"What can be done now? Our anti-Japanese forces outside the Guandong Army, because of the double frenzied encirclement and suppression by the Kwantung Army and the puppet army, have now suffered extremely heavy losses, and many remnants have been forced to retreat into the Soviet Union for renovation, and those who survive outside the Guanxi can only hide in the mountains to fight small guerrilla warfare. Otherwise, the Kwantung Army should no longer be able to send troops to aid the Guannai. "When it comes to the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, Zuo Quan is a little sad.

As a traverser, Qiao Youhua certainly knows that the period of 1940 was the most difficult and difficult stage of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and the size of the army has dropped from more than 30,000 people in 11 armies at its peak to less than one-tenth now, and most of the outstanding senior generals such as Yang Jingyu have unfortunately died in battle and died heroically.

It was precisely because of the unremitting guerrilla warfare carried out behind the enemy lines outside the customs of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation that the Kwantung Army was never able to send a single soldier into the pass in the first two or three years, except for sending troops to assist the North China Front Army in encircling and suppressing the Longya Column.

It was not until now that the anti-Japanese forces were basically lost, and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression behind the enemy outside the border had turned into a low period, that the Japanese devils sent another 20,000 cavalry into the pass to urgently rush to the aid of the North China Front.

"The reason why the Anti-Japanese Federation is in a predicament is that it has never been able to get in touch with our Party Central Committee, and because of the strict blockade of the Japanese puppet army, it is impossible to obtain all kinds of life and military materials, and the situation is very difficult.

In the final analysis, there is no shortage of bloody men in the three northeastern provinces, as long as they have guns, ammunition, medicine, and food, they can always pull up the anti-Japanese team. Qiao Youhua said thoughtfully.

"Provide support for the Anti-United Nations?" Zuo Quan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was more confused, now although the Dragon Tooth Column and other units of the Eighth Route Army have recovered most of North China, their sphere of influence is far from covering the three provinces outside the Guanwai, how to provide support for the Anti-Japanese Alliance? ”

Qiao Youhua smiled slightly and said: "Chief of Staff, have you forgotten that Chahar has been recovered by our Eighth Route Army, and further north is Rehe!" ”

"You mean to send troops to reclaim Rehe? I'm afraid this won't work, the Japanese devils have also classified Rehe into the so-called puppet Manchukuo, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Kwantung Army, and if you want to recover Rehe, doesn't it mean that you have to start a war with the Kwantung Army?

For us at the moment, we can't fight a decisive battle with the Kwantung Army, right? Especially on the premise that the Pingjin area has not been recaptured. Zuo Quan said.

"To transport equipment and materials, it is not necessary to occupy the control area, in comparison, the current lack of Japanese troops is no longer a unique predicament of the North China Front, and the Kwantung Army is no better than that.

Especially now that the second time troops have been dispatched to fight in the pass, most of the devils outside the pass should be stationed in large and medium-sized cities such as Chengde, Shenyang, and Changchun, as well as in towns along the South Manchurian and North Manchurian railways.

Take Rehe as an example, in addition to Chifeng and Chengde, where devils are stationed, some other unimportant towns should be defended by puppet troops, and even most remote areas may not even have puppet troops.

Because the Japanese army is not strong enough to fight! ”

"And what do you mean?" Zuo Quan still didn't quite understand and asked.

Qiao Youhua said: "Some elite backbones and political workers were transferred from various divisions to secretly enter the territory of Rehe from Inner Mongolia and Chahar, and we went all out to provide money, weapons and equipment and military materials to support them, and establish an anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines in remote towns and villages far away from big cities like Chengde."

We will secretly win over or buy off some necessary puppet army officers to establish an underground communication line that can cross the Rehe River and enter the Guanwai, so that we can continue to copy the Rehe plan and send anti-Japanese guerrillas behind enemy lines to the other three provinces outside the Guan, and unite with the remnants of the Anti-Japanese Federation to form a new anti-Japanese coalition army behind enemy lines in the entire four northeastern provinces.

In the northeast, we tried our best to contain the Japanese Kwantung Army in order to cope with our campaign to recover Pingjin, and it can be regarded as making some preparations in advance for us to send troops outside the border and recover the northeast.

I have implemented this development plan to infiltrate the enemy-occupied areas with the support of the base areas on the back, and I have achieved very good results.

I believe that with our previous experience, and the fact that we are now connected with the base areas of other fraternal units of the Eighth Route Army, we can provide each other with all kinds of support, and our overall strength will be even higher.

It should be possible to achieve greater gains in Rehe, and this plan is to first invest a number of small elite units behind the enemy's back, and take root and develop in the enemy's weak places, like a flame, and eventually connect into pieces, forming a prairie fire, until we win the war. ”

"Well, as long as this kind of plan is properly raised, the masses are actively mobilized, and with the full support of our base camp, it should be very feasible." After listening to this, Zuo Quan nodded approvingly, and then said: "However, before that, we have to report to the headquarters and obtain the approval of the head of the headquarters before we can implement it." ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "No problem, this matter also needs the leaders of the headquarters to coordinate the remaining troops and underground intelligence personnel in Suiyuan and other places to provide support in all aspects." I believe that the head of the headquarters will agree to our plan. ”

"It shouldn't be a big problem, after all, we can be regarded as preparing in advance for the next recovery of Pingjin." Zuo Quan nodded.

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It is said that Jiang Haidong took two guards and three people set off from Pingshan County on horseback, all the way to the south, through Jingcheng Pass, through Taihang Mountain and into Shanxi.

When they were about to arrive at Niangzi Pass, the three of them dismounted and temporarily rested and ate in a dense forest on the side of the road, one of the guards bit dry food in his mouth, handed a water bag full of water to Jiang Haidong, and asked: "Division commander, why don't we go to Hengshui and Dezhou, and cross the Yellow River directly, but take a detour to the southwest and Shanxi?" Isn't that even further? ”

"The reason is very simple, Shandong is still an enemy-occupied area, if we go to Dezhou, Liaocheng to cross the Yellow River, and enter Shandong, then we will need to pass through Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui these areas, and we will have to pass through thousands of miles of enemy-occupied areas in the middle, even if we can reach the destination safely, it is bound to delay a lot of time.

So after much consideration, I decided to go Shanxi into Henan, and then go along the Dabie Mountain to Nanjing. Jiang Haidong said, sighing in his heart, in the final analysis, our dragon tooth column does not have an air force, if there is an air force, he will directly take a transport plane to parachute around Nanjing.

In this way, you can save at least half a month's journey, and you don't have to go back and forth to work hard, eat and sleep, how can you take a plane comfortably and refreshingly?