracks that were blown up were not spared, and even those young people who helped the Anti-Japanese Federation to transport supplies chose to settle down in the base area. In the end, he was arranged by Meng Qingshan to Heihe Province, which was under construction, but this time it was a bumper harvest, and not only did he not suffer any losses after this battle, but he made up for it all.

More than 10,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 recruits, and tens of thousands of old and weak people who followed the troops. With nearly a thousand mule and horse carts and dozens of cars, he left Zhalantun, which had just been occupied for less than two days... The empty Zhalantun and the hundreds of thousands of people in the city were looted by the soldiers. Penniless little devils, expatriates and Japanese traitors left the 9th Division of the Japanese Army.

When Zhou ****, the commander of the third division, withdrew to Qiqihar with huge supplies, Liu Yalou, the chief of staff who was directing the transportation of Qiqihar, converged... On the road outside the city, which is about five kilometers away from Qiqihar, Chief of Staff Liu Yalou, with the troops remaining in Qiqihar, is standing on the road, anxiously watching the direction where Zhalantun is located, waiting for something to come.

Finally, it was Liu Yalou and others. When he waited for half an hour, an exclamation reached his ears: "Chief of Staff, Division Commander Zhou is back, Division Commander Zhou has arrived..." Above the vast field, in the darkness of the night, within the range of his vision. There have already been sporadic torches ...

As time passed, the number of torches increased. Soon. In the eyes of Liu Yalou and others, a fire dragon was formed. A hovering fire dragon. I was slowly swimming along the highway to where I was. Just when Liu Yalou's eyes looked at the marching army that was constantly joining a fire dragon in the distance. The sound of horses' hooves reached his ears. In just an instant, nearly a hundred cavalrymen appeared in Liu Yalou's eyes...

A roar sounded among the cavalry, and more than a hundred cavalrymen stopped in front of everyone. And among the more than 100 cavalrymen, the one who is responsible for the head is the person Liu Yalou is waiting for tonight... Seeing Zhou ****, the commander of the Third Division, who had been worried, quickly jumped off his horse and walked over to him. After a hint of surprise flashed on the face of Chief of Staff Liu Yalou, he immediately led a group of commanders and fighters behind him to greet him.

"Report, Chief of Staff, the Third Division has successfully completed the task assigned to us by the headquarters, and now please receive a large number of captured materials."

"Okay, just come back." Liu Yalou nodded with a smile and said

"Lao Liu, I've worked hard for you these days, you look like you've lost a lot of weight..." Looking at Liu Yalou, who seemed to have lost a lot of weight on his face after these days, Meng Qingshan sighed with emotion.

"Commander-in-chief, what are you talking about, where have I worked hard, this time it was a big victory, we managed to kill a division of the Japanese army with less than 3,000 casualties, and made a lot of money, I have to thank you for letting me command."

"Commander-in-chief, I really didn't expect that the little devil who has always been known as invincible was eliminated in this way, a few days ago it was still a situation where the Japanese soldiers pressed in, and in just a few days, we fought a turnaround battle, and even the important towns of Qiqihar and Zhalantun of the Japanese army were taken by us. Hehe, now I have a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of our Anti-United Nations. Seeing Meng Qingshan and the chief of staff sitting in the conference room, Li Fuchun, who had just returned from Heihe, said with a smile on his face.

"Comrade Fuchun, happily still to come? You will be even happier when the Chief of Staff will read you the results of our battle this time. Meng Qingshan also said with a smile.

"Commander-in-Chief, why wait a moment, I think it's good now. Comrade Yalou, hurry up, tell me about the results of this battle, what good things we have captured this time, this time we occupied the provincial capital of the Japanese army, there must be a lot of good things, right? After listening to Meng Qingshan's words, Li Fuchun immediately said conclusively.

"Alright! In that case, I'll tell you about it. After preliminary statistics, this time we accepted a total of four little devil arsenals, four material warehouses, and one repair shop. In addition, a total of 36 105-mm heavy mountain guns and all ammunition were captured from the Japanese mountain artillery wing. More importantly, after entering Qiqihar, a total of 12 tanks were captured from a tank squadron attached to the Kwantung Army Brigade of the Japanese Army. As for the seizure of the Japanese airfield. That's more. Although the entire Damintun airfield was shelled by artillery for ten minutes. But our shelling sites were all Japanese firing points, and in the end they were counted. We seized a total of 38 intact aircraft and hundreds of tons of fuel. Meantime. In the vicinity of the airport, 16 anti-aircraft guns and 32 anti-aircraft machine guns were also seized," Liu Yalou, chief of staff, read out aloud all the captures to the list in his hand.

And take a look at Li Fuchun, chairman of the Northeast People's Government at this time, before the chief of staff Liu Yalou said half of his words, he had a big mouth and stared at the chief of staff in front of him, and the whole person was Spartan. This is really according to the old saying, a cannon sounded gold 10,000 taels, when he first received the family of the Anti-Japanese Federation, he was shocked once, the family background of the Anti-Japanese Federation is much more than the sum of the entire Eighth Route Army, and the speed of combat ammunition consumption for more than two consecutive months surprised him, the consumption of ammunition alone this time is more than the annual ammunition consumption of hundreds of thousands of Eighth Route Army in the Guan, and this time the seized things surprised him even more, and the things seized in the Guannai did not exceed three digits except for bullets. And here in the Northeast, it starts with 10,000 characters, and the capture is also calculated according to a warehouse of the Japanese army.

"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, is this true? We really captured 38 planes and 12 tanks. And so much artillery? As soon as Liu Yalou's words were finished, Li Fuchun hurriedly asked, wanting to be sure that what he had just heard was not a dream. It's a fact.

"Comrade Fuchun, don't worry. Everything that the Chief of Staff said was true. This is still a small part of the capture, as for the captured plane, it has been parked on the runway of our Nenjiang airport. From now on. Our anti-union planes can also fly in formation, and we don't have to be in single digits every time we make a sortie, and we have to dodge the Japanese planes. Looking at the stunned Li Fuchun, Meng Qingshan replied with a smile.

In fact, not only Li Fuchun was shocked, but Meng Qingshan was also secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that this battle would have such a big gain, adding up the previous capture of the Anti-Japanese Federation from the Murgen Fortress to the Heihe Fortress. It's not as big as this one. Not to mention anything else, the food alone is enough for the anti-United Nations troops to eat for a year. This is not counting the relief food sent out and the food paid to the militia and the people, otherwise it would have been eaten for two years.

On second thought, this is also normal, Qiqihar is located at the intersection of Heihei, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia provinces, and is also a commercial grain base and animal husbandry base, and has formed a large-scale grain market, which not only has to supply Qiqihar's huge population with grain, but may also undertake the task of transporting grain to the Japanese army in Hailar and Zhalantun. Now Qiqihar has a population of more than one million, and the anti-United Nations troops eat for a year, which is equivalent to the daily grain consumption of Tianjin for a month. In such a big city, it will do without three months of food reserves? What's more, as soon as the autumn harvest ended, the war with the Anti-Japanese Union began, and the railways were destroyed by the guerrillas, and the grain they collected did not have time to be transported everywhere, so it was not too much.

"Commander-in-chief, Chairman Li, in fact, the biggest gain this time is that countless finances have been seized in Qiqihar City and Zhalantun. According to preliminary statistics, if all the gold, silver, jewelry, and antique calligraphy and paintings are converted into money, there will be at least 60 million..."

"Sixty million, my god! I have never seen so many times in my life, and now, with such a large financial income, we no longer have to worry about financial matters, and we can buy the machinery and equipment and raw materials we need from Jiangbei. Meng Qingshan was stunned for a moment and said happily.

"Six...... Million, I'm obedient! That's a lot, how much money does it have to be... Comrade Yalou, how did you get so much money back... Li Fuchun was dumbfounded, his hands trembling and looking at Liu Yalou nervously asked.

"Well, the specific number is indeed beyond my expectations. I handed over all these finances to the Guard Brigade. At the same time, among the nearly 100 cars seized in the city, 50 large trucks were removed and handed over to Shen Qingshan, the commander of the guard brigade, so that they could be specially responsible for transporting this batch of finances. What's more, this batch of finances, all mixed with a large number of materials, will definitely not arouse anyone's ideas. ”

"There are such valuable things in the supplies, why don't you take a good look at them, what if something goes wrong halfway." Li Fuchun asked sternly.

"Didn't I want to give the Commander-in-Chief good news? Chairman Li, please rest assured that there will be no problems with the strict discipline of our guard brigade, and secondly, I rushed back after the handover with the political commissar, otherwise I would not have been at ease. ”

Liu Yalou's answer dispelled the worries in Li Fuchun's heart.

"Great, commander-in-chief, with these seizures, in the coming days, we will no longer have to worry about funding... Commander-in-chief, tens of millions of oceans have been captured in Qiqihar City alone, so other materials can't be as simple as the chief of staff said! I think the other seizures must be very huge, right? A pair of eyes stared at the list in Meng Qingshan's hand without blinking, and continued to ask with an expectant face.

"Of course, the reason why I don't say that I am afraid of scaring you out of my illness, if you fall ill, then the logistics of our Anti-Japanese Federation will be paralyzed." Meng Qingshan said jokingly.

"Commander-in-chief, say it! I'm ready. Li Fuchun said after taking a few deep breaths back and forth.

"In addition to money, there are huge seizures of many strategic materials such as grain, cotton, and medicines. However, I think the most important thing is that we have mobilized more than 100,000 people in Qiqihar and Zhalantun to agree to relocate their homes to our base areas. In the future, our base areas will make tremendous progress in both the army and local construction...."Meng Qingshan replied with a smile on his face.

In the following time, Liu Yalou began to report to Meng Qingshan on the achievements of the troops in the past month, and Li Fuchun learned that the materials were so abundant, and directly led the administrative staff to the highway to welcome the return of the transportation brigade.

The entire Qiqihar and Zhalantun, under the operation of the little devil for several years, are too rich compared to other areas occupied by the Japanese army in Guannai. However, this endowment does not refer to ordinary Chinese people, but to the entire Japanese Kwantung Army, as well as the Japanese expatriates who have a large number of privileges, who have frantically looted and exploited the wealth of the people of Northeast China in these years.

However, at this moment, the Japanese have been collecting wealth in Beiman for several years, but at this time, all the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, a large amount of finances, a large number of heavy materials... Hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials stored in warehouses ready to be transported to Hailar Fortress became trophies of the Anti-United Nations at the same time, and became a weapon and economic source for the armed Anti-United Nations.

(To be continued.) )